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Foothills Sentry Page 2 October 2023 ACO 4202 714 282 0828 | jadtec.com YOU NEVER KNOW WHO’S LURKING! protecting your home from creepy, unwanted visitors! jadtec.com $ 15 95 /mo as low as SECURITY JADTEC New pocket park will honor Cypress Street Barrio families The Orange City Council agreed to name a future pocket park in the Cypress Street Barrio Antepasado Park, in honor of the families who have lived in that neighborhood for generations. Antepasado is Spanish for “an- cestors” or “forebears.” The new park will be located at the site of city water well 28 at 225 W. Maple. Once the well is constructed, the property will be converted into the park. A committee consisting of the Park Planning Commission and the Orange Barrio Historical So- ciety was tasked to come up with a name recommendation for the park and a visual tribute to the founding families of the barrio. The committee recommended Cypress Historical Park as its first choice, Antepasado Park as its second. When presented to the city council, Ana Gutierrez said she preferred the second choice because “Cypress Park” did not reflect its purpose, “It should be a Spanish name,” she said. “I don’t think Mexican-American when I hear Cypress.” She was told that the commit- tee chose Cypress because it was the name of the barrio and would represent all of the families who live there, without leaving anyone out. And, there was concern that Antepasado would be hard to pro- nounce. “Antepasado is not hard to pro- nounce,” Gutierrez countered. Arianna Barrios agreed that a Spanish language name was more suitable. After reading a letter from longtime community mem- ber Robert Baca, explaining why preserving the cultural heritage of the Barrio was important and why the name should reflect that heritage, Barrios noted that “An- tepasado hits at the heart of the park being for ancestors.” John Gyllenhammer reported that a search for “Cypress Park” on the internet turned up a lot of them in Orange County, and concluded that Antepasado Park would stand alone. The council voted unanimously to name the park Antepasado. When finished, the park will also house a plaque commemo- rating the heritage of the Cypress Street Barrio in English and Span- ish. A QR code will take visitors to a website with more in-depth information and history, includ- ing a list of the founding families. Work on the water well is scheduled to begin this fall, and will take about a year to complete. Constructing the park is the final step, and will take 30 to 60 days. WCO to tend city roses The Woman's Club of Orange will expand its gardening skills beyond the clubhouse rose gar- den to the City’s Hart Park and the renovated Plaza. Under an agreement between Annie Mansell, chair of the Woman’s Club Garden Section, and Orange City Manager Tom Kisela, club rosarians will bring the existing rose bushes back to life and add new blooms to the city’s flower beds, as needed. The city will cover the costs, but the nurturing will be done by volunteers. Orange City Council approves truck terminal The proposed big-rig logistics center, slated to be built on 9.4 acres at the dead end of Struck Avenue, was approved by the City Council, Aug. 29. Owned by Prologis L.P., the facility will be leased to an as yet unknown company, once it is completed in 2025. The center will feature 52,000 sq. ft. of ware- house space, 5,000 sq. ft. of office space and a separate 5,400 sq. ft. maintenance building. It will include 84 delivery dock doors, 188 parking stalls for truck trail- ers and draw 176 truck trips every day. An abandoned 40,000-sq.-ft. building on the site will be demol- ished. Prologis was praised by city council members for “working with the community” to ensure the project is a good fit. The company agreed to complete a full-fledged Environmental Impact Report after its less thorough Mitigated Negative Declaration raised air quality, noise and traffic concerns from reviewing agencies and citi- zens. It moved the location of its maintenance building to satisfy a neighboring business owner who believed it was too close to his property and would be noisy and disruptive. It added more trees to its landscaping plan at the behest of the city’s Design Review Com- mittee. The company plans to hire union labor for construction, test the condition of Struck Avenue and make improvements, and use sustainability (solar energy, LED lighting, AEV charging and con- crete paving) as a benchmark. Long before Prologis came on the scene, Orange had approved plans for an affordable apartment building across from the truck terminal site. Councilwoman Ana Gutierrez said she was worried about those future residents. The EIR deemed the decibel levels generated by the facility to be at acceptable levels, but she sus- pected it still might be loud for the people who lived there. She was told that there would be a large landscaped park area between the two sites and that landscaping is a good way to mit- igate noise. Jon Dumitru added that “dis- closures will be made to renters. They’ll know. We can’t con- sider projects across the railroad tracks,” he said. “That property has been sitting vacant. It’s an eyesore. I’ll take the 68 new trees and a building that is safe.” Gutierrez was the only dis- senting vote in the 6-1 approval. Her no vote was not because she didn’t like the project, she explained, but she could not disregard the potential negative impact on the future apartment dwellers near by. Kiwanis Club parks cars for cash The Kiwanis Club of Orange staffed a parking lot during the re- cent International Street Fair over Labor Day weekend. The Kiwanians worked two shifts, all three days, and managed to take in a little over $2,500. The club considers it a great effort for a lot with just 26 spaces. All of their earnings will go back to the community. If you are interested to learn more about this service club, call (714) 604-5653 or email kiwani- soforangeca@gmail.com . Meetings are held the first and third Thursday of each month from 12-1 p.m. Kiwanians Debbie Boot, left, and Bruce Morrison work a shift at the parking lot. Artist's rendering of planned logistics center