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From YouTube: Sep. 9 BOCC Town Hall (2021) - ARPA
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The Boulder County Commissioners discussed the county's interest in taking public input on how ARPA (American Rescue Plant Act) funds should be spent. Share your thoughts and take the survey at https://www.BoulderCountySurvey.com.
B
B
D
Good
evening
everybody
this
is
matt
jones,
boulder
county.
Commissioner,
I'm
going
to
read
a
land
acknowledgement.
I
acknowledge
that
I
live
on
land
within
the
territories
of
the
arapaho
cheyenne
and
youth
peoples.
I
acknowledge
that
the
institution
I
represent
was
founded
on
the
exclusion
and
attempted
erasure
of
indigenous
peoples
and
cultures.
D
I
acknowledge
that
the
american
indian
community
in
boulder
county
today,
the
elders
past
and
present
and
future
generations,
so
welcome
to
the
town
hall
again.
My
name
is
matt
jones.
I'm
a
bowler
county
commissioner.
Just
give
you
a
little
road
map
here.
Welcome
to
this
arpa
town
hall.
If
we've
been
looking
forward
to
this,
I
hope
you
have
too.
This
is
how
it's
going
to
work.
First,
the
commissioners
are
going
to
do
a
short
welcome.
D
D
Multiple
choice,
questions
and
the
commissioners
will
introduce
those
and
then,
following
that
we'll
ask
you
could
ask
questions
in
the
question
and
answer
feature
and
also
put
in
ideas
that
you
may
have
for
the
use
of
the
harpa
money
to
address
pandemic
concerns
so
say:
welcome
and
marta.
You
would
you
like
to
say:
welcome.
B
C
So
thank
you
so
much
for
participating
just
as
way
of
welcome.
It
is
fall
and
it's
a
season.
We
are
all
going
through
significant
changes
with
the
more
recent
public
health
mass
mandate
that
just
went
for
indoors
here
in
boulder
county
on
friday,
and
so
we
appreciate
everybody's
participation
and
just
staying
informed.
C
A
So,
thank
you
and
good
evening.
I'm
claire
levy,
I'm
your
third
county
commissioner,
here
in
boulder
county.
There
are
three
of
us-
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
taking
some
time
out
of
your
lives,
to
join
us
this
evening
for
this
town
hall,
I'm
not
going
to
speak
to
the
the
hope
and
promise
and
vision
and
potential
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act
right
now,
because
we'll
be
talking
about
that
a
little
bit
more
later.
A
A
E
Hi
good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
leslie
irwin.
I
am
I
work
in
the
commissioner's
office
and
I
have
been
named
arpa
administrator
for
boulder
county
and
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
about
the
arpa
funds
and
the
actual
fund
source
we
have
is
the
state
and
local
fiscal
recovery
funds.
That's
part
of
the
arpa
act
for
ease,
I'm
going
to
refer
to
this
as
arpa
next
slide.
Please.
E
So
this
is,
this
slide
is
about
the
funding
amount
and
timeline.
Boulder
county
was
allocated
a
little
more
than
63
million.
We
received
half
of
the
funding
early
this
summer
and
the
remainder
is
anticipated
in
mid
2022.
All
funds
have
to
be
obligated.
That
means
a
contract
or
purchase
order,
commitment
made
by
december
31st,
2024
and
and
fully
completed
and
expended
by
december
2026.
E
The
reason
is
that
infrastructure
is
a
category
of
this
funding
and
those
projects
can
take
a
while,
so
that
those
could
be
obligated
in
2024
and
completed
through
2026,
and
then
I
want
folks
to
know
that
treasury
has
additional
requirements
for
counties
and
cities
with
populations
of
250,
000
or
more
including
boulder
county.
So
we
I'll
go
into
some
of
those
a
little
bit
later
and
then
the
county
commissioners
have
allocated
an
initial,
approximately
5
million
for
immediate
needs.
E
Those
are
needs
in
the
community
like
food
assistance,
job
training
assistance,
the
immediate
needs
we
saw
when
we
had
cares,
act,
funding
which
was
the
prior
funding
source
and
then
for
the
remainder
of
the
funding.
There's
a
community
engagement
process
underway
to
plan
how
to
expend
those
dollars
and
hear
from
the
community
about
that,
and
commissioner
lochemin
is
going
to
share
more
about
that
after
my
presentation.
E
So
next
slide.
So
these
are
the
categories
of
eligible
uses,
and
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
we
will
have
a
time
for
questions.
So
if
any,
you
have
any
questions
for
me,
those
will
be
taken
later
or
the
commissioners.
The
first
category
of
funding
is
around
public
health
expenses.
So
the
public
health
response
things
in
that
category
would
include
things
like
vaccination,
testing
prevention
and
congregate.
E
Settings
like
spatial
mitigation,
personal
protective
equipment,
mental
health
services
and
substance
use
services
also
are
in
this
category,
because
those
are
public
health
issues
exacerbated
by
the
pandemic.
The
next
category
is
around
helping
households
and
businesses
in
that
categories
called
negative
economic
impacts
and
eligible
uses
within
that
category.
Are
things
like
food
programs,
utility
assistance,
internet
access,
programs
there's
also
small
business
assistance
is
in
that
category,
as
is
job
training
assistance
to
help
people
get
back
to
work.
E
This
whole
category
again
is
aimed
at
getting
at
the
disparate
impacts
on
on
certain
communities
of
the
pandemic,
for
example
in
boulder
county.
We
know
that
there
are
disparate
impacts
on
the
latin
x
community
and
then
low-income
workers
also
are
bearing
disproportionate
impacts.
The
next
category
is
replacing
lost
revenue
for
government.
So
if
we
lost
money,
we
could
claim
that
money
and
use
it
to
provide
general
government
services
which
are
broad
and
defined
by
treasury,
and
then
the
last
category
is
an
infrastructure,
investment
category
and
broadband
clean
water
and
that's
and
drinking
water
projects.
E
And
then
going
back
to
that
point
that
jurisdictions
of
250,
000
or
more
have
extra
requirements.
These
are
some
of
them.
They
are
quite
robust
and
they
do
have
a
lot
of
equity
involved
in
them.
So
we
have
to
report
to
treasury
how
our
approach
will
support
a
strong
and
equitable
recovery
and
how
we're
going
to
maximize
programmatic
impact
and
have
effective,
efficient
and
equitable
outcomes.
C
Great,
thank
you
leslie
for
that
overview
of
arpa.
That
is,
information,
is
also
on
the
bouldercounty.org
website.
I'm
going
to
talk
just
a
few
minutes
about
the
background
of
how
we
came
to
the
decision
and
what
that
work
looks
like
to
truly
engage
community
throughout
boulder
county
in
this
process.
C
That's
an
important
community
collaboration
that
we've
been
building
from
community
foundation
of
boulder
county,
along
with
the
knight
foundation,
chose
rebuild
by
design,
which
is
a
national
firm
who
is,
is
also
familiar
with
our
area
and
boulder
after
working
in
the
ponderosa
mobile
home
park
in
the
city
of
boulder
a
few
years
ago.
They
are
built
off
of
natural
disaster
work
in
the
united
states
and
around
the
world,
and
we
are
unfortunately
all
too
familiar
with
natural
disasters,
and
so
it's
an
exciting
collaboration.
C
We
got
together
then,
and
chose
five
partner
agencies
to
join
us
and
create
a
community
steering
committee,
those
five
partners,
our
neighbors
and
friends
of
all
of
us.
The
human
services
alliance,
the
peak-to-peak
human
service
alliance,
the
boulder
county
arts
alliance,
northwest
chamber
alliance
and
front
range
community
college,
so
we're
so
thankful
that
they
are
making
a
weekly
commitment
to
join
us
in
the
design
of
this
process
that
you're
going
to
be
hearing
about
and
be
able
to
participate
in
as
well.
C
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
our
two
community
engagement
team
members
that
have
joined
boulder
county
during
this
process,
ignacio
runda
and
isa
garita.
Who
are
your
contacts
in
community
when
you
look
at
this
next
process-
and
I
show
you
the
the
website
here
in
just
a
moment
of
how
you
can
set
up
this
type
of
conversation,
a
focus
group
make
sure
you
get
the
survey
etc.
C
C
D
So
yeah
we're
all
each
going
to
do
about
three
minutes.
The
commissioner's
talking
about
this
then
go
to
the
multiple
choice,
questions
and
then
we'll
go
to
the
q
a
so.
I
just
want
to
start
this
by
acknowledging
what
a
difficult
time
it
is
for
all
of
us.
You
know
we
we've
kind
of
gotten
used
to
it,
but
it
is
emotionally
taxing
for
all
of
us,
and
I
know
we
understand
that,
and
you
know
it's
it's
it's
frustrating.
D
We
thought
we
had
to
light
it
into
the
tunnels
earlier
this
summer
with
the
vaccines
and
now
we're
delta
varian
and
having
to
do
more
response,
which
is
just
kind
of
the
way
it
is
we're
going
to
be
dealing
with
this
for
a
while,
so
that
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
hanging
in
there.
Secondly,
martin
laid
out.
However,
we
thought
it
was
important
to
collect
ideas
from
you
before
making
decisions
on
most
the
money.
D
It
was
interesting.
I
was
on
a
call
earlier
this
week
with
the
department
of
local
affairs,
which
is
a
state
agency
and
they
polled
cities
and
counties.
How
many
were
doing
this
kind
of
work
and
only
30
percent
were
reaching
out
before
they
made
decisions,
and
we
just
think
it's
important
to
listen
to
you
first
and
then
go
to
the
process.
Smart,
I
outlined,
and
please
do
fill
out
that
form,
so
we
can
have
everything
in
one
place
in
the
same
format.
So
it's
well.
We
can
work
through
it
and
consider
those
ideas.
D
This
is
a
real
opportunity,
the
money
that
we
have
for
boulder
county
and
it's
a
real
opportunity
in
a
lot
of
ways.
You
saw
the
eligibility
criteria.
Keep
that
in
mind
when
you
make
your
comments.
A
lot
of
people
have
ideas
that
wouldn't
fit
that
criteria,
but
we
can
make
big
change
with
63
million
dollars
compared
to
the
state
county
budget.
D
D
Do
your
social
distancing
encourage
your
friends
to
do
that
too,
and
your
colleagues,
it's
just
so
important,
that's
how
we're
going
to
really
in
the
end
get
out
of
this
I
mean
we're
making
we're
working
through
this.
The
arpa
money
is
a
big
opportunity
for
the
county
and
the
cities
who
got
their
own
share
of
the
money.
D
You
ought
to
tap
into.
Let
them
know
what
you're
thinking
as
well,
but
together-
and
this
has
been
said
so
many
times
together-
we
can
overcome
this
and
it's
true
because
it's
a
contagious
disease,
it's
a
highly
contagious
disease
delta
variant
is
two
to
three
times
as
infectious
as
the
original
code
and
the
virus
loads
a
lot
bit
higher
too
a
thousand
times.
D
I've
been
told
when
you
get
it,
and
so
we
need
to
work
together
to
come
to
the
solutions
to
this,
and
if
you
do
your
personal
responsibility
and
give
us
your
ideas
for
this
and
working
on
this,
we
will
come
out
stronger.
I
I
believe
that,
like
my
personal
life,
history
you're,
overcoming
cancer
surviving
cancer
twice.
Tells
me
there's
a
lot
of
hope
here
and
keep
your
hope.
But
let's
keep
working
together
so
claire.
Do
you
want
to
jump
in.
A
A
And
yes,
as
commissioner
lochemin
explained,
we
really
want
this
to
be
informed
by
community
and
we
are
constrained
by
what
we're
allowed
to
use
it
for,
but
I
I
think
we
can.
We
can
still
express
some
of
our
priorities
in
our
and
our
in
our
concerns,
and
you
know
what
we
saw
so
so
clearly
in
this
in
this
pandemic
and
are
still
seeing
we're
not
done
with
it
is
the
is
the
inequality
inequity
in
our
society,
and
some
people
have
access
to
better
health
care.
Some
people
have
no
access
to
health
care.
A
There
were
many
people
who
did
not
have
the
luxury
of
working
from
home
who
and
were
forced
to
go
to
work,
to
support
their
families
who
work
in
unsafe
conditions
who
did
not
have
access
to
adequate
ppe,
whose
family
budgets
were
strained?
Who
depleted
their
savings
any
cushion
that
they
may
have
had
in
their
lives
simply
to
stay
afloat?
A
People
who
suffered
the
consequences
of
of
the
emotional
strain
on
from
isolation,
from
loss
of
work,
from
anxiety
from
whatever
and
and
are
seeing
those
impacts
in
their
lives
in
the
form
of
behavioral
health
problems?
Maybe
an
aggravation
of
an
existing
substance
use
disorder.
You
know
we've
just
seen
in
in
so
many
ways.
A
A
I
just
hope
that
when,
with
this
these
once
in
a
generation
funding
opportunities
that
we
use
them
to
have
as
much
impact
as
possible,
and
for
me
that
means
looking
for
ways
to
leverage
those
funds
if
we
can
match
them
up
with
other
state
or
local
funding
sources
to
make
them
go
farther.
That
would
be
great
if
we
can
take
your
ideas
for
things
that
we
need
to
work
on
and
match
them
up
with
some
of
the
brilliant
thought
that's
coming
out
of
national
organizations
on
how
to
get
to
those
places.
That
would
be
wonderful.
A
A
We
thought
that
we
were
done
with
vaccine
clinics
or
almost
done
with
testing
with
the
the
public
health
emergency
aspect
of
covid
and
we're
not
so
we're
not
gonna
have
63
million
dollars
to
spend
on
rebuilding
your
lives.
The
lives
of
the
people
in
our
community
we're
going
to
have
to
spend
a
lot
of
it,
unfortunately,
on
basic
public
health
response.
A
But
but
you
know
every
day
every
week,
every
month
that
this
pandemic
continues,
that
we
don't
get
vaccinated,
that
we
don't
wear
masks
is,
is
just
more
people
in
our
community
who
are
going
to
be
suffering
and
more
that
we're
going
to
have
to
divert
towards
response.
So
that's
that's
it
for
me.
I
look
forward
to
the
next
phase.
I
think
commissioner
lochimi
is
going
to
say
a
few
words
of
her
own.
C
C
Looking
at
a
63
million
dollar
figure
for
boulder
county
as
an
organization
is
the
other
reality
that
we
have
had
racial
inequities
and
inequalities
in
systems
in
not
only
this
country,
but
also
in
boulder
county
for
a
really
really
long
time,
and
so
my
hope
and
excitement
about
this
process
of
community
engagement
specifically,
is
that
you
all
can
help
hold
us
accountable
as
an
organization
as
a
large
institution
as
an
employer
of
over
2
100
residents
and
neighbors
who
come
into
boulder
county.
And
so
this
is
our
time
to
really
work
together.
C
What
I
will
share
with
you
as
well
is
that
we
are
in
that
same
community
engagement
process
meeting
with
our
other
local
elected
officials
from
through
throughout
our
region
and
having
a
monthly
meeting
with
mayors,
city
council,
city
staff,
county
managers
et
cetera.
Excuse
me,
city
managers,
to
share
this
information
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
access
to
the
same
information,
because
we
realize
that
some
of
our
smaller
municipalities,
our
mountain
towns,
our
neighbors,
like
nywat
and
gumbarel-
don't
have
the
staff,
don't
have
the
same
access
to
folks
to
create
those
resources.
C
There's
some
questions
about
just
how
to
host
this
information
or
excuse
me
host
events
like
this
is
going
to
be
an
open
opportunity.
I
want
to
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
over
215
people.
Who've
already
responded
to
this
survey
and
to
me
that's
an
exciting
indicator
that
folks
do
want
to
give
their
input
into
this
process,
and
so
we
have
a
challenge
on
our
hands.
We
have
an
opportunity
on
our
hands.
C
C
So
you
can
share
this
out
with
your
neighbors
to
make
sure
that
your
co-workers,
that
your
friends,
that
your
neighbors
fill
out
that
survey
and
learn
how
they
can
participate,
not
just
in
this
phase
one
data
collection,
but
in
the
long
term
process
that's
going
to
be
the
next
four
years
as
leslie
our
administrator
of
the
arpa
funds
already
shared.
We
have
time,
and
we
can
do
this
smartly
and
we
can
do
it
together
in
a
way
that
will
effectively
use
these
funds
to
better
boulder
county.
D
Thank
you,
marta.
So
now
we're
going
to
go
to
the
questions
formats
and
there
are
three
of
them.
Each
commissioner
will
ask
it
and
you'll
see
it
alive
on
the
screen
and
let
me
read
it
to
you
what
has
been
the
biggest
challenge
for
you,
your
family
or
your
business
since
the
start
of
the
pandemic
and
the
answers
could
be
economic
challenges.
Physical,
mental
health
concerns,
housing
and
security
impacts
on
education,
no
challenges
or
other.
D
There,
it
is
technology,
is
so
cool,
so
number
one
was
physical
mental
health
concerns.
I
think
we
can
all
relate
to
that
number
two's
economic
challenges,
then
housing
insecurity,
impacts
on
education
and
other
and
very
few
no
challenges,
so
that's
kind
of
a
representative.
What
where
we
are
today
with
all
this
marty.
C
Right
now
about
folks
who
may
not
have
access
to
internet
and
so
again,
part
of
this
process
of
community
engagement
is
being
out
and
about
we'll
be
at
the
art
walk.
This
weekend
our
team
will
be
out
at
art,
walk
the
latino
chamber,
fiesta
and
food
trucks
and
other
in-person
events
as
well
to
do
paper
surveys
in
the
three
languages
that
we
talked
about.
B
C
Okay,
it
looks
like
32
percent,
so
I
show
88
people
right
now
participating.
Thank
you,
expand
programs
to
increase
housing
and
food
support
and
right
behind
that,
right
now
and
as
italies
work
with
local
non-profits
to
provide
increased
services,
we
should
give
a
round
of
applause
virtually
to
all
of
the
nonprofits.
A
Thanks
so
I'm
gonna
ask
the
third
poll
question
and
then
just
so
you
know
how
things
are
gonna
go.
We
are
going
to
address
questions
that
you
put
in
the
question
and
answer
and
don't
I'm
saying
questions
really.
What
we're
looking
for
is
comments
and
the
the
poll
function
on
zoom
doesn't
allow
us
to
have
anything
other
than
multiple
choice
like
this,
and
we
realize
that
that
isn't
a
good
way
for
you
to
really
share
what
you
need
with
us.
So
we
encourage
you
to
please
put
your
comments
in
that
q.
A
A
that's
the
best
way
for
us
to
get
that
we're
trying
to
do
a
lot
of
things
at
the
same
time,
and
so,
if
you
can
keep
your
your
comments,
concise
it'll
make
it
easier
for
our
staff
to
review
them
and
for
us
to
try
to
address
them
here
when
we're
together.
So
the
final
question
I
didn't
get
to
ask
it:
everybody
I'm
going
to
read
it
so
that
the
translators
can
do
it
and
so
that
our
both
our
our
asl
and
our
spanish
language
translators.
So
the
final
question
is
what
strengths
slash
supports.
A
Have
you
or
your
family
or
your
business
had
through
the
pandemic
and
its
health
and
economic
impacts
and
the
choices
are
services
from
boulder
county
or
the
state
of
colorado
services
from
local,
non-profit
partners,
support
from
family
friends
and
neighbors
unemployment
services,
no
support
needed
and
other
and
support
from
family
friends.
Neighbors
is
the
largest
category
of
45
and
I
think
that's
an
incredible
testament
to
what
you
know
the
strength
of
community
and
and
how
we
have
asked
people
for
support,
and
hopefully
people
have
not
felt
that
they
couldn't
do
that.
A
But
for
those
who
weren't
able
to,
I
think
that's
part
of
that
emotional
toll
that
people
were
experiencing
very
few
people
indicated
that
they
got
support
from
boulder
county
or
the
state
of
colorado.
I
do
just
want
to.
Let
you
know,
though,
that
that
if
you
accessed
rental
assistance
or
increased
snap
benefits
during
this
period,
particularly
the
rental
assistance,
came
to
you
through
the
state
of
colorado
and
down
to
to
boulder
county.
A
A
E
I
am
indeed
monitoring
the
q
a
so
I
do
have
a
few
comments
and
questions
in
the
q,
a
here's
one.
So
it
says
for
background.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
it
is
understood
that
when
arpa
money
goes
towards
services
that
were
funded
by
general
funds,
then
those
general
funds
can
be
programmed
for
other
needs.
Correct.
A
Well,
I'm
happy
to
to
speak
to
that.
I
believe
if
I,
if
I
followed
the
q
a
thread,
this
may
have
come
from
somebody
who
had
asked
whether
we
could
use
these
funds
for
subdivision
paving,
and
so
the
question
was
well.
If
we
can
use
these
funds
for
something
and
then
would
that
create
space
in
our
budget
for
paving
and
and
that
I
believe
the
answer
and
leslie
will
correct
me.
A
If
I'm
wrong,
we,
we
are
limited
to
covet
impacts,
as
of
I
believe,
march
of
2021,
and
so
we
can't
use
this
just
to
re
supplant
our
our
basic
county
functions.
It
has
to
be
for
something
that
is
specifically
coveted
related
and
we
didn't
now.
You
probably
read
that
city
of
boulder
and
some
other
municipalities
are
back
filling
budget
holes
that
they
experience.
So
you
can
use
it
to
replace
revenue
loss
but
not
to
go
back
and
fund
services
retroactively.
E
C
I'm
just
going
to
jump
in
really
quick
with
an
example
that
we've
seen
in
the
last
week
and
one
of
those
is
connected
to
the
immediate
needs
portion
of
the
arpa
funds
and
we're
talking
about
more
than
1.5
million
dollars
that
the
county
commissioners
decided
to
use
on
exactly
what
was
just
discussed
and
budgeted
needs.
And
that
was
in
regards
to
vaccines,
the
county
community
ambassadors,
the
vaccine
equity
clinics
that
are
continuing.
As
commissioner
levy
already
noted,
that
we
were
expecting
to
be
out
of
some
of
these
pieces.
But
those
are
unbudgeted.
E
D
Well,
I
am
now
I
had
no
idea,
so
this
is
often
95th
and
about
belmont
and
it's
it's
a
challenge
for
the
people
in
that
neighborhood.
I
suggested
this
person
send
the
information
and
the
request
into
our
into
the
the
survey
so
that
we
record
it
and
make
sure
it's
there
and
the
county
isn't
in
the
business
of
doing
internet.
D
C
We
also
had
teachers
and
professors
who
were
in
the
same
situation,
and
that
was
the
beginning
of
really
acknowledging
that
we
have
a
significant
digital
divide.
That
comment
has
started
to
come
up
not
only
from
within
the
internal
applications
that
we've
discussed,
but
also
in
some
of
the
feedback
that
we're
hearing
from
communities.
So
I
appreciate
that
comment
and
the
suggestion
is
going
to
be
again.
C
We
would
we
do
have
paper
surveys
that
are
another
mode
of
responding
to
this
important
information,
and
it
sounds
like
this
particular
resident
got
hold
of
their
commissioner
and
both
commissioner
levy
and
I
are
also
available
to
have
these
conversations
to
make
sure
that
your
voice
gets
included.
So
thanks
for
that
comment,.
E
Shall
we
move
to
the
next
question
so
representative
judy
amamile
shared
that
she
wants
funds
to
be
allocated
to
beds
for
people
with
severe
mental
illness.
The
black
hole
in
boulder
county's
mental
health
programs
is
care
and
beds
for
the
severely
mentally
ill.
The
biggest
impact
is
no
care
for
severely
mentally
ill
persons.
A
So
I
think
I'll
I'll
take
that,
because
representative
o'malley
and
I
have
had
a
number
of
conversations
about
the
this
exact
issue
and
you
know
we
have
to
first,
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
severity
of
the
problem
and
that
there
are
very
few
beds
available
when
people
need
acute
care
in
boulder
county,
particularly
if
you
do
not
have
really
good
insurance.
So
I
think
we
can
all
acknowledge
the
problem.
A
I
think
the
challenge
here
is
going
to
be
that
we
can't
stand
up
those
beds
with
with
the
existing
facilities
that
we
have
and
given
the
funding
that
we
have
and
the
challenge
of
spending
them
within
the
required
time
frame,
I
don't
think
it's
possible
to
to
create
a
facility
that
would
require
secure
beds.
However,
I
do
want
to
say
to
everybody
who's
listening,
because
the
behavioral
health
challenges
were
a
very
widely
expressed.
E
D
E
Anyone
else
on
that
one
all
right,
the
next
it's
more
of
a
comment.
It
says:
would
this
be
appropriate?
Our
social
enterprise
and
non-profit
partnership
could
offer
a
stipend
and
a
scholarship
for
providing
micro,
entrepreneurship,
mentorship
and
licensing,
and
certification
and
leadership
training
to
individuals
who
who
apply
to
be
trained
as
23,
zip.
First
food
responders.
E
A
Reactions,
oh
I'm
happy
to
react.
I
mean,
I
think,
that's
the
kind
of
just
idea
that
we'd
we'd
like
to
get
and
there
there
are
two
things
embedded
in
the
question.
One
is
an
acknowledgement
of
the
food
insecurity
and
creative
ways
to
address
food
insecurity.
The
other
is
that
folks
need
maybe
to
be
trained
in
new
skills,
maybe
the
job
they
had
went
away,
or
maybe
they
don't
want
that
job
anymore.
We're
you
know
we're
seeing
that
realizing.
Some
of
us
have
realized
for
a
very
long
time.
A
There
are
a
lot
of
really
bad
jobs,
and
so
our
workforce
center
workforce,
boulder
county
is
working
with
pandemic
response
funds
to
provide
job
training
so
that
people
can
find
a
job.
That's
rewarding
and
that
is
helpful,
makes
them
feel
good
about
working,
and
I
know
commissioner
lochimi
is
very
involved
with
workforce
boulder
county.
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
would
just
say
that
that's
one
of
those
pieces,
I
would
love
to
have
this
group
involved
in
the
longer
term,
conversations
to
help
develop.
What
that
ask
is-
and
I
believe
we
have
some
work
being
done
in
the
county.
That
could
be
part
of
the
connection,
but
there's
there's
something
in
there.
That
could
be
supported.
If,
if
that's
the
direction
that
the
commissioners
ended
up
going.
E
The
next
question
could
funds
be
used
to
mitigate
impacts
of
overflight
impact
on
boulder
county?
We
are
disproportionately
impacted
by
airplane
traffic.
The
pollution
created
includes
lead.
Lead
mitigation
is
an
item
that
can
be
addressed.
I
have
a
clarification
there.
Air
pollution
increases
severity
of
covid.
D
So
I
I
I'll
jump
in
you'd,
please
put
that
in
the
survey,
so
we
keep
track
of
that.
We
and
myself
I
participated
in
the
noise
round
table
at
rocky
mountain
metropolitan
airport.
To
address
these
issues,
I
got
to
say
that
in
the
end,
the
decisions
made
at
that
airport
are
made
by
the
jefferson
county
commissioners.
It's
it's
their
airport,
so
we're
working
on
that
and
we
acknowledge,
I
acknowledge,
being
in
resident
louisville
of
those
very
issues
that
were
discussed
there
and
they're
very
real
and
they're
very
real.
D
C
Could
funds
be
used?
Funds
in
general
could
be
used,
could
arpa
funds
that
are
dedicated
to
folks
most
impacted
by
covid.
I
think
that's
the
real
distinction
and
it's
a
good
question,
because
we
want
to
be
really
careful
about
how
we're
tying
covid
to
issues
that
are
just.
We
have
day-to-day
issues
and
we
have
to
really
look
at
covet
as
the
disease
as
the
virus
as
a
global
pandemic
and
the
different
types
of
impacts
that
folks
really
have
endured
because
of
that
go
ahead.
Leslie
from
the
federal
guidelines.
E
Yeah,
so
lead
remediation
is
an
eligible
activity.
It's
within
the
services
for
disproportionately
impacts,
impacted
communities,
category
and
treasury
defines
that
so
those
are
people
who
live
in
a
qualified
census
tract.
So
those
are
mapped
out.
