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CITY SEEKS GRANT TO SURVEY POST WW II ARCHITECTURE

The City Historic Preservation Program is seeking a State Historical Fund grant to develop a context theme related to post World War II residential architecture in Boulder. The study would review homes constructed between 1947 and 1967 and will prepare Architectural Inventory Forms for more than 100 properties within ten neighborhoods. BARA President, Christopher Welch submitted a letter supporting the grant application say that the study would provide clarity to current homeowners, potential buyers and Realtors®. The grant application was submitted to thee State Historical fund on March 27. Once the study is completed the City will present the findings to BARA members at a general membership meeting.

NUISANCE ABATEMENT RULES MAY INCLUDE LICENSE REVOCATION

Proposed revisions to the city’s nuisance abatement laws may, for the first time, include provisions that will allow the city to revoke a landlord/property manager rental license. City officials have been struggling for years to address so-called problem rental properties, primarily in Uni-Hill, that generate repeated neighbor complaints. The new rules will provide that state nuisance violations will be counted as strikes that initiate nuisance abatement, leading to required landlord/property manager engagement to resolve along with earlier city actions to correct the illegal behaviors. It will also require a conditional use permit for non-conforming permits, and will allow rental license revocation for ‘quality of life’ violations. The proposed new rules are scheduled to go to council in April.

COUNCIL ELECTION COULD BE CHAOTIC

The Boulder 2007 City Council election is already beginning to look like a free for all. As many a seven seats could be in play when the candidates declare their intent to run in early August. Council members Mark Ruzzin, Richard Polk, Jack Stoakes, Crystal Gray and Robin Bohannan all must run for reelection to retain their seats. It is widely speculated that Ruzzin and Bohannan may vacate their seats; Ruzzin for personal reasons and Bohannan due to here being hired as a County Department head in 2006. Among continuing Council members Tom Eldridge, Andy Schultheiss, Shaun McGrath and Susie Ageton, only two, McGrath and Ageton, are certain to continue. A brain tumor has taken Tom Eldridge out of the picture and Andy Schultheiss has let it be known that changes in his life and family likely will require that he vacate his seat prior to the November election. End result: seven available seats and at least four of them vacant. Chaos.