University Hill General Improvement District

Legal basis

• BRC Chapter 8-4 · governs · General Improvement Districts source source
• Ordinance No. 3638 (1970) (1970) · creates · Establishes the City of Boulder University Hill General Improvement District source
• Ordinance Nos. 4299 and 4958 (1985) · amends · Expand the district's purposes (BRC 2-3-20 cites Ordinances 3638, 4299 and 4958) source source
• Ordinance No. 8592 (2023) (2023) · amends · Updates the referenced University Hill Commercial Area map (BRC 2-3-20 and Appendix 8-A) source

Appointed by

not applicable: The board of directors is City Council ex officio; no one is appointed to it (see the member_of relation from city-council). source source

How

not applicable: Council members become directors by taking council office; there is no application or appointment. source source

Seats

9 source source source as of 2024

Seat types

• City Council members, ex officio directors (the mayor is chair) ×9 ex-officio

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Term

Ex officio: a director serves while a member of City Council (council terms are four years, the mayor's two) source source source

Term limit

not applicable: Directors serve ex officio as council members; the district sets no term of its own (council term limits are in the Charter). source source

Staggering

not applicable: Ex officio board: it follows council's own staggered elections. source source

Powers

decision-making. Decides: As City Council sitting as the board: the district budget, mill levy and appropriations, its parking lot and programs.. To council: It is City Council itself, convened as the district's board of directors; the University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission advises it. source source as of 2025-10-23

Council liaison

not applicable: City Council is itself the board; it sends no liaison. source source

Staff liaison

City Manager's Office (the city manager is ex officio general manager, secretary and treasurer) source source

Relations

• City Council member of University Hill General Improvement District · Council sits as the district's board of directors. source source
• University Hill Commercial Area Management Commission recommends to University Hill General Improvement District source source
• City Manager's Office staffs University Hill General Improvement District · the city manager is ex officio general manager and secretary of the district source
• Office of Cultural and Economic Development staffs University Hill General Improvement District · manages the district (as Community Vitality) source

History

• 1970 · created · Established by Ordinance 3638 at property owners' request, to buy land for an off-street parking lot at 14th Street and College Avenue. source
• 2007 · renamed · Renamed the University Hill Commercial District (per the city's financial reports); the BRC keeps the UHGID name. source