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The weekly joint meeting of the Denver Mayor and City Council on October 20, 2026, consisted of council member announcements about upcoming district events, followed by a transition into closed session to discuss pending labor negotiations with city agencies. No public comment or formal legislative action occurred.
Thanks for joining us for this weekly joint meeting of the Mayor and Denver City Council. Follow along as the mayor and city council members hear updates from city agencies and projects, discuss important city matters, and hear about what's happening across the Mile High City. We do have a closed session afterwards, but I do want to start with some introductions and announcements for folks to get caught up from your council members. And so the distinguished ladies starting us. Devon Flynn, Southwest Denver District 2. And on the segregated uh mayor council meeting, Darrell Watson by District 9. I was like, good afternoon, or good afternoon. Good morning, Diana Romero Campbell, Southeast Denver District 4. Great. Thank you all so much for being here. Are there any announcements you all have for members of the public or for each other? Councilman Alvidres. Thank you, Mayor. We had an amazing Halloween parade on Saturday. So thank you to the Broadway Jid Compost Foundation and everyone that participated. It was amazing. But the partying is not over, unfortunately for me. On October 24th, we're having the Halloween bar crawl. So come check that out. You have the all kinds of bars up and down Broadway, have specialty drinks, decorations, all the things, including some adjacent to Broadway. And in addition to that, on Sunday, um police district three is having their Halloween carnival at 1 p.m. And then at 4 p.m., the Athmar Park Neighborhood Association is having their uh around the lake um treat giveaway, which will start at 4 p.m. at Houston Lake Park. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Excellent councilwoman. Other announcements, Madam President. I have um a few. It is a very busy week in Southeast Denver, and we have a lot to celebrate. So tomorrow um at Southmore Park at 4 o'clock, we are going to uh celebrate the opening and the finishing of the park improvements at Southmore. So we have uh new playground and some other amenities. Super excited about it. And then on Thursday, uh October 22nd at 4 p.m. We are opening Bethesda Park. And this is the first park that was um purchased by Denver Park Trust dollars. Um and it's a park at it's uh pocket park in North University Hills. Um come join us. Uh it'll be a lot of fun. There will be um activities, yay, and it's gonna be super fun. Um and it's gorgeous. Lots of seating. Uh and then on Saturday, uh, we are doing a fall fest at Thomas Jefferson High School from 11 to 2. Uh it is we're gonna have lawn games and uh food and uh a lot of uh agencies will be city agencies and other vendors will have um tables out there. We're doing it at TJ because we are not gonna get rained out. So if it's rainy, we are going inside. Um so rain or shine, please come out and visit us on Saturday from 11 to 2. Um the TJPTO is also doing a fundraiser getting uh paint don't no paint.