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Parks staff ask commissioners to approve $1.8M purchase of 20‑acre Range View parcel to link prairie habitat
Summary
Boulder County Parks and Open Space staff presented a proposal May 22 for the county to buy roughly 20 acres between Gunbarrel and North 70 Ninth Street for $1,800,000 using open‑space sales tax funds; POSAC voted to recommend the purchase to the Board of County Commissioners, while a member asked for more budget context.
Boulder County Parks and Open Space staff on May 22 asked the Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee (POSAC) to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve purchase of roughly 20 acres known as the Range View property for $1,800,000, to be paid from open‑space sales tax dollars.
The property is described in staff materials as vacant land north of Lookout Road on the west side of North 70 Ninth Street, currently owned by Tennis Center of the Rockies LLC. The purchase bundle includes one development right and one left‑hand water tap; staff said a Phase I environmental site assessment will be completed before closing.
Staff framed the purchase as a landscape connectivity and wildlife protection action: Tina Burkhardt, land officer supervisor for Parks and Open Space, said the parcel “nicely connects” Boulder city open space and county parcels and lies…
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