Meridian RanchThe El Paso County Board of County Commissioners approved the final release of bond monies for public improvements to Stonebridge Filing No. 1 at Meridian Ranch for $256,729.80. All improvements have been completed and inspected.The commissioners also approved the final acceptance of certain streets within the same filing into the EPC road maintenance system.The board approved a request by GTL Inc. for the final plat to create 345 single-family residential lots, rights-of-way and an open space tract in Winding Walk at Meridian Ranch Filing No. 1. The 113.9-acre property, zoned planned unit development, is located at the northwest corner of Eastonville Road and Stapleton Drive. It is within the boundaries of the Falcon/Peyton Small Area Master Plan.Flying Horse NorthThe BOCC approved in a 4-1 vote a request by PRI 2 LLC for a preliminary plan to create 283 single-family residential lots on a 1,417-acre property, with commissioner Longinos Gonzalez opposed. †The property, zoned PUD, is east of Highway 83 and west of Black Forest Road and south of Hodgen Road.†The 1,417 acres also includes 324.1 acres of open space, including a golf course, park and other open space uses; and is located within the Black Forest Preservation Plan.The commissioners also unanimously approved the final plat for 80 of the 283 single-family lots, including rights-of-way and 21 tracts comprised of a golf course, open space and drainage structures.Falcon MarketplaceThe EPC planning commission approved a request by LG HI Falcon LLC for the preliminary plan for the Falcon Marketplace subdivision to create 11 commercial lots, public rights-of-way and two tracts to be used for a sub-regional detention basin and onsite detention and water quality and utilities facilities. The 36.4-acre parcel, zoned commercial regional, is located north of Woodmen Road, south of Owl Place and west of Meridian Road. The preliminary plan also creates a right-in access point from the north side of westbound Woodmen Road into a public roundabout, and is located within the boundaries of the Falcon/Peyton Small Area Master Plan.In an email to ìThe New Falcon Herald,î Julie Emmett, development coordinator with Hummel Investments LLC, wrote that construction on the site is expected to start in early November.
