City of Boulder - Council Meeting 12/06/16

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• Civic Area plan0:04:01at this moment

  played a really wonderful role in the civic area plan and the visioning processes process around that

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures0:10:03at this moment

  We had 2 H, the product distribution tax on sugar sweetened beverages.

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures0:11:00at this moment

  And we had measure 302 term limits for council members. 31,951 voted in favor. 21,961 were opposed.

• Support for immigrant communities0:24:00at this moment

  I'm also speaking about the symbolic sanctuary status of the city of Boulder.

• Support for immigrant communities0:25:00at this moment

  if we considered sanctuary status, we could motivate immigrants and undocumented immigrants to stay in the city of Boulder

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:39:00at this moment

  Boulder has previously taken excellent steps in terms of supporting indigenous rights such as passing resolution 1190

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:45:01at this moment

  I urge you to approve the resolution in support of Native Americans at Standing Rock.

• Support for immigrant communities0:55:01at this moment

  should take steps to make Boulder a sanctuary city in the immediate future.

• Climate action and emissions0:58:00at this moment

  I know the city understands that one of its duties is to its citizens is to do its part to mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emiss emissions.

• Dairy Arts Center1:13:00at this moment

  My issue is with the Dairy Center of the Arts.

• Manufactured housing and mobile home parks1:21:02at this moment

  I'm a resident in Mapleton Mobile Home Park, a 501c3 residential nonprofit, 137 units on 15 acres in the very heart of Boulder.

• Manufactured housing and mobile home parks1:23:00at this moment

  It was a dozen years ago, nearly to the day, that our resident controlled mobile home park was established

• Affordable housing policy1:31:01at this moment

  At the Boulder Valley Real Estate Conference's affordable housing linkage fee session

• Boulder Housing Partners1:31:01at this moment

  I attended a Boulder Housing Partners board meeting where I asked why they would advocate for such a low affordable housing linkage fee.

• Affordable housing linkage fee (nexus study)1:31:01at this moment

  I thought it odd that the city's housing authority would be advocating for such a low amount

• Civic Area plan1:36:01at this moment

  developing and supporting a multicultural community center in the civic area and should be part of the civic area plan

• Homelessness1:46:01at this moment

  there are a bunch of homeless people tonight on the coldest night of the year

• City budget2:07:02at this moment

  the resolution 281 amending 26 downtown commercial district fund formerly KED um budget

• Transportation master plan and safety2:08:00at this moment

  and it also undermines our transportation master plan.

• Annexations at the city edge3:06:02at this moment

  being forcibly annexed to the city as an ongoing thriving business

• Annexations at the city edge3:13:08at this moment

  we were not allowed to participate in the MAP because we weren't even informed we were being annexed into the city from the county

• Annexations at the city edge3:32:00at this moment

  aside from the annexation issues

• Boulder Housing Partners3:39:00at this moment

  Asked whether I had a conflict of interest because we represent the Boulder housing uh Boulder Housing Partners

• City budget4:16:00at this moment

  the general fund subsidizes rental licensing to some extent

• Affordable housing policy4:27:00at this moment

  It can't go up much, but they have something they can sell when they leave.

• Affordable housing policy4:28:01at this moment

  do we also have the deed restricted permanently affordable uh on the rate that that home can appreciate

• Occupancy limits4:41:02at this moment

  So it's 15 human beings is the maximum that you can have in a high density zone.

• Occupancy limits4:51:01at this moment

  if you think about the occupancy limit of four in the the higher density zones currently

• Occupancy limits5:48:00at this moment

  we're either going enforce occupancy limits as we've been saying all along or we're not.

• Transportation master plan and safety5:54:00at this moment

  our whole transportation master plan is built around this idea of reducing emissions

• City budget5:57:01at this moment

  the city actually saves $600,000 annually now because of the energy performance contracts that we've done

• Climate action and emissions5:58:01at this moment

  especially around decarbonizing our electricity sources now could lead to dramatic reductions by 2030

• Energy conservation code5:59:00at this moment

  there are a number of things that are moving forward in terms of energy codes

• Xcel Energy partnership agreement6:06:00at this moment

  no matter which option we took municipalization or um negotiation and um with Excel

• Climate action and emissions6:08:02at this moment

  I'd move also to adopt sub goals and progress indicators related to energy system change

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu7:04:01at this moment

  We also have our own inclusionary policy uh resolution.

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts7:28:00at this moment

  This is a legal dispute between a Native American tribe and a private company over the routing of a pipeline

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