Boulder City Council Meeting 3-15-22

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• Natural medicine (psilocybin) businesses0:23:07at this moment

  i'm here to speak in support of the recent push to get anthogenic plants and fungi decriminalized in boulder

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:24:01at this moment

  a group of indigenous peoples who are going to be there

• Land acknowledgements0:24:01at this moment

  they're going to deliver a land acknowledgment and a land honoring

• Climate action and emissions0:26:01at this moment

  i do a lot of work on climate change so i wanted to bring the council a little bit of an update

• Climate action and emissions0:27:01at this moment

  coal plants emit usually one to five million tons of carbon dioxide a year

• CU South0:30:01at this moment

  tonight i'd like to talk about cu south and starting and ending with a quote

• Land acknowledgements0:30:01at this moment

  i'd like to start with a land acknowledgement i honor and acknowledge that what is currently called boulder county

• Annexations at the city edge0:31:00at this moment

  let us not forget that when the previous city council passed the annexation by emergency ballot measure 302 is rendered moot

• CU South0:31:00at this moment

  it's the property called cu south is not a foregone conclusion its fate is not written in stone

• Annexations at the city edge0:32:01at this moment

  to repeal the annexation agreement by referendum this november 2022

• Xcel Energy partnership agreement0:33:00at this moment

  i wanted to talk a bit about the cap tax and the boulder excel partnership agreement

• Climate action and emissions0:34:00at this moment

  my request is that the city report quarterly how much estimated greenhouse gas reduction has been accomplished by each of the projects

• Xcel Energy partnership agreement0:34:00at this moment

  it's unclear how much if any greenhouse gases have been reduced as the sole direct result of this partnership agreement

• Affordable housing policy0:41:03at this moment

  are not representative of uh a transaction that will advance our affordable housing goals

• Annexations at the city edge0:42:00at this moment

  annexations are legislative in nature and so there's not a timeline associated with that

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:44:02at this moment

  develop a comprehensive citywide plan for resiliency against disaster fire and flood

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:45:00at this moment

  some of the things that we have planned for this year include an update to the stormwater and flood master plan

• Student housing near campus0:50:03at this moment

  into a multi-unit student housing project with 39 dwelling units

• City budget0:56:02at this moment

  we'll be running through what we're calling a special adjustment to base or a budget amendment to the base 2022 budget

• Capital improvement program0:57:00at this moment

  we'll do capital project rollovers and encumbrances at that point that's a big part of it

• City budget0:57:00at this moment

  budget adjustments are essentially budget amendments to the adopted budget

• Capital improvement program1:03:00at this moment

  align that process with our 2023 to 2028 capital improvement plan development

• Guaranteed income pilot (Elevate Boulder)1:10:02at this moment

  the amount uh for guaranteed income pilot of 250 000 that hasn't changed

• Affordable commercial space1:11:01at this moment

  to help with navigation and commercial space opportunities

• Affordable housing policy1:19:01at this moment

  this is the kind of serious impact that we have on our affordable housing community

• Affordable housing policy1:20:00at this moment

  we have more and more affordable housing that we need for the more and more folks that cannot afford housing in boulder

• Guaranteed income pilot (Elevate Boulder)1:22:00at this moment

  voice my support for council's exploration of the guaranteed income pilot

• Guaranteed income pilot (Elevate Boulder)1:23:02at this moment

  so i hope boulder moves ahead on this pilot

• Disability access in city policy2:01:02at this moment

  the carnegie building um which was not ada compliant and they have a different the lease agreement um stipulates certain things

• Capital improvement program2:03:00at this moment

  and their desire to do uh capital improvements to the building

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures2:55:00at this moment

  our finances were great in 2019 and then covet hit and another occurrence like that

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures3:39:02at this moment

  i don't like property taxes it's hard to suss that out in one in one fail swoop

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