Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No.  2014-29:  A resolution of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff naming two of the trails in Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve the "Tom Moody Trail" and  the "Don Weaver Trail". (Approve two Picture Canyon trail dedications).

Subsidiary Decisions Points: Resolution No. 2001-73, amended by Resolution 2010-72, states that the criteria for naming a City facility (including trails) may be accomplished through a petition process with the appropriate commission. If the proposed name is that of an individual, the person must have been deceased for two years, unless it is an individual who has contributed outstanding civic service to the City and who has been deceased for a period of at least one year. Facility names may be changed under extraordinary circumstances and approved by the City Council. Donald Weaver, Jr. passed away on May 26, 2014 after over thirty years of work to preserve Picture Canyon and its cultural resources. Thomas Moody died in 2009 after several years of work to restore and protect Picture Canyon and its natural resources.  As efforts are underway to construct trails and install trail signage at Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve, City staff and the community would like to commemorate the efforts of these men by dedicating the trails in their honor.

This decision has no financial impact on the City. The Flagstaff Sustainability Program has existing budgeted funds for trail signage at Picture Canyon. 

Fund existing and consider expanded recreational services

No

1) Approve the proposal allowing for the trails in Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve to be dedicated to Tom Moody and Don Weaver. 
2) Approve of the proposal to dedicate the Recreational Loop Trail to Tom Moody and wait until the one year anniversary of Don Weaver's passing to approve the dedication of the Educational Loop Trail to Don Weaver.
3) Not approve the request. 

From 2002 until his death in 2009, Thomas Moody was a tireless advocate for the restoration and preservation of Picture Canyon.   A native Arizonan, Moody spent 20 years as a commercial guide in the Grand Canyon and around the world running rivers. He was in on the ground floor of environmental studies in the Grand Canyon in the early 1980s and was instrumental in the conception and passage of the Grand Canyon Protection Act. Drawing on his degree in civil engineering at NAU, Moody became an associate professor at NAU teaching stream restoration and conducting research on southwestern streams. In 1999, Moody and his wife, Stephanie Yard, formed Natural Channel Design, Inc., an engineering consulting firm devoted to stream restoration and natural resource planning. Moody was an active member of the City of Flagstaff's Stream Team and one of the first members of the Friends of the Rio de Flag. His great passion and technical skills helped lead the arduous Picture Canyon preservation planning efforts through never ending roadblocks. His ability to work with a diverse group of individuals, organizations, and agencies helped to successfully navigate the grant applications, design, permitting, and countless authorizations that ultimately led to the restoration of the Rio de Flag and preservation of Picture Canyon. In memory of his efforts towards restoring and preserving the ecological resources of Picture Canyon, this resolution proposes that the Outer Recreation Loop Trail be named the Tom Moody Trail.
 
Beginning in the 1970s, Donald Weaver Jr. began efforts to document and preserve Picture Canyon’s unique cultural resources. He received his BS in Aeronautical Engineering from Tri State University and his PhD in Anthropology from Arizona State University. Weaver directed the Museum of Northern Arizona’s archaeological program, served as Curator of Anthropology, and then founded Plateau Mountain Desert Research, an archaeological consulting firm. A recognized authority on Southwestern prehistoric rock art, Weaver authored numerous books and articles. He served as president of the American Rock Art Research Association and  visited and partially documented more than 600 rock art sites in Arizona. Weaver served as professional advisor and coordinator of the Arizona Archaeological Society Rock Art Recording Field School and was awarded ARARA’s Frank and AJ Bock Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. An active participant of the Picture Canyon Working Group, Weaver assisted with efforts to record rock art, place the site on the National Register of Historic Places, and acquire Picture Canyon as a natural and cultural preserve. He was exceedingly generous in sharing his time and talents to achieve a permanent record of fragile rock art resources through documentation.  In memory of his efforts to restore and preserve the cultural resources of Picture Canyon, this resolution proposes the Educational Loop Trail be named the Don Weaver Trail.

Section 3 of Resolution No. 2001-73, as amended by Resolution No. 2010-72, lists four acceptable criteria for selecting names for City facilities. The fourth criterion, which is relevant in this case, reads as follows:

This decision has no financial impact on the City. The Flagstaff Sustainability Program has existing budgeted funds for trail signage at Picture Canyon. 

Consult
The proposed trail dedications were developed in consultation with the Picture Canyon Working Group and the Friends of the Rio de Flag, two groups that were central to the restoration and protection of Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve. On June 18, 2014, the City of Flagstaff Parks and Recreation Commission received a presentation on the trail dedications and had no questions. On June 26, 2014, the City of Flagstaff Open Spaces Commission unanimously voted in support of the trail dedications, as required by Resolution 2001-73. 

1. Approve the proposal allowing for the trails in Picture Canyon Natural and Cultural Preserve to be dedicated to Tom Moody and Don Weaver. 
2. Approve of the proposal to dedicate the Outer Recreation Loop to Tom Moody and wait until the one year anniversary of Don Weaver's passing to approve the dedication of the Educational Loop to Don Weaver.
3. Not approve the request.