El Paso County fairgroundsThe El Paso County Board of County Commissioners approved a contract with Ed Green Construction Co. to provide additional electrical work for the project pavilion installation at the EPC fairgrounds for $42,620. The additional work will supply electricity to the vendor stations, south gate ticket booth and sheriff command security connections; it brings the total project cost to $388,190.Falcon Park-N-Ride projectThe commissioners approved a resolution to recognize federal revenue and appropriate expenditures for design services for the Falcon Park-N-Ride project for $288,485. A local match of $59,970 will be provided by the county for the project.Additionally, the BOCC approved a professional services contract amendment and change order to the purchase order with HDR Engineering for transportation planning and civil engineering design services for Meridian Road/Falcon Park-N-Ride improvements for $348,454. This amendment covers the cost of the final scope, including the final construction bid package, plans, specifications and estimates, the environmental 404 permitting and the development permit approval from the city of Colorado Springs.The initial contract awarded $179,077.80 to HDR in 2008; and, since then, three additional amendments have been made. The total project cost and contract amount with HDR is $1,475,746.80.Meridian Ranch and Eastonville Regional Trail projectThe BOCC approved a grant agreement between the county and the Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the Meridian Ranch and Eastonville Regional Trail project. The agreement awards the EPC Parks department $136,000 from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Non-Motorized Trail Grants program, which adds to the $50,040 from EPC regional park fees and $20,052 of in-kind professional services; the total project budget is $206,092.Woodmen Road Access Management PlanThe commissioners approved an amendment to the EPC Woodmen Road Access Management Plan to permit a right-in access to Woodmen Road. The resolution states, ìThe Board has determined that it would serve the best interests of the public and is in the best interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of El Paso County Ö to provide one additional right-in-right-out access on the north side of Woodmen Road from Woodmen Road to the Woodmen Frontage Road.î According to the November 2017 issue of The New Falcon Herald, King Soopers, the anchor store for the marketplace, was interested in the property as long as the right-in-right-out access off Woodmen had been approved.†Abert RanchThe BOCC unanimously approved a request by BF Ranch Trust 2015 to rezone 39.85 acres from rural residential 5 to rural residential 2.5. The property, located north of Hodgen Road, south of Silver Nell Drive, east of the Walden Development and west of Steppler Road, is included in the boundaries of the Black Forest Preservation Plan.
