City of Boulder City Council Study Session 8-28-18

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• State housing laws and compliance1:20:00at this moment

  state law requires that you know these have to be based on specific standards and there has to be decisions

• State housing laws and compliance1:25:02at this moment

  rely on negotiated agreements that would likely not be consistent with Colorado state law

• Zoning for affordable housing1:32:01at this moment

  two of the scenarios looked at housing and so both of those with the height and the density bonus

• Affordable commercial space1:33:01at this moment

  looked at what could we expect in terms of affordable commercial space

• Affordable housing linkage fee (nexus study)1:37:00at this moment

  the inclusionary zoning amount and the linkage fees owes are kind of things that occur one way or the other

• Affordable housing linkage fee (nexus study)1:38:03at this moment

  our linkage fees are going up significantly you know City fees all of those things

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu1:42:00at this moment

  there have been two challenges to inclusionary housing ordinances that I'm aware of one San Jose and the other one Seattle

• Travel demand management for new development2:01:01at this moment

  getting a longer-lasting TDM program for a higher density might be appropriate

• Affordable commercial space2:02:03at this moment

  requiring them to provide the affordable commercial space because they had more units in the same footprint

• Travel demand management for new development2:02:03at this moment

  I absolutely agree with an enhanced mitigation particularly TDM for higher density

• Affordable commercial space2:04:00at this moment

  putting a maximum rent on the space for commercial retail space

• Travel demand management for new development2:09:01at this moment

  TDM would fall into the same category as the childcare sort of thing

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu2:12:00at this moment

  there was a cash in lieu option that was almost always available cash in lieu of which would go to affordable housing

• Affordable housing policy2:16:00at this moment

  had to provide an affordable housing benefit at least 50% of the additional value they derived

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu2:16:00at this moment

  cash in lieu was more attractive that was the sort of path of least resistance that the market took

• Affordable housing policy2:18:00at this moment

  addressing that with dollars that go to provide affordable housing for those who can't afford

• Affordable housing linkage fee (nexus study)2:19:02at this moment

  with the nexus study additional height that goes to commercial will have a impact on affordability

• Historic preservation and affordable housing2:26:02at this moment

  we've had over the last ten years a lot of really cool smaller houses that represent different parts of our history

• Climate action and emissions2:30:01at this moment

  it means Net Zero buildings or higher efficiency buildings where new design standards could mean

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan2:34:00at this moment

  we're discouraged by staff in both planning in legal from tying back in to the comp plan

• Affordable housing policy2:37:02at this moment

  I do like the idea of particularly for residential of a minimum requirement for affordable housing

• Family-friendly neighborhoods2:39:00at this moment

  there was an encouragement for family-friendly housing and I learned that had promise as well

• Public art and percent for art2:40:01at this moment

  we don't get a lot of public art in this town I think we could use some more

• Public art and percent for art2:41:01at this moment

  which is a public art city and oh my god what a difference that makes

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan2:55:00at this moment

  that has served us well on the comp plan and on the open space master plan

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan3:04:02at this moment

  it's actually on our work program it grew out of the comp plan

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