City Council

Monday, October 19, 2026, 3:30 p.m. (Denver time), Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber 1437 Bannock Street, Room 450

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Summary

The Denver City Council's October 19, 2026 meeting covered a 2027 budget public hearing notice, three proclamations (Lights On Afterschool Week, opposition to Colorado Ballot Amendment 81 on immigration enforcement, and the Hebrew Educational Alliance Sisterhood's 100th anniversary), and a Colfax Marathon presentation. The council approved a $39,000 settlement, contracts for library renovations and the STAR program, and postponed a Colorado Village Collaborative shelter license. Two public hearings were held: a landmark designation for 740 N. Washington Street (the Stone House), which passed, and a contested rezoning of 2246 N. Federal Boulevard from a 3-story to a 5-story Main Street district (with incentive heights up to 7 stories), which passed 11-0 after extensive public comment from 27 signed-up speakers.

Transcript

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

0:09 weekly general session of your

0:14 Denver City Council. In

0:16 tonight's coverage of Denver

0:19 City Council starts next

0:50 Im not on speaker. Let's do

0:52 that again. Good afternoon.

0:54 Thank you for taking the time

0:55 to join the Denver City

0:56 Council meeting today is

0:59 Monday. OCTOBER 19th 2026.

1:00 Tonight's meeting is being

1:02 interpreted into Spanish. Sam

1:05 Burgess mean, would you please

1:06 introduce yourself and let our

1:07 viewers know how to enable

1:11 translation on their devices.

1:14 Yes. Thank Hello, everyone. My

1:17 name is Sam Guzman with the

1:18 coc joining you virtually

1:22 through zoom. And tonight

1:22 along with my colleague

1:23 Andrew, who will be

1:24 interpreting today's meeting

1:27 into Spanish. Please allow me

1:28 a quick moment when the new

1:29 instructions and Spanish axes

1:33 interpretation. On the status

1:34 of you someone who and

1:38 quickness and the city you

1:39 and the symptoms who took it

1:39 don't want to come in tonight

1:42 on the then we have new. Want

1:42 to go in so to lamented

1:45 performers. Can someone tell

1:46 you week one of to look at the

1:50 to put the opening this and

1:51 we're going to need fix soon

1:52 or lotions child in this

1:54 community. Too soon of those

1:55 prisons have meant to his

1:59 starting Come before Wood was

2:00 consistent. Picking up that.

2:00 Only people that just

2:03 want Which is essence. Thank

2:05 you very much. Thank you very

2:08 much. Welcome to the Denver

2:11 City Council meeting Monday,

2:15 OCTOBER 19th 2026. Council

2:15 members please join

2:16 Councilmember Torres in the

2:32 Pledge of Allegiance

2:35 and

2:42 Council members please join

2:43 Councilmember Torres as they

2:44 lead us in the Denver City

2:46 Council land acknowledgement

2:48 the Denver City Council honors

2:49 and acknowledges that the land

2:51 on which we reside is the

2:53 traditional territory. The

2:53 huge Cheyenne and Arapaho

2:56 people's. We also recognize

2:58 the 48 contemporary tribal

2:59 nations that are historically

3:00 tied to the lambs that make up

3:03 the state of Colorado. We

3:04 honor elders past present and

3:05 future. And those who are

3:07 stewards of this land

3:09 throughout generations. We

3:10 also recognize that government

3:10 academic and cultural

3:12 institutions were founded upon

3:14 and continue to enact

3:14 exclusions. And a rea shares

3:17 of indigenous peoples made

3:18 this acknowledgment

3:20 demonstrate a commitment to

3:21 working to dismantle ongoing

3:24 legacies of oppression and

3:26 inequities and recognize the

3:26 current and future

3:27 contributions of indigenous

3:32 communities in Denver. Thank

3:38 you, MADAM Secretary. Roll

3:41 Councilmembers, Sawyer. I I'll

3:50 be here. Gilmore, unsolved

3:53 Hare Hines Cashman U.S.

3:56 PRESIDENT Sandoval Pierre

4:01 Thomas, watching. MADAM Eric

4:03 Appel here all of the members

4:06 present. There are 11 members

4:08 present council has a quorum.

