A resolution approving a proposed Second Amendatory Agreement between the City and County of Denver and K-M Concessions, LLC to provide support services at the Denver Coliseum and portions of National Western complex to support auxiliary shelters in the City in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amends a contract with KM Concessions, LLC by adding $4,015,930 for a new total of $5,645,405 and 1.5 months for a new end date of 7-15-20 to provide support for food, snacks and beverages at the Denver Coliseum and portions of National Western complex to support auxiliary shelters in the City in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (HOST-202054549). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 6-29-20. Councilmember Kashmann approved direct filing this item on 6-11-20.
And, you know, when we start talking about equity, not, you know, targeting the same neighborhoods over and over. So these are some things that I want to make sure that we as a council are being brought into that conversation and not be expected to just rubber stamp something at the 11th hour. Okay. Thank you. And I believe we are coming back to the safety committee at some point in July for an update. So we're working to schedule. Great. Thank you so. Much. Thank you. Hold on. Just take somebody else. Councilmember Kenny. Thank you, Mr. President. Just a comment. I really appreciate Councilwoman CdeBaca highlighting the need to maintain and sustain the level of service we're providing. We may actually even need to prepare to expand it if people fall into homelessness because of the economic crisis we're facing. So even while we successfully house people, we may have more people coming into homelessness. It does not mean that our solution of supportive housing doesn't work. It simply means it's not to scale, to keep pace with the need, particularly in an economic crisis. But I do just want to say that for for those who may be watching or listening, who are passionate about maintaining the level of care and emergency shelter that we've been providing, it is critical that you check into the group living zoning process. I know I may begin to sound like a broken record, but our zoning code has codified some of the same racism and exclusion that we are talking about in other systems in our city. And there is a proposal that would expand the ability and modernize the ability to provide shelter so that we can not only maintain but improve the quality of shelter to provide, for example, 24, seven services versus just overnight sleeping on a mat. Our zoning code right now actually codifies the fact that people can't be in beds in some cases because a shelter might lose its, quote unquote, emergency overflow status. Those are some of the back flips our current zoning code requires of providers. So I just want to say that if these issues are important, it is about money. It's about our budget conversation, it's about the safety conversation, but it's also about zoning. If our neighborhoods do not include and welcome people of various backgrounds to live in our city, then we will not be able to achieve the goal of making sure that when this shelter closes, people don't end up on the streets. So I just wanted to connect issues again that are connected. You can go to Denver Gov Dawgs Group Living to learn more about that change. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember. All right, that concludes the comments on this item. Madam Secretary, if you please put the next item on our screens and that will be Bill 508. Councilmember CdeBaca, go ahead with your questions on. You're right.