Hello #Boulder Twitter. It is Tuesday night and there is a city council meeting: The first of 3 this week (technically 2 since the retreat is one meeting, but split over Friday-Saturday, but you get the gist).
I'm not going to be tweeting much until later, when staff discusses which of city council's recently shared priorities they can actually implement.

(Hint: It ain't much.)
You can read more about what city council members proposed here: boulderbeat.news/city-council/ I'll add council's priorities as a whole entity after the retreat this weekend.
Apologies for the blown out photos. I have no idea why they are like that, and my tech person is busy. Will fix ASAP
Also realize I need to update the main photo on that council page....
Also on tonight's agenda:
Update on when council meetings will move from Tuesdays to Thursdays (target date: July 14)
and an update of some kind on the death of Jessica Aldama, which the city is still referring to as "the investigation of a death in a homeless encampment
within City limits" boulderbeat.news/2021/12/23/jes…
I'm not tweeting open comment, but the first speaker is advocating for decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms in Boulder, like Denver did. denverpost.com/2021/10/08/mag…
As someone currently in a clinical trial studying the effects of psychedelics in treating PTSD, this interests me. Amazing results in the last phase. nytimes.com/2021/05/03/hea…
So far, first 3 speakers are from the local decriminalization group.

Of course, Westword was all over this 2 yrs ago.
westword.com/news/psychedel…
4 of 8 open comment speakers from this group of mushroom advocates

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Jan 19
Tonight's main event: Council gets a gut-check on what it wants to do in 2022, based on staff capacity.

Presentation from staff, in which you'll see they have v little capacity for anything, and next to zero for anything housing or homelessness related. documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocVie…
There are 45 items on this list (5 from each council member; though many of them are overlapping) and staff definitely can do or are already doing just 8 of them (3 others are maybe can-dos)
"We are trying to be honest" about what's possible, NRV says.
Read 185 tweets
Jan 19
Also wanna quickly note that an item has been moved from tonight's meeting to Feb. 1. It involves BPD and the FBI, some work on counter terrorism.

Councilwoman Speer raised some concerns, so council will be getting a confidential memo about it.
That means it won't be public, to you or the press. We might get a short presentation about it Feb. 1, and I'll read what's already been shared to see what it's all about. (You can, too, in this week's agenda, available here) bouldercolorado.gov/city-council-a…
From the scheduling meeting this morning, Chief Herold said she might "speak to the nature of the work and how much time is dedicated to this position, which isn’t a lot since our staffing is in the state it’s in."
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Jan 12
Next thread: Council members' individual priorities. I *think* they were limited to 5 each...? But I may be wrong on that.
Bergman has grouped these into topics. Looks like the biggest one is Housing, followed by Homelessness, then Transportation, Elections and Planning stuff.
Mayor Brockett is kicking us off. His priorities (he picked ones that others might be less likely to suggest):
- Mental health / EMT first responder program. Current program, CRIT, co-responds with police. But most cities don't have mental health profs go with the cops.
Read 65 tweets
Jan 12
Facilitator Heather Bergman is here, which is always delightful. Everyone loves Heather.

I aspire to be the kind of person who brings joy just by showing up. I doubt that will happen so long as I'm a journalist in Boulder, but a girl can dream...
First: A few announcements.
- Get vaccinated
- Sign up for health care (open enrollment lasts through Jan. 15)
- Apply for a city board/commission (thru Feb. 21)

Links are all in here: documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocVie…
Bergman taking over. We're gonna look at what work is already in progress, including leftovers from *last* council, and then the capacity and priorities for each dept, and all the priorities from CC members.
Read 61 tweets
Jan 5
Next up: Speer has requested a check-in on emergency shelter for the unhoused, as Boulder Shelter has hit capacity this winter.

The Shelter added 5 more beds in response.
The fire has exacerbated things, bc the Shelter relies on hotel beds for overflow and.... hotels are full. They can't do extra hotel rooms during "critical" weather (6+ inches of snow or below 10 degrees), per email from Firnhaber today.
"We have been talking about this even before the fires, bc COVID was creating real challenges for us," Firnhaber says. (Hotel rooms are also used for COVID-vulnerable populations)
Read 86 tweets
Jan 5
OK, Boulder is bringing back its assault weapons ban and limits on high-capacity mags which was first passed in May 2018.

In March 2021, it was blocked by a CO court. 10 days later: the King Soopers shooting
After that, State legislature repealed state preemption on local gun control. So Boulder is bringing it back on Feb. 1
Bringing them* back, since it's really two laws. And maybe some extra things. Things like
- open carry
- waiting period for gun purchases
- firearms-free areas
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