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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 8-24-23
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AI-read · unreviewed32 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personThis research included a robust look at internet accessibility in the city today statistically valid resident survey small business focus groups
discussions with stakeholders from the city's five manufactured home communities the second section of this presentation or I guess the third will provide staff analysis
Comcast has a cable franchise agreement with the city that requires them to run cable infrastructure to nearly all the homes in the city
our research found that all of these premises are located on a single manufactured home community property we've spoken to both the property owner
and to Comcast to understand possibilities of closing that Gap as soon as possible unfortunately I don't have an update on that for you tonight
since the massive Federal funding programs for Broadband opened a couple of years ago our cost estimate as shown here on the slide
the city could issue some general fund or general obligation bonds to finance the construction of the utility this path based upon current projections of the budget
we would need to either re-prioritize general fund uh programs and services to the tune of approximately 14 million dollars or we could ask voters for a new increment of tax
14 million is 7.5 percent of the 2023 general fund budget so it is not an insubstantial sum when compared to the total also through the 2024 budget process
that's for the ccrs and climate tax primarily so we are contemplating that we will be needing to or wanting to issue debt in the future
we could ask for a new tax or an increment of tax and really that is either a sales tax or a property tax so just wanted to share
so to generate 14 million would be close to a point three percent increase for property tax um one mill based upon 2024 projections would generate
they were able to make the the finances were to not have significant subsidies certainly not subsidy from from their General funds okay
we've been in discussion about annexing uh the uh San Lazaro uh neighborhood and I just want to make sure that in our calculations about who gets served
there's a state law requirement that voters approve a city is getting into this to an ISP business um which our voters uh waived that rule
unlike the municipalization we had to make a decision and then figure out where we were getting our power from right so that was a choice point
we also had members from planning board tab housing board and we also involved many departments within the city such as planning osmp and others
neighborhood that may include housing activity centers employment hubs and green space a portion of land would be set aside for helicopter emergency services
according to them while Grant assurances are in effect FAA must approve a request to use airport property for other than airport purposes
with the East Boulder sub community plan you over sample the folks who are most impacted by a project or the North Broadway reconstruction project
taking next steps for land use in this area especially if a variety of land uses were contemplated would be a sub community plan or something like that
that really included taking care of the roadway systems and the ramps and the Pavements because it is it is in terrible shape out here
airport closure John I have that handy if you want me to kind of read it but if you have it memorized you probably do and you can speak to that
our food banks financial assistance programs eviction numbers all tell the same story of rapidly increasing challenges to make ends meet
fire flood pandemics and things like that of course we're making sort of a lot of speculation here um but the the benefit of joining this
of the workforce centers are in the Incorporated parts of the county um so so we're talking pretty pretty small compared to us
when a County enacts local minimum wage law if a local minimum wage law is enacted by any local government located within that County only the County's minimum wage law
the people who need help paying their energy bills the people who need rental assistance and the people who end up living on our streets
an increased minimum wage alone won't fix the income unequal that plagues Boulder but as part of a comprehensive strategy it's very important
the most impacted people or the most marginalized so I would like to see us move forward with the county with a 15 increase
I would like to have my voice heard on an exemption for tipped workers we are struggling with very high food
I look forward to seeing what you do with climate initiatives and to continue to work together thank you thanks so much