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March 14, 2024 City of Boulder City Council Meeting
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AI-read · unreviewed43 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personto reopen uh the boulder um the bever ing Authority and um design Advisory Board
we can extend it as it is now we can open it back up and extend it for say another April May
she had a great impact in um passing 2A that very important um help that we're going to give to the Arts Community for funding
I think of when folks were advocating on 2B or 2A and one of the pieces was around equity and bringing in more and different audiences
next we have our cannabis licensing Advisory Board we have three seats available for appointment this recruitment period
she's been a an outstanding uh commissioner uh she's very valued by uh the staff of BHP
given a third of our total open space acreage is agricultural land I think it's a critical voice
a lot of experience in the kind of regenerative agriculture Community um I just wanted to note that
I think it's so rare that we get anybody from our manufactured home communities um on our boards and commissions
would be extremely helpful for the comprehensive plan updates going forward so we are not going wrong here at all
I would love to see somebody from the disability community on board
staff is planning to bring us forward um something on around parking and sounds like probably TDM
next we have our University Hill commercial area management commission we have two seats available for appointment
overwhelming support of the climate tax renewal in November of 2022 which specifically supports Community wildfire and resilience efforts
the city also conducted polling in June of 2023 in advance of a possible renewal of an expiring 0.15% general fund sales
one concerning result from that survey was a 15% decline in the community feeling very or somewhat safe in the downtown area
implementation of the US Department of Transportation Safe Streets for all grants including completing and moving forward with buildout of the core arterial Network
implementing key improvements in Violet Park and Civic area Phase 2 looking at our needs across our Recreation system
much of this vision is outlined in the Bolder Valley comprehensive plan which guides policy and everything from land use
implementation of our city tribal Nation mou moving right along
housing first strategies and Regional affordable housing efforts have guided the establishment of over 1500 permanently affordable housing units
national and local increases in homelessness also challenge our regional support systems
over 1500 permanently affordable housing units since inclusionary housing was established in 2013
identification of regional and local funding strategies to continue to increase support for affordable housing development
Boulder Junction Phase 2 and East Boulder land use uh zoning and operations implementation
2019 Transportation master plan that was based in considerable Community engagement
ongoing work to meet state law requirements will increase digital accessibility across all sources of public information
the city continues to work to meet the goal of an 80% reduction by 2030
voters also approved a partnership between the city and Excel to make our grid cleaner and more resilient
Boulder residents passed the climate tax with just over 70% support in 2022
and adopting the 2024 energy code and beginning Community engagement on the next generation
designing and conducting on ongoing City engagement with businesses regarding circular economy initiatives
that work has really highlighted the need for a larger Financial strategy as well
the development of that long-term Financial strategy which is underway
as we've previously covered the importance of minimum basic income on overall Wellness has come into sharp Focus
assessing uh the uh impact of elevate Boulder or our guaranteed income pilot program funded through arpa
looking at uh the role of an urban renewal Authority in investing in housing and transportation
making continued progress in our in our uh code process improvements and simplifications to encourage investments in critical areas
an example which is kind of in the bucket of wildfire mitigation
especially in some of the higher priority areas like housing um homelessness and um the unhoused
continuous Community dialogue is always important and they have committed to reactivating their neighbor shelter Action Group
providing much needed services to our unsheltered community
we have installed lighting at the Rosewood underpass and have a camera already installed there
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