Boulder council to discuss MOU with CU on new hotel, conference center

BOULDER — The Boulder City Council on Tuesday night will consider a proposed memorandum of understanding between the city and the University of Colorado outlining general parameters for a hotel and conference facility on CU property near Broadway and Grandview Avenue.

The MOU, if approved, would establish “how the city and the university will collaborate in the next phases of planning and development of the project,” according to a memo to council from city staff.

One of the major provisions of the MOU is that the space include a ballroom of at least 15,000 square feet — 5,000 square feet of which…