New council = new mayor. Either Bob Yates or Aaron Brockett. Mayor pro tem for the next year will be Rachel Friend, the sole applicant.
Mayor serves until 2023, when Boulder will start electing its own mayors via ranked choice voting.
We've got some other stuff tonight, too, like historic landmarks and first reading of fracking rules, plus a brief touch on the CU South annexation referendum petition (to undo that council decision). All fairly quick hits.
I realize the above tweet should have said it's the first meeting of our NEW council, recently elected members of whom were sworn in this morning.
I'm in the Zoom but it's literally just a black screen and no sound, so....? Idk what's going on. Stay tuned.
OK, just switched to YouTube since the Zoom seems to be on delay...? Weird.
It's only at times like this that I hate not being in person. Otherwise it's great.
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That name doesn't really cover what this is about, which *is* about sheltering the homeless, but also about annual deaths.
Council got this as an Info Packet previously, but many council members missed it. (As did I.)
It was tucked on Page 200-something on the night that CU South annexation happened. Friend requested that council discuss it tonight. boulderbeat.news/2021/11/13/fet…
James Hewat, senior preservation planner, taking a few moments to educate new council members. Boulder has one of if not the most "sophisticated" and expansive preservation programs in the state, Hewat says.
Nice guy, Hewat. Always enjoy talking with him, although I imagine he finds it quite offensive that I find his work so completely boring. Sorry, James!
Alright, we're doing the mayor "election." It's a majority vote of council.
There's a public hearing! That's first, then the vote.
Lilia Hickey up first. Hickey is for Brockett.
"Aaron is the kind of person I wish were running meetings at my office." LOL
Claudia Hansen Thiem, who was part of Boulder Progressives when they endorsed Brockett in 2019, also for him as mayor.
"Wearing an activist hat sometimes, I wish he weren't so diplomatic, but he understands and takes seriously his role. ... This is leadership Boulder needs."
Hey, #Boulder, time for Shay's Recommended Reading List. (It's not really A Thing but it could become one, since a few ppl have said they like the stories I share from other sources.)
"In modern democracies ... an ethos of public sacrifice is rarely needed because freedom and survival are more or less guaranteed ... The idea that we can enjoy the benefits of society while owing nothing in return is literally infantile. Only children owe nothing.”
That's from this excellent interview with Sebastian Junger, who is phenomenal. vox.com/vox-conversati…