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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 8-11-22
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AI-read · unreviewed22 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personordinance 8534 which is related to the annexation of cu south
whether or not to repeal ordinance 8483 regarding the annexation of cu south
this is a referendum on c cu south this is on the ballot because the uh committee presented a referendum petition
this is the climate tax slide that we talked about the um this imposes a new climate tax that is levied like
it also allows for the city to do a backup pledge from the general fund
the ballot measure that relates to the cu south referendum that one is not discretionary by council
south boulder creek action group which has been advocating for flood mitigation for almost nine years since the 2013 floods
the continuing danger this leaves residents in is known and significant after years of hard work by the city
and also regarding your climate tax i don't support a climate tax while you support building
you do nothing about cleaning up the trash and the plastic and the human excrement
it also dedicates five acres of land to the community for affordable housing open to those who qualify
overturning the annexation of seaboulder south would compromise the critical progress currently underway
it will enable a portion of the land that lies outside the floodplain to become attainable housing
because i was organizing testimony for your annexation hearing i just my heart is so filled with gratitude
i think one of the commenters mentioned that it was sort of an arbitrary amount that we were putting in place for the climate tax
we'd have to kind of loan the city would kind of loan money to the library district for for a couple of years
it would not impact uh next year's budget and i believe it really wouldn't come into play
it does include 1.5 million dollars for wildfire mitigation and that's the kind of climate resilience move that we need
this is kind of an extension of two taxes and combining them into one having about the same slightly lower for residents
and then of course we've realized uh that we need to do some more work on wildfire mitigation
develop a day shelter and day services for the city of boulder for people experiencing homelessness
with our annual homelessness update obviously we'll be a little premature to have a formal report