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The Denver Municipal Animal Shelter is part of the “Building a Better Denver” Bond Program approved by voters in November 2007. The Shelter plays an important role in human and animal health, safety and welfare in the Denver Metro area. DMAS is the primary facility for lost, unwanted abandoned, abused and long-term “hold” animals and serves as the impound facility, housing animals with police holds, court holds, bite quarantines, evictions and other holds. The broad responsibility results in animals such as snakes, alligators, monkeys, badgers, exotic birds and other species being housed at DMAS for extended periods.
Due to extensive experience at the Denver Zoo, Parks & Gardens was contacted by Animal Arts to provide site planning and landscape design services in conjunction with new facility design. There are several mitigating factors impacting the site, located adjacent to the Platte River on South Bayaud Street. The site is contaminated by the byproducts of chemical processes and requires the construction of cap to keep the chemical contamination isolated and prevent leakage into the watershed. Based on prior experience coordinating with engineering firms on similar projects, Parks & Gardens is collaborating with team engineers and City Staff to design and locate the cap in a manner the allows for thoughtful solutions to pedestrian and vehicular circulation as well as exterior uses associated with the facility. The construction budget for the Denver Municipal Animal Shelter is estimated to be $10-$12 million dollars. Construction is scheduled for 2010.
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