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November 2016 Minutes Continued Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Boulder County Commissioners For Immediate Release Oct. 27, 2016 Boulder County Commissioners' Office Barb Halpin, Public Information Officer 303-441-3500 Statement from the Board of County Commissioners regarding Mayhoffer property (AKA Kerr Estates) Commissioners respond to public concerns over potential development of 200 -acre farmland parcel located at Colo. Hwy 42 and Empire Road in unincorporated Boulder County between Lafayette and Louisville. Dear East Boulder County Residents, We understand there is a great deal of interest (and concern) about the potential for development at the Mayhoffer property (also referred to as "Kerr Estates"), a 200 -acre farmland parcel located at the corner of Colo. Hwy 42 and Empire Road in unincorporated Boulder County between the cities of Lafayette and Louisville. In particular, the meeting at the Louisville Recreation Center on Tuesday, Oct. 25, which was attended by Boulder County staff and local residents, has brought up a lot of questions about the future of the Mayhoffer property. We'd like to address some of those questions as well as assure to you that Boulder County is actively engaged in the matter of how the property might be preserved or developed in the future. For many years, Boulder County Parks and Open Space has been partnering with the cities of Louisville and Lafayette in an effort to acquire (e.g., purchase) the Mayhoffer property for open space. Louisville is the lead partner. To date, the partners have not reached agreement with the property owner on price. From the discussion of the Oct. 25 meeting, it appears that the property owner (working through a developer) is exploring development options on the parcel. However, to date, the developer has not submitted any plans or proposals to Boulder County Land Use (the governing planning body for the parcel) for consideration, and the open space partners are still hoping to reach an agreement to acquire the property as open space. If the property is not purchased as open space, there are a couple of possible options that the owner/developer could pursue under current land use regulations. Under current zoning, the land could be divided up into five 35 -acre parcels, each of which could have one home. Additional lots could be created if approved through the county's Non -Urban Planned Unit Development (NUPUD) process, which requires that at least 75% of the land be preserved 9