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RE: VACATION, ABANDONMENT AND CLOSING OF A PORTION OF
OLD HIGHWAY NO. 87 IN NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
WHEREAS, The Meadow Springs Grazing Association has presented
a petition to the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County
Colorado, requesting that a portion of Old U.S. Highway No. 87,
located in northwest Weld County, be abandoned, vacated and
closed, said portion of said old Highway No. 87 being contiguous
to property owned by the aforementioned petitioner, and said
portion of road being more particularly described as follows,
to -wit:
That portion of Old U.S. Highway No. 87 extending
from the state line of Colorado -Wyoming near the
northeast corner of Section 20, Township 12 North,
Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County,
Colorado, to the point on the Larimer-Weld County
line, on the west side of the Northwest Quarter (NW+)
of Section 18, Township 11 North, Range 67 West of
the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, no objections to said petition for the abandonment
and closing of this portion of Old U.S. Highway No. 87 have been
received in the office of the Board of County Commissioners,
Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, a portion of said Old Highway No. 87 lying within
Section 20, Township 12 North, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M.,
Weld County, Colorado, and designated as County Road No. 24,
has heretofore been vacated, abandoned and closed by Resolution
dated July 26, 1967, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County,
Colorado, believes it to be in the best interest of the public
and Weld County to approve said petition.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, Weld County, Colorado, that the aforementioned
portion of Old Highway No. 87 be, and it is hereby ordered
vacated, abandoned and closed in accordance with the submitted
petition; HOWEVER, subject to any existing rights -of -way and/or
easements.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly
made and seconded, adopted by the following vote.
AYES
Dated: November 8, 1967
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OARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF )
MEADOW SPRINGS GRAZING ASSOCIATION, )
A COLORADO CORPORATION, FOR VACA- )
TION OF CERTAIN ROADS )
PET I T I O N
Meadow Springs Grazing Association, a Colorado Corporation,
comprising ranchers and farmers operating in Weld and Larimer
Counties, owns extensive grazing facilities and has additional
facilities leased from the State of Colorado and others in the
nature of a cooperative grazing association funded primarily
through the Farmers Home Administration. Petitioner is the
owner of the South Half (S 1/2) of the South Half (S 1/2) of
Section Twenty (20), Township Twelve (12) North, Range Sixty-
seven (67) West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, lying
South and East of the Colorado and Southern Railroad right of
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way and West of Interstate Highway No. 25, and is also the owner
or lessee of lands lying to the South and West along old U. S.
Highway No. 87.
Petitioner respectfully directs the attention of the
County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, to that portion
of old U. S. Highway No. 87 (also referred to as Highway 185),
where said road crosses the county line on the East line of
Section Eighteen (18), Township Eleven (11) North, Range Sixty-
seven (67) West of the 6th P.M., running thence northerly to a
point where the same crosses into the State of Wyoming near
the Northeast corner of Section Twenty (20, Township Twelve (12)
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North, Range Sixty-seven (67) West of the 6th P.M., a distance
of approximately five miles.
This portion of the former state highway passed by
resolution of the Colorado Department of Highways to Weld
County when new Interstate Highway No. 25 was placed in oper-
ation. On April 29, 1964, the County Commissioners, by reso-
lution in its minutes, accepted said road as it pertains to
Section Twenty (20), Township Twelve (12) North, Range Sixty-
seven (67) West of the 6th P.M. from the Colorado Department of
Highways and designated the same as County Road No. 24. The
maps in the office of the County Commissioners also indicate
that a portion of said road in Section Twenty-nine (29), Town-
ship Twelve (12) North, Range Sixty-seven (67) West of the 6th
P.M. was vacated on April 29, 1964, although there is no refer
ence to it in the minutes of the proceedings of the County Com
missioners on that date.
Petitioner is successor in interest to the Warren Live
Stock Company land lying West of Interstate Highway No. 25 and
operates its lands as a common grazing pasture supervised by
the Association. The existence of the old highway No. 87 as
a public highway creates a problem to the Association in that
it permits the public in such portions of the road as may be
open for public travel to come into the grazing areas of the
Association, there to do certain acts which are detrimental,
such as the discharge of firearms, the disposal of rubbish and
trash, the hunting of game, and on occasion there has been some
loss of livestock thought to be the result of theft. Additionally,
there are certain bridges and structures on the highway which,
as the same deteriorate, would involve an expense to the county
to repair and place the same in useable condition. The only
parties who would have reason to be in the area other than
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members of the Meadow Springs Grazing Association would be
the operators of certain utilities, principally Colorado
Interstate Gas Company, American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company,
and certain power transmission companies.
The Association has found that the proximity of this
area to Cheyenne poses an especially difficult problem when
it comes to involving law enforcement and it is the feeling
of the Association and its Board of Directors that if the
road were fenced off and closed to the public, there being
no public need to go into the area, that the acts constituting
violations of the law would be discouraged and would be less
apt to occur.
WHEREFORE, petitioner prays the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County to vacate that portion of old U.S.
Highway No. 87 extending from the state line of Colorado -Wyoming
near the Northeast corner of Section Twenty (20), Township
Twelve (12) North, Range Sixty-seven (67) West of the 6th P.M.
to the point on the county line on the West side of the North-
west Quarter (NW 1/4) of Section Eighteen (18), Township Eleven
(11) North, Range Sixty-seven (67) West of the 6th P.M., and
that authority be given to the Meadow Springs Grazing Association
to fence off portions of the roadway and to place barriers
thereon so as to preclude the use of said roadway by the public,
and further, that said action be spread on the minutes of the
proceedings of the County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado.
Respectfully submitted:
MEADOW SPRINGS GRAZING ASSOCIATION
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