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Denver City Council (Minutes) — January 20, 2026: multiple contract approvals, zoning bills published, and bond notice filed

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Council met January 20, 2026 (13 members present). The Council approved the January 12 minutes, filed a Finance communication on planned General Obligation bond issuance, adopted multiple resolutions en bloc (including contracts for parks, youth housing and food programs, street dedications, and airport purchase orders), ordered several zoning- and administrative-related bills published, and postponed one environmental legal-services item.

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Approved Minutes 26-0047 (Minutes of January 12, 2026).
Filed Council Communication 26-0058: Department of Finance notice of intent to issue City & County of Denver General Obligation Bonds, Series 2026A-B, in a par amount not to exceed $410,075,000 to fund Vibrant Denver bond projects.
Postponed Resolution 25-2166 (Fourth Amendatory Agreement with Squire Patton Boggs for environmental legal services) to the January 26, 2026 meeting per Council Rule 3.6.
Adopted Resolution 25-2128: Contract with Mark Young Construction, LLC for $1,584,140.00 for construction of a new Denver Parks and Recreation facility at Cuernavaca Park (Council District 1).
Adopted Resolution 25-2111: Agreement with Urban Peak Denver for $1,012,475.00 to provide supportive housing for youth experiencing homelessness (citywide, end date 12-31-2027).
Adopted Resolution 25-1980: Fourth Amendatory Agreement with Center for African American Health adding $411,924.98 (new total $1,235,774.98) for nutritious food access and nutrition education under the Healthy Food for Denver’s Kids Initiative (Council District 8; new end date 12-31-2027).
Adopted Resolution 25-2129: Third Amendatory Agreement with ViVe adding $146,000 (new total $575,000) for expanded out-of-school programming at Whittier ECE-8 (Council District 9).
Adopted multiple Transportation/Right-of-Way resolutions dedicating parcels as public right-of-way and alleys (including Resolutions 25-2131, 25-2158, 25-2133, 25-2145).
Adopted airport-related Master Purchase Orders and amendments (examples: 25-2159 D.H. Pace $1.5M; 25-2160 Garage Door Specialties $1.5M; 25-2161 Oshkosh AeroTech $5.0M; 25-2162 amendment adding $37,659.90 for an EV Paint Truck).
Ordered published several bills for future public hearing or consideration, including: 25-2138 (rezoning 1965 Verbena Street), 25-2163 (Denver Zoning Code text amendment), 25-2164 (Chapter 59 bridge amendment), 26-0007 (amend effective date of adopted ordinance no. 20250854), and others (e.g., 25-2149, 25-2146, 25-2156, 25-2144).

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