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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 8-3-23
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AI-read · unreviewed45 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personwe feel in the selection of the site there's a great deal of emphasis placed on the centrality of the location for the people it intended to serve I.E the homeless
are opposed to the location of the homeless daycare center at 1844 Folsom that's immediately adjacent to 1850.
happening with the mitigation techniques that are proposed for the Goose Creek and Canyon to Mile Creek
in May of this year historic Boulder Friends of the Bandshell and the Tea House bought and put an application in for a Civic historic district
we cannot keep up with rental assistance we're seeing the highest numbers of family homelesses
to make action on the minimum wage you all came into office stating that you were interested in raising the minimum wage
raise the minimum wage 15 January 2024 and then set a path for outer years
we have fairly good lines but they don't learn frequently enough for people to rely on them
the second is climate change this one is fairly obvious but having less cars on the road leads to less CO2 emissions
we own Alpine Balsam site and we're going to have a big development there
I'm a board member of Boulder housing Partners resident representative council we are a separate a group of residents
BHP was uh getting this paperwork telling us that we had the choice of whether we had an annual lease
virtually all college towns have occupancy limits to maintain order
with the change in the state law there's not a whole lot of difference because you can
call up check-ins are item number four on tonight's agenda 4A is the extension of call up period and landmark alteration
in this one seeing none that's it for our call-ups so if we can move
is the use review for a 7062 square foot patio expansion of a restaurant use with Associated landscape improvements
there are two options that staff recommends Council consider moving forward the first would be to move forward with two conflicting tax extension measures
we also tapped that resource for Alpine Balsam so anticipating some Debt Service
it includes the behavioral health or CARE program that's about 1.8 million dollars projected in 2024
um organizations that had been getting funded by these arts and culture grants did not
there was an increase in funding to fill some gaps um that uh the scoring that the Arts commission did around the grants program
over the course of the first nine years of the cultural plan um there have been some things
is there anything about that update process that you think might change the nature of how we do these grants
the cultural plan that exists now um was had deep Community inquiry and we follow that
are you prepared to make choices at 3.75 deduction from general fund revenues
we look forward to greater coordination with school and City resources as this ballot item moves forward
we know there's a new cultural plan coming we know there's an opportunity for us to collaborate
a more creative more engaged more enthusiastic and a more economically vibrant downtown for Boulder
funding for the Arts in Boulder still lags behind Arts funding in comparable cities
I request that Council support the single ballot initiative to extend the 0.15 sales tax extension for 20 years
with our population and demand for the Arts funding can and should be supplemented by the municipal budget at a greater level
other things that are funded by General funds of course the Arts transcends all of these groups
that we can't engage the boards and commissions and other groups who can expand our thinking
none of the ballot measures addressing the 0.15 sought that input or got that input
we have been increasing Arts funding uh we have not discussed not only the extent to which we've been increasing it
to recall at that time our inclusionary housing requirement was 20 percent it's currently 25 percent
Street as an affordable housing development also for seniors and that was uh documented through an agreement
so it reverted back to um the inclusionary housing requirements of 20 percent
in lieu of the eight units that they had committed to provide on-site they will be paying a total of 1.7 million dollars
and then it's your intention to to pretty quickly turn that through house property over to Boulder housing Partners is that right
that at some point in time that will be 100 affordable units it will because of covenants on the property
we're still going to get the affordable housing approvs absolutely yes
we committed to having an evaluation of our homeless Services System our system is part of a wider system
would you like us to consider sanctioned encampment sites would you like us to consider a broader array