The City of Santa Ana has partnered with a community coalition to make a dream come true for the residents that live around McFadden and Orange. Residents from Eastside, Madison Park, Wilshire and members of the Saint Anne’s Orange County Congregation Community Organization (OCCCO) Committee are working to build a new park on a 1.4 acre open space site owned by the City and immediately next to the beautiful Pacific Electric Bike Trail.
The coalition has named this potential park site, to honor the history of the area, the Pacific Electric Park site. Other organizations involved in the planning of this effort are the Grain Project, Taller San Jose, Casa Guanajato, and the University of California, Irvine’s Community Outreach Partnership Center.
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It appears that something is finally happening with this park – from the SA Council Agenda 9/16/2014:
25D. AGMT – LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC PARK PROJECT {Strategic Plan No. 6, 1G} – Public Works Agency, Community Development Agency and Parks, Recreation and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with RJM Design Group, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney, for a one-year period expiring September 15, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $215,500.
Interesting. Good catch!