Safety, Housing, Education &  
Homelessness Committee  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 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  
Briefings  
25-0850  
Briefing from The Gathering Place  
Heather Beck and Christian Nesbitt, The Gathering Place  
25-0851  
Denver Human Services Systemic, Therapeutic,  
Assessment, Resources, and Treatment (START) Program  
Consent Items  
25-0828  
Amends a contract with Colorado Health Network to add  
$2,006,067.58 for a new total of $3,006,767.61 and add  
two (2) years for a new end date of 12-31-2026 to expand  
its harm reduction program, Access Point, meeting the  
increased demand for services at its facility and expand its  
reach in the community through mobile outreach, citywide  
(ENVHL-202370724-00/ENVHL-202475908-01).  
25-0830  
Approves an agreement with Brother’s Redevelopment,  
Inc. for $1,050,000.00 with an end date of 12-31-2025 to  
administer American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the  
Temporary Rental and Utility Assistance (TRUA) program  
that will serve an estimated total of 140 unduplicated  
households, citywide (HOST-202579650).  
25-0831  
25-0832  
Amends a service agreement with Bayaud Works, LLC to  
add $600,000.00 for a new total of $3,255,000.00 to  
continue providing shelter operations and staffing support  
at emergency shelters during inclement weather events.  
No change to service agreement length, citywide  
(HOST-202158828/HOST-202579804-05).  
Amends a service agreement with Bayaud Works LLC to  
add $200,000.00 for a new total of $1,700,000.00 to  
continue providing shelter operations and services for  
people experiencing homelessness at the Stay Inn  
Micro-Community. No change to service agreement length,  
in Council District 8  
(HOST-202577884/HOST-202579803-01).  
25-0833  
Amends an Intergovernmental Agreement with Regents of  
the University of Colorado Children’s Hospital  
Immunodeficiency Program to add $156,334.00 for a new  
total of $700,339.00 and add twelve (12) months for a  
new end date of 2-28-2026 to provide care, treatment,  
and supportive services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS  
in the Denver Transitional Grant Area (TGA), citywide  
(ENVHL-202368150-00/ENVHL-202578059-04).  
25-0846  
25-0848  
Amends a contract with Savio House to add $293,352.00  
for a new total of $696,218.00 and to add Denver  
Collaborative Partnership (DCP) services that will provide  
direct client contact, resource development, supportive  
services, and the ability to mitigate safety concerns and  
secure safety in homes. No change to contract length,  
citywide (SOCSV-202473917/SOCSV-202579469-01).  
Approves a contract with National Medical Services, Inc.  
(NMS) for $3,322,000.00 and five years, beginning  
1-1-2026 to 12-31-2030 for the Office of the Medical  
Examiner (OME) for toxicology testing on postmortem  
samples and for the Denver Police Department (DPD)  
Crime Lab for crime investigation sample testing, citywide  
(202579044-00).