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Tenant Advisory Committee

Kind: committee
Meets: Currently meetings are virtual and the link to attend is posted on the morning of the meeting.
How often: a few times a year (1 in the last 24 months) explorer count
Last meeting: Jul 27, 2026
Next meeting: none listed
Members: 11 on the roster

Purpose, as its page states it

The committee is a result of the No Evictions Without Representation ballot measure passed by voters in November 2020. Committee members will share their experiences as renters in the City of Boulder to advise the implementation of the Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance Services (EPRAS) program within the context of residential housing. Specifically, the committee's purpose is to: Provide input on effective strategies and programs to engage residents most affected by inequities in rental housing disparities. Assist with community outreach efforts to ensure tenants facing eviction have access to EPRAS services. Provide recommendations on what existing city and community programs could be expanded with additional funding or funded in future years. Help to ensure that the ordinance is being carried out as intended. Help define desired outcomes and key indicators that should be tracked to measure success. Meetings are open to the public and includes time for public comment. Currently meetings are virtual and the link to attend is posted on the morning of the meeting.

How it is constituted

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Legal basis

BRC 12-2-9(c) · creates · Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance Services: Tenants' Committee source source
Ordinance No. 8412 (2020) (2020-11-03) · creates · No Eviction Without Representation (Ballot Issue 2B), adopted by the voters source source
Ordinance No. 8462 (2021) (2021) · amends source

Appointed by

City Manager. Selected by city staff, not by council: BRC 12-2-9 names no appointer and has the City Manager's Office (with the City Attorney's Office) staff the committee; staff run rolling recruitment, applications and interviews, and in 2025 a proposal to enlarge the committee waited on the City Manager's Office. The committee is not part of council's annual boards and commissions appointments. source source source

another source differs

A board of renters appointed by city council. source

A news summary written before the November 2020 vote. BRC 12-2-9(c) as adopted names no appointer, the minutes show city staff recruiting and interviewing, and the committee is not in council's annual appointments; the formal appointer is still unconfirmed.

How

Rolling, staff-run: application rounds and interviews when seats open (2023: applications due end of March, interviews in April, new members seated in May), with alternates identified from the applicant pool; members are tenants who own no real property. The committee elects its own chair and deputy chair. · as vacancies arise (not the council's annual cycle) source source source as of 2023-02-23

Seats

5 source source as of 2026-10-23

another source differs

7 source

A 2025 proposal only; the code still says five and the 2026 city page lists five members.

Seat types

City of Boulder tenant who owns no real property (paid a $1,000 yearly stipend, adjusted for inflation) ×5 qualified
alternate (identified from the applicant pool) alternate

source source source

Term

unknown · 12 sources tried

2026-10-29 · https://library.municode.com/co/boulder/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT12HURI_CH2LAENREEVPRREASSE · term of tenants' committee members in BRC 12-2-9(c): sets membership, qualifications, stipend and staffing but no term; members are replaced when they cease to qualify
2026-10-29 · https://bouldercolorado.gov/tenant-advisory-committee · terms on the committee page: names members, no terms
2026-10-29 · https://web.archive.org/web/20220218104513/https://bouldercolorado.gov/tenant-advisory-committee · terms on the 2022 page: 'A 5-person tenant committee is being formed'; no terms
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=183705&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · terms in the February 2023 recruitment discussion: 'Mark and RJ will continue and renew when possible': renewals exist but no term length is stated
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=191947&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · terms in the February 2025 minutes: new and alternate members welcomed; no term length
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=203914&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · terms in the July 2026 minutes: new member and new chair; no term length
2026-10-29 · https://bouldercolorado.gov/services/eviction-prevention-and-rental-assistance-services-program · committee terms on the EPRAS program page: links to the committee page only
2026-10-29 · https://boulderbeat.news/2020/07/25/boulder-ballot-issue-no-eviction-without-representation · how long members serve: Boulder Beat, July 25, 2020: five-member board of renters, $1,000 stipend, said to be appointed by council; no term
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=178696&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · how long members serve: first meeting summary, Jan 27, 2022: four members present, a chair elected; no term
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=203906&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · how long members serve: Laserfiche TAC 2026 folder: the January meeting folder holds only audio; no terms or bylaws seen
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=178549&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · how long members serve: Laserfiche TAC folder: the folders opened (2021, January and April 2022) hold audio and meeting summaries; no bylaws, application or guidelines
2026-10-29 · https://bouldercolorado.gov/media/10917/download · how long members serve: HTTP 404

Term limit

unknown · 10 sources tried

2026-10-29 · https://library.municode.com/co/boulder/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT12HURI_CH2LAENREEVPRREASSE · a term limit in BRC 12-2-9(c): none; the section sets no terms at all, so it is not a complete rule on terms
2026-10-29 · https://bouldercolorado.gov/tenant-advisory-committee · term limit: none stated
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=183705&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · renewal rules: members 'renew when possible'; no limit stated
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=191947&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · term limit: none stated
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=203914&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · term limit: none stated
2026-10-29 · https://boulderbeat.news/2020/07/25/boulder-ballot-issue-no-eviction-without-representation · a term limit: Boulder Beat, July 25, 2020: five-member board of renters, $1,000 stipend, said to be appointed by council; no term
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=178696&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · a term limit: first meeting summary, Jan 27, 2022: four members present, a chair elected; no term
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=203906&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · a term limit: Laserfiche TAC 2026 folder: the January meeting folder holds only audio; no terms or bylaws seen
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=178549&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · a term limit: Laserfiche TAC folder: the folders opened (2021, January and April 2022) hold audio and meeting summaries; no bylaws, application or guidelines
2026-10-29 · https://bouldercolorado.gov/media/10917/download · a term limit: HTTP 404

Staggering

unknown · 10 sources tried

2026-10-29 · https://library.municode.com/co/boulder/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT12HURI_CH2LAENREEVPRREASSE · staggered terms in BRC 12-2-9(c): no terms, so no staggering rule
2026-10-29 · https://bouldercolorado.gov/tenant-advisory-committee · term dates per member: names only, no term dates
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=183705&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · how seats turn over: members leave individually (e.g. 'Lisa to be off TAC in May'); no staggering rule
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=186855&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · how seats turn over: a member leaving on graduation is replaced; no rule
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=191947&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · staggering: none stated
2026-10-29 · https://boulderbeat.news/2020/07/25/boulder-ballot-issue-no-eviction-without-representation · staggering: Boulder Beat, July 25, 2020: five-member board of renters, $1,000 stipend, said to be appointed by council; no term
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=178696&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · staggering: first meeting summary, Jan 27, 2022: four members present, a chair elected; no term
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=203906&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · staggering: Laserfiche TAC 2026 folder: the January meeting folder holds only audio; no terms or bylaws seen
2026-10-29 · https://documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=178549&dbid=0&repo=LF8PROD2 · staggering: Laserfiche TAC folder: the folders opened (2021, January and April 2022) hold audio and meeting summaries; no bylaws, application or guidelines
2026-10-29 · https://bouldercolorado.gov/media/10917/download · staggering: HTTP 404

Powers

advisory. Decides: Nothing binding. It advises the tenants' legal services and assistance coordinator and the legal service providers, and gives the city manager its opinion on the coordinator's merit and fitness.. To council: Not directly: its advice goes to the city manager and EPRAS staff (recommendations on programs to expand or fund, outreach, outcome measures); the coordinator's annual review goes to the mayor and city manager. source source

Council liaison

not applicable: The committee is staffed and selected by city staff, not appointed by council, and City Council does not assign council liaisons to boards or committees (its 2026 assignment list has none for this committee). source

Staff liaison

Housing and Human Services (EPRAS program), with the City Manager's Office and City Attorney's Office · Jay Allen, Carin Armstrong source source source as of 2026-07-27

Relations

City Manager appoints Tenant Advisory Committee · Inferred (see appointing_authority): the City Manager's Office staffs the committee and decides on its size; no source names the formal appointer. source
Tenant Advisory Committee recommends to City Manager source
City Attorney's Office staffs Tenant Advisory Committee · staff support, with the City Manager's Office (BRC 12-2) source
City Manager's Office staffs Tenant Advisory Committee · staff support, with the City Attorney's Office (Housing and Human Services runs the program) source
Housing & Human Services staffs Tenant Advisory Committee · coordinates and serves the committee (Community Mediation and Resolution, EPRAS) source source

History

2020-11-03 · created · Created by the No Eviction Without Representation ballot measure (Ballot Issue 2B, Ord. 8412), passed by voters in November 2020; the city page in February 2022 said the committee was 'being formed', and its first recorded meeting summary is January 27, 2022 (an October 26, 2021 audio file is the earliest record). source source

1 meeting, first on record 2026

timeline 2011 to now

Each 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 Apr 1, 2026; before it, recordings only.

Meetings

official

2026 1 meeting

2026-07-27Tenant Advisory Committee Regular Meeting regular2 docs

What's missing

recording missing for 07-27; agenda missing for 07-27; a roster (the page names 5 members outside the city's member block; not read)

Every body's gaps

Members from other official sources

AI-read · unreviewedminutes, resolutions, appointment tables, archived rosters; each dated

Mark Fearer · chair as of 2026-07-27 source source
RJ Boyle · chair · ?–2026 as of 2025-02-03 source source
Ghandia Johnson · vice-chair · Deputy Chair as of 2026-07-27 source source
Austin Bennett · member as of 2022-01-27 source
Bryce Davis · alternate as of 2025-02-03 source
Debra Kennedy · member · 2026–? as of 2026-10-23 source source
Lisa Guither · member · ?–2023 as of 2022-01-27 source source
Malena Toups · member · ?–2024 as of 2024-02-05 source
Mark Velez · member as of 2024-02-05 source
Norma Silva · member as of 2026-10-23 source
Tracey Jones · member as of 2026-10-23 source

Its topics

No topic mentions for this body yet.

Documents

official2 files, newest first

minutes 1

2026-07-2707.27.26 TAC Minutes minutes · Laserfiche · 3 pages · meetingopen

audio 1

2026-07-2707.27.26 TAC Audio audio · Laserfiche · meetingopen