Agenda Memo

City of Boulder City Council Agenda Item Meeting Date: October 23, 2025

Agenda Title Consideration of the following pertaining to the 2026 budget of the City of Boulder, Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District – Parking: Consideration of a motion to adjourn as the Boulder City Council and convene as the Boulder Junction Access Commission General Improvement District - Parking Fund Board of Directors; and 1. Consideration of a motion to adopt Resolution 53, concerning the City of Boulder, Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District - Parking adopting a budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026; and setting forth related details; and 2. Consideration of a motion to adopt Resolution 54, establishing the 2025 City of Boulder, Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District - Parking Property Tax Mill Levy for payment of expenditures, in part, of the district during the fiscal year 2026, beginning January 1, 2026; and setting forth related details; and 3. Consideration of a motion to adopt Resolution 55, appropriating money to defray the expenses and liabilities of the City of Boulder, Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District - Parking for the 2026 fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026; and setting forth related details; and Consideration of a motion to adjourn as the Boulder Junction Access Commission General Improvement District - Parking Fund Board of Directors and convene as Boulder City Council

Staff Contact

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Charlotte Huskey, Budget Officer, Finance Department

Draft Motion Language Staff requests council consideration of this matter and action in the form of the following motion: Motion to adjourn as the Boulder City Council and convene as the Boulder Junction Access Commission General Improvement District - Parking Fund Board of Directors; and 1. Motion to adopt Resolution 53, concerning the City of Boulder, Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District - Parking adopting a budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026; and setting forth related details; and 2. Motion to adopt Resolution 54, establishing the 2025 City of Boulder, Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District - Parking Property Tax Mill Levy for payment of expenditures, in part, of the district during the fiscal year 2026, beginning January 1, 2026; and setting forth related details; and 3. Motion to adopt Resolution 55, appropriating money to defray the expenses and liabilities of the City of Boulder, Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District Parking for the 2026 fiscal year beginning January 1, 2026; and setting forth related details; and Consideration of a motion to adjourn as the Boulder Junction Access Commission General Improvement District - Parking Fund Board of Directors and convene as Boulder City Council

Executive Summary The purpose of this item is to adopt and appropriate the 2026 budget for the Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District - Parking Fund recommended at $557,705 as well as set the 2025 property tax mill levy at 5.000 mills, from the standard annual 10.000 mills, for a one-time temporary decrease for the 2026 fiscal year only. This one-year temporary reduction to 5.000 mills will apply to 2026 only and will be set at 10.000 mills for the 2027 fiscal year.

Council Action Options Option

Outcome

Approve motion language as drafted

If the motion is approved the Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District - Parking Fund will have an appropriated and adopted budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

Define and adopt a modified motion

Council would need to define any modifications or amendments to the draft motion language and have the motion language perfected before a vote to adopt this item. This will require staff to bring back an amended version.

Deny the motion or take no action

If council does not adopt the resolutions the district's budget and spending authority will expire, and essential government functions will be jeopardized.

Refer back to staff

If council refers this item back to staff, council will need to define modifications or amendments so that staff is prepared to present modified and amended district budget resolutions at a second reading.

Alignment with City Plans and City Council History Sustainability, Equity and Resilience (SER) Framework and Citywide Strategic Plan Alignment SER Framework Goal Area The city develops the annual budget through the lens of the overarching SER Framework, which serves as the foundation to budget decision-making and resource allocation. Citywide Strategic Plan The annual budget development process represents a key pillar of the annual workplan for the city’s Budget Office, which focuses on forecasting, budgetary and fiscal planning with departments and in support of the organization, and alignment of the city’s resources to the city’s SER Framework and continued work in outcome-based budgeting.

Staff Notes N/A - this is a standard budget item.

Alignment with Additional City Plans An additional alignment to the Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District – Parking is the Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District – Travel Demand Management, which was adopted to support parking and transportation related services and improvements identified in the Travel Demand Management strategies for the Transit Village Area Plan.

City Council History The Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District - Parking (the “District”) was created by City Council with the adoption of ordinance 7731 on July 20, 2010. The District provides parking and transportation related services and improvements to support Travel Demand Management strategies of the Transit Village Area Plan. The District operates in conjunction with the Boulder Junction Access General Improvement District - Travel Demand Management. A mail ballot election on Nov. 2, 2010 approved a maximum mill levy and authorized the issuance of bonds. At its April 16, 2012 meeting, the Boulder Junction Access District – Parking Commission voted unanimously in support of increasing the property tax mill levy from 5.000 mills to 10.000 mills. The District’s expenditures and work plan will be determined by the timing and type of development within the District.

Analysis Equity Analysis The city develops the annual budget using the SER Framework, which leads with decision-making as aligned to the goal areas and objectives underneath the sustainability, equity, and resilience umbrella. While these three pillars represent the overarching goals for the city, equity considerations are embedded throughout the annual budget development process, including the city’s efforts to shift from a traditional increment-based budgeting approach to outcome-based budgeting, focusing more on the outcomes of our investments and how those align to the greater SER Framework.

Fiscal Note The 2026 Recommended Budget presented for City Council consideration proposes a total budget of $521.0 million, including a $407.7 million Operating Budget and $113.3 million Capital Budget. Within the 2026 Recommended Budget online budget book, the Budget in Brief and Budget Highlights provide a comprehensive summary of the significant fiscal changes included within the budget, including fiscal spending plans across all funds, departments, and programs areas in the city’s budget. The attached resolutions represent the spending level appropriation and property tax mill levy proposed to City Council as part of the Boulder Junction General Improvement District – Parking Fund 2026 Budget.

Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability Considerations The city develops the annual budget through the lens of the overarching SER Framework, which serves as the foundation to budget decision making and resource allocation. The 2026 Recommended Budget continues to align and uplift investments supporting resilience and sustainability, including in areas such as wildfire resilience, flood mitigation, and city facility renovations and infrastructure projects that will result in reduced building energy consumption and built with sustainably sourced materials.

Community Engagement Boulder Junction General Improvement District – Parking Commission unanimously recommended City Council, serving as the board of directors for the Boulder Junction General Improvement District – Transportation Demand Management, adopt the City Manager’s 2026 Recommended Budget appropriating money to defray expenses and liabilities pertaining to the Boulder Junction General Improvement District – Transportation Demand Management fund. They also unanimously recommended City Council, serving as the board of directors for the Boulder Junction General Improvement District – Parking, adopt the City Manager’s 2026 Recommended Budget to temporarily reduce the Boulder Junction General Improvement District – Parking from 10 mills to 5 mills.

Workplan Considerations Adoption of these motions are incorporated into the work of the Finance Department’s annual budget process and would not require additional workplan considerations at this time.

Next Steps for City Council There are no additional next steps for City Council; approval for the special districts occur through one reading only as part of the second reading of the annual budget.

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Attachments A - Resolution 53 B - Resolution 54 C - Resolution 55