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 © Scott Hein Next Steps 16.