Boulder City Council Meeting 3-16-23

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• Homelessness0:16:01at this moment

  my issue here today is not with the unhoused residents who are 100 members of our community

• Climate action and emissions0:26:01at this moment

  I'd like to voice my support for council's project aimed at addressing the emissions caused by Lawn Care Equipment

• Climate action and emissions0:27:00at this moment

  first because native plants often require little to no lawn maintenance there is substantially fewer emissions by Lawn Care Equipment

• Homelessness0:29:00at this moment

  Boulder it increases the density which increases our cost of everything which increases homelessness which we then have to deal with

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics0:36:01at this moment

  I'd also like to raise the issue of needing public education on proper waste stream sorting

• Climate action and emissions0:37:00at this moment

  we really need to decrease our emissions from landfill and actually put our money where our mouth is on environmentalism

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics0:37:00at this moment

  I would also love to advocate for placing an industrial composting facility on our open space land

• Police oversight panel and its independence0:38:01at this moment

  you might have no applicants at all first others remember how police oversight board applicants

• Landmark designation and call-up process0:44:02at this moment

  our call of check-ins are item four on tonight's agenda 4A is our Landmark alteration certificate

• Energy conservation code0:47:01at this moment

  yes so what windows can meet our energy code um and there are state tax credits to help offset the cost difference

• Historic preservation design guidelines0:47:01at this moment

  we found that it was not consistent with the design guidelines which talk about using traditional materials

• 5675 Arapahoe Avenue (life sciences)0:52:03at this moment

  is the concept plan review and comment for a proposal to redevelop 5675 Arapahoe with two new three-story buildings

• 5675 Arapahoe Avenue (life sciences)0:53:09at this moment

  I'm here to present the concept plan call up for 5675 Arapahoe

• Parking and access management strategy0:55:00at this moment

  potential issues include increased network access through the area and consolidation of curb cut

• East Boulder subcommunity plan and form-based code0:55:00at this moment

  the subject site is located within the boundaries of the East Boulder sub-community plan

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan0:58:00at this moment

  is the proposed concept plan preliminarily consistent with the goals objectives and recommendations of the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan

• Travel demand management for new development1:00:02at this moment

  a desire to see less parking overall and more focus on Alternate modes and TDM

• Flood mitigation and stormwater1:02:00at this moment

  the parking questions the TDM uh focus and um the underground parking and and floodplain

• Travel demand management for new development1:02:00at this moment

  the parking questions the TDM uh focus and um the underground parking and and floodplain

• Travel demand management for new development1:04:00at this moment

  some brilliant TDM ideas that could be useful in making that happen

• Reforming boards and commissions1:06:00at this moment

  in our general Provisions for boards and commissions and city council there is not a provision right now

• Arts grants1:32:02at this moment

  uniquely qualified to make decisions um to make arts grants to organizations here in town

• Affordable housing policy1:40:01at this moment

  he talked about affordable housing and he also you know he talked as well about sustainability

• Boulder Housing Partners1:43:00at this moment

  I've had the pleasure of serving on the um for three years on the boulder housing Partners board

• Affordable housing policy1:45:00at this moment

  work particularly around affordable housing and economic development I think having some kind of fresh eyes

• Affordable housing policy1:46:00at this moment

  her lived experience is an affordable housing resident as well as with different kinds of housing organizations

• Reforming boards and commissions2:06:00at this moment

  lastly we notify our boarding commission secretaries and Liaisons to tell their boards internally

• Reforming boards and commissions2:08:00at this moment

  because with 20 boards and commissions it would be hard for us to actually Wrangle that information

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures2:32:01at this moment

  which we believe really aligns with the call for this long-term Financial strategy strategy and really supporting good healthy revenues

• City budget2:36:00at this moment

  we do think it will be meaningful to prioritizing These funds in the 2024 budget we'll establish some of that policy

• City budget2:37:01at this moment

  the recommended budget date release which is currently scheduled for September 1st

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures2:37:01at this moment

  about a longer term Financial strategy and so we think all of these policy issues are really elements of that

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts2:39:00at this moment

  we many of us had a participated in a tribal consultation over the last few days which was um really awesome

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts2:40:01at this moment

  as an example from the tribal consultation I I noticed a bridge that was pretty badly cracked today

• Flood mitigation and stormwater2:41:01at this moment

  we also need to do Wildfire mitigation and flood prevention

• Homelessness2:46:00at this moment

  I looked at the greatest Community concerns that we hear about all the time it's homelessness it's planning

• City budget2:48:00at this moment

  our 2023 general fund budget is approximately 188 million dollars

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures2:49:01at this moment

  our sales tax receipts have been up recently they um they could go down or you know we'll probably have additional revenues

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts2:53:00at this moment

  part of this will be after the tribal consultation which a lot of that does happened under um closed doors

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