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Boulder City Council Study Session 9-10-19
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AI-read · unreviewed57 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a persona presentation from three representatives from the police oversight task force and this is an update to provide you with information about what they've been talking about
the council held a special community meeting to reflect on the March first incident between boulder police officers and mr. Atkinson one of the key requests by community members was to improve community oversight of the department
the chief appoints the boulder Police Department half the Chief of Police and the city managers solicits and selects the civilian members for the civilian half
finally our last concern was around the recruitment process which currently is a passive process there isn't any outreach which we believe is what's contributing to possible composition issues
I'm curious about this passive recruitment process that happens with the current Professional Standards review panel can can someone explain that to us
I think either way would be an issue of accessibility so where are the places you can drop a forum where where is it on the website
having a Dropbox there and making sure that everyone feels safe to do it in a timely manner will make it a more effective process
we looked at this with staff and I think we broke a discussion about Adu density and duplexes and triplexes and some other things
we had only received nine Adu applications and the re in our our maybe we're up to ten or eleven but I guess the point is
having been very much involved with the North Boulder sub Community Plan I knew and I know that we would have to make changes to the North Boulder sub community plan
I always kind of envisioned this as something that could be applied to North Boulder because it does have a sub community plan and then take whatever is done there
affordable units do a deed restricted affordability as an element there's a lot of really creative ways how would you do it as a part of sub Community Planning
there's been discussion about the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation project and some questions or discussion around the alternatives and specifically variant one invariant to
that's really to implement the goals of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan so in the East Boulder project we've worked really hard to communicate this
the 466 residence is really just the population of San lázaro which is a mobile home community on the east side of the sub community
the major goals of this focus area are to increase the number of affordable units in the city and increase the diversity of housing types
the neighborhood includes 313 manufactured home sites in Boulder County
other city landmarks our historic districts in the city there really isn't kind of a unified aesthetic in this area to define a character for East Boulder
the next focus area is resilience and climate commitment major goals include achieving energy system resilience improving community capacity
another issue that we can look at which contributes to flood mitigation but also air quality and energy use is canopy coverage
we have a concentration of waste and recycling and recycling facilities in this area so including eco cycle and resource
we're thinking about how we can take advantage of this concentration and work with area businesses to improve their sustainability efforts
one of the things we looked at in our city data was the availability and access to public art so I think the city has around a hundred pieces
it's city land is always a good place to start for affordable housing I think so if that could be
the city is the majority landowner in East Boulder a lot of that is Valmont city park land along the Boulder Creek path the airport I think those are the biggies
I was surprised that the city only has is did you say a 16% citywide tree canopy yep so um our urban forestry plan today has a goal of 16%
the small business is that we've been looking at have less than 50 employees okay so it's not a square footage no
we do look at is the airport for future affordable housing and a center a neighborhood center obviously we want to keep some of that for emergency
it's out of the floodplain has great views and is developable so I'll mention that our September working group meeting actually will take place at the airport
I wonder if as part of sub Community Planning we have I know some people don't want to be an X but there's probably an invitation in a subject community plan to invite those
this feels like a really good model of how we list out these boulder valley comp plans city goals and the question is how is this sub community going to embrace
I know this is my day job so I'll just say this real quick that just like there's a lot of unique assets that exist throughout this area like the hospital like recycle row
if the council does wish to make adjustments for it it doesn't need to come at the expense of offsetting something else
the 20/20 recommended budget is based on citywide revenues of 360 point 3 million dollars in supports to note that it's flat over 2019
the 2020 recommended budgets does not include any potential adjustments to revenue or expenses as a result of any November ballot issue
the reliance or importance of sales and use tax and property tax increases we take these out to demonstrate kind of our revenue sources
what it shows is the difference between raw taxable sales and purchases shown in blue and an inflation-adjusted number shown in green
our citywide property taxes are actually just increasing at a lower rate than the rest of the county at ten percent
the proposed budget also reflects the following increases to the base utility rates it represents seven percent to water five percent to
so it totals to three hundred and sixty nine million dollars and represents a four point three percent increase over the 2019 budget
while the base charges going up by seven percent for the water rate how much each customer pays is dependent on how much they use
and a small dollar amount from the homelessness Reserve that 1.9 million dollars that was set aside several years ago
the CIP is a comprehensive six year plan for capital investments and maintaining and enhancing our public infrastructure
you can see the CIP fluctuates based on timing and availability of dollars and just project timing and so the spike in 2222 reflects large projects
the spike in 2222 reflects large projects and the utilities specifically around regulatory improvements to the boulder water resource recovery facility
in 2020 we have about four point seven million dollars dedicated to continuing hoga and Pancoast payment fiber backbone CIPS
still utilities multi-million dollar projects like the Albion Dam and the lower grooves Creek sewer replacement so big anticipated year in 2022
recognizing that most of the meet community demands master plan level was for North Boulder operating costs
the next key initiative is around transportation and essential services so safety and providing those services are the highest priority within the transportation master plan
I'll note that we're gonna be talking about the transportation master plan update here shortly and so between the budget discussions and that
we would very much like to increase our ability to be proactive in our ability to get potholes filled rather than being reactive
I coordinate the activities of the pavement management program from the capital maintenance side and so it's I'm true what you're saying
the city participated in a government-to-government consultation with several American Indian tribes in 2019 and based upon the effort the team agreed to hold future consultations
this funding includes direct voucher financial assistance and case management support for permanent supportive housing units
we've mentioned living wage a lot saying that we were planning on incorporating the updated self-sufficiency wage rate which is 1742 an hour
finally cultural grants this budget request responds the recommendations of State Council and the Arts Commission to make the one-time increase approved last year
that's the fee we charge to marijuana cultivation businesses that are unable to offset their electricity through on-site solar