City of Boulder, CO Inside Boulder News, 23 Feb 2018

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This week on Inside Boulder News: 2018 Mayors Challenge, Assault Weapon Ban Request, and The Polar Plunge

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This week on inside border news out of more than 300 cities, nationwide builders named finalists of this prestigious competition. After recent events, the city of Boulder considers a ban on this, and are you ready to take the plunge? The annual Polar Plunge is right around the corner.

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Welcome to inside Boulder news your source for all things: Boulder I'm, Jocelyn, Evan Daniel in wake of the school shooting in parkland Florida elected city officials are considering banning assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and bump stocks. Leading to this week's council meeting council asked city staff to explore options to move forward with a proposed ban for Boulder City Council. It was time to start the conversation on assault weapons. This.

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Is more about keeping tools of destruction of life destruction out of the hands of people who are going to use them against other people and the tragedies enough? That I think we have to move forward on this and look at it? Nothing.

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Is presupposed to your other than we feel like need to be a part of this national conference? Conversation momentum about taking action to protect children in particular, it.

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Was an idea brought up by councilmember Joe chrono.

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Wanted to do for a long time. I see this really as the majority of council bringing this forward to the community, not just myself of.

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People interested in doing a knot of five on this was.

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An out of five council instructed the city attorney and staff to explore different options on how a possible weapon policy might look. The information will be introduced at a special meeting in an undetermined date in April I. Think.

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If we frame it in an objective, dispassionate, balanced sort of way and make it clear that we're not attacking gun owners and we're not attacking their right to own guns, I think we can cool the conversation to.

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Take a look at this and all other council meetings in for please visit the Boulder Journal eight. huh This week, Boulder was named finalists in the 2018 us mayor challenge: a nationwide competition that encourages city leaders to uncover both inventive ideas that tackle some of the hardest problems. Cities face over 300 cities, nationwide applied and only 35 were named finalists being a finalist Boulder.

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Now advances to the next phase of the competition a six-month period where they will test, learn and adapt idea with up to $100,000 in grant money both are proposes to combat an adapted climate change by coming up with different tools to increase mobility through electric and shared vehicles with builders, low-income residents, one.

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Of the things that I think differentiated, our application was that we spent a lot of time with community members understanding sort of the specific constraints of why they hadn't used electric vehicles or what they could use them for, and we're really excited to continue to explore that kind of thing. Co-Create, with with community members, the.

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City will pilot their ideas throughout the summer. In August they will reapply for a final grant, which will be awarded in October of 2018. One lucky city will receive the grand prize of five million dollars to bring their idea to life.

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Have you signed up yet it's not too late to take the Polar Plunge dozens will jump into freezing waters to make a difference in the lives of Colorado's Special Olympic athletes, the Polar Plunge fundraising, event has been held at the boulder reservoir for the past eight years, and those jumping in the cold waters are freezin for a reason. The money collected will go to Colorado Special Olympics, as well as boulders parks and recreations expand program with last year's fundraiser. The expand program was able to buy ski helmets and other equipment for their athletes. The.

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Special Olympics is hoping to raise $50,000 through this event and they're almost halfway there. So they would appreciate any support that we could get and expands goal is now six thousand dollars and we are only around five hundred dollars short, so we're almost there to register.

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Online please visit Special Olympics co.org. The event is Saturday March 3rd at the Boulder rez on site registration begins at 11 a.m. and the plunging Start at one o'clock. If you would like to donate head on over to the website on your screen each year, the city gives rebates to residents with lower incomes to help with the sales tax on purchased food. If you think you may qualify for help, there is an application that you can fill out and turn in the application process begins.

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March 1st these forms must be postmarked by June 29th of 2018. If your plat last year, you will automatically get your application in the mail to get a refund, you must meet the financial guidelines, be a boulder resident for all of 2017, be age 62 or over during 2017, a person with a disability or a family with children under 18 years old for more information visit, the city's food tax rebate, page on the city's website, or call a program administrator at the number on your screen.

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You can pick up form starting March 1st at the West boulders in your Center. Thank you. So much for joining us on this week's edition of inside builder news. If you have pictures news tips or events, you like to see featured we'd love to hear from you connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also sign up through si. Video updates right in your inbox. Just go to Boulder channel at home, and click on subscribe have a good week.