November 6, 2025 City of Boulder City Council Special Meeting

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• Valmont coal ash cleanup0:18:01at this moment

  I'm concerned about Excel's coal ash remediation. Excel plans to process 2 million tons of coal ash

• Valmont coal ash cleanup0:19:00at this moment

  Excel's engineering design and operations plan, their EDOP, was recently denied by the solid waste division of CDPHE.

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:23:01at this moment

  military which is committing gross human violations. We demand that the nonprofit status of the boulder rabah is revoked.

• Support for immigrant communities0:24:01at this moment

  Exactly what ICE is doing here with our immigrant siblings.

• Surveillance technology0:24:01at this moment

  You know that the technology used on checkpoints in Palestine is the same being used here by ICE too.

• Indigenous peoples, tribal relations and Indigenous arts0:25:00at this moment

  We see you and Boulder perpetuating harm to indigenous peoples. You should be doing actual reparations, not perpetuating harm.

• The Israel–Hamas war and community dialogue0:31:00at this moment

  The reality is that killing hasn't stopped. This is not a ceasefire. The killing hasn't stopped.

• Surveillance technology0:31:00at this moment

  Microsoft has terminated part of their their program to fund Israel and supply Israel with surveillance tech

• E-bikes, scooters and shared micromobility0:32:02at this moment

  the concern that I have which is really about ebikes, scooters, uh electric skateboards and other conveyances of that nature.

• Landmark designation and call-up process1:08:00at this moment

  Our call-up check-in is item 4A on tonight's agenda.

• Landmark designation and call-up process1:10:02at this moment

  I move that we call up the development project of 1840 and 1844 Falsam Street.

• Metropolitan districts1:12:00at this moment

  I make a motion to adjurnn as the Boulder City Council and convene as the Nwood Metropolitan District Board of Directors.

• Metropolitan districts1:13:01at this moment

  Because we are a metropolitan district, we uh have to follow the Col Colorado revised statutes.

• Annexations at the city edge1:14:01at this moment

  And in 2019, the city and the district signed an annexation agreement to provide public services and improvements

• Annexations at the city edge1:15:00at this moment

  under the terms of the annexation, the metropolitan district would finance and build water improvements and connections to the water city system

• Metropolitan districts1:22:01at this moment

  I'll make a motion to adopt resolution two establishing the 2025 Nwood Metropolitan District property tax mill levy

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu1:24:00at this moment

  Um so three years ago um this council um updated the inclusionary housing ordinance

• Affordable housing fee on single-unit additions1:29:01at this moment

  Impact fees are one-time charges imposed on developers by local governments to offset the cost of new development.

• Affordable housing linkage fee (nexus study)1:30:00at this moment

  which is part of why we had such an extensive nexus study done.

• Affordable housing policy1:31:01at this moment

  the report summarizes the estimates of those new workforce houses formed and the number of um affordable units required to house them.

• Affordable housing fee on single-unit additions1:34:00at this moment

  staff just recommends implementing the lowest supportable fee of $11 um instead of trying to do some sort of graduated fee scale

• Affordable housing policy1:39:00at this moment

  the funds would be earmarked for affordable housing restricted solely to the construction, purchase, and maintenance of affordable housing.

• Accessory dwelling units1:48:01at this moment

  we're granting a lot of exemptions uh in terms of size, in terms of ADUs.

• Accessory dwelling units1:50:01at this moment

  ADUs accessory dwelling units are absolutely um part of the analysis.

• Affordable housing linkage fee (nexus study)2:04:00at this moment

  so you mentioned at the beginning that some of these nexus studies are sometimes challenged

• Affordable housing linkage fee (nexus study)2:05:01at this moment

  there is risk of people challenging an impact fee because you haven't done a nexus study and you don't have a strong legal backing

• Sundance Film Festival2:09:02at this moment

  the impacts we're having with the Sundance coming here and with all of the massive growth

• Disability access in city policy2:11:01at this moment

  I might note that the floor plan proposed by the city that the bathroom was not ADA accessible.

• Affordable housing policy2:20:00at this moment

  Our inclusionary housing program in Boulder provides desperately needed affordable housing

• Sundance Film Festival2:25:01at this moment

  We're already seeing luxury homes in Boulder assembled for rentals for Sundance.

• Inclusionary housing and cash-in-lieu2:44:02at this moment

  create affordable middle housing at scale uh through the current tools that we have um around our inclusionary housing program

• Affordable housing fee on single-unit additions2:51:02at this moment

  I'd like to make a motion to adopt ordinance 8712 amending section 42062 capital facility impact fee

• Climate action and emissions3:05:00at this moment

  As you know, Boulder has been working towards communitywide emissions reduction targets for nearly two decades.

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan3:12:01at this moment

  we heard a lot about needing to strengthen local food systems and that's also been a theme within the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan

• Local food and farming3:12:01at this moment

  we heard a lot about needing to strengthen local food systems

• Healthy and resilient buildings3:18:00at this moment

  our staff team was before you recently presenting the healthy building stronger community roadmap

• Climate action and emissions3:20:00at this moment

  the climate action plan tax is the foundational funding source for all of the strategies that we have

• Climate action and emissions3:21:01at this moment

  Um and then my second question which is more climate related.

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics3:21:01at this moment

  the trash tax uh that funds most of our circular economy zero waste programs that are deeply embedded in our climate work.

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan3:34:00at this moment

  there is a real synergy between the Boulder Valley comp plan that really sets out this long-term vision

• Energy conservation code3:36:01at this moment

  we have really looked at the energy code. We've looked at the building code.

• Area III Planning Reserve3:38:03at this moment

  I don't need more grocery stores when we're talking about area three, right?

• Local food and farming3:38:03at this moment

  I love what they're they're thinking around agriculture and local agriculture, right?

• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan3:40:02at this moment

  happy to see that it came up in the Boulder Valley comp plan and I would love to see a much stronger alignment

• Local food and farming3:40:02at this moment

  I would love us to lead as a city on re-engaging agriculture and making sure that it is a core component

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