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Public hearings: Apple Valley Stream Restoration; 2026-2028 Budget for the Mental Behavioral Health Tax

June 18, 2026

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Agenda and votes

Call to Order

    9:00 a.m. Morning Session

    • 2.aPublic Hearing on Apple Valley Stream Restoration
      passed 3-0
      to conditionally approve Docket LU-26-0006 in accordance with staff recommendations, commitments of record by applicant, and with additional conditions as discussed and contained within the official record.
      Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
    • 2.bPublic Meeting on Head Start Division Monthly Report to the Commissioners
    • 2.cPublic Meeting on 856 Klondyke Avenue
      passed 3-0
      to withdraw the public meeting for Docket ZON-25-0038.
      Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
    • 2.dPublic Meeting on 878 Klondyke Avenue
      passed 3-0
      to withdraw the public meeting for Docket ZON-25-0037.
      Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes

    1:00 p.m. Afternoon Session

    • 3.aPublic Hearing on 2026-2028 Budget for the Mental Behavioral Health Tax
      passed 2-1
      to approve Request #1: Funding for inpatient and intensive outpatient treatment services (Clinica) as detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum.
      Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Claire Levy
      Levy: yesStolzmann: yesLoachamin: no
      passed 3-0
      to approve Request #1 with a reduction to $2.4 million: Funding for inpatient and intensive outpatient treatment services (Clinica) as detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum.
      Moved by Marta Loachamin
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
      passed 3-0
      to approve Request: #2 Homeless case management (AllRoads) as detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum.
      Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
      passed 3-0
      Amendment:
      Moved by Claire Levy
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
      passed 3-0
      to approve Request #3: Homeless case management for young adults (TGTHR) as detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum.
      Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
      passed 3-0
      to approve Request #4: In-school youth services (BVSD and SVVSD) with an increase of up to $2.4 million as discussed and contained within the official record and detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum.
      Moved by Claire Levy
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
      passed 2-1
      to table Request #5: Residential Treatment and Sober Living (Hazelbrook) to the Quarter 3 budget amendment hearing scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 9 a.m.
      Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
      Loachamin: yesStolzmann: yesLevy: no
      passed 2-1
      to approve Request #6: Navigation and Crisis Intervention Services (Boulder County staff) as detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum.
      Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Claire Levy
      Loachamin: yesLevy: yesStolzmann: no
      passed 3-0
      to approve the Competitive Funding Requests as detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum and discussed and amended within the official record to including the following: Category 1 of the Competitive Funding Requests will be changed to Equitable Access Grants for outpatient services Category 2 of the Competitive Funding Requests will remain as proposed Category 3 of the Competitive Funding Requests will remain as proposed Category 4 of the Competitive Fu
      Moved by Claire Levy
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
      passed 3-0
      to approve the Competitive Funding Requests as detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum and discussed and amended within the official record to including the following: Category 1 of the Competitive Funding Requests will be changed to Equitable Access Grants Category 2 of the Competitive Funding Requests will remain as proposed Category 3 of the Competitive Funding Requests will remain as proposed Category 4 of the Competitive Funding Requests will be u
      Moved by Marta Loachamin
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
      passed 3-0
      Amendment:
      Moved by Claire Levy
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
      passed 2-0, 1 abstain
      to approve $250,000 for the Suites funding through Clinica.
      Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
      Levy: yesStolzmann: yesLoachamin: abstain
      passed 2-1
      to approve the Competitive Funding Requests as detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum and discussed and amended within the official record to including the following: Category 1 of the Competitive Funding Requests will be changed to Equitable Access Grants for outpatient services Category 2 of the Competitive Funding Requests will remain as proposed Category 3 of the Competitive Funding Requests will remain as proposed Category 4: Not voted upon in th
      Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Marta Loachamin
      Loachamin: yesLevy: yesStolzmann: no
      passed 3-0
      to approve Request #4: In-school youth services (BVSD and SVVSD) as detailed in the Mental and Behavioral Sales and Use Tax Budget Amendment Memorandum
      Moved by Ashley Stolzmann
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
      passed 3-0
      to table all remaining items from this hearing to the quarterly budget amendment hearing scheduled for Thursday, June 25 at 9 a.m. as discussed and contained within the official record.
      Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes