May 14, 2026 City of Boulder City Council Study Session

Ballot Measures Staff Time: 30 Min Council Time: 60 Min Total Time: 90 Min

we take a look at Sundance as a unique upside risk for Boulder

it got me thinking of the water supply scenarios

And then the second part of that is specific to the water scenarios that were presented

The 2026 budget was developed during a time of increased uncertainty and as the city revised down its forecast

The performance of the care program was analyzed and it demonstrated low call volume

For the 2027 budget, a $6.5 million shortfall has been identified in the general fund.

The budget direction emphasizes ongoing reductions, realignments of dollars towards highest use

I think it was the care program. Is there any other programs that we have cut because of performance measures?

to consider going out to the community with requests for a vast array of additional funding um for capital improvements projects

just can you talk about Sundance and and the um plan to incorporate Sundance into our financial projections

On March 9th, staff provided an update on city facilities funding needs to include recreation centers.

The purpose of tonight's meeting is to provide the current financial forecasts to continue review of 2026 ballot measures

the potential 2026 tax ballot measures were developed as part of the multi-year ballot measure strategy

The parks and public improvement mill levy is an option that was brought forward last year and would increase

The CCS tax is currently programmed fully from 2026 through 2031 to support projects to include fire stations 2 and 4, the Civic area

plan assumes the city will finance $74 million with a payback period of 10 years for the East Boulder Community Center, Civic Area, and Fire Station 2 projects

considering we already have that transportation maintenance fee that we just added on by the way

we're asking money for capital projects. Where are we reducing the cost on those existing ones

maintenance fee which would theoretically be coming in July or August at the same you know

you know we've had that experience with uh especially like property owners that are annexing into the city

the airport has not been considered usually in that domain

could and should this polling process include consideration of of airport

are you going to mention the South Boulder Rec Center and the North Boulder Rec Center in the ballot measure polling

who are talking about needing pools and updated rec centers

when we think about fees like the transportation maintenance fee, right?

amendment to section 130 of the charter which outlines the parameters of our boards and commissions

especially removal provisions for board and commission members

to consider adding wildfire mitigation as an explicit use for open space land

the board and commission subcommittee wanted to reduce the amount of years that you had to be on a board

What's missing is the other natural disaster that we are afflicted with, which is flood.

I think specifically with flood and fire only because those are the two that we have highest measured risk

even more so if we added flood would cause the community to be concerned

we already have uh uh fire hydrants on certain aspects of open space which supports our prescribed fire program