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Boulder planning commission schedules community survey and forum to inform general plan update
Summary
The commission agreed to move forward with a public survey and a forum to gather input for the town’s general plan update; commissioners set a target forum date for July 30 and assigned staff and commissioners to produce and refine the survey instrument.
At the June 19 meeting the Boulder Planning Commission approved plans to launch a community survey and host a public forum to gather input for a coming general plan update.
The commission’s vision and goals work group recommended a new community survey to supplement past outreach (surveys in 1992, 2002/2004, and 2017). The group argued that a fresh survey will help the commission understand residents’ priorities and demographics ahead of a public forum. Commissioners discussed distributing the survey online and as paper copies at town events and local gathering places to reach residents who may not attend meetings.
Commissioners and staff agreed on a near‑term schedule: draft survey comments will be submitted to staff by June 23, and Planning Commissioner Elena and Commissioner Colleen (first names used in the meeting record) agreed to put the instrument into a survey platform for distribution. The commission set a target date of July 30 for the public forum (described informally as a community event with opportunities for attendees to add input to wall displays and small‑group conversations).
The forum will focus on five topic areas the commission identified for the general plan update: vision and goals, land use north of Town Hall, moderate‑income housing, capital projects, and the table of uses (commercial definitions). Commissioners discussed how to structure the forum to allow for both broad input and more specific follow‑up; several recommended gathering survey results before the forum so the event can focus on areas with the most community interest.
Commissioners also discussed logistics and outreach. Proposed distribution channels included online survey tools, hard copies at town events (including a local ice‑cream social and talent show), town hall, and outreach through community volunteers. Commissioners agreed to solicit edits and additions to the survey through the week and to finalize a draft for dissemination.
The commission did not adopt any code changes related to the general plan at the meeting; it set the survey and forum as next steps and will reconvene to review survey responses and public input at its July meeting. Commissioners emphasized that the forum and survey are intended to guide the general plan rewrite and to surface priorities that may become ordinance or capital‑project work items later.
