Thread by @shayshinecastle

We are doing board and commission appointments. These always take awhile. I'll prob tweet fast and add context later.

I didn't get these slides, so. Ican't share them with you.

Young making a little speech:

"Your personal agendas and activism need to be checked. at the door. You are doing the city's service. You have to keep the whole city in mind. ... Your duty is to be impartial when you're in service to the city."

"You will be a public official and will be held to a different standard," Young says.

There are 25 open seats on the various groups
91 applicants
4 current members re-applying
6 ppl applying for multiple boards

Still mulling over Young's words. Very pointed, given the criticism some boards — HRC, HAB — have leveled at city council and city policies.

Council and staff right now trying to figure out the power point.

STILL ruminating on Young's words. I do not understand. the pushback to criticism. Like, should we pretend there are not many dif perspectives and they're not always in harmony?

Also, plenty of boards (WRAB, OSBT, Parks & Rec) have a particular mission and focus that takes precedence. They don't draw the same opposition from Young / council members.

Arts Commission - 3 seats
First 5-yr term, Joseph nominates Eboni Freeman

This board had the most applicants: 17

"She is vibrant, she oozes artistry" and brings the perspective of a person with disabilities (wchich she mentioned in her interview).

No other noms, so Freeman gets it.

Second 5-yr term
Brockett noms Jancy Campbell
Young - Maria Cole
Joseph - Alan O'Hashi (who also applied to HAB and applied to multiple boards last year)

Joseph: "Far too often, we fawn over art while the artist is destitute."

That's in defense of her nomination, but I also just really liked it.

Cole gets Seat No. 2

Seat 3: 4-yr term
Joseph - O'Hashi
Yates - Caroline Kert
Wallach - Jancy Campbell

Kert gets the 4-yr seat with a 5-council member vote (Weaver, Yates, Young, Nagle, Wallach)

BOZA (Board of Zoning adjustment) - 2 seats
Yates noms Nikki McCord, former council candiate and BHP board member

boulderbeat.news/2019/10/11/nik…

No other noms, McCord gets the 5-yr seat

3-yr seat: Brockett noms Marion Siohan, so that will be an automatic appointment as well

Interestingly, current BOZA member Jill Lester not reappointed. Brockett said it's not reflective of her service, but the desire to give other ppl a crack at it.

Council has in the past often reappointed current members.

Cannabis board - 2 seats
5-yr term: Wallach noms Robin Noble, who gets it in the absence of other nominations

As a reminder, there's still a public hearing and then final ratification of these positions

4-yr seat: Young nominates Stacy Green. Again the only nom, so Green gets it.

Design Advisory Board - 2 seats
5-yr term: Weaver nominates current member Matthew Schexnyder, who will be de facto appointee

4-yr term: Wallach nominates Brendan Ash
No others, so that seat is his

Downtown Management Commission - 2 seats
Yates nominates Stephanie Trees for 5-yr term. No other nods, so that is hers.

Ed Byrne is nominated for 4-yr term by Weaver. Byrne is a former city council candidate and political.

Some discussion of whether or not he is repping a property owner, bc the second seat has to be that. The other candidate, Don Poe, is.

So Poe has to get the 4-yr seat.

"Ed, apologies," Weaver says. (Also my above tweet should have said Byrne is involved in local politics.)

Environmental Advisory Board - 1 seat
Brockett nominates Carlos (Hernan) Villanueva, who applied for multiple boards this and last year
Weaver nominates Paul Culnan, muni proponent

Villanueva gets it with 7 votes

Housing Advisory Board -1 seat
Brockett - Michael Leccese, the head of the Urban Land Institute.

Solo nom, so Leccese it is.

BHP board - 3 seats
5-yr spot
Swetlik: Michael Block, Chief Housing Officer for Boulder Shelter
Young: Ann Cooper, who did not even interview

She's fairly well known. chefannfoundation.org/who-we-are/fou…

Weaver giving feedback of BHP director Jeremy Durham, who supported Block and Cooper

Cooper is apparently Durham's fave.

Friend: "Everybody who was a no-show, I pretty much dropped off my list. For me, there are equity concerns. I don't know her from 12 yrs ago, I didn't hear from her." (as other council members did)

Joseph: I do agree with Friend, but we do have her application and Durham's feedback.

I took exactly two notes from her application, so it must not have been that great:
“I believe in affordable housing and advocate for it every chance I get.”
Believes “empathy” is the best way to resolve conflicts

Wallach nominates Pam Gibson, who worked for BHP and the city of Boulder (in housing and transportation)

Block gets the first seat by acclimation; other noms are reserved for the second 5-yr seat

That's Gibson (Wallach) and Cooper (Young)

Gibson and Lard also got Durham's nod

Weaver, Brockett, Young, Yates, Joseph, Nagle vote for Cooper, so she gets the 5-yr seat

Wallach nominates Gibson for the remaining seat, a 3-yr term due to a resignation

Brockett nominates Lord, who receives the 3-yr term with 6 votes (I'm sorry, I missed who. This is not ideal)

Human Relations Commission - 1 seat
Joseph nominates Christine Chen, who will receive that spot.

Landmarks Board - 1 seat
Yates nominates Abby Daniels, current member. Again, appointment by acclimation.

Library Commission - 1 seat
Wallach nominates Benita Duran, former council candidate. Duran gets that seat, so that's two former-rans with spots this year. Last year, candidate Susan Peterson got a seat on the EAB.

Open Space Board of Trustees - 1 seat
Yates nominates Michele Estrella
Nagle - Peter Judkins

LOL these are my notes for Judkins application:
"Retired, leadership experience
Omg the longest answers. Didn’t really answer them, tho"

My notes on Estrella:
CFO of Natural Habitat
Served on PRAB and Colorado Chautauqua Association
CU South is biggest issue; believes disposal is required
Sierra Club member, mountain biker and climber
Trail maintenance and fire mitigation should be prioritized

Estrella gets every vote but Nagle, so Estrella joins OSBT

Parks & Rec Advisory Board - 1 seat
Young - Sara Kadlec
Brockett - Elliot Hood
Swetlik - Stephanie O'Neil
Nagle - Carlson

Every applicant but one is now nominated, but she didn't interview so forget her

Hood wins that seat with 5 council votes (Weaver, Nagle, Brockett, Wallach, Joseph)

Planning Board - 1 seat
Weaver - Jorge Boone
Yates - Rosie Fivian

My notes on Boone:
real estate, design, management and development (not in Boulder)

Jobs/housing imbalance and missing middle are two biggest planning issues

In response to application q
Successful planning projects: Holiday, Ponderosa, Central Park

Least successful - Boulder Junction “missed the mark” on “human-scale” development
East Pointe Apartments (too expensive; displaced existing affordable apt)
Macy’s redevelopment (jobs)

Fivian - architect
Wants a greater mix of housing

Most successful - Steelyards, Blue Line, Rayback

Least successful - Diagonal Plaza (“blight” needs more housing), Baseline Zero (still vacant), Walgreens at Table Mesa/Broadway (still vacant)

Reminder: There is no industry professional currently on Planning Board after last year's nominations
boulderbeat.news/2020/04/02/cit…

Forgot that Boone was involved in the Alpine-Balsam project. Here he is making comments in 2019 (accusing staff of intentionally misleading the public) threadreaderapp.com/thread/1166519…

Some discussion on council now about which "camps" candidates fall in via growth. Per Swetlik.

Predictably, the slow/no-growth council members say they don't like to categorize ppl that way.

Young trotting out a talking point from last year, why it doesn't matter that there are not professionals on the Planning Board, which reviews development projects. That's what a non-voting DAB member is for, she says.

Above all, I look for critical thinkers, Young says. Someone who doesn't make their $$ off development in Boulder is much more likely to be a critical thinker.

Boone gets the seat. Weaver, Nagle, Wallach, Young, Swetlik put him there.

Transportation Advisory Board - 2 seats
5-yr term
Wallach nominates current chair Tila Duhaime
Weaver - Jacob Payne
Brockett - Schuchard

Wallach: "I say this as someone who often disagrees with" Duhaime, "but I am constantly impressed" by her presentations and remarks to council.

I said this during interviews, but TAB had the most impressive applicants, on the whole

Wallach pulls his Duhaime nomination for the 5-yr seat; there's a 4-yr one open as well.
Friend nominates Brent Halsey for the 5-yr

Duhame has to get the 4-yr seat, bc this board requires gender balance, and she's the only female nominee.

So three noms for the 5-yr seat
Halsey, Payne, Schuchard (it's pronounced SHOE-hard)

Schuchard gets the 5-yr seat, Duhaime the 4-yr

One important correction to the BHP board tweets earlier. Anne Cooper is not the Anne Cooper I tweeted a link about. She's this Ann Cooper: realtor.com/realestateagen…

Uni Hill Commission - 2 seats, 2 applicants
Trent Bush (5yr) and Ted Rockwell (3yr). They might both get seats, but one has to be a property owner rep, so these are pending.

Water Resources Advisory Board - 1 seat
Weaver nominates Ann Quenzer. The other applicant did not show up to interview. Quenzer gets it.

4 boards did not get enough applicants: Beverage Licensing Authority, both Boulder Junction boards and the Chautauqua Association.

They are still recruiting.

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