April 24, 2025 City of Boulder City Council Study Session

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• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan0:14:00at this moment

  The strategy will be used to inform the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan and more specific actions will be included in department work plans

• Affordable commercial space0:21:00at this moment

  address commercial affordability through a pilot grant program that helps offset the cost to develop and maintain commercial spaces

• Climate action and emissions0:23:00at this moment

  Encouraging businesses to adopt practices that reduce their carbon footprint.

• Sundance Film Festival0:26:00at this moment

  working collaboratively to make sure the new conference center and Sundance Film Festival are successful

• Arts and culture plan (Arts Blueprint)0:27:01at this moment

  updating the city's approach for supporting arts and culture in the Boulder Arts Blueprint.

• Arts and culture plan (Arts Blueprint)0:28:01at this moment

  implementing strategies that are outlined in the Boulder Arts Blueprint

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan0:28:01at this moment

  it'll be used to inform the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan update and incorporated in department work

• Simplifying the land use code and review process0:39:00at this moment

  and also through many different uh code simplification and some uh changes that have reduced the the time

• Simplifying the land use code and review process0:51:01at this moment

  the things like the code simplification projects that we've we've been touting

• University Hill improvement districts1:15:00at this moment

  A key focus is on the existing general improvement districts also known as our GIDs.

• City budget1:18:00at this moment

  Council approved $1.4 4 million in the 2025 budget to implement Hill Streetscape in uh enhancements

• Civic Area plan1:19:00at this moment

  Other upcoming projects include civic area enhancements such as arboritum path upgrades and broader improvements in lighting and connectivity

• University Hill improvement districts1:22:01at this moment

  your general improvement districts in on the hill and downtown go back 55 years

• Downtown vitality1:23:00at this moment

  So downtown retail vacancies um post pandemic uh continue to increase.

• Capital improvement program1:26:00at this moment

  there is some needed streetscape, public realm and capital improvement uh projects in in each district

• A downtown development authority1:30:01at this moment

  is this notion of a downtown development authority. I mentioned in my introduction, I've worked with Boulder

• Urban renewal1:34:02at this moment

  And then urban renewal, you still have urban renewal as as a tool

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:37:00at this moment

  It will closely align with the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Update, helping develop the policies

• Metropolitan districts1:38:00at this moment

  you didn't say much about me met M metropolitan districts and I know that

• Metropolitan districts1:39:02at this moment

  we do talk about metropolitan districts in uh in our upcoming report

• A downtown development authority1:40:00at this moment

  Uh my second question is DDAs. You didn't I always like like pros and cons.

• A downtown development authority1:42:01at this moment

  There's also in the state statute a provision for a council representative on the board of a DDA.

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:46:01at this moment

  we have other ballot initiatives in which we are seeking voter approval to fund our long-term financial strategies

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:50:00at this moment

  It wouldn't otherwise impact current municipal funding.

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:51:00at this moment

  the city's sales tax would be captured the increase would be captured on property tax

• Civic Area plan1:57:01at this moment

  I do have a little bit of an issue with it running separately from the civic area plan

• City budget2:00:00at this moment

  that has had to be subsidized by the general fund over time

• University Hill improvement districts2:07:00at this moment

  currently you have dedicated funding in the forms of general improvement districts on the hill and downtown

• Metropolitan districts2:22:00at this moment

  that have helped provide guard rails around the metropolitan districts. So, I just wanted to make sure I mentioned that.

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