Residents urge road repairs and question open-space processes; commissioners issue proclamations for child-welfare workers and workforce development

Several residents used the public-comment portion of the Sept. 9 Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners meeting to press the county on local infrastructure and open-space processes, while the board issued two proclamations recognizing child-welfare workers and workforce development.

Road repairs request: Two Watkins Farm residents presented a petition and asked the county to accelerate road repairs. Susan Bagenfeld (address given as 34623 East Tenth Drive, Watkins) said Watkins Farm Road has 26 cracks at least eight inches wide and said the neighborhood last saw significant repairs in 2010; the petition was signed by 96 residents and requests repairs sooner than the 2028 schedule listed in county materials. Becky Roberts (714 N. Bowdoin Road, Watkins) described staff visits that resulted in a staff condition rating of 53.34 (classified as “poor”) and said a work order had been developed to…