A bill for an ordinance approving a proposed Amendment to Agreement between the City and County of Denver and Urban Drainage and Flood Control District regarding the Platte Farm Open Space Detention Basin. Amends an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District by adding $500,000 for a new total of $800,000 for the design and construction of drainage and flood control improvements at Platte Farm Open Space at 49th Avenue and Grant Street in Council District 9. No change to agreement duration (201733020). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 5-14-18. The Committee approved filing this bill by consent on 4-3-18.
Thank you very much, Mr. Breslin. That's all. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Sure. Okay. Well, let's bring up the next item. 337 Platform Councilwoman Connect. Thank you, Mr. President. This is one of those projects that started early in my first term, and it was a community vision. There's an area of open space that's blighted and is being misused for crime. It's being misused for dumping. And the community says we can do better. And so the city has a hard time with this because it's it's not clean. It's an area that has been capped. We've got six cell towers. It is a tough project, but everybody sticks through it. And seven years later, that's just my clock. The is probably at eight plus seven years later, we see this amazing partnership before us. This bill 337 is a contract between urban drainage and Denver to bring some funding because lo and behold, this area isn't just blighted. It isn't just a place that could be an open space that's an asset to the community. It's also a place we can mitigate flooding. So it brings together city goals of mitigating flood waters in Globeville, which has been a major priority for several of my colleagues on the council as well as the community. But it helps to bring a vision forward of how to do that in a way that creates an open space that community can really love. It's phased. It's got money from all kinds of different private sources that are coming in to supplement these public dollars. So on the northern half of this open space, most of that money has been privately fundraised by Groundwork. Denver So we have, you know, basically, you know, every kind of partnership you can imagine. We have the regional urban drainage of flood control along with the city of Denver. And we've got these community partners and we've got all these dollars from legal settlements and other grant funds. So it's taking everybody to get there. And we haven't broken ground yet, but some day there will be a shovel in the ground and we will see this thing come to fruition. And this is my first real proof. It's a dollar amount on an agenda, so I'm really excited and it's a pretty routine contract other than that. But I just needed to say thank you to all the city team who've here, Parks and Rec. We've had NRDC's support the last couple of years, as well as public works and all the folks in stormwater. We've also gotten, you know, some other help from other folks in public works regarding some of the other infrastructure pieces. So thank you to the staff. And yes, this is in the consent agenda, but I'll be really excited to vote yes on the consent agenda tonight. Thank you. Good work, Councilwoman. I know you've been working on this with along with the community for a long time, so it's excited to see this come through. That concludes all the items that have been called out. Everything else will be. All of the bills for introduction will be order published. So we are now ready for the block votes on resolutions and bills in front of consideration. Council members remember that this is your this is a considered block vote and you will need to vote I. Otherwise, it's your last chance to call out an item for a separate vote. Councilwoman Gilmore, would you please put the resolutions for adoption of bills? For final consideration for final passage on the floor? Yes, President Brooks, 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. 0335033604180344034503490350030034600850086032203200321. All right, Madam Secretary, do you concur? Yes, Mr. President. It's been moved and seconded. Madam Secretary, roll call. Black Eye. Clark Espinosa. Flynn, I. Gilmore I. Cashman can eat my new Ortega. I Susman. Mr. President. I That was an eye. 11 eyes are. Right. 11 eyes. Resolutions have been adopted and bills have been placed for final consideration and do pass. Tonight there will be three public hearings. So buckle up. There are be require a public hearing for counts about 2 to 29 changes on a classification of 580 South fourth street in Washington Virginia veil a required public here accountable to