4-28-25 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting

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• City budget0:05:04at this moment

  figuring out the right way to manage the budget is is the best way to determine the path forward with Parks

• Homelessness0:14:05at this moment

  And then we have a homeless problem. We're spending 6 million dollars a year for.

• Homelessness0:15:07at this moment

  which was supposed to be the homeless center

• 777 Broadway0:15:07at this moment

  There are skyscrapers going up, you know, at at 777 Broadway, which was supposed to be the homeless center.

• Annexations at the city edge0:42:03at this moment

  I have something in the consent agenda materials. There was information about the annexation of the task force

• Annexations at the city edge0:43:03at this moment

  It would go to planning board and then city council. Both bodies review those

• Area III Planning Reserve0:43:03at this moment

  Area 3 are the areas, the city and county have agreed, are not for annexation, are for rural preservation and and agricultural uses.

• Annexations at the city edge0:44:09at this moment

  just clarify on the timeline the the annexation packet. Well, it says you'll give an update in June

• City budget0:55:19at this moment

  we do build those into our base cost budget because we are very fiscally constrained.

• Capital improvement program0:57:07at this moment

  this really focuses on the department's projects that do exceed $50,000 in nature

• City budget1:03:02at this moment

  With this, our major forecasting considerations, we do have limited growth.

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:04:04at this moment

  you're all aware of the long term, financial strategy, potential ballot measures in both 2025, and 2026

• Capital improvement program1:20:07at this moment

  All right, we're going to shift to the Cip capital investment program you saw this last month.

• Disability access in city policy1:23:12at this moment

  Other renovation projects include the Boulder Reservoir Dock. This is making it Ada accessible.

• A downtown development authority1:24:02at this moment

  They talked about a downtown development authority. Part of that district's analysis is looking at

• Civic Area plan1:25:02at this moment

  civic area will be included in some of that study as well as Pearl Street

• A downtown development authority1:25:02at this moment

  We had a great conversation with city council, followed by last week's conversation on Dda's business improvement districts

• Recreation centers1:27:24at this moment

  But is there a reason that that the South Boulder Rec center isn't on these slides

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:30:02at this moment

  There's a lot of reasons to align it with an even year election.

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:36:00at this moment

  we support a ballot measure because Parks is 500 million dollars underfunded.

• Alpine-Balsam redevelopment1:43:11at this moment

  the flood flooding is the new Alpine balsam, Western City campus.

• Flood mitigation and stormwater1:43:11at this moment

  one of the things that is under construction now is that flood channel which will convey a lot of that water

• Disability access in city policy1:55:16at this moment

  And all this ties into our desire to really create universal, accessible play.

• Alpine-Balsam redevelopment1:56:00at this moment

  the little blue piece at the top right of the page is the Alpine Balsam project

• Flood mitigation and stormwater1:56:00at this moment

  that'll set us up to really tie in with our drainage infrastructure

• Disability access in city policy2:05:00at this moment

  it is then looking at charts looking at flow numbers, making sure our walkways meet meet Ada standards

• Flood mitigation and stormwater2:22:27at this moment

  But obviously the downstream capacity will always be a limiting factor until we are are fully built out.

• Alpine-Balsam redevelopment2:23:12at this moment

  the same thing goes for the entire city property along Alpine balsam up to Broadway

• Civic Area plan2:35:11at this moment

  Especially something, major, for instance, the civic area.

• Recreation centers2:36:03at this moment

  Really, I just definitely want to do future recreation centers.

• Urban trees and the forestry corps2:49:03at this moment

  They brought in all of their employees that they have out in the field doing their forestry work

• Homelessness2:51:00at this moment

  we spend most of our time in the park engaging with the unhoused

• East Boulder subcommunity plan and form-based code2:52:21at this moment

  East Boulder projects, maybe even have the overview for direct centers and courts

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