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Jane Brautigam was Boulder’s city manager from 2008 to 2020. She describes how she grew into her career as a city manager; other places she worked, both as a city attorney and a city manager; and how she came to be hired as Boulder’s city manager. Her wide-ranging discussion of issues handled as Boulder’s city manager include guiding Boulder through the financial crisis of 2008 (the Great Recession), capital bond projects undertaken including facilities updates and expansions, zoning policy changes, attempts to municipalize the city’s electrical system, providing services for the unhoused population, policing and race, priority-based budgeting, transportation including RTD services and the Folsom bike lane experiment, prairie dog management, the city/university relationship, student alcohol use, planning for the CU conference center, the CU South land with regard to flooding and development, racial equity, and handling emergencies—such as floods, fires, and the Covid pandemic. Other topics include the variety of problems with which a city manager deals, a city manager as a facilitator of solutions to these problems, Boulder in 2008, the relationship between city manager and city council, characteristics of a good city manager, retirement, and continuing to serve on nonprofit boards and as a mentor to others. Note that further biographical information about Jane Brautigam is available at Boulder’s Carnegie Library for Local History; and Jane’s curriculum vitae is added to the bottom of the transcript.

ditches, and the cost of water. Other topics include schooling, transportation, development and how it impacts agriculture, the open space program, and the aftermath of the 2013 flood in Boulder County.

When the South Boulder Creek drainage flooded during the Boulder County Flood of 2013, flowing water broke through Shannon and Howard Chinatti's basement window and filled that level of their house with seven feet of water. Shannon was alone at the time of the flood - Howard works in disaster recovery and was on his way to Montana to work on another flood recovery project. They tell of Shannon

Bob Ritzen, the chaplain for Frasier Meadows Retirement Community, describes the severe flooding experienced by Frasier Meadows during the Boulder County Flood of 2013 and the collaborative efforts of staff and residents to evacuate, care for, and resettle the many people whose living quarters were flooded, including residents in assisted living and memory care units. The flooding and evacuation

Renée Williams' house was unscathed by the flooding of Bear Creek during the Boulder County Flood of 2013 - or so she thought until a day later, after rocks washed down by the flood unseated a manhole cover and blocked the sewage system. For five days her house and some of her neighbors' houses filled with raw sewage. She tells about this experience, how her family and her neighborhood coped

Charlie Brennan, the science and environmental reporter for the Daily Camera newspapaer, describes covering the Boulder County Flood of 2013. He talks about his approach to reporting about the flood, contacts he used to obtain informatiion that would help readers understand what was happening, and the efforts that he and other reporters made in extraordinary circumstances to put together news

Matt Sebastian, city editor of the Boulder Daily Camera, recounts his experience during the September 2013 flood. In this interview he talks about: the importance of social media; the decisions that an editor has to make in weighing the safety of the reporter while chasing breaking news; lessons learned; and the making of the photobook, "A Thousand Year Rain: The Historic Flood of 2013 in Boulder

This is a recording of the Award Ceremony held at Boulder Municipal Airport on June 14, 2014 (8th Annual Airport Day) to celebrate Flood Rescue Operations during the Flood of September 2013. A host of Boulder County and Colorado dignitaries were present at the ceremony to honor the Colorado National Guard and U.S. Army 4th Combat Aviation Brigade for their efforts in the rescue of over 1

This interview has two narrators: Lt. Col. Mitch Utterback from the Colorado National Guard and Col. Robert Ault, U.S. Army. Utterback is the liaison to all civil authorities in Colorado, especially during a disaster. The National Guard provided aerial and ground search and rescue support to the County Sheriff, and the U.S. Army provided support to the National Guard during the Boulder flood

Sharon Cole, who lost one home to the Fourmile Fire in 2010, and then experienced major damage to another house in Fourmile Canyon in which she lived at the time of the Flood of 2013, gives an eyewitness account of the flood's effect on houses, roads, bridges, and creek beds during those September days in 2013. She tells of moving within the canyon for safety, of eventual evacuations

Arthur Trevino describes the damage to his rental home in Longmont, caused by the Boulder County Flood of 2013. Art's experience was complicated by several factors: he had moved to Boulder only four months before the flood; during the most severe flooding, he was negotiating flooded roads between Westminster and Longmont while his wife with Alzheimer's disease was at home being taken care

Cathy Rivers moved to Lyons in April, 1998. She is an artist and owns her business called Rivers Colorworks and Design. She is a community-minded person that has contributed her talents to Lyons. After being displaced during the flood of September, 2013 she resettled back into Lyons because it is a place where she belongs. She describes her experience of losing her home and belongings but always

Jamestown, Colorado, resident Martine Amadé speaks about her experience during the September 2013 flood. She talks about her family’s evacuation to the Jamestown School, being airlifted out by helicopter, and her stay in Boulder while her husband repaired their house. She describes the damage to Jamestown, reconstruction of houses and the town, and the many ways townspeople helped each other