The council plans to introduce a resolution at its July 16 meeting exercising its power of eminent domain to acquire the property.

Crews in Douglas County continued battling the Airport Fire on Monday, which has burned 130 acres and is 90% contained.

The Turner Gulch Fire burning in Mesa County pushed about eight miles east on Monday and remained active overnight, jumping from 1,500 acres Monday afternoon to more than 8,000 acres Tuesday morning.