City and County of Denver - File #: 19-1177

• File #: 19-1177
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/22/2019
• In control: Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee
• On agenda: 11/12/2019
• Final action: 11/18/2019
• Title: A bill for an ordinance creating the office of climate action, sustainability, and resiliency. Amends Chapter 2 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to create a new Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency and makes conforming code changes to transfer responsibilities for related programs to the new office. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 12-2-19. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-6-19.
• Indexes: Emily Lapel

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/19/2019	1	Mayor	signed
11/19/2019	1	Council President	signed
11/18/2019	1	City Council	placed upon final consideration and do pass	Pass
11/12/2019	1	City Council	ordered published on first reading	Pass
11/6/2019	1	Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee	approved for filing	Pass

Other/Miscellaneous Request Template (Appointments; ROW; Code Changes; Zoning Action, etc.)

Date Submitted: 10-22-19

Requesting Agency: Mayor's Office/City Council
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name:

Name: Skye Stuart & Jolon Clark
Email: skye.stuart@denvergov.org

Item Title & Description:
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These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
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A bill for an ordinance creating the office of climate action, sustainability, and resiliency.
Amends Chapter 2 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to create a new Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency and makes conforming code changes to transfer responsibilities for related programs to the new office. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 12-2-19. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-6-19.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
The Mayor's Office and City Council are working in partnership to create a new office, headed by a Mayoral appointee who will directly advise the Mayor, to act with urgency to mitigate climate change, address climate resiliency and sustainability actions for the city. The office will focus on science-based strategies and alignment with recommendations from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan...