The City Council on Monday will meet with state lawmakers to discuss the Marshall fire, redistricting changes and other city issues during a session that begins at 7:45 p.m.
The council meets again for an executive session on Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 5:15 p.m. to discuss oil and gas operations and mineral interests in the city.
A council regular session is then scheduled for 7 p.m., to discuss the Costco property development and whether to name the city’s newest park after community activist Nino Gallo.
Gallo, a Longmont resident, worked for decades to promote equity. He died from COVID-19 in December 2020 and on Jan. 5, 2021 Boulder County and the Longmont and Boulder city councils voted to proclaim the date, which would have been Gallo’s 71st birthday, Nino Gallo Day, in recognition of his service to the community across the two municipalities and the entire county.
A city staff report recommends that the 8.33-acre Wertman property, located west of the 70-acre city-owned Sisters Property and south of Quail Road in south central Longmont, be named after Gallo.
Gallo would be the first person of Latinx descent to have a park named after him in Longmont, the city staff report states. Gallo was the housing manager of Casa de La Esperanza, a subsidized housing community with deep roots in southeast Longmont and will be served by Wertman Park, the report states.
“We believe that the children and families living in Casa de la Esperanza, now and future generations to come will have such a beautiful park in their backyard and a wonderful place to recreate and enjoy nature is an appropriate way to celebrate Nino’s life,” the report states.
