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From YouTube: BOCC Town Hall -- May 13, 2021
Description
The Boulder County Commissioners hosted their first town hall meeting (virtually) on May 13 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
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B
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C
Hello,
everybody
good
evening.
My
name
is
matt
jones.
I'm
a
commissioner,
and
I
really
want
to
welcome
you
to
this
town
hall.
I
think
all
three
commissioners
think
it's
really
important
to
reach
out
and
listen
to
what
people
are
thinking
about
and
answer
questions.
So
what
are
what's
on
people's
mind?
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C
You
know
a
lot
of
what
I
have
a
lot
of
what
how
I
think
has
been
informed
by
the
surviving
two
cancers
and
it
brings
a
ton
of
empathy
to
you.
You
start
to
understand,
what's
difficult
for
people
and
and
how
to
keep
hope
and
to
keep
going-
and
I
don't
know
it's
one
of
those
things
you
don't
wish
for
and
I'm
lucky
enough
to
survive
to
them,
but
they
give
you
a
great
perspective,
I
think
also
previous
public
service.
C
C
I
know
I've
been
a
commissioner
for
two
years
now,
two
years
four
months
and
you
know
what
we're
working
on
a
lot
now
is
what
everybody's
working
on
and
that's
the
pandemic
and
recovery
from
the
pandemic
and
working
through
all
these
issues
and
working
with
the
county
department
of
health
to
make
sure
that
people
understand
what's
going
on
and
have
good
decisions
and
guidance
in
that
regard
and
managing
what
goes
on
in
the
county.
That's
a
ton
of
what
commissioners
do
is
manage.
C
The
county
help
manage
the
county,
and
this
is
a
challenging
time,
but
we're
learning
a
lot
from
it
and
we're
trying
to
see
the
silver
lining
in
it,
and
I
hope
you
are
too
and
thank
you
for
all
of
you
who
are
willingly
getting
vaccinated
or
doing
the
protections
of
distancing
and
hand
washing.
That
is
so
critical.
Boulder
county
has
done
a
great
job
and
it's
because
of
people
like
you,
so
thank
you
along
the
way
we
had
the
cowboy
fire
last
summer,
and
so
we're
still
working
on
recovery.
C
C
Then
one
thing
I
worked
on
in
the
state
house.
A
lot
was
oil
and
gas
protections
and
in
my
time,
in
the
last
two
years
we
put
in
the
strongest
oil
and
gas
rules
in
the
state,
and
we
think
it's
important
to
protect
people
with
maximum
degree
under
the
law,
and
we
try
to
do
that.
So
I'm
proud
of
that.
C
On
the
other
side
we
need
to.
We
have
a
climate
challenge.
We
have
an
existential
threat
in
climate
change
and
the
counties
for
a
long
time
been
working
on
this
and
we
continued
that
work
and
we
continue
that
work.
A
lot
of
people
talk
about
you're,
getting
the
city
100
renewable,
wind
and
solar.
Well,
the
county
met
that
goal
just
last
year,
so
real
proud
of
that.
But
there's
a
lot
of
decisions
of
people
before
me
that
really
made
that
happen
in
part
and
be
part
of
that.
C
We
also
work
on
people
by
getting
electric
vehicles,
electric
vehicle,
adoption,
cleaning
up
buildings
and
supporting,
especially
through
the
state
ways
to
address
the
electricity
grid
and
making
that
greener
all
the
time,
and
so
the
county
is
really
active
in
that
area.
We
have
an
office
of
sustainability
that
was
set
up
a
few
years
ago
and
we
lead
and
we
do
good
things,
and
I
think
what
reflects
what
you
want.
You
you're
the
constituency
here
and
that's
what
drives
it.
Finally,
I've
been
working
trying
to
get
northwest
rail
to
happen.
C
You
know
we're
paying
for
that.
Rtd
needs
to
provide
that
we've
been
working
in
ways
to
provide
more
funding
for
that
working
with.
Potentially
working
with
amtrak,
potentially
with
the
front
range
rail
idea
you
might
have
heard
about,
but
trying
to
make
that
happen
so
that
people
have
that
option
in
boulder
county
to
commute
by
rail
like
they
can
most
places
in
the
metro
area
already.
