Please refer to the Board calendar as locations and dates may change.  Meetings will be held in person.

Regular Meetings

• 3rd Tuesday of each month
• 11:30 AM
• City Hall
  101 West 8th Street
  City Council Chambers
  Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

Members

• Steve Boyd, Chief Operating Officer/Treasurer
• Laura Kirk, DDA Executive Director
• Christian Henny - Board President
  Appointed: 06/2018
  Term Expires:  06/2022
• Kevin Brady
  Appointed: 06/2019
  Term Expires: 06/2023
• Kurt Carruth
  Appointed: 06/2016, 08/2020
  Term Expires: 06/2024
• Greg Keller
  Appointed: 08/2020
  Term Expires: 06/2024
• Chad Lee
  Appointed: 06/2017, 07/2021
  Term Expires:  06/2025
• Lisa Nieslanik
  Appointed: 06/2019 (to fill)
  Term Expires: 06/2022
• Jon Zalinski
  Appointed: 06/2018
  Term Expires 06/2022 

Council Liaison

• Steve Davis
• Charlie Willman (Alternate)

Composition of the Downtown Development Authority Board

(Per the Colorado Revised Statutes; Title 31 - Government – Municipal; Powers and Functions of Cities and Towns; Article 25 - Public Improvements; Part 8 - Downtown Development Authorities; § 31-25-805. Board - membership - term of office)

(1) The affairs of the authority shall be under the direct supervision and control of a board consisting of not less than five nor more than eleven members appointed by the governing body. A majority of the members appointed shall reside or own property in the downtown development district.

(2) The board shall be constituted as follows:

(a) At least one member shall be a member of the governing body, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governing body.
(b) Two members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.
(c) Two members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the second year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.
(d) Two members, if the board consists of seven or more members, shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the third year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.
(e) All other members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the fourth year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.

(3) A member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. After the terms of the initial members of the board have expired, the terms of all members (except any member who is a member of the governing body) shall expire four years from the expiration date of the terms of their predecessors. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. In any municipality in which the charter provides that the appointive authority is the mayor, the mayor shall make appointments to the board.

Powers and Duties of the Downtown Development Authority Board

(Per the Colorado Revised Statutes; Title 31 - Government - Municipal Powers and Functions of Cities and Towns; Article 25 - Public Improvements, Part 8 - Downtown Development Authorities; § 31-25-801. Legislative Declaration; Universal Citation: CO Rev Stat § 31-25-801)

The Powers and Duties of the Downtown Development Authority Board shall be:

1. The general assembly declares that the organization of downtown development authorities having the purposes and powers provided in this part 8 will serve a public use; will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants thereof and of the people of this state; will halt or prevent deterioration of property values or structures within central business districts, will halt or prevent the growth of blighted areas within such districts, and will assist municipalities in the development and redevelopment of such districts and in the overall planning to restore or provide for the continuance of the health thereof; and will be of especial benefit to the property within the boundaries of any authority created pursuant to the provisions of this part 8.
2. The general assembly determines, finds, and declares that because of a number of atypical factors and special conditions concerning downtown development unique to each locality, the rule of strict construction shall have no application to this part 8, but it shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes and objects for which it is intended.