Proposal Development FAQs
Far Northeast (Montbello, Gateway-Green Valley Ranch, DIA)
East (South Park Hill, Hale, Montclair, East Colfax)
East Central (North Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill, City Park West, Cheesman Park, City Park, Congress Park)
- Feasibility (can the project be clearly implemented under process guidelines, city requirements, and City capacity?)
- Need (how urgent is the issue the project idea intends to address?)
- Impact (how many people will the project idea benefit? how meaningful will that impact be?)
- Equity & Diversity
- Inclusion
- Trust
- Accountability
- Accessibility
- Conducting an initial feasibility review to flag any projects that the City will be clearly unable to implement
- Support the development of scoring criteria that can ensure only projects that make it to the proposal development phase and onto the ballot can indeed be built by the City
- Answer questions and provide information to Budget Delegates as requested during the scoring and proposal-building process
- Review draft project proposals to resolve any outstanding feasibility or implementation concerns
Who can participate as a Budget Delegate?
To serve as Budget Delegate in one of the pilot focus neighborhoods, you must live or go to school in that area.
To serve as a Budget Delegate in any other Denver neighborhood, you must live or go to school in Denver.
What would I be committing to as a Budget Delegate?
The time commitment for Budget Delegates will be about 1.5 - 3 hours per week from August through mid-to-late-September. Budget Delegates are expected to attend one meeting per week during this period and might sometimes have light "homework" between meetings.
What criteria will be used to determine which ideas end up on the ballot?
Budget Delegates typically assess and score ideas based on:
In addition, Budget Delegates (in coordination with the City) will consider ways of converting the values and goals the Community Steering Committee established for this pilot participatory budgeting process into additional criteria. Those values and goals are the following:
What role will City staff play in the Proposal Development process?
City staff, representing key departments and agencies with relevant expertise, will play a supporting role throughout the Proposal Development process.
Participating City staff will support Budget Delegates throughout the Proposal Development process by: