This Tuesday is the next step in the process of getting a whitewater park put in. The City Council will be holding a work session covering the plans for the Poudre River Project. This session does not allow input from the public, but you can show up to show support and listen to the discussion amongst the council members.

Details:
Time/Date: Tuesday (October 8) at 6pm
Location: City Hall, 300 LaPorte Ave.

Alternatively, if you have Comcast, you can watch the proceedings from the comfort of you home on channel 14 at 6pm.

Whatever you choose to do, please let your council member know your thoughts.

This work session will be covering 2 main topics. First will have Dr. Tony Frank from CSU talking for 1 hour (not Poudre River related). The second item (again 1 hour in length) will be the Poudre River Plan
and Projects led by John Stokes.

More information is available from the City’s web page:

http://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/agendas.php

The agenda for Tuesday’s meeting is here:

http://citydocs.fcgov.com/?cmd=show_related&vid=72&dt=SUMMARY+AGENDA&rid=October%208,%202013

Note, if you would like to see the video presentation of the September meeting with SO2’s park presentation, you can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrh3fDyBaW0

Just a reminder to all, that the open house is TONIGHT!

Please attend and get any non boater you know and who is interested in this project to attend as well. This open house will be very important to show the city the interest in the project from the community as a whole. The first hour (5-6) is devoted purely to the park.

Meeting info below:
Thursday September 5th (TONIGHT!!)
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. – White water park open house (Come see S02’s design, ask questions, lend support!)
6:00 – 8;00 p.m. – Discussion of other parts of the Poudre River Project

Lincoln Center
417 W Magnolia St
Fort Collins, CO 80521

For more details on topics visit here:
http://www.fcgov.com/riverprojects/

If you cannot attend, please let your city council member know, info below;
poudrewhitewaterpark.com/?page_id=13

After 15 years of pursuing a whitewater recreation area in downtown Fort Collins, we are now closer than ever to that possibility.

John Stokes of the city is working very diligently with the engineers and designers to determine feasibility.  He believes there are several opportunities in various locations.

There’s another public forum on September 5^th to discuss the projects in the downtown river corridor, time and location TBD.

On October 8^th, there’s a City Council work session dedicated to the river related initiatives.  The Whitewater Recreation Area needs to formally be part of this plan at this point for it to have a strong possibility of implementation.  The Fort Collins City Staff is in control of this recommendation.

Please email Zoe Whyman, the community relations manager, ZWHYMAN@fcgov.com with any questions or professional letters of support you feel comfortable writing.  You can also contact your city council representative at this time to share with them why you think it’s important to the community.  This will be key especially prior to the meeting on October 8^th.  A list of all council members is available from the following link: http://www.fcgov.com/cityleadership/, or send an email to: cityleaders@fcgov.com if you wish to address all city council members and the city manager. We need to be clear in any correspondence that we want a true whitewater park, with real features like holes and waves to surf.  We do not want a float park, as this will not be nearly as beneficial our community.

Also, we will start a drive soon, to raise money/pledges for helping fund this project.  If you would like to be part of this group who will be actively working on this, please email diana@trebuchetgroup.com