Planners propose simplified land‑use framework; Iris Ball Fields change request to be screened

City planning staff told the Environmental Advisory Board that a key outcome of the Boulder Valley comp-plan update is a simplified land-use framework intended to give decision-makers and staff more flexibility. Tucker Horsch, planning technician, said staff are consolidating about 26 existing land‑use categories down to roughly 13 and organizing them into four broad classes—neighborhoods, hubs, networks and institutions—to make the map easier to read and apply.