Title
A Resolution Authorizing a Land Exchange between the City of Colorado Springs and the Crest at Woodmen LLC
Presenter:
Kurt Schroeder, Parks Operations Manager - Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services
David Deitemeyer, Park Planner II - Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services
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Summary:
The proposed resolution will approve a land exchange between the City of Colorado Springs and the Crest at Woodmen, LLC, which will provide a connection from Cottonwood Creek Trail north to Woodmen Road. The properties to be exchanged are of approximately equal size and equal value.
Previous Council Action:
City Council was presented the proposal at its March 27, 2017 Work Session.
Background:
The Crest at Woodmen, LLC ("Property Owner") is the owner of the former Current USA facility site located at Woodmen Road and Vincent Drive, just east of Interstate 25 ("Current Facility Site"). The Property Owner approached the Parks Department in 2016 requesting an exchange of land they owned on the eastern boundary of the Current Facility Site for a portion of City property designated as park land on the western boundary of the Current Facility Site which is adjacent to the east side of Vincent Drive, just south of Woodmen Road as depicted in Exhibit A ("City Property").
The existing park land, of which the City Property is a portion, is 2.26 acres and was donated to the City in 2002 with the intention that it would be used for the Cottonwood Creek Trailhead, including parking. In late 2011, as part of the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA) project to improve Vincent Drive, the Cottonwood Creek channel and the Cottonwood Creek Trail, Vincent Drive was realigned to the east. The realignment allowed for the roadway to utilize an existing, structurally sound roadway crossing of Cottonwood Creek (formally on the Current Facility Site). The realignment of the roadway divided the park land on the southern section of the parcel rendering the park l...
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