So
those
are
the
things
I'm
working
on
thanks
very
much
for
attending
this.
A
Thank
you,
commissioner
jones.
We
have
a
poll
question
from
commissioner
jones.
He
would
like
to
know
from
you
this
evening.
How
did
you
learn
about
this
town
hall?
So,
if
you
can,
please
select
one
of
those
choices
and
let
us
know
or
multiple
choice,
which
way
you
learned
about
this
meeting
this
evening.
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A
A
D
We're
so
thankful
that
you've
joined
us,
and
I
I
hope,
you'll
spread
the
word
as
we
continue
informational
town
halls
and
opportunities
for
you,
our
community
members,
to
share
your
ideas
and
your
thoughts
for
boulder
county
yesterday
marked
actually
only
four
months
four
months.
It's
our
installation
and
the
beginning
of
this
new
board
of
directors
working
together
and
like
many
of
you,
we've
been
working
virtually
and
we
are
not
in
our
offices,
the
legislative
agenda,
the
2021
budget,
the
strategic
priorities
and
covet
19
safety
protocols
were
already
in
place.
D
I
ran
for
this
elected
position
to
include
community
voice
and
provide
a
unique
perspective
to
support
our
more
than
2
thousand
employees,
work
to
allocate
and
distribute
the
430
million
dollar
budget
in
a
transparent
way
and
build
out
community
engagement
in
new
ways
to
reach
more
of
our
330
000
residents
in
boulder
county,
and
I'm
proud
that
we
are
starting
a
new
practice
of
consistent
town
halls
and
we
will
all
be
thrilled
when
it
is
safe
to
be
out
and
about
so.
We
can
host
this
type
of
event
in
our
neighboring
towns
and
our
communities.
D
So
to
kind
of
talk
about
what
I've
been
up
to
here
are
some
of
the
formal
appointments
and
the
working
groups
that
I'm
working
on
one
is
the
boulder
county
consortium
of
cities.
As
the
appointed
chair,
this
membership
includes
one
elected
official
representative
from
what
each
of
the
municipalities.
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D
D
We
continue
to
learn
about
strategies
to
address
the
increase
in
visitor
use
on
all
public
lands
and
open
space
around
colorado,
and
certainly
here
in
boulder
county
I've
been
working
on
a
couple:
transformation,
transportation,
corridor
committees,
both
u.s
287
and
colorado.
119..
Both
of
those
coalitions
are
hosted
by
the
county.
D
Another
one
I'm
excited
to
work
on
is
the
fairgrounds
master
plan
executive
advisory
board,
there's
currently
a
master
planning
project,
that's
about
to
go
underway
for
the
boulder
county
fairgrounds
in
longmont,
and
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
really
participating
as
large
planning
projects
such
as
this
have
an
executive
advisory
board
to
help
guide.
The
process
include,
including
reviewing
community
engagement
and
budget
requests,
and
these
are
some
of
the
communities.
I'm
doing.
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A
D
A
A
A
Here
they
are
they're
coming
up
now:
okay,
familiar
with
least
familiar
with
the
attorney
the
district
attorney
or
attorney's
department.
Okay,
and
also,
let's
see
second,
would
be
13
for
community
services.
We
do
have
some
wonderful
community
services
want
people
to
engage
there.
I'm
sorry
number
two,
though,
is
sustainability,
which
I
was
curious.
How
many
people
knew
about
all
the
work
going
on
in
that
department?
So
that's
information,
yeah,
that's
very
good
information!
Thank
you
so
much
for
sharing
that
with
us.
E
It
has
been
four
months
almost
to
the
day
since
taking
office,
and
while
that's
a
blink
of
the
eye
in
terms
of
the
length
of
a
four-year
term,
it
seems
like
a
very
long
time
when
I
think
about
the
sheer
number
of
decisions
we've
made
and
the
number
of
really
consequential
conversations.
We've
had
about
county
business
and
county
policy
running
for
office.
People
wanted
to
hear
about
how
I,
as
a
county
commissioner,
could
help
make
housing
more
affordable.
E
Boulder
county's
pandemic
response
operations
is
in
the
early
stages
of
actually
pivoting
to
pandemic
recovery,
and
that
leads
us
to
the
opportunity
to
direct
how
boulder
county
spends
over
63
million
dollars
in
american
rescue
rescue
plan
funding.
