2026-10-13 - City Council

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Good afternoon. And thank you

for taking time to join us for

the Denver City Council's

meeting today is Tuesday,

OCTOBER 13th 2026. Tonight's

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with it is content in spring

of. Which is that And thank

you very much. Welcome to the

Denver City Council meeting of

Tuesday, OCTOBER 13th 2026

council members. Please,

please join Councilmember

Sandoval in the Pledge of

Allegiance council members.

Please join Councilmember

Sandoval as they lead us in

the Denver City Council. Land

knowledge. The Denver City

Council on using knowledge is

that the land on which it is

the traditional territory. Of

you, Shannon and Arapahoe We

also recognize the

contemporary tribal nations

that are historically tied to

the lands that make up the

state of Colorado. We honor

elders past present and future

and those who have Stewart did

this land throughout

generations. We also recognize

that government academic and

cultural institution to were

founded upon and continued to

enact exclusion. Any wagers of

indigenous peoples made this

acknowledgment demonstrate a

commitment to working. They

need to dismantle ongoing

legacies of oppression and

equities and recognize the

current and future

contributions of indigenous

communities in Denver. Thank

MADAM Secretary. Roll Kens

numbers. So defense plan you

kind Cashman. We get there.

PRESIDENT Sandoval, told and

staying here. Watson, people

here top members present.

There are 12 members present

council has a quorum approve

the minutes. Are there any

corrections to the minutes of

OCTOBER? 5th? Seeing none. The

minutes stand approved council

announcements. Are there any

announcements from council

members? Let's go ahead and

get started with council

member of the thank you

council PRESIDENT. I first

wanted to thank the host

department for working with on

restoring the Queen City.

Co-op alone. That was a

question that we got over the

weekend and has been restored.

So we really are grateful to

that collaboration. Second of

all, I wanted to take a moment

to share that. I am deeply

saddened and disturbed by

reported bias motivated attack

on a Muslim mother in Denver's

Wash Park. On Wednesday,

OCTOBER 7th in front of her

children reports that same

individual had a direct

directed anti Muslim comments

toward her the day before

before she was assaulted. The

next no one should ever fear

for their safety because of

their face identity or what

they would wear as long phobia

hate and violence have no

place in Denver. And I just

wanted to send my condolences

and not woman know that care

and am here in whatever way

that she would like us to

Thank you. Council PRESIDENT,

thank Councilmember Watson,

thank you, council PRESIDENT

Thank you. Councilmember Peter

does for a living not We are a

welcoming city where safe

harbor for folks from around

the world and across the

country to come to Denver

thank you for making it clear

that in the city county of

Denver, we did a poll but

hatred we don't put up with

Anti-Semitism, GOPro, hatred

neighbors as well. And we

intend to be in solidarity and

council towards announcement

was a thank to the over 200

community members that apply

to be members of the Data

Center working Group calm here

in the city and county of

Denver. We held our first

meeting last Friday. The with

the 29 members are selected

through a very thorough

process. Took several months

about going through that

process. The data Center

working Group provides the

opportunity for community

members to help a city council

members regulations for data

centers and to be the voice is

elevated to make the decisions

on those regulations. We have

folks from the health care

industry. We have union

members. We have folks from

the this is industry. We have

city council members. My 2

colleagues Pro Gonzalez

Gutierrez and councilmember

Cashman are on this working

group. All focus is There's

been a lot of discussions

about data centers throughout

the U.S. And throughout

Colorado, Denver has chosen to

lead and we're leading with

community voice. So thank you

all for participating

community members that are not

members of the working group.

You have control role in this

process continue providing us

input and we intended to

continue working this process

until we have an outcome that

we can regulate data centers

in this city like we do any

other industry. Thank you,

MADAM PRESIDENT, thank you.

Councilmember Sandoval, 3,

Thank you. MADAM PRESIDENT.

All right. Have right around

the Friday last line wrecks in

is our annual trunk or treat.

So car set up at 5.30 and they

fun. Kicks off right at 6 pm.

So if you have little kiddos

who you want to take out

trick-or-treating, go to

Iceland Recs center, which

people people less people

might not know. It's on. 46,

the Navajo. So it's a great

community resource a great

center. So please join us at a

recs and then also in the

north side happening this

Saturday is the tennis in Fall

fest all up and down 10

descend from 38th Avenue to

about 46th Avenue. It's closed

off and it's from 10:00am to

06:00pm. It's great. If i

wasn't at a town, I would

totally be It's right on.

There are tennis in Carter and

it's activating neighborhood

in exactly what we want see.

Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

thank you. Councilmember Luis,

I thank you so much. I wanted

to I know that many of us as

council members that they

reached out to Craig Whyte

regarding the Queen City co-op

in 9, 1, to 2 expression.

Thank council. Sandoval for

the work that she did over the

weekend. That I'm aware of to

make sure that that project

was able to go forward. And so

thank you for your work on

that you were able to do in

community. I also wanted to

thank everyone who was able to

attend the press conference

this morning. We were very

excited to announce Park Hill

Park stat the design firm that

we selected in. We're really

excited about it. But one

thing that I was sitting with

earlier as I was going into

the celebration for Park, your

parka side received a phone

call from a constituent as I

was walking in and the

constituent told COUNCILMAN

Luis have to the grocery store

lately yes, ma'am, I been to

the grocery store and she says

these prices are

unsustainable. And I was like

and it was not lost on me that

we were celebrating the

investment of 70 million

dollars in the park for many

families are struggling to

feed their children are

struggling to provide.

Transportation are struggling

with housing costs. And so

while this is a celebration, i

hope that we can hold the

tension of those being able to

invest in our communities, but

making sure that the

investment that we have in

communities ensures that the

communities that have lived

there who have left their who

have built the continue to

exist and are able continue to

afford to stay and their

beloved communities. Some

thank Thank Council member of

the dress. Thank you for the

second chance. With all the

seriousness, I forgot to

mention that we have the

Broadway Halloween parade this

weekend. So join us this

Saturday. 06:00pm Broadway

between 6th Avenue and I-25

and we'll have a great time

bringing costume have some

time thank you. Council

PRESIDENT, thank you.

Councilmember Cashman. Yeah,

thank you, council PRESIDENT.

I want to thank my COUNCILMAN

Of the for bringing up that

terrible incident and Wash

Park and published newspaper

named after part for 35 years.

Represented that district for

11 years when my kids were

younger, we lived across the

street from the park on

Virginia Avenue, down by the

fire station. There and know

that park has always been a

place joy people of all races,

colors, creeds, national

origin, gender, you name just

having a great time. Now say,

haters gonna hate, ok? I

understand that it's that's

been part of the backdrop for

ever. But I just can't ignore

the fact that to be kind the

individual who resides in the

White House now has made it

every day it to spew a level

of salt that I just haven't

seen coming from that level of

public figure and all the time

I paid attention, you know,

then the is it's a good

commercial I've seen before.

One of our political campaigns

candidate, wasn't. Gabe Evans

standing. There was 4 guys

throwing around insults and

the in salt that they was

vicious who is very different

to his opponent as a vegan

activist from Yale. And they

spit that out like that's

something to be ashamed of.

This is insane. I mean, it is

absolutely insane. I still

stand for the pledge, but it

gets difficult some days

because not because any lack

of love or respect for our

country, some of stuff that's

being accepted and promoted

and accelerated is simply has

to stop. It is not value that

drew, I don't care whether

Republican Democrat who you

are. I've never seen any other

time with this level rancor

and public in coming from

people that should be setting

an example. So to go back, my

heart goes out to the woman

who victimized wash park and

certainly I love for her and

her family. But we need to

call the task that people are

promoting this Thank MADAM.

Kristin, thank you. I do have

an announcement for this

Wednesday. The People's Budget

Block Party for the cycle. 3

voting kickoff is It is going

to happen over there. I

believe at 16, 50 south and

Bourke Street 16, 50 South.

First Street is at a community

So if you're on Colorado

Boulevard, it's a little bit

east they're behind a best

buy. Okay. I'm getting

landmarks, but that's where it

Very excited. There's going to

be food trucks that we prizes

and giveaways. Local artists

will also be there. Very

exciting because this a time

that we have whole bunch great

projects that are in the queue

from the near South East Amber

Plan. So just very much

encourage people to come out

and join us and learn more and

vote. So thank Seeing no other

council members in the queue.

There are no presentations.

There are no communications.

There are 2 proclamations

being read this afternoon

council members. Would you

please join me in reading

Proclamation are reading

proclamation. 26 15. 0,

Councilmember Tours. Thank

you. Proclamation. 26 15. 0,

5, in observance of indigenous

people stay in the city and

county of Denver, whereas the

state of Colorado defiant

defines indigenous as having

descended from people who were

living in North America prior

to the time people from Europe

begins settling in North

America being an enrolled

member of a federally

recognized Indian tribe. We're

being a lineal descendant of

tribally, enrolled parent or

guardian and whereas the

Denver City Council recognizes

that indigenous peoples have

lived in florist on alliance,

known as the Americas. That

the memorial and that Denver

and the surrounding

communities are built upon the

ancestral homelands of

numerous indigenous peoples,

including for land Base,

sovereign nations, the

Southern Ute Ute Mountain Ute.

The Northern Arapaho and the

northern Cheyenne along with

45 additional tribes with

legal and historic stand. It

and is home to the descendants

of approximately 150 tribal

nations or the homelands in

communities of the southern

the Ute Mountain Ute, the

Northern Arapaho, northern

Cheyenne peoples, along the

banks of the Cherry Creek and

the South Platte River

Confluence gave rise to future

encampments of newcomers. That

would become the birthplace of

the mile High City. As the

Denver City Council

acknowledges that the land

upon which the city stands was

not legally transferred under

the 18. 61 for wise treaty due

to the lack of proper

signatures required by U.S.

Law resulting in the illegal

transfer of lambs and whereas

the northern Cheyenne and

Northern Arapaho people's were

forcibly removed from their

homelands to make way for this

illegal occupation, a legacy

of displacement and injustice

that remains uncorrected.

Whereas on MARCH 24th 2025,

the Denver City Council

unanimously passed cb 25, 0,

2, 6, one officially

designating the second Monday

of a Tobar each year as

Indigenous Peoples Day in

Denver, Colorado, the Denver

City Council partners, and

server events that right

indigenous peoples despite

historical and contemporary

barriers that that seek to

extract them displaced and

destroy me and recognizes that

it because of their tenacity.

She and stewardship of

knowledge, land, science,

religion, philosophy, art and

culture that the city and

county of Denver has developed

and drive whereas the Denver

City Council acknowledges the

ongoing harm caused by the

illegal transfers of land

under the 18. 61 for wise

treaty and the forced removal

of indigenous peoples and that

to promote the health wellness

and safety of current future

generations of the indigenous

community. It is paramount

importance to repair both

historical and ongoing harm

and whereas the Denver Indian

Commission has advocated for

and successfully passed a paid

city holiday for Indigenous

Peoples Day to honor the

cultural and foundational

stewardship indigenous people.

To our past present and future

to promote educate, to promote

education to the Denver

community, about the

historical and contemporary

legacy of indigenous people

and we're asked on Monday,

OCTOBER 12, 2026, the second

annual Indigenous Peoples Day

was commemorated and

celebrated in the city and

county of Denver. This

recognition is a small step

forward in the city to fully

acknowledge the intentional

role that the government had

and the Sand Creek massacre

massacre, relocation and many

other events that have yet to

be accepted as their

responsibility and part of the

genocide of the people and

whereas on Monday, OCTOBER 12

to 2026, the crossroads of

native Country, Indigenous

Peoples Day parade took place

in Denver City Park. This was

a celebration of the many

indigenous cultures of Turtle

Island and all were invited to

take part. Now, therefore, be

it proclaimed by the Denver

City Council that the Denver

City Council celebrates and

honors OCTOBER 12, 2026. The

second Monday in OCTOBER as

Indigenous Peoples Day and

that the clerk and recorder of

city and county of Denver

still affixed the seal of the

city and county of Denver to

this proclamation that the cup

up transmitted to the Denver

American Indian Commissions.

Councilmember hear a motion to

adopt. I move the

proclamation. 26 Dash 15. 0,

5. Be adopted. It has been

moved. And seconded comments

by members of Council council

member told us. Thank you so

much and thank you, colleagues

for your co-sponsorship of

this this year was the second

year decision as people stay

has been us. Paid city holiday

from 2016 until 2024, it was a

commemorative holiday. I want

to recognize the members of

the Denver American Indian

Commission. Then who worked

with that COUNCILMAN Paul

Lopez now clerk Lopez to adopt

the commemorative holiday into

resistance. Maybe it shouldn't

surprise me or those of us in

the room. But in the

beginning, this was resistant.

These commissioners and their

teachers, cp Liaison Darrius

Smith tapped into their own

courage and determination that

this mattered and they would

keep pushing. And just want to

name them time we do this.

Derrick Brown still a kind

beneath a Jacqueline, a sigh

Donna Lafferty, maybe go

flying at least a good

soldier. Kristina bad hand

community lack movement being

Boehner, Michelle Perez, I was

honored to attend yesterday's

Indigenous Peoples Day Parade

yesterday with several of my

fellow elected council members

and just want to say that the

organizers and participants

really did a beautiful job and

it was a gorgeous day to

celebrate with them. I also

want to think today's Denver

American Indian Commission for

helping draft this year's

proclamation and just thank

you for your volunteer service

to Denver on behalf of the

city behalf of your own native

community. Thank Thank Senate

PRESIDENT. Thank you. MADAM

Secretary Roll Call

Councilmembers Gilmore. No

more. So all the and get I

pined spy I Sandoval, I

Watson. PRESIDENT America.

MADAM Secretary close the

voting and announce the

results Ice. 12 ayes

proclamation. 26 15. 0, 5, has

been adopted. We have 5

minutes for the proclamation.

Acceptance Councilmember

Torres, who would you be

inviting up to accept the

proclamation? Thank you so

much. I'd like to invite a

couple people left. We've got

the executive director of the

agency for Human Rights, a

community partnerships, Perla

Galer. And I'd also like to

invite star who is co-chair of

the Denver Mayor Canadian

Commission to say a few words.

Thank you so This is such a

special time because we have a

new co-chair representing the

Denver American Indian

Commission comes from the

Southern Ute tribe, her and

sister Cassandra, his hair and

also the Keystone policy.

Stacey Coleman is here our

good friend here. Starling was

at celebrations yesterday and

had a booth for the commission

and just so honored to be able

to have a commission that

honors this legacy. And that

really does care about the

community and all the things

that represent the American

Indian and Native American

community. So with that, I

would like to is my honor to

introduce starling around how

I'm not gonna get emotional.

Good evening of JUNE. Thank

you for opportunity.

Appreciate it. Thank you for

passing indigenous. Take. It

means a lot to our indigenous

community we're here. We're

not going nowhere. And we

would I would love to work.

But to everyone of u n make

beautiful is already a

beautiful city, but make it

even more, you know, as a

community working together,

indigenous and on the other

cultures that do live in the

city of Denver and surrounding

areas. I would love to get

together. Let's that's

Collaborate something awesome.

You thank you each and every

one you one of you from the

bottom of my heart. As a

co-chair of to Denver in the

commission. It's it's an honor

to speak in front of all of

you. I wish each of you a good

evening and MAY create are

always walk with you and be

with each and every one of you

each and every day. And I

thank you for time. Thank you

once again. Thank Chair. The

way down.

Council member of

either this, would you please

read proclamation? 26 15. 0,

3, Yes. The proclamation. 26

Dash 15. 0, 3. Recognizing the

2026 veterans stand down and

honoring those who serve our

veterans. Whereas the men and

women who have served in the

United States armed forces

have made extraordinary

sacrifices to protect our

nation. And the city and

county of Denver is proud to

be home to thousands of

veterans and their families.

And whereas too many veterans

return home to face

homelessness, mental health

challenges, substance use

disorders, unemployment and

barriers to access the

benefits and care. They have

through their service. And

whereas veterans who have

walked this path and found

recovery, stability and home

ownership as powerful examples

of what is possible when

veterans are met with the

support, guidance and

dedication of their community.

And whereas the veterans stand

down as a community-wide

effort dedicated to connecting

veterans with essential

services support systems and

opportunities that promote

long-term stability

well-being. And whereas

service stores than Red Rocks,

Community College in

partnership with nonprofit

organizations, government

agencies, healthcare

providers, employers and

community partners bring these

resources together in a single

locations. The veterans can

access the help they need with

dignity and respect. And

whereas the 2020 seconds 6

veterans stand down,

anticipates serving and

connecting more than 150

veterans to critical

resources, including housing

and homelessness. Prevention

services, employment and

careers opportunities,

physical and behavioral health

services, veterans benefits

enrollment and navigation food

assistance and basic

necessities, financial and

legal support services and

community in peer support

networks. And whereas no

single organization can do

this work alone and the

success of stand down depends

on the service providers,

community members and

neighbors working together to

reach veterans who MAY not

know that help is available.

And whereas the city and

county of Denver recognizes

the organizers, volunteers

service providers and pure

advocates whose commitment

ensures that no one who has

served our country is left

behind now, therefore be it

proclaimed by the city. But

Denver City Council section

one that the Denver City

Council does hereby recognize

2026 veterans stand down

taking place on Friday,

OCTOBER second commend service

source, Red Rocks, Community

college in their community

partners for their dedication

to help stability and

well-being of our veterans and

encourages all residents to

help connect veterans in their

lives with services, support

and opportunities. They burned

section 2 that the clerk and

recorder of the city and

county of Denver show affix

the seal of the city and

county of Denver to its

proclamation and that a copy

be transmitted to Franco Dover

and Denver Day Council member

of the that as your motion to

adopt. I move that

proclamation. 26 15. 0, 3. Be

adopted. It has been moved and

seconded comments by members

of council council member of

the thank you council

PRESIDENT. I heard from MR.

Career record of many times

about the amazing work that he

does to support our veterans

and thank him for his service

and just wanted to take a

moment to acknowledge this

amazing work and and all of

our veterans that are and how

still around our city that

need the services. I

personally have family members

that served came back and

they're still struggling with

a lot of these issues from

mental health to housing. I

went to college to high school

with a lot of individuals that

ended up in their rock or and

I haven't goals that we're in

the Vietnam War. And so I

think about how much they

sacrifice for country. It's

far more then our time away

from family. It's risking

their lives and they come back

and they don't always have all

the services that they need.

They don't always have

housing. They are always the

access to. Mental health

services for everything that

they've witnessed and

everything that they've gone

through. And so I'm always

very grateful to kind people

that are helping our veteran.

So thank you all for being

here. And I hope that my

colleagues support this

proclamation. Thank and thank

you for bringing this forward.

I I have a son who is going to

commission at the end of this

month in the Navy. And I think

about this of mental health

and well-being of those

service organizations that are

those organizations that are

there to help them. So and

thank you for your MADAM

Secretary. Roll Call Council

members Gilmore. So can Hind

kind of I have to I Watson,

present or American people.

Secretary close the voting and

announce the results. 12,

5.12, ayes proclamation. 26

15. 0, 3, has been adopted. We

have 5 minutes for the

proclamation. Acceptance

councilmember of who waiving

inviting them to accept the

proclamation. Thank you,

council PRESIDENT. I'd like to

invite MR. Kerr do that. And I

see as a guest with him to

come accept the proclamation.

Thank you. Thank you,

COUNCILMAN And the entire

Denver City Council. For this

tremendous honor the director

of employment for service

source, Colorado. I have to

prove that seen firsthand the

impact that employment,

housing support and community

resources can have honored

veterans life. Every veteran

who attends are stand down,

represents courage and service

to our nation. This

proclamation recognizes the

collective efforts of our

staff volunteers, community

partners, employers,

educational institutions and

veteran service organizations

who refuse are Cheryl struggle

alone? We accept recognition

with humility and gratitude

that it's not just serving as

a reminder that our work is

not finished. We can continue

creedon up creating pathways

to stable, just ability,

dignity and meaningful

employment. For those who have

served our country. Thank And

GOD bless our Thank Thank you.

MADAM Secretary. Please read

the Bills for introduction.

From the community planning

and Housing Committee. 26 Dash

14. 0, 5, a bill for an

ordinance designating send

7.40 north. Washington Street

has a structure for

preservation. 26 Dash 14. 0,

6, a bill for an ordinance

changing the zoning

classification 4. 33. 43. 33.

45 33 51 North America Street

and Highland. And from the

Transportation and

Infrastructure Committee, 26

Dash 13 94 a bill for an

ordinance for Korean language

saying the wastewater reason

and in its entirety reserved

in the permanent non-exclusive

easement recorded with the

Denver clerk and recorder at

reception number located at

East Elmendorf Drive and North

Telluride Street. Lead council

members. This is your last

opportunity to call out an

item. Councilmember Sandoval,

you make the motions for us

this evening. Yes, Council

PRESIDENT. Now I will do a

recap under resolutions

council resolution. 26 14 0,

2, has been called out for a

vote. Councilmember Luis

Council resolution 26, 13 73

has been called out for a

vote. Councilmember Sawyer

Council resolution 26, 13 72

has been called out for

comments and a vote by council

member Luis Council resolution

26, 13. 48 through 26 13. 57

have been called out her

comments and a vote by council

member Luis under bills, rent

reduction. No items have been

called out under bills for

final consideration. No items

have been called out and are

pending. No items have been

called out. MADAM Secretary,

please put the first item on

our screens Council resolution

to a resolution approving a

perfect a proposed 5th amended

Tory agreement between the

city and county of Denver and

the Salvation Army.

Councilmember Sandoval, would

you please put council

resolution? 26 14. 0, 2, on

the floor for adoption. I move

that council resolution 14 to

be adopted. It has been moved

and seconded questions and

comments by council member by

members of Council on Council

resolution. 26 to

Councilmember Luis, thank you

so consistent with my Some

this contract out to vote no

on the Salvation Army as a

partner because I don't think

they should be partnering with

the city. Thank you. No other

members in the queue. MADAM

Secretary Role Con Council

resolution. 26 14. 0, 2,

councilmembers Gilmore. The

planned. All right. Can fall.

Forget MAY kind of if watched

awe American I MADAM Secretary

close the voting and announce

the results and I-10 Eyes

Council resolution. 26 14 0, 2

has been adopted. MADAM

Secretary, please put the next

item on our screens Council

resolution 26, 13 73, a

resolution approving a

proposed a mandatory agreement

between the city and county of

Denver and city Councilmember

Sandoval, would you please put

council resolution 26, 13 73

on the floor for adoption

chain. I move that counts.

Recent resolution, 13 73 be

adopted. It has been moved and

seconded questions and

comments by members of Council

on council by members of

Council on Council resolution

26, 13 73 Councilmember

Sawyer. Thanks, MADAM

PRESIDENT. I will be a no on

this tonight. I'm a little

bit. I'm not a little bit. I'm

a lot of concerns our 3, 1, 1,

services. This is something

that we as a council voted to

write and include into our

letter to the mayor's office

re storing staffing within 3,

1, 1, services. This is that

4 million dollars added to the

contract. But alas, with the

purpose of doing a couple of

different things. Number one,

sunny, the chatbot. I will

tell you that Robinson Park

got tagged in tp I tried to

put it into Sunday. The tap

out and sunny in the top Tony

Robinson Park wasn't in the

city and county of Denver. So

it's not particularly useful

as a service so there's that

piece. The second piece that

concerns me about this is that

they want to then move to

additional ai system where

they're sorting calls. When

you call into 3, 1, 1, And I

definitely appreciate the

attempt lower the hold times

for our residents who are

calling 3, 1, 1, I also think

for the tax dollars that our

residents pay, they should be

hearing someone who is alive

4 million dollars or a million

dollars a year could hire a

lot of staff members for 3, 1,

1, to restore those services.

And so I think that this not

the highest and best use of

these dollars and be tonight.

Thank you. Thank you.

Councilmember Luis, thank you

so much. So I called his

contract off to voice my

objections. Similar to

COUNCILMAN And also to be able

to vote. No, I was as a

council. We represent it with

ai and automation contracts

that benefits the benefits are

typically framed as efficiency

games. And while efficiency is

an important no doubt I just

worry about this, but it's

too. It's a public interest.

We have to consider more than

just efficiency when it comes

to responding concerts to

constituents, automation ai

contributing to a distant

diminishing of trust with

Denver constituents when they

called to report problems. I

know if made it my counsel

office cords with

correspondence with the chat

box. My constituents would

have some objections to such.

I hear often from constituents

who are dissatisfied with the

shift to sunny and want to

connect with the person when

reporting issues to the city.

They want to know that someone

not something is looking out

for them. Democracy is

inherently social and human in

that respect and efficiency

efficiencies should not come

at the expense of social

trust. Finally, one financial

resources are so limited for

the city, the city should be

prioritizing its work force,

making sure that the people

doing the hard job of

answering the phones and

helping constituents with

concerns are fairly

compensated in giving

meaningful support. When we

invest automation and not our

workers were telling those

workers at their value is

replaceable and that their

expertise in navigating the

city in guiding constituents

to that complex process has

lesser value outside a I

contractor. And so for those

reasons, I'll be voting no on

this contract. Thank you.

Thank Per 10 Gonzalez could

hit us. Thank you, MADAM

PRESIDENT, I will also be

joining my colleagues in

voting no on this contract

for, of course, the reasons

that COUNCILWOMAN Sawyer has

expressed with regard to the

massive expansion funding

going towards his contract.

It's my understanding is that

tech services has not

identified a budget source for

the U.S. Cost of the Boise

flat tax technology that

they're considering and then

they're not even sure if

they're going to utilizing it

for this purpose. So I don't

know. I don't support us

approving this major expense

without a doubt without any

indication of the usefulness

or functionality of this

technology. First and further

without unidentified budget,

the existing Chaput products

sunny and the possible

expansion into a voice bought

technology should be 2

separate contracts. We have 2

different things that are

being identified under this. I

also have my own hesitations

that the current Sunday chat

bot is not sufficiently

measured for resident

satisfaction for accuracy. The

chatbot according to the

information we received that

itself report says customer

satisfaction score and

inaccuracies from the chapter

are not tracked directly. But

instead are caught. 1, 3, 1,

1, receives calls from

residents who get an accurate

information. And so I think

there's a lot more that we

need to do to track how this

technology is being utilized.

How accurate it is before we

just continue tip line, Ali,

you know, put pump more

dollars into this. So I will

be voting no on this tonight.

Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

thank you. COUNCILMAN Cashman.

Thank you. Council PRESIDENT

Also be voting on this. I'm

just of of the side. I think

artificial intelligence is a

nightmare unfolding before our

eyes. We can have that debate.

I believe it the I don't know

anyone who sings that the

world of customer service

improved shows. Humans have

been replaced with bots. I

don't know a single person. I

certainly believe it's it's a

harsh out there. You know,

artificial intelligence is

artificial. It's not real

intelligent all the time. And

do just this week in a couple

of times, you know, I'm trying

to get something accomplished

and it doesn't work. Doesn't

work. We we have people who

need jobs. So I think we need

to direct the money there. And

and the main thing as far as

this topic mainstream me, I'll

be looking at I contract with

a negative killed until the

administration decides to have

opening broader discussion

about what is this city and

county of Denver's policy

towards artificial

intelligence. Thank you. Thank

you. Councilmember Watson,

thank you so MADAM PRESIDENT

in this or someone here from

tsa, administration 9-1-1. I

call it a bunch of the

various. If you don't mind

introducing yourself, that

would be very helpful.

Absolutely. Jenny Shivani

technology services. I'm going

to ask you general question

and they become a specific

question. Can you provide the

wife of his contract? And can

you find a wife for this

country? Sure. The wind for

this contract is that demand

for it is proven 40% of our

increased to 3, 1, one now

coming through a digital

channel. So that's 40% of your

constituents and the people we

all served with prefer to not

necessarily talk to a human.

And we do have many ways for

Sunny to pull the right

information. And then for us

to work with agencies if can't

find the right information,

what that means. Is there

something wrong on a Web site

somewhere? So we every day

every week to identify those,

you know, bad experiences and

fix them. The other piece of

the why here is really just

that, you know, like any

for-profit entity or

organization. There is an

expectation that you have

seamless, intuitive digital

front doors. And that's really

what sunny provides. For your

capacity management as it

pertains to Fte headcount. Can

you describe the

decision-making process like

you take to identify whether

automation augment or instead

of supply talked for a little

bit of that. Sure. What I

would say is that we are, you

know, it's not a secret that

3, 1, 1, is less staff now

than it was 3 or 4 years ago.

However, that's due to a lot

of things. Number one, being

attrition, 3, 1, 1, agents are

some of the hardest-working,

lowest paid folks in the city.

They burn out when we have 10,

2030, minute hold times

repetitively. Day after day

week after week. We see a lot

of her now on our team where

we look at how a digital front

door like I mentioned, can

help kind of take some of Josh

is what are the simple

transactions that a bot can

answer versus what are the

most are the more

transformative things that a

human being should be doing

more difficult cases. Spending

more time talking to a caller

about what they're looking for

and can't find all of those

sorts of things much better

handled by human and we can

always get people to a human,

whether they're calling or

chatting with sunny, have you

increased your fte count for

employees and 3, one recently.

What your budget for this year

as far as on increasing head

count for Ft. I don't know

what our specific peril budget

is at the top of my head for

3, 1, 1, But now we have not

increased headcount this year.

All right. Thank you, MADAM

PRESIDENT, thank Councilmember

Torres, thank you so much.

Jennie or I, Huffman, if you

can speak to the length of the

contract tell me why we're

exceeding 5 years. Sorry. I

think it goes through 2031

OCTOBER of 2030, we're adding

5 years to existing three-year

contract yet adding 5 years

existing three-year because

technology services you

probably know has a ton of

contracts. And we have one

contract administrator when

we're looking at something

that we plan to do long term,

we are looking for some of

those that like value in

bringing it to you to review.

So that were not amending it

every year. We could

absolutely. I have just move

forward with just renewing the

sunny piece of the contract.

But we do see an opportunity

down the road to continue to

improve the color experience

at all. City call centers by

adding a voice assistant as

well and again, human in the

loop. Never a situation. Can't

get out of that easily

seamlessly. The procurement

side of this question is it's

it's a utilizing. In order to

get to 8 years. I will say

yes, I mean, we're going

through all the right

processes, right? It did not

go to rfp. We partnered with

this vendor in 2023. To test

their technology. They had

been launching with multiple

major cities across the U.S.

And we wanted to see how this

might work for Denver. So it's

never been the rfp is not

banned our Okay with that.

Would it like if we're in

committing to 8 years with a

pretty end would it ever?

Absolutely. I think one of the

things that we weigh nts is is

there a one like for like

technology to replace

something We don't know rfp.

Absolutely. As part of that

equation. But the other part

is how much destruction would

we cars within? You know, the

technology environment,

whether that's for employees

or residents, if we're going

to rfp every few years to

potentially replace something

that has a lot of touch

considerations that we take

into account there. Our

feeling is that for 8 years

and at the rate that this

technology is growing and

changing, we were really good

partner in city. Okay, I got

some growing issue with how

are considering that. But

we're 12 years past the

expiration of the current

deadline. It look like it

expired DECEMBER. Sorry,

October 1st, No of this year.

So that's this is we are paid

up to 3 years. This is for

years. You know, 5 through 8

renew all. Yeah, but it was

originally started OCTOBER

first 2023. So your 3 years

took until 12 days ago. So

that's why I'm wondering, like

if you don't get the votes

here today, there's got to be

some correction, an for

figuring out what comes next.

And guess I'm wondering why

were late? I don't have an

answer to that. This is the

first that we were asked to

come before. City council was

last week for the original

reading. Got ok, ok, I'll come

out here there are the

questions. Thank you, Jenna.

Absolutely. Thank you.

Councilmember Hines, thank

you. MADAM Is shown got more.

Come on got it. Thank I think

district and as the youngest

district of a of any of the

districts in the city and hear

time and time again

constituents, Millennials Gen

z. All right, Jen Alpha, well,

rather spend 30 minutes

searching around so they don't

have to spend 5 minutes

talking to a human on the

phone. I think the it's ironic

that we call them phones

because that seems to be the

least. Popular thing that

people do on phones anymore as

phone someone and so I'm on

board with the idea of of self

service without having to talk

to a human because that's some

people want to communities.

Not every one, of course, but

some people want to

communicate. I I noticed that

he is called I checked Can you

tell me? I'd ai is a is a word

that has been around for

decades yet mean something

else just the last few years

about generative ai does this.

It's just like more

traditional ai is generative

ai used. This is generative ai

but it's a closed model. So

sunny can only pull

information from Denver. Gov

Dot Org and a very cheery,

database that we continue to

do the care and feeding of

behind the scenes at 3, 1, 1,

and the digital experience

office and then also with

agencies and partnership. As a

computer science grad and in a

branch that is not the

executive branch. I see

ex-aide as an advisory but not

in the executive branch and so

district 10 has installed a

customer service help test

system kind of fly. Yes, kind

of like 3, 1, 1, And we use to

to help cure an initial

response. It is a close model

just as you're saying. Only

looks at the e-mail thread can

a knowledge base which is

entirely curated by the

District, an office and it

provides a proposed response

as opposed to an actual

response goes anywhere. So it

is filed is an internal note

hand District, 10 constituent

staff can. He is part of it.

All of it. None of it. And so

the response that actually a

human reads. He's sent by a

human. And so I see technology

is great. And in my opinion,

when it makes humans lives

better, right, as opposed to

technology for technology's

sake. And so if we can make

schumann's lives better is

reduce some of the strain on

our 3, 1, one operators who

yes, the city is closed for

Indigenous Peoples Day. He

yes, I have an answer that

again, you noted some of the

repetitive things that would

free up 3, 3, 1, one operators

to to address more complicated

topics. So I'm leaving in a

few questions here. The first

is does city by allow the easy

questions to get answer 2 or

3, 1, one operators can you

know, address more complicated

or tech technologically

difficult topics. Absolutely.

Is the idea with that. The

contract to have humans lives

better by the use of

technology, I think is that Is

that a fair that's missions

absolutely fair. And I think

part of the mission. Yeah. I

think council Torres bringing

up that this contract has

lapsed is concerning to me

that we don't have were not

provided the budget oversight.

The council is meant to do

where men too. Approve

contracts before they start

instead of after they start as

far as the technology itself.

I think that where night I

think it is I think it

behooves the city to consider

how we can use technology to

make humans lives better. And

I think that provides said I

just wish that we had the

opportunity to vote on this

before the contract lapsed.

Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

thank you. Councilmember

Sandoval, thank you. MADAM

PRESIDENT. Do you have to

budget for this? It said and

when my car colleagues

mentioned that there might not

legit, I don't understand how

forward to for million dollar

contract. That budget. We have

budget for sunny piece of the

technology and a couple of

other things that are part of

that package. What would be

new that we are not funded for

currently is the voice

assistant, which is about

$600,000 a year. We taking

that into the contract as a

future proofing mechanism.

We're looking at how we can

improve city call centers with

more voice assistant

technology and and the city

bought has agreed to do a

pilot with us for free since

we are good partners. So

that's something that we're

looking into doing next year

then from there looking at a

proof of concept or a pilot

like that, that would give us

the kind of data that we need

to understand. Is this

something we should try to

move forward for the entire

city? Certain call centers.

Maybe that would impact the

cost. But this is just baked

in the fall on cost of it. If

we were to do all city call

centers in the scope of the

year, like a lot of our

contracts and particularly to

yes, we we do have higher

ceilings, sometimes on

contracts or functionality

that we don't know for sure

for going to implement. But it

gives us the ability to try

out some of these pilots. So

if I'm reading resolution,

correct, current contract was

450,000 to city council would

have never seen this. This is

the first time we've seen

crash and then it gotten on

consent and now it's probably.

And now we're adding trailing

from 450 k for 3 years 5

years. No, it was from 10, 1,

2000, 2023 for 450 k sick

started talking OCTOBER first

2023 by standing in. OCTOBER

first 2026. Keibert 450 and

now we're adding 3 million,

889. That not house 784 an

additional 5 For current total

contract have 8 years. He

credits that this that goes

against like the whole plane

of having peas and going out

for an rfp. So if going to do

a pilot with vendor and I

don't. Why are we adding 5

years into a contract when the

first one was 3. So where we 5

years to the we intend. I

think that's become a best

practice in t s to be honest.

So 5 years is going to give us

more runway to work on

transformation improvement.

You know, do these pilots get

the data figure our expanding

in implementing the the

contract could absolutely be

structured a different way. We

would just probably be coming

back to do an amendment. I'll

just say I don't feel

comfortable at. So I

understand that he s needs

that long But normally you do

a run MAY when you have this

additional funds 3 million and

you have a 5 year contract

they're proving it you that

ministration in 2023 decided

to 450 so we didn't see it

because we're not seeing 4, 9,

9, 9, 9, has to be a half a

million for us to Now we have

an additional and I just feel

uncomfortable that we're not

even I don't know I don't. I

would have read the contract.

i don't even know how we're in

a contract. Like if I had a

vendor, I was a vendor. Some

where where and when it's

OCTOBER, 13th in our contract

ended OCTOBER 1st. So we're

trial days, not comply and

doesn't. That just makes me. I

just don't feel comfortable in

that situation. Just just

saying my statement said, you

know, I'm kind comes together.

I understand that we pay

renewal cycle based is not

necessarily the same date as

the contract. So the funding

and the payment for 2026 has

already been taken care of.

That was something that

happened earlier in the year.

We also use the Department of

Finance's Prepay strategy for

a lot of technology contracts.

The sometimes you will see

that contract day and the

actual use of the software MAY

not line Okay. And then one

last question. If this fails

tonight, what Brady put which

part sure. Well, as I said, we

are paid for cycle. So we're

good believe the end of this

month. Right now, as I've

mentioned, we have a good

partner and Citi Bike so we

would talk to them kind of

where go from here. But at

the end of the day, if there's

no contracts, we wouldn't be

paying for the service are

continuing the service. Okay.

They keeping PRESIDENT

Continue. Thank you.

Councilmember Thanks, Anna.

PRESIDENT Actually just

lagging for you. I would say

in particular tax services

come my committee and it has

for years and years and years

because it used to come to

fend of and I was in charge of

fun prior to being Gov. And I

will just say we have we s tax

services, 3, 1, 1, in

particular to come in 2023.

2024. 2025. And then you all

at up several months ago hurt

us renew that request Sportech

services to come to committee

and have a conversation.

Again, they never responded to

that request. And the only

thing we've been told us,

we're not ready. We're not

ready. We're not ready do. I

would just say that in this

conversation I have a lot of

concerns about what feels to

me like tax services, not

wanting to be responsive to

City Council annex lane. What

is going on there? So I will

also say my committee only

meets once a month and is

packed every time as a result

of the number of things that

end up coming through the

committee because it only

meets once a month. That is a

problem within city council

that I think needs to be

taking a look at. But that

said, I will just respond to

some comments that were you

know, saying we never we never

knew this was an issue yes,

you did. Thank you. No other

speakers and the MADAM

Secretary role Con Council

resolution 26, 13 73. Council

members. Gilmore a bit. So

just. That's off the

candidates. It's kind. Cashman

no Sandoval one s Watson

PRESIDENT American MADAM

Secretary, close the voting

and announce the results. 9

nays, 9 Nays Council

resolution 26, 13 73 has

failed. MADAM Secretary,

please. But the next item on

our screens Council resolution

26, 13 72, a resolution up a

resolution approving a

proposed 3rd, a mandatory

agreement between the city and

county of Denver and Solomon

Inc. Councilmember Sandoval,

would you please put council

resolution? 26 13. 72 on the

floor for adoption I move that

council resolution 13 72 be

adopted. It has been moved and

seconded questions and

comments by members of Council

and Council resolution. 13 72

Councilmember. Thank you so

much. So I wanted to call this

off and vote no for a couple

reasons. First off the paying

of a multinational firm up to

$380 an hour for these kinds

of services is a questionable

expense. When tech services

course staffing is diminished

after last year's layoffs.

Additionally similar to my

issues with the city bought. I

don't hear support for my

community on expanding use of

these kinds of tools. A poll

of Colorado voters in AUGUST

found that 70% of voters are

not comfortable with their

local government incorporating

ai into its operations and

services. And that's been

consistent with the feedback

that I hear in my district.

And so for those reasons, I'll

be a no on this contract.

Thank you. Thank you. Council

pro tem good sounds good.

Tennis. Thank you, MADAM

PRESIDENT, I do have a few

questions and don't know if

that would heard somebody in

tax services. All-Star with my

first question is how much of

his contract is for ai related

services? I thank you. Council

want pardon Mitchell

Technologies are technology

services. Not over this

specifically identified. We

don't slalom either don't any

product actually. It's just a

services contract when we have

a gap either stopping levels

or stuffing experience and

skill we leverage time.

Actually anybody in the city

can this and they work with

the multiple multitude of

different departments over the

years. Okay. So there's no use

like there's no ai-related

services specifically to this

Do offer everything services

and help with some of the

training that we've been doing

throughout the just as

facilitators training and

putting together training

documentation. For example,

okay. If they don't I have any

type. I guess one of the

questions and similar my

colleague brought up around

the staffing It looks like.

I'm at. And so my question is,

why do we not have the

capability to manage some of

the needs in house that this

technology is providing? So,

for example, with sales force,

which accounts for over

3 million dollars of the spend

on this contract so far when

we look at how much is being

spent, 4 different areas and

it did they get hourly rates

But we're not we don't have

ability to manage these and

house. And I'm just curious as

to why and why we're spending

so much outsourcing. It's 2

things, one peril budget.

Looking Michael, He's a Carol

budget in general. Everybody

is well aware with tsa rules

and once your best you know,

if hire somebody for a

short-term 18 Taishan project

Palm at 5 years, we pretty

much in a new 20 MARCH 20 year

marriage. It's the skill sets

and longer needed if it was a

short-term effects for 18

months, we don't have a way to

turn over staff that way.

Retain them and have to either

reschedule them or reuse them.

So use a lot from a lot for

surge capacity. A lot of times

we get a very special, unique

things that as good as our

employees are, they just

haven't trained that

particular area. A lot of us

management consulting working

with agencies around the city.

Just 2 but together, strategy

and planning. Do think it

would be? I mean, I hear what

you're saying is that bringing

on staff in You're saying it's

not cost effective to have

like in-house staff to be able

to provide this Texas

services. But couldn't those

folks be trained to be able to

provide? The service is an

ongoing way? I mean, it seems

like we're utilizing

technology, of course, more

and more and more every single

day. So I don't understand how

they would be upset become

obsolete. We just can't grow

staffing budget that quickly.

Well, thank you so much. Thank

you answering those questions.

Be joining my colleague in the

same concerns around the

staffing of these departments

and how they have been through

an adult over 3 million

dollars of the slalom spending

has been for services related

to sales force as they stated.

These are functions for

several different departments.

Sales force is a course of

technology that's used widely

and where painting a private

multi national from up to $380

an hour for services that I

think it would be helpful to

see we can assess whether or

not those should be provided

in-house and should be

available in house. I just

don't see it as a

cost-effective way for us to

spend these dollars. So how be

joining my colleague and

voting no on this. Thank you.

Thank you. MADAM PRESIDENT,

thank you for your time. Thank

you. Councilmember Sandoval,

thank you. I haven't question

so the original, it's similar

to my questioning on the other

contract to So we got named to

this contract in OCTOBER.

First of 2020 it was a

six-year contract for

13 Million. Now we're asking

to add 3 more years 5 million,

which take us to 9 years 3

months. Why I. I have

questions, but I just have

concerns about having the

single source Pender like that

without going back out we have

other so really need to work

together and figure out how

partner better with technology

services could hear a unique

into and I can understand the

need for Riley, but at the

same time or other agencies

are held to 5 year contracts

and have to go out for

procurement. I it doesn't seem

like where a plane this with

the same rules. So can you

explain to me, right? We're

going why would have a

contract for 9 years, 9 years

3 months to 9 years and 3

history ces. But going from so

contract that we and it 10,

one of 2020, through 12. 31 of

2026. So that's the end of

this And then we would add

moving to 12. 31 of 2029.

Yeah, I apologize. I wish I

was having a hard time hearing

you so I get it exactly in

here. So the questions about

the amount versus the years

information of the new

contracted me 9 years and 3

months and after 5 years for

really supposed to go out

competitive process. We got

the same bid, it's great. But

and I mean, we keep using

executive order 8 over and

over and over again. Never

seen I've been around him the

old dinosaur here. I that this

city for 14 years, I've never

seen executive order. Used so

often go past 5 years on a

contract. So can you talk to

us why you did not go out and

read it this Every 5 years. We

do do a competitive service

provider, professional

contract every 5 years that

goes out for bed. This one is

on a different. It was a

general services contract

smart That was They were the

only responded that was

selected by General Services

and that's part of a second

consecutive quarter 8. That's

policy thing that nobody cares

how I feel about. So this was

part of that smart city

technology that rain in the

early 20. That's when this

contract that's what it was

contracted Okay. All I Tim

popping coming from the

mayor's office. You have

anything to add 10 too often.

Office. Thank you, COUNCILMAN.

Just want to make a larger

point about executive and some

of concerns have been

expressed that this contract

from the previous contract as

We had talked to the council

members about that new ways of

flagging when there are

situations where executive

order 8 isn't being used on

circumstances where contract

is being extended beyond 5

years and such things that

lead to an executive order e

that has now been added into

our resolution request I these

technology services contracts

bomb were filed the week or 2

before that new form has been

ruled out. Not that this

alleviates concerns that

you've raised guys wanted name

that we have hearing the

concern and the feedback from

the council members. We are

trying to address it through

things like making sure it's

I'm much more clear and

apparent in the resolution

request for men and other

places. So that not just city

council is being made aware of

this. But folks in

administration are being

flagged that this situation

where that exemption from a

normal procurement process has

been used. I just want to name

as well. Thank you. I

appreciate that I've read

resolutions that the

resolution requests. So that

will be really helpful and

just want to continue to say

we want to be good partners,

but it's hard when you're that

check to the balance and

you're not inform. So it's

better to do these briefings

with our colleagues. And it's

better to say, hey, we have we

know that we're supposed to go

out for every 5 years for

procurement. This is part of a

smart contract. And here's the

rfp Councilmembers. You want

to be informed because one of

the things that we want to is

we want to do committee work

in committee. And so if

technology service these

contracts are coming forward

to committee to give us a

heads now it's our job to go

to that committee, even if not

on that committee or watch

that committee and have our

staff cover it to do this type

of work on the floor. It

continuously keeps happening.

And it's just something that I

think you were going to just

keep calling out and calling

now. And so I'm asking the

administration do committee in

committee and give us had to

happen. 8th Pete Council

members don't take the

briefing. That's not my fault.

I take most my briefings. I

have my staff so than I

understand. But there are

outliers. And there are

anomalies out there and I can

understand why we need them.

And I can be better informed.

Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

thank Thank you. Councilmember

Cashman. Yes, thank you. MADAM

PRESIDENT so I've been asking

for. I can remember, 10, 11

years a landing page where

residents can just go online

and find out everything that's

gone on in their neighborhood.

The way you have to do it now

1979 created the registered

neighborhood organization

ordinance and made a deal. And

should you form these

volunteer groups of residents?

We'll tell you everything

that's going on with the city.

We want you to tell your

neighbors what's going on and

then come back and tell what

they think. So for the 10, 11

years I've been asking for

this states. Ben Ali says

complicated. We all agencies

different platforms, It's been

a lack of interest in previous

mayor and a lack of interest

in What I will say. There have

been some baby steps recently.

Maybe a little bit more than

baby stepson. I know Laura

Dunwoody from 3, 1, one has

been in trying to do some work

in this area. But we're

sitting here looking the last

2 contracts, almost 30 million

dollars in technology, but

somehow and I the people, the

individuals that work in our

tech services department, a

brilliant, capable people. I

think the message from above.

So who cares? And who doesn't

about what gets done here? If

it sounds like I'm losing my

patience because I'm losing my

patients me is sitting. You'll

be hearing more and more about

this type of thing from me my

time on City Council. Good

short. But yeah, this is It's

like they say don't. Tell

here, but wasn't. Don't tell

me value. Show me your budget

I'll tell you what your values

are. Don't Tell me what your

values are. Show me what

you're and I'll tell you what

your values are. Thank you.

MADAM PRESIDENT, thank you.

Councilmember Hines, thank

you. MADAM PRESIDENT, i

Cashman. I would love to get

your thoughts on a website.

Panda Denver. Perfect 10 dot

com. We've been asking

technology services for the

entire time. I've been on

council for a one-stop shop

that and we just we did it. If

you want to know where the

closest library, a bus stop, a

train stop for permits that

have been issued around your

home or an interested to

address in Denver. You can do

that. I'm not sure why

technology services didn't do

it. It took me on 3 or 4

months in my spare time.

Please check that Web site out

and see if that at least in

the direction of what you're

looking for. Thank Thank you.

I couldn't agree more with

Councilmembers, Sandoval of

really trying to do the work

and committee as opposed to

having to do this on the floor

and providing those briefings.

I think that but actually my

question would be if this is

voted down, what's the impact?

If this contract is voted down

tonight? What's the impact? If

the contract for putting down

what the endure plan of action

and your plan of action we

would simply have to stop

using stalling as a vendor to

provide these services and see

if we had access to the same

quality in the same type

workers the other staff are

contracts that we have

available okay. What we would

have projected just completed

a okay and to my colleagues

question about Salesforce and

fraternal capacity to be able

to support sales force. If we

lost all of our our staff, our

contract now we've been for

the last 8 of the contractors.

We have a couple other

contractors to work on a

full-time from other vendors.

Okay. So it's extending these

very high paying jobs someone

is not gonna come to city and

to write we can pay when they

can make $30250,000 on the

open market All right. Thank

Thank you. Are no other

council members in the queue.

MADAM Secretary Role Con

Council resolution 26, 13 72

councilmembers. Gilmore. They

pay. So and the I think that

and candidates in bind,

Cashman so no less. Sandoval

Todd s name watch PRESIDENT

American MADAM Secretary,

Close the voting and announce

the results and they 10 Nays

Council resolution 26, 13 72

has failed. MADAM Secretary,

please put the next item on

our screens. Everyone got to

read off very council

resolution 26, 13. 48 a

resolution approving a

proposed. I've proposed

agreement between the city and

county of Denver and Air

Canada for use and lease

agreement to provide passenger

services with rates and

charges at Denver

International Airport Council

resolution 26, 13. 49, a

resolution approving a

proposed agreement between the

city and county of Denver and

Society, Society. Air for a

Houston lease agreement to

provide passenger services

with rates unchanged and

charges at Denver

International Airport Council

resolution 26, 13, 50 a

resolution approving a

proposed agreement between the

city and county of Denver and

Alaska Airlines Inc for use

and lease agreement to provide

passenger services with rates

and charges at Denver

International Airport Council

resolution 26, 13. 51, a

resolution approving the

proposed agreement between the

city and county of Denver and

Cayman Airways. Limited

Limited for Houston lease

agreement to provide a

passenger services with rates

and charges at Denver

International Airport Council

resolution 26, 13. 52, a

resolution approving a

proposed agreement between the

city and county of Denver and

kind of mania. They have a

stone doing business as Copa

Airlines for use and lease

agreement to provide passenger

services with great and

charges at Denver

International Airport Council

resolution 26, 13. 53, a

resolution approving a

proposed agreement between the

city and county of Denver and

Iceland for use and lease

agreement to provide passenger

services with rates and

charges at Denver

International Airport Council

resolution 26, 13. 54, a

resolution approving the

proposed agreement between the

city and county of Denver and

Key Lime Air Corporation doing

business as Denver Air

connection for a Houston lease

agreement to provide passenger

services with rates and

charges at Denver

International Airport Council

resolution 26, 13. 55, a

resolution approving a

proposed agreement between the

city and county of Denver, and

Deutsch, deutsche, the funds

to states to find to add a

associations are can do is

because all shot finds a

German airlines for Houston

least. Thank you, Lease

agreement to provide passenger

services with rates and

charges at Denver

International Airport Council

resolution 26, 13. 56, a

resolution provide approving a

proposed agreement between the

city and county of Denver.

Let's see torque have your

ally. Yo Turkish airlines for

the Houston Lease Agreement

for project to provide

passenger service with rates

and charges at Denver

International Airport and

Council resolution 26, 13. 57,

a resolution approving a

proposed agreement between the

city and county of Denver and

WestJet for least use and

lease agreement to provide

passenger services with rates

and charges at Denver

International Airport.

Councilmember Sandoval, would

you please put council

resolution? 26 13. 48 through

13. 57 on the floor for

adoption in a block. I move

that resolution resolutions

for page, 2, 13. 57 be adopted

in the block. Has been moved

and seconded questions and

comments by members of Council

and Council resolution 13. 48

through 13. 57, we're going to

start comments. We have

council members in the queue.

We have It's 7 minutes or so

and then we will have to break

for general public comment. So

we'll start with Councilmember

Luis, you can actually start

with Councilmember Gonzalez

Gutierrez. Okay. We can go

with Councilmember Gonzalez

could get us. You're going to

start her. Thank you, MADAM

PRESIDENT, I want to start off

by just thanking folks for

your partnership and I there

are some folks that are here

either in the room and also on

zoom from some of the

community organizations that

have been engaging in

conversations. And I have a

few questions for them inside

producer to to lift them to,

promote them on zoom. But we

also have folks here from the

Denver Immigrant Partnership

team. We have folks online

from American Friends, Service

from the Colorado Immigrant

Rights Coalition. So for for

all of you and whoever would

that be? So kind to answer? I

want to ask if your

organization was able to

connect with the city agencies

and administration. What was

the name that you meant? So

there's Jordan Garcia and

Brandon serving or multiple

Jordan's that locked into the

one link. So we need to

determine you raise okay.

Thank you, producer

their

online?

So we want to start with

Jordan and then Brennan,

Qatar, the no Andres. Okay.

Brandon, do would you like to

answer? I was asking if anyone

from organization was able to

connect with city agencies and

the administration? Just

testing audio can hear me. Can

hear you. Hi. My name is

Brandon. I'm an organizer ever

as his. So we're also a

partner organizations serve.

We were actually able to have

a short meeting with the

representatives from the

Denver International Airport

and one member from me,

mayor's office. I think that's

as far as that question does.

And then I know Dana Miller is

also in the audience was ipt.

Tomatoes also be able to

answer some of these

questions. Absolutely. Thank

you so much, Brandon. Dana, do

you mind? I have a couple of

questions to that. I would

like to ask that Is it your

understanding that there are

no deportation flights

occurring under this use.

Lease agreement. Any of these

use lease agreements. There

deportation flights going on

at dia all the time and have

been for months related to

this ula or not. And my

understanding whether the eu

allies past or not, there will

continue to be high slice out

at the airport. Thank thank

you. One more quick question.

Sorry, Dana, because I'll ask

you and Brandon and if Jordan

is available, is it your

understanding that there is a

commitment to continued

conversation and consultation

to address ongoing concerns

that your organizations have

brought forward. We'll go with

Dana first. And then Brandon.

Absolutely. We've had the

great opportunity to speak

some of the folks at Danon.

Also hear the mayor's office

about our concerns about ice

flights, the safety issues of

ice lights and also the

monitoring of the ice flights

out of signature. Thank you so

much. Brandon. And if Jordan,

if you are available, would

you care to answer before we

have to? I think I some

additional comments. I need.

Thanks, I appreciate what they

know is saying. I think there

are additional things that we.

Take into account. Well, as

far as these ice flights

deportation flights, I think

that one of the first steps

can be more transparency and

accountability for what's

happening. Some of those

things can look actually

monitoring these fights with

cameras at the airport. Other

things might be potential is

ensuring that there is a

training and and accessibility

for the the planning

procedures at the at the

airport and making sure that

like there are fraudsters to

make sure these things are

being followed. That also be

happy. Jordan, if you have

additional comment. Martin

able to get in there now.

Okay, Jordan, if you'd care

to. Yes,

MADAM PRESIDENT, I

know we're probably at times

so I'll stop there. We have a

number of council members in

the queue and we have general

public comment that is calling

that we need to prep and get

ready for self. Let hold,

please So we will consider we

will continue the

consideration of Council

resolution. 26 Dash 13. 48

through 26 13. 57 during the

05:30pm, Session after general

public comment tonight, there

will be required public

hearing on council on council

bill. 26 12. 52 changing

zoning classification for 70

to 76 North Hazel 80 through

19 north, the 8 street and 45

19 West 3rd Avenue and Barnum

and barn and West. If there

are no objections from members

OCTOBER 19th sign. It begins

at 05:00pm on Thursday,

OCTOBER 15, we look forward to

hearing from you again and

thank you for attending

council will now reconvene

from our earlier session. We

will continue the

consideration of council

resolutions. 26 13. 48 through

26 13. 57, we have a

Councilmember Guns also gifted

us. You Jess, thank Thank you

so much. And I understand that

Brandon and Jordan are still

promote id. And so I have a

cup take a couple more

questions for you all and then

also for any representation.

Representative from as well

this last question. So my

question was around whether or

not there was a commitments to

continued conversation and

consultation to address the

ongoing concerns. And this is

for the organizations. If they

left that meeting, seeing that

there was a commitment to that

and out Dana, if you want to

answer first and then we can

go to Brandon enjoyed past.

It. I'm not sure the outcome

the meeting last week with his

into night meetings that

you've had. Yeah, yeah. What

the meetings and I have Okay.

I think there's a definite

commitment to move ahead with

further conversation grateful

for Thank you so much, Dana.

Brandon or Jordan. Yeah.

Coming out of that meeting, i

think that there is definitely

shared commitment I have come

further conversation. I still

think there is more to be done

the partitions like they're

still happening out of the I a

on a daily basis. I'm looking

forward to what that might

look like. With Dan as well

city Further conversations.

Great. I want ask this last

question because I think you

pretty much answered it. It

was asking about what is

collaboration look like going

forward and it sounds like

that looks like these ongoing

conversations and willingness

to, you know, perhaps

implement some of these

changes and ideas. I will turn

over to and the same question

around the willingness to

collaborate the willingness to

continue conversation to

continue to address ongoing

concerns. Good evening. Might

feel airports, cfo, acting

interim ceo for De La Porte

who apologizes. He's not field

to make tonight as he is out.

But yes, we are different

community continue those

conversations. Great. Can you

point to the section of the

use lease agreement that

requires compliance with our

state and local loss. It is

section 703, using these

agreements. And what is it

safe? I don't have an interim.

Maybe we can get everyone she

that like playing a Good

evening council to often in

the mayor's has Mike said

section 7.0 3, but it's at the

bottom of page 19 of the

contract with each of the

Houston lease agreements.

There are multiple sections. I

think the most relevant

section for the purposes of

your question. COUNCILMAN

Subsection c the airline which

you subsection now. That's

okay. Okay. Thank you for

pointing it out. My next

question is about how we hold

the the vendors or contractors

accountable for any violations

of that section of the

contract of our state and our

local Yes. And so we'll have

to see on a case-by-case There

are some ways of holding them

accountable leading to the

use. A lease agreement itself

rules and regulations with the

airport blast. The ordinance

situations arise. We'll have

coordinate. Was the city's

attorneys office to fear

what's the most appropriate

approach response the

individual situation that

comes to hand okay. I will

just say I would love to have

follow-up following today on

exactly what kinds of things

could be put in place because

it's my understanding and

anyone can correct me if I'm

wrong. But my understanding is

that those conversations with

need to pursue this current

tonight, do any do Lease

agreements have any impact on

the deportation flights

carried out by any the

airlines. No, they do not.

Okay. If we do not have the

signed ula where we have

grounds to uphold any

accountability. We do. But the

use scream and provides an

additional level of

accountability to the Iran's

so which we would be able hold

them accountable forward.

Additionally, if uae's are not

approved, it does put the risk

potential violations of

federal loans. Okay. And I

guess my last question

somewhat similar is is there

any intention than that, the

city that will move forward

with with accountability. If

our laws are violated, work

through that depend on the

situation. Thank you. That's

all that I have right now.

Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

Thank u next in the Queue. We

have Councilmember Gilmore.

Thank Council PRESIDENT. I

wanted state for the record

tonight that I will be voting

against. I guess block of

contracts. I've wanted to only

call out key line, but since

there on the agenda, I will be

fine for that. Like to put on

the record the reasons why I'm

voting against it. The first

one It's a If we had bakery

the city was doing business

with and they were homophobic,

xenophobic, were being

discriminatory against

someone. We would not want to

do business with them. Same

thing with key we're picking

out threads to make the case

to vote yes for something

instead staying our values

protecting people's making

sure that they have humane

treatment. She has been

responsible for one-fifth of

the deportation flights out of

266 from in 2006. The second

is that Denver International

Airport has known about these

issues for years. They have

chosen to ignore them and him

and hall about them. And they

have set up meetings. But I am

not confident that they're

going to put any additional

measures in because council

will already voted on this

contract. And so there is no

reason for them to implement

those at measures. The 3rd

reason is earlier tonight,

everyone on this council voted

to approve the Indigenous

Peoples Day proclamation

sitting out there in City Park

yesterday, listening to elders

to folks in the community

talking about how brown people

are indigenous. We are all

related. I do not think that

any of the elders or any of

the folks from the indigenous

or Native American community

would support Denver City

Council voting from Italy for

a company. Use agreement. Be

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because they are deep

hoarding people, kidnapping

innocent people and sending

them to places unknown. If

this is not the moment in

history where the city council

do something too. Make a point

that we are not going to stand

by and let Denver

International and Mayor

Johnston feed us a line that

they're going to do something

that that they care so much.

And also, I believe in talking

with Denver, Denver

International Airport

employees, some of our city

employees are possibly being

asked to violate city

ordinances that are in place

because they are assisting

with ice and with immigration,

deportations. And so I will be

a no on these tonight. Thank

you. Council PRESIDENT. Thank

you. Councilmember Sandoval,

thank you. MADAM PRESIDENT,

have a question for someone at

Dan regarding grant

assurances. 22. She you all

have to rent appear at the

same very steam So Davis, I'm

or assistant general counsel,

Denver International Airport.

Thank Can talk? Can you give

us like not a lawyer version

like a 8th grade version of

what grant assurances 22

means. Yeah, it means

generally we need to treat all

aeronautical users the airport

similarly so that if a benefit

is offered to one aeronautical

user needs to be offered to

all the aeronautical users

seeing similar like an is that

because we took money, they

can. You talk about what what

a grant is that has to do with

taking usage money right?

Correct. Can. You start from

the very beginning of usage of

money in like a grant. What

like. A grant is the

conveyance money from one

person to another without

having pay it back is from

what I understand. Yes. So

when we received federal

airport improvement program

grants, it's for a project. We

want to a runway

rehabilitation project will

apply for that grant if the

project is approved, they will

give grand under contract that

grant. That contract includes

the grant assurances which are

attached to it. And it's a

list of 40 obligations at

airport sponsor. Undertakes

want to accept funds. Okay. So

another line of questioning,

do you know of airport that

has ever been able to not have

airline at their airport? So

I'll ask it a different If

your landlord, the you have a

lease and there's provisions

in your these where you're

like, ok, I need this 10 and

out to and have to go through

what prescribed in your least

move tenant out I am not a fan

of key Lime air, I would like

them to not be at their party.

Do we have a mechanism in our

leases to remove key lime air

out of our air part. If

there's party at the airport

with a contract with Alice and

they violate the terms of

their lease agreement, the

least will have options, for

instance, putting any any

tenant at the airport into

fall for violating the terms

of condition of their

agreement. In sense the

opening of call it the starry

cast with the Denver

International Airport the

opening of da. Have ever in

its history. Not like has

airline violated that. Have we

ever had to terminate a lease?

I'm not aware ever terminating

an aeronautical Houston lease

agreement against the carrier.

Okay. So repeat back the crash

or it's going back in time to

crash or so do we know Denver

International Airport open?

Did we use grants from the

federal government to build

Denver International Airport

tweeted so sense the very

beginning of time since Denver

International Airport built

developed. We got money to a

grant. The federal government.

And within that grant, it said

we had a grant insurance. 22

that moving forward. We have

keep all like same commitment

to all the airline carriers

are making it sound super

simple and it's not. But

that's that's generally

correct. That's generally what

I'm playing. Okay. Thank you.

Think men, PRESIDENT, thank

you. Councilmember Flynn.

Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

thank COUNCILMAN Santa will

for that it was one of those

miracles when mayor Mayor Pena

wanting to build this airport

no one fought. Denver could

half billion dollars federal

grant assistance to build this

new airport. And I think the

airlines Continental United at

the time the big were kind of

betting Rico would not be able

to do and low and behold, he

was getting that federal grant

that brought to united in

Continental to the table in

Continental sign. First,

United signed later. That's

why they're on be. And

Continental was on a list.

That we've a amount of federal

grant funding into this

airport from the very

beginning. The nation's only

new airport in the last 30

years. But it's important

understand what this leases

and and what it This leases

for Concourse Gaytan counter

space for Denver Air

Connection which is a

subsidiary of Key Lime for its

of scheduled passenger service

out of Concourse c using the

gate and the counter at the

east end of the concourse for

which it already has a lease

and already occupies and that

lease is expiring. Denver Air

Connection serves 8 small

rural airports getting into

Mountain West under a national

program of the U.S. Dot called

Essential Air Service that

subsidizes flights in and out

small airports around the

country, mostly rural and

remote towns. It's a crucial

link for people Alamosa Cortez

Preble Clovis, New Mexico and

Alliance and Mccook Nebraska.

Lease does not involve any

charter flights by key Lime

air, including any flights for

from the fixed base operator,

Signature Airlines, signature

has the relationship with key

Lime air for its charter

operations. The iea does Also

I d I a to the end. A person

not dam. Sorry. A key lime air

is a certified faa. Part one.

21 air carrier. It has

absolute right to operate.

India and any other airport.

We have a legal obligation to

provide a Houston lease

agreement or any part one

pretty warm air carrier that

one Approving. It isn't really

optional. It's a ministerial

act. Just like the clerk and

recorder can't decide not to

stamp fire were real estate

transaction or a marriage

license. This is more in the

line of a ministerial action.

But the consequences of

denying. Use a lease agreement

with certified airliner owners

and frankly uncharted It is a

violation of our federal grant

agreements with the faa that

require us to be

nondiscriminatory right off

the top in next year's budget.

We anticipate receiving

159 million dollars,

additional federal grant money

for ongoing and new projects

vital to the airport such as

runway Taxiway Apron,

rehabilitation baggage system

work and others in future

years. There is a total of

375 million dollars already

anticipated in federal aid.

This is a significant

financial risk for and not

only due to the withdrawal of

federal grants in the

litigation that is sure to

follow and which we are

certain to lose. We can't

cover these losses, but were

we to fail to approve this

agreement more than federal

grants are at risk. The faa

provides many other services

to the airport that could be

reduced or eliminated under

the Essential Air Service

subsidy that I mentioned on

compliant airport. Those

subsidies could be reduced or

cut from other carriers as

well. 2 other airlines,

SkyWest, which feeds

passengers from smaller

regional airports to United

and Contour Airlines together

provide federally subsidized

essential Air service from 22

other small rural airports

across the inner Mountain

West. In the Great Plains for

a total of 30 small cities and

towns that depend on this

federal program for flights in

and out of Denver. The people

in those towns will be left

without connecting your

service. That's around a

million passengers a year. Faa

could further punish us by

reducing tsa screening

capacity or staffing at the

international arrivals

terminal impacting our

overseas carriers. 3rd win

this council remakes on its

obligations under the law. It

sends a chilling warning to

our other carriers, including

our major hub Airline

Partners, United, Southwest

and Frontier, and the tens of

millions passengers that they

fly in and that they MAY not

be able to rely to fulfill

legal obligations when it

comes to their plan shoot for

Denver flights. Investments.

They already have told of

their concerns over this. It's

it's an unprecedented

situation. Really. But now let

me also say this. By doing

this by voting, this town. If

by doing that, we could stop

key lime air from facilitating

any illegal deportations to

help stop the human rights

abuses of the worst sort. That

this nation has witnessed.

Might this be a price that

we're willing to pay? Here's

why. It's not. Rejecting this

agreement cannot change

anything except for We would

face all the consequences

Mayor would have could

continue its writer operations

and affected by this vote

because the that we're voting

on doesn't include its charter

operations. Denver Air

connection scheduled flights.

In the meantime, out of

Concourse which just switched

a common eu skates and counter

space continue without a

lease. Further while the

flight that while the focus

has been on the line, mayor

and outside investigation, I

think it's already been

mentioned council put Em from

is flown only of all the ice

flights. Out of the iea this

year. Maybe that was

Councilman Gilmore said end of

266 ice flights that

identified in Twenty-twenty 6

key lime air 56. The other

carriers, other carriers to

the other 80% key lime air

flu, no lights flights in

SEPTEMBER. Rejecting this

lease. That's less than

nothing. Does a rep damage to

the city? So here's the bottom

line. Reason why we need to

approve this agreement. We

delayed considering so that we

could adopt an ordinance

sponsored by COUNCILMAN As

news that requires all city

contractors not to violate

federal state or local laws.

And that requirement, as we

just heard is embedded in this

agreement and all the other

events. In fact, I think now

an awful city contracts going

forward airport or not.

Rejecting. It takes what few

cards we have out of our

hands. Only by approving this

contract. We have any skin in

the game? Whereas an illegal

deportation flown by key Lime

air could be charged as a

breach of contract open up the

possibility of penalties. That

ordinance is why we waited

until today to not approve the

agreement. After all, this

makes no because the only

standing we have to do

anything at all about illegal

deportations. Us to have this

contract signed and approved.

Been suggested that we not

turn our back on human rights

abuses and I couldn't agree

more. And the fact is.

Rejecting this contract would

too be turning our backs on

human rights abuses because it

takes any authority. We have

great out of our hands. We can

confront human rights report

only by having this lease in

place. So it comes down to

this. If you want to help

immigrants voting no is the

wrong choice. First, it's no

more than just quick

rejection. That is temporarily

cathartic, perhaps but cannot

change anything about the

flights they continue. Second

of perpetuates the harms of

illegal deportations because

it removes any ability. Denver

has to take action on them.

Well, the airline continues

doing everything it already is

doing without consequence, a

no vote causes. You're a

t-Mobile harm to the airport's

current and future fiscal

health. And finally, it risks

the loss of federally

subsidized their service for

residents of more than 2 dozen

small rural destinations

throughout the inner Mountain

West in the Midwest. If we

want to have any influence at

all in pushing back on the

legal deportations voting, yes

is the only way. Bottom line.

We cannot enforce breach of

contract against an airline

with which we don't have a

contract. Thank MADAM

PRESIDENT. Thank Councilmember

Sawyer. Thank you, MADAM

That's a hard act to follow.

And I will say thank you,

Councilmember Flynn for laying

out the Sophie's choice in

front of us. So clearly,

right, because at the end of

the day that with this is we

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either can sacrifice

functioning world class

airport and the services we

offer there too many, many

different airlines and to

many, many different

passengers from all over the

place for a moral victory that

will not actually stop

deportation flights from

Denver at all. If I thought if

I knew that we could stop

those deportation flights. I

absolutely be willing to vote

no on approval of this lack of

use in lease agreements

because I think we all agree

that this is an absolute human

rights violation and it's

absolutely unacceptable. And I

think we are all disgusted by

what we are seeing from our

federal government right now.

At the same time. Our

residents want functioning

airport. They want airport

where they can walk in the

door. All of the assets work

perfectly. They get through

security in a reasonable

amount of time. Our our trains

are working to get people to

the gates. They have a number

of different concessions to

choose from. They have working

well maintain bathrooms that

they can use and they want to

get on their flight and they

want to go to wherever it is.

They're going. And if voting

no on this contract. Would

stop deportation flights out

of Dan? I would absolutely

consider. Are facing But it

won't. It will not. And at the

end of the day, that means

that we would sacrifice what

our residents want in their

airport experience for a

hollow moral victory. And I

don't think that that's what

our residents And so I will be

yes. Tonight. I will not be

happy about being a yes

tonight because I think that

this is an incredibly unfair

position that we have been put

in. But at the same time we

were elected to uphold the

best interest of the city and

county of Denver. We were

elected to represent our

residents who want and

functioning airport. And so

unfortunately, even though I

hated it. I will be a yes

tonight. Thank you. Thank you.

Councilmember Hines, thank

you. MADAM PRESIDENT, I have a

question for Dan if I know all

right. There, it's less d

well. You're coming to the

podium. I've back when I first

started getting politically

active of my state

representative was marked for

and you know, he's speaker of

the House the time. And she

said to me, Chris, probably

because that's my name

Politics or about talking

points policies but

nuance. Has seemed to me that

that conversation that

particularly the e-mails that

I get car reducing the

conversation to some talking

points, specifically that she

is the bad actor saying no to

key Lime will suddenly make

Our city look good and we'll

get rid ice from from from our

major port. So question to

have died. So I agree it's

hard to fault Councilmember

Flynn because he laid it out

quite well. Hyper twice. She

is 20% of the deportation

flights out of Dan is that

sorry. I just can't call it

anything other than Is there

was is that an accurate

statistic that 20% of the

deportation flights out of 10

are are from key Kristopher

lot International Airport,

local affairs adviser. We have

lot of 10 staff here tonight.

So I'm here to play traffic

cop and candidates. I call on

them. Don't know if anyone

affairs has that answer.

That's not a step that I'm

aware in terms projects, like

clarify Holden you had was

unable to hear you will you

MAY want to move the

microphone down or like just

yes, that better like this.

They're a little There you go.

Okay. Great. Can you repeat

what you Absolutely. And I

don't know if that clarified

council member Hines question

and then we have Councilmember

see might answer absolutely.

Man is Chris local affairs

advisor for international

airport. We have a lot of 10

staff here this evening. Some

here kind of help. Thank you

the right, the right folks. I

don't not familiar with that

stat. The one-fifth of all

fights. I'm not sure could

advise unless anyone from

airline has better point.

Okay. Do we have someone here

from Dan who can Thank you

good evening, Mark Nagle,

interim chief operating

officer for Denver

International Airport. As it

was so eloquently stated, we

don't actually have contract

with key Lime or the other

airlines center flying ice

flights. So we don't have that

data. So I'm I cannot confirm

or deny the that's Flynn will

tell what your source. Thank

you. And believe was

COUNCILMAN Gilmore earlier

that number is from a

nationwide journalistic

enterprise investigation. That

channel mine in Denver and

other stations owned by taking

conducted a nationwide

investigation. They pored over

thousands upon thousands of

flight records from every

airport in the country and

focused not on the line, but

on another airline that's that

carries most of flights and

they are the ones who said

that over that period 2026.

The Channel 9 slash take no

investigation. Found 266

flights out of d I a in that

Just guy, sorry 66 flights out

of dia in that period. And 56

of them were flown by Chi

line. I didn't see in their

report what airlines carry the

other 80% of the flights. But

but that came not from the

airport, not from the faa. It

came journalistic enterprise

that involved all thus taking

the stations around the

country to pour over the state

underwrite that trigger. Thank

you. Thank Number have any

other. Yeah, I think you and

outside asking Dan for for the

information if I go back to to

quote that I shared from

speaker Dino I want to make

sure that people who elected

me asked me to do the deep

diets want every conversation

every vote that I cast. And so

the deep dive is too. All

right is to understand the

nuance and the policy. Not

just a talking point where I'm

going with the question and to

end the day to request to use

that getting rid of key Lime

gets rid of some maybe 20% but

not all of the deportation

flights out of. All right,

Dan? I'm have to call it day

and and there are other

carriers that have been in the

news for at Dan for having ice

come and whisk people away

potentially in violation of

their constitutional rights.

And so where where I'm going

with this is I think it's

important for us as council

members to make a decision

based on the information we

have as opposed to the

decision that that come, the

males that are sent in ask us

all right to decide here there

we choose key lime and we

choose to. These are e-mails

that have received to shackle

people in 2 airplanes or I

choose know to key lime and

and somehow the city is

absolved from interaction with

the ice. That's just not that

binary. Far more than talking

points. And I think

Councilmember Fleming laid

that those talking points

excuse me, laid out the nuance

quite plainly. So thank you.

Councilmember Flynn for your

research, including research

on investigative journalists

research. Thank you, MADAM

PRESIDENT, thank you. Pro Tem

Gonzalez could get us. Thank

you, MADAM PRESIDENT. And and

that rows of all the questions

that I had, I didn't get a

chance to just make a final

statement here before we go to

vote on I thank you.

COUNCILMAN Flynn. I don't say

this often I agree with you on

a lot of your That's a joke.

COUNCILMAN But what I do know

is that, you know, voting down

these contracts will not end

deportation flights. We also

know that key Lime is not the

only airline with ice

contracts and participating in

this activity. We know that to

be true. And that is also not

an excuse to sit here and

yeah, we're going to let this

go It puts us in a very, very

difficult position and this

decision has heavily on me.

Which is why I've asked. For

so much grace and also

communication conversation,

collaboration and partnership

all of these things because I

think it's incredibly

important that with this with

our city and the values that

we uphold. That we are not

taking these decisions

lightly, that we are making

sure that we're putting in the

provisions in place that are

necessary for the people in

our And so the things that I

expect going forward. Is that

that kind collaboration

continues with the community

organizations, collaboration

and partnership, not lip

Service. I mean, true

partnership because up until

this point, it has not been

that way. At about 2 months

ago when I first asked for

there to be conversations with

community organizations, it

was I was told no that they

didn't want check with other

folks. First, I see this as if

we're talking about putting

measures in place, whether

it's transparency, measures

are other ways to protect our

community members. Then we

should involve the community.

We should involve those that

are most impacted and it took

us some time to get I am

grateful that we have gotten

there and I expect that it

continues. I also would like

that we implement and maintain

transparency measures such as

tracking. I said Tiffany.

Looking into how we are

tracking the flights. I know

that other airports have done

this I want us to can be

creative. I want us to think

about how this is possible. I

know we're talking about a

much larger airport than some

of the other airports in the

country that are doing this

work. But I don't think it's

impossible. I'm also asking

that we continue to explore

and figure out how we

intercept, you whole

deportations. We cannot allow

these things to continue on in

our city with the laws that we

have in place in not only in

our city, but also in our

state. When these things are

and Those are the expectations

that I have is these

expectations are not I will

not be silenced. I meet with

the community organizations.

We will continue to push. And

I know that the work here is

not done. Thank you, MADAM

PRESIDENT, thank you.

Councilmember Cashman. Thank

you. MADAM PRESIDENT, thank

you. Counselors are was

co-chair is for the or

advocacy and getting the iea

to the table and I have the

same expectations said be a

real commitment because he's

too important and it's not

rocket science. We can do

better monitoring what's going

on at the airport. All take

every vote that I make 2

hander their activities first

wrote, I drop my ballot and

last night at the Cook Park

Recreation Center, believe

when 28 rolls around, you want

to affect ice? Can, in this

NOVEMBER church next national

vote. I don't believe. Turning

group of police is down. We'll

do what wanted to do. Xyz

Council pro time said this is

difficult voters that the

fiber of my being hello. I

don't want to hear the details

of the contract. I don't want

to hear about it. No, no, no.

I don't want those people. It

my airport. Don't have that

ability to make that happen.

We're in such a bizarre.

Aware. I mean, my view is is

completely Rogan out of

control and we need to do

everything we can to get them

back into control. And then as

a my friend COUNCILMAN Flynn

said can't. Kind of why

someone for violating contract

if you don't have a contract.

Want to say friend Miller and

all of her colleagues who have

brought topic so far on front

burner because it was unfair,

wouldn't want the airport to

put it on the front burner.

They are. They are poor. Did

do a little bit of

sidestepping along the way. So

Kaye, sometimes it takes a

while to get where you need to

get. I appreciate the airport

coming to the table. And I

believe I believe you in

wanting to keep topic moving

forward in a direction that

makes a immigrant community

feel more safe and to be more

safe. So I will be supporting.

Hard to from the Be easily

says evening and will keep my

on our friends at airport

follow through their

commission and says thank you.

Thank you. Councilmember Luis.

Thank you. I actually 3 really

quick questions. Can someone

either from the city

attorney's office or from then

talk about what is within

Denver's legal authority in

terms of protections. And so I

understand that even if Dan

cannot prohibit federally

contracted flights from

landing, what monitoring

transparency contracting in

accountability measures are

legally available to us.

And

make a run city attorney. So

I'm sorry, counsel unless that

was a multi pronged questions.

Want to everything. So

question one second, do my

just repeating action. Thank

Good to see you. What is with

in Denver's legal authority?

And even if cannot prohibit

federally contracted, let's

remind what kind of monitoring

transparent transparency,

contracting and accountability

measures are legally available

to So I would call upon John

Griffin license and to be a

bit careful with attorney

client privilege information

and my legal analysis and

recommendations are in that

realm. Council so I can answer

just need to be very sensitive

certainly if the ula is passed

we've got contract provisions

that we can enforce. And if

the contract is not complied

with, then there are options

under the contract. There are

also options under the out

rules where they basically

incorporated ordinance into

the generals. So there are

things like we could

potentially terminate their

contract. We could terminate

portions of their contract. We

could find we could

potentially of ecstatic. So

these are all contractual

remedies that we would have

available to us if the you

always passed. So that is one

example, ok, that's super

helpful. And this MAY be for

you. It could be for 10, but

we'll figure out who it's So

what is the admission

administration committed to

implementing into? I know

we've heard from the Abbott

advocates around conversations

with him and those are

incredibly important courage

asked to continue to have but

they are not the same as

enforceable protections, a

timeline or a public

accountability process. And so

curious as to if you gotten to

a point that level detail

specificity. So the question

about what does it, what does

the administration committed

to or what his administration

committing to committing to

implement it? I will turn that

over to tennis at thank I

COUNCILMAN Luis half and with

the mayor's office. So I know

that there's been discussion

with City council about some

of the specific transparency

measures that we are rolling

out are still that is in

conjunction with those ongoing

conversations that we're

having with each of advocacy

groups. And I think one of the

things that from my

perspective and I know I'm

from the defense team as well

that we very much appreciated

talking to Dana and talking

about other organizations that

we've talked to and is that

each of the conversations

we've we've been able to ask

them questions some of the

ideas that we are here to

reading and searing their

feedback hearing some of the

issues, the I, d and and Her

folks often ones on the ground

trying to make sure

observation other things are

calm being able having that

back and forth on this ideas

that both the airport, the

administration and advocacy

can can get on board with

candidly where there are times

for practical security or

other reasons, we can't

accommodate some of the

requests. That's part of

ongoing time like this. Well,

yeah, just a quick follow-up

for you. Him in terms of the

enforceable protections. Do

you all have timeline that

you're operating within or any

plans for public accountant,

public accountability process,

understanding if we move into

point and if we do it and if

we do, but what can what can

you all commit to in terms of

like that timeline, the

enforceable protections and

they public accountability

process, understanding that

lake, whatever we do here

today that you're going to

have to do something to let

the public know what we are

doing to ensure their

protections in place in the

future. Yeah, so I similarly

to Micah Brown want to be a

little bit careful about what

I can and can't talk about

publicly. I don't think we

have a specific timeline on

each of the transparency

measures what could be rolled

out publicly and what net

empty for a variety of But

some of the things we are

trying to action we understand

the urgency because separate

and apart from what happens

with these, you always

understand these are happening

that you were happening last

week. They're happening this

week. Lot next week. So I

think everyone in the

administration also feels that

urgency and administration is

committed to working with the

at the kids to come to an

outcome. And so not just that

conversations but actually

having something tangible that

comes of those conversations,

correct? Okay. It would be

helpful if you all could

circle back to council. I

don't know if it's committee

or if it's here just to let us

know the workings of the

conversations that you all are

happy. Absolutely. Thank you

so this is just a general

question that I'd like to

understand. And they're not

all going to have a few

comments. So what happens to

councils leverage after

approval? So if the agreements

move forward without

additional measures, what

mechanisms remain for council

to secure the protections that

we've all been talking about

today. Up to him again. My

bat. Tim, half and with the

mayor's it's an interesting

question. I think you

certainly have the ability

committee presentations

through executive session

through one-on-one should

always call me COUNCILMAN Text

through ongoing dialogue and

communication that we have

between the administration and

city council to ask for

updates on how those

conversations are going. Know

that all of you have your own

independent relationship with

advocate groups ensure that

you will be hearing from them

about how those conversations

are going as well. But I

certainly think that committee

work between executive

sessions between one-on-one

conversations, all of those

are different avenues for the

conversation to continue. For

you continue make sure that we

are living up to our end of

what degree minutes. Great.

Thank you. That's my last

question So I do want to speak

to the use and lease

agreements because I genuinely

struggle with this, though,

not because I don't understand

the operational needs of our

airport, but because I'm

deeply concerned about what's

happening on city-owned

property and what we as a city

are willing to do about it for

months, myself and council

members have pushed the

administration and in the

meaningful meaningfully engage

with immigrant voices to

identify every tool available

to us to protect our immigrant

communities and to hold ice

and the corporations that

facility eating these

deportation flights

accountable. And I want to be

very clear about one thing.

Ongoing conversations is not

the same as meaningful

engagement, which is why I ask

those questions. Meaningful

engagement produces outcomes.

It produces commitments and it

produces protections. And

we're still waiting for those

3. I also want to address

delay in bringing these

agreements for because I

believe it. I believe it

important that we are clear

about why that happened. This

debate was not about abstract

in the operations of the

airport. It was about

demanding accountability from

And so for months, advocates

have been asking to come to

the table and have meetings,

meaningful conversations about

what more an airport can do to

address the deportation

flights. Happening on

city-owned property. That was

the requests that was the

reason for holding up at these

agreements and what I want

folks to understand is that

the delay accomplish something

that wasn't happening before

it got down to the table. And

we used to leverage. We had as

a council to create an

opportunity to engage that are

advocates had been asking for

and have not been receiving

for some time. And some I'm

glad that we were able to do

that. I'm glad we delay these

agreements. I'm glad we

demanded more. But sometimes

governing means being willing

to slow something down when

the people most impact

impacted are not being heard.

But getting down to the table

was never supposed to be the

finish line. It was supposed

to be the starting point and I

refuse to allow the

administration to confuse

finally showing up with

actually delivering. Are

advocates deserve more than

access to a meeting they

deserve meaningful

participation in decisions,

concrete commitments and

measurable outcomes. And that

brings me to what has been

particularly frustrating

throughout this process,

watching the administration

and and make even minimal

accountability measures far

more difficult than they ever

needed to be. We're not

talking about some

extraordinary request year.

We're talking about

transparency, monitoring

cameras, the ability to

document what's happening on

public property and time

myself thinking about the

masking ordinance that

COUNCILWOMAN Now the dress and

I championed and the mayor

publicly celebrated that

legislation last week and

spoke with conviction about

this administration's

willingness to stand up to the

federal government and defend

our lot. And I appreciate

those words. But those with

those words ring hollow when

we cannot even get a

commitment to us install a

camera to monitor ice

operations at our own airport.

How are we willing to stand up

to the federal government when

we cannot even stand up for

the accountability measures

that are within our own

control. We cannot celebrate

our courage when the cameras

are rolling and then become

Tenet when it's time to

implement the protections. Our

communities have been asking

for. And I recognize that

federal law limits what we can

do. I recognize that we MAY

not have the authority to stop

these outright, but there's a

difference between what we

cannot legally do and what we

have simply not committed

ourselves to doing. And I also

want to acknowledge

COUNCILWOMAN Gonzales could

tears for working to

articulate what accountability

could look like after these

agreements are signed him for

helping keep our advocates

engaged in this process. But

those answers place an

extraordinary amount of faith

in the administration. I need

the administration to

understand that this is not

some casual commitment. There

are people's lives, their

families, their safety, their

humanity, that trust must be

met with action. Not another

round of conversations. I have

also raised some concerns

because this came up earlier

about 26, 0, 8, 8, with the

additional measures necessary

to make it effective. It

cannot serve as the safeguard

our communities deserve. And

that brings me to something

that I want to make absolutely

clear again, that this

conversation is that over our

votes tonight used I vote

tonight on these Houston lease

agreements should not be

interpreted as condoning isis

conduct. They should not be

interpreted as council

surrendering its

responsibility to our

immigrant communities. And

they certainly should not be

interpreted as permission for

the administration or Dan to

move on from this issue

because I'm not moving on and

I know other council members

are not doing the same.

Continue to demand Milan

publicly that our cities,

institutions use every lawful

tool within their power to

hold ice and the corporations

feel facilitating these

operations accountable and

I'll continue to stand

alongside of our neighbors and

advocates who have been doing

this work long before these

agreements came before us. And

I'll continue to ask why

something as basic as

transparency has required this

much fighting because our

values are not measured by the

ordinances. We celebrate our

com press conferences. We

hold. Our values are measured

by what we're willing to do

with protecting people becomes

difficult. And I want to be

very clear about what

accountability must look like

moving forward. I expect to

see the administration and and

to provide discount so with a

written implementation plan, a

clear timeline for monitoring

each and transparency measures

and a commitment to report

back publicly on their

progress are advocates should

not have to keep fighting for

a seat at the table. And this

council should not have to

keep asking whether the

communities meta has are being

honored. If this

administration is asking this

council and our communities to

trust that meaningful

accountability will follow

these votes. Then it has an

obligation to earn that trust

not was promises, not with

another meeting with action

because tonight's vote is not

the end of council's

oversight. It's the beginning

of a new test whether this

administration will honor the

commitments. It is asking us

to trust I vote tonight is not

in my vote tonight is not one

of confidence in how this

administration has handled the

issue. It is not an

endorsement of ice's actions

and it's certainly not a

surrender of my responsibility

to protect our neighbors. I

intend to keep demanding

accountability loudly and

publicly until every city uses

until the city uses every

lawful tool available to us.

Our immigrant communities

deserve nothing less, nothing

less and neither does the

conscious of this city. Thank

you so much. Council

PRESIDENT. Thank you. Council

member of a the Thank Thank

you. Council PRESIDENT I did

want to ask a question of the

airport. It was brought up

about cameras or wear you on

the conversations with King

County and thoughts around

putting and cameras. And is

this from the administration

or the airport from the

administration been? We've

been communicate with airport

on the topic. Okay. And I know

the airport and the

administration through various

channels, this reached out to

King County officials to

inquire about there us to talk

various city council members

about their process out there

county has their own process

for determining when their

officials can speak with us

with other jurisdictions about

this type of topics that they

are working through those

internal processes. Now, as

soon as we learn more get a

definitive answer, we will

follow up with you all. What

is the time I look like for

that? That's within King

County officials sure station.

So I can't give you a specific

timeline on that. So we

reached out on our behalf and

they just haven't given us

times to me is not the case.

They are going through their

own terms own internal process

ease about which officials

they would allow to speak

people from Denver and under

what circumstances things like

us. That's their process that

they're working It. I

appreciate that. More than

anything. I just want to say

what I've learned from our

advocate community and the

work that they're doing right

now has been tremendous. We

have amazing community

members. In Denver in Colorado

that are tracking that are

watching what's happening to

immigrant neighbors that are

knowing when people are

shackled on flights that are

knowing who and when are

coming in that are doing the

work. And and I we need to be

better partners to those

individuals and my sentiment

from the airport, which is

under new leadership over the

last few weeks is that you are

willing to do that, that you

are willing to have those

conversations, whether it be

like recent conversations fire

on getting people that have

been shackled off airplanes

safely I think that is

important. And I appreciate

that collaboration. I didn't

work with their poor too. Have

those conversations before

when we were having this

conversation last year and

I'll share, we voted down q, I

mean, it felt really good and

it literally stopped no

flights. It literally did very

little to make the situation

any better for us in fighting

the federal government. I

think that we need to document

because this regime will only

last so long we are coming for

that when we regain power. And

when we are able to have the

opportunity to hold them

accountable. Right now for the

moment, you MAY have a little

bit of power, but we are

documenting and we know what

you're doing and there will

the consequences. This is not

anything any of us take

lightly up here. This is

something that I think about

on a regular basis thinking

about families, little kids

being separated from their

families. One of the things

that I want to highlight is

the shuttle flight that have

been happening. So it's not

just deporting people to

countries that they MAY be

from. Deporting people out of

this country. It's also.

Separating them from their

attorneys. They don't have

legal representation. So they

do not have access to their

medical care. That's what this

is doing. It's more than just

these immigration fight and

it's taking people that are

not illegal immigrants. It's

people that are documented.

It's people that have asylum

case is pending its people,

its all types of people and

most the vast majority good,

hardworking people that are

getting caught on their way to

work. These are the people

that run or city. These are

the people that actually run

our airport. If you go to the

airport, there's a lot of

immigrants that runner

airport. I spoke to several

recently that are opening

small businesses at the

airport and we have to think

about all of them. And I

appreciate the collaboration.

And the next steps. I would

like to know from the airport.

What does that next step look

like as far as having these

conversations? Because I think

what we as council members

want to know is that we're not

you have been great. You've

been working with the

community, then working with

advocates because there's

nothing that's more

humiliating to as council

members and to not be knowing

how many people are deported

out of our city on a regular

basis out of our airport on a

regular basis. And so I would

like to hear from the airport

and the administration both

commitment to continuing this

conversation to work have

transparency with council

about deportations. And about

what's happening at the

airport. Comes from an

overdose at him often in the

mayor's office, we will get

that commitment to continue

those conversations recording

2 city Council Might be

allowed see if airports weird.

If I committed to have this

conversation City Council.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

And I want to acknowledge that

this is unprecedented at our

airport and at a large

airport, one of the largest

airports in the country that

will be working with us that

will be working with advocates

to document what's happening

and share these stories and

build trust because at the end

of the day, but we haven't had

over the last few years is

trust within administration

with the airport. And I think

we're starting a new foot and

this is good. Well, and please

don't let me Please continue

to work on this along with us.

And then at the end of the

day, I also just want to

acknowledge that. This is a

tool. And I would like to ask

our city attorney Lori just

sort Do we have more recourse

with these leases? Then do

without them. I appreciate

that. And look forward to

working together to continue

to hold these airlines

accountable to work with the

airport to provide more

transparency. Thank you. Thank

you. Council PRESIDENT, thank

you. Councilmember Sawyer.

Thanks, MADAM PRESIDENT. I

just as we're having this

conversation, I think.

Councilmember Luis brought it

up very briefly and really

that's the only time we've

talked about it. And so I

didn't want us. And this

conversation and vote without

us having acknowledgment of

the fact that, you know, City

Council and the mayor's office

and en and the city attorney's

office and the ad because

groups we are all we are all

trying our hardest to

represent the city of Denver.

Well, to ensure that people

are safe and welcome in our

city because those are values.

But what no one has sort of

said. And I want to

acknowledge right here that

it's the airlines that are

not. Doing that. Not one of us

has really brought to the

forefront that the clear and

factual. Truth that it is

airlines who are to partner

with the federal government

and these deportation flights.

And I didn't want to end this

conversation without bringing

that to the forefront because

at the end of the day, we

cannot stop the deportation

flights at our airport. But

you know, who can the airlines

who are doing these

deportation flights. And so I

just didn't want to let that

as we head towards voting on

this. Thank you. Thank you.

Council member of the the

thank The other airports,

white King County can have

been being more transparent.

So I do think that they're

poor also needs to be a better

partner and has access to data

and information that they

could share. And I would just

like to get from the airport,

a commitment to come back to

the Transportation committee

before the end of the year to

discuss what has come of

before after this

Might be a sea the airport

will commit to that. Thank

you. I appreciate Thank you.

Council PRESIDENT, thank you.

I think it's been said you

know what we're doing and and

the conversations we're having

are unprecedented and and with

the conversations that I've

had with my colleagues with

the airport, with the folks at

the airport with the mayor's

office and with, you know,

community, nobody wants these

ice flights. And so I think it

really does speak to. We need

to find our solutions

together. And there are a lot

of commitments that have been

put out and asks and so I look

forward to again, not just

within conversation, but

really some tangible things

that we can do as a city

moving forward to make sure

that all of our residents are

with that. MADAM Secretary

Roll Call on Council

resolution 26, 13. 48 26 13.

57. Council members Gilmore.

So. I hear I. The that I Hart

unsolved times Cashman. No s

Sandoval, watched I MADAM

PRESIDENT, American I MADAM

Secretary, close the voting

and announce the results.

We'll have a nice 11 I's

Council resolution 26, 13. 48

26 13. 57 have been adopted.

This concludes the items to be

called out. All bills for

introduction are ordered

published council members.

Remember that this is a

consent or block so and you

will need to vote aye.

Otherwise, this is your last

chance to call it an item. 4

separate vote. Councilmember

Sandoval, you please, but the

resolutions for adoption in

the final bills on final

consideration. Final

consideration for final

passage on the floor. I move

that resolution to be adopted

and there's final

consideration be placed upon

kind of consideration past and

a block for the following

items. Series 26 14. 0, 3, 14,

4.14 0, 7.14 Oh, 8.14 '09, for

11, 14, 12, 14, 13, 14, 14,

14, 15, 14, 16, 13. 95. 13, 96

13 97 through 2, 98 13, 99,

1413 35 13, 80 13, 15 13.

07:00am. It has been moved and

seconded. MADAM Secretary Roll

Call Council members more.

I'll be the can. I again I.

Cashman. I now I. I Watch

MADAM PRESIDENT, American

people. MADAM Secretary, Close

the voting and announce the

results. A nice 11 I's. The

resolutions have been adopted

in the bills have been placed

upon final consideration pass.

There are 2 proclamations

being read this evening.

Council member Sandoval and

Council Pro Tem Gonzalez could

get Would you please read

proclamation? 26 Dash 14. 64

which proclamation? 26 14. 64

opposing Colorado Proposition

one. 32 penalties for fentanyl

crimes and affirming a

comprehensive evidence-based

approach to addressing the

fentanyl crisis. Whereas the

Denver City Council recognizes

that fentanyl continues to

have devastating impacts on

individuals, families and

communities in Denver and

throughout Colorado and

supports strong efforts to

reduce overdose deaths,

disrupt fentanyl trafficking,

and improve public health and

safety and whereas those who

knowingly manufacturer in

traffic elicit fentanyl should

be held accountable. And

people who struggle with

fentanyl addiction should have

access to effective treatment

recovery and behavioral health

services and whereas

addressing the fentanyl crisis

requires a comprehensive

approach that combines

accountability for those who

traffic dangerous drugs with

increased investment in harm

reduction prevention,

treatment, recovery and

behavior, health services and

whereas Proposition one, 32

would establish mandatory

minimum prison sentences for

certain fentanyl related

fences and reduce judicial

discretion to impose

individual licenses based upon

the fact and circumstances of

each case. And whereas

judicial discretion is an

essential component, fair and

effective criminal justice

system because it allows

courts to distinguish between

varying levels of culpability

and consider it the individual

circumstances of each case

when determining an

appropriate sentence and

whereas Proposition one, 32

does not adequately

distinguish between young

people experimenting with or

struggling with drugs and

high-level fentanyl

traffickers. Instead imposing

mandatory prison sentences

that limit a judge's ability

to account for age

circumstances and individual

culpability. Young people

should be held accountable,

but accountability must leave

room for growth, learning and

rehabilitation. Not impose a

mandatory sentence that can

define the rest of the young

person's life and proposition

one, 32 would require

significant additional public

resources for incarceration

and the criminal justice

system. At a time when state

and local budgets are

strained, including here in

Denver whereas Proposition

one, 32 provides no dedicated

funding for prevention,

treatment recovery services,

additional jail capacity in

operations occur and how

behavioral health care and

detention facility staffing

prosecution, pretrial services

or other related local cost

20. And whereas Colorado

specific modeling prepare

researchers, but the Colorado

Poverty and half initiative

projects that expand mean

mandatory incarceration for

fentanyl offenses without a

corresponding expansion of

treatment capacity could

result in increased overdose

overdose deaths by limiting

access to treatment and

recovery services and whereas

Denver City Council believes

Colorado should not be forced

into either or approach

between accountability and

that we pursue policies that

are both from an effective by

aggressively targeting high

level trap drug traffickers

while preserving judicial

discretion and expanding

access to effective treatment

and recovery services. Whereas

SEPTEMBER has a responsibility

to support policies that make

our communities safer, hold

people accountable and address

the fentanyl crisis in a way

that reduces addiction and

overdose deaths rather than

relying primarily increased

incarceration now, therefore

now they're for be proclaimed

by the Denver City Council

that Denver City Council

formally opposes Proposition

one. 32, because it would

impose mandatory minimum

sentences, reducing judicial

discretion, end because it

fails to provide the balance

data in farm approach

necessary to address

Colorado's fentanyl crisis

effectively proposition one.

32 would impose substack

substantial. I'm funded fiscal

and operational brains and

Amber and other Colorado

counties. Well limiting the

flexibility of courts and

local government to invest in

and effective locally

responsive safety treatment

and public health strategies

that that the Denver City

Council affirms its support

for a comprehensive approach.

Me to the fentanyl crisis that

hold high-level tracked

traffickers accountable

preserves appropriate judicial

discretion and expand access

to prevention, treatment

recovery harm reduction and

behavioral health services.

Thank Councilmember Sandoval,

your motion to adopt. I move

that proclamation 14. 64 be

adopted. Has been moved and

seconded comments by members

of Council Councilmember

Sandoval, thank Just want say

thank you my colleague

Gonzalez could be at for

working on I think she and I

were sitting in budget

hearings a couple weeks and

probably texting the same

group of and you're sitting

across from each other and we

texting each other. Some that

have sometimes that happens on

a 13 person And I walked turn,

I said, do you want to take a

position on Prop 1, 3, 2, And

she said absolutely. So we've

got to work. We started

working the organization's the

language. We got a time in

committee because for those

who MAY not know when we take

a position at from the on at

City Council something that's

on the ballot has to go

through a formal process that

has to go through committee

and then come to city council.

First to So just want to say

thank pro temp for your

support on that. And thank you

to everyone who he is here in

to talk about this important

ballot question. I'm working

on a ballot guide my office.

To me. And this is intent.

It's really confusing. And one

group has really put forward a

lot of different ballot

proposals at this stage. And

Colorado has a history of

supporting certain

propositions. And state

constitutional changes and

this is one that could be

detrimental to Denver. That

could be detrimental to young

people and can have it really

make it unintended

consequences. I'm just going

in by saying vote early. Get

that power. And if you have

questions contact me after 5

o'clock any day of the week.

And I can tell you how I'm

going to vote when I'm on the

record. I can tell you right

now they have to have the

ability to do this today that

we're going to say no on one.

32, which is very unique, were

not able to really take

positions on our official

capacity. So just want to say

thank you and colleagues. This

is so important. I know you

all probably being asked the

same questions about these

extensive Just want to say

thank you all. I hope all of

you can support this tonight

and thank you to community. We

really couldn't have done this

without all of you. And I

can't. Thank you, MADAM

PRESIDENT, thank Council pro

tem consoles could hit us.

Thank you so much, council

PRESIDENT And thank you for

everyone for staying. I know

we went a little bit later on

out. Try to be very brief in

my remarks. But as you heard,

my colleague and I think you

COUNCILWOMAN Sandoval for the

partnership because, you know,

we can't continue to have

these types of Internet

billionaire backed efforts

that are putting put on our

ballots. These this is

organization and that

continues to do this to bypass

are lawmakers and legislators

that actually do the work to

stay cold, these types of

policies and work folks like

our district attorneys and

treatment providers amongst

many other coalition members

that, you know, make up this

work. I will just say that

Denver's facing a real

overdose crisis and that

crisis must be met with

prevent public health

solutions, not fear and

punishments. Criminalization

pushes people away from the

very systems that could help

tell someone who is in crisis

to hide. Not to ask for help.

Colorado, specific scientific

analysis conducted by expert

found that proposition one 32

would result in 1718

additional overdose deaths

over 5 years. I just want us

to sit with that. You know,

I'm often an advocate against

things like compulsory

treatment because experts just

like we tell people, listen to

the experts. Listen to the

doctors. They tell us that

that will result in more

deaths. So we need to think

about that and how we are

treating these diseases. So

with thank you so much and it

will move after we vote or

speakers. Thank you and thank

you council members for

bringing this forward. I think

we had a good conversation in

committee and I appreciate

that. You are elevating this

from council perspective.

MADAM Secretary Roll, Call

Hold on. You jumped in

councilmember. No, really.

Yeah. I just wanted to I this

is near and dear to my heart

and I just wanted to pull out

one thing that according to

the Legislative Council Blue

but Blue book projections this

68.2 million dollars over 5

years and to put that into

perspective, like just

investing that into the things

that people actually need like

treatment, I would be a better

use of those dollars. To come

in. I spoke. So just wanted to

put that on the record. Thank

you. Thank you, MADAM

Secretary. Roll Councilmembers

I'll be the and folks can I

us. Sandoval, I noticed by

Watts that I'm PRESIDENT

America. MADAM Secretary,

close the voting and announce

the results have a nice 11 I's

proclamation. 26 14. 64 has

been adopted. We have 5

minutes for the proclamation

acceptance council members.

Who would you like to invite

up for the proclamation? We

have series special speakers.

We have to turn on Scatter

meeting. We have Theresa Black

Company company da MR. Russian

review would come up all could

be a up there. At same time

you however you want to do I

think only to add we've lost,

I think doctor straight or

state great. Thank you for

your proclamation. My name is

Theresa Copley. And I have

buried both my beautiful sons

to Graham was 17 when died.

And Spencer 24 died 3 years

ago. So nobody hates fentanyl

as much as I do. But I know

that prop one 32 won't solve

the drug crisis. In fact, it

punishes the people who have

already been devastated by it.

I was a single mom with

teenage and it was a struggle.

I relied on a public safety I

called the crisis lines 9-1-1.

i my kids went into the

hospital use the courts.

Andrey have try to keep them

safe. And I was also the one

who sat in the back of the

court room and watched with

her stomach in her throat

because imagine having already

buried your first born son and

now your youngest is

struggling in the same way you

my beloved Spencer. He was the

sweetest kid, but he had a

rough go and he fell into

addiction like so many

vulnerable children. Do. I

called 9-1-1 in a desperate

attempt to get him back on

track when he and Colorado in

the meantime, just passed a

law. Making possession of more

than 4 grams of a substance

fentanyl in a felony. Now prop

one. 32 makes any amount a

felony. Creates an 8 to 32

year mandatory sentence for

distribution. Pill shared,

which is something that is

very common among people who

use drugs and strips away

protections. If you didn't

know what you had does not, as

you mentioned, distinguish

between a trafficker and a

victim of this crisis. My son

was not a drug king pin. He

was sick and needed help prop

one. 32 treats kids like mine

and people who prey on them.

The same. So I was sick in the

back of a courtroom one day

because I realize that relying

on a system that I thought

would be assessed the safety

net. Instead, it would wait

for my kid to fail. They would

send them away and robbed him

of his future. Addiction is

not a crime. It's a medical

condition. And when you make

possession a felony, you

criminalize people for being

sick under the guise of

justice. You punish the very

victims of this crisis. And

you take away a critical

lifeline that families like

mine need in times of crisis.

You push people into hiding.

This is only going to increase

overdose fatalities in this

state. We say we want justice,

but we target the victims. We

build prisons and we can. The

public safety net. We fight

the last war on drugs and set

of modernizing care. And we

say we want accountability. We

scapegoat the little guy we

turn a blind eye to the

political operatives and the

profiteers, the ones who got a

generation hooked to begin

with. They're not in the

courtrooms. The ones that

invest in prisons and make out

on this and we divert precious

resources from public health

solutions that could be saving

lives. Now public health

public safety. So that's what

we should be investing and

stop punishing people that

need help know on one. 32 and

thank you for your

proclamations. Thank you.

Councilmember Hines, would you

what you're going I I thought

you thank you. MADAM John

Walsh from the district

attorney here in Denver. As

you know, I think that that is

a hard bit of testimony to

follow. And that I think we

all recognize as we just heard

that the fentanyl crisis is

real and it is going to strong

even this this year, you know,

in 2025 in Colorado, the

number of overdose that's

actually Rose, which bucked

national trend of declining

overdosed. S and the majority

of those overdose deaths were

fentanyl. And to make things

worse, dealers are in some

parts of our city strangling

small businesses and

strangling neighborhoods, too.

I know you all know that we

need to address this crisis

with the utmost seriousness.

In the past supported

strengthening fentanyl,

dealing trafficking,

penalties. Our office

prosecutes dealers. We've

sought and obtained a very

extensive prison sentences

earlier this year sentence in

the hundreds of years against

someone who is literally

trafficking. Thousands upon

thousands of helps. What that

means is that talking tough

about dealing with the

fentanyl crisis isn't enough.

We have to be effective. A

no-nonsense in the real world

and Proposition one. 32 fails

that test. Proposition one. 32

would eat up our limited law

enforcement resources, putting

low-level people who are

addicted in jail. And that

inevitably because the bill

the proposition provides no

money whatsoever. Inevitably,

that would mean there would be

less resource available to

prosecute the traffickers who

are actually bringing these

poisons into our community.

And that's why I oppose And

I'm not alone and that there

is a buy partisan statewide

coalition of law enforcement

officials, da's sheriff's

people like Michael Dougherty

and our share of here in in

Denver, Ali, U.S. To guns who

are strongly opposed to this

because it simply will not

work to address the crisis and

will end up incarcerating

wrong. People. If Proposition

one, 32 was and effective

solution with supportive. But

it's not someone struggling

with addiction or an

eighteen-year-old as we were

just here and 18 year-old

sharing a single pill at a

party, not an uncommon thing.

That kid is not the same as

someone who is systematically

trafficking in fentanyl or

other. They're in deadly

drugs. But Proposition one, 32

wipes away that distinction.

And please don't MISS A really

important fact. And I I worry

that people reading this bill

might MISS This important

fact. It's one thing to have a

mandatory treatment regime.

That sounds good that this

bill is intended to try to

help people who are suffering

from drug addiction. But it

provides no money. And in my

view, what that effectively

does, it's It rush these

mandatory treatment provisions

are there to sweeten the pot.

And frankly, I believe to

mislead people as to what the

effect of this bill ultimately

Now, like I'm frustrated and

like you, I am angry about the

fentanyl crisis. Has a long

and terrible history. Its

origin story does trace back

to big pharmaceutical

companies as we were just

hearing. Here today and we

serious about addressing this

crisis. We need to be smart.

We need to be effective and we

need to balance our

enforcement efforts with

genuine and effective

treatment for the people who

are caught up in this terrible

addiction. Proposition one, 32

doesn't do any of that. And

that is why I am firmly a

post. Thank you for giving the

opportunity speak to Thank you

for your Thank you. Was a

double clap. Okay.

Councilmember Hines, would you

please read proclamation? 26

15. 0, do. The reading up for

counsel writes, I'll jump in

first. So thank you so MADAM

PRESIDENT proclamation, number

26, 1, 5, 0, 4, honoring the

life and legacy of Matthew

Shepard recognizing OCTOBER.

12th 2026. As Matthew Shepard,

a in the city and county of

Denver. Massey Wayne Shepherd

was born on DECEMBER. First,

1976, in Casper. Wyoming was

known to family and friends as

an optimistic, approachable

young man. We stood but except

in some people's differences

and whereas match, he made his

home in Denver before

enrolling in 1998. At the

University of Wyoming where he

studied political science. And

whereas on the night of

OCTOBER 6, 1998, Matt who was

He was He was tied to a fence

outside where left to die

because he was gay. And

whereas match was found some

18 hours later and died in

OCTOBER 12, 1998. Padres

Valley Hospital in Fort

Colorado, at the age of 21.

And whereas people across

Colorado held vigils for

Matthew, including a gathering

outside the Colorado State

Capitol where that Mayor

Wellington Webb reminded a

crowd what happened in Laramie

could happen anywhere whereas

Judy and Dennis Shepard

founded the Matthew Shepard

Foundation and to sit in

DECEMBER 1998, and the

foundation based in Denver

continues his work to replace

hate with understanding

compassion and acceptance

whereas their advocacy helped

to the Matthew Shepard and

James Byrd Junior Hate Crimes

Prevention Act signed in JULY

on 10/28/2009, which extended

federal hate crime protections

to cover sexual orientation,

gender identity and disability

and whereas OCTOBER 12, 2026,

marks 20 years since Matthew's

knell gp lgbtq+ people in

Denver and across the country

still face harassment and

violence because of who they

are and whereas Denver is

strongest when every resident

can lead openly and safely and

remembering Matthew calls each

of us to speak up when we see

hate in our community now,

therefore, be it proclaimed by

the Denver City Council

Section one that the Denver

City Council Partners to Life

and legacy of Matthew Shepard

in here by proclaims OCTOBER.

12th 2026 as Matthew Shepard,

a in the city and county of

Denver Section 2, that the

clerk or a quarter of the city

and county of Denver show

affix the seal of the city and

county of Denver to this

proclamation and that a copy

be transmitted to the Matthew

Shepard Foundation. One

Colorado to center on Colfax

Lavender Hill. Thank

Councilmember Hines, your

motion to adopt high move. We

adopt proclamation 26 dash, 1,

5, 0, 4, It has been moved and

seconded comments by members

of Council Councilmember Thank

you, MADAM PRESIDENT. This

proclamation tells you what

happened to Matthew I want to

spend a few a couple What

people did next because this

is the part we can still had

to. Still with his parents at

the sentencing of one of the

man who killed their son. Dana

Shepperd stood up in a Wyoming

court room and told the court

his family had agreed to spear

the man's life. The family had

every reason to want the

highest punishment. The law

allowed. They chose mercy. And

they have spent every year

since asking the rest of us to

choose a 2. Then his friend us

when protesters showed up

outside the courthouse with

signs condemning mad, too. His

friends to Outback they put on

white robes and enormous angel

wings and they stood in front

of those signs silently until

nobody could see the hit

around them. Then the Theatre

company traveled to Laramie

and interviewed the people who

live there about what their

town had been through. The

play they made from those

interviews to Larry Project

had its world premiere right

here in the Denver Center for

Performing Arts or the Denver

Performing Arts Complex in

2000. Could it It has been

performed at high schools and

community theaters ever sense

for a lot of young people that

play was the first time they

heard an adult say out loud

that what happened to Matthew

was wrong. There's one detail

that stays with me for 20

years. Matthew's parents did

not Varias ashes because they

could not find a place where

they trusted his grave would

be left alone. In 2018, he was

finally laid to rest at

Washington National Cathedral.

It took 20 years to find a

safe place for what? For one

young man. Is why it matters

in district 10 Capitol Hill

has been the heart of Denver's

lgbtq+ community for

generations. People have moved

to these neighborhoods from

small towns of the west. For

one reason to live somewhere,

they could be themselves.

Being not places

responsibility and it is ours.

4 years ago, the to 4 years

ago, 5 people were chilled the

club q and just an hour down

the road. The work is not

finished. None of these people

I just described held elected

office. They were parents,

friends and the actors who

decided he would not get the

last word. I asked tonight is

simple when you hear the slur,

when you see a neighbor

harassed, when you see young

person in your life is afraid

to tell you who they are. He's

the one who stands in front of

this high. Thank you to the

Matthew Shepard Foundation.

One Colorado, the center on

Colfax Lavender Hill for doing

this work every day. I ask my

colleagues for your Thank

Councilmember Watson, thank

you so much. MADAM PRESIDENT,

and thank you so much.

Councilmember Heinz for asking

me to join you on

proclamation. 1998. I was a 28

year-old young recently coming

out of the closet in

officially came out the cost.

And I can remember reading in

what happened right up the the

next state over from Place

somewhere. I felt safe as a

quorum and and as we think

through why we have these

proclamations and why we do

these remembrances You 28

years later. Is because that

without us. Standing in saying

these names without

remembering and reminding

these hateful acts continue

attacks and hatred against

Lgbtqia plus didn't began. And

in an but Matthew We

haven't all ballots and I have

my I voted sticker on out.

Because I was not going to

MISS This year's election.

Just like I haven't missed an

election since I've been

eligible to vote. Because each

year each for years, each 2

years, inevitably on the

ballot, not. There's a

question about our lights.

This is a question about our

safety. And there too

extremely hateful. Initiatives

on ballot this year. Our

community and the allies who

support us. Remember Matthew

Shepard, a not simply because.

A wonderful young man that was

killed. Remember matches

because we must continue. To

find and push and stand in

solidarity. Those angels that

stood outside of that

courthouse is any Jarvis. And

it's our expectation. As an

openly queer elected official

with everything I've got to

continue pushing back. And so,

yes, I thank each of the

organizations that. Are

fighting on our behalf. But

the work is not there's the

work is ours. And this day is

a remembrance not simply of

hate but of community coming

together to push back. And to

Matthew Shepard's, parents for

all the years that they

continue to go across the

country and speak to little

boys in To remind them of bats

Speak to young people remind

them of their their side. My

heart goes out to our

commitment of standing in

solidarity. So that one less

person. Can live and that

could be arm out. This is an

important proclamation for

those reasons. And I thank you

once again, Councilmember Inez

for providing the opportunity.

Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

thank you. Thank you

councilmembers for bringing

this forward. MADAM Secretary

Roll Call Councilmembers,

Sawyer. The the I off tennis,

kind. Cashman send I watch had

a prisoner American people. I

MADAM Secretary, close the

voting and announce the

results. 11 Ice 11 I's

proclamation. 26 15. 0, 4, has

been adopted. We have 5

minutes for the proclamation.

Acceptance Councilmember

Hines, who would you like to

invite up to accept the

proclamation? I think we have

representatives from this

center and 11 or hill here. So

future you could give maybe a

couple minutes pure love.

Lisa, let's start with one.

Will good evening. My name is

Brandon Vests and I'm joined

today my fellow board Good

evening. I'm Erik Kratz. 9 and

we're honored to be here

representing one Colorado

Matthew's murder, shook our

entire community. They exposed

the devastating consequences

of hate, but it also inspired

generations of lgbtq+, people.

Allies to stand together and

to demand something better.

Today, a message race hate

remains as urgent as ever.

Colorado knows that this

history well once labeled a

hate state, we are fought hard

to become a place for lgbtq+.

People can live openly and

authentically. But as we

continue to to protect

transgender Coloradans, we are

reminded progress is never

guaranteed. Erasing hate takes

more than remembrance. It

takes action, solidarity and

the courage to stand up for

one another on behalf of one

Colorado. Thank you to the

city and county of Denver for

this recognition for honoring

Matthews legacy and standing

with our community. MAY we

honor Matthew? Not only by

remembering how he died, but

by fighting for a world where

everyone can

Hello, my name is

Michael up. As I'm joined by

my fellow board member from

Lavender h#

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on gay adults.

And I'll just start off by

saying we were asked to do

this very last minute. Neither

of us prepared remarks but

thank you, COUNCILMAN Ions for

inviting Lavender helps you

kind our state in crafting

this proclamation. You know,

announcement today myself, I'm

originally from Texas. I MAY

public historian and

preservationist. I think.

Especially as a Marshallese

community learning our history

is one of the most powerful

tools and empowering things we

can do when I came out at 11

years old, I was put to

conversion therapy. And so

Matthew Story really resonates

with me about the reality is

that our community has faced

and continues to face when I

was 11 years old, I plan my

city's first pride parade. I

have since pride parades and

protests and whatnot and all

over Texas in Austin and now

in Denver for the past year

and a half and so thank you.

Council 9 spots and and

everyone else for supporting

that proclamation. Thank you.

And my name is when Thank you

so much for supporting this

resolution or this

proclamation. And it is to me

really important, that message

that chris hinds councilmember

my councilmember in regards to

Capitol Hill 11. Their help is

based in capital held just

because that is a place where

we can call home and feel

safe. I grew up in a town with

less than 30,000 people and it

wasn't very different. And

then Laramie, Wyoming. And so

knowing that. That was

something that like the hate

not just from being Mexican,

but also from being to me

coming to them moving this

year, felt like the best

decision that I could ever

make. And so I'm really

excited to be able to share

that and to have the space to

to tell my story. Sometimes.

And thank you for the

proclamations.

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Councilmember Sandoval, you

please put council bill. 26

12. 52 changing zoning

classification for 76 North

Hazel 80 through 19 North

Street and 45 19 West 3rd

Avenue environment and barn

and west on the floor for

final passage. I move that

council bill 12. 52 be placed

on final consideration past.

It has been moved. 2nd And

second, The public hearing for

council bill. 26 13. 64 open.

Maybe half the staff report.

Yes, thank you, council

PRESIDENT, I'm Levy, click

with community planning and

development and I'll be

presenting the rezoning for

the dha properties and Barnum

and Barnum West. So first

we'll go through the request

and the location and contacts

followed by the process and

then finish with review

criteria I'm so COUNCILMAN

Torres is sponsoring this

rezoning on behalf of the

Denver Housing Authority to

rezone 3 properties Barnum

Weston Varnum from Urban Edge

single unit dx to urban Edge

to unit see for the purpose of

allowing tandem homes on these

properties. The homes will be

income restricted to residents

making up to 80% of the area.

Median income. And this is a

part of the first phase of the

single-family place.

Affordable homeownership pilot

project. So now just gets the

location in the context. So

this is in council district 3.

And the Barnum and Barnum West

neighborhoods previously. The

current zoning is single unit

with a minimum zone. Lot size

of 6,000 square feet. It's

mostly surrounded by other

single unit uses. And you can

see there's no more mixed use

zoning along the corridors. So

COUNCILMAN Torres on behalf of

Denver Housing Authority is

proposing to rezone to urban

edge. 2 units e which allows

and duplexes tandem houses on

a minimum zone lot size of

5,500 square feet. The current

land use. And these are all a

single unit properties except

for one has 2 single unit

homes on it. So it's a larger

lot where the plan is to do

amendments will become 2. Lots

and to town homers to tandem

houses will be built behind

existing homes. Most of this

area single unit residential.

There's some 2 unit

residential public was a

public scattered throughout

and then commercial uses kind

of a long first federal in

Sheridan. So this shows the

existing sites, you can see

that property that has

detached single unit houses in

the middle. There. And then

the other properties on the

top. And bottom So now discuss

the process. So this

application was complete in

JULY. It went to planning

board and mid AUGUST and were

here before you today for the

City Council public hearing.

So site is incorrect. There

was one comment that we

received from a neighbor at

the property that's near on

Hazel and their comments that

were opposed to the rezoning

citing that the existing

structure to them appear to be

pretty dilapidated. They also

cited the West Plan area memo

which was a memo that staff

cpd staff has put out

rezonings to increase the

density and basically saying

that, you know, those

rezonings really aren't

appropriate unless there's

like an affordability

component. And so from staff

perspective, this does

actually meet the West memo

plant the guidance there

because this does have an

affordability component. These

are Denver Housing Authority

properties they're currently

used for affordable housing.

They last more affordable

housing into this area. And

then they also cited just

concerns over potential

construction that would be

happening. So this went to

planning board in mid AUGUST.

The board voted unanimously to

recommend approval of the

rezoning. And so now discuss

the last piece, the review

criteria. So those 3 review

criteria that must be met in

order for rezoning to be

approved. The first is

consistency. The dog 2 plans

and he's in front of the

public interest and then be

consistent with the

neighborhood context. Some

districts purpose and intent

statements found in the Denver

zoning code. So start the

comprehensive plan, which is

kind of a high-level planet,

has specific goals and

strategies. So this rezoning

further several strategies in

the comprehensive plan. It

will create a greater mix of

housing options in every

neighborhood. It will

encourage development of

affordable, missing middle

housing and it will also help

stabilize residents that are a

risk of displacement. It will

promote and chill development

where infrastructure and

services are already the in

and it will ensure that

neighborhoods offer a mix of

housing types. So now moving

to blueprint Denver, which is

our land use and

transportation plan, the

future neighborhood contacts

for this areas, urban edge.

The district has proposed in

the urban edge context. The

future place is low.

Residential of these areas are

mostly single into unit. You

says duplexes are appropriate

and can be thoughtfully

integrated were compatible.

And then the future street

types are local and

residential collectors, which

are mostly I'm characterized

by residential use is so these

are both consistent with

rezoning to a 2 units zone

district and then the growth

area strategy is all there

areas of the city. This is

where we anticipate to see 20%

new jobs and 10% of new

housing by 2040. And so this

rezoning will allow for a

slight increase in density on

these properties. And then

this application addresses

equity by increasing the

development of affordable

housing, particularly in areas

near transit. You know,

Federal Boulevard, which does

have the brt coming as close

by. And then it also addresses

climate by allowing additional

housing because greater

density is a more efficient

use of land so now we'll move

to the West Area plan, the

future neighborhood contacts

and place are the same as a

blueprint, Denver. So I won't

discuss those. But the West

Area plan does have specific

high garden. So it allows up

to 2 and a half stories for

these properties and that to

you and the e 2 uc district

that's proposed allows up to 2

and a half stories height. And

then it also further several

the strategies and the plan.

So it will help expand missing

middle housing, especially on

corner. Lots or near transit

parks, open space coaches in

schools. So 2 of the

properties on corner lots and

the one that's not is near a

school. It also says to allow

greater allowances when one or

more units provide long-term

affordability. So these will

provide long-term

affordability. It also talks

about supporting community

partner programs and efforts

to create more affordable

housing options with in low

residential neighborhood. So

since Denver Housing Authority

is a community partner in this

rezoning will help support one

of affordable homeownership

programs. It also discusses

prioritizing new affordable

housing in lower scale

residential neighborhoods. And

so this rezoning will help

further this strategy. So now

moving to the public interest,

afford affordable

homeownership can provide

benefits to both the homeowner

and the community, including

wealth, building

opportunities, providing

financial stability and

improving community health as

well as education for any

children that might live in

these And then lastly staff

finds that the rezoning is

consistent with the urban edge

contacts. The purpose of the

residential district, specific

contents of the e 2 uc zone

district. So finding all 3

criteria have been met. Staff

recommends approval of this

rezoning and that concludes my

presentation. I mean, you we

go. Thank We have 4

individuals signed up to

speak. Our first speaker is

Renee Martinez. Stone. Good

Council. My name is Renee

Martinez. Stone time

representing the never housing

authority 10. 35 and West

Amber, 9 neighborhoods almost

40,000 households have left

west Denver since 2012. That

means to there's only 26,000

households. That means

families came in and decided

they couldn't stay. In

addition as a renter in

Weston, her between 2020 2024,

it became twice as unlikely

for renters to become

homeowners in Twenty-twenty.

It was one in 10 and in 2024,

it's one in 20 renters are

likely to be able to form home

ownership prices have

quadrupled these realities and

emphasize the need for us to

innovate to take collective

action. And to really look at

the opportunities that we have

to create homes for

grandparents are children and

our neighbors. We need to

emphasize Quan we need less

emphasize Klein any and think

about the quality when we make

an investment. We're

preserving a home in some

cases, increasing access to

opportunity when we helped her

family invest in there ability

to house additional family

members. They're creating

intergenerational. Well, and

it's a win-win situation.

Community leaders and families

have asked for housing

solutions mending and Pei

plans and dating back to

blueprint. Denver. We must do

this with gentle density and

in character with the

neighborhood due to has met

with the neighbors surrounding

these properties to identify

our goal of providing infill

housing and every many that

were supportive of the need

for affordable housing to they

did not always embraced the

change but has not. One

neighbor said it's not going

to build itself. And when I

look at my big garage, I wish

it could house my children who

can no longer live in I want

to thank COUNCILMAN Torres and

her team collect the seat. Was

cpd and events are Ha

together, we're preserving

producing new housing and

protecting and supporting

families who want to stay in

Denver. Allen, existing dhl,

any land in dispersed sites.

491 around the city. I support

this rezoning and I hope

people vote yes on this

tonight as a good example

investing in the future of our

residents. I'm here answer any

questions thanks. Thank you.

Our next speaker is Jesse Just

he's not on 9. Our next

speaker is David worry about.

David is not Our next speaker

is the vets here. Done. Good

Evening City My name that's

you're done. I am a project

manager with the Denver

Housing Authority and I am

overseeing the single-family

home ownership pilot project.

Thank you for the opportunity

to speak in support of the

rezoning application and share

a little bit more about the

broader initiative that these

properties will be supporting

the single-family home

ownership pilot project is a

dj led initiative to create 10

permanently affordable

homeownership opportunities

existing bha land. That is

scattered throughout Denver

across council districts. 1,

3, 6, 7, 8, over the next one

to 2 years. We intend to

develop 2 to 3 bedroom, tandem

homes within dissipated. Sales

prices between 2 52, 80. The

zones will be available to

households, earning less than

100% of the area. Median

income with a particular focus

on household earnings between

60% and 80% of the area.

Median income we will also be

placing all these property. We

will be preserving

affordability in perpetuity by

placing these properties land

trust model with a 99 year

ground lease which will allow

people to help build equity

while at the same time

preserving the public

investment. And what makes our

project unique is that we're

not relying on large scale

development or in acquiring

new Instead, we are leveraging

properties that are already

publicly known to existing

partnerships and also lessons

learned through dha is a tu

program to create affordable

home ownership opportunities

and established neighborhoods.

Me we'll be using pretty

designed energy efficient home

plans and panel as well.

Systems 2 to reduce

construction costs,

streamline, deliver delivery

and develop a model that can

be replicated throughout

Denver. The project is

supported by funding from

Proposition one. 23 and

Denver's Department of Housing

stability. Most importantly,

we're creating new affordable

housing without eliminating

the affordable housing that is

already there. The proposed

rezoning allows us to retain

the existing front homes while

preserving and the longer run.

So households living in them

while creating an additional

primary residence toward the

rear of each property rather

than displacing existing

residents to make way for new

development. Using a modest

increase in residential

capacity to preserve a

consisting affordability boy

displacement, expand access to

homeownership can create a

lasting public benefit on Tha

I would respectfully ask City

Council to support an approved

the rezoning applications that

we should move forward with

creating more affordable

homeownership Thank That

concludes our speakers

questions from members of

Council on Council Bill. 26

12. 52.

All In the public hearing is

closed comments by members of

Council on Council Bill 12. 52

Councilmember Taurus. Thank

you, MADAM PRESIDENT and thank

you, colleagues to date has

been wonderful to work with on

this. They've been looking at

what they're in a position to

effect when it comes to takes

place from work that they've

been doing through the West

and Renaissance Collaborative

and the interests that I have

in my office and giving our

west and her family some

options to Stay. It isn't just

an option to stay. It's also

an option to murder. But

that's what became really

exciting about this. I think

we typically see or associate

Denver Housing Authority with

the large multi-family sites.

I've got what a lot Lincoln

Park, what it was. Cold facts.

What incentive, Ali, what did

day one in Westwood? We know

these are home to hundreds of

families. What we MAY not

always do and what are

residents don't always know is

that Denver Housing Authority

is also the owner of dispersed

cites a private property

throughout all of our

neighborhoods every single one

of our districts throughout

the city and they looked at

those properties and said,

well, which are the ones that

could potentially accommodate

a second house on the back of

the property. So they're not

looking to replace the

existing primary home. They're

looking to add another tandem,

a tandem home. So another

primary house of the rear of

the property, land bank. So

they still own the land but

offer that hermit for home

ownership and what that's

going to bring to West Denver,

our homes that are half as

expensive as everything else

at right now, becomes a huge

opportunity for us to west are

families who have both been

looking to trying to figure

out how and who have been

interested in becoming

homeowners. The front of the

property that primary home

stays. It is already being

resided in by some of the

potential with a section 8

voucher. Some other dha

project kind of project

voucher, but they get to stay.

Nothing changes for them. The

opportunity is that in the

future as tj feels this

program out, they can renovate

that home, make it more modern

and offer potentially that

voucher holder chance to

become a homeowner themselves.

When I was teenager when we

received Section voucher by

Littleton Housing Authority,

it saved our lives as a

family. We were homeless and I

absolutely imagine this being

something my mom would have

wished for would have loved to

have been able to offer

herself and her 2 daughters.

So this is how I think we

exercise creativity in a space

where it is expensive to

build. Hard to get land of and

it is hard to make those kinds

of projects available, too.

Homeowners, future homeowners

out of affordable rate. What

are the things that I just

want to clarify? Yes, we have

the West Area memo about

rezonings above a single unit

of a less it offers

affordability. It was not an

absolute moratorium on

rezonings. Alright, future

development. We want to make

sure that things are being

built affordably of so that

folks have Justin, including

of a chance to stay and west

or if that's where they want

to be. So honored to work with

dha on this project. We have

many more coming through in

the pipeline for similar work

really encourage my colleagues

to vote yes on this. Thank

Thank you. There are no other

council members in the MADAM

Secretary role Con Council

bill. 26 12. Councilmembers

Sawyer. I defense. Plan can

cash. Know this. I found the

by so sorry, I Watson MADAM

Eric I MADAM Secretary, Close

the voting and announce the

results. A nice 11 I's Council

bill. 26 12. 52 has passed on

Monday. OCTOBER 19th 2026

council will hold a required

public hearing on council

bill. 26 26 14. 0, 5,

designating 7.40, north.

Washington Street has a

structure for preservation and

on Monday, NOVEMBER 9th 2026

council will hold a required

public hearing on council

bill. 26 14. 0, 6, changing

the zoning classification for

33. 43. 33 45 in. 33. 51 north

body post a street in

Highland, any protest against

council 26 14. 0, 6, must be

filed with the council office

no later than noon on Monday,

OCTOBER 26th 2026. There being