Safety, Housing, Education &  
Homelessness Committee  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, January 22, 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  
All In Mile High Update  
Cole Chandler, Department of Housing Stability; Tristan  
Sanders, Department of Public Health and Environment;  
and Emily Berger, Department of Economic Development  
and Opportunity  
Consent Items  
Amends The Salvation Army Lambuth Center contract to  
add an additional $394,372 for a new total of $1,627,488  
and extends the contract by an additional 12 months and a  
new end date of 12/21/2025 to support shelter operations,  
as well as provide longer term support for households to  
transition into permanent housing, citywide  
(HOST-202476839-03).  
Approves a contract with The Reciprocity Collective for  
$723,740.80 with an end date of 12-31-25 to provide case  
management, participant support, and program  
development for the Roads to Recovery program, citywide  
(ENVHL-202477395).  
Amends a service agreement with Volunteers of America  
Colorado Branch to add $601,829.00 for a new total of  
$2,409,145.00 and add one year for a new end date of  
12-31-25 to provide operational and programmatic support  
at the Sinton’s Sanctuary day and evening shelter for  
women and women veterans experiencing homelessness,  
citywide (HOST-202057242/HOST-202477481-02).  
Approves a contract with the Colorado Coalition for the  
Homeless (CCH) for a total award amount of  
$3,000,000.00 with an end date of 12-31-25 for the  
Denver Street Outreach Collaborative (DSOC) to provide  
outreach services to people experiencing unsheltered  
homelessness throughout the City and County of Denver,  
citywide (HOST-202477529).  
Amends a contract with The Gathering Place (TGP) to add  
one month at the beginning of the term for a new term of  
07-01-24 - 12-31-25 to reimburse for expended costs  
associated with providing site operations and services for  
transgender and non-binary people, and women located at  
the mutually agreed upon micro-community site, in  
Council District 10. No change to contract amount.  
(HOST-202476000/HOST-202477533-01).  
Amends a contract with Bayaud Enterprises Inc. to add  
$746,900.00 for a new total of $3,692,900.00 and add one  
year for a new end date of 12-31-25 to support the Denver  
Day Works Program (DDW) and provide participant wages  
and support, staff salaries, and program operations,  
citywide (HOST-202057225/HOST-202477480-05).  
Amends a service agreement with Bayaud Enterprises, Inc.  
to add $1,000,000.00 for a new total of $2,655,000.00  
and add 15 months for a new end date of 03-31-2026 to  
provide staffing and operational services of emergency  
cold-weather shelters, citywide  
(HOST-202158828/HOST-202477375-04).  
Amends a service agreement with The Denver Rescue  
Mission to add $10,000,000 for a new total of  
$19,349,448.00 and add one year for a new end date of  
12-31-2025 to provide shelter and programming services  
to adult men experiencing homelessness, citywide  
(HOST-202370650/HOST-202477376-01).  
Amends a contract with Bluff Mercy, LLC to add  
$300,000.00 for a new total of $1,500,000.00 and add one  
year for a new end date of 12-31-2025 to provide  
permanent supportive housing services, rental subsidy and  
supportive services for 31 units at Mercy Housing’s Bluff  
Lake property, in Council District 8  
(HOST-202057233/HOST-202477258-03).  
Amends a grant agreement with La Raza Services Inc.,  
doing business as Servicios de La Raza, by updating  
Exhibit B to reflect changes in the agreement expenditures  
to support food access for youth and their families as well  
enrollment in federal food assistance programs, as funded  
by the Healthy Food for Denver’s Kids Initiative, located at  
3131 West 14th Avenue in Council District 3. No change to  
contract amount or duration.  
(ENVHL-202368597-00/ENVHL-202477176-01).  
Amends a contract with Sierra Detention Systems Inc. to  
add $2,800,000.00 for a new total of $13,040,902.80 and  
add two years for a new end date of 12-31-2026 to  
continue maintenance and support of essential video  
surveillance, access control, and duress alarms equipment  
services at the Denver Sheriff Department and Court  
facilities, in Council Districts 8 and 10  
(SHERF-201103350-04/SHERF-202477356).