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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 6-15-23
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immigrant Heritage Month celebrates the generations of immigrants from every corner of the globe who have built our country's economy
immigrants have come here to work to learn and to find Freedom and shelter they're an important part of Colorado's history
one in Ten Boulder County residents is an immigrant and this exceptional group of people adds to the variety of languages
increasing linkage fees and increasing the percentage of inclusionary housing both of which are a fraction of what
if you believe climate change is real it is a moral to densify Boulder without accounting for climate driven decreases in water
this policy will have severe negative impacts on future Water Resources while the fire risks
we submitted a historic district application we don't know the name it's it's up in the air
the imbalance between the ever increasing number of jobs and students in Boulder and The Limited availability of affordable Workforce in student housing
the city could do more of what it's already doing working through Boulder housing partners with not-for-profit organizations like Thistle
the Boulder area label council is advocating for a 25 minimum wage by the 20 year 2028
one the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the city's scope 2 and scope 3 Net Zero carbon emission goals in the excellent new cool Boulder program
protecting and the extent and permeability of urban soils in the city's Urban Tree canopy for flood mitigation purposes
protecting and the extent and permeability of urban soils in the city's Urban Tree canopy for flood mitigation purposes
if you must increase occupancy limit please accept the four neighborhoods adjacent to CU Martin Acres University Hill Cross Grove and East Aurora
we had this year in the state legislature a policy that would have forbade cities to enforce these discriminating laws against unrelated people
health and safety codes always take precedence and supersede occupancy limits for example right now we have so many
this will only address the exploding student housing needs and mind the pockets of the rental property owners
directing staff to quickly craft an ordinance allowing five unrelated adults and their dependents to legally live together in homes throughout Boulder
getting rid of strict limits on occupancy is the fastest way to provide more affordable housing city-wide
council is ignoring two very good ways at the affordable housing Supply can be increased number one raise the commercial linkage fees
enforce the inclusionary housing percentage requirements for new residential developments these currently remain at 25 percent
raise the commercial linkage fees the fees are currently too low and aren't enforced
there was a comment made about us not enforcing linkage fees and I was wondering if staff could maybe address that
any commercial property that has excuse me add square footage goes to a permitting process in order to get through the permitting process they're required to pay the linkage fee
appreciated the advocacy from speakers about raising the minimum wage and as people also came to us
requirements for city of Boulder board members as outlined and defined in the Boulder City Charter sections
for the discussions surrounding e-bikes which was the agenda topic the night that I excused myself
a majority vote of no to e-bikes on open space was given
allowing e-bikes on open space Trails would not require a charter Amendment
the common thread in each case is that the board and the panel are the ones proposing these changes
my understanding is that the independent Police monitor will continue to provide police oversight so it's not receiving no oversight
for the police oversight panel to pick it up um but there was a moratorium in place
questions or comments or desire to call this up not seeing any hands then looks like we're not interested in calling this one up
the discussion at the landmarks board was pretty detailed and the window design guidelines are very specific in
motion to continue conditionally approve a landmark alteration certificate to rehabilitate building L the former nurse's dormitory
finding that the proposal meets the standards for issuance of landmark alterations certificate in chapter 9 11 18 BRC 1981 and is generally consistent with the general design guidelines
item 6A on tonight's agenda is the occupancy and Zoning for affordable housing update
there are some additional um occupancy and Zoning issues that staff will be bringing forward today
in light of the recently adopted State legislation that prohibits local residential growth management does city council support repealing
the states out there have actually just recently passed state laws like the bill we saw here in Colorado
the Zoning for affordable housing ordinance at planning board is is set for August 22nd
that doing this along with you know allowing more adus allowing more housing can affect the housing but it has to all be done together
where we can sink our teeth into parking from development to neighborhoods to spillover and npps you name it
zoning parking requirements uh eight seven six years ago kind of ramped up and stalled ramped up and installed
if I've got kids like I think it does fit with some TDM goals
we did this with adus we started small we had a limited rollout of adus we looked at it
having heard from effort that families doubling up is one of the ways that people stay out of homelessness
we will have to think about getting that approved through budget and hiring folks to move forward
removing zoning barriers to more affordable units and more smaller modest size units
the purpose of this project was to evaluate the land use code with the intent of removing zoning barriers
we mean deed restricted permanently affordable housing we also mean attainable housing which is existing market rate housing
whether what kind of things could we do without having to to update the the bvcp
rh7 is a very small area that's in Alpine Balsam that's in the process of actually getting designed
even the community connectors in Residence was more dubious of lowering parking requirements for deed restricted affordable
there were concerns about increasing the number of renters in the community the driving out of families
significant flood zone you would be challenged to do either underground or have enough residential space
we already do that with the adus we require one unit to be owner occupied
it seems like the comp plan is what is holding us back from meeting the needs of our community
you know um I think it's important to to recognize that the comprehensive plan is is so named
in May of this year the Colorado legislature passed House Bill 23 1255 which basically prohibits such a program
I want to hear more about the RH flood issue too that would be helpful