Concord Hills Regional Park Park Name Selection

Board Executive Committee– September 3, 2020 Devan Reiff, AICP – Principal Planner

1 Delta Location of the future Pittsburg regional park

Concord Black Diamond Mines

Mount Diablo 2 • Historically known names or Commonly Geographic Accepted European Place Names

• Major Events, Eras, or People Associated Historic with Property

• Native Place Names or Cultural Affiliated Cultural

3 Park Naming Process

Name(s) Board Executive suggested Committee

• Public Workshops • Surveys Board • Individual Suggestions Park Advisory Disagree Executive Committee Committee Agree

Board of Directors

4 . Concord naming began with broad public input . Recommended names at park planning meetings . Four online surveys with 1,200 responses during Spring, 2020 . Executive Committee, PAC, and public interest in exploring a © Scott Hein name which recognizes native heritage and culture . Consulted with native American “Concord Hills Regional Park” tribal leaders

5 A land of many stories

• Interpretive themes of occupation, war, resistance, peace • Park’s Visitor Center will tell the histories of Port Chicago, CNWS, ranching, native peoples • With National Park Service, tell stories of sailors at Port Chicago and the resistance of the “Port Chicago 50” who changed civil rights in America

6 A Land of Many Languages • Circa 1770 Bay Area • Bay Miwok • Delta Yokuts • Six Ohlone Languages • Karkin • SF Bay Costanoan • Awaswas • Mutsun • Rumsen • Chalon

7 A Land of Many Tribes

8 Tribal  Association of Ramaytush Ohlone consultation  California IndianWater Commission on park  ConfederatedVillages of Lisjan  Costanoan Rumsen Carmel naming  Him.re-n of Ohlone, Bay Miwok and Plains Miwok  Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan People  Ione Band of Miwok Indians  Ohlone IndianTribe  Muwekma OhloneTribe  Wilton Rancheria  Wilton Rancheria

9 “Chupcan Territory Regional Park”

--”Cupkan Territory Regional Park”

• The Chupcan people lived in the valleys north of the Mountain and spoke Bay Miwok language. • The Chupcan and their ancestors were stewards of this land for millennia. 10 “Place of our Grandchildren’s Future” --translated into Bay Miwok language by Don Hankins

Image: Saclan woman (detail) by L. Choris, 1822; courtesy of “Caaco’ aanikssan Regional Bancroft Library. The Saclan people (Lafayette) were the neighbors of the Chupcan and spoke the Bay Miwok language. Park”

11 • Placeholder name for planning process • Pro: selected by Concord City Council • Con: not a geographic place name; Concord-centric name for a regional park

Concord Hills Regional Park

12 • Named for the 1835 Mexican land grant and ranch of Jose Mesa and Jose Miquel, which included today’s communities of Pittsburg, Bay Point, and Antioch, this is the most widely- recognized name for the range of hills between Concord and Pittsburg. • Pro: widely recognized geographic name. • Con: Future Park not actually on land that was part of Rancho Los Medanos; name primarily associated with Pittsburg to the east (e.g. Los Medanos College Los Medanos Regional Park in Pittsburg).

13 • Name of 1834 Mexican land grant and ranch of Don Salvio Pacheco, land which includes today’s City of Concord. • Pro: recognizes Mexican history of the land. • Con: may be confused with nearby Mount Diablo State Park. Monte Del Diablo Regional Park

14 Recommendation

Chupcan Territory Regional Park or Chupcan Regional Park

15 . Park Advisory Committee on September 28, 2020 . Board of Directors, October 20, 2020

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