Health and Safety  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 10:30 AM  
City & County Building, Room 391  
Chair: Darrell Watson, Vice Chair: Kevin Flynn  
Members: Serena Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Sarah Parady, Amanda Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie  
Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
Briefings  
25-1512  
Briefing from the Office of Municipal Public Defender  
Colette Tvedt, Chief Municipal Public Defender  
Consent Items  
25-1485  
Amends a contract agreement with Denver Public Schools  
to add 6 months for a new end date of 6-30-2027 to  
maintain two, 1.0 FTE positions that are tasked with  
being dispatched to schools on an as-needed basis to  
provide support to students who are at the beginning  
stages of substance misuse. No change to contract  
amount, citywide  
(ENVHL-202370553/ENVHL-202580518-02).  
25-1495  
Approves a grant award from the State of Colorado  
Department of Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, Office  
of Victim Programs in the amount of $1,000,000.00 made  
available through the Federal Victim of Crime Act with an  
end date of 9-30-2026 to support the DA’s Crime Victim  
Compensation program, citywide (DATTY-202581664).  
25-1500  
Approves Property Access Agreement with Public Service  
Company of Colorado (PSCo) for one year for the purpose  
of evaluating the Property for planning purposes in  
connection with the City’s effort to develop, construct,  
and use a Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facility at the  
City-owned Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site (DADS)  
(ESEQD-202579904).  
25-1503  
Amends a grant agreement with Colorado Dept. Public  
Health & Environment by adding $494,899.00 for total of  
$532,355.00 for CORE IMM funding to continue to reduce  
and eliminate vaccine preventable diseases in Colorado  
by increasing and maintaining immunization coverage. No  
change to the contract term, citywide  
(ENVHL-202578705/ENVHL-202578705-01).