As a person who loves wildlife and open space to hike and bike on, can you take 2 minutes to help protect the proposed Meadowlark Open Space?   These richly diverse meadows and wetlands south of Boulder are threatened by University of Colorado bulldozers.

The Meadowlark Open Space is home to an abundance of songful meadowlarks and a unique jumping mouse that thrives near streams.  This beautiful area is also feeding grounds for golden eagles, moose and black bear. Your help tonight will make a big difference!

Please copy and paste the email below for Boulder City Council- change or add your own words as you have time for. 

Can you send in the next 5 minutes?  Council meets tomorrow night - Tues Feb 5!

Email to: council@bouldercolorado.gov

please also cc us here: meadowlarkopenspace@gmail.com

Many thanks from all of us who love and protect Boulder open space,

Best - Ken

Ken Beitel
Director of Wilderness Conservation
Proposed Meadowlark Open Space
email: meadowlarkopenspace@gmail.com
cell:  720 436-2465

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Hon. Boulder City Council Member,

Thank you for your dedicated service and thoughtful consideration this fall of how to keep the Boulder community safe from devastating floods.

The construction of roads and hundreds or thousands of new apartments by the University of Colorado on the floodplains and wetlands immediately south of Boulder - between US 36 and highway 93 - poses a grave flood danger to thousands of homes downstream. 
We are grateful for your deep consideration to date.

I respectfully ask that Boulder City Council, the community and scientific experts be allowed time to review and respond the new 25-page Flood Mitigation Memo that was just released on Jan 31. Please maintain or extend the current council consideration of the annexation application in 2020 or later which will allow more time for community engagement, feedback, and to plan accurately for flood mitigation.

Lastly, to allow maximum flood control protection, we ask Boulder City Council to vigorously pursue purchase of the CU South land using all possible financial, legal and ballot measure initiatives. 

CU acquired the property with the knowledge it was needed for floodplain protection and wetlands restoration - reimbursing CU what was paid for the land in the late 90’s is fair to both the school and community of Boulder.

With encouragement, we believe the school will locate new development on their numerous existing parking lots rather than destroying wetlands and proposed open space south of Boulder.

Thank you for protecting the Boulder community from flooding and for your work to purchase this land.

With sincere thanks,

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