[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: Project List prior to the September 2 Meeting

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Sender: Driskell, David


In response to several Hotline emails this morning regarding desired information and activities preceding next Tuesday’s Council meeting

 
Staff is happy to prepare information, and to host or participate in a tour, but will not be able to do so in time for Tuesday’s meeting (particularly given
 that city offices are closed on Monday for the national holiday).
 
It is our understanding that the discussion on Tuesday is focused on whether there is a majority of Council that wishes to schedule an agenda item for the purpose
 of discussing recent development trends and outcomes. We can and will certainly prepare information along the lines of what is being requested for that subsequent discussion, when scheduled.

 
I will also be available at this coming Tuesday’s meeting to outline activities being organized leading up to the already scheduled joint study session with
 Planning Board on October 14th regarding the 2015 Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Update.  These include a tour of recent developments and a proposed discussion with Victor Dover to review and evaluate recent development outcomes, not dissimilar
 to the tour and evaluative information being requested in today’s emails.
 
Yesterday the question was also raised regarding the sequencing of Tuesday’s discussion regarding the Comprehensive Housing Strategy and the discussion scheduled
 for later in the evening under “matters” regarding development activity overall.  Staff is open to whichever sequencing Council prefers. However, a couple points worth keeping in mind: 1) the CHS is about a broad range of potential housing strategies, some
 of which intersect with development concerns we are hearing expressed (large apartment buildings, too many new and/or rental units, etc.) and some of which do not (preservation of affordable units, ADUs/OAUs, “tiny homes,” 15-minute neighborhoods, etc.); and
 2) the CHS will not, in itself, result in changes to land use, zoning, codes or programs: its intent is to establish a strategic framework and clear priorities that will inform subsequent work plan items and implementation actions.  These points may or may
 not inform Council’s direction on the desired sequencing of the conversations, but we thought it worth bringing them forward.
 
Let me know if there are questions.  We look forward to the conversation(s) on Tuesday!
 
David
 
David Driskell,
AICP
Executive Director, Community Planning + Sustainability

Interim Housing Director
City of Boulder
1739 Broadway, 4th Floor / Boulder, CO 80302
mail: PO Box 791 / Boulder, CO 80306-0791
email: DriskellD at bouldercolorado.gov
office: (+1) 303.441.3425 / cell: (+1) 303.330.3722
 
  
 



 


From: Cowles, Macon

Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 10:49 AM
To: HOTLINE; Driskell, David; Sam Assefa; Richstone, Susan
Subject: Re: Project List prior to the September 2 Meeting


 
Additional information that would be helpful, based on a project now before the Planning Board:

 


Modifications requested (for projects not yet approved) and modifications granted (for projects approved) to height, number of stories, setbacks, parking, open space.


 


When I mentioned size in the original post, I would include lot size or acreage, gross square feet, height and number of stories, surface and structured parking.


 


If there are more than two members of Council who want to bike around together to view the projects, staff can notice this as a meeting so that members of the public can join us if they wish. This is such short notice that I do not expect
 staff to have to accompany us, but staff would certainly be welcome and contribute to our understanding of the projects.


 










Macon Cowles


Boulder City Council Member






1726 Mapleton Ave.






Boulder, Colorado 80304


CowlesM at bouldercolorado.gov


(303) 447-3062


(303) 638-6884








 


On Aug 28, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Cowles, Macon <CowlesM at bouldercolorado.gov> wrote:





Would it be possible for us to get a list of the large projects approved in the City within the last three years, so that we can take view the projects before our meeting on September 2nd.


 


This is the kind of information that would be helpful: address, size, zoning, density bonuses, exceptions to height or parking restrictions and public benefit (if any specifically identified in the approval).


 


Thanks very much.


 








Macon Cowles


Boulder City Council Member






1726 Mapleton Ave.







Boulder, Colorado 80304


CowlesM at bouldercolorado.gov


(303) 447-3062


(303) 638-6884








 



 
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