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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 3-23-23
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AI-read · unreviewed38 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personour second item is zoning for affordable housing update and discussion
we are tightening up our encampment abatement protocols that already prioritize Parks schools and other public spaces
the everyday activities that are meant to animate and energize the Pearl Street Mall
so on West Pearl we have kind of the outdoor dining parklet here on the east side
key into the Civic area master plan where that section of 13th is already envisioned
the main activation of the street during that time was the outdoor dining that businesses provided
to successfully launch the pop-ups this year that will include hiring a pop-up manager
the current funding is identified through uh arpa which is related to the revitalization efforts in commercial districts
I think that activation is supposed to help with that with um sort of some of the encampment issues
have we identified any programs we wish to cut in order to provide an extra million dollars a year
we have dozens and dozens and dozens of things we need to fund and we have no source of funding for them
our Mexican-American Community or Nepalese American communities or other other immigrant communities could be a great way
so uh we have a couple of different cross-departmental teams that are going to be working on the Civic area in general
maybe through our existing HRC or Arts commission Grant mechanisms
it feels like we're at a bit of a Breaking Point with encampments
for maybe budget ramifications and a budget packet as we go into next year
tonight we're going to talk about Zoning for affordable housing
get feedback on the Zoning for affordable housing project
with addressing adu's occupancy changes to zoning to allow more housing
so one thing we want to make clear tonight is what do we mean by affordable housing
that is administered through our inclusionary housing program sometimes we get on-site affordable
it'll increase the amount of deed restricted housing that we would get
the city and and other agencies like Boulder housing Partners to leverage that money
through the inclusionary housing program 25 of any number of housing units in a project
you all are familiar with the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan uh it's a document that is adopted by ordinance
it would require um us to re-look at the bvcp at the policy level first
because the comp plan doesn't cap the density in those areas we can actually work on changing the zoning
which then yielded 70 units that would be deed restricted or cash in lieu
you know again there's other mechanisms in the code you know like site review parking requirements that already apply
we do a number of parking reduction evaluations at the city
this was another opportunity for the code where we could process residential parking reductions
maybe not requiring parking spaces at all for affordable units or or dropping the requirements
treating affordable units differently than market rate units
we've already gotten feedback from them on adus and that there is a positive feedback
increasing in Luffy's or commercial linkage fees to get more deep restricted affordable housing
if the state housing legislation doesn't pass this year it will pass in the near future
because State legislation May Force our hand uh inevitably in that regard
at the end of the day our school enrollment is dropping and we are not getting the needed families in those areas