City Council

Monday, October 14, 2024, 3:30 p.m. (Denver time), Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber 1437 Bannock Street, Room 450

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Summary

The Denver City Council met on October 14, 2024, adopting three proclamations: Global Peer Support Celebration Day, honoring Denver's election workers ahead of the November 5 general election, and the 9th annual Indigenous Peoples Day, accepted by boarding school survivor Ruby Sanchez. The council postponed Council Resolution 24-1240 (East Colfax Safer Streets grant) to October 28 and Council Bill 24-0878 to January 27, 2025 at the applicant's request, and discussed concerns about the Old City Hall view plane ordinance (CB 24-1141) before passing it on introduction. Two rezonings passed on final reading: CB 24-0916 (1920 South King Street, Harvey Park, for accessory dwelling units) passed 11-0, and CB 24-0732 (York Street Yards in Clayton, enabling a 75-unit LGBTQ-affirming senior affordable housing project and rezoning roughly 31 acres to I-MX-5) passed on a 9-2 announced vote after lengthy questions and public testimony from about 20 speakers. A block of resolutions and bills was adopted on consent.

Transcript

0:03 Liz, we will be interpreting

0:03 today's meeting into Spanish.

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0:45 essence. And thank you very

0:49 much. Thank you, Sam.

0:50 Welcome to the Denver City

0:55 Council meeting of Monday,

0:55 OCTOBER 14th, 2024. Members and

0:56 audience, please rise as you're

0:59 able and join us in the Pledge

1:01 of Allegiance.

1:03 And pledged allegiance to

1:06 the flag. The United States

1:11 of America and to the Republic

1:12 for which it stands. One nation

1:13 under GOD, indivisible, with

1:21 liberty and justice for all.

1:22 Council members please join

1:23 Councilmember Luis as they lead

1:26 us in the Denver City Council

1:30 land acknowledgement.

1:32 Thank you. On the Denver City

1:34 Council honors and acknowledges

1:35 that that land, which we reside

1:36 isn't that aired traditional

1:40 territory of the u Cheyenne

1:41 and Arapaho Peoples. We also

1:41 recognize the 40 a contemporary

1:43 tribal nations that are

1:44 historically tied to the lands

1:47 that make up the state of

1:49 Colorado. We are under elders

1:49 past present and future.

1:52 And those who have Stewart at

1:53 this land throughout

1:54 generations. We also recognize

1:57 that government academic and

1:59 cultural institutions were

2:00 founded upon and continue to

2:03 enact exclusions. Innovations

2:04 of indigenous peoples made this

2:05 acknowledgment demonstrate a

2:08 commitment to working to

2:09 dismantle ongoing legacies

2:10 of oppression, Andy in equities

2:11 and recognize the current and

2:11 future contributions of

2:15 indigenous communities in

2:16 Denver. Thank you, COUNCILMAN.

2:27 MADAM Secretary Roll Call.

2:29 Gonzalez Gutierrez here times

2:34 here, Cashman here, Lewis

2:35 present parity, the mayor,

2:39 a camel here. So we're here.

2:39 Tourists here. Watson Air,

2:42 MADAM PRESIDENT here, MADAM

2:45 Secretary.

2:46 12 members present. We have 12.

2:50 There are 12 members present

2:50 council has a quorum.

2:51 Approval of the minutes.

2:54 Are there any corrections to

2:59 the minutes of OCTOBER 7?

3:02 Seeing none. The minutes stand

3:02 approved. Council

3:03 announcements. Are there any

3:06 council announcements by my

3:06 colleagues this afternoon?

3:10 COUNCILMAN Hines later to start

3:10 us off.

3:13 Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

3:15 I had 2 announcements first.

3:18 This Saturday is a zombie

3:19 crawl. The Denver

3:21 Zombie Crawl and Larry Square

3:23 on Saturday starting at 02:00pm

3:24 and going into the evening as

3:29 so if you want to check out

3:32 some zombies, please do so in

3:33 the Denver is perfect.

