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Woodland Park board receives refresher on quasi‑judicial rules, disclosure and appeals
Summary
At a Feb. 10 workshop, Woodland Park Board of Review members received training from assistant city attorney Betsy Stewart on quasi‑judicial procedures, including conflicts of interest, ex parte communications, recordkeeping and appeals to Teller County; the board also unanimously approved Jan. 13 minutes.
WOODLAND PARK, Colo. — The Woodland Park Board of Review met Feb. 10 for a training workshop on quasi‑judicial procedures led by assistant city attorney Betsy Stewart of the firm Wilson, Williams, Feldman & Dittman.
Stewart told the four‑member board that quasi‑judicial matters require the panel to apply existing law to the facts of individual appeals or variance requests rather than make broad policy. "Any party that's before you ... hears the same evidence at the same time," she said, emphasizing that fairness and an even record are central to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.
The presentation distinguished legislative actions — which set policy and typically…
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