The Boulder Housing Advisory Board (HAB) voted on March 26 to form a subcommittee focused on housing solutions to homelessness and to develop a draft statement and proposed priorities for City Council review.

Board member Corinne Hoskins proposed forming the subcommittee to prepare HAB to assist city leaders when a consultant report from Clutch Consulting is released this summer. Corinne said HAB could offer to perform targeted follow‑up work after the report’s recommendations are released and help “do footwork” or targeted investigation to support counsel’s next steps.

Several board members discussed the subcommittee’s scope and process, clarifying that a HAB subcommittee does not itself send formal recommendations to council without HAB approval. Stephen Hennessy (referred to as Chip in parts of the discussion) said he supported forming a group that would investigate specific issues — for example, emergency shelter capacity during severe cold weather — and then report recommendations back to the full HAB for debate and voting.

City and board staff noted state open‑meetings rules require public notice when three or more board members meet as a group; participants agreed to limit initial subcommittee membership to two members to avoid triggering regular public‑meeting notice requirements for the subcommittee’s early work. Board members also discussed whether the subcommittee should wait for the Clutch report before proposing priorities; the majority favored filing a short letter to City Council to announce the subcommittee and to share HAB’s prior findings while offering to work with council once the consultant report is published.

Formal motion and outcome: A motion to form a HAB subcommittee on housing solutions for homelessness that would comprise Stephen Hennessy and Corinne Hoskins and would present proposed priorities and a draft letter to City Council at the May HAB meeting was made and seconded. Board members voted in favor; the motion passed.

Next steps: Hennessy and Hoskins agreed to meet and prepare a short draft letter and a proposed work plan to present at the May HAB meeting. The full HAB will review and vote before any letter is sent to City Council.

Evidence: The motion and vote occurred during the March 26 HAB meeting; board discussion of scope, open‑meeting considerations and outreach to council took place in the same meeting.