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Parks and Recreation Advisory Board · regular
2-24-25 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting
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AI-read · unreviewed26 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personas I'm coming again as a member of the reimagined South Boulder Rec Center Committee and wanted to share
So the 5 amenities that really clearly stood out as must haves were a weight room, cardio and exercise classrooms, a lap pool, and a double wide gym.
I think a couple of the most important are related to climate change. Trees can help mitigate climate change
they wanted to see our urban tree canopy grow over time
but we decided to set our goal at maintaining our urban tree canopy rather than really growing it over the next 20 years
We also have a street tree planting program ourselves, so reminding people that if they reach out to us.
Needless to say, we've gotten more questions about that since the Marshall fire and wind event.
it is very possible to have both. A more kind of fire, wise or fire hardened landscape
they will go in and look at both your landscaping and your house, and provide recommendations on fire hardening for that
our climate initiatives department here with the city has a new work group that they implemented a few years ago called natural climate solutions
It's 1 of the 3 main focuses of the cool boulder program.
trees can help cool they can help mitigate that urban heat, the Urban Heat Island.
Boulder has the highest flood risk in all of Colorado. and trees can help mitigate stormwater runoff.
Water is a limiting factor for us. So I mean, many of the species that we're planting are more water, wise and drought, tolerant species
But you know Bbsd has been limited budget wise for so long when it comes to maintenance
in April we'll again be talking to City Council on the next phase of Civic area project
People feel unsafe when they see camping in parks when they see drug use in parks.
especially when you look at our new minimum wage, these revenue numbers are good and they're exciting.
So this is just a quick summary of sort of major park projects.
you know Cip is planning. It's 1 of the titles within the cip world as well as design and rehabilitation
And then, finally, the purple is obviously the rec centers. You've heard a ton about that.
When we bring you the cip this year, we'll try and be more explicit about how things were prioritized
What I have heard is that the businesses that are adjacent and on that area are off the bricks for a reason
you would have to find money for both the capital and the ongoing operations of that new space.
We're still working on doing storytelling through cool boulder we've had a lot of community engagement.
And from what about unhoused people in the parks.