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City Council · regular
Boulder City Council Meeting 9-21-23
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AI-read · unreviewed46 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personthe forcible seizure of indigenous lands including in the recent past
we recognize and support the movement of self for self-determination decolonization efforts of indigenous people that call this continent
helps avoid power plant emissions that can harm our health pollute our air and warm our climate
the city of Boulder has declared a climate emergency and is committed to acting quickly in a way that is broad-reaching
the community's climate action efforts learning more about Energy Efficiency and participating
conversation and actually about four hours this week with Community involvement and direct involvement engagement with the new police monitor
I support that camping ban staying in place I support safe zones for the kids I support safe zones for the public
annexations as you're aware do allow the city and do allow you Council to make determinations
we are also asking Council to consider an amendment to chapter 5 of the bvcp
understand the need for a parking strategy the balance of employment with housing uses
through the East Boulder subcommunity plan process that completed last year
a pedestrian bridge opportunity there as part of the transportation connections plan
finally the transportation connection section has been updated to address the feedback we heard to place more emphasis
update the form-based code and other regulatory elements that's part of East Boulder sub-community plan implementation
Community Vitality is standing up this affordable commercial program and so are there opportunities there
understand how that Community or the affordable commercial program is going to be piloted for a five-year time frame
which are focused on parking and TDM strategies Transportation demand management strategies but maybe
those larger commercial spaces are typically only affordable to National retailers and other kind of larger chains
as I mentioned we have a comprehensive Plan update coming in 2025
we actually started out with trying to just take the place types from the East Boulder sub-community plan and apply them here
so just reminding Council like what do we mean when we talk about affordable housing we've kind of looked at it
you also would get more deed restricted inclusionary housing units with projects since there's still a percentage that's required
looking at parking requirements to try to loosen things up to get more housing
I think the council is aware of of the Senate bill that we were looking at earlier this year
adus relaxing occupancy regulations it didn't pass but it's something that could come back
that we've passed recently like adus and occupancy to address this issue
we're working with housing on updating the inclusionary housing standards
there was one member that expressed some skepticism about whether we would get more affordability if it's not deed restricted
right now a residential parking reduction automatically requires site review we're proposing that that change to administrative reviews
the goal is obviously to get more attainable housing and with that getting more deed restricted permanently affordable housing
the only thing missing from the Zoning for affordable housing project is affordability
at Alpine Balsam for example do 4 500 square foot places that have one washer dryer for nine people
it's not just BHP who would necessarily benefit from this it would be any provider in the space
to help ensure that our affordable developments are sort of more competitive in the marketplace
could our third reading be a public hearing as to the things that we're adding tonight
a BHP project in this area and the it is a zone that is medium density residential
there's also an accessibility concern Townhomes are not typically an accessible housing type they usually rely on stairs
other communities that are really concerned about accessibility uh types of issues
we're in an urgent state of diversity of housing with School enrollment and other things declining
figure can we crack that nut ahead of a comp plan revision
you're going to be seeing a budget coming forward to you soon and there is an additional policy planner
invest in the programs and infrastructure to expand permanently Supportive Housing psh
it would not be appropriate for City stuff to take a position on a ballot measure
HUD does have a definition of permanent Supportive Housing we could look at that
my understanding is you know this ballot measure is already written approved
we probably we may also want to do a resolution of support which would be the formal endorsement of the ballot measure