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Recipient: <br />Comovail <br />Louisville Colorado City Council, Louisville Colorado Open Space Advisory Board, <br />Louisville Colorado Parks and Recreation Department, and Louisville Colorado <br />Planning Department <br />Letter: Greetings, <br />We urge the City to purchase the First Baptist Church property, or at least the <br />undeveloped portion of it, for permanent protection as open space or as an <br />extension of Cottonwood Park. <br />1_ In citywide surveys, Louisville residents consistently say that we want to <br />maintain the city's small town character, expand the City's open space and parks, <br />and limit population density; <br />2. Cottonwood Park is a highly valued and much -used treasure in a high- density <br />area of the City; <br />3. For more than 40 years, the undeveloped open field an the eastern border of <br />Cottonwood Park has served as de facto open space. This field which also <br />borders the lovely tree -lined Goodhue Ditch has ecological, aesthetic, and social <br />value for the City. Boulder County Audubon Society recommends its permanent <br />protection. <br />4. Development of this property would threaten the safety of children in <br />Cottonwood Park. it would create emergency access problems and traffic hazards <br />on South Boulder Road. It would be incompatible with the character of the <br />surrounding 40- year -old neighborhood and decrease property values and quality <br />of life for the neighborhood's property owners. <br />5. Citizens of Louisville voted to tax ourselves for the specific purpose of <br />purchasing properties like this one. <br />8 <br />