May 1, 2025 City of Boulder City Council Meeting

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• Climate action and emissions0:27:00at this moment

  But um this is a non-carbon burning uh emitting uh power plant.

• Climate action and emissions0:28:02at this moment

  to create this energy non-carbon emitting. I'm targeting cars. We got to do something about this guys.

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:34:00at this moment

  I want to give you a brief update on Palestine. Uh, since March 1st, Israel has closed the borders into Gaza.

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:35:01at this moment

  Estimate of the death to poll toll in a population of 2 million ranges from 5 50,000 to 400,000.

• Homelessness0:41:05at this moment

  untreated severe mental illness and addiction, which inevitably result in a cycle of jail and homelessness.

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:46:02at this moment

  And these voices have been silent about the Palestinians in Gaza who have risked their lives right now on the ground

• Travel demand management for new development1:01:02at this moment

  the board expressed support of the parking reduction and TDM.

• East Boulder subcommunity plan and form-based code1:03:01at this moment

  The site is located within the East Boulder sub community plan which envisions mixeduse developments with residential

• Flood mitigation and stormwater1:03:01at this moment

  There are high functioning wetlands along the southern eastern property line and the site is impacted by the 100year 500year high hazard and conveyance flood zones.

• Travel demand management for new development1:05:00at this moment

  The submitted TDM plan outlines strategies that support the requested reduction including telework, eco passes, and car share.

• East Boulder subcommunity plan and form-based code1:12:02at this moment

  Um, however, the city has adopted subcommittee plans into the site review criteria.

• East Boulder subcommunity plan and form-based code1:13:00at this moment

  whereas the sub community plan in the destination workplace is a little bit more aspirational and broad.

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:23:02at this moment

  Boulder Valley comp plan policies as you can see on the left here and these are really the foundation

• Travel demand management for new development1:29:01at this moment

  you'd also heard the support that we received from TAB for our TDM plan.

• Climate action and emissions1:31:01at this moment

  reducing carbon on site through carbon offsets, increase renewables on site

• E-bikes, scooters and shared micromobility1:34:00at this moment

  the vertical ones are very difficult for heavy bikes and ebikes and so we've built that into the program.

• Parking and access management strategy1:55:00at this moment

  We're we're making a decision tonight. We may well remove parking minimums in a few months.

• E-bikes, scooters and shared micromobility2:01:00at this moment

  the ebike parking in particular as a ebike owner.

• Local food and farming2:03:00at this moment

  deepening partnerships with our local agriculture, um our local farms here and ranches.

• Parking and access management strategy2:09:02at this moment

  there have been enough conditions around parking and they've been met.

• Flood mitigation and stormwater2:29:00at this moment

  the difficulty of getting stormwater requirements on sites.

• Reforming boards and commissions2:45:00at this moment

  pursue a ballot question that would have lifted charter restrictions on certain aspects of board and commission structures.

• Reforming boards and commissions2:46:00at this moment

  We've seen the benefits of the city clerk's office central management of the recruitment and administration of boards and commissions

• Police oversight panel and its independence2:56:01at this moment

  there is one piece that is missing from all of this and that is our um Boulder Police Oversight Panel.

• Reforming boards and commissions2:57:00at this moment

  bianual report, specifically the alignment to inform the council retreat and then also the midyear.

• Police oversight panel and its independence2:57:00at this moment

  were your comments on the police oversight panel.

• Police oversight panel and its independence2:58:02at this moment

  we have been working to integrate the police oversight panel where it makes sense into those experiences

• Local food and farming3:24:00at this moment

  the work we're doing around food security is not charity.

• Local food and farming3:25:02at this moment

  having more collaboration and partnership um between our um food security um nonprofit organizations

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