1392 signatures on our stop 8600baseline.com petition so far!!!! Many thanks to all who have signed. Please keep sending the petition to your neighbors. City Councilors have the last say in whether property gets annexed and rezoned. Let your voice be heard at the Council meeting Friday January 9 where they interview the final candidates for Lafayette Councilor. The following information is from Preserve Lafayette: Update on the city council vacancy— and how you can make your voice heard At their Jan. 6 meeting, Lafayette city councilors voted to interview all four of the current candidates for the city council seat that became vacant when JD Mangat resigned Dec. 2. (Six candidates submitted applications and resumes for the vacancy, but Nicholas Bernhard withdrew on Monday and Michael Krupey withdrew on Wednesday). The interviews will be held during a special city council meeting this Friday, Jan. 9. Here’s the meeting schedule: Candidates will be interviewed in the following order: 5:30–6 p.m.: Michael Watson 6–6:30 p.m.: Rob Glenn 6:30–7 p.m.: Kyle Beaulieu 7–7:30 p.m.: Jeff Pistana Public comment will start at 7:30 p.m. After public comment, the council is scheduled to deliberate and vote for one of these people to fill the vacant seat. We can’t stress enough how much YOUR VOICE MATTERS for this vacancy. This city council may very well vote to determine the future of the land at 119th and Baseline, and we only need a majority—four councilors—to vote for an open space acquisition and against annexation of this property for development. The candidate chosen on Jan. 9 can be one of those four. Here’s what you need to know about who’s applied for the vacancy and when and how you can tell council who you support—or don’t support. WHO TO CHOOSE Three of the people who applied for the council vacancy also ran in the Nov. 4 election. Kyle Beaulieu finished fifth, with 4,038 votes and 11.02% of the total votes. (For perspective, Crystal Gallegos, who was the last of the four candidates elected, won 4,400 votes and 12.01% of the total.) Here’s Kyle’s application and resume for the council vacancy. Michael Watson finished sixth, with 3,108 votes and 8.48% of the total. Here’s his application and resume. Rob Glenn finished 10th, with 1,296 votes and 3.54% of the total. Here’s his application and resume. You can read our pre-election candidate reports about Kyle, Michael and Rob here and here. You can also see their responses to Preserve Lafayette questions about open space here and their thoughts about annexation of the properties at 119th and Baseline here. The other candidate for the council vacancy (plus his application and resume) is: Jeff Pistana HOW TO LET COUNCIL KNOW WHO YOU WANT There are a variety of ways you can tell city council members which candidate you’d like to see selected, and your reasons why. Speak at the Jan. 9 meeting Public input will begin at 7:30 p.m., and you can comment either in person or by phone. To speak in person, fill out a public input form on the table in the lobby outside the council chambers, 1290 S. Public Road, and give it to the city clerk. The mayor will call your name during the public input period, and you have five minutes to address the council. To call in, dial 877-853-5247 around 7:30 p.m. and give the meeting number: 869 1163 2580. Press *9 to raise your hand to speak and wait for the mayor to call on you. Call, text or email your councilors You can contact councilors with your thoughts about the candidates any time before the Jan. 9 meeting begins. Click on their names here for their phone numbers, or use this form to email them individually or together. Submit an email for the public record If you fill out this form before 1 p.m. on Jan. 9, your comments will be added to the agenda packet, where both the council and the public will see them. We know some Preserve Lafayette members have already contacted city councilors about their candidate preferences, and we look forward to many more comments over the next couple days. THANK YOU for taking the time to make your voices heard, and for your ongoing commitment to keeping Lafayette’s eastern gateway a rural haven for centuries to come. The Preserve Lafayette team View email in browser Preserve Lafayette · 303 W Simpson St · Lafayette, CO 80026-1660 · USA