4:09 Councilmember taught us we

4:11 need a motion regarding the

4:11 2027 proposed budget and

4:14 public hearing. Notice. Thank

4:14 you, MADAM PRESIDENT. I move

4:16 that the clerk and recorder is

4:18 instructed to publish notice

4:20 that one, the mayor's proposed

4:23 budget for 2027 is open for

4:25 inspection from 09:00am to

4:26 05:00pm Monday through Friday

4:28 and the City Council office

4:30 room for 51 of the city county

4:32 building located at 14. 37

4:33 Bannock Street starting the

4:37 week of OCTOBER 19th 2026. At

4:40 its regular meeting on Monday,

4:43 OCTOBER 26th, the City Council

4:44 will conduct a public hearing

4:46 beginning at 05:30pm, or as

4:48 soon thereafter is the agenda

4:49 permits on the mayor's

4:53 proposed budget for 2027 and

4:54 3. Any citizen man suspects

4:57 the budget prior 2 or at the

5:00 public hearing and register

5:02 any objection to the budget

5:02 prior to or at the public

5:06 hearing on the budget and the

5:07 council should take any

5:10 objections into consideration.

5:12 All just clarify any resident

5:14 or citizen and suspect the

5:16 budget. Thank you, MADAM

5:17 PRESIDENT, thank you. It has

5:20 been moved and seconded. MADAM

5:23 Secretary Roll Call.

5:32 Councilmembers, I'll be that

5:37 Einstein, get enough. Timed

5:41 Cashman. Knew if Sandoval, I.

5:50 Todd I watched I MADAM Second

5:55 Go ahead, 11 have Eyes. The

5:58 motion passes. The council

6:00 announcements. Are there any

6:01 announcements from members of

6:03 council today approval of the

6:04 shoot approval of the minutes?

6:05 Are there any corrections to

6:07 the minutes of OCTOBER 13th?

6:14 Now at the look, The minutes

6:17 stand approved council

6:18 announcements. Are there any

6:18 announcements from members of

6:22 council today? First, go ahead

6:23 and get started with council

6:26 member of the dress. Thank

6:27 you, council PRESIDENT. I want

6:30 to congratulate the Broadway

6:31 on another very successful

6:32 Halloween parade that had past

6:35 weekend. Thousands of people

6:37 gave away thousands of pounds

6:38 of candy and memories that

6:41 will never forget. I also

6:44 wanted to share the Halloween

6:45 activities continues this

6:47 Sunday Houston Lake Park Park

6:48 Neighborhood Association is

6:51 putting together their own

6:52 candy giveaway at 04:00pm. So

6:56 you can go out there and also

6:57 Denver Police District 3 is

6:57 also hosting their annual

7:00 Halloween carnival this

7:02 upcoming Sunday as well. And

7:03 there's will start at one this

7:04 so you can spend all weekend

7:06 getting canned. The council

7:08 PRESIDENT. Thank you.

7:08 Councilmember Luis, thank you

7:11 so much. I am delighted to

7:12 announce that my office is now

7:15 accepting reservations for the

7:18 43rd annual Hiawatha Davis

7:19 senior luncheon which will be

7:20 held on Saturday DECEMBER 19th

7:24 from 11:00pm to 01:00pm at its

7:25 traditional home at the

7:27 DoubleTree Hotel in Quebec,

7:29 you can reserve your spot by

7:31 calling into office that are

7:35 sending us an e-mail that at

7:36 Denver. Gov Dot Org. It's

7:38 always a wonderful time. And

7:38 this year will be no

7:39 different. It's actually my

7:40 last time hosting as a council

7:42 person. And so they're excited

7:43 to pour into our seniors in

7:45 our community. Thank you.

7:47 Thank you. Councilmember

7:50 Sandoval thank you, MADAM

7:51 PRESIDENT, I'd like invite

7:53 everyone to the North side and

7:54 stopped by Centro added for

7:58 38th and pay coast this

8:01 Friday, OCTOBER 23rd. That

8:03 happens to be my an evening

8:05 full of community culture and

8:08 celebration of the free food

8:11 dj. A car show flash tattoos

8:15 are effect with a fresh

8:17 hectares. And I'm excited to

8:19 sounds exciting an onsite

8:20 education and support for

8:21 anyone who needs to register

8:22 to vote to. This is a get out

8:25 the vote and then I am this

8:28 weekend in North side, we'll

8:29 have a parade. This tiny

8:31 island, United Neighbors

8:35 always throws a parade 6

8:36 Saturday Sunday, OCTOBER 25th

8:38 from 9.30, to 11:00am. So put

8:40 on your custom and come out

8:41 and gotten are saying thank

8:44 PRESIDENT Thank you.

8:45 Councilmember Cashman. Thank

8:48 you. Council PRESIDENT Want to

8:50 let and near South and

8:50 southeast Denver know the Cook

8:53 Park Recreation Center will

8:56 host their annual trunk or

9:00 treat candy giveaway. Haunted

9:01 house. Not climbing wall. It's

9:01 going to be a whole bunch of

9:06 sweets and treats this Friday.

9:08 OCTOBER 23rd from 05:00pm to

9:10 07:00pm Cook Park Rec Center

9:15 is at 7100 Colorado, Colorado.

9:18 Excuse me, Cherry Creek Drive

9:21 solace right at Monaco and

9:22 collar Monaco in Cherry Creek

9:26 on trying to get a Colorado

9:27 Boulevard drive down Colorado

9:30 Boulevard. There's Candy there

9:33 thank you. Thank you.

9:36 Councilmember Watson, thank

9:37 you. Council nerc astronauts.

9:38 They donated candy on Colorado

9:39 Boulevard. Police. I've got

9:41 one great announcement. I you

9:44 thought that Oktoberfest was

9:46 over. Is past weekend we had

9:48 an authentic Oktoberfest. The

9:50 Denver was in that happened at

9:52 National Western Center and

9:55 then this weekend and the 23rd

9:56 24th and 25th at the National

9:58 Western Center. 51 85 National

10:00 Western Drive from one to

10:02 09:00pm. It's Oktoberfest a

10:04 Denver So it's going to be an

10:05 authentic Oktoberfest event

10:08 for fun for kids. There's a

10:09 massive Ferris wheel tons of

10:12 candy, tons of food. That's a

10:13 good time for entire families

10:14 to come out to fine district

10:17 dying on this weekend for

10:18 Oktoberfest. A Denver Weiss

10:21 thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

10:21 thank you. I did go to

10:22 Oktoberfest this weekend was a

10:28 lot of fun. I actually have a

10:28 few announcements. There's a

10:30 lot of stuff happening in

10:33 southeast Denver district 4.

10:34 And so we invite you everyone

10:38 to come out and join us. So we

10:39 have very busy week on

10:41 Wednesday this Wednesday,

10:43 OCTOBER, 21st, we will be at

10:44 the newly renovated Southport

10:47 Park from 04:00pm to 05:00pm.

10:47 So come join us for an

10:49 afternoon in the park to

10:52 celebrate. We'll have bubbles

10:54 and just kicking off the new

10:55 playground that is there. So

10:59 we very excited about that

11:00 Thursday, OCTOBER 22nd, we

11:02 will have our official ribbon

11:06 cutting ceremony for the

11:07 brand-new Bethesda Park from

11:09 04:00pm to 05:00pm. We will

11:12 have butterfly chalk art and

11:14 gorgeous park is absolutely

11:14 gorgeous. It's wonderful. It's

11:18 much needed. And we are super

11:21 excited. It's been a long time

11:22 coming. So if you live in the

11:22 University Hills, North

11:23 community, we hope to see you

11:28 there as well. And and I heard

11:29 Denver Academy is having

11:30 senior night, but we also

11:32 encourage the families at

11:34 Denver Academy to attend as

11:36 well on Saturday. We are

11:40 hosting the Southeast Denver

11:40 Fall Festival at Thomas

11:44 Jefferson High School from 11

11:47 to 2. So please stop We're

11:48 going to have some fall crafts

11:49 and talk with city agencies

11:54 and other vendors and tj High

11:55 School band is going to play

11:56 with will have some apple

12:00 cider. There will be some

12:02 games lawn games out there.

12:03 And pto is also doing a

12:05 fundraiser, paint drive. So if

12:06 you have paint that you want

12:10 to recycle, do bring it and

12:11 come by whenever you can. And

12:12 then finally wait, there's

12:16 more for events this week. We

12:17 are going to have a guy for

12:20 bike rides. So join us in the

12:21 community. Bike ride on Sunday

12:25 are OCTOBER. 25th. We are

12:27 meeting at Bible Park at

12:28 10:00am for a 5 mile bike

12:31 ride. It's going to be

12:33 beautiful and you will enjoy

12:37 it. And we are doing that.

