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From YouTube: City of Boulder City Council Study Session 09-12-2017
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A
B
Evening,
everyone
thanks
so
much
for
having
us
here
today
to
present,
as
WA
said,
I'm
Elise
Jones,
one
of
your
brother,
County
Commissioners
and
with
me
tonight,
is
Meghan
Davis,
who
is
a
key
member
of
the
county's
policy
team
and
it's
our
understanding
that
you
really
don't
have
much
on
your
agenda
tonight.
So
we're
thinking
one
to
two
hours
there,
good
three
excellent!
No
seriously.
B
B
Things
like
affordable
housing,
health
care,
clinics,
mental
health,
counseling,
early
childhood
learning,
disability
services,
aging
services
and
the
like,
and
the
bottom
line
is
that
worthy
cause
has
been
a
real
game,
changer
for
our
nonprofit
partners
and
the
clients
they
serve
and
with
that
introduction,
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
Megan
who's.
Gonna
walk
you
through
some
of
the
details,
Thank.
C
You
Commissioner
Jones.
Thank
you,
council
members
for
having
us
here
this
evening,
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
details
of
the
worthy
cause
program
and
specifically
I'll
talk
about
the
program
structure
and
some
of
the
investments
that
we've
been
able
to
make
in
the
community
all
throughout
Boulder
County,
but
also
specifically
in
the
city
of
Boulder
through
the
program
for
the
last
almost
10
years.
C
C
In
2000,
the
voters
approved
the
conversion
of
0.05
sales
tax
from
emergency
services
to
human
services
for
nonprofit
capital
projects,
and
that's
when,
where
the
cause
was
born
at
that
time,
it
was
specifically
dedicated
for
transitional
housing
and
for
health
services
in
the
community,
and
there
were
a
handful
of
projects
that
were
funded.
That
was
a
three-year
sales
tax.
At
that
time
it
was
extended
in
2003,
and
the
voters
extended
it
for
5
years
that
was
really
cost
2
and
then
in
2008
voters
again
extended
worthy
cause
this
time
for
10
years.
C
During
that
time,
it
changed
a
very
little
one.
One
change
in
2008
is
that
we
did
add
housing
authorities
as
a
eligible
recipient
of
worthy
cause,
so
it
wasn't
just
501
C
3
nonprofits,
but
also
our
housing
authorities
with
in
Boulder
County
were
then
eligible
for
the
funds
as
well,
which
has
been
critical
to
help
us
meet
our
affordable
housing
needs
in
the
community,
so
just
to
share
the
specific
language
from
from
worthy
cause.
C
Three
kind
of
the
meat
of
it
is
that
it's
for
the
purposes
of
funding
capital
facilities
and
equipment
for
nonprofit,
Human,
Services
agencies
and
transitional
and
affordable
rental,
housing
and
other
human
services,
including,
but
not
limited,
to
childcare.
Early
childhood
education
basic
needs
such
as
food
and
clothing
and
the
services
for
elderly
and
people
with
disabilities.
C
So
the
revenue
that's
generated
through
worthy
cause
has
no
surprise
increased
over
the
years
and
when
it
began
2008
in
2008
it
was.
It
was
about
1.7
million
and
unfortunately,
we've
seen
that
klein
with
the
increased
sales
tax
revenues
and
the
improved
economy
to
20s
in
2017.
It
generated
just
over
2.7
million.
So
in
total
it's
generated
just
over
20
million
dollars,
and
this
doesn't
include
2018,
which
will
be
the
last
year
that
worthy
cause,
3
will
generate
revenues
within
the
community.
So
we're
projecting
about
the
same
for
2018
it's
about.
C
So
the
process
by
which
the
process
we
use
to
allocate
the
funds
is
through
a
pool
funding
process
and
annually.
Typically,
in
the
spring,
we
open
up
a
process
where
nonprofits
are
allowed
to
apply
through
a
request
for
funding
process,
and
they
can
apply
for
projects
that
they
have
either
just
really
kind
of
conceptual
projects.
We
call
them
concept
projects,
and
that
might
be
something
that
they
know.
C
They're
gonna
be
working
on
in
the
next
year
or
two
and
they're
starting
to
look
for
some
early
investment
funds,
to
kind
of
maybe
kickstart,
a
capital
campaign
for
that
project,
and
that's
been
really
critical
for
nonprofits
in
their
capital
campaigns
to
have
some
some
buy-in
from
the
community
through
programs
like
worthy
cause.
We
also
will
fund
capital
purchases
of
buildings
or
land
and
all
construction
renovation.
C
Those
types
of
projects
we've
also
funded
debt
reduction
through
worthy
cause,
so
those
projects-
you
know
that
it's
really
hard
for
for
nonprofits
to
identify
or
to
find
debt
reduction
funding.
So
that's
the
kind
of
been
an
important
piece
aspect
if
they
need
to
kind
of
close
the
gap
on
some
projects
that
they've
been
fundraising.
C
We
did
have
some
portion
of
the
funding
that
went
to
those
designated
agencies,
and
then
we
still
had
funding
remaining,
though,
for
an
annual
application
process
through
the
pool
in
terms
of
where
we
are
right
now,
we're
just
closing
the
application
process
for
worthy
cause
at
the
end
of
this
week,
and
that
will
be
for
the
2008
cycle,
which
will
be
the
last
cycle
for
where
they
were.
They
cause
three.
C
So
all
of
the
data
that
I'm
gonna
share
is
in
this
report
that
we
provided
to
you
and
then
at
the
end.
I
also
have
a
link
to
the
report,
so
others
can
find
the
report
online
so
over
the
lifetime
a
worthy
cause.
So
far
again,
we
have
one
more
year
where
the
cause
has
awarded
113
Awards
to
43
agencies
between
2009
and
2017.
The
total
funds
awarded
during
these
years
were
about
19
million.
We
did
set
aside
1
million
dollars
for
permanently
supportive
housing
during
the
years
of
2016
and
2017.
C
When
we
looked
at
the
projects
that
came
in,
we
funded
a
significant
number
of
the
projects
that
came
in
both
in
2016
and
2017,
but
really
recognized
that
there
was
a
high
need
for
permanently
supportive
housing
in
the
community
and
wanted
to
have
some
funding
available
for
those
projects
as
they
started
to
kind
of
come
to
fruition.
So
we
have
this
million
dollars
that
we
intend
to
go
out
in
2018
for
a
formal
process
for
a
permanently
supportive
housing,
so
that
has
not
been
awarded
yet
so
in
terms
of
match
funding.
C
This
is
a
really
conservative
estimate
of
50
million
invested
in
our
community.
It's
conservative
because,
with
the
projects
that
we
fund
with
nonprofits
no
more
of
the
problem,
the
project,
the
max
maximum
amount
of
worriedly
cause
that
that's
in
each
project
is
50%
and
for
most
projects
it's
much
less
than
that,
particularly
some
of
those
really
large
projects.
You
think
of
projects
like
clinica
and
salud,
clinic
in
Longmont,
they're,
very
high
dollar
projects,
and
we
we
have
much
less
than
50%,
so
we
kind
of
use.
C
This
estimate
of
you
know
twenty
twenty-five
to
fifty
percent,
but
really
we
know
that
we've
leveraged
far
more
than
that
within
the
community.
So
it's
really
made
a
significant
impact
in
terms
of
generating
match
dollars,
both
from
within
the
community
and
outside
the
community,
with
private
donors
grants
other
contributions
to
nonprofits
for
these
capital
projects.
C
So
if
we
look
at
how
the
investments
have
been
made
within
our
communities
by
service
area,
it's
kind
of
split
pretty
evenly
the
the
five
key
areas
that
we
identified
in
the
blue
you
can
see
about.
22
percent
has
gone
to
children
and
use
those
projects
include
child
care,
early
childhood
education,
teen
centers
or
youth
type
programs,
those
types
of
services
and
capital
projects
in
those
areas,
24
percent
to
health
and
well-being,
obviously,
clinics,
dental
services,
mental
health,
29%,
a
real
big
chunk
to
housing
and
homeless
homelessness.
C
That's
a
good
question
from
a
year-to-year
basis.
It
does,
it
does
vary
and
I'll
give
you
an
example.
We
the
commissioners
identify
through
sometimes
formal,
just
depending
on
what
kind
of
needs
assessment
processes
we
might
be
having
within
the
community
around
what
the
current
issues
and
needs
are,
or
informally
in
working
with
our
departments
and
with
our
community
partners
to
see
sort
of
what
the
trends
in
need
are
and
I
would
say
in
the
first
four
to
five
years
of
worthy
cause.
Two
huge
area
areas
of
need.
C
Well,
I,
can
mention
three,
but
were
early
childhood
and
childcare,
and
so
we
made
a
lot
of
investments
in
childcare
providers
in
those
years
and
really
kind
of
conscientiously
focused
on
some
of
those
projects.
In
addition,
our
basic
needs
providers-
that
was,
you
know,
really
kind
of
in
the
height
of
the
recession,
and
they
were
really
starting
to
create
strategic
plans
and
visions
for
how
they
could
meet
the
increased
demand,
which
is
a
good
thing,
because
what
we
saw
is
that
the
demand
increased
during
the
recession
and
didn't
really
drop
off.
C
So
it's
really
kind
of
been
sustained
within
our
community
and
and
nationwide.
So
so
they
started
to
build
more
capacity
by
increasing
their
capital
infrastructure,
to
support
that
and
then
in
the
last
five
years,
we've
definitely
seen
more
investments
in
housing,
so
it
has
definitely
shifted
over
time.
Thank
you.
C
So
in
terms
of
where
these
investments
have
have
been
in
the
community,
you
can
see
that
most
basically,
all
the
communities
in
Blair
County
have
benefited
from
worthy
cause
and
the
column.
All
the
way
to
our
right
is
a
countywide
column
and
that
I
highlight
that,
because
a
lot
of
the
agencies
that
we
fund
and
as
you
know,
that
provides
services
in
our
community.
They
really
serve
the
entire
county,
so
agencies
like
via
Community,
Food,
Share
they're,
really
serving
you
know,
countywide.
So
that's
a
big
chunk
of
the
money.
C
The
investments
that
we've
made,
the
city
of
Boulder
has
gotten
some
significant
investments
about.
4.6
million
of
that
total
19
million
that's
been
invested
has
been
invested
in
agencies
that
are
in
the
city
of
Boulder,
and
there
again
are
others
that
are
located
in
the
city
of
Boulder,
but
they
provide
countywide
services.
So
that
gives
you
kind
of
a
snapshot.
C
We've
seen
also
significant
investments
in
Longmont
and
and
Lafayette
and,
as
you
know,
there's
there's
kind
of
some
similar
services
in
Longmont
in
terms
of
basic
needs:
health
care
they
they
have
almost
sort
of
like
their
own
catchment.
For
some
of
the
service
providers
there,
so
I
think
that
this
really
reflects
where
the
need
is
within
our
community
and
I.
Think
or
it's
great
to
see
that
we
have
such
strong
providers
that
are
based
throughout
our
community
to
provide
the
services
they're.
C
So
this
just
gives
you
another
just
another
look
at
how
the
funds
are
distributed
and
it
kind
of
shows
you
the
type
of
agency
in
each
community
that
the
funding
has
been
provided.
So
you
can
see
where
housing
has
been
supported,
basic
needs,
children,
youth,
etc,
and
then,
in
in
the
report,
you'll
see
a
full
list
of
all
the
agencies
and
where
they're
located
and
what
they
actually
received
for
their
awards.
So
you
can
really
just
drill
down
and
see
all
the
details.
C
C
So,
finally,
in
terms
of
the
outcome
outcomes,
some
of
the
outcomes
are
really
easy
to
quantify,
and
some
of
them
aren't.
But
I
can
tell
you
in
all
the
interviews
that
we've
had
with
agencies
and
we've
had
several
roundtable
discussions
and-
and
we
had
a
summit
of
where
they
caused
summit,
where
we
invited
all
the
agencies
to
come.
C
What
we
hear
most
regularly
around
outcomes
are
that
worthy
cause
has
allowed
them
to
increase
the
quantity
of
services
or
the
number
of
people
they
serve
and
also
to
increase
and
or
improve
the
type
of
services
that
they
provide.
So
a
couple
of
examples,
the
our
Center
in
their
new
facility
has
they
were
able
to
provide
food
to
people
and
their
old
in
their
old
facility,
but
in
their
new
facility
they
have
really
kind
of
a
state-of-the-art.
C
That
was
a
much
nicer
setting
for
the
delivery
of
those
services,
so
they
were
able
to
have
a
new
way
of
delivering
services
that
was
more
efficient
and
dignified
in
the
way
that
they
deliver
services
to
their
to
their
clients,
increasing
the
number
of
clients
the
agencies
are
able
to
serve
so
an
example
is,
with
some
of
the
childcare
providers.
We
funded
have
actually
been
able
to
open
new
classroom
by
an
entirely
new
facility
to
increase
the
number
of
families
and
children
that
they
can
serve
and
then
strengthening
connections
between
providers.
C
We
have
worked
really
hard.
In
fact,
collaboration
is
kind
of
a
key
piece
of
the
application
criterium
process.
We
ask
agencies
if
they're
collaborating
with
other
agencies
and
particularly
with
small
providers,
who
might
not
be
in
a
place
where
they
want
to
have
their
own
capital
facility,
but
it
makes
sense
for
them
to
co-locate
and
work
together
and
they
can
gain
efficiencies,
perhaps
have
joint
administrative
services.
That
type
of
thing
we've
worked
to
get
them
working
together
on
their
actual
capital
projects.
C
So
that's
been
really
helpful
and
also
just
in
locating
services,
to
make
referrals
easier
to
make
it
easier
for
people
to
get
from
one
agency
to
another
we've
kind
of
looked
at
all
those
pieces
as
we're
working
with
agencies
on
awards
and
then
just
strengthening
providers
providers
who
might
have
not
had
as
much
certainty
in
the
community
because
they
were
renting
and
and
their
rent
kept
going
up
or
they
didn't.
You
know
how
about
kind
of
a
permanent
home.
This
has
really
given
a
permanent
home
to
some
of
those
nonprofits
that
we
really
depend
on.
D
C
D
C
From
not
transportation
from
one
okay,
you
know,
for
example,
when
we
look
at
you
know,
a
place
like
salud
is
really
important
and
some
of
the
other
providers
in
Longmont
we
look
at
okay.
Can
people
easily
get
from
one
agency
to
another
agency,
and
so,
when
they're
looking
at
their
projects,
you
know
we
asked
them.
Are
you
on
a
transit
line?
Do
you
who
do
you
refer
to
a
lot?
You
refer
to
mental
health
partners
is.
Are
you
in
a
place?
C
You
know
for
a
site
and
we'll
talk
with
we'll
talk
through
with
them
kind
of
all
those
pieces
set
about
collaboration,
and
you
know
how
they're,
where
they're
gonna
be
located
and
and
try
to
work
with
them
on
finding
something.
That's
really
gonna
make
sense
in
the
context
of
all
the
services
that
their
clients
might
need.
Thank
you.
Yeah.
C
So,
where
the
cross
3
is
set
to
expire
in
2018,
that'll
be
our
last
year
as
I
mentioned
and
Boulder
County
has
placed
an
extension
on
the
2017
ballot
for
consideration,
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
back
to
Commissioner,
Jones
and
then
I'm.
Just
gonna
leave
my
contact
info
and
then
this
is
the
website.
If
anybody
would
like
to
link
to
the
report
so.
B
I'll
just
wrap
it
up
by
saying
that
this
will
be
County
issue
1a,
and
we
are
hopeful
that
the
voters
of
Boulder
County
will
see
be
as
generous
and
compassionate
as
they
have
been
in
the
past.
We
did
do
polling
on
this
measure.
The
idea
of
this
measure
back
in
June
and
it
82
percent
of
survey.
Respondents
indicated
that
they
would
be
likely
to
vote
for
an
extension
worthy
cause
and
it's
it
will
have
a
very
similar
structure
to
the
other
worthy
causes.
B
And
so
that's
why
that
was
included
specifically
and
with
that.
I
will
conclude
by
saying
we
would
be
delighted
if
the
city
of
Boulder,
you
all,
would
see
fit
to
pass
a
resolution
resolution
of
support
for
this
initiative.
We
think
it
is
really
a
proven
success
for
the
residents
of
Boulder
the
clients
in
Boulder
and
throughout
the
county.
So
thank
you
and
if
you
have
any
more
questions,
we're
happy
to
answer.
C
So
that's
correct
it.
Doesn't
it
just
funds
capital
needs.
So
you
know
when
we
when
the
capital
projects
are
when
the
agencies
are
working
on
developing
their
capital
projects.
We,
you
know,
ask
them
questions
about
what
their
operating
performance
going
to
look
like
if
they're
going
to
be
expanding
services
and
what
kind
of
feasibility
study
they've
done
in
the
community
to
determine
what
the
need
is
and
to
determine.
You
know,
for
example,
if
it's
a
childcare
center
to
determine
that
there
are,
you
know
X
number
of
families
in
need.
C
So
in
each
of
those
categories
you
know
we
have
information
and
data
around.
You
know
what
the
need
is
and
with
what
the
need
is
within
the
community.
For
example,
an
early
childhood
of
the
early
childhood
council
has
you
know
data
and
has
done
an
assessment
around
what
the
gap
is
in
terms
of
the
need
for
early
childhood,
obviously,
with
housing.
The
housing
partnership
has
kind
of
done
the
same
thing.
So
that's
part
of
how
we
determine
what
the
need
is
on
an
annual
basis
is
really
looking
at.
C
What's
out
there
in
terms
of
those
assessments
and
and
where
we
know
there
might
be
high
need,
but
we
don't
I,
don't
have
a
number
that
says
in
each
of
those
areas
this.
This
is
how
this
is
sort
of
closing
the
gap.
We
know
that
it
is
helping
to
close
that
gap,
but
I
don't
have
would
be
good
to
see
that
yeah
Charlie.
B
So
if
we
can
help
with
that
or
if
we
can
help
with
equipment
like
solar
panels
that
help
offset
the
utility
bills
so
that
more
money
can
be
put
into
programs,
that's
helping.
What
we
do
know
in
general
about
need
is,
as
Megan
pointed
out,
the
the
demands
for
these
services
is
not
going
down,
but
what
is
going
down
is
federal
and
state
funding
in
these
areas
and
there's
a
whole
lot
of
uncertainty
around
the
federal
funding
in
particular.
B
D
Thanks,
Elise
and
Megan,
my
question
is
about
when
you're
looking
at
the
concept
they
come
in
for
a
concept,
do
you
and
talking
about
how
this
is
for
capital
only
and
obviously,
when
you
build
a
building
or
expand
or
something
you
add
to
your
operating
costs.
So
do
you
look
at
that
as
you're,
looking
at
the
concept
to
see
how
they're
going
to
be,
if
how
much
impact
and
if
they
can
sustain
it,
we.
C
Do
yeah?
That's
it
that's
a
great
question
and
that's
part
of
that's
one
of
our
criteria
is
you
know,
do
they
have
a
plan
to
sustain
the
growth
in
operations
that
could
you
know
could
be
driven
by
this
because
some
for
some
agencies
it
is
growing
their
clientele
or
you
know
their
services,
but
for
others
it's
not
it's
just
providing
more
stability
for
them,
but
that
is
definitely
one
of
the
factors
that
we
consider
mm-hmm.
F
A
B
That
I
read
my
emails
during
the
meeting,
but
we've
been
told
these
microphones
Oh
yours
in
particular,
isn't
mine
seems
to
be
yours,
I.
D
B
B
D
B
A
A
We'll
be
presenting
information
about
the
dollars
involved
in
the
recommended
budget
and
then
I'll
be
finalizing
it
with
talking
about
budget
initiatives
and
then
we'll
have
plenty
of
time
for
y'all
to
ask
questions
the
many
of
which
I
hope
we
can
answer
tonight
and
those
that
we
can't.
We
will
prepare
for
either
the
study
session
or
first
reading.
So
with
that,
let's
run
the
video.
H
H
H
It
is
focused
on
major
ongoing
business
needs,
maintenance
and
repair
of
city
assets.
The
operating
budget
is
just
over
200
to
77
million
of
the
total
budget
and
is
funded
through
various
funds.
The
Transportation
Fund
open
space
and
mountain
parks,
fun,
recreation
activity
fund
and
others.
With
the
largest
being
the
general
fund.
The
general
fund
pays
for
city
services
such
as
the
Human
Services
police
and
fire
departments
and
city
libraries,
as
well
as
administrative
functions,
including
finance
information
technology
and
human
resources.
H
The
general
fund
is
funded
through
various
revenue
sources,
including
fees
for
service
grants,
occupation
and
franchise
taxes,
but
is
largely
comprised
of
sales
and
use
tax
and
property
tax
similar
to
2017.
The
recommended
budget
reflects
a
conservative
fiscal
approach
to
ensure
adequate
resources
are
available
during
economic
downturns
for
natural
disasters.
The
proposed
2018
budget
reflects
community
input
to
enhance
engagement,
outreach
opportunities
recommended
by
the
public
participation
working
group
council
feedback
staff
are
developing
an
implementation
framework
and
we'll
identify
near-term
focus
areas,
including
assessment
measures,
as
well
as
additional
outreach
in
check-ins
with
city
council.
H
Additionally,
addressing
focus
areas
outlined
in
the
2017
human
services
strategy
is
a
major
initiative
in
2018,
with
over
1-point
million
dollars
being
dedicated
to
various
programs
and
services.
This
includes
funding
for
homelessness
services,
childcare
subsidies,
I'm
going
funding
to
work
with
the
emergency
family
assistance
Association.
These
investments
focus
resources
on
integrated
and
coordinated
services
and
partnerships
for
greater
efficiency
and
effectiveness
across
the
city
and
community.
The
city
is
also
dedicated
to
maintaining
and
enhancing
core
services.
H
As
a
part
of
this
plan,
the
city
will
continue
its
investment
in
public
safety,
as
well
as
setting
aside
general
fund
dollars
to
address.
Finally,
the
city
approach,
the
2018
budget
in
a
collaborative
manner
that
continues
to
recognize
the
importance
of
fiscal
stewardship
and
a
commitment
to
service.
B
J
Thanks
Jane,
so
I'm
gonna
talk
about
domestic
and
then
the
Colorado
economy.
Right
now,
the
economy
is,
is
growing
at
a
slow
growth
trajectory
some
of
the
positives
last
quarter,
the
GDP
grew
at
3%
for
third
quarter.
The
recommend
or
the
expectation
is
two
and
a
half
percent,
and
a
lot
of
this
growth
has
been
led
by
consumer
spending
as
well
as
business.
Investment.
Retail
sales
in
July
will
above
what
was
expected
at
4.2
percent.
Home
prices
and
manufacturing
sector
continues
to
expand
areas
of
caution.
J
Also,
our
inflation
rate
has
been
below
two
percent
for
quite
a
while
now,
which
2%
is
the
federal
target
for
inflation.
Last
month
we
are
at
1.7
percent.
Labor
market
continues
to
be
healthy.
Unemployment
in
August
was
4.4
percent.
Consumer
confidence
remains
high,
but
there
are
several
uncertainties
out
there
right
now.
First
being
interest
rate,
so
back
in
July,
the
Federal
Reserve
decided
not
to
increase
the
rates.
J
The
good
news
is
they
kept
their
projections
about
the
economy
the
same
so
there
is
still
an
expected
rate
increase
coming
up
before
the
end
of
the
year,
but
what's
happened
in
2017
as
the
yield
curve
has
started
to
flatten
a
bit,
so
the
short-term
rates
have
inched
up.
Yet
the
longer-term
rates
haven't
and
historically
what
we've
seen
when
the
when
the
yield
curve
actually
starts.
Inverting
is
it's
usually
a
precursor
for
recession,
so
we're
going
to
be
keeping
an
eye
on
the
interest
rates.
J
Of
course,
we
all
know
about
the
debt
ceiling
debate
and
tax
reform
discussion
coming
up
the
financial
market
so
far
with
all
that's
been
going
on,
I've
actually
been
pretty
stable,
but
they
are
expected
to
become
more
volatile
as
these
issues
arise
in
the
fall
tax
reform.
Many
feel
that
the
current
administration,
the
reform
suggested,
would
actually
spur
economic
growth.
However,
there's
a
lot
of
speculation
that
this
reform
will
never
actually
make
it
through,
so
that
that's
an
area
we're
looking
at
as
well
domestic
policies
and
proposed
federal
budget
cuts.
J
So
the
last
speaker
spoke
about
the
proposed
cuts.
One
of
the
areas
that
would
really
affect
us
as
a
city
is
the
proposed
cut
of
the
Community
Development
Block
Grant
program,
so
we
receive
about
1.2
million
a
year
that
goes
into
the
housing
division
and
actually
in
2016
we
received
an
additional
about
3
million
for
disaster
recovery
from
that
grant.
So
that
would
really
not
be
a
good
thing
for
us
and
then
final
uncertainty.
J
Of
course,
our
global
concerns,
most
notably
North
Korea,
and
in
the
issues
surrounding
that
looking
at
Colorado
we're
actually
growing
better
than
the
national
economy.
We
did
slow
down
a
little
bit
in
2016.
It
actually
was
the
slowest
year
in
the
last
five
years.
However,
we
do
seem
to
have
picked
up
a
bit
and
the
economists
are
predicting
moderate
growth
for
the
remainder
of
this
year
and
2018,
so
our
5-year.
On
the
positive
side,
our
five-year
average
of
GDP
has
been
about
5%.
J
Currently
it's
at
2%
and
our
CPI
is
up
over
3%
right
now
negative
or
a
cautionary.
Our
the
growing
population
seems
to
be
slowing
a
bit,
so
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
labor
market
and
how
that
that
slow
growth
in
the
population
definitely
affects
employers
ability
to
find
people
for
jobs.
Also,
for
the
last
few
years,
our
agriculture
and
then
oil
and
gas
industry
industries
have
had
a
really
rough
go
of
it,
and
those
are
two
really
big
industries
for
our
economy
here
in
Colorado.
J
So
our
labor
market
is
very
healthy,
we're
well
below
the
national
average.
We're
at
2.4
percent
about
27%
of
companies.
Here
are
saying
that
they're
hiring
and
there's
expected
60,000
new
jobs
in
Colorado
in
2017,
and
that's
really
across
all
the
sectors,
but
mainly
construction,
and
then
tourism
like
leisure
and
hospitality
like
I
mentioned
before
employers
are
having
a
really
difficult
time
finding
the
experienced
workers
that
they
need.
So
this
is
putting
a
pressure
on
wages.
J
Housing
remains
strong
again
at
the
end
of
2016.
We
saw
rents
stagnate,
but
they've
come
back
a
bit.
Year-To-Date
prices
are
up
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
fact
that
inventories
are
still
pretty
low.
Some
just
cautionary
things.
The
last
few
months
we've
actually
seen
the
average
home
price,
as
well
as
the
average
condo
price
declines.
So
we're
looking.
J
Is
it
a
fluke
or
is
that
a
trend
that's
starting
to
come
about,
and
certainly
for
higher
end
homes
there
there
definitely
has
been
a
softening
on
prices
and,
finally,
retail
sales
in
a
couple
slides
we'll
go
over
surrounding
Front
Range
cities,
but
it's
really
mixed
what
the
different
communities
are
seeing
as
far
as
retail
sales.
Certainly,
retail
marijuana
has
helped
that
cities
in
this
area.
J
So
you've
seen
this
slide
recently.
This
is
our
sales
and
use
tax
revenue
projections
and
we
did
revise
the
projections
for
2017.
We
talked
about
really
there's
been
a
lackluster
growth
in
retail
sales
here
in
the
city.
Also,
construction
use
tax
has
down
considerably
the
number
of
permits,
as
well
as
the
average
value
of
the
permits
is
down.
Business
use
tax
is
also
down
and
that's
the
tax
that
we
get
from
businesses
when
they
purchase
things
outside
of
the
city
of
Boulder
for
their
business.
J
So,
as
you
can
see,
the
year-to-date
numbers
are
actually
a
little
worse
than
our
projections
are
our
2017
revised
amounts,
but
last
month
we
did
see
a
little
better
than
what
we've
seen
the
last
several
months.
So
we
want
to
hold
those
revised
numbers
where
they're
at
for
now.
Until
we
have
a
few
more
months.
J
So
we
pulled
information
on
sales
and
use
tax
comparing
to
other
cities
around
us,
and
this
is
actually
through
June
of
2017
and
you'll,
see
that
we
are
definitely
on
the
lower
end
of
the
pact
as
far
as
sales,
tax
revenue
and
there's
really
three
areas
for
us
that
have
been
down
considerably
this
year.
First
is
grocery
store
revenue.
I
know,
we've
been
asked:
do
we
think
people
are
leaving
Boulder
to
the
other
communities?
We
can't
really
answer
that
based
on
the
data.
J
J
The
another
area
is
apparel
stores
were
down
about
seven
percent
nationally
apparel
stores
are
down,
but
we've
had
several
clothes
in
the
last
year
at
the
city
and
especially
at
the
twenty
ninth
Street
Mall
and
then
finally,
consumer
electronics
for
the
city
are
down
about
forty
percent
for
this
year
nationally.
That
too
is
down,
but
for
the
city
it's
much
more
than
the
national
trend.
J
We
really
looked
at
how
we're
budgeting
for
this
tax
and
we
felt
that
a
better
base
number
to
use
for
construction
use
tax
would
be
our
historical
average
for
the
last
10
years.
So
that's
what's
in
the
2018
budget
and
our
thought
on
that
is.
If
it
comes
in
higher
than
that,
we
will
use
that
money
for
one-time
funds.
K
B
F
L
B
Just
when
we're
looking
at
these,
the
minus
40
this
year
could
be
because
the
before
was
a
killer
year.
It
was
right
in
several
years,
it
shows
the
volatility,
but
it
doesn't
show
how
much
tax
were
bringing
in
relative
to
Broomfield
or,
and
then
you
know
what
I'm
saying
it's
just
relative
to
how
everybody's
previous
year
was
right.
Okay,.
J
So
back
to
everyone's
favorite
topic
of
reserves,
16%
again
is
the
baseline
and
then
you
look
at
the
risks.
So,
of
course,
our
biggest
risk
are
is
revenue,
diversification
or
lack
thereof,
so
about
close
to
70%
of
our
general
fund.
Revenue
comes
from
sales,
tax
and
property
tax,
both
of
which
really
are
dependent
on
the
economy
and
then
our
risk
of
a
natural
disaster,
and,
of
course,
we've
all
seen
the
last
couple
weeks,
the
impact
and
with
fires
and
flood
risk.
J
J
If
the
utility
occupation
tax
does
pass,
we
talked
about
that
the
reserves
would
go
down
to
about
15%
and
then
slowly
be
replenished
over
several
several
years.
The
enterprise
fund
we're
not
recommending
any
changes.
Those
are
at
about
25%,
which
is
typical
for
utilities
and
then
other
funds.
It
really
varies
by
the
type
of
expenses,
whether
it's
capital
or
an
operating
fund
in
each
of
those
funds.
Sure.
L
J
G
L
L
Good
evening,
Council
I'm
gonna
walk
you
through
some
of
the
budgetary
numbers
and
then
2018
budget,
so
there'll
be
a
lot
of
numbers
thrown
at
you,
but
happy
to
pause
for
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
So,
as
Jane
mentioned,
we
start
the
budget
really
January
2nd,
but
we're
already
in
December.
So
this
graphic
really
shows
all
of
the
thoughtfulness.
L
That's
gone
on
the
past
few
months
between
when
you've
seen
the
CIP
budget
last
month
to
this
month
and
continuing
on
into
October
for
the
public
hearings,
as
you
saw
in
the
budget
book,
the
recommended
budget
for
2018
is
just
over
389
million.
This
is
an
increase
from
last
year,
largely
due
to
capital
expenses
which
fluctuate
over
the
year
and
especially
in
2018,
where
we
have
large
utility
projects
that
have
been
planned
for
for
several
years.
Prior
to
this,
so
the
capital
budget
is
really
about
82
percent
of
an
increase.
In
last
year.
L
The
operating
budget
is
recommended
to
increase
about
six
and
a
half
percent
and
Jane's
going
to
be
providing
more
specific
details
on
what's
comprising
that
budget
increase
so
new
to
the
budget
book
this
year.
I
know
it's
small
font,
but
it's
more
demonstrative
about
how
complicated
our
funding
structure
is
here
at
the
city
of
Boulder
and
how
many
funds
that
we
have
that
are
really
from
restricted
revenues
and
make
it
more
challenging
to
prioritize
requests
across
the
city.
But
these
are
broken
down
by
each
of
the
different
types
of
governmental
accounting
fund
structure.
L
You'll
also
notice
that
we
have
these
other
categories
and
wanted
to
provide
a
little
bit
more
detail
about
what
other
taxes
are
and
other
revenues
are
so
other
taxes
can
comprise
accommodations
and
emissions.
Your
climate
action
tax,
all
the
special
taxes
that
the
city
has
passed,
whereas
other
revenues
are
largely
based
upon
fees
for
services
and
fines
and
rentals.
L
When
you
look
at
the
revenues
without
utilities,
you
notice
that
sales
and
use
tax
and
property
tax
really
make
up
the
bulk
of
the
revenues,
as
Cheryl
mentioned,
unique
to
2018
as
this
debt
issuance,
which
is
related
to
the
utility
capital
projects
that
are
coming
online.
So
it's
a
revenue
source
that
we
receive
in
one
year,
but
pay
down
over
the
next
20
years,
or
so
we're
going
to
dive
a
little
bit
more
and
see
these
specific
revenue
sources
with
starting
with
the
utility
cost.
L
So
for
2018,
you
guys
were
all
breached
back
in
May
about
the
different
restructure,
that's
occurring
within
utility
bills,
so
overall
a
typical
resident
first,
a
homeowner
would
see
an
$11
a
month.
Bill
increase
and
the
rates
changes
are
largely
based
upon
both
the
structure.
Change
that's
occurring
in
2018,
as
well
as
just
the
typical
rate
increases
that
you
see
to
accommodate
the
costs
and
capital
needs.
L
So
sales
and
use
tax
again,
the
chart
that
you
saw
just
a
second
ago,
is
reflected
here.
We
wanted
to
emphasize
that,
while
sales
and
use
tax
is
a
large
part
of
the
general
fund,
there's
several
other
funds
that
receive
sales
and
use
tax
and
with
the
decline
in
projections,
they're
utilizing
different
strategies-
and
we
mentioned
some
of
these
at
the
CIP
budget
discussion,
as
well
so
in
the
general
fund.
L
What
you'll
notice
in
this
budget
is
that
we've
really
focused
on
shifting
from
ongoing
budget
request
to
one-time
in
lieu
of
kind
of
economic
softening
to
kind
of
see
what
it
does
over
the
next
several
months,
an
open
space.
They
may
focus
on
stewardship
and
slower
expansion
of
the
system
for
2018.
It
doesn't
affect
their
current
budget,
but
it
may,
in
the
out
years
and
in
the
transportation
fund
they're
shifting
capital
projects.
So
the
capital
budget
that
you
saw
last
month
was
120
million.
It's
now
about
a
hundred
and
eleven
million.
L
So
that's
largely
due
to
shifting
transportation
projects
to
next
year
and
prioritizing
the
reductions
based
upon
their
transportation,
master
plan
goals
and
the
0.25
cent
sales
tax
fund,
which
is
for
Parks
and
Recreation
and
Parks
and
Recreation,
has
several
funds
that
support
it
and
so
they're
shifting
capital
projects
to
a
fund
that
is
largely
supported
by
property
tax
instead
of
sales
and
use
tax.
So
these
are
just
different
strategies
that,
like
I,
said
because
of
our
funding
structure,
we
can
shift
priorities.
L
So,
as
a
reminder,
property
tax
comes
into
the
city.
A
fairly
small
portion
compared
to
the
total
bill
school
districts
receive
the
largest
portion,
while
the
city
receives
about
fourteen
percent.
We
received
preliminary
estimates
a
few
weeks
ago
and
anticipate
that
there'll
be
about
an
18
percent
increase
to
the
city's
revenue
stream,
which
is
about
6.7
million
property
tax.
Go
ahead,
I
have
a.
D
M
Guess
that
was
part
of
my
question,
so
we
get
the
full
amount
of
whatever
the
home
value
goes
up,
but
there's
shifting
between
how
much
the
homeowners
pay
and
how
much
business
owners
pay.
Is
that
correct?
That's
that
so
there's
been
an
18%
increase
in
the
assessment
and
I
did
the
math
and
homeowners
go
up
by
8
percent,
so
it
means
the
balance
of
that
is
assessed
to
our
business
properties.
Is
that
right
is.
L
While
it
seems
like
in
the
past
few
years,
we've
had
large
assessment
race
I
wanted
to
provide
a
little
historical
information
about
how,
over
the
past
eight
years,
we've
really
seen
a
7%
increase
between
2010
and
2007
at
large
increases
in
the
last
four
years,
but
assessment
as
a
reminder
occurs
every
two
years.
So
that's
why
you'll
see
the
dip
do.
G
L
All
right,
so
this
is
make
it
to
your
question,
so
property
tax
calculation
is
fairly
complicated
and
what
made
it
a
little
bit
more
complicated
this
year
relates
to
the
Gallagher
amendment
that
tries
to
level
out
the
assessed
value
and
the
percentage
received
between
commercial
and
residential,
and
so
what
would
have
been
a
20%
increase
if
you
received
a
20%
increase,
assessed
value
on
your
home
is
now
about
it.
Eight
point
five
increase
and
again
this
is
just
for
the
city
of
Boulder.
N
A
E
A
G
N
L
You'll
see
in
2010
to
the
2011
revenue
year
the
reason
that
the
perd,
the
percentage
change
between
us,
Italian
property
tax
value
is
because
of
a
mill
levy
that
was
credited
in
2010
or
2011
from
historical
knowledge.
It
looks
like
years
prior,
especially
during
the
economic
downturn,
that
there
was
some
credits.
The
mass
has
some
history.
They.
O
Were
credits
for
quite
a
while
before
it
cut
D
bruised
and
then
after
got
D
Bruce,
they
were
credits
this
instead
of
raising
it
all
in
one
year
it
got
raised.
Yeah
I,
don't
remember
how
many
years
that
raised
little
by
little
incrementally
over
several
years
until
it
reached
the
max
and
then
it
just
sits
there.
Unless
council
decides
to
do
a
credit
again,
I.
O
O
L
All
right
now
we
want
to
move
on
to
expenditures
so
citywide
expenses,
the
largest
portion
of
expenses,
reciting
utilities-
and
it's
especially
true,
as
we
mentioned,
given
the
large
capital
projects
that
we
have
in
utilities
this
year,
without
utilities,
you'll
see
that
it
declines
substantially.
But
yet
there's
still
a
focus
on
public
safety
and
open
space
as
long
as
Parks
and
Rec.
And
then
we
try
to,
for
the
sake
of
ease
of
the
presentation,
lump
in
some
of
these
other,
like
internal
services,
which
are
really
our
finance
and
HR
an
IT.
L
So,
moving
on
to
the
general
fund
no
surprise
here,
we've
seen
that
the
property
tax
ends
and
use
text
is
the
largest
portion.
We
do
have
a
fairly
diverse
revenue
structure,
but
it
is
important
that
you
know
property
tax
and
sales
tax
are
there
to
help
balance
each
other
off,
as
the
economy
may
soften.
So
typically
you'll
see
one
revenue
source
declined
before
the
other
and
vice
versa,
so
one
revenue
source
start
to
grow
faster
than
the
other
one
does
so
they're
really
there
to
help
offset
each
other.
L
As
far
as
expenses,
Public
Safety
is
a
critical
one,
as
well
as
library,
arts
and
human
services.
When
you
want
those
together,
the
general
fund
also
supports
largely
the
internal
functions.
So
that's
why
the
13%
so
big.
It's
because
functions
like
HR,
finance
and
IT,
really
don't
have
their
own
dedicated
revenue
source,
and
so
the
general
fund
has
to
support
all
of
the
core
services
I.
L
Want
to
move
on
briefly
to
talk
about
staffing
and
then
Jayne
will
provide
again
more
detail
about
the
specific
people
that
are
included
in
this
number,
so
the
2018
budget
is
recommending
almost
12
full-time
equivalent
employees.
Of
that
five
are
going
to
be
fixed
term.
We
also
wanted
to
show
by
fund
again
with
our
diverse
funding
structure,
that
about
half
of
the
employees
that
are
being
requested
will
reside
in
the
general
fund,
largely
around
Community
Engagement.
L
N
You
move
off
that
slide,
I!
Think
the
one
and
a
half
head
counter
for
the
sugar
sweetened
beverage
administrator.
That's
fully
compensated
for
by
the
tax
itself
right.
So,
even
though
that's
a
net
head,
it's
not
a
net
cost
to
us
in
any
others
of
the
heads
that
are
compensated
by
corresponding
fee
or
tax.
Yes,.
M
A
A
It
is
that
we
use
one-time
expenses
when
time
revenues
for
one-time
expenses-
that's
really
important
to
the
city,
and
that's
why
some
of
these
employees
are
viewed
as
fixed
term
as
well
as
other
expenses
that
we've
got
in
the
budget
in
in
thinking
about
all
the
the
matters
that
the
council
has
decided
and
talked
about.
Over
the
year,
we
felt
like
I,
felt
like
that.
These
initiatives
that
we've
got
on
here
are
ones
that
really
mattered.
A
A
lot
to
our
council
into
our
community,
so
you'll
see
that
we
are
putting
dollars
into
community
engagement,
the
human
services
strategy
that
you
passed
in
July
social
equity,
on
the
climate
commitment
and
the
unfunded
capital
in
particular,
and
we're
trying
to
separate
them
all
based
on
the
sustainability
framework,
so
that
they're,
it's
easy
to
understand
where
our
dollars
are
going.
So
onto
the
next
slide,
so
under
environmentally
sustainable
community,
we
start
off
with
the
camp
program.
A
Now
you're
gonna
hear
more
about
the
camp
program
in
October
and
you'll
learn
about
some
of
the
metrics
and
the
success
of
that
particular
program.
We
think
that
this
made
a
real
difference
for
our
community
in
reducing
the
number
of
people
that
were
parking
in
the
neighborhoods
and
also
having
people
use
the
bus
to
access
Chautauqua
on
the
weekends.
We
also
have
some
changes
in
the
open
space,
a
mountain
parks
department,
so
a
couple
of
years
ago,
when
the
Affordable
Care,
Act,
really
ascendant,
and
we
were
all
trying
to
understand
more
about
it.
A
We
began
looking
across
the
organization,
but
particularly
in
open
space
of
mountain
parks,
which
was
doing
an
organizational
assessment
at
the
issue
of.
Are
we
treating
our
employees
fairly
under
both
living
wage
and
the
affordable
care
act,
and
the
work
that
Tracy
and
her
team
have
done
are
leading
us
to
make
some
changes
this
year
that
affect
that
department
they're
mostly
related
to
our
trail
employees,
and
what
we're
doing
is
that
we
have
a
number
of
fixed
term
employees.
Six
of
them
are
moving
to
full-time
standard
employees.
A
Four
of
them
are
four
of
the
positions,
let's
say
not
people,
four
positions
are
fixed
term
that
are
being
eliminated
and
one
fixed
term
is
being
continued,
and
so
I
really
want
to
honor
the
fact
that
the
open
space
department
has
been
really
serious
about
looking
at
treating
employees
fairly
under
both
Affordable
Care
Act
and
living
wage
and
in
accordance
with
their
organizational
assessment.
So
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
under
the
energy
strategy
project.
We
continue
to
care
deeply
about
our
climate
commitment.
A
One
of
the
things,
though,
that
has
been
at
the
top
of
a
list
with
regard
to
climate
commitment,
has
been
our
work
on
the
energy
future
or
the
municipal
ization
project.
As
you
know,
the
utility
occupation
tax
that
forms
the
funding
for
the
municipal
ization
project
will
end
at
the
end
of
this
year.
As
we
prepare
the
budget
for
2018,
we
do
not
assume
that
the
voters
will
extend
the
tax.
A
We
have
to
assume
that
it
will
not
pass,
and
so
this
budget
is
prepared
to
allow
our
existing
staff
to
transfer
back
into
their
respective
departments
and
their
goal,
if
we're
not
to
pass,
would
be
to
spend
2018
thinking
about
ways
in
which
we
can
meet
our
climate
commitment.
Otherwise,
if
you
could
go
to
the
next
slide,
here
has
been
our
historical
spending
on
the
energy
strategy.
A
So
what
you
can
see
here
is
our
budget
for
the
last
several
years
and
our
recommended
budget
for
2018,
under
the
assumption
that
the
utility
occupation
tax
would
not
pass
is
substantially
reduced.
This
would
allow
these
personnel
to
transition
out
of
the
organization
over
the
first
quarter
and
to
set
us
up
to
send
some
back
to
their
departments
to
work
on
the
climate
commitment.
We
also
have
a
scenario
in
the
budget
at
page
83
of
the
city
budget.
That
is
a
scenario
to
about
how
we
wouldn't
spend
the
dollars.
A
In
the
event
the
utility
occupation
tax
passed.
So
we
do
have
a
fallback
position
in
the
event
that
that
were
to
occur,
so
we're
ready
whether
either
of
those
situations
happens
so
so
under
safe
community.
One
of
the
things
that
we
started,
talking
about
in
living
wage
you'll
recall,
is
having
our
emergency
medical
services
provider,
which
is
a
third
party
outside
provider,
provide
a
living
wage
that
increased
our
cost
of
EMS
services
substantially,
and
so,
as
part
of
the
next
budget
and
as
the
fire
department
looks
forward
to
its
next
master
plan.
A
To
do
research
on
how
we
would
transition
if
we
could
transition
what
it
would
cost
to
transition
to
emergency
medical
services,
so
it's
very
complicated
it
is
very
complicated
to
do.
We
would
need
to
have
fire
fighters
that
got
new
certifications
and
we
need
to
know
how
many
would
be
appropriate
to
deploy
across
the
city
how
long
it
would
take
how
to
train
them
and
how
to
keep
that
training
up.
So
we
need
to
understand
all
the
different
aspects
of
EMS
before
we
can
even
recommend
looking
at
it
further
so
I'll.
L
Add
a
little
bit
more
detail
to,
because
part
of
it
also
is
that
our
you
have
to
have
a
medical
director
as
part
of
your
team
and
right
now,
it's
through
our
third
party
EMS
contractor,
and
so,
if
we
move
away
from
that,
the
split
of
not
having
that
medical
director
becomes
a
little
bit
more
difficult.
And
so
this
is
also
to
get
outside
medical
consulting
without
using
the
third
party.
E
A
L
I
Counsel
my
cause
are
as
a
fire
chief,
so
the
hundred
thousand
is
actually
split.
It's
not
split
in
half,
it's
probably
about
thirty
thousand,
for
consulting
the
seventy
or
so
is
more
for
bringing
the
medical
director
contract
in-house
so
that
we
have
that
person
technically
reporting
to
us
rather
than
using
their
services
through
and
by
proxy
through
AMR.
So
we
felt
that
much
better
that
it
be
under
our
supervision
rather
than
using
our
vendor
to
provide
that
service.
So
so
that's
the
big
part
of
it
and
then
the
smaller
part
is
okay.
I
B
M
I
I
wouldn't
characterize
it
in
that
way.
In
other
words,
if
we
stood
it
up
as
a
separate
service,
I
wouldn't
say:
oh
yes,
it
will
pay
for
itself,
partly
because
by
using
firefighter
ents
we're
killing
two
birds
with
one
stone
are
actually
taking
the
all-hazards
approach,
whereas
right
now
their
EMTs
and
that's
all
they
do
and
they
work
for
a
third
party
so
they're,
not
our
employees
either.
Hence,
why
we're
paying
them
to
pay
the
living
wage,
bring
them
in
house?
We
can
use
them
more
broadly.
So.
M
A
D
I
So
the
way
typically
works
the
cities
that
run
a
millon
services,
whether
it's
our
own
department
or
it's
run
through
the
fire
environment.
They
usually
use
the
third-party
contractor.
Does
the
billing
does
the
collections
us,
although,
but
it
is
the
city
that
is
the
the
party
doing
the
billing
of
the
insurance
companies?
Thank.
D
A
You
Jesus
okay,
so
on
to
the
next
one
I
turn
to
the
wrong
page:
okay,
so
under
economically
vital
community.
You
know
that
we
have
been
talking
about
and
actually
have
started,
work
on
a
downtown
retail
strategy.
A
We
also
know
that
we
recently
lost
Walmart,
which
was
a
vendor
a
retailer
to
those
of
less
economic
means,
and
how
is
our
community
serving
that?
How
is
our
retail
community
serving
that
population?
So
I
think
that
we
can
do
a
broader
study
about
really
across
the
board?
How
is
our
retail
serving
our
community
and
what
kinds
of
mix
of
service
industries
small?
We
are
houses,
etc.
We
might
need
so
I'm
thinking
of
that,
a
little
bit
bigger
than
just
start
a
retail
strategy,
but
it
would
be
a
citywide
strategy.
A
In
addition,
we
have
$60,000
that
we
want
to
put
into
two
efforts
around
boulders
innovation
economy.
The
first
effort
is
an
interesting
one
by
the
Small
Business
Development
Center,
which
is
working
out
of
our
library,
and
they
have
started
a
business
in
queue
later
for
innovators
in
the
technology
area.
A
It's
a
virtual
business,
incubator
and
they're
starting
to
get
some
traction
there
in
our
community
for
some
of
the
small
companies
that
don't
really
qualify
for
investor
dollars
that
we're
seeing
others
in
the
community
receive,
and
so
this
is
a
way
for
really
small
entrepreneurs
to
find
a
way
to
get
a
foothold
and
to
start
incubating
their
business,
and
we
also
have
the
Boulder
Chamber
and
the
boulder
Economic
Council,
that's
working
on
a
project
that
they
call
it
Boulder
breakthrough
and
we
are
collaborating
with
them.
That
would
be
the
smallest
portion
of
this
funding.
A
$50,000
would
go
to
the
Small
Business,
Development,
Center
and
I
think
$10,000
to
the
other
effort.
Then
we
have
the
University
Hill
redevelopment
efforts
that
we
are
continuing.
We
want
to
support
the
employee
eco
paths
as
well
as
fund
some
of
the
operating
expenses
that
our
Hill
Community
Development
Coordinator
is
working
on.
We've
had
a
lot
of
success,
success
up
at
the
hill
in
the
last
couple
of
years
and
it
continues
to
grow.
D
A
We
haven't
written
the
RFP
yet
so
the
answer
is
I,
don't
know
yet,
but
a
focus
that
I
have
is
on
making
sure
that
we
have
retail
in
our
community
that
serves
all
economic
segments
of
our
community,
and
so
certainly
that
involves
some
of
the
Human
Services
and
the
community
perception
I'm
sure,
but
this
focus
would
be
kind
of
less
on
the
Human
Services
side
and
more
on
the
sort
of
social
equity,
economic
justice
side
of
the
world.
So
thank
you
that's
my
view.
A
So,
on
to
liveable
community,
as
you
may
know,
the
Ponderosa
mobile
home
park
is
one
that
we've
been
working
on,
especially
since
the
flood
they
were
severely
impacted
and
we
are
going
to
be
starting
to
invest
in
infrastructure
and
interim
management
of
that.
This
is
around
a
little
bit
over
a
half
a
million
dollars
that
we
would
put
into
the
Ponderosa
mobile
home
park.
A
We
do
know
that
there
would
be
future
expenditure
expenditures
in
later
years
and
if
you
have
any
questions
about
that,
Curt
fern
Harbour
will
be
able
to
answer
those
later
this
evening.
We
also
have
a
we
know.
The
council
is
committed
to
the
living
wage
and
there
is
a
state
minimum
wage
requirement.
We
are
accelerating
that
for
the
city
for
non-standard
employees,
so
next
year
we
would
propose
to
go
to
the
$11
an
hour
which
is
earlier
than
the
state
would
require.
A
So
we'll
see
how
that
works
out,
but
we
intend
to
cover
it
in
that
fashion
and
then
a
really
important
change
in
our
budget
this
year
is
that
we're
hoping
to
drive
a
lot
of
dollars
over
1.4
million
dollars
to
address
the
goals
that
are
outlined
in
the
Human
Services
strategy.
So
if
you
could
go
to
that
one,
so
the
Human
Services
strategy
was
adopted
by
the
council
in
July
of
this
year
and
it
had
a
number
of
goals
associated
with
it.
A
As
we
looked
at
the
goals,
we
tried
to
find
ways
in
which
we
could
address
all
of
them.
So
certainly
the
homelessness
strategy,
which
is
part
of
the
Human
Services
strategy,
is
one
that
we've
been
talking
about
all
summer
and
we
are
proposing
to
put
750,000
dollars
into
the
new
homelessness
strategy.
You're
gonna
be
talking
a
little
bit
more
about
it
next
week
on
September
19th,
but
we
think
that
that
is
a
great
investment
to
change
the
conversation
and
change
the
dynamic
around
homelessness
in
our
community.
G
A
G
A
Keep
families
house
was
a
pilot
program
that
we
started
in
2017.
You
may
recall
that
it
actually
came
about
because
of
the
bus
trip
that
we
took
and
we
were
talking
about
ephah
and
the
work
that
they're
doing
to
keep
families
out
of
homelessness.
We
funded
it
this
year.
It
was
very
successful
and
we
want
to
propose
that
this
is
ongoing
funding,
not
one-time
funding
as
we
move
forward.
We
also
want
to
increase
the
Human
Services
fund.
This
is
a
fund
that
has
not
seen
increases
for
a
number
of
years.
A
A
thing
that
I
want
to
say
about
this
is
that
I
had
been
hopeful
that
we
could
increase
the
Human
Services
fund
a
little
bit
more
than
what
we're
proposing
in
this
budget.
We're
proposing
$200,000
I
have
been
hopeful
that
we
could
go
up
to
around
$400,000,
but
because
of
the
revenues
not
coming
in,
as
we
had
hoped,
we
had
to
make
some
priorities,
and
this
was
one
area
where
we
did
not
fully
fund
what
I
had
hoped
to
do.
There
is
another
area
that
you'll
see
in
a
minute
and
we'll
talk
about
that.
A
We
want
to
change
the
edge
program
from
one-time
funding
to
ongoing
funding,
we're
going
to
increase
our
ongoing
funding
for
childcare
subsidies
and
we're
going
to
add
one-time
funding
for
inclusiveness
and
diversity.
Grants
as
well
as
moving
one
of
our
program
coordinators
to
full
time
so
you'll
see
that
we
have
an
ongoing
budget
request
of
1.1
7
million
and
230,000
of
one-time.
A
So
this
is
a
real
big
effort
for
us
this
year
and
I
think
that
we
have
the
council
and
the
community
and
the
nonprofit
community
in
particular,
to
thank
for
the
great
work
that
they
did
with
our
department
and
creating
the
Human
Services
strategy.
So
thanks
for
that
and
I'm
excited
about
seeing
good
funding
in
this
area
so
on
to
the
next
one.
A
Another
area
is
the
Human
Services
strategy,
sugar,
sweetened
beverage
area,
so
Healthy
Living
was
one
of
the
main
topics
of
the
Human
Services
strategy
and
the
sugar
sweetened
beverage
dollars,
certainly
speak
to
that.
So
in
in
this
area,
we're
going
to
be
focusing
on
physical
activity,
chronic
disease
prevention,
healthful
living
clean
water
and
our
collections
began
only
in
July
and
so
the
while
people
needed
to
collect
in
July.
They
don't
need
to
remit
the
tax
until
August
and
we
don't
I,
don't
want
to
say
auditing
it,
but
we
don't
gather
all
the
money.
A
So
we
do
not
actually
have
any
information
for
you
about
how
much
money
we
collected
in
based
on
July
sales,
and
because
of
that
we
want
to
have
a
conservative
budget
estimate
for
2018.
That
right
now
is
1.5
million
in
budgeted
revenues.
We
are
hopeful
that
those
dollars
will
increase,
and
if
and
when
they
do,
we
will
be
coming
back
to
you
with
a
change
in
the
budget
that
would
reflect
better
projections.
But
right
now
we
have
a
conservative
budget
projection,
as
was
pointed
out
a
little
bit
earlier
among
those
dollars.
A
The
first
funding
will
be
directed
to
the
funding
program
coordinator
and
to
halftime
or
1/2
of
an
employee
for
the
special
tax
auditor
and
the
rest
of
those
dollars.
1.3
million
will
be
spent
on
program
distribution.
We've
already
started
distributing
dollars
based
on
projections
for
this
year
and
then
later
in
in
2017.
Our
health
equity
committee
will
be
getting
together
to
make
projections
and
expenditures
for
2018,
and
that
will
continue
as
the
revenues
come
in
so.
B
A
When
we
have
the
citizen
or
resident
committee
connected
with
the
extension
of
the
community
culture
and
safety
tax,
this
is
one
of
the
top
areas
that
they
pointed
out
to
us.
They
said
our
best
practice
would
be
to
establish
a
general
fund
capital
plan,
and
we
really
want
to
call
this
out
as
something
important.
So
in
this
budget
we
are
proposing
a
little
bit
under
3.7
million
dollars
to
be
invested
in
a
general
fund
capital
plan.
A
Our
hope
is
that
if
council
were
to
pass
this
and
to
give
us
direction
that
we
would
spend
2018
coming
up
with
guiding
principles
around
this
kind
of
a
plan
and
continuing
it
into
the
future,
possibly
increasing
the
percentage
of
general
fund
dollars
that
would
go
into
this.
We
would
need
more
studies,
I
guess,
to
understand.
The
kind
of
funding
needs
that
there
are,
but
I
really
want
to
going
and
I
think
that
this
would
be
a
great
way
to
do
that
among
the
things
that
we
could
possibly
spend
this.
These
dollars
on
would
be.
A
There
are
in
the
police
department,
for
example,
there
are
two
specialty
trucks,
one
is
an
incident
command
vehicle
and
one
is
a
rescue
vehicle,
both
of
which
would
have
great
use
here
in
the
city
and
those
two
vehicles
that
we
have
are
very
outdated
right
now.
I
think
one
of
them
is
well
over
20
years
old
and
it's
just
not
serving
the
function
than
it
needs
to.
We
don't
have
the
dollars
for
those.
A
The
library
commission
has
been
very
anxious
to
improve
the
bathrooms
at
the
library,
and
that
would
be
a
source
of
funding
for
this.
Possibly
the
railroad
quiet
zones
that
we
weren't
able
to
fund
through
the
capital
tax,
which
I
hope
passes,
would
be.
This
would
be
a
possible
funding
to
support
that.
So
we
have
many
many
needs
and
I
think
that
we
can
come
up
with
lots
of
great
projects
for
the
council
to
look
at
with
regard
to
this
funding.
So
another
thing
is
that
we
need
to
improve
our
IT
software
replacement
funding.
A
And
since
that's
one
of
the
most
important
aspects
of
how
we
collect
money
in
the
city,
we
definitely
need
to
replace
that
system
so
on
to
the
next
one
for
accessible
and
connected
community.
Probably
in
addition
to
Human
Services
strategy.
One
of
the
highest
priorities
the
council
has
had
this
year
has
been
on
public
engagement
and
we
really
think
again
the
public
participation
working
group
for
the
hard
work
that
they
did
and
we
want
to
honor
their
recommendations
by
recommending
that
we
follow
a
number
of
them.
A
So
we're
proposing
that
we
hired
two
new
FTE
one
would
be
a
Community
Engagement
Manager
and
one
would
be
a
specialist.
Those
two
employees
would
be
located
in
the
city
manager's
office
in
a
more
centralized
location
in
the
city,
and
they
would
be
helpers
and
assets
for
the
rest
of
the
organization
to
improve
the
way
that
we
do
our
outreach,
making
it
more
transparent,
making
it
more
consistent
across
the
entire
organization.
A
Certainly,
we
want
to
extend
the
community
newsletter,
but
at
the
bottom
of
this
list
are
some
other
important
aspects
that
the
public
participation
working
group
called
out.
Our
website,
I
think,
is
no
surprise
to
anyone
could
use
some
improvement,
and
so
we
need
to
get
ready
to
do
that,
because
not
only
does
it
need
to
be
completely
redesigned,
we've
got
to
get
it
ready
to
be
redesigned
and
we
need
several
employees
or
proposing
to
employees.
A
A
The
Community
Engagement
Manager
would
be
a
kind
of
higher
level
position
that
I
think
would
be
thinking
broader
and
across
the
city,
and
a
community
engagement
specialist
might
be
much
more
of
a
hands-on
doer
working
with
specific
departments
on
a
project
like
we've
got
an
upcoming
public
meeting,
help
us
figure
out
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
putting
that
together.
So
normally
when
one
person
can't
just
do
all
the
jobs,
we
normally
need
two
people
to
do
a
good
teamwork,
job
and
stuff
like
this.
Okay,
don't.
N
N
Public
Works
open
space,
the
playing
department
have
engagement
folks,
who
spend
at
least
parts
of
their
jobs
on
that.
Would
this
take
some
of
the
time
and
pressure
off
of
those
people?
In
other
words,
would
this
be
a
centralization
of
some
of
the
community
engagement
that
already
occurs
on
a
department
by
to
are
my
basis.
A
So
I
think
I
want
to
be
completely
straight
about
what
I
think
I
don't
think.
It's
gonna
end
the
intense
need
of
each
one
of
those
departments
and
those
employees
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
community
engagement.
The
effort
here
would
be
to
bring
all
of
those
people
together
in
a
collaborative
team
and
talk
about
ways
that
across
the
organization,
we
can
standardize
the
way
that
we
do
things
we
can
be
more
consistent.
We
can
help
them
with
their
process,
but
not
I,
don't
think
we're
gonna
take
the
process
away
from
them.
A
A
So,
lastly,
under
healthy
and
socially
thriving
community,
we
have
some
dollars
associated
with
the
Arts
Grants
program,
and
this
is
an
area
that
I
want
to
call
out
a
little
bit,
because
this
is
the
second
area
where
I
was
hopeful,
that
we
could
put
more
dollars.
But
the
constraints
of
our
budget
did
not
allow
that
to
occur.
So
we
have
had
around
225
thousand
dollars
in
ongoing
funding
for
our
community
cultural
grants.
A
In
2017,
we
were
able,
through
one-time
funding,
to
bump
that
up
more
to
around
it
was
around
four
hundred
and
sixty
five
thousand
dollars.
We
can't
continue
that
level
of
funding
next
year
because
of
budget
constraints,
but
nevertheless
we
are
adding
again
around
two
hundred
and
thirty-five
thousand
in
arts
grants
programs
to
help
add
to
the
225.
That
already
is
there
to
continue
our
focus
on
community
cultural
grants.
