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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 5-25-23
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AI-read · unreviewed25 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personspecifically around Financial strategy and as folks may recall facilities master plan was accepted by Council back in October 2021
and tonight we'll provide a recap of some of the key aspects of that Master Plan and then we'll dive into the financial strategy we've developed
be providing an update on Alpine Balsam and we're going to use that as an example of this financial strategy in action
an example of this is found really in our recreation centers so our East Boulder Community Center is at that inflection point
as we consider investments in these buildings we do see a big potential to convert these systems to better align with our climate commitment goals
our recreation centers are three of our top four producers of carbon emissions
one in the west at Alpine Balsam and one in the east at our current Municipal service center
using those sale proceeds to help reduce Capital costs
there are an increasing number of grant opportunities that help projects meet climate goals
working in partnership with Boulder housing Partners to co-develop the site
BHP is developing the housing portions of the project these Center two Parcels will be affordable housing
BHP is developing the housing portions of the project
a Greenway which is part of the recently accepted Goose Creek flood mitigation plan
we can advance on that transformation that was envisioned in the Civic area master plan
we will achieve one of the largest just affordable housing projects to Dayton City
this excludes the housing work BHP is specifically developing
like in our recreation centers and our fire stations and other buildings that support critical services
master plan implementation and financial strategies or Alpine Balsam at this time I'm not seeing any hands
a lot of these properties are located like right in the downtown core and so you know if you sell a building it can become a blight
in our budgets you know we're spending more than we could in an efficient budget
we have current wage budgets and departments for seasonal and temporary employees
city of Boulder falls under the state minimum wage at 13.65 cents an hour
there is strong agreement that this should be done regionally
have we done any analysis on the city budget with the proposal
there would definitely be a minimum wage impact because we do have uh seasonal