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john s.'s avatar

hello karen,

thankyou for your written updates that are so detailed, understandable, and comprehensive.

to regress somewhat. for myself I did not read anywhere what the take away was from the initial contact with the kairoi corp. was on feb. 27th ie: did kairoi feel lafayette residents were putting out

the welcome mat for them?

my 1st thought about this whole issue of annexing is. why are the commissioners even considering giving up even more land to this insidious foreign, out of state investment corp., just so they can further increase the return on their bottom line. I thought the commissioners expressed the desire to keep the eastern undeveloped land of lafayette an open space/ park.

this especially when the BHA is building 400 housing units at willowby, and erie township commissioners have permitted an avarice farmer, and greed driven developer to build 800-1,000

houses on a single piece of land on n 119th almost across from each other. not to mention the

construction taking place further east under the auspices of broomfield county whose motto is,

'there isn't a developer they don't like'.

the uncontrolled drive to push housing development between boulder, broomfield, and now weld county, and every type and kind of developer has 'now' become detrimental to the overall

well being, and quality of life to the residents of lafayette and 3 counties mentioned above. let alone the hidden political agenda of denver related to home rule, highway funding, and housing density to mass transit???

I will be writing the township commissioners before the may 20th meeting. my wife says (no comment necessary), that she doesn't want me attending these meetings, as it is bad for my health, and mental well-being. j.s.

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Longtime Lafayette's avatar

Hello Karen. Thank you once again for keeping the ongoing evolution of our community in our sights as it is being massively impacted by state legislation. It’s bad enough that we have to spend our time fighting to stop national leaders from crushing our democracy, but now we have to fight state leaders to stop them from crushing our community. Infuriating does not even begin to describe it. Here is a copy of the letter I sent to all city council members and to our city manager. I’d like to strongly encourage others to keep making their voices heard at the local and state level. Don’t forget our new state senator Katie Wallace. My first take is that she seems sympathetic to our concerns.

Dear Councilor,

I’m writing to contribute my thoughts on the executive session scheduled for the April 1 meeting regarding receiving legal advice on questions related to home rule authority and land use and zoning. I’m sure my input on this is just preaching to the choir here, but want to make sure my expectations are known about these questions and legal advice. I would expect council to ask any legal questions necessary to compare the costs and consequences of doing nothing to comply with HB24-1313 compared to the costs and consequences of allowing high density development that would exponentially increase our population and create huge permanent structures that could never be “unbuilt” and would create long term ongoing and unmanageable costs and burdens to the city. I would also expect that questions would be asked regarding a potential lawsuit to force the state to overturn this legislation, either on our own or in conjunction with the other targeted communities interested in joining forces. My goal as a resident is for one or the other of these two approaches (either ignoring the legislation or suing to overturn it), or a combination of both, would be the ultimate way this gets handled by local leadership, as opposed to working with the state to somehow meet them halfway and reach some compromise, which would not defend our home rule authority and still leave us with high density development in some form that we do not want. I look forward to hearing whatever outcomes of this meeting that council is able to share, or at least the leadership decisions that result from it. Thank you so much for supporting Lafayette residents in their outrage at this massive overreach by state legislators.

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