December 12, 2024 City of Boulder City Council Study Session

Agenda

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• Transportation master plan and safety0:07:00at this moment

  accordance with the actions identified in the vision zero action plan

• Disability access in city policy0:16:01at this moment

  considerations for the installation of accessible pedestrian signals

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan0:18:01at this moment

  the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan sets the community's core values and long-term Vision

• Transportation master plan and safety0:18:01at this moment

  the policies in the transportation section generally reflect the focus areas of the city's TMP

• Transportation master plan and safety0:19:00at this moment

  we are referencing policy guidance in our TMP as well as pedestrian plan and low stress walk and bike Network plan

• Wildfire-resistant building and landscaping0:51:00at this moment

  when we talk about Wildfire hardening we are talking about ensuring that buildings are prepared for a wildfire

• Wildfire-resistant building and landscaping1:06:00at this moment

  people have used that grant funding to complete Wildfire hardening work on their home

• Wildfire-resistant building and landscaping1:11:00at this moment

  that would already be required to come into compliance with the Wildland Urban interface code that we've already adopted

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:15:00at this moment

  a lot of what will be the focus of the comprehensive plan are going to be driven by feedback from Council

• Urban trees and the forestry corps1:18:00at this moment

  looked like the urban forestry plan was updated in 2018 and so just kind of my question

• Water supply and drought1:55:00at this moment

  exploring updates that we can make that would further support water conservation through our Landscaping practices

• Non-functional turf rules1:56:00at this moment

  the city cannot install ourselves or permit others to install on new development or Redevelopment non-functional Turf

• Water supply and drought1:58:00at this moment

  we also have great Community engagement that was done for the recent water efficiency plan that the city adopted

• City budget2:19:01at this moment

  we're not in a budget discussion today n i I believe you've described our budget situation as constrained I believe so

• State housing laws and compliance2:23:02at this moment

  to get into compliance with some of the state laws around um allowing a little more density in some of the single family areas

• Water and sewer rates2:27:01at this moment

  so we do have as a 2025 work plan item um starting with a rate study

• Heat, cooling and nature-based climate solutions2:28:02at this moment

  since Turf has some cooling impacts and especially when we think about areas that are multi-story buildings that might be in heat Islands already

• Heat, cooling and nature-based climate solutions2:29:01at this moment

  what can be used in place of turf grass that can achieve some of those uh climate benefits

• Non-functional turf rules2:31:01at this moment

  it cannot be replaced with non-functional Turf and so because that's a commercial and Industrial office Park

• Water supply and drought2:34:00at this moment

  we've got some programs that we initiate through the water conservation program where we are looking at the higher water users

• Urban trees and the forestry corps2:37:04at this moment

  what would you recommend in terms of helping us keep our street trees alive

• Urban trees and the forestry corps2:38:00at this moment

  to try to figure out what's killing some of the street trees

• Climate action and emissions2:48:00at this moment

  landscape being in a um more climate friendly um direction is what I would like to see

• Heat, cooling and nature-based climate solutions2:54:00at this moment

  deeply rooted in our discussions around cool Boulder obviously connected canopies and pollin corridors

• Climate action and emissions2:55:01at this moment

  the way we have been thinking about that through our work is prioritizing climate positive design

• Non-functional turf rules2:59:02at this moment

  the state Bel is going to be stricter on non-functional Turf than we currently

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