The Denver City Council will have a short but interesting agenda before them on Monday, as they weigh items from long-term storage of Dragon Boats to an $11 million contract to deep clean tunnels at Denver International Airport.

Just in time to welcome the Year of the Horse, Denver Parks and Recreation is seeking to grant the Chinese Dragon Boat organization a license to moor and store their boats on Sloan’s Lake during the April through October practice season. 

In return for the license, CDB will provide additional programming and events beyond the annual Dragon Boat Festival, including free open-paddle nights, community service cleanup days, and an emerging leaders and team-building program.

Meanwhile, if there really are aliens in the tunnels at Denver International Airport, Denver is about to find out, that is, if the council approves an $11 million contract with BELFOR to deep clean the various locations of the airport’s baggage tunnels and basement areas. 

According to city documents, the contractor will perform environmental testing and cleaning procedures. City officials note that tunnel cleaning supports the airport’s “Vision 100” philosophy by protecting critical underground infrastructure, reducing safety risks, and ensuring reliable operations as DIA scales to 100 million passengers per year. 

Then there’s a request from City Council staff to approve the donation of six vintage dais desks from City Council offices to the Museum of Denver. 

The desks have been declared surplus as part of the chambers’ redesign to ensure ADA compliance.

City documents estimate the surplus auction value of the six desks to be $600.

Elsewhere on the agenda is a contract amendment with The Reciprocity Collective, adding $750,000 and 12 months to an existing agreement to provide case management and support for the Roads to Recovery program.

Roads to Recovery is an initiative led by Denver Mayor Mike Johnston to divert individuals with complex mental health and substance abuse problems into treatment and away from the criminal justice system.

Three proclamations will be issued:

The first honors former City and County Tax Assessor Keith Erffmeyer for more than 30 years of service. The second will honor the late Denver Police Division Chief Armedia Gordon, and the third will recognize Ramadan 1447 AH and Eid Al-Fitr, traditional holidays observed worldwide by Muslims.

The council will hold two required public hearings on the following:

• 26-0056: A bill for an ordinance designating 1555 N. Grant St. as a structure for preservation. 
• 25-2147: A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3050 Richard Allen Court in Skyland. 

Denver City Council meetings will continue to be held in the Parr-Widener Community Room as renovations in the council chambers progress.

Seating is very limited, and the room will fill up quickly.

The Denver City Council’s regular meeting commences at 3:30 p.m., with the general public comment session scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

As a reminder, Feb. 16 is Presidents’ Day and all City Council offices will be closed. The regular council meeting will be moved to Feb. 17 at the usual time.