By Helen Walklett
During July, the El Paso Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved a request to create two lots on a 6.02-acre Black Forest property and approved requests connected to renovation work at Fox Run Regional Park and the Fox Run Nature Center.
Vessey Road rezone
At the July 25 BOCC land use meeting, the commissioners voted unanimously to approve a final plat application by Pawel Posorski to create two single-family lots of just over 2.5 acres each on a 6.02-acre Vessey Road property, about one-third of a mile east of the intersection of Vessey and Holmes Roads. The land was rezoned from RR-5 (rural residential) to RR-2.5 (rural residential) in April. See wp.ocn.me/v24n5epcbocc/.
The application came from the El Paso County Planning Commission’s June 20 meeting with a unanimous recommendation for approval. It was heard at both the Planning Commission and BOCC hearings as a consent item, meaning there was no discussion.
Work at Fox Run Regional Park
At their July 9 meeting, the commissioners approved a purchase order for Matrix Design Group Inc. to provide site planning, landscape architecture, and civil engineering design services for the Fox Run Regional Park ponds and gazebo project at an amount not to exceed $207,175.
The project consists of a study of the wedding gazebo for relocation and reconstruction near the stone seating amphitheater, improvements to the amphitheater itself to ensure The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access, the dredging of both ponds and the installation of a synthetic pond liner, and the provision of ADA access from the parking area to the gazebo, amphitheater, and around the ponds if practical. Work is expected to begin in September and continue through the end of 2025.
Work underway since July on the restrooms near the two play areas is designed to enhance accessibility and is expected to run through November. Portable restrooms are available in both parking lots while the remodeling takes place.
At the same meeting, the commissioners approved a change order for TDG Architecture Inc. to provide additional project management and preliminary design and construction document services for the Fox Run Nature Center at an amount not to exceed $46,697.
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The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) usually meets every Tuesday at 9 am at Centennial Hall, 200 S. Cascade Ave., Suite 150, Colo. Springs. Agendas and meetings can be viewed at www.agendasuite.org/iip/elpaso. Information is available at 719-520-643. BOCC land use meetings are normally held the second and fourth Thursdays of the month (as needed) at 1 pm in Centennial Hall.
Helen Walklett can be reached at helenwalklett@ocn.me.
Other El Paso Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) articles
- El Paso Board of County Commissioners/Land Use Committee, Jan.8, 13, and 20 – Board, committee act on variety of projects (2/4/2026)
- El Paso County Planning Commission, Board of County Commissioners – Planning Commission recommends JJ Ranch, Gleneagle View, Hidden Creek for approval (12/31/2025)
- Nov. 4 Election (12/4/2025)
- El Paso Board of County Commissioners – Board approves agreement on Highway 105 widening (12/4/2025)
- El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, Oct. 7 – Board approves contract for Fox Run Gazebo (10/30/2025)
- El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, Sept. 2, 9, and 23 – County approves park services (10/2/2025)
- El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, Aug. 5 – Liquor license approved (9/4/2025)
- El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, April 10 – Two local projects approved by the county (5/3/2025)
- El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, March 13 and 18 – Misfits Crew Estates Final Plat approved (4/5/2025)
- El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, Feb. 11 – $4 million in federal funds approved for North Gate Blvd./Struthers Road stormwater project (3/1/2025)