3:36 10 Islanders square from looks

3:37 like

3:38 02:00pm to 08:00pm. Second

3:40 announcement is we have noticed

3:42 we have some folks from cranky

3:44 here. I want to think kids see

3:46 and cricket sport entertainment

3:50 for having the conversation

3:54 Thursday afternoon about the

3:56 the but Ball arena

3:57 redevelopment. But specifically

4:01 how the view plane modification

4:02 might impact fuse for residents

4:03 downtown. If you have interest

4:06 in attending that pleased to

4:07 reach out to my office district

4:08 tended to forget that word.

4:10 It is on Thursday afternoon

4:14 as we do have a little bit of

4:14 time between now and then I

4:15 want to just announce it for

4:17 the full public so that we

4:19 don't get a

4:19 million people. But but if you

4:24 live downtown and want to learn

4:25 more about the View plane,

4:26 please reach out to my office

4:27 to district tended to pick up

4:28 toward thanks. Thank you, MADAM

4:28 PRESIDENT.

4:30 Thank you. Councilmember

4:32 Hines, COUNCILMAN Myth. That's

4:34 right. A cycle that great

4:38 highs. A mistake. COUNCILWOMAN

4:41 Torres.

4:43 Thank I was going to call

4:44 you for that and that this is

4:47 likely great. When I say take

4:48 I just want to wish everyone

4:51 a happy indigenous people stay

4:52 and we will be doing a

4:54 proclamation recognizing the

4:55 day at our 5.30, session.

4:57 Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

4:59 thank you. Councilmember Tyson

5:01 Council Pro Tem American Pulse.

5:03 Thank you. MADAM PRESIDENT,

5:04 I just wanted to invite a

5:05 district for residents to come

5:09 out to Thomas Jefferson High

5:09 School this Wednesday from 6 to

5:10 7.30. We're going to have an

5:14 open house with agencies there

5:17 to answer questions about

5:18 projects and other information

5:18 in the district. Daddy will

5:21 be their community planning

5:22 and development. The office of

5:25 the clerk and recorder will

5:29 be they're also talking about

5:29 voting and the ballot. And so

5:31 please, I encourage everybody

5:33 to come out in district 4 and

5:34 join us 6 to 7.30, at Thomas

5:36 Jefferson High School this

5:40 Wednesday. Thank you. Thank

5:40 you. Can to protect

5:43 Councilmember Cashman. Thank

5:44 you,

5:45 MADAM PRESIDENT.

5:45 One little resonance in

5:47 district 6 known actually

5:49 anyone else who like to listen

5:49 in.

5:51 Tomorrow night at 6.30,

5:54 we'll have our next virtual.

5:55 The 6 academy looking at

5:57 improving safety on Denver

5:57 streets. We'll have

5:59 representatives from our

6:03 Department of Transportation

6:05 and Infrastructure as well

6:06 citizen advocates. Jolo.

6:08 Can Tory from the Denver

6:10 Streets Partnership in Stuart

6:12 Anderson, from Transportation

6:16 solutions looking at what we

6:17 are doing and what more we

6:19 might do to lower the deaths

6:21 and serious accidents on city

6:24 streets again, that's tomorrow

6:25 night. Virtual 06:30pm. If

6:25 you'd like killing contact my

6:28 office from the above to have

6:29 you join in.

6:30 Thank you. Councilmember

6:33 Cashman COUNCILWOMAN Now be

6:35 that is.

6:38 Thank you. MADAM PRESIDENT,

6:39 I just wanted to also say I'm

6:42 so excited to celebrate

6:43 Indigenous Peoples

6:44 Day today. In addition to happy

6:47 birthday to my fellow liberals

6:50 on council COUNCILMAN. So

6:51 hearing COUNCILMAN Watson

6:51 Hatchet for the birthday.

6:55 Dear Watson, happy birthday.

6:56 COUNCILMAN Sawyer. And don't

6:57 forget the Halloween parade.

7:01 We did get the funding. It is

7:01 happening on Saturday this

7:03 Saturday the 19th will be

7:05 having the Halloween parade.

7:07 I'll be walking with the last

7:10 large park neighbors who are

7:11 doing Alice in West Wash Park.

7:13 So I'm really excited for that.

7:15 So hope to see you guys on

7:15 Saturday. 06:00pm and that

7:19 parade goes from 6th Avenue

7:20 to Alameda. Thank you, MADAM

7:21 PRESIDENT, thank you. Council

7:24 woman, the U.S. Here at thank

7:25 you so much. First, I want to

7:26 start with thanking folks who

7:28 were able to attend our weekend

7:29 office hours.

7:30 It was a great time, had a

7:32 whether it of different topics.

7:32 lot of great discussions of

7:37 And then the second one is.

7:38 I'm a registered neighborhood.

7:41 Associations are all coming

7:42 together for a joint are

7:45 no meeting at the Zion Centers.

7:46 The Zion senior center excuse

7:47 me tomorrow from 06:00pm to

7:50 08:00pm. So I would encourage

7:50 folks to attend. Well, you'll

7:52 have all of the our nose in

7:54 District 8. Thank you. That's a

7:58 great idea. Councilmember

8:00 lesson. Thank you. Council

8:04 PRESIDENT And shout out to the

8:06 levers to lead. Good to see all

8:07 looking I want to share one

8:10 quick thing. We have a monthly

8:11 basis. We a barbershop talk.

8:15 And how severe and we have

8:16 community, you can get your

8:17 hair did get your hair cut and

8:19 you talk about some deep issues

8:23 we're having again this one

8:25 tonight, starting 5.30, to 7 at

8:26 house of hair at 28 in Fairfax,

8:26 stop on by. Meet with

8:28 community. Have some great food

8:29 from local restaurants and talk

8:30 about issues impacting housing

8:31 and housing availability.

8:34 Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

8:35 Thank you. Councilmember

8:37 Watson COUNCILMAN Got more.

8:42 Thank you. Council PRESIDENT,

8:44 want to also celebrate and

8:49 acknowledge Indigenous Peoples

8:50 Day and recognize former

8:52 COUNCILMAN Paul Lopez who is

8:56 now Denver's clerk and recorder

8:59 back in 2016, COUNCILMAN Lopez

9:03 us to have a commemorative

9:03 really led on the changes for

9:06 holiday in Denver for

9:07 Indigenous Peoples Day and

9:11 we're going to keep doing some

9:15 of that work in the

9:15 proclamation tonight and the

9:15 continues action. The continued

9:17 actions of this council around

9:20 that La land acknowledgement so

9:24 wanted to clerk and recorder

9:25 Lopez and

9:27 then also we are co-hosting a

9:29 neighborhood democracy town

9:32 hall with Councilmember Luis

9:34 and my office and the clerk and

9:36 recorders entire team out in

9:37 montbello environmental

9:41 learning for kids. The address

9:44 is one too 6, 8, 0, all book

9:46 drive. And it is this Thursday,

9:48 OCTOBER 17th from 6 until

9:49 07:00pm. And so if you have

9:50 questions about the election,

9:53 if you want to get registered

9:54 to vote, please come out.

9:58 They'll be lots of food and fun

10:02 and community. And there's also

10:03 possible jobs around election

10:06 encourage folks in our

10:06 judge jobs. And so we want to

10:07 community to take advantage of

10:10 that. Thank you. Council

10:13 PRESIDENT.

10:14 Thank you. And for those of us

10:16 her score p o's like me.

10:18 He's going to be a season

10:19 starts next weekend. So I've

10:21 been talking about this group

10:24 you have, Carol, let you leave

10:25 Bres have your And that it be

10:27 noted that makes windy day on

10:30 my birthday scrappy. The season

10:32 starts. So thank you all

10:32 very much.

10:34 And for those who know me know

10:34 Was guarded than that.

10:38 that I love to be alive after

10:38 a near-death incident. So

10:39 I celebrate my birthday

10:41 every year, even though a lot

10:43 of people doubt. All right.

10:45 It's all seriousness will get

10:47 back to work there. No

10:48 communications there to

10:50 proclamations being read this

10:51 afternoon in Councilmember

10:51 Gonzales could theaters.

10:52 Will you please read

10:55 proclamation 14? 26. Yes.

10:59 Thank you. Council PRESIDENT

10:59 Proclamation number. 24 14.

11:01 26 proclamation honoring global

11:02 peer support celebration Day.

11:07 Whereas global peer support

11:08 celebration day gps cd occurs

11:11 annually on the 3rd Thursday

11:14 in OCTOBER. Here's supporters

11:15 also known as care providers

11:16 from across the globe reflect

11:17 on and celebrate the important

11:21 role they play in helping those

11:21 with mental health addiction

11:23 or trauma-related challenges

11:25 move along the continuum of

11:27 recovery and inclusion into

11:29 communities of their choosing

11:30 and whereas peer supporters

11:32 are trained providers who use

11:34 their lived experience to

11:35 encourage engage with and

11:37 support others with mental

11:40 health addiction and our and or

11:41 trauma related challenges using

11:42 the recovery model in the

11:45 principles and values of peer

11:47 support to provide hope support

11:48 and be a role model of recovery

11:51 and whereas the belief that

11:52 recovery is possible for all

11:55 the experience, mental health

11:55 addiction and or trauma-related

11:56 challenges is fundamental to

11:59 the practice of peer support.

12:01 Here's supporters use the

12:03 working definition of recovery.

12:04 The guiding principles of

12:07 recovery and core values to

12:09 empower and assist their peers

12:09 to live a life of their

12:12 choosing, improving the

12:13 likelihood of long-term

12:14 recovery and whereas peer

12:17 support is an emerging best

12:18 practice has proven to be a

12:19 cost-effective treatment for

12:22 mental health addiction and

12:22 traumatic challenges reduces

12:25 inpatient hospital days and

12:28 recidivism rates and increases

12:29 the ability to access expensive

12:31 and more restrictive

12:35 community-based services and

12:36 whereas this year's global peer

12:36 support Celebration Day goal is

12:40 to increase public awareness

12:42 appear supporters, the services

12:44 they provide how they're

12:44 impacting the lives of

12:46 countless seniors, adults,

12:47 children, adolescents and

12:49 families within the Health and

12:51 Human Services industry and

12:52 how they are providing a

12:52 shining example of recovery in

12:56 the places where they work.

12:56 Now, therefore, be it

13:00 proclaimed by the Denver City

13:01 Council. That the Denver City

13:03 Council does hereby proclaim

13:04 our recognition and

13:05 appreciation of peer supporters

13:08 for their valuable work

13:09 services and guidance in our

13:10 community. But the clerk and

13:12 recorder and he's here right

13:14 now of the city and county of

13:15 Denver shot fix the seal of the

13:16 city and county of Denver to

13:18 this proclamation and that

13:19 copies be transmitted to the

13:21 Denver Department of Public

13:21 Health and Environment. Caring

13:27 for Denver and peer support

13:30 teams. Thank you so much.

13:30 I thank you so much. Comes

13:33 member Gonzalez could get his

13:33 motion to adopt.

13:34 Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

13:37 I move that proclamation.

13:38 24 14. 26 be adopted.

13:40 It has been moved in second in

13:40 comments by members of council

13:44 council member can tell us

13:45 could get us. Yes. Thank you so

13:46 much. MADAM PRESIDENT. And I

13:50 want to thank the folks that

13:51 are all here today.

13:53 Folks that are, you know,

13:53 are peer supporters and provide

13:57 that service to folks here in

14:00 our city and probably beyond

14:01 honestly, I really commend you

14:02 and thank you for the work that

14:04 you do and the services that

14:07 you provide.

14:08 This is a crucial role, you

14:08 know, in working with people

14:12 experiencing various types of

14:13 system involvement. You know,

14:15 they're receiving mental health

14:18 treatments. They are receiving

14:19 substance use treatment or