DID YOU KNOW
VIP-named streets, sites
Colorado has numerous schools (Kennedy, Lincoln, George Washington), parks (Eisenhower and Roosevelt National), streets (Sherman and Grant), boulevards (Peña and Martin Luther King Jr.) and libraries (MLK Jr.) named for former presidents, governors, congressmen, mayors, Civil War generals and other famous Americans.
The Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area was renamed McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area in honor of former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis on Jan. 1, 2005.
The Animas-La Plata Project reservoir, under construction, was originally to be named Ridges Basin Reservoir. U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard introduced a bill to have the reservoir named Lake Nighthorse in honor of former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell. The president signed the bill in 2004.
Ronald Reagan Highway, a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 25 through El Paso County, was officially designated at a ceremony in October 2003. A joint resolution of the Colorado House and Senate approved the naming of the highway between Douglas County on the north and Pueblo County on the south.
In 2005, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway was designated as the stretch of I-25 extending from the Pueblo-El Paso County line to the New Mexico border in honor of Kennedy’s support of water resource development in the Arkansas Valley.
Source: Bureau of Land Management (www.co.blm.gov/mcncaplan/index.htm); Denver Post archives
REGIONAL NOTES
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Meetings on groundwater rules
A series of community meetings will be held on the county’s proposed regulations for the mountain groundwater overlay district.
Scheduled meetings are: today – 7:30 p.m., Buffalo Creek Community Center, 18050 S. Buffalo Creek Road; Tuesday – 6 p.m., Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway; and Aug. 3 – 6:30 p.m., Coal Creek Canyon Improvement Association Hall, 31528 Colorado 72.
Groundwater in the foothills is a limited resource, and county officials say the district sets up criteria to ensure there is adequate water for current and future development.
Draft regulations are available online at planning.jeffco.us. For information, call Patrick O’Connell with county zoning, 303-271-8707.
BOULDER
Off-leash enforcement delayed
The city of Boulder has moved back the date for when it will begin enforcing a special program for off-leash dogs in its open space and mountain parks.
The program requires canine owners – dog guardians, in official Boulder parlance – who wish to let their pooches run off leash to get voice- and sight-control dog tags. To get the tags, owners must watch a video that outlines the program’s expectations that they be able to get their dogs under control through voice commands alone.
After signing a statement agreeing to the program’s conditions and paying a fee, owners will receive the voice and sight tags.
Program enforcement had been scheduled to begin at the start of August, but because of the large numbers of people trying to watch the video and register for the program online, the city moved the enforcement date to Aug. 7.
To view the video, go online to osmp.org. or visit the Open Space and Mountain Parks office at 66 S. Cherryvale Road; the Chautauqua Ranger Cottage at 900 Baseline Road; or the Voice and Sight Dog Tag Dog Fair, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Boulder Public Library.
For more information, call 303-441-3440.
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