Boulder County to update environmental resources maps

NEWS RELEASE
BOULDER COUNTY COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PERMITTING
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Staff in Boulder County Community Planning and Permitting are working with Boulder County Parks and Open Space to update the mapping information associated with the Environmental Resources Element of the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan (BCCP).

Parks and Open Space staff will present an overview of proposed map changes during a public meeting of the Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee (POSAC) on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. View the POSAC agenda. Attendees may join through Zoom or in-person at the downtown Boulder County courthouse.

What: POSAC Public Hearing on Proposed Map Updates to the Boulder county Comprehensive
When: Thursday, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: In-Person and Zoom webinar. In-Person in the commissioners’ hearing room, downtown Boulder County courthouse, Third Floor, 1325 Pearl St., 3rd Floor, Boulder.

• In-Person Registration
• Zoom Webinar Registration

Registration is only required for participants who want to provide public comment. Meetings are streamed live through eSCRIBE. Video will display on the agenda page as soon as the meeting begins.

Staff is not proposing any change to the policies of the Environmental Resources Element of the Comprehensive Plan. However, the proposed map modifications related to the Comprehensive Plan will include:

• Displaying environmental resource information in municipalities and county subdivisions on official maps to provide a more comprehensive understanding of resources within the geographic boundaries of the county;
• Correcting issues identified in the Wetlands and Riparian Areas Maps and the Rare Plant Areas and Significant Natural Communities Maps;
• Updating information in the Species of Special Concern and Significant Natural Communities List and associated narrative;
• Removing Critical Wildlife Habitat #36 from the Critical Wildlife Habitat Map, based on the approved update to the Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm Management Plan in 2020.

In accordance with BCCP policy, staff is requesting POSAC’s review and recommendation to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission ultimately approves changes to the BCCP and the supporting elements.

Written comments may be submitted online. View more information on the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan Environmental Resources Element Map Update BCCP-22-0001 webpage.

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