[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: FW: City Council of Lafayette Resolution 2016-96 Reaffirming Equal protection and Services for all residents.

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Sender: Jones, Suzanne

Dear All—

Per our discussion at our Tuesday Boulder City Council meeting, I am forwarding an email from Lafayette Mayor Pro Tem Gustavo Reyna with a copy of the Equal Protection and Services resolution recently adopted by Lafayette.

Lafayette’s resolution contains ideas, including many of the ones we were discussing, that we may want to consider in own deliberations.

Cheers,
Zan

Suzanne Jones
Mayor, City of Boulder
(720) 633-7388

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From: Gustavo Reyna<mailto:gustavo.reyna at cityoflafayette.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2016 2:24 PM
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Cc: Christine Berg<mailto:christine.berg at cityoflafayette.com>; Rick Bashor<mailto:rickb at cityoflafayette.com>; Gary Klaphake<mailto:garyk at cityoflafayette.com>
Subject: RE: City Council of Lafayette Resolution 2016-96 Reaffirming Equal protection and Services for all residents.

Good morning:

On behalf of Mayor Berg and myself, I would like to convey our sincere gratitude to all the officials who attended our community meeting at the Boulder Ridge mobile home community center.  The message that the Lafayette residents received regarding protection of their rights was reassuring and comforting.
We will continue to reach out to ensure that our most vulnerable communities are well informed of their rights and of the resources available to them.

I would like to share a copy of the Lafayette City Council resolution 2016-96, which the Council approved unanimously on Tuesday December 6th.
This resolution reaffirms Lafayette's position and commitment regarding protection under Colorado law for all residents, regardless of race, color, language spoken, immigration status, ethnic heritage, religious belief, gender identification or any other personal characteristic.

One of our goals is to reassure potential victims of harassment, discrimination, hate speech or other abuse, to our commitment to serve and protect them.
We want to ensure that immigrants have confidence contacting law enforcement if they are victims, witnesses or otherwise need police services, without fearing reprisal.  We believe that law enforcement needs the trust and confidence of the community to effectively administer public safety

The resolution also states our alignment with a growing number of municipalities in the country regarding immigration status not being a factor in interactions with city authorities, provision of city services or access to city facilities.

The City Council of Lafayette wishes to share the resolution with you for your reference and to reassure you of our alignment with County and State efforts.

Respectfully,

Gustavo Reyna
Mayor Pro-tem
City of Lafayette

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