City Council, March 31, 2026
Votes on Rezoning at 4211 North Hooker Street (CB 26-0230)
What happened
The Denver City Council's most consequential action was approving a one-year, $150,000 contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. (Council Resolution 26-0246) for a 50-camera automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system on a narrow 7-6 vote, with Council President Sandoval casting t…
- Jurisdiction
- Denver, CO
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- March 31, 2026
- Decisions
- 5 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted
Free sample: decision 1 of 5
Axon ALPR Contract (CR 26-0246)
Approved a one-year, $150,000 agreement with Axon Enterprise Inc. for an automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system with 50 cameras and hardware at roughly 17 locations. Informal RFP with five bids (Axon, Motorola, Flock, others); Axon selected by safety director Al Gardner. Passed 7-6, with President Sandoval the deciding vote. Ayes: Romero Campbell, Alvidrez, Flynn, Hines, Sawyer, Watson, Sandoval. Nays: Lewis, Gilmore, Gonzales Gutierrez, Cashman, Parady, Torres.
- Denver owns and controls all data
- data cannot be used for AI training or sold/transferred to third parties
- 21-day retention policy
- 30-day advance notice of material system changes with opt-in/opt-out
- data barred from federal civil immigration or reproductive health care investigations
- administration commitment not to add cameras or expand contract during the one-year term
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Denver City Council's most consequential action was approving a one-year, $150,000 contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. (Council Resolution 26-0246) for a 50-camera automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system on a narrow 7-6 vote, with Council President Sandoval casting t…
Key Decisions (5)
Axon ALPR Contract (CR 26-0246)
DCG West One LLC construction timeline extension (CR 26-0322)
Rezoning at 4211 North Hooker Street (CB 26-0230)
Utility easement relinquishment at 805 West 38th Avenue (CB 26-0300)
South Platte River drainage agreement amendment (CB 26-0316)
Development Activity (1)
DCG West One Building 3 (Council District 11)
Other
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
Denver is preparing a moratorium on new data center construction…
Sentiment
Council expressed strong reluctance about surveillance technology contracts, split 7-6…
Commercial Demand
A DCG West One project (Building 3) in District 11…
Housing Demand
Council discussion of 'unlocking housing choices' and registered neighborhood organization…
Who Spoke (19)
On the record: the chair, 10 councilmembers, 4 staff members, the clerk, and a witness.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteThis season: 2 of 2 (100%) forecasts called in this county.
17600 East 56th Avenue rezone
3601 North Monaco Street Parkway rezone
2625 East 3rd Avenue rezone
A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for multiple properties in… rezone
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