July 31, 2025 City of Boulder City Council Study Session

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• Water supply and drought0:10:01at this moment

  Our current way of life in Colorado is dependent on extensive water projects.

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:11:01at this moment

  which violated and excluded the voices, rights, and needs of indigenous peoples and other marginalized and vulnerable communities

• Water supply and drought0:14:01at this moment

  The most recent planning document governing the use of Boulders's water supply is the 2009 source water plan.

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan0:16:00at this moment

  We don't have all the analysis and careful planning today to fully answer how changes in the comprehensive plan may trickle down

• Climate action and emissions0:18:00at this moment

  assumes climate change results in the Colorado front range as a whole, including Boulder, beginning to experience minor reductions in water supply.

• Climate action and emissions0:19:01at this moment

  climate change risks identified in the Colorado water plan that I described earlier.

• Water supply and drought0:26:00at this moment

  Developing new water supplies in the dry region we live in involves a few trade-offs to consider.

• Climate action and emissions0:29:00at this moment

  The whole region is dealing with the water supply uncertainty that comes with climate change and we're all trying to plan

• Water and wastewater capital projects0:41:00at this moment

  definitely want to have a long-term picture of what our infrastructure needs are.

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan0:46:01at this moment

  I think the comp plan would be a place that you could do that

• Local food and farming0:48:02at this moment

  80% of the water in the South Plat Basin is used for agriculture

• Local food and farming0:49:02at this moment

  recognizing that we don't want to negatively impact the agricultural communities and that economy.

• Local food and farming1:01:00at this moment

  working with them on efficiency and keeping those leasing programs and the farms going

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan1:05:00at this moment

  we're going to be doing the comp plan and it seems like it seems likely that the final draft may come

• Wildfire-resistant building and landscaping1:18:00at this moment

  council adopted the 2024 International Wildland Urban Interface or WOOI code with local amendments

• State housing laws and compliance1:30:01at this moment

  in that expanded the scope of of last year's bill to include multi-unit development

• Non-functional turf rules1:30:01at this moment

  it wouldn't be allowed in new development uh in street rights of way, parking lots, medians, corridors

• Non-functional turf rules1:31:01at this moment

  House bill has uh made it clear that there isn't an outright prohibition on artificial turf.

• Heat, cooling and nature-based climate solutions1:34:01at this moment

  a lot more attention of the urban heat island effect

• Heat, cooling and nature-based climate solutions1:35:01at this moment

  expanding tree canopy to lower temperatures and mitigate that urban heat island effect

• Urban trees and the forestry corps1:35:01at this moment

  expanding tree canopy to lower temperatures and mitigate that urban heat island effect

• Urban trees and the forestry corps1:36:00at this moment

  who's been helping us with the development of the tree and plant list which I'll talk about.

• Simplifying the land use code and review process1:37:01at this moment

  Uh many communities have been using landscaping manuals rather than putting all their technical details in their land use codes.

• Wildfire-resistant building and landscaping1:56:00at this moment

  we adopted in the WOOI applies to all three ignition resistant zones.

• Heat, cooling and nature-based climate solutions2:16:01at this moment

  the biodiversity goals and in like cool boulder goals things climate action type things

• Urban trees and the forestry corps2:18:02at this moment

  Kathleen is also working on making sure our tree canopy, our urban forestries tree canopy, our urban forest is diverse as well.

• Wildfire-resistant building and landscaping2:41:00at this moment

  no new junipers can be planted in that defensible space area in the WOOI area based on the code that you already adopted.

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures2:57:01at this moment

  I do not want to put a tax on the ballot without substantial evidence that it's going to be supported by the community

• Affordable housing policy2:58:01at this moment

  They then decided to allocate a very large portion of the affordable housing tax to itself

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures3:00:02at this moment

  I'm also very concerned about the fact that it's a sales tax

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures3:15:00at this moment

  I would have ideally liked to see this as a property tax but I um understand

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