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Transportation board backs Ponca Place redesign as likely public benefit, flags bike-parking reduction
Summary
The City of Boulder Transportation Advisory Board generally supported the proposed vacation and redesign of Ponca Place for the Frasier Meadows expansion at 350 Ponca Place but pressed the applicant on a requested 75% bicycle-parking reduction and on TDM monitoring and signage to keep the space welcoming to pedestrians and cyclists.
Vice chair Darcy Kitching opened discussion at the Transportation Advisory Board’s Nov. 10 meeting after staff described the 350 Ponca Place site and the City Council referral. City planner Chandler Van Schaack told the board the combined Fraser Meadows and Mountain View United Methodist Church parcels total about 18.86 acres and that the project is now in site review after concept review earlier this year.
The applicant, represented by Danica Powell of Trestle Strategy Group, said the proposal adds a four‑story building with 96 independent‑living apartments and would connect to Fraser Meadows via a second‑story bridge over a redesigned Ponca Place. Powell said the design would vacate the public right-of-way for Ponca Place and convert it to a private drive with a public‑access easement; the change would allow narrower travel lanes, rain gardens, enhanced paving and improved snow…
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