RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING THE PARK HIILL GOLF COURSE PERPETUAL OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION EASEMENT

WHEREAS, on November 4, 1997 under the administration of Mayor Wellington Webb, the City and County of Denver (“Denver”) purchased a perpetual open space conservation easement covering the Park Hill Golf Course land from the George W. Clayton Trust (“Clayton”) in exchange for $2 million paid to Clayton;

WHEREAS, in granting the perpetual open space conservation easement, Clayton in perpetuity relinquished its right to develop the Park Hill Golf Course land in exchange for the $2 million payment;

WHEREAS, on July 11, 2019 Clayton sold the Park Hill Golf Course land to Bushwood LLC, an associated company of Westside Investment Partners, a real estate developer;

WHEREAS, the perpetual open space conservation easement prevents development on the Park Hill Golf Course land unless Denver City Council might both modify or remove the perpetual open space conservation easement and rezone the land from its current OS-B (Open Space-Recreation) zoning;

WHEREAS, for many reasons, preservation of this 155-acre parcel of open space is critical to the health and well being of Denver citizens in this increasingly densifying city;

NOW THEREFORE, Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation respectfully urges the members of the Denver City Council to reject any attempts to materially modify or remove the perpetual open space conservation easement and to rezone the Park Hill Golf Course land from its open space zoning.

Approved by Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation this __ day of July, 2019