A resolution approving a proposed Agreement between the City and County of Denver and Montrose Air Quality Services, LLC to provide air quality monitoring services. Approves a contract with Montrose Air Quality Services, Inc. for $1,000,000 and through 12-31-26 for on-call procurement, installation and maintenance of air quality monitors, sensors, and other equipment, and for periodic reporting and analysis of air quality data, citywide (ENVHL-202261734). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 2-28-22. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 1-19-22.
I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce results. 1st May 1111 I's Council Resolution 20 2-007 to has been adopted. Council Member Sandoval, will you please put Council Resolution 83 on the floor for adoption? Oh, I think you're muted. Council Resolution 83 be adopted. Second. Thank you. It's been moved and seconded. Comments and questions by members of Council on Council Resolution 83. Council Member Sawyer. Things that our president this is another airport on call contract that we've talked about before. And I actually am a little confused because I think that it got maybe it's messed up in our script, but we want to double check on that. Okay. Had you called out Council Resolution 83? It's the Montrose Air Quality Services. No, the one that I called out for a vote. The second one I called out for a vote was the was the airport. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. The mantra, it's Montrose air quality on call, correct? Yes. Okay. That's what Resolution 83 is. Got it. Okay, good. I'm glad that is what I called out. I was just making sure because I know council members had some questions and I got a little confused in our script here. Yes. So it's just it's another airport on call contract which talked about reporting and on call contracts repeatedly. So I'm just going to be a know for consistency. Say thank you. All right. Thank you. Councilmember Sawyer, Councilmember CdeBaca. I have quite a list here. I have about ten questions on it. So my first question, the million dollar amount is a maximum spend level over the next five years to ensure that any future air monitoring, air monitoring projects could be funded under the contract. My first question is what future air monitoring projects are anticipated to be funded with this contract? Okay. Thank you, Councilmember CdeBaca. And we have Will Fenton here and then Bill Oberman. Thank you, counselor. President Gilmore. And for the questions, Councilwoman Celia Barker. Yes, I am joined by our air policy program manager, Bill O'Brien. Go ahead, Bill. And thank you for the question, Councilwoman CdeBaca. This this is an contract that will fund. At the most $1,000,000 over a five year period. The the amount of funding maximum that we are actually allocated in our program is around 100,000 a year. That would be the very maximum that we could fund. The other room that we've built into that million dollar limit is should we get any grants because we do competitively apply for grants. We have one right now from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Organization. And part of this contract could perhaps hire contractors and other services need it should we win a grant in the next five years? And how does the department determine what the future projects are that are needed? And how does community weigh in? We we go through the normal city process. If there's a grant opportunity of reviewing all the different departments in the city that are potentially also applying to that grant or may be interested in that grant. A lot of times, depending on the type of grant source and the objective of the grant will will really involve the community . An example is our last grant opportunity that we went for was in partnership with the City of Commerce City and tri county health department, and it was to do additional monitoring of air toxics. We were not successful in that grant. That was two years ago. However, there, as you know, is a new bill that's now been put into to law to actually do the same types of air toxics monitoring in North Denver and around Southport, particularly. How, if at all, are the various air monitoring programs that are being done by us, by DPS, by see? How are they all being coordinated and reported back to the public? So that's a great question. Right now, they're really not coordinated and being reported back to the public in one avenue. And that's a second phase, you could say, of the Love My Air Program, which is a Denver program. That's that program that's funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. One part of that program that we are hoping to launch in the spring, maybe early summer, is an app you could use on any device, iPhone or Android device with all of that information in one place in a smartphone setting where somebody, you know, can rapidly see all of that information as it comes online. So we are working with other entities in the region to incorporate their data in like those who will be monitoring some more cultivars know. Areas from Apache or yeah. Sites that seepage is monitoring near that area as well as well as other communities as they bring on more air monitoring in their communities . And given our office is probably home to where we're monitoring the most error. I would love to have more regular contact. We have a stakeholder group working on this. I'm curious about if this if there's a plan to monitor new chemicals or sizes of particles with this contract. Right now. There are no plans right now to monitor different chemicals or particles that we're than we're currently monitoring. But that science is always evolving. There are smaller and smaller particles that we're more and more concerned about, like particles less than 2.5 micron in diameter of particulate matter specifically. And so monitors are coming out that even measure all the way down to one micron and less. So as those technologies become affordable and reliable, I think that could absolutely be part of what this contract would cover over the next five years. But what are we currently monitoring? So currently in our Denver network, this is specific to what the city of Denver pays for and what this contract will cover is particulate matter 2.5. We also and that's just roughly 40 schools through Denver public schools that we have engaged in the love of my air program. What that program does is use that that data of the particulate matter concentrations right on school property and real time puts it onto a TV monitor inside the school. And then there's a lot of curriculum and education and outreach around that information, but it's literally broadcast in the school 24 seven So that's that's a big part of our air monitoring network. A second significant part of our air monitoring network is a a whole shed at Swansea Elementary, right adjacent to I-70. This is a partnership with CDOT and a federal highway to monitor the impacts of construction and so of the C site, the Central 70 construction project. So we're monitoring their other pollutants than just GM. We're also monitoring nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, black carbon and V and an array of what they call volatile organic compounds, a number of different hydrocarbons, but things like benzene, toluene and other air toxics like that. Thanks, Bill, for that. And Councilwoman CdeBaca, I wanted to we've got three public hearings tonight, and I know we have members of the public here. I don't believe we're going to have committee work here on the council floor. I know you referenced that you had ten questions to ask and I got you up. Is this your final question? Okay. Very good. Thank you. What what are the policy changes that we're considering based on this air monitoring data? And if we don't have any specific policy changes, do we plan to develop some in the near future? So there's specific