Mark Wallach’s 2022 Priorities

Councilman Wallach submitted the following 5 priorities for 2022 (notes for context). Not all items were included in council’s official workplan.

Research decommissioning Boulder Airport

Preliminary study to give options for how to proceed and associated cost estimates. (Wallach and others have advocated for redeveloping this land into housing.)

Assault weapons ban

Reinstate Boulder’s 2018 ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines; explore other gun control

University Hill / nuisance ordinances

Pass ordinances and policies to improve quality of life on the Hill. (The city is already considering strengthening rules around noise, partying, parking and trash — collectively referred to as nuisance ordinances — on University Hill.)

Planning reserve study

(Boulder owns 500 acres north of the city, set aside for parks land and future development. A study would reveal the feasibility of adding this land into city limits.)

Reform cash-in-lieu requirements

(Per state law, Boulder has to let developers pay a fee rather than build required affordable housing on-site — even if the approved plan is for on-site housing. Wallach would like to see the approval process be binding.)

See what Wallach campaigned on here.

View Wallach’s 2021 financial disclosure form here

Wallach’s 2020 priorities

  1. Airport adaptive reuse
  2. Budget prioritization
  3. Funding open space
  4. Increase protections for manufactured home communities
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