That
has
already
been
the
subject
of
a
lot
of
conversations
and
will
take
a
lot
of
board
of
county
commissioner
time
over
the
next
48
months.
E
People
in
the
field
of
health
policy
and
health
care
have
been
saying
that
medical
care
itself
really
determines
only
about
10
to
20
percent
of
your
health
status,
whereas
what's
called
social
determinants
of
health
make
up
the
rest
and
by
social
determinants
of
health.
What
we're
talking
about
is
the
quality
of
your
housing,
your
level
of
educational
attainment,
access
to
nutritious
food,
whether
you
have
parks
and
safe
routes
to
schools
available
in
your
neighborhood
and
actually,
whether
you
even
have
economic
security
at
all
and
the
pandemic
has
really
laid
bare.
E
The
inequities
that
we
have
in
health
status
and
that
is
directly
traceable
to
disparities
in
these
social
determinants
of
health,
so
as
we
determine
how
we
want
to
dedicate
these
arca
funds
and-
and
we
invite
people
who
have
suffered
disproportionately
from
the
pandemic
to
join
us.
In
that
conversation,
I
hope
we
can
find
a
way
to
make
significant
investment
in
addressing
these
disparities.
E
E
E
I
also
serve
on
the
rocky
flats
stewardship
council
and
I'm
finding
that
to
be
a
very
interesting
position
so
because
of
the
the
transportation
related
committees
that
I
serve
on.
I've
been
spending
a
lot
of
time
on
regional
transportation
and
most
of
that
work
at
dr
cogg
has
to
do
with
how
state
and
federal
transportation
funds
are
allocated
in
the
denver
metropolitan
area.
E
So,
sometime
in
early
summer,
we'll
be
doing
a
survey
that
will
ask
you
county
residents
what
your
priorities
are
and
whether
you're
willing
to
pay
additional
amounts
to
solve
some
of
those
problems.
So
look
for
that
survey
and
I
hope
you'll
participate,
so
we've
been
very
busy.
I've
been
very
busy.
This
is
a
very
rewarding
job
and
I
really
feel
fortunate
that
the
voters
have
given
me
the
chance
to
do
it,
and
I
look
forward
to
addressing
your
questions
this
evening.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
commissioner
levy,
commissioner
levy,
has
a
question
as
well
for
a
poll
question.
We
basically
want
to
ask
you:
have
you
experienced
boulder
county's
new,
four-day
pilot
workday
for
several
county
departments?
Several
departments
have
taken
on
a
four
day
work
week.
If
you
did,
did
you
use
the
youth
services
before
or
after
work
access?
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A
A
E
A
Thank
you
so
much.
We
appreciate
everyone's
input.
Next
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
live
questions.
I
will
let
you
know
that
we
received
a
lot
of
questions
in
the
commissioner's
inbox,
and
so
we
do
have
some
questions
from
folks
that
wrote
in
but
we'd
like
to
take
as
many
live
questions
as
we
can.
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A
E
Well,
it's
definitely
true
that
we
are
hiring
a
new
open
space
director
and
I
I
think
we
posted
the
job
announcement
maybe
a
week
ago.
It
might
be
about
10
days
now
and
I
I
believe
that
is
available
online
and
and
if
you,
if
you
can
find
it,
what
you'll
see
in
there
is
everything
that
we're
looking
for
in
an
open
space
director.
E
I'm
not
going
to
be
able
to
recite
it
accurately
now.
But
but
you
know
you,
you
all
know
that
our
open
space
department
is
really
second
to
none
in
the
country
in
terms
of
the
variety
of
land
we
own,
our
our
our
goals,
the
fact
that
we've
preserved
so
much
agricultural
land
and
have
that
in
an
act
of
production
and
so
we're
basically
looking
for
and
our
trail
system
and
the
kind
of
natural
habitat
we
have,
and
so
we
basically,
to
put
it
bluntly,
we're
looking
for
a
unicorn.
E
That
knows
how
to
manage
all
of
all
of
this
diverse
land
that
we
have.
Please
all
the
disparate
interests
that
want
to
use
that
land,
protect
natural
habitat,
lead
a
really
high
performing
department
and
continue
to
make
boulder
county's
open
space
program.
