April 17, 2025 City of Boulder City Council Meeting

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• Climate action and emissions1:40:00at this moment

  Over the years, Boulder has reduced emissions, expanded renewable energy, protected vital habitats

• Area III Planning Reserve1:57:01at this moment

  on the city parkland in the planning reserve near Violet and US 36

• Climate action and emissions2:03:02at this moment

  I also think um we need climate action, not war.

• Climate action and emissions2:16:06at this moment

  uncut forest and ultimately released more carbon into the

• Wildfire mitigation on open space2:17:00at this moment

  its roughly 150 references in its 2024 community wildfire protection plan up on the city website

• Wildfire-resistant building and landscaping2:18:00at this moment

  money that could instead be spent on actually effective home hardening and defensible space up to 100 feet around homes

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue2:19:00at this moment

  A year and a half into the war on Gaza and by public health experts best estimations at least 300,000 excess deaths

• Police chief hiring and equity in policing2:20:01at this moment

  In my last few moments, I want to say we should never have hired police chief

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue2:26:01at this moment

  Not just in Gaza, by the way. There's also an echoite in the Congo and Sudan.

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue2:27:00at this moment

  You know where there's a risk for a fire? In Palestine, in Gaza with our money and our bombs.

• Police chief hiring and equity in policing2:30:02at this moment

  the NWACP chapter are dissolving also because she wanted to hire the chief of police

• Urban trees and the forestry corps2:42:01at this moment

  I did have some um issues maybe like things that I think might need to be changed or looked at in regards to our urban tree canopy

• City budget2:48:00at this moment

  I'll always remind council that we have a constrained budget.

• Downtown vitality2:50:00at this moment

  can be a tur turbo booster on the economic engine that is the Pearl Street Mall and the Hill

• Civic Area plan2:51:02at this moment

  does council have any questions or feedback on the emerging design priorities for the civic area

• Flood mitigation and stormwater2:54:01at this moment

  really our flood plane and high hazard. The high hazard is shown in blue.

• Sundance Film Festival3:00:01at this moment

  But then also wanting to acknowledge the new partnerships coming to town with Sundance

• Downtown vitality3:01:01at this moment

  we ensure that this doesn't um negatively impact our downtown Pearl Street Mall

• Local food and farming3:02:01at this moment

  the farmers market is definitely a different sort of look on food and beverage

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan3:08:00at this moment

  gathering at the Boulder Valley Comp plan at the East Boulder Rec Center um last weekend

• Disability access in city policy3:10:00at this moment

  it's very hard in that grade uh difference to get uh ADA access for instance from the hill down to civic

• E-bikes, scooters and shared micromobility3:11:00at this moment

  help connect certain kinds of transit with micromobility and a more robust pet and bike network

• School enrollment and city-school coordination3:15:01at this moment

  that involvement with both the university and the school district is not just with the decision makers, it's with the students

• Local food and farming3:29:00at this moment

  upgraded infrastructure for the farmers market and also for the band shell

• Flood mitigation and stormwater3:35:01at this moment

  transportation and mobility, flood plane considerations, historic landmarks and more

• Civic Area plan3:37:00at this moment

  that would include the eastbook end RFI as well as the civic area and arboritum concepts

• Local food and farming3:49:02at this moment

  yearround indoor farmers market again and and just in general

• Civic Area plan4:03:03at this moment

  to make sure that that crossing feels like a real gateway drawing people down from Pearl into the civic area

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts4:05:00at this moment

  just making sure that we're engaging our indigenous and tribal um partners in in that level of evaluation

• 4:15:45April 17, 2025 City of Boulder City Council Meetingwatch

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