Community Planning and  
Housing  
Minutes  
Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1:00 PM  
Chair: Sarah Parady, Vice Chair: Diana Romero Campbell  
Members: Flor Alvidrez, Shontel Lewis, Amanda Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie Torres  
Staff: Luke Palmisano  
Attendance  
8 - Alvidrez, Lewis, Romero Campbell, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Parady, Watson  
Present  
Action Items  
Approves a contract with The Community Firm (TCF) dba Community  
Economic Defense Project (CEDP) for $3,731,922.00 with an end date of  
12-31-2028 to provide funding for the provision of the Housing Central  
Command (HCC) Navigation program for people experiencing unsheltered  
homelessness in the City and County of Denver, citywide  
(HOST-202582041).  
A motion offered by Council member Sawyer, duly seconded by Council member  
Torres, that Council Resolutions 25-2152 through 25-2154 be approved for filing in  
a block, carried by the following vote:  
7 - Alvidrez, Lewis, Romero Campbell, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Parady  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
Approves a contract with Housing Connector for $9,581,406.00 with an  
end date of 12-31-2028 to provide funding for the provision of Rent Payor  
and Unit Acquisition for the Housing Central Command program  
supporting people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, citywide  
(HOST-202582073).  
A motion offered by Council member Sawyer, duly seconded by Council member  
Torres, that Council Resolutions 25-2152 through 25-2154 be approved for filing in  
a block, carried by the following vote:  
7 - Alvidrez, Lewis, Romero Campbell, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Parady  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
Approves a contract with The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH)  
for $6,448,595.00 with an end date of 12-31-2028 to provide funding for  
the provision of the Housing Central Command (HCC) Stabilization project,  
with the purpose of supporting clients formerly experiencing homelessness  
in ongoing stability beyond the period of subsidized rental assistance and  
case management, citywide (HOST-202582072).  
A motion offered by Council member Sawyer, duly seconded by Council member  
Torres, that Council Resolutions 25-2152 through 25-2154 be approved for filing in  
a block, carried by the following vote:  
7 - Alvidrez, Lewis, Romero Campbell, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Parady  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
Approves a map amendment to rezone property from S-MU-3 to S-MX-3,  
located at 12150 E. Andrews Drive in the Montbello Neighborhood, in  
Council District 8.  
A motion offered by Council member Lewis, duly seconded by Council member  
Sawyer, that Council Bill 26-0001 be approved for filing, carried by the following  
vote:  
7 - Alvidrez, Lewis, Romero Campbell, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Parady  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
Approves a map amendment to rezone property located at 1620, 1625,  
1675 East 35th Avenue, 3532, 3580 North Franklin Street & 3558 North  
Gilpin Street from R-MU-20 with waivers and PUD 534 to PUD-G 38 in the  
Cole Neighborhood, in Council District 9.  
A motion offered by Council member Lewis, duly seconded by Council member  
Sawyer, that Council Bill 25-1069 be approved for filing, carried by the following  
vote:  
7 - Alvidrez, Lewis, Romero Campbell, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Parady  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
Consent Items  
For an ordinance amending the effective date of adopted ordinance no.  
20250854, which amended Article IX of Chapter 10 of the DRMC to  
increase penalties and to clarify and expand enforcement mechanisms and  
legal requirements related to neglected and derelict properties from  
February 1, 2026 to August 1, 2026, citywide.  
Council Bill 26-0007 was approved by consent.