Remarks by Aaron Brockett
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“We'll get to you. Great. Okay. So we've got a motion to amend on the table. It's been seconded. All in favor of the motion to amend, please raise your physical hand. We've got, that looks like eight. So that passes eight zero. So the motion has been amended with Tara's amendment. And so now we're back to the original motion as amended. Does anyone else want to speak to that before we vote on that motion? And Ryan, this would be your chance.”
“Thanks. I'll call on myself. I'm supporting this as well. This bond will is critically important for deeply valued community amenities with South Boulder rec center being right at the top of the list. And if we pass this bond we will be able to rebuild the South Boulder rec center with the amenities that people are expecting, and that's incredibly important. They're also very important for our first responders, the two fire stations that it would renovate or replace are in desperate need of that work, and the public safety building is also very desperately in need of it. So these are…”
“Thanks so much, everybody. All right, let's move on to 8759, which is about the residential vacancy excise tax. Can we see? It's already up on the wall there. Would somebody like to get us started? Matt?”
“Second. Very good. Motion to second. Do you want to speak to it?”
“Thanks any other comments before we go to a vote.”
“All right. Seeing no other hands raised, let's have a roll call, please, Alicia.”
“Thank you. Can we go to ordinance 8762 now, please? So this is about changing the calculation of the city's debt limitations. Would anybody like to start on this one? Tina?”
“Thanks. And I'll just note that this is bringing us in line with all the other Colorado cities and how they Approach this as well any other comments before we go to vote Seeing none roll call, please Alicia Yes, sir.”
“Very good. Well, thanks everyone for your patience while waiting for us to get to Ordinance 8763 regarding the Downtown Development Authority. Who would like to get our discussion started on this one? Nicole? Do you have a follow-up question?”
“All right. Who wants to start the discussion? Tara?”
“Thank you. Thanks. I got, thanks Rob. I got Matt and then Ryan.”
“Thanks. All right, who'd like to go next? We got Tina.”
“Thanks, Tina. Taisha, and then I'll go. Thank you.”
“potential for improving and transforming downtown and the many vibrant small businesses that are located there. So I do see it as a really valuable tool that could help finance and make transformative investments in ways that would benefit small businesses, the downtown as a whole, and the entire community. So I am in support. I have heard clearly the many people who have concerns around this, and I feel like their concerns have been, voicing those concerns has been really important and has helped us think more clearly and deeply about how this might move forward. So I am supportive of doing…”
“Second. All right. We've got a motion and a second. I think we've all spoken to this already. So roll call, please, Alicia. Yes.”
“Um, let's see, you just seconded the motion, but yes, I mean, you can make an emotion to, can I get Robert's rules? Can you do a motion to amend your own emotion that you have seconded?”
“Okay. So, so Rob, you would have to withdraw your second. Okay. I withdraw my second. I'll second.”
“I like where you're going with that. Can you explain a little bit more the specifics of what you're envisioning?”
“I GUESS WITH THE SPECIFICS OF THAT ENGAGEMENT TO BE DETERMINED LATER.”
“OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND. DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? OK, so we've got a second for that. Do we want to have any more discussion on that amendment? Yes, Nicole.”
“Thanks. And Nicole, maybe I'll just speak to the question since I'm on the side of moving it forward. This year is that I would see that we would have as much as a year before getting to the point of signing an IGA. And that feels like a lot of time to do authentic and complete engagement with the public and with the different entities involved. So that's why I'm willing to move it forward this year. Yeah, Matt. Yeah, Taishi, go.”
“All right. So we've got a motion to amend on the table. So let's have a show of hands, all those in favor of Rob's, motion to amend. And that's four. So all opposed?”
“OK. So that's a 4-4 vote. So that amendment fails. So now we're back to the original motion, which Matt made. So if we can have a roll call vote, please, Alicia.”
“All right, so that fails on a four to four vote.”
“Yes. Any further direction. I think I've heard I've heard what I think is unanimous interest from the council in continuing to move forward with engagement with the community on this topic. Am I wrong about that. Well I mean we could start a process into motion Tina are you thinking about something specific.”