Land Use, Transportation &  
Infrastructure Committee  
Minutes  
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 1:30 PM  
Chair: Darrell Watson, Vice-Chair: Paul Kashmann  
Members: Flor Alvidrez, Chris Hinds, Sarah Parady, Amanda P. Sandoval, Jamie Torres  
Staff: Luke Palmisano  
Attendance  
6 - Watson, Kashmann, Hinds, Parady, Sandoval, Romero Campbell  
2 - Alvidrez, Torres  
Present:  
Absent:  
Action Items  
25-0735  
Approves an ordinance amending Section 10-16 of the DRMC to adopt the  
2024 series of national building and fire codes and to substantially reduce  
the volume of Denver-specific amendments thereto, citywide.  
A motion offered by Council member Sandoval, duly seconded by Council  
member Parady, that Council Bill 25-0735 be approved for filing, carried by the  
following vote:  
5 - Watson, Kashmann, Hinds, Parady, Sandoval  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
2 - Alvidrez, Torres  
Absent:  
25-0684  
Approves the Modernizing Parking Requirements text amendment to the  
Denver Zoning Code, citywide.  
A motion offered by Council member Parady, duly seconded by Council member  
Hinds, that Council Bill 25-0684 be approved for filing, carried by the following  
vote:  
5 - Watson, Kashmann, Hinds, Parady, Sandoval  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
2 - Alvidrez, Torres  
Absent:  
25-0685  
Approves the Modernizing Parking Requirements’ Former Chapter 59  
Bridge Amendment to the Denver Revised Municipal Code, citywide.  
A motion offered by Council member Parady, duly seconded by Council member  
Hinds, that Council Bill 25-0685 be approved for filing, carried by the following  
vote:  
5 - Watson, Kashmann, Hinds, Parady, Sandoval  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
2 - Alvidrez, Torres  
Absent:  
25-0686  
Approves the Modernizing Parking Requirements’ text amendment to  
Chapter 27 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code, citywide.  
A motion offered by Council member Parady, duly seconded by Council member  
Hinds, that Council Bill 25-0686 be approved for filing, carried by the following  
vote:  
5 - Watson, Kashmann, Hinds, Parady, Sandoval  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
2 - Alvidrez, Torres  
Absent:  
Consent Items  
25-0727  
Amends an Intergovernmental Agreement with Urban Drainage and Flood  
Control District d/b/a Mile High Flood District to add $740,000.00 in city  
funds and $750,000.00 in MHFD funds for a new agreement total of  
$1,600,000.00 for the design and construction of flood control  
improvements at Harvard Gulch and pedestrian bridge replacement at  
DeBoer Park, in Council District 6. No change to the contract length  
(PARKS-202473926-01/PARKS-202579336-01).  
Council Bill 25-0727 was approved by consent  
25-0729  
25-0736  
Approves a contract with M.A. MORTENSON COMPANY for  
$5,501,665.00 and NTP + 466 days to replace existing seating, titling  
system, and their integration components at the Ellie Caulkins Opera  
House, in Council District 10 (DOTI-202476770).  
Council Resolution 25-0729 was approved by consent  
Dedicates two City-owned parcels of land as Public Right-of-Way as 1)  
Public Alley, bounded by West 8th Avenue, North Fox Street, West 9th  
Avenue, and North Galapago Street, and 2) Public Alley, bounded by West  
8th Avenue, North Fox Street, West 9th Avenue, and North Galapago  
Street, in Council District 3.  
Council Resolution 25-0736 was approved by consent  
25-0737  
25-0740  
Dedicates two City-owned parcels of land as Public Right-of-Way as 1)  
East Iliff Avenue, located at the intersection of East Iliff Avenue and South  
Dahlia Street, and 2) South Dahlia Street, located at the intersection of  
East Iliff Avenue and South Dahlia Street, in Council District 4.  
Council Resolution 25-0737 was approved by consent  
Approves an Ordinance to vacate a portion of alley bounded by West 29th  
Avenue, North Firth Court, North Speer Boulevard, and North Bryant Street,  
with reservations, in Council District 1.  
Council Bill 25-0740 was approved by consent  
25-0741  
Grants a revocable permit, subject to certain terms and conditions, to  
Yeshiva Toras Chaim-Talmudical Seminary-Denver, their successors and  
assigns, to encroach into the right-of-way with a six (6) foot tall black  
ornamental fence and eight (8) foot tall chain link fence at 1555 North Stuart  
Street, in Council District 3.  
Council Resolution 25-0741 was approved by consent