Tag: City Council Meeting
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Denver to spend $3.9M to expand managed homeless campsites
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver is set to spend $3.9 million on managed homeless campsites through the end of this year after the City Council approved the expansion of the program Monday. The expanded contract will fund at least four camps sheltering approximately 370 people through Dec. 31, run…
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Capitol Hill mansion designated as historical landmark
A historic mansion in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood was designated as the city’s newest landmark Monday following an unanimous City Council vote. The mansion at 555 E. Eighth Ave. will now be preserved and protected from demolition and significant change. The mansion was built in 1898 and is the oldest surviving structure on the block…
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Denver council OKs electronic monitoring contract with private prison company
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council approved a $1.5 million contract Monday with B.I. Incorporated — owned by private prison giant GEO Group — for electronic monitoring equipment through Jan. 31, 2025. This comes after the council voted to cut ties with GEO Group in 2019, ending…
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Denver to pay $500,000 to student shot by police during George Floyd protest
The city of Denver will pay $500,000 to a college student who was shot in the eye by Denver police while protesting after the death of George Floyd. The Denver City Council unanimously approved the payout Monday without discussion, settling the lawsuit filed against the Denver Police Department in October 2020. The $500,000 will be…
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Denver’s homeless employment program extended through end of year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council approved a contract extension Monday to fund the city’s homeless employment program through the end of the year. The contract, which the council passed unanimously without comment, will provide $705,300 to Bayaud Enterprises Inc. to administer the Denver Day Works Program…
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Denver City Council may change public comment to prioritize new speakers
The Denver City Council could soon change the sign-up for its weekly public comment session to prioritize people who haven’t spoken at previous meetings. If approved by the council, the proposal would send people who haven’t spoken at a comment session in the last 90 days to the top of the speaker list, followed by…
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Five Points lofts to be renovated as affordable housing in $1.25M project
The Off Broadway Lofts in Five Points will soon be renovated as affordable housing after the Denver City Council unanimously approved the $1.25 million renovation proposal with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless on Tuesday. The Off Broadway Lofts building was built in 2001 at 2135 Stout St. Of the building’s 80 units, only 20 are…
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Denver to hold community meetings on redistricting
The Denver City Council has scheduled six community meetings in February to get public feedback on the city’s redistricting process. Redistricting happens every 10 years with the release of new census data. The goal is to break the city up into 11 council districts of relatively even population, while keeping together established neighborhoods and cultural…
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Denver council to consider first overhaul of Board of Adjustment in 6 decades
For the first time since 1956, the Denver City Council could overhaul the Denver Board of Adjustment after the council’s housing committee approved the changes on Tuesday. The Board of Adjustment hears and decides appeal cases regarding the Denver Zoning Code and Former Chapter 59. If passed by the full council, the proposal would reestablish…
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Aurora zones nearly 130 acres near E-470 as protected open space
The Aurora City Council zoned nearly 130 acres of land near E-470 as open space on Monday, protecting the land from development. The 128.97 acres of undeveloped land runs west of the toll road on both sides of Picadilly Road to State Highway 30. The city purchased the land in unincorporated Arapahoe County between 2014…