Thursday, September 24, 2026, 9 a.m. (Denver time), Parr-Widener Community Room, Room 389
0:37 Welcome day are so grateful
0:39 for all the information. Think
0:43 you to everyone working so
0:44 Zimmerman tonight all workers
0:47 that helping make have really
0:51 excited to kick things off
0:52 with the closer elections.
0:54 Main aim is. But does it have
0:56 on are chairing Transportation
0:59 Infrastructure Committee. I
1:06 represent Lucky District and
1:10 mentioned property tines
1:11 difference. Complain south was
1:13 communication them. Often
1:15 there's projects Brockway from
1:16 the plant's, be for and you
1:18 got and is only Mansour
1:21 district. I Well, need
1:23 financial probably have people
1:24 trickling in. But I'll go to
1:25 my virtual friends. If you
1:31 want to introduce yourselves,
1:34 everybody West Denver district
1:35 3 Paul Kashmann South Denver
1:41 district My Charleston mayor,
1:47 aka back also one of our
1:48 council member Butler Building
1:49 being to go ahead and take it
1:58 or or And with excited to here
2:00 and I am Amy for the executive
2:02 director of Daddy. I just
2:05 wanted to premises by saying
2:07 thank and COUNCILWOMAN Abbe
2:08 and council now mayor of
2:11 Kabul. We actually appreciate
2:12 the opportunity to have had
2:15 dot the split over the last
2:16 couple of Sessions. I think
2:18 there's value in capacity to
2:19 sort of have a deeper
2:21 conversation about some of the
2:22 areas that we cover. Yeah. And
2:23 and I think that's really
2:25 resulted in some excellent
2:26 conversation and discussion.
2:27 And so today we're really
2:29 looking forward to digging in
2:30 transportation, which was hot
2:34 topic, even yes, mission just
2:35 say this. I have went out on
2:36 hot topic on Tuesday and we're
2:37 looking forward to addressing
2:37 maybe some of those questions
2:40 here in this presentation. And
2:42 we will also prove to be
2:44 expedient. So it leaves a
2:44 number of China took minutes
2:45 for those questions. For
2:49 follow-up from you just too.
2:51 Go back through a one of the
2:52 things in the one of the
2:53 questions to come. And so we
2:54 do have this in our slides was
2:56 a question about the
2:58 differentiation between our
3:00 general funds and wastewater
3:02 and others in the allocations
3:03 across our different programs
3:04 and so council on us or you're
3:06 obviously this was a question
3:07 that you had asked. And so we
3:08 wanted to be responsive in
3:11 that. We're not to spend a lot
3:11 of time looking at this, but
3:13 we're happy to dive into that.
3:15 We will also be sending this
3:16 information to you. Also, you
3:17 have it. So this is the
3:19 general fund allocation, if
3:21 you will, across the number of
3:22 different programs that we
3:23 have. And so that includes
3:26 personnel or service Inc
3:26 flies. So for those totals and
3:27 the general fund, so you can
3:30 see the allocation to right of
3:30 way enforce mental how we
3:32 handle operations are graffiti
3:36 team, for instance. And then
3:37 we wanted to be able to
3:38 provide that information. Is
3:41 we then drove talking about
3:42 transportation today. So
3:43 again, we would be remiss if
3:44 we did not focus on our
3:45 vision, which is about quality
3:47 of life and how we deliver the
3:48 services that are seen and
3:50 unseen to ensure the Denver
3:52 keeps moving. And today and no
3:55 more is the transportation
3:57 focus. We wanted to hit that
3:59 section because we wanted
4:00 frame out just the scope of
4:02 what we do when we sit, we
4:03 look at this city. But how
4:05 does that translate into stats
4:06 and assets and things like
4:08 this? Because we're going to
4:09 spend a lot of time talking as
4:10 we all know about both our
4:12 transportation operations and
4:14 our maintenance and how we
4:15 manage and take care and
4:16 preserve the system that we
4:18 have built. And then we're
4:18 going to talk about how do we
4:20 continue to enhance and build
4:22 the system to a drive to
4:24 articles of safety and
4:26 mobility and sustainability.
4:28 And so when we said we talk
4:32 about the 75,000 street signs
4:33 and the nearly 3,000 street
4:33 lights and the nearly 3,000
4:35 miles of roadway and the
4:37 nearly 3,000 miles of sidewalk
4:38 in the system. All of those
4:39 are fed by a combination of
4:41 sources, both here in Denver,
4:45 federal and otherwise citizens
4:47 voted to agree that they would
4:48 like to tax themselves, assess
4:50 fees to take care of some of
4:51 these systems. And we're
4:51 grateful for the
4:52 responsibility to be able to
4:56 manage all of Again, we talk
4:58 about our capital programs. We
4:59 also want to frame out again
5:01 what investment means. And so
5:04 what we talked about it on
5:05 Tuesday, investment in capital
5:08 means investment, an operation
5:09 and that operation is what at
5:10 the core, again of our budget
5:12 philosophy and what we want to
5:12 accomplish and how we protect
5:15 those core services, how we
5:17 continue to preserve those
5:19 assets, how the staff who are
5:21 responsible for the work
5:22 translate to the services that
5:24 we deliver, that people see
5:25 every day and sometimes see
5:27 overnight and the world that
5:30 we do on how we maintain that
5:31 workforce capacity to be able
5:32 to deliver the best quality
5:35 system that we can. So when we
5:36 talk about her transportation
5:38 budget today, it is focused in
5:39 the capital and we're going to
5:40 talk about with our capital
5:41 maintenance program as well as
5:42 some of the services that you
5:45 see on top of that and our
5:46 capital discretionary
5:47 programs. We're going to take
5:48 a deep dive into each of
5:49 these. So I will not take the
5:51 time to run through them. But,
5:53 you know, they are infused
5:54 always with our values that we
5:56 hold dear, which is number one
5:59 safety. How do we create
6:01 development system that people
6:03 arrive alive and what is our
6:04 focus and ensuring that we can
6:05 continue to drive safety
6:07 through the entirety of our
6:09 transportation system,
6:10 mobility and mobility choice
6:10 and how we continue to drive
6:12 access and program and how do
6:14 we continue to think about how
6:15 that fits together in the
6:18 maintenance of our system. So
6:20 we also wanted to be able to
6:20 frame since this conversation
6:22 came up as we last presented
6:23 to 10 and others is where do
6:25 we get our money from? He has.
6:27 The city budget is a critical
6:28 element of our capital
6:29 programming. But it is not the
6:31 only element of our capital
6:33 programming. So we also do
6:33 receive funds from federal
6:35 programs and federal grants as
6:36 well as different issues like
6:39 the bond program. And so this
6:40 again frame some of that
6:42 historical approach to how we
6:42 look at and how we fund
6:47 transportation. Equally. So we
6:49 wanted to talk about staff,
6:49 the services to the people who
6:51 deliver the services that you
6:54 see to the right to start 2026
6:55 stuff coverages. That cloak a
6:57 says across a variety of areas
7:00 from on forsman teams to our
7:00 operations teams to our
7:01 planning and our delivery
7:03 groups to our project managers
7:05 and others. And I just this
7:05 last time on Tuesday and
7:06 address it again. The
7:08 questions often also to our do
7:09 you have enough staff to do
7:12 what you want to do and the
7:13 answer for that question right
7:16 now is that we absolutely of
7:17 in calibrating our programming
7:19 with the staff that we have
7:20 and the level of projects and
7:23 investment that we're making
7:24 and spending quite a bit of
7:25 time on the refinement as we
7:27 talked about with
7:27 organizational structure and
7:28 our focus and for instance,
7:29 adding team members and and
7:31 shifting and concentrating,
7:32 for instance, we have team
7:33 who's represented in the back
7:34 who is now focused on our
7:37 safety engineering programs,
7:39 our team who are dedicated to
7:42 the work that we do with safe
7:42 routes to schools and vision
7:44 0. And so how we align those
7:45 services and that staff who
7:46 really are the heart of the
7:47 beating heart of something
7:48 that we've spent quite a bit
7:51 of time focusing on. So I
7:52 mentioned before those
7:53 transportation goals and you
7:53 all know that they are
7:55 grounded in Denver, moves
7:58 everyone. And while we see the
7:59 goals and priorities of
8:00 mobility and safety and how we
8:02 build community and the
8:04 endgame of where we'd like to
8:05 go by 2050. It's an Exxon
8:06 conversations about that in
8:09 10. I wanted to give you a
8:09 sense again of how we have
8:12 been doing over the last year.
8:13 Plus, in addressing some of
8:15 those priorities and goals. So
8:17 when our mobility side right
8:21 now, we're staying about
8:22 consistent. So we are working
8:23 on mode shifts and how we just
8:26 thinking about how people
8:27 travel from biking to school
8:29 during to walking to riding
8:30 transit to driving
8:31 individually. Right now we
8:33 have seen a growth in certain
8:35 areas where we have made
8:36 investments in things like
8:37 bike lanes and others
8:39 downtown, for instance,
8:40 Montbello area others. And so
8:42 we're very excited about that.
8:43 But for others and other
8:44 areas, we see consistent sort
8:45 of standards in regards to
8:49 things like not obviously in
8:50 safety. And you heard a little
8:52 bit about this yesterday and
8:54 dpd presentation. We are
8:55 seeing a decrease right now in
8:56 our fatalities excited about
8:59 that and cautious about that
9:00 as well. But I wanted to share
9:02 with you sort of the year to
9:03 date schedule of that and what
9:04 that looks like. You know, as
9:08 of a week or so we are at 47
9:09 traffic fatalities compared to
9:10 last year where we were at
9:13 around. 55. And I think that
9:14 is attributed in part to the
9:16 continued investment that we
9:17 have infrastructure and safety
9:18 and safety programs to
9:19 continued collaboration. Tea
9:20 Party on enforcement
9:22 activities and others. And and
9:25 it is still not good enough.
9:28 So we still strive as we We
9:28 talk a little bit about our
9:29 sustainability and you can see
9:31 as we go through the rest of
9:33 these, we continue to see a
9:34 decrease in some of our
9:35 motorized trips. We are adding
9:36 are we talked about this last
9:38 time at our tv programs and
9:40 equally. So as we're starting
9:41 to look, we'll talk more about
9:43 sidewalks today, but how we
9:44 see improvements to sidewalks,
9:45 which are critical element of
9:47 how we think about mobility, a
9:50 mode with over 80 miles of
9:51 sidewalks that have been
9:52 improved. And 25 and we'll
9:52 talk a little bit about more
9:55 about what's coming. Talked
9:56 about bridges and signals and
9:58 We're gonna get more into
10:00 that. Last thing I wanted to
10:00 hit before. We really did a
10:04 deep dive is how does the
10:04 project become a project that
10:05 I know that sounds rather
10:07 put-down take that we wanted
10:07 to sort of frame outside of
10:08 the structure of how goes to
10:11 work when it comes to our
10:12 transportation system. So we
10:13 are guided as always by our
10:15 North star, which is Denver
10:17 moves. Everyone and equally.
10:19 So our north star Vision, 0
10:22 those things then turned
10:23 themselves into So we take
10:24 those efforts and we're it
10:25 then that them into citywide
10:28 plans and action plans area
10:29 plans for different programs
10:31 such as safe routes to schools
10:31 or our community
10:33 Transportation network and
10:36 others. Those plans then are
10:38 translated through our budget
10:39 program and they are
10:41 translated into different ways
10:42 tackle the problems. The
10:43 solutions that drive to the
10:46 plants. So that's what we're
10:46 going to talk about today.
10:47 You're going to hear us talk
10:49 about traffic calming. You're
10:49 gonna hear us talking about
10:50 pet intersections. You're
10:51 gonna be tearing us. Talk
10:53 about transit investments and
10:53 bikeway investments and
10:55 others. And that is where the
10:57 money sets. But we also heard
10:58 2 very loud and clear that you
11:00 wanted to understand how those
11:01 ruled up to address the plans.
11:04 So how much money are you
11:04 really investing and safe
11:06 routes to schools? How much
11:07 money really gets invested in
11:08 Vision, 0. And so we've got
11:09 that to to present and be able
11:11 to share that. It delivers.
11:14 Then in a project. And then we
11:15 always assess the outcomes
11:16 because we are constantly
11:17 evolving and moving
11:19 organization. What we MAY put
11:21 in the ground 10 years ago MAY
11:23 be adjusted and adapted and
11:24 changed and shifted as we
11:25 develop new tools in our tool
11:28 box. New modes conditions
11:29 change in the system. And so
11:29 those are always things that
11:32 we're looking at. All right.
11:33 I'm gonna take it to Cindy's
11:34 so she can talk about capital
11:37 maintenance. Her favorite
11:43 exciting topic and she is
11:46 sands prop today. So we right
11:48 here how low parked the
11:49 vehicle that yeah, we can
11:51 through the door. I'm good
11:53 morning. I'm back. It is my
11:56 birthday and to celebrate. I
11:59 would like to talk about
12:01 capital a case. I want to
12:02 spend a minute here because
12:04 capital maintenance is the
12:06 largest allocation in our
12:07 transportation capital budget.
12:09 And I think it should be. We
12:10 spent a lot of time talking
12:12 about what we're going to
12:16 build next. But Denver already
12:17 owns this huge, enormous,
12:18 seeing out in the
12:18 transportation, this town that
12:21 is there in the wild. It's
12:23 there every single day. It's
12:24 getting snowed on. Walk. Is
12:26 getting driven It gets hot. It
12:27 gets cold. Gets hit by all
12:30 manner of things. And once we
12:31 build this thing, it's still
12:34 has to have that attention on
12:35 it for the rest of its life.
12:36 Right? There is no set it and
12:39 forget it as much as we wish
12:40 it would. It never happens
12:41 ever that we can walk away and
12:42 that's why you see the scale
12:44 of these investments in front
12:45 of you. 31.4 million dollars
12:51 for asphalt. 26 23 for bridge.
12:51 10 million for comedy. And so
12:55 the night super glamorous, we
12:56 nobody has a ribbon. When I
12:57 replace a signal pole with a
13:00 hole in it, balloons fall from
13:02 my sky. But no one makes a big
13:02 deal about that. But it's our
13:04 bread and butter that that's