October 3, 2024 City of Boulder City Council Meeting

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• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:17:00at this moment

  to indigenous people of this land as we mark this year's indigenous people's day

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:18:01at this moment

  while the city is collaborating with tribal Nations on several ongoing projects we know we have more work to fulfill

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:21:01at this moment

  Boulder's indigenous people's day resolution is about tribal Nations and their members in particular the arapo and Cheyenne

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:28:01at this moment

  when it decided not to vote on whether or not to have a ceasefire

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:29:00at this moment

  the city's money invested in caterpillar which provides bulldozers to destroy thousands of Palestinian homes roads and olive trees

• Climate action and emissions0:39:01at this moment

  I'm compelled to be here because of my concern about the climate crisis

• Surveillance technology0:59:00at this moment

  we have limited cameras we move them depending on what our um needs are across the city

• Surveillance technology1:01:00at this moment

  that there are movements related specifically to the camera um to signage

• Homelessness1:07:00at this moment

  we have a homelessness program eval valuation and policy discussion on December 12th as a study session

• City budget1:16:02at this moment

  we're excited to bring forward our first reading of the 2025 recommended budget to city council this evening

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:21:01at this moment

  600,000 in one-time funding to support the uh Boulder Valley comprehensive Plan update

• Affordable housing policy1:22:01at this moment

  for example additional investments in affordable housing strategy one focusing on safety efforts to reduce Community harm

• Eviction prevention and rental assistance1:22:01at this moment

  we have uh invested in additional um and budgeted additional rental assistance and Human Services funding

• Capital improvement program1:23:01at this moment

  looking at our Capital Improvement program uh across the six-year CIP

• Climate action and emissions1:23:01at this moment

  and strategy 10 advancement toward 80% reduction in emissions

• Independent police monitor1:23:01at this moment

  we're increasing uh the office of the budget for the office of police monitor

• Capital improvement program1:24:00at this moment

  that is advancing uh several projects across uh 19 funds and Department supporting uh over 200 projects within the capital Improvement program

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:25:00at this moment

  developing a ballot measure strategy for 2025 and 2026

• City budget1:26:00at this moment

  we're now at the end of our uh 2025 budget development process

• University Hill improvement districts1:26:00at this moment

  correcting a clerical error uh within the University Hill uh commercial uh District fund

• Capital improvement program1:27:01at this moment

  change the scope or the intended funding level for this Capital project

• City budget1:27:01at this moment

  the goal is for this evening to have a final budget and appropriation number for adoption

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:29:00at this moment

  my understanding is we're going to be looking at the long-term Financial strategies

• Minimum wage1:30:01at this moment

  I think we built this Budget on the anticipation of a 15% minimum wage increase

• Minimum wage1:31:01at this moment

  this would be specific to businesses that would be disproportionately impacted

• Boulder Municipal Airport1:33:02at this moment

  I did have a question around the airport and I noticed that there was a

• Boulder Municipal Airport1:35:00at this moment

  it is not about closure or not closure of the airport it is about a very narrow

• Boulder Municipal Airport1:36:01at this moment

  obligated to use the airport in perpetuity for that purpose

• Recreation centers1:37:01at this moment

  the ultimate uh status of the South bould D Center

• Eviction prevention and rental assistance1:42:01at this moment

  we've seen a contraction in safety net funding so um over the last year

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue1:46:01at this moment

  we're in Gaza we're in Lebanon now our tax dollars are spent that way

• Homelessness1:48:02at this moment

  to continue to be the day Center for our unhoused population

• Arts and culture plan (Arts Blueprint)1:59:00at this moment

  for the adoption of the update to the cultural plan in 2025

• Homelessness2:06:00at this moment

  it's a little bit like playing pingpong on mental health and also on some of the homeless Services

• Support for immigrant communities2:08:01at this moment

  and immigration legal assistance and that's just a few

• Independent police monitor2:08:01at this moment

  for increased funding to the police monitor's office and immigration legal assistance

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan2:09:00at this moment

  the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan and our internal city-wide strategic plan are all going to partner

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures2:09:00at this moment

  if you've been following the budget you know how important sales tax is to our city budget

• Recreation centers2:10:01at this moment

  our recreation centers that folks have been asking us about

• Area III Planning Reserve2:21:00at this moment

  this is about area three not the comp plan yes okay

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan2:21:00at this moment

  since the area 3 is been considered as part of the updated comp plan

• Minimum wage2:29:00at this moment

  also again lifting up the minimum wage conversation takes on a different residents

• Arts and culture plan (Arts Blueprint)2:37:02at this moment

  we're going to be updating that Community cultural plan and so it would just be helpful

• Arts grants2:37:02at this moment

  thank the team for putting the um Community cultural grants on that in our list

• Disability access in city policy2:38:01at this moment

  there's a dance group that includes people with disabilities

• Civic Area plan2:39:01at this moment

  the incredible work that's happening in the Civic area

• Police chief hiring and equity in policing2:40:01at this moment

  I was really excited to be at the um swearing in of uh our chief of police

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