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To: City Council From: Amanda Brown Date: Thursday, August 29th, 2013 From the Office: The correspondence for the week is attached and has been routed to the appropriate department for response. o Bond o Aggressive Solicitation The Strategies 360 Newsletters on federal legislative actions. From the Departments: Public Works (Neal Oldemeyer): Updates on Dixie Drain and utility billing. IT (Garry Beaty): Information on recent technical updates to the Council Chambers. Mayors Office (Michael Zuzel): A brief overview of the proposed Ride On Boise bike program. Arts & History (Terri Schorzman): The August Boise 150 Update. Fire (Chief Doan): Details on outreach to residents of the Cloverleaf Plaza Subdivision after a number of carbon monoxide incidents in recent months. Claims No claims were submitted this week.

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From: Sent: To: Subject: Cheryl Maddalena <cheryl_maddalena@yahoo.com> Thursday, August 29, 2013 1:43 PM MayorBieter; Amanda Brown Thank you for supporting the arts!

Dear Mayor and City Council, I am writing on behalf of Big Tree Arts to thank you for your support of the arts in Boise. Because of funding from the city, our Loud Writer's Project was able to serve 997 youth poets and audience, many of whom were served in at-risk alternative high schools and at Hays Shelter Home. Students wrote many poems, including poems with Boise-150 themed prompts, to yield chapbooks of their own authorship to keep and have pride in for future years. Also, many out-of-town poets were brought to Boise to illuminate and enthuse our audiences. We couldn't have done all this without city funding thank you very much! Sincerely, Cheryl Maddalena President, Big Tree Arts

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From: Sent: To: Subject: Anne Olden <aolden@ix.netcom.com> Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:20 AM MayorBieter; Amanda Brown Bond proposal

Please extend our thanks to the Mayor and City Council for the open house presentation regarding the bond proposal. The staff members representing various departments were knowledgeable and helpful. We're especially glad to see the $10 million for open space. We hope that more will be done to get public support for the proposal. It's too easy these days for nitpickers and naysayers to get heard, when there are probably many more who favor an idea but just don't get their support known. Perhaps closer to voting day some positive articles and endorsements can be put in the paper and on TV. It's only a dollar a month!

Thanks, Anne and John Olden

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From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: MayorBieter Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:24 AM Amanda Brown; Tracy Hall Johnson FW: Response to Wayne Hoffman's letter Wayne Hoffman Doesnt Understand Boise.pdf

From: Emily Walton [mailto:waltonemily@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:33 AM To: TJ Thomson; Maryanne Jordan; Ben Quintana; Lauren McLean; MayorBieter; David Eberle; Elaine Clegg Cc: Adam Park Subject: Response to Wayne Hoffman's letter

Hi, I thought Wayne Hoffman's letter about the bonds warranted a response from a person who actually lives in Boise and loves it. Thanks. Emily PS: You'll be more amused with mine if you read his first. The language is strikingly similar. -Emily Walton 208-571-4592

Wayne Hoffman Doesnt Understand Boise Dear Mayor David Bieter and Boise City Council: Im writing today to ask that you disregard Nampa resident Wayne Hoffmans request to not place the parks/open spaces/public safety bond question on the November ballot. You have thought carefully about the items you intend to put to voters, and even though Hoffman cites a rising statewide employment rate, Boises unemployment rate is down. In fact, our citys unemployment rate has dropped from 9 percent in January 2010 to 5.5 percent in April 2013. Using a rising statewide unemployment rate to argue against a bond in a city with a dropping unemployment rate doesnt really make sense. Our property rates have risen too, with Ada County property values at an increase of 21.6 percent in the last year. Could any of these great statistics about our city correlate with the fantastic quality of life we enjoy because we invest in our community? I think so. For 150 years Boiseans have made our city one of the best places to live in America with strategic investments in open space, parks, and safety, and Boise has been consistently recognized for its quality of life in hundreds of publications and top ten lists. Many of our friends, family, colleagues and neighbors continue to love this city and recognize the value of investing in it and our quality of life here. Your bond proposal contains both public safety items and items that fall under the category of wants not just needs, which is great, because Boiseans have consistently shown that they understand the value of securing open spaces and facilitating park improvements for the city. Enjoying our life in Boise isnt just something we want instead, it is something we need and open space and parks are an important part of that enjoyment. Boise means everything to me. Thank you for your service. Yours in Boise, Emily Walton

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From: Sent: To: Subject: Gina Persichini <gina.persichini@gmail.com> Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:03 PM MayorandCouncil Library branches

MayorandCityCouncilMembers, Isupporttheplansthathaverecentlybeenputforthforcityparks,safetyandpublicresources.Iunderstandthatthe pressreleaseabouttheplanstatedthatcompletingtheBownCrossingbranchlibraryandexpandingHillcrestwouldbe addressedwithexistingresources. Iamwritingtoaskthatthelibrarypromisesmadeyearsagopleasenotbelostintheshuffleofcitypriorities.TheBown Crossingbranchlibraryhasbeenplacedonthebackburneroncealready,pleasedonotletthisbecomeanunfulfilled promiseforourcommunity.TheBownareaisagreatlocationforaneighborhoodlibrarywithalargeresidential populationtoutilizetheservices.Itwouldbeasafe,nearbylocationforkidsandadults. Thankyouforyourservicetoourcommunity. GinaPersichini 2578SPerraultWay Boise Sentfrommobiledevice.

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From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Angela Wickham <wickhama@cableone.net> Monday, August 26, 2013 1:51 PM MayorandCouncil 'dorothy finaldi'; joanie fauci Public Safety and Livability Bond Proposal

August 26, 2013 Boise Mayor and City Council P.O. Box 500 150 N. Capital Blvd. Boise, ID 83701-500 MayorandCouncil@CityofBoise.org

Dear Mayor Bieter and City Council Members: On behalf of the Central Foothills Neighborhood Association (CFNA), we support the advancement of the public safety and livability bond proposal to be heard by the full Council, thereby allowing for further discussion and input. Thank you for offering the recent open houses on this topic. As we understand it, the projects are proposed to enhance public safety and improve emergency response services; protect clean water, critical natural areas and wildlife habitat; and improve and expand parks in underserved neighborhoods. Advancing this bond package proposal for consideration on the ballot this November will provide the opportunity for further discussion and input by our membership and Boise city residents. Please feel free to contact any CFNA board member if you have questions or need additional information. We appreciate advanced notice of the hearing date if/when it is scheduled and look forward to the Council discussion on this important topic. Again, thank you for the opportunity for input. Sincerely, Dorothy Finaldi, President (208.342.3575) Joanie Fauci, Vice President (208.631.4748) Angela Wickham, Secretary/Treasurer (208.867.6898)

Central Foothills Neighborhood Association (CFNA) Citizens Working Together for the Benefit of the Neighborhood and the Community www.boisecentralfoothills.org

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From: Sent: To: Subject: Susan Deemer <sedeemer@msn.com> Monday, August 26, 2013 1:16 PM MayorandCouncil Public Safety and Liveability Plan

ThisiswhyIlovelivinginBoise.IlovethatBoisecontinuestousefundstopurchaseavailablelandinthe foothillsandneartherivertoprotectitforthebenefitofthecitizensofBoise. Ilikeallrecommendationsintheplan.Asapropertyowner,Iwillbemorethanhappytopayalittleextrayear tohavealloftheseproposalsimplemented. ThankYou, SusanDeemer 3213N39thSt

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From: Sent: To: Subject: MATT CIRANNI <mattjc@cableone.net> Friday, August 23, 2013 6:00 PM MayorandCouncil Proposed Parks and Safety bond

Hello Mr Mayor, and City Council, I am writing about the proposed parks and safety bond. I was unable to attend any of the three open houses due to family issues and other things that have come up. However I am a very passionate supporter of parks and open space, and although I could not be there I did want to comment. I really strongly support the proposed bond. I feel that with foothills levy funds depleted, and with a second building boom (and possibly a second housing bubble?) imminent on the horizon, the possibility of losing more open space to development is a grave concern. Plus, the need to have the utmost in fire protection is clear in people's minds after the recent fires both in the city (for example at Hill Road and Castlebar) and in the mountains, while police protection should be a concern so that we can continue to enjoy a low crime rate. All these things are important to Boise so that our citizens can continue to enjoy the healthy quality of life we do now. These are all good reasons for me to support this bond. My concern is though, that such a bond will be hard to pass, particularly in this current harsh political climate, and in this economy. I fear it will be particularly difficult with such a large majority needed to pass it. So, I want to make sure it happens. As I want to see this come to fruition probably as much as any of you, I would think the next step would be to "sell" this to the public. Get the vote out, but do so in a way that mobilizes and energizes supporters, while converting the skeptics. For example: Tout the benefits of additional police and fire protection to those who may not agree with more parks or open space. Or conversely, find a way to sell the benefits of paying for these things to people who arbitrarily oppose any tax increases- sell it in such a way that people will see what's in it for them. And of course, that increase is negligible- it is not like a 10 percent property tax hike like some crusaders may try to sell it as. Perhaps you have already considered these things, but I offer this only as someone who desperatly wants to see this money put to use, but is concerned with the difficulties that could derail it in a popular election. Can we make the public vote for this? I am hoping we can. I am of course already sold on it, and I would have wanted to be there last night in person to testify in favor of it had not an emergency come up. Thank you for all you do to make Boise one of the most livable and enjoyable cities in America. Matt Ciranni 3617 Burke Avenue Boise, Idaho 83703.

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Final Decision On Keystone May Not Come Till 2014 Biofuel group intensifies attacks against Big Oil Energy Dept. may revive auto industry loan program Energy Secretary: Obama Not at 'War' With Coal EPA Chief McCarthy Visits Alaska, Emphasizes Climate Change

Gallup: In U.S., Economic Confidence Stuck in Negative Territory

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Sebelius ties healthcare law to civil rights anniversary Health Law In Cross Hairs As DebtLimit Deadline Approaches What's The Real Start Date For Health Exchanges? Oct. 1 Or Jan 1.?

Fiscal Fights Looming, Can SimpsonBowles Group Get Congress to Move Janet Napolitano hits Congress on immigration

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U.S. faces mid-October deadline to raise debt limit By Zachary A. Goldfarb Washington Post 08/26/2013 The United States is set to run out of borrowing authority in mid-October, leaving the government at a high risk of not being able to pay for Social Security checks, military salaries and other operations, the Obama administration said Monday. The announcement, which comes at the early end of what many in Washington were anticipating, creates a new crisis point in the nations protracted fight over the size and role of government. Republicans are demanding significant new spending cuts in exchange for increasing the nations $16.7 trillion debt limit, with some GOP lawmakers insisting on a delay or the scrapping of President Obamas signature health-care law. Obama, meanwhile, says he will not negotiate on the debt limit, the governments legal cap on borrowing. FULL ARTICLE Orders for long--lasting US factory goods falls sharply as businesses cut back on spending By Associated Press via Washington Post 08/26/2013 WASHINGTON Orders for long-lasting U.S. factory goods fell sharply last month as demand for commercial aircraft plummeted and businesses spent less on computers and electrical equipment. The Commerce Department said Monday that orders for durable goods plunged 7.3 percent in July, the steepest drop in nearly a year. Excluding the volatile transportation category, orders fell just 0.6 percent. Both declines followed three straight months of increases. Durable goods are items meant to last at least three years. The drop suggests manufacturing continues to struggle after starting the year weak. FULL ARTICLE Barbara Boxer pushes $10 minimum wage By Breanna Edwards Politico 08/26/2013 Sen. Barbara Boxer thinks minimum wage should be raised to be about $10 an hour to help close the ever-growing gap between the working poor and the rich and to promote a healthy nation. We need to raise the minimum wage. That will make a huge difference. People are struggling, the California Democrat told Ed Schultz on The Ed Show on Monday. The difference between the very wealthy and the working poor has grown. We raise that minimum wage and we move forward with the vision of this president that we have, which is everyone pays their fair share" of taxes.
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Boxer used her own state as a model, saying that the focus must be on fairness. Theres one word we always have to focus on and thats 'fairness'. Everyone has to do their part, she said. Ive spoken to people in California who earn a lot who were very anxious to help the country and their state. Weve proven the point, you know, a rising tide lifts all boats.

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Energy & Environment

Final Decision On Keystone May Not Come Till 2014 By Claire Foran National Journal 08/23/2013 The State Department's Office of Inspector General announced Friday it does not expect to release the results of an investigation into a possible conflict of interest in the department's Keystone XL pipeline review until Januarya move that could delay a final decision on the project until next year. Earlier this month, the OIG began an inquiry into allegations made by the Sierra Club and other environmental groups that Environmental Resources Management, a consulting firm hired to produce the draft environmental impact statement for the pipeline, had ties to TransCanada Corp. and the American Petroleum Institute, two organizations with a key stake in the project. TransCanada Corp. is the company set to build Keystone, and the American Petroleum Institute is a trade association, which publicly supports the pipeline. FULL ARTICLE Biofuel group intensifies attacks against Big Oil By Zach Colman The Hill 08/26/2013 The corn-ethanol group Growth Energy is taking aim at the oil industry in a new multimillion dollar national TV advertising campaign, the group announced Monday. The push portrays the oil industry as using its clout to prevent biofuels from entering the marketplace. Its the latest in a series of escalating attacks between biofuel and oil industry trade groups. While Big Oil may be one of the largest and well-funded industries on the planet they are not entitled to use their influence to control Congress to maintain unbridled control over the transportation fuels marketplace, Growth Energy said in a statement. The advertising effort will last several weeks, Growth Energy spokesman Michael Lewan told The Hill. It will broadcast nationally on FOX, CNN, MSNBC and RFD-TV, as well as in some local markets.

FULL ARTICLE Energy Dept. may revive auto industry loan program By Ben Geman The Hill 08/27/2013 The Energy Department might rev up an idled, multi-billion dollar program that has given loans to automakers for producing green cars, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz tells The Detroit News. We are looking at what a new (loan) solicitation might look like. Thats an ongoing discussion, Moniz told the paper in an interview. We are actively looking at what might be an effective new (request for proposals). As the News piece points out, the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program has had its ups and downs. The program was authorized in a 2007 law and began providing loans under the Obama administration. FULL ARTICLE Energy Secretary: Obama Not at 'War' With Coal By Alex Brown National Journal 08/26/2013 President Obama's climate-change plan isn't a "war" on the coal or oil industries, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a Monday policy address, but an incremental approach to reduce carbon emissions while improving the existing energy infrastructure. Moniz, speaking at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, touched specifically on Republican accusations of an Obama "war on coal." Those charges, Moniz said, "demonstrate misunderstanding or misstatement." Coal will continue to be an energy source, he said, noting the proposed $6 billion investment in carbon-capture and sequestration technologies to reduce its environmental impact. FULL ARTICLE EPA chief McCarthy visits Alaska, emphasizes climate change By Sean Cockerham Anchorage Daily News 8/26/13 McCarthy next plans to visit the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, where the EPA is considering blocking the gigantic Pebble Mine project. The open pit mine is proposed for an area that produces half the worlds wild red salmon. McCarthy said she wants to hear from mine developers and local residents who would be affected. Right now were in a fact-finding mode to make sure we get the science correct and we understand the impacts in that area, she said. Then we will work on what that means for decisions.
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Health Care
Sebelius ties healthcare law to civil rights anniversary By Sam Baker The Hill 08/26/2013 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday tied President Obama's signature healthcare law to the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Sebelius, in a post on the White House blog, said access to healthcare is key to other opportunities. "Without the opportunity to live a healthy life, there is no opportunity to live the American dream or participate fully in our communities," she wrote. "Without the freedom which comes from having access to quality health care, there is no freedom to reach our full potential in the workforce or watch our kids or grandkids grow up." FULL ARTICLE Health Law In Cross Hairs As Debt-Limit Deadline Approaches Kaiser Health News 08/27/2013 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Monday the nation will hit its debt limit in mid-October, setting up a potential clash between the White House and some House Republicans who say they will tie their votes on raising the debt ceiling to defunding the health law. Also in the news, a survey of business economists cites future deficits as the nation's most pressing problem, which will be exacerbated by aging baby boomers reliant on Social Security and Medicare. FULL ARTICLE What's The Real Start Date For Health Exchanges? Oct. 1 Or Jan 1.? Kaiser Health News 08/27/2013 The Washington Post asks this question, and offers Jan. 1 as the answer because it is the day the health law's individual mandate takes effect and the policies purchased from the new online insurance marketplaces kick in. The Oct. 1 date is the "soft launch." Meanwhile, progress reports from Colorado, Washington and California on the health exchanges. FULL ARTICLE

Congress & the Administration

Fiscal Fights Looming, Can Simpson-Bowles Group Get Congress to Move By Chris Frates National Journal
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08/27/2013 With its bipartisan branding, boldface names, and big money, the Campaign to Fix the Debt muscled its way into Washington power politics last summer. But as Congress preps for yet another fiscal showdown, Democrats and Republicans doubt the group has the swat to push either side far enough toward the center to secure its holy grail: a grand bargain that includes entitlement-spending reforms and new revenues that reduce the deficit. Not even a $25 million war chest is enough to convince congressional insiders that the coalition has the juice to break the partisan impasse. By advocating for entitlement reforms, which Democrats dislike, and new revenues, which Republicans reject, the group may have only succeeded in convincing each party that they aren't pushing the other side hard enough. FULL ARTICLE Janet Napolitano hits Congress on immigration By Reid J. Epstein Politico 08/27/2013 Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday defended her decision to allow so-called Dreamers a chance to obtain legal status to stay in the United States and blamed Congress for failing to act on immigration reform. Natpolitano, who is leaving the Obama administration Sept. 6 to become chancellor of the University of California system, pointed the finger at Congress for failing to pass the DREAM Act to provide a path to citizenship for children brought to the country illegally by their parents. We instructed our immigration agents and officers to use their discretion under current law to not pursue low-priority immigration cases, like children brought to the United States illegally by their parents, she said at a National Press Club speech. Congress had a chance to give these so-called Dreamers a way to stay in our country through the DREAM Act, but unfortunately that legislation failed to garner the 60 votes needed for cloture, falling just five votes short, despite strong bipartisan support. Napolitano said she used her prosecutorial discretion to allow Dreamers to obtain legal status to stay in the country and said more than 80 percent of the 500,000 requests for deferred action have been approved in the programs first year. FULL ARTICLE
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New Census Numbers Show Recession's Effect on Families National tax cut battle turns intense in Missouri Regulators Prepare Penalties for JPMorgan

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New Census Numbers Show Recession's Effect on Families By Sam Roberts New York Times 08/27/2013 The portion of American households made up of married couples with children under 18 fell to 20 percent from 40 percent from 1970 to 2012, the Census Bureau said Tuesday as it detailed other fundamental changes in family life. The share of people living alone, meanwhile, rose 10 percentage points, to 27 percent. The analysis also found that the recession profoundly affected American families from 2005 to 2011, resulting in a 15 percent decline in homeownership among households with children and a 33 percent increase in households where at least one parent was unemployed. The recession also saw more mothers enter the work force and an increasing dependence on food stamps. The number of households with an unemployed parent soared by 148 percent in Nevada and by more than 50 percent in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, New Jersey and North Carolina in those years. FULL ARTICLE National tax cut battle turns intense in Missouri By Associated Press via Politico 08/27/2013 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Millions of dollars spent broadcasting ads. Alarming fliers and phone calls targeting homes. Politicians barnstorming from one press conference to the next. By most measures, Missouri appears in the midst of another high-stakes election except there is nothing on the ballot this year. The massive campaign is meant to persuade or dissuade a few wavering Missouri lawmakers who will decide in September whether to override the governor's veto of the state's first income tax cut in nearly a century. The Missouri battle is one of the most the intense yet in what has become a nationwide offensive by conservatives in state capitols to slice the income taxes that for decades have formed the financial foundation for government services ranging from public schools to prisons. They contend the tax cuts are the path to economic prosperity. Others forecast financial ruin. FULL ARTICLE Regulators Prepare Penalties for JPMorgan By Jessica Silver-Greenberg & Ben Protess New York Times 08/27/2013 Two federal regulators are preparing a series of enforcement actions and fines against JPMorgan
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Chase stemming from its dealings with consumers during the recession, presenting the latest legal threat to the nations biggest bank. The regulators, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, plan to announce the actions as soon as next month, according to people briefed on the matter. Under the terms of the civil orders, the bank will have to acknowledge internal flaws and dole out at least $80 million in fines, said the people, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. The most costly cases for JPMorgan center on concerns that the bank duped its credit card customers into buying products pitched as a way to shield them from identity theft. In separate actions reflecting their varied jurisdictions, the consumer bureau will levy a roughly $20 million fine, while the comptrollers office is expected to extract about $60 million. In another set of actions, the regulators are aiming at the bank for the way it collected overdue bills from consumers, the people said. It is unclear whether those cases will yield any fines. FULL ARTICLE

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Obama to Name Top Climate Change Regulator By Coral Davenport National Journal 08/28/2013 President Obama is expected to nominate Janet McCabe, a deputy administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency's clean air office, as head of that office, according to sources familiar with his thinking. The position would put her at the heart of the president's historic and controversial globalwarming agenda. She would be charged with crafting massive new pollution regulations on the nation's coal-fired power plants rules that could eventually freeze the nation's coal industry, but also position the U.S. as a global leader on climate change. An EPA spokesman would not confirm that Obama intends to nominate McCabe. FULL ARTICLE Former Romney advisor Hamm: Keystone isn't needed for US oil By Ben Geman The Hill 08/27/2013 An oilman who advised Mitt Romneys White House campaign said part of the Keystone XL pipelines mission to carry oil from fields in North Dakota and Montana has become obsolete. Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm, whose company is a big producer in North Dakotas booming Bakken region, tells National Journal that U.S. producers have found other paths to market and it's "not critical any longer.
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TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone pipeline, which would primarily haul oil from Canadas oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries, has been under Obama administration review for years. They just waited too long. The industry is very innovative, and it finds other ways of doing it and other routes, said Hamm, who headed the Romney campaigns energy advisory team and holds substantial acreage in North Dakota and Montana. FULL ARTICLE On Fracking Rules, It's States vs. Feds By Amy Harder National Journal 08/27/2013 WILLISTON, N.D.How can you be in a relationship with someone who doesn't want to be in a relationship with you? That's the challenge facing Interior Secretary Sally Jewell when she recently visited with oil executives here and sought to explain why the federal government thinks it's necessary to regulate drilling operations. "I appreciate what's happening in the Bakken," Jewell told reporters after touring a Continental Resources drilling rig on the Bakken rock-shale formation deep below Williston earlier this month. "I also know my job is overseeing the resources owned by the federal government. I have to develop these resources safely and responsibly in a way that also supports domestic energy production. It's a tricky balance." Call it polite friction. Jewell said the regulations are necessary. The oil executives present said that the regulations are wholly unnecessary. The relationship among the federal government, energy companies, and state regulators is getting more tense as the combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling unleashes one of the world's biggest oil and natural gas booms and all of the environmental questions that come with it. FULL ARTICLE GOP targets Alaska's Mark Begich over carbon tax By Darren Goode National Journal 08/28/2013 The National Republican Senatorial Committee Wednesday will launch a robo-call campaign in Alaska targeting Sen. Mark Begich for his support of a carbon tax. NRSC plans to call nearly 70,000 households statewide about what it calls the Alaska Democrats steadfast support for the costly carbon tax, according to a script of the calls provided to POLITICO. A carbon tax means more EPA red tape regulation, says the script, which cites National Association of Manufacturers data to contend it would increase electricity, natural gas and gasoline prices and hurt Alaskan jobs. Sen. Begich didnt paint that picture for you did he? says the script. Higher taxes, higher energy costs and Sen. Begich just dont work for Alaska.
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The NRSC is aiming the calls at all female voters and likely male swing voters across the state. FULL ARTICLE

Health Care
Survey: Big Business May Shift Retirees, Part-Timers To Insurance Exchanges By Jay Hancock Kaiser Health News 08/28/2013 Corporate America is taking a hard look at moving retirees and part-time workers into health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, suggests a survey by the National Business Group on Health. To a lesser extent large companies also expect coverage for their fulltime workers employee spouses to shift to the online, state-based marketplaces known as exchanges, according to the annual survey published Wednesday. "They see the exchanges as logical places for them," NBGH President Helen Darling said in an interview, portraying the change as adding diversity and stability to the marketplaces. "These are people that public policymakers wanted to get into the pool." The survey was done before the Obama administration delayed until 2015 the requirement that large employers offer coverage to certain workers, the group cautioned, so some plans may have changed. FULL ARTICLE Administration Releases New Rules To Implement Health Law's Individual Mandate Kaiser Health News 08/27/2013 As congressional Republicans push for a delay in the 2010 health laws individual mandate, the Obama administration Tuesday announced final regulations implementing the requirement that most Americans have health insurance coverage by Jan. 1 or pay a fine. The document from the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service is in addition to regulations the Department of Health and Human Services published in late June. The regulations specify nine categories of individuals who are exempt from the mandate, including people who cant afford coverage or taxpayers whose income is so low they dont have to file a tax return, according to a fact sheet from the agencies. People in jail or who are not in the country lawfully are also exempt, as are individuals who experience a coverage gap of three months or less.

FULL ARTICLE People don't like Obamacare. They like definding it even less. By Chris Cillizza & Sean Sullivan Washington Post
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08/28/2013 Two things are true about Obamacare. First, the law has been broadly unpopular for the last several years. Second, the idea of defunding it as some conservative Republicans are pushing is even less popular. The new August tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is the resource for public opinion on the law, makes that case definitively. Lets start with overall approval of the law. Forty-two percent of those tested have an unfavorable view of it while 37 percent view it favorably, numbers that have been consistent since late 2011. Even the party breakdowns inside the main question are remarkably steady; roughly six in 10 Democrats, one in three independents and 15 percent (or so) of Republicans approve of Obamacare. And yet, the public is even more decisive about its opposition to defunding Obamacare, with 57 percent saying they would disapprove of such a move including roughly one in three Republicans while just 36 percent would approve. FULL ARTICLE

Congress & the Administration

Boehner Sees Showdown Over Raising Debt Limit By Ashley Parker New York Times 08/27/2013 Speaker John A. Boehner says he is gearing up for a whale of a fight with President Obama over raising the federal debt ceiling, even though Mr. Obama has repeatedly said he has no plans to negotiate with Congressional Republicans over the nations debt limit and wants it lifted without a political showdown. At an Idaho fund-raiser on Monday for Representative Mike Simpson, a Republican and a close ally, Mr. Boehner said he planned to use the need to raise the debt ceiling to gain political leverage and demand cuts and reforms that are greater than the increase in the debt limit. The president doesnt think this is fair, thinks Im being difficult to deal with, Mr. Boehner said in his remarks, reported by The Idaho Statesman. But Ill say this: It may be unfair, but what Im trying to do here is to leverage the political process to produce more change than what it would produce if left to its own devices. Were going to have a whale of a fight. Mr. Boehners comments came as Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew warned him in a letter on Monday that unless Congress raised the debt ceiling, the government would lose the ability to pay all of its bills in mid-October. FULL ARTICLE 50 years after march, Obama aims to define his role in a new front in the fight for equality By Scott Wilson Washington Post
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08/27/2013 Alone in the crowd, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson watched through tears in the cool Chicago evening as the nations next first family took the stage: a black man named Barack, a descendant of slaves named Michelle and their two young daughters. As in much of the country, the feeling in Grant Park on election night nearly five years ago emerged from the heady pride of progress. But for Jackson, the moment pushed him backward, through decades, to those he called the martyrs of a movement whose successes Obama had inherited. I could see them coming across the stage, Jackson said. Those caskets we marched behind. And the people who made that night possible couldnt afford to be there. They would be either dead or injured or poor. Obamas relationship with the American civil rights movement has been a vexing one, challenging a cool, intellectual president to engage the memories and expectations of pioneers who marched, resisted and, in some cases, died before his birth. On Wednesday, the arc of that relationship will reach from Grant Park to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. On the spot where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. described his dream 50 years ago, Obama will define a new front in the fight for equality and identify the mounting threats to progress emerging today. FULL ARTICLE
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Amanda Brown
From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Neal Oldemeyer Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:18 AM Amanda Brown; Jade Riley; Michael Zuzel Garry Beaty; Heather Buchanan; John Tensen; Marcia Schmelzer; Paul Woods; Scott Canning Friday E-mail

DixieDrainWehavegivenBrownandCaldwellinstructionstomoveforwardwiththedesignofthephosphorus removalfacilityatDixieDrain.Eventhoughitwillbeseveralmonthsuntilthewaterrightsissuesareresolved,itis importanttomoveforwardwiththeprojectdesigninordertostayontrackwithourcomplianceschedule.Allofthe depositionshavebeencompletedandthewaterrighthearingremainsscheduledforSeptember11. UtilityBillingSubstantialprogressisbeingmadeinrespondingtoemailsandphones,butthephonewaittimesand droppedcallsarestillunacceptable.Aswegetcaughtupwiththeemailadministrationandfinishthenewstafftraining thisweekandnext,wehopetobeabletoputtwomorepeopleonthephones.Atthispointweaveragearoundthree tofourfolksansweringcallsduringtheday.However,theSeptemberbillswilldrivethecallvolumebackup,aswehave boththesewerandsolidwasterateincreasesincluded.IThasbeensuccessfulingettingthesoftwarevendorto addresssomecriticalsoftwareissues.Thevendorwillbesendinginthreestaffmembersduringtheweekofthe9thto continueaddressingproblems.Asalways,ifyouarecontacted,pleaseforwardthecallsoremailstoHeather Buchanan. NealOutofTownIwillbeoutoftownLaborDayweek,butwillgenerallybewithincellreceptionandwillbe monitoringemails.Ifyouhavetroublecontactingme,JohnTensenwillbeintown.

Amanda Brown
From: Sent: To: Subject: Garry Beaty Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:28 PM Amanda Brown FW: Technical Updates to the City Council Chambers

Amanda,Wouldyouincludethisintheweeklyupdate?ThanksGarry Council, FYISomeadditionalenhancementsintheCouncilChambers.Wealsobelievethatwesolvedthefeedbackproblem thatyouandChiefMastersonenduredfourweeksago.Garry

From: Mike Markham Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:59 PM To: Dee Oldham; Kristine Smith; Sarah Schafer; Matthew Halitsky; Cody Riddle; Hal Simmons; Amanda Brown; Eva Tate; Tracy Hall Johnson; Jamie Heinzerling; Alex Charlton; Craig Croner Cc: Jade Riley; Garry Beaty; Eric Ludovic Subject: Technical Updates to the City Council Chambers

WehaveinstalledanewPContheStaffPodium.ItisaLenovoAllinOnetouchscreensystem.ItisaWindows8 deviceandIbelieveitimprovesthecapabilitiesoftheStaffMembergivingapresentation.Ithasfulltouchcapabilities yetthereisakeyboardandmouseforthosewhoaremorecomfortablewithworkingwiththosetools.ItisWindows8 andbydefinitionwillinvolveabitofalearningcurvetoworkonthissystem.Ifyouareinterested,Iwouldbegladtosit downwithanyoneandgoovertheuseofthenewPC.

Wealsohavetwonewwirelessmicsthataremeantforthepodiums.Theyareabitdifferentthanourotherwireless mics.Thereisnogooseneckforeveryonetostrugglewithandtheyareanomnidirectionalmic(unlikeourgoosenecks) whichmeanstheywillpickupinawiderrangeofpositions.Thesearemeantforthelecterns/podiumsandwillbeless effectiveonthetables.TheyaresetasStaffMic2andStaffMic3ontheipadcontroller.

 Letmeknowifyouhaveanyquestionsorwouldliketospendsometimewithmegoingovertheseoranyotherissuesin theroom. Mike Markham

Manager,ITCustomerServiceCenter InformationTechnologyDepartment CITYOFBOISE Phone#208/5706707;Fax#208/4335661 EMailmmarkham@cityofboise.org

INT TER RDEP PART TMENTA AL M MEMO O

TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJEC CT: CC: City Council C Micha ael Zuzel, Mayors M Offic ce Augus st 28, 2013 Ride On Boise project p Adam m Park, Jade Riley, Tracy y Hall

Over the e past sever ral months, Mayor Bie eter and sta aff have me et with Jim mmy Hallybu urton, executive e director of f the Boise Bicycle Pro oject, to disc cuss a propo osal he has developed c called Ride On n Boise. The T overall goal g of the program is promote bicycling in B Boise as a safe, effective, and sustain nable form of transport tation for al ll of its citiz zens. The p proposal outlines several steps s to ach hieve the goal, including assembl ling a bicyc cle advisory y committee e and increasin ng public out treach and ed ducation opp portunities. On Boise B initiat tives already y are under way, includ ding progres ss toward a bikeSeveral Ride share pilo ot program (led ( by VRT T with suppo ort of the Cit ty) and recru uiting compa anies to appl ly for Bike Frie endly Busine ess certificat tion (led by the Boise B Bicycle Proje ect). This and d other steps s will support the t program s overarchin ng goal of winning w Plati inum Bicycle Friendly C Community s status for Boise e in February y 2014. The Bois se Bicycle Project has pr roven to be a valuable c community p partner, and Roll On B Boise presents an excellent t opportunity y to make an n already bik ke-friendly c city even mo ore so with h little cal impact on n the City. or no fisc I am wor rking with Jimmy to dev velop a presentation on Roll On Boise for the e City Coun ncil in the next few weeks. In the mean ntime, pleas se let me kn now if you h have any questions abou ut the program. .

MEMO
August 30, 2013 TO: Mayor Bieter and City Council FR: Terri Schorzman RE: BOISE 150 UpdateAUGUST 2013 report
Sesqui-Shop

Eight-hundred and thirty seven people visited the Shop in August for a total of nearly 14,000 guests in the Shop since mid-December. BOISE 150 and the Boise WaterShed hosted artist Kirsten Furlong to create an environmental art installation titled Standing Still: The Trees. The installation began August 1 (First Thursday) and took twenty days to complete. Kirsten Furlong, a local artist and BSU faculty member, served as resident artist in the Sesqui-Shop during the length of the installation, offering individuals the opportunity to participate in the project. In addition to the installation, the Sesqui-Shop became a resource center offering educational materials on sustainability and conservation presented by the Boise WaterShed and other environmental groups. According to Anthony Parry, our Shop Assistant, this month has been a little bit slower than previous months. There were several days that we had less than 10 people, which was good for Kirsten as she got a ton of work done, but it put limited our number of guests. The heat, smoke, more road/sidewalk work, and school starting should also be considered. The opening on the 1st had 422 people, which brought exposure to Kirstens work; 95 people attended the reception for artist and her final installation on the 22nd. Overall, the people who came to the shop this month appreciated what we were attempting, and I only had maybe two people scoff at the artwork. One old guy said that this show "belongs in New York. They'd EAT it up there!" He loved the show. The exhibition in August is A Look at Local Food & Farming: Celebrate sustainable local food & farming. Discover Boises early farms, greenhouses and floral shops and encounter a slew of Boise artisans, chefs and farmers through pop-up food tastings and free food & farming lectures and workshops. Explore Boises rich history in local food & farming though a small exhibition titled Edwards Rural to Urban: A Century of farming & growing in the Boise Valley. Edwards Greenhouse has collected their own history as well as those of other farms, gardens and floral shops for over 60 years. Events begin on First Thursday, September 5, with a cocktail history and tasting by Modern Hotel mixologist Michael Bowers. Every Friday, food pop-ups offer you a chance to sample specialty donuts, local salsa, craft beer and more! Free Saturday workshops and lectures offer you a chance to learn about topics such as cheese making, irrigation, and vintage floral arrangements. Lastly, join Edwards Greenhouse for a Pop-Up floral shop from September 10 14.

Even nts and Proj jects

Public P Art D Dedication On O the hot an nd smoky evening e of Aug ugust 15, 100 people p turned d out for the dedication d of t the Historic South S Boise St treetcar Statio on Plaza. The renovat tion of the trolley station w was perfect and d the ac ccompanying art (the full si ize ghost tro olley and gho ost objects ho onoring the pe eople who used the t streetcar system s for dif fferent purpos ses) is beautifu ul. It is locate ed at Ivywild P Park (on Leadv ville Avenue). . It is a MUST T SEE!

Upc coming Ses squi-Speak ks:

COCKTAIL HIS STORY -- Pr resented by y Michael Bo owers
September 5, 5:3 30-7:00 pm, a at the Sesqui-Shop

150 Years ago, as s Fort Boise w was built and t the City of Bo oise was platte ed, a cultural phen nomenon as uniquely u Ame rican as jazz w was gathering steam and ma aking headlines across the United State es: the mixed d drink. From the advent of f the iced beve erage to the revela ation of the pa aper straw, th his Sesqui-Spe eaks will give y you a look at what bar and bartenders, drinks and drinking g were like when Boise was s in its infancy y. Cocktails wil ll be available f for purchase. THE HOBOHEM MIANS: MAR RRYING HI ISTORY TO ART AND T TO STORY -Prese ented by Rita a Branham Ro odriguez -- S September 13 3, 6:00-7:30 pm m at the Sesq qui-Shop

Beyon nd the 1930s Boise Art Association and t the founding o of the Boise A Art Museum, t the group of artists s calling them mselves The Ho obohemians c cut a wide swa ath of artistic influence that t affected their whole commu unity. Their energy, e persis stence and visi ion to make th heir capital ci ity a cultural e we give e today to celebrate Boises s sesquicenten nnial. Think o of them as center reflect the efforts grand d dames who wanted w Boise to be more th han a remote outpost that o outsiders look ked upon as an n uncul ltured burg. Well W get to kn now this vibra artists led by C Cornelia Hart t Farrer and ant group of a Fanny y Dike Burns. Projected im mages of their p paintings (ple ein air landscapes, streetsca apes, still lifes, archit tectural sketch hes) and photographs will iillustrate their r stories and c connect us to their lives and d to our r own sense of o place. Boise es 1905 Chin natown will m make an appear rance, as will Paris! BOIS SE PUBLIC LIBRARY: L THE T PAST, P PRESENT, AN ND FUTURE E -- Presente ed by Kevin
Booe e -- Septembe er 28, 1:00-4:0 00 pm at Bois se Public Libr rary-William m F. Hayes Au uditorium (715 S. S Capitol Blv vd.)

Librar ry Director Kevin K Booe wi ill discuss the history of the e Boise Public Library, inclu uding comm munity involve ement in the librarys l prog gress during th he twentieth a and twenty-fir rst centuries. The role r of the pub blic library in American soc ciety and Bois ses community will also be e reviewed 2

and the role of public libraries, including Boises, are adopting for the future; with optional tour of the Old Carnegie Library

Promotion, in the news

Rebuilding Trees: Local artist Kirsten Furlong engages environmental themes at the SesquiShop, August 21, 2013 BOISE WEEKLY, by Harrison Berry Social Media: Website: January 1st-July 26th, 2013 Total visitors: 23,619 (NOTE: our figures for July were incorrect. The total number of visitors
to the site between Jan. 1 July 31 was 21,209).)

Facebook Total Likes: 1776 (up from 1751)

Total Weekly Reach: 10,073 unique Facebook users that saw BOISE 150 material the week of 7/17/2013-7/23/2013

Twitter Total Followers: 626 (up from 568)

MEMORANDUM
TO: FROM: RE: DATE: City Council Chief Doan Weekly Memo August 30, 2013

Carbone Monoxide Concerns This week, five members of Prevention and Engine 11 visited the Cloverleaf Plaza Subdivision (Cloverdale and Fairview). The subdivision contains 22 4-plex buildings that are on their own lots and are individually owned. In the past five months we have had seven carbon monoxide incidents in the subdivision in five different buildings. We were able to speak with the residents who answered their doors about carbon monoxide and provide them with information on carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, and extended an offer to install a carbon monoxide detector for them. For the residents who didnt answer, we left carbon monoxide brochures, as well as a short letter with information, safety recommendations and directions on how to contact us for further information. We have also worked closely with the Building Division on this issue and have had excellent support and cooperation. We will be following up with letters from the Building and Fire Department to the building owners providing additional information and guidance to them. History: Engine 11 recognizes multiple responses to the same unit at the complex and contacts Fire Prevention to advise of their concern. Fire Prevention contacts the resident to gather further information. Fire Prevention immediately notifies the Building Department, who dispatches an inspector to the unit and issues an unsafe to occupy. Building department drafts a letter to building owners to notify of the potential hazard Fire Prevention is able to review the history of the area and identify an abnormal number of carbon monoxide incidents in the area and notifies the Building department (See picture below of CO calls for the last year) Fire Prevention and Operation staff canvas the neighborhood (knocking on all 88 units) to provide residents additional information on CO, smoke detectors and offer detectors to residents. Letter to building owners is completed and should be sent out this week.

~ Information provided by Deputy Chief Romeo Gervais Calls of Interest Report by Battalion Chief Hummel on August 19 There was a large shop fire on 43rd St. that threatened the Anser Charter School on 42nd St. The building had two stories on the west side, which had been converted into upstairs and downstairs apartments. A 3rd alarm was necessary, due to heat and to provide adequate resources to the divisions established. One firefighter was shocked from power lines down while attempting to shut off the gas service Click here for an update. Twenty five firefighters were medically monitored by Ada County Paramedics prior to being released. Only three firefighters had vitals outside acceptable limits. After additional rest and hydration, all passed and were returned to service. Report by Battalion Chief Ellis on Aug. 20th Engine 9 responded to a code blue this afternoon at an apartment. Unfortunately, the elderly female had expired and a 10-100 was called. Engine 9 arrived to find a 20 year old hysterical male sitting on the kitchen floor with a dog that was unconscious at his feet. The pug was barely alive, with labored respirations and was having what looked like convulsions. I let him know his mother had passed (although he already knew) and asked him what was going on with the dog. He said he didn't know and he had not checked on his mother for a couple of days. There was no food or water for Berny (the Pug) and the air conditioning was turned off in the apartment. Firefighter Paramedic Matt Lutz and Firefighter David Elsberry went to work. Matt started with some oxygen and the dog mask, while Dave and I set up an IV for Matt to administer. His

respirations were still shallow and his lungs appeared to be full of fluid. The dog was transported with animal control to the humane society. Matt and the animal control officer delivered Berny to the vet on duty, Dr. Koob, with a full patient report. At last check, Berny was alive, sedated and resting. Before we left for the humane society, the family informed us that Berny was very important to them and they were very thankful. Click here for an update