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From YouTube: BOCC Town Hall - Open Q&A - January 19, 2023
Description
The Boulder County Commissioners held a 90-minute town hall with open Q&A and public comment. Commissioner Ashley Stolzmann, who was sworn into office on Jan. 9, joined Commissioners Claire Levy and Marta Loachamin for the first town hall of 2023.
A
A
I
think
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
get
started.
I
was
just
pausing
to
make
sure
that
everybody
that
was
waiting
to
get
in
on
Zoom
was
was
with
us.
It
looks
like
we've
got
a
a
nice
crowd
with
us
tonight
so
good
evening
and
welcome
my
name
is
Claire
Levy
I
have
the
honor
of
chairing
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
for
2023
and
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
to
our
first
town
hall
meeting
for
2023..
A
A
A
It's
our
pleasure
again.
Let
me
say
to
be
with
you
tonight,
former
mayor,
Ashley
stolzman.
Now,
commissioner,
a
stolzman
and
Marta
lotumin
and
we're
going
to
start
by
each
of
us
just
giving
some
thoughts
about
the
past
year
and
what
we
hope
to
work
on
in
the
future
and
then
we'll
open
this
meeting
up
for
public
comment.
A
We
have
some
people
that
have
signed
up
in
advance
and
we
set
aside
three
minutes
a
person
for
public
comment.
If
you
didn't
sign
up
in
advance,
go
ahead
and
raise
your
hand
and
we'll
get
you
set
up
to
to
speak
in
the
public
comment
section,
and
then
we
also
are
hoping
that
there's
going
to
be
time
to
take
questions
at
the
bottom
of
your
Zoom
screen,
you
can
see
an
icon
for
Q
a
and,
if
you'll
type
your
question
in
there,
then
we
will
take
that
after
we
do
public
comment.
A
So
I'm
just
gonna
start
us
off
and
I'm
starting
my
third
year
as
a
county
commissioner,
and
so
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
speaking
with
many
of
you
in
the
past
and
responding
to
correspondence.
But
I
saw
some
new
faces
and
I'm
always
happy
to
be
able
to
talk
to
new
people.
Here
last
year
we
did
have
a
very
successful
I
thought:
combination
of
in-person
and
remote
Town
Halls.
A
We
also
were
able
to
have
dinner
with
the
governing
bodies
of
some
of
the
municipalities
in
Boulder
County.
We
met
with
Longmont,
Superior
and
Erie
over
dinner
and
and
heard
a
little
bit
more
in
an
in-depth
conversation
from
them
and,
and
that
was
a
great
opportunity
to
just
build
relationships
and
and
hear
in
an
informal
setting
what's
on
people's
minds.
A
We
were
able
to
serve
a
lot
of
people
in
a
short
period
of
time,
providing
financial
support,
referrals
to
mental
health,
to
Department
of
Motor
Vehicles
to
get
your
driver's
license
have
folks
there
to
help
get
passports
and
other
ID.
So
you
know
that
that
was
a
major
effort
on
the
part
of
the
county
very
quickly.
We
then
immediately
started
working
on
drafting
some
new
regulations
so
that
people
who
wanted
to
rebuild
did
not
have
to
go
through
the
regular
land
use
process.
A
We've
drafted
those
after
a
series
of
listening
sessions.
We
worked
on
special
rules
for
accessory
dwelling
units
in
the
Marshall
fire
burn
area,
the
setup,
a
system
to
rebate
a
portion
of
sales
and
use
taxes
for
people,
rebuilding
marshaled,
a
lot
of
resources
to
support
Green
Building
and
the
statistics
on
the
number
of
people
who
were
pursuing
low
energy
Neta
and
Net
Zero.
Passive
homes
is
really
impressive.
A
Of
and
and
really
happy
to
see
that
that
we're
going
to
get
that
out
of
this
terrible
disaster
and
then,
of
course,
passing
fire
resistant
building
codes
for
Boulder
County,
so
that
we
can
at
least
lessen
the
destruction.
If
we
have
another
fire
like
that
in
the
future,
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
a
couple
of
other
major
things
that
were
highlights
from
me
in
2022
I
mean
one
was
finalizing
the
projects
that
we're
going
to
invest
in
with
the
63.3
million
dollars
that
we
got
from
the
federal
government
through
arpa.
A
It's
just
a
once
in
a
lifetime
opportunity
to
make
major
investments
in
the
community
and
and
try
to
really
move
the
needle
on
the
things
that
people
said
they
needed
help
with
and
that's
mental
health.
It's
housing,
affordability,
it's
economic
assistance
and
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
seeing
those
projects
come
to
fruition,
we
passed
a
series
of
gun,
violence,
prevention,
ordinances.
A
One
of
them
is
being
challenged
in
court
and
and
has
been
suspended
until
that
court
case
is
finished,
but
the
others
are
in
effect
and
we're
hoping
that
that,
along
with
the
gun,
violence,
prevention,
ordinances
that
municipalities
have
passed
will
will
help
reduce
gun
violence
and
increase
Public
Safety.
We
made
a
major
decision
to
close
down
the
Del
Flats
quarry
a
source
of
a
lot
of
particulate
pollution
over
the
years
and
I'm
very
pleased
that
we
were
able
to
do
that.
A
We're
looking
for
opportunities
to
expand
our
co-re
responder
program
and
and
to
expand
access
to
Behavioral
Health
Services,
so
that
you
don't
have
to
get
into
the
criminal
justice
system
in
order
to
be
served
on
the
legislative
front,
we're
expecting
major
legislation
that
will
try
to
do
a
better
job
of
coordinating
land,
use,
decisions
and
transportation
funding
so
that
we
use
our
transportation
resources
more
efficiently,
so
that
we
can
bring
down
the
cost
of
housing
and
and
also
lessen
the
impact
on
Water
Resources
air
quality.
Greenhouse
gas
emissions.
Etc.
A
That's
going
to
be
a
major
part
of
our
work.
Another
major
Focus
for
us
we'll
be
getting
adequate
funding
for
our
Human
Service
case
workers
they're
doing
a
lot
of
work
they're
under
a
lot
of
strain.
They
are
not
compensated
adequately
and
so
we're
going
to
bat
for
them
at
the
legislature
to
get
more
funding.
A
I'll
just
mention
a
couple
of
other
things
quickly:
on
housing,
again,
Willoughby
Corner
we're
we're
going
to
turn
some
dirt
here
very
soon.
On
the
first
phase
and
and
that
will
be
an
ongoing
project
for
several
years,
we
have
a
new
division
of
housing
in
our
department
of
human
services
and
I'm,
looking
forward
to
working
with
that
division
to
address
a
broader
range
of
housing
issues
than
we
can
do
through
our
Housing
Authority,
including
preserving
existing,
affordable
housing
and
and
addressing
the
needs
for
affordable
home
ownership.
A
Yet
it
may
not
ever
be
a
county
issue,
but
there
are
some
things
that
find
their
way
to
each
of
us
that
we
take
on
because
it
reflects
a
concern
that
we
have
and
I've
been
trying
to
find
Opportunities
to
intervene
and
address
the
the
closure
impending
closure
of
Assisted
Living
of
one
of
our
Medicaid
funded
facilities.
Here
in
the
city
of
Boulder,
it's
a
tragic
situation.
