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Design Advisory Board backs Fraser Meadows expansion concept but asks for refined massing, material and shadow studies
Summary
The City of Boulder Design Advisory Board reviewed a site‑review amendment combining the Fraser Meadows campus and Mountain View United Methodist Church, including a proposed 4‑story, 55‑foot, 98‑unit independent‑living building; the board generally supported the approach but requested further study of massing, glazing, material simplification and shadowing before planning board review.
Boulder — The City of Boulder Design Advisory Board on a virtual meeting reviewed a site‑review amendment for Fraser Meadows that would combine the senior living campus with the Mountain View United Methodist Church site and add a new 4‑story, 55‑foot independent‑living building containing 98 units. Chandler Van Schaack, principal planner with Planning and Development Services, said staff submitted comments identifying several criteria as only partially satisfied and asked DAB to give design guidance that staff will incorporate into the planning review.
The applicant’s lead architect, Mary Fiore of Boulder Associates Architects, presented massing and facade strategies intended to soften the building’s scale: tiered setbacks, fourth‑floor stepbacks, a varied material palette of red and blonde brick with limited stucco on upper floors, and glass 'links'…
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