Relevant Information
Density, Housing and Growth
Message on Council negating city-wide vote on increased density in neighborhoods (Emily Reynolds) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lIcGPVAYtso-QlUx0x4JsHBQMFBcXfD0/view?usp=share_link
Is this the end of Boulder as we know it? Relevant opinion piece from 2017. (Steve Pomerance) https://www.stevepomerance.com/2017/03/opinion-is-this-end-of-boulder-as-we.html
Why increasing occupancy limits won’t lower rents in Boulder (Emily Reynolds)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDi9Vyy_EBs_QmmkcuKhxBItsPpATo9n/view?usp=share_link (non-subscriber)
https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/04/11/guest-opinion-emily-reynolds-increasing-occupancy-limits-in-boulder-wont-lower-rent/
Boulder is only municipality in state to vote to cede housing zoning to the state
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aG6jdrGcrpkxtv5k9cG5NhpKhGfKQAWR/view?usp=share_link (non-subscriber)
https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/07/14/how-slow-growth-boulder-got-behind-colorados-land-use-bill/?share=w0ooana1ppe0ldpr3ghb (subscription link)
Boulder City Council destroys NoBo light industry, displacing small businesses for more housing
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/daily-camera-boulder/20230714/281487870820226
Boulder County explains ‘coordinated entry’ to address homelessness
https://bouldercounty.gov/departments/community-services/homeless/
ChatGPT explanation of Boulder’s ‘inelastic market’ and its relationship to affordability
https://chat.openai.com/share/60285635-fe38-4175-bcf8-e1ef1c271ef8
Health benefits of green spaces
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/living-near-green-spaces-could-add-25-years-to-your-life-new-research-finds/ar-AA1daGO8
Council member Yates on his vote on Occupancy limits https://mcusercontent.com/eaad53fe6e110e588b2338560/files/5514e2c6-3a79-20f5-1abb-77d5722025c8/WWITJuly2023.pdf
Rezoning Boulder
https://bouldercolorado.gov/projects/zoning-affordable-housing
Inclusionary Housing
https://bouldercolorado.gov/services/inclusionary-housing
City of Boulder Comprehensive Plan
https://bouldercolorado.gov/projects/boulder-valley-comprehensive-plan
Safety and Crime
Los Angeles is the topic of this informative piece, helping us better understand what we see in Boulder
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/09/12/why-california-keeps-making-homelessness-worse/?sh=392651055a61
ChatGPT response to the question ‘Is lack of affordable housing the primary cause of homelessness’?
https://chat.openai.com/share/1f6a0d91-ae03-4d99-b439-44ceb04ce652
e-Bike Safety
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/well/move/e-bike-safety-exercise.html
Boulder main library meth contamination makes national news / Local public housing meth contamination
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/01/us/boulder-colorado-meth-library-closure-trnd/index.html
https://www.dailycamera.com/2019/07/25/boulder-public-housing-units-test-positive-for-meth-contamination-as-drug-continues-resurgence/
Boulder Police Oversight Panel (POP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWskKSBNQpM&t=4276s
https://boulderreportinglab.org/2023/05/04/boulder-city-council-removes-police-oversight-panel-member-prompting-threat-of-legal-action/
https://boulderreportinglab.org/2023/05/05/boulders-police-oversight-panel-will-consider-suspending-its-work-following-removal-its-member/
https://boulderreportinglab.org/2023/05/12/boulders-police-oversight-panel-halts-work-after-members-removal-by-city-council/
https://mcusercontent.com/eaad53fe6e110e588b2338560/files/1f33c00c-1d34-7487-c85e-5c2fba60b4bb/July2023.pdf
Environment
Boulder Creek Contamination
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K5zC-lBq_chsCUi5JBfnOROpRDW-DPEp/view?usp=share_link
https://boulderweekly.com/news/troubled-waters-2-boulder-creek/
Electric Bikes on Open Space Trails
https://boulderreportinglab.org/2023/05/31/boulder-poised-to-allow-electric-bikes-on-certain-open-space-trails/
Open Space and Mountain Parks Plans and Reports
https://bouldercolorado.gov/osmp-plans-and-reports
Open Space Charter
https://bouldercolorado.gov/projects/boulder-city-charter-and-open-space
CU South
https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/09/14/opinion-peter-mayer-fear-and-greenwashing-at-cu-south/
https://boulderweekly.com/news/the-controversy-surrounding-cu-south-explained/
https://www.stevepomerance.com/2022/09/opinion-amid-cu-south-misinformation.html
https://www.stevepomerance.com/2022/08/opinion-cu-south-flood-plan-is-full-of.html
https://www.stevepomerance.com/2022/08/opinion-title-setting-for-cu-south.html
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xmjmpFcsRzsilhdNe5bQTiHfCAvUKUu-/view
Government
Boulder City Government
https://bouldercolorado.gov/govern
Boulder City Government - 7/15/23 Daily Camera: possibility that COUNCIL may DONATE our beautiful (and paid-for) library buildings to the new ‘library district’
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=8f293bc9-a8d7-476c-ad0f-4c87ac45958c&appcode=DAI986&eguid=bd4a19e0-8bd8-44d8-a082-ca17a0dfb41e&pnum=3#
City of Boulder Budget Information
https://bouldercolorado.gov/services/budget
Opinion
https://www.stevepomerance.com/2023/07/opinion-boulders-next-mayor-will-have.html
https://www.stevepomerance.com/2023/06/opinion-listening-to-citizens-is-more.html
https://www.stevepomerance.com/2023/05/opinion-before-we-pay-them-more-lets.html
