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Clear Creek County open space staff present final draft annual report, advance Alvarado plan and LUR process

Board of County Commissioners and Clear Creek Open Space Commission, Clear Creek County · January 15, 2026
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Summary

County open-space staff presented a final draft annual report covering multiple years, described a new Land Use Recommendation (LUR) process now being applied to legacy properties, and said the Alvarado concept plan (a botanical-focused option) has a roughly $300,000 estimate and will be pursued for grant funding. Commissioners asked for fundraising, historic-structure cost estimates and follow-up reports.

At a joint meeting of the Clear Creek County Board of County Commissioners and the Clear Creek Open Space Commission, staff reviewed the final draft of the Open Space annual report and outlined tools for managing county properties going forward.

Open Space coordinator Martha Tableman told the joint meeting the report covers work from the past four years and that photographs will be added before publication. She described a new Land Use Recommendation (LUR) form intended to document how acquired and previously held properties should be managed, saying the LUR uses about 12 criteria to record whether a parcel’s primary purpose is preservation, recreation, wildlife habitat or other uses and to guide future management and…

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