HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-117-12/16/2014-SELECTING A NAME FOR A 31-ACRE NATURAL AREA RESOLUTION 2014-117
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SELECTING A NAME FOR A 31-ACRE NATURAL AREA
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2011, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 134, 2011,
which added to the City Code Sections 23-141 and 142 regarding the naming of City properties
and facilities; and
WHEREAS, on January 15, 2014, Woodward, Inc., conveyed to the City a 31-acre parcel
of land adjacent to the Poudre River to be used for Natural Areas purposes (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, on January 15, 2014, Natural Areas staff evaluated names solicited by the
public and recommended to the Land Conservation and Stewardship Board ("LCSB") that the
Property be named after the families that homesteaded and farmed the Property, prior to
Woodward, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the LCSB did not make a recommendation to City Council regarding
adoption of any name proposed at its January 15, 2014 meeting; and
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2014, pursuant to Section 23-141(b) if the City Code, Mayor
Karen Weitkunat requested an ad hoc City Council committee be formed to select and
recommend a name for the Property; and
WHEREAS, the ad hoc committee met on May 8, 2014, and was unable to reach
consensus among its members regarding a name to recommend to the City Council for the
Property; and
WHEREAS, the ad hoc committee met again on August 11, 2014, and voted to
recommend a name for a loop trail on the Property and to restart the process to name the overall
natural area; and
WHEREAS, on August 19, 2014, the City Council adopted Resolution 2014-075, naming
a loop trail on the site the "John and Emily Coy Homestead Trail", and directing staff to restart
the naming process for the Property as a whole; and
WHEREAS, staff has evaluated additional names solicited by the public and
recommended to the LCSB that the Property be named "Homestead Natural Area'; and
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2014, the LCSB approved a recommendation to the City
Council of"Homestead Natural Area" and "Homestead on the River Natural Area" as potential
names for the Property that reflect the historical, cultural, geographic and natural significance of
the site and area of the site in the heart of the City; and
WHEREAS, upon consideration of the recommendations of the LCSB and staff, the City
Council finds it to be in the best interest of the City to select "Homestead Natural Area" as the
name of the Property.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the City Council hereby adopts the name "Homestead Natural Area" for
that 31-acre parcel of real property, located adjacent to the Poudre River, that was conveyed to
the City by Woodward, Inc., on January 15, 2014, for natural area purposes.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
16th day of December, A.D. 2014. .
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