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MINUTES
OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS BOARD
JULY 11,1991
IN ATTENDANCE: RICK NElLY, BOB CHILD, CRAIG WARD, MARK FULLER,
CHRIS LANDRY, MARK LOEB, TOM CARDAMONE, MAUREEN AMUNDSON
The meeting began with a presentation by John McBride. John wanted
to bring to the attention of the Board his petition to vacate an
unused public right of way across his property, located up East
Sopris Creek. John wants the county to vacate the road, and
illustrated an alternative trail across public lands which would
provide adequate access to forest service lands. Two
representatives from the county planning offices, Suzanne Konchan
and Mary Lochner stated the county's position that the county
would recommend against vacating the road. The county does not
want to close off its future options as far as public access is
concerned.
The next order of business was a presentation by Pat Duffield of
the city Trails Department. Pat presented several options to the
board for trail improvements along lower Hunter Creek, which
included replacement of three boardwalks along the trail and to
construct a high traverse past the third bridge. After some debate
by the Board concerning which improvements to make, Mark Fuller
suggested a bridge connecting the Preserve Subdivision to the
Northstar Nature Preserve. All on the Board liked this proposal
because it did not involve any potential political problems that
can be associated with the Hunter Creek Trial. Rick suggested that
the Board allocate $5000.00 for an engineering evaluation, all
agreed.
Chris Landry and Mark Loeb made a brief presentation of their
progress. They both feel they have come far enough along in their
work to get an idea of how to approach the actual mapping of open
space and river access easements. Next week they will come in with
a map mock up to the give the Board an idea of how the map will be
constructed. Chris also brought up the possibility of the Board
applying for a grant with the Soil Conservation Board. The funds
would be used for a site by site environmental analysis, such as
slope, topography, vegetation and soil type. The grant is a 50%
matching grant. The Board members felt that Chris should go ahead
and apply for the grant, since the Board has the option to cancel
the grant if they decide not to go ahead with the project.
The next order of business concerns the Klein property. Rick did
make Klein an offer of $35,000.00 for the Redstone property. Klein
turned down the offer, and stated he would sell for $39,600.00.
According to the appraisers that Alice had been in contact with,
35,000 was a fair offer to make for the Klein property. The Board
decided it would not go up to Kleins asking price, but would
instead negotiate and offer him $37,000.00. The Board is also
going to put in an offer of the Kelly Lyon property, at $300,000,
a figure substantially lower than Lyon will probably accept.
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However, the Board feels they are making Lyon a good faith offer.
Other properties discussed included the Arbaney property and the
Garrish Park connector; Mark Fuller has made repeated attempts to
contact Dr. Proctor regarding this property but his phone calls
have not been returned. Tom has also been speaking with Mrs.
Paepcke regarding the Deer Hill property. Mrs. paepcke has a
desire to sell the property to the county, but wants to ensure that
the land be preserved and not developed. The land consists of
about 80 acres, and the price being discussed is $1,000,000. Tom
has also been looking at the Tagert Lakes property and asked
realtor Ed Zasacky to put together a proposal for the Board to look
at. A final property discussed was the smith property located up
towards the Northstar preserve. This property is considered a
major wildlife corridor and consists of about 17 acres. Mark
Fuller wanted to know if the Board wanted to make an offer on the
property. Tom suggested that the Board start with an appraisal of
the land, and all agreed a letter of opinion of value would be a
good place to begin.
craig Ward brought in a letter from the Aspen/Snowmass Nordic
Council, which is attached to these minutes. Both Tom and Rick
liked the idea of supporting the Nordic Council since the trials
are used by so much of the public. The Board will be in future
contact with the Council.
The last two items discussed were the possibility of designing a
letterhead/logo for the Board, and the possibility of rescheduling
the Board meetings.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
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