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Ed Deborski, 1898 Tyler, Louisville, Colorado, had done some research on his own, gathering copies of the IGA agreement, the contract that Boulder County has with the Lastoka/Harney family, and, spending his own time and money, took it to a lawyer for a legal opinion of both documents. The legal opinion of both documents is highly contradictory to the statement made by Louisville's Council at their last meeting at the Recreation Center, which concerned him highly. He, the four (4) ex-Mayors, and Lawrence Enrietto went to the County Commissioners to request that the County Commissioners allow the City of Louisville to purchase the property in total and maintain as its IGA for the 1984 agreement. The County Commissioners told them that they were going to maintain it as a three (3) party agreement and nobody had approached them about any other deal. He stated that the Commissioners took exception to Council's statement that they (Council) wasn't aware of the fact that they were going to make an offer to purchase the property, as Council had stated at the Louisville Recreation Center. He felt that Council should purchase this property outright, own it outright, maintain it as a 1984 IGA agreement, or they should not purchase an inch. Norbert A. Meier, 234 Short Place, Louisville, Colorado, stated that his name is on the IGA document. He felt that the City of Louisville ought to purchase that property outright. His understanding was that, perhaps, the landowners would be agreeable to looking favorably upon some type of an offer from the City of Louisville after the previous discussions that have transpired. He stated that a drawn-up contract was brought to one of the City's staff members and it hasn't proceeded anywhere since then. He felt it was a very valuable piece of property to the City of Louisville and its citizens. He told Council to purchase the property outright, follow the IGA, as it is in tact. Do not add any conservation agreements that were discussed earlier that would possibly be tying the hands of future Councils, just like the hands of this Council were meddled with by the previous Council. Donna Wicker, 227 Hoover Avenue, Louisville, Colorado, felt that the City should work to conserve Lastoka as open space, being a natural buffer between Louisville and Lafayette. She urged the Council to permanently protect this land from development. Pat Scholes, 359 Pheasant Run, Louisville, Colorado, felt that this property needs to be protected as open space and as a buffer. She felt that participating with Lafayette and Boulder County is a good financial way to go. She values Louisville as a small community. Bill VanOrman, 1478 Franklin Court, Louisville, Colorado, moved here in 1980. In 1984, he co-chaired the citizen's group that defeated the developers on the annexation of the property, because the citizens in Louisville wanted that preserved for open space. Two (2) years ago, he was appointed by the Mayor and Council to perform as a member of the Parks & Recreation Master Task Force 10