Health and Safety  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 10:30 AM  
City & County Building, Room 391  
Chair: Darrell Watson, Vice Chair: Amanda Sandoval  
Members: Kevin Flynn, Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Paul Kashmann, Diana Romero Campbell, Jamie  
Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
Action Items  
26-1127  
Amends Article VIII, Division 2 of Chapter 2 of the  
Denver Revised Municipal Code (DRMC) concerning the  
Mayor’s Youth Commission to increase participation,  
representation, and impact of young leaders in Denver.  
Rhett Gutierrez, Office of Children's Affairs  
Ailee Doniger, Anya Sharma, and Nico Franco, Mayor’s  
Youth Commission  
There will be 15 minutes of public comment on item  
26-1127. To sign up to speak visit  
www.denvergov.org/councilpublicinput.  
a) Briefing  
b) Public comment  
c) Discussion/Action  
26-1036  
A bill for an ordinance approving a proposed Agreement  
between the City and County of Denver and Denver  
Health and Hospital Authority, to provide comprehensive  
correctional health care services for people in custody at  
the Denver County Jail and the Downtown Detention  
Center, in Council Districts 8 and 10.  
Approves a contract with Denver Health and Hospital  
Authority for $55,031,460.00 with an end date  
12-31-2028 to provide comprehensive correctional health  
care services for people in custody at the Denver County  
Jail and the Downtown Detention Center, in Council  
Districts 8 and 10 (SHERF-202685097). The last regularly  
scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review  
period is on 8-17-2026. The Committee approved filing  
this item at its meeting on 7-22-2026.  
Sheriff Elias Diggin, Denver Sheriff Department  
Consent Items  
26-1125  
Amends a Revenue Intergovernmental Agreement with  
Regional Transportation District (RTD) to expand the  
services provided by Denver Human Services for  
eligibility determination, application processing, and  
services related to the RTD LiVE Program. No change to  
the capacity or term, citywide  
(SOCSV-202474273/SOCSV-202684832-01).  
26-1126  
Approves a grant agreement with the Executive Office of  
the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy  
(ONDCP), for $860,516.00 with an end date of 3-31-2028  
to support initiatives of the Rocky Mountain High  
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program aiding  
Federal, State, Local and Tribal law enforcement agencies  
operating in areas determined to be critical  
drug-trafficking regions of the United States, citywide  
(POLIC-202685264).  
26-1128  
Amends a contract with Jefferson County Public Health  
(JCPH) to add $241,000.00 for a new total of  
$655,180.98 and to add one year for a new end date of  
6-30-2027 to continue the work of addressing healthy  
food access in the Denver Metro area as part of a regional  
food security strategy, citywide  
(ENVHL-202475653/ENVHL-202684798-02).  
26-1129  
Amends a contract with Barton Institute for Community  
Action, fiscal sponsor of Food Justice Northwest Aurora  
(FJNWA) to add $239,000.00 for a new total of  
$702,000.00 and to add one year for a new end date of  
6-30-2027 to continue the work of addressing healthy  
food access in the Denver Metro area as part of a regional  
food security strategy, citywide  
(ENVHL-202475318/ENVHL-202684791-02).