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

Last thing we need is more buildings, more people...I love listening to the owls, watching the herons--sitting and watching the lake. Can you imagine how many more people will be at the lake? Send these new buildings to Boulder where they just don't care what ugly things are built.

Our neighborhood is also concerned about the great increase in volume in traffic over the past 2 years, with the abrupt increase in the number of apartments in Boulder and Gunbarrel, most residents with one car and some with two. Some Boulder residents of 30+ years say they no longer feel comfortable driving in Boulder. The increase in traffic over the past several years also greatly impacts parking throughout the area.

I moved to the suburbs for a reason. I walk my dog on open space. I listen to owls hoot and coyotes howl right outside my window each night. I did not choose to live in a high density area on purpose. The number of high density housing units has increased vastly in the last two years and while I understand that every one needs to live somewhere I think we have our fair share of multi-family units.

Insufficient roads to handle that density.

Please zone this as Open Space due to the enjoyment of this area by joggers, bikers, etc and as home to the wetland wildlife area that is here. Thank you for keeping growth in this area controlled and manageable.

Boulder knows the importance of open space. Please don't let money win!

This is a precious wildlife habitat that we all enjoy and so much need to have in our lives. We want to keep it as a sanctuary.

Concerned about overcrowding

This has been a very sweet spot for a long time, when I lived in Gunbarrel and still a pleasant bike ride away. We need more low-income housing but not where it trashes other values and is not near transit! This is too special a part of the mosaic to lose. Put the high-density closer to job locations and transit, not where there are real open space values left. Thank you!

Lets stop it!

Enough is enough. No more high-density development in Gunbarrel. And certainly not the open spaces near Twin Lakes!

The proposed open-space expansion provides an exceptional opportunity to increase both recreational and educational opportunities as well as wildlife hab itat.

We treasure the nesting pair of great-horned owls that have successfully raised young for many years near the proposed development. We fear the development will drive the owls away.

Boulder's housing crisis needs to be addressed within its existing boundaries. This community long ago decided to regulate its size and to prioritize open spaces. It cannot not shirk its responsibility to uphold those decisions and the need to redevelop inside the city by merely falling into old development patterns of expand and flatten. I understand this seems like an easier path than inciting the ire of residents inside the city who oppose densification, but that does not justify reneging on promises this city and county made to its residents for decades.

I lived in Gunbarrel for 12 years and know how wonderful the current Open Space there is. We need to add whatever more we can and preserve what is already preserved.

Say no to development on untouched parcels.

As a former resident in the Twin Lakes subdivision, I enjoyed daily walks and wildlife viewing. The network of formal and informal trails and bike paths is one of Gunbarrel's best assets. It would be a shame to lose it.

Keep open space

Boulder is only Boulder, is only a place worth living if it can maintain a quality of life that includes green spaces and wildlife. I lived in the Twin Lakes neighborhood, ran there, walked my infant children in strollers there, listened to frogs and owls and silence there. Please do not destroy the essence of what makes this neighborhood such a community.

This parcel of land should remain undeveloped. Gunbarrel is seeing massive increases in building and should retain open space in the area