City Council Minutes - 08.07.25

Regular Meeting, November 6, 2025 · item 3B: Consideration of a motion to approve the August 7, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes · 6 pages

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers Thursday, August 7, 2025

MINUTES 1.

Call to Order and Roll Call: Mayor Brockett called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Council Members present:

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

Consideration of a motion to call an Executive Session of the City Council on Thursday, August 7th, 2025 as authorized by §24-6- 402(4)(e), C.R.S., related to determining positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations, developing strategy for negotiations, and instructing negotiators as well as C.R.S. § 24-6-402(4)(b) for a conference between City Council and the attorneys for the City for the purpose of receiving legal advice concerning said negotiations – The Executive Session will be held at 6:30 p.m., after Open Comment The vote for 1A was taken AFTER Open Comment.

Open Comment: (Public comments are a summary of actual testimony. Full testimony is available on the council web page at: https://bouldercolorado.gov/city-council > Watch Live or Archived Meetings.) Open Comment opened at 5:30 p.m. 1.

Sarah Napier (In-Person)

Eric Budd (Virtual)

Council called a recess at 5:41 p.m. due to disruptions in Chambers.

Council reconvened at 5:50 p.m. and took another recess at 5:51 p.m. due to disruptions in Chambers. Chambers were cleared and council reconvened at 6:00 p.m. 3.

Clarissa Cutrell (In-Person)

Frida Silva (In-Person)

Angelique Velasco (In-Person)

Eliseo Velasco (In-Person)

Giselle Herzfeld (In-Person)

David Ensign (In-Person)

Hillary Aizenman (Virtual)

Council closed Open Comment per their rules of procedures at 6:15 p.m. 10.

Allen Katz (In-Person)

11.

Brent Grohman (In-Person)

12.

Alexey Davies (In-Person)

13.

Candace Jourdan (In-Person) withdrew

14.

Jacob Fanning (In-Person)

15.

Britta Singer (Virtual)

16.

Myrna Morales (Virtual)

17.

Michael Mills (In-Person)

18.

Alex Weinheimer (Virtual)

19.

Lucy Carlson-Krakoff (In-Person)

20.

Scott Morlando (In-Person)

Open Comment closed at 6:16 p.m. 1A.

Council moved into the executive session at 6:25 p.m. The regular meeting reconvened at 7:41 p.m. 3.

Consent Agenda A.

Consideration of a motion to accept the May 1, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes

Consideration of a motion to accept the May 15, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes

Consideration of a motion to accept the May 22, 2025 Special City Council Meeting Minutes

Consideration of the Arbitration Report and a motion regarding the Boulder Police Officer’s Association (BPOA) declared impasse on economic issues during negotiation of the collective bargaining agreement for the 2026 contract year A proposal was made to adopt “Option A”, the 4% increase from the staff memorandum by CM Wallach. Council unanimously agreed to the proposal.

Consideration of a motion authorizing the City Manager to convey ownership of the city’s building at 2590 Walnut Street to The Dairy Center for the Arts, a nonprofit corporation

Motion Motion to ADOPT the consent agenda items A-E including option A from item 3D 4.

Made By/Seconded Wallach / Winer

Vote Approved 9:0

Call-Up Check-In A.

Community and Environmental Assessment Process (CEAP) for the Folsom Street Safety Improvements Project NO ACTION

Site Review Amendment and Use Review to allow the existing structure at 1836 19th Street to be used as a single-family detached dwelling unit in the RH-2 zoning district and to amend the existing PUD (P-83-64) to maintain the existing rear deck. Reviewed under case nos. LUR2022-00044, LUR2023-00010

A motion to call this item up was made by CM Benjamin and seconded by CM Marquis. Motion carried 9:0 Item CALLED UP and will be scheduled for a public hearing. C.

Concept Plan Review for the proposed redevelopment of the Naropa campus at 2130 Arapahoe Ave. with two new buildings containing approximately 133 residential units in a variety of 1- to 5-bedroom layouts. The proposal would require a Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map Amendment as well as a Rezoning from Public (P) to Residential – High 5 (RH-5). The proposal would also require a Height Modification to allow for the buildings to exceed the 3-story, 35-foot height limit. The proposed design would maintain the existing, historic Lincoln Hall building. Reviewed under case number LUR2025-00033 NO ACTION

Public Hearings A.

Second reading and consideration of a motion to adopt Ordinance 8710 submitting to the electors of the city of Boulder at the general municipal coordinated election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, the question of, without raising additional taxes, extending the existing 0.3 percent Community, Culture, Resilience, and Safety Sales and Use Tax beyond the current expiration date of December 31, 2036, in perpetuity, to build and maintain capital improvement projects and use up to 10 percent of the resulting tax revenue to fund a grant pool for non-profit organization projects, to be authorized as a voter approved revenue change; specifying the form of the ballot and other election procedures; and setting forth related details AND IF DESIRED Second reading and consideration of a motion to adopt Ordinance 8711 submitting to the electors of the city of Boulder at the general municipal coordinated election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, the question of authorizing the increase of debt to build and maintain capital improvements, with the proceeds thereof to be used for capital improvement projects in the city of Boulder as set forth in the ballot; specifying the form of the ballot and other election procedures; and setting forth related details Charlotte Huskey presented The public hearing opened at 8:20 p.m. and the following spoke:  Virtual: 1.

Lynn Segal – did not show

 In-Person: 2.

Rob Smoke

The public hearing closed at 8:23 p.m.

Motion Made By/Seconded Motion to adopt Ordinance 8710 submitting Speer / Winer to the electors of the city of Boulder at the general municipal coordinated election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, the question of, without raising additional taxes, extending the existing 0.3 percent Community, Culture, Resilience, and Safety Sales and Use Tax beyond the current expiration date of December 31, 2036, in perpetuity, to build and maintain capital improvement projects and use up to 10 percent of the resulting tax revenue to fund a grant pool for non-profit organization projects, to be authorized as a voter approved revenue change; specifying the form of the ballot and other election procedures; and setting forth related details

Vote Adopted 9:0

Motion to adopt Ordinance 8711 submitting Speer / Wallach to the electors of the city of Boulder at the general municipal coordinated election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, the question of authorizing the increase of debt to build and maintain capital improvements, with the proceeds thereof to be used for capital improvement projects in the city of Boulder as set forth in the ballot; specifying the form of the ballot and other election procedures; and setting forth related details

Adopted 9:0

Matters from the City Manager A.

Review the DRCOG Regional Housing Needs Assessment to comply with Senate Bill 24-174 (Sustainable Affordable Housing Assistance)

Matters from the City Attorney

Matters from the Mayor and Members of Council

Discussion Items

10.

Debrief

11.

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 8:52 p.m. Approved this 6th day of November 2025. APPROVED BY:

______________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor ATTEST:

________________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk