Monday at City Council: the budget hearing, plus speed cameras, a rezoning and a tiny-home license
The 2027 budget hearing will draw the crowd, but the Oct. 26 agenda also has final votes, a code rewrite for balconies and sidewalks, and contracts worth more than $15 million.
Monday's City Council meeting is built around the required public hearing on the 2027 budget, set for 5:30 p.m. in the City and County Building, according to the Council's weekly schedule. But the Oct. 26 agenda lists 37 items in all, and several will affect neighborhoods directly.
Here's what's on it, from our records.
Up for a public hearing
A Highland rezoning. Council Bill 26-1406 would rezone 3343, 3345 and 3351 North Mariposa Street in Council District 1 from C-MX-5 and U-TU-B2 to U-RX-3. The Community Planning and Housing Committee approved it for filing Sept. 29, and the Council ordered it published with a required public hearing on Oct. 13. District 1 is represented by Amanda Sandoval.
The budget. The Mayor's Proposed 2027 Budget, 26-1547, gets its required hearing. Background: Johnston said no to most of the Council's budget asks.
Bills on the agenda
- Speed cameras. 26-1435 updates the city's automated vehicle identification rules. The Health and Safety Committee delayed it Oct. 7 and approved it Oct. 14. Our earlier story: More speed cameras are coming to Denver.
- Balconies, awnings and planters. 26-1485 rewrites the code for permanent and temporary use of the public right-of-way. A city summary says it would lift a total ban on encroachments into alleys, set clearance rules for balconies (at least 14 feet up and 5 feet of open sidewalk), require a transportation department permit for structural encroachments and let the city remove noncompliant ones as nuisances.
- Final votes. The $2.8 million Denver Health contract for STAR medics, 26-1431; a Downtown Development Authority boundary change, 26-1429; and a $217,216 increase to a flood-planning agreement for the Valverde area in Districts 3 and 7, 26-1455.
Resolutions and contracts
- The Overland tiny-home site. 26-1454, a $10-a-year license for Colorado Village Collaborative to run a micro-community shelter at 621 W. Wesley Ave. through Dec. 31. Council member Flor Alvidrez, whose district includes the site, postponed it a week on Oct. 19 to get more information (video at 1:00:40). Our earlier story: Homelessness is front and center at Council.
- Security guards. 26-1497 adds $11 million to the city's Securitas contract, for a total of $82.2 million through Sept. 30, 2027.
- Head Start. 26-1469, $1,068,531 for Volunteers of America to provide 76 Head Start and 20 Early Head Start slots.
- Homelessness services. 26-1492 adds $852,000 to a Volunteers of America family rapid rehousing contract, and 26-1493 adds $40,000 to a Salvation Army rapid resolution contract.
Proclamations
The Council is set to consider a proclamation opposing statewide Amendment 82, 26-1539, with Council member Paul Kashmann as primary sponsor and Chris Hinds, Shontel Lewis and Stacie Gilmore as sponsors. Read our earlier story: Council goes on record against Amendment 81. Amendment 82 is next. Another proclamation, 26-1618, sponsored by Hinds and Flor Alvidrez, would mark Silica Awareness Week.
How to take part
Sign-ups to speak at the budget hearing close Monday at 3 p.m., Denverite reported. The full agenda is on our meeting page and on Legistar. Find your Council member on the district map.