Safety, Housing, Education &  
Homelessness Committee  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, November 13, 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  
24-1432  
Amends a contract with Mile High United Way to add 20  
months for a new end date of 8-31-2026 to administer  
the My Spark program, citywide. No change to contract  
amount (MOEAI-202476130-01/MOEAI-202368717-01).  
Melissa Janiszewski, Angie McPhaul, James Lukens, and  
Erin Thomasen, Office of Children's Affairs  
24-1619  
Amends the Lease Agreement with Quebec Hospitality,  
LLC, by adding $11,592,000 for a new total of  
$17,432,700 and 23 months for a new ending date of  
12-31-25 for the non-congregate navigation center at  
4685 Quebec Street, in Council District 9  
(FINAN-202266264-01/FINAN202474294-01).  
Cole Chandler, Mayor's Office and Department of Housing  
Stability  
Briefings  
24-1628  
All In Mile High Update  
Cole Chandler, Mayor's Office and Department of Housing  
Stability  
Consent Items  
24-1593  
24-1611  
Amends the Denver Revised Municipal Code Section  
14-1409 concerning salary and benefits of county court  
magistrates, citywide.  
Amends a contract with Maple Star Colorado, doing  
business as Clarvida, by adding $175,000 for a new total  
of $1,054,000 and 8 months for a new ending date of  
2-28-2025 to ensure home studies are performed by  
state-trained and certified social workers, and to continue  
providing face-to-face contact visits for children in out of  
home care to ensure children’s wellbeing and safety are  
met, citywide.  
(SoCSV201951-729-00/SOCSV-202475700-05).  
24-1613  
24-1614  
24-1618  
Amends an agreement with U.S. Motel Denver North,  
Inc., by adding one year for a new ending date of  
3-31-2026 and $1,000,000 for a new total of $2,615,000  
to provide units for non-congregate shelter for individuals  
and families when the City’s emergency shelter beds are  
full through the established non-congregate shelter  
program, citywide (202367041/202476685-04).  
Amends a contract with The Empowerment Program, Inc.,  
adding $1,027,324 for a new total of $2,377,324 and  
adding 24 months for a new ending date of 12-31-2026  
to continue to provide trauma informed and gender  
responsive care management services to residential and  
non-residential participants at Project Elevate, in Council  
District 8 (SAFTY-202160054-00/SAFEY-202476316-01).  
Approves a grant agreement with Colorado Department of  
Labor and Employment Office of Economic Security -  
Refugee Services Program for the Unaccompanied  
Refugee Minor (URM/URMP) Program for $2,384,800.93  
to increase better outcomes and services through  
placement payments, URM support and services including  
Independent Living Program costs, emergency cash  
assistance, and City and County of Denver staff costs,  
citywide (SOCSV2024-76830-00).