12:38 10:00am on Sunday. So please

12:41 come join us for that bike

12:46 ride. Councilmember Sawyer.

12:48 Thanks, MADAM PRESIDENT just

12:50 wanted to remind everyone to

12:52 come out for dp 3, Halloween

12:52 extravaganza this weekend of

12:56 the dpd, 3 and station and

12:59 also just wanted to wish very

13:00 happy birthday. We have a

13:04 bunch of OCTOBER birthdays on

13:06 City Council to Councilmember

13:07 Watson and that Councilmember

13:08 Sandoval who are both this

13:09 week. So happy birthday. You

13:11 guys. Thanks. And happy

13:12 birthday to you because you

13:14 also have a birthday this

13:16 week. So it was last week, but

13:18 thanks. Okay. Happy birthday.

13:19 Last week. We're going just

13:21 keep on enjoying Any other

13:22 announcements? I think we're

13:27 good. Tonight. We have the

13:30 Denver Colfax Marathon

13:32 government relay

13:34 presentations. So let's

13:34 welcome Andrea Dowdy at the

13:41 Colfax Marathon these cannot.

13:42 Good morning Council Chris

13:45 Herndon and I've stood here in

13:45 several different capacities

13:46 today. I'm standing. Here is

13:47 the board chair of the Colfax

13:49 Marathon. So we do have 3

13:50 slides that we don't talk

13:52 about the Colfax marathon

13:54 about you. But I want to talk

13:54 about 2 things before we do

13:56 that. And one is the

13:56 importance of this body before

13:58 me. City Council. So we have

13:59 been doing the Colfax Marathon

14:01 for 20 years and we have a

14:04 small but mighty Ford. And

14:05 when I say when you are very

14:07 familiar with the different

14:08 boards there, some board, you

14:09 kind of sit there and a

14:11 o'Neill capacity. Colfax

14:13 Marathon is a working board

14:13 and Denver City Council has

14:14 had a seat at this board for

14:16 the past 20 years. And it's

14:18 been vital because this

14:20 position helps the board

14:21 members a team and we are ceo

14:23 get through the bureaucracy

14:23 that I'm surprisingly happens

14:25 every now and then in

14:27 government as well as finding

14:30 sponsors to help support this

14:31 marathon is not cheap to run a

14:32 marathon weekend as well as

14:33 just helping navigate

14:35 challenges. And I want to take

14:38 a moment to acknowledge 20

14:38 years of city council

14:39 membership on the city Council

14:42 on the Colfax Marathon board.

14:44 Starting first with

14:45 COUNCILWOMAN Jamie Raab who I

14:48 call with the original did

14:49 this. I don't think on some

14:49 right to refer to it as

14:50 perfect But she was council

14:52 district 10, which he served.

14:54 I was I was with her successor

14:54 doing that for a few years

14:58 after me was jolon clark and

14:59 then now we currently have

15:00 Councilmember Watson on. So I

15:01 want to thank all the council

15:02 members who have sounds bored

15:05 because it is a heavy lift. We

15:06 know how busy you are and

15:06 thank you for your efforts to

15:07 ensuring that we have another

15:10 successful marathon weekend.

15:12 And then the second thing I

15:13 want to talk about was our

15:14 second. And then if you are on

15:15 a whereas we have these

15:17 beautiful kids come in, they

15:18 got going And that was our 5 k

15:19 on the runway. We did this in

15:23 last month's SEPTEMBER. It's

15:27 sold out and 6 hours, which is

15:28 unheard of when it comes to

15:29 the race industry, you post

15:31 and we do and 6 hours and we

15:32 had 2500 runners thankful for

15:35 our sponsors who made that

15:36 happen. And the winning time

15:38 for our 5 k was 14 minutes.

15:42 And 53 seconds, which is a sub

15:43 5 minute mile. I don't even

15:44 buy that Trask. So thank you

15:45 to all that have been a part

15:47 of it. We're grateful we hope

15:50 to see you out for I know it's

15:51 just council term is coming to

15:51 an end, but we are here for