2026-05-21 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes (approved July 23, 2026). No video is posted, so there is no transcript or timing.

Mayor Brockett called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers; all nine members present (Kaplan attended virtually). Adjourned 8:36 p.m.
Open comment ran 5:30 to 6:24 p.m. with 22 listings, dominated by mobile home park residents, the airport and FAA funds, and tips; recess, then business at 6:30 p.m.
Consent agenda (convert June 4 to a special meeting for the joint Comprehensive Plan hearing; Ordinance 8745 land use code corrections, third reading) approved 9:0; the minutes also record a nay by Wallach on Ordinance 8745.
Ordinance 8750 (2026 Adjustment to Base Budget 1) adopted 9:0 after a public hearing.
City Attorney Teresa Taylor Tate led a discussion on clearer criteria for study session straw polls and relitigation; no motion recorded.
Call-up check-in: no action on the 777 Broadway site review (63 units, 81,647 square feet, LUR2025-00014) or the Landmarks Board's decision not to designate 990 Arapahoe Ave.

Topics: Mobile Home Park Resident Concerns (San Lazaro and Golden West), Boulder Airport Future (airport, FAA funds), Tipped Wage Offset (tips), Building Permit Process Complaints, plus Colorado independence and bigotry. See those pages for the speakers.

Ordinance 8745, third reading, on consent with item A; moved Speer, seconded Benjamin; "APPROVED 9:0" with "NAY on 3B: Wallach" noted (conflicting in the minutes).

Consent item A converted the June 4 regular meeting into a special meeting for the joint public hearing with Planning Board.

Ordinance 8750 adopted 9:0 (moved Winer, seconded Marquis); hearing 6:53 to 6:57 p.m.