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February 5, 2026 City of Boulder City Council Meeting
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the city in a budget crisis is just throwing money down the
with this Gaza is situation, there have been countless um suspension legal proceedings
How is it that the surveillance cameras are down now when I need evidence that I rose my voice?
I ask that the council explicitly refer to the 15minute concept as part of its vision for rebuilding the South Border Recreation Center
Tax short-term renters egregiously. That is take the Sundance money and run with it.
closing the pool there would be a little bit of a step backwards from the city's alignment with supporting ADA
I'd like to talk about the power outages and looking forward.
develop a plan starting with let's call it three resilience centers south east and north
Yet, it isn't even in the queue for the CIP and the CCS project list.
I want to express concerns about Excel's planned remediation of coal ash at the Valmont plant
After that time, any vehicle in the construction zone is subject to tow.
This relationship in essence grants them a monopoly over the towing resource created by the city.
requiring contractors to contact owners at time of tow or operating its own city public service.
for the civic area project that they're calling Boulder Beach
A water feature at South Boulder Wreck is absolutely no substitute for a pool.
people speaking on behalf of stopping genocide or speaking on behalf of divestment
5 million buys enough utility scale solar and batteries to save that 1,200 tons of carbon
in the 2025 budget, if you'll recall, council
as we prepare for the 2027 budget process and potential 2026 ballot initiatives
1% of the budget for certain capital projects are dedicated to public art projects
The city has a 1% for public art policy
How um the Fair View High School athletic um leaders are being integrated in this conversation.
many BBSD schools do not have recreation centers nearby
They do not offer pools. they're not in a position to be offering pools while they're focused on declining enrollment
I think there's two around community resilience hubs
if there's any kind of intersect that you all see on staff around the wild uh the wildfire resilience hubs
wanted to do this last year in a ballot measure
Any questions, comments, or desire to call this one up?
The project site is also located within the boundaries of the East Boulder sub community plan.
The proposed resoning is also consistent with the recommendations of the East Boulder sub community plan
we have a lot of robust TDM measures as a result of um the criteria
we're going to have e- scooters and bicycle stations and car share
addressing protections against unlawful surveillance and data misuse
The committee recommended adding language to address the requirement for coal ash mitigation.
so that we're looking at our water supply and the energy service to our community
the committee recommended that we advance House Bill uh 26101, the Home Act
including oil and gas setbacks, flood plane regulations and airport airport influence areas
the development of new uh affordable housing would contribute to the city's affordable housing goals
undermines home rule authority. preempts Boulder's constitutional right to regulate land use
Habitat for Humanity, Boulder Housing Partners among many others
yes, there is no statewide mandate on affordable housing per this bill
can require um inclusionary zoning ordinances, deed restrictions, and affordable housing agreements
a developer could pay the cash andlue and then uh develop market rate homes
I would anticipate that flood would fit within that context
housing needs assessments right regionally as well as within cities
the purpose of this bill is to enhance the creation of affordable housing
under our inclusionary zoning standards uh that could be market rate or mixed
you could have a 45 foot high uh multi-unit student housing
metropolitan districts don't have any land use authorities, generally speaking
talk about our partners, whether it be, you know, Thistle or BHP or others
they basically sold it to Boulder Housing Partners
we're constantly saying let's put it through those uh different um com boards and commissions
we don't have a clear food security system in place
would tie it to a city's housing needs assessment
the development should be in compliance with the city's comprehensive plan
I voted in favor of the comp plan addition
is just going to be in our comp plan big tent
become a fire adapted community/w wildfire home hardening implementation hub
allows jurisdictions with a higher minimum wage than the states to adopt an ordinance that increases the local tip credit
the development of a comprehensive wildfire home hardening implementation hub
help inform whether to modify the city's tip credit beginning in 2027
Next is power resiliency, including timing and barriers
we don't have resources to focus on a capital project in 2026 for bike parking uh infrastructure roll out
when it takes out uh for example a mobile home park
encompass even preliminary research on um ebike regulation
we adopted the clutch report on homelessness
But the ebike regulations were something that were asked previously by council
with regards to the uh priority of around tip credit
my request on food systems and some of the zoning
the Boulder Police Department, the Boulder Police Oversight Panel, um the court
to learn more about our agricultural portfolio and food access
it is pushing people to come less and for shorter times
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