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City of Boulder City Council Meeting 12-17-19
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about half of our greenhouse gas emissions come from electricity so I focus a lot on electricity because I am passionate about this defining issue of our times
many of you know that XL is making progress but there's still way over 50% fossil fuels 2018 it was 73%
there's a surprise our organic and conventional Growers have the same median soil Health score of 13.6
I went on the affordable housing tour um and up at the bus stop
when we're trying to elevate minorities and um and people with lower incomes in how in affordable housing
the thing that I want to bring attention to is how Boulder housing Partners handles compliance
here's what Boulder housing Partners uses as evidence for eviction they use police reports
here's what Boulder housing Partners uses as evidence for eviction they use police reports
in terms of uh dealing with homeless issues uh all you have to do is uh look up Boise decision
I would turn to you as our representative on the BHP board and ask is there a chance for the public to address the board
consider this as part of the budget strategy project
the property includes one and one quarter shares in South Boulder and Bear Creek ditch
envisions serving as a headquarters for a future agricultural operation having a headquarters in this area is key
the water rights are not tied to the property and can be sold off and have acquired for uses other than irrigation
we are going to be considerably uh decreasing our acquisition uh uh uh uh funds for CIP
in 2020 our the approved budget is $700,000 for our Acquisitions versus 5.4 million back in 2018
we're going to be using the 2020 CIP dollars that are allocated towards
a significant portion of this property could be uh covered with agricultural um buildings and structures
I noticed the um the proximity of this property to the the CU South um lands
a comprehensive audit of all Citywide departments looking at existing policies contracts and other rules
if we really are going to be a sanctuary City I think we do really need to take a comprehensive look at that
indigenous people St uh and the ongoing uh tribal consultations we have
in the 2020 budget we will um be hiring a language access person
the Boulder Community has long benefited and continues to benefit from the be beautiful natural surroundings that were home to the Southern arapo shyenne
instead of your change to change um originally um change originally to were originally to are the stolen home of the Southern Arapaho
second reading of ordinance 8367 designating 2326 goth Street as an individual Landmark
this came in for review through the historic preservation program
a new unit or units built at the rear of the property
staff does recommend and the landmarks board too recommends that the um city council designate this property
are we talking about an Adu are we talking about a two family building
are you so in effect you are consenting to The Landmark designation with the Demolition
some updates to the technical drawings that pertain to our Ada or Americans with Disabilities Act practices
strongly support reductions to the street design speeds specified in the DCS in phase two
getting these important Ada and other changes made so that we can move forward with all new construction
um rather it would be better to Simply reference something like the transportation master plan or or something
and also the Alpine Balsam County participation subcommittee so I would make one comment about that
I have a question about the um Financial strategy subcommittee do you need um was it your desire
we're already doing the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation project the comprehensive Financial
a climate mobilization action plan and this is in recognition of the fact that we really need
everything from affordable um commercial space to maybe space for nonprofit
the First Community benefit that we established was for affordable housing
the next one is the East Boulder subc Community Plan so on last year we kicked off
through 2020 we will complete the the East Boulder subcommunity plan
bring it into conformance with um the visions that are articulated in the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan
we talked about the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation project and the CU South um annexation
we talked about the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation project and the CU South um annexation
we talked about the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation project and the CU South um annexation
in order for the annexation of cu's property to move forward
move forward with um preliminary design and permitting and kind of the heavy lifting of the annexation process
is going to talk about our long-term Financial strategy project
refining the forecast funding models for discussions related uh or that could inform our 2020 ballot issues discussion in May
Vision zero is uh a summation of our travel safety goals
most of the members of the police oversight task force have decided to continue on with the work