Englewood City schedules February meeting agendas, sets PUD hearing and bridge contract for council review

At a Jan. 29 mayor–manager meeting, Englewood City officials finalized agendas and presentation times for several February meetings, scheduling a public hearing on a planned unit development at 401 Englewood Parkway and placing a proposed contract award for the Oxford Avenue pedestrian bridge before council.

City staff outlined the calendar for four upcoming meeting dates: a Feb. 3 regular meeting with a study session on utilities environmental and compliance programs, a Feb. 10 study-session docket, a Feb. 18 regular meeting focused on utility billing implementation, and a Feb. 24 study-session night with multiple planning and capital items. Several items were flagged with questions about whether they should be placed on the consent agenda.

The Feb. 3 agenda includes a 20-minute presentation and discussion slot for a study session on utilities' environmental and compliance programs, plus a recognition of recipients of the 2024 sustainability grant program. The meeting will also host a public hearing on a planned unit development (PUD) at 401 Englewood Parkway, submitted by Kimco Development; staff listed a 20-minute presentation slot for that item with no discussion time set at the Jan. 29 planning meeting.

Staff also noted a motion is planned to award a contract to Jalisco International for construction of the Oxford Avenue pedestrian bridge; during the Jan. 29 meeting one participant indicated that item should not be placed on consent. Other items listed for upcoming agendas include ordinance readings (second reading of a traffic code adoption and amendments to Title 11, first-reading municipal code cleanups related to special funds, and a first-reading bill to combine certain city pension retirement boards), an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) accepting an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice grant, and multiple capital and contract items scheduled for later February meetings.

The Feb. 10 study-session docket was set to include a presentation by the Historic Preservation Commission on certified local governments (15 minutes), a strategic plan follow-up (15 minutes), a South Broadway complete streets design update (10 minutes), a one-hour continuation of state housing laws review, and a 15-minute municipal code review.

For Feb. 18 staff listed a study session on utility billing implementation and several consent-question items: final design by SEH engineers for Union Avenue rehabilitation, an early procurement agreement for a capital project (described as a solid/hands improvement project in the transcript), an application to the Colorado Energy Office for a high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant, and other contracts and agreements including a CMGC agreement for space improvements at the service center and a food-and-beverage concession agreement noted for a city facility.

The Feb. 24 study session was described as a long night with multiple items: an Old Hampden Complete Streets design update (30 minutes), a capital improvement plan (CIP) review (45 minutes), a Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce update (10 minutes), the monthly financial report (10 minutes), an Englewood Arts programming report (25 minutes), and a comprehensive plan update (50 minutes).

City staff emphasized scheduling choices would be revisited as additional materials arrive and as department reports are finalized. The meeting ended after brief staff updates and a note that the city is tracking potential impacts from pending litigation over a federal grants pause (see separate item in this package).