11 more Denver streetscape districts set 2027 costs: St. Lukes drops 40%, a South Broadway stretch rises 12.5%

A second batch of Denver's local maintenance districts has its 2027 budgets. These districts charge nearby property owners for the upkeep of streetscape extras like planters, special lighting and pavers. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved 11 of them by consent on Wednesday, Nov. 11, when its meeting was canceled for Veterans Day (meeting).

Why it matters: owners in these districts pay the assessments, and the Council, sitting as a Board of Equalization, sets them. The city's requests say the Board of Equalization for these districts is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 16, with Mayor-Council review on Nov. 17. The first batch of eight, in Districts 1 and 10, went to the Council on Nov. 2 (our story).

The 2027 budgets

From the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure's request for each district (for example, St. Lukes and South Broadway, Arizona to Iowa), with the change from 2026 as the request states it:

District 7 (Flor Alvidrez)

• South Broadway Streetscape, Arizona to Iowa (26-1706): $130,207.47, up 12.5%.
• South Broadway Streetscape, Iowa to Wesley (26-1696): $151,000, no increase.
• South Broadway Streetscape, Wesley to Yale (26-1697): $101,000, no increase.
• South Downing Street Pedestrian Mall, Districts 6 and 7 (26-1698): $25,000, no increase.

District 10 (Chris Hinds)

• St. Lukes Pedestrian Mall, Districts 9 and 10, bounded by Court Place, Park Avenue West, Clarkson Street, 18th Avenue and Logan Street (26-1699): $176,067.37, down 40%.
• Expanded Greek Town Pedestrian Mall (26-1705): $72,767.48, no increase.
• East 13th Pedestrian Mall (26-1704): $47,000, no increase.
• 15th Street Pedestrian Mall, Wewatta to Blake (26-1701): $26,684.62, no change.
• Delgany Street, south of 15th Street to Cherry Creek (26-1703): $22,000, up 1.4%.

District 3 (Jamie Torres)

• Consolidated Morrison Road Pedestrian Mall, Sheridan to Alameda (26-1702): $73,700, no change.

District 1 (Amanda Sandoval)

• West 32nd Avenue Pedestrian Mall, Newton to Perry (26-1700): $14,300, no change.

Altogether: about $839,727 for 2027. The requests don't say how much of each budget will be charged to owners and how much comes from district reserves; the bill texts will. In the first batch, about $81,000 of $558,000 came from reserves.

What our records add

The biggest changes aren't explained. The St. Lukes request lists the 40% cut and the Arizona-to-Iowa request the 12.5% increase without giving reasons. Using the requests' percentages, St. Lukes was about $293,000 in 2026 and the Arizona-to-Iowa stretch about $116,000.

Owners can object. In the first batch's bills, owners are notified and can file written complaints with the Transportation and Infrastructure executive director before the Council sits as the Board of Equalization. Assessments are due Jan. 1 after the ordinance passes.

What's next

Nov. 16: Board of Equalization date in the requests. The Council's Nov. 16 agenda had not been posted as of Thursday. Nov. 17: Mayor-Council. We'll add the per-owner charges when the bills are filed.