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Residents urge transparency, longer timeline and environmental protections in Crow’s Nest annexation debate
Summary
Multiple residents told council they distrust current language in resolution 26‑23, urged removing Crow's Nest references, asked to extend the drafting timeline and requested stronger outreach and environmental protections for future annexations.
Several Castle Pines residents spoke during public comment on March 24 urging the council to slow the annexation‑policy process, remove language they view as favorable to the Crow’s Nest applicant and to include stronger outreach and environmental protections. Gretchen Quayle, identified with People Against Annexing Crow's Nest, asked council to delete two specific paragraphs in resolution 26‑23 she said would reinforce a perception that the outcome is predetermined.
Lisa Woods asked the council to extend the staff draft timeline from 90 to at least 120 days, recommend town halls and offer residents at least two weeks to review drafts. Donna Cook and other speakers called for an educational component to help residents understand technical terms and for more opportunities for in‑person dialogue. Bridgetta Landstrom urged that environmental protections be woven into this and future annexation language to prevent harms to canyons and wildlife. Janie Beilenburg read a Denver Post piece on similar controversies in neighboring jurisdictions and urged structural reforms to protect local voices.
