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Boulder City Council Meeting 4 20 21
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i would like to ask that city council keep the streets around pearl street blocked off from vehicles for outdoor dining space permanently
the negative effect of closing off roads and reducing parking is outweighed by the economic and cultural community-wide benefits of enjoying a larger portion of pearl street's businesses
blocking off more roads downtown to vehicle traffic would alleviate some of the congestion on the sidewalks that are already being used for outdoor dining
by keeping the streets or parking spaces permanently blocked off for outdoor dining purposes
every one of the eight guiding principles stated in the boulder valley comp plan has either
a much better alternative would be to do a land swap with the north boulder area 3 planning reserve land
the annexation agreement that is written for cu south needs to be done with a land exchange in which cu gets land at the north boulder area 3 planning reserve
constructing a full-fledged campus including housing for 2300 people academic buildings sports stadiums etc in a flood zone makes no sense whatsoever
ongoing public engagement process related to the cu south annexation the city has provided an impressive number of opportunities
the alarmism connecting homelessness with crime with drug use with a lack of safety in our community is all hysteria
it's not climate smart either as it would bring 7 000 more cars daily to south boulder roadways
i'd like to have you guys consider those encampments even more
this is an update and an opportunity for council to provide input on the direction and focus of the cu south annexation
some of the basic requirements for what we'd be looking for from the city's transportation master plan are included in the briefing book
it seems like the residential units here will be a little different from our typical new residential units
but my point being that uh student housing that's uh students who are living there who would already be going to you
consistent with what we saw occurring in other housing areas for cu in boulder
it was always done with the understanding that at very least that would be an emergency access into the the cu south campus
affordable housing is one of those kind of center pieces of annexations
the payment and low of taxes is a point of disagreement currently with the city staff and the university staff
if the answer is yes then the university would proceed with the development of the site consistent with the annexation agreement
the people that would qualify for the affordable housing
a specific ask for what that affordable housing could look like
it'd also be a good location for a multi-use path per our transportation master plan
the guiding principles has a section around prohibited uses
in our transportation master plan there's a multi-use path coming through there
we do have with regard to parking we want parking to play a big role in the tdm program
a tracking field that could be shared with parks and recreation city and bvsd
the city's flood mitigation project that was accepted by council last july
and that does include also the water rights for dry creek ditch number two that runs through the site
still keeping on the table that there's planning reserves that we could have switched this to that would be out of the flood plain
there's a relatively large concern when we talk about trying to mitigate our greenhouse gas impact to to the city and the planet
would we have to change the comp plan guiding principles in order to make that annexation
we spend a lot of money on a regular basis on flood mitigation all across the city
one of our priorities in our work plan um is updating our comprehensive flood and stormwater master plan
so that that money to pay for this project has already been allocated uh it it is in the annual budgets
it is it is part of their cip planning
every year when we do our budget the capital improvement projects are a huge element across all of our utilities
so when we bring our our budget and our rate proposals forward for council approval