Minutes of July 2012 Meeting

Goss-Grove Neighborhood Association Minutes of July 19, 2012

The meeting was convened at 7:00 by co-chair Mary Hey.  19 neighbors were present. Naropa’s new director of facilities & operations, Aaron Cook, also attended.

Zoning: The August 7th City Council meeting will address granting a portion of Goss-Grove RMX-1 zoning designation.  Mary reviewed the years-long process.  Neighbors are encouraged to attend the council meting in support, and email the council before the meeting. In Boulder, citizen participation is important to Council so please show up. 

Charlie Kane, owner of two houses in the new zoning designation, spoke about removing his property from the zone.  He believes they do not belong.

Parking:  Plan-Boulder, eGo Carshare, and Community Cycles are proposing a reduced parking requirement for new construction in Goss-Grove.  Attendees were interested in inviting these groups to the next scheduled meeting and talking about their suggestions.  Mary will invite them.

Neighborhood Parking Permit program: The City asked for feedback on issuing commuter permits in the various NPP zones, giving three options.  We voted for option #3, to extend commuter permits for 5 more years, to 2017.

Coffee Shop: A new coffee shop for the southwest corner of 19^th and Arapahoe was approved by the city through special use review, necessary since the property is zoned residential.  The owners immediately changed the stated plan and applied to increase the hours of operation and the size of the shop, while keeping the number of parking spaces the same.  That application was subsequently withdrawn.  No action from GGNA is necessary.

Civic Area Project:  Citizen input open houses are beginning to plan a future civic area that is envisioned to go from 9^th to 17^th and Arapahoe to Canyon.  This includes some of Goss-Grove and will impact Goss-Grove.  Go to < bouldercivicarea.com> for more information to see what’s up and how you can participate.

Pro Cycling race:  Stage 6 of the Pro Cycling race will be in Boulder on Saturday, August 24.  The route will encircle Goss-Grove.  Inbound from Golden will travel east on Arapahoe to Folsom, then take Canyon up Boulder Canyon.  The race will come back through town and take 17^th south to Arapahoe then Broadway to 13^th then Baseline up Flagstaff.  17^th will be closed and Arapahoe, Folsom, and Canyon will be closed temporarily.  We have a great chance to see this event twice from the comfort of our neighborhood and have a party, if someone plans it.

Arapahoe Road Reconstruction: The city is beginning to design a project to improve Arapahoe from Folsom as far west as the money will allow (approximately 17^th Street). The city is holding open houses with more information.  Go to www.bouldertransportation.net and hit “Projects” for more information.

New Business:  Jenny would like to start a “little library” at the 20^th street pocket park.  This would be a box where people could share books informally.  Other ideas for projects were put forward to the next meeting.

The next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 18, 2012.

            Agenda items include:

            - Election of new GGNA officers

            - Boulder Police will be invited to tell us about crime in our area

            - People listed in “Parking” item above will be invited

Minutes submitted by Michele Bishop, GGNA Secretary