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Park Planning &
Development Department
215 N Mason St
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970-416-2192
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MEMORANDUM
Date: July 14, 2022
To: Mayor & City Council Members
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Interim Deputy City Manager
Rupa Venkatesh, Assistant City Manager
Seve Ghose, Community Services Director
From: Kurt Friesen, Park Planning & Development Director
Re: New Neighborhood Park Name
Bottom Line
The City Manager is responsible for selecting the names of new neighborhood parks. Based
on the recommendation of City staff, the new neighborhood park proposed on Miles House
Avenue in the Bucking Horse neighborhood will be called “Dovetail Park.”
The purpose of this memo is to provide Council with background on the selected name.
Background
The park site is located within the Bucking Horse neighborhood and was part of the historic
Johnson and Jessup Family Farms in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The park site is organized into several passive and active recreational zones, including a
perimeter loop walk with generous native landscape buffer, a multi-purpose green, an activity
terrace with a collection of diverse recreational amenities, a naturalistic drainage and a new
trail connection.
The park design integrates both traditional neighborhood park amenities (basketball,
playground, picnic shelter) with unique activities (hammocking, table tennis, corn hole, bocce
ball). This approach creates appeal for a diversity of park users, including teenagers and
seniors.
Dovetail means “to join or fit together well or harmoniously.” This name was selected for the
park for several reasons:
o The activity terrace, a central feature of the park, is organized into a series of
recreational experiences that transition from active to passive uses. The name
characterizes the seamless and interconnected nature of these uses.
o The park includes non-traditional park amenities, welcoming a range of park users with a
diversity of interests. This results in a series of harmonious environments in close
proximity.
This park advances many of the goals outlined in the 2021 Parks and Recreation Master
Plan, including increasing native vegetation in parks, reducing irrigated bluegrass lawn and
water consumption, providing equitable access to parks and recreational experiences,
improving connections to nature, and providing a place for youth, adults and seniors to get
health, stay fit, and connect with others.
In addition to the parks and recreation master plan, feedback from community members at
several meetings helped guide the project.
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Next Steps
Construction of the park is anticipated to begin in July, with park completion planned for
Spring 2023.
An informational video about the park has been shared with community members. A link to
the video is provided at the park planning web site:
https://www.fcgov.com/parkplanning/bucking-horse-park
The park name will be revealed to community members following approval.
An in-person ribbon cutting event is tentatively planned when the park is complete.
Attachments
Park plan and renderings