HomeMy WebLinkAboutcoa.Herron Park.Letter to name park POST OFFICE BOX 940 ASPEN,COLORADO 81611
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Hon. Robert Barnard, Mayor
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At the meeting of the directors of the Pitkin County Park Association
April 19, 1967, a resolution was adopted requesting the City Council
to name the new Park on Neal Avenue near the Roaring Fork River after
the former longtime Mayor of Aspen, A. E. Robison, in recognition of
his long and faithful service to the City.
It has now come to my attention that the City has a proposal before
it to name the park after the Herrons. We request that this proposal
be tabled at this time. It is felt that the Hennns cost the City a
great deal of money litigating the fine-legal points of their claim
to this land in the East Aspen Additional Townsite Patent, would have
gone so far as to upset the patent in order to pursue their claim to
title, and conveyed this parcel of land to the City only as a means of
clearing their own title and settling litigation.
We feel that Gene Robison dedicated more than twenty years of his
life to Aspen in his capacity as Mayor, trying to accomplish the
many tasks of municipal government during a time when neither the
money, the people to help nor sometimes even the inclination of
many of the inhabitants of help, was present. He was one of the
prime movers in filing the application and many documents, surveys,
etc. that were necessary to apply for and secure this Patent. He
signed most of the deeds by which people in this area now have title
to their property. We feel that it would be most fitting for the
Park to be named for him.
Of course, we do not wish this to be a publis issue, but would ask
that you consider this letter and perhaps give us time to secure whatever
support you would require in order to name this Park for A. E. Robison.
Sincerely,
PITK COUNTY PARK ASSOCIATION
R*mona Markalunas
Secretary
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