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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Council members and Hotline,&nbsp;</span><br>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;background-color:white">I apologize for having to recuse myself from
<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">upcoming council actions involving the annexation of CU South</span><span style="margin:0px;background-color:white">. After a conversation with the Interim City Attorney,&nbsp; I think it
 would be appropriate to recuse myself in order&nbsp;</span>to avoid any possible conflict of interest due to&nbsp;<span style="margin:0px;background-color:white">a previous paid speaking engagement with CU.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I do this out of an abundance
 of caution and to avoid any appearance of impropriety.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;background-color:white">Respectfully Yours,&nbsp;</div>
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;background-color:white">Junie&nbsp;</span><br>
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<a style="margin:0px"><b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:rgb(46, 116, 181)">Junie Joseph</span></b></a></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">Council Member</span></b></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:19.2px;font-family:MinionPro-Regular;color:black"></span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT">MA Human Rights/J.D.&nbsp;</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"></span><a href="http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:windowtext"><img width="218" height="53" style="width: 218px; height: 53px; max-width: 100%;" size="395" contenttype="image/png" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:1b941e14-a001-4508-83e1-54d646714d1f"></span></b></span></a></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><u><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:ArialMT;color:rgb(44, 156, 86)">Phone: 303-441-3002</span></u></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><u><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:ArialMT;color:rgb(44, 156, 86)">JosephJ@bouldercolorado.gov</span></u></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:16px;font-family:ArialMT;color:black">1777 Broadway Street Boulder Colorado 80302</span></span></p>
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