{"id":3455,"date":"2010-11-02T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2010-11-15T16:13:45","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T23:13:45","slug":"top-iii-4-iii-what-are-your-top-3-ideas-for-the-planning-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/?p=3455","title":{"rendered":"Top III 4 III \u2014 What are your top 3 ideas for the Planning Reserve?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Recent proposals, initiated by private developers, are under consideration for the long-held sacred Area III Planning Reserve bounded by rural North Boulder.\u00a0 According to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan<\/a>, the Area III-Planning Reserve is intended for uses which are a priority need within the community and cannot be provided elsewhere within the Service Area.<\/p>\n

The City of Boulder and the County of Boulder agreed to a process at the conclusion of the Area III Planning Project in 1993 to ensure that decisions about changes to the Service Area are based on Comprehensive Plan policies and city and\/or county-initiated changes, rather than being \u201cincremental, reactive, and applicant-driven.\u201d This process recommended instead that the community of Boulder give thoughtful consideration to the best uses of the Planning Reserve for the community as a whole.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, the Boulder City Council, Planning Board and citizens alike are faced with two owner initiated proposals for development in the area, one for a large training complex for extreme athletes and another for an \u201cagri-burbia\u201d development combining housing and small-scale farming.\u00a0 Both proposals got me thinking\u2026 “What does Boulder really need in this part of town?” <\/strong>They got me wondering, \u201cwhat does the average Boulder citizen think we should do with the Planning Reserve\u201d?\u00a0 So, I\u2019m asking YOU!<\/strong> What awesome ideas do you have for this site?\u00a0 To get you started, please consider my top III.<\/p>\n

I. <\/strong>Nothin\u2019<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 Seriously, until that one, completely awesome, hit-you-upside-the-head obvious idea for the site that\u2019s just plain good for everyone comes along, I can\u2019t think of anything better to do with the site than just leave it the hell alone.\u00a0 I love the rural-scape as you get to the northern edge of Boulder, and I\u2019m sure the birds and bees do, too.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

II. <\/strong>Renewable Energy Farm<\/strong> \u2013 OK, I really have no idea whether the site is appropriate for this kind of thing, but if we\u2019re really going to meet our climate change goals we REALLY need to get serious about changing the way we produce all of this electricity we use.\u00a0 How about a big solar array out there that would power city buildings?\u00a0 It would be totally quiet, have minimal impact on the wildlife, and would have little or no traffic impact.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

III. <\/strong>Family Housing<\/strong> \u2013 I love living in a real town, full of all kinds of families from all walks of life.\u00a0 As a town, we need to get serious about providing family housing for the low-moderate income members of our community, many of whom provide critical services like teaching, protection and health care.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if Area III is a viable location in terms of public transportation and the cost of providing infrastructure\u2026but at least this idea is more in alignment with the kind of thing on which I would spend my last \u201cgolden ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK, YOUR TURN <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0 Seriously, just take a minute, give it some thought, and respond with your \u201cTop III\u00a0 4\u00a0 III\u201d <\/strong>by selecting Leave a Reply at the bottom of this editorial.<\/strong> If enough of you respond, we\u2019ll make it into a poll.\u00a0 If enough of you vote, who knows?\u00a0 Somebody might actually listen\u2026<\/p>\n

p.s.\u00a0 As with all good brainstorming, there are no bad ideas.\u00a0 So don\u2019t waste your breath telling me why my ideas won\u2019t work.\u00a0 Instead, put that energy behind coming up with some unique ideas of your own, or adding support for the great ideas you see from others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recent proposals, initiated by private developers, are under consideration for the long-held sacred Area III Planning Reserve bounded by rural North Boulder.\u00a0 According to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[131],"class_list":["post-3455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-planning-reserve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3455"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3939,"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3455\/revisions\/3939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}