Woodmoor Mountain GID contract delayed after residents raise grading, notice concerns

Douglas County commissioners on Tuesday continued a construction contract award for drainage and road repairs in the Woodmoor Mountain General Improvement District (GID), citing resident concerns and a request to allow newly elected GID board members to review the project.

The contract before the Board would have authorized 53 Corporation to perform culvert and inlet modifications plus slope repair work at a cost of $106,463 (County project SB2025-020). County staff said the GID is funding the work and that the bid process selected 53 Corporation following a road committee prioritization.

Why it matters: Residents told commissioners the work as planned may not address the root cause of recurring washouts — they argued the roads are not graded to direct water toward culverts, and that regrading should be the first priority. They also said the GID’s public notice and internal process left homeowners with little time to review bids before a special GID board meeting.

Janet Herman, presenting for staff, said the road committee worked with county staff to prioritize projects within available funds and that plans could be provided to residents who requested them. Residents said they were not given routine prior postings of GID projects on the community website and that a July/August special GID meeting occurred with only three days’ notice.

Diana Meyer, a 20-year resident of Woodmoor Mountain, told the board that “the citizens and the taxpayers of Woodmore Mountain ... deserve to have a properly graded road for their safety and for the integrity of the road service.” Her husband, Mike Meyer, said county engineering had advised them to “get your water under control, and then you should do those projects,” and urged the county to delay county action until the new GID board takes office in a few weeks.

Commissioner discussion: A commissioner who said the county is “attenuated from the Woodmoor Mountain General Improvement District” moved to continue the contract so the newly elected GID board could convene and the community could review the plans. Another commissioner supported the pause, noting there was no staff engineering testimony that the contract required immediate action.

Formal action: The Board voted to continue (postpone) the construction contract approval to a future date so the GID can meet and provide additional input. The motion carried unanimously. Staff and the applicant were directed to provide plan documents to residents and to return with the item at a later date (a continuance target of Oct. 7 was discussed).

What’s next: County staff said the GID road committee prioritized projects based on available funds and that the committee’s choices represented “the best bang for our dollars.” Commissioners asked staff to make plans available and to notify the board and public when the item will return to the agenda.

Provenance: The Woodmoor Mountain drainage item was introduced when the chair said the construction contract item was on the regular agenda (transcript first mention at 708.38995). The board’s continuance motion and the citizens’ remarks appear in the record between transcript timecodes starting at 708.38995 and ending at 1311.4409.