Health and Safety  
Minutes  
Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 10:30 AM  
Chair: Darrell Watson, Vice Chair: Kevin Flynn  
Members: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sarah Parady, Amanda Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie  
Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
5 - Flynn, Parady, Sawyer, Watson, Kashmann  
3 - Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sandoval, Torres  
Present  
Absent  
Action Items  
26-0852  
Amends Chapter 11 and Chapter 32 of the Denver Revised Municipal  
Code (DRMC) repealing outdated provisions of the regulations around  
child care establishments and to align with State law and regulations.  
A motion offered by Vice Chair Flynn, duly seconded by Council member Parady,  
that Council Bill 26-0852 be approved for filing, carried by the following vote:  
4 - Flynn, Parady, Sawyer, Watson  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
3 - Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sandoval, Torres  
Absent:  
Consent Items  
26-0832  
Amends a grant agreement with Colorado Health Network Inc. to add  
$156,749.00 for a new total of $595,247.00 and to add 3 months for a new  
end date of 12-31-2026 to provide behavioral health services, and syringe  
access services including supplies, education, wound care, sharps  
disposal, overdose prevention, naloxone distribution, and referrals to social  
support and healthcare services, citywide  
(ENVHL-202472973/ENVHL-202683896-03).  
Council Resolution 26-0832 was approved by consent.  
26-0833  
Amends a contract with Colorado Health Network by rolling over  
$173,173.15 of unspent Year 2 funds to the Year 3 Budget to address  
barriers to behavioral health and healthcare including substance use  
treatment services that people who use drugs are experiencing. No change  
to contract term or capacity, citywide  
(ENVHL-202370725/ENVHL-202683657-02).  
Council Resolution 26-0833 was approved by consent.  
26-0850  
26-0863  
Amends a contract with Second Chance Center Inc. by adding three  
months for a new end date of 9-30-2026 to provide a high intensity team of  
care management specialists to serve people with serious mental illness or  
severe and persistent mental illness, citywide. No change to contract  
capacity, citywide (ENVHL-202472271/ENVHL-202684850-01).  
Council Resolution 26-0850 was approved by consent.  
Approves an intergovernmental agreement with Denver Health and  
Hospital Authority for $4,940,660.00 with an end date of 2-28-2031 to  
provide care, treatment, and supportive services to individuals living with  
HIV/AIDS in the Denver Transitional Grant Area (TGA), citywide  
(ENVHL-202683915).  
Council Bill 26-0863 was approved by consent.