A
We've
heard
from
the
community
that
we're
reducing
the
budget
and
I
suppose
technically
we
are
reducing
it,
but
what
we're
doing
is
changing
the
amount
of
one-time
dollars
that
are
going
into
the
program
because
we
needed
to
have
priorities
established
and
both
Human
Services
in
this
area
and
the
arts
grant
were
ones
that
sort
of
came
in
unable
because
of
our
budget
constraints,
to
be
funded
at
the
full
level.
That
I
would
have
wanted
them
to
be
funded
at
another
thing
that
we're
doing
under
healthy
and
socially
private
community.
A
Is
that
we're
funding
sixty
thousand
dollars
for
the
makerspace?
As
you
may
know,
the
makerspace
is
one
of
the
most
popular
areas
in
the
city
of
Boulder,
not
just
at
the
library
and
what
we
have
been
able
to
do
through
grants
from
the
Boulder
Library
Foundation
is
provide
materials
and
supplies
free
to
the
public.
We
want
to
be
able
to
continue
that
in
the
budget,
and
so
we
are
proposing
$60,000
to
allow
people
to
be
able
to
use
those
materials
free
of
charge
and
really
continue
to
make
great
use
of
the
makerspace.
A
There's
a
lot
of
wonderful
stories
that
are
coming
out
of
there
and
yes
someday,
we'll,
have
David
Fernand
come
and
tell
you
all
the
good
things
that
are
being
done,
and
then
the
next
thing
is
the
civic
area.
As
you
know,
we're
getting
closer
to
being
done
with
our
beautiful
Civic
area
to
the
west,
and
we
want
to
continue
to
fund
that
area
as
it
opens
up
and
really
activate
it.
A
A
That
day
we
don't
have
to-
and
this
might
be
a
question
for
you
later
tonight
whether
you
want
to
reserve
that
time,
but
in
any
event,
we
will
be
coming
back
for
first
reading
on
October
3rd,
2nd
reading
on
October
17th
and
we're
anxious
to
get
moving
on
the
budget.
So
our
questions
are,
do
you
have
any
questions
about
the
many
projections
about
the
sales
and
use
tax
or
property
tax?
And
then
do
you
have
any
feedback
on
the
recommended
budget?
So
any
of
us
are
really
anxious
to
answer
your
questions.
B
So
from
a
process
point
of
view,
if
we
can
answer
lots
of
our
questions
tonight
or
get
first
reading,
questions
out,
I'll
just
say
from
CeCe's
point
of
view
not
having
to
have
a
second
study
session
before
first
reading,
I
think
would
be
preferred
given
how
jammed
up
our
schedules
getting.
So
with
that
in
mind,
why
don't
we,
let's
open
it
to
questions?
If
people
have
like
12
questions,
why
don't
we
take
turns
asking
a
couple
at
a
time
or
maybe
we'll
wrestle?
B
B
Q
Q
Q
B
Q
So
really
it's
a
multi-faceted
approach.
I
think
we've
come
and
talked
to
you
a
few
times
we're
really
focusing
on
the
four
ESO
education
enforcement,
engineering
and
evaluation,
and
so
it's
also
very
much
a
data-driven
approach,
so
we're
reviewing
the
our
crafts
experience
and
then
we're
tailoring
our
solutions
to
try
and
address
those
directly.
G
Back
to
the
comfy
seats,
my
other
one
was
a
question
about
the
arts
funding.
So
Matt
I
was
hoping
that
you
could
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
about
the
funding.
The
ferret's
program
got
last
year
or
this
current
year,
I
guess
and
what
that
enabled,
and
then
what
would
be
different
under
their
proposed
funding
level
for
next
year.
D
A
A
Four
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars,
as
well
as
a
one-time,
Civic,
art,
public
area
and
project
we're
proposing
for
2018,
is
that
we're
going
to
keep
the
ongoing
funding
growing
you
can
see.
The
blue
is
continues
to
grow
and
that
we're
going
to
add
one-time
funding
of
two
hundred
and
thirty-five
thousand
dollars.
So
instead
of
four
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars,
it's
two
hundred
and
thirty
five
thousand
dollars,
and
so
Matt
now
can
explain
the
impact
of
those
funds.
A
R
Thanks
Matros
sanski
with
the
office
of
arts
and
culture,
so
for
the
impacts
on
this
year
specific
to
the
grants
program,
the
total
grants
funding
was
about
six
hundred,
seventy-five
thousand
dollars
with
both
the
ongoing
and
the
additional
one-time
funding.
The
reason
for
that
increase
in
a
little
more
detail
was
partially
to
fill
the
gaps
that
we
found
in
2016.
So
in
that
previous
cycle,
it
was
discovered
that
many
grant
applications,
and
especially
in
the
general
operating
support
category,
were
scored
highly
by
the
Arts
Commission,
but
there
wasn't
enough
funding
to
fund
them
all.
R
So
a
lot
of
the
reason
for
that
increase
was
around
filling.
That
community
need
that
we
discovered
the
the
vulnerability
that
was
exposed
by
that.
So
a
lot
of
the
funding
went
towards
that.
There
was
also
interested
in
the
Grants
Program
growing
in
a
few
sort
of
more
minor
ways,
especially
around
adding
professional
development
scholarships
and
trying
to
ease
issues
with
the
affordability
and
accessibility
of
rental
of
cultural
venues.
So
the
rental
assistance
fund
was
created
in
order
to
to
address
some
of
those
needs.
R
We
found
that
largely
to
be
successful,
and
especially
with
the
arts
and
economic
prosperity
study,
were
able
to
show
that
in
2016,
with
the
grant
funding
that
was
delivered
to
the
community
that
returned
a
very
large
economic
impact,
almost
seventy
million
dollars
in
total
economic
impact.
Now
the
graph
it
wasn't
one-to-one.
But
we
were
supporting
that
activity
that
generated
that
that
level
of
of
economic
activity
in
the
community.
R
We
expect
in
the
2017
for
that
to
increase,
and
we've
got
two
different
studies
that
are
going
to
try
and
dissect
that
so
that
was
the
the
effect
and
what
was
enabled
by
that
money.
So
we're
gonna
continue
to
do
that
work
and
so,
with
the
recommended
level
of
funding
for
this
year
for
2018
we're
going
to
rely
on
the
Arts
Commission
to
give
us
advice
on
how
to
distribute
that,
and
we
haven't
been
able
to
consult
with
them
on
that.
R
So
I
don't
have
their
advice
to
give
to
you
that
happens
at
their
October
retreat,
but
I
can
say
that
will
bring
forward
and
some
different
options.
So
we're
gonna
talk
about
things
like
reducing
the
overall
program
by
the
same
percentage
that
the
the
new
funding
level
represents,
and
that
could
mean
general
operating
support
to
go
down
a
little
bit
our
arrangements
with
the
general
operating
support
recipients.
They
understand
that
that
might
happen.
G
G
R
G
E
I
just
clarification
because
I
talked
to
David
today.
What
he
said
was
that
this
would
be
blow
away
a
third
of
the
grants
basically
and
that
the
Arts
Commission
could
decide
to
do
20
to
do
fewer,
20,
fewer
small
or
six
to
ten
of
the
larger.
So
it
would
impact
what
we've
already
committed
to.
However,
the
organizations
have
been
told
it
is
up
to
the
council
to
approve
every
year.
So
that's
it's
definitely
a
message
that
we
approve
the
community
culture
plan
and
now
we're
backing
way
before
the
third
year
right.
So
I.
A
Actually,
disagree
with
that
we're
not
backing
away.
We
really
support
the
community
culture
plan.
It's
just
that
when
you
go
through
a
budget
and
create
the
priorities
at
the
end
of
the
budget,
there
aren't
sufficient
dollars,
and
so
you
need
to
make
priority
decisions
about
where
those
dollars
are
going
to
go
and
in
this
instance
the
recommendation
for
me
to
you
is
that
the
arts
grant
funding.
That
was
always
one
time.
Many
have
forgotten
that
it
was
just
one
time
funding
we
may
reduced
from
450
to
235,
but
we
still
support
the
community
culture
plan.
D
D
A
E
J
B
Sure
so
I'm
just
curious
about
the
building
permit
thing,
because
I
think
the
perception
is
that
there
is
some
building
happening.
So
I'm
curious.
Is
this
just
the
lumpiness?
You
know
a
big
project
comes
in
or
two
or
three,
but
then
they
get
built
the
next
year
or
whatever.
Or
do
you
see
this
as
a
trend
and
at
how
many
years,
how
many
data
points
do
you
call
something
a
trend
for
that
matter?.
S
Works
I
think
it's
a
combination,
part
of
the
lumpiness
of
construction.
Also
you
all
mentioned
earlier.
2016
was
a
bit
of
an
anomaly,
so
the
activity
levels
that
were
are
occurring
are
more
like
2014
and
2015,
and
there
are
some
valuations
that
are
down
in
addition
to
what
we
issue
permits
for.
Revenues
are
also
collected
from
the
federal
labs
and
see
you
for
their
construction
activities,
and
some
of
those
revenues
are
down
so.
S
I
think
it's
just.
These
are
factors
that
are
characteristics
that
we're
currently
looking
at
and
in
terms
of
the
long
term
trend.
I,
think
we're
still
figuring
it
out,
but
in
terms
of
what
it's
like
now,
2016
was
unique
activity
levels
in
terms
of
number
of
permits
and
inspections
are
more
like
2014
and
2015.
So
there
is
a
lot
of
activity
out
there.
It's
a
different
type
of
activity.
Valuations
are
a
little
bit
lower
and
they.
E
Paid
for
these
projects
already
that's
career,
seeing
the
activity,
but
they
actually
paid
for
it
by
the
fire,
yeah
right,
okay
and
then
I
think
hopefully
I'd
like
us
to
all
stand
this
property
tax
thing,
because
I
think
residents
are
a
little
emotional
about
that
this
year
and
I'm
confused
about
it,
because
when
I
see
mines
printed
out,
page
49,
the
talks
about
property
tax
as
a
percentage
of
all
citywide
sources
and
that's
46
million
and
14%
and
then
the
next
page.
It
is
36
million
and
25
percent.
E
L
E
E
Okay
and
so
the
individuals,
when
they
look
at
the
property
taxes
that
they're
paying
the
portion
that
they're
paying
to
the
city,
went
up
or
will
go
up,
8.5%,
that's
their
increase
and
then
Matt
or
someone
said
commercial
is
going
up
four
times
that,
okay,
what
did
you
say?
It's
4x
the
amount
of
total
dollars
or
but.
O
I
mean
they
can
explain
it
better
than
I
can,
but
with
the
wacky
Gallagher
amendment.
So
if
you
own
a
million
dollar
house
right,
your
property
tax
was
ten
thousand
dollars,
and
it
should
be
less
than
that.
That's
what
you'd
have
to
pay
total,
not
just
to
the
city,
the
city.
We
get
a
little
portion
of
it
right.
You
want
a
million
dollar
commercial
building.
Your
property
tax
would
be
40
thousand
dollars
right
just
four
times
that
you
give
to
the
Gallagher
amendment.
Okay,.
E
O
G
Years,
another
way
of
saying
is:
if
you
had
a
residential
property
whose
evaluation
went
up
twenty
percent
and
a
commercial
property
whose
value
so
make
sure
you
went
up.
Twenty
percent
actually
be
I
believe
a
two
and
a
half
times
larger
increase
in
property
taxes
for
the
commercial
rate,
as
you
get
that
full
twenty
percent,
instead
of
just
eight
and
a
half
person
this
year,.
O
This
year
and
every
year,
that's
gonna
change,
but
nonetheless
the
commercial
properties
this
year
because
of
the
change
in
the
state
numbers,
it's
a
four
to
one
ratio
for
the
same
actual
value,
and
that's
just
been
that
ratio
just
keeps
going
up
since
the
day,
Gallagher
was
passed.
It
kind
of
started
at
about
one
to
one
and
now
we're
up
to
four
to
one
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
E
B
O
E
M
E
M
Some
of
mine
were
around
property
tax
and
that's
been
pretty
clearly
brought
out.
My
other
question
about
revenues
has
to
do
with
affordable
housing
and
so
there's
kind
of
a
whole
bunch
of
choices
that
can
get
made
around
the
affordable
housing
developer
can
choose
to
build
if
they're
willing,
residential,
they
can
choose
to
build
their
inclusionary
zoning
requirements
on
tight.
One
question
I
have
is:
is
that
accounted
in
any
way,
or
is
that
just
an
expenditure
for
them,
because
if
they
pay
cash
in
lieu
it
comes
in
somewhere
into
the
city?
M
T
It
will
simply
be
added
to
the
affordable
housing
stock.
As
it's
developed,
we
track
projects
that
are
currently
going
through
the
development
process
and
we're
always
working
with
each
development
to
understand
sort
of
where
they're
going
with
their
approach
to
the
affordable
housing,
either
cash
or
on-site.
T
M
So
if
we
had
to
talk
about
the
square
footage
of
the
housing
being
built
versus
the
square
footage
of
what
you're,
basing
that
estimate
on
for
commercial
space,
do
you
know
how
that
would
compare
I
don't,
but
I
could
get
you
they
love
to
have
that
information,
and
so
the
other
part
of
my
question
was
when
we
get
the
affordable
housing
cash
in
lieu
into
what
fund
does
that
go?
Is
it
under
planning
and
development
planning,
Housing
and
sustainability
yeah.
M
Linkage
fees
the
same
the
affordable
housing
from
yes,
that's
correct,
okay
and
I.
Guess
well:
I
bet
you
up
here:
maybe
I
can
save
you.
Another
trip.
I
was
gonna,
ask
about
an
expenditure
side
thing,
but
it
was
around
the
budget
for
affordable
housing.
I
think
if
I
can
get
this
to
go,
doesn't
always
do
it.
I
want.
T
M
T
Built
the
second
thing
that
I'll
add,
which
I
think
would
be
helpful,
is
that
as
we
go
through
the
year,
we
track
the
the
the
income
that's
coming
through
impact
fees
and
cash
in
lieu,
and
if
that
is
on
target
or
above
targets,
that
would
give
us
more
flexibility
to
fund
other
projects
as
well
up
and
about
video
above
and
beyond
the
what's
in
the
budget.
So.
M
I
guess
this
is
to
the
finance
people
in
order
for
that
to
happen,
is
that
done
through
an
adjustment
to
base
okay,
okay,
great,
thank
you
and
then
I.
Think
just
one
more
question
is
planning
your
housing
community
housing
assistance,
3.3
million,
and
what
is
that
exactly?
What
does
that
go
for?
Is
that
vouchers,
or
what's
that.
T
M
M
B
O
I've
got
it
it's
an
expenditure
one,
but
it's
housing,
so
Kurt
I'd
I
have
a
question
about
Ponderosa
and
I'm,
just
trying
to
understand
what
we
think.
That's
really
gonna
cause.
If
you
look
at
the
budget,
it's
get
at
five
hundred
and
seventy
something
thousand
for
next
year
and
it's
got
three
and
a
half
million
for
the
subsequent
year
and
I
know
we're
getting
a
bunch
of
flood
money.
O
But
what
I
don't
quite
understand.
This
is
how
that's
all
gonna
net
out
in
the
end.
Maybe
we
are
in
quite
there
yet
in
terms
of
what
it's
really
gonna
cost
the
city
to
purchase
it
the
revenue
we
get
from
the
flood
money,
of
course,
and
do
all
the
fix
ups
that
are
going
to
be
necessary
and
continue
to
operate
it.
Do
we
have
any
good
sense
of
that?
Yet
you
can't
it's
really
hard
to
figure
it
out
from
the
budget
because
it
spreads
out
over
multiple
years
or.
T
So
we
don't
normally
have
which
is
nice,
so
it
almost
offsets
the
expenses
for
her
next
year
we
have
received
two
different
estimates
on
a
current
design
for
the
infrastructure,
which
is
which
is
around
three
million
dollars
which
is
what's
represented
in
the
following
year,
and
what
the
the
cost
that
we
don't
know
of
yet
and
we'll
know
better
as
we
go
through.
