HomeMy WebLinkAbout2 - Minutes 09/04/2003CITY OF BOULDER
PLANNING BOARD ACTION MINUTES
September 4, 2003
Council Chambers Room, Municipal Building
1777 Broadway
BOARD PRESENT:
Macon Cowles, Vice Cha~r
Thom Krueger, Chair
Simon Mole
Alan O'Hashi
Beth Pommer
John Spitzer
BOARD ABSENT:
El~se Jones
STAFF PRESENT:
Brent Bean, Senior Planner
Steve Dtman, Transportahon Engmeer
Dav~d Gehr, Assistant City Attorney
Bev Johnson, Planner
Peter Pollock, Planrung Director
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair T. Krueger declared a quorum at 6 03 p m, and the followmg busmess was conducted.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
There were no mmutes to approve
3. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
There was no crtizen participahon
4. DISCUSSION OF DISPOSITIONS, PLANNING BOARD CALL-UPS (start time
6 04 p.m )
The Board had no comments on the Plannmg Department dispos~rions (North Boulder V~llage
Subd~vtsion Plat and 705 Aurora Use Review).
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5. ACTION ITEMS
A. Public hearing and consideration of matters related to Chapter 9-6,
"Residential Growth Management System," B.R.C. 1981, including:
Time extension for reserved allocations awarded to Dakota Ridge Village.
This hearing will be held pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1-3, "Quasi-
Judieial Hearings," B.R.C. 1981. (start time 6 07 p m)
Citizen Participation:
Michael Markel, applicant, 5723 Arapahoe
Final Action:
MOTION: On a mot~on by A. O'Hashi, seconded by B. Pommer, the Planntng Board
approved a twelve-month time extension for all remainmg reserved allocations for Dakota Ridge
Village, extendmg the agreement to July 1, 2007 (vote. 6-0, E. Jones was absent)
Statements of Intent:
The Board discussed construct~on related impacts at Dakota Ridge
B. Public hearing and adoption of the Gunbarrel Community Center Plan (start
hme 6 31 p.m )
Citizen Participation:
Carolyn Ramsey, 6646 Bear Mountam Lane; Lonnie Suazo, 5457 Jewel Creek, Mike Walsh,
5229 Idylwild Trail, Tom Harrington, 3823 Birchwood Dnve; James Butler, 7389 Mt
Meeker, Jim Swanson, 370 St Paul Street, Denver, Terry O'Connor, 6685 Gunpark Dnve,
Paul Klamer, 5653 Table Top Court, Chuck Simmons, 5075 Cottonwood Drrve, Fabien
Ardila, 5659 Rim Rock Court
Final Action:
MOTION: J. Spitzer made a mohon to approve the Gunbarrel Commumty Center Plan w~th
the amendments suggested by B. Pommer to replace Figure 8 on page 98 with a diagram of the
mam streets, and to change the first and second sentences m the first paragraph on page 98 to
read "There will be a variety of buildmg heights rangmg from 2 to 4 stones but with a massmg
that mmim~zes the percerved height along the pedestnan comdors and mvrtes the larger
commumty mto the retail core A new transportaUon network is proposed to break up the super
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blocks and promote a walkable and bikeable environment " B. Pommer was concerncd about
adoptmg the plan separate from the Transportahon Network Plan smce the land uses could affect
the land use concept The motion failed for a lack of a second
MOTION: S. Mole made a mohon to approve the Gunbarrel Communrty Center Plan concept
as outhned on pages 97-102 of the staff inemorandum and as amended by B. Pommer He
wrthdrew the mot~on, and the followmg substitute mohon was made
MOTION: On a motion by A. O'Hashi, seconded by S. Mole, the Plamm~g Board prov~sionally
adopted (5-1, B. Pommer opposed, and E. Jones was absent) the Gunbanel Commumty Center
Plan sub~ect to review and approval of the Transportat~on Netwark Plan at the October 16, 2003
Plamm~g Board meetmg, and further, adopted the followmg amendments to the staff
memorandum dated September 5, 2003 (preparahon date August 27, 2003)
a) On page 84 under the headmg "Ob~ect~ves," second bullet rtem, change to read
"Describe communrty character and pattern of land use that gives the commercial
center a umque identify "
b) On page 95 change the heading from "Recommendattons" to "Market Study
Recommendahons",
c) On page 98, first paragraph, change the two sentences to read "There will be a
vanety of buildmg heights rangmg from 2 to 4 stories but with a massmg that
mmimizes the perceived he~ght along the pedestnan corndors and mvrtes the
larger communrty mto the retail core. A new transportahon network is proposed
to break up the super blocks and promote a walkable and b~keable environment "
d) On page 97 revise the map to md~cate that the retail core mcludes the portion
labeled "residenrial" along Gunpark Dnve
e) On pages 98 and 99 change the word "potent~al" with the word "illustrative"
under F~gure 8 and Figure 9 and under other appropnate figures m the plan
6. MATTERS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, PLANNING DIRECTOR, AND
CITY ATTORNEY (start rime 10:45 p m)
P. Pollock presented a summary of the Jobs/Housmg follow-up
7. DEBRIEF/AGENDA CHECK (start t~me ll OS p m)
The Board debnefed the meetmg
8. ADJOURNMENT
The Plamm~g Board ad~ourned the meeting at 11:12 p m.
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