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Boulder advisory board praises 'hubs' and 15‑minute goals but urges clearer, measurable transportation policies in BVCP draft
Summary
City planning staff presented the draft Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan; TAB members welcomed 15‑minute neighborhoods and simplified land‑use classes but urged clearer, measurable transportation goals, stronger safety language and guidance on street hierarchies. TAB will consolidate feedback before the April 6 public‑comment deadline.
City of Boulder planning staff presented the public draft of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan (BVCP) on March 9 and asked the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) for feedback before the plan’s public comment period closes April 6.
Sarah Horn, senior planner for the Comprehensive Planning Team, said the draft translates community engagement and earlier phases of the update into a 20‑year vision and a set of roughly 102 policies intended to be clear, straightforward and resilient. "We're here to share an update on where we are in the comp plan update process, and give you an overview of the draft plan," Horn said.
Planners emphasized two headline changes: a shorter policy set intended to be easier to read and a revised future‑land‑use map that reduces the previous 25 land‑use categories to 12 classes, each with a mobility description. Tess Schorn, city…
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