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CPN
residents are fortunate to be located adjacent to the largest contiguous
open space in Douglas County. This open space precludes any residential
or commercial development in these areas and provides environmental
and wildlife habitats.
August,
2002 Update:
CPN continues to have a lot of activity related to trails, parks,
and the possible recreation center. Here's a quick update on what's
coming for CPN's parks and trails.
Retreat
Park: This year, Metro District will repair the baseball infield
and backstop, and the playground surface ares.
Coyote
Ridge Park: nearing completion. The baseball field should
be ready for play in August. The bridge is in, and the sidewalks
connecting the ball fields are expected to be done before the end
of summer.
Castle View Park: A new park will be built in the area north of Castle Pines Parkway, from the CPN Community Center east to the Montessori School. The access road will be from the new intersection of the Parkway and the new LaGae Road (next to the King Soopers). Funding for the park will come partially from developer fees that have been paid to CPN's Parks Authority, and partially from Master HOA dues. Currently, the Parks Authority is working on acquiring the land for the park. One parcel, north of the Community Center, has been purchased from the church that owned the land. Work is currently underway to transfer the balance of the park land. Some of the parcels currently belong to Douglas County, and there are is also two parcels that are currently zonedsome "commercial" land that the developer has an agreements to deed over to CPN. Once the land transfer work is completed, then a citizen's committee will begin formed to help plan the park, including decisions about what activities and amenities should be in the park. The goal is to begin working on the park in 2003.
Daniels
Gate Area Park: A small (2-acre) park ir the Daniels Gate area,
with a playground and one ballfield, is expected to open later this
year. It is being built by the Daniels Gate area developers and
will be maintained by our Metro District. It will be open to all
CPN residents. Daniels Gate will also have a private pool and clubhouse
("Recreation Center") - that will be open only to Daniels
Gate oeighborhood residents.
Trails:
Trails in and around CPN are also a topic of interest. A citizen
committee is being formed to review maps of the trails in CPN, the
surrounding neighborhoods, and the regional trails that will be
built by the County.
The
Metro District will repave several trait sections this year. Builders
will construct additional trails as new areas are built out. The
County is now beginning work on a trail that will go from Daniels
Park Road west to Chatfield, and over the next few years will tie
our area in to a greatly-expanded regional trails system. The CPN
Metro District will publish a map of current and planned trails
later this year.
Douglas
County is beginning work this year on the East-West Regional
Trail, which will go in the open space area north of CPN, and
eventually continue west to Chatfield Reservoir, north to the new
Bluffs Park, and and east to the Cherry Creek trail system.
County
Parks: Douglas County has opened the new "Bluffs Regional
Park," a "natural" park with hiking trails, located
south of Lincoln on Yosemite.
Douglas
County is also finalizing plans for the new Wildcat Regional
Park north of CPN, near the new middle school/ high school complex
at Monarch and McArthur Ranch Road. This will be a large, 200-acre
park with league-play ball fields (6 baseball fields and several
multipurpose fields for soccer, football, lacrosse, etc.), as well
as many other amenities such as walking and biking trails, a garden
and observation area, a lake, and dog-park areas. Funding of this
park will come from Douglas County Parks funds, plus additional
funds from the Highlands Ranch Metro District (if Highlands Ranch
voters approve bond money for the park in the November election).
The County plans to begin construction in 2003.
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No
decision has been made about whether CPN should build an indoor
recreation center.
Later
in 2002:
- A
Referendum will be held of all CPN homeowners.
- The Master Association and Metro District have authorized a feasibility study.
- A citizen’s committee is now forming that will work with the recreation consultant on the feasibility study, and form a definitive proposal that will give the community answers to many of the specific questions that are being asked today, such as what would be in the facility, and what would it cost.
More:
a flow chart of the overall
process for deciding whether to build a center, and for answers to some of
the questions that residents have about the project.
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