Safety, Housing, Education

& Homelessness Committee

Minutes

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 10:00 AM

Chair: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Vice Chair Sarah Parady

Members: Kevin Flynn, Stacie Gilmore, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie Torres, Darrell Watson

Staff: Anne Wallace

Attendance

10 -

Present:

Flynn, Gilmore, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson, Alvidrez,

Kashmann, Romero Campbell

Action Items

Approves a contract with Housing Connector for $5,000,000 and an end

date of 5-31-2026 to support the All In Mile high initiative through housing

navigation and lease up coordination, while also distributing time-limited

move-in financial assistance and rental subsidies for 250 households

transitioning from encampments to permanent housing, citywide

(HOST-202473776).

A motion offered by Council member Watson, duly seconded by Council member

Sawyer, that Council Resolution 24-0676 be approved for filing, carried by the

following vote:

6 - Flynn, Gilmore, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sawyer, Torres, Watson

Aye:

Nay:

1 - Parady

Absent:

Briefings

Prevention Programs for Youth in Denver Briefing

Consent Items

Block Vote

A motion offered to approve the following items en bloc, carried by the following

vote:

7 - Flynn, Gilmore, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson

Aye:

Nay:

Approves a contract with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless for

$1,000,000 and through 12-31-26 to address gaps in behavioral health

services with additional staff, a technology upgrade, and staff training,

citywide (ENVHL-202472978).

A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0595 be approved by consent en

bloc, carried by the following vote:

7 - Flynn, Gilmore, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson

Aye:

Nay: