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Public Hearing on Proposed 2026 Quarter 2 Budget Amendment Requests

June 25, 2026

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Agenda and votes

Call to Order

    9:00 a.m. Morning Session

    • 2.aPublic Hearing on Proposed 2026 Quarter 2 Budget Amendment Requests
      passed 3-0
      to approve the 2nd quarter budget amendments, less Request No. 4. Item No. 4 of the 2nd quarter budget amendment requests was voted upon separately.
      Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
      Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes

    Request #1: General Fund 101

      Request #2: General Fund 101

        Request #3: General Fund 101

          Request #4: General Fund 101

            Request #5: Road and Bridge Fund 111

              Request #6: Road and Bridge Fund 111

                Request #7: Dedicated Resource Fund 117

                  Request #8: Dedicated Resource Fund 117

                    Request #9: Sustainability Sales and Use Tax Fund 136

                      Request #10: Capital Expenditure Fund 141

                        Request #11: Emergency Services Sales Tax Fund 151

                          Request #12: Fleet Services Fund 175

                            Request #13: Recycling Center Fund 199

                              Request #14: Recycling Center Fund 199

                              • 2.bUpdate on Mental and Behavioral Health Sales and Use Tax request - continuation of request presented at the Public Hearing on Thursday June 18, 2026
                                passed 3-0
                                to approve directed grants to Boulder Valley School District and St. Vrain Valley School District of $1.2 million each, with a total of $2.4 million.
                                Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to approve $800,000 for both Boulder Valley School District and St. Vrain Valley School District, and to amend the language of the proposal to remove "clinical" from the recommendation and specify that the funds are to be designated for mental and behavior health services.
                                Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to give staff direction to develop a plan for Warner House that works with the High Utilizer Group to understand the population that is served and bring the request back in the capital projects proposals of the upcoming budget process for the Board of Commissioners to review how to fund the capital repair and temporarily reserve $750,000 a year of operations of the future facility that would be matched by other revenues.
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 2-1
                                to approve a direct allocation to Rocky Mountain Equality of $250,000 for Mental and Behavioral Health services.
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Loachamin: yesStolzmann: yesLevy: no
                                passed 3-0
                                to approve a direct allocation of $750,000 to Homeless Outreach Providing Encouragement (HOPE) Longmont.
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to approve the Competitive Funding Request No. 4 and change the amount to $2 million.
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to approve Competitive Grants in the amount of $1 million for youth prevention and early intervention services.
                                Moved by Claire Levy
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                Amendment:
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                Amendment:
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to approve $1 million for Competitive Funding for youth prevention and early intervention services.
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                              • 2.cPublic Meeting on the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Major Update
                                passed 3-0
                                to amend Policy 102 to strike "American Indian" from the title, and add City and County support in the first two sentences as discussed within the official record.
                                Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to amend Policy 103 to remove "County".
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to amend Policy 16 to include an additional last sentence, "the City may provide limited service for health and safety reasons."
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to strike pages 14 through 17 of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Major Update.
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to amend the last paragraph on page 15 to say "These policies successfully limited sprawl and protected open space" and remove the rest of the sentence.
                                Moved by Claire Levy
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 2-1
                                to strike the last paragraph on page 15.
                                Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Levy: yesStolzmann: yesLoachamin: no
                                passed 2-1
                                to amend the last paragraph on page 16 under the 1990s section to remove "There was growing recognition in the community that earlier growth limits, while effective at preserving open space, had also contributed to rising housing costs and increased traffic from commuters who worked in Boulder but lived elsewhere, due in part to affordability issues. In response,"
                                Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Levy: yesStolzmann: yesLoachamin: no
                                passed 3-0
                                to strike pages 14-17. (This motion was withdrawn)
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to strike pages 14 through 17. (Commissioner Levy changed her vote from No to Yes)
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to amend page 41 to add "federally" before recognized tribes.
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to edit Policy 82 as amended by the City of Boulder to say, "the city and county support" at the beginning of the paragraph and add "prioritizing" before "middle housing and middle-income opportunities".
                                Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to accept all proposals as presented on the Planning Board slide as presented on the official record.
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 3-0
                                to support item no. 5 on Planning Board slide (no. 13).
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                unknown 0-0
                                to reject item no. 7.
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann
                                passed 3-0
                                Amendment:
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                unknown 0-0
                                to amend item no. 8 on Planning Board slide (no. 13) to say, "if motor vehicle parking is provided, it will make efficient use of land and minimize the amount of pavement." (This motion was withdrawn)
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                unknown 0-0
                                to amend the last sentence on item no. 8 on Planning Board slide (no. 13) to say "Any parking or transit stops must make efficient use of land and minimize pavement." (This motion was withdrawn)
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                passed 3-0
                                to accept the amendments as presented on item no. 8 on Planning Board slide (no. 13).
                                Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 2-1
                                to not accept Policy 27.
                                Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Loachamin: yesStolzmann: yesLevy: no
                                passed 3-0
                                to accept Policy 53 as amended.
                                Moved by Marta Loachamin, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Stolzmann: yesLoachamin: yesLevy: yes
                                passed 2-1
                                to give the Planning Commission direction regarding the amendment as proposed to page 116, Rural Class, as presented on slide no. 14, that the language needs to be rewritten.
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Loachamin: yesStolzmann: yesLevy: no
                                passed 2-0, 1 abstain
                                to accept the recommended changes for Policy no. 79 on page 69.
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Claire Levy
                                Levy: yesStolzmann: yesLoachamin: abstain
                                passed 2-1
                                to move Area 2 Neighborhood 1 designations into rural lands designations.
                                Moved by Claire Levy, seconded by Ashley Stolzmann
                                Loachamin: yesLevy: yesStolzmann: no
                                passed 2-1
                                to approve the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Major Update draft as recommended by staff, subject to additional conditions of approval and amendments as discussed and contained within the official record.
                                Moved by Ashley Stolzmann, seconded by Marta Loachamin
                                Levy: yesStolzmann: yesLoachamin: no

                              Other votes

                              passed 2-1
                              2.a.4 · to approve Request No. 4 from the quarter 2 budget amendment requests.
                              Levy: yesStolzmann: yesLoachamin: no