Same question, every candidate · PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum

Title 9 of our city code is our land use code. Some council and community members are advocating for a complete rewrite of this title. Do you support or oppose this, and do you think now is the right time to undertake this effort?

Asked at the Collaborative City Council and Mayoral Candidate Forum (PLAN-Boulder County / Open Boulder / Better Boulder), September 2, 2026.

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Candidate	In their words
Aaron Brockett	But we've gotten about as far as we can with the current Byzantine Title IX. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 43:33 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)
Ryan Schuchard	The first answer to this is yes, we do need to be careful. There are some people that have a principled view that this needs to be done cautiously, Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them. Transcript note: No name cue; speaker describes running in 2023 and current council action. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 40:52 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)
Rachel Rose Isaacson	I like the term modernization. I think a complete rewrite would be a little destabilizing, Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 36:56 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)
Jill Grano	Our code inadvertently favors the big guy and not the little guy. So yeah, I do support a rewrite and I do support it now. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 36:12 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Candidate

In their words

Aaron Brockett

But we've gotten about as far as we can with the current Byzantine Title IX.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 43:33 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Ryan Schuchard

The first answer to this is yes, we do need to be careful. There are some people that have a principled view that this needs to be done cautiously,

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: No name cue; speaker describes running in 2023 and current council action.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 40:52 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Rachel Rose Isaacson

I like the term modernization. I think a complete rewrite would be a little destabilizing,

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 36:56 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Jill Grano

Our code inadvertently favors the big guy and not the little guy. So yeah, I do support a rewrite and I do support it now.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 36:12 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

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