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Home My WebLink About02-12 RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION NO. 02-12 A RESOLUTION NAMING OAK RIDGE TRAIL AND MEADOW VALLEY TRAIL BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby names Oak Ridge Trail, a newly completed 0.5 mile long trail extending west from Frisco Trail into the campus of the University of Arkansas along the north side of Center Street. Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby names Meadow Valley Trail, a 2.3 mile long trail extending west from Scull Creek Trail, across the University of Arkansas Agricultural Research Station, under Interstate 540, and connecting to bike lanes on Mount Comfort Road. PASSED and APPROVED this 3rd day of January, 2012. APPROVED: ATTEST: By: DOM& G, SONDRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer v r/r uo pa0 :FAYETTEVILLE: 8 ~ %1761 rf/siI! VGT c N %% tib`~+• !f!llliii7ll1j1 Matt Mihalevich Submitted By City of Fayetteville Staff Review Form City Council Agenda Items and Contracts, Leases or Agreements January 3rd 2012 City Council Meeting Date Agenda Items Only Engineering Division Action Required: Development Services Department Staff requests a recommendation and approval from the City Council for official names for two City Trails. N/A Cost of this request N/A Account Number N/A Project Number Budgeted Item N/A Category / Project Budget N/A N/A Program Category / Project Name N/A Funds Used to Date Program / Project Category Name N/A N/A Remaining Balance Fund Name Budget Adjustment Attached Finance and Internal Services Director lt. k k -1A11 Date J2 -lam lr Date Date /a2-/ -7/ Date Date Previous Ordinance or Resolution # Original Contract Date: Original Contract Number: Received in City 1 2-14-1 1 /AL),) K L v Clerk's Office i t Comments: Revised January 15, 2009 �Fav�Ce e�vi�e THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENCE ARKANSAS www.accessfayetteville.org CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO To: Mayor and City Council Thru: Don Marr, Chief of Staff Jeremy Pate, Development Services Director Chris Brown, City Engineer (,e From: Matt Mihalevich, Trails Coordinator An Date: December 14, 2011 Subject: Trail Naming Recommendation RECOMMENDATION: Staff requests a recommendation and approval from the City Council for official names for two City trails. PROPOSAL: On October 12'h, 2011 the Fayetteville Active Transportation Advisory Committee unanimously approved a motion to forward the trail names recommendations "Oak Ridge Trail" and "Meadow Valley Trail" to the Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for review and public comment according the park and trail facilities naming policy (attached). The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board heard the trail naming on November 7`1', 2011 and tabled the item for 1 month to allow a public comment period. On December 5'1', 2011 the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board voted unanimously to forward the trail name recommendations "Oak Ridge Trail" and "Meadow Valley Trail" to the City Council. BACKGROUND: Oak Rid2e Trail This newly completed 0.5 mile long trail extends west from Frisco Trail into the campus of the University of Arkansas along the north side of Center Street. The University of Arkansas has named this trail Oak Ridge Trail on their master plan to signify the wooded hillside that the trail traverses. Meadow Valley Trail This 2.3 mile long trail will extend west from Scull Creek Trail across the University of Arkansas Agricultural Research Station and under I-540 to connect to the bike lanes on Mount Comfort Road. For construction purposes the trail has been called the U of A Farm Trail, however this name was intended to be temporary to be used during the planning and construction phase while an official name is chosen. THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS City staff contacted a local historian, Charlie Alison to determine the historical significance of the site where the trail will cross. See correspondence below: "There are probably two names most associated with that area. Prior to purchase by the university, Agri Farm west of Garland was the Deane family farm, the name of which is still preserved in Deane Street and Deane Solomon Road. The other name is that of the Meadow Valley School, a one -room schoolhouse originally built near the intersection of Porter Road with Mount Comfort and Deane Solomon. It was later moved to what is now Agri Park on Garland, so it existed at two points along the route of the trail at various times. Technically, it was School District 98 at the time and sometimes referred to as Deane School. I'll have to double-check what families owned property east of Garland to see whether any names are worth adding for consideration. My recollection is that Noah Drake owned a large farm on the north end of town, but I think it was north of Drake Street." Charlie Alison In addition, Pete and Margo Heinzelmann contacted the City with the following recommendation: "Margo and I run (jog and slog) at the U of A farm often in the early morning and we see the progress of the trail there. We are both from the Midwest (Iowa and Illinois) and what strikes us there in the morning is the birds -- Canadian geese, Green Herons, and Meadowlarks. Our favorite name for the trail would be "Meadowlark Trail" , they love to hang out next to these beautiful fields. Pete and Margo The Active Transportation Advisory Committee was not supportive of a trail name that shares the same name as an existing street name because it could lead to confusion with emergency services. The committee found that Meadowlark, Deane and Drake are all current street names in Fayetteville. The committee recommended "Meadow Valley Trail" due to the distinctive name, historical significance of the one -room school house and geographic features of the meadows and valley. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board agreed with the recommendations and voted unanimously to forward the trail names "Oak Ridge Trail" and "Meadow Valley Trail" to the City Council. Throughout the each step of the process of meeting with the Active Transportation Advisory Committee and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, City staff kept in contact with representatives from the University of Arkansas Agricultural Research and Extension Center to request input on the trail name since a significant portion of the trail crosses through University property. On December 13, City staff was notified of their preference to name the trail "Agricultural Research Trail", see correspondence below. "Thank you for the trail name update and keeping me updated on the status of the process. While the Meadow Valley Trail name is nice and has a historical base, we would like to suggest Agriculture Research Trail as name that would fit a past, since 1919, current and, future use of a lot of area that the trail passes by and though." Thank you for the consideration. Vaughn Skinner, Resident Director AAREC Since the above response was not received until the 13'x` of December, the Active Transportation Advisory Committee and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board did not consider the name "Agriculture Research Trail", and this name is not recommended by staff as a name to be considered. If the City Council would like to consider this name, staff recommends sending the name back through the Active Transportation Advisory Committee and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for their consideration. BUDGET IMPACT: None RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION NAMING OAK RIDGE TRAIL AND MEADOW VALLEY TRAIL BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby names Oak Ridge Trail, a newly completed 0.5 mile long trail extending west from Frisco Trail into the campus of the University of Arkansas along the north side of Center Street. Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby names Meadow Valley Trail, a 2.3 mile long trail extending west from Scull Creek Trail, across the University of Arkansas Agricultural Research Station, under Interstate 540, and connecting to bike lanes on Mount Comfort Road. PASSED and APPROVED this 3`d day of January, 2012. APPROVED: ATTEST: By: By: LIONELD JORDAN, Mayor SONDRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer .va UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS CAMPUS 3 w,.� c r I w u..... 7 Yr r...... 11 3• i 5 w0" . THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS wwa....v }` _ ` � i 6 FUTURE TRAIL 1 os•� CONNECTION TO F SCULL CREEK W r..�.Y .. ais,.[MAI W i0v.11 n.i e UNI1'I R'I15.1E ARKANSAS 1 k N I't )t (&SS 3 8 ! w an s.ri4rirtA,t 1ilrq w.nlarr.� Oak Ridge Trail VICINITY MAP Recreational Trails Grant i ILExisting Bike Lanes on Mt Comfort Road -r1 - j ry =I '1;1 +Jif -I Engineering Division 117 W. Mountain Fayetteville, Ax 72701 479-575-8206 May 2005 il• iiij•\ , �! Wb W,1..plf„YIWR.WR/N. x .S- .,WFEtaRcr '. g 1 Propoged Tunnel for Trill Udder Garlandy tRomtsr vF iI°,-- - ----- 1 Existing :cull Creek Trail - 7.8 1411/93 I. r pfm' �J^ .� \, YvrtsEllirTrO�,YI I+w+]��,ln 9r Proposed U of A Farm Trait • 2.3 Mlles I i I - Legend - U of A Farm Trail — Scull Creek Trail Bike Lane Bike Lane/Shared Lan -- Shared Lane rj } �++rfll�tll -rig )•–r -' :. lf 1 r• J �, I el`+iL I. Ir.i_l t • r . F TT–eens.