Boulder City Council Meeting 4-5-22

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• Reforming boards and commissions0:07:04at this moment

  well our regular annual recruitment period has closed but we are still recruiting for the following boards

• Wildfire mitigation on open space0:14:00at this moment

  one of the areas of success I'd like to highlight is the mitigation work done on our open space in recent years

• Natural medicine (psilocybin) businesses0:22:02at this moment

  I'm here to speak in favor of the push to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi

• Natural medicine (psilocybin) businesses0:23:02at this moment

  I believe that these substances should be decriminalized because no one should be going into jail for the use or possession of these substances

• Climate action and emissions0:30:00at this moment

  given the evidence that retiring PBA 3 before 20130 will reduce both emissions and costs

• Natural medicine (psilocybin) businesses0:39:01at this moment

  the resolution does not allow for large-scale Commerce of these substances it does not create mushroom dispensaries

• Climate action and emissions0:48:00at this moment

  I want to encourage you to do everything in your power to make sure that we move away from coal and gas as soon as possible

• City budget1:23:01at this moment

  they are actually budgeted costs which do show up in the overall City budget but do not show up under the library page

• City budget1:25:03at this moment

  the library staff also intend to request in the 20123 budget cycle the operating deficit that was cut due to the pandemic

• Climate action and emissions1:26:01at this moment

  to do things to decrease um the climate emissions the carbon emissions uh from many of those buildings

• City budget2:51:01at this moment

  budgeting usually when you want to add budget to something you got to take something from someone else

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures3:41:01at this moment

  overblown claims of huge tax increases which are in reality less than a primer and Netflix subscription

• School enrollment and city-school coordination3:48:00at this moment

  the student one card which is a collaboration between Boulder Valley School schools and Boulder Public Libraries

• Capital improvement program4:01:03at this moment

  162 million in Capital Improvements clearly there is money in there to take care of the library

• Downtown vitality4:17:01at this moment

  these small businesses are the backbone of downtown Boulder and we have seen a migration out of Boulder

• Homelessness4:22:00at this moment

  the city should f focus on sustainable long-term solutions to days Sheltering

• Homelessness4:23:01at this moment

  is a distraction from what I think is Boulder's most pressing issue the homeless crisis

• Downtown vitality5:26:01at this moment

  the business improvement district being as strong as it is uh downtown Boulder Inc

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures5:34:01at this moment

  using a small property tax increase to create a funding district is more Equitable for all

• Homelessness5:38:02at this moment

  as long as the main library is being used as a de facto day shelter

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures5:38:02at this moment

  a recent study says property owners in Colorado will get hit by a 20% property tax increases on average over the next four years

• Reforming boards and commissions6:55:02at this moment

  we pick boards and commissions every year we interview people

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