November 7, 2024 City of Boulder City Council Meeting

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• Support for immigrant communities0:07:02at this moment

  especially all of those whose identities were targets of hate and fear during this election um The Immigrant and the trans communities in particular

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:22:02at this moment

  ask city council to pass a resolution condemning Israel's Slaughter of the people of Gaza and demanding that the USA stop sending weapons and bombs

• Recreation centers0:24:01at this moment

  our group fundamentally believes that having a full service Rec Center in South Boulder is a pivotal part of a healthy and dynamic Boulder Community

• Recreation centers0:27:00at this moment

  at the SBC there's a Vibrant Community feel and strong friendships that have developed solely because of this facility

• Homelessness0:31:01at this moment

  August of 2024 um two months after the day shelter began operations a high record of 180

• Homelessness0:32:01at this moment

  especially on the weekends when the day shelter is closed local businesses and residents have uh reported increased property damage

• Support for immigrant communities0:35:00at this moment

  and yet vulnerable because of their immigration status we cannot leave this to the vulnerable people to defend on their own

• Recreation centers0:37:01at this moment

  the South Boulder rec center with its exercise equipment basketball gyms and Community lap swimming is the heart of Table Mesa

• Climate action and emissions0:45:00at this moment

  as you know I do a lot of work on climate change I spent 20 years at the Public Utilities Commission

• City budget1:06:03at this moment

  the day services will be open for the full 12 months next year versus a partial year so there's additional funding there uh from the general fund

• Area III Planning Reserve1:23:00at this moment

  I'm going to be betraying my ignorance here because apparently I was not here when we discuss the area three planning Reserve Urban Services study

• Flood mitigation and stormwater1:26:04at this moment

  the $300 million that that are backed up in terms of flood mitigation projects

• Local food and farming1:29:00at this moment

  one of my biggest flags is the lack of a agricultural component again I know this is about our city services

• Water supply and drought1:37:00at this moment

  I was surprised to see in option D that we would start impacting our water supply that we we may have to have more frequent water shutdowns

• Climate action and emissions1:43:02at this moment

  updated in light and in response to our current climate um you know issues and and climate reality and water reality

• Local food and farming1:50:01at this moment

  that's it's a great thing for us to do for our Farmers but my uh just a comment on that we work to streamline the event process

• Landmark designation and call-up process1:53:00at this moment

  it did go through landmarks review it obtained a landmark alteration certificate to uh perform the work that

• Downtown vitality1:56:00at this moment

  I think this is a really great idea for adding and activating our downtown space

• Annexations at the city edge1:57:00at this moment

  public Hearing in consideration of the following items related to a petition to Annex a property at 2801 J road

• Annexations at the city edge2:02:00at this moment

  So based on that feedback the applicant chose to move forward with the land use map change and the annexation and initial zoning

• Area III Planning Reserve2:04:00at this moment

  the property is also adjacent to Area 1 which is the land in city limits as well as area three the planning Reserve

• Zoning for affordable housing2:05:01at this moment

  the density bonus requires the site review criteria to be met and for increasing percentages of affordable housing to be provided

• Affordable housing policy2:09:00at this moment

  the agreement requires at least 30% of the new dwelling units on the property to before sale permanently affordable units

• Annexations at the city edge2:25:02at this moment

  I'm the developer and applicant for this annexation request at 2801 J Road I own

• Zoning for affordable housing2:28:00at this moment

  to meet the requirement in rmx2 Zoning for the density bonus this is a total of 40% restricted

• Affordable housing policy2:32:02at this moment

  provides some front door parking for the deed restricted middle-income housing tonight we ask you to approve the annexation agreement

• Zoning for affordable housing2:39:00at this moment

  particularly when we add the 10% um for the density bonus that we'll be seeking in the rmx2 so that's 40%

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu2:46:00at this moment

  doesn't someone in this room know if it's inclusionary or exclusionary housing

• 777 Broadway2:48:00at this moment

  not relieve housing to give across the street from cuu more housing at 777 Broadway

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu2:49:02at this moment

  I will note that the program is called in inclusionary housing um but who would like to um open up our discussion

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu2:52:02at this moment

  through an annexation um annexation is an agreement between parties um in inclusionary housing ordinance um can work as a base

• Boulder Housing Partners2:54:04at this moment

  I know that Boulder housing Partners uses about $400 per square foot um for the hard cost of its construction

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan2:59:00at this moment

  the roll call for the boulder Valley comp comp plan update we'll start with Council

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan3:04:00at this moment

  the discussion and appointment ointment of a council representative for the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan that is referenced as bvcps subcommittee

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan3:05:02at this moment

  there are four bodies that will ultimately uh review and need to approve the same uh comprehensive plan version approximately eight months from now

• CU South3:05:02at this moment

  projects such as CU South it's been used several times in previous updates to the comprehensive plan

• Transportation master plan and safety3:16:02at this moment

  we have a ton of built environment safety enhancing feature or projects in the pipeline include calming separation automatic enforcement

• Transportation master plan and safety3:17:01at this moment

  we assert that Safety First is our policy in and around Transportation just as we commonly do elsewhere in the city

• Transportation master plan and safety3:21:00at this moment

  we need to address our most vulnerable Road users um people walking in bicycling they're over represented in our crash data

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