Downtown Management Commission

Legal basis

• BRC 2-3-5 · creates · Downtown Management Commission source
• Ordinance Nos. 4806 (1984), 5085 (1987), 5453 (1992) (1987) · amends · The ordinances in BRC 2-3-5's history; the DMC was established Jan. 1, 1988, so Ordinance 5085 (1987) is the likely enacting ordinance (not read: pre-2000 ordinances were not opened) source source
• Ordinance No. 8642 (2024) (2024) · amends · Modernizes parking terminology in BRC 2-3-5, 2-3-20, 2-3-21 and 2-3-22 source
• BRC 8-4-10 · governs · Advisory Committee (DMC performs these duties for CAGID) source

Appointed by

City Council. City Council appoints all five commissioners. source as of 2026-10-29

How

Annual boards and commissions recruitment; council appoints at a regular meeting before April (the 2026 slate, approved 9:0 on 2026-03-05, took effect April 1, 2026). · annual (applications in winter, council vote in March, terms from April 1) · City Council vote source source source as of 2026-03-05

Seats

5 source as of 2026-10-29

Seat types

• Owners of taxable real or personal property in CAGID, or their representatives ×3 qualified
• Citizens of the city at large ×2 at-large

source as of 2026-10-29

another source differs

Three property owners or representatives in the Downtown Boulder area; two residents at large source

The city page paraphrases the code; BRC 2-3-5 is the governing text (CAGID area, real or personal property).

Term

5 years source as of 2026-10-29

Term limit

No consecutive reappointment: a member must wait one year after leaving to be reappointed (except first appointees and members reappointed after a partial term of one year or less). No lifetime limit (none in BRC 2-3-1 or Charter Sec. 130). source as of 2026-10-29

Staggering

Staggered so one term expires each year (set when the first commissioners were appointed) source as of 2026-10-29

Powers

mixed. Decides: Exercises CAGID board powers subject to council call-up: garage parking user charges (not on-street rates or fines), management of district property and business, district leases, appeals under 8-4-16(b); and Pearl Street Mall permits and leases under BRC 4-11. Spends within a council-approved line-item budget.. To council: Each action goes to council, which may call it up for de novo review at its next meeting held at least five days after delivery; it recommends the budget, advises on any downtown development or urban renewal authority, and may not appropriate, borrow or build parking. source source source as of 2026-10-29

Council liaison

not applicable: Council assigns no council liaison to this commission. Council's annual board and committee assignments place council members on outside and internal bodies (downtown: the Business Improvement District board), not on this commission; council itself sits as the district board the commission serves. source

Staff liaison

Office of Cultural and Economic Development (Commercial Districts); the city manager appoints the commission's executive director · Melissa Mazany source source source as of 2026-10-23

Relations

• Downtown Management Commission appeals to Central Area General Improvement District · Council, acting as the CAGID board, may call up DMC actions. source
• City Council appoints Downtown Management Commission source
• Downtown Management Commission recommends to Central Area General Improvement District · DMC is the district's advisory committee and exercises some board powers subject to call-up. source source
• Downtown Management Commission recommends to City Council · Advisory on any downtown development authority or urban renewal authority over CAGID. source
• Office of Cultural and Economic Development staffs Downtown Management Commission · staff (Commercial Districts) source source

History

• 1988-01-01 · merged · Established to combine the Central Area General Improvement District Board and the Downtown Mall Commission into one commission managing the Pearl Street Mall and CAGID. source