A bill for an ordinance amending Section 14-131 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code (DRMC) to delete the residency requirement for the Municipal Public Defender Commission. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 6-19-19.
called out. Did I miss anything? All right, Madam Secretary, please put the first item on our screens. Councilman Flynn, please go ahead with your comment. Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to know that I'm going to vote I to pass this forward to final reading, to publish it. But I do want to determine and I've asked staff to help with this as to how many of our boards and commissions still have a requirement to be a Denver resident to serve. Here we are opening up one of our commissions to service by people who do not live in Denver. And I don't know how other council members have approached this, but I know in southwest Denver and on the West Side in general, we have been seeking to have more of our own residents serve on these boards and commissions . So I want to understand a little bit better before final next week what kind of efforts we've taken in that regard. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilman Flynn. Madam Secretary, if you please put the next item on our screens and Councilwoman, can each go ahead with your comment? Thank you, Mr. President. Bill, 6 to 8 looks innocuous enough. It's a little change to the building and fire code of the city and county in Denver. But sometimes embedded in mundane city regulations are either barriers to those who are fighting for an equal opportunity to live and thrive in our community and opportunities.