Name unveiled for new southeast Fresno park with some controversy

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Action quality was successful the vicinity arsenic metropolis leaders unveiled the sanction of a caller parkland coming to southeast Fresno, but it's not without controversy.

The 49 acres located connected Peach Avenue adjacent Geary Street was donated to the metropolis by the US Department of Agriculture backmost successful 2006.

Part of the donation statement was that the metropolis converts the onshore into a park.

It sat vacant for 2 decades until this year.

''It's not conscionable astir having a greenish space," says Councilmember Brandon Vang. "It's astir having a spot to walk, to play, to consciousness harmless and to link with nature. We don't conscionable privation much parks. We request much parks.''

City leaders announced that the parkland volition beryllium named the Southeast Fresno Sports Complex.

A person from the enactment "Latino Educational Issues Roundtable" is encouraging radical to constitute to assembly members successful hopes of changing that name.

He's asking it beryllium named aft José León Barraza arsenic a mode to beforehand persons successful the Latino assemblage who served the community.

The point volition beryllium discussed astatine adjacent Thursday's Fresno City Council gathering for anyone who wants to enactment the effort.