Skyline Park owners will pay again, Tennyson Street pays less: the 2027 bills for Denver's streetscape districts

Some Denver streets have planters, special lighting, pavers and other upgrades that cost more to keep up than a standard street. In those areas, nearby property owners pay for the upkeep through a local maintenance district. Each fall the City Council approves what each district will cost the next year.

Eight of those bills are on the Council's Monday, Nov. 2, agenda: six districts in Council member Amanda Sandoval's District 1 in northwest Denver, and two in Council member Chris Hinds's District 10 downtown. Where owners are charged, the assessment is due the first of January after the ordinance passes, according to the bill language.

The 2027 costs

We compared each 2027 bill with the same district's 2026 bill, passed in November 2025.

District 10

• Skyline Park (26-1523): $200,000 in 2027, to be charged to the surrounding properties. For 2026 the cost was set at $475,000, but the district had enough reserves that "no additional amounts" were assessed (2026 bill). The 2027 bill lists assessments on downtown blocks and condo units near the park, ranging from about $32 for some individual condo units to about $41,100 for the largest single entry (bill).
• Golden Triangle Pedestrian Mall (26-1527): $51,792.30, up about 5% from $49,272.72 (2026 bill).

District 1

• Tennyson Streetscape, West 38th to West 44th avenues (26-1524): $87,480, down from $117,480 (2026 bill).
• 32nd and Lowell Pedestrian Mall (26-1529): $79,200, the same as 2026.
• Tennyson Street II Pedestrian Mall (26-1525): $50,000, the same as 2026.
• West 44th Avenue and Eliot Street Pedestrian Mall (26-1530): $8,200, the same as 2026.
• West 38th Avenue Phase I (26-1526): $36,400, paid entirely from reserves, so owners pay nothing new. That was also true in 2026.
• Phase II West 38th Avenue (26-1528): $45,000, also paid from reserves for 2027, as in 2026.

Altogether the eight districts budget about $558,000 for 2027. Of that, about $476,700 would be charged to property owners. The rest comes from reserves.

How the process works

The bills say the Council sits "as a Board of Equalization" for these districts. Owners are notified and can file written complaints or objections with the executive director of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. Each bill finds that the properties will benefit at least as much as they are charged, and any unspent money stays with the district for future maintenance.

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the bills on Oct. 21, and they went to the Mayor-Council meeting on Oct. 27, according to the bill text.

What our records add

Last year's bills passed without controversy. The 2026 versions were introduced Oct. 8, 2025, and signed into law in mid-November (Skyline Park, Golden Triangle).

Broadway's districts were dissolved. In December 2025, the Council passed three bills to end the Phase II Broadway Pedestrian Mall district, Broadway Pedestrian Mall Maintenance District A and the Broadway Pedestrian Mall B district, and to direct what happens to their remaining money (25-1974, 25-1975, 25-1976).

Other districts come later. A second group, including St. Luke's, South Downing Street, Greektown, West 32nd Avenue, Morrison Road and South Broadway, was filed separately last year and passed in December 2025. Those 2027 bills are not on Monday's agenda.

Skyline Park's upkeep contract. In March, the Council amended the maintenance contract for Skyline Park with Consolidated Services Group 2 LLC (26-0233).

What's next

• Monday, Nov. 2: First reading of all eight bills (agenda).
• Nov. 9 or later: Final votes.
• January 2027: Assessments come due, under the bill language.