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Although held in Boulder with an, often, Boulder centric flavor, the Boulder County Commissioners have a large effect, and substantial influence, over the cities within it's borders, including Longmont.  Here are the meetings they'll be having over the next 11 days.

Boulder County Commissioners' Agenda

Meetings are held in the Commissioners' Hearing Room, Downtown Courthouse, 3rd Floor, 1325 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colo. (map) unless otherwise noted. The Hullinghorst Room and the Small Conference Room are also located on the third floor of the downtown courthouse. Commissioners' meetings and hearings are webstreamed "live" and archived for viewing online. Public comments are taken at meetings designated as Public Hearings.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

ADVANCE AGENDA

DECEMBER 4 to DECEMBER 15

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4

1:30 p.m. Administrative Meetings (Small Conference Room)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5

8:30 a.m. Administrative Meeting (Small Conference Room)

9:00 a.m. LAND USE DEPARTMENT

Public Hearing:  Docket SPR-17-0084 Channen Companies Agricultural Structure; Site Plan Review to construct a 2,520 sq.ft. agricultural structure. The proposed project is in the Estate Residential Zoning District at 37 South 68th Street, in Section 11, T1S, R70W.

ACTION REQUESTED:  Decision

10:00 a.m. Administrative Meeting (Small Conference Room)

10:30 a.m. BUSINESS MEETING

11:00 a.m. Administrative Meeting (Small Conference Room)

11:30 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT (30 MINUTES)

Members of the public may address the Commissioners on any county issue which is not currently in a separate public process. Limit 3 minutes per speaker.

1:00 p.m. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public hearings with the Board of County Commissioners

1.     Boulder County Housing Authority;

2.     Human Services Division.

ACTION REQUESTED:  Information Only

7:00 p.m. Niwot LID Advisory Committee (Mountain View Fire & Rescue, 8500 Niwot Road).

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6

8:30 a.m. Administrative Meetings (Small Conference Room)

4:00 p.m. Board of Adjustment

6:00 p.m. Consortium of Cities (Hullinghorst Room)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7

10:00 a.m. Administrative Meeting (Small Conference Room)

10:30 a.m. BUSINESS MEETING

11:00 a.m. LAND USE DEPARTMENT

Public Hearing:  Docket SE-17-0012 Albrecht Lot Recognition; Subdivision Exemption to recognize an existing 3.09-acre parcel as a legal building lot. The proposed property is located in the Forestry Zoning District at 21001 South St. Vrain Drive, approximately 550 feet west of the intersection with Riverside Drive, in Section 34, T3N, R72W.

ACTION REQUESTED:  Decision

5:30 p.m.   Commissioners attend the Metro Area County Commissioners and Metro Mayors Caucus Regional Leaders Reception (ART Hotel, 1201 Broadway, Denver)

6:00 p.m. Historic Preservation Advisory Board

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8

No Commissioners’ meetings or hearings are scheduled

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11

12:30 a.m. Administrative Meetings (Small Conference Room)

5:30 p.m. Board of Health (Public Health Auditorium, 3450 Broadway, Boulder)

6:00 p.m. Commissioners attend the People Engaged in Raising Leaders (PERL) graduation.

(St. Vrain Hub, 515 Coffman, Longmont)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12

9:45 a.m. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Public Meeting:  Personnel and Policy Manual

1.   New Abuse Prevention Policy;

2.   Update to Parental Leave Policy.

ACTION REQUESTED:  Approval

10:00 a.m. PARKS AND OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT

Public Hearing:  Mud Lake - Wild Bear Exchange 2; Due to subsidence of ground soil, the Wild Bear Nature Center is requesting to exchange 5 acres of their fee-owned land surrounded by Mud Lake Open Space, just north of Mud Lake, with 5 acres of County fee-owned property on the southeast corner of Mud Lake Open Space, in order to construct a permanent nature center.

ACTION REQUESTED:  Decision

10:30 a.m. BUSINESS MEETING

11:00 a.m. BUDGET OFFICE

1.   Public Meeting:  2018 Boulder County Budget Adoption

2.   Public Meeting:  2018 Nederland Eco-Pass PID Budget Adoption

3.   Public Meeting:  2018 Burgundy Park PID Budget Adoption

2:00 p.m. PARKS AND OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT

Public Hearing:  Parks & Open Space 2018 – 2023 Capital Improvement Projects.

ACTION REQUESTED:  Approval

3:00 p.m. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Public Meeting:  Hazard Mitigation Plan Update.

ACTION REQUESTED:  Information Only

3:30 p.m.    Commissioners meet with Mark Easter, Oklahoma State University, stakeholders and County staff regarding Carbon Sequestration (Hullinghorst Room)

6:00 p.m. Boulder County Cultural Council (Hullinghorst Room)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13

10:30 a.m. Administrative Meetings (Small Conference Room)

2:00 p.m. Commissioners’ bi-monthly meeting with Department Heads

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14

No Commissioners’ meetings or hearings are scheduled

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15

No Commissioners’ meetings or hearings are scheduled