{"id":1306392,"date":"2019-03-21T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=451144"},"modified":"2019-03-21T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T19:00:00","slug":"developers-of-eagle-project-face-fire-over-water-fee-reduction-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/developers-of-eagle-project-face-fire-over-water-fee-reduction-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers of Eagle project face fire over water fee reduction request"},"content":{"rendered":"
Developers of the Reserve at Hockett Gulch want Eagle to waive $3 million in water fees. Several members of Eagle’s town board balked at the idea.<\/strong>
Special to the Daily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EAGLE \u2014 An apartment project\u2019s developers are asking the town board to reduce its water fees by $3 million.<\/p>\n

Not likely, some board members said during their initial hearing.<\/p>\n

Like many debates across the American West, this one started with water:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Reserve at Hockett Gulch\u2019s developers want to pay about $3 million less for water fees than the town\u2019s code appears to require \u2014 from $6 million down to around $3 million.<\/li>\n
  2. Most of the town board\u2019s seven members dug in their heels, saying that request is a non-starter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some board members were non-plussed. Scott Turnipseed said if that\u2019s the case, the board should vote \u201cright now,\u201d and to not do that would be a significant \u201cwaste of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cYou are proposing to pay essentially half the fees we calculated. At the same time, you want to annex into the town. All the other projects pay those fees,\u201d board member Matt Solomon said.<\/p>\n

    Dominic Mauriello, who presented the project to the board, said developers want to pay for the water they use, and that, in fact they will be paying for more water than they use. They\u2019ll also be using raw water for irrigation, he said.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s a process and most boards and developers work through it.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBased on feedback from the town board of trustees and the public that we heard at the March 12 hearing, we plan to have further dialogue with the town in order to address any deviations, including the water components,\u201d Mauriello said.<\/p>\n

    If you can\u2019t beat me, buy me<\/h2>\n

    The Reserve at Hockett Gulch proposes 500 units on 30 acres that the developers want to annex into the town. That means 900 new local residents shopping and dining in Eagle, and supporting local businesses, Mauriello said.<\/p>\n

    Eagle\u2019s planning commission unanimously recommended approval<\/a>, with a list of conditions.<\/p>\n

    It doesn\u2019t impact many neighbors because it\u2019s proposed for an area that\u2019s largely empty, Mauriello said.<\/p>\n

    Not so fast, said Corky Fitzsimmons, who owns 70 acres next to the proposed project.<\/p>\n

    Fitzsimmons asked the board to deny the project, citing its impact on his property from trespassers and others factors.<\/p>\n

    Fitzsimmons offered to sell his property for $21,000 an acre, \u201cthe cheapest land on the I-70 corridor,\u201d and less than one-fourth the cost of the $88,000 an acre he says the developers paid for their 30 acres.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIt has views, it has wildlife and it has trespassers,\u201d Fitzsimmons said. \u201cWhy would you pass this and burden my property? It\u2019s time for them to get their wallet out.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Eagle Chamber of Commerce Director Mick Daly was one of many supporting the project, citing millennials and calling them Eagle\u2019s \u201cmissing generation.\u201d Daly asserted that they cannot afford to live in the valley, and said this project would be part of the solution.<\/p>\n

    \u201cRental costs will remain exorbitant until supply roughly eases demand,\u201d Daly said. \u201cThis missing generation is our future.\u201d<\/p>\n

    If it\u2019s built, the Reserve at Hockett Gulch would be one of the most ambitious development projects in recent years. The developers, Brue Baukol Capital Partners, are a Denver-based real estate investment firm.<\/p>\n

    They acquired 2,655 total acres of land from former owner Fred Kummer, including an 18-hole championship golf course and the 1,650-acre Hardscrabble Ranch that was sold for $15.5 million as open space in July 2016.<\/p>\n

    Kummer also sold BBCP 30 acres on the south edge of Eagle, formerly known as the JHY Property, now the Reserve at Hockett Gulch.<\/p>\n

    via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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