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City of Boulder City Council Meeting July 7, 2020 with CC
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AI-read · unreviewed32 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personwe want to thank all of the restaurants and retailers who have been along this journey with us
a key to this has been keeping the parklets simple
as part of our economic vitality function obviously we're on high alert
these are difficult times though as as those commercial property owners and the city itself has expenses to cover
so great questions and we do anticipate that we'll be able to get information on that
all of these things support boulder progressives goals of achieving secure and affordable housing for all members of our community
it removes family and relationship status from occupancy regulations and in doing so it opens up more housing options
it legalizes many informal home sharing arrangements already occurring in our community
congratulate the organizers of the no evictions without representation campaign which was certified eligible for the november ballot yesterday
we are working to reform boulder's discriminatory occupancy limits
boulder's 2020 budget gives 38.6 million dollars to the police and only a little over one million dollars for homeless services
although boulder does have a housing first program in place it could be much much bigger and better funded
even in the face of severe city budget shortfalls it is more important to not
reducing the transportation emissions that by sector are the country's largest contribution to climate change
i urge you to hit the pause button and not proceed with deciding whether or not to negotiate a long-term franchise agreement with excellent energy
any long-term agreement will hamstring the city from accepting a better deal as competition is coming into colorado
my boulder unregulated water utility monopoly bill went up over 80 percent
we need to end the muni and let real carbon reduction begin now not five years from now
one of the recommendations in that report would be a clean energy standard to achieve net zero emissions by 2040
their main demand for you the council is to fully enforce the urban camping ban
the issues about defunding the police relate to our budget and you will be having your major budget study session on september 8th
we hope to announce the acceptance by a new candidate or a candidate of the independent police monitor position
it was recently updated in the 2015 bbcp update and it's intended to provide a density of 6 to 14 units per acre
especially those related to permanently affordable housing senior housing enhanced design and repurposing of the existing sanctuary building
the board found the proposal to be consistent with many bvcp policies especially those related to permanently affordable housing
i did want to just further comment on both the community gardens and the landmarking
number one here is the indefinite prohibition against licensing businesses um offering shared e-scooters of all types
the e-scooter is different from an electric assist bicycle in that electric electric assist bicycle does have a a chain drive
the class 2 e-bike while it does offer the um the pedal assist there's also an option to use a throttle
a ban would disproportionately deny housing to people with disabilities and likely people of color
comments about the franchise uh other agreements that we should have with engage in with excel
the distribution system planning uh we the issue there is how how certain we can be of the system planning that will have um undergrounding
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