Safety, Housing, Education  
& Homelessness Committee  
Minutes  
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 10:15 AM  
Chair: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Vice Chair: Chris Hinds  
Members: Kevin Flynn, Stacie Gilmore, Amanda P. Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
9 -  
Present:  
Gonzales-Gutierrez, Hinds, Flynn, Gilmore, Sawyer, Sandoval, Torres, Kashmann,  
Romero Campbell  
Action Items  
25-0087  
Amends Chapter 53, Article XI of the DRMC to change the administration  
of the property tax rebate program from DHS to HOST, citywide.  
A motion offered by Council member Gilmore, duly seconded by Vice Chair  
Hinds, that Council Bill 25-0087 be approved for filing, carried by the following  
vote:  
6 - Gonzales-Gutierrez, Hinds, Flynn, Gilmore, Sawyer, Sandoval  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Torres  
Absent:  
Briefings  
25-0168  
Denver Human Services briefing on the Child Care Assistance Program  
Civil Service Commission Overview  
25-0169  
Consent Items  
25-0094  
Establishes a new Fund in the Community Development Fund Series, the  
Property Tax Rebate Program Special Revenue Fund, Fund number  
16818, and authorizes rescissions and appropriations to make transfers of  
cash balances related to the Property Tax Rebate Program from the  
Affordability Program Special Revenue Fund (13813) in the Human  
Services Fund Series, to the new Fund and establish budget. This supports  
a companion ordinance to amend the Denver Revised Municipal Code to  
transfer the administration of Property Tax Rebate Program from Denver  
Human Services to the Department of Housing Stability, citywide.  
Council Bill 25-0094 was approved by consent.  
25-0158  
25-0159  
Amends a service agreement with St. Francis Center to add  
$1,175,000.00 for a new total of $5,966,998.00 and add 12 months for a  
new end date of 12-31-2025 to provide day shelter and case management  
services to people experiencing homelessness, citywide  
(HOST-202057238/HOST-202477482-03).  
Council Resolution 25-0158 was approved by consent.  
Approves a contract with the Volunteers of America Colorado Branch  
Green Willow Project for $1,623,000.00 with an annual budget of  
$541,000.00 from 01-01-2025 through 12-31-2027 to be used to provide  
rental assistance using a Rapid Rehousing model and wrap around  
support services to literally homeless households who have experienced or  
are fleeing domestic violence, citywide (HOST-202477502).  
Council Resolution 25-0159 was approved by consent.  
25-0160  
25-0161  
Approves a contract agreement with Volunteers of America Colorado  
Branch for $2,535,000.00 with an annual budget of $845,000.00 from  
01-01-2025 through 12-31-2027 to provide Rapid Rehousing + Care  
services that will serve 40 newly enrolled households each year, citywide  
(HOST-202477476).  
Council Resolution 25-0160 was approved by consent.  
Approves a contract agreement with Volunteers of America Colorado  
Branch for $1,377,000.00 with an annual budget of $459,000.00 from  
01-01-2025 through 12-31-2027 for the Shelter into Rapid Rehousing  
Program that will provide rental assistance using a Rapid Rehousing  
model and wrap around support services to literally homeless households  
who are active in HOST-funded emergency shelter, citywide  
(HOST-202477505).  
Council Resolution 25-0161 was approved by consent.