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24 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Almost forgot your Wednesday morning city council recap, #Boulder.

Probably no library district this year, as majority of members fear competing tax measures. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1364381…
Last chance to apply for the resident advisory panel to assist Xcel and Boulder's energy work. Also in this thread: Details on plans for burying power lines and changing streetlights to LED. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1364419…
Applications for this panel close Friday.

Also, no thread, but we'll have a new city attorney by June.
This has been your Wednesday morning recap.

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26 Feb
"I think it's got to be a holistic approach," Kevin says.
"You gotta have the enforcement piece along with services to support the homeless population."
Huntley asking the first q (climate change, sustainability, etc.) again.
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26 Feb
Forgot one helpful tidbit I received from an Austin reporter: That the city manager there delegates a lot to the deputy city manager (Nuria). Which is hopeful.
First resident q: Boulder loves its open space. What's your experience with policies of protection, sustainability and climate change?
Nuria: That's one of the things my husband and I loved the most about Boulder.
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26 Feb
Hey, #Boulder, did you remember that the city manger finalists public q&a is tonight? Prob some time for last-minute registrations here: bouldercolorado.formstack.com/forms/city_man…
You can learn more about the finalists — Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde from Austin, TX and Kevin Jackson from Long Beach, Calif. — in this story. I'm also going to share a bit more of what I know about both cities in this thread b4 the meeting starts.
First of all, they're both WAY bigger than Boulder, which is interesting. Some stats:

Austin
Population: 950,807
Square miles: 326.51
Budget: $4.2 billion
City employees: ~13,500
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24 Feb
Here's a timeline for the city attorney recruitment: www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/City_Atto…
Looks like we'll have a new one by June, which should overlap nicely with Carr's retirement.
Some discussion among council about sticking with the current recruitment firm for the city attorney as for the city manager since, as Wallach says, it's slightly different.
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24 Feb
Quick 2-min break then: Muni wrap-up!
That went by fast. Anyway, the muni ended with November vote to re-enter an Xcel franchise after 10 years. But you know what they (OK, me) say: It's not over until the general fund is repaid.
Here's staff's presentation: www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/Xcel_Part…
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24 Feb
Anyway, the library. As you might remember, the formation of a library district (a separate gov't entity with a dedicated tax) has been a topic for many a year.

Here's the staff presentation: www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/Governanc…
The reason is that the library has been chronically underfunded, proponents of a district say. I've done quite a bit of coverage on this, but not in awhile. Council last visited the topic in Feb. 2020. boulderbeat.news/2020/02/15/cou…
The Library Master Plan, adopted in 2018, ID’d that the library needs more money and a more stable source of funding to meet its goals for continued and expanded service (like branches in Gunbarrel, etc.)
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