HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/01/2012 - RESOLUTION 2012-032 RECOGNIZING THE VETERANS PLAZADATE: May 1, 2012
STAFF: Wendy Williams
Josh Jones
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 19
SUBJECT
Resolution 2012-032 Recognizing the Veterans Plaza Time Capsule and Directing a Future City Council to Open the
Time Capsule on Veterans Day 2111.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A time capsule containing donated items was buried at Veterans Plaza in Spring Canyon Community Park in 2011.
This Resolution formalizes its burial and requests that it be opened 100 years from now by a future City Council on
Veterans Day 2111 with the media and community present.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The Veterans Plaza at Spring Canyon Community Park contains soil from over 100 battlefields, U.S. Military
Cemeteries, and other installations worldwide – places like Omaha Beach and Afghanistan. The Veterans Plaza is a
unique, public venue that honors and pays tribute to all military men and women with ties to Northern Colorado. The
plaza features:
• Paved walking paths, native rock, shade trees, and an amphitheater with performance stage.
• Flags representing America, Colorado, and our country's military prisoners of war, and members killed in
action or missing in action.
• A bronze statue of a soldier holding a young boy on his shoulder, showing him the promise of the future.
• A "Victory Garden".
• Stone walls embedded with large LCD monitors, which scroll the names of veterans and allow visitors to
search for information on specific veterans.
On Veterans Day 2011, a time capsule was placed at Veterans Plaza. The capsule contains donated items that
represent the Fort Collins community and veterans in general, and is buried at on the north side of the pedestal on
which the statue stands. The genesis of this idea stems from former Fort Collins City Councilmember Diggs Brown
who wanted to commemorate the veterans who have served the United States. This Resolution asks that a future Fort
Collins City Council open the time capsule 100 years from now on Veterans Day 2111 with the media and community
present as they were in 2011.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Powerpoint presentation
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Veterans Plaza Time Capsule
May 1, 2012
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Resolution
• Recognizes the Veterans Plaza Time Capsule at
Spring Canyon Park
• Time Capsule was placed on Veterans Day, 2011
• Resolution direct the future City Council to open
the Time Capsule on Veterans Day 2111
• Plaque with opening date is in place on memorial
ATTACHMENT 1
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Opening Day of the Veterans Plaza
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Burying the Time Capsule
RESOLUTION 2012-032
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RECOGNIZING THE VETERANS PLAZA TIME CAPSULE AND
DIRECTING A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL TO OPEN THE TIME CAPSULE
ON VETERANS DAY 2111
WHEREAS, the Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado, located in Spring Canyon Community
Park, pays tribute to all U.S. military men and women, and contains soil from over 100 battlefields,
U.S. Military Cemeteries, and other installations worldwide; and
WHEREAS, the Veterans Plaza includes a time capsule that was buried in 2011 at the foot
of the statue “On Strong Shoulders”; and
WHEREAS, the time capsule contains numerous veteran-related items that have been
donated by members of the community to preserve the memory of the veterans and their service to
this country; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that it would be appropriate and fitting for a future
City Council to unearth the time capsule 100 years from now, on Veterans Day 2111, with the media
and the community present, and to visually share the contents of the time capsule with the members
of the community to commemorate the veterans of our great nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby recognizes the Veterans Plaza Time Capsule.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby asks the City Council of 2111 to unearth the
time capsule on Veteran’s Day 2111, and to share its contents with the community, in honor of the
nation’s veterans.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 1st
day of May A.D. 2012.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Interim City Clerk