You
can
find
those
maps
and
they
are
where
predominantly
lower
income
residents
reside
or
you
can
provide
the
lead
remediation
to
people
who
live
in
those
in
those
communities
or
in
those
communities
themselves
or
certain
lower
income
definitions
so,
and
it
would
have
to
be
sort
of
tied
back
to
the
pandemic.
So
good
point
on
that.
E
All
right
next
question:
could
you
talk
more
about
efforts?
You
are
looking
at
to
expand
the
availability
of
affordable,
experienced
mental
health
support,
especially
for
our
youth.
We
are
all
aware
there
is
a
huge
shortage
of
mental
health
professionals
in
colorado.
What
can
boulder
do
to
recruit
and
retain
more
practitioners.
A
Well,
maybe
I'll
jump
in
against
on
this,
and
I'm
that's
that's
a
not
just
a
problem
in
boulder.
It's
a
problem
statewide-
and
I
imagine
nationwide,
although
all
I
know
about
is-
is
colorado
right
now
and-
and
I
I
know
that
last
we
had
an
update
from
mental
health
partners.
They
had
over
50
slots
that
unfilled
positions
that
they
have
been
recruiting,
for
they
are
offering
increased,
pay
they're,
offering
all
kinds
of
incentives,
and
so
this
is
a
problem.
A
You
know,
I
don't
know,
we
need
to
increase
the
pipeline
and,
I
think,
to
increase
the
pipeline.
This
work
has
to
be
more
attractive
to
people.
They
need
to
be
feel
rewarded.
They
need
to
feel
like
it's
something
that
they
want
to
do
so
really.
All
I
can
say
is
we
realize,
there's
a
problem
and
it's
not
that
boulder
can't
recruit
that
we
have
a
problem,
hiring
more
people,
there's
just
nobody
to
recruit
from,
and
that's
going
to
be
a
challenge
when
we
try
to
expand
those
services.
A
C
I'm
going
to
just
add
on
to
the
because
for
me,
when
I'm
reading
into
this
question,
this
is
to
me
another
example
of
the
opportunity
that
we
have
with
this
funding
and
leveraging
and
working
together
around
our
county,
because
mental
health
partners
is
one
of
the
resources
from
the
county,
and
I
look
at
this
question
and
I'm
thinking
about
schools,
I'm
thinking
about
our
youth,
who
could
also
be
supported
by
that
jurisdiction,
meaning
our
school
board
and
our
different
school
districts.
How
can
we
partner
together
and
be
supporting
those
efforts?
C
And
that
is
another
question
about
how
do
we
recruit
and
retain
in
that
space,
to
support
our
youth
there
as
well?
So
I
to
me
there's
some
hope
in
that
question,
because
I
think
this
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
really
expand
some
of
these
conversations
and
think
about
them
in
ways
we
may
not
have
previously.
E
D
D
We
fought
very
hard
to
get
that
money.
Boulder
county.
Did
we
weren't
going
to
get
any
just
the
big
five
counties
were
going
to
get
money
and
we
put
it
to
good
use
and
it
helped
people.
I
mean
it
helped
people
from
food
insecurity
to
child
care,
to
homeless
people
needing
services.
You
might
heard
about
the
center,
so
we
have
very
real
needs
and
we
tend
to
spend
every
nickel
of
the
money
on
helping
people
get
back
better.
It's
the
american
recovery
act
and
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do.
E
Thank
you
and
before
moving
on
to
the
next
question,
I
need
to
apologize
to
everybody
participating.
I
didn't
provide
proper
instructions
at
the
beginning,
so,
if
you're
participating
via
interpretation,
you
can
type
your
question
in
the
chat
in
spanish.
If
you
are
a
spanish
speaker
or
communicate
with
your
asl
interpreter
to
get
a
question
into
the
chat,
so
I
want
to
be
sure
everybody
can
participate
and
I
apologize
for
not
providing
that
sooner.
So
the
next
question
is,
I
feel
the
county
needs
to
invest
in
providing
better
drug
treatment
resources.
E
Many
people
who
are
homeless
have
intransigent
addiction
issues
and
need
long-term
treatment,
boulder
county
contracts,
mental
health
services
through
mental
health
partners,
but
it
often
requires
weeks
or
months
before
people
can
be
seen.
Can
we
use
arpa
funds
to
improve
drug
treatment
resources
in
our
county.
C
And
I'd
love
to
hear
leslie
from
the
guideline
piece.
It
seems
like
it's
asking
a
little
bit
specific
to
that
as
well.
This
is
to
me
a
really
important
commentary
that
is
being
shared
for
us
as
commissioners
to
guide
the
conversations
that
we're
going
to
be
having
and
the
ideas
of
how
these
partnerships
may
come
together
to
address
the
concerns
shared
in
this
comment
about
the
legalization
of
marijuana,
but
specifically
high
thc.
C
A
And
I
I
just
I'll
also
just
want
to
say
this
is
one
of
those
things
where
it's
great
to
have
this
in
the
in
the
q
a
so
we
have
it.
But
you
know
you
probably
are
reading
about
settlement
of
the
opioid
opioid
litigation,
and
so
we
will
have
some
funds
coming
to
boulder
county
that
are
specifically
earmarked
for
for
substance,
use
disorders
and
addiction.
E
E
So
we
are
embarking
on
that
process
analyzing,
where
we
are
a
situational
awareness
of
where
we
are
with
data
and
analyzing
the
data
that
do
exist.
In
fact,
we
have
a
planning
contractor
on
board
right
now.
Sifting
through
a
lot
of
data
and
they'll,
be
performing
a
gap
analysis
and
I
think
what
they
it
has
been
communicated
to
that
group
around
the
gap
in
lgbtq
data,
so
gap,
analysis
now
and
then
building
that
data
capacity
going
forward.
That's
our
next
phase
of
operation
here,
commissioner,
were
you
going
to
chime
in
sorry
about
that.