It
is
causing
families
to
have
to
scramble
and
make
arrangements
for
loved
ones
who
have
very
few
options
available
to
them.
A
This
may
be
a
legislative
need,
but
we're
going
to
have
to
pull
together
to
make
sure
that
people
in
our
communities
who
need
assisted
living
and
who
do
not
have
access
to
the
resources
needed
for
the
the
expensive
market
rate
facilities
have
the
services
they
need.
So
those
are
just
the
things
I
wanted
to
highlight
from
what
we've
done
in
the
past
and
what
I
hope
to
do
in
the
future
and
I'm
going
to
now
turn
it
over
to
commissioner
lochu
mean.
B
Great
when
I
started
this,
thank
you,
everybody
for
joining
us
on
this
virtual
town
hall
and
we'll
be
looking
forward
to
the
spring
and
some
more
what's
the
best
way
to
say,
potentially
predictable
weather
that'll
allow
us
to
be
out
out
and
about
in
Boulder
County.
So
a
couple
we
should
have
shared
notes:
I'm,
gonna,
try
and
not
re
repeat
what
commissioner
Levy
just
talked
about,
but
I'll
so
I'll
add
a
couple
pieces
in
you
know.
Looking
at
2022,
Marshall
fire
was
an
extraordinary
amount
of
work
and
dedication.
B
I
just
want
to
share
gratitude
really
to
Boulder
County
staff,
who,
in
every
Department
people
were
doing
different
types
of
work
from
the
very
beginning
until
December,
30th
2021
throughout
the
year
in
different
ways,
and
so
I
really
want
to
commend
everybody
who
has
been
involved
in
all
of
the
different
response
and
where
now
we're
moving
into
more
of
the
recovery.
When
we
talk
about
rebuilding
two
pieces
within
that
work,
that
I
think
are
really
important.
B
B
That's
done
in
the
rebuild
with
Marshall
fire
I
got
an
opportunity
to
work
with
the
long-term
Recovery
Group
and
now
working
with
the
Marshall
Rock
and
our
recovery
team
at
Boulder
County,
and
so
that
also
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
look
at
our
emergency
preparedness,
our
disaster
recovery
and
and
really
so
legislative
work
on
how
we
can
get
the
state
to
help
us
be
prepared
for
natural
disasters
or
disasters,
and
that
happen
in
our
community.
One
of
the
other
pieces
in
2022.
B
That
was
really
what
became
a
function
of
our
complete
budget
process
was
the
reality
that,
as
many
of
you,
our
staff
were
also
facing
the
rising
costs,
day-to-day
living
costs
and
also
inflation.
And
so
it
was
really
a
decision
of
the
board
to
put
in
place
first
and
look
at
how
we
could
address
compensation,
benefits
and
and
other
ways
to
be
able
to
retain
our
staff,
but
also
to
be
able
to
recruit
in.
B
What's
not
a
surprise
for
folks,
the
workforce
issues
that
we
are,
we
have
been
facing
here
in
Boulder,
County,
state
of
Colorado
and
really
globally.
So
that
was
an
opportunity
for
us
to
bring
up
in
June
a
200
raise
to
our
employees,
and
then
we
made
a
decision
to
keep
that
moving
in
2023
to
provide
some
relief.
B
Another
piece
for
us
was
the
opening
or
the
reopening
of
the
hearing
room
that
happened
in
October,
which
really
was
only
three
months
ago,
and
so
that's
given
us
an
opportunity
to
do
hybrid
work
and
we'll
continue
to
do
that
as
we
work
on
engaging
and
adding
additional
ways
of
community
engagement
of
receiving
input,
ideas
concerns
Etc
from
residents,
and
commissioner
Liberty
talked
about
the
continued
work
on
arpa
and
so
moving
into
2023
that'll
be
one
of
the
pieces.
The
next
one
will
be
our
Thrive
and
survive
grants.
B
But
this
next
Grant
process
will
be
a
really
great
opportunity
for
us
to
address
the
economic
challenges
and
what
that
working
group
brought
forward
to
the
board
and
as
we
continue
that
work,
a
couple
of
the
other
pieces
just
moving
forward
for
2023.
You
know
really
from
my
perspective
and
my
goal
in
my
work
is:
how
do
we
intertwine
racial
Equity,
because
we
know
that
race
is
the
predictor
of
outcomes
for
residents
in
Boulder,
County
and
elsewhere?
B
How
do
we
incorporate
that
into
the
work
that
we're
doing
around
Economic
Development
about
the
workforce
shortage
and
the
work
I'm
doing
with
the
workforce?
Boulder
County
Board?
How
do
we
continue
in
our
housing
advocacy
to
work
with
our
policy
team
in
addressing
some
of
the
goals
that
our
own
Governor
here
in
Colorado,
has
of
attacking
the
the
root
causes
of
the
housing
crisis
in
Colorado?
So
we
are
involved
in
that
and
working
on
that
as
well.
B
The
let's
see
here,
one
of
those
I'm
trying
not
to
repeat
some
of
the
ones
that
commissioner
Levy
said,
but
we'll
continue
this
year
also
in
outside
of
the
gun,
violence,
prevention,
ordinances,
but
continue
to
elevate
the
education,
the
programming
and
other
legislation.
That's
moving
forward
alongside
our
policy
team.
B
Another
one
is
the
tax
measures
that
commissioner
Levy
mentioned
on
one
a
and
one
B
one
a
is
specific
around
Wildfire
mitigation,
and
we
had
beginning
of
a
some
community
outreach
really
focusing
with
groups
that
are
already
doing
forestry
work.
Some
of
the
partners
with
the
boulder
fireshed
I
had
an
opportunity
to
work
with
that
group
and
the
Noco
places
2050
for
the
last
two
years
and
and
we'll
be
shifting
that
work
over.
B
But
we
want
to
make
sure
that
other
community
organizations
and
groups
have
an
opportunity
to
be
part
of
that
process
with
the
generous
support
of
Boulder
County
voters
that
allowed
that
9.5
million
dollars
to
to
come
in
specific
for
Wildfire
mitigation,
the
other
one
will
be
continued
work
on
1B,
which
is
emergency
services.
We
have
not
yet
started
that
process
just
because
of
the
end
of
the
year
and
and
holidays
Etc,
so
for
folks,
looking
at
how
can
I
get
involved?
B
B
We
approved
that
the
hiring
of
a
climate
Equity
specialist,
so
I'm
really
looking
forward
this
year
to
be
able
to
work
in
conjunction
with
that
team
to
really
address
environmental
justice
in
Boulder
County,
and
we
can
also
do
that
at
a
policy
level.
As
we
continue
I'm
sure
folks,
some
folks
may
have
seen
the
the
air
quality
and
Aviation
gases,
a
document
that
went
out
earlier.
B
I
think
it
was
today,
if
not
in
the
last
24
hours,
and
so
that's
that's
one
of
the
other
pieces
and
really
other
than
that
is
the
day-to-day
work
and
opportunity
for
you
to
be
involved
with
public
comment
in
these
types
of
events,
to
sign
up
on
the
advanced
agenda
to
be
in
the
know
about
what
Boulder
County
is
doing.
I
truly
believe
that
we
have
a
significant
opportunity
to
continue
to
open
the
doors
of
Boulder
County
as
an
organization
to
our
residents.
B
Now,
when
we're
not
increases
to
help
people
be
aware
of
the
programs
and
the
resources,
the
exorbitant
amount
of
opportunity
that
we
have
with
funding
from
our
state
federal
and
here
locally,
and
so
that's
one
of
the
pieces
that
I
encourage
people
to
to
get
involved
in
and
and
come
and
see
us
at
the
courthouse
or
come
and
join
us
at
the
town
halls
and
also
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
to
the
staff
at
Boulder
County.
B
It's
been
very
humbling
to
meet
folks
in
different
departments
in
different
areas
who
work
with
other
elected
officials
and
work
with
our
department.
Heads
2022
was
another
tough
year
to
be
in
the
front
lines
of
public
service
and,
and
they
did
a
fantastic
job,
and
so
part
of
my
role
from
the
administration
side
is
just
to
continue
to
ask.
C
Thank
you
so
much
Commissioners,
very
great
job,
tough
act
to
follow.
Thank
you.
So
much
I
I
just
want
to
start
out
by
just
thanking
the
community
for
the
opportunity
to
serve.
First
and
foremost,
it's
awesome
to
see
so
many
friendly
names
in
the
list
here
at
the
Town
Hall,
and
really
look
forward
to
meeting
the
folks
that
I
don't
yet
know
it.
C
That's
one
of
those
words
that
gets
thrown
around
a
lot
and
it's
something
that
I
really
believe
in
Boulder
County,
our
community
Embraces
and
our
staff
Embrace,
and
you
see
that
through
things
like
the
ballot
measure
that
was
passed,
I
want
to
thank
the
Commissioners
for
working
so
hard
on
those
ballot
measures
and
putting
them
forward
for
the
community,
because
that
is
to
make
us
stronger
together.
That
is
so.
We
can
have
a
comprehensive
mitigation
and
response
plan
for
emergencies
and
disasters,
and
so
that
we
can
continue
on
you
know
with
our
transportation
funding.
C
If
folks
wouldn't
have
done
those,
you
know
important
investments
in
our
infrastructure
and
in
each
other,
we
would
be
in
a
much
worse
situation
going
forward.
So
thank
you
to
the
community
for
supporting
those
and
thank
you
to
the
previous
commission
for
working
so
hard
to
put
those
measures
out
there
for
the
community
so
that
we
can
build
a
wildfire
response
plan
together.
The
community
Wildfire
preparedness
plan.
C
You
know
it's
up
for
Renewal
so
that
we
can
work
together
to
address
the
many
issues
we've
heard
from
people
in
Marshall,
from
dispatch
to
issues
with
mitigation,
on
ditches,
to
issues
with
other
mitigation.
To
response,
I
mean
there's
so
many
great
lessons
learned
from
community,
and
this
will
enable
us
to
come
up
with
a
comprehensive
response
and
start
to
work
on
those
things
together.
So
thank
you
all
for
passing
those
things.
Thank
you
very
much
to
the
other
Commissioners
for
the
warm
welcome.
C
It's
just
been
no
time
lost,
you
know,
even
though
I've
only
been
on
a
few
short
days,
I'm
just
impressed
with
you
know
how
everything's
clicking,
how
fast
we're
working
on
things.
Hopefully,
folks
saw
the
response
sign-on
that
we
did
for
leaded
aviation
fuel,
so
everything
from
leaded
aviation
fuel
to
Emergency,
Management
training
that
we
had
together
to
look
at
what
we've
already
what
we've
already
seen
office
of
emergency
management
under
the
sheriff
do
with
dispatch
improvements
to
State
Partnerships
to
climate
work.
C
A
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you
both
for
your
remarks
and
and
I'll
just
publicly
welcome
you,
commissioner,
stolson
to
the
board
of
County
Commissioners
and
we're
thrilled
to
have
you
and
somebody
with
your
experience
as
mayor
of
Lewisville
and
before
that
on
the
Lewisville
city
council.
You
bring
a
lot
of
experience
and
you've
already
shown
that,
just
in
the
week
week,
plus
that
you've
been
a
commissioner
so
now
we're
going
to
open
it
up
for
public
comment,
and
we
had
several
people
sign
up
in
advance.
A
If
you
didn't
have
a
chance
to
sign
up,
as
I
said
earlier,
just
go
ahead
and
raise
your
hand,
and
we
can
put
you
in
the
queue
the
way
we'll
do.
This
is
you'll
the
per
well
I'll.
Just
read
the
first
three
names
we
have
Aaron
messkey
I
think
it
is
Deborah
cave
and
Megan
Monroe.
Those
are
the
first
three
names.
A
Oh
there
we
go
it's
right
up
there
in
the
chat
and
you'll
get
a
message
promoting
you
to
panelists
just
go
ahead
and
accept
and
then
be
sure
you
unmute
your
microphone
and
we
will
be
holding
people
to
three
minutes.
To
the
extent
we
can
I'm
not
going
to
cut
you
off
in
the
middle
of
the
sentence,
because
we
do
want
to
hear
from
you
and
so
with
that.
D
Hello,
Commissioners
and
community
members
I.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
Aaron
mechan
I'm,
a
boulder
resident
I,
had
offered
comment
in
August,
similar
to
what
I
will
say
this
evening,
but
I
feel
it
important
to
re-emphasize
these
thoughts.
As
we
begin
2023,
especially
since
climate
change
was
cited
as
an
important
issue
by
all
three
Commissioners
during
the
annual
reorganization
meeting.
D
While
there
is
a
loud
group
claiming
there
is
a
consensus
on
this
issue,
the
science
is
far
from
settled,
with
well-known
scientists
and
researchers
landing
on
opposite
ends
of
the
spectrum.
Climate
sensationalism
needs
to
be
avoided
or
Boulder.
County
will
end
up
looking
as
ridiculous
as
the
chicken
littles
of
the
past
few
decades
who
set
our
demise
was
imminent
only
to
have
time
continue
to
march
on
in
a
mostly
unscathed
fashion.
D
As
a
starting
point,
we
need
to
call
the
problem
what
it
is.
Pollution
collusion
comes
in
many
forms,
and
the
big
Industries
mentioned
in
the
commissioner's
August
EPA
petition
email
cannot
be
the
only
scapegoats.
We
must
also
address
the
invisible
forms
of
pollution,
Like,
Satellites,
cellular
and
EMF
radiation,
geoengineering
cloud
seeding
and
other
types
of
environmental
and
weather
tampering.
If
we
won't
look
at
these
other
invisible
issues,
we
are
missing
a
big
piece
of
the
puzzle
that
could
be
causing
increased
wildfires
and
other
weather
changes.
D
Massive
telecommunications
companies
have
largely
escaped
the
pollution
discussion
and
their
part
must
be
addressed
because,
while
invisible
there
are
effects
on
wildlife
and
pollinators
have
been
witnessed
since
the
early
20th
century,
while
the
impact
of
pollution
for
Big,
Oil
and
energy
companies
is
real,
the
everyday
impact
of
people
consuming
more
and
more
disposable
products
cannot
be
ignored
and
is
actually
driving
some
of
these
industries.
This
habit
of
waste
was
reinforced
and
intensified
during
the
pandemic,
and
it
will
take
work
and
possibly
regulation
to
undo
this
damage.
D
We
must
all
look
at
our
contribution
to
the
problem
and
work
for
change.
If
we
are
going
to
talk
about
increasing
fires
more
heat
days,
extreme
weather
and
drought,
we
must
also
discuss
the
impact
of
piping
water
to
Colorado,
to
from
Colorado
to
the
West
Coast.
Surely
losing
some
of
Colorado's
precious
water
supply
has
an
impact
on
our
local
weather.
This
is
not
solely
a
boulder
counter
issue,
but
as
part
of
Colorado,
we
must
preserve
and
protect
all
of
our
natural
resources
and
not
allow
them
to
be
used,
sold
or
exploited
for
financial
gain.
D
I
would
like
to
again
offer
a
suggestion
that
I
believe
could
help
on
the
climate
and
pollution
fronts
in
the
August
email.
It
said,
Boulder
County
is
committed
to
supporting
nature-based
and
engineered
solutions
that
remove
carbon
dioxide
from
the
atmosphere.
The
best
way
to
allow
the
ground
to
absorb
more
carbon
is
by
regeneratively
and
rotationally
grazing
animals
on
pasture
Boulder.
County
could
begin
working
with
more
local
farmers
and
have
incentives
for
people
who
want
to
get
into
raising
animals
properly.
D
E
Your
comments,
okay
and
I'll.
Try
and
talk
quickly
and
I
appreciate
the
chance
to
talk
tonight.
My
name
is
Deborah
cave.
We
lost
our
home
in
the
Paragon
Hills
area
to
the
Marshall
fire
I'm.
Also
the
chair
of
the
unincorporated
Boulder
County
committee,
known
as
ubcc
formed
after
the
fire
to
advocate
for
our
community
during
the
cleanup
and
rebuilding
process.
Our
committee
has
been
meeting
weekly
for
the
past
year
so
about
52
times
so
far
to
address
all
the
issues
that
our
families
face.
E
During
the
rebuild
process,
we've
been
very
lucky
to
have
the
support
of
several
County
officials
who've,
also
given
up
their
Friday
afternoons
to
help
both
identify
and
address
issues
as
they
arise,
including
Gary,
Sandra,
Cohn,
Boulder,
County,
disaster
recovery
manager,
commissioner
Claire
Levy
and
Mike
chard
OEM
director.
Without
their
knowledge
contacts
and
support,
we
would
not
have
been
as
successful
as
we
have
been
in
the
in
many
areas
that
we've
tackled
for
our
Community
one
of
the
primary
concerns
for
our
residents
to
fire
risk
mitigation.
E
Our
committee
worked
with
osmp
in
April
2022
time
frame
to
write
a
grant
addressing
the
need
for
fire
mitigation
efforts
and
meet
maintenance
along
the
ditches.
The
ditches
which
crisscross
our
area
acted
as
a
linear
super
spreader
for
the
fire
and
they
hadn't
even
been
discussed
by
other
Boulder
County
entities
around
the
April
2022
time
frame.
Unfortunately,
our
Grant
application
was
denied
and
the
primary
reason
for
the
denial
was
because
our
area
was
not
located
in
as
high
of
fire
danger
zone
as
other
areas
Associated
with
that
that
requested
grants.
E
Besides
this
decision
being
ludicrous
as
well
as
dangerous,
it
was
the
first
time
that
I
really
understood
the
historical
differentiation
for
fire
preparedness
that
is
implemented
in
the
foothills
versus
in
the
grasslands,
buoy
area
and
the
real
need
for
change.
In
this
historical
mindset,
we
have
community
members
who
are
frightened
to
rebuild
an
unincorporated
area
and
if,
if
they're
assured
that
the
county
is
willing
to
develop
a
comprehensive
Wildfire
mitigation
and
preparedness
plan,
I
think
that
this
will
go
a
long
way
to
address
their
concerns.
E
We
identified
the
need
for
this
approach
10
months
ago
and
we've
been
pushing
for
it
ever
since.
However,
it's
really
difficult
to
make
Headway
on
the
concept
because
of
the
fragmented,
the
different
entities
of
Boulder
County,
who
are
tasked
with
different
areas
of
fire
mitigation.
This
is
the
overarching
issue
for
our
community.
E
We
had
several
committee
members
who
were
concerned
about
supporting
1A
because
of
the
vagueness
of
the
how
the
monies
would
be
spent,
including
the
distribution
of
those
monies
between
the
Foothills
and
grasslands
regarding
fire
mitigation
issues,
and
we
actually
still
have
that
concern
we're
requesting
the
following,
be
considered
by
the
Commissioners
that
we
really
need
honest
community.
The
input
from
fire
survivors
in
determining
how
the
money
should
be
spent.
E
E
E
This
could
also
include
matching
funds
for
appropriate
Grant
programs
that
we
are
that
we
will
be
needing
to
apply
for
for
fire
mitigation
acknowledgment
of
the
need
to
change
the
historic
mindset
mindset
of
what
the
fire
mitigation
preparedness
should
look
like
and
again,
and
really
critical
development
of
a
comprehensive
Wildfire
mitigation
preparedness
plan
and
the
designation
of
someone
to
lead
this
group.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
ability
for
the
time
and
for
consideration
of
my
comments.
A
F
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
all
right.
Thank
you,
County
Commissioners,
for
your
time
and
truly
for
all
that
you
have
done.
My
name
is
Megan
Monroe,
I'm,
gonna
kind
of
piggyback
on
what
Debbie
cave
spoke
about.
I've
been
part
of
the
UBC
and
I'm,
going
to
just
mention
or
focus
on
the
1B
Park
portion
of
this
I
lived
in
Marshall
and
I
lost
my
home,
and
everything
in
the
fire
during
the
fire
of
my
community
quickly
realized
that
water
supplies
were
entirely
inadequate
for
firefighting.
F
It
took
30
minutes
round
trip
for
a
truck
to
get
out
and
back
to
Marshall
after
the
fire
we
learned
that
there
was
a
27
000
gallon
cistern
sitting
empty
at
the
Marshall
Mesa
trailhead.
We
also
learned
that
the
single
fire
hydrant
in
Marshall
was
nothing
more
than
a
clean
out
or
a
pressure
release
valve
and
then
to
top
it
off.
We've
learned
that
there's
a
burning
coal
seam
that's
being
investigated
as
the
potential
causes
of
fire.
F
F
When
the
city
of
Boulder
learned
of
the
situation,
they
filled
their
27
000
gallon
cistern
and
applied
to
a
Federal
grant
with
our
fire
district
to
add
another
hundred
thousand
gallons
of
emergency
water
in
the
Marshall
Corridor.
The
county
was
asked
to
support
that
Grant
and
my
understanding
is
the
Commissioners
voted
against
supporting
it.
F
Our
community
is
simply
waiting
to
hear
if
the
city
will
help
prepare
us
for
the
next
disaster
or
not.
Imagine
rebuilding
with
this.
On
your
mind,
would
you
trust
that
the
county
has
your
best
interest
at
heart,
so
I'm
here
to
tell
you
that
I
voted
for
1A
and
1B,
because
I
see
an
opportunity
for
the
county
to
change.
I,
see
the
opportunity
for
the
county
to
support
the
communities,
the
neighborhoods
and
the
fire
districts
who
lack
adequate
emergency
Water
Supplies?
F
Why
not
simply
agree
that
emergency
water
is
a
fundamental,
is
fundamental
to
a
basic
service
emergency
service?
That
firefighting
is.
This
is
why
I
encourage
the
county
to
use
1B
funds
to
develop
a
community
cistern
fund
that
would
allow
fire
districts
the
opportunity
to
apply
for
funds
to
support
emergency
cisterns
where
they
feel
they
are
needed.
One
vehicle
time
go
ahead
and
wrap
up
thanks.
I
was
just
yeah
I
just
had
to
say
that
it.
F
A
Yeah
thanks
thanks
for
coming
I
I
do
want
to
just
say:
Megan
I
saw
your
comments.
You
sent
them
in
advance
and
I
was
surprised
by
what
was
in
there
about
us.
Voting
against
supporting
a
grant
and
I
did
I
did
ask
about
that
because
I
I
don't
recall
any
decision
like
that
coming
before
us
and
did
not
hear
I
I
nobody,
nobody
knew
what
that
reference
was
to
the
land
on
which
that
cistern,
it
sits,
is
city-owned
land
and
Boulder.
A
C
I
just
make
a
few
comments.
I
just
I
want
to
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
their
comments
so
far
and
just
want
to
add
a
little
bit.
So
one
thing:
I've
learned
a
lot
over
the
last
couple
years
with
response
to
disasters.
Is
it's
a
layered
approach
and
so
the
idea
of
cisterns
and
all
of
these
things
that'll
help
layer
up.
Our
resiliency
is
important
and
that's
how
we'll
get
there
together,
but
I
just
want
to
remind
everybody
that
you
know.
C
Even
in
the
Incorporated
areas
that
have
water
utilities,
homes
right
across
from
fire
hydrants
were
destroyed
in
the
Marshall
fire.
It
was
a
really
devastating
fire.
The
wind
was
over
100
miles
an
hour,
and
so
I
do
believe
you
know.
If
we
have
more
layers,
we
can
be
more
resilient.
You
could
have
maybe
stopped
it
earlier.
C
A
G
Good
evening,
commissioners
I
just
first
of
all,
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
efforts
after
having
spent
25
years
in
that
office,
there
are
very
few
people
who
know
more
about
the
trials
and
tribulations
and
the
work
that
you
all
do,
and
especially
the
staff
that
works
in
your
office
and
how
they
keep
keep
all
your
stuff
together
and
I'm
very
pleased
to
know
that
that
you're
you're,
considering
additional
compensation,
I,
think
they're.
They
have
been
very
under
compensated
spiritually
that
staff
that
that
applies,
your
administrative
work.
G
G
You
know
I
worked
in
the
30s
I
guess
it
works
some
point,
but
it
does
not
work
now
or
no
other
unit
of
government
in
the
county
does
business
during
the
day
when
people
cannot
attend
and
I
don't
care
how
many
Town
Halls
you
do
and
your
once
a
month,
public
meetings,
I,
don't
believe,
there's
anything
Equitable
or
otherwise
that
merits
meetings
during
the
day.
I
think
it's
not
Equitable,
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
it's
inclusive
and
I
would
beg
that
the
Commissioners
reconsider
the
process
you
use
to
conduct
these
meetings.
G
I
I
said
maybe
in
the
old
days
it
worked.
Okay,
but
doesn't
work
now
and
and
public
comment
is,
is
stifled.
It
doesn't
allow
for
a
lot
of
things.
The
the
other
thing,
the
last
thing
I
want
to
say
about
that
is
that
you
can
do
virtual
meetings,
hybrid
meetings,
but
a
lot
of
us,
particularly
people
of
color,
are
high
context.
Communicators
and
virtual
meetings
don't
work.
Face-To-Face
contextual
meetings
are
what
works
and
what
helped
build,
helps
build
trust,
virtual
hybrid
meetings,
in
my
opinion,
as
interculturalist
and
a
trainer.
G
They
do
not
build
trust
and
they
still
leave
a
lot
to
be
desired.
So
I
would
ask
that
you
reconsider
how
you
manage
those
there's
a
top
another
topic
very
quickly.
As
you
know,
I
tried
to
go
to
the
County
website
and
find
out
who
who
the
department
heads
are,
and
division
managers
and
I
can't
find
them.
I
go
to
the
city
of
Longmont
and
I
can
find
people
who
are
actually
on
the
ground
working.
You
know
you
go
to
Family
Services
at
Longmont
and
you
can
see
who's
working
with
kids
who
they
are.
G
If
you
want
to
talk
to
somebody,
you
can
contact
them
directly.
You
can't
do
that
at
the
county
and
I'm,
not
sure
why
that
is,
but
I
don't
think
it's
right
and
I,
don't
think
it's
very
transparent.
I
would
remind
those
of
you
who
don't
remember.
There
was
a
time
when
the
county,
the
county,
actually
City
and
County
city
of
bouldering
County,
actually
published
a
directory
of
employees
with
their
contact
information,
their
phone
numbers.
G
It
was
before
internet
before
email,
but
I
don't
think
it's
inappropriate
to
have
division
managers
and
department
heads
have
their
contact
information
available
for
us
to
contact
where
we
want
to
do
it
directly.
So
I
would
ask
that
you
reconsider
that
ball
policy
and
that
I
don't
need
to
know
all
the
people
on
the
ground
working
be
helpful,
but
I
think
at
the
very
least,
division
managers
and
department
heads
ought
to
be
able
to
have
their
contact.
Information
I
need
to
know
where
they
live
or
anything,
but
email
addresses.
E
G
If
you
don't
mind,
as
some
of
you
know,
I
I,
head
up
a
networking
group
called
The,
Boulder,
County,
Latino
Coalition,
and
really
it's
a
group
for
to
provide
opportunities
for
staff.
Latino
staff
in
the
county
to
get
together
to
interact
and
network
share
information,
and
it's
just
a
wonderful
thing
to
do.
I
bring
it
up
because
I've
been
told
by
several
County
employees
that
they
are
not
allowed
to
come
to
these
meetings,
for
whatever
reason,
maybe
they're
they're,
that's
not
in
their
job
description.
G
Maybe
the
people
don't
know
anything
about
it,
but
it's,
but
the
people
who
come
to
these
meetings
love
to
see
County
Employees,
sharing
information
about
their
projects.
They
don't
have
to
be
specific
to
Latino
issues,
but
I
I
think
it's
up
to
you
to
encourage
your
department.
Has
a
division
managers
to
allow
employees
to
come
to
networking
meetings
where
they
can
see
what's
happening
on
the
ground.
G
These
are
not
department
heads
these
are
people
who
work
on
the
ground
and,
as
commissioner
losermann
will
tell
you,
they're
the
integral
part
of
delivery
of
service
in
our
communities
and
I.
Think
it's
incumbent
upon
County
Employees
to
attend.
Whenever
possible,
it
will
help
them
grow
and
they'll
help.
A
H
A
H
You
for
joining
us,
yeah,
well,
hi
everyone
and
welcome
Ashley.
It's
wonderful
to
see
a
team
of
three
women.
Of
course,
I'm
Shayna
Parker
I've
been
a
boulder
resident
for
33
years
and
I
appreciate
how
many
priorities
are
on
your
plates
and
I'm
going
to
add
one
more
as
a
small,
organic
farmer,
Advocate
I'd
like
to
see
more
focus
on
farmers
and
Ranchers.
H
H
I
have
looked
at
the
boulder
comprehensive
plan,
the
Boulder
Valley
comprehensive
plan,
the
boulder
sustainability
plan
and
the
rhetoric
is
great
and
there's
so
many
great
things
happening
in
Boulder
that
are
written
about
in
those
plans.
But
the
rhetoric
in
a
lot
of
the
local
regulations
and
policies
does
not
Translate,
so
my
request
is
to
have
those
more
aligned,
so
the
regulations
need
to
support
the
farmers
in
thriving
in
producing
food
in
sequestering
carbon,
using
regenerative
farming
practices
and
being
more
inclusive
of
beginning
Farmers.
H
H
A
A
I
Yes,
hi,
my
name
is
Pat
Claire
I
am
a
resident
of
Boulder
and
I
may
speak
a
little
broken
brokenly
as
I'm
using
a
screen
reader
on
the
background,
so
I
may
be
listening
to
what
I've
written
at
the
same
time
as
I'm
speaking
or
in
between.
Please
bear
with
me.
Thank
you
very
much.
Commissioners
you're
doing
a
a
great,
solid
job
and
I'm
I'm
grateful
that
you
are
allowing
me
to
share
with
you
today.
E
I
Imagine
that
you
all
are
familiar
with
the
portion
of
this
new
piece
of
legislation
that
that
is
intended
to
provide
structure
and
penalties
for
web
content
and
accessibility
for
the
specifically
Boulder
County.
It
includes
all
public
entities
that
are
that
that
are
housed
under
the
state
of
Colorado
I.
Have
a
curiosity
trying
not
to
State
it
as
a
question,
but
I'd
love
to
understand
what
supports
are
being.
I
I
can
tell
you
personally
that
I
have
found
a
huge
gap
in
trying
to
find
Tech
trainers
myself
in
the
community
that
are
Tech
trainers
or
hire
Tech
trainers
that
are
offered
at
no
charge
and
I'm
I'm
connected
with
a
lot
of
people
who
are
adults
who
are
disabled
and
when
I
say
disabled.
This
means
that
they
have
a
deficit.
There's
a
severe
portion
or
a
I
want
to
say
a
seriously
severe,
there's
a
portion
of
them
that
is
just
permanently
disabled
and
that
portion
of
them.
Oh,
my
goodness,
is
that
my
time.
I
The
there's
a
there's
an
opportunity
since
Boulder
County
has
adopted
the
Library
District
to
offer
to
offer
training
for
people
with
disabilities
to
meet
to
to
also
meet
this
to
meet
the
new
law.
There's
there
are
Provisions
within
the
law,
people
with
disabilities
don't
come
with
instructions,
they
don't
have
training
and
a
lot
of
times.
They
don't
have
jobs.
Getting
to
that
connection
between
the
people
with
disabilities
and
the
county,
it
would
be
outstanding.
I
I
A
A
Before
I
move
to
our
last
the
last
person
that
we
have
on
our
list
to
speak,
we
we
are
also
taking
q,
a
we're
we're
going
to
ask
that
you
write
your
questions,
though,
into
the
Q
a
function
and
and
then
we'll
do
our
best
to
to
answer
them.
It
may
be
stump
the
commissioner
night
here
so
we
may
not
have
answers
to
everything
right
away,
but
we
will
do
our
best
to
find
answers
to
those
questions.
A
If
we
can't
I
can't
answer
them
tonight
and
I
also
wanted
to
direct
your
attention
in
the
chat
to
a
link
to
the
presentation
that
we
made
on
the
first
day
here
of
our
of
our
new
year.
It's
our
state
of
the
county
and
you'll
find
that
in
the
chat
you
can
see
all
the
major
priorities
of
each
of
our
departments
and
the
elected
officials.
A
E
J
J
During
your
final
comments,
I
and
many
others
who
are
present
or
listening
nearly
fell
over
several
times
in
disbelief
and
despair.
Despite
listening
for
two
and
a
half
hours
of
talking,
it
was
clear
that
you
weren't
really
listening
to
it.
Anyone
was
saying
I
could
list
20
examples.
I
have
time
now
for
just
four.
J
You
keep
spouting
nonsense
about
policy
objectives
long
after
it
has
been
proved
objectively
again
again
and
again
that
you
have
no
policy
objectives
that
have
anything
to
do
with
short-term
rentals
in
unincorporated
Boulder
County,
none
Boulder
County
has
about
150
000
homes.
You
have
never
defined
what
you
are
trying
to
accomplish
by
wasting
millions
of
dollars
over
a
period
of
decades
to
micromanage,
fewer
than
200
private
residences,
many
of
which
are
old,
family
summer
homes
way
up
in
the
mountains.
What,
in
the
name
of
God,
are
you
trying
to
accomplish?
J
How
are
you
going
to
measure
it
and
what
is
the
compelling
public
interest
that
didn't
exist?
5,
10,
15,
20
or
100
years
ago,
either
spell
it
out
in
black
and
white,
or
stop
babbling
about
unspecified
undefined
and
unmeasured
policy
objectives,
next
keeping
wildfire,
wildfire,
Partners
certification
as
part
of
the
licensing
process?
Are
you
deaf?
Are
you
blind?
You
said
that
you
read
the
two-year
report
work,
so
are
you
lying?
The
public
has
proved
repeatedly
that
Wildfire
Partners
was
designed
to
be
purely
voluntary.
Its
standards
are
totally
objective.
J
J
J
A
year
ago,
more
than
a
thousand
homes
burned
to
the
ground,
because
you
don't
have
coherent
fire
mitigation
strategies
and
if
Boulder
County
is
unaffordable,
that's
because
of
your
zoning
laws,
your
unaffordable
property
taxes,
because
you
waste
Millions
on
things
like
STI
regulation
and
because
building
costs
in
Boulder
County
are
up
to
three
times
the
national
average
three
times
because
of
your
over-the-top,
unnecessary
and
murderously
expensive
building
regulations,
including
things
like
energy
audits.
So
my
question
is
simple
and
one
I
have
asked
before.
Why
don't
you
listen
to
facts?
J
A
Okay,
thank
you
again
for
joining
us
this
evening.
So
that's
everybody
that
signed
up
to
to
speak
and
what
we're
going
to
do
now
is
turn
to
the
questions
that
have
been
submitted.
We
had
two
that
were
submitted-
oh
I'm,
sorry,
commissioner
low
to
me,
did
you
want
to
speak
now
before
we,
okay,
go
ahead,
yeah.
B
If
you
don't
mind,
I
wanted
I
was
waiting
to
hear
all
the
speakers
before
I
kind
of
jumped
in
and
comment
so
so
I
just
wanted
to
respond
to
a
few
of
those.
If
folks
don't
mind
and
appreciate
people
participating,
I
do
have
a
couple.
You
know
follow-up
questions
and
we
might
probably
it's
a
little
hard
virtually
to
bring
people
back,
so
they
can
respond,
but
certainly,
if
folks
are
still
on
an
email
commissioner
Commissioners
at
bouldercounty.org.
B
One
of
those
initial
goals
was
in
in
regards
to
specifically
properties
in
the
mountains,
and
we
continue
to
hear-
and
we've
heard
tonight
from
folks
who
really
have
some
concerns
about
wildfire
in
our
region,
as
well
as
the
issue
of
housing
inventory
and
what's
also
construed
as
housing.
Affordability
and
discussed
in
different
ways:
I
really
appreciate
Pat.
B
That
suggestion
around,
because
both
commissioner
Olivia
and
I
are
on
the
library
district
and
just
the
way
that
the
formation
and
the
timing
of
the
formation
of
that
group
to
talk
about
how
hb21
I
think
it
was
1110
how
we
can
immerse
that
into
the
conversation
and
the
work
going
forward.
So
I
really
appreciate
those
are
the
types
of
ideas
that
are
really
great
and
it's
very
timely,
as
we're
going
to
have
our
first
meeting
the
beginning
of
February.
B
B
B
The
great
news
in
2022
was
the
opening
of
our
office
of
racial
equity,
and
so
we're
also
looking
at
how
that
new
director
who
came
in
in
August
of
2022
can
lead
some
of
those
conversations
as
well,
so
I
think
we
might
be.
We
might
actually
be
in
the
works
of
what
I
believe
you're
talking
about
peace.
B
So
thanks
for
that
input,
I
did
want
to
just
one
of
the
comments
from
Megan
I
just
wanted
to
clarify,
because
we
do
have
folks
listening
in
in
regards
to
the
funding
on
1B
I'm
really
interested
in
that
conversation
and
would
love
to
have
participation
from
the
UBC
members
with
that
committee,
as
I
said,
has
not
been
put
together
yet
in
regards
to
1B.
But
I
want
to
clarify
that
the
language
in
the
ballot
measure
is
is
really
important.
We
have
to.
B
The
designation,
the
designation
of
the
leader
of
the
group
we've
seen
that
in
several
different
emails
from
from
a
variety
of
different
folks
and
we've
been
waiting
a
little
bit
in
in
the
interim
of
one
commission
to
the
to
this
new
commission
tip
for
this
board
to
sit
down
and
talk
about
some
of
those
questions
on
1b2.
So
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
some
of
those
comments
without
reiterating
but
add
in
the
pieces
that
I
wanted
to
clarify
as
well.
So
thank
you.
A
Great
yeah,
thanks
for
taking
some
time
to
do
that
response
right
now,
so
we've
been
seeing
a
couple
of
questions
come
in
in
the
chat
and
we're
not
going
to
take
them
orally
at
this
time,
so
that
we
can
optimize
the
amount
of
time
that
that
we
have
to
respond
to
these
questions.
I
do
want
to
note
it's
6
39
and
we
do
want
to
wrap
up
and
let
everybody
get
on
with
their
evening
at
seven
o'clock
this
evening.
So
I
see
Natalie
here
on
the
screen.
A
K
You
so
much
Commissioners
and
thank
you
to
everyone
for
being
here
and
who's,
putting
questions
in
our
q
a
feature,
and
so
our
first
question
this
evening.
I
will
summarize
for
the
board,
but
this
is
regarding
the
township
of
El
Dorado
Springs,
as
they
navigate
the
upcoming
changes
ahead.
So
soon
the
El
Dorado
ortizen
Artesian
water
company
will
reopen
their
wonderful
swimming
pool
after
three
years
of
construction
at
the
whole
site.
It
will
not
be
easy
on
us
residents.
K
C
C
If
you
can
come
to
consensus
that
works
for
both
parties,
like
you
would
with
any
other
neighbor,
you
know
a
lot
of
times.
Elected
officials
try
to
help
facilitate
those
conversations,
but
hopefully
it
can
be
resolved
neighbor
to
neighbor.
Unfortunately,
in
these
private
property
disputes,
also,
sometimes
private
property
owners
find
themselves
in
a
position
where
they
need
to
get
an
attorney
to
represent
their
best
interests.
So
I'm,
not
an
attorney
I,
can't
give
you
legal
advice,
but
this
is
a
really
tough
one,
because
these
are
not
County
facilities.
A
Perfect
job
there
right,
I
I,
don't
have
anything
to
add
other
than
to
say
that
this
has
been
a
long-standing
problem
and
concern
and
El
Dorado
Springs
is
a
unique
place
and
the
fact
that
those
roads
are
owned
privately
is
something
that
has
been
a
problem
for
a
long
long
time
so
Natalie.
What's
next
in
the
queue.
K
A
Okay,
thank
you
and
I
think
because
I
was
the
quote-unquote
leader
of
that
the
release
the
commissioner
leader
of
of
that
ballot
measure
I'll,
go
ahead
and
take
that
and
and
I
did
see
in
the
chat.
I
think
that
was
Liz
Marr,
who
was
who
was
asking
that
question
and
Liz
has
been
a
very
constructive
member
of
our
subdivision,
Paving
sort
of
advisory
committee
and
helping
us
work
with
the
with
the
challenges
of
addressing
the
backlog
of.
A
So
there
are
other
other
projects,
we'd
like
to
do,
and
so
we'll
be
testing
public
support
for
returning
to
the
voters
and
subdivision
Paving
will
be
included
in
that.
That's
a
commitment
that
the
board
did
make
to
to
the
the
advocates
for
subdivision
Paving,
and
but
we
we
all
we
did
this
time
was
continue.
The
level
of
funding
that
we
already
had,
which
is
not
adequate
to
address
subdivision
Paving.
So
Liz
and
I
saw
Peter
King
Smith
in
the
attendance
list.
K
Thank
you,
commissioner
Levy.
Our
next
question
is
coming
from
a
new
Resident.
They
ask.
Can
someone
explain
to
me
the
house
bill
that
Pat
Clair
spoke
about
vis-a-vis
accessibility.
She
focused
on
training.
People
with
special
physical
accessibility
needs
training
them
slash
us
to
do.
Slash,
know
what
specifically
in
regards
to
that
bill.
K
B
B
B
That
might
be
an
easy
way
to
do
it
and
the
prime
sponsors
were
representative
David,
Ortiz
and
Senator
Jesse
Danielson
to
give
them
credit
where
credit's
due
this
was
specifically
concerning
adding
language
to
relevant
Colorado
statutes
related
to
persons
with
disabilities
in
the
goal
of
strengthening
protections
against
discrimination.
On
the
basis
of
disability,
which
is,
is
what
this
the
speaker
earlier,
Pat
Clair
was
talking
about.
So
there's
really
three
main
points
in
there.
B
B
As
far
as
what's
going
to
be
coming
up
first,
so
I
think
the
question,
and
we've
heard
it
a
little
bit
from
some
of
the
other
speakers
is:
how
can
we
make
that
a
transparent
document?
How
can
we
make
it
accessible?
I
will
share
from
my
work
with
the
mobility
use,
mobility
and
access
Coalition.
We
have
great
Partnerships
in
Boulder
County
with
folks
who
have
been
offered
to
be
really
helpful
for
us,
even
in
that
opening
of
the
hearing
room
who
offered
to
come.
B
K
Folks,
thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Our
next
question,
Commissioners
I'll,
preface
I
believe
the
person
is
talking
about
everbridge.
So
let
me
read
this
to
you.
I
think
the
last
communication
I
had
with
the
county
9-1-1
service
is
that
it's
being
completely
replaced
at
some
point.
One
concern
I
have
with
it
is
that
when
you
register
they
should
send
a
text
to
confirm
that
you
are
properly
registered.
K
A
A
C
Start
and
then
just
please
add
in
anything
else,
you'd
like
to
add
so
hi
David
great
to
see
you
here.
This
is
this
is
great,
because
the
office
of
emergency
management
has
been
working
on
making
improvements
that
they
heard
from
Community
since
the
disaster,
and
so
a
number
of
improvements
have
been
implemented.
