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Ordinance No. 20-40 amending Ordinance No. 19-87 (2020 Appropriation Ordinance) for a Supplemental Appropriation to the Trails, Open Space and Parks Fund in the Amount of $6,243,900 for the Phase I Acquisition of Approximately 193.47 Acres of Property at the Black Canyon Quarry and 89.85 Acres of Property Known as the Pikeview Frontage Property (of a total of 148.02 Acres) for the Purpose of Public Open Space and Trails in the Mountain Shadows Candidate Open Space Area.
Presenter:
Britt Haley, TOPS Program Manager, Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Department
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Summary:
This request for a supplemental appropriation covers the Phase I transaction costs proposed for the Mountain Shadows Open Space acquisition.
Background:
The acquisition proposal offers the opportunity to acquire over 340 acres of open space previously identified in the 2014 Park System Master Plan as candidate properties for the City of Colorado Springs open space system. In addition, this proposal envisions a potential future donation of 100 acres, which would bring the total acreage to 440 acres.
Two properties are proposed for acquisition by TOPS, and a third is proposed as a donation upon physical site reclamation. All of the properties are owned by Castle Concrete/ Continental Materials Corporation (Castle Concrete). They are:
o An approximately 193 acre property just west of the Cedar Heights neighborhood and adjacent to the Williams Canyon called the Black Canyon Quarry.
o 148 acres of property between Blodgett Open Space and the Flying W Ranch. This property was purchased by Castle Concrete to buffer the Pikeview Quarry from the developing neighborhood (Oak Valley Ranch subdivision). No mining has occurred here and it has rolling hills featuring oak brush and grassland.
o The 100 acre Pikeview Quarry site at a later date after it is physically reclaimed and the reclamation work is state approved. This would be donated to the City for a world class level b...
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