Thousand Peaks Ranch Association Fairplay Colorado

Board Member, Kevin Spencer, has put together an road improvement plan for the next 5 years. in 2022 we have budgeted a substantial amount of money to contract summer road improvements on the ranch roads. This includes improved drainage to help with melting snow and rain. TPRA also owns a snow blower and maintains the roads the best we can during the winter. The drivers of the equipment are volunteers and are infinitely appreciated. Please give them room to work when you see them on the road this winter.

Driveway snow removal may be requested to be done with the snowblower by TPRA for a $300 annual payment OR $150 per one time/special request. Send a check to TPRA, PO BOX 817, Fairplay, CO 80449. In memo write driveway snow removal and your address, please include a note with your full name, address, email and phone number.

BE SURE all debris and objects are cleared from your driveway. If the blower is damaged by any object in your driveway, you will be responsible for the repair. TPRA nor the operator responsible for any property that may be damaged.

The roads in TPRA are privately owned by TPRA and are not maintained by the government. In light of this, annual property assessments and cattle grazing lease payments are used for road maintenance in the summer and snow removal in the winter. The Board of Directors have taken steps to use these limited resources to care for the roads and keep the roads open as best as possible. The Board has purchased a commercial snow blower to blow the snow into the fields instead of leaving the snow on the roads to melt and make mud in the spring. No system is perfect but we do our best. ** Please help save our roads, excessive speeds result in the need for increased maintenance**

09/06/2024 - 9/11 RWE conditional use permit meeting with planning commission postponed - no new date announced.

08/26/2024 - Park County planning commission meeting on 9/11/2024 to discuss conditional use permit starting at 9am. https://www.parkcountyco.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09112024-1785?html=true

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08/07/2024

map link https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=1085&LayerID=26739&PageTypeID=1&PageID=10840&KeyValue=R0041626

Dear TPRA Land Owner, A company called RWE Clean Energy (RWE) is attempting to place a large industrial battery storage facility within TPRA on a lot (#026) located near the Hartsel Substation just west of CO HWY 9. This installation will include above ground 230 kV transmission lines from the battery storage facility to the Hartsel Substation with a length of 0.33 miles. They are using the Conditional Use Permitting (CUP) Process via the Park County Government to rezone the property from Residential to "Utility Allowance" in order for RWE to build the facility. Whatever your views are regarding this industrial installation, it is vital that your voice be heard. Notification of the potential installation of this facility has been scarce and obscure, and many of the land owners within TPRA have not been notified and are unaware of the process that is playing out. The Application Package is scheduled to go in front of the Planning Commission on August 14, 2024 with the meeting being held at the Park County Government Offices. It is important that TPRA be represented during this process to ensure that the process is conducted in a manner that protects the residents of Park County. If you cannot attend the meeting, your voice can still be presented to the Planning Commission (and subsequent Board of County Commissioners Meeting to be scheduled after passage by the Planning Commision) by sending an email stating your position and any questions to Jennie Gannon at jgannon@parkco.us. If your email is received by 5:00 pm on August 12, 2024, it will be included in the Application Package that the Planning Commission will be reviewing. Your opinion will be counted and your questions will be addressed at the Planning Commission Meeting. If received after 5:00 pm on August 12th, then your email will be addressed at the Board of County Commissioners Meeting whenever it is scheduled. This email communication does not need to be eloquent or expansive. With all the pressures of daily living and the time constraints placed on your personal activities, this email would take less than a few minutes to send, but the message will be loud and clear and any provided questions would be required to be addressed by the process by the applicant, RWE. The email could be this simple: my name is "John Doe" and I own TPRA Lot #XXX and I agree/disagree with this industrial facility being placed into the TPRA. If you have any questions, then you could state your questions after your statement. Your opinion must be counted, and your questions must be answered, by the process that the Park County Government is executing. Please let your voice be heard, and get your questions answered, so that we can adequately determine if this facility is compatible with the current living conditions within TPRA. If you have any questions feel free to call me, Kevin Spencer at (719) 581-0581. I have been involved with the process ever since I learned about the effort by chance. Respectfully, Kevin Spencer, TPRA President (719) 581-0581

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Driveway snow removal

TPRA ROADS- Speed Limit 30 MPH

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RWE Battery Storage Facility