The
shining
example
that
it
is
so,
if
you
know
anybody
that
can
ring
all
those
bells,
send
them
our
way.
E
A
Okay,
thank
you,
commissioner
levy
brian
asks.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
boulder
county
and
your
time.
This
evening,
I
heard
on
the
grapevine
that
parks
and
open
space
has
created
a
role
for
a
staff
member
who
works
specifically
with
local
growers
and
is
intended
to
expedite
resolution
to
conflicts
in
regard
to
growers
and
boulder
county
regulatory
requirements.
C
So
I'll
jump
in,
I
don't
think
a
position
has
been
created
in
parks
and
open
space.
I
do
think
land
use
has
a
new
position
that
helps
people
who
farm
small
farmers,
particularly
who
have
questions
about
getting
things
approved
through
the
land
use
process.
You
know
places
to
to
process
their
produce.
That
kind
of
thing
the
land
use
process
can
be
pretty
daunting.
C
Our
staff
works
really
hard
to
let
people
know
how
it
works
and
they
work
with
people,
but
this
was
a
request
actually
by
local
farmers,
to
have
somebody
available
to
help
process
those
and
with
an
eye
on
helping
local
producers
do
better
in
boulder
county.
As
we
know,
a
lot
of
people
like
to
buy
local
in
boulder
county,
we
want
to
promote
that
and
healthy
eating
and
farmers
markets.
C
A
D
On
that
one,
the
good
news
is:
there's
actually
64
million
dollars
of
allotment.
So
great
super
close
we've
heard
different
numbers,
so
there's
the
record.
64
million
is
what
we're
expecting
and
there
will
be
two
allotments
one
later
this
month
and
as
half
of
that
amount
and
then
another
what
is
called
a
tranche
next
year
in
may
of
2022
and
to
the
question
I
want
to
thank
you
for
participating
this
evening.
D
D
But
but
once
county
services
and
state
of
colorado
have
started
shutting
things
down,
and
so
we
have
cost
in
around
kobe,
because
again
this
money
is
for
covid
and
the
treasury
guidelines
were
just
announced
this
week
in
151,
page
packet
that
we're
all
reviewing
and
and
and
looking
at
with,
our
policy
team
to
look
at
what
exactly
any
restrictions
might
be,
so
that
we're
very
careful
with
the
relationship
utilization
of
those
funds.
But
we
haven't
made
decisions
yet
and
regionally.
D
A
E
E
It's
it's
through
zoning
that
we
prevent
noxious
loud
uses
from
being
plopped
down
next
to
your
home.
So
there
there
are
some
really
valid
reasons
for
doing
zoning
and
in
in
boulder
county.
Our
zoning
policies
follow
our
our
boulder
county
comprehensive
plan,
which
is
the
means
by
which
we
have
been
able
to
direct
urban
style
development
into
municipalities
and
keep
all
of
our
our
cities
and
towns
from
growing
into
one
another.
E
And
it's
the
way
we've
been
able
to
keep
buffers
between
communities
and
preserve
all
this
wonderful
open
space
that
we
have
preserve
view
corridors
so
that
when
you're
driving
up
and
down
highway,
287
the
front
range.
So
zoning
definitely
has
its
place
and
we
just
have
to
be
careful
that
we
don't
make
decisions
that
either
intentionally
or
unintentionally
exclude
people
from
our
community
that
need
to
live
here.
E
The
question
also
asks
about
the
amount
of
time
that
the
that
the
county
commissioners
spend
on
it,
and
it
is
true
that
that
when
decisions
come
to
us,
we
take
a
great
deal
of
care
with
those
decisions,
and
we
do
that
because
it's
it's
two
really
important
interests
that
that
are
at
stake.
One
is
a
person's
property
that
they've
invested,
maybe
their
life
savings
in
and
the
other
is
what
I
mentioned
before
the
fact
that
we
want
to
preserve
the
open
spaces.
E
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
protecting
wildlife
habitat
that
we're
not
allowing
development
in
places
with
unstable
soils
or
any
kind
of
hazard
like
that.
So
so
we
do
take
these
decisions
very
seriously
and
we
are
very
careful
about
balancing
those
competing
interests.
