Boulder moves Ball expansion, Hill hotel, apartment project forward without debate

BOULDER — A trio of high-profile development projects — the Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. campus expansion, a new hotel in the University Hill neighborhood and an Arapahoe Avenue apartment complex — moved smoothly through steps in Boulder’s city approval process Tuesday evening when the Boulder City Council declined to call up any of the proposals for additional scrutiny. 

As a result, the Waterview apartment project is poised to begin the final construction permitting process, while elements of the hotel and Ball projects, both in earlier phases of the approval pipeline, will come back before city officials prior…