-_. lam' .1!, �.: . ,i 1-^~' s 7._ ii . II;;° --I—.r-�, rf—,— ,rim Iii .. I -- �I• ` �.',�' 1,„T„..7,--z„--.e.„--„,,,;,,i'-11 I; 1-11 f -II ; - 1 r INf.r -A14 . • -r; 141 T:L ~ Irl 1LI i�la LicfAFarm Trail 2.3 Miles r: r i';if • .1WIC acyjsile FAYETTEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Minutes for December 5, 2011 Present: Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members Bailey, Meldrum, Thompson, Meinecke, Waite, Hazelrigs and Watson were present. Lindsey and Mason were absent. Staff members Edmonston, Humphry, Jumper, Mihalevich, Jones, Gipson and Thomas were in attendance. AGENDA: 4. Trail Naming Proposal: Matt Mihalevich This item was tabled at the November 7th meeting according to the Park Naming Policy to allow for public input. Mihalevich said there are two trails to be officially named by the City Council. Matt Mihalevich presented names to the Active Transportation Advisory Committee on October 12th. The Committee unanimously approved to forward Oak Ridge Trail and Meadow Valley Trail names to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for their recommendation to City Council who will have the final decision on naming the trails. This item was tabled at the November 7th, 2011 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board according to the Park Naming Policy in order to allow for public input. There have been no comments or suggestions for the proposed trail names in the past month. Edmonston said that no names were submitted to Parks and Recreation office, either. Meinecke asked what the name choices were for the trails. Meldrum said the names were Oak Ridge Trail and Meadow Valley. Oak Ridge Trail goes from Frisco Trail west to the University along Center Street. The University of Arkansas has been referring to this trail as Oak Ridge Trail. Meadow Valley goes from Scull Creek Trail west to Interstate 540 at Porter Road through Agri Park. PRAB Motion: Meldrum motioned to recommend the new trail names of Oak Ridge Trail and Meadow Valley Trail to City Council for final approval. Waite seconded it. Motion passed 7-0-0 by voice vote. 1 u{ --,k- ;z, MA-.:- x- a . - -"Va. ti/,'l •A. S :: ;' '` - • + n � - °' w r`'. '`M' K L'" '�- _ Parks and Recreation Division Policies and Procedures Manual SUBJECT: NAMING PARK FACILITIES NUMBER: PRK- REVISIONS: EFFECTIVE DATE: 1-1-10 PAGE: 1 OF 1 SUPERSEDES: APPROVED BY: FAYETTEVILLE PARKS & RECREATION PURPOSE The purpose of this directive is to provide policies which will govern the naming of park facilities currently owned or acquired by the City of Fayetteville. This policy statement takes precedence over any previous policies and guidelines which may have governed the naming of these facilities. POLICY Upon acquisition of a new park, the Director of Parks and Recreation will assign a nondescript temporary working name or subdivision name for the park facility to be used until park development begins. Once park development begins, the Parks and Recreation Division will receive and forward park facility name suggestions to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for review. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will discuss the recommendations at their monthly meeting and will leave the issue on the table until the next scheduled meeting. This one month duration will allow time for any public comment on the proposed names. The following items should be considered when proposing names for any park facilities: • Geographic location of the facility • Outstanding features of the facility • Commonly recognized historical event, group, or individual • Individual or group who contributed significantly to the acquisition or development of a facility • Individual who provided an exceptional service in the interest of the park system For an individual to be considered, the recommended name must be accompanied by a biographical sketch which provides evidence of historical significance or contributions to the Parks and Recreation Division or City of Fayetteville. Generally, the naming of park facilities in recognition of an individual will not be considered unless received posthumously. The naming of plaques, markers, and memorials within park facilities must follow the policies as stated above. Naming of Trail Facilities: A name recommendation from the Sidewalk & Trails Committee for trail facilities will be required prior to forwarding to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Names of Park Facilities recommended by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will be presented to City Council for final approval.