Boulder City Council
Boulder City Council is on summer recess. There will be no meetings July 4, 11 or 18.
On July 25, council will discuss:
• Possible conversion of the Boulder Municipal Airport. Two measures, the result of citizen petitions, will be on November’s ballot seeking to decommission the airport and redevelop it into housing. Boulder’s Chamber of Commerce, which represents business interests, last week announced its opposition to the initiatives. Council’s discussion is scheduled to last over an hour.
• An overview of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan (BVCP), which guides long-range planning for growth, development, conservation, housing and more. Council members will receive training and an overview prior to a planned update of the document, often referred to in shorthand as “the comp plan.”
The BVCP receives a major overhaul roughly every 10 years, with more minor changes made every five. The next major update is scheduled for 2025.
The biggest change on the table is possible activation of the Area III Planning Reserve, roughly 500 acres adjacent to current northern city limits. Of that, 262 acres would be available for residential and non-residential uses. Between 4,300 and 6,700 new homes could be built there, according to three scenarios laid out by city staff in late June.
Council has been seriously discussing development of the Planning Reserve since at least 2019, and in 2022 requested an urban services study to assess the costs and feasibility of expanding city services (police, fire, water, sewer, etc.) into the area. It is the first of three steps to prep for future development.
If Boulder’s city council and planning board agree, an assessment of unmet community needs would be undertaken (Step 2), followed by a more formal planning process (Step 3). The study is expected to be completed by the fall, with approval of the results tentatively scheduled for Oct. 15 (planning board) and Oct. 17 (city council).
Boulder County Commissioners
The week of July 8, commissioners will:
• Hold a regular business meeting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 9. An agenda for the meeting can be found at boco.org/Meeting-Portal. Those wishing to attend virtually can do so at boco.org/BOCC-July9AM.
• Hold an executive session at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 10. Executive sessions are not open to the public, and discussion items are limited to certain topics such as negotiations, police investigations or personnel matters.
All agenda items are subject to change.
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