March 6, 2025 City of Boulder City Council Meeting

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• Reforming boards and commissions0:05:00at this moment

  applicant interviews for the 2025 boards and commissions have concluded and recordings are now posted on the city's website

• E-bikes, scooters and shared micromobility0:10:01at this moment

  in January more than 50% of the bikes stolen were ebikes we've seen that Trend since last fall

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:12:06at this moment

  concerned about approving bonds for the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation Project tonight because the project lacks a final design

• E-bikes, scooters and shared micromobility0:17:02at this moment

  additionally ebikes we have spent so much money $250,000 as part of the vision zero project for these new bike Lanes

• Transportation master plan and safety0:17:02at this moment

  you've got bikes that refuse to yield to pedestrians as part of your vision zero you include education

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

  you've got all this money for vision zero and you've spent a lot on engineering but you can engineer all you want

• Climate action and emissions0:19:05at this moment

  I'm very confused as to why the city of Boulder is not supporting State House Bill 1096 which is

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:24:03at this moment

  what we are seeing in Gaza is a repeat of

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan0:35:06at this moment

  I'd like to comment on the impressive lack of reasonable feedback opportunities on the boulder comprehensive plan

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:35:06at this moment

  it was more than obvious that the indigenous people who were paid to be there felt both unheard

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:37:00at this moment

  I'm here on agenda item 3E in support of ordinance 8690 uh on storm water and flood bonds

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures0:38:00at this moment

  we had two ballot measures voted on by the community directly on this issue and that's on top of countless studies

• Climate action and emissions0:39:02at this moment

  who are deeply concerned about the climate crisis and promote a fast Fair transition off fossil fuels

• Climate action and emissions0:40:01at this moment

  we're in a climate crisis that's already causing worsening wildfires and climate disasters here and worldwide

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:47:01at this moment

  some have questioned the use of emergency status to pass the bond measure at hand but I would emphasize

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:48:01at this moment

  I have seen you reducing the freedom of speech for those who have been advocating for the lives of Palestinians

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:49:02at this moment

  you are all complicit on the genocide of the Palestinians not only for not speaking up

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures0:53:00at this moment

  we've had some people testify about the bonds under ordinance 8690

• Capital improvement program0:55:02at this moment

  we can also move projects around within the future six-year Capital Improvement program and we do that from time to time

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures0:55:02at this moment

  financially I I feel strongly that we're were in the right place to be taking this Bond step

• Capital improvement program0:57:01at this moment

  for these large capital projects we have multiple work streams that are all taking place

• Area III Planning Reserve0:59:00at this moment

  regarding a water tap for a property in area three of the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan

• Accessory dwelling units1:00:03at this moment

  relative to accessory dwelling units where we're updating the code to conform to um state law

• State housing laws and compliance1:00:03at this moment

  updating our occupancy standards to conform uh with recent state law

• Occupancy limits1:02:00at this moment

  the state passed a house bill in 24 which is uh 107 um that basically prohibited residential occupancy limits

• State housing laws and compliance1:04:01at this moment

  also based on the state law uh any prior approvals that might have restricted occupancy through a special approval

• Student housing near campus1:09:02at this moment

  we've heard from folks talking about Shadow dorms which is basically like developers coming in

• Occupancy limits1:33:01at this moment

  in 2015 over a hundred people came to these Chambers to speak out against increased enforcement on unrelated people

• Occupancy limits1:36:03at this moment

  we've been defining occupancy based on a legal definition of family this is a definition that doesn't fit

• Affordable housing policy1:40:00at this moment

  thinking about ways to create incentives for ownership that might be outside of deed restricted ownership in the city of Boulder

• Affordable housing policy1:43:01at this moment

  we are engaged with the Bloomberg Phil philanthropy City leadership initiative in an effort to explore uh Innovations in our affordable uh housing program overall

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu1:43:01at this moment

  this partnership may help inform concepts of afford ility uh beyond our current program uh that research uh anticipates examining our current inclusionary

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:45:01at this moment

  is good timing in advance of the comp plan update so so we do anticipate utilizing the research

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:50:01at this moment

  very much to be um part of the comprehensive plan process so that rather than being

• Affordable housing policy1:56:01at this moment

  my original CAC request was first um additional thoughts about incentives around affordability

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