2018
is
sort
of
the
solution
for
the
housing
and
how
much
you
know,
support
that
would
need.
T
We
have
estimates
of
what
we,
how
much
we
could
support
that,
and
we
believe
that
we
will
stay
under
our
sort
of
our
benchmarks
of
you
know:
seventy
to
ninety
thousand
dollars
per
units
that
we
would
typically
spend
on
a
hundred
percent,
affordable
housing
project.
So
it
really
depends.
You
know
working
with
the
residents
of
the
community
as
well
what
those
housing
outcomes
will
look
like.
So.
O
First
on
the
infrastructure,
so
that
does
that
include
because
you've
had
this
issue
with
other
parks
is
that
include
everything:
roads
utilities,
what
im
sue
with
all
the
wreckage?
Probably
all
got
to
be
rebuilt,
that's
correct,
okay
and
then
on
the
units
I
mean
it's
truly
often
subsidized
units,
seventy
thousand
dollars,
but
those
are
fixed,
fixed
in
police
units
as
opposed
to
what
we
call
mobile
homes,
which
aren't
really
mobile.
I
mean
it.
That
sounds
like
we're
planning
and
replacing
everything.
T
So
we
eventually
most
of
those
homes
will
have
to
be
replaced
there
in
that
type
of
condition.
The
other
aspect
that
you
need
to
remember
on
Ponderosa
they're,
currently
paying
five
hundred
and
thirty
dollars
a
month
as
a
pad
rate.
So
if
we
keep
their
housing
costs
the
same,
that's
an
income
that
can
be
used
to
you
know
offset
housing
costs
as
well.
T
O
And
our
last
question
is
I'm
going
to
assume
we're
working
with
Boulder
County.
This
is
currently
in
the
unincorporated
County
to
see.
Let's
just
put
it
this
way
if
they
are
interested
in
contributing,
because
this
is
the
unincorporated
area
and
they've,
you
know
us
annexing,
it
is.
It
is
a
good
thing
for
us
and
it's
a
good
thing
for
them
to.
Obviously
it
should
be
annexed,
but
have
we
been
having
discussions
with
them
about
how
to
make
that
all
work
out
in
the
long
run.
T
D
D
B
N
Just
mine
has
more
on
the
expense
side
Jean.
This
is
more
of
a
headcount
question.
When
you
were
walking
through
your
presentation,
you
mentioned
that
Tracy
had
done
some
good
work,
an
open-space
about
identifying,
maybe
reductions
and
staffing
or
what
positions
could
be
eliminated.
When
you
we
show
a
must
slide.
N
That
shows
a
increase
of
heads
I
think
was
roughly
7
per
minute
and
five
fixed
is
that
is
that
net,
in
other
words,
I
stood
there
during
the
course
of
the
year
positions
open
and
closed
or
eliminated,
and
added,
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
Is
that
12
net
on
top
of
our
base,
or
is
that
just
12
between
December
31
and
January
1,
but
those
numbers
fluctuate
during
the
course
two
years
I
questioned
somewhat
clear:
I.
L
Can
answer
that
yeah
in
between
different
changes,
fixed
terms
expiring,
which
we
don't
necessarily
show
the
net
change,
is
five
FTE
and
the
new
bodies
is
how
we
were
displaying
that
it
was
the
12
5
being
fixed
term
and
7
being
full-time
staff,
but
between
some
of
the
fixed
terms,
expiring
and
Tracy's
group
and
others.
Then
a
head
count
is
five.
N
No
overall,
this
is
a
probably
really
odd
for
a
question
overall,
head
County
as
I
know,
we've
got
consultants,
we
got
part-time
employees,
but
do
we
have
a
FTE
or
full-time
equivalent,
and
this
doesn't
I
don't
care
if
it's
fixed
or
or
permanent?
Do
we
have
an
FTE
estimate
across
the
city?
As
of
like
now.
E
L
It
gets
confusing
when
you
have
fixed
terms,
expire
and
so
part
of
the
budget
request
includes
extending
some
of
the
fixed
terms,
so
we
have
fixed
terms
that
are
project-based
that
may
be
taking
longer
than
what
the
original
budget
request
was.
So,
instead
of
a
to
your
fixture
more
including
one
more
year
to
complete
the
project,
and
so
the
chart
on
that
page
really
shows
okay,
here's
our
17
approved.
If
we
were
to
remove
all
the
fixed
terms
that
were
expiring,
it
would
go
down
to
kind
of
a
base
2018
budget.
L
L
E
E
E
E
E
And
then
I
have
another
question
about.
We
talked
about
declining
revenues
for
construction
of
business
use,
since
we
budget
very
conservatively
I
was
curious.
What
kind
of
decrease
we'll
have
in
expenses
tied
to
that
decrease
in
revenue,
so
I
assume
there
could
be
some
headcount
that
might
not
be
necessary
anymore,
since
we're
not
processing
all
that
all
those
permits
and
things
like
that,
so
what
kind
of
decrease
in
revenue
in
expense
will
be
associated
with
that
decrease
in
revenue.
L
S
Think
that's
right
on
the
head,
so
the
because
activity
levels
continue
back.
That's
why
I
said
earlier.
There's
still
at
the
you
know:
2015
2014
levels
we're
not
proposing
to
reduce
staffing
at
this
time
and
it's
important
to
point
out
that
about
20%
of
what's
planning
and
development
services.
Staffing
is
fixed
term,
so
recognizing
the
volatile
nature
of
the
work,
as
well
as
some
of
the
one-time
investments
were
making
we're
in
the
process
of
changing
out
our
technology
that
supports
our
development,
tracking
and
mapping
programs
and
services
that
globe
go-live
implementation
date
is
next
April.
S
So
a
number
of
our
fixed
term
staff
are
all
about
getting
that
system
up
and
ready
for
customers
to
use
that
we
adjust
staffing
in
PDS
as
activity
levels
drop
and
rise.
So
there
have
been
changes
over
time
and
I
can
certainly
provide
you
with
more
than
a
10
year
history
of
how
those
FTEs
have
fluctuated
over
time.
So.
S
Shown
in
these
numbers
won't
be
shown
in
2018,
because
again,
implementation
is
in
2018,
but
beyond
that,
we'll
expect
some
changes
and
again,
in
addition
to
programs,
there's
also
changes
in
FTE
that
correspond
to
activity
levels.
So
again,
I
can
provide
that
information
as
part
of
the
first
reading
information
that
just
shows
you
the
history
of
PDS
staffing
over
time
and
how
that's
varied.
Okay,
okay,
thank.
M
U
Jim
Robertson
director
planning,
Housing
and
sustainability
yeah.
What
what
in
essence,
all
of
those
lines
there,
which
is,
let's
see
one
two
three
four
five
lines
under
planning.
Quite
a
bit
of
what
you
see
happening.
There
is
really
positions
being
moved
from
one
group
to
another,
for
example,
development
review,
which
you
see
going
down.
We
moved
a
position
that
previously
was
identified
in
development
review
into
the
urban
design
position,
which
you
have
seen
jump
up.
U
That's
part
of
our
city
design
team,
and
that
was
actually
a
move
to
bring
that
person
over
there
as
part
of
the
design
excellence
initiative.
So
much
of
what
you
see
that
you
can
see
that
the
development
review
decrease
almost
nets
out
with
the
urban
design
increase,
because
that's
a
that
was
just
moving
a
position
from
one
work
group
to
another.
I
do.
U
Yes,
what
you're,
also
saying
here
is
that
I
was
just
down
the
hall
getting
clarification
on
this
I'm
glad
I
got
that
this
is
the
budget
here
includes
not
only
FTEs
but
actually
money
that
was
appropriated
in
for
2017,
for
some
consulting
services
associated
with
Alpine
balsam
in
the
Civic
area.
We
actually
ended
up
not
spending
that
in
2017
and
we're
carrying
it
over
and
we'll
be
applying
it
to
the
Alpine
balsam
area
planning
in
2018,
as
well
as
the
continued
work
in
the
East
bookend
planning.
Ummm.
U
Remember
when
we
talked
about
the
in
the
community
culture
and
safety,
either
Capital
Improvement
tax
renewal.
There
were
questions
about
East,
bookend
planning
and
I.
Remember
some
of
you
asked:
do
we
have
funding
to
do
that?
East
bookend
planning,
even
if
it's
not
included
in
the
CIT
er,
and
the
answer
to
that
was
yes
and
that's
what
you
see
here
as
well.
Very
good.
E
M
Climate
and
sustainability
here
I
just
was
curious.
There's
customer
service
and
there's
climate
and
energy
and
I
think
I
understand
zero
waste.
Could
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
is
division,
management,
support
and
customer
service?
And
then
what
is
the
bulk
of
the
climate
and
energy
expenditure.
P
A
Paradiso
Financial
Analysts,
supporting
planning
and
Public
Works
Development,
and
so
what
you're,
seeing
under
division
management,
support
and
customer
service?
It's
the
directors
support,
as
well
as
the
communications
staff
and
then
under
climate
and
energy,
it's
personnel
and
also
non
personnel
dollars
related
to
climate
and
energy
initiatives.
P
M
M
A
So
the
base
part
of
the
utility
occupation
tax
is
the
old
franchise
fee
and
that
those
dollars
from
the
old
franchise
fee
went
as
Cheryl
said,
into
the
general
fund
and
supported
the
police,
the
fire,
the
library
just
all
services,
the
increment
on
top
of
it
is
that's
for
municipal
ization
goes
100%
to
municipal
ization.
The
rest
goes
to
the
general
fund.
That's.
B
G
A
Would
help
us
quite
a
bit
if
we
could
get
feedback
tonight,
because
there's
only
two
weeks
between
first
and
second
reading
and
we'd
have
to
really
scramble
to
make
a
lot
of
changes
in
between
those
two.
If
you
want
to
changes
so
we'd
very
much
like
to
hear
anything
that
you
would
like
to
see
change
in
this
proposal,
Thanks.
B
M
Two
things
I'll
ask:
one
is
thinking
a
little
more
about
the
affordable
housing.
I
am
going
to
be
interested
in
like
how
many
projects
and
square
footage
produces
the
nine
million
and
which
projects
we
expect
and
how
much
square
footage
would
produce
the
770.
So
that's
one
thing:
that's
not
for
tonight.
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
that,
though
one
other
thing
that
I
have
in
my
questioning
is
about
Parks
and
Rec,
so
I
will
get
there.
M
V
Earlier
this
year,
when
we
visited
with
you,
we
both
talked
about
taking
care.
I'm,
sorry,
you've
had
bad
in
Parks
and
Recreation.
We
talked
about
taking
care
of
what
we
have
you've
seen
correspondence
for
us
throughout
the
year
about
investments
in
the
neighborhood
parks.
The
eight
point,
seven
is
because
we
have
both
two
councilmember
Applebaum's
feedback,
really
taking
a
hard
look
and
prioritize
some
large-scale
items
that
have
waited
a
long
time.
V
M
And
I
guess
then:
I
would
ask
about
the
remaining
amount,
which
is
eight
or
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
increase.
I
see
the
capital
component
in
there,
which
is
you're
part
of
the
capital
upgrades
that
we
talked
about
earlier
and
then
could
be
that
there
will
be
passage
of
a
measure
to
provide
even
more
funding
to
go
further
those.
But
what
about
the
other
900,000
where's
that
increase
coming
from
so.
V
Also
early
and
I
think
this
goes
to
the
operating
question
of
what
we
talked
about.
The
council
direction
that
was
received
earlier
this
year
relating
social
equity
has
impacted
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
the
ref
on
significantly
you'll
recall
a
number
in
the
package
that
about
I
want
to
say
thirty
to
sixty
sixty
thousand
for
OSP,
but
the
vast
majority
333,000
impacts,
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
we
are
doing
various
things
in
the
budget
to
cover
those
there.
L
I
also
remind
Council
as
part
of
the
first
ATP
and
an
extension
of
living
wage
and
what
opens
basted
during
the
2017
budget
as
we
converted
six
seasonal,
so
you'll
notice
that
in
the
detail,
page
between
parks,
Park
operations,
Natural,
Resources
and
forestry,
all
of
whom
utilize
seasonals
year-round
forty
hours
a
week
every
week.
And
so
those
were
converted
during
the
first
ATP
and
not
necessarily
an
additional
2018
budget.
Request
of
almost
three
hundred
thousand.
V
M
L
V
Will
not
mean,
for
example,
a
wholesale
replacement
of
all
of
the
fitness
equipment
in
a
rec
center.
Instead,
you
have
ongoing
maintenance
things
and
things
that
reach
the
end
of
their
lifecycle.
Part
of
the
direction
that
Council
gave
in
2014,
under
our
master
plan
was
to
make
sure
that
we
were
timing
that
effectively
over
the
life
cycle.
So
you
don't
reach
these
periods
where
everything
gets
decommissioned
at
one
time
and
you're
really
in
a
problem,
and
so
we've
tried
to
be
more
aggressive
and
our
maintenance
and
replacement
schedule.
V
What
you're
seeing
in
this
budget,
for
example,
would
look
at
the
life
cycle
of
things
like
spin
bikes,
which
actually
unbolt
or
get
a
lot
of
wear
and
perhaps
going
to
the
ones
that
are
all
those
ellipticals
and
replacing
those
and
you'll
see
that
over
several
years,
as
we
develop
a
more
and
not
only
robust
as
a
management
program,
but
life
cycling
out
things,
our
customers
across
the
system
expect
to
be
able
to
have
working
equipment
than
they
visit
the
facilities.
This
is
part
of
living
to
that
commitment.
V
M
D
Hi
Yvette
I
have
questions
as
long
as
you're
up
here
I'm
looking
at
the
packet,
there
was
a
table
in
the
study
session
packet
where
you
were
outlining
the
changes
in
rec
center
fees
and
kind
of
question
about
lap
lane
rental
agreements.
Now
you
mentioned
that
the
adjustments
in
the
fees
were
gonna
be
done
based
on
what
type
of
uses
there
were
and
in
the
lap
lanes
you've
got
15
the
new
price.
The
new
fee
will
be
$15
per
Lane,
and
does
that
not
change
based
on
the
number
of
people
in
the
lane?
V
We
see
all
of
this
fluctuation
because
of
what
Jane
referred
to
in
adjustment
for
youth,
and
obviously
we
have
tried
to
work
over
time
with
our
more
exclusive
users
on
trying
to
not
negatively
affect
any
particular
group
where
you
might
see
this
occur,
and
we
are
still
working
out
all
the
details
on
how
this
we
don't
want
this
to
affect
negatively
on
those
who
need
this
facility.
Most
is
weird.
Might
we
look
at
adjusting
rates
that
affect
exclusive
use?
V
As
you
know,
I
visited
counsel
several
times
to
talk
about
swimming
in
various
iterations
over
the
years.
The
work
that
we
have
done
around
the
aquatic
feasibility
study
led
to
additional
review
of.
How
do
we
assign
lap
lanes?
How
do
we
charge
for
them
and
the
like?
We
still
have
some
work
to
do
in
this
table,
so.
D
I
E
We
have
two
scenarios
around
the
U
of
T
in
here.
One
is
that
it
doesn't
get
passed
and
the
other
is
that
it
does
get
passed
and
I
noticed
some
program,
expense
and
people
expense
that
would
decline,
assume
assuming
that
it
didn't
pass.
Tom
I
was
wondering
in
regards
to
the
headcount
on
your
staff,
because
your
staff
has
spun
off
quite
seriously
and
the
percentage
of
their
time
they've
spent
on
you
ot.
Would
you
see
any
changes
in
your
head
count
if
the
UT
does
not
pass
no.
