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From YouTube: Inside Boulder News - May 5, 2023
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This week on Inside Boulder News: Climate Lawsuit, Vision Zero Action Plan Update and BPR Summer Services
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Welcome
to
inside
Boulder
news
your
source
for
all
things:
Boulder
I'm,
Jocelyn,
Evan
Daniel
in
2018,
the
city
of
Boulder,
joined
the
Boulder
and
San
Miguel
counties
in
a
joint
lawsuit
against
two
oil
companies
to
recover
climate
change
costs.
They
demanded
that
the
companies
pay
their
fair
share
of
the
cost
associated
with
climate
change
impacts.
Late
last
month,
the
U.S
Supreme
Court
denied
Exxon
Mobil
in
Sun
course
request
to
move
the
lawsuit
into
federal
court.
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B
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Colorado
communities
have
demanded
that
the
companies
pay
their
fair
share
of
the
costs
associated
with
climate
change
impacts.
In
the
past
there
have
been
similar
climate
lawsuits
made
in
coastal
areas
like
California
and
New
York
City.
This
lawsuit,
however,
is
the
first
made
by
a
city
in
a
landlocked
state
for.
B
A
Supreme
Court
also
rejected
petitions
in
four
similar
climate
cases,
where
the
fossil
fuel
companies
pressed
the
same
Arguments
for
federal
jurisdiction.
The
Supreme
Court
ruling
means
that,
after
five
years
of
fighting
over
Federal
vs
State
Court,
the
case
can
now
move
forward
to
trial
in
Colorado.
It's.
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Important
for
people
to
recognize
that
these
kind
of
cases
are
under
a
lot
of
scrutiny,
because
I
think
they're
perceived
as
trying
to
change
climate
policy
at
the
national
level
and
I
really
want
to
stress
the
fact
that
this
is
a
case
that
is
really
around
damages.
So
we
as
taxpayers
and
local
jurisdictions,
are
paying
for
the
impacts
of
climate
change.
Today,
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
to
pay,
and
so
what
we're
seeking
is
those
that
are
also
responsible,
meaning
the
fossil
fuel
companies
to
pay
their
fair
share.
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More
information
regarding
this
case
may
be
found
on
the
city's
website.
Every
three
years,
the
city
of
Boulder
releases,
the
safe
Street
report,
a
report
that
measures
traffic
crashes
and
identifies
Trends
to
improve
Transportation
safety.
After
this
valuation,
the
city
creates
a
vision,
zero
action
plan
to
address
the
issue
found
in
the
Safe
Streets
report.
We
spoke
to
Devon
Jocelyn
senior
civil
engineer
with
the
city
of
Boulder
to
learn
what
the
updated
Vision
zero
action
plan
includes.
The
vision,
zero
action
plan
is
a
list
of
actions
and
projects.
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C
C
Staff
is
getting
ready
to
implement
some
of
these
actions,
yet
this
year,
we're
going
to
focus
first
on
installing
some
additional
right
turn
on
red
signing
at
seven
intersection
approaches
we're
also
going
to
install
at
least
one
more
leading
pedestrian
interval
near
Boulder,
high
school
and
we'll
also
be
doing
some
trimming
of
trees
and
shrubs
to
improve
visibility
at
a
few
locations.
Some.
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Other
projects
include
updating
practices
on
how
the
city
determines
where
and
what
type
of
pedestrian
Crossing
treatments
are
installed.
Also
how
traffic
signals
are
operated
and
to
make
decisions
about
where
to
make
changes
to
left
turn
phasing
where
to
restrict
right,
turns
on
red
and
where
to
give
pedestrians
a
head
start.
The.
C
A
City
is
in
the
final
stages
of
the
vision,
zero
action
plan.
The
final
plan
will
be
posted
to
the
city's
websites
on
the
vision,
zero
action
plan
project
page
later
this
month
for
more
information.
Please
visit
the
website.
Seen
on
your
screen.
Boulder
has
been
working
through
the
winter
and
spring
Seasons
to
hire
enough
seasonal
staff
for
Peak
summer
fun.
Despite
the
Nationwide
labor
shortage,
it
is
expected
to
provide
most
Department
Services
at
the
highest
level,
since
2019.
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This
week
week,
the
Leisure
Pool
and
the
additional
features
are
set
to
open
this
Memorial
Day
some
services
that
were
paused
during
the
pandemic,
like
gymnastics
birthday
parties
and
golf
instruction,
are
now
being
offered
again.
Boulder
parks
and
rec
continues
to
look
for
more
staff
such
as
Camp,
counselors
and
lifeguards.
Anyone
interested
in
joining
BPR
can
find
open
positions
at
bprjobs.org.
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
on
this
week's
edition
of
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