Safety, Housing, Education  
& Homelessness Committee  
Minutes  
Wednesday, April 24, 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  
11 -  
Present:  
Flynn, Gilmore, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Watson, Alvidrez, Hinds,  
Kashmann, Romero Campbell, Sandoval  
1 - Torres  
Absent:  
Action Items  
24-0543  
Approves a contract with ViVe for $1,369,504 and a contract term through  
12-31-2024 to provide case management services for newcomer families  
and individuals including rental/ deposit assistance, onward travel, and  
other supportive services, citywide (SOCSV-202473642-00).  
A motion offered by Council member Gilmore, duly seconded by Council  
member Sawyer, that Council Resolution 24-0543 be approved for filing, carried  
by the following vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gilmore, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Watson  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Torres  
Absent:  
Briefings  
24-0549  
Newcomer Response Update  
Block Vote  
Block Vote  
A motion offered to approve the following items en bloc, carried by the following  
vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gilmore, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Watson  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Torres  
Absent:  
Consent Items  
24-0520  
Approves a funding agreement with Elevation Community Land Trust for  
$975,000 to assist in the acquisition of 13 existing rental units to be  
converted to condominiums to be sold at prices affordable to qualifying  
households, in Council District 8 (HOST-202473534).  
A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0520 be approved by consent en  
bloc, carried by the following vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gilmore, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Watson  
Aye:  
0
Nay:  
1 - Torres  
Absent:  
24-0521  
Amends a contract with Colorado Safe Parking Initiative to reduce the  
amount by $400,000 for a new total of $350,000 and reducing the time by 1  
year for a new end date of 12-31-2024 to maintain the two existing safe  
parking sites and remove the contract requirement of developing additional  
lots, in Council Districts 4 and 10 (HOST-202473174-02).  
A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0521 be approved by consent en  
bloc, carried by the following vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gilmore, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sawyer, Watson  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Torres  
Absent: