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Description
The Boulder County Commissioners reviewed the county budget and took 30 min. of live public comments.
C
C
I
acknowledge
the
american
indian
community
in
boulder
county
today
the
elders
passed
and
present
and
future
generations,
and
then
we're
going
to
each
take
a
minute
here,
the
commissioners
to
welcome
you.
Thanks
for
attending
this
budget
town
hall,
we
budgets
are
dry
things
to
most
people,
including
myself,
in
a
lot
of
ways:
they're
dense.
C
They
have
a
lot
of
figures,
but
really
when
you
start
looking
at
a
budget,
it's
a
moral
document
about
where
we
put
our
values
where
we
put
our
money
is
where
we,
what
we
value
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
today,
separate
from
the
budget,
normal
budget
process,
is
kind
of
make
it
more
relatable
to
you
and
you'll
hear
that
in
a
few
minutes,
and
we'll
also
do
some
quizzes
on
screen
to
bring
people
up
to
speed
on
a
few
budget
issues
tax
issues
but
bottom
line.
We
we
really
appreciate
you
participating
in
this.
C
We
do
work
hard
at
public
service,
that's
why
we
exist,
and
you
know
I'm
just
happy
to
be
part
of
that
and
and
I'm
always
lucky
to
represent
boulder
county.
I
think
the
constituents
here
are
generous
when
they
go
to
go
to
the
ballot
and
for
fundraising
and
or
and
just
with
other
people,
and
so
thanks
for
being
doing
that.
B
Sure,
thank
you,
commissioner
jones,
for
the
introduction.
My
name
is
martha.
Luchamay
lochmann,
boulder
county
commissioner
representing
district
2
in
lyons
and
longmont
and
allen's
park,
as
well
as
the
rest
of
our
330
000
constituents
and
residents
here
in
boulder
county,
so
just
want
to
first
say
thank
you
for
you
all
participating
this
evening.
B
For
now
nine
months,
this
year
has
just
been
a
real
honor
and
it's
been
a
pleasure,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
to
give.
Thank
you
thank
yous
to
the
boulder
county
staff
who
are
with
us
this
evening.
For
all
the
folks,
in
the
background,
certainly
are
simultaneous
interpreters
to
provide
access
to
the
information
that
we
believe
is
just
another
way
for
us
to
engage
community
members
to
provide
resources
to
share,
in
other
ways
of
transparent
activities,
of
what
we're
doing
and
how
we
are
working
to
provide.
B
The
best
in
public
service
for
all
of
you,
as
residents
in
boulder
county.
So
with
that
I
just
want
to
you
know
this
is
one
other
piece
that
could
be
really
helpful
for
people
to
understand,
and
it's
also
geared
up
by
the
fact
that
we
are
right
now
in
budget
season
and
so
we're
looking
at
the
requests
and
the
needs
and
looking
at
gap,
analysis
and
assessments
internally
and
externally,
to
make
some
decisions.
D
Yeah,
thank
you,
marta.
I
am
claire
levy,
I'm
the
third
county,
commissioner,
and
it's
my
pleasure
to
be
here
tonight
and
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
staff
for
all
the
work
that
they
go
through
every
time
we
put
one
of
these
things
on,
hopefully
to
you,
the
public
who
has
joined
us.
This
is
a
seamless,
effortless
effort,
but
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
goes
on
behind
the
scenes,
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
and
thank
staff
for
that
work.
D
It's
really
my
pleasure
to
be
here,
and
I
and
I
want
to
thank
those
of
you
who
are
joining
us
for
being
with
us
here
tonight.
This
is
part
of
our
effort
to
get
out
to
the
extent
that
we
can
and
be
more
accessible
to
the
public,
be
available
to
answer
questions
about
the
things
that
are
on
your
mind,
and
so
we've
done
our
best
to
try
to
choose
topics
that
we
think
are
of
interest
to
the
general
public.
D
And
so,
as
we
move
forward,
we
are.
We
are
trying
to
identify
topics
that
are
of
interest
to
the
public.
We
had
a
another
town
hall
on
how
to
allocate
the
the
63.3
million
dollars
that
boulder
county
is
receiving
through
the
american
rescue
plan,
act
arpa
and
got
some
great
comments
from
from
you,
the
public,
our
constituents
residents
of
boulder
county
on
your
needs.
How
has
this
pandemic
affected
you?
D
D
The
process
is
very
long
and
arduous
and
complex,
and
our
staff
has
been
working
really
since
may
or
june
of
this
year
to
set
us
up
to
make
the
important
decisions
that
we
need
to
make,
and
I
know
that
this
isn't
for
everybody,
as
commissioner
jones
said,
but
we
think
it's
important
for
for
you,
the
taxpayers,
the
people
who
fund
these
services
to
have
a
sense
of
where
they
go.
Those
services
go
and,
and
also
take
your
questions
about
what
we
do
fund
and
what
we
don't
fund
and
that's
going
to
be.
C
C
A
A
Nonetheless,
we've
decided
as
a
society
that
taxation
is
really
the
best
and
most
efficient
way
to
provide
essential
services
and
really
make
sure
that
communities
are
safe
and
healthy,
so,
depending
on,
where
you're
at
right
now
you're
likely
paying
taxes
to
many
layers
of
government,
federal
state,
county,
your
city
or
town,
your
school
district
or
other
special
districts.
Mr
jones
mentioned
some
of
those
in
our
poll
questions.
A
A
I'm
going
to
see
if
we
can
put
a
link
in
the
chat
to
a
summary
document
that
shows
in
more
detail
what
the
adopted
budget
included
in
case
you're
curious
about
that.
But
I
thought
I
would
just
hit
some
of
the
highlights
for
you
verbally
as
well,
and
I
want
to
start
with
the
revenue
side
or
the
money
that
comes
in
to
county
government
to
pay
for
county
services,
about
45
percent
of
the
revenues
that
come
in
are
from
property
taxes
that
we
all
pay
on.
You
know
commercial
and
and
residential
real
estate.
A
A
A
In
this
category
we
administer
all
pass-through
dollars
for
those
state
and
federal
programs
that
I
mentioned
examples
of
those
are
on
the
supplemental
nutrition
assistance
program
or
snap.
You
know
other
things
like
like
medicaid
eligibility,
unemployment,
insurance,
those
kinds
of
programs,
so
these
really
are
the
functions
for
aimed
at
assisting
community
members
most
in
need
and
helping
them
to
get
to
a
place
of
of
self-sufficiency.
A
A
We
manage
water
and
soil
and
and
cultural
resources
out
of
that
funding.
It
also
includes
our
environmental
sustainability
initiatives,
both
those
aimed
at
addressing
the
impacts
of
climate
change
and
all
of
our
zero
waste
efforts
where
we're
managing
and
diverting
all
the
waste
that
we
create
right
here
in
boulder
county.
A
The
next
category
of
spending
is
public
safety
at
72
million,
and
this
includes
the
sheriff's
office,
the
coroner's
office
and
the
district
attorney.
So
even
though
the
d.a
is
a
state
agency
by
state
statute,
their
budget
comes
from
county
government,
so
the
biggest
component
here
is
the
sheriff's
office
and
for
the
sheriff,
in
addition
to
patrolling
and
providing
public
safety
services
in
the
unincorporated
parts
of
boulder
county,
as
well
as
the
towns
of
superior
and
lions.
A
The
sheriff
also
operates
the
boulder
county
jail
and
provides
really
important
public
safety
services
like
the
county-wide
ambulance,
contract,
animal
control,
disaster
management.
So
when
we
have
wildfires
floods
or
other
disasters,
all
of
that
is
operated
out
of
the
sheriff's
office
about
35
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
2021
was
allocated
toward
transportation
so
to
construct
and
maintain
our
local
roads
and
trails
and
transits
and
culverts
and
bridges,
and
all
of
that
and
another
33
million
was
for
other
capital
expenses
like
our
building
projects
renovations.
A
We
have
a
budget
hearing
coming
up
on
tuesday
october
26th,
that's
at
3
pm
and
public
testimony
will
be
taken
at
that
hearing.
So
please
join
us
on
zoom.
If
you
have
the
opportunity
and
share
your
thoughts
about
the
2022
budget
and
then
after
the
public
hearing,
the
commissioners
will
deliberate
and
give
some
final
direction
to
county
staff
to
prepare
the
2022
budget
on
november
9th,
and
that
is
also
at
3
pm.
A
No
public
testimony
is
taken
during
that
november
9th
meeting.
But
if
you
tune
in
you'll
get
the
chance
to
hear
the
direction
the
commissioners
want
to
go
with
their
decision.
Making
for
the
budget
so
with
that
overview,
I'm
going
to
turn
things
back
now
to
commissioner
lochemin
for
our
next
full
question.
C
I
think
you
nailed
it
janna
more
or
less
there's
a
budget.
That's
in
the
chat
somebody
asked
about
his
slides
available.
There
is
a
budget
summary
document
online.
If
you
google
it
that's
really
good
that
contains
that
summary
information,
but
I'm
interested
in
getting
on
with
this.
So
I'll
just
stop.
There.
B
Sure,
yes,
and
that
there's
a
pdf
in
that
link,
but
we're
gonna
re-put
it
in
the
q
a
and
the
zoom
chat,
because,
depending
on
when
you
jumped
in
that's
just
one
of
the
features
of
zoom,
that
you
would
miss
all
the
previous
chat.
So
as
we
learn
our
virtual
platforms,
we'll
add
that
back
in
there
for
some
of
the
participants
who
didn't
get
a
chance
to
click
into
that
pdf,
while
we
were
presenting,
so
you
know
just
from
a
reaction
standpoint
around
the
budget.
B
This
is
again
another
opportunity
for
people
to
to
understand
the
process
and
maybe
not
completely
understand
it.
The
way
our
ofm
folks
do,
but
but
just
to
have
a
better
feeling
of
what.
Where
is
that
money
being
spent?
And-
and
I
think
it's
great
from
the
standpoint
of
questions
that
that
I've
heard
about
where
are
you
spending
your
money?
Why
are
you
spending
your
money?
B
How
are
you
making
those
decisions,
folks
who
do
participate
in
our
business
meetings
on
tuesday
mornings
at
10,
30
weekly,
that
have
questions
about
some
of
the
expenditures,
and
so
this
is
a
great
way
for
folks
who
really
do
want
to
start
learning
about
that
process.
To
connect
some
of
those
dots
and
myself
included.
B
I
a
couple
of
the
learning
so
far
this
year
around
the
budget
was
the
the
real
effects
of
the
visitorship
and
usership
of
trails
and
then
learning
that
it's
our
boulder
county
sheriff
and
that
budget
that
gets
spent
to
go
put
up
signs
to.
Let
folks
know
what
areas
of
land
are
not
allowed
for
recreational
shooting
the
staff
that
has
to
go
out
and
literally
do
rescue.
B
That
was
the
learning
for
me,
and
so
you
know
those
some
of
those
pieces
that
I
think
just
help.
People
understand
knowing
that
the
flood
that
we
were
devastated
by
here
in
boulder
county
in
2013,
that
we
are
still
working
and
this
year
have
been
making
some
of
those
funding
continual
decisions
with
not
just
the
the
resource
that's
still
being
spent
on
the
2013
flood
from
staff
perspective
and
the
time,
but
also
the
funding,
and
then
all
the
maintenance
and
management
of
those
projects.
B
And
so
I
think
those
are
pieces
that
community
members
need
to
need
to
to
understand
as
well
as
we
start
looking
at
this
budget
process
in
full.
So
we
certainly
won't
comment
on
all
the
information
you
shared
janet.
But
thank
you
so
much
for
for
being
here
this
evening
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
commissioner
levy.
D
Well,
thank
you
and
yeah.
We
have
a
lot
more
that
we
want
to
share
with
you
this
evening.
So
I'm
not
going
to
make
a
lot
of
comments
right
now.
Jana
is
really
a
walking
encyclopedia
when
it
comes
to
county
government-
and
I
I
don't
know
whether
she
had
notes
in
front
of
her
or
not,
but
I
would
venture
to
guess
that
she
actually
could
have
shared
all
of
that
without
notes,
because
she's
got
such
extensive
knowledge
of
our
budget.
D
I
don't
believe
it
was
in
the
2020
version
is
how
just
in
broad
buckets
we
allocated
the
cares
act
money
that
was
the
the
first
tranche
of
funding
that
the
county
got
and
local
governments
got
to
try
to
address
immediate
needs
that
that
the
cobia
19
pandemic,
created
and
so
you'll
see
the
the
funding
we
spent
on
public
health
on
child
care,
assistance,
economic
and
business
support
money.
That's
laid
out
in
there
and
there's
also
a
tool
on
our
website.
That
gives
you
more
information
about
that.
D
B
B
C
Two
for
two
I've
only
been
at
this
a
year
and
a
half,
so
what
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
about
today
is
some
of
the
environment.
Basically,
you
know
polar
county
is
a
leader
in
environment.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
are
environmental
activists
in
the
county,
and
it's
been
that
way
for
a
while
and
I'm
going
to
talk
about
two
dedicated
sales
taxes,
the
open
space
and
the
sustainability
tax,
and
they
relate
together
and
they're,
both
environmental
and
there's
some
overlap
and
I'll
get
to
that.
C
C
But
the
fact
is
it's
like
a
puzzle,
and
you
got
to
fill
in
the
last
pieces
of
the
puzzle,
the
remaining
pieces
of
the
puzzle
where
it's
not
done,
and
you
have
to
often
wait
for
a
welding
seller,
so
a
lot
of
times,
families
own
these
properties
and
don't
want
to
sell
then
after
a
while,
they
do
there's
a
couple
of
good
examples
of
that.
There's
the
brand
two
property-
and
it's
that's
right
next
to
rabbit
mountain
open
space.
C
If
you
know
where
that
is,
it's
120
acres
that
basically
expanded
that
area,
which
is
a
strategic
spot
for
us,
both
in
terms
of
recreation
for
people
like
for
longmont
alliance,
but
also
that
has
high
environmental
value
ecological
value.
Another
one
is
the
tucker
ranch
acquisition.
That's
up
by
netherland
western
netherlands,
it's
324
acres.
It's
a
big
piece
of
ground.
There
were
nine
development
rights
that
could
have
gone
into
nine
houses.
C
C
C
So
you
can
see
it's
the
sustainability
and
then
the
climate
work
and
the
resilience
all
in
one
place,
and
they
do
a
lot
of
work.
I'll
just
mention
a
few
things
in
the
building
environment:
energy,
smart!
It's
your
home!
If
you
put
energy
conserving
features
in
my
wife
and
I
not
long
ago
put
in
a
heat
pump,
that's
eligible,
although
we
did
it
so
late
in
the
year.
C
There
wasn't
any
money
left
for
us,
but
this
will
help
you
incentivize,
that
for
businesses,
pace
which
is
helps
businesses
do
those
kinds
of
things
similar
to
energy
conservation,
and
you
know
the
funny
thing
that
people
don't
realize
is
the
county
as
of
last
year.
Is
a
hundred
percent
electricity
is
delivered
by
wind
and
solar
solar?
Not
too
many
places
can
say
that
the
county
worked
on
it
diligently
through
the
years
and
we
got
it
done
on
the
vehicle
side.
C
Electric
vehicle
chargers
helping
getting
those
out,
so
people
have
more
access,
especially
as
people
adopt
electric
vehicles
e-bikes
every
once
in
a
while.
There's
an
incentive
program
for
electric
vehicles
as
well,
but
basically
getting
people
to
drive
a
cleaner
vehicle
is
part
of
what
they
do.
They
also
work
with
the
cities
and
help
with
the
programs
and
costs
here
so
that
cities
can
do
more
work.
So
we
can
all
kind
of
work
together
to
do
that,
but
the
open
space
and
sustainably
taxes
kind
of
come
together
as
well.
C
We
need
to
try
to
sequester
that
so
it's
not
in
the
atmosphere
and
one
way
to
do
this
through
soil
health
and
the
sustainability
office
had
a
grant
program
that
helps
small
farmers
do
have
equipment
so
that
they
could
produce
more
local
food
for
consumers
in
polar
county
and
also
rejuvenate
their
soil.
So
that
holds
more
carbon
holds
more
water.
C
All
those
positive
benefits
and
we're
also
working
with
the
bigger
producers
on
open
space
lands
to
the
on
the
east
part
of
the
county
up
by
287,
primarily
to
do
more
carbon
sequestration
and
we've
worked
with
some
of
those
farmers
to
do
experiments
to
try
to
get
better
at
doing
that.
But
it's
a
priority
both
for
open
space
and
for
sustainability
and
that's
where
it
kind
of
comes
together.
C
So
it's
your
tax
dollars,
they're,
going
to
help
us
continue
to
lead
and
address
climate
and
protect
our
natural
lands
and
we're.
I
am
very
thankful
for
that.
I
know
the
other
commissioners
are
as
well
and
we're
so
much
better
off
as
a
county
with
both
those
programs
and
be
leaders
on
it
and
the
staff
in
the
end
does
the
great
work
that
makes
that
happen
and
we're
so
we're
really
lucky
to
have
top
flight
people
working
on
these
things
to
advance
those
goals.
C
So
I'm
really
proud
to
be
part
of
it
and
excited
to
be
part
of
it,
and
I
thought
you'd
want
to
know
about
those
two
parts
as
well:
two
taxes
as
well
and
how
they're
being
used-
and
that
was
the
whole
idea.
This
town
halls
make
the
budget
a
little
bit
more
relatable
and
I
think
in
the
environmental
side
you
can
really
do
that
with
open
space
and
sustainability.
C
E
B
One
of
the
pieces
with
this
town,
hall
and
and
goals
for
us
is
really
just
educating
and
sharing
information,
but
also
making
sure
folks
have
the
contact
information
know
where
to
find
that
data
later,
because
as
residents
in
boulder
county,
you
hear
about
something
interesting
or
that
could
be
helpful
to
a
neighbor
or
to
a
business
owner
or
co-worker.
We
hope
that
you
will
pass
along
this
information
as
well.
So
I
want
to
talk
just
a
little
bit
about
worthy
cause,
and
just
from
you
know,
what
is
it?
B
How
much
is
it
it's
funded
by
a
.05,
boulder
county
sales
and
use
tax
and
what
that
means
just
to
give
folks
an
idea
in
real
numbers
in
2020
that
was
about
3.3
million
dollars
and
what
that
does?
It
allows
for
funding.
So
if
you
know
somebody
who
has
a
non-profit
who's
looking
for
some
help,
this
might
be
a
solution.
There's
the
requirements,
of
course,
but
what
it's
able
to
do
in
baltimore
county
is
assist.
B
Nonprofit
corporations
and
housing
authorities
as
well,
serving
for
a
few
different,
really
focused
areas
that
can
be
capital,
purchase,
capital,
construction,
capital
improvements
or
renovations,
as
well
as
debt
reduction.
That's
incurred
due
to
those
same
capital
costs,
so
you
know
one
of
the
pieces
it
does
require
if
you're
listening
as
a
non-profit
like
oh,
that
means
I
need
to
have
real
estate.
I
need
to
have
brick
and
mortar,
and
this
is
one
solution
for
folks:
who've
already
moved
into
that
area
and
need
that
type
of
assistance.
B
B
The
property
building
where
the
project
is
taking
place
needs
to
be
owned,
like
I
said
so,
it
does
require
the
brick
and
brick
and
mortar
and
the
applications
an
annual
event.
So
application
opens
starting
in
the
mid-summer
and
it's
about
six
to
eight
week
process
and
that
again,
we'll
provide
the
worthy
cause
of
that
here.
B
B
What
I
will
share
is
that
I've
had
a
few
different
community
members
reach
out
and
just
ask
about
where
the
cause
and
what's
the
process
and
our
staff
has
been
super
helpful,
providing
one-on-one
appointments
to
walk
folks
through
the
process
and
talk
about
you
know
if
this
isn't
the
fun
for
your
nonprofit
or
the
folks
that
you
know
what
which
one
might
be.
So
I
just
want
to
encourage
folks
to
take
a
look
at
that.
The
slide
on
here
shows
two
of
the
different
projects
that
I
just
want
to
highlight.
B
In
this
conversation,
one
is
1175
lee
hill
road
and
that
particular
worthy
cause
grant
helps
support
a
31
unit,
permanent
supportive
housing
option
for
individuals
and
families
experiencing
homeless
here
in
boulder
county,
and
the
second
project
indicated
there
on.
The
slide
is
clinica
health
services,
which
provides
medical,
behavioral,
health
and
dental
care
for
low
income
and
underserved
community
members,
and
so
just
to
share
a
couple
different
examples,
as
well
as
what
was
talked
about
earlier,
that
that
one
was
a
I'm
sorry.
D
D
It's
not
a
sales
tax
sales
taxes,
you
may
know,
are
very
regressive
in
that
people
with
lower
incomes
spend
a
greater
portion
of
their
income
on
that
sales
tax
than
people
with
higher
incomes,
because
almost
all
of
the
income
of
lower
income
people
goes
towards
meeting
their
basic
needs.
So
everybody
play
pays
the
same
tax
on
that
t-shirt
that
you
buy
a
target
regardless
of
your
income,
which
is
what
makes
it
regressive.
D
So
it's
not
a
perfect
funding
source
by
any
means,
but
it's
really
the
best
we
have
given
that
colorado
constitution
does
not
allow
local
governments
to
impose
an
income
tax
which
would
really
be
the
most
equitable
way
to
fund
services,
so
the
human
services
safety
net
tax
brings
in
well.
It's
it's
a
0.9
mill.
D
Let
me
tell
you,
you
know
the
amount
of
it
0.9
mill,
property
tax
on
homes
in
boulder
county,
actually,
all
commercial
property,
which
amounts
to
about
forty
five
dollars
a
year
for
a
house
with
a
taxable
value
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
you
know
it's
not
a
huge
amount
on
each
individual
property,
but
collectively
it
generates
about
eight
million
dollars
a
year
and
it
helps
fund
critical
programming
in
health.
D
I
want
to
just
talk
about
two
examples
of
funding
through
this
eight
million
dollars.
One
is
our
community
partner,
non-profits
program,
and
there
we
take
about
three
million
dollars
a
year.
That's
almost
40
percent
of
of
the
revenue
that
the
safety
net
fund
brings
in,
and
that
goes
to
14
of
our
community
partner
organizations
to
support
really
vital
community
work
in
food,
financial
and
housing
assistance
throughout
boulder
county
and
the
funds
from
the
human
services.
D
D
So
it's
thanks
to
this
human
services.
Safety
net
support
that
boulder
county
was
able
to
provide
more
generous
child
care
assistance
through
the
colorado
child
care
assistance.
Program
than
could
have
been
done
just
through
state
funding
alone
and
that
really
made
boulder
county
a
leader
in
the
provision
of
child
care.
Assistance
we've
by
no
means
met
everybody's
needs,
but
we're
able
to
fund
a
higher
level
income
and
provide
a
greater
subsidy
than
many
other
counties
in
boulder.
D
I
mean
in
colorado
are
thanks
to
the
generosity
of
boulder
county
taxpayers,
so
we're
really
fortunate
to
have
this
additional
source
of
financial
support
to
help
people
here
in
boulder
county
boulder
county
voters
really
showed
their
generosity
and
when
it
comes
time
to
ask
them
to
renew
this
fund
in
2030.
I
hope
that
they'll
do
that
again.
D
Yes,
it
is
so
I'm
going
to
ask
our
third
and
final
poll
question
you'll.
You
see
a
map
of
boulder
county
up
there
on
your
screen
and
we
would
like
to
know
where
you
are
joining
us
from
tonight,
and
you'll
see
options
for
all
the
communities
in
boulder
county
as
well
as
unincorporated,
boulder
county
and
go
ahead
and
just
put
that
in
and
and
we'll
just
see
the
distribution.
D
D
Okay,
it
looks
like
a
little
over.
A
third
are
coming
from
the
city
of
boulder
13
from
erie
same
percent
from
longmont
and
six
percent
from
lions.
That's
that's
really
great.
It's
nice
to
get
some
distribution
and,
oh,
I
didn't
scroll
down
far
enough
38
from
unincorporated
boulder
county.
So
thanks
for
joining
us
tonight,.
D
A
D
C
Yeah,
I
I
think
you're
very
clear,
we're
just
beginning
to
kind
of
sort
out
all
these
decisions
and
the
question
talked
about
the
the
recommended
budget,
so
that
already
has
additions
that
were
high
high
priority
that
were
put
into
budget
and
now
we're
going
to
sort
out
both
capital
projects.
You
know
like
computer
programs
and
that
kind
of
thing
and
equipment,
and
also
staff
ftes,
as
we
call
them
full-time
equivalents.
C
B
I
was
just
going
to
add-
and
I
put
it
in
the
chat,
the
specific
dates
and
times,
and
you
can
certainly
get
on
the
boulder
county.org
website
for
fix
her
listening
and
interested.
But
I
think
to
me
that's
one
of
the
big
opportunities
because
the
date
on
october
26th
at
3
p.m,
and
we're
we're
planning
to
break
for
dinner.
We're
planning
to
maybe
have
a
midnight
snack
if
we
need
to,
but
that
just
means
that
public
testimony
will
be
taken
and
for
folks
who
really
want
to
get
more
information.
B
D
I
know
our
nonprofit
organizations
want
to
do
that.
As
we
come
out
of
the
pandemic,
people
are
realizing-
or
maybe
I
shouldn't
say,
realizing
they've
known
this
all
along
they're
not
getting
paid
enough,
and
many
of
them
are
in
the
nonprofit
sector
and
they're
helping
people
and
even
they
are
struggling
to
make
ends
meet.
And
so
there
was
a
request
for
a
3.5
increase
in
the
contract
amount
that
we
provide
to
some
of
our
safety
net
providers.
D
The
nonprofits
that
help
us
do
our
job
and
that's
something
I
believe
we
did
give
the
green
light
on
and
and
because
we
know
that
you
know,
we
can't
ask
you
to
do
more
without
helping
you
pay
your
staff,
a
living
wage.
So
that's
something
that
has
come
to
us
and
I
believe
we're
prepared
to
act
on
that.
A
Thank
you,
commissioners.
That
was
the
only
question
we
got
I'll.
Just
add
one
more
nuance
to
that
for
community
members
who
may
be
wondering
the
recommended
budget
in
the
hearing
on
october.
26
is
not
inclusive
of
the
arpa
federal
funding
for
the
american
rescue
act.
Money
coming
down
to
federal
government.
The
commissioners
will
be
making
decisions
about
those
dollars
at
a
later
point
in
time.
So
just
wanted
to
add
that
clarification
since
cobit
was
a
part
of
that
question.
A
I
don't
know
if
we
can
put
that
poll
question
up,
but
this
is
a
question
about
remote
work.
So
if
you
became
a
remote
worker
during
the
pandemic,
have
you
returned
to
your
work
site
and
gone
back
to
work
I'll?
Give
you
all
a
minute
to
respond
to
that
question
and
we'll
see
who
we
have
on
the
call
and
and
if
we
have
any
remote
workers
with
us
today,.
A
Our
results
should
be
popping
up
here,
and
it
looks
like
hybrid
is
the
winner,
so
six
of
our
ten
respondents
are
working
in
a
hybrid
situation
and
three
are
still
working
from
home.
We've
got
one
who's
back
on
site.
So
thank
you
for
participating
in
that
poll
with
that,
commissioner
jones,
I
will
turn
the
meeting
over
to
you
for
public
comment.
C
Thanks
jenna
yeah:
it's
really
interesting
how
the
hybrid
option
after
the
pandemics
had
a
lot
of
headaches,
but
there
are
some
things
that
probably
advanced
our
society
and
that
option
because
of
technology
is
there
so
it's
interesting
to
see
how
many
people
are
choosing
that
and
the
county
is
doing
similar.
So
we're
going
to
do
public
comment.
You
were
asked
to
email.
If
you
wanted
to
comment
ahead
of
time,
and
so
we
had
seven
people
sign
up.
It's
three
minutes
each.
Please
say
your
name
and
your
address.
C
Also
with
your
comments.
Please
be
respectful
of
others
and
we
have
a
real
opportunity
in
our
democracy
to
speak
out
and
address
grievances,
as
they
say
in
the
constitution,
and
so
please
be
respectful
in
your
comments
and
I'm
going
to
just
start
at
the
top
here,
unless
I
get
told
by
staff.
Otherwise,.
F
I'm
missing
jones.
This
is
natalie
springett
for
the
record.
Here
I
did
just
want
to
jump
and
let
you
know
it
looks
like
riley,
mancuso
and
scott
keselbach
are
not
joining
us
and
if
they
are
on,
if
they
could
please
raise
their
hand
but
we'll
go
ahead
and
get
started
with
edward
yagi.
I
just
didn't
want
edward
to
be
surprised
that
he
was
going
or
that
they
were
going
first.
F
G
I
am
currently
in
japan,
where
I
teach
university
part-time
while
studying
full-time
for
a
doctorate
in
business
administration.
I
am
also
co-owner
of
fifth
generation
family
property
on
big
owl
road
in
allen's
park.
Budget
allocation
is
the
heart
of
any
business
administration,
including
county
government.
I
have
three
suggestions
that
I
strongly
urge
you
to
adopt.
G
One
please
develop
a
better
mechanism
for
setting
your
priorities.
Listening
to
matt,
not
in
my
backyard.
Complaints
is
an
unavoidable
part
of
your
job,
but
it
should
never
be
more
than
that
debating
the
snow.
Plowing
of
a
single
private
driveway
in
allens
park
is
not
how
street
commissioners
should
spend
an
afternoon
assuming
leadership
positions
on
things
like
climate
change
and
social
issues
is
very
admirable,
but
has
little
or
no
impact
beyond
the
baltimore
city
limits.
I
suggest
that
you
focus
like
a
laser
on
two
things.
G
One
is
outstanding
administration
of
basic
county
services.
The
second
is
hard,
probably
very
painful,
decisions
about
the
population
explosion,
both
residents
and
visitors
along
the
front
range
as
a
species
and
as
communities.
We
are
the
frog
in
the
pot
and
the
water
is
now
boiling
until
we
get
serious
about
this
frankly,
nothing
else
matters
two
boulder
county
needs
to
rethink
its
employees
structure.
G
I
suspect
that
you,
like
many
organizations,
suffer
from
a
dangerous
gap
in
middle
management,
people
with
10
or
15
years
of
experience,
who
know
how
to
link
high
level
policies
and
the
past
with
realities
on
the
ground
and
the
future.
The
fix
will
be
very
long
term,
so
the
time
to
start
is
now
three.
Please
simplify
your
procedures
without
an
over
reliance
on
technology.
G
Technology
is
our
enemy,
as
well
as
our
friend,
for
example,
your
building
permit
system
is
currently
so
tech
oriented.
Instead
of
customer
oriented
that,
I
estimate
that
95
of
everything
in
the
mountains
that
should
have
a
county
safety
check
is
done
without
a
permit
and
your
own
permit
department
doesn't
dispute
my
estimate
when
you
don't
balance
the
public,
good
private
rights
and
real
world
limitations.
Just
right,
you
can
do
more
harm
than
good
and
that's
really
bad.
Since
once
government
gets
into
the
harm
business,
it
destroys
the
credibility
it
needs
to
do
any
good.
G
These
three
recommendations-
priorities,
county
staff
management,
including
higher
salaries
and
listening
to
taxpayers
with
less
technology
and
more
respect,
are
all
interconnected,
but
if
you
need
a
place
to
begin
start
with
us
taxpayers
for
a
great
reason,
your
harshest
critics
often
have
the
best
solutions
to
your
problems.
Thank
you
for
listening,
and
this
concludes
my
remarks.
C
E
E
E
E
That
commitment
could
be
spread
out
over
one
or
two
or
even
three
years,
but
it
would
send
a
strong
message
to
other
funding.
Agencies
at
boulder
county
will
support
this
project,
and
that
should
also
help
free
up
other
grant
funding
sources
which
have
been
hanging
back
to
see
if
boulder
county
will
really
support
the
national
forest
closures
that
are
being
not
proposed.
E
So
it's
time
for
boulder
county
to
do
its
part.
Let's
not
wait
until
someone
is
shot
in
a
dispersed
shooting
accident
or,
let's
not
wait
for
another
wildfire
to
be
caused
by
dispersed.
Shooting
sheriff
pele
has
testified
that
dispersed
shooting
caused
several
fires
in
boulder
county
in
the
past,
so
here's
an
opportunity
for
you
to
protect
80,
000
acres
from
environmental
degradation
and
potential
wildfire
risk,
not
to
mention
the
protection
of
human
safety
that
has
been
requested
by
so
many
mountain
residents.
C
H
You
there,
you
are
hi
my
name's
scott
kiselbach.
I
live
at
1104
wagonville
gap
road.
I
appreciate
the
time
to
address
some
concerns.
I
have
living
here
on
wagon
wheel
gap,
road
and
I'm
trying
to
understand
more
about
opportunities
in
my
neighborhood
corridor
that
might
have
I
might
have
in
conducting
a
speed
management
plan
and
requesting
a
traffic
calming
project
wagon
wheel
gap.
Road
has
experienced
a
variety
of
new
transportation
issues
as
a
result
of
the
improvement
made
from
the
2013
flood.
H
As
a
result
of
these
improvements
along
the
corridor
and
the
roads
new
paved
surface,
there
has
been
expanded
usage
due
the
popularity
of
the
newly
rehabbed
and
white
trail,
more
bicycle:
bicycle
riders
are
discovering
this
roadway
as
they
exit
off
lee
hill
and
ride
up
to
the
end
of
wagon
wheel
or
over
bow
mountain.
More
visitors
are
driving
to
enjoy
ann
white.
When
parking
fills
at
the
trailhead
they
park
along
wagon
wheel
at
designated
areas.
