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Key outcomes
- Consent agenda (items a–f): Included three ordinances on first reading amending 2025 budgets for general, sewer and stormwater enterprises; a construction contract award for the 2025 mill-and-overlay project; license agreements with RTD for electrical facilities on West Main Street and West Alamo Avenue bridges; and approval of minutes. Vote: 7–0; outcome: approved.

- Resolution 47-2025: IGA with Arapahoe County for Arapahoe County Open Space Program contribution to Lee Gulch Trail underpass. Vote: 7–0; outcome: approved. (See Lee Gulch article for details.)

- Resolution 48-2025: IGA with South Suburban Parks and Recreation District for funding, construction and maintenance of the Lee Gulch Trail pedestrian underpass. Vote: 7–0; outcome: approved.

- Resolution 49-2025: Third amendment to IGA with Mile High Flood District for design and construction of drainage/flood-control improvements for Lee Gulch at Broadway. Vote: 7–0; outcome: approved.

- Resolution 18-2025: First amendment to construction agreement with E and M Concrete LLC for 2024 miscellaneous concrete project (to address additional work and correct a quantity/estimate error). Amendment increased the contract by $121,666 (~12% of original contract) to a total of approximately $1,145,699. Vote: 7–0; outcome: approved. Staff explained the overage stemmed from a GIS-to-bid-data transfer error and described new quality-control practices and training to reduce recurrence.

- Ordinance O3-2025 (second reading): Five‑year master services agreement with Xerox Corporation for print technology, software and services, leveraging a NASPO cooperative purchasing agreement; staff cited lower lease and printing costs on the first leases. Vote: 7–0; outcome: adopted on second reading.

- Ordinance O8-2025 (second reading/public hearing): Temporary six‑month moratorium on submission, acceptance, processing or approval of new retail fuel‑sales applications within the city to allow staff study of zoning, buffering and other policy options. The ordinance explicitly exempted two pending projects already in the pipeline (a Costco fueling site under construction and a proposed QuikTrip at Santa Fe and Mineral). Vote: 7–0; outcome: adopted on second reading.

What the council said
Council members and staff discussed procurement controls (in the concrete contract amendment item), public-notice plans for the Lee Gulch construction, and policy options for fuel-station siting (buffering, caps and EV charging requirements). Several councilors said they were open to a range of policy responses and asked staff to return with economic and land‑use analyses to guide decisions.

Ending
Council approved the listed items without dissent and directed staff to proceed with implementation steps, public outreach and further analyses on the fuel‑sales zoning review.
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Mark Flink, a Southbridge resident and daily user of nearby trails, told council the city used misleading claims in grant applications to obtain federal, state and Arapahoe County open-space funds for the paving component. He said the city’s application to the Colorado Department of Transportation characterized the project as an implementation of the transportation master plan and claimed it would serve “hundreds of residential dwellings within the 1 mile travel shed of the light rail station.” Flink said the TMP’s authors used a 1/2-mile walkshed standard and that the graphic accompanying the city’s grant paperwork shows no homes within the half-mile walkshed east of Jackass Hill Road. \"Please rethink and stop the spur trail paving project,\" Flink said.

Don Brunns, a neighborhood resident and frequent trail user, described a recent walk with trail experts who concluded the planned concrete roadway does not fit the open-space setting, reduces value for walk-and-run users and would not materially improve access to the Mineral light-rail station. Brunns and others suggested alternatives: relocate and replant a sidewalk along Mineral where it adjoins the road shoulder; create a parallel crusher-fine descent linking the station to Mary Carter Greenway; keep and maintain the existing crusher-fine spur trail; or modify the concrete design to be narrower and parallel to the crusher-fine path.

Runner and commenter Steve Lowry said the city’s grant applications contained “incorrect or questionable statements,” and asked Arapahoe County Open Space to consider revoking a $562,000 grant if the project proceeds as planned. Lowry and others argued the paved roadway will mostly serve recreational traffic rather than station commuters, and that paving could compromise trail character and local open space values.

Ned Stern and other speakers challenged representations made by South Suburban Parks and Recreation District at earlier meetings about crusher-fine surfaces. Stern said South Suburban operates ADA-accessible crusher-fine trails (for example on the Mary Carter Greenway) and that claims they cannot be plowed or maintained are incorrect; he recommended improved maintenance rather than paving.

Several residents connected the trail issue to larger local planning questions — walkability to Mineral station, accuracy of the transportation master plan walkshed analysis, the appropriate use of open-space and grant funds, and the trade-offs between recreation and mobility projects. City staff and council acknowledged the concerns and described recent outreach: members of council and staff have met with South Suburban representatives to discuss trail policy, and staff said they will continue design review and public engagement as the project moves forward. No vote or ordinance on the Mineral Spur paving was taken at Tuesday’s meeting.

Ending
Speakers offered both technical alternatives and appeals to preserve the trail’s recreational character. Councilors said they expect continued conversation with South Suburban and additional design work and public outreach before any construction decision that would alter the existing crusher-fine trail.
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City water resources manager Sarah White and Public Works Director Brent Soderlund told the council the underpass can be constructed together with necessary emergency culvert repairs, shortening long-term disruption compared with separate projects. White said the slope and culvert condition require an open-cut excavation up to 30 feet deep and that the city expects about six months of significant traffic impacts on Broadway while keeping one lane open each direction.

White said the combined construction estimate is roughly $8,000,000, with the culvert-repair portion about $3,500,000 and the underpass and related costs about $4,200,000. Arapahoe County Open Space has awarded a grant covering 50% of the underpass cost — $2,100,000 — and South Suburban agreed to contribute just over $1,000,000; the city will fund the remaining roughly $1,000,000. South Suburban also agreed to operate and maintain the underpass and associated culvert work, with an estimated annual maintenance cost of about $7,000 being incorporated into their budget.

\"It's not a fun corridor to pass,\" White said of the Broadway crossing, describing the area as dangerous for pedestrians and vehicles until repairs are made. She told the council the project team is coordinating utility relocations (including temporary overhead power support) and replacement of an aging Denver Water supply line; those utility steps will affect the schedule and final start date. Staff estimated the project could be completed by October 2026 if utility work and permits proceed on schedule.

Council members and staff said the combined approach — replacing the failing culvert and building the underpass at once — provides cost-sharing advantages and advances a decades-old regional-trail vision for a continuous Lee Gulch trail between the South Platte River and County Line Road. Soderlund noted the project aligns with regional plans and will connect to existing trail segments used by tens of thousands of people annually.

Formal actions and votes
- Resolution 47-2025: Approve intergovernmental agreement with the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County for 2025 contribution of Arapahoe County Open Space funds to the Lee Gulch Trail pedestrian underpass. Vote: 7–0; outcome: approved.
- Resolution 48-2025: Approve intergovernmental agreement with South Suburban Parks and Recreation District for funding, construction and maintenance of the Lee Gulch Trail pedestrian underpass. Vote: 7–0; outcome: approved.
- Resolution 49-2025: Approve third amendment to the intergovernmental agreement with Mile High Flood District for design and construction of Lee Gulch at Broadway drainage and flood-control improvements. Vote: 7–0; outcome: approved.

What council members asked and what comes next
Council members pressed staff on outreach and traffic-management planning; White said Public Works will lead neighborhood and business notifications (message boards, press and targeted outreach) at least two weeks before major closures and has already begun conversations with adjacent property owners and emergency responders. Staff said they are preparing a traffic-control plan and coordinating redundant utility service to minimize unplanned outages. The city manager said staff will continue public outreach as dates firm up.

The council gave staff direction to proceed with the agreements; construction scheduling will depend on final utility relocations and permitting. No litigation, eminent-domain or outside approval contingencies were identified as gating items in the presentation.

Ending
Council members praised staff coordination and the partnerships that made the underpass funding possible. With the intergovernmental agreements approved, staff will finalize utility sequencing and public notifications and return with schedule updates and construction notices as dates are set.","City council unanimously approved three intergovernmental agreements to build a pedestrian underpass on Lee Gulch at Broadway, splitting roughly $4.2 million in underpass costs among Arapahoe County Open Space, South Suburban Parks and Recreation and the city; construction will require an open-cut of Broadway and months of traffic impacts.","actionData","errors"]

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