Boulder City Council Meeting 9-8-22

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• Capital improvement program0:34:03at this moment

  this is where you can access individual department pages in addition to our capital improvement program summary and department cip pages

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures0:43:01at this moment

  revenue sources and again i think it's clear that with our reliance on sales tax and our experience during covid

• City budget0:44:00at this moment

  the council has had a goal of 20 reserves or approximately 10 and a half weeks of operating expenses and that is included in the 2023 recommended budget

• City budget1:05:00at this moment

  is a comparison for just the operating budget since capital budgets can go up and down quite significantly depending upon large projects

• Alternative crisis response (CARE)1:20:01at this moment

  this budget proposes 1.7 million dollars in enhancements in homelessness solutions behavioral health response and takes some innovative new approaches

• Climate action and emissions1:20:01at this moment

  the new climate tax would replace that tax and the utility occupation tax that is on the ballot in november

• Alternative crisis response (CARE)1:21:01at this moment

  this will focus on dispatching ems and clinicians to certain types of calls for service which is a new approach for 2023

• Downtown public safety1:23:00at this moment

  and last in the downtown ambassador program i know that council had a discussion in more detail about this particular program

• Homelessness1:23:00at this moment

  dating back to may of 2021 when the pilot originally was approved for safe and managed spaces

• Capital improvement program1:26:00at this moment

  included in our cip for 23 through 28 is a 745.2 million in planned spending over the six-year period

• Capital improvement program1:27:00at this moment

  this first chart is splitting up the cip by department we have a total of eight departments that support and manage the cip

• Alpine-Balsam redevelopment1:28:02at this moment

  we also want to highlight the project at alpine balsam and implementation of the facilities master

• Alpine-Balsam redevelopment1:29:01at this moment

  plan and alpine balsam area plan including the alpine balsam site and western city hub development

• Civic Area plan1:29:01at this moment

  several ccrs planning investments where we will be investing in capital planning studies for east boulder community center the civic area phase 2

• Alpine-Balsam redevelopment1:31:01at this moment

  also included is alpine balsam implementation for western cub planning and flood mitigation will also include appropriation

• Civic Area plan1:32:01at this moment

  as well as capital planning studies for boulder creek civic area phase 2 east boulder community center as mentioned before

• Arts and culture plan (Arts Blueprint)1:36:00at this moment

  when we were taking a look at uh the cultural plan recommendations and uh what that meant for the grants program

• Arts grants1:36:00at this moment

  when we were taking a look at uh the cultural plan recommendations and uh what that meant for the grants program

• Public art and percent for art1:36:00at this moment

  i think specifically in the public arts area which is exciting to see

• Arts and culture plan (Arts Blueprint)1:37:01at this moment

  we felt um fully met cultural plan recommendations and so the um proposals that you see for public art

• Climate action and emissions1:43:00at this moment

  with the climate tax being a way to sort of augment and or or enhance the work that's already being done

• Arts and culture plan (Arts Blueprint)1:46:00at this moment

  since the cultural plan was written it has really expanded and so the other thing that we're thinking about

• E-bikes, scooters and shared micromobility1:46:00at this moment

  i know council discussed this a little ways back with is with regards to funding an e-bike

• Climate action and emissions1:47:00at this moment

  as well as certainly maybe something from the climate tax and so um i i just wanted to get some thoughts

• E-bikes, scooters and shared micromobility1:48:00at this moment

  we're thinking we would start with probably about a 500 000 program just

• Downtown vitality1:53:01at this moment

  this was actually a jointly funded program between the city and downtown boulder partnership

• Affordable housing policy1:55:00at this moment

  it is to point out that we have almost 30 million dollars in in our base budget related to our affordable housing investments

• Public art and percent for art1:56:01at this moment

  this also includes one-time funding for the experiments in public art program and to bolster public art maintenance activities

• Urban trees and the forestry corps1:58:00at this moment

  also includes the extension of the urban parks ranger program and some enhanced forestry maintenance operations

• Disability access in city policy1:59:00at this moment

  this also includes an enhancement in our ada compliance efforts for 2023

• Alternative crisis response (CARE)2:02:01at this moment

  the day services center our non-law enforcement behavioral health response program

• Guaranteed income pilot (Elevate Boulder)2:02:01at this moment

  the guaranteed income program although early in in its stages

• City budget2:05:01at this moment

  our suggested process is to continue that work with fsc to better align uh our budget strategy and master plans

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures2:06:01at this moment

  there's a 0.15 percent general fund sales tax that is currently not dedicated to any particular use

• Affordable housing policy2:17:00at this moment

  the largest of which is the 11 million dollars for affordable housing so i'll walk you through that process

• Homelessness2:31:01at this moment

  the cost of the navigation center facility whenever we decide what that is

• Surveillance technology2:35:00at this moment

  i was really interested in the um investment and more uh traffic cameras

• Homelessness2:37:01at this moment

  i'm not really excited about getting another encampment team um for five hundred thousand dollars

• Support for immigrant communities2:49:01at this moment

  i think it's the first year that we're going to dedicate some money to providing legal aid for immigrants

• Support for immigrant communities2:50:00at this moment

  to immigrants in need i was really delighted to see that

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

  we have communities around us both in this state and across the country that have a a more healthy mix of property tax and sales tax

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