Safety, Housing, Education &  
Homelessness Committee  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 10:30 AM  
City & County Building, Council Committee Room, Room 391  
1437 Bannock Street  
Chair: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Vice Chair: Chris Hinds  
Members: Kevin Flynn, Stacie Gilmore, Amanda P. Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
Action Items  
For an ordinance referring a question to the ballot to  
increase the sales and use tax by a rate of 0.50 percent  
and dedicating the revenue derived from the tax rate  
increase to fund affordable housing and related housing  
support services citywide subject to the approval of the  
voters at a special municipal election to be conducted in  
coordination with the state general election on November  
5, 2024.  
Dr. Jamie Rife, Department of Housing Stability  
Consent Items  
Approves Option Letter #3 of the Community Services  
Block Grant award provided by the State of Colorado  
Department of Local Affairs, adding $422,549 for a new  
total of $845,098 to continue assistance with food access  
and reduction of employment barriers, for individuals and  
families living at or below 200% of the federal poverty  
level, citywide. No change to duration  
(SOCSV202472152-00/SOCSV202472152-03).  
Amends a contract with Carfax, Inc., by adding  
$1,600,000 for a new total of $1,925,000 and four years  
for a new ending date of 10-31-2028 to provide  
requested crash reports, citywide  
(POLIC-202474373-01/POLIC-202367102-00).  
Approves a grant agreement with the Colorado  
Department of Human Services for $1,660,696.90 and an  
end date of 6-30-2025 to support early intervention,  
deflection, and redirecting from the criminal justice  
system, as part of the Roads to Recovery programming,  
citywide (ENVHL-202474524).