July 6, 2001 - The "Friends of Daniels Park Road" share their Point-of-View.

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Dear Friends of Daniels Park Road:

Please join Darrell Roberts, Chief Engineer of the Daniels Park Road Paving Project, for a walk of the Road on Tuesday, July 10th at 4pm.

The County is scheduling to begin paving in mid-August - after the Qwest International Golf Tournament. The Road will be closed to traffic during the paving which is estimated to take 4-6 weeks.

Paving will begin at the South end of the road. At the North end of the road sewer pipes will be laid under Daniels Park Road from roughly the The Sanctuary's entrance to just north of Kirk Kimball's place to tie in with CPV Metro treatment plant. The sewer pipe laying should be complete at the time the paving from the South meets up with it. Darrell will provide you with all the paving details during the walk.

Here's what The Friends of Daniels Park Road have accomplished...so far

• We saved the lives of 17 trees.
• We reduced the speed limit from 35 to 30 miles per hour.
• The road will be paved to a 30 mile per hour design.
• Maintained the same essential "historic" footprint.
• Curves rounded rather than banked for speed.
• Lanes will be painted an 11 foot width.
• A no passing double yellow stripe will run the entire length of the road.

Here's what we still need to accomplish... Our fondest wish and biggest challenge is to create the miracle needed to close the road to all but the current abutters, park recreation, and emergency use; and to preserve the road and its surrounds as an historic district.

• Closing the road would eliminate the dust problem, thus the need for paving.
• With official designation as an historic district, future generations could see a tiny bit of the west just as Kit Carson and our ancestors saw it.

The Friends of Daniels Park Road are working to make that miracle happen...however, we're running out of time for it to happen before paving starts in mid-August!

Therefore:

• For the safety of our Hockaday Heights Friends - we want 3-way stop signs installed at both ends of Macon Drive.
• To maintain the aesthetics of a rural, natural road, we want the final roll of the asphalt to be sand colored...just as the road looks now.
• The Road will have 3-foot paved shoulders to accommodate cyclists, walkers, and runners. We want a written guarantee from the County that the width of the lanes will remain 11 feet in perpetuity unless a well-publicized public hearing agrees otherwise.

Wildlife viewing areas - Cherokee Ranch and Foundation does not want an off-road viewing area, just south of its gate, overlooking the meadow and pond where the elk and turkey gather. The county is considering alternatives...we want to know what they are.

To aid in securing designation as an historic district, we want the road aligned so as to not obscure the historic Pretty Woman Stage Coach Stop. We need to inspect the signage plan for wildlife crossing, horse crossing, historic district, speed limit, no passing, etc.

We want all CPV construction vehicles to access The Summit and any other area of the northern area of CPV under development via the LeGae Gate which is due to be completed by this time next year. Hockaday Heights residents, who must use the road, are most affected by the CPV construction vehicles using the planned Emergency Vehicle Entrance.

The proposed plan to control all construction traffic with fines unless they come and go via Sante Fe, using only the south end of Daniels Park Road is unreasonable. The current plan has no time limit on the use of the entrance. If the Emergency Vehicle Entrance is to become a construction entrance, we must have a limit on its use and recommend it be September 1, 2002.

Pamela Herrmann and Linda Battin are leading the initiative to build a gate to the Daniels Park Road to designate it an historic area.

And, though Darrell Roberts is not responsible for the Multi-use Trail, we have asked him to plan the road to eliminate water bogs along the trail's easement.

Patricia J. Fiske

Castle Pines North Homeowners Association
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