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Town To Hold Information Forum For Prospective Board Of Trustee Candidates February 11

th The Town of Estes Park is preparing for the April 6 election for three seats on the Board of Trustees. Voters will determine who will occupy seats currently held by Trustees Eric Blackhurst, Dorla Eisenlauer and Richard Homeier. All three incumbents are eligible to run for an additional four-year term. The Town has contracted with Larimer County to perform the mail ballot-only election. New this election year, the Town Clerk will hold a candidate information forum on Thursday, February 11 at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Board Room of Town Hall, located at 170 MacGregor Avenue. This forum will be helpful for anyone interested in becoming a candidate for the Board of Trustees. The forum will include a review of the candidate packet information, including a review of candidate information, nomination instructions, the nomination petition, Fair Campaign Practices Act Instructions, expectations of time commitment and the role of a Board member. Candidate packets will be available at the candidate information forum on February 11 and, beginning February 12, in the Town Clerk?s office in Room 150 of Town Hall. Every registered elector 18 years of age or older may be a candidate and hold office if they have resided inside Town limits for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the date of election, April 6, 2010. Nomination petitions may be circulated and signed beginning February 15; the petition must be signed by at least 10 registered electors that reside inside Town Limits. The filing deadline for nomination petitions is 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 5. For more information, please contact Jackie Williamson, Town Clerk, at 970- 577-3702 by e-mail at jwilliamson@estes.org. To receive Town news in your e-mail inbox, please e-mail spetrie@estes.org.

Restorative Justice Award Presentation At Town Board Meeting

Town officials and staff and volunteers with the Estes Valley Restorative Justice Partnership (EVRJP) accepted a $1,000 award as part of the Award for Municipal Excellence granted to the EVRJP at the January 26 Town Board Meeting. Courtesy photos (Left to right) Scott Ingvoldstad, CH2M Hill Government Affairs, and Kathy Novack, National League of Cities President and Mayor of Northglenn, Colorado, present Estes Park Mayor Bill Pinkham with the Silver Award for Municipal Excellence for the Estes Valley Restorative Justice Program.

March 4 Public Meeting To Focus On Proposed Sign Code Changes And Enforcement

On March 4, the Town of Estes Park Community Development Committee will consider proposed changes to the sign code, as well as proposed changes to the enforcement of the code. The meeting will take place at 8:00 a.m. in the Town Board Room of Town Hall, 170 MacGregor Avenue. Community members are invited to attend and comment. The Community Development Committee, like other Town committees, reviews projects and proposals such as this before referring them to the Town Board. Sign code revisions have been recommended by the Sign Code Task Force, a group of Town citizens, staff and officials assembled in 2009 to review sign regulations within the Municipal Code. For more information, please call the Public Information Office at 970-577-3701. To receive Town news in your e-mail inbox, please email spetrie@estes.org. Special Note from Partners for Commerce: The Estes Valley Partners for Commerce have arranged an open forum meeting/question & answer session for all Estes Valley business owners regarding the sign code and enforcement of the sign code. Code enforcement personnel and supervisors will be on hand to clarify the code, and discuss the recent enforcement actions taken and to get feedback from business owners. Go to the Estes Valley Partners for Commerce website www.evp4commerce.com for full details.

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