B
C
The
opportunity
for
folks
to
respond
to
lgbtq,
identifying
the
categories
to
help,
inform
us
in
this
next
process.
The
issue
there
is
that,
historically,
that
hasn't
been
part
of
the
the
data
collection,
and
so
all
we
can
do
is
move
forward
and
do
better,
and
I
appreciate
what
leslie's
talking
about
in
the
data,
and
that
is
one
of
the
applications
that
we
saw
internally
as
well,
was
how
we
can
support
long-term
data
analysis
that
would
include
everybody
in
our
community.
Thank
you.
E
C
E
Let's
see,
oh
my
thing
moved
here,
thank
you
for
hosting
this
webinar.
You
may
or
may
not
be
surprised
that
many
of
our
residents
are
unaware
of
this
process
or
any
process
of
how
to
engage
our
government
officials.
What
other
avenues
is
the
county
pursuing
to
engage
all
of
our
community
in
this
discussion.
A
I
I
I
forget
how
many
entries
there
were
in
that
spreadsheet
of
organizations
with
contacts
that
that
we
want
to
do
outreach
to
so
that
we
can
get
input
from
everybody,
but,
more
broadly,
in
terms
of
you
know
how
how
do
people
find
out
about
these
town
hall
meetings?
We're
trying
is
what
I
can
say.
I
put
out
my
newsletter.
A
C
Yeah
I
appreciate
that
conversation
and
the
question
too
is
just
the
an
example:
human
services
alliance,
who's.
One
of
the
partner
agencies
that
was
chosen
to
participate
in
the
community
steering
committee
is
a
host
of
about
75,
county-wide,
community
non-profits
and
service
organizations,
and
that's
just
one
example.
They
hosted
this
type
of
a
focus
group
last
week
and
had
50
different
organizations
from
around
the
county
participating,
and
I
will
share
that.
C
The
federal
requirement
for
the
recovery
plan,
the
website
etc
just
went
live
on
september
1st,
so
this
is
really
at
the
beginning
of
the
engagement
process.
So
I
share
that
for
all
of
you
to
know
that
you're
kind
of
at
the
very
beginning
of
this
process
as
well,
and
so
that
gives
us
an
even
wider,
broader
opportunity
to
share
this
out
and
make
sure
that
you
participate.
C
I
do
want
to
just
note
from
the
comments
here
that
we
may
not
get
to
all
the
questions
and
comments
this
evening,
and
so
again
the
the
bouldercounty.org
is
our
website
and
that's
just
an
opportunity
for
you
to
jump
on.
You
just
hit
arpa
and
you'll
get
to
the
website.
You'll
get
to
the
survey
you'll
get
to
the
contact
email
to
host
your
own
focus
group
for
folks
who
maybe
have
jumped
in
and
out
or
doing
dishes
or
dinner.
At
the
same
time
this
evening,.
E
D
I
don't
know
if
that's
if
we
can't
leslie
from
the
criteria
we,
the
sheriff's
office,
is
experiencing
some
of
this
themselves
and
working
hard
to
hire
people
and
we
changed
how
sheriffs
are
paid
last
year
and
to
us
and
a
system.
That's
more
preferred
in
that
line
of
work
to
try
to
make
it
more
favorable,
and
so
we're
working
on
that
and
we
face
that
challenge
ourselves
through
the
sheriff's
office.
E
C
And
I
just
want
to
add
in
there
that
to
me
is
another
group
of
folks
that
we
need
your
help
to
get
in
contact
with
in
this
process.
If
we
think
back
to
and
over
the
last
18
months
or
so
our
you
know,
our
fire
folks
were
had
to
be
it
out
on
in
fire.
If
we
think
about
cowood,
a
month
ago,
a
year
ago,
we
had
fire
teams
who
had
to
be
together
who
were
endangering
themselves
with
the
copid.
C
We
have
military
folks,
national
guard
folks
around
our
area,
who
were
also
in
those
types
of
tight
quarters
and
dealing
with
covet,
as
well
as
our
police
forces,
not
just
our
local
forces,
but
also
our
county
police
folks.
So
those
first
responders
are
another
group
that
we
do
need
to
hear
from
to
know
how
they
were
all
impacted
by
covid
to
give
us
specific
ideas
and
options.
That's
a
great
point.
E
There
is
a
housing
eligible
housing
activity
that
would
include
some
energy
upgrades
to
housing,
but
again
those
are
in
the
qualified
census
tracts
and
I
don't
know
that
there
is
one
of
those
in
superior.
There
are
those
other
parameters
we
could
look
at,
but
primarily
the
qualified
census
tracts
are
in
boulder,
longma
and
lafayette.
E
I'm
just
wondering
if
we
have
it
sounds
like
we
have
a
few
more
minutes
for
additional
questions.
So
is
there
consideration
around
using
some
of
the
arpa
funds
to
ensure
that
we
are
building
county
capacity
to
better
respond
to
not
only
ongoing,
but
future
emergencies
and
disasters
not
making
the
mistake
of
getting
through
this
pandemic
and
go
through
the
same
hurdles
in
the
next
emergency
because
we
didn't
invest
in
our
county,
slash
community
services.
A
A
You
know
we
don't
want
to
be
unprepared
next
time,
and
so
hence
the
focus
on
public
health,
and
because
that
is
that's
how
we
really
make
our
community
resilient
and
strong,
so
that
we
are
equipped
to
fight
the
next
pandemic
and
so
scaling
up
the
capacity
there.
But
another
another
focus
and
eligible
spending.
Category
is
on
these
social
determinants
of
health.
That
far
more
than
a
dollar
spent
on
on
health
care
can
actually
do
a
better
job
at
protecting
our
community
from
the
spread
of
a
pandemic.
A
D
So
I'll
jump
in
butler
county
leslie
is
testament
to
this
he's
been
through.
