Safety, Housing, Education &

Homelessness Committee

AGENDA

Wednesday, April 23, 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

25-0560

Briefing on Before the Blue and Beyond the Badge

Program

Chief Ron Thomas and Marie Dabis, Denver Police

Department

Marilynn Ackermann and Vickie Wilhite, Together Colorado

Consent Items

25-0469

For an ordinance amending Chapter 27 of the Code

regarding enforcement of the housing code.

25-0527

Amends a grant agreement with The Center for African

American Health by updating Exhibit B to reflect changes

in the agreement expenditures, to support its work to

increase access to evidence informed nutrition standards,

healthy eating environments and food skills for children,

family and caregivers in Denver, funded by the Healthy

Food for Denver’s Kids Initiative, located at 3350 Hudson

Street, in Council District 8. No change to contract

amount or duration

(ENVHL-202368593-02/ENVHL-202578692-02).

25-0540

Approves a loan agreement between the City and County

of Denver and The Empowerment Program, Inc. for

$3,150,000.00 and 60 years to finance the demolition

and new construction of a multi-family residential

structure to create 70 income restricted Permanent

Supportive Housing (PSH) units to be leased at affordable

rents to qualifying households at 1777 Franklin St,

Denver CO 80218 in Council District 10

(HOST-202577817).

25-0541

Amends a contract between the Department of Housing

Stability (HOST) and the Dream Center Denver to add

$693,000.00 for a new total of $1,093,000.00 and 9

months for a new end date of 12-31-2025 for the purpose

of Outreach to people experiencing unsheltered

homelessness in Downtown Denver, Ballpark and Capitol

Hill Communities, in Council Districts 9 & 10

(HOST-202476714-01/HOST-202579018-01).

25-0546

Amends an intergovernmental agreement with University

of Colorado Hospital Authority (UCHA) to add

$598,299.00 for a new total of $2,636,710.00 and add

one year for a new end date of 02-28-2026 to provide

care, treatment, and supportive services to individuals

living with HIV/AIDS in the Denver Transitional Grant

Area (TGA), citywide (202368046-04/202578471-04).

25-0547

Amends a contract with Colorado Health Network, Inc. to

add $1,455,453.00 for a new total of $6,406,422.00 and

add one year for a new end date of 02-28-2026 to

provide care, treatment, and supportive services to

individuals living with HIV/AIDS in the Denver

Transitional Grant Area (TGA), citywide

(202368045-04/202578474-04).