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Grand County commissioners authorize wire to buy Windy Gap Ranch property, authorize temporary fencing
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved a wire transfer to purchase a Windy Gap Ranch parcel and authorized county staff to arrange temporary safety fencing around the site pending closing, recording and cost updates.
Grand County commissioners authorized a wire transfer to buy the Windy Gap / Kobayashi family property and directed staff to begin temporary safety measures around existing cabins while closing is finalized.
The county manager told commissioners the seller had received probate documents needed for closing and that closing could occur as soon as later this week or early next week. The manager asked the board to “approve a wire transfer in the amount of 1,135,000.000, plus our share of closing costs and authorize the chair to stamp his signature, contingent on legal review of all final documents.”
Commissioners voted to approve the transfer and to permit the chair’s signature to be stamped once legal review was complete. The vote also authorized staff to move forward with negotiating and ordering an appraisal and to begin steps to secure the property after purchase. The manager said preliminary closing costs appeared small and that he had asked the title company to confirm recording fees with the county recorder’s office.
Separately, commissioners authorized the county manager to proceed to contract with a fence company to install temporary safety fencing around the old cabins on the property after ownership transfers. The board set a flexible approval approach: the manager may obtain verbal or e-mail approvals from commissioners for a contract amount and then present the contract for ratification. Commissioners discussed limits (the manager noted an upper guidance of $40,000 was proposed during discussion) and asked that any contract language be reviewed by the clerk and county attorney before ratification.
Commission staff said closing documents will include a personal representative deed for the property and a separate deed for water rights; they expected minimal closing costs. The manager said the county’s funding for the purchase would come from the county’s T-funds.
The purchase and the temporary fencing are intended to secure the property and enable the county to begin its planned work once title transfers. Commissioners directed staff to complete legal review and return materials necessary to effect the wire and to notify the board when the fencing contract is in place.
