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Today is Monday, November 24th, 2025.

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Welcome to the Denver City Council meeting of Monday, November 25th, 2025.

Council members, please join Councilmember Watson in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thank you.

Council members, please join Councilmember Watson as they lead us in the Denver City Council land acknowledgement.

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

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

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

We also recognize that government, academic, and cultural institutions were founded upon and continue to enact exclusions and erasures of indigenous peoples.

May this acknowledgement demonstrate a commitment to working to dismantle ongoing legacies of oppression and inequities and recognize the current and future contributions of indigenous communities in Denver.

Thank you.

Madam Secretary, roll call.

Council members Sawyer.

Here.

Heinz?

Here.

Cashman.

Here.

Lewis.

Parody.

Romero Campbell.

Here.

Torres?

Here.

Watson.

Here.

Madam President Sandoval.

Here.

Ten members present.

We have there are ten members present.

Council has a quorum.

Approval of the minutes.

Are there corrections to the minutes of November 17th?

Seeing none, the minutes stand approved.

Council announcements.

Are there any council announcements this afternoon?

Councilmember Flynn, why don't you start us up?

First, I want to wish happy Thanksgiving to folks in South West Denver in cooperation with the Southwest Denver Coalition.

And if you are able to participate, we would love to see you in the Bear Valley Shopping Center at my council office on Saturday, December 6.

So two Saturdays from now, between 11 a.m.

and 2 p.m., the Bear Valley Shopping Center, the Far East End at Dartmouth and Yates, behind the closed car wash, which is a local landmark.

And we're asking a new unwrapped toy, any age up to 18.

The volunteers at Southwest Denver Coalition will take them and put them in categories, you know, boy, girl, age zero to five, et cetera.

And they will they will wrap them and they will assign them to families uh who are identified through Denver Public Schools in Southwest Denver.

Um we've done this every year for Cassandra and the Southwest Denver Coalition.

I had great success and hope people respond again this year.

That's Saturday, December 6th.

Between 11 and 2.

There will be music.

There will be free hot dogs, chips, and hot drinks.

And I understand that the uh Denver Firefighters uh union will bring out the antique fire truck.

So bring the kids along and let them climb over an antique fire truck.

Um thank you, madam president.

Thank you.

Councilmember Watson.

Uh thank you, uh Council President.

We uh lost two musical legends uh this past week, uh Denver's legendary Purnell Steen and Jamaica's um and West Indies legendary uh Jimmy Cliff.

Pernel Steen was a Denver and Five Points legend.

His legendary jazz band Pernell Steen and the Five Points Ambassador has hosted shows as recently as this past summer at Cousins Plaza adjacent to Blair Calwell Library.

He was a storyteller, a musician, a U.S.

Army veteran, a lover of people, food, his family, and always a lover of five points.

His music and legend lives on.

We want to thank you, Pernel Steen and your family.

God bless you and your family in this time.

Um thank you for the years and years of service to our community.

And then for Jimmy Cliff, uh was born in Jamaica.

As the story goes, he along with Toots were credited with coining the term reggae.

He is one of two reggae artists inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame.

For West Indians, he was our John Lennon.

He introduced the world to Bob Marley.

His soulful, many rivers to cross, became a worldwide anthem, not just in the West Indies, but throughout the world.

Everything Iri, we now know he's just lining up in heaven with the other greats.

So blessings to him, his family, and to everyone else that loves Reggae.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you, Councilmember Watson.

Um in Northwest Denver, we are having a holiday lunch at Aslan Rec Center.

It's for anyone 50 and up, if you'd like to join.

It's free.

They're gonna have bingo.

It is Thursday, December 12th from 10 30 to 2.

And Oslan Rec Center is at 4435 Navajo Street.

And I'd also just like to say happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

I hope everyone has a really good holiday.

I'm glad that our federal government is back up and running.

And um, when I think about some of the things that I'm thankful for, I'm thankful for all of the you, the residents of Denver, and being able to serve in this role as council president and the councilperson for the north side that I love with every fiber of my being.

Um, so with that, we'll no more seeing no more announcements.

Tonight we have the people's budget presentation.

Let's welcome Kiki Turner of Denver's Participatory Budgeting Program.

And Kiki, the floor is yours.

Thank you so much, Councilmembers and Council President.

Um, I'm very excited to join you tonight, Kiki Turner, the Denver People's Budget Program Administrator.

Uh, we have reached a milestone in the city's participatory budgeting program called the People's Budget.

So I am joined here today by a handful of incredible community leaders, and we'd like to share out just a little bit about what's what's been happening and what is to come with this exciting program.

So, over the last several months, this group of community members has been working hard to create an actual guidebook to inform how the people of Denver will be allowed to spend $2 million throughout the next year.

So this group came together to create nine to come to consensus on nine different decisions.

I certainly won't go through every one tonight, but I'll send the link out to the guidebook, which is now published on our website.

And we wanted to feature just a few of the kind of media decisions that they made.

So there's a group of about 30 residents from all parts of Denver.

We have a significant chunk from the near Southeast areas of Denver because a special million dollars will be going just to those neighborhoods over the next year.

But we have residents from North, South, East, and West Denver of all ages.

I think our youngest are about 15 all the way into their 70s.

This group of community members has different backgrounds, different perspectives, and they had the challenge of deliberating and having tough conversations to decide what's important for them and what's important for their neighborhoods.

They took very seriously the fact that, you know, two million dollars will be coming into their communities, and they worked together respectfully but passionately to make some decisions about how those dollars will actually go out the door.

So I wanted to highlight just a few of the sort of most crucial decisions.

One of the activities this group did was decide once we actually get projects coming in.

You know, residents will start brainstorming ideas as of tonight.

We have to narrow down that list.

We got hundreds and hundreds of ideas last year.

So our community steering committee identified certain project criteria that will go on to a rubric.

So next spring, after we have our new batch of ideas, thanks to the steering committee, there will be a rubric with five different scoring criteria, including wellness and safety, long-term impact and intentionality, accessibility, diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect and dignity.

So I think those are the values that this group felt were most important to them and could actually be used to score projects.

So with those criteria, I think we are bound to get a really great handful of projects onto a community ballot come next fall.

Which brings us to the biggest decisions this group makes.

We reset the scale every year with people's budget.

We recognize that democracy and values are constantly changing and evolving.

So we want our community members to decide who should have a meaningful role in civics and in their government.

So they are asked who can submit ideas, project ideas, who can take those ideas and develop them into proposals, and who will actually get to vote on the ideas at the end of the process.

We talk about sort of traditional voting and civic standards, and then ask them what they think makes most sense for this process and for their communities.

So they said that anyone who considers Denver their community is allowed to submit an idea in this process, which makes a very inclusive approach.

We're excited and we're sure we'll get a variety of creative ideas because of that criteria.

Then when it comes to developing those ideas, you have to be eight or older and live, work, or go to school in Denver to be what's called a project delegate and actually build out specific proposals.

Finally, the last stage when people get down to voting.

Anyone of any age and any immigration status or incarceration status is allowed to vote.

You just have to live, work, or go to school in Denver to complete a ballot.

So that means we'll be able to go into schools, we'll go into the Denver County jails, and we'll go to communities all across Denver to let people have the chance to have their voice heard on a community ballot.

We will have two ballots as well.

So a million dollars will go anywhere, and we have those criteria for anyone in Denver, but the same criteria apply to the near Southeast.

So there'll be a special ballot, and you have to live work or go to school in the Near Southeast communities to vote for those dollars.

So that was quite a bit of work, and it wasn't stopped there.

We then asked them what the ballots should actually look like.

I know this body has talked a lot about different voting systems.

We also discussed different voting systems.

We actually got a mock-up of types of voting options.

We went through a first past the post process as well as a rank choice process.

The committee had the opportunity to vote for different covers of their guidebooks, play around with the different voting systems, and they chose for the third year in a row now to do a ranked choice ballot.

So this will be sort of the only process within Denver that uses ranked choice, but it's worked really well for us the last couple years.

And the committee felt strongly it lets people really speak their values and explore um different fate level levels of favoritism across projects.

So the ballots will be ranked choice next year, which is quite exciting.

So those are the heftiest decisions, but this I'm happy to sort of reveal the guidebook for cycle three.

This is on our website, and we have our our hard copies for our committee members here today.

But I wanted to just take a quick moment to recognize all the members who've worked so hard on this process.

They're really our community leaders and champions throughout this entire process.

So if our committee members are here and are willing and able to stand up and be recognized, we would love to just give you a quick round of applause.

And up next, as of tonight, we will open the idea collection process now that their rules are in place.

So your offices will be getting emails from me with share kits and information about how that can be spread out.

But this fantastic group of community leaders behind me will have the chance to drop the first ideas of cycle three.

And who knows, it's possible one of the ideas submitted tonight could start being funded and constructed as early as the end of next year.

So thank you very much for the time for the presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you all.

What a great project and love the people's budget.

Can't wait to see what comes out of it.

Um, are there any other comments by council members for the people's budget?

Council Pro Tim.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um, thank you again for the time that you spent on this.

Um, we are super excited to have the near Southeast um area plan done and also to be able to get the input from um from the folks that live work or play and go to school, right?

In the area, um it's very exciting.

I just want to thank you all again for taking the time.

I know that you came all from all over the city and traveled um a distance to be able to get to um to the meetings every week.

So I just wanted to thank you, Kiki, for running such a great process, and I look forward to sending it out in our newsletter.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you.

There are no communications this afternoon.

There is one proclamation being read.

Councilmember Hines, would you please read proclamation 1973?

Thank you, Council President.

Um, Proclamation 25-1973, honoring the Denver Foundation's 100th anniversary, 1925 to 2025.

Might just pause for one second.

Actually, they are very quietly filing out.

So I'm gonna I'm gonna continue.

Um, honoring the Denver Foundation's 100th anniversary, 1925 to 2025.

Whereas in 1925, a group of public-minded Denver citizens founded the Denver Foundation as a new kind of community chest to support the greater good by pooling and growing charitable funds, making it one of the first community foundations in the nation.

And whereas the Denver Foundation received its first gift in 1927, a donation of a thousand dollars from the local philanthropist JK Mullen, which paved the way for the foundation's first grant to Denver's community chest, today known as Mile High United Way, launching a legacy of investing in Denver's needs.

And whereas over the past century, the Denver Foundation has grown into Colorado's oldest and largest community foundation with its assets expanding from that initial 1,000 dollars to more than 1.4 billion dollars stewarded today.

And whereas, fueled by the generosity of donors, the Denver Foundation has connected philanthropy to impact on an unprecedented scale, receiving over $2.1 billion in contributions and awarding more than 1.5 billion dollars in grants to nonprofits across Metro Denver and beyond, supporting over 13,000 unique community organizations to date.

And whereas the Denver Foundation's focused has continually evolved to meet the community's changing needs, supporting social services, education, and health in its early years, and later concentrating on areas like economic, wait for it, economic opportunity, and basic human needs.

Well, today the foundation centers diversity, equity, and inclusion, all its work, striving for a Metro Denver where leadership, prosperity, and culture are racially equitable and actively working to reduce racial disparities.

And whereas, the Denver Foundation has invested in future generations through initiatives such as its scholarship programs, including the Reichsher Scholars Programs program, which since 2001 has awarded nearly 39 million dollars in scholarships to help more than 2,400 students earn college degrees and is on track to become Colorado's largest private scholarship fund.

And whereas, in celebration of its 100th anniversary, the Denver Foundation is giving back to the community through special centennial initiatives, investing in projects that promote equity, education, and community well-being, including major improvements at La Rassa Park, sponsoring free and community days at the Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, supporting the immersive Jurassic Oceans exhibit at the museum, and funding a new children's playground at the Denver Zoo's Wild Village.

And whereas the city and county of Denver has joined in honoring this milestone by illuminating the Denver and City County building in Teal, the Denver Foundation's signature color, and officially declaring November 30th, 2025 as the Denver Foundation Centennial Celebration Day in the City and County of Denver.

Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Denver City Council, Section 1, that the Denver City Council hereby designates November 30th, 2025 as the Denver Foundation Centennial Celebration Day in Denver.

Section two, that the clerk and recorder of the city and county of Denver shall affix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation.

Thank you, Councilmember Hines.

Your motion to adopt.

I move that proclamation 25-1973 be adopted.

It has been moved and seconded.

Comments by members of council.

Councilmember Heinz.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um getting to my notes.

As the City Council representative for District 10, I am especially proud that the Denver Foundation calls our district home.

I've had the privilege of visiting their offices on multiple occasions, and each time I've been struck by the figuratively, struck by the passion and warmth of the people there.

The foundation isn't just a financial institution or grant maker, it's a gathering place for people who believe Denver's potential to work or Denver's potential and work every day to help our neighbors thrive.

You can feel the century of compassion and commitment in their halls.

It's clear that for the Denver Foundation, being part of the community isn't just in the name, it's in your DNA.

For 100 years, the Denver Foundation has connected generosity to impact, supporting thousands of organizations and countless individuals across our city.

We heard the incredible statistics in the proclamation.

More than 1.5 billion dollars in grants to over 13,000 organizations, but behind these numbers are real lives changed and communities strengthened.

One longtime community member and past board chair, so actually wondering if he was gonna be here today, known as Brother Jeff, Mr.

Jeff Fard, captured it perfectly when he said what makes the Denver Foundation special is what makes humanity special, individuals who are willing to give their time, their treasure, their expertise, their resources to shape a world where everyone can live in and enjoy a particular quality of life.

That's what's beautiful about the Denver Foundation.

It's the people, it's the spirit, it's the intent, and it's the dedication of work on issues that matter.

That inclusive, wholehearted spirit of giving is at the core of the foundation's legacy and impact.

One thing that moves me about this centennial milestone is how the Denver Foundation chose to celebrate by giving back to the community.

Instead of just throwing a party for themselves, they invested in their neighbors, funding major improvements at La Rassa Park.

Uh, the other events that I talked about, including free community days at the Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and you know, in an age when most organizations might be receiving gifts, the Denver Foundation is busy giving gifts to the people of Denver.

That speaks volumes about their values, a reminder that their mission has always been about lifting others and making our city a better place for everyone.

Even as we celebrate a century of achievement achievements, the Denver Foundation is clearly not resting on its loyal laurels.

They've lost and they've launched an ambitious centennial campaign to raise 100 million dollars in endowed funds, ensuring that they can make an even greater impact over the next century.

It's a promise that future generations will have the resources to meet whatever challenges come our way.

As Denver Foundation's president and CEO has said at the anniversary celebration, the story of Denver Foundation is your story, meaning this legacy belongs to all of us in this community.

Today we honor not just an institution, but all the people who have built it over the past 100 years and those who will carry it forward on behalf of District 10 and the city of Denver, thank you to the Denver Foundation for a century of hope, generosity, and impact, and here's to the next 100 years.

I'll be asking for you to come uh come up with a comment.

Not yet, we have to vote first, but um uh, but when you have a moment, please tell us how we can support that next uh century of giving.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you, Councilmember Heinz.

Councilmember Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Thank you, Madam President.

I just want to congratulate the Denver Foundation and your 100th anniversary, and really congratulations to the people of Denver as well.

Um thank you for your ongoing partnership to ensuring that critical services are received and the resources that are needed by the people in our city.

They they are able to access those because of the partnerships that you have with the various nonprofits and/or community organizations.

Um with these organizations and um and partnerships.

You work with us, you work with the city to make sure that you're addressing urgent needs as we have seen them come up way too far, way too often with this current federal administration.

Most recently, the need to continue to address our food insecurity and our communities for making sure that we're we're funding services, crucial services like the Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund.

These are things that our community, like they come up sometimes urgently and fast.

And you have all been able to rise to the challenge and meet the moment when called upon.

Thank you.

Councilmember Torres.

Thank you so much.

I didn't get a chance to write down all my comments.

You're gonna get me off the cuff.

Um thank you so much, um, Councilman Heinz for bringing this forward and congratulations um to the Denver Foundation, I've yet.

Um, thank you so much for your leadership.

Um, it's been really amazing to watch you um do such good work um with such joy and heart in Denver.

Um, and uh that bleeds into your entire team and your board of trustees and every relationship that your team have out in the Denver community.

Um, it's seen, it's it's recognizable.

Um, it is a measure of trust that takes years to build.

Um, and so thank you all for taking that so seriously.

Um, there are two areas of programming that I just wanted to highlight.

Um, my colleague mentioned uh the Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund.

Um, this was one where um uh Denver Foundation was not the first organization that we were going to uh partner with or that was going to be our partner in distributing this funding.

The first one didn't work out.

Denver Foundation came back and said we can we can do this.

Um, and we laid out kind of a governance and uh a grant making process that um it was crucial to have a partner out community who could get those dollars out to organizations really quickly, and um it's it's been um a huge difference maker for folks.

It is a 10 to 12 times difference maker if you're represented by an attorney.

Um, to winning your case, and so um uh I thank you for being our partner in making sure that our families get that kind of representation.

Um, the other is in the giving circles.

I think Denver Foundation so um beautifully shares the story that everyone is a philanthropist, and that the power of consolidating your small dollars with my small dollars can have a huge impact.

And in community, I was part of um Latinas Give when it was first created, and then watching Colorado Asian American Pacific Islander Circle, Denver African American Philanthropist STAP, Latinos Impacting Our Future Together Lift, and Women of Color making a difference.

These are these are I think one of one of the ways that we embrace this action, but it's not an unfamiliar thing in our communities.

And that's what these giving circles demonstrate.

To see letting us give, fund these organizations that are able to do the next thing and the next thing and the next thing is a really beautiful thing to see and be a part of.

So thank you for lifting up our community in those ways.

And it's never for the Denver Foundation, it is always for those people that you serve.

So thank you so much.

Thank you.

Councilmember Watson.

Thank you so much, Madam President, and thank you, Councilmember Hines.

You want to turn on your microphone?

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Madam President, and uh thank you so much, Councilmember Hines, for bringing this forward.

I remember in 2000 when I first joined the Denver Foundation as the member of their board of trustees.

And from that moment of great work that your strengthened neighborhood program did for east side communities to ensure that we had small grants to lift up and elevate the ideas that we had within our communities of how to build our communities.

You have been a community partner, not just to us on the east side, but also uh throughout the city and county of Denver.

Um my husband and I have a uh donor advice fund um with you, and our plan giving is given through the Denver Foundation.

And how is that possible?

Uh that you elevate the ideas of families throughout the city and county of Denver, providing them the opportunity for stewardship for fiscal leadership, but also to allow them to give in ways that they can continue giving to and through their retirement to and through their lives and the lives of the communities that they support.

You're so unique in that process.

Um and truly uh a community foundation elevating us and our ability to be f be involved in philanthropy and giving us the means and the systems to be able to deliver to communities that we love.

The Denver Foundation also provides um leadership and support for social impact bonds.

Um this is essential within our community, finding innovative ways in which community members come together to provide dollars to initiatives uh to nonprofits uh that are doing amazing, amazing work.

Uh, your grant making from um the community uh mini grant program um helped to bring build capacity for our nonprofits, once again, unique among uh foundations, unique among um uh community um uh grant uh groups, and as my colleagues shared from your response for asylum seekers and your response to folks who are in the house and being one of the first partners with all in mile high and ensuring that we had a place and space to ensure that we can make sure we're investing to those who are seeking our our support as a city.

Thank you all for your leadership, your continued work with us, possibly in collaboration with Messisa Curtis Park as we're beginning dialogue around that.

Um your depth of experience, your impact to the communities is greatly appreciated, and I know personally in my life and the work I've done in community, we greatly appreciate you and the ways that you're gonna make uh your making and will continue to make a difference.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you.

Council Pro Temer Mural Campbell.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um, congratulations, 100 years, it's amazing, and I just I think it's tremendous when you think about the Denver Foundation and what you always bring to the table.

So it's not, it is a lot about you know this this collective and coming together and being able to um give back to community, give back to projects and programs that are so critical to the our health and well-being.

But you do it with education, you do it with thought leadership, you do it with a wide variety of topics and weave them in.

Um, and I think a leader amongst uh others within the philanthropy community, a leader, you know, amongst others here in Denver, but also around the country.

Like I think about I'm looking at I'm looking at you, but but really bringing that thought leadership.

I mean, um, you know, I spent my career in the nonprofit field and in philanthropy, and have had the honor of working with many of you.

Um, but I really just want to congratulate you for bringing this forward.

Um, Councilman Watson talked about strengthening neighborhoods, and that was over 20 plus years ago.

Um, how you took that opportunity and created something that was so unique and so special and really have led a field of how to engage um with residents, how to engage with smaller organizations to be able to access dollars in a different way, to be able to find that magic within community that really does shift and change how we interact, um, is really commendable.

So I look forward to your next hundred years, um, and I look forward to continuing to partner um with you in the future.

So thank you for all that you do, and thank you all for um the time that you spend because it's a lot of heart work that goes into the Denver Foundation.

So thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you, Councilmember Alvidares.

Thank you, Council President.

Um, thank you all so much for being here.

Thank you, Councilman Hines, for bringing this a hundred years.

Wow, that's amazing.

Um, I had only become aware of the Denver Foundation in the past few years, uh, probably along the time when you started doing the Immigrant Legal Services Fund, which is so meaningful.

But I just want to thank you for doing all the work that you do, and Naomi, for spending time here with us too and answering my calls when I have questions about nonprofits in my community.

Even this weekend, I was texting you and asking you about questions, um, and your understanding of the city is so valuable to me.

And so I really appreciate you all being a resource.

Even when we started talking about the soccer stadium and there was a CBA conversation, you were one of the few people that I could call and ask.

Like, how do I get funding for a CBA?

What do you recommend?

And um, you've been an invaluable resource for me.

So thank you personally, thank you so much.

And for our community as well, and I think advocates as well for the people of the city of Denver, even when we may not be aware of what their needs are, you can come to us and tell us what you're experiencing on the ground, and that's very helpful.

Thank you.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you.

Um, congratulations, so proud to have um your support.

I know that um you helped support La Rasa Park, which is near and dear to my heart.

It's like I call it my my favorite project.

Um having a park called Columbus Park on Navajo Street was something that just did not resonate with my community, and when we were able to get two million dollars to be able to fix it up, you all helped fund some things that um my community really carely deep deeply cared about.

And also all of the other amazing work that you do, the capacity building, the civic fabric fund, the crucial needs fund.

I mean, we can just go on and on and on.

Um I just want to call out your your board chair, who's a constituent of mine, uh dear friend, huge supporter.

I couldn't be more proud of your board.

I was just looking at your board again, and it's really made up of a diverse group of people who love Denver with every five every fiber of their being.

Similar to everyone up here on the dais.

So between you and your board and all of the great work you all do, um, just can't say congratulations and enough enough and hope that you're here for another hundred years, and however we can be supportive.

Please know that you have a friend on city council.

Seeing no other comments or questions, um, Madam Secretary, roll call.

Council members Sawyer.

Aye.

Albitres.

Aye, Flynn.

Aye.

Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Aye.

Heinz.

Hi.

Cashman.

Aye.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Torres.

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval.

Aye.

Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results.

Ten eyes.

10 ayes.

Proclamation 1973 has been adopted.

Councilmember Heinz, we now have time for the proclamation acceptance.

Who would you like to call up?

Thank you, Madam President.

I'd like to uh call up uh Denver Foundation President and CEO Javier Soto.

And tell us how we can give.

We take credit cards, we take checks, anything but cash, Councilmember.

Councilmember, thank you so much for honoring us in this way and all to all the members of the council.

Um, really blown away by your your comments and your respect, your regard, your your love for the Denver Foundation.

Um, thank you so much.

This means a great deal to us for you all to recognize us on our 100th birthday.

And I do want to mention I'm joined by our board chair, Lisa Ramides, our vice chair Peter Kirsch, as well as members of our staff, including City and County alumni and our CFO Margaret Dan User.

Throughout these past hundred years, with the City of Denver and all of you, we've been key partners in the work of building a greater, more thriving community, work to improve the lives of all who live here.

So thank you for 100 years of partnership.

And we'd love for you all, Councilmember, in response to your question to continue to think of us.

When you see a need in the community that you think that the Denver Foundation could step in and partner with you on to improve the lives of those who are being affected by that particular issue, please think of us and please invite us into your districts and let us know how we can be doing more and doing better work in each of your districts.

The key to the success of a community foundation is to be grounded in community at the very hyper-local level, and that's what we seek to do each and every day.

You all are more connected at that hyperlocal level than anyone, so please call on us and let us know how we can do better.

So in 1925, our founding board came together around this shared vision to pull together public and private and corporate funds into what was called then a community chess.

Today we call an endowment, and that endowment was meant to grow and to support this community forever, not just for a hundred years, but the next hundred and beyond that.

We were, as Councilmember Heinz said, one of the first community foundations in the country.

And over the past hundred years, we've had great moments of impact and celebration.

We've also faced some headwinds through a world war, economic crises, and a global pandemic, the foundation has been there to help meet the moment.

And just a few weeks ago, when 600,000 Coloradans lost access to food benefits.

And we anticipate that there will be headwinds again in the future.

In order for us to be well positioned to meet those headwinds, charitable foundations like ourselves, like our nonprofit partners, must continue to have the freedom we have always had to direct resources in alignment with our values.

In this moment, we need leadership that helps to bridge divides and unites community rather than so further division.

So for the Denver Foundation, this means continuing to support the issues most important to the community and help people across all backgrounds, all geographies, all beliefs.

So together with the city of Denver and our partners in philanthropy, we'll remain focused on creating equitable change that makes our community better.

Again, thank you so much for helping us to celebrate 100 years of the Denver Foundation.

Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you.

So, Madam Secretary, please read the bills for introduction.

From the Finance and Business Committee, 25-1766, a bill for an ordinance approving a proposed development project funding agreement.

Brookfield Lots located at 1505 Glenarm Place and 1518 Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado, between the City and County of Denver and Denver Downtown Development Authority in Council District 10.

25-1767, a bill for an ordinance approving a proposed development project funding agreement.

Denver Pavilions located at 516th Street, Denver, Colorado, between the City and County of Denver and Denver Downtown Development Authority in Council District 10.

25-1768, a bill for an ordinance approving a proposed land acquisition ordinance between the city and county of Denver and the Florida Avenue and Quebec Way Mini Roundabout Project, designating designating certain properties as being required for public use and granting the authority to acquire through negotiated purchase or condemnation all or any portion of any property interest is needed for installment.

From the governance and intergovernmental relations committee, 25-1843, a bill for an ordinance approving the mayor's nomination and confirming the appointment of Elise Tople's to the Board of Ethics.

From the Parks Art and Culture Committee, 25-1753, a bill for an ordinance approving a proposed intergovernmental agreement between the city and county of Denver and Town of Morrison for a license fee permitting the city of Denver to manage traffic through the town of Morrison related to event traffic at Red Rocks and Mountain Parks.

From the South Platte River Committee, 25-1704, a bill for an ordinance approving accepting the park building plan for the maintenance and operations facility, equipment building, and the storage building, all located in the city of Quernavaca Park, pursuant to the provisions of sections 39-210 and 39-211 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code.

25-1727, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual cost of the continuing care operation repair maintenance and the replacement of the Broadway Pedestrian Mall B local maintenance district upon the real property exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1728, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual cost of the continuing care operation repair maintenance and replacement of the phase two Broadway Pedestrian Mall Local Maintenance District upon the real property exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1730, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual cost of the continuing care operation, repair maintenance and replacement of the South Broadway Streetscape, Arizona Avenue to Iowa Avenue, Local Maintenance District upon the real property, exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1732, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual cost of the continuing care operation, repair, maintenance and replacement of the South Broadway Streetscape, Iowa Avenue to Wesley Avenue, local maintenance district upon the real property, exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

From the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, 25-1722, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual costs of the continuing care operation, repair maintenance, and replacement of the St.

Luke's Pedestrian Mall Local Maintenance District upon the real property, exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1723, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual cost of the continuing care operation, repair maintenance and replacement of the South Downing Street Pedestrian Mall Local Maintenance District upon the real property, exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1724, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual cost of the continuing care operation, repair maintenance and replacement of the expanded Greek Town Pedestrian Mall Local Maintenance District upon the real property, exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1725, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual cost of the continuing care operation repair, maintenance and replacement of the West 32nd Avenue Pedestrian Mall Local Maintenance District upon the real property exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1726, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual costs of the continuing care operation repair maintenance and replacement of the Broadway pedestrian mall maintenance district A upon the real property exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1729, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual cost of the continuing care operation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of the consolidated Morrison Road, pedestrian local pedestrian mall local maintenance district upon the real property, exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1731, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual cost of the continuing care, operation repair maintenance and replacement of the South Broadway Streetscape, Wesley Avenue to the Yale Avenue Local Maintenance District upon the real property exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

25-1733, a bill for an ordinance relinquishing an easement in its entirety, establishing the permanent non-exclusive easement recorded with the Denver Clerk and Recorder at reception number 2017 140937, located at 2100 South Josephine Street.

And 25-1833, a bill for an ordinance approving a second, a proposed second amendment to the agreement between the city and county of Denver and Allied Way Systems of Colorado LLC Allied to extend the party's closing date associated with the previously approved property exchange, wherein the city and allied will exchange certain property is set forth in the agreement.

You can take a breath.

That was a lot.

Yes, Council President.

Now we'll do a recap.

Under resolutions, Council Resolution 1818 has been called out for a vote by Councilmembers Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Council resolution 1748 has been called out for questions by Councilmember Alvidres.

Council resolution 1770 has been called out for questions by Councilmember Alvarez.

Council resolution 1814 and 1815 have been called out for postponement pursuant to rule 3.6 by council members Gonzalez Gutierrez.

And council resolution 1789 has been called out for a vote by Councilmember Alvidres.

Under bills for introduction, Council Bill 1753 has been called out by Councilmember Alvidres for questions.

And Council Bills 1726, 1727, and 1728 have been called out for an amendment by Councilmember Alvidres.

Under bills for final consideration, Council Bill 1714 has been called out by Councilmember Alvides for a vote.

And Council Bill 1634 has been called out by Councilmember Flynn for a vote.

Underpending, no items have been called out.

Madam Secretary, please put the first item on our screens.

Council resolution 1818.

A resolution approving a proposed fifth amendatory agreement between the city and county of Denver and La Rasa Services Inc.

to provide care treatment and support services for individuals living with HIV aids in the Denver Transitional Great Grant area.

Councilmember Watson, would you please put council resolution 1818 on the floor for adoption?

I move that council resolution 251818 be adopted.

It has been moved and seconded.

Comments by members of council.

Councilmember uh Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um, I call this out so that I can abstain for this vote.

Thank you.

Madam Secretary, roll call on council resolution 1818.

Council members Sawyer.

Aye.

Albitres.

Aye.

Flynn.

Aye.

Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Abstain.

Heinz.

Hi.

Cashman.

Aye.

Romera Campbell.

Aye.

Torres?

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval.

Aye.

Madam Secretary, call close the voting, announce the results.

Nine ayes.

Nine ayes.

Council resolution eighteen eighteen has been adopted.

Council resolution.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council resolution 1748, a resolution of proposed a resolution approving a proposed master purchase order between the city and county of Denver and Hartling.com LLC to provide flagstone piece of rock awards that are presented to the artist and crew who perform at Red Rocks Amphitheater Citywide.

Councilmember Alvidares, please go ahead with your questions on Council Resolution 1748.

Thank you so much.

Um I believe I see uh Mr.

Bowman in the audience.

I did get a chance to ask my question, but I was hoping to get it in an email afterwards.

Um but my understanding is that this 900,000 dollars for these awards is normally made up for in the cost of additional awards purchased.

Can you just confirm that for me?

Yeah, and please introduce yourself when you come up.

Good afternoon.

I'm Tad Bowman.

I'm the venue director for Red Rock Seam Theater and the Denver Coliseum for Arts and Venues.

And yes, the Peace of the Rock Award is an award that got started back in the late 90s.

Matter of fact, uh the first recipient was John Tesh, if anybody's a John Tesh fan.

Oh, yeah.

So the way this works is this is uh this is a commemoration for those uh artists, the headliners that play up at Red Rocks for uh their you know coming to the Red Rocks and perform for our our fine city.

Um what happens is we will provide one of those awards for each uh of the headliner acts, and then the promoters or the tenants of the venue will purchase the additional one.

So of that 900,000 uh over the next five years.

Uh, really, we're paying uh probably about five percent of that.

The rest is being recouped from the promoters for each show.

Great, thank you.

That was my only question.

Thank you, Council President.

I appreciate you.

Thanks for all the work you do at Red Rocks.

Thank you.

Um, see no other comments.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council resolution 1770, a resolution approving a proposed fourth amendment between the city and county of Denver and Hilltop Securities Inc.

for a municipal financial advisory services to the city.

Councilmember Alviderez, please go ahead with your questions on council resolution 1770.

Thank you so much, Council President.

Um my questions for this one are for uh the Department of Finance.

I'm curious when does the Department of Finance choose to involve Hilltop securities on the decisions that they're making or recommending.

Hi there, Roscoe and Department of Finance.

So per DOF's uh uh debt policy and DRMC section 20-90.

We do require FA for all issuances.

So we start that process with Hilltop during the pre-planning phase phase all the way through execution of an assurance.

Um, I appreciate that.

And so when they provide advisement, is there actually documents, financial modeling, capacity analysis, market evaluations, and official opinions that they provide?

Uh not official opinions, but yes, they provide analysis, strategies, recommendations such as you know on uh independent financial strategies, advice, uh overall approach to city financing, um, developing evaluating financial strategies, uh debt service estimated debt service schedules, things of that nature.

So did they provide this type of documentation when we purchased the Denver Post building?

I believe so, yes.

Okay, was that shared with council?

So uh pardon me.

Was that shared with council?

So it's it's it's an internal independent uh analysis.

Um we certainly can provide some analysis that was done on the Denver Post.

That would be great.

I would appreciate that.

Um that was my main question.

So we can ask for that in the future.

It's good to know that that's happening.

So that's all.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council resolution 1814, a resolution approving a proposed contract between the city and county of Denver and Live Nation Worldwide Inc.

for commission payments for events using assorted venues for Denver Arts and Venues location starting in 2025 through the end of the year through end of year 2029 in council districts 9, 10, and mountain parks.

Councilmember Gonzalez Cutieres, what would you like to do with council resolution 1814?

Thank you, Council President.

I would like to postpone consideration of this resolution for one week pursuant to rule 3.6.

Thank you.

No motion is required.

Council resolution 1814 has been postponed for one week to the next regular council meeting.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council resolution 1815, a resolution approving a proposed contract between the city and county of Denver and AEG presents Rocky Mountain LLC for commission payments for events using assorted venues for Denver Arts and venues location starting 2025 through end of year 2029 in Council Districts 9, 10 and Mountain Parks.

Councilmember Gonzalez Cutieris, what would you like to do with Council Resolution 1815?

Thank you, Council President.

I would like to postpone consideration of this resolution for one week pursuant to rule 3.6.

No motion is required.

Council resolution 1815 has been postponed for one week to the next regular council meeting.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council resolution bill 1753, a bill for an ordinance for approving a proposed development project funding agreement.

Brooks Lofts located at 1505 Glenaron Place and 1518 Glenaron Place, Denver, Colorado, between the city and county of Denver and the Down Denver Downtown Development Authority in Council District 10.

Councilmember Alviderez, please go ahead with your questions on Council Bill 1753.

Thank you, Council President.

1753, I think linked to the wrong thing, because on my screen it says the town of Morrison, and that's what I believe I meant to call out, and I think there was a problem administratively on the link.

Madam Secretary.

Yeah, I don't know.

Which item would you like to call out?

1753.

Which is not to do with Glenarm, it's to do with the town of Morrison.

Okay.

A bill for an ordinance approving a proposed intergovernmental agreement between the city and county of Denver and Town of Morrison for a license fee permitting the city of Denver to manage traffic through the town of Morrison related to event traffic at Red Rocks in Mountain Parks.

Go ahead with your questions on 1753.

Great, thank you.

Um my question again is for Mr.

Bowman.

Um I was able to speak to you earlier, but wanted to confirm since I didn't get in writing that because the town of Morrison no longer has a police department.

We are providing those services, and that ultimately goes to the cost of the promoter.

Is that correct?

That's correct.

Yeah, the town of Morrison disbanded their police department this year, and we had paid them for their traffic services.

This now allows us the right to send our DPD guys down there, which all gets paid for by the show directly.

That's great.

Just out of curiosity, and if you don't know, that's fine.

Um, is it actually a reduction in cost for us to be doing it ourselves than it was for us to be paying Morrison to do the traffic control, or is it an increase?

It's a slight reduction from what the agreement was before, but uh between the DPD officers that are down in the town and then the fee that we're paying for the right to be there, it's it's fairly close.

But again, the promoters and the shows are paying uh both of those items.

Great.

I learned a lot today, so thank you.

Thank you so much, Council President.

Thank you.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screen.

Council resolution council bill 1714, a bill for an ordinance amending, amending ordinance 915 series of 2025 concerning the downtown development authority fund.

Councilmember Watson, would you please put council bill 1714 on the floor for final passage?

No, uh be placed upon final consideration and decrease.

Thank you.

It has been moved and seconded.

Comments by members of council.

Councilmember Alvidares.

Um I just wanted to say again, I'm just gonna be voting no on this one because I don't feel um totally informed on moving our authority.

So, got it.

See no other comments in the queue.

Madam Secretary, we'll call on Council Bill 1714.

Councilmember Sawyer.

Alvides, nay.

Glynn.

Aye.

Gonzalez Cutieres.

Aye.

Heinz.

Aye.

Cashman.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Torres.

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval.

Aye.

Madam Secretary, close the voting, announce the results.

Nine ayes.

Nine ayes.

Council bill 1714 passed.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council Bill 1634, a bill for an ordinance amending Denver revised municipal code sections 10 through 16 concerning the building and fire codes.

Councilmember Watson, we would you please place Council Bill 1634 on the floor for final passage.

I move that.

Council Bill 251634 be placed upon final consideration and do pass.

It has been moved and seconded.

Comments by members of council.

Councilmember Flynn.

Thank you, Madam President.

I called us out to vote no on it as I did last week on publication because as I looked at it and considered all the uh input.

Um, I don't see much potential for increasing housing, uh, but I do see potential for increasing uh risk.

And so I wanted to vote no.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Madam Secretary.

Roll call on Council Bill 1634.

Councilmember Sawyer.

Aye.

Albedares.

Aye.

Flynn.

Aye.

Gonzales Cutieres.

Aye.

Heinz?

Aye.

Cashman.

Aye.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Torres?

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval?

Aye.

Madam Secretary, close the vote and answer results.

Nine ayes.

Nine ayes.

Council Bill 1634 has passed.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council Bill 1726.

A bill for an ordinance assessing the annual costs of the continuing care operation repair, maintenance, and replacement of the Broadway Pedestrian Mall District A upon the real property exclusive of improvements thereon benefited.

I don't know, that sounded weird.

Councilmember Watson, would you please place Council Bill 1726 on the floor for publication?

I move that Council Bill 251726 be ordered published.

It has been moved and seconded.

Umber Albidas, your motion to amend.

I move that council bill 25-1726 be amended in the following particulars.

On page 1, 929, strike subsection D and replace with D, the Broadway Denver General Improvement District has been organized in accordance with ordinance number 917 series of 2025, and as such, the GID shall assume responsibility for the annual costs and continuing care operation repair maintenance and replacement of the Broadway Pedestrian Mall A and on page one, line 32, strike the subsection E and replace with due to the organization of the JID, the Broadway Pedestrian Mall A1 will have no further responsibility for the annual cost of the continuing care operation repair maintenance and replacement of the Broadway Pedestrian Mall A two will be sought to be determined and dissolved by the Executive Director of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, and three will assess no amount against the real properties exclusive of improvements thereon benefited within the Broadway Pedestrian Mall A in 2026, three on page two, strike line one through three.

Four, on page two, line seven, strike section three and replace with section three, as the GID shall assume responsibility to pay for the 2026 annual costs of the continuing care operation repair and maintenance and replacement of the Broadway Pedestrian Mall A and the Broadway Pedestrian Mall A may otherwise be terminated and dissolved upon the successful organization of the GID in accordance with ordinance number 917 series of 2025.

No amount shall be assessed against the real properties exclusive of improvements thereon benefited within the pedestrian Broadway Pedestrian Mall A in 2026, five on page three strike lines one through 23 and six on page three line 24, strike the words section six and replace with the words section four.

Thank you.

It has been moved and seconded.

Comments by members of council on the amendment to council resolution 1726.

Councilmember Albidas.

Thank you, Council President.

Um I'm excited to bring these changes forward as the General Improvement District for South Broadway did pass at this most recent election.

It was a huge win for Broadway.

And one of the things that people should know is that people were paying fees for the pedestrian malls, which was causing problems along Broadway.

There was trash cans on one block, but not on another block.

There was maintenance happening on one block and not in another.

And so these fees will be dissolved and replaced by the JID fees, and in some cases, even save people money.

So it's really exciting.

Thank you so much, Council President.

Thank you.

Madam Secretary, roll call on the amendment to Council Bill 1726.

Councilmembers Sawyer.

Aye.

Albitres.

Aye.

Flynn.

Aye.

Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Aye.

Heinz?

Aye.

Cashman.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Torres.

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval?

Aye.

Madam Secretary, close the voting, announce the results.

10 ayes.

10 ayes.

The amendment to council bill 1726 has passed.

Councilmember Watson, will you please put Council Bill 1726 on the floor for publication as amended?

I move that Council Bill 251726 be ordered published as amended.

I don't think that Councilmember Albides, do you need to make any other comments?

This is just putting it on the floor now.

Okay, thank you.

Um Madam Secretary, we'll call on Council Bill 1726 as amended.

Council members Sawyer.

Aye.

Albitres.

Aye.

Flynn.

Aye.

Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Aye.

Heinz?

Aye.

Cashman.

Aye.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Torres?

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval.

Aye.

Madam Secretary, close the voting, announce the results.

10 ayes.

10 ayes.

Council bill 1726 has been ordered, published as amended.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council Bill 1726, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual costs of the continuing care operation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of the Broadway Pedestrian Mall B, local maintenance district upon the real property exclusive improvements thereon benefited.

Councilmember Watson, would you please place Council Bill 1727 on the floor for publication?

I move that Council Bill 251727 be ordered published.

It has been moved and seconded.

Councilmember Alvides, your motion to amend.

I move that Council Bill 25 17 27 be amended in the following particulars.

One, on page one, line 30, strike subsection D and replace with D, the Broadway General Improvement District has been organized in accordance with ordinance number 917, series 2025, and as such, the GID shall assume responsibility for the annual costs of the continuing care, operation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of the Broadway pedestrian mall B, and two, on page one, line 33, strike subsection E and replace with E due to the organization of the GID, the Broadway pedestrian mall B.

One will no further responsibility for the annual costs of the continuing care, operation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of the Broadway pedestrian mall B.

Two will be sought to be determinated and dissolved by the executive director of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.

And three, we'll assess no amount against the real properties exclusive of the improvements thereon benefited within the Broadway Pedestrian Mall B in 2026.

Three, on page two, strike lines one through three.

Four on page two, strike line seven, strike section three, and replace with section three, as the GID shall assume responsibility for the responsibility to pay for the 2026 annual cost of the continuing care operation repair maintenance and replacement of the Broadway pedestrian mall B and the Broadway pedestrian mall B may otherwise be terminated and dissolved upon the successful organization of the GID in accordance with ordinance number 917 series of 2025, no amount shall be assessed against the real properties exclusive of the improvements thereon benefited within the Broadway pedestrian all B in 2026 five on page two strike lines 37 through 41 six on page three strike lines one through five seven on page three line six strike the words section six and replace with the words section four thank you well done it has been moved I think Madam Secretary motion yep it has been moved and seconded um comments by members of council councilmember albidres uh this is the same case that I just stated so awesome thank you madam secretary we'll call on the amendment to council bill 1727 council members sawyer aye albites aye Flynn Aye.

Gonzalez Cutieres.

Aye.

Heinz?

Aye.

Cashman.

Aye.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Torres?

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval.

Aye.

Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results.

10 ayes.

10 ayes.

The amendment to council bill 1727 has passed.

Council member Watson, will you please put Council Bill 1727 on the floor for publication as amended?

I move that council bill two five one seven two seven be ordered published and amend as amended.

Thank you.

Um seeing no other comments, Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Bill 1727 as amended.

Council members Sawyer.

Aye.

Albidas?

Aye.

Flynn.

Aye.

Gonzalez Cortier.

Aye.

Heinz.

Aye.

Cashman.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Torres?

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval?

Aye.

Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results.

10 ayes.

10 ayes.

Council Bill 1727 has been ordered published as amended.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council Bill 1728, a bill for an ordinance assessing the annual costs of the continuing care operation repair, maintenance and replacement of phase two, Broadway Pedestrian Mall.

Local maintenance district upon the real property.

Councilmember Watson, would you please would you please place Council Bill 1728 on the floor for publication?

I move that council bill two five-1728 be ordered published.

It has been moved and seconded.

Councilmember Alvideris, your motion to amend.

I move that council bill 251728 be ordered published.

Oh, that was already done.

Sorry.

I move that council bill 25-1728 be amended in the following particulars.

One on page one, line 30, strike subsection D and replace with D, the Broadway General Improvement District.

GID has been organized in accordance with ordinance 917 series 2025.

And as such, the GID shall assume responsibility for the annual costs, continuing care operation repair, maintenance and replacement of the phase two Broadway pedestrian mall and two, on page one line 34, insert a new subsection E which states E.

Due to the organization of the GID, the phase two Broadway pedestrian mall one will have no further responsibility for the annual costs of the continuing care operation repair maintenance and replacement of phase two Broadway pedestrian mall two will be sought to be determined and dissolved by the executive director of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure and three will assess no amount against the real properties exclusive of improvements thereon benefited within phase two of the pedestrian mall in 2026 three on page two line four strike section three and replace with section three as the GID shall assume responsibility to pay for the 2026 annual cost of the continuing care operation repair maintenance and replacement of phase two Broadway pedestrian mall and the phase two Broadway pedestrian mall may otherwise be terminated and dissolved upon successful organization of the GID in accordance with the ordinance number 917 series 2025 no amount shall be assessed against the real properties exclusive of improvements thereon benefited within the phase two pedestrian mall in 2026 four on page three strike lines one through thirty-four five on page four strike lines one through thirty-four six on page five strike lines one through eleven seven on page five strike line twelve strike the word section six and replace with the word section four nice thank you it has been moved and seconded comments by members of council councilmember albedares again another pedestrian mall being dissolved for the GID thank you thank you madam secretary roll call on the amendment to council bill seventeen twenty eight council members sawyer aye albedares aye flynn aye conceles aye heinz aye cashman aye romero campel aye torres aye watson aye madam president sandoval aye madam sec madam secretary close the voting and announce the results 10 ayes ten ayes the amendment to council bill 1728 has passed.

Councilmember watson, will you please put council bill 1728 on the floor for publication as amended?

I move that council bill two five one seven two eight be ordered published as amended.

Madam Secretary, roll call on council bill seven seventeen twenty eight as amended.

Council members sawyer.

Aye albidas aye.

Flynn.

Aye.

Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Aye.

Hines?

Aye.

Cashman.

Aye.

Parity.

Oh, sorry.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President.

Sandoval.

Aye.

Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results.

10 ayes.

10 ayes.

Council resolution 1728 as amended.

Has been adopted as amended.

Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens.

Council resolution 1789.

A resolution of City Council consenting to the mayor's appointment of Al Gardner as the manager of safety.

Councilmember Alvidez, your motion to postpone.

Actually, we're not going to postpone because it would require a vote.

So yeah, you'd have to vote.

So I withdraw the motion to postpone.

Okay.

Um does that conclude the items to be called out.

I didn't want to just comment.

Yes.

Okay.

Councilmember Alvidez, your comments on 1789.

Um to the mayor's appointment of Al Gardner as the manager of safety.

Thank you.

Um, I just want to acknowledge that a few other of my colleagues also reached out to um call this out and unfortunately are not able to be here, but I personally have not been able to have my meeting with Mr.

Gardner, so I will be abstaining from this vote today.

Thank you.

Thank you.

This concludes the items to be called out all bills for introduction.

Madam President, yes.

Um we'll have to have a vote on that so that council member can abstain.

Oh, okay.

So we do have to have a vote.

Uh we have to move to for it to be adopted.

Can Councilmember Watson, can you please on the floor for publication or what do I do?

Yeah motion for adoption.

Can you please put council resolution 1789 on the floor for adoption?

Is that right?

Kind of fine.

I move that 251789 um and there is no script for this, so move to the floor for adoption.

Perfect.

Has been moved and seconded.

Madam Secretary, roll call um council resolution seventeen eighty nine.

Council members Sawyer.

Aye.

Albitrez.

Abstain.

Flynn?

Aye.

Gonzalez Gutierrez.

Aye.

Heinz.

Aye.

Cashman.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Torres?

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval?

Aye.

Madam Secretary, close the voting and announce the results.

Nine ayes.

Nine ayes.

Council resolution 1789 has been adopted.

This concludes the items to be called out.

All bills for introduction are ordered published.

Council members remember that this is a consent or block vote, and you will need to vote aye.

Otherwise, this is your last chance to call out an item for a separate vote.

Councilmember Watson, will you please put the resolutions for adoption and the bills on final consideration for final passage on the floor?

I move that the resolutions be adopted and bills on final consideration be place upon final consideration and do pass in a block for the following items, series 25, 1454, 1788, 1793, 1794, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1819, 1549, 1550, 1551, 1748, 1749, 1769, 1770, 1775, 1777, 1790, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1809, 1734, 1791, 1817, 1747, 1750 1755 1822 I'm sorry 1820 1751 1752 1754 1610 1611 1735 1737 1738 1811 1812 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1715 1716 1717 1813 1633 1637 1607 1612 1620 Thank you.

It has been moved and seconded.

Madam Secretary, roll call.

Council members Sawyer.

Aye.

I'll be there.

Aye.

Flynn.

Aye.

Gonzalez Cutieres.

Aye.

Hines.

Cashman.

Romero Campbell.

Aye.

Aye.

Watson.

Aye.

Madam President Sandoval.

Aye.

Madam Secretary.

Close the voting and answer results.

Ten I've 10 ayes.

The resolutions have been adopted and the bills have been placed upon final consideration and do pass.

On Monday, December 1st, 2025, Council will hold a required public hearing on Council Bill 1704, approving and accepting the park building plan for the maintenance and operations facility equipment building and storage building.

All located in the city of all located in City of Cornavaca Park pursuant to provisions of section 39 through 210 and 39 through 211 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code.

There being no further business before this body, this meeting is adjourned.