December 14, 2023 City of Boulder City Council Study Session

Agenda

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• Civic Area plan0:09:01at this moment

  large complicated project with a lot of moving Parts but we're excited for the opportunity and so I'll just kick us off with a little bit of project context and locate us for the Civic area

• Downtown vitality0:09:01at this moment

  as well as um down South by cuu campus so thinking about all of these key adjacent sites we do have a major connection with the Arboretum path

• Civic Area plan0:10:02at this moment

  this is a little bit of orientation for you all in what project site we're talking about and um all the influence that it'll have throughout downtown so the Civic area and the planning background

• Climate action and emissions0:13:01at this moment

  it also uh speaks to The Climate initiatives uh strategies that we have with a sustainable future we want to provide a robust and high-performing Park

• Police chief hiring and equity in policing0:14:01at this moment

  so this is going to be one of the questions on any input from Council and we'll get to that in a moment once we're done with the section

• Proposed Civic Area historic district0:15:01at this moment

  a note here on on the Civic area historic district application so we wanted to highlight along with the policies that there is a separate project running concurrently

• Proposed Civic Area historic district0:21:02at this moment

  designation should it happen and then importantly the design standards that would then be uh adopted as they would be for for any historic district

• Disability access in city policy0:29:00at this moment

  we're going to have to create a space that is uh accessible um not just refurbished but but something that people will want to use otherwise the money

• Homelessness0:32:01at this moment

  the symptoms of homelessness were it did exist in the park during this plan's development and it is contemplated throughout um ways to make the park safe and welcoming for all

• Homelessness0:34:00at this moment

  is there a balance between um investing in some you know services that may uh help people who are living unsheltered in these areas um versus just kind of doing straight updates

• Climate action and emissions0:35:01at this moment

  we might have drop the climate initiatives from the memo we did include climate initiative strategy in our key values in our RFP out to our Design Consultants

• Water supply and drought0:35:01at this moment

  really looking for that Innovative design team who will help us think about low water use and drought

• Wildfire-resistant building and landscaping0:36:01at this moment

  thinking about keeping people safe when

• Civic Area plan0:40:00at this moment

  let me know if I'm speaking about anything that is quasi judicial um so right now the Band Shell has uh that area has the most amount of drug

• Urban trees and the forestry corps0:49:00at this moment

  so through forestry and water resources and um the and other departments uh the police department will be supporting us

• City budget0:53:00at this moment

  and then just to note um we have bu budget allocated throughout the year so 2020 24 you can see throughout 500k 2 million in 2025 2026 10 million in 2027

• Arts grants0:54:03at this moment

  part of our work work will be identifying other funding potential such as grants and um other stakeholders or Partners through the development

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:55:01at this moment

  one of my biggest questions is around sort of timing on flood mitigation and land use I noticed that we were talking about or in the packet

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:56:02at this moment

  we do have included in our scope um flood modeling throughout the process so we are working within our high Hazard Zone we take pretty seriously

• North Boulder subcommunity plan1:05:02at this moment

  and I think a lot about North Boulder park that has a a very active outdoor volleyball league I think about Ean G Fine which is always active

• Capital improvement program1:10:00at this moment

  just a a current list of the capital projects that are happening in the city it's just you know it would be great to see how this lays in context

• Local food and farming1:15:00at this moment

  along the farmer ditch so running through the middle of the east book end yes um but then it's there's some discontinuity as it goes past

• Disability access in city policy1:23:00at this moment

  really trying to make sure that we are accessible we'll be working with um two Community connectors right now the downtown group is um soliciting

• Reforming boards and commissions1:27:00at this moment

  curious if um how we can make sure that they're getting it through iterative process and not just kind of one time to to say something and provide feedback

• Police oversight panel and its independence1:27:00at this moment

  I didn't see how the Boulder Police oversight panel was going to be engaged in this effort um I think the conversation and topic of safety had been raised

• Disability access in city policy1:32:01at this moment

  people with disabilities um and then you know more um folks who are more racially ethnically diverse uh immigrants so basically you know who who are we

• Support for immigrant communities1:32:01at this moment

  people with disabilities um and then you know more um folks who are more racially ethnically diverse uh immigrants so basically you know who who are we

• Homelessness1:34:00at this moment

  also in thinking about um talking with folks who are experiencing homelessness um people who have lived experience with homelessness this to me feels like an important additional group

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts1:34:00at this moment

  some of the um open space in Mountain Parks has been doing a lot of work with um our uh the indigenous communities people who have historical ties

• Climate action and emissions1:43:01at this moment

  the climate team be a part of the core group um and if they're not a part of the core group um what is the way to ensure that there are synergies across um the climate work

• Minimum wage1:47:01at this moment

  which I started sort of the minimum W Regional minimum wage working group and and as that is not finished I would be really interested in continuing with this group

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics1:55:00at this moment

  this is about waste so right waste diversion yes it is it um um you know over the past two years has been a lot about the changes in recycling capabilities

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics1:56:01at this moment

  we have significant issues with our compost um and just waste in general so I would be very much be interested in um serving than you

• Flood mitigation and stormwater2:01:02at this moment

  Mark can tell about Mile High flood District certainly um Mile High flood District uh actually uh as a most interesting assignment it uh as an organization they fund a great many um flood mitigation projects

• Reforming boards and commissions2:08:02at this moment

  two years ago we overhauled to some extent the boards and commissions process we're still um going through sort of the assess working with staff on overhauling other aspects

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures2:09:01at this moment

  that proposes ballot measures to the rest of council usually in the May time frame um and then then at that point it's elevated to a larger Council

• State housing laws and compliance2:17:02at this moment

  intergovernmental Affairs uh maybe I'll just describe this since I have the floor um and just to clarify uh Rachel rotated off the IG a little while back

• City budget2:21:01at this moment

  Financial strategy committee uh Nicole or Mark um you want to talk about this one uh th this is actually a a reasonably rigorous lift um uh you know it involves analyzing the budget

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures2:21:01at this moment

  we'll all be weighing in on any of the more controversial ballot measures and things like that absolutely particularly those that are not fully addressed by our policy statement

• Dairy Arts Center2:33:02at this moment

  so similar to the Museum of Boulder that you're serving on the board of the dairy Art Center um I'm currently on this and the big thing that we're working on right now is renegotiating the lease with the city

• University Hill improvement districts2:34:00at this moment

  next we have the downtown business Improvement District board uh this is Mark and Matt currently Mark while you have the floor do you want to um talk about what this is

• Boulder Housing Partners2:37:01at this moment

  Boulder housing Partners Mark you're the current representative you give us quick explanation this this one is a a pretty intense lift um uh the subject matter is fairly technical

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue2:40:01at this moment

  D good uh tasa Palestine okay how about you Tina um Lassa or Yas well you could have mine what you you want Kenya is that it

• City budget2:43:02at this moment

  well it's weird because we were talking about cutting that travel budget so here we go okay don't need to bring that up

• Reforming boards and commissions2:50:01at this moment

  other avenues in which to pre present that knowledge transfer when particular decisions need to be made by the whole Council awesome thank you and similarly if information

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