April 23, 2026 City of Boulder City Council Study Session

Airport Discussion Staff Time: 20 Min Council Time: 70 Min Total Time: 90 Min

prepare for next year's budget, we need better certainty about what resources we have at our disposal.

In 2023, as mentioned earlier, the city launched the airport community conversation to understand community aspirations

Looking further ahead, our capital improvement plan includes replacement of airport's permanent fuel tank infrastructure, which would allow us

In scenario two, however, due to the year-to-year costs associated with critical capital improvements planned over the next 14 years

and a couple of other capital projects whose total cost is approximately $3 million

subsidies or requirements for the provision of affordable housing are not factored into the into the opinion of value

did we do any analysis of the a potential impact of Sundance in terms of our ability to have additional revenues

the FAA has made clear what their position is, which is that airports, all airports including our airport have to continue to operate

we do have obligations um certainly for safety, but they go well beyond safety to uh maintenance and operation.

it's the taxpayer general fund that's going to go here.

I don't want to compromise things like the South Boulder Rec Center and our streets and some of the other things.

currently looking at ballot measures to try to bring in more money.

it's going to lean more heavily on our general fund.

I'm curious the possible impacts to the Boulder Valley comp plan update

who are leading a lot of this great work around this idea of resilience hubs.

when I think of area 3 the only thing I would really consider is for opening that would be for temporary relocation.

it's kind of like that next step after community resilience hubs.

bidding into Excel's um resilience hubs RFP which would be a lower cost no cost.