A
lot
of
these
things
has
gotten
pretty
good
at
responding
to
his
natural
disasters.
Four
mile
fire
started
with
then
the
2013
flood.
Now
we
had
the
pandemic.
Interestingly,
a
year
before
that
pandemic
broke
out,
we
met
and
decided
on
the
structure,
which
makes
the
most
sense
from
learning
all
those
lessons
hard
learned
lessons
and
that
the
operation
stood
up
in
a
hurry.
D
It
was
very
impressive
how
quickly
it
got
up
and
going,
and
then
we
had
a
coward
fire
right
in
the
middle
of
it,
and
so
we
we've
been
doing
really
well
and
it's
an
interesting
question
about
using
our
funds,
because
it's
definitely
had
to
do
it
from
the
pandemic
and
specific
ideas,
if
you
can
put
them
in
our
survey,
would
be
really
helpful
say
you
know.
This
is
the
category
of
thing.
It
needs
help
emergency
response
and
you
need
to
do
x.
D
That
would
be
really
helpful
for
us
so
that
we
can
make
it
actionable,
because
the
first
steps
figuring
out
the
big
marta
said
this
earlier:
the
big
categories
of
things
we
want
to
fund
and
how
much
and
then
it's
going
to
be
what
kind
of
program
programmatic
work
are
we
wanting
to
do
so?
Please
give
us
your
ideas
on
that.
C
C
How
do
we
look
at
those
types
of
lessons
and
make
some
changes,
and
I
think
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
all
of
us
to
share
that,
and
certainly
the
county
who's
very
experienced
and
has
some
different
pieces
that
we're
going
to
have
to
look
at
in
the
data
collection?
That's
coming
out
right
now
from
response
and
review
of
the
different
assessments
gaps
and
needs
analysis
that
have
been
done
here
in
the
county
over
the
last
18
months,
as
well
as
this
input
that
our
public,
neighbors
and
constituents
are
providing
in
this
process.
E
D
Yeah
we'll
be
collecting
the
responses
from
this.
It's
an
open-ended
question:
there's
some
limitations
to
this
format,
about
collecting
information
and
we're
doing
our
best
to
find
different
ways
to
do
that.
But
in
the
end,
the
survey
and
also
the
paper
options
and
all
those
kinds
of
things
is
important
as
well.
A
A
D
A
So
we
can't
stash
it
away
for
future
use.
The
reason
I
said
land
bank
land
banking
is
a
little
different
is,
I
think
we
have
to
really
explore
whether
we
can
buy
land
that's
allocated
for
affordable
housing,
even
if
we
don't
have
a
source
of
funding
to
actually
construct
the
housing.
So
we'll
we'll
have
to
run
that
one
to
ground.
D
I
just
I
I
was
looking
at
the
koi
q
a
and
I
appreciated
the
comment
I
live
in
lewisville
and
we
have
a
local
second
hand.
Close
business
found
underground,
who
got
assistance
from
louisville
and
apparently
helped
kept,
keep
them
afloat,
and
the
business
owner
got
sick
with
governor
herself
and
that
that's
pretty
compelling
and
thanks
for
offering
that
kind
of
information
and
how
we
might
help
people
and
that's
the
kind
of
information
we
need
to
sort
through
all
the
ideas
to
come
up
with
the
best
way
to
spend
this
money.
C
We're
meeting
with
that.
The
community
engagement
team
is
meeting
with
the
mayors
and
city
councils
staff,
etc
on
a
monthly
basis
to
share
this
feedback,
and
so
that's
an
opportunity
for
you
all,
depending
on
where
you
live
to,
let
your
electeds.
Now
let
your
leadership
teams
know
where
you're
at
that.
E
And
piggybacking
on
that
and
related
to
the
housing
question
a
moment
ago
as
well.
Another
variable
in
this
space
is
that
the
state
also
received
a
significant
amount,
3.5
billion,
I
think,
of
arpa
money,
and
they
have
already
dedicated
some
funds
still
to
be
determined
how
it's
to
be
spended
but
to
behavioral
health
housing
broadband.
Some
of
the
needs
we've
heard
about
this
evening,
and
so
we
want
to
be
sure
that
we
are
working
together
with
the
state
to
maximize
funds
and
not
duplicate
efforts
there
as
well.
D
D
C
C
So
I
want
to
just
say
thank
you
to
all
of
them
as
well.
This
survey
again
is
available
at
boulder
countysurvey.com,
and
so
you
can
share
that
out
as
well
as
if
you
are
wanting
to
host
a
focus
group
or
get
together
the
friends
and
colleagues
or
neighbors
that
you
know
aren't
online
but
you'd
like
us
to
get
together
with
them,
and
you
have
access
to
ask
for
an
event
to
go
to
arpa
input
at
bouldercounty.org
in
an
email,
and
you
can
request
that
again.
A
Thanks
and-
and
I
will
add
my
appreciation
again
to
everybody
who
joined
us
this
evening
to
help
us-
and
this
is
this-
is
your
government
at
work?
This
is
how
we
are
accountable
to
you
so
that
we
provide
the
services
and
resources
that
you
tell
us
you
need,
and
so
I
really
appreciate
all
the
the
comments
that
were
put
in
the
q,
a
and
and
the
really
helpful
participation.
A
Work
for
us,
george
twigg,
in
our
policy
office,
who's
been
helping
supplement
behind
the
scenes
and
make
us
look
smart.
When
we
don't
know
the
answer
and
then
last
I
want
to
mention
barb
helpin
who,
even
though
she
left
employment
with
the
county
and
moved
to
virginia,
is
taking
time
on
the
eastern
time
zone.
So
it's
almost
nine
o'clock
for
her
and
she's
been
with
us
as
well
to
help
make
sure
this
goes
smoothly
because
she
is,
she
is
a
veteran
public
information
officer
and
and
is
a
really
dedicated
public
employee.