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From YouTube: Inside Boulder News - October 18, 2013
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This week on Inside Boulder News: The city honors a park activist and community leader; council approves 2014 spending plan; University Hill business owners weigh in on proposed land use changes; and OSMP reaffirms its commitment to re-opening flood-damaged trails and climbing areas.
A
Welcome
to
inside
Boulder
news,
I'm
Mike,
banuelos,
Emma
Gomez
Martinez
worked
tirelessly
for
years
to
convert
two
acres
of
land
at
2035
Canyon
Boulevard
into
a
park
for
the
community
to
enjoy
now
that
same
park
bears
her
name.
The
city,
officials
and
members
of
the
public
gathered
to
honor
miss
Martinez
at
a
rededication
ceremony
on
October
twelfth
humility.
C
B
The
many
years
so
I
would
keep
fighting
everyone,
so
they
wouldn't
sell
it
or
at
least
keep
it
for
the
children
in
the
neighborhood
and
and
we
did
and
it
took
us
a
while
to
get
it
done,
but
with
the
city's
help
with
your
week,
managed
to
get
make
this
a
park
and
it's
turned
out
to
be
a
beautiful
park.
Her.
C
D
The
fact
that
people
are
here
today
represents
they're
not
only
their
their
faith
in
what
can
happen
when
someone
person
puts
their
mind
to
it
and
becomes
active
in
a
community,
but
I
think
it
also
speaks
to
the
fact
that
it
is
still
loved
by
the
community,
and
we
see
so
many
people
that
have
turned
out
to
support
and
recognize
those
efforts
and
those
efforts
continue
today.
Obviously,
that's.
B
A
To
her
contribution
in
establishing
the
park,
miss
Martinez
also
served
on
numerous
boards
and
commissions
for
the
city
and
Boulder
County
city
council
approved
the
city.
Manager's
recommended
2014
budget
on
Tuesday
after
directing
staff
to
reallocate
a
total
of
about
a
hundred
and
sixty-five
thousand
dollars
council's
direction
will
not
change
the
budgets
bottom
line.
The
funds
will
be
shifted
to
support
Human
Services
and
increase
the
hours
for
a
proposed
North
Boulder
library
station
from
20
hours
to
40
hours
a
week.
A
The
overall
operating
budget
is
290,
6.5
million
priorities
include
addressing
police
and
fire
staffing
needs,
as
well
as
the
purchase
of
safety
equipment,
the
creation
of
a
North
Boulder
library
station
and
increasing
the
city's
operating
reserves
for
emergencies.
The
budget
represents
a
5.8
increase
as
compared
to
2013
proposed
changes
to
land
use
and
zoning
related
to
liquor
establishments
near
the
Cu
campus
led
to
a
lively
discussion.
A
council.
This
week
inside
Boulder
News,
spoke
with
city,
planner,
Carl
Guyler
about
the
possible
changes
and
the
reasons
behind
them.
E
City
of
Boulder
actually
has
pretty
comprehensive
regulations
for
those
establishments
and
it's
not
a
process.
That's
broken.
The
city
of
Boulder
basically
couples
restaurants,
taverns
and
brewpubs.
Together
it
regulates
them
uniformly.
We
found
that
in
other
jurisdictions.
That's
not
necessarily
the
case.
They
have
more
broad
definitions
for
such
establishments.
We
felt
it
would
be
an
improvement
to
the
code
to
just
write
up
new
definitions
for
different
types
of
hospitality
establishments.
E
So
we
linked
land
use
definitions
to
liquor,
license
types,
so
zoning
can't
regulate
the
pouring
of
alcohol
specifically,
but
we
can
link
it
to
liquor,
license
types
to
anticipate
impacts.
We
have
minimum
food
percentages
proposed
for
neighborhood
pub
or
bistro.
So
there's
a
40-percent
food
requirement.
A
standard
restaurant
would
be
a
50-percent
food
requirement,
so
we've
gotten
these
ideas
from
other
communities.
Other
communities,
particularly
in
California
and
Tempe
Arizona,
linked
to
food
percentages,
to
kind
of
differentiate
between
the
uses
and
we
took
it
to
Planning
Board.
They
agreed
with
that.
A
Council
heard
from
some
residents
who
support
the
new
land
use
regulations.
