Settlers Ranch Filing No. 2AThe El Paso County Board of County Commissioners approved the application for final acceptance of certain streets within the Settlers Ranch Filing No. 2A subdivision into the EPC road maintenance system. All improvements have been completed and inspected.The Reserve at Corral Bluffs Filing No. 1The commissioners approved the release of the final letter of credit for public improvements at The Reserve at Corral Bluffs Filing No. 1 subdivision for $8,812, which represents the balance of the required defect warranty. All improvements have been completed and inspected.The county commissioners also approved the application for final acceptance of certain streets within Filing No. 1 into the EPC road maintenance system. All improvements have been completed and inspected.Nicodemus rural home occupationThe BOCC unanimously approved a request by Julie and Brad Nicodemus for a special use to legalize a contractorís equipment yard as a rural home occupation. The property is located 2.3 miles northeast of the Hodgen Road and Vollmer Road intersection, on the east side of Black Squirrel Road. The lot is 14.36 acres, zoned residential rural and included in the Whispering Pines Acres subdivision, within the boundaries of the Black Forest Preservation Plan.Tanager Way projectThe commissioners approved a resolution to amend a previously authorized grant agreement between the county and the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service for the design and construction of emergency watershed protection measures for two major drainage channels: the Bennett Ranch Channel along Highway 24 and Judge Orr Road; and the Tanager Way Channel along Tanager Way and Chamberlin south.The NRCS provided $387,000 for the Tanager Way project; and, after conducting damage survey reports, additional federal funding has been made available: $26,000 in technical assistant funds and $129,000 for construction channel stabilization. The money is available under the condition that EPC provide $43,000 in-kind matching funds to complete the construction phase of the Tanager Way Project.County Fairgrounds Owen Livestock PavilionThe BOCC approved a change order and contract amendment to Sedlak Electric for electrical work at the County Fairground Owen Livestock Pavilion for $44,455 for additional work required to properly complete the project to meet building standards.
