City of Santa Fe, New Mexico LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY Resolution No. 2016Amy Hetager Community Garden SPONSOR(S):
Councilor Lindell
SUMMARY:
The proposed resolution renames the Sunny Slope Meadows Community Garden as the Amy Hetager Community Garden.
PREPARED BY:
Jesse Guillen, Legislative Liaison
FISCAL IMPACT: Yes DATE:
August 30,2016
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution FIR
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CITY OF SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
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RESOLUTION NO. 2016INTRODUCED BY:
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Councilor Signe I. Lindell
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A RESOLUTION
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NAMING THE SUNNY SLOPE MEADOWS COMMUNITY GARDEN AFTER AMY
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HETAGER.
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WHEREAS, resolution 2010-19 permits city-owned paxks to be named after community members who meet certain criteria; and
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WHEREAS, those criteria include:
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the individual must be deceased;
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the individual must have made significant contributions to the community;
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the individual must have been of high integrity and good moral character;
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the individual must have been a resident of Santa Fe county or have a strong
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connection to Northern New Mexico;
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the past or in the present; and
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WHEREAS, the governing body desires to name the Sunny Slope Meadows Community
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the individual may have made charitable contributions of time or money either in
Garden after Amy Hetager; and
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WHEREAS, Amy recently passed away on March 27, 2014 after a five-year battle with cancer; and WHEREAS, when Amy was diagnosed with cancer in 2009, and her doctors urged her
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to get a hobby to "help taker her mind off of ie'; and
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WHEREAS, Amy took that advice to heart and co-founded Home Grown New Mexico,
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whose mission it is to educate and promote the awareness of nutritious, home grown food by
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enabling New Mexicans to take personal responsibility for growing, raising, making and storing
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healthy food; and
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WHEREAS, through Home Grown New Mexico, Amy helped bring gru·deners together,
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scheduled classes to educated the public, was involved with all the community gardens
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throughout the city of Santa Fe, and helped create the Santa Fe Kitchen Garden and Coop Tour;
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WHEREAS, Amy was a Master Gardener, and served on their board of directors; and
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WHEREAS, more thru1 25 people have signed a petition suppmting the naming of Sunny
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Slope Meadows Community Garden after Amy Hetager; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOlNED BY THE (iOVERNING BODY OF THE
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CITY OF SANTA FE that the Sunny Slope Meadows Community Garden is hereby renamed
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the Amy Hetager Community Garden in recognition of the service Amy provided to the residents
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of the city of Santa Fe through her co-founding and community work with Home Grown New
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Mexico.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this ___day
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JAVIER M. GONZALES, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
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YOLANDA Y. VIGIL, CITY CLERK
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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KELLEY A. BRENNAN, CITY ATTORNEY
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M/Legislation/Resolutions 2016/Amy Hetager Community Garden
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FIR No.
City of Santa Fe Fiscal Impact Report (FIR) This Fiscal Impact Report (FIR) shall be completed for each proposed bill or resolution as to its direct impact upon the City's operating budget and is intended for use by a11y of the standing committees of and the Governing Body of the City of Santa Fe. Bills or resolutions with no fiscal impact still require a completed FIR. Bills or resolutions with a fiscal impact must be reviewed by the Finance Committee. Bills or resolutions without a fiscal impact generally do not require review by the Finance Committee unless the subject of the bill or resolution is financial in nature. Section A.
General Information
(Check) Bill: Resolution: X (A single FIR may used for related bills and/or resolutions) Short Title(s): A RESOLUTION NAMING THE SUNNY SLOPE MEADOWS COMMUNITY GARDEN AFTER AMY HETAGER.
Reviewing Department(s): Persons Completing FIR:
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