Jeffco Public School Board President Michelle Applegate will provide an overview of the district’s current priorities, student performance outcomes, fiscal challenges, and potential revenue-generation strategies being evaluated for future ballot consideration. Key themes highlighted in the presentation will include: • The district’s strategic vision and priority areas focused on students, staff, operations, and community partnerships. • Recent academic and operational results, such as increases in graduation rates, career and technical education participation, and early literacy performance. • Ongoing financial pressures, including rising personnel costs, declining enrollment, and the expiration of pandemic relief funding. • A review of the broader school funding landscape, including the structure of state and local revenue sources and Jeffco’s position relative to other Front Range districts. • Potential mill levy override and bond options the district may pursue, along with the anticipated timeline for community engagement and Board of Education action leading up to the November 2026 election. This study session will allow Council to receive a high-level briefing on Jeffco’s current conditions and long-term planning efforts, and to discuss how the district’s initiatives align with and impact the Wheat Ridge community.

The owner of the property at 3338 Depew Street is requesting approval of a zone change from Residential-Three (R-3) to Residential-One C (R-1C). The zone change will result in zoning that encourages investment in the site and will enable the existing land use to become more conforming with the zoning.

The City continues to face significant capital infrastructure needs, including but not limited to transportation improvements, parks and recreation facilities, public facilities, and deferred maintenance across multiple asset categories. Current revenues are insufficient to fund the scale of investment required to address these needs within existing timelines. Given these funding challenges, Council will hold a Capital Improvement and Financial Feasibility Planning Workshop on April 11th to evaluate the political and economic viability of specific revenue tools. This staff memorandum summarizes the importance of robust engagement processes and past efforts by the City to conduct scientific voter polling and other community engagement strategies to measure residents' priorities, willingness to support a ballot measure, and preferences regarding project scope.

City Council requested that the Parks & Recreation Department provide a study session presentation regarding the urban tree canopy in Wheat Ridge. Specifically, Council expressed interest in understanding the current condition of the city’s tree canopy and the strategies the City is using to protect, maintain, and expand it.

Colorado House Bill 25-1112 empowers local authorities in Colorado to enforce vehicle registration laws, enabling them to issue penalties for unregistered vehicles within their jurisdictions. This ordinance was modeled to incorporate elements of the new law for enforcement within the City.

A request for approval of a zone change from Residential-Three (R-3) to Residential-One C (R-1C) for a single-unit dwelling at 3338 Depew Street.

The purpose of this staff report is to request City Council consideration and approval of an Agreement for the Exchange of Land between the City of Wheat Ridge and The LLC, LLC (the “Redeveloper”) for the exchange of: • The portion of the City-owned property at 7500 W. 29th Avenue currently occupied by the municipal building (the “Existing Civic Center Site”), and • Approximately 4.5 acres located on the north end of the 89-acre Lutheran Legacy Campus (the “New Civic Center Site”). This agreement establishes the terms and conditions under which the City would acquire property at the Lutheran Legacy Campus for a new municipal facility. This structure allows the City to reposition its City Hall without a direct land purchase.

On February 23, 2026, staff presented city council with a potential list of sidewalk gap projects to be designed and funded by the 2J Next Chapter Bond Fund. The list of projects to be completed in this initial phase has been modified and additional work added following city council feedback. The purpose of this contract is to begin design on seven street segments and two HAWK signals identified on the February 23rd study session.

Consensus was reached by City Council at the February 23, 2026, Council Meeting to add a discussion to the March 2nd study session concerning a second round of the Wadsworth Business Grant Program

The purpose of the February 9 special study session is to provide the Mayor and City Council with an update on the 2J sidewalk gap projects and to seek Council support to advance the first six segments, at an estimated cost of approximately $12 million.

The City Council is asked to consider a resolution affirming the City of Wheat Ridge’s commitment to human dignity, civil rights protections, constitutional guarantees, and maintaining community trust and public safety.

City Council has requested updates to several animal-related provisions in the Municipal Code. Two of those provisions affect the Zoning Code; one related to swine and one related to roosters. The item under consideration is to amend Chapter 26, Zoning and Development, of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws to update the small animal requirements for residential properties.

The purpose of the February 9 special study session is to provide the Mayor and Council with an update on the city’s proposed approach to advancing reuse and redevelopment of the former Kullerstrand and Wilmore Davis Elementary School properties. This memo summarizes recent history, the draft Request for Interest (RFI), and anticipated next steps.

The Legislative Committee has recommended that the City Council consider the adoption of the 2026 Legislative Agenda.

The enclosed survey is the ninth iteration of the City’s resident survey.

Charles Abbott Associates, Inc. (CAA) provides contractual Building Division services for the city. Payment to CAA occurs monthly and is based on permit-related revenues. The 2025 budget approved $868,000 for building division services; however, actual permit activity exceeded estimates resulting in higher contract expenses. This resolution amends the 2025 budget to reconcile revenues and expenses and to allow payment of year-end invoices.

This study session agenda item is at the request of Councilmember Snell with consensus from City Council to discuss and consider actions items to gain an understanding of the needs in the Wheat Ridge community through the implementation of an equity audit.

As a part of its relationship with Lutheran Hospital (operated by Exempla at the old campus and currently by Intermountain Health at the new campus), the City has maintained agreements defining and quantifying the number of sales and use taxes paid to the City. These agreements have been amended multiple times to address changing conditions but have always established a total payment amount and schedule. This mechanism has benefited both parties by making the administration of sales and use tax as applicable to a complex operation administratively streamlined. The parties have again revised the Agreement to address both the provider's legal name change and, importantly, the relocation of the main hospital while retaining some hospital functions at the old campus.

This memo provides a briefing on the City’s Legislative Advocacy Program and presents a draft of the 2026 Legislative Agenda. Council is asked to provide feedback on the document and to consider reaching consensus to bring it forward for adoption at a future Council meeting.

A request for approval of a Specific Development Plan (SDP) to redevelop Lot 1 of the site for 28 RV parking spaces on a property zoned Planned Commercial Development (PCD) and located at 11600 West 44th Avenue.