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Boulder City Council Meeting 5-19-20
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I've recently been reading the 1999 city of Boulder toolkit for affordable housing the 2000 and the 2010 affordable housing task force recommendations
families are exempt from occupancy limits and while families could share a house according to its taste or needs
we've lost undergrounding for many years now we've clearly been wanting to get out of Excel
there needs to be some kind of supplementation for individuals that are trying to make adus
to protect people in Boulder from eviction due to occupancy laws
we are working to reform Boulder's discriminatory occupancy limits
I say likely evictions and their effects are an emergency
let us postpone them and these ballot measures until 2021 when we can have a full public discussion and voting by an informed public
so I hope that we can avoid worsening the climate Injustice that already plagues this world
Excel proposed the wind deal in exchange for a franchise but our finance department said we could not afford it
the transportation master plan which we updated last year as well as our vision zero action plan uh highlighted the 20th plenty project
so we uh had done Outreach last year through the transportation Master Plan update
the federally approved or fly regulated type of ebike has a max speed of 20 miles per hour
we all know that the city of Boulder has recognized that we are in a climate emergency
coming back to this idea of the the climate emergency as we continue to try to solve the climate challenge in front of us
you need to be dealing with things like Alpine Balsam right now this is a solution looking for a problem
yes the 2014 TMP was six years ago but there was a two-year process leading through that
curbside use there are a couple of options you can pop up a Sidewalk Cafe that maintains pedestrian access
you can pop up a parklet which can be up to 60 ft of the existing spaces per business
between the tree planter and the building face that would be the area you could work within and you'd need to keep eight feet of that clear
we're expecting that they're going to be working together on their block face and with the downtown Boulder partnership
this is why we wanted to free up the minimum parking requirement for all retail
we are in constant contact with the downtown Boulder partnership and want to meet the accessibility needs and desires of all of their businesses and customers
I was wondering if part of that process could include hear me out a parking minimum
maybe they could have one or two reserved for Ada purposes
I don't think that we can override the federal um Ada law so if businesses are required to have a certain number of um compliant parking spots
Ada parking could be moved but it couldn't be eliminated so if for some reason they did want
we are going to continue to reserve July 14th for one of the main topics that has been a council priority which is homelessness
they included things um like the minimum wage uh diagonal plan Plaza
we're suggesting that the general fund could be down between 16.7 million and 21 million
as we know we haven't been able to operate our recreation centers our camps things like that
an annexation framework including a plan and schedule for CU South
adopting the East Boulder sub community plan again this one is in progress and on schedule
what we need on the 16th is a decision on the CU on the South Boulder Creek um flood control project
Co has had a significant impact on our homelesses strategy
police oversight is absolutely track um the team has been meeting via Zoom since March
micr Mobility items concerning dockless Bike Share E Scooters and discussions about where where bikes can go
the project is also linked to some of the East Boulder sub Community work which is also underway
staff recommends that the uh Boulder Valley comprehensive plan midterm update also move forward on a slightly adjusted schedule
CU souths annexation um staff recognizes the importance of this work and understands that Council wants that to continue
you indicated specifically that there were furlows that might be impacting contractors on the E East Boulder sub community plan
we've got South Boulder Creek annexation running along
for the flood mitigation decision making we are going to hear that June I think 16th
the next big step is working towards what we're calling a draft annexation framework
so the next Milestone on the annexation side is roughly end of year and it's more or less a term sheet
we have the information session tomorrow night on CU South and South Boulder Creek flood mitigation
we have the information session tomorrow night on CU South and South Boulder Creek flood mitigation
I know that on the slides it's mentioned June 2nd and for the E scooter June 2nd as well
it's also worth noting um I believe there's 220 affordable units that have been added to the city um in this year
I think it's really important that we make a distinction between low-income um housing
we want to strengthen uh the protections for the residents um in these communities
protections around people living in manufactured home communities
figured out how to cut $4.5 million out of the budget this year
it's just unrealistic for us to say oh let's have a board and commission go off and do some stuff on their own time