University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission

Legal basis

• BRC 2-3-20 · creates · University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission source
• Ordinance No. 7579 (2008) (2008) · creates · Adds BRC 2-3-20, replacing the UHGID advisory committee under BRC 8-4-10 source
• Ordinance No. 8592 (2023) (2023) · amends · Updates the University Hill Commercial Area map 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 (2026 slate approved 2026-03-05, effective April 1). · annual · 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 UHGID, or their representatives ×3 qualified
• Citizens of the city at large ×2 at-large

source as of 2026-10-29

another source differs

Three who own real or personal property in the district, reside in the district, or represent an owner; two citizens at large source

The city page adds district residents, which BRC 2-3-20(a) does not; the code is the governing text.

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 source as of 2026-10-29

Powers

advisory. Decides: Nothing on its own: it recommends to council as the UHGID board on parking facilities, user charges, leases and district improvements, and advises council on the overall health of the University Hill commercial area (marketing, vitality, vending carts).. To council: Recommends a budget to the city manager, council and the UHGID board; council decides. It may not appropriate, borrow or build parking. source source source as of 2026-10-29

another source differs

Administers the business affairs of UHGID source

The commercial-districts page says the commission 'administers' UHGID's business affairs; BRC 2-3-20(d) gives it only recommending functions.

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

• City Council appoints University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission source
• University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission recommends to City Council source
• University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission recommends to University Hill General Improvement District source source
• Office of Cultural and Economic Development staffs University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission · staff (Commercial Districts) source source

History

• 2008 · renamed · The University Hill General Improvement District Advisory Committee (BRC 8-4-10) became the University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission when Ordinance 7579 added BRC 2-3-20. source source