Falcon FieldsN.E.S. Inc. submitted an Early Assistance application for a mixed use commercial and residential development located adjacent to the intersection of Woodmen Road and Highway 24, called Falcon Fields.Gabe Sevigny, planner II and reviewer with the El Paso County Planning and Community Development Department, wrote in an email to ìThe New Falcon Heraldî that an Early Assistance meeting is ìa process that staff utilizes to provide detailed information, develop customized submittal checklists, reduce procedural duplication, and help customers make decisions that will ensure the most efficient processing of their development application and increase the likelihood of approval of their proposed action prior to submitting a development application.îThe proposal would rezone the subject parcels from rural residential 5, and subsequent development applications would request the new zoning category once that has been determined.Sevigny wrote that the conceptual plan currently available through the countyís Electronic Development Application Review Program has already been changed to exclude residential development. ìAt this time we do not have any applications outside of the Early Assistance meeting,î he wrote.Another Early Assistance application was submitted by Falcon Field Metropolitan District, proposing a service plan that allows the FFMD to provide financing and construction of the special district, as authorized by Colorado Revised Statute Title 32 and pursuant to the countyís model service plan. The property for the proposal is about 58 acres and is planned for mostly commercial space.Sevigny wrote that no other application documents have been submitted for this proposed special district.New Meridian Road/Highway 24 intersection projectThe El Paso County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a request by the EPC Department of Public Works to approve, accept and enter into a standard off-system utility reimbursement agreement with Mountain View Electric Association regarding the New Meridian/Highway 24 intersection project for $189,850. A standard off-system utility reimbursement agreement is used when a roadway improvement necessitates the relocation, adjustments or installation of certain facilities owned by the utility company.Meridian Road/Falcon Park and Ride Improvements projectThe BOCC unanimously approved another request by the EPC Department of Public Works to approve and enter into a standard off-system utility reimbursement agreement with MVEA regarding the Meridian Road/Falcon Park and Ride improvement project for $7,930.The commissioners also unanimously approved two memorandums of agreement and accepted two temporary construction easements from property owned by Inhabit That, LLC, for $620 and $400 regarding the same project.The BOCC unanimously voted to award a professional services contract amendment No. 5 and a change order to a purchase order with HDR Engineering for transportation planning and civil engineering design services for this project for $248,132. The initial contract awarded to HDR for $179,077.80 from the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority funds was approved on March 10, 2008. Since then, four other amendments to the contract have been approved. This latest amendment brings the HDR contract total to $1,723.878.80.McLaughlin Road and Old Meridian RoadThe county commissioners unanimously approved a memorandum of agreement, a non-exclusive permanent easement and a temporary construction easement agreement from property owned by James T. Day and Lisa Day for $4,950 for the McLaughlin Road and Old Meridian Improvement project.Flying Horse NorthThe commissioners unanimously approved a request by PRI #2 LLC, to vacate and replat Lot 35 of the Flying Horse North Filing No. 1 subdivision into two single-family residential lots on 7.34 acres. The property is zoned planned unit development and is located about 1.5 miles west of Black Forest Road, south of Old Stagecoach Road. It is included within the boundaries of the Black Forest Preservation Plan.Norton extended guesthouse projectThe BOCC unanimously approved a request by property owner John Norton for a special use permit for a guesthouse with special provisions on his 5.37-acre property, zoned RR-5. The property is located about 0.3 miles east of the intersection of Howells Road and Ridgeway Lane and is included within the boundaries of the Black Forest Preservation Plan.Black Forest Regional Park Forest Trail Relocation projectThe commissioners unanimously approved a construction contract and purchase order to Meridiam Partners LLC, for the Black Forest Regional Park Trail Relocation project for $204,072.26. The scope of work includes construction of 4 miles of new trail, and decommissioning the old trail within the park to help restore the park to pre-disaster conditions and/or mitigate damaged areas from future damage. All work will be completed within the Black Forest Regional Park, northeast of the Milam Road and Shoup Road intersection. The project is funded by the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program.Timber Ridge West subdivisionThe EPC Planning Commission unanimously approved a request by Jacob Decoto for the final plat of the Timber Ridge West subdivision to create and authorize the development of three single-family lots on 36 acres, zoned PUD. The property is located north of the anticipated Briargate Road ñ- Stapleton Drive Corridor, west of Vollmer Road and within the boundaries of the Black Forest Preservation Plan.Monument Academy new middle/high school siteThe planning commission approved a request by 83 Walker LLC, and Monument Academy to allow a combined middle/high school on 69.8 acres in a 3-2 vote, with Kevin Curry and Sharon Friedman opposed. The property is zoned RR-5 and is located at the southeast corner of the Highway 83 and Walker Road intersection; it is included within the boundaries of the Black Forest Preservation Plan.
