DRAFT Council Meeting Minutes - 02.12.26

CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING Virtual Via Zoom Thursday, February 12, 2026

MINUTES 1.

Call to Order and Roll Call: Mayor Brockett called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Council Members present:

Adams, Benjamin, Brockett, Kaplan Marquis, Schuchard, Speer, Wallach, Winer

Motion Motion to AMEND the agenda to:

Made By/Seconded Winer / Wallach

Vote Carried 9:0

REMOVE: Item 6A – Assault Weapons Certification Period Discussion

2.

Consent Agenda A.

Consideration of a motion to approve conveyance of a utility easement or similar land use agreement on, over, across and under certain City of Boulder open space lands to the Public Service Company of Colorado (dba Xcel Energy) to install and maintain subsurface electric lines via open trenching or boring pursuant to the disposal procedures of Article XII, Sections 175 and 177 of the City of Boulder Charter

B.

Consideration of a motion to authorize the city manager to enter into a revocable license agreement with the University of Colorado, generally in the form attached to the staff memorandum, to allow the construction of underground water chiller utility lines within Folsom Street as part of the utility extensions to the north of Boulder Creek campus

Motion Motion to MOVE consent agenda items 2A and 2B 3.

Made By/Seconded Wallach / Benjamin

Vote Approved 9:0

Public Hearings A.

Consideration of a motion to determine if there is sufficient community need as defined in the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan to warrant further consideration of a Service Area Expansion Plan for the Area IIIPlanning Reserve Sarah Horn, Senior Planner, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council. Kurt Firnhaber, Housing and Human Services Director, Brad Mueller, Planning and Development Services Director, Kristopher Johnson, Comprehensive Planning Senior Manager, Ali Rhodes, Parks and Recreation Director and Teresa Taylor Tate, City Attorney answered questions from Council. The public hearing opened at 7:25 p.m. and the following spoke: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Jonathan Singer (Virtual) Lynn Segal (Virtual) Adrian Sopher (Virtual) Macon Cowles (Virtual)

The public hearing closed at 7:38 p.m. Motion Motion to determine if there is sufficient community need as defined in the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan to warrant further consideration of a Service Area Expansion Plan for the Area III-Planning Reserve

Made By/Seconded Benjamin / Winer

Vote Approved to move forward 7:2 NAY: Adams and Wallach

3.

Matters from the City Manager A.

Discussion of reconsideration of certain Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan community change requests due to recent action taken by the Board of County Commissioners Kristopher Johnson, Comprehensive Planning Senior Manager, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council.

B.

Municipal Court Update Judge Cahn, Municipal Judge, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council.

C.

City Council Community Engagement Update and Discussion Pam Davis, Assistant City Manager and Ryan Hanschan, Community Engagement Manager provided a presentation and answered questions from Council.

4.

Matters from the City Attorney

5.

Matters from the Mayor and Members of Council A.

REMOVED: Assault Weapons Certification Period Discussion

6.

Discussion Items

7.

Debrief

8.

Adjournment There being no further business to come before Council at this time, by motion regularly adopted, the meeting was adjourned by Mayor Brockett at 9:24 p.m. Approved this 7th day of May 2026. APPROVED BY:

______________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor

ATTEST:

________________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk