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Denver City Council Meeting on September 29, 2025: Proclamations and Routine Business

City Council — Monday, September 29, 2025

BodyDenver, Colorado

SessionCity Council

DateMonday, September 29, 2025

StatusFILED

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Hey Denver, it's time for the weekly general session of your Denver City Council.

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Tonight's coverage of Denver City Council starts now.

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Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us on this Bronco Monday afternoon.

0:36

How to throw in Bronco Country.

0:39

Tonight's meeting is being interpreted into Spanish.

0:42

Sam or Jasmine, would you please introduce yourself and let our viewers viewers know how to enable translation on their devices?

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Yes, of course.

0:51

Thank you for having us, everyone.

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My name is Sam Guzman with the CLC, and along with my colleague Jasmine, who will be uh virtually interpreting uh today's meeting into Spanish.

1:05

Please allow me a quick minute while I give instructions in Spanish on how to access interpretation.

1:48

Thank you very much, Sam.

1:51

Welcome to the Denver City Council meeting of Monday, September 29, 2025.

1:57

Council members, please join Council Pro Tem Romero Campbell in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Council members, please join Council Pro Tem Romero Campbell as they lead us in Denver City Council land acknowledgement.

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The Denver City Council honors and acknowledges that the land on which we reside is the traditional territory of the Ute Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples.

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We recognize the 48 contemporary tribal nations that are historically tied to the lands that make up the state of Colorado.

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We honor elders past, present, and future, and those who have stewarded this land throughout generations.

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Thank you.

3:17

Madam Secretary, we'll call.

3:21

Council members.

3:25

Albitres.

3:26

Here.

3:27

Flynn?

3:28

Here.

3:29

Gilmore.

3:30

Here.

3:30

Heinz.

3:31

Here.

3:31

Cashman.

3:32

Here.

3:33

Lewis.

3:33

Present.

3:34

Parity.

3:35

Here.

3:35

Romera Campbell.

3:37

Here.

3:38

Sawyer.

3:39

Torres?

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Here.

3:41

Watson.

3:42

Madam President Sandoval?

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Here.

3:46

Twelve members present.

3:47

There are 12 members present.

3:49

Council has a quorum.

3:51

Approval of the minutes.

3:52

Are there corrections to the minutes of September 22nd?

3:57

Seeing none, the minutes stand approved.

3:59

Council announcements.

4:01

Are there any council announcements this afternoon?

4:07

Councilmember Hines, why don't you start us off?

4:09

Thank you, Madam President.

4:10

Welcome back.

4:11

Um I want to talk about a few things that are happening this week.

4:15

Uh first, um, there is a uh Denver Urban Gardens is having a gala this Thursday evening.

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Uh if you aren't already aware of it, um it is a great opportunity to uh break bread, uh be with uh friends and those who care about uh urban gardens.

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I enjoy a vegan meal and uh and support Denver Urban Gardens.

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So that is on a Thursday uh evening at 6 p.m.

4:42

Um there's also a uh Clifford Still fundraiser on Friday late afternoon and evening.

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Uh if you want to support uh Clifford Still, which is also in Denver's Perfect 10, um please uh uh please check out the Clifford Still website.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting

Miscellaneous███████████████████████████████31%

Mental Health Awareness████████████████████20%

Community Engagement█████████9%

Racial Equity█████████9%

Procedural███████7%

Public Health Policy██████6%

Workforce Development████4%

Engineering And Infrastructure████4%

Parks and Recreation███3%

Summary of Proceedings

Denver City Council Meeting - September 29, 2025

The Denver City Council convened on September 29, 2025, for a general session focused on adopting proclamations, hearing council announcements, and handling routine business. Key highlights included recognition of community organizations and awareness months, with emotional testimonies from council members and invited speakers.

Consent Calendar

The minutes from the September 22, 2025, meeting were approved without corrections.

Discussion Items

Proclamation 1438: Honoring the founders of the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado (HCC). Councilmember Alvidrez sponsored the proclamation and expressed full support for HCC's legacy in advocating for Hispanic-owned construction businesses. Founders Phil Covarrubias, E.T. LaFour, and Bill Torres shared the organization's history and challenges faced by Hispanic contractors.
Proclamation 1439: Celebrating the grand reopening of 16th Street. Councilmember Hines emphasized strong support for the revitalized corridor's economic and cultural impact. Courtney Garrett from the Downtown Denver Partnership accepted the proclamation and highlighted the project's benefits for downtown Denver.
Proclamation 1440: Recognizing September as Suicide Prevention Month. Councilmembers Lewis, Parody, Cashman, and others shared personal experiences and advocated for increased mental health resources and community support to prevent suicide.
Proclamation 1441: Honoring September as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Council Pro Tem Romero Campbell, Councilmember Torres, and Councilmember Flynn shared personal stories and expressed support for children with cancer and their families, calling for continued research and awareness.
Council Bill 1396: Councilmember Gilmar called out this bill for comment, which names a park after Amache Prowers. A public hearing is scheduled for October 6, 2025.

Key Outcomes

Proclamation 1438 was adopted with a unanimous vote of 12 ayes.
Proclamation 1439 was adopted with a unanimous vote of 12 ayes.
Proclamation 1440 was adopted with a vote of 11 ayes.
Proclamation 1441 was adopted with a vote of 11 ayes.
All bills for introduction were ordered published.

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