I'm
sure
it
can
always
be
streamlined
more
and
I'm
sure
for
anybody.
That's
gone
through
the
process.
There
they've
experienced
their
frustrations,
but
we're
always
looking
for
ways
to
make
that
process
more
efficient
and
and
to
get
to
decisions
as
quickly
as
possible.
D
Sounds
like
boulder
county
housing,
human
services
department
has
a
question.
Thank
you
for
being
here
tonight.
The
question
about
equity
positions,
about
equity
work
about
cultural
brokers.
Yes,
yes,
yes
and
yes,
I
believe
our
board
together
has
all
taught
when
we've
talked
about
it
to
we're.
Returning
to
the
conversations
about.
D
So
I'm
excited
to
be
doing
some
of
the
the
lead
on
that
work
with
my
fellow
commissioners
and
we're
going
to
be
coming
back
together
to
make
a
decision
about
how
either
that
would
be
filled
with
fte
or
if
we
can
elevate
some
of
the
folks
that
are
already
in
our
county
doing
that
work.
So
I
appreciate
that
question
and
there's
more
to
come
on
that
one
as
well.
D
A
C
We
didn't
want
to
go
through
that
process
and
those
rights
invest
with
the
property
forever,
so
somebody
could
sell
the
property
that
still
would
have
that
right.
So
that
wasn't
a
very
optimal
system.
So
we
went
to
this
other
one
where
you
licensed
the
short
term.
Oh
and
the
other
thing
is
we
figured
90
of
the
people
in
the
county
were
not
complying
with
our
current
wrecks
or
occur
rules,
and
so
we
took
a
different
approach
to
say:
if
it's
a
longer,
if
it's
being
used
more
often,
you
have
to
go
through
a
larger
process.
C
If
it's
being
used
less
often,
you
have
to
go
through
a
smaller
process.
It's
administrative
and
doesn't
have
to
go
through
the
commissioners
all
the
time.
It
saves
time
for
the
applicant
and
it
accomplishes
the
goal
of
making
sure
these
short-term
riddles
are
operated
well
and
that
we
know
what's
going
on,
and
so
when
we
get
complaints,
we
can
work
on
that.
But
we
didn't.
This
didn't
come
out
of
vapor
where
we
wanted
to
regulate
people.
C
What
happened
with
people
who
are
complaining
and
quite
a
few,
every
land
use
hearing
we
have
on
this
we'd
have
one
applicant
like
10,
15,
20,
neighbors,
saying
I
don't
like
it.
So
that's
the
conclusion.
We
came
to
it's
actually
a
little
easier
for
most
of
the
people
applying
and
it
doesn't
take
all
the
commissioner
time.
You
have
to
come
to
these
hearings.
Formal
areas
in
front
of
us,
so
I
think
we
said
we're
going
to
check
back
on
that
in
two
years,
see
how
it's
going.
C
B
D
Just
going
to
jump
in
and
add
on
to
that,
because
I've
had
an
opportunity
about
two
months
ago,
which
was
really
really
fresh
into
this
process.
For
me
as
a
newly
elected
official,
but
I
did
get
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
a
group
of
community
members
that
really
have
concerns
about
that
short-term
rental.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
they
know
that
that
question
has
been
heard
that
I've
had
that
discussion
and
that
part
of
that
hearing.
A
E
So
this
is
this
is
a
tough
one,
not
unexpected,
because
I
think
all
three
of
us
know
that
that
this
is
a
it's
a
controversial
issue.
I'm
not
I'm,
not
gonna.
Try
to
dodge
that,
and
so
you
know.
One
response
is
that
there
are
a
group
of
people
who
are
trying
to
work
collaboratively
with
our
department
of
public
works
to
devise
a
solution
for
how
we
can
come
up
with
the
funds
to
maintain
these
roads.
E
And
it's
it's.
It's
a
very
significant
amount
of
money,
and
it's
it's
funding
that
we
just
don't
have
in
our
budget,
but
just
to
put
it
in
perspective.
The
the
policy
and
perspective
the
boulder
county,
comprehensive
plan
does
state
that
major
repairs
of
roads
in
unincorporated,
boulder
county
subdivisions
are
the
responsibility
of
property
owners
that
reside
along
those
roads
and
and
those
are
officially
designated
as
local
access
roads.
