Mayor-Council

Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 9:30 a.m. (Denver time), City & County Building Parr-Widener Room 389

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This brief Mayor-Council meeting consisted mainly of introductions and announcements before moving into executive session. Council members announced upcoming community events, including a Halloween parade, a fall festival at Thomas Jefferson High School, and the first meeting of a data center working group. Members also commemorated Indigenous Peoples Day, now an official city holiday, which included a march and celebration at City Park. The meeting then adjourned into executive session under C.R.S. 2.34 sections 3, 6, and 7 to discuss settlement of pending litigation and related legal advice.

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2:21 Have nothing to

2:31 I know you're going to get you

2:33 out very quickly to Every one.

2:34 Welcome Mayor council. We have

2:35 a very short session this

2:36 morning. Although council is a

2:38 very full day. And so we will

2:39 be shortened council meeting

2:41 and then we have an executive

2:42 session and counselors of many

2:45 meetings to get off too. And

2:46 thank you for those of joining

2:47 for the public with this will

2:50 be a very session, the sport.

2:51 We will start with a quick

2:54 round of introductions and

2:54 announcements. Then we will

2:57 move to executive session. The

2:58 distinguished gentlemen, it's

2:59 my right start us off the

3:01 entire district. I've done.

3:05 But like district 7. Everyone

3:11 in Councilmember at-large And

3:12 just want die in a District

3:13 court. Thank you. MADAM

3:15 PRESIDENT do we have any

3:16 announcements that are

3:17 counselors like to share this

3:20 morning before we yes council,

3:22 one of dress. We have a

3:27 Halloween parade to and enjoy

3:28 the right way. How we preview

3:31 new 5 people. We have

3:32 favorites and I'll be watching

3:34 air firefighters, though.

3:35 There's nothing more fun than

3:38 We're really looking forward

3:42 to see you on South Broadway

3:43 this The we want pine whether

3:46 we would be the new fund

3:49 people or the same old people,

3:51 the different Thank you so

3:52 much. Other announcements,

3:54 PRESIDENT Just real quick. We

3:55 are going to have a fall fest.

3:56 This is from our rescheduled

4:00 concerts that got rained out.

4:04 This summer and fall. It's

4:05 Saturday OCTOBER. 24 the 11 to

4:07 2 at Thomas Jefferson High

4:08 School. We're gonna have food

4:10 and fun and music and a whole

4:11 bunch of other fun activities

4:12 and games. And we will also

4:15 have some of our city agencies

4:19 out checking it up our Denver

4:20 Southeast residents. And

4:22 that's very excited any other

4:24 announcements. Council is also

4:25 tears. Thank you, MISTER

4:26 Mayor. I'm Friday. We had our

4:28 baby convened our very first

4:30 data center working group

4:34 meeting thanks to you know,

4:36 folks from the mayor's team

4:37 from council from the

4:39 facilitators and then the

4:39 various community members that

4:42 are making up that working

4:46 group. I think we're off to a

4:47 really good starts had great

4:47 conversation. And I feel like

4:50 we have a really well

4:51 represented and group people

4:53 from the city of Denver. And

4:55 so I'm really hopeful on the

5:00 work that we're going to be

5:01 doing opportunist coming makes

5:02 introduce yourself and I mean,

5:02 council. Good morning,

5:03 that's what you want share

5:06 with us. Signs Denver's

5:07 perfect later will have

5:12 multiple for commissions,

5:14 including one about Matthew We

5:16 do a fair amount of

5:17 celebration in front of

5:20 commemoration. This is

5:23 commemorating the tragic loss

5:28 of life was because of And

5:32 because of because of his yes.

5:38 And the way he was killed, it

5:40 really engaged the of the 4 So

5:43 the for people often credited

5:46 for turning the state,

5:54 Colorado Governor Jared

5:55 Reprot. Is stricter intend

5:57 with that. And so will both

5:59 commemorating that tragedy and

6:00 celebrating what has happened

6:05 as a result of that tragedy.

6:06 Take you so much for sharing

6:08 reminder, your morning council

6:09 wants you want to introduce

6:12 yourself in announcements. You

6:14 have served your interest in

6:15 ensuring that people the

6:18 morning one long. Do you want

6:19 find privy any other

6:20 announcements before we wrap

6:21 up and start the second

6:23 session with PRESIDENT. Just

6:25 real quick one 2 days Tuesday,

6:27 that day was Indigenous

6:30 Peoples Day. We were and so

6:32 excited proud it is now an

6:34 official city holiday. And

6:37 yesterday was a lovely

6:38 commemorative, not

6:39 commemorative parade and

6:42 celebration at City Park. And

6:43 was it was really great I also

6:44 want to the counselors that

6:46 were Thank you for council for

6:48 taking leadership to create

6:49 this city hall. They very

6:51 proud yesterday was our

6:53 second, but it was the first

6:54 where we launch tradition of

6:55 having a MARCH as part the

6:57 Indigenous Peoples Day was

6:59 really powerful. A nice thing.

7:00 Many. Those barriers are there

7:03 at the start of the mlk felt

7:05 our to be there to beginning.

7:06 And those exciting piece of

7:07 history yesterday, really

7:08 excited about future years.

7:10 And so thank you to council

7:12 for their leadership. Thank

7:15 you. Roles American indigenous

7:16 leaders who are there to

7:21 celebrate as well as Any other

7:22 announcements Great with that.

7:23 I will now entertain a motion

7:25 to move us into executive

7:29 session to pursue it to c 2.34

7:31 sections 3, 6, 7, for the

7:33 purpose of discussing the

7:34 settlement of pending

7:40 litigation legal advice

7:42 related there is to say pay,

7:43 any opposed Thank you so much,

7:44 Denver. Have a great Tuesday.

7:45 We will now adjourned into

7:46 executive session.