Moving into open comment. Here's the list: www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/December_…
I'm going to eat and not tweet unless it's something really interesting.
Like this: Weaver asking for "gentleness."
"Everyone here is trying their best," he says. Asks speakers to remember that as they criticize staff or other community members.
"Everyone here is trying their best," he says. Asks speakers to remember that as they criticize staff or other community members.
Oh, crap, Amber Noble is a little kid and she's breaking my heart.
"We're not taking care of people who need taken care of. They're freezing all night long. It's so cold this winter and every winter. We need to fix this problem."
"We're not taking care of people who need taken care of. They're freezing all night long. It's so cold this winter and every winter. We need to fix this problem."
She came with a list of solutions.
LOL council appears unmoved.
That was about unhoused residents, btw.
Tonight's themes are homelessness, online petitioning and the muni, so far.
Multiple children speaking tonight on homelessness.
"They can be mean like most people. But they can be nice like most people, too," says Ella Fiske.
I think my sound is off, though, bc ppl are hella quiet tonight.
Open comment is over and council is — yet again — criticizing speakers' criticism of staff and council.
We're gonna pick out a couple things from the consent agenda, which typically doesn't get much discussion.
If you're still confused about what a consent agenda is, then you need to read this (and the rest of Gov't 101): boulderbeat.news/boulder-101/bo…
Two things we're touching on in the consent agenda tonight is extending Boulder's fracking ban, in place since 2013. Presentation here: www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/Item_5C_-…
The city says it's so Boulder County can get ITS rules in place, so they can be similar. But honestly it's bc Boulder just doesn't want fracking here.
Which is understandable. Also kinda a moot point. The last active well in city limits went dark in the 90s. No one has expressed interest in drilling here.
Either way, this would extend the moratorium through the end of next year.
A little haggling over the language of the Xcel franchise agreement. I'll touch on some muni / Xcel stuff later when we talk UOT.
OK, a quick question on changes to construction use tax. The city currently charges that on projects worth over $20,000. They're moving that up to $75,000 which will save homeowners and small contractors $$
You pay that when you pull a building permit.
The vast majority of city revenue from construction use tax — 98.7% — is from projects worth over $100K, so it won't cost the city much of anything
Forgot to say Nagle is absent.
Only gonna tweet this briefly but I plan a full story. Wonderland Lake is being renamed Wonderland Lake Wildlife Sanctuary, after a citizen petition.
Which is interesting bc it won't actually BE a wildlife sanctuary in any regulatory, permitting or official sense.
Anyway, stay tuned for this story.
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