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Boulder County Planning Commission
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- Kind
- commission
- Meets
- no schedule sentence on its page
- How often
- no meetings in the last two years explorer count
- Last meeting
- none on record
- Next meeting
- none listed
- Members
- 9 on the roster
How it is constituted
AI-read · unreviewedread by a model from the Charter, the code, minutes and city pages; every quote checked against its saved source; not reviewed by a person. Hover a source for its words.- Legal basis
- C.R.S. 30-28-103 · authorizes · County planning commission source
- C.R.S. 30-28-106 · governs · Adoption of master plan - contents source
- Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan IGA (four-body agreement, City of Boulder and Boulder County) · governs · City-county agreement adopting the BVCP and its amendment procedures source
- Appointed by
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners appoints all members, fills vacancies and may remove a member for nonperformance of duty or misconduct (C.R.S. 30-28-103). source source as of 2026-10-30
- How
- Residents of Boulder County, 18 or older, apply through the Commissioners' Office advisory-board recruitment (rolling for most boards; some boards recruit in December-January or July-August); the Board of County Commissioners appoints. Terms end February 28, which points to a winter recruitment for this commission, but the county pages read do not say so for the Planning Commission. · boulder-county-commissioners source source as of 2026-10-30
- Seats
- 9 source as of 2026-10-30
- Seat types
- Boulder County resident (members do not represent districts or disciplines) ×9 at-large
- Term
- 3 years source as of 2026-10-30
- Term limit
unknown · 5 sources tried
- 2026-10-30 · https://bouldercounty.gov/government/boards-and-commissions/planning-commission/ · a term limit for Planning Commission members: Roster with term-end dates, no term limit stated.
- 2026-10-30 · https://bouldercounty.gov/government/boards-and-commissions/ · a county-wide term limit for advisory board members: Qualifications (18+, county resident) and recruitment timing only; no term limit.
- 2026-10-30 · https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_30-28-103 · a statutory term limit: Three-year staggered terms; no limit on reappointment.
- 2026-10-30 · https://assets.bouldercounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p53-guidelines-for-planning-commission-hearings.pdf · membership rules including term limits: Says members are appointed by the BOCC; nothing on terms or limits.
- 2026-10-30 · https://assets.bouldercounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/posac-bylaws.pdf · the county policy on advisory board term limits: POSAC's bylaws set 'nine (9) consecutive years in accordance with Boulder County Personnel & Policy Manual, Section 1, number 1.6'. That manual section was not found online (two web searches), so whether it binds the Planning Commission is not confirmed.
- Staggering
- Staggered so that about one-third of terms end each year (C.R.S. 30-28-103); the current roster has three terms ending on Feb. 28 of each of 2027, 2028 and 2029. source source as of 2026-10-30
- Powers
- mixed. Decides: Makes, adopts and amends the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan (its statutory duty); acts on revisions and amendments to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan under the four-body IGA; holds public hearings and takes action on Land Use Code updates and development applications, advising the Board of County Commissioners on them.. To council: None directly. For the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan it is one of the four adopting bodies, with City Council, City Planning Board and the Board of County Commissioners. source source source as of 2026-10-30
- Council liaison
- not applicable: A county body: City Council sends no liaison to the County Planning Commission. They meet as co-adopters of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan (see relations).
- Staff liaison
- Boulder County Community Planning & Permitting · Dale Case, Kim Sanchez, Summer Frederick source source as of 2026-10-30
Relations
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners appoints Boulder County Planning Commission source source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners joint with Boulder County Planning Commission · Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan: the two county adopting bodies (joint public hearing June 11, 2026) source
- Boulder County Planning Commission joint with City Council · Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan: one of four adopting bodies source
- Boulder County Planning Commission joint with Planning Board · Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan: one of four adopting bodies source
- Boulder County Planning Commission member of BVCP Update Process Subcommittee source
- Boulder County Planning Commission recommends to Boulder County Board of County Commissioners · Land Use Code updates, development applications and planning matters source
- Boulder County Community Planning and Permitting staffs Boulder County Planning Commission · staff participants (Director, Deputy Director - Planning, Planning Division Manager) source source
0 meetings
timeline 2011 to nowEach line is a meeting. Tall: has a recording. Short: no recording. Square below: has documents. Ring above: has captions. Dashed: upcoming or cancelled. The dashed box is the window with full sources (agendas, packets, minutes) from ; before it, recordings only.
Meetings
No meeting on record for this body.
Members from other official sources
AI-read · unreviewedminutes, resolutions, appointment tables, archived rosters; each dated- Chris Whitney · chair · ?–2028-02-28 as of 2026-10-30 source
- Mark Bloomfield · vice-chair · ?–2027-02-28 as of 2026-10-30 source
- Sam Libby · vice-chair · ?–2029-02-28 as of 2026-10-30 source
- Bobby Umstead · member · ?–2028-02-28 as of 2026-10-30 source
- Byron Kominek · member · ?–2028-02-28 as of 2026-10-30 source
- Gavin McMillan · member · ?–2027-02-28 as of 2026-10-30 source
- George Gerstle · member · ?–2029-02-28 as of 2026-10-30 source
- Rachel Lee · member · ?–2027-02-28 as of 2026-10-30 source
- Rita Manna · member · ?–2029-02-28 as of 2026-10-30 source
Its topics
No topic mentions for this body yet.
Documents
No documents on record.