City of Boulder City Council Study Session 9-11-18

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• Capital improvement program0:13:02at this moment

  each year the city revisits its capital improvement program or CIP to plan for the city's future capital investments

• Capital improvement program0:19:01at this moment

  the CIP provides a forecast of funds available for capital projects and identifies all plans CIP projects

• Capital improvement program0:21:00at this moment

  the CIP is one of the implementation tools of those city master plans

• Water and wastewater capital projects0:24:02at this moment

  I've focused for 2019 both in capital and operating as on asset management and regulatory compliance

• Water and wastewater capital projects0:25:02at this moment

  aggressively go after our aging clay pipe wastewater collection system and that allowed us both to implement a comprehensive inspection program

• Water supply and drought0:26:00at this moment

  if we see changes in timing of snowmelt or frequency of droughts or fires that impact our watershed

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:30:02at this moment

  we have a backlog of about a hundred and seventy million dollars worth of flood mitigation projects

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:31:03at this moment

  I was just wondering regarding the flood insurance policies if it had anything to do with the amount of building that is allowed in major drainage ways

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:33:03at this moment

  I'll also add the FEMA flood insurance is pretty limited so it is generally based on the premise that a basement

• Water and sewer rates0:35:00at this moment

  have pretty significantly raised our rates and all three categories over the last five years

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:24:01at this moment

  we are projecting a 1% increase in 2019 another 1% off of that number

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:39:03at this moment

  that we aren't even seeing sales tax growth that reflects inflation

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:41:00at this moment

  I know since I've been here which is around six years it's been triple-a

• City budget1:44:02at this moment

  which is why we'll be spending a majority of the presentation focusing on general fund budget

• City budget1:45:00at this moment

  the overall budget for the general fund is recommended to increase three point four percent

• Climate action and emissions1:48:02at this moment

  the climate commitment is another commitment that the city has made for a number of years

• Alpine-Balsam redevelopment1:49:00at this moment

  a focus on the Alpine balsam site will be a major effort in that year

• Transportation master plan and safety1:49:00at this moment

  the vision zero is a collaboration between the transportation department and the police department

• Homelessness1:54:00at this moment

  on the homelessness strategy which again you adopted last year

• Affordable commercial space2:00:00at this moment

  is that affordable commercial is to be more the focus of our economic vitality

• Civic Area plan2:03:00at this moment

  on something that was brought out in the Civic area plan and also the recently adopted library master plan

• School enrollment and city-school coordination2:05:01at this moment

  Family Resource Schools is a wonderful program that we operate in collaboration with Boulder Valley School District

• School enrollment and city-school coordination2:06:00at this moment

  we'll be working with Boulder Valley School District to determine if they would similarly be interested in increasing their funding

• Minimum wage2:29:03at this moment

  from a living wage standpoint it's not exactly the right thing to do

• Recreation centers2:39:01at this moment

  the recreation activity fund supports the rec centers the user fees golf courses

• Recreation centers2:41:00at this moment

  being able to subsidize low income visits to the rec centers correct

• Minimum wage2:59:01at this moment

  for example you provide a living wage to your employees are more than a living wage

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics2:59:01at this moment

  you agree to engage in a recycling program you agree to donate to local charities

• Affordable housing policy3:03:01at this moment

  what it's going to do to our affordable housing numbers as which we have heard from going up

• Affordable commercial space3:05:01at this moment

  if it's going to refocus on affordable commercial aren't they like wouldn't they be completely different skill sets

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