E
And
for
the
last
few
years
the
public
works
department
has
been
working
each
summer
to
repave,
roads
that
are
considered
community
needs
use
roads
and
those
are
roads
that
that
pro
that
carry
more
traffic
and
that
provide
access
to
locations
that
are
used
by
subdivision
residents
and
visitors
to
the
subdivision,
to
access
public
facilities
like
parks
and
trail,
heads
and
things,
and
so
you've
probably
seen
our
cruise
out
resurfacing.
Some
of
those
roads
and
we've
also
been
working
on.
E
You
know
minor
repairs,
filling
potholes
and
doing
things
like
that
to
extend
the
life
of
some
of
these
subdivision
roads
that
that
do
need
some
pretty
major
repairs.
So,
while
we
don't
do
major
repairs
such
as
full
roadway
resurfacing
on
these
subdivision
roads,
we
do
those
operations.
We
do
snow
removals
patch.
E
Pothole
patching
you
try
to
say
it
patch
hole,
potting,
we
clear
ditches
culverts
and
do
quite
a
bit
of
work.
So
you
know
we.
There
have
been
various
solutions
that
have
been
floated
that
we
have
tried
and
some
of
them
have
been
implemented,
such
as
public
improvement
districts,
and
there
are
some
examples
in
the
nywot
area
where
that's
been
done
successfully,
where
individuals
and
and
groups
of
residents
of
subdivisions
have
come
together
and
and
the
county
has
thrown
in
some
money.
E
A
C
So
the
sustainability
department
was
formed
gosh
six
years
ago
and
then
people
generously
voted
for
a
tax
that
I
think
it
was
in
2016.,
and
and
thank
you
for
the
question
and
they
do
great
work
and
they
work
cooperatively
with
the
cities
to
make
sure
that
they're
getting
what
they
need
as
far
as
staff
and
that
kind
of
thing
so
there's
a
kind
of
a
grassroots
effort.
That
way
you
can
chime
in
the
sustainability
department
does
a
public
hearing
every
year
and
you
can
chime
in
on
that.
C
You
can
also
ask
for
the
documents
on
what
their
priorities
are
and
they
have
a
great
web
page
by
the
way
you
can
learn
a
lot
of
this
stuff
and
it
goes
pretty
deep.
I
mean
the
work
the
county
has
done
in
the
past,
to
figure
out
what
the
goals
are
and
the
precision
they
did.
That
are
pretty
involved.
C
But
that's
how
you
can
you
can
contact
us
or
you
can
contact
susie
who
runs
the
office
and
asks
the
questions
they
they
they
respond
quite
well
to
public
input
and
there
was
a
ton
of
public
input
that
went
into
the
ballot
measure
too
in
2016
and
what
the
priorities
are
and
it
was
actually
full
tested
in
surveys.
What
are
your
priorities,
and
would
you
vote
for
this,
and
so
that
there's
a
lot
of
background
and
public
involvement
in
that
and
then
you
can
be
involved
even
more.
A
Okay
pat
asks
with
the
popularity
of
of
tiny
homes
is
the
county
thinking
about
allowing
a
property
owner
to
put
a
tiny
home
on
their
land
and
rent
or
allow
someone
younger
to
live
there
like
a
family
member.
This
could
help
older
homeowners
remain
in
their
home
and
provide
affordable
housing
for
others.
D
It
can
I
can
talk
to
that
one
and,
if
you're
going
to
jump
in
commissioner
you're
welcome.
So
we
have
not
had
a
specific
question
about
tiny
homes
and
and
part
of
the
conversations
on
the
sidelines
is
tiny.
Homes
have
there's
a
couple
different
questions
around
that
around
foundation
about
access
to
water,
about
the
taps
that
are
required,
et
cetera,
one
of
the
interesting
pieces
to
me
in
this
process
of
learning
in
land
users
etc
is
in
the
land
use
code?
D
And
so
I
was
actually
it
was
a
great
learning
for
me
to
get
into
the
land
use
code
and
see
where,
where
the
adu.
So
I
I
share
that,
because
it
was
a
learning
for
me
and
so
there
might
be
some
information
in
there.
That
could
be
helpful
and
I
don't
want
to
I'm
not
saying
that
we
have
taken
tiny
homes
off
the
table.
We
just
have
it
just
has
not
come
up
in
our
conversations
yet,
and
so
I'm
gonna
make
a
note
in
my
notebook
here
when
we're
done
thanks
pat.
A
E
And
I'm
happy
to
to
try
to
answer
that
question
and
I
really
appreciate
the
the
question
as
well,
so
you
know
we
that
the
trends
report
comes
out.
I
think
the
community
foundation
puts
it
out
every
other
year
and
it's
a
really
valuable
source
of
information
about
how
different
communities
in
boulder
county
are
faring.
And
you
know
it's
got.
E
For
what
they're
doing.
I
think
both
marta
and
I
spoke
about
the
fact
that
we're
trying
to
find
the
time
and
the
resources
to
create
an
office
of
racial
equity
within
the
county,
so
that
everything
that
the
county
does
both
internally
and
public-facing
is
filtered
through
that
lens
of
does
it
advance
racial
equity?
Is
it
inclusive
and
does
it
make
all
community
members
feel
welcome?
So
we
have
a
long
way
to
go.
E
E
We've
been
looking
for
ways
and
I
think
successfully
so
to
make
some
of
the
the
rental
assistance
payments
available
to
help
spanish-speaking
families,
people
of
mixed
immigrant
status,
trying
to
do
special
outreach
in
our
non-english
speaking
communities
on
vaccine
acts
as
knowing
that
those
vaccine
rates
fall
below
those
of
white
english
speaking
residents.
So
you
know
we're
trying
to
really
focus
on
these
areas
very
intentionally
in
public
health
and
all
our
other
services.
A
C
I'll
take
a
stab
at
that,
so
we
all
voted
to
know
to
nothing
while
we
didn't
vote
because
it
was
still
land
use,
but
we
all
felt
a
land
use
proposal
yeah,
which
was
was
a
judicial,
but
we
all
felt
that
that
wasn't
the
right
location
for
a
compost
site
and
so
that
application
is
no
longer
being
considered
as
the
reason
we
can
talk
about
it.
It
was
a
bit
frustrating
when
you're
constitutional
hearing.
C
You
have
to
do
everything
on
the
record
and
you
can't
talk
ex
parte
as
they
call
it
with
a
bunch
of
people,
and
so
I
was
difficult,
but
there's
no
plans
to
put
a
compost
facility
on
that
site
and
we've
dropped
back
to
assess
what
we
do.
Composting
is
very
important
to
boulder
county
residents.
We
know
that
clearly,
and
we
want
to
do
our
best
to
promote
that.
So
we're
dropping
back
and
taking
another
look
at
how
we
can
do
compost
better.
C
It
may
be
a
facility
it
may
not
be,
but
we're
going
to
have
public
comment
and
involvement
in
that
to
the
open
space
director.
The
open
space
director
is
going
to
have
to
fulfill
a
lot
of
roles,
and
the
way
this
fit
into
that
is
is
that
we
were
talking
about
using
the
compost
on
our
egg
fields
to
do
soil
health
due
to
soil,
carbon
sequestration
and
regenerative
agriculture
and
move
ahead
on
that
with
our
egg
lands,
all
good
things
for
the
climate,
and
we
were
gonna.
C
We're
gonna
do
that
and
I
lost
my
train
of
thought
anyway.
Oh
the
open
space
director.
Not
only
was
you
know
they,
they,
the
property,
was
an
open
space
property,
but
use
was
different
than
that,
and
so
the
open
space
director
needs
to
know
about
acquisition,
preservation,
protection
of
lands,
recreation,
agriculture
and
this,
and
so
that
will
be
among
the
myths
of
things
that
we
talk
about,
especially
on
the
agricultural.
A
A
A
A
A
We
want
to
thank
you
all
for
joining
us
tonight,
like
the
board,
I'm
very
glad
we
could
meet
with
you
and
begin
a
dialogue
about
your
concerns
in
the
county.
If
we
were
unable
to
get
to
your
next
question
to
your
question,
please
consider
emailing
us
and
again
bring
it
next
time
to
the
town
hall
meeting.
If
you
can
join
us
in
june,
but
we'll
continue
this
conversation
and
we're
happy
that
you
were
able
to
join
us
this
evening.