DRAFT June 4, 2026 Special Council Meeting Minutes

CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING Council Chambers Thursday, June 4, 2026

MINUTES 1.

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

2.

Declarations A.

3.

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

Declaration commemorating Pride Month to be presented by Mayor Brockett

Consent Agenda A.

Consideration of a motion to accept the April 23, 2026 Study Session Summary regarding Power Reliability and Resilience

B.

Consideration of a motion to approve the March 5, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes

C.

Consideration of a motion to convert the June 25, 2026 Study Session to a Special Meeting to hold the continued Public Hearing for the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Adoption

D.

Introduction, first reading and consideration of a motion to order published by title only Ordinance 8751 amending Title 4, “Licenses and Permits,” Title 8, “Parks, Open Space, Streets, and Public Ways,” and Title 9, “Land Use Code,” B.R.C. 1981, to create a new permitting process for special festival events, create new use standards for special festival events, amend mobile food vehicle standards related to special

festival events, and amend the city’s sign code to regulate signs that may be erected for the duration of a special festival event and associated review and approval processes; and setting forth related details E.

Introduction, first reading, and consideration of a motion to order published by title only Ordinance 8752 amending Title 4, “Licenses and Permits,” B.R.C. 1981, allowing for Festival Liquor Licenses and Permits and establishing related application fees; and setting forth related details

F.

Second reading and consideration of a motion to adopt Ordinance 8739 amending Chapter 11-1, “Water Utility,” B.R.C. 1981, to provide additional protections for the City of Boulder municipal watershed and water supply; and setting forth related details Motion

Motion to PASS the consent agenda items A-F 4.

Made By/Seconded Benjamin / Speer

Vote Approved 9:0

Public Hearings – Joint Meeting with Planning Board A.

City Council and Planning Board public hearing and consideration by each body of a motion to approve the major update to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Planning Board Members Kaplan, Hanson-Thiem, Lord, McIntyre, Nordback, Robers and Robles were present and joined the meeting at 6:13 p.m. Brad Mueller, Planning and Development Services Director, Kristopher Johnson, Comprehensive Planning Manager, Kathleen King, Principal Comprehensive Planning Planner, and Sara Horn, Senior City Planner, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council. The public hearing opened at 7:35 p.m. and the following spoke: 1.

Lynn Segal (In-person)

2.

Ben Molk (In-person)

3.

Jonathan Singer (Virtual)

4.

Danica Powell (Virtual)

5.

Evan Ravitz (In person)

6.

Marki LeCompte (In-person)

7.

Crystal Gray (In-person)

8.

Karen Hollweg (In-person)

9.

Donna George – pooling with Sara (#10) & Dinah (#11) – 5 min (In-person)

10.

Sara George – pooling with Donna (#9) (In-person)

11.

Dinah McKay – pooling with Donna (#9) (In-person)

12.

Mark George - pooling with Miho (#15) & William (#17) – 5 min (In-person)

13.

Lisa Spalding (Virtual)

14.

Tom Birkle (In-person)

15.

Miho Shida - pooling with Mark (#12) (Virtual)

16.

Pedro Silva (In-person)

17.

William Hammel - pooling with Mark (#12) (Virtual)

The public hearing closed at 8:10 p.m. Planning Board Chair Kaplan requested a motion for Planning Board to continue this agenda item to June 16, 2026, for Planning Board deliberation and action on the recommended major update to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. No additional public comments will be taken on June 16, 2026 regarding this item. Planning Board Vice Chair Hanson Thiem made the motion and Planning Board member Ml Robles seconded the motion. Motion carried with a vote of 7:0 Chair Kaplan encouraged the public to submit any further comments to the Planning Board via email. Planning Board Meeting was adjourned at 8:16 pm. Mayor Brockett requested to have a motion for City Council to continue this agenda item to June 25, 2026, for Council deliberation and action on the recommended major update to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. No additional public comments will be taken on June 25, 2026 regarding this item.

Mayor Brockett also encouraged the public to submit any further comments to Council via email. Council member Marquis made the motion and Council member Speer seconded the motion. The motion carried with a vote of 9:0. 7.

Discussion Items

8.

Debrief

9.

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 8:17 p.m. Approved this 3rd day of September 2026. APPROVED BY:

______________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor ATTEST:

________________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk