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Boulder City Council Study Session 1-12-21
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the budget cuts that the library has faced cutting 17 percent of the budget which has made operations difficult all around
we were very delighted and grateful to receive a restoration of a hundred thousand dollars to the arts budget
for arts education grants and community project grants and that was very much appreciated by those groups
we've also made great progress toward diversity equity and inclusion through our grants and public art programs
we'd like to see a restoration of full funding for the arts budget
arts grants in the past two funding cycles have experienced a gap of seven hundred thousand dollars in unmet needs
sustainable funding for public arts for our public art program
to expedite the public art permitting process we have had difficulty getting public art projects through
to allow downtown restaurants and others to expand operations the public right away
there's been little or no discussion regarding the broad future of downtown and how it relates to the whole city
participation implementation of the ann's amps project really paying attention to the curbsides in downtown
i'm the chair of ukmc university hill commercial area management commission so we all know 2020 is a really tough year
grants for creating and programming coveted safe dining and entertainment on the hill this summer
we appreciate council's commitment towards the city's affordable housing goals and hope that council will explore
this included the revisitation of residential occupancy limits um the examination of cooperative
the adu process has pluses and minuses and issues that are coming up the expenses are very high
it is one of housing and human services top five priorities to look at adus again
with the settlement agreement between excel and the city and the approval of the franchise agreement by the voters
as you're working to implement this um new agreement to include on ongoing transparent community engagement
and then finally another issue that is the urban heat island and this is a topic again that we expect to get more
the use of cool materials such as roofing tree planting reducing the amount of impervious surfaces
supporting the board's request for consideration of further analysis of the upstream option for flood control on south boulder creek
having two parallel processes cu south annexation and south boulder creek flood control and keeping them coordinated
having two parallel processes cu south annexation and south boulder creek flood control and keeping them coordinated
having two parallel processes cu south annexation and south boulder creek flood control and keeping them coordinated
the changing fiscal situation and resulting budget cuts have disappropriately impacted boulder parks and rec department
prab has identified three specific concerns as they relate to boulder parks arising from the unhoused and in cat encampments
properly celebrating two recently completed amazing projects uh we're really looking forward to the full opening
the water rights portfolio is excellent as is the reservoir storage volume and all three water treatment plants have excess capacity
a contemporary problem however is that clay tiles were used for the pipes and they were used for many decades
that is the bitter pill of water conservation pay more for less is the result
the model all the modeling i've seen to meet our climate goals shows we need to electrify everything we can
moving forward with any policies that support electrification including you know trying to move towards net zero
moving forward with any policies that support electrification including you know trying to move towards net zero
recognizing the capital improvement program finally as a tool to advance equity and resilience
and the annexation and redevelopment of the ponderosa neighborhood we saw as a model
we were also pleased by the east boulder sub-community plan working group project as an innovation
the land use code update's been slower than we'd hoped and needs more innovative ideas
and to tackle the affordable commercial space discussion in light of the community benefits program
to prioritize the capital improvement program procurement of goods and services from local minority-owned
of course increasing affordable housing and units for people to exit homelessness
a lot of boulder like boulder rights experiencing homelessness who are underserved
a lot of our policies and practices in housing in land use management in policing is actually racially inequitable
to educate us the council about the work that you've done throughout the year
back in i guess december from which one bhp got it
the next is the east boulder sub community plan uh and that work is on track and scheduled
two key actions that were identified first related to the annexation framework
the next is related to south boulder creek flood mitigation and cu south with two key actions
the next is related to south boulder creek flood mitigation and cu south with two key actions
the key action being to implement the police oversight model and that is on track with the panel
last but not least is vision zero with the key action that council identified to review the residential speed limit
the next is around materials and resources and this is really building on the circular economy work
the work that we've been doing around carbon sequestration both on agricultural lands and open space lands
i know that we adopt energy codes every three years and given the building electrification requests
the collaborative effort going on in um addressing the um agriculture land
related to the access management and parking strategy implementation with the two areas for focus
we are working collaboratively on this amps implementation project so i'd imagine that be more than possible
the top three priorities first is alpine balsam implementation uh and continuing the work there
as it relates to the facilities at alpine balsam and now we've stepped back to the broader view
for both this current year's budget as well as um further integrating that into the 2022 budget development process
known as no eviction without representation and the new tax that's related to that
the capital tax renewal or the community culture safety tax uh and so that'll be coming forward
we do everything based on sales tax with a little bit of property tax and are there structural barriers
we've had some previous discussion about being able to advance funds for rental assistance and eviction prevention support
the city was able to provide attorneys to represent um tenets
a detailed home assessment related to strategies around wildfire risk reduction
number five is obviously something that needs to go into the finance committee thinking about how we're going to look at funding
the first phase of public art around alpine balsam and the the community engagement related to that work effort
the next is related to agriculture and prairie dogs and soil health and resilience
continued leadership and and engagement in terms of tribal relations
i was wondering if cu south should be on here i'll let you take that back to staff
and the east boulder sub community plan use tables and standards and community benef benefit
and the east boulder sub community plan use tables and standards and community benef benefit
so i'm a little bit um maybe concerned or confused about having homelessness and encampments fall
i just wanted to mention police oversight i don't know that it belongs here
being around vision zero and continuing work around the vision zero innovations fund
continued work around the aging infrastructure and capital improvement projects for utilities
continued work around the aging infrastructure and capital improvement projects for utilities
my understanding was a few months ago that council uh agreed that we were interested in looking at occupancy limits
the idea of um onboarding for boards and commissions is that a work plan item