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Boulder City Council Meeting 7-21-20-2
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AI-read · unreviewed37 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personthe principal uh reason or rather the matter that I wanted to talk to you all about was climate change and the work that we're doing in the Congress
the culmination of all of our work was the release of a National Climate road map that provides some very ambitious goals for us to achieve
and of course regenerative agriculture which I've been proud to be able to kind of push to emulate some of the programs
every single student I have talk to who considers CU has mentioned lack of affordable housing as a deterrent for coming to Boulder
adding the right to affordable housing to the Charter is absolutely essential to protecting our most vulnerable residents
the extraordinarily complex issue of returning to franchise under Excel this is not urgent without a franchise agreement
members of City staff have been tasked with participating in A hurried negotiation with Excel
removing this occupancy limit is an important first step toward making Boulder more accessible and Equitable
as well as getting a lot of the folks BPD deals with off the streets by redirecting those funds into the housing first homelessness strategy
I put the little money I have into local farms and our community
I've chosen a lifestyle that's most sustainable shared housing I didn't have kids
the lack of affordable housing options for students not only turns away potential students
much of the boulder population lives at risk of eviction just to be able to afford uh housing
after that we're going to see a goddamn tsunami of evictions that affect our friends loved ones our neighbors
21 years ago the 1999 Boulder healthing toolkit outlined occupancy limits as an area that should be reviewed
the charter provides that boards and commissions shall have five members with some exceptions
reviewing scoring and awarding grants to dozens of large and small arts and culture organizations
with only five Commissioners voting that a single commissioner could have an outsized influence on the final scores
additional Commissioners also would have a better grasp throughout the year and year-to year on the records of arts and culture organizations
when you have no plan for the homeless people this winter
the date on which we have to have a budget I can see having more
the dedicated funds are dedicated by the voters and the ballot measures assessing the taxes
he championed a controversial human rights ordinance protecting people from discrimination based on sexual orientation
so that it doesn't have to come out of uh General funds
settler Park name is already under discussion as part of the tribal consultation work that's going on
as I read it you could have four unrelated people in a 500 foot Adu
I am very concerned about the bedroom initiative being a charter Amendment
we will have a continued discussion about CU South annexation that's on our work plan
we will have a continued discussion about CU South annexation that's on our work plan
which is both you know it's about annexation and it's partly administrative
measures regarding um the CU South it does seem like an administrative um issue
without putting some sort of an affordability um cap on it or an affordability restriction on it somehow similar to how the adus were done
if the CU South doesn't hit the signature amounts then um there is a a ongoing process around the annexation
if the CU South doesn't hit the signature amounts then um there is a a ongoing process around the annexation
various communities around the country are looking at uh pausing you know eviction uh evictions in one form or another
the key elements the carbon goals distribution system planning to help Implement those goals
distribution system planning to help Implement those goals undergrounding uh information sharing