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Dec 2 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I'm putting the "live" back in live-tweeting tonight. In-person for the #Boulder city council meeting.
I'm here because they're voting on how to spend the rest of Boulder's ARPA money: Just over $11M.
They're also talking about possible upcoming transportation projects. The ones Boulder is seeking regional/federal $$ for.
Since ya'll are SO happy to see me... A reminder that my end-of-year fundraiser is going on RN.

We're still $1,299 away from the match amount, and $6,299 from my personal goal, which would raise my salary to a whopping $40K (before tax). Give if you can! boulderbeat.news/support-local-…
Getting started. I'm ready. Got all my snacks, and each one is noisier than the last.
I forgot how much I love open comment when it's in person.
I mean, I'm still gonna put in my headphones and not tweet them.

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Dec 2
Last item: Vote for mayor pro tem. Basically the backup mayor.

I hear it's going to be juicy, but I honestly don't care that much about the Assistant-To-A-Figurehead position (as I've already told folks).
And if council spends too much time an energy on this pure political nonsense, I will be Very Annoyed on behalf of the public.
As a reminder, the mayor doesn't have any extra power aside from running the meetings and having a strong(er) hand in setting the agenda.

The mayor pro tem would do these things if the mayor is gone.
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Dec 2
Tonight's finance stuff is a two-parter:
1.) A regular adjustment to the base 2022 budget
2.) Discussion on how to spend the remaining $11M in ARPA funds

Presentation: documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocVie…
There's some interesting stuff in both. Included in routine budget adjustments are:
$4M+ more for ongoing construction projects that are overrunning costs bc of inflation
And shifting of $2.8M to pay for police settlements this year, which I wrote about in July. boulderbeat.news/2022/07/15/pol…
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Dec 2
I *think* we're on the part of the meeting where we talk about what transportation projects the city is seeking regional/federal $$ for.

Staff presentation: documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocVie…
Boulder does this every year...? Maybe more often. The requests go through the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG). The other acronym you'll hear tonight is TIP: Transportation Improvement Program.
This time, we're asking for $9.04M in requests for $11.4M in projects.

Really hope my math is right here; I didn't see totals in the notes because why would they make it easy on me??
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Dec 2
OK, I changed my mind. I hate this.
In case anyone cares, we're getting a quick update on Transportation Standards.

Spoiler: I did NOT read this part of the meeting packet. documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocVie…
What are transportation standards? a reasonable person might ask — or, heck, even a local gov't reporter whose been doing this for several years.

They're basically how we accomplish our goals through the magic of *design*
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Oct 21
I might also tweet some stuff from the Drought Plan. I don't know much about it, having not read the notes, but I did do an interview with Kim Hutton, water resources manager, not that long ago. And it's interesting.
Here's the staff presentation: documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocVie…
What is a drought plan? It basically guides what water can be used for when it's scarce. It has 3 levels of worsening severity.
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Oct 21
Patrick Murphy reading his No on 2A, 2B op-ed for Boulder Beat! boulderbeat.news/2022/10/10/no-…
We've got a Yes on 2A, 2B piece, too! boulderbeat.news/2022/10/10/opi…
In fact, we've got Yes and No pieces on (almost) all the local ballot measures. Last couple publishing tonight. Check them out: boulderbeat.news/category/opini…
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