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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 4-6-21
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although this project proposes high density housing it offers only a minimum of affordable units while requesting a long list of exceptions
Boulder has continued to sweep nearly every encampment where people have found shelter these sweeps do not respect the Dignity of our neighbors
the last two categories around police oversight as well as CU South and South Boulder Creek flood mitigation with two key actions related to those
the last two categories around police oversight as well as CU South and South Boulder Creek flood mitigation with two key actions related to those
the last two categories around police oversight as well as CU South and South Boulder Creek flood mitigation with two key actions related to those
I serve the physical communities of Whittier and North Boulder as well as
of the top five priorities we heard shareds having the most impact on communties of color were advancing racial Equity uh housing police oversight Co recovery and and homelessness
even those living an affordable housing like BHP are having to leave because they can no longer afford BHP subsidized rent
many families of color in North Boulder where I work in public education are facing homelessness or home homelessness
Boulder will remain a daily homogeneous City in terms of race and ethnicity and an econ economic status unless it directly addresses the affordable housing issues
inventory of barriers for community members in accessing or participating in boards and commissions around covid recovery
housing is is focusing around the eviction prevention and rental assistance Services Contin Continuum of services
around police oversight the further refinement of evaluation materials and review criteria uh needed to transition to civilian uh oversight panel members
one item which got taken off of this Cycle's work plan was implementation of the down payment assistance program
the development includes 25% permanently affordable housing the proposed requires a review by planning board
I know there's been some concerns raised around how it interacts with the flood plane but uh in looking at the site review application
regarding kind of response to Mark's comment that this was the bare minimum of affordable housing it is actually the maximum of affordable housing and its onsite
was this a 70 or unanimous planning board decision yes it was a unanimous planning board decision
maybe sculpture or something like that so that that there is still some you know sign on the street that this is B Aros space
there were comments about having a robust uh TDM plan to mitigate for traffic and and those things from that site
I think we've been looking at this sign and and this potential project for just about the entire five years that that I've been on Council
it has to do with climate action um in terms of things that have happened that Council would be interested to know
the allocation of Transportation transportation funding is a really important issue that all local governments battle for
having greenhouse gas emissions be one of the significant factors is is going to be a major change secondly I want to talk about energy
it has sparked the conversation we hope to carry forward um once that ruling comes out that Carl mentioned from the air quality uh Control Commission about um greenhouse gas emissions
restoring local control for the city to engage with undocumented immigrants in the way it chooses
it would restore local government's ability to decide if they want to provide Community uh benefits and licenses and certifications to undocumented immigrants
will at the very least have the ability to uh decide whether to issue professional licenses and certificates to undocumented immigrants
so I want to now shift to some other bills that are not uh Council priorities but are nonetheless very important to the city
our police chief is quite concerned about this as is the police Chiefs Association and now the county sheriff's Association
Council was was asked by the school district um I think two months ago to support a position of regulating uh High potency T THC marijuana products
is there any legislation that will provide relief um and provide better out comes uh with respect to those who are suffering from drug addiction and mental illness
within those areas there are at least three bills moving around crisis hotlines uh you know the 998 hotline another hotline provided by the Department of Human Services
the city would oppose impositions of restrictions on the state in terms of how they make decisions on on addressing homelessness
Massachusetts incarcerates less than half the number of people per capita as Colorado does and it's not a hellish place
the most direct way of reducing this violence our justice system inflicts on people with disabilities and other marginalized identities is to free them from their shackles
I'm here to request that the city support SB 2162 without Amendment researchers like Michelle Alexander have carefully documented that people of color get more harsh treatment
when the rubber hits the road and we've committed to racial Equity but some in our community have expressed concerns do you do the brave thing
unhoused people that cop loving Boulder rites love calling the cops on are our neighbors we keep us
people in jail are four times more likely to have disabilities and more than half of the people in jail have psychiatric disabilities
the choice by some who choose to only seek out and listen to the input of police Chiefs and law enforcement agencies
Chief heral has suggested that in her opposition she's standing up for victims but not a single victims group opposes this bill
Boulder played a significant role and chief heral in particular who took who played a loud and leading role in saying that this is a horrible bill for Public Safety
Boulder's housing occupancy limits in most of Boulder it's illegal for more than three unrelated people to live together
people in jail are more than four times more likely to have disabilities and if you need daily medicine um or rely on other medical support
longer jail STS of course can lead to things like eviction or losing your children or health problems
when we talk about land acknowledgements or places that are inviting groups back to rename places if
I was a part of the conversations with city of Boulder back in 2003 I was a part of a lot of conversations with Valmont
how do non-federally recognized tribes um fit in to tribal consultations or if at all how how does that aspect um work
Council on the proess and timeline that is associated with developing a land acknowledgement and this will also be a topic for tomorrow's conversation
to develop a consistent approach across the city for land acknowledgements next slide so right now I think it's really important to say that plans for land acknowledgements
it's the board and commission appointments to the beverage licensing Authority Board of zoning adjustment and the Water Resources Advisory board