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March 12, 2026 City of Boulder City Council Study Session
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AI-read · unreviewed31 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personSo, these are just examples of how DDAS can really support largecale transformational projects.
projects like supporting major civic area reinvest redevelopment of the 14th street law on the hill
The primary model that we're evaluating would place those assets under the DDA structure over time in which the GIDs KID and UGID would dissolve.
Staff's initial direction is to explore a standalone DDA model with a transition period built in.
some talk about a farmers market and it appears that that area is also in the proposed new DDA
to help support just general infrastructure for the farmers market.
the mall itself, and the civic area by the parks department.
a more permanent or more robust presence of the farmers market on that block.
as a part of our overall um contract with uh the Sundance Institute.
how um climate projections uh were included and employment contract employment projections were included
it would also kind of create that strong community leadership model whilst maintaining city oversight.
I don't understand why we're continuing to make decisions without considering climate first, nature first.
I went back to the water supply uh plan um report that was provided in July 2025
This also reminds me of the airport when a report was generated and it didn't include
about area three um and not having step one be inclusive of uh climate or nature considerations.
but we're not including climate in the first level of the analysis.
A few of those include the transportation maintenance fee as well as speed on green cameras
Tonight serves as an early preview and a preliminary discussion on a range of options for potential 2026 ballot measures.
The next transformational option would be to reduce the city's sales tax rate and replace it with a property tax mill levy.
This option would ask voters to authorize the general fund to issue debt, which it currently does not have the ability to do so.
allowing for better capital project planning across the entire system and increases the city's ability to leverage financing options.
that is an additional cost that is not planned in our existing general fund.
It gives options for um making larger progress on a capital project, a large capital project, etc.
the general fund currently just does not have any authorization or capacity to issue any more debt.
ways to focus that on Sundance such that we would be pricing for services that are specific to or I guess like oriented to Sundance
enough to pay for an operating cost of a new pool at the rec center?
So, if you expand the pool or expand its use, yes, it could be used to fund operations.
south boulder rec center, east boulder, all the rec centers, everything else
I'd really like to um consider it not necessarily for like drafting a ballot measure for right now
to live with them, co-house, do co-housing, do ADUs, you
I also think we should be looking at the sales tax for services especially with Sundance
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