Tender Care Veterinary CenterJohn Amen, owner of Tender Care Veterinary Center, said the clinic is building a 4,200-square-foot expansion to provide more exam rooms and services. The expansion will include a space behind the existing building that can be used for community meetings, physical therapy for the animals and other similar activities.ìWe are excited for it to be completed,î he said. ìWe hope to be finished by the end of July.îBennett Channel projectThe El Paso County Board of County Commissioners unanimously awarded a construction contract and purchase order to Frontier Environmental Services LLC, located in Arvada, Colorado, for the Bennett Channel sediment removal project for $450,271. The project is located east of Falcon, near the intersection of Highway 24 and Judge Orr Road.The general scope of work includes removing and hauling clean sand sediment that has been deposited in the engineered channel south of Highway 24, the Blue Gill Road box culvert and the Bukowski Pond in order to return the channel and pond back to its pre-flooding condition.Savage Development Inc. propertyThe commissioners unanimously approved requests by Savage Development Inc. for the final plat and preliminary plans to create seven single-family residential lots on a 39.4-acre property zoned Residential Rural 5. The property is located immediately north of Hodgen Road and about one-half-mile west of Black Forest Road, and it is included within the boundaries of the Black Forest Preservation Plan.John and Linda Jennings propertyThe county commissioners unanimously approved requests by John and Linda Jennings to rezone 40.67 acres from Agricultural 35 to RR-5, and the preliminary plan and final plat of that same property to create seven single-family residential lots. The property is located at the northwest corner of the Judge Orr and Stapleton Drive intersection and is included within the Falcon/Peyton Small Area Master Plan.Gary and Brenda Brinkman propertyThe BOCC unanimously approved a request by Gary and Brenda Brinkman for the final plat to create 14 single-family residential lots on 40.61 acres, zoned Residential Rural 2.5. The property is located north of Hodgen Road, south of Silver Nell Drive, east of the Walden development and west of Steppler Road and is included within the boundaries of the Black Forest Preservation Plan.Meridian Road/Falcon Park and Ride Improvements projectThe commissioners unanimously approved a memorandum of agreement, a special warranty deed, a non-exclusive permanent easement and a temporary construction easement from property owned by CST Metro LLC for $32,000 regarding the Meridian Road/Falcon Park and Ride Improvement project.McLaughlin Road and Old Meridian Road Improvement projectThe BOCC unanimously approved a memorandum of agreement, a non-exclusive permanent easement and a temporary construction easement from property owned by Randal W. Slattery and Lori M. Slattery for $3,700 regarding the McLaughlin Road and Old Meridian Road Improvement project.Drake Lake improvementsThe commissioners unanimously approved a non-exclusive permanent easement at Drake Lake to complete an embankment repair.Black Forest Regional Park Forest Restoration and Thinning projectThe BOCC unanimously awarded a construction contract and purchase order to Front Range Arborists Inc., located in Colorado Springs, for the Black Forest Regional Park Forest Restoration and Thinning project for $281,100. All work will be completed within the Black Forest Regional Park, northeast of the Milam Road and Shoup Road intersection and will help restore the park to pre-disaster conditions and/or mitigate damaged areas from future damage. The project is funded by the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program.Paint Brush HillsThe commissioners unanimously approved a request by Aeroplaza Fountain LLC for the final plat to create 158 single-family residential lots in Paint Brush Hills Filing No. 13E on 172.08 acres, located at the northwest corner of the Towner Avenue and Londonderry Drive intersection. The property is zoned Residential Suburban 6000 and RS-20000.Redtail RanchThe BOCC approved a request by Michael Ludwig for the final plat and preliminary plan to create 12 single-family residential lots on 67.9 acres, located about one-quarter mile north of Shoup Road, west of Vollmer Road. The final plat also vacates and re-plats Lots 1 and 2 of the Walker Place subdivision, which is included in the concurrently proposed Redtail Ranch preliminary plan. The property, zoned RR-5, is included within the boundaries of the Black Forest Preservation Plan.ROI Property Group propertyThe commissioners unanimously approved a request by ROI Property Group LLC to rezone 824 acres from A-35 to RR-2.5. The seven properties are located at the southeast corner of the Judge Orr Road and North Curtis Road intersection and are included within the boundaries of the Falcon/Peyton Small Area Master Plan.C & M Properties propertyThe BOCC unanimously approved a request by N.E.S. Inc. on behalf of property owner C & M Properties LLC to rezone 16.49 acres from split-zoning of RR-5 and Commercial Community to Commercial Services. The property is located about .3 miles east of the Howells Road and Ridgeway Lane intersection. The commercial usage approved in this request does not need water to be accessible at the site; however, if that commercial usage were to change in the future and water was needed, Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District has agreed to supply that water.
