I am writing to you because your email address is on a list of people affected by the Four Mile Canyon fire.

I am sponsoring House Bill 12-1057 to address problems many fire victims had in settling their claims for a complete loss of their home and its contents.  The main goal of the bill is to be sure the policy limits on a replacement value policy is enough to rebuild. The bill also addresses concerns I’ve heard about the adjustment process. I have attached the version of the bill that was introduced.

The Committee on Local Government will take testimony on the bill on February 6 at 1:30. THIS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO WEDNESDAY,  FEB 8, AT 9:30 Aa.m.. The hearing will be in House Committee Room 0111 at the State Capitol in Denver.

I have the strong impression that the committee chair and her fellow party members would like to kill the bill.  In conversations with several committee members, they have questioned why fire victims had not requested additional insurance if they believed the amount proposed by the insurance company was inadequate.  Most of the committee members are unaware of the extent to which fire victims were under-insured, and other difficulties with settling their claims. Therefore, if you are among those who experienced these problems, your presence at the capitol to give testimony on the need for this bill is crucial.

If you support this bill but are unable to attend committee hearing, I hope you can send an email to members of the committee expressing your support.  If would be helpful if you can share information with the committee members about your experience and how this bill might have helped you.

The members of the Committee on Local Government and their e-mail addresses are as follows:

Laura Bradford, Chair                        laurabradford55@gmail.com

Libby Szabo, Vice Chair                        libby.szabo.house@state.co.us

David Balmer                                    david.balmer.house@state.co.us

Kathleen Conti                                    kathleen.conti.house@state.co.us

Rhonda Fields                                    rhonda.fields.house@state.co.us

Bob Gardner                                                bob.gardner.house@state.co.us

Jeane Labuda                                    jeanne.labuda.house@state.co.us

Pete Lee                                                pete.lee.house@state.co.us

Sal Pace                                                sal.pace.house@state.co.us

John Soper                                                john.soper.house@state.co.us

Keith Swerdfeger                                    keith.swerdfeger.house@state.co.us

I hope to see you on Feb. 6 at 1:30.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Claire Levy
State Representative
House District 13
303-866-2578 (capitol)

Greetings,

Good Morning,

It is that time of year again to start to think about the impact of this spring and summer flood season on Gold Hill as well as our neighboring communities.  Gold Hill has been working with our mountain community neighbors and Boulder County’s Office of Emergency Management to design a community preparedness plan that would help respond on a community level to possible emergencies (wildfire, flooding, heavy snow etc).  I know. You are saying, “Gold Hill is on top of a hill…we don’t have any flood concerns.”  In this case, this type of community support would be for our neighbors in Four Mile and Sunshine Canyons as they may climb to safety and end up in Gold Hill.  As a result of last year’s preparation for upcoming flood season, Gold Hill was awarded a 6′x6′ tough shed flled with materials to help set up a short term evacuation center here in town designed to provide information (generator), food and water, and basic medical support, cots and blankets, in the case of an extended stay in GH.  Please note this community emergency preparedness plan will work hand in hand with the Gold Hill Fire Department as they will be busy working on the front lines of the emergency.  This plan will only work if we have Gold Hill volunteers who are willing to offer their support in the case of such emergency.

We are having an informational meeting on February 9th at 7pm in the community center for those who are interested in volunteering.  I encourage any of our community members who took the HAM radio class to think about being on this list as it would be helpful to have your skills should we lose power and find ourselves in need of communicating with Boulder resources.

***I know that most of us are busy so I will be clear that this is not a time consuming volunteer project, rather a number of locals who are willing to be on a list to be called in the case of an emergency to offer support.***

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions,

Amy E. Hardy

Fourmile Recovery Resource Coordinator

Foothills United Way

• Understanding the issues residents are facing in 2012
• Lessons learned/Success Stories from 2011
• Flood Mitigation/Land Rehabilitation plan for 2012
• Flood and debris flow preparation

• Feb. 14: Fourmile, Boulder Mountain Lodge, 91 Fourmile Canyon Drive

• Feb. 21: Sunshine, Station 1, 311 CR 83
• Feb. 23: Boulder Mountain, Station 1, 1905 Linden Drive
• March 1: Gold Hill, Fire Barn, 1101 Main Street

• Understanding the issues residents are facing in 2012
• Lessons learned/Success Stories from 2011
• Flood Mitigation/Land Rehabilitation plan for 2012
• Flood and debris flow preparation

• Feb. 14: Fourmile, Boulder Mountain Lodge, 91 Fourmile Canyon Drive

• Feb. 21: Sunshine, Station 1, 311 CR 83
• Feb. 23: Boulder Mountain, Station 1, 1905 Linden Drive
• March 1: Gold Hill, Fire Barn, 1101 Main Street

From: Karen Simmons [mailto:Ksimmons@lasp.colorado.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:06 AM
To: Debra Yeager
Subject: Re: soup party

Eggs Benedict Sunday Brunch on March 4th at 11 am. 18 people. Theme
to be announced.

I’m looking out at the snow (about 1.5 inches now) and thinking if
it’s a “normal” March in the mountains then the roads could be bad,
maybe snowing, blowing, cold – let’s pick Sunday Brunch on the 4th so
folks will have a chance to get down to  Boulder and then back up if the weather
is bad.  My house in town is at the corner of 9th and Dellwood Ave in Boulder – that’s across from North Boulder Park and near Community hospital. The town phone (with answering machine) is 303-447-8607.

Sounds like fun, Karen