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City Council Meeting Minutes August 2, 2022 Page 4 of 6 REPORT — DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/ACTION — PROPERTY ACQUISITION City Attorney Kelly reported the executive session was for the purpose of discussing real property acquisitions and dispositions and that is what happened. PRESENTATION — BOULDER COUNTY BALLOT MEASURES UNDER CONSIDERATION: WILDFIRE MITIGATION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND TRANSPORTATION Boulder County Commissioner Matt Jones stated the Boulder County Commissioners are currently considering going to the November ballot with two new issues covering a proposed sales taxes for wildfire mitigation and one for emergency response. The Board is also considering asking voters to extend the existing countywide transportation sales tax. He reviewed the three possible ballot measures: • Wildfire Mitigation ballot measure: a proposal to establish a 0.1 % countywide sales and use tax for the purpose of funding countywide wildfire mitigation efforts to proactively address the increasing risk of climate -driven wildfires in two programmatic areas. • Emergency response ballot measure: a proposal to establish a 0.1 %, declining to 0.05% after five years, countywide sales and use tax for the purpose of funding emergency response, including: facility, equipment, capital, and operational costs of search and rescue organizations. These are specifically to help the more rural fire districts and rescue organizations. • Transportation ballot measure: a proposal to extend the existing 0.1 % countywide transportation sales and use tax for the purpose of continuing to fund multimodal transportation needs, including safety improvements to roads, regional trails and commuter bikeways, transit, regional corridors, and community mobility programs. Commissioner Jones noted the County Commissioners will be voting on these items on Thursday. He stated all these have a safety component to help respond to emergencies. Kathleen Brakke, Boulder County Transportation, presented an overview of the proposed extension of the transportation tax. She noted the funds from this tax are used for all transportation needs including paving shoulders, safety improvements, underpasses, and more. The current tax has been in place for almost 20 years and it is set to expire in mid 2024 unless extended by voters. These funds are also frequently used as matching funds to leverage grant funding.