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Planning Board reopens path to Area 3 expansion study, adopts guardrails and asks staff for feasibility work
Summary
After a split and full discussion, the Planning Board rescinded its January finding and voted 4–3 to find community needs sufficient to warrant further consideration of a service-area expansion in the Area 3 Planning Reserve. The board adopted a statement asking staff to run a pre-planning feasibility stage, build consensus on priority goals, and clarify options for city‑owned parkland.
The Planning Board revisited whether the city should move forward with further consideration of a service-area expansion into the Area 3 Planning Reserve, an approximately 500‑acre parcel north of the city boundary that has been a potential urban expansion area for decades.
Staff (Sarah Horne and Christopher Johnson) recapped the three-step process used in the intergovernmental agreement and the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan: Step 1 (Urban Services Study — completed), Step 2 (Community Needs Assessment — the current decision point) and Step 3 (development of a service‑area expansion plan if agreed). City Council voted 7–2 earlier to…
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