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\"Where is your humanity? Because for months and months and months, we have asked you to do the bare minimum,\" Napier said. \"Your legacy is gonna be 20 years from now, we're gonna have to apologize for you guys. You're gonna have to make public apologies for not standing up for children who are dying of starvation.\"

Napier described the experience of starvation in graphic terms: \"Starving to death is painful. Your body shuts down. Your brain shuts down. You cannot move. You scream in agony,\" she said during the public-comment period.

Presiding officials interrupted and limited Napier's time under the councils public participation rules. Earlier in the meeting, staff read the city's public-participation guidelines and decorum requirements, which say participants must sign up under their commonly used name, display their name to speak online, limit remarks to matters related to city business, and follow size limits for signs.

Deputy City Attorney Dorota Ramirez told the chamber that signs larger than 11 by 17 inches are not permitted inside the meeting room and must be moved outside. \"You are correct. So they will have to be outside,\" Ramirez said when the presiding officer sought confirmation of the rule.

The transcript shows the presiding officer repeatedly warned the audience to be quiet and ordered removal of oversized signs; the meeting was briefly recessed when chamber disturbances continued. The comments were made during the public-comment portion of the agenda; the transcript does not record any council action or formal response on the substance of Napiers remarks.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","August 7, 2025 City of Boulder City Council Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","During open comment at the Aug. 7, 2025, Boulder City Council meeting, speaker Sarah Napier criticized city leaders for supporting Israel and warned of children dying; the council’s presiding officer and the deputy city attorney enforced meeting decorum and a sign-size rule requiring oversized signs to be removed from the chamber.","taxTitle","Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado","taxId",3386,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6481440,"Boulder resident urges council to approve Folsom Street project and let staff move to final design",57,524000,581000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5548949-3fa03852e8b412f002ac9c43548631f5&start=524&end=581","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5548949-3fa03852e8b412f002ac9c43548631f5/thumbnail_524000.jpg","/articles/6481440/Boulder/Boulder-County/Colorado/Boulder-resident-urges-council-to-approve-Folsom-Street-project-and-let-staff-move-to-final-design","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6481440-e5eaedf0e3fbc3a76af7942bd91f0efb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771154838&Signature=TY-DlSkPgfBcEQ-anJeF6N5mG0aB~f2p2ocJArnlga6vU8rRif1u9Geyp2UhhJteKNuQoC3mVEGXDvbhq~u-0SJBmWXX5bx4bSBqldSx3gNAyjTFUysoPPl~ZRHQRlWUY-wUcJYnPMyXbNSbPE0rQhRbHbS-5Vc3la82m4l-S-Zp6GgpCta~yXR7~KqNnF~bbJwbvDlp6zkYbL9huzao4RQ~PE5VYpVZGQUY0IMcJKLtdRxmkSblyCQqtF70W4-pv048dq6~1lBQagK-XPKeaQUJEdGI4-KtG3h4NnqTQsKyDFCcSdlsZgSP8PdJUADTVMM3BdMrJSyx09pt4DqI7A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Eric Budd, a Boulder resident, told the Boulder City Council during the Aug. 7 open-comment period that council should approve the Folsom Street project and allow staff to move the plan to a final design.

Budd, who said he helped organize protests over earlier removals of protected bike lanes, contrasted the citys situation in 2015 with the present and urged councilors to support the project now that the council and staff have signaled a more ambitious approach to transportation.

\"Let the staff move forward,\" Budd said, adding later, \"We have an incredible city transportation staff, and they should be supported and moving Folsom Street to a final design. Now is the time to build on our progress.\" He also thanked elected officials and council supporters by name during his remarks.

Budd said he had been involved in protests in 2015 when the city removed protected bike lanes and urged council members to avoid repeating that step. He named council members he said have supported the plan and praised city transportation staff for their work.

The comment occurred during the councils public comment period; the transcript of the meeting does not record any formal council action on the Folsom Street project during the session. The project remained an agenda item referenced by speakers but no vote or directive was recorded in the public comments portion of the meeting.

The public comment period at the Aug. 7 meeting had 20 people signed up, with one withdrawal noted by staff before the session began.","During public comment at the Aug. 7, 2025, Boulder City Council meeting, a resident urged council members to approve the Folsom Street project and allow staff to advance the design, citing past reversals on protected bike lanes and recent electoral changes on council.","actionData","errors"]

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Speaker at Boulder council meeting criticizes leaders over Gaza, council enforces sign-size rule

Boulder resident urges council to approve Folsom Street project and let staff move to final design