albus brooks
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Small lot parking exemption talks continue
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One proposed amendment to Denver’s small lot parking exemption was not viewed favorably by the city’s Community Planning and Development department, as a lengthy dispute over how the city should approach the issue continues. In August, City Council approved a seven-month moratorium on the zoning code’s small zone lot parking exemption for certain projects. The…
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Denver City Council’s small lot parking code dispute leads to delay
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Almost every new resident of Denver adds another automobile to the city’s already crowded roads and highways, and those cars and trucks need a place to park when their owners are home or elsewhere. How to come up with those spaces was the source of a somewhat tense exchange on Denver City Council and led…
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Denver’s $4M Target store incentive scrutinized
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Several Denver City Council members have reservations about a proposed $4 million loan to help see a Target open on the downtown 16th Street Mall. The city’s budget and management office is requesting a $4 million supplemental appropriation for the Office of Economic Development’s Business Incentive Fund. That office wants to loan the funds to…
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Denver Council priorities could cost $1.5B
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Faced with one of the fastest growth rates among major U.S. cities nationwide, Denver City Council has identified a range of priorities and goals to help guide budgeting decisions and to decide policy priority areas. Those include more than $1 billion in infrastructure needs and projects alone. Each year, the Council holds a retreat to…
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Denver officials want better approach to homelessness with new shelter
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Galvanized by shortcoming in their approach to homelessness, Denver officials agreed to purchase a new, permanent building to provide emergency housing for the city’s homeless and called for a more focused, comprehensive approach to the city’s needy. The City Council OK’ed the purchase of a $4.45 million, 48,000-square foot warehouse at 4330 East 48th Avenue…
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Marijuana at midnight? Denver pot shops want longer hours
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Denver’s recreational marijuana dispensaries want to be able to stay open later than 7 p.m. and have asked the City Council to extend their hours to as late as midnight. Currently, recreational and medical marijuana businesses operate from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., shorter hours than all the city’s surrounding communities, Kristi Kelly, director of…
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Denver GO bonds size, tax question TBD
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As Denver officials began listening to citizens this week about the next round of general obligation bonds to help address city amenity needs like roads, parks and buildings, the size of the bond issue and whether it could include a tax hike to present to voters are unknown. A City Council committee heard an update…
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Denver special district budgets key to downtown
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Besides the $232 million capital improvement program budget that drives the majority of the infrastructure repair, maintenance and expansion in the City and County of Denver, City Council was set to approve budgets of more than $15 million for a dozen business improvement and nine local maintenance districts scattered across the city’s commercial areas. Business…
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Brooks named progressive leader
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Denver City Council President Albus Brooks has been selected one of eight leaders from across the country to join the NewDEAL (Developing Exceptional American Leaders), a national network committed to highlighting innovative ideas from pro-growth progressive state and local elected leaders. “I congratulate this group of NewDEAL Leaders who have been chosen for their pro-growth…