DC Commissioners Meet With HRCA

As soon as I know more I'll let everyone know.

From Douglas County:

The Commissioners met with the HRCA Board
last night and staff will be awaiting
direction from the Board as to next steps.

Douglas County Commissioners Meeting Notes

Last Tuesday I presented to the Douglas County Commissioners.

Please click here to view my speaker notes.

There really was no outcome from the meeting other than Douglas County is very aware of this issue.

I do know that Douglas County plans to meet with the Highlands Ranch Community Association in the very near future.

Watch this Blog for more info.

What Can I Do To Help?

Interested in helping us to get our voice heard? Might we suggest the following:

1. Email the Highland's Ranch Community Association with your thoughts
2. Email Douglas County with your thoughts
3. Send us an email
4. Sign the Petition
4. Talk to representatives of the press
5. Attend HOA and community meetings
6. Let your friends and neighbors know about this situation and let them know about this website
7. Email ANY elected Government Officials
8. Check back here for further updates on a regular basis

A Chance To Get Our Voice Heard

PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE

On Tuesday September 12th at 1:30PM the Douglas County Commissioners are holding a Public Hearing. The meeting is to be held at the Philip S. Miller Building (100 Third St, Castle Rock).

Please attend this meeting if at all possible. The more people that attend, the more chance we have of letting Douglas County know about the depth of public feeling on this matter.

Please forward this information to as many people as you can. This is not just a Castle Pines North issue, it effects everyone in Colorado.

Keep your eyes on this web site for more info. If you are planning on attending, please email us at trailuser@browntrout.4t.com.

See you on the 12th.

New Contact Info

We have decided to turn off the comments option. Frankly, we were a little dismayed at the level of rhetoric.

For future communication, please use trailuser@browntrout.4t.com. We welcome feedback from both sides.

A Call To Action

Concerned Coloradans,

We started this web site two weeks ago. During that time we have received over 1,000 unique visits. We have received numerous comments and emails, not one of them has included anything but shock at this rediculous policy. The issue has been covered by 7News and The Denver Post. 9News will soon cover the story too.

Despite all this the issue remains unresolved. Indeed we have it on good authority that this trail is just the tip of the iceberg. We understand that Highlands Ranch is planning to expand the current trail system to cover over 8,000 acres.

We need to come together as a unified team to help all involved understand the depth of public feeling about this policy. If we do not act now the future is bleak and we will find most of the open space to the north of us closed to anyone who is not a resident of Highlands Ranch.

WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM

Please EMAIL US with your email address. We will collect these addresses so that we can maintain contact with all involved. Please let anyone else know about this . We cannot let this become a CPN vs. Highlands Ranch issue. This issue effects all Coloradans.

Response From Shea Home

Sent in by a reader:

Thank you for your inquiry on Shea Homes.com.

The land on which the Wildcat Trail system was built was deeded to Highlands Ranch
Community Association pursuant to an agreement among Douglas
County, Highlands Ranch Community Association and Shea Homes that dates back to
the 1980's.

"Open space" in Highlands Ranch is defined based on an additional agreement also
from the 1980's that characterizes "open space" in Highlands
Ranch as land to be conveyed to a public body for public use or land to
be conveyed to a community body for community use.

Highlands Ranch Metro District and Douglas County are examples of public bodies
that make open space available for public use.

Highlands Ranch Community Association is an example of a community body that
makes open space available for community use.  The agreement specifies
hat essentially a majority of the open space in Highlands Ranch is to be
conveyed to a community body.  This is the reason for the subsequent
agreement that requires the conveyance of the land you speak of to the
Highlands Ranch Community Association.

Community use is defined as use for the benefit of owners and residents
of all or part of Highlands Ranch.