Englewood staff set council and study-session agendas, reserve several items for board review

Englewood City staff on Feb. 5 finalized agenda timing and placement for upcoming council and study sessions, allocating presentation and discussion windows and marking several infrastructure and utility items for separate Board review or fuller discussion.

City Manager Sean Lewis and other staff discussed time estimates and scheduling for a range of items including a Feb. 10 study session on certified local government procedures, municipal code cleanup review, a strategic plan review, a South Broadway Complete Streets design update, and a state housing laws overview. Staff set presentation lengths and discussion timeframes to guide council packets and public notice.

The meeting also reviewed several items scheduled for regular council consent or separate hearings. Staff recommended placing the Colorado Energy Office appliance-grant application and a food-and-beverage concessionaire agreement on consent. By contrast, proposals tied to water and sewer operations or board jurisdiction — including the Union Avenue/Union Half Bridge rehabilitation design-contract resolution, construction management agreements for the solids-handling improvements project, and a drinking water SRF loan amendment — were identified to go to the Water and Sewer Board rather than appear on council consent.

Council staff flagged a proposed transfer of $200,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from a grant-match account into the general energy performance contract after the city did not receive an anticipated grant. Staff indicated that council approval would be needed to reassign the ARPA funding.

Other items noted for upcoming council consideration include: - First reading of a planned-unit-development (PUD) at 401 Englewood Parkway (first reading; not consent). - CB 7, a municipal-code cleanup to update department duties (first reading was scheduled but may move to March pending Parks Department input). - CB 2, second reading of 2024 Model Traffic Code amendments to Title 11 (scheduled for March). - A second amendment to the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) for the U.S. 285/Broadway interchange to clean up the budget; staff characterized this as a follow-up to an item council previously approved to release funds. - Consideration of a proposed sister-city partnership with a municipality in Germany (transcript: “Bellum, Germany”); staff anticipated some council questions could pull that item from consent. - Acceptance of an Edward Brand Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (CB 5 IGA).

Staff reviewed the calendar through March, noting a March 3 presentation by the city center developer and a March 10 study session that could include a technology-plan presentation and a discussion of the process for setting the municipal judge’s salary. March agendas also tentatively include drainage and sales-tax-code items, South Broadway design guidelines, and other capital project updates.

City staff committed to follow up with departments that had provided inconsistent time estimates and to adjust agenda placement where items require Water and Sewer Board review or additional department edits. Staff also noted they would circulate a legal memorandum on a separate topic to council around Feb. 15.

The meeting concluded without any formal council votes; the session functioned to prepare upcoming public agendas and to direct staff on item placement and timing.