Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District

Legal basis

• C.R.S. 31-25-1201 et seq. (Business Improvement District Act) · creates source
• C.R.S. 31-25-1209 · governs · Board of directors of a business improvement district source
• BRC Appendix 8-B · governs · Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District (text not readable through Municode's API; only the heading) source

Appointed by

City Council. City Council appoints the nine directors, who must be electors of the district. source as of 2025-10-23

How

Each fall council approves the BID's operating plan and budget and, in the same motion, its board appointments and reappointments (two positions for 2026). · annual, with the operating plan and budget (October) · City Council motion source source as of 2025-10-23

Seats

9 source as of 2025-10-23

Seat types

• Electors of the district representing geographic areas (Pearl Street Mall, West End, East End) and at-large interests ×9 qualified
• City ex officio members and liaisons: the city manager or designee, two council members, the Community Vitality director ×4 ex-officio

source source as of 2025-10-23

Term

3 years source as of 2025-10-23

Term limit

unknown · 4 sources tried

• 2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=196019&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · a limit on consecutive BID board terms: The 2026 operating plan sets three-year staggered terms and reappoints two directors to 'a second three-year term'; it states no limit.
• 2026-10-29 · https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_31-25-1209 · term limits for appointed BID boards: Members appointed by the governing body serve at the pleasure of the municipality; no term limit.
• 2026-10-29 · https://library.municode.com/co/boulder/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT8PAOPSPSTPUWA_APX8-BDOBOBUIMDI · the city ordinance establishing the BID board: Municode's API returns only the appendix heading (61 characters), not its text.
• 2026-10-29 · https://bouldercolorado.gov/services/commercial-districts · BID board rules: Names the BID (Downtown Boulder Partnership) and its self-taxing purpose; nothing on board terms.

Staggering

Staggered: three terms expire each year source as of 2025-10-23

Powers

decision-making. Decides: Its board exercises the powers of the Business Improvement District Act for downtown: marketing and promotion, enhanced maintenance and services (ambassadors), economic vitality, funded by an assessment on commercial property in the district.. To council: Council must approve its operating plan and budget every year, and appoints its board. source source as of 2025-10-23

Council liaison

Tina Marquis (2025-10-23) source source; Matt Benjamin (2025-10-23) source source

Staff liaison

Community Vitality and the City Manager's Office (ex officio liaisons); the district's own staff is the Downtown Boulder Partnership · Cris Jones, Mark Woulf source as of 2025-10-23

Relations

• City Council appoints Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District source
• City Council liaison Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District · Two council members sit as ex officio liaisons. source
• City Council member of Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District · council appoints a member to this outside body (2026 assignments): Benjamin Marquis (printed without an alternate mark) source
• City Manager's Office staffs Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District · ex officio liaison (Assistant City Manager), with Community Vitality source
• Office of Cultural and Economic Development staffs Downtown Boulder Business Improvement District · ex officio liaison (the Community Vitality director's seat) source

History

• 2000-01 · created · Operational since January 2000; its current term runs 20 years from January 1, 2010 unless continued by petition. source source