9-15-26 Planning Board Meeting

Public Hearing and consideration of a recommendation to the City Manager and City Council on the Recommended 2027-2032 Capital Improvement Program (CIP).

The 2027 to 2032 capital improvement program identifies 135 million in new appropriation for 2027 to support 131 capital projects

Boulder Creek Park phase 2, which was formerly the civic area phase 2 project. The title has changed.

include the South Boulder Creek flood mitigation, the sanitary sewer rehab project, our treated water transmission

the review of the CIP to consider if the recommended program is consistent with and advances the Boulder Valley comprehensive plan

we evaluated the CIP as a portfolio and specific projects against the policies of the comprehensive plan

the CIP advances this value through multiple investments that support several of our downtown parking garages and public spaces

This value really recognizes that protecting our natural systems and investing in resilient infrastructure are complimentary strategies that help address climate change

preparing Boulder to respond to changing environmental conditions and future climate change challenges

flood mitigation, wildfire resilience, dam safety, transportation safety, and other critical public safety infrastructure

city council will have their first reading on the 2027 that should say uh 27 recommended budget

capital projects are generally defined as physical assets with a useful life of 15 years

items in the current CIP that uh in that are addressed in the bond package that will be on the ballot in November

as you note, our South Boulder Recreation Center, our North Boulder Recreation Center

assuming that there is no passage of any um upcoming uh bond measures, tax measures that voters are considering

support from city council on the work uh and top council priority on the long-term financial strategy

The buildings that we're bringing forward in the capital improvement program um this year and in other years include those

parks and recck administration that currently is in that building will be able to move to the alpine balsam site

make way for the improvements um that we're looking at for the North Boulder Recreation Center

hear a reference to it on the um request for proposals on the east book end of the of the uh civic area downtown

The age well services are not moving up to Alpine Balsam. So they're not part of that.

the Park Central and New Britain buildings are looking to be deconstructed once the uh staff moves over to Alpine Balsam

Are there particular projects that are being faster tracked due to Sundance

to help bolster up um for the Sundance uh film festival coming in January of next year

that space will be um obviously used quite a bit during the Sundance Film Festival

in terms of the details was there any discussion that I missed about the Barker Dam stability project

The reason why the Barker Dam stability project, it is a highly technical project

Policy 79, municipal airport in the very first line talks about maintaining the the airport as a safe environment for aviation.

I'm going to be making a motion that we recommend that city council ask staff to seriously study the safety issues with the glider runway

we've had that surveillance pole cameras dispatched to that park numerous times for lengths of times because of

The renovation will in partnership with utilities and storm water efforts happening with Goose Creek

to initiate a thoughtful analysis of potential safety issues with operations of the glider runway and potential solutions

are pending individual landmark designation and were approved for relocation and rehabilitation by the landmarks board

a lime grove for lime scooters, uh bumpouts for pickup and drop off

the applicant has provided a TDM plan with the application and this includes several different parking and TDM strategies

potential changes to site design and architecture to more clearly pay homage to the landmarked Lincoln Hall building

the city council shall grant a resoning application only if the proposed resoning is consistent with the policies and goals of the Boulder Valley comp plan

we we've seen that exact number before um in TDM plans

Did staff have any input on the location of the BCycle station

maybe it's in the TDM plan at the end of the TDM plan they provided a bunch of copies of their emails

they had a concern about only 11 charging spots for ebikes

That's um off-site improvement that's not in the TMP

to support student housing adjacent to the campus of the University of Colorado

to support student housing adjacent to the campus of the University of Colorado

the limitations on floor area are significantly higher because students student housing is compatible with the borders of the of the campus

they have to pay the additional inclusionary housing fee for any floor area on a fourth or fifth story

it's not a required connection in the TMP

this is a very appropriate place for higher density student housing, right next to the university

this is a very appropriate place for higher density student housing, right next to the university

we're back next week at 6 PM with the Pearl Arts District reszoning

Hakabai um annexation I think is planning to come to council on October 15th

getting extractions through the annexation that are commensurate with the existing street section