Steamboat City Council worries Gov. Jared Polis’ new bill could derail Brown Ranch

Steamboat City Council worries Gov. Jared Polis’ new bill could derail Brown Ranch

Fearing a state “power grab” could derail the city’s best chance to fix its affordable housing crisis, a shorthanded Steamboat Springs City Council voted unanimously during an emergency meeting Thursday, March 30, to oppose Gov. Jared Polis’ sweeping land use reform bill. That chance — the Yampa Valley Housing Authority’s Brown Ranch that promises to deliver affordable and attainable housing over a 20-year buildout — is going through the city’s …