Boulder’s City Council took on several items at its Oct. 21 meeting:
Public safety group
Boulder resident Robert Clark presented a range of concerns to the Council, including the continuing issue of commercial freight and other traffic speeding on Main Street, as well as reports of unknown vehicles loitering, with their lights off, late at night along people’s properties.
Clark petitioned the Council for the formation of a neighborhood watch or similarly functioning public safety committee. The Council disclosed that, as part of the City’s contract with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the City is required to maintain some version of a public safety group. The Council is, therefore, free to act on Clark’s request without creating a public agenda item, though it did not specify when it might choose to do so.
Loan fund recipient
Montana Mountain Patches proprietor and Boulder resident Zachery Portnoy received final approval from the Boulder City Council for a $60,000 loan from the Headwaters Revolving Loan Fund.
The City of Boulder allocated $100,000 from the Montana Department of Commerce in 2019 to establish and administer a revolving fund in order to mitigate the impact from the legislative mandated closure of the Montana Developmental Center. Portnoy is the first Boulder resident to receive a loan from the fund, which he will use to relocate his Montana Mountain Patches storefront.
Evans Street vacated
The City elected to vacate an unused portion of Evans Street to Boulder resident Bruce Wagner, so that he might finalize a property sale. The portion of Evans Street in question was originally plotted in the late 1800s, connecting what is now I-15 to Cattle Drive Road. However, what exists of this portion of the road now dead ends on both sides and is not generally usable by the public.
