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14-day period before County can take over Buckhorn projects
Buckhorn Ranch developer Dick Landy’s deadline for showing the county contracts to get a list of work done passed on Friday, May 21 at 5 p.m. and a notice of default went in the mail soon after, letting Landy know that the county would be using his money to get the jobs done.
The county will have access to nearly $1.7 million 14 days after the notice went in the mail. County attorney David Baumgarten told Public Works Director Marlene Crosby to get ready to send out a request for bids to contractors.
The county wants Landy to fix the subdivision’s ball field, trail system and a footbridge, and to repair signs and get the weeds under control. Public Works Assistant Director Allen Moores had to inspect and approve some of the infrastructure, like roads and storm water management system, to get the county’s stamp of approval. The biggest part of the project might be chip sealing the roads in part of the subdivision.
Finishing the items on the punch list was part of a ninth amendment to the Development Improvement Agreement (DIA) the county has with Landy’s company, Brush Creek Airport. But the developer didn’t sign the amendment at a meeting on Tuesday, May 18, spurring the county on to set a 72-hour deadline before the notice of default went out.
Baumgarten said Landy did come to the county before the deadline expired to sign the amendment and with contracts for a few of the items on the list, but none detailed the standard the county was looking for.
The county commissioners didn’t sign the ninth amendment to the DIA at the meeting after Landy initially refused to sign it, so the amendment wouldn’t have meant much by Friday’s deadline anyway.
And the county would like to have the projects completed as soon as possible this summer. When the 14-day period is over, the county will decide how much of Landy’s security they will need to do the work to standard.
