Special to the Daily
The first sentence of Vail Health’s land-use application to Eagle County for its proposed Northstar Center a new behavioral health facility proposed in Edwards is short and pointed.
“This proposal is about one thing addressing a community need,” reads the document’s introduction.
Last week, Vail Health announced it was submitting its application for the center, proposed at a 4.9-acre site at the southeast corner of the Edwards Interstate 70 interchange. The site is the former location of Northstar Lumber and currently includes a variety of business tenants as well as a number of vacant spaces. Vail Health’s application for the site is now available on line at eaglecounty.us/planning/activelanduseapplications.
The applicant for the Edwards RiverPark proposal has requested the Eagle County Board of Commissions table their advertised Feb. 9 public hearing regarding the project.
Tuesday’s meeting was scheduled to include questions for the development team from the commissioners and county staff as well as the 1041 permit hearing regarding extension of water and sewer services to the site. Those discussions have been pushed back to Tuesday, Feb. 16. Originally, public comment was slated for next week’s meeting, but that session has now been rescheduled to happen on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Eagle County Community Development Director Morgan Beryl will be in touch regarding next steps for anyone who already signed up to provide public comment at the Feb. 16 hearing. For additional information, contact Morgan.Beryl@eaglecounty.us
I am writing to comment on the proposed Rincon gravel mine project in Dotsero. I would like to express my wholehearted support of the recommendations made by the Eagle County Community Development staff.
This would seem to be yet another case of a developer putting the cart before the horse when making an investment decision based upon the assumption that they could secure exceptions or variances from determined uses as laid out by zoning restrictions and forward-thinking community plans.
It is well established that the area north of I-70 and east of the Colorado River, along the southern flanks of Castle Peak, is both summer and more critically winter range for a variety of wildlife, including deer, elk, bighorn sheep, two varieties of grouse, various predators and birds of prey. This area is used by mule deer as part of the second largest migration route in the state as animals seek winter refuge from harsher elevations.