Heads Up April 22, 2022
Holiday Closures
All City of Boulder administrative facilities and Age Well Centers will be closed Thursday, July 4, for the Independence Day holiday. Some facilities and services will remain open.
Here’s some need-to-know information for the week:
City plans to conduct additional consultations with American Indian Tribal Nations this summer
The City of Boulder plans to invite American Indian Tribal Nations who share agreements with the city to participate in additional virtual consultations this summer to continue revising a shared Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Staff appreciated the opportunity to listen and learn from Tribal Nation Representatives during a March 16 consultation. Most of the consultation discussions focused on reviewing and collaborating on an updated draft MOU, which seeks to consolidate four previous agreements the city shares with Tribal Nations (1999, 1999, 2002 and 2004) into one document.
The city recognizes that some Tribal Representatives could not participate in the March 16 consultation. Planned consultations this summer will provide those representatives – and other Nations who still wish to give guidance on the MOU – additional opportunities to review and provide comments on the document before it can be presented to Tribal Governments for their consideration.
During the planned consultations, staff also will seek Tribal Representative guidance on a proposed ceremony to commemorate the recent renaming of “Settler’s Park” to “The Peoples’ Crossing.” In recent conversations with Tribal Representatives, staff have heard significant interest in a public event to commemorate the recent renaming. During consultations in 2019 and 2021, Tribal Representatives provided invaluable assistance in developing “The Peoples’ Crossing” name, which also helped the city to fulfill a key part of its Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution.
Please contact Pam Davis, assistant city manager at davisp@bouldercolorado if you have information about ongoing city tribal consultations. For more information about the MOU, please contact Dan Burke, director, Open Space and Mountain Parks, at burked@bouldercolorado.gov and Teresa Tate, city attorney, at tatet@bouldercolorado.gov. Please visit our tribal consultation webpage to learn more about the city’s past and ongoing work with Tribal Nations.
City releases three-month data on new Contact Council form process
The city recently compiled a three-month data report to assess trends related to the implementation of the new contact council form process.
The data shows that more than 600 forms have been submitted since implementation in January, with two-thirds of them being directed solely to council. Most of the others were directed to staff and council. The hottest topics during this time were Feedback on Pending Action, Other/I Am Not Sure, and Library and Arts. The average satisfaction rating of users was 8.1.
For more information or if you have questions about the contact council form process, please contact Sarah Huntley, director of Communication and Engagement, by email or at 720-564-2111.
Regards, Nuria