Safety, Housing, Education  
& Homelessness Committee  
Minutes  
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 10:30 AM  
Chair: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Vice Chair Sarah Parady  
Members: Kevin Flynn, Stacie Gilmore, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie Torres, Darrell Watson  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
9 -  
Present:  
Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson, Alvidrez, Kashmann,  
Romero Campbell  
1 - Gilmore  
Absent:  
Action Items  
24-0265  
Amends a contract with La Raza Services, Inc., doing business as  
Servicios de La Raza, by adding $2,300,000 for a new total of $4,600,000  
and 10 months for a new end date of 12-31-24 to continue to provide  
culturally appropriate community engagement services to recipients of the  
Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program, citywide  
(ENVHL-202472789-02/202264337-02).  
A motion offered by Council member Flynn, duly seconded by Council member  
Sawyer, that Council Resolution 24-0265 be approved for filing, carried by the  
following vote:  
5 - Flynn, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Gilmore  
Absent:  
Abstain:  
1 - Gonzales-Gutierrez  
Consent Items  
Block Vote  
Block Vote  
A motion offered to approve the following items en bloc, carried by the following  
vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
1 - Gilmore  
Absent:  
24-0226  
Amends a contract with It Takes A Village, Inc. by adding $265,420 for a  
new total of $566,771 and one year for a new end date of 02-28-2025 to  
provide care, treatment, and supportive services to individuals living with  
HIV/AIDS in the Denver Transitional Grant Area (TGA), citywide  
(202472183-02).  
A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0226 be approved by consent en  
bloc, carried by the following vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Gilmore  
Absent:  
24-0266  
Approves the loan agreement with SCI-Capitol City, LLC. in the amount of  
$2,600,000 to assist with the acquisition of the Property, which will operate  
as a mobile home park with sixty (60) mobile home spaces being used as  
affordable housing units, in Council District 3 (HOST-202472389).  
A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0266 be approved by consent en  
bloc, carried by the following vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Gilmore  
Absent:  
24-0267  
Approves a loan agreement with Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver,  
Inc., in the amount of $900,000 to assist with the finance costs associated  
with the development of eight (8) income-restricted homeownership  
affordable units, which will be known as Augustana Townhomes, in Council  
District 5 (HOST-202370649).  
A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0267 be approved by consent en  
bloc, carried by the following vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Gilmore  
Absent:  
24-0281  
Amends Chapter 18 of the revised Municipal Code establishing salaries  
and benefits for command staff in the Denver Sheriff Department for 2024  
and 2025.  
A motion offered that Council Bill 24-0281 be approved by consent en bloc,  
carried by the following vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Torres, Watson  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
1 - Gilmore  
Absent: