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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 8-17-21
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- regular
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AI-read · unreviewed40 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personwe're doing uh our midyear boards and commissions recruitment we are seeking volunteers to serve on the following boards
volunteers will be appointed um to serve on one of these boards and you'll help city council examine issues
Citywide waiver of all parking minimums including the addition of many curbside drop off and pickup locations
some amazing Outreach conducted by downtown Boulder partnership and people were expressing a lot of enthusiasm for the experience
arrangement for outdoor dining um you know whether it's West Pearl or the parklets um is scheduled to expire on October 31
gotta let people eat outside until October 31 is that right from the county no everything is tied to emergency orders
we just received downtown Boulder Partnerships proposal a few weeks ago even though we've been talking for a long time
part of that October 31st is because because that is when our um state liquor license expansion went to
if this is community benefit at Alpine Balsam well you're failing right you know let me know at least what's happening
our next item on this agenda is our call up checkins item 4A thank you and I would just turn
we can either have a motion or questions on the call up item I'm not seeing question so I will invite a motion
to require that any agreement with University of Colorado regarding terms of annexation for the land known as CU South including certain specific details
tonight Council will consider uh CU South ballot measure um under agenda item 5A
the railroading of the CU South annexation is an attempt to preempt citizens and our CU South ballot initiative petition
two drafts of the annexation agreement remain incomp complete complete vague and contradictory
the justification that urgency is needed on annexation for flood mitigation is an outright falsehood
this current annexation with an undefined annexation greenlighted when flood mitigation could proceed without doing the annexation
this current annexation with an undefined annexation greenlighted when flood mitigation could proceed without doing the annexation
that plan er comprehensive plan H is in the process of being updating and it's a two and a half year process
I looked at the storm water master plan of June 2007 and this is really an excellent plan
using the gravel mining ponds to catch the and store the flood waters instead of filling them in
the bedrooms are for people initiative is actually quite modest and is not SC it's not scrapping occupancy limits entirely
Ohio and Iowa have banned these laws entirely which brings me to the point that the bedrooms are for people initiative
the Oregon and Washington state legislatures passed measures just this year Banning cities
I have relied on shared housing first as a renter and then as a homeowner
everyone agrees that we need more affordable housing for low moderate income workers
inclusionary zoning alone will not provide all the housing we need
shared housing is not for everyone but it is an important tool to increase housing availability in Boulder
dramatically cutting emissions of greenhouse gases like CO2 as soon as possible is necessary to avoid the worst consequences of climate change
transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States today
reducing our greenhouse gas emissions bringing us closer to meeting our Master transportation plan goals
large commercial landlords like those funding bfp have no problem evicting tnics undergoing hardship
the market for rooms and high occupancy houses is overwhelmingly comprised of students
formerly occupied by non-students to student housing so according to the National Housing Institute
about 200 school age children in Boulder City Schools experience homelessness each year when families lose their homes
these occupancy limits defy the occupancy standards recommended in the fair housing act
these proposed changes in occupancy limit have the potential of significantly reducing their housing costs
making a $12 minimum wage makes finding affordable housing almost impossible
shared housing has been on the short list of reforms proposed by activists and City working groups
you defanged that project by um exempting Boulder housing Partners which you should not have