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Englewood officials review Feb.–Apr. council agendas, highlight bridge design, energy grant and water projects
Summary
At a Feb. 12 manager-mayor meeting, Englewood staff and council leadership reviewed upcoming council agendas through April, flagging the Union Avenue bridge final design contract, a Colorado Energy Office grant application, water-infrastructure loans and several municipal-code amendments.
City Manager Sean Lewis opened a Feb. 12 manager–mayor meeting in Englewood to review city council agendas through April, identifying a final design contract for the Union Avenue bridge, a planned application to the Colorado Energy Office for a high-efficiency electric heating and appliance grant and multiple water-infrastructure items that will appear on upcoming regular-session agendas.
The discussion served as an agenda scrub ahead of the Feb. 18 regular meeting and subsequent sessions. Lewis ran through consent items and scheduled study-session topics, including a midyear capital improvement plan review, a monthly financial report and an arts-programming update. He also noted project-specific items that staff expects council to consider in March and April.
Why it matters: the items flagged include capital projects, potential state grant applications, changes to the municipal code and amendments to intergovernmental agreements that could affect city budgeting, utilities and development policy. Several items reference state or federal funding sources or loan programs that would require later council action.
Staff and council highlighted several specific agenda items:
- Union Avenue bridge final design: A contract with SEH Engineers Inc. to perform final design services for the Union Avenue Bridge Rehabilitation Project was listed for council consideration. The item was discussed as a potential consent item for the Feb. 18 meeting.
- Allen Treatment Plant building improvements and other utility work: The meeting noted a construction management/general contract agreement and building improvements at the Allen Treatment Plant. One item was identified as tied to the water and sewer board and placed on the regular session rather than the study session.
- Energy grant and ARPA funds: Staff said the city will seek approval to apply for a high-efficiency electric heating and appliance grant through the Colorado Energy Office and recommended moving $200,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from a grant-match account to general energy performance contract funds.
- Water financing and loans: Multiple items relate to water financing, including an amendment tied to the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) and matters associated with the Colorado Resources and Power Development Authority water loan. A separate state revolving fund item was also mentioned as likely going on consent.
- Intergovernmental agreements and transportation: Council will be asked to consider amendments to intergovernmental agreements, including one with Englewood Public School District and a second amendment with the Colorado Department of Transportation for the U.S. 285 and South Broadway interchange project.
- Municipal code and municipal governance changes: Proposed ordinances and code updates listed for upcoming meetings include adoption of the 2024 model traffic code (Title 11, Chapter 1 amendments), municipal-code cleanups to reflect department duties and to combine certain city pension/retirement boards, and updates to special funds treatment in the budget code.
- Grants and public-safety funding: Staff listed an item to accept an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and related intergovernmental agreements.
- Development and planning items: The council agenda shows a first reading for a planned-unit development at 401 Englewood Parkway and additional land-use items, including a preliminary hearing for a Global Storage planned unit development in April.
- City center and redevelopment items: Upcoming agendas include presentations on the City Center redevelopment proposal, a resolution to accept property from the Englewood Urban Renewal Authority, and an executive-session discussion about City Center redevelopment.
- Solids Handling Improvements: The meeting included a listed construction-manager/general-contractor (CMGC) agreement for centrifuge construction tied to the solids-handling improvements project.
- Arts contract extension: Deputy City Manager Tim Dodd said Englewood Arts’ contract “expires at the end of this year, so they’re just asking for an extension for another five years.” That extension will appear on a March agenda.
- Recognitions and administrative items: The clerk’s office will add a recognition on Feb. 18 honoring the Englewood finance team for receiving the Government Finance Officers Association distinguished budget presentation award. Several routine consent items — concession agreements, subleases and recurring contracts — were also listed for consideration.
No formal votes or motions were taken during the Feb. 12 meeting; staff and council leadership were reviewing and placing items on upcoming agendas. Several items were tentatively marked for consent, while others were identified for full discussion in regular sessions or separate study sessions.
The meeting concluded with staff confirming items had been entered into the council request system and a reminder that personnel scheduling (HR) may affect timing for judge-salary and other personnel-related agenda items.
