HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-057-05/04/2004-EXPRESSING CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THE 'CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA TECHNICAL AMEN RESOLUTION 2004-057
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
EXPRESSING CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR THE "CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER
NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2004"
WHEREAS,in 1996 the United States Congress created the Cache la Poudre River Corridor
Heritage Area(the"Heritage Area"),which includes the lands within the 100 year flood plain of the
Poudre River from the Roosevelt National Forest to a point 1/4 mile west of the confluence of the
Poudre and South Platte Rivers; and
WHEREAS,the legislation that created the Heritage Area,called the"Cache la Poudre River
Corridor Act" (PL 104-323), required that a Commission be established to develop and implement
a plan for the Heritage Area,and that the members of the Commission be appointed by the Secretary
of the Interior upon recommendation of the Governor of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of Colorado assembled a list of appointees,but the Commission
was never created because the Justice Department stated that the process designated in PL 104-323
for establishing the Commission constituted an unconstitutional delegation of power; and
WHEREAS,the people who were on the Governors's list for appointment to the Commission
have established a non-profit organization called the Poudre Heritage Alliance ("PHA"); and
WHEREAS, the PHA is working to get a bill passed in Congress that would amend the
Cache la Poudre River Corridor Act to allow the Department of the Interior to manage the Heritage
Area through a contract with the PHA; and
WHEREAS,the board of the PHA,which includes representatives from the State,Colorado
State University,Latimer and Weld Counties,the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District,
and the Cities of Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland, is asking that the City support the proposed
legislation in order to resolve the current impasse and allow management of the Heritage Area to
move forward; and
WHEREAS, the Council in its 2004 Legislative Policy Agenda stated its desire to support
legislation necessary to fully implement the Cache la Poudre River Corridor Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the Council hereby reaffirms its support for legislation which will
facilitate the full implementation of the Cache ]a Poudre River Corridor Act.
Section 2. That the Council urges the United States Congress to pass the "Cache la
Poudre River National Heritage Area Technical Amendments Act of 2004",amending the Cache la
Poudre River Corridor Act to allow the Department of the Interior to manage the Cache la Poudre
River Corridor Heritage Area through a contract with the Poudre Heritage Alliance.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this
4th day of May, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk