Summary Notes from Land Use and Transportation Committee Chairman

El Paso County - Calber 88 next to Palmer Ridge

Town of Monument - Jackson Creek Parkway and Annexation of Monument Ridge East and West

Summary Notes - El Paso County and Town of Monument Projects October 2022

Land Use Presentation Charts from 10 September General Meeting describing proposed annexation of areas called Monument Ridge East and West, east and west of I-25 at County Line road.  Town of Monument Trustees are considering annexation with future developer planning that has apartment buildings, townhomes, small number of homes and commercial properties.  

NEPCO Info Charts on Monument Ridge East and West 

On 8 August a neighborhood meeing was held at the Woodmoor Barn with representatives from Garrett Companies. They are proposing a rezoning of a 16 acre vacant piece of land immediatley adjacent to Palmer Ridge High School from Commercial to RM-30, which is High Density Residential. Garret wants to develop this area witih 20 buildings holding 264 apartments. 19 buildings would be 2 story withunderground parking and 10 units, and one building would be a 3 story with 64 units and outside parking. This breifing is what Garrett COmpanies presented. 8 August Garrett Comany Briefing.

NEPCO will continue our in-person General Membership Meetings for 2023 in the Woodmoor Community Center (the "Barn") located at the Woodmoor Improvement Association, 1691 Woodmoor Drive Monument, CO 80132.

The General Membership Meetings are planned for the 2nd Saturday of every other month and start at 10 A.M. and conclude at 12 P.M.  Topics, speakers and dates within the  month are preliminary and may change due to the availibilty of speakers and facilities, but meetings will be held in the planned months.

Planned topics for 2023 are the following:

21 January  - Transportation Plans, Programs, Issues and Funding in the NEPCO Area:  John Liosatos, Transportation Director for the PPACG, and Greg Roosevelt, NEPCO Rep to the El Paso County planning activity.

11 March - Status of the Tri-Lakes and Wescott Fire Dept Merger and Benefits to the Community: Mark Gunderman, Chairman of Wescott Board of Directors.  Also, Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management Activities and Plans: Jim Reid, Regional Director.

13 May - Recent Colorado State Legislative Impacts on HOAs from the 2023 Legistative Session: HOA Attorney Lenard Rioth and possibly District 20 State Representative Don Wilson.

22 July (the fourth saturday) - Water Issues and Future Sources in the NEPCO Area: speakers to be determined.

9 September - Monument and County Land Use Planning Processes: speakers to be determined.

11 November - County Issues, Solutions and Accomplishments: El Paso County Commissioners Holly Williams (District 1) and Stan VanderWerf (District 3).

 We look seeing you at the NEPCO meetings in 2023.

Stay safe and stay healthy !!

El Paso is one of the most rapidly growing of Colorado counties.  With this growth comes increasing traffic volume and the potential for commuters to use our neighborhood streets to bypass congestion.  Unlike Colorado Springs, the rest of El Paso County does not benefit from a program to use speed tables, chicanes, roundabouts and other calming measures to slow traffic speed and volume on neighborhood streets.  Please urge the El Paso County Commissioners to expand traffic calming countywide by signing the El Paso Safe Streets Alliance petition at: El Paso Safe Streets Alliance.

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“The NEPCO Wildfire Preparedness Committee would like you to view a 14 minute video entitled “The Black Forest Fire – Pikes Peak Wildfire Prevention Partners”.  “Click on this link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1ensNMzFg0