DRAFT Council Meeting Minutes - 02.05.26

Regular Meeting, May 7, 2026 · item 4A: Consideration of a motion to approve the February 5, 2026 Regular City Council meeting minutes · 5 pages

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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Council Chambers Thursday, February 5, 2026

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, Kaplan, Marquis, Schuchard, Speer, Wallach, Winer

Motion Motion to AMEND the agenda to •

Made By/Seconded Speer / Benjamin

Vote Carried 9:0

Reorder items 2 & 3 to allow for Open Comment to occur prior to the presentation of the declaration.

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 5:31 p.m. 1. 2. 3.

Mike Stabler (Virtual) spoke on South Boulder Recreation Center Lynn Segal (Virtual) spoke on various Nick Lenssen (In-Person) spoke on South Boulder Recreation Center rebuild

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Anne Peters (In-Person) spoke on South Boulder Recreation Center Daniel Howard (Virtual) spoke on HOME act Leslie Glustrom (Virtual) In-Person spoke on council priorities Evan Ravitz (In-Person) spoke on various Alex Veltman (In-Person) spoke on East and South Boulder Rec Centers Chris Hoffman (Virtual) spoke on electricity Janet Streater (In-Person) spoke on South Boulder Rec Center Connor Robson (In-Person) spoke on City Parking Enforcement Yvonne Bennett (In-Person) spoke on South Boulder Rec Center Ryan Bennett (In-Person) spoke on South Boulder Rec Center Jenny Ferris (In-Person) spoke on future of South Boulder Rec Center Nicholas Fiore (In-Person) spoke on South Boulder Recreation Center Rob Smoke (In-Person) spoke on council meeting process Paul Shearer (In-Person) spoke on South Boulder Rec Center

Open Comment closed at 6:24 p.m. Council adjourned for a brief recess at 6:24 p.m. and reconvened to start the official business of the meeting at 6:30 p.m. 3.

Declarations A.

Declaration commemorating Black History Month to be presented by Council member Adams

Consent Agenda A.

Consideration of a motion to accept the December 11, 2025 Joint Study Session Summary regarding the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Preliminary Policy and Land Use Direction

Consideration of a motion to accept the December 11, 2025 Joint Study Session Summary regarding the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Community Assembly Recommendations & Report on 15-Minute Neighborhoods

Third reading and consideration of a motion to adopt Ordinance 8721 amending Section 4-20-43, “Development Application Fees,” Title 6, “Health, Safety, and Sanitation,” Title 8, “Parks, Open Spaces, Streets, and Public Ways,” Title 9, “Land Use Code,” Section 10-8.5-2, “Adoption of International Wildland-Urban Interface Code with Modification,” and Section 11-1-25.5, “Duty to Avoid Waste of Water and to Maintain Service Lines and Fixtures, B.R.C. 1981, related to landscaping, water conservation, and wildfire resilience; and setting forth related details

Motion Motion to MOVE to approve the consent agenda items A-C 5.

Made By/Seconded Vote Marquis / Schuchard Approved 9:0

Call-Up Check-In A.

Consideration of a Landmark Alteration Certificate to demolish an existing accessory building and construct a new 1,054 square foot accessory building at 2408 8th Street (HIS2025-00352), a contributing property in the Mapleton Hill Historic District NO ACTION

Consideration of a Landmark Alteration Certificate to construct a new approximately 2,600 square foot primary building at 2439 Broadway (HIS2025-00313), a contributing property in the Mapleton Hill Historic District NO ACTION

Public Hearings A.

Second reading and consideration of a motion to adopt Ordinance 8736 rezoning approximately 65,122 square feet of land located at 5501 Arapahoe Avenue and adjacent rights-of-way from the Business - Community 1 (BC-1) to the Mixed Use 4 (MU-4) zoning district as described in Chapter 95, “Modular Zone System,” B.R.C., 1981, and setting forth related details. (Case no. LUR2025-00016) AND Second reading and consideration of a motion to adopt Ordinance 8737 rezoning approximately 56,896 square feet of land located at 5505 Arapahoe Avenue and the adjacent Arapahoe Avenue right-of-way from the Business - Community 1 (BC-1) to the Mixed Use 4 (MU-4) zoning district, and rezoning the adjacent 56th Street right-of-way from Industrial –General (IG) to the Mixed Use 4 (MU-4) zoning district as described in Chapter 9-5, “Modular Zone System,” B.R.C., 1981, and setting forth related details. (Case no. LUR2025-00016)

Chandler Van Shaack, Development Review Planner, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council. The applicant, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council. The public hearing opened at 6:50 p.m. and the following spoke: 1.

Lynn Segal (Virtual)

The public hearing closed at 6:53 p.m. Motion Motion to adopt Ordinance 8736 rezoning approximately 65,122 square feet of land located at 5501 Arapahoe Avenue and adjacent rights-of-way from the Business - Community 1 (BC-1) to the Mixed Use 4 (MU-4) zoning district as described in Chapter 9-5, “Modular Zone System,” B.R.C., 1981, and setting forth related details. (Case no. LUR202500016) Motion to adopt Ordinance 8737 rezoning approximately 56,896 square feet of land located at 5505 Arapahoe Avenue and the adjacent Arapahoe Avenue right-of-way from the Business Community 1 (BC-1) to the Mixed Use 4 (MU-4) zoning district, and rezoning the adjacent 56th Street right-of-way from Industrial –General (IG) to the Mixed Use 4 (MU-4) zoning district as described in Chapter 9-5, “Modular Zone System,” B.R.C., 1981, and setting forth related details. (Case no. LUR2025-00016) 7.

Made By/Seconded Benjamin / Winer

Vote Adopted 9:0

Benjamin / Winer

Adopted 9:0

Matters from the City Manager A.

Updates to the 2026 Policy Statement on Regional, State and Federal Issues – Review and Approval Heather Stauffer, Intergovernmental Officer, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council.

Jay Sugnet, Housing Senior Manager, answered questions from Council. Brad Mueller, Planning and Development Services Director, also answered questions from Council. 8.

Matters from the City Attorney

Matters from the Mayor and Members of Council A.

City Council Retreat Follow-up Discussion on 2026 Workplan Priorities Matthew Chasansky. Strategic Planning Senior Project Manager, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council. Mark Woulf, Assistant City Manager, answered questions from Council.

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Discussion Items

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Debrief

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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 9:11 p.m. Approved this 7th day of May 2026. APPROVED BY:

______________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor ATTEST:

________________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk