12.03.20 PB Action SummaryCITY OF BOULDER
PLANNING BOARD ACTION SUMMARY
Thursday, December 3, 2020
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: 6:01 p.m.
David Ensign Present Lisa Smith Present
John Gerstle Present Peter Vitale Present
Lupita Montoya Present Harmon Zuckerman Present
Sarah Silver Present
2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
a) Kurt Nordback
b) David Takahashi
c) Tom Volckhausen
d) Donna George
e) Lisa Spalding
f) Michael Williamson
g) Macon Cowles
h) Lynn Segal
i) David Adamson
j) Alex Hyde-Wright
k) Carol Dreselly
3. DISCUSSION OF DISPOSTIONS, PLANNING BOARD CALL-UPS / CONTINUATIONS
4. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A.
AGENDA TITLE: Public Hearing and Planning Board
consideration of Land Use Map, Planning Areas Map, policy,
and text changes as part of the 2020 Mid-Term Update to the
Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. Maps indicating where
the proposed changes the Boulder Valley Comprehensive
Plan are located and a description of each change can be
found on the project website at
https://bouldercolorado.gov/pages/2020-mid-term-update.
Approved
Comments:
On a motion by D. Ensign seconded by J. Gerstle the Planning Board voted 7-0 to approve
the Land Use Map and Planning Areas Map changes to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive
Plan as shown and described in the staff memo and in Attachments A – C and E – G.
On a motion by H. Zuckerman seconded by D. Ensign the Planning Board voted 6-1 (J.
Gerstle opposed) to approve the Land Use Map and Planning Areas Map changes to the
Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan as shown and described in the staff memo and in
Attachment D.
On a motion by S. Silver seconded by L. Montoya the Planning Board voted 7-0 to
approve the Land Use Map and Planning Areas Map changes to the Boulder Valley
Comprehensive Plan as shown and described in the staff memo and in Attachments H and
I, excepting H(4).
On a motion by D. Ensign seconded by S. Silver the Planning Board voted 6-0 (J.
Gerstle recused) to approve the Land Use Map and Planning Areas Map changes to the
Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan as shown and described in the staff memo and in
Attachments H(4).
On a motion by H. Zuckerman seconded by P. Vitale the Planning Board voted 7-0 to
approve the policy and text changes to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan as shown
and described in Attachment J. In addition, to preserve Boulder’s industrial land use and
industrial areas for the sake of the city’s diversity, sustainability, and resilience as a
community, Planning Board approves a policy change whereby the word “light” is deleted
in Policy 2.21 where it appears before the word “industrial.”
On a motion by D. Ensign seconded by S. Silver the Planning Board voted 7-0 that
Planning Board recognizes that several of the proposed mid-term BVCP changes positively
address the jobs/housing imbalance and affordability, however they may have the side-
effect of reducing the development opportunity for industrial uses. Planning Board
recommends that the city prioritize a study of recent and future status and trends in city-
wide industrial zoning inventory, potentially informed by the East Boulder Subcommunity
Plan, to assure that we can better understand the ramifications of such land-use changes.
5. MATTERS FROM PLANNING BOARD, PLANNING DIRECTOR, CITY ATTORNEY
A. AGENDA TITLE: South Boulder Creek Upstream Analysis
Update
No Action
B. AGENDA TITLE: Update on the scope for phase 2 of the
Design and Construction Standards (DCS) for Transportation
No Action
C. AGENDA TITLE: 2020 Letter to City Council No Action
6. DEBRIEF / CALENDAR CHECK
7. ADJOURNMENT: 10:35 p.m.