City Council Study Session - 09 Nov 2026

The City of Englewood City Council study session, held November 10, 2026 (the meeting title lists November 9), covered draft neighborhood conservation overlay rules, strategic-plan performance measures, the affordable housing action plan, ADUs and parking requirements, and several administrative items. No formal votes were recorded on the study-session policy discussions. Staff will revise the neighborhood conservation overlay draft based on council feedback, including a proposed increase in the property-owner support threshold from 65% to 75%; council also questioned the proposed development-pressure criterion. A text amendment may return in early 2027. Council requested additional information before deciding on parking-rule changes near transit, and members supported further neighborhood outreach on removing the ADU prohibition in the Neighborhood Preservation Overlay.

Procurement and funding discussions included the city’s audit-services RFP, which was sent to 75 firms but drew only one response—from the incumbent auditor. Staff said an exception would be needed to extend the auditor for one year while the city prepares another solicitation, and council suggested broader outreach before reissuing it; no award or formal approval was recorded. For strategic-plan performance-measure support, the city’s RFQ received no responses; staff then contacted consultants directly, with a stated $34,000 cap, and received technical assistance from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. The affordable housing program reported securing more than $100,000 in state funding and maintaining eligibility for a larger statewide funding pool described as roughly $300 million annually. Staff also outlined a draft housing plan and ongoing initiatives, including expedited review for qualifying affordable-housing projects, but no new contract award was presented.