By Lindsey Harrison
Bartlett Hay Sales
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a request by LaRon and Renee Bartlett for a variance of use to allow for commercial hay sales in the residential rural-5 district. The two properties are located at the Old Meridian Road and Chicago Avenue intersection.
Winsome commercial lot
The BOCC unanimously approved a request by ProTerra Properties to rezone 7.21 acres from commercial community to residential rural-2.5. The property is located at 16511 Early Light Drive, at the northwest corner of the Hodgen Road and North Meridian Road intersection.
Schmidt rezoning
The commissioners unanimously approved two requests by Turkey Canon Quarry Inc. and Sugar Daddys LLC to rezone 23 acres from RR-5 and 34.98 acres from RR-5 to residential multi-dwelling. The property is located immediately east of Black Forest Road and Vollmer Road.
Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 3
The BOCC unanimously approved an Urban Park Lands Agreement with Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 3 and Classic SRJ Land LLC to waive the $450,258 urban park fees related to construction of a publicly accessible 28-acre community park within the overall Sterling Ranch subdivision. The development is located northeast of the city of Colorado Springs, near the intersections of Vollmer Road, Marksheffel Road and Briargate Parkway. The agreement also waives all urban park fees for the filings that fall within a one-half-mile buffer of the community park.
The agreement includes the following: construction of about 3,615 linear feet of a 15-feet-wide concrete surfaced community trail, and an additional 4,815 linear feet of 6-feet-wide concrete walking paths. The agreement also includes the following: installation of a playground with accompanying swing set and seesaw; a dog park with pet waste stations, pickleball courts, shade structures, picnic tables, benches, trash and recycling receptacles, trail way finding signage, bike racks, exercise equipment, parking area and landscaping such as trees, shrubs, perennials, boulders, walls and edging and sod.
The park’s construction must be completed within five years of the date of the agreement, or Classic SRJ Land must immediately repay the $450,258.
Rolling Hills Ranch North Filing Nos. 1 and 2 at Meridian Ranch
The commissioners unanimously approved Urban Park Lands Agreements with GTL Inc. for Rolling Hills Ranch North Filing No.1 and No. 2 at Meridian Ranch to waive the respective $72,417 and $61,206 urban park fees related to construction of urban park and trail amenities. The development is located north of the town of Falcon between Meridian Road and Eastonville Road.
Mountain View Electric Association telecommunication lines
The BOCC approved a Non-Exclusive Permanent Easement Agreement with Mountain View Electric Association to install and maintain fiber optic telecommunication lines adjacent to the Rock Island Regional Trail between the towns of Falcon and Peyton.
The agreement allows for access, construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance and repair of fiber optic lines on the infrastructure that currently contains MVEA’s overhead electrical transmission lines running generally northwest/southeast on property owned by the county.
Eastonville Road Corridor Project
The county commissioners unanimously approved a reimbursement agreement between Melody Homes Inc. and the Pike Peak Rural Transportation Authority for improvements related to the Eastonville Road Corridor Project for no more than $4 million. The improvements extend from Londonderry Drive north to the Rex Road intersection and will upgrade the roadway to a hybrid EPC minor arterial/urban collector standards, including multimodal access, Americans with Disabilities Act improvements, intersection improvements and surface and drainage improvements.
Paint Mines Interpretive Park Master Plan
The BOCC unanimously approved the Paint Mines Interpretive Park Master Plan. The plan for the 775-acre park includes a visitors’ center, improved parking lots, sustainable trails, fencing and boardwalks, overlooks, interpretive displays and trail way finding signage.