These
guests,
many
families,
are
then
walking
along
a
very
busy
wagon
wheel
up
to
pinto
to
the
trailhead.
H
There
is
no
shoulder
and
we
have
lots
of
traffic
that,
I
believe,
is
speeding.
Also,
I'm
sad
to
say
my
neighbors
above
us
and
guests,
and
service
providers
often
travel
at
these
increased
rates
of
speed.
This
might
have
been
softened
had
we
implemented
the
speed
management
plan
outlined
in
the
original
flood
rehab
plans
and
shared
with
us.
In
fact,
the
original
speed
management
plans
included
speed
signs,
speed,
humps
between
67
wagon
wheel
and
1073
597
wagon
wheel
and
763
wagon
wheel,
and
between
853
and
837
wagon
wheel.
C
H
I
figured
all
right,
I'm
sorry,
that's
all
right
at
one
point
of
the
project,
andrew
bart
determined
the
need
to
conduct
a
survey
to
determine
if
members
of
the
neighborhood
still
wanted
these
designated
speed
humps
after
a
vote
that
I
believe
included,
not
only
residents
who
live
on
wagon
wheel,
but
also
neighbors
from
carriage
hills,
speed
bumps
were
removed
from
installation
recently
josh
tricky
traffic
operations.
Engineer
has
written
to
my
has
responded
to
my
written
request
for
neighborhood
assistance,
and
I
appreciate
that.
H
I
was
also
informed
that
I
could
apply
in
writing
to
request
a
speed,
study,
speed
management
plan
and
traffic
calming
projects,
and
I
hope
to
do
so.
I
believe
if
the
traffic
management
plan
originally
outlined
in
the
plans
from
the
flood
mitigation
had
been
done
with
speed,
bumps
and
signage,
we
would
not
be
where
we
are
today.
There
was
a
digital
speeding
zone
installed
with
radar
speed
limit
readouts
on
lower
wagon
wheel,
but
nothing
done
in
an
area
that
sees
way
more
visitors,
foot
traffic,
neighborhood
traffic
parking
and
pedestrians.
H
It
also
includes
a
place
where
children
are
picked
up
and
dropped
off
twice
a
day
and
there's
never
been
a
a
bus
sign,
alerting
people
that
this
was
a
place
where
people
were
parents
brought
and
retrieved
kids
right
there
on
bow
mountain.
I
do
appreciate
the
work
that's
been
done,
but
I
am
disappointed.
The
traffic
mitigation
strategies
outlined
in
the
overall
flood
mitigation
plan
were
changed
or
never
completed.
H
Finally,
we're
all
saddened
by
the
death
of
a
bicyclist
at
the
corner
of
wagon
wheel
and
when
you
pull
out
from
wagon
wheel,
the
curb
is
very
sharp
and
it's
quite
easy
to
miss
speeding,
bicyclists,
traveling
east
downhill
on
lee
hill.
There
should
be
signs
warning
motorists
to
look
carefully
as
well
as
a
sign
for
bicyclists
to
be
in
more
control
of
their
speeds,
as
I
often
get
tailgating
slip
streaming
and
speeding
down
that
roadway.
H
C
I
Perfect,
my
name
is
scott
porter
I
live
at
470
teresa
in
our
neighborhood
is
fairview
estate,
so
in
an
unincorporated,
boulder
county
I'd
like
to
speak
about
an
area
of
spending.
I
didn't
really
here,
discuss
tonight
and
that's
the
shameful
condition
of
the
neighborhood
roads
in
unincorporated
boulder
county.
As
I
said,
I
live
in
fairview
estates
and
I
can
tell
you
that
the
need
to
address
this
issue
as
desperate
as
our
neighborhood
roads
are
in
terrible
shapes.
I
I
I'm
not
sure
who
has
contracted
to
perform
these
repairs,
but
I've
personally
witnessed
crews
sitting
around
in
their
trucks
for
a
couple
hours
only
to
jump
out
at
the
last
minute,
throw
some
blacktop
in
a
hole
inadequately
tamp
it
and
then
call
it
done
and
drive
off
if
there's
any
quality
checks
or
followed
by
the
county.
It's
certainly
not
apparent
to
me.
I
In
the
recent
past,
the
previous
commission
tried
to
implement
special
taxation
imposed
only
on
the
residents
of
those
subdivisions
to
make
up
for
the
county's
lack
of
repair
and
maintenance
over
the
past
couple
of
decades.
This
was,
in
my
opinion,
completely
unfair
and
I
was
glad
to
see
that
it
was
deemed
illegal.
I
So,
finally,
I
want
to
recall
that
several
of
you
ran
for
the
commission
on
election
platforms,
which
included
finding
or
repair
and
equitable
solution
for
this
problem.
Perhaps
progress
has
been
made
on
creating
and
rolling
out
that
solution.
I
certainly
heard
nothing
about
it
tonight,
but
if
you
have
made
progress,
I
would
love
to
hear
about
it,
and
I
would
like
to
help
if
I
can,
but
this
is
a
problem
that
your
predecessors
created
for
the
county
by
redefining
maintenance,
and
this
is
a
problem
with
which
you
not
must
now
deal.
I
I
urge
you
to
take
responsible,
fair
action
to
immediately
begin
the
repair
of
these
neighborhood
roads.
Again.
These
are
county
assets
that
can
only
be
fixed
by
the
county
and
in
their
their
current
condition,
represents
a
safety
issue,
a
quality
of
life
issue
and
something
that
affects
our
property
values,
which
I
learned
tonight
makes
up
more
than
45
percent
of
your
funding.
So
I
think
it's
important
to
us
for
lots
of
reasons.
We
need
to
fund
this
and
get
it
started
immediately.
G
J
J
J
J
For
example,
they
mentioned
that
the
flights
the
aircraft
have
to
take
off
into
the
wind
and
so
they're
heading
northwest,
and
that's
us
so
we're
getting
a
lot
of
these
flights
coming
overhead,
and
so,
as
far
as
the
noise
reduction,
the
first
question
that
I
have
would
be
hours.
Is
there
a
way
to
limit
the
hours
that
those
planes
take
off
because
they
do
have
a
tendency
and
it
is
stated
on
their
website
that
there
are
24x7
airport?
J
J
The
the
other
thing
that
the
noise
round
table
would
not
address
would
be
the
quality
of
life
and
health,
because
the
gasoline
that's
used
by
general
aviation
aircraft
is
called
avgas.
Avgas
avgas
is
leaded
and,
as
you
know,
we
got
rid
of
leaded
fuel
in
our
cars
a
long
time
ago.
So
that
means
that
the
plane's
going
overhead
are
spewing
lead
and
the
faa
is
working
on
that.
But
there's
no
solution
yet
for
that.
J
K
K
K
Black
residents,
66
percent
in
the
lowest
rate,
is
for
latino
residents
at
53
percent.
Obviously,
there
are
many
reasons
for
these
discrepancies,
but
one
possible
reason
is
that
people
of
country
of
color
in
this
country
have
extraordinarily
good
historical
reasons,
not
to
trust
governmental
mandates
when
it
comes
to
medical
interventions,
let
alone
injections.
K
Our
nation's
vaccine
safety
monitoring
system
called
vares
requires
medical
personnel
in
the
u.s
to
report
all
vaccine
injuries.
This
system
is
co-managed
by
the
cdc
and
the
fda.
As
of
today,
veers
reported
over
770
000
injuries
from
covet
vaccines
and
the
number
of
deaths.
It
is
now
at
16
310,
with
the
vast
majority
of
those
being
within
the
first
two
days
of
receiving
the
shot.
K
By
contrast,
the
swine
flu
vaccination
program
in
1976
was
halted
after
53
people
died.
You
may
also
be
thinking
that
at
least
one
vaccine
has
fda
approval
and
approval
and
is
therefore
safe,
but
please
remember
that
these
vaccines
have
been
implemented
for
less
than
one
year,
which
means
by
definition,
there
are
no
long-term
safety
data
available.
K
K
C
B
Well,
let's
bring
up
our
last
poll
question.
This
would
be
great
timing
and,
as
it's
brought
being
brought
up,
I
just
want
to
share
that.
We
are
finishing
up
this
week.
Today
is
really
the
last
24
hours.
So
the
question
is
regarding
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Have
you
shared
your
input
for
boulder
county's
community
arpa
survey?
Yet
this
survey
is
at
boulder
countysurvey.com,
so
the
response
is
either.
Yes,
I've
already
completed
I've
already,
given
my
input
to
the
boulder
county
commissioners
on.
G
B
B
B
The
in
community
engagement
process
is
shared
on
there
and
questions
and
answers
from
the
public
from
boulder
county
residents.
So
our
response-
this
is
great,
and
I
say
it's
great
because
73
percent
of
you
have
not
yet
responded
and
you
still
have
time.
So
we
appreciate
those
of
you
who
have
taken.
It's
only
five
questions.
C
All
right,
we
have
each
one
minute
to
do
wrap
up
thanks
everybody
for
tuning
in
and
letting
us
know
how
you
feel.
On
issues
and
listening
about
the
budget,
I
mean,
like
I
said
earlier,
it's
a
moral
document
and
it's
it's
important
and
it
doesn't
get
enough
attention.
So
we
thought
we'd
bring
a
spotlight
trying
to
make
a
little
bit
more
interesting
and
relatable,
and-
and
I
appreciate
you
tuning
in
marty,
do
you
want
to
jump
in.
B
I
hope
that
you'll
take
some
of
these
points
of
information
and
data
and
share
them
with
community
members
with
your
neighbors
and
your
friends,
so
that
we
can
continue
to
really
push
out
the
community
engagement,
the
resources,
the
programs
that
boulder
county
is
providing
and
also
to
those
who
signed
up
ahead
of
time.
To
present
your
comments
and
your
information
is
really
important.
So
we
appreciate
that.
D
D
What's
better
for
people,
I
know
showing
up
at
the
courthouse
at
11
30
on
a
work
day,
finding
parking
coming
up
speaking
for
three
minutes
and
and
leaving
isn't
the
best
way
to
address
your
elected
officials,
so
we're
searching
still
for
what's
the
sweet
spot,
it
was
important
for
us
to
hear
from
you
tonight
the
things
that
you
raised
and
you
questioned.
Well.
Where
are
you
on
this?
How
come
we're
not
hearing
anything
from
you
on
this?
D
These
are
things
we
actually
are
working
on,
and
so
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
you
informed
subdivision,
paving
the
problem
of
shooting
in
the
mountains
and
what
are
we
doing
with
the
voter
rifle
club,
safety
on
wagon
wheel
gap
and
the
tragedy
of
a
person
killed
on
that
road?
The
airport,
no
airport
noise,
your
feelings
about
the
vaccination
requirement.
These
are
all
important
topics
for
us
to
hear
about,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
sharing
your
thoughts
with
us.
D
So
as
we
close
out,
I
think
we're
going
to
put
a
slide
up
to
tell
you
about
our
final
town
hall
of
2021
there.
It
is
it's
going
to
be
on
november,
10th,
5
30
the
usual
time,
and
we
have
not
selected
a
topic.
So
if
you've
got
ideas
about
things
that
you
would
like
to
hear
more
about,
please
go
ahead
and
send
an
email
to
commissioners
at
bouldercounty.org
and
we'll
take
that
into
account,
as
we
continue
to
present
these
town
halls
and
try
to
come
to
you
where
you
are
so.