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Boulder County Board of County Commissioners Marta Loachamin, Ashley Stolzmann, and Claire Levy addressed a packed agenda of housing initiatives, public health settlements, and open space preservation during their Sept. 9 and Sept. 11 meetings, approving significant financial commitments across multiple policy areas. The most substantial business involved the Boulder County Housing Authority's efforts to secure private activity bond allocations for affordable housing development. During the Sept. 11 virtual meeting, the commissioners approved...
Boulder County Commissioners faced intense criticism during their Aug. 14 regular meeting as residents and business owners called for an immediate freeze on the county's planned minimum wage increase affecting unincorporated Boulder County, citing widespread business closures and economic hardship. The most pointed criticism came from Nicholas Little, a Niwot resident and business owner making his fifth appearance before the board. Little detailed what he described as devastating impacts from...
Boulder County Commissioners approved nearly $500,000 in housing assistance and launched a new climate equity initiative during their regular meeting on July 8, while also weighing in on controversial development projects that split the board. The three-member Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved $450,000 in Worthy Cause funding to Boulder Housing Partners for renovating assisted living units at Golden West in Boulder, marking one of the largest housing investments in the county's recent budget cycle. "This represents our ongoing...
The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners faced intense criticism over their minimum wage ordinance on Tuesday, July 1, with several Niwot residents and business owners demanding the policy be paused or revised to create regional uniformity. Commissioner Claire Levy presided over the session with Commissioner Ashley Stolzmann, while Commissioner Marta Loachamin was excused. The meeting began with routine business, including ratification of a $715,579 grant extension for the Emery Court property rehabilitation in Longmont and approval of...
Boulder County Commissioners have maintained an active schedule throughout June 2025, addressing emergency preparedness, infrastructure improvements, and community engagement while preparing for continued administrative work through early July. The month began with significant emergency preparedness initiatives during the June 5 meeting, where Commissioners Marta Loachamin and Ashley Stolzmann approved nearly half a million dollars in emergency services grants for search and rescue operations...
This is a monthly feature summarizing the activities of the Boulder County Commissioners. Boulder County Commissioners background information: The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) are Claire Levy, Marta Loachamin, and Ashley Stolzmann. Each commissioner is elected at-large to a four-year term. They are elected by and represent the entire county with a population of 330,758 according to the U.S. 2020 census, but each comes from a different district. The BOCC is responsible for...
This is a monthly feature summarizing the activities of the Boulder County Commissioners. Boulder County Commissioners background information: The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is comprised of Claire Levy, Marta Loachamin, and Ashley Stolzmann. Each commissioner is elected at-large to a four-year term. They are elected by and represent the entire county with a population of 330,758 according to the U.S. 2020 census, but each comes from a different district. The BOCC is resp...
This is a monthly feature summarizing the activities of the Boulder County Commissioners. The Niwot Business Association will be sending you a request for your signature on a letter addressed to the Commissioners. This letter urges the Commissioners to amend the minimum wage ordinance to match the $14.81 rate of neighboring municipalities. Currently, Niwot's minimum wage is $16.57 per hour, and scheduled to rise to $25 per hour by 2030. Data from the Niwot Local Improvement District Advisory...
This is the inaugural installment of a monthly feature recapping the activities of the Boulder County Commissioners. Boulder County Commissioners background information: The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) consists of three members: Claire Levy, Marta Loachamin, and Ashley Stolzmann. Each commissioner is elected at-large to a four-year term. They represent the entire county, which has a population of 330,758 according to the U.S. 2020 census. The BOCC is responsible for a...
On Sept. 17, 2024, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) authorized the Community Planning & Permitting staff to pursue text amendments to the Site Plan Review (SPR) regulations in Article 4-800 of the Boulder County Land Use Code. The Board expressed concerns about the increasing home sizes, the rate of change by which they are increasing in unincorporated Boulder County, and how these increases impact neighborhood character, sustainability, and affordability. The proposed amendments are now set for hearing before the Boulder County...
At a hearing on April 2, the Boulder County Commissioners conditionally approved Boulder Country Club’s (BCC) application to recognize the membership club as a Use of Community Significance. BCC has been designated as a “non-conforming use” since 1991 when Boulder County determined a membership club was non-conforming to the land’s “rural residential” zoning designation. The new designation as a Use of Community Significance will allow the club to make changes to its approximately 190-acre facility without a heightened approval process req...
The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held a virtual public briefing on July 18 to hear from county staff about how sales taxes will be spent on transportation projects. In 2022 voters approved Ballot Issue 1C to extend the 0.1% countywide sales tax in perpetuity. All three commissioners were in attendance at the hearing. Kathleen Bracke, Deputy Director of Community Planning & Permitting, provided most of the presentation. Bracke identified staff priorities for spending. The...
The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held an in-person town hall on May 18 at the La Vita Bella restaurant on Main Street in Longmont. All three commissioners, Claire Levy, Marta Loachamin and Ashley Stolzmann, attended along with Boulder County Assessor Cynthia Braddock. The primary focus of the event were questions and answers about the assessor's property valuations. Other county issues raised by members of the public included rural subdivision paving policy. After introductory comments...
More than 60 people joined the County Commissioner’s virtual meeting on April 14 regarding a proposed makeover of Highway 119, commonly known as the Diagonal Highway. After introductions, the Planning Unit of Community Planning and Permitting started their presentation about the project. First, Planning and Permitting showed a video that gave statistics–it’s the second-most traveled highway in Boulder County, with almost 40,000 daily vehicles, and it’s the most dangerous, having more crashes than highways such as U.S. Highway 287 or even U....
Watch the March 12 Boulder County Commissioners hearing on Amendments to Niwot Rural Community District (Article 4-116) and related Land Use Code provisions...
