City Council

Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 3:30 p.m. (Denver time), Parr-Widener Room 1437 Bannock Street, Room 389

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Summary

The Denver City Council's regular meeting on March 31, 2026 covered council announcements, two proclamations (Arts Education Month honoring Denver Arts & Venages/Public Health Week honoring the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment), and consideration of several bills and resolutions. The bulk of the meeting was a lengthy debate on Council Resolution 26-0246, approving an agreement with Axon Enterprise for an automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) system of 50 cameras. Council members questioned the mayor's office about data privacy, encryption, Axon's ties to DHS/ICE, retention policies, and the still-pending surveillance ordinance being drafted by a task force. Members split on the contract, with supporters citing safeguards written into the agreement and public safety needs, and opponents arguing the city should legislate first; the roll call was taken but the transcript does not clearly state the final outcome. A resolution amending the DCG West One development agreement was also discussed and answered by staff.

Transcript

0:06 In Denver. It's time for the

0:09 weekly general session of your

0:14 Denver City Council. Tonight's

0:15 coverage of Denver City

0:18 Council starts now.

0:34 Taking time to join us for

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0:38 tonight's meeting is being

0:39 interpreted to Spanish camera.

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1:37 was working. Hello, everyone.

1:39 My name is Sam Guzman with the

1:41 Steel City virtually through

1:41 zoom and along with my

1:45 colleague just mean will be

1:46 interpreting today's meeting

1:46 into Spanish. Please allow me

1:49 a quick minute. Well, they

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1:58 Port St. Lucie and you them to

1:59 come. The Cullinan Jazmine's

2:00 times front on left on the

2:04 organ to too soon to so close

2:06 before the man took love is

2:08 hablemos consultant call them

2:11 little candies, that put the

2:13 ceiling, hoping this hold on

2:13 public Now this project and

2:18 this point, no. To some the

2:21 coastal throws a punch at me

2:22 think it's the only thing the

2:23 cold will scan will the out

2:24 the photos but upon happened

2:26 this point. And to And thank

2:29 you very much. Thank you very

2:35 much, took them to the Denver

2:38 City Council Tuesday MARCH

2:40 31st. 20 to 26 counts members

2:41 please join Councilmember

2:50 Cashman, flag of United States

2:52 America to Republic for which

2:56 it stands. Nation under

2:57 indivisible, with liberty and

3:04 justice for all council

3:05 members. Please join

3:06 councilmember Cashman as they

3:07 lead us in the Denver City

3:14 Council led technology to

3:16 Thing. Well, the Denver City

3:18 Council on a mission to the

3:18 land on which are resigned

3:20 traditional territory and the

3:24 u Cheyenne and Arapahoe. We

3:25 also recognize the 48

3:28 contemporary tribal nations

3:30 when our historically tight to

3:31 the that make up the state

3:34 Colorado, we honor past

3:36 present and those who have

3:39 Stewart and the throughout

3:41 generations. We also

3:43 recognized government academic

3:47 and cultural institutions were

3:48 founded continue to enact

3:51 exclusions. Any relationship,

3:52 indigenous peoples. We

3:54 acknowledge demonstrated

3:56 commitment to working to

4:01 dismantle ongoing legacies

4:02 oppression and inequities and

4:02 recognize current and future

4:03 contributions of indigenous

4:09 communities. Secretary will

4:14 Council members, Lewis. It

4:17 will from Eric Ample

4:37 American Here. Plan. If

4:43 Gilmore, the ovens times

4:48 action here. Story and

4:56 audience. Here. 30 minutes.

4:57 Took 2 members. Present

4:58 counsel has the of direction

5:04 to the minutes of MARCH. 23rd.

5:06 The minutes council

5:07 announcements. Are there any

5:08 announcements from members of

5:11 council that have to name? It

5:15 comes And when I from, I want

5:18 to the organization, Denver

5:20 Gardens for her efforts

5:21 southwest Denver. Stab wishing

5:23 very large new community and

5:28 near the dps grim Recovery

5:30 offers Bellevue field they

5:31 have volunteered. The reason

5:35 I'm making this announcement a

5:36 volunteer opportunities. My

5:39 wife my room earlier every

5:41 Friday APRIL, whether offering

5:42 opportunities for y'all to

5:45 come down and help establish

5:48 They've made a lot of headway

5:49 You can go to the website that

5:54 volunteer dot ucci Dot org

5:55 fill out the form. They have 2

5:58 ships available each 9 to and

6:05 one to 4. And PRESIDENT

6:08 Politics. Such a fantastic

6:09 site that doing that creating

6:12 their own aside with 12 former

6:13 dps elementary schools like

6:14 that never got built in my

6:16 neighborhood because all the

6:17 annexations that failed back

6:21 in the 70's. But on this site,

6:24 now, dps has a six-day

6:25 greenhouse where I mentioned

6:27 before they produce for

6:28 Denver, public schools,

6:30 cafeterias. And we set aside

6:31 area for a food forest was

6:33 planted about 2 or 3 years ago

6:35 is now And now with the

6:37 community garden, there's

6:38 opportunities waltz with all

6:41 sizes available for people to

6:43 come in, participating,

6:46 growing And finally, dps is

6:48 going fill the remaining

6:50 probably about more than

6:52 two-thirds of while more than

6:54 2 thirds of an acre on the

6:56 South side cultivate that

6:58 Florida farmer in the area to

7:00 come and across on that So the

7:02 entire site is going to be

7:04 dedicated to production of So

7:07 if you're of a mind to help

7:09 please go to volunteer, 0, dot

7:14 org fill out the Thank you.

7:16 They have comes from cash.

7:20 Thank you. MADAM PRESIDENT it

7:21 happening tomorrow night says

7:22 the last time have the

7:24 opportunity to announce

7:29 district 6 hosting meet the

7:30 City Academy in the community

7:32 from 16 pm Cook Park

7:34 Recreation Center. 7100 Cherry

7:37 Creek Drive South just east

7:38 Monaco on Cherry Creek Drive.

7:41 We're going to have about 30

7:44 Denver city agencies and

7:45 external partners. Setting up

7:46 tables with information and

7:47 people to answer your

7:49 questions live and in person

7:51 you can find out what's going

7:54 on with the unlocking housing

7:56 choice. She discussion. It's

7:59 taking place around the city.

8:04 You can talk Xcel Energy about

8:06 whenever compliments want to

8:07 send their way. You can tell

8:11 Denver water, you're going to

8:12 your jury to drought

8:14 restrictions preserve limited

8:17 resource. They'll be Denver

8:19 parks, community planning and

8:22 development, public health and

8:23 environment. Dozens city

8:25 agencies live and person again

8:26 tomorrow night. APRIL first,

8:28 68 pm with Cook Park Rec

8:32 center. But big news on the

8:33 and University Denver

8:39 Pioneers, Hockey team. It for

8:40 Las APRIL 9th to let things

8:43 for the frozen for hockey

8:46 championship. The Pio's

8:48 Cornell in the first game of

8:50 the regional, something loved

8:54 on Friday night on Sunday. The

8:56 be Western Michigan, 6 to 2

8:57 and first fry frozen for.

9:02 They'll be playing Michigan

9:03 University. As mentioned this

9:08 morning, my colleagues heard

9:12 produces Cashman family and

9:16 that I'm steady Pio's My

9:17 grandson is freshman the

9:18 University of Michigan. Will

9:24 be some serious trash talking

9:26 to a national council come

9:28 out. Councilmember. What's

9:31 PRESIDENT? I want assure the

9:34 city park Bandstand stood for

9:34 97 years. We were devastated

9:38 to see the destruction of this

9:41 beloved structure. Our

9:42 families enjoyed picnics, lazy

9:44 days in the shade. And of

9:45 course, the kickoff of the

9:47 summer at City Park Jazz for

9:50 generations. I want to thank

9:51 Denver Fire Department to

9:53 offer your quick response.

9:53 Also on Denver Police

9:55 Department for your ongoing

9:57 investigation. We will along

10:00 with community rebuild a city

10:01 Park Branstad, Denver Parks,

10:02 Recreation in collaboration

10:04 with Denver Park. Trust will

10:05 help to raise additional funds

10:07 to rebuild the bandstand. You

10:10 can go to Denver Park, Trust

10:12 Dot Network for the good of

10:13 dot com for more information

10:16 on their fundraising steps to

10:17 donate 10 and also see park

10:18 friends and neighbors as well

10:20 as City Park Alliance. They're

10:21 also offering and our hats to

10:24 raise funds to help rebuild

10:25 and advanced. And you can

10:27 please go to website for more

10:28 information. As always, you

10:31 can always reach out to my

10:32 office and district 9. Denver

10:34 Gov Dot Org for more

10:36 information on how to engage,

10:37 how did the PRESIDENT And how

10:38 to donate to ensure that we

10:40 rebuild a city park? Bandstand

10:43 and point of personal

10:44 privilege I was at biggest in

10:48 Vegas this last Councilmember

10:50 Cashman my I have a crazy has

10:52 been a loves to run long

10:54 distances and you're Marathon

10:55 in Vegas. Most folks go to

10:56 Vegas to gamble. He to run and

10:59 we all and he survived. A 26.2

11:01 mile run that began baby. I

11:05 think 30 degrees is starting

11:06 and ski resort ended 80

11:08 degrees down down on close to

11:10 Vegas and he survived through

11:13 I want to say to amazing

11:15 husband, Mike if you're

11:16 congratulations, love you. And

11:17 I'm so proud of Thank you.

11:24 MADAM Implement not be just

11:27 want to share. Congratulations

11:30 to Denver. Some fc who broke a

11:36 on Saturday. They had a 63,004

11:38 fans, is the highest attended

11:39 single game of national

11:41 women's soccer ever. And so I

11:43 think number it should be

11:43 really proud of the way

11:44 they've showed up to support

11:48 women in this way. There was a

11:51 great for that. Also wanted

11:52 set up the Colorado Rockies

11:56 because they're having their

11:59 opening-day. They matter to

12:00 day is always a fun. Finally

12:02 to the game winner of U.S.

12:05 Lastly, I wanted to share that

12:07 for District. 7 book club

12:08 kicks off this Wednesday from

12:10 05:00pm to 07:00pm at Habitat

12:12 for Humanity at 4.30, South

12:13 Navajo. If you're interested,

12:16 we're still taking people to

12:19 sign up. You e-mail district

12:20 7, Denver Gov Dot Org. We will

12:21 be giving out copies of the

12:22 Constitution and reading the

12:23 Constitution in community. I'm

12:26 so that's really exciting.

12:28 That's thank you. Becomes

12:32 PRESIDENT. Key implement her

12:37 much. MADAM PRESIDENT, I

12:38 wanted to acknowledge somebody

12:39 who had gotten to know really

12:41 well. Over the last several

12:48 years. Francis Taurus, just

12:50 passed away. I'm she was the

12:51 youngest daughter, and Patrik

12:56 Taurus. Lived 10. 33 0th

12:57 Street. And if you're not

13:00 familiar with where 10 33 0th

13:02 Street one of the historic

13:04 homes, honorary, a campus that

13:06 was preserved. When the campus

13:16 was. I love her family were

13:18 the 7,000 babies delivered DR.

13:19 Just enough order here in

13:23 Denver. She was displaced from

13:25 And when she was 19 years old,

13:26 a social worker by profession

13:28 and just want to share. Well,

13:29 don't come a time when we

13:35 share a bit apart really

13:35 friends star. That so much

13:38 where she has worked for years

13:39 has begun to come to fruition,

13:43 honorary a campus. And that's

13:43 wrote one the recognition of

13:47 the historic Street Corridor

13:49 Advisory Committee, the

13:52 Governance And I'm a member of

13:54 and really proud to be able to

13:55 work with other displaced are

13:59 areas in the university's on

14:00 how we make good on the

14:00 promises that were made to

14:03 families who are forced to

14:04 leave that neighborhood. We

14:06 also have the 100 year

14:06 anniversary of the completion

14:09 of sink hatchet and coming up.

