Health and Safety  
Minutes  
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 10:00 AM  
Chair: Darrell Watson, Vice Chair: Kevin Flynn  
Members: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sarah Parady, Amanda Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie  
Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
12 -  
Present  
Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Watson, Alvidrez,  
Kashmann, Gilmore, Romero Campbell, Lewis  
Action Items  
26-0328  
Amends Chapters 1, 34, and 38 of the DRMC to revise the criminal  
penalties for municipal crimes.  
A motion offered by Council member Parady, duly seconded by Council member  
Sawyer, that Council Bill 26-0328 be postponed to a date certain, carried by the  
following vote:  
7 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Watson  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
Consent Items  
26-0488  
Amends a grant agreement with Colorado Nonprofit Development Center  
dba Harm Reduction Action Center to add $239,375.00 for a new total of  
$968,127.00 and to add 3 months for a new end date of 12-31-2026 to  
continue 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-202473486/ENVHL-202582497-02).  
Council Resolution 26-0488 was approved by consent.  
26-0489  
26-0490  
Approves a contract with La Clinica Tepeyac for $918,771.00 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-202683996).  
Council Resolution 26-0489 was approved by consent.  
Amends a grant agreement with Hunger Free Colorado to amend Exhibit B  
in the contract to provide federal nutrition assistance enrollment as funded  
by the Healthy Food for Denver’s Kids Initiative, citywide  
(ENVHL-202580280/ENVHL-202683831-01).  
Council Resolution 26-0490 was approved by consent.  
26-0491  
26-0492  
Approves a contract with La Raza Services, Inc., dba Servicios de La  
Raza, Inc. for $1,083,647.00 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-202683937).  
Council Resolution 26-0491 was approved by consent.  
Approves an intergovernmental agreement with University of Colorado  
Hospital Authority (UCHA) for $4,619,050.00 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-202683897).  
Council Bill 26-0492 was approved by consent.