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Resolution No. 2025-26
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-26
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING PUBLIC
FACILITILES NAMING NO. 2025-02 NAMING THE SANTA
ANA POLICE ATHLETIC & ACTIVITY LEAGUE (PAAL)
CENTER LOCATED ON 2627 WEST MCFADDEN AVENUE
AS THE JOSE VARGAS PAAL CENTER
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds,
determines, and declares as follows:
A. The City of Santa Ana is requesting approval of City-initiated Public Facilities
Naming (PFN) No. 2025-02 of the Santa Ana Police Athletic & Activity League (PAAL)
Center, located at 2627 W. McFadden Avenue, to the Jose Vargas PAAL Center, based
on the direction provided to the City Manager by the City Council at the August 19, 2025
City Council meeting;
B. Pursuant to sections 33-5 through 33-8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
(SAMC), all requests for naming or renaming of public streets, public buildings, parks or
recreational facilities owned or controlled by the City, shall be referred to the Planning
Commission for determination, subject to confirmation by the City Council.
C. Further, Section 33-6(c), pertaining to the naming of such facilities,
delineates policy guidelines that shall be used in the determination;
D. The Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on
September 8, 2025 to consider PFN No. 2025-02;
E. Based on SAMC section 33-6(c)(4), directing the promotion of names that
recognize a person or family who made a distinct, significant contribution to the well-
being of the City of Santa Ana, the Planning Commission determines that the PAAL
Center located at 2627 W. McFadden shall be renamed as the Jose Vargas PAAL
Center.
Section 2. The Planning Commission finds and determines that this Resolution
is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to sections
15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because the naming of a
public facility will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment, as there is no possibility it will have a significant effect on
the environment and is not a “project,” as defined in section 15378 of the State CEQA
Guidelines. Furthermore, the Resolution falls within the “common sense” CEQA
exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3), excluding projects where
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“it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may
have a significant effect on the environment.”
Section 3. The Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana hereby approves
Public Facility Naming No. 2025-02 to name the Santa Ana Police Athletic & Activity
League (PAAL) Center, located at 2627 W. McFadden Avenue, to the Jose Vargas PAAL
Center. This decision is based upon the evidence submitted at the above-referenced
meeting, which includes, but is not limited to: the Request for Planning Commission
Action dated September 8, 2025 and exhibits attached thereto; and the public
testimony, written and oral, all of which are incorporated herein by this reference.
ADOPTED this 8th day of September 2025.
_______________________
Isuri S. Ramos
Chairperson
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:_______________________
Melissa M. Crosthwaite
Senior Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Commissioners: Carl Benninger, Manuel J. Escamilla, Christopher
Leo, Jennifer Oliva, Isuri S. Ramos (5)
NOES: Commissioners:
ABSENT: Commissioners: Bao Pham, Alan Woo (2)
ABSTENTIONS: Commissioners:
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, Gema Zapien, Recording Secretary, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2025-26 to be the original resolution adopted by the Planning
Commission of the City of Santa Ana on September 8, 2025.
Date: ___09/08/2025_____________________________________________
Gema Zapien
Recording Secretary
City of Santa Ana