We're talking scheduling now. Joseph pointed out that the July 13 special meeting is the same day as the MLB All-Star game, so maybe they want to reschedule...?
Weaver said there is no precedent for rescheduling due to sporting events.
Apparently this was a Nagle suggestion. "Normally I would not have brought this up," she says, "but this is a pretty big deal for our state, especially given the reasons the game was moved to Colorado ... due to Georgia's restrictive voting laws."
Next public hearing will be a little longer, but not by much.
A city ordinance passed in 1982 bans lightweight vehicles at the airport. It was in response to safety concerns of them interacting with more powerful aircraft.
"They were not considered to be aircraft back in 1982," says Erika Vandenbrande, the city's transportation head.
But now they are. The FAA has let Boulder know it can’t ban lightweight vehicles (it got a complaint).
Settler's Park renaming application is up now. Reminder: That will be called The Peoples' Crossing, sometime before Indigenous Peoples Day this year (Oct. 11).
Waiting on municipal judge Linda Cooke, who will be giving a quarterly update. She's having technical difficulties. Here's the presentation in the meantime. www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/Item_3C_-…
I said this was "nice" data. What I meant was not that the data itself was good, but having it is.
It shows continued racial disparities in traffic stops. Black residents are more likely to receive citations relative to their share of the population.
Our two public hearings are pretty quick and dirty.
Allowing marijuana retailers to sell hemp products, and ending a ban on lightweight vehicles at the airport.