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“It’s a longtime coming,” said Councilmember Joshua Rivero. “We’ve wanted to get rid of that pedestrian safety fence for a while. We want to do some natural landscaping and beauti cation.” e council also approved the site plan for public access and improvements for the Ray J. Harvie Open Space.

Harvie Open Space is a 71.06-acre parcel located at the intersection of Canterberry Parkway and Mainstreet, and is undeveloped and preserved as open space through the Douglas Land Conservancy. e land easement intends to protect the character of open space as well as natural resource values of the property.

In 2017 the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department gathered input from the residents about what improvements would be acceptable in the future. Town council then approved the department’s conceptual master plan for the open space in 2018.

According to the 2035 master plan, Ray J. Harvie Open Space is within a medium density residential area.

“ is was a medium density area that we are now turning into open space and giving back to the community, so that’s just fantastic,” said Councilmember Brandi Wilks. e site plan states improvements will enable public access to the open space which will include a looped walking path with educational features, a vault restroom, covered seating and an o -street gravel parking lot.

In addition, the improvements will include 16 new pine trees and about 30 rabbit brush that will be