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Pat Hornbostel, 655 West Hawthorn, Louisville, Colorado, stated that Louisville has had an election as to what they wanted done with this parcel. The people of Louisville said that they wanted this preserved as open space. He felt that the IGA with Lafayette and Boulder County is the best way to preserve that as open space. He felt there were people at the meeting that were just pursuing their own political vendettas, wanting Louisville to spend over a million dollars to buy this, spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees in a case that Louisville will very likely loose, and expose Louisville to tens of millions of dollars in possible liability, which he didn't feel the citizens of Louisville wanted. Bob Tofte, 1417 Courtesy Road, Louisville, Colorado, has been very involved in many sports activities in Louisville. He felt Louisville should have already owned this property back when Centaurus High School was built. He felt that Louisville should participate in the purchase of this property and should support the IGA agreement. He supported the preservation of this property as open space. He was disturbed by the problems that he sees in using a fair portion of this property for baseball fields. He felt that when people voted in the past, they did not envision baseball fields on this property. He realized that Louisville does need baseball fields desperately. Russell L. VanNorstrand, 534 West Sycamore Circle, Louisville, Colorado, felt that there was a need for an open space buffer with Lafayette, and a need for a recreational area, including ballfields. He stated that there is other adequate property available for commercial and retail development. He felt that this is the most appropriate place for the ballfields to go. Karen Olson, 468 West Sycamore Court, Louisville, Colorado, wanted to add her voice to those who are urging Council to join with the County and Lafayette in purchasing the property, so that it can be a permanent piece of open space. John Leary, 1116 LaFarge, Louisville, Colorado, was in favor of Boulder County, Louisville, and Lafayette joining together to purchase this property. He felt that that location is a terrible for ballfields. He wanted to see a full+analysis of options as to where, for the benefit of transportation, access, preservation of the intent of open space in agricultural conditions, other alternatives are available, before they put ballfields there. Ted Krichels, 1641 Lincoln, Louisville, Colorado, was not interested in polarizing this issue. He felt the preservation of open space was very important. Dave Ferguson, 100 Aline Street, Louisville, Colorado, stated that the City has the IGA agreement in effect and the property is going to remain open space, whether anyone wants it to or not. He can't 12