14:16 So some really amazing Francis

14:17 is it was a just admirable and

14:22 her ability to identify

14:24 opportunities to stand up the

14:25 community that she loves so

14:31 much. And just want to share

14:33 my adoration to know, in that

14:35 I look forward to being able

14:36 to really celebrate all that.

14:37 Francis the displaced or in

14:40 community have done. Ongoing

14:46 as we continue to I think

14:47 trying to make sure that we're

14:49 making good on our promises to

14:50 those families. Thank you so

15:04 much. Campbell, Council

15:14 council could welcome back

15:19 come Can tell us could get

15:20 council Cashman. You did

15:23 mention that you get a 2 for

15:26 one at 6 academy in the

15:33 because I will also be the I

15:36 think my sitting one to talk

15:37 to when you're at large

15:40 council members, 11 district

15:41 6, mom. And the other thing I

15:46 want to you know, the

15:47 long-awaited unanticipated,

15:48 another collateral with

15:51 COUNCILMAN Is the are the

15:54 Register neighborhood

15:55 organization. Community

15:57 community feedback. Sessions

15:58 next week starting with our

16:00 first one on APRIL 9th at the

16:01 montbello rec center from

16:08 06:00pm to So if you live in

16:08 the area or you want to travel

16:09 far, we're going to have for

16:10 these and they are going to be

16:13 in different parts of the

16:15 city. Everyone's welcome to

16:18 come and provide your feedback

16:19 on the report from the work

16:20 that we've been doing on

16:22 register neighborhood

16:23 organizations and the many and

16:25 information that we've

16:27 gathered from community will

16:29 taking additional feedback as

16:31 we continue to move forward

16:33 that ordinance. Thank you,

16:33 MADAM PRESIDENT, thank you.

16:39 COUNCILMAN I thank you. I just

16:42 wanted to that announcement

16:43 and I just wanted to thank

16:44 those that attended that first

16:46 district. A community panel

16:48 last Wednesday. So we'll be

16:50 hosting our next one on

16:50 Saturday. And they're up

16:52 Taylor building from 12:00pm

16:53 to 02:00pm. And this is going

16:57 be an opportunity for us to

16:58 I've been priority for the

17:00 2027 budget with community and

17:01 so I hope that folks are able

17:05 to attend. Thank you so much.

17:05 Thank you. Council woman

17:11 Council put him Eric Campbell.

17:19 Thank I just wanted pays.

17:26 Okay. Yeah. Terrible

17:27 connection. I just wanted to

17:28 remind people that if they

17:28 wanted to register for the

17:32 Welsh are 100's the west and

17:33 price is going to turn 100

17:37 years and we are doing a

17:39 community celebration and golf

17:40 tournament and registration

17:44 opens tomorrow. So if you're

17:45 interested, please go to city

17:49 of Denver, golf dot com

17:51 forward slash well shy or 100

17:52 and you can register bright

17:55 and early tomorrow morning and

17:58 and we have limited Please

17:59 come join us. If you are able.

18:07 Thank you. COUNCILMAN

18:11 Governor, want stay, is the

18:14 trans day of visibility. It's

18:18 that celebrates the trans

18:21 community and there memorial

18:25 and remembrance at the Senate

18:28 chambers across the this

18:30 morning the tax credit your

18:33 friend her mother was there

18:34 and folks recognize her name.

18:40 She went in Denver last APRIL

18:44 and was unfortunately deceased

18:46 in Lakewood. And recognizing

18:49 people for their gifts they

18:53 are today and not only days of

18:54 memorial, days disability so

18:59 that we know that relatives

19:04 are here. Lgbtq folks are here

19:07 deserve the human rights and

19:10 respect protection that

19:13 everyone deserves. Thank you

19:16 she the reminder all Denver

19:17 residents that tomorrow is

19:23 APRIL APRIL Fools Day. And