Several
business
owners
expressed
concerns
that
the
changes
would
deter
future
economic
development
on
the
hill
a
little
more
than
a
month
after
the
floods.
Volunteers
are
helping
OSP
bring
it's
heavily
damaged,
trail
system
back
online,
with
the
completion
of
a
project
on
October
19th,
more
than
half
of
the
system
will
be
reopened
by
the
end
of
the
year.
The
department
expects
to
have
reopened
about
eighty
percent
of
the
system,
as
restoration
efforts
continue.
Providing
increased
access
for
all
users
is
a
priority.
F
We
have
about
forty-eight
percent
of
the
trails
open
today
we're
shooting
for
that
fifty
percent
to
happen
sometime
this
weekend.
What
our
trail
crews
have
been
doing
for
the
most
part
is
going
out
and
dealing
with
the
worst
of
the
damage
filling
in
things
that
would
prevent
people
from
actually
hiking
on
the
trail.
We
understand
that
a
lot
of
people
can
hike
and
will
hike
whether
there's
rocks
or
gullies,
and
that
sort
of
thing
we
allow
them
to
do
that.
F
So
our
criteria
really
have
been,
can
can
you
hike
on
the
trail
and
in
and
not
expecting
rock
to
come
rolling
down
on
you
or
a
tree
to
fall?
If
it
meets
those
criteria,
then
we
want
to
open
them
now.
We've
had
to
keep
some
of
them
closed.
Some
trails
closed
because
we
quite
honestly
don't
have
access.
There
are
some
trails
up
off
a
Flagstaff
and
we're
cooperating
with
the
county
where
they
just
want
the
residents
of
going
on
flagstaff
road
trail
project
takes
a
lot
of
time
to
design
correctly.
F
It's
got
to
fit
in
the
the
not
only
within
that
trail,
but
it
also
has
to
fill
within
the
environment,
and
we
have
some
huge
landslides
that
it's
not
just
a
matter
of
going
out
and
scratching.
In
another
trail,
we
may
have
to
put
it
in
a
bridge
there
and,
and
that
quite
honestly,
is
probably
not
a
volunteer
project.
We've
had
fifteen
or
sixteen
projects
to
date
used
almost
300
volunteers
about
1,300
volunteer
hours
to
date,
Oh.
A
Smp
is
also
partnering
with
climbing
and
rescue
organizations
to
assess
damage
in
the
areas
that
are
popular
two
climbers
to
help
the
public
learn
more
about
OS
mp's
flooding,
recovery
efforts,
the
Department
will
host
an
open
house
on
Monday
October
21st,
a
complete
list
of
closures.
40
s
MP
is
available
on
the
department's
website.
Residents
and
landlords
in
both
the
city
and
county
are
also
in
the
process
of
flood
repair
work
and
for
many
the
process
can
be
confusing.
Energy.
G
With
with
the
flood
side
of
things,
amounts
definitely
furnaces
and
water
heaters,
which
were
usually
located
in
crawl
spaces
or
basements
which
got
flooded,
and
then
you
know
without
heat
to
your
home.
That's
that's.
Definitely
a
high
priority.
This
time
of
year,
I'd,
say
aside
from
flood
related
issues.
Insulation
is
a
lot
of
what
we
deal
with,
usually
that's
the
most
bang
for
your
buck,
so
but
that's
that's
kind
of
taking
a
back
seat
to
topping
people
with
with
mechanical
equipment.
Anytime.
Somebody
comes
to
the
program
looking
for
help
with
any
type
of
efficiency
upgrade.
G
We
have
a
pool
of
contractors
that
we
manage
that
do
a
really
quality
work
we
can
help.
Put
you
in
touch,
you
can
help
collect
bids
will
help
you
compare
those
estimates
and
we'll
let
you
know
exactly
what
they
would
qualify
for
in
the
way
of
rebates
and
then,
if
you
do
end
up
doing
work,
whether
or
not
it's
with
one
of
our
contractors
we're
going
to
work
with
you
to
the
very
end
to
make
sure
that
you
get
all
the
rebates
that
you
qualify
for
energy.
A
Smart
is
available
to
all
homes
and
businesses
in
Boulder
County
contact
an
advisor
to
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