Reporting, public meetings, and local issues affecting Boulder County.
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Boulder
Louisville’s proposed rate adjustment would add an estimated $82,866 annually to bills for 5,463 listed accounts. City records also show Republic Services missed its call-abandonment benchmark.
Boulder
Boulder staff says Xcel’s systemwide emissions fell in 2025, but the city lacks quantified reductions and customer-bill estimates for the tougher 2030 target.
Boulder
A two-question measure would add two commissioners and determine whether all five are elected by district or two countywide.
Boulder
Boulder County commissioners approved awards for a Superior goat-grazing program and Conifer Hill forest treatments, but project materials do not specify field-work start dates.
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Longmont
The ordinance, approved 6-1 on June 9, bars hyperscale data centers in all zoning districts and lets staff treat related facilities on adjacent parcels or shared power connections as one project.
Boulder
After a June 11 joint hearing, Boulder County’s planning commission and county commissioners set later June meetings to deliberate and vote on a major Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan update that staff say could theoretically allow more housing and jobs within city limits.
Boulder
Public commenters urged Boulder to more directly describe Native displacement and local ties to the Sand Creek massacre. City records show the Fort Chambers/Poor Farm interpretive design is still being refined with tribal representatives.
Erie
Erie’s Open Space and Trails Advisory Board has been asked to examine whether land bought with the town’s Trails and Natural Areas tax has the protections voters may expect, including whether some parcels should be rezoned to reserved open space.
Longmont
Longmont City Council moved forward an agreement and two first-reading ordinances tied to the proposed downtown Front Range Community College campus and transit hub, including a planned $4 million predevelopment contribution from the college.
Longmont
A 6-1 vote on June 9 gave final approval to Ordinance 2026-34, barring new hyperscale data centers citywide after council adopted technical amendments to the size threshold and enforcement language.
Erie
Town officials said the June 9 ordinance restricts non-functional turf, artificial turf and invasive species in many future projects, though the full online record reviewed by Badger did not clearly show all exemptions or grandfathering details.
Longmont
The city approved an ordinance barring new data centers at roughly 70 megawatts or more of projected peak demand, though the final vote tally and exact adopted amendment language were not yet available in the public record reviewed by Badger.
Longmont
City staff are preparing three responses to the Distel-Tull land-exchange fallout: tighter rules for disposing of open space, a conservation-easement requirement on acquisitions and possible charter language that could go to voters this fall.
Boulder
Boulder City Council endorsed staff’s overall approach to power reliability and resilience planning while asking for cost estimates, trade-offs and long-term success measures before late-summer and fall discussions.
Boulder
A proposed code package would create a new permit for multi-day events with more than 15,000 attendees and require detailed plans months in advance, while fees and staffing impacts remain unresolved.
Boulder
The city’s June 17 commemoration is being presented as the start of a wider set of community events, including panel discussions and a play about displacement, while city funding is now focused on a narrower set of annual equity observances.
