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Environmental Advisory Board · regular
3-5-25 Environmental Advisory Board Meeting
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- regular
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- past
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AI-read · unreviewed24 mentions; quotes verbatim from the captions or agenda, chosen by a model, unchecked by a personso this is a site review that came in earlier this year.
as well as a 5 story residential building for student housing
The Site review criteria as well as Boulder Valley comprehensive plan.
in order to really up the ante on sustainability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
So 2952, baseline. This is a rough, overview, high level of what the project looks like right now
This is the site that's located next to the student housing at Williams village.
Williams village student housing over here on the right, Baseline Road and 30th Street
that we're designing to are needing to have a 10% better than city of boulders energy code
We're providing electric scooter parking. There's electric bike parking, trying to give plenty of places
I know. Emissions of materials are pretty high in boulder, but not a lot of that's coming from construction
the proposal meets the sustainable urban forum definition found in the 2015 Boulder Valley Comp plan
I know there tends to be a number of unhoused people that live, if you will, in that area.
Whether those people are unhoused, or students, you know, away from home for the 1st time
there's a plan to have a possibility for urban farming or community gardens on the roof
So I know that's not exactly an answer directed at at the unhoused, but our attitude is
said that 75% of the demolished building materials will be recycled
trying to divert some of like brick and other materials
I was definitely glad to see talk of rooftop gardens, and specifically how to manage.
one of the big changes in urban planning over the last 5 years, is a change in how we handle handle stormwater
You know the effort the city is doing with respect to or climate issues climate resilience.
you talk about the or electric or energy codes recycling materials nature based climate solutions, circular economy
we're, we're giving recommendations on wildfire resilience, solar panels, transportation
you talk about the or electric or energy codes recycling materials nature based climate solutions, circular economy
the manufactured home strategy, and this is an important one