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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 2-16-21
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AI-read · unreviewed47 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personboards and commissions annual recruitment for the 2021 boards and commissions has closed for most of the boards or commissions
we do however have four boards and commissions that did not receive enough applications to proceed to the interview portion of recruitment
we would add item 6A which is an update on CU South annexation negotiations
we would add item 6A which is an update on CU South annexation negotiations
it is also aggravating to hear city the city and CU say that CU is donating this flood mitigation land to the city of Boulder
whether through area plans or Adu reform or by means of specific projects like Alpine Balsam or the Armory site is occurring at a slow and very costly Pace
whether through area plans or Adu reform or by means of specific projects like Alpine Balsam or the Armory site is occurring at a slow and very costly Pace
State legislatures increasingly are considering imposing housing requirements on cities as Oregon has done for example
given that we're in a climate emergency we must give a high priority to hiring a city manager who not only prioritizes environmental action
so it'll determine so many things about how we move forward on climate
sought to raise funds to provide emergency shelter in hotels to people experiencing homelessness
a need for a city manager with strong climate abilities climate remediation abilities and motivation
it's not simply an appropriation it's an appropriation with the expectation of repayment correct
there was also a lot of questions about providing more thought and inclusion of the Immigrant population
is a coalition of nearly 200 US Mayors and County Executives who advocate for pro-immigrant federal policies and launching
particularly after working with the police oversight task force over the past couple of years and just the challenges
policies like height restrictions single family zoning occupancy limits and green belting require priority revision
a ballot initiative that will expand access to housing and Boulder by reforming our archaic and exclusionary home occupancy laws
the police oversight Community uh committee you can give the committee real power to hold Bad actors accountable
by sending medical professionals to respond to respond to non-criminal criminal calls
these co-responding programs such as Edge have proven robust and they have been shown to be like a 4 to1 budget
I have a specific request for Budget inclusion for 247 co-responding EMS mental crisis service
a crucial part of racial Equity is a program such as the star or Cahoots programs that have already been mentioned
the growth in East Boulder puts us on another acceleration in out commuters by a factor of oneir
why doesn't the one in charge stop the disaster in East Boulder and all the development just push it east
they got those subsidies based on the god of sales tax revenue
restaurants spewing all that sales tax revenue generated by the development subsidies in the toilet
and we're increasing the police budget on the other while cutting all other community services
manufactured hous is the most affordable market rate home ownership option in Boulder
in 2000 a policy to preserve manufactured home communities was added to the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan
the state Mobile Home Park ACT which regulates mobile home parks or manufactured home communities
Council adopted two local ordinances defining the rights and roles of a landlord tenant relationship in manufactured home communities
making residents of manufactured home communities uh eligible for support uh either legal support or rental assistance
they as they strive to protect this very important source of unsubsidized Market affordable housing
this actually helps to preserve the affordable housing um here in these diverse communities
manufactured housing really is the only or the largest subsid this largest unsubsidized source of affordable housing in Colorado
staff has been negotiating with CU regarding their annexation application and we've reached a point
staff has been negotiating with CU regarding their annexation application and we've reached a point
we also want our colleagues to accept our resignations from the subcommittee so I might add that
100-year flood plane flood out Olive Boulder take out our 42inch Interceptor take out the sewer system
the issue of additional resources in the city do we want a city cleanup crew and then do we want an ambassador program
I know that our downtown organization has indicated that they would support this financially
staff to hear from the downtown organizations about what this might look like so we can make an informed decisions
we also have a recent example of the safe outdoor spaces in Denver that have been quite successful
it is more of an ambassador program that would be collaborative with maybe um downtown
I really only heard that talked about in a couple ways safe parking and sanctioned encampments
this started out as a public safety conversation and I can't think of anything that would be more impactful