Allotment committee forwards River Run Senior Apartments to city council after unanimous vote

The Boulder City Allotment Committee on March 31 unanimously voted to forward AFDA 25-198 — an application to convert The Homestead at Boulder City into River Run Senior Apartments — to the city council with a final score of 78.2857%.

Michael Mays, community development director and acting city manager, told the committee the property at 1401 Medical Park Drive was built in 1998 as a 72‑unit assisted‑living facility and was purchased in 2024 for conversion. “Staff does not believe the conversion to senior apartments will have any impact on city facilities or operations,” Mays said, and noted that the Planning Commission had earlier approved the conditional use and a variance related to density and minimum unit size.

The applicant representative, Aubrey Powell, described the 12 units that require allotments as self‑contained apartments with kitchenettes, on‑site laundry and common amenities including a screening room, fitness center, a Zoom room and an outdoor courtyard. Powell said about 40% of the property is shared space and that the other 60 units in the facility are already leased. Powell said the studio units in the wing targeted for allotments would rent for about $970 and that one two‑bedroom unit in that wing would rent for about $1,600 (figures described as approximate by the applicant).

Committee members questioned the applicant and staff about parking, security and accessibility. Powell said the conditional use process required meeting parking standards and the applicant added two spaces to reach 73 parking spaces total, which she said meets the senior‑housing code requirement of one space per dwelling unit. She said the building is secured with controlled entry but not a lockdown facility, and that the units are ADA accessible on a single level.

Staff recommended excluding several scoring criteria that apply primarily to new subdivisions rather than conversions; the chair moved to remove criteria numbers 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 from consideration for this application, and the motion was approved unanimously. Members were instructed to score the project using only criteria 1, 2 and 5; staff then tallied an average score of 78.2857, above the 70% threshold required for allotment eligibility.

A committee member moved to forward AFDA 25-198 to the city council for consideration of 12 residential allotments for construction year 2024–25 at the reported score; the motion was seconded and approved unanimously. The committee closed the final public comment period with no callers and adjourned.

The next procedural step is city council consideration of the allotment recommendation; the committee record shows the application and the adopted score will be transmitted to council for review.