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Upen -space onlclais support pian <br /> Continued from 1B Cemex property <br /> with the land, she said it will <br /> probably restore at least some Dakota Ridge <br /> of it to native prairie. Drive <br /> Brawley said the deal would <br /> be the county's largest land ac- - <br /> quisition this year. She said the Rabbit paceMountain <br /> Open <br /> county has wanted to purchase <br /> this land for years but has had <br /> difficulty working out the de- <br /> tails of the deal. <br /> Right now, the land is co- <br /> owned by Marigold 41 and CE- <br /> MEX Inc., a cement company <br /> that is mining about 400 acres <br /> of the area. ss , -' <br /> County commissioners de � _ gg <br /> cided in May to purchase Mari- ' <br /> gold 41's interest in the land for <br /> $7 million and are trying to <br /> work out a deal with CEMEX ensures the entire valley will be ny. <br /> for an option to buy the remain- open space," said John Lohr, Residents with comments or <br /> der of the property, once the plant manager for CEMEX. "It questions about the open space <br /> company is done nursing,for$5 pretty well guarantees the fu- acquisition can contact Emy <br /> million. ture of the property." Brawley at (303) 441-4953 or <br /> The majority of the money He said CEMEX's mining comment at the Boulder Coun- <br /> for the deal will come out of a permits last until 2021, but the ty Commissioner's meeting 2 <br /> .25 percent county sales tax company may finish earlier, al- p.m. Thursday at the Boulder <br /> designated for open space pur- lowing the county to get the County Courthouse. <br /> chases. land earlier. The portion of the Contact Maria Sanchez-Tray- <br /> "We're excited about the land being mined by CEMEX nor at (303) 473-1328 or san- <br /> prospect because basically it will be restored by the compa- cliezm@dailycamera.com. <br />