September 26, 2024 City of Boulder City Council Community Forum

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• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures0:32:02at this moment

  based on the state's tax base it was up about 1% or so 0.9% so underperforming the 30 uh jurisdictions on average

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures0:39:00at this moment

  decline in retail restaurants and other industries that generate sales tax so that compounds our our city problems our city organizational funding problems

• Minimum wage0:40:00at this moment

  potential impact of Min minimum wage increase on businesses increase competition for businesses and workers

• Power outages, reliability and Xcel rates0:40:00at this moment

  we more frequent power outages again that resilience

• Sundance Film Festival0:46:00at this moment

  I'm the main lead for the Sundance Film Festival coming to to Boulder starting in 2025

• Minimum wage0:56:00at this moment

  the restaurants and the service providers who could be impacted by the minimum wage increase

• Climate action and emissions0:57:01at this moment

  climate conscious business practice support and supporting A diversity of Industries

• Simplifying the land use code and review process0:58:02at this moment

  continued focus on City process navigation and process improvements

• A downtown development authority0:59:01at this moment

  exploring the Downtown Development Authority which could be an investment tool for for the broader downtown area

• Simplifying the land use code and review process1:09:01at this moment

  recognizing that there are not only monetary but linguistic and cultural barriers uh to that process

• Climate action and emissions1:10:00at this moment

  although climate Consciousness is included there was as uh my colleague indicated a desire to be more explicit around that

• City budget1:13:01at this moment

  people understand our city budget better where the money comes from where the money goes

• Support for immigrant communities1:13:01at this moment

  including um undocumented uh business owners in in this work

• Homelessness1:25:00at this moment

  started with the with the discussion about homelessness and specifically unsheltered homelessness and how it is a um

• Minimum wage1:28:01at this moment

  we also talked about minimum wage and it was a really interesting discussion because we also talked about

• Sundance Film Festival1:37:01at this moment

  we got a little sidelined with the Sundance thing coming into town but we were planning on launching

• Boulder Municipal Airport1:38:02at this moment

  utilizing the infrastructured advantages that we have in the airport is one example

• Disability access in city policy1:39:01at this moment

  the people for centers for people with disabilities um and just some of the accessibility

• Local food and farming1:39:01at this moment

  not just have Heritage uh for our agricultural but but actual growing food and innovating in that way

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics1:39:01at this moment

  we haven't talked about waste at all in waste management and so I just want to lift that up

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:42:03at this moment

  as well as the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan so there's going to be more more engagement

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:45:00at this moment

  with regards to our Boulder Valley compreh comprehensive plan engagement

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