City
of
Boulder
led
the
way
on
some,
and
you
know
the
office
of
emergency
management
under
the
sheriff's
done
others,
and
there
are
more
improvements
to
come.
So
they've
definitely
heard
the
lack
of
distribution
of
messages.
C
People
concerned
they
had
to
sign
up.
You
know
people
would
prefer
these
new
types
of
messages,
so
the
system
that
is
in
place
really
will
be
more
like
an
amber
alert
where
a
broader
amount
of
people
will
be
getting.
Messages
is
so
the
benefit
of
that
is
more
people
will
be
getting
messages
and
the
detriment
of
that
is
sometimes
you'll
get
messages
that
go
a
little
beyond
the
area
so
like
you'll,
be.
You
may
have
a
little
bit
of
what
feels
like
over
alerting.
C
Some
families
saw
that
with
the
most
recent
fire
in
December,
where
they
got
alerted
and
they
kind
of
felt
like
well
I'm,
not
really
in
the
area.
So
you
need
to
read
your
message
and
I
want
to
reiterate
a
point
that
maybe
I
didn't
come
across
saying
exactly
the
way
I
had
intended
earlier
and
that's
that
these
systems
are
layered
systems.
C
There's
no
Silver
Bullet
here
when
it
comes
to
these
emergencies,
so
like
in
our
emergency
with
the
Marshall
fire
cell
phone
towers,
burned
down,
and
so
even
people
who
were
registered
didn't
not
get
the
notification
because
of
the
cellular
signal
that
sends
them
out,
and
so,
if
you
know,
if
you
lose
cell
service
for
everyone,
it's
going
to
create
a
problem.
So
there's
backups
police
knock
on
doors,
neighbors
help
neighbors
people
look
for
warning
signals
and
get
out,
and
so
we're
always
going
to
need
to
rely
on
those
multiple
layers.
C
And
it's
never
one
perfect
thing.
But
I
am
proud
of
the
work.
The
staff
have
done
to
make
the
system
better
and
really
respond
to
those
resident
concerns
and
make
it
more
similar
to
an
amber
alert.
Make
it
more
inclusive
so
that
we
get
the
message
out
more
frequently
and
can
count
on
it
better,
but
just
never
think
that
you
can
totally
count
on
it.
C
A
Yep
and
and
I
think
all
I
would
add
on
that
is
that
you
know
in
the
in
response
to
the
question
about.
Can
there
be
some
message
back
that
verifies
that
you
actually
got
registered
I
I?
We
we
can
ask
that
of
our
Sheriff's
Department
of
our
office
of
emergency
management,
which
manages
that
system
I,
don't
know
whether
that's
something
that
can
just
be
programmed
in
but
I
think
that's
a
great
suggestion.
A
I
know
I've
checked
several
times
to
make
sure
that
my
phone
number
is
in
the
system
after
every
fire,
I
recheck
and
make
sure
that
nothing
happened
and
that
it's
that
it's
still
there,
but
you
know
I
I,
just
want
to
also
reiterate
what
commissioner
stoltzman
said
about
the
you
know
the
multi-pronged
approach,
both
on
on
warnings
and
evacuations
and
on
on
how
we
respond.
You
know
a
fire
of
that
magnitude.
A
We
have
firefighters
coming
from
from
Frederick
from
Firestone
from
Littleton
from
all
over
the
metro
area
and
I
learned
a
tremendous
amount.
Last
Friday,
at
at
the
training
we
did
on
Emergency
Management
about
the
systems
that
are
are
there
to
try
to
coordinate
all
these
resources
that
are
coming
in,
but
you
can
imagine
that
this
is
happening
very
quickly
under
under
extreme
circumstances
and
and
it's
hard
to
to
really
get
it
to
that
well-oiled
machine
that
we
would
like
to
have.
A
It's
it's
something
after
every
event,
like
that,
there's
an
after
action
report
to
sit
down
and
look
at
what
went
well
what
what
could
have
been
done
better?
What
resources
do
we
need
and
that
there
Bridge,
you
know
the
limitations
of
it.
The
fact
that
it
is
an
opt-in
was
was
just
a
major
major
problem,
and
so,
as
commissioner
stoltzman
said,
we
are
moving
to
a
system
that
does
send
it
from
the
cell
tower
and
that's
not
going
to
be
perfect
either.
A
B
B
For
us
to
address
multilingual
Multicultural
needs,
that's
something
that
we
brought
up
in
the
resilience,
the
resiliency
for
all
work.
That
was
done
for
Dola
at
the
city
of
Longmont,
and
the
book
was
strong
for
folks
who
remember
Boca,
strong
and
we're
partners
with
County
and
other
organizations,
The
Better
Together
program,
the
community
Justice
collaborative,
is
doing
some
of
that
work
now
in
regards
to
trainings
for
climate
preparedness
and
climate
emergencies.
So
again,
I
will
always
give
folks
an
opportunity
where
can
I
fit
in.
Where
can
I
learn?
A
Great
thank
you
for
adding
that
so
I
am
gonna.
Help
Us
close
out
this
evening.
I
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
attending
for
being
interested
in
what
your
County
government
is
doing.
It's
it's
one
of
the
least
visible
forms
of
government,
and-
and
it's
always
it's
always
nice-
to
be
able
to
share
with
the
community
all
the
great
work
we're
doing.
A
I
also
wanted
to
just
remind
those
of
you
who
are
still
with
us
that
on
the
first
Thursday
of
the
month
at
10
30,
we
are
available
either
in
person
or
virtually
for
public
comment.
Three
minutes
and
the
link
to
sign
up
for
that
is
always
noted
on
our
Advanced
agenda,
which
you
can
find
on
our
website.
A
You
know
because
that's
10
30
in
in
the
morning-
and
it
is
many
people's
work
day
and-
and
you
know,
as
Pete,
was
pointing
out
it's
hard
for
many
people
to
get
in
front
of
us.
That
was
one
reason
we
initiated
these
town
calls
because
we
know
that
we
need
to
be
available
at
different
times.
The
screen
now
has
the
the
dates
for
our
next
two
Town
Halls.
They
will
both
be
virtual,
February,
9th
and
March
16th.
So
look
for
upcoming
announcements
for
what
the
topics
will
be.
A
We've
we've
tried
to
cover
topics
of
Interest
so
that
we
can
focus
on
and
have
our
expert
staff
there
to
field
questions,
so
we'll
we'll
be
addressing
what
those
will
be
in
the
future
and
I
think.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
say
to
wrap
us
up
here
by
seven
o'clock
is
again
to
thank
our
staff
for
all
the
work
they
do
behind
the
scenes
to
make.
These
things
happen
to
make
them
happen
effectively
and
efficiently.
A
Barb
help
and
Natalie,
springage
and
Churchill
are
primarily
responsible
for
putting
on
these
town
halls
and
and
they
they
do
put
a
lot
of
time
into
that,
and
they
help
us
in
so
many
other
ways.
So,
thank
you
all.
Thank
you
staff.
Thank
you,
Commissioners
for
sharing
your
knowledge
and
wisdom
with
the
community
and
we'll
look
forward
to
seeing
as
many
of
you
as
possible
on
February
9th
and
please
follow
up
Commissioners
at
bouldercounty.org.