A resolution approving and providing for the execution of a proposed grant agreement between the City and County of Denver and the United States concerning the "CoC-Housing First FY17-18” program and the funding therefore. Accepts a Continuum of Care (CoC) Housing First grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $2,497,840 with a term through 3-31-18 to provide for 151 units of tenant-based rental assistance, 49 units of sponsor-based rental assistance, and 40 units of project-based rental assistance to chronically and episodically homeless single individuals citywide. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 4-10-17. The Committee approved filing this resolution by consent on 3-8-17. Pursuant to Council Rule 3.7, Councilwoman Kniech called out this resolution on the 3-20-17 Council meeting for a one-week postponement to 3-28-17.
Please vote announce results tonight. One abstention tonight is one abstention. Council Resolutions 321 322 have been adopted. Okay, Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens. Councilman Flynn, will you please put Council Bill 285 on the floor for a vote? Yes, Mr. President. I move the resolution to 85 be adopted. All right. It has been moved and seconded. Councilwoman Ortega coming. So, first of all, I didn't want our folks from Human Services to come all this way without being asked a question. So I just want to verify that Del Norte is, in fact, one of the beneficiaries of the continuum of care funds with this round of funding. Then would you mind? Unless. Hi. Ben Levick, Denver Human Services. Councilwoman Ortega, that project that you're referring to is owned and managed by Del Norte, but the actual contract will be with Colorado Health Network, also known as Colorado AIDS Project, as it has been historically. Yeah, and I just wanted to clarify because we do Del Norte owns a property and I'm on that board. I typically abstain from these votes, so there isn't even an appearance of conflict of interest. So I just want to verify that this funding source is in fact having dollars going into that particular project. This is the HOC project, right? No. This is Dave's. Place. This place. Okay. All right. Thank you. I think you've answered my question. So given that I just wanted to announce that I will be abstaining from the vote because indirectly, Del Norte is a beneficiary of of these resources. Okay. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. Councilman Espinosa. See you. Yeah, Ken. Since the right people are here. When we did the the permanent affordable housing fund process. You know, some of the discussion among people that provide these these programs is sort of recognition that HUD funding is sort of might have a fine. I mean, my experience a decline or already had been clearly we know in the initial announcement from the executive at the federal level that there is a market reduction in HUD funding, which I suppose would then trickle down to us through the state and then the city. I just would like to know if, you know, if, if and when you guys have some sense about that and what is its magnitude or impact it might have to the city of Denver if you would be prepared to sort of proactively present that to council, either in committee or in a letter so that we understand it . I don't want to sort of be caught off guard the way we were with some of the other executive orders. This is obviously a budget process, so it's going to be a little more protracted. But I assume that you guys are already thinking about a sort of post HUD funding. That's a reality. Yeah, absolutely. So, Eric Sullivan, I'm the executive director of the Mayor's Office of Housing Opportunities and for people everywhere. Councilman Espinoza, to your question, yes, we've already been convening over the last month with our executive team to think about what are the impacts of these cuts. We know the proposed $6 billion reduction in funding to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development will have a tremendous impact on the city's community development block grant funds, as well as a tremendous impact on our close partner, the Denver Housing Authority, which is already estimated because of the reduction in subsidies being provided to the DHS . They will likely have to increase rents on their residents. And these are residents who typically make an average household income of somewhere between 10,000 and $15,000 a year. So it will create substantial house burdens and may in fact contribute to homelessness in the city. So we're well aware of it. And as we begin to think globally about how what is the impact of those reductions across all our departments and including the work done in integrating human services into our housing work, we will certainly be providing a strategy for how we're going to address that, when and if those cuts go through . So I'm sorry that you have to work on that. But, you know, welcome to the new jobs. Thank you so much. Thank you. And I I knew it was a significant number. That's a hundred fold increase over the number I threw out at you. And, you know, you divide 6 billion over 50 states. That's a lot of money that we're we're the potential impact. So. That's correct. Good luck. Thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. It has been. Moved and since friends. I got a. Can I ask a question? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Chime in. Is this a this Cary Grant? Is that the normal that very large contingent, Cary Grant, that we share with the metropolitan area each year? Is this the $30 million grant or is this separate. And this is separate from this is funding. There's two parts of funding for continued Cary Grant. There's continued great care grant funds that go to the region, which is health managed by the Metro Number Homelessness Initiative. This is one of six grants the city receives directly on their continuum of care to provide this work. Great. So we got to get more funds available for homeless programs. There are other continuum of care grant funds. Yeah. Thank you. Very much. Mm hmm. All right. Thank you, Councilman. New. All right. This has been moved in second. Madam Secretary, roll call. Sorry. One moment. ORTEGA Abstain Sussman Eye Black Eye Clark Espinosa. Flynn. I Gilmore. I Herndon. I Cashman. I knew. Mr. President, I. Please call the results. Ten Eyes, one abstention. Ten Eyes, one abstention. Council Resolution 285 has been adopted. This concludes the bills that need to be called out. All other bills for introduction are ordered publish. We are now ready for the black votes tonight on resolutions and the bills. On final consideration, council members remember this is a consent or block vote and you will need to vote. Otherwise this is your last chance to call out an item for a separate vote. Councilman Fuller, will you please put the resolutions for adoption and the bills on final consideration for final passage on the floor? Yes, Mr. President, I move that the resolutions be adopted in the bills on final consideration, be placed upon final consideration, and do pass in a bloc for the following items. A series of set 2017 293 2317 306307 313 315 Series of 2016 1266 Series of 2017 one 6310 293 294. Excellent. It has been moved and seconded. Madam Secretary. Roll call. Black. I clerk. I. Espinosa. I. Flynn. I. Gilmore. I. Herndon. I. Cashman. I knew. Ortega. I. Susman. I. Mr. President. I. Lebanese Lebanese resolutions have been adopted in the bills have been placed upon final consideration do pass since there are no public hearings this evening there. If there are no objections from members of the Council, we will not take a recess and we have no business before us.