To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Shannon Carter, Director, Open Spaces
Prepared By:
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Ray Winn, Planner II, Open Spaces
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Subject:
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Kiowa Creek North Master Plan Adoption
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The Board is requested to adopt the recently completed Kiowa Creek North Master Plan, conceptual improvement plan. The Board also reviewed this plan and approved its addition to the consent calendar at their meeting on June 28, 2022.
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Background and Discussion: Kiowa Creek North is located on the northwest corner of Kiowa Bennett Road and Mitchell Road, in Bennett, Colorado, and is approximately 265 acres of unimproved open space. The property was purchased in 2009 to be maintained as an open space, for future passive use recreation. Project programing was determined through community outreach efforts and available budget. The site is unique because of its matrix of ecological communities and intact riparian corridor splitting the site. This riparian corridor provides abundant opportunities for enhancing and preserving essential wildlife habitat and a unique ecological setting amongst highly developed and fast growing rural agricultural communities.
OS staff worked with the consultant DHM to draft a Master Plan Concept for the Park. The concept was then presented to the public for input. The KCNOS Master Plan process utilized public outreach at Bennett Days as well as a project website with an online survey and comment portal. The feedback was overwhelming positive with over 100 in-person conversations at Bennett Days, 57 survey responses, and 13 website comments. In general, the public outreach indicates that residents want to preserve the precious ecological habitat of the open space while providing much needed passive low-impact recreational amenities. This much public input is extremely rare in master plan processes and the overwhelming positive comments lets us know we are on the right track with des...
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