8-27-25 Boulder Arts Commission Meeting

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• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:02:02at this moment

  Those Indigenous nations include the Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Pawnee, Toshone, Sioux, and Ute.

• Land acknowledgements0:02:02at this moment

  Land acknowledgement, I don't see that on the list, Juvie. I will read it now.

• Arts funding and the 2A tax0:05:02at this moment

  Create Boulder was the organization that spearheaded the passage and creation of Ballot Amendment 2A. which was passed, overwhelmingly by City of Boulder residents.

• Climate action and emissions0:16:01at this moment

  Also active in the… the Climate Equity Fund that has some… a grant round going on right now.

• Downtown vitality0:17:04at this moment

  they have a goal of turning it into a monthly event to support downtown businesses

• BMoCA North Campus0:18:04at this moment

  And then, obviously, the expansion work is ongoing.

• Support for immigrant communities0:19:17at this moment

  I went to their event after our conversation to Immigrant America. That was a really powerful event at Canyon theater

• Capital improvement program0:24:00at this moment

  they can leverage this asset for, for capital projects, including a $1 million project for HVAC and roof replacement

• Dairy Arts Center0:24:00at this moment

  the Dairy Arts Center now owns the Dairy Arts Center. They own the building.

• Public art and percent for art0:32:00at this moment

  We have a public art action item. It's the process of finalist approval for the Central Avenue Bridge Public Art Project.

• Public art and percent for art0:41:03at this moment

  So then the upcoming and final Experiments in Public Art lecture happens at the end of September.

• Public art and percent for art0:42:11at this moment

  And I also will be coming up soon probably at the next Arts Commission meeting to present the new iteration of Experiments in Public Art

• Alpine-Balsam redevelopment0:48:10at this moment

  the $685,000 we have for public art is at least a million dollars short, thinking about the Alpine Balsam project.

• Arts funding and the 2A tax0:48:10at this moment

  So there is that dedicated 2A fund, which is a big bulk of it, and really that's where the grants budget lives.

• City budget0:55:01at this moment

  the summary of enhancements will be on there, so we'll be highlighting any enhancements that are going forward as the City Manager's recommended budget.

• City budget0:59:01at this moment

  There will be comparisons within what is being proposed for 26 And what was actual in 25?

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:05:00at this moment

  So as staff, we're sitting here and we're trying to figure out, what does our sales tax revenue projections look like?

• Arts funding and the 2A tax1:08:06at this moment

  people want to see that 2A tax money go directly to the arts.

• Arts and culture plan (Arts Blueprint)1:12:01at this moment

  all of the feedback from the Arts Blueprint, like, that's been integrated into the recommendations this year

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:14:13at this moment

  or the DDA, or the Boulder Valley Comp Plan, our SARE framework, right?

• A downtown development authority1:14:13at this moment

  conversations like the Commercial Areas Blueprint, or the DDA,

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:22:05at this moment

  because our sales tax projections change, right?

• Arts grants1:31:01at this moment

  In the interest of funding more organizations, we are now proposing that we initially budget for 5 bedrock organizations

• Arts grants1:41:04at this moment

  there's also general operating support for everybody

• Disability access in city policy1:46:13at this moment

  I did make a definition differentiation between disability accessibility and general accessibility

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