BVCP Update Process Subcommittee

Researcher's note: Status inactive is an inference: the subcommittee existed for the 2025 major BVCP update, which all four adopting bodies approved in August 2026 (city news, Aug 21, 2026); no source records its last meeting. It is a joint city-county group (staff and one member each of the four adopting bodies), not a committee of the Planning Board, though the city lists its meetings on the Planning Board calendar.

Legal basis

• Staff-convened process group for the 2025 BVCP major update (Planning Board item 6A, Nov 12, 2024) (2024-11-12) · creates source

Appointed by

Planning Board, City Council, Boulder County Planning Commission, Boulder County Board of County Commissioners. Each of the four BVCP approval bodies names one of its own members; Planning Board chose its representative on Nov 12, 2024. source source as of 2024-11-12

How

Each approval body picks one member at one of its meetings (Planning Board: 'Discussion and appointment of a planning board representative', Nov 12, 2024); city and county staff also take part. · once, for the duration of the 2025 major update source as of 2024-11-12

Seats

4 source as of 2024-12-06

Seat types

• City of Boulder Planning Board member ×1 designated
• Boulder City Council member ×1 council-member
• Boulder County Planning Commission member ×1 designated
• Boulder County Commissioner ×1 designated

source as of 2024-12-06

Term

not applicable: No term: members serve for the one BVCP update; staff expected three or four meetings over the whole update. source

Term limit

not applicable: No terms (single-update group).

Staggering

not applicable: No terms (single-update group).

Powers

advisory. Decides: Nothing binding: it discusses and confirms process elements of the BVCP update (engagement schedule, policy analysis timelines, final approval mechanics) and expressly not plan content.. To council: Process guidance goes to city and county staff; the plan itself is approved by the four bodies. source as of 2024-12-06

Council liaison

not applicable: City Council sits on it directly through its own member seat.

Staff liaison

City of Boulder Planning & Development Services, with Boulder County Community Planning & Permitting · Brad Mueller, Kristofer Johnson, Sarah Horn source as of 2024-11-12

Relations

• Boulder County Board of County Commissioners member of BVCP Update Process Subcommittee source
• Boulder County Planning Commission member of BVCP Update Process Subcommittee source
• City Council member of BVCP Update Process Subcommittee source
• Planning Board member of BVCP Update Process Subcommittee · one Planning Board member, appointed Nov 2024 source source
• Planning & Development Services staffs BVCP Update Process Subcommittee · City staff to the joint city-county subcommittee, with Boulder County Community Planning & Permitting source

History

• 2015-04 · created · An earlier process subcommittee gave input on the community process for the 2015 BVCP major update (city/county staff report, April 2015). source
• 2024-11-12 · re-established · Re-convened for the 2025 major update: Planning Board was asked on Nov 12, 2024 to name its member; the first meeting was Dec 6, 2024. source source
• 2026-08 · dissolved · Its work ended with the update: all four bodies approved the 2025 major update in August 2026 (inferred end; no source records a last meeting). source