HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/16/2007 - RESOLUTION 2007-095 AMENDING RESOLUTION 2007-062 T ITEM NUMBER: 14
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: October 16, 2007
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Tess Heffernan
SUBJECT
Resolution 2007-095 Amending Resolution 2007-062 to Extend the Deadline For a Task Force
of Citizens to Make Recommendations Regarding the City's Holiday Display Policy.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Holiday Display Task Force was appointed by the City Manager in early August 2007 for
the purpose of reviewing the City's current Holiday Display Policy and recommending possible
modifications to the policy. The Task Force held its first meeting on August 22, 2007. Since
then members have met regularly and investigated a number of options, with the goal of
developing a recommendation to City Council by the designated deadline of October 31, 2007.
The Task Force was originally scheduled to present its recommendations to Council at its regular
meeting on November 6, 2007. The agenda schedule for that meeting necessitates that the
materials for the meeting be submitted by noon on October 17, 2007, effectively eliminating two
full weeks from the Task Force's original schedule.
The presentation of the Task Force's recommendations to City Council has been tentatively
rescheduled to November 20, 2007, pending Council's approval of this Resolution, in order to
give Task Force members time to complete the group's recommendations. While the Task Force
fully intends to submit its recommendations as required for the November 20, 2007, Council
meeting, extending the deadline to the end of the year will allow additional flexibility should
Council wish the Task Force to develop any follow-up recommendations as a result of the
November 20, 2007, discussion. Therefore, the proposed Resolution will extend the Task Force's
deadline to December 31, 2007.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution 2007-062 Authorizing the City Manager to Appoint a Task Force of Citizens
to Make Recommendations Regarding the Dsplay of Religious Symbols on Public
Property.
ATTACHMENT
RESOLUTION 2007-062
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPOINT A TASK FORCE
OF CITIZENS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING
THE DISPLAY OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
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WHEREAS, in the recent past, the City has received requests from citizen groups wishing
to display symbols associated with the winter holiday season on City-owned property,some ofwhich
symbols are religious in nature; and
WHEREAS,to date,the City's response to these requests has been to continue its practice
of limiting its own holiday displays to secular symbols and messages; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is interested in reconsidering the position that the City has
taken with regard to this policy and wishes to solicit input on this subject from a task force
comprised of a cross section of the community.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to create and appoint
a task force of citizens,not to exceed twenty members,to review this issue and to submit to the City
Council, no later than October 31, 2007, any recommendations that the task force may have with
regard to the possible modification of the City's holiday display policy.
Section 2. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to provide the task
force with any general information about applicable legal principles that he believes may be helpful
to the task force in formulating its recommendations to the Council.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Co f the City of Fort Col ' s this 17th
day of July, A.D. 2007.
Mayor
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City Clerk ,
RESOLUTION 2007-095
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING RESOLUTION 2007-062 TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE
FOR A TASK FORCE OF CITIZENS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING THE CITY'S HOLIDAY DISPLAY POLICY
WHEREAS, on July 17, 2007, the City Council adopted Resolution 2007-062 authorizing
the City Manager to appoint a task force of citizens (the "Task Force") to review the City holiday
display policy and make any recommendations that the Task Force may have with regard to the
possible modification of the policy, which recommendations were to be submitted to the City
Council no later than October 31, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force has requested an extension of the deadline to submit its
recommendations to the Council in order to give Task Force members time to thoroughly complete
the group's recommendations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 1 of Resolution 2007-062,adopted by the Council on July 17,2007,is hereby
amended to extend the deadline for the Task Force to submit its recommendations to the City
Council to no later than December 31, 2007.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 16th
day of October, A.D. 2007.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk