Boulder City Council Meeting 9-1-22

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• Local food and farming0:10:02at this moment

  Transforming Our Food system and rewilding our community's

• Downtown vitality0:32:10at this moment

  Center spells disaster for business residence and tourism anyone who wants to get off of the streets

• City budget0:35:02at this moment

  I'd love to see as far as the budget 750 000 budgeted for the day Center

• Annexations at the city edge0:37:01at this moment

  if the annexation of Cu South is not repealed

• Climate action and emissions0:37:01at this moment

  as the climate crisis creates unpredictable conditions that development projects such as a third CU campus would worsen

• Minimum wage0:43:01at this moment

  I am presenting today about minimum wage and living wage next slide please

• Minimum wage0:44:00at this moment

  here our minimum wage is still set at 12.56 per hour um matching that of the state

• Minimum wage0:45:01at this moment

  the positive impact of wage increases on our community could be very beneficial

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:46:03at this moment

  there will be a vote on the 100-year flood mitigation plan and the agreement with CU this November

• Natural medicine (psilocybin) businesses0:48:05at this moment

  I'm speaking tonight in support of the decriminalization of plant medicines such as psilocybin in Boulder

• Student housing near campus0:53:00at this moment

  realized that it's it's better to be proactive with students in our neighborhood

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:56:06at this moment

  the flooding was due to the rerouting of water from the 2014 Pine View Park restoration project

• Natural medicine (psilocybin) businesses0:59:00at this moment

  it's an honor to speak here today in favor of decriminalizing psychedelics

• Occupancy limits1:02:01at this moment

  a family as defined by the city's Municipal Code plus two unrelated people are allowed to live in the dwelling

• Downtown vitality1:04:00at this moment

  we were quickly reminded why we avoid downtown please stop telling us that this isn't your responsibility

• CU South1:05:03at this moment

  and that is the heart of the CU South debate

• Flood mitigation and stormwater1:05:03at this moment

  instead he argued that the Havoc wrought by floods and other natural disasters may be better avoided

• Climate action and emissions1:06:03at this moment

  since climate change has exploded since then we should plan for even worse

• Natural medicine (psilocybin) businesses1:07:03at this moment

  it's an honor to speak on behalf of plant medicine and psychedelic substance decriminalization

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics1:10:00at this moment

  I'm here to voice my support for continued action and focus on composting Recycling and circular economy initiatives in Boulder

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics1:11:02at this moment

  push for local ordinances mandating that all retail and food businesses in the city use only compostable packaging

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics1:12:02at this moment

  they're a toxic material they have to go in the landfill

• Annexations at the city edge1:19:01at this moment

  does the city have a lot to gain with regards to open space um as a result of the annexation agreement

• Annexations at the city edge1:20:00at this moment

  and in the annexation agreement there is 119 Acres that is designated as open space

• CU South1:27:01at this moment

  annexation of Cu South and there have been some requests to change the ballot language

• Landmark designation and call-up process1:34:01at this moment

  so now we move to our call-up check-ins and we have one

• CU South2:17:00at this moment

  with CU South certainly not increase it and for a 100 year flood plain instead of a 500

• Student housing near campus2:48:00at this moment

  the hill needs to be looked at as a commercial District a student housing district

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts3:28:01at this moment

  a partnership with tribe recovery in Boulder County to establish two residential recovery homes

• Homelessness3:30:01at this moment

  really investing in housing first approaches and getting people into housing and putting their investments into housing instead of additional shelters

• Affordable housing policy3:50:00at this moment

  property acquisition which is investment in new affordable housing

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts3:51:00at this moment

  you'll also notice for uh Native Americans that the number of individuals

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts3:52:01at this moment

  project recovery is the one that I mentioned with uh with tribe

• Eviction prevention and rental assistance4:00:01at this moment

  rental assistance and property acquisition is the bulk of their expenditures

• City budget4:03:01at this moment

  should be spending nearly 30 million dollars compared to roughly 10 million or if you go the other direction we should cut our budget down

• Eviction prevention and rental assistance4:04:03at this moment

  it's rental assistance and that's important but it's not exactly the same thing

• Affordable housing policy4:05:00at this moment

  we're fortunate in the city Boulder to have a strong affordable housing program

• Homelessness4:06:00at this moment

  a lot of people don't get the vouchers and we don't have enough housing so there are a lot of people who are unsheltered

• Homelessness4:21:01at this moment

  whether there's actually data that navigation centers and places that collect people actually lead to housing outcomes

• Eviction prevention and rental assistance4:25:00at this moment

  because of some of the eviction prevention that we put in place um landlords may be using

• Boulder Housing Partners4:50:01at this moment

  landlords do background checks BHP does background checks and so if you have certain

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