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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 2-2-23
- Date
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- regular
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- past
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- YouTube, via the Woven archive; YouTube's automatic captions
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AI-read · unreviewed28 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personthe safety zone designation would eliminate the 72-hour grace period for encampment removals
the chamber wanted to work with the city for more affordable housing
the police oversight committee and what power they have first of all they're just advisory
I'd like to thank those council members who voted to approve the police oversight panel last week
we're hearing on the issue of um the complex issue of our unsheltered
I'm grateful that Boulder's police oversight panel can now move forward however I was dismayed
make sure that everyone has a place in our community including those that are unsheltered as well
to update the site review criteria really to make the criteria uh more clear uh more simplified
they felt it was too limiting um that it didn't apply all the the bvcp policies as the current version does
there was also discussions about the energy conservation code references or criteria and the height modification criteria
it just requires that a building or an addition that's thirty thousand square feet or greater to either be Net Zero
or be at least 10 percent better than the energy conservation code all those other elements
consistent with how the reviews are supposed to go in accordance with state law
we seem to soften our climate language and so I'm wondering why we went from reduced greenhouse gas emissions
it said reduce greenhouse gas emissions but there is not yet a project to reduce emissions from
none of the you know paltry amount of affordable housing in that's going to be on site can even use this
this is what the problem is with Boulder with density bonuses
this really pulls from policy 2.21 from the comprehensive plan and those three guiding principles
those are the boundaries for the East Boulder sub community plan and the transit Village area plan
this is really a code simplification trying to combine the professional and Technical office use types
contiguity increases the amount of projects in the pipeline which there will increase attainable housing and affordable housing by Nature
it's going to be all the way out to Louisville Lafayette you know we might as well Annex you know more gun barrels
Gun Barrel was for getting more sales tax revenue and we're not going to get that because the services can't keep up
we can't pay for it we're in deficit with our Open Space Mountain Parks heavily
as we look towards the rezoning for the East Boulder sub-community plan
but also looking at future is opportunities in the East Boulder subcommunity plan
to update the use table and use standards related to Industrial uses and districts
the comprehensive plan though does specifically say that industrial uses should be in proximity to Transit