A bill for an ordinance creating the office of climate action, sustainability, and resiliency. Amends Chapter 2 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to create a new Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency and makes conforming code changes to transfer responsibilities for related programs to the new office. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 12-2-19. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-6-19.
All right. Thank you, Councilman Flynn. That concludes the questions or comments on this item. Madam Secretary, will you please put the next item on our screens, which should be 1177, which is the bill creating the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency. And I just wanted to call this bill out to, again, thank all my colleagues, to thank the administration and to thank all of the citizens who pushed really hard for this and have been pushing us to elevate this conversation around climate change and pushing us to step up our response on this issue. This is a huge step in the right direction, but our work is not done here. We have a long way to go until we can say that we're doing everything that we need to do as a city to meet the science based targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions. I look forward to seeing this office stood up and focused on this critical work, and I also look forward to the forthcoming Climate Task Force meetings and the hard work that that task force will undertake. Looking at what we are currently doing, what we what more we need to be doing and how we close that gap. And I look forward to this body continuing to push hard on this issue until we know that we are doing our part and everything that we can as a city to solve this global crisis. So, Councilman Hines, did you also want to make a comment or ask question? Well, no question. But I do want to make a comment. Mr. President, I want to thank you also for for pulling this out. And I want to thank my colleagues and everyone who's worked on this. I think this is a critical program I want to our initiative. I also want to mention I was fortunate to stand with the mayor, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the executive director of CDOT and Lyft. Last week when they unveiled that they are adding 200 electric vehicles to their fleet in the in the city. And I want to say, this is an example of how we should all do our part as individuals and as organizations to to to work to to make this a better planet to a cleaner planet and a more sustainable planet. And and so I think that even, you know, companies like Lyft should be celebrated. And and I think that they the governor and Lyft both last week gave a gentle challenge. I would bring the same thing again and say, we should all do our part, not just individuals, not just government agencies. But I love the gentle challenge that that left in the governor had companies we would love to support you in your quest to become more sustainable as well. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilman. All right. That concludes the items to be called out this evening. All bills for introduction are ordered published, and we are now ready for the block vote on resolutions and bills on final consideration, except for Resolution 11 zero four concerning the 14th Street General Improvement District Resolution 11 zero five regarding Gateway Village General Improvement District and Resolution 11 zero six concerning the Reno Denver General Improvement District. After the recess, Council will hold separate public hearings on these three councilmembers. Remember, this is a consent or block vote and you will need to vote. Otherwise, this is your last opportunity to call an item out for a separate vote. All right, Councilman, can we please put the resolutions for adoption in the bills on final consideration for final passage on the floor? Yes. I move that resolutions be adopted and bills on final consideration be placed upon final consideration and do pass in a block for the following items. 1186 1205 1207 1208 1209 1210 1163 1204 960 1190 1192 1118 1090 1091 1092, 1093, ten, 94, ten, 95, ten, 96, ten, 97, ten, 98, 1099, 1100 1101 1102 1103 1107 1157 1171 1172 1173 1174 1062 1125 1126, 11, 27, 11, 28, 11, 2911 30 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1148 1150 1151 1152 1153 1117, 1177. All series of 2019. Thank you, Councilwoman. It has been moved and seconded. Madam Secretary, roll call. Right. Flynn Hi. Gilmore I Herndon High. Haynes High. Cashmere High. Can each i. Ortega I. Sandoval, I. Sawyer I. Torres, I. Mr. President. I. Madam Secretary, please. Because voting in notes results. 12 Eyes. 12 Eyes. The resolutions have been adopted and the bills have been placed upon final consideration and do pass. Tonight, Council will convene separately as the Board of Directors of the 14th Street, Gateway Village and Rhino Denver General Improvement District to approve a work plan, adopt a budget, impose capital and maintenance charges, and make appropriations for the 2020