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Lafayette leaders will weigh water park tax extension, ranked-choice voting for November ballot
5+ hour, 26+ min ago (631+ words) Lafayette city staff has presented one potential ballot measure for the November election " a potential tax extension to support the aging Great Outdoors Waterpark " while council members separately raised interest in pursuing a ranked-choice voting ballot measure. Each year, Lafayette…...
Lafayette council raises familiar concerns over U.S. 287 development plan
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (509+ words) The Lafayette City Council echoed familiar concerns Tuesday night over an early-stage plan for a proposed development at the southwest corner of Arapahoe Road and U.S. 287, requesting that future phases of the development application better align with the city's comprehensive plan....
Lafayette official calls state laws costly as lawsuit filed against Polis moves forward
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (617+ words) Lafayette announced in May it would join the court fight alongside Aurora, Arvada, Glendale, Greenwood Village and Westminster. At the center of the dispute are state House Bills 23-1255, 24-1304 and 24-1313. The city has called HB23-1255 "one of the first of now many…...
‘Apartment buildings next to a big-box store’: Lafayette planners criticize early plans for major development
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (738+ words) Discussion stretched more than 4" hours Wednesday night as the Lafayette Planning Commission reviewed a sketch plan for a proposed development at the southwest corner of Arapahoe Road and U.S. 287, with commissioners and residents raising repeated and wide-ranging concerns. The project, known…...
Lafayette moves ahead for $74M bond-funded city facility upgrades
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (236+ words) The Lafayette City Council'in early January is slated to discuss beginning the initial phases of project development, including design work and pre-construction planning for the three facilities, according to a city announcement. But the bond issuance will not occur until…...
One Lafayette doles out $29K to local orgs as program shifts from city oversight
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (464+ words) The Community Foundation Boulder County has awarded about $29,000 to 12 nonprofits through the One Lafayette fund, supporting organizations that provide food assistance, safety-net services, youth support and community programming in Lafayette. This year's recipients are Coal Creek Adult Education Center, Coal…...
Commercial area in Lafayette could be a new home for historic WWI pillars
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (655+ words) The World War I memorial pillars that flank Arapahoe Road at the intersection of U.S. 287 could finally have a new home after years of discussion. A plan is underway to relocate the two Road of Remembrance gateway pillars to a parcel…...
Lafayette man gets prison time for choking a woman, then stealing, crashing her car
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (310+ words) A judge sentenced a Lafayette man to prison for choking a woman and stealing her car before crashing it while drunk. Police later learned through interviews and reviewing surveillance footage that earlier that day, Tejeda-Trujillo arrived at the woman's apartment…...
Lafayette City Council votes 5-2 to endorse Ballot Issue 2C property tax increase to fund new civic center, facility updates
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (488+ words) At a Lafayette City Council meeting Tuesday, the members voted 5-2 to approve a resolution endorsing Ballot Issue 2C, which, if passed by voters during next week's election, would fund improvements to three city projects: improvements to the Bob L. Burger Recreation Center,…...
3 minors injured in Lafayette high school parking lot rollover
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (87+ words) A student rolled their car while turning into the Centaurus High School parking lot on South Boulder Road in Lafayette on Thursday afternoon. A student rolled their car while turning into the Centaurus High School parking lot on South Boulder…...