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Boulder City Council Meeting 11-10-22
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AI-read · unreviewed44 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personan update on the transportation core arterial Network
I'll be offering an update on the Department's work plan for the core arterial Network
we want to hear from folks and really looking to improve safety for everybody on Baseline Road
there is a capital project that was identified on one of the exhibits
we very much appreciate the additional staff that you approved as part of the budget the additional Consulting dollars
removing the saturation limit and also allowing both attached and detached adus on one lot
has been in place since that original ordinance for adus in 1983
the parking requirements for adus often it's either zero or one some cities will waive the parking requirement
adus are measured differently than any other structure in the zoning code and so that creates some inefficiencies and confusion with applicants and homeowners
the code clarification improvements that I mentioned on a previous slide and process improvements
one of the housing advisory boards recommendations was to eliminate parking requirements for adus
the idea of eliminating parking requirements entirely we believe that that would be a more complex change
the East Boulder sub-community plan so this is scheduled to come to Council in December
to bring an ordinance back to council with targeted changes in the land use code by the end of quarter two
so that we get a higher percentage of affordable units out of projects in areas where housing is anticipated
the area 3 planning Reserve service and study
the Very uh thin sliced uh elements for Zoning for affordable housing
it does present some challenges when it comes to consistency with the land you with the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan
we're talking about adus and we're talking about access to Affordable more affordable units housing units
40 said they did it to reduce the parking requirement the next most common
Civic areas really hard to characterize because it's involving transportation and parks and others
I also wanted to touch on a couple of questions I had that kind of came up around land use and the comprehensive plan
the comprehensive plan wants these restrictions are applied holistically and not on a per lot basis
how does the Civic area master plan phase two implementation differ from the Pearl Street 50-year refresh
the community was was not supportive that doesn't mean you can't have changes to occupancy limits
you're correct 47 of the people voted in favor of changing occupancy limits but 53 percent did not
downtown Boulder partnership has been working on a vision plan for probably at least a year maybe a little longer
we have a Mobility study for downtown that's going to be undertaken there's been a lot of talk
and with the dairy Arts Center and they're actually doing a lot of work on that
includes Boulder Junction and area three planning Reserve and because of the alignment of a bunch of things
majority of council wanted to keep area three planning Reserve moving forward sooner rather than later
it also spoke to the inclusionary housing fees a little bit I also did want to see us look at
what was outlined in the memo sort of around zoning and affordable housing including looking at um open space requirements
when we were doing arter inclusionary housing discussion really probably best fit within that um a work plan item
you will not find very much greater opportunity for affordable or middle-income housing than um land
kicking the you know not spending planning resources on the Civic area and downtown makes little sense
with the clear recognition that the occupancy and Zoning for affordable housing Scopes will be discussed as part of those work sessions
Boulder voters have approved two measures two a and 2B that will support climate action in the community
in addition to providing critical funding for Boulder's climate work we uh the uh measure
CU South annexation and just want to say we recognize that our community appears to favor maintaining that annexation agreement
CU South annexation and just want to say we recognize that our community appears to favor maintaining that annexation agreement
we're eager to continue work on South Boulder Creek flood mitigation and commit to prioritizing life and safety issues
we're aware that there are strong and diverse views about the annexation and we're committed to working on behalf
as we take next steps regarding the flood mitigation it's a multi-year process and we are eager