Save Cheyenne leaders plan to sue Colorado Springs to prevent city leaders from giving the Strawberry Fields property to The Broadmoor.
The controversial land trade was approved by the City Council on Tuesday. With a 6-3 vote, the council approved a resolution for the land swap. The city will receive more than 480 acres and trail easements and The Broadmoor will get the Strawberry Fields property.
Bill Louis, an attorney for Save Cheyenne, pointed to an 1885 decision — when Colorado Springs dedicated the 189.5 acres off Mesa Avenue as “a public park” — as grounds for Save Cheyenne to file suit because the city “has no power to deed that land,” he said.
The Broadmoor said it will build a riding stable and picnic area on about 9 acres of Strawberry Fields and allow the Palmer Land Trust to hold a conservation easement to keep the rest of the parcel open for public hiking, biking and horseback riding.
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