Planning board reviews two city subdivision plats, continues related agenda item to May 27

The Planning Board reviewed two possible call‑up items on April 15 and sought clarifying information but did not request either item be called up. Separately, the board unanimously continued agenda item 4a to a date certain of May 27 after staff said an item had been missing from the public packet.

Final plat at 1100 Balsam Avenue (Case TEC2024‑00043): staff described a proposal to subdivide a 7.47‑acre city‑owned parcel into five lots and to dedicate additional right‑of‑way for Broadway, Alpine Avenue, Balsam Avenue, Tenth Street and Aspen Place along with utility, drainage and public access easements. Chandler Van Schaack (city staff) told the board the additional Alpine and Balsam right‑of‑way is“to expand those right of ways to allow for the on street parking” and that the Broadway dedication was “essentially to create area for flood improvements and to create frontage” for a mixed‑use lot. Board members pressed staff on whether new streets would be built to full city standards or remain private; staff said the planned Eleventh Street will be narrower with added sidewalk and landscape areas and that an outlot table on the plat designates the outlot as city owned and intended for city maintenance. Board members also asked about the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that governs maintenance and about the planned disposition of lots; staff confirmed conveyance of city land would require City Council approval and that Boulder Housing Partners (BHP) expects to acquire housing lots under the existing MOU.

Final plat at 2655 Broadway (Case TEC2020‑0458): staff presented a proposal to subdivide a 1.36‑acre city site generally located at 2655 Broadway and adjacent Alpine/North Street addresses to create two lots and dedicate additional alley right‑of‑way and drainage easements. Board members reviewed the map and raised no call‑up questions; staff indicated the application will remain subject to possible call up through the stated deadline.

Agenda housekeeping: earlier in the meeting staff flagged that one agenda item had been missing from the published packet. The board moved and unanimously approved a motion to continue item 4a to a date certain — May 27 — so the item can be reprovided in the packet and avoid full re‑notice.

What board members asked staff to clarify: whether additional street dedications would trigger roadway construction to full DCS (design and construction standards) widths, how outlot maintenance obligations are recorded in the plat and MOU, what steps are required if the city later seeks to sell or change the designated outlot, and the timeline for conveyance to third parties such as BHP. Staff said grading and flood‑improvement permits were already issued for some site work but that building permits cannot be issued until subdivision approval is complete.

Next steps: staff said both applications remain subject to the call‑up deadlines noted in the packet (April 22, 2025) and that they will provide the board additional documentation on street maintenance and MOU language as requested.

Ending: The board took no call‑up action on either plat and instead sought clarifications; the one procedural action taken was the unanimous continuation of agenda item 4a to May 27 so the public packet can be corrected.