July 6, 2023

Public hearing today on Kanemoto Estates conservation easement

BOULDER – The Boulder County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Thursday to hear a developer’s request to terminate a conservation easement on a large parcel near Airport Road and Colorado Highway 119 just southwest of Longmont’s city limits where a developer wants to build a mixed housing development.

Despite hearing impassioned pleas from more than a dozen area residents, the Boulder County Planning Commission voted unanimously in March to vacate the easement as part of Bestall Collaborative founder Jack Bestall’s plan to get the 40-acre parcel annexed into Longmont and win approval for the proposed Somerset Village subdivision, which could include around 426 housing units.

The hearing will be held beginning at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room on the third floor of the Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl St. in Boulder, or through Zoom. Registration is required for both.

More information is available on the Kanemoto estates docket webpage.

BOULDER – The Boulder County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Thursday to hear a developer’s request to terminate a conservation easement on a large parcel near Airport Road and Colorado Highway 119 just southwest of Longmont’s city limits where a developer wants to build a mixed housing development.

Despite hearing impassioned pleas from more than a dozen area residents, the Boulder County Planning Commission voted unanimously in March to vacate the easement as part of Bestall Collaborative founder Jack Bestall’s plan to get the 40-acre parcel annexed into Longmont and win approval for the proposed Somerset Village…

Dallas Heltzell
With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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