Another Tuesday, #Boulder. Coming to you with a city council meeting and a heavy heart. I'm not exactly sure how to get back to work after the shooting. But I'm here.
Full meeting tonight, including some TBD updates on the shooting and a declaration, a couple development call-ups (Hill hotel, Waterview apartments) and a check-in on council priorities and tribal consultation.
Also a public hearing on Boulder's state and federal lobbying agenda. Gun violence prevention will be discussed separately, at the April 20 meeting, but there are some big-ticket items on here. Most notably, SB21-62.
Which I wrote about in the before times. The last story I wrote before the shooting, actually. boulderbeat.news/2021/03/20/bou…
41 speakers signed up for that hearing, so it will be long (2 min each = ~90min) I wouldn't be surprised if there's some shuffling of the agenda. But possibly not since everything is fairly time sensitive and the April schedule is packed.
Council member Rachel Friend first reading a declaration of solidarity with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, following the Atlanta shootings and rise in racist violence during the pandemic.
Weaver reading one on the Boulder Day of Remembrance, for the King Soopers shooting. www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/TenTogeth…
On March 22 every year, Mayor Sam Weaver says, our community will pause and remember the 10 people who were killed. "We will say their names out loud, so that in our hearts, they will live on."
Weaver quoting the three deaths: The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.
Interim city manager Chris Meschuk providing a brief update. Citywide staff team has been assembled to work with King Soopers parent Kroger, Museum of Boulder to "develop a short-term and long-term plan for a permanent memorial."
That work is being done with the victims' families, to honor and respect their wishes, Meschuk says.
"The community should expect the fence" (around the store) "will continue to evolve," Meschuk says. The fence will eventually be relocated to reopen access to the site; one access point is being reopened soon-ish.
Specific to memorials, Noreen Walsh is coordinating that effort. Contact walshn@bouldercolorado.gov
Moving on to open comment. I'm not sure how much I'll tweet bc tbh this is all a bit overwhelming. Gonna save my energy for the public hearing.
List of speakers: www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/April_6_O…
List of speakers: www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/April_6_O…
Patrick Murphy making me cry. This is his 100th open comment since 2014, he says. Thanking council for their service in the pandemic and since the shooting. He's normally here to rail against the muni.
LOL also making me laugh.
"Bless you, thank you for carrying on. I will not be saying thank you for my 101st presentation" but now you know I'm grateful, Murphy says.
"Bless you, thank you for carrying on. I will not be saying thank you for my 101st presentation" but now you know I'm grateful, Murphy says.
He gets a congrats and return thank-you from councilwoman Friend.
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