A new, 26-well pad is proposed near Erie, according to town officials. The oil and gas development will employ hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking. The Draco Pad, a project of Denver-based Extraction Oil and Gas and Civitas Resources, will be located on 19.45 acres in unincorporated Weld County, two miles from Erie High School. Wells would be drilled to 7,000 feet and extend horizontally for five miles toward U.S. 287, crossing into Boulder County and northwest of Lafayette city limits. Lafayette’s city council met in executive session July 16 to receive legal counsel about oil and gas development; it’s not clear if that meeting was related to the proposed wells.