Votes at a glance: Wheat Ridge council actions on Oct. 28, 2025

The Wheat Ridge City Council approved the following motions, resolutions and ordinances during its Oct. 28, 2025 meeting. Motions listed as "consent" were on the consent agenda and took effect on approval; other items include the motion/ordinance/resolution language when available.

Votes (at a glance):

- Consent: Waiver of city’s right of first refusal related to the sale of Fruitdale School Lofts (consent agenda item 1a). Motion: waive city right of first refusal to allow sale to Foothills Regional Housing. Vote: all ayes, no nays.

- Consent: Resolution 51-2025 — intergovernmental agreement with Mile High Flood District for preliminary design of floodplain and drainage improvements along Clear Creek, from West 40th Avenue to Balsam Street, including responsibilities and funding obligations. Vote: all ayes, no nays.

- Budget adoption: Resolution/Ordinance 52-2025 — adopt the 2026 city budget and appropriate sums to city funds and agencies (budget adoption). Approved as amended; final vote: 8–0. (Amendment: $35,000 to fund cultural-awareness trainings, community-garden strategic planning and tribal-partnership work; amendment passed 6–2.)

- Ordinance adoption: Council Bill 19-2025 — rezone 10285 Ridge Road from A‑1 to MUCTOD to enable a mixed-use affordable housing project (ordinance on second reading). Vote: all ayes, no nays.

- Ordinance adoption: Council Bill 20-2025 — adopt 2024 editions of the International Building Code and related local amendments, with a January 1, 2027 delayed effective date for the townhome sprinkler requirement. Vote: 8–0 (recorded as “8 ayes, no nays”).

- Resolution 53-2025 — levy general property taxes for 2025 to help defray 2026 government costs (mill levy unchanged per TABOR). Vote: all ayes, no nays.

- Resolution 54-2025 — adopt an expedited review policy for affordable housing projects (90-day decision target for qualifying projects). Vote: 8–0.

- Resolution 55-2025 — adopt the Wheat Ridge Parks & Recreation Pathway as the department’s 10‑year master plan. Vote: 8–0.

- Motion — designate State Highway 121 (Wadsworth Boulevard) and State Highway 391 (Kipling Street) between 30th and 50th avenues as automated speed corridors. Vote: 7–1. Council recorded a consensus to delay active enforcement on Wadsworth until no earlier than July 1, 2026.

Notes and next steps: Many items carry implementation steps requiring staff follow up (traffic studies, design and construction agreements, intergovernmental coordination and requests for subsequent site-plan approvals). Several items were approved with explicit direction to staff for additional study or scheduling, including the budget amendment, which requires consultant procurement and a future equity study session.

Ending: Staff will publish adopted documents (budget, ordinances and resolutions) and provide follow-up reports to the council on implementation and any required agreements or permits.