W
W
When
we
started
this,
it
was
supposed
to
be
the
major
focus,
and
that
was
the
only
thing
we
were
doing
and
over
the
years
it's
sort
of
added
on,
and
the
lawyers
just
tend
to
work,
more
hours,
they're
paid
salary
and
they
cover
what
they
need
to
covering.
They
have
a
professional
responsibility
to
do
that.
But
Suzanne
is
right.
A
lot
of
the
heavy
lifting
is
done
by
outside
counsel
uh-huh.
Q
L
Q
Q
E
Q
So
there's
a
lot
of
moving
parts
in
the
in
that
project
management
workgroup
and
then
we
also
do
a
lot
of
our
capital
projects
which
are
grant
related,
and
so
those
are
tend
to
be
really
lumpy.
For
instance,
in
a
particular
year
it
could
go
from
just
a
million
to
I
think
in
2018
it's
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
five
or
six
million,
so
it
tends
to
go
up
and
down
with
the
federal
cycles
through
the
Dibble
Regional
Council
of
Governments.
Thank
you
for
that.
You
better
appreciate
it.
I've.
E
A
If
it
does
not
pass,
then
the
projects
that
the
city
has
placed
on
that
would
not
happen
if,
at
the
same
time,
this
budget
or
some
form
of
it
passed
that
did
have
a
general
fund
capital
component
to
it.
We
will
take
those
dollars
which
we're
proposing
is
around
between
3.6
and
3.7
and
try
to
figure
out
where
those
dollars
would
go
for
a
most
important
project
right
now
that
most
important
project
is
the
radio
infrastructure
which
actually
costs
more
than
three
point
six
million
dollars.
A
E
A
We
are
but
I
tried
in
my
oral
presentation
to
indicate
some
items
that
were
near
the
top
of
the
list
to
rescue
vehicles
for
the
police
department.
Library
bathrooms,
which
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
had
talked
about
before,
possibly
more
conversion
of
buses
would
be
another
one
quiet
zone.
So
we
have
a
long
list
of
items
that
could
be
considered
there
and.
B
J
Think,
historically,
at
the
city,
they've
used
the
decentralized
model.
It
definitely
is
something
we're
starting
work
in
some
areas
on
like,
for
instance,
print
services,
we're
looking
at
all
of
the
different
printer
contracts.
We
have
throughout
the
city
and
trying
to
centralize
with
one
vendor
with
standard
maintenance,
and
and
all
of
that,
so
we
haven't
necessarily
looked
at
a
centralized
purchasing.
But
we
are
starting
to
look
at
center.
A
This
is
a
project
that
were
the
printer
services,
one
that
was
started
as
a
pilot
project
to
see
how
good
we
can
do
around
centralized
purchasing
brought
to
us
by
Julia
Richman
our
innovation
and
analytics
officer.
So
we're
trying
it
as
a
pilot
and
we're
hopeful
that
we
can
continue
to
move
in
a
good
direction.
N
Jeanne
said
earlier
in
your
presentation
that
one
of
your
regrets,
I
guess
on
this
budget-
is
that
we're
not
maybe
funding
human
services
to
the
extent
you'd
like
there's
a
few
hundred
thousand
more
that
that
you
could
find
good
homes
for
so.
If
we
were
to
agree
with
you
that
that
we
need
to
fund
human
services
up
to
the
level
that
you
wish
we
could.
Where
would
you
take
that
money
as
you
look
across
all
the
priorities
and
say
geez?
A
What
I
would
really
like
to
do
is
wait
until
November
9th
and
find
that,
in
fact,
there
would
be
a
positive
outcome
on
the
capital
tax
and
that's
where
I
would
take
it
from.
But
if
there's
not
a
positive
outcome,
when
the
capital
tax
that
wouldn't
be
a
good
spot
to
take
it
from
so
reserves
would
have
to
be
that
location.
So.
N
A
G
A
Was
talking
too
quickly
and
I?
Didn't
I
wasn't
talking
accurately,
the
two
places
you
could
say
don't
take
it
from
is
don't
take
it
from
the
reserves
and
don't
take
it
from
the
new
generals
and
capital
plan
fund
of
3.6
million
dollars.
So
that
would
be
a
go-to
place,
but
you
might
say:
I
don't
want
you
to
take
it
from
there
and
then
we'd
have
to
find
it
somewhere
else
in
the
budget.
G
M
I
was
looking
around
for
opportunities
in
the
budget
where
we
might
find
such
a
thing
and
I
just
had
one
more
question
about
a
few
I
was
particularly
looking
at
things
that
have
gone
up.
That's
why
I've
asked
some
of
the
questions
I
have
because
I
was
looking,
as
were
you
for
other
rebutting
opportunities,
so
with
that
I
would
like
to
ask
Mike
Sweeney.
Take
him
up
just
one
more
time.
Sorry
about
that.
M
I
should
have
cut
this
when
you
were
here
last
time,
you're
having
to
leave
your
comfortable
seat
a
lot
exercise
so
I'm
just
looking
here
on
packet,
page
178,
and
there
were
three
line
items
that
I
was
gonna
ask
about.
One
is
the
increase
in
facilities,
operation
and
maintenance
projects
under
300,000.
The
other
was
selfies
maintenance
projects
above
300
3000
and
then
the
last
was
equipment,
replacement,
non
fleet
and
that's
gone
up
by
almost
700,000.
So
what
what
are
those
for?
And
we.
M
X
X
X
Replacement
fund
is
more
of
a
reserve
fund
for
departments
to
contribute
to,
as
as
as
equipment,
where
is
come
overdue
for
replacement,
and
what
that
shows
is
just
an
increase
in
the
number
and
types
of
equipment
that
are
going
to
be
have
to
be
replaced
next
year
and
again,
that's
kind
of
the
ups
and
downs
of
types
and
number
of
equipment,
and
in
this
case
I'm
I'm,
not
particularly
sure
which
type
of
equipment
is,
is
going
to
be
changed
out
for
that
year.
But
something
I
can
look
for
yeah.
A
Just
to
say
a
little
bit
more
about
it
on
the
one
slide
that
was
really
impossible
to
read
that
we
showed
all
the
different
funds.
This
is
a
fund.
That's
been
a
savings
account
fund.
If
you
will,
the
different
departments
have
put
dollars
into
getting
ready
to
replace
equipment
that
is
falling
out
of
its
useful
life
and
so
taking
dollars
from
this
savings
account
at
different
departments
and
put
money
into
to
fund
Human
Services
would
be
sort
of
violating
the
fund
structure,
so
we
would
need
to
find
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
A
X
It's
a
combination,
the
majority
of
is,
is
general
fund,
but
it's
it
also.
Services,
transportation
and
utilities
functions
that
occupy
general
fund
facilities
and
and
and
also
Parks
and
Rec,
contributes
to
this
fund.
So
it
it's
a
mixed
fund.
Again
the
majority
is
general
fund,
but
again
it's
a
savings
account
that
we
depend
to
to
pay
for
equipment.
Replacements
got.
X
D
B
G
D
D
Y
Dr.
von
Karman
communication
director,
the
digital
content
tool,
is
an
outsourced
vendor
provided
software
that
links
with
our
website.
We
used
to
have
mine
mixer
a
couple
years
ago
to
test
that
it
allows
us
to
put
projects
online,
get
feedback
input
from
the
community
as
a
second
way
to
engage
the
community,
and
so
we
are
currently
exploring
different
options
for
new
tools
for
2018.
If
this
would
pass
okay.
G
A
A
The
dairy
executive
director
came
to
speak
to
me
about
two
and
a
half
weeks
ago,
with
a
request
for
additional
film
for
funding
of
$250,000
a
year
ongoing,
which
means
every
year
from
now
on,
when
I
spoke
with
him
I.
Let
him
know
that
we
actually
don't
have
that
kind
of
dollars
in
the
budget
and
I
tried
to
learn
more
about
their
situations.
A
What
probably
should
have
happened
as
they
plant
their
budget
forward,
is
that
they
should
have
viewed
the
CFD
funding
as
one-time
dollars
as
opposed
to
ongoing
dollars,
but
they
didn't-
and
so
now,
they're
coming
to
the
city,
to
request
that
the
city
covered
that
shortfall.
The
community
cultural
plan
that
we
adopted
in
2015
would
say
that
this
is
contrary
to
the
community
cultural
plan.
The
community
cultural
plan
says
that
the
way
that
we
should
be
supporting
nonprofits
is
through
competitive,
operational
grants
that
are
provided
to
a
variety
of
organizations.
A
If
we
were
to
provide
it
an
operational
grant
of
$250,000
on
going
to
the
dairy,
we
would
not
have
sufficient
funds
to
provide
it
to
a
variety
of
organizations.
We
already
do
support
the
dairy
in
a
number
of
ways.
First
of
all,
they
one
of
those
three-year
operational
grants
of
$50,000
a
year.
We
provide
under
our
lease
with
them
maintenance
for
major
operational
cherrim,
not
an
operational
maintenance
changes,
I
guess
at
the
dairy
to
the
tune
around
$60,000
a
year.
A
They
have
a
lease
for
one
dollar
a
year
when
the
fair
market
value
of
the
building
is
in
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars.
So
it
seems
to
me
they
were
already
supporting
them
sufficiently
and
on
top
of
all
of
this,
if
we
were
to
say
to
one
favorite
organization,
we're
gonna
supply
you
with
operational
funding
from
now
to
eternity,
I
think
we'd
have
a
line
out
the
door
of
nonprofits.
That
would
want
us
to
do
the
same
for
them.
So
the
precedent
value
of
this
is
is
unfortunate
and
difficult.
G
Okay,
well
then,
I'll
just
say:
wait,
I'll,
move
on
to
a
couple
of
comments.
I
just
I'll
just
say:
I-
think
the
budgets
in
great
shape
Thanks
to
everyone
for
extraordinary
work
in
so
many
ways
and
I
think
the
the
new
initiatives
that
the
city
is
proposing
I
think
are
generally
really
on
track
and
I
really
appreciate
a
lot
of
what
you
all
are
focusing
on.
G
I
won't
talk
for
a
long
time
about
this,
but
I'll
just
say
to
highlight
one:
the
additional
human
services
funding
I
think
something
that
I've
I'm,
a
big
supporter
of
and
I
think
is
really
important
for
the
community.
I
think
it
supports
our
community
values
and
will
help
a
lot
of
people
in
need.
So
thank
you
for
that
focus
in
this
budget
year
and
there
are
lots
of
other
great
things.
G
I
won't
go
into
them,
so
the
one
the
one
thing
that
I
would
like
to
look
at
investigating
a
change
too,
would
be
the
arts
funding.
That
I
was
asking
about
earlier.
I
understand
that
that
the
reduction
is
in
one-time
amounts
that
the
ongoing
support
for
our
grants.
Is
you
going
up
a
little
bit,
which
is
great
but
that
the?
But
still
since
the
one-time
funding
proposed
for
2018
is
substantially
less
than
the
one-time
funding
for
2017?
It
would
result
in
a
substantial
decrease
in
the
overall
funding
for
the
Arts
in
2018.
G
So
I
would
like
to
see
those
the
art
funding
stay
at
least
static
in
2018
from
2017,
maybe
not
including
the
one-time
Civic
area
arts
grant
set.
So
it
was
a
special
thing,
but
taking
that
out,
seeing
if
we
can
find
the
funding
to
to
make
at
least
those
arts
grants
static
and
then
I
will
just
say
James
about
your
very
clear
recommendation
on
the
Dairy
Center
I'm,
the
I'm,
the
city
council
representative
on
the
dairy
board,
I
understand
a
lot
of
the
concerns
that
you're
raising
there.
G
The
one
thing
I
do
want
to
highlight
about
the
value
their
request
is.
Their
function
is
a
Community
Arts
Center
that
provides
under
cost
space
for
community
performing
organizations
and
in
office
space
for
community
arts
organizations
of
different
kinds.
So
I
think
that
without
some
some
additional
city
support,
they
will
provide
less
of
that
function.
G
That
they'll
have
to
go
to
more
of
a
cost
model
in
the
rental
space
that
they
provide,
for
performances
and
for
office,
space
and
I
think
that's
a
kind
of
a
special
case
that
I
think
we
could
potentially
use
to
support
that.
So
that's
something
I'd
like
to
see
us
consider
as
we
work
through
the
budget
process
and
that's
it
so.
B
A
So
truthfully
I'd
like
to
know
if,
on
this
particular
item,
the
council
agrees
because
that
changes
the
way
that
we
look
at
how
we
bring
forward
first
reading,
but
I
don't
want
you
to
have
to
don't
do
anything
like
that,
some,
if
you
can
maybe
have
a
flavor
of
it,
that
would
help
me
understand
what
to
do
for
first
reading.
That
would
be
great.
G
B
D
But
it
is
contrary
to
the
culture
that
we're
trying
to
create
moving
forward
in
terms
of
making
sure
that
we
hear
all
the
voices
and
that
everyone
is
considered
in
fairly.
So
I
would
love
to
be
able
to
do
that
and
to
change
the
the
budget.
But
but
there's
a
culture
shift
that
we're
trying
to
create
here
with
in
terms
of
how
we
do
our
public
participation.
R
So
they
made
the
conscious
effort
to
move
those
to
the
competitive
grants
process
and
in
this
first
three-year
cycle
of
grants,
funding.
They
did
grandfather
both
organizations
in
so
they
weren't
competitive
in
this
initial
round
in
order
to
transition
them
into
being
competitive
for
the
2019
general
in
his
veins.
Thank.
M
To
speak
in
favor
of
two
things:
the
arts
funding,
but
also
the
Human
Services
funding
that
was
originally
proposed.
I
mean
I,
think
they're,
both
relatively
small
budget
items
when
I
look
at
just
the
general
fund.
They're
about
point
three
percent
point:
three:
five
percent
of
the
general
fund,
so
not
even
talking
about
moving
a
percent
around
within
the
budget
and
so
for
me,
I,
very
interested
in
seeing
if
we
can
get
those
numbers
and
levels
up
just
a
little
bit.
I
don't
feel
qualified
to
weigh
in
on
the
process.
M
Questions
raised
by
the
arts
I'm
pretty
uncomfortable,
with
changing
a
budget
to
direct
funding
to
a
particular
community
organization.
I
really
liked
get
through
when
hearts
our
organization,
which
allocates
the
money
based
on
criteria.
So
maybe
some
of
this
additional
money
would
be
available
more
for
that.
But
I
would
like
to
support
additional
money
in
the
budget
for
both
arts
and
the
Human
Services
back
to
where
you
originally
had
hoped
to
get
didn't
you.
B
M
N
Think
it's
important
for
us
to
stay
in
process
and
we've
probably
talked
about
it
all
the
time,
but
I,
don't
I,
don't
support
Erin
the
that's
one
off
opportunity
for
all
the
reasons
that
Jane
and
others
have
said,
I
agree
with
Stan
completely
that
if
I
were
to
make
to
chip
I,
think
it's
a
great
budget
by
the
way
I've
been
a
fantastic
job,
guys
I'm
for
everybody
in
the
room.
Thank
you
very
much
are
the
only
two
things
I
would
change
where
the
same
the
same
and
I
would
put
them
in
order.
Human
Services.
O
O
The
Arts
Commission
should
weigh
in
on
this,
but
in
terms
of
extra
money
you
know,
that's
that's
a
tough
one
and
and
an
Aaron
Burr
I
disagree
with
you
and
I
think
I
think
you'd
be
setting
another
bad
precedent
is
taking
one-time
money
in
a
year.
Oh,
we
had
some
one-time
money
and
then
being
annoyed
that
we're
not
continuing.
It
is
ongoing
money.
If
we
start
doing
that,
we're
gonna
be
in
deep
trouble.
O
When
somebody
gets
one-time
money
that's
great
and
they
should
treat
it
as
one-time
money
and
sometimes
we
have
more
revenues
than
we
expect,
and
it's
wonderful
that
we
can
do
that.
But
to
then
look
at
the
previous
year
and
say
well,
we
had
four
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
one-time
money
and
now
we're
knocking
it
down
because
we
have
a
tougher
revenue
year.
Yeah
I
have
a
real
problem
with
that
and
I
have
a
real
problem
with
the
concept
that
somehow
this
needs
to
be
ongoing
every
year.
O
No,
it
doesn't.
If
it's
one-time
money
and
at
some
point
the
city
will
really
have
a
tough
revenue
year,
that's
inevitable,
where
revenues
will
definitely
fall
and
you're
not
gonna,
have
any
of
that
one-time
money
and
I
think
you
just
need
to
make
sure
people
are
treating
it
that
way
and
I
think
that
was
one
of
the
mistakes.
The
dairy
made
and
I.
Think
that's
the
situation.
You
may
be
getting
yourself
into
an
arts
in
general.
Let's
remember:
arts
and
culture
have
gotten
very
significant.
O
Multi-Million
dollar
shares
of
the
last
capital
tax
and
also
this
capital
tax,
so
they're
not
exactly
being
underfunded
in
Boulder,
but
I
think
that's
something
to
be
looked
at
just
two
other
thoughts
and
human
service
is
I.
I
could
see
the
two
hundred
thousand
I
will
I
would
do
it
in
a
way
that
nobody
else
will
agree
would
I
would
think
the
two
hundred
thousand
from
the
homelessness
effort.
O
There's
a
lot
of
work.
That
needs
to
be
done
in
homelessness,
no
question
and
and
the
improvements
to
the
you
know
basically
tracking
people
and
getting
them
into
the
system
or
fabulous,
but
I.
Think
some
of
the
other
funding
is
not
what
we
really
should
be
going
so
I
think
we
have
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
just
need
to
change
or
we
spend
it,
and
the
last
thought
is
on
gee
if
the
capital
tax
passes,
which
would
probably
will
now
all
of
a
sudden.
O
It
has
been
a
long
time
coming
for
us
to
finally
get
a
capital
wine
item
in
the
general
fund
that
if
you
look
go
back
and
look
at
the
pages
and
pages
and
pages
of
capital
items
that
we
don't
fund
in
this
city,
any
of
them
pretty
important.
Many
of
them
dealing
with
backlogs
of
maintenance
I
think
it's
absolutely
the
wrong
approach
to
say:
well,
okay,
having
now
finally
put
something
in
the
budget
for
that
now,
that's
a
great
place
to
start
taking
money
out
of
anytime.
O
We
need
any
money
for
anything
because
who
cares
right?
I!
Think
that's
a
huge
mistake!
If
you
really
want
to
find
the
money
you
should
find
it
somewhere
else,
even
if
it
might
hurt
something
instead
of
taking
it
from
the
capital
budget.
I
I
mean
if
anything
the
general
fund
capital
budget
should
be
higher.
O
But
I
agree
with
that
with
my
colleagues
on
it's
a
really
good
budget,
you
know,
is
every
penny
exactly
in
the
right
place.
Look
it's
hard
to
know,
but
in
terms
of
funding,
first
of
all
the
things
we
need
to
fund
as
a
city
and,
secondly,
being
true
Dora
master
plans
and
our
goals.
Yeah
I,
think
it's
a
really
excellent
hudge
it
so
I
would
pretty
much
leave
it.
The
way
it
is,
some
tinkering
always
seems
to
happen,
but
I
haven't
seen
anything.
That's
compelling
enough
to
convince
me
to
do
that.
E
E
Open
space
I
didn't
hear
any
initiatives
to
take
money,
no
reduce
expenses
initiatives
in
the
business
world
we
often
went
through
the
process
called
stop
start
and
continue,
and
that's
the
process
where
you
really
look
at
what
you
are
doing,
what
every
team
is
doing?
What
are
we
gonna?
What
are
we
gonna
stop
doing?
What
are
we
continue
because
the
constituents
value
it
and
what
are
we
going
to
start
doing
and
I
feel
like?
We
start
a
lot
and
we
continue
a
lot.
E
We
never
stop
anything
and
I
think
that
stuff
to
us
in
terms
of
what
we
try
to
manage,
but
also
to
the
entire
team
and
I,
don't
think
it
serves
us
that
well,
I
really
think
we
should
start
thinking
about
what
are
some
things
that
are
not
valued
by
the
community
as
much
as
we
might
value
them
ourselves
and
and
let's
stop
those
so
I
think
it's
I,
think
it's
bad
governance
to
just
not
have
by
the
way
like
matt
says
we're
gonna
have
a
downturn.
We
should
be
preparing
for
that
downturn.
E
E
And
that's
kind
of
this
is
a
lot
of
people
on
fixed
income.
They
don't
have
money
and
I,
don't
think
we
show
them
respect.
If
we
don't
really
have
a
conversation
about
that.
Should
we
do
a
credit,
you
know.
Maybe
that's
a
conversation
we
should
have.
If
not,
what
are
we
gonna
do
with
that
money?
That
shows
respect
for
that
increase.
E
And
governments
as
well,
they
say
from
15
to
20
percent,
and
so
that's
what
I'm
talking
about
if
we
want
to
fund
the
human
services
or
we
want
to
fund
the
arts,
let's
go
find
the
money
and
I
think
we
can
do
it
through
efficiency,
and
that's
one
I'd
really
like
us
to
look
at
rather
than
doing
a
little
pilot
around
printer
services.
Let's,
let's
really
look
at,
can
we
centralize,
purchasing
and
I
know
that
this?
E
E
I
see
particularly
a
city,
manager's
office
increasing
and
staff,
and
I've
asked
for
this
before
our
people
don't
think
we
have
good
governance,
they
rate
us
I,
don't
remember
46
or
48
percent,
which
is
not
really
great
and
I've
asked
for
an
ombudsman
before
someone
who
can
represent
the
citizens
to
the
staff
and
help
the
council
deal
with
particular
issues.
An
example
of
that
was
a
water
main
break.
There's
an
example
going
on
right
now
with
road
construction
of
iris.
E
You
know
these
poor
people
just
banging
their
head
up
against
against
the
wall,
so
we
need
something
that
some
process,
some
people
who
can
help
council,
because
we're
supposed
to
be
responsible
to
our
citizens
and
I
struggle,
sometimes
in
trying
to
follow
up
with
them
and
show
them
that
we
are
listening
and
we
are
acting
on
what
the
feedback
they're
giving
us.
So
I'm
really
gonna.
Ask
again:
can
we
not
find
room
in
the
budget
for
an
ombudsman,
someone
who
can
help
council
represent
the
needs
of
our
community
and
work
problems
through
the
process?
D
Tough
act
to
follow
so
I
was
interested
in
I,
asked
the
questions
about
the
communications
and
the
allocation
for
tools,
because
I
was
interested
in
looking
at
the
new
tools
that
might
be
needed
to
carry
forward
the
public
participation
working
group
and
and
communicating
with
the
community
in
different
forms
that
they
they
may
be
evolving,
and
what
I'm
referring
to
is
using
texting
as
opposed
to
email
and
to
using
texting
as
another
form
to
communicate
with
folks.
So
I,
don't
know
what
that
would
cost
and
I
I
I
haven't
looked
at
it
but
I.
D
Don't
you
know
if
Communications
has
been
considering
that
if
that's
something
that
they
are
looking
at
sometime
in
the
future,
it
would
be
helpful
to
know
what
is
going
on
there
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
address
the
idea
of
Sam's
idea
of
increasing
the
arts
budget
just
a
little
bit
wherever
we
might
be
able
to
find
some
dollars
and
I
would
agree
with
that
and
then
finally,
I
just
wanted
to
respond
to
Jan.
That
I
think
that
the
city
does
have
Ombuds
people
there.
D
The
nine
council
members
sitting
here
and
that's
really
our
responsibility
to
be
the
the
the
folks
that
listen
to
the
public
and
and
then
talk
to
Jane
about
our
concerns.
So
I
don't
support
an
Ombuds
person,
because
I
think
we
have
nine
of
us
that
the
city
gets
for
under
eleven
thousand
dollars
a
year.
So.
K
Certainly
uncertain
is,
is
that
we
should
be
thinking
about
how
you
know
we
can
justify
to
the
citizens
something
concrete
about
what
we're
doing,
and
in
particular
and
I.
Think,
and
we've
heard
this
from
the
city
manager
for
years
and
it's
you
know,
we
have
the
shiny
metal
objects
that
we
focus
on,
which
are
great,
I
mean
you
know,
art
is
one
of
them,
but
we
do
have
some
really
fundamental
I
mean
the
purpose
of
city
government.
K
Is
you
know
fire
police
safety
we've
gotten
a
number
of
emails
lately
about
citizens
being
concerned
about
various
safety
issues
and
whatnot
and
I
want
to
make
sure
the
citizens
of
Boulder
feel
safe.
I
mean
that's,
that's
just
that's
the
number
one
function
of
government,
and
so
things
like
that.
So
again,
it's
I
was
and
am
comfortable
with
the
budget,
but
I
think
she
makes
some
great
points
and
I
think
we
should
reflect
on
that
a
little
bit
as
we
come
up
to
first
reading.
So.
G
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
support
the
approach
to
human
services
and
arts
funding
that
Sam
and
Bob
were
proposing
I'd
be
interested
in
that.
Obviously
we
have
two
public
hearings
on
the
budgets:
it's
not
like
we're
making
final
decisions
tonight,
but
I'll
just
I'll
throw
that
out
there.
The
one
of
the
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
was
to
conceivably
look
at
the
public
participation
area.
I
really
appreciate
a
the
focus
on
that
as
one
of
the
new
things
we're
working
on
I'm,
not
sure
that
we
need
two
additional
positions
for
that.
G
B
You
guys
mentioned
of
the
two
I'll
say
the
human
safety
net,
given
where
we're
at
in
these
economic
times,
and
the
fact
that
people
are
struggling
I
would
lean
towards
that
as
much
as
I
love
the
arts,
I
guess,
the
other
thing
I
would
say.
Is
the
county
responded
to
I
guess
Mary
Mary
had
a
question
about
property
taxes
and
the
county
wrote
back
to
her
I
want
in
that
email.
It
talked
about.
B
There
is
a
homestead
exemption
program,
but
it's
to
give
seniors
in
particular
relief
from
property
taxes,
but
that
it's
severe
severely
curtailed
by
the
state
legislature.
So
I
just
wanted
to
throw
that
out
as
something
and
I
know
just
enough
to
be
dangerous,
but
it
seems
to
me
that
might
be
something
they
want
to
explore.
B
It's
part
of
our
legislative
agenda.
If
we
want
to
see
that
as
a
tool
going
forward,
because
our
property
taxes
are
doing
nothing
but
going
up,
and
so
this
isn't
a
problem,
that's
gonna
go
away.
So
we
may
want
to
look
at
helping
to
reform
that
program
to
be
more
useful
as
we
move
forward
so
that
that's
could.
D
I
just
be
that
that
email
that
you
referring
to
was
actually
really
really
good
in
terms
of
explaining
how
property
taxes
work
and
how
unfortunate
it
is
that
we
can
actually
do
very
very
little
in
terms
of
providing
tax
relief.
The
the
net
effect
would
be
very
little
and,
and-
and
you
know
to
John's
points-
I
think
we
should
look
and
see,
and
and
just
do
the
analysis
to
see
what
that
would
take
it.
D
Maybe
that's
something:
you'd
come
back
with
and
just
say
if
we
were
to
not
spend
the
five
million
dollars
home
from
property
taxes.
What
would
that
mean
in
terms
of
tax
relief
were
something
like
that
just
because
it
is
so
so
minor,
but
what
I
would
like
to
do
is
post
that
email
to
the
hotline,
so
that
other
folks
get
to
get
the
benefit
of
that
explanation.
That
was
I
thought
very
good
and
very
clear.
Like.
N
A
pile
on
that
XANA
to
two
things
on
the
on
that
I,
fully
support
I'm
bringing
up
in
our
legislative
agenda
of
a
much
broader
exemption
for
seniors
I,
actually
did
a
little
bit
of
a
survey
and
that's
a
few
months
ago
and
Colorado
really
legs
from
most
states
and
that
most
states
or
mini
stays.
I
should
say,
have
much
more
aggressive
senior
exemptions
and
we
do
some
somewhere
along
the
lines.
I
think
we
just
stopped,
we
just
fell
behind
and,
and
so
I
think.
That's
that's
something
that
we
can
lead
on.
N
The
second
is
is
also
participation,
levels
or
participation
levels
or
not
as
high
as
they
should,
but
you
would
think
that
100%
of
the
people
who
could
avail
themselves
to
this
would-
and
they
don't
and
so
I
think
that's
something
we
can
do
here
very
very
much
locally
is,
is
educate
our
seniors,
who
live
in
our
community
of
the
availability
of
this,
and
this
is
maybe
something
that
a
staff
can
help
us
with.
Maybe
we
can
put
together
an
edge
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
people
know
how
to
do
that,
how
to
it's?
N
B
And
again,
I
would
like
to
understand
more
about
that
tool.
I
mean
how
much
relief
it
could
provide
to
people
on
fixing
incomes.
So
I
think.
Maybe
you
have
one
more
request,
but
I
guess
I
would
just
say
that
it
I
think
we're
90
95
98
percent,
where
we
need
to
be
and
we'll
have
more
to
talk
about
as
we
go
to
first
reading
and
I
guess:
I
wouldn't
encourage
all
of
us
to
if
we
have
additional
thoughts
to
put
them
out
early,
don't
do
it
the
night
before.
Thank
you.
B
M
Chance
to
say
thanks
hard
work
in
the
budget.
I
did
something
about
that.
So
thank
you.
One
thing
I
would
be
interested
in
seeing
is
we
hear
a
refrain
that
the
city
does
not
concentrate
enough
on
core
city
services,
but
I
look
down
the
headcount
and
look
at
what
most
of
the
headcount
is
in
and
it
looks
like
core
city
services
to
me.
M
So
I
was
wondering
if
we
could
maybe
have
some
kind
of
summary
of
what
our
administrative
overhead
is
versus
the
people
who
are
out
doing
the
work
in
the
departments,
but
there's
a
lot
of
people
in
departments
like
Oh,
Public,
Works,
333
people.
You
know
I
bet
many
of
those
are
out
doing
things
in
the
public
and
those
who
aren't
or
planning
or
coordinating
those
folks.
So
anyhow,
a
summary
of
Jayne.
M
What
you
considered
core
services
that
cities
need
to
do
and
how
many
head
count
we
have
there
and
then
what
fraction
of
that
head
count
is
administrative
would
give
us
some
quantitative
starting
point
for
a
discussion
like
that:
I
quickly,
tated
up
something
like
1,100
people
and
what
I
would
consider
core
services
out
of
the
14.
So
I
think
we
should
at
least
explain
publicly
what
we
are
doing
and
around
what
I
consider
to
be
core
city
services
and.
D
Just
to
add
to
that
a
little
bit
is
the
the
city
does
have
an
app
that
has
the
the
pothole
fixing
report
and
I
believe
the
policy
is
to
fix
any
reported
pothole
within
24
24
hours.
So
I
think
we
also,
you
know
to
Sam's
point
need
to
make
that
more
public
so
that
people
are
aware
that
all
they
have
to
do
is
report
a
pothole
and
it
gets
fixed
within
24
hours.
So
I
think
that
would
be
helpful.
I
think
the.
L
That's
correct
just
called
the
balancing
act
and
it's
the
interactive
tool
that
provides
you
what
our
total
proposed
city
budget
is,
and
you
can
try
to
balance
it
using
different
varieties.
Increasing
fees,
reallocating
the
budget
to
where
the
citizen
or
Constantia
would
like
to
see
it,
and
then
we
also
received
feedback
and
analytics
on
kind
of
where
that
those
priorities
might
be,
and
it
came
out
last
year.
So
this
is
the
second
year
we're
using
it.
We
also
have
in
Spanish
that's
taking
a
little
bit
more
time.