Two years after the Denver City Council cleared the way for a controversial land swap, children filed last month into a new elementary school built on former city-owned open space near Cherry Creek Reservoir.
But the Joe Shoemaker School’s opening hasn’t ended a legal fight by still-simmering Denver parks advocates over what they saw as an illegal giveaway of valuable park land, a charge disputed by city officials.
We are fighting because if we win, ultimately we can return the land to the ownership of the citizens of Denver. After the school has outlived its useful life in 20-40 years, DPS and the City can restore the 11 acres to natural area park land as part of Paul A. Hentzell Park for the use of future generations.
When the Denver Zoological Foundation went to City Council in December 2014 for approval of a $50 million “gasification” plant, the INC PARC sent the attached letter to some members of Denver City Council clarifying that INC had never taken a position in support of this project. Read Letter http://www.denverinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/letter.JeanneRobb.Gasification.pdf We determined at the time that, although INC PARC has been … Continue reading →
On Feb 4, 2015 Attorney John Case filed on behalf of Friends Of Denver Parks, a brief with the Colorado Court Of Appeals. Friends of Denver Parks was the recipient of the 2014 INC Presidents Award
Please see the letter from John Case
ATTACHMENT
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your continuing support of Friends of Denver Parks and efforts to protect open space in Denver.
Attached is a copy of the brief that Evans Case LLP filed for plaintiffs-appellants in the Colorado Court of Appeals on February 4, 2015. We are asking the court to reverse the decision of Judge Stern so that, in accordance with Charter Section 2.4.5, the people of Denver may vote on the issue of whether 11 acres of park land should be traded to DPS for use as a school. We filed a lis pendens on the property in 2013 before the City conveyed it to DPS, so our interests are protected until all appeals are exhausted.
