Protect Gunbarrel's Local Wildlife Through the Creation of a Greater Twin Lakes Open Space - Stop City Annexation and High Density Growth

Protect the rural feel of this neighborhood. Protect our owls. Don't turn us into a low income slum. I look out upon this open space.

Stop annexation stop development leave us alone!

This is one of my most favorite walks.

Here's an opportunity for Boulder to demonstrate its commitment to our natural habitats. Any development of this property would be a crime and very telling of the hyprocrisy of Boulders leadership

Please Save This Open Space.

These parcels are not suitable for any type of development let alone annexed and rezoned for a higher density than that of the surrounding neighborhoods.

We live on Driftwood Place, have a sump pump in our crawl space and have experienced the effects of low ground water levels on a yearly basis except during the drought in the early 2000s. In the past many summers the sump pump has been in operation, pumping out water approximately every 30 minutes, all day, every day, with increased rates after a hard rain. The pump works all summer long due to a small spring that is ever present and continues until the water levels decrease after the first hard frosts. During the recent Boulder Sept flood we were spared severe flooding because of the existence of this sump pump. It worked at higher levels - approximately every 5 minutes for many months - after these floods. If we had not already had a functioning sump pump our lower level would have been significantly damaged. As such we will be installing a new sump pump system with a backup as well as a battery backup system. This will cost approxmately $10,000. Our home was built in 1973. These data support the findings in the hydrology report explaining the high ground water levels in this area and the need for wetlands and an area to absorb and manage water levels coming from the West. There is significant data to support that an already significant problem, which increases risks of damage from water and humidity to the long-term health and status of our home. Rural and agricultural zoning have been established for many important reasons. They are part of our pride in living in Boulder County and for the increases taxes we vote for that support ongoing open and rural spaces. Having a sudden change for higher density housing, which endangers an important functioning habitat critical to water management seems an inappropriate decision that goes against Boulder County values. Please take this into consideration and support the continued rural usage of these open space areas.

This is another way the city raise money without considering the environmental implications as well as the impact of an increase of population

Please don't go thru with this massive development ! Thank you

Please reconsider the options to not build in this delicate Ecco system and wildlife area! Thank you

This is not a good plan for the wildlife especially the owls!! In addition to the increase in density population in the Gunbarrel area is getting a bit out of hand. Thank you!

I have lived in Gunbarrel for 16 years and it's because of the great natural wetlands and trees and paths in this community. Have seen families of Owls throughout this time and what a treasure to behold! It would be 'paving paradise and putting up a parking lot' to lose this marvelous natural environment in our Gunbarrel community. There's been enough new residential apartments built now in Gunbarrel. We don't need to pave more paradise!

We have a photo of one of the Owls and her nesting baby from Twin Lakes. This habitat is a treasure. It is difficult to see Boulder, known for its environmental awareness, will sacrifice the Owl habitat for development.

No more Boulder annexation and high density growth! We want our open spaces of land, not more traffic and congestion!

We live in the Heatherwood neighborhood and we don't need/want the beautiful semi rural area built up anymore. One of the reasons we moved out here was for our children to have safe places to wander and roam without the risk of too much traffic etc.

This is a beautiful area that keeps people sane and happy. There is no need to develop it. There is already an overflow of rental units and the roads are busy. Let's keep Boulder beautiful & friendly to wildlife & people. I suspect the City Attorney is in his last year in office and is going out of his way to generate problems for homeowners and drag as many of them into court as possible. Did you know that an attorney's ONLY duty is to declare their own financial and political interests in any matter and pursue the same? We need to prevent attorneys from participating in all three branches of government. All they do is generate crisis for the politicians to mobilize money around a second time. They are eliminating the middle class time and time again.

There are other ways to provide affordable housing, e.g., buying old-ish neighborhood(s) and re-building. Leave open space as open space because we all need green spaces! All animals and us (big-brained animals that we are) need trees, grass, clean water, and therefore oxygen. Stop building every inch possible on this Earth!

Formerly Gunbarrel resident now living in Niwot but frequent the Gunbarrel area. Need to keep some protected open space to offset all of the massive building and developing in the area. Building more in wild life corridor is all about $$ and nothing to do with maintaining quality of life for the existing community.

Thanks!

Don't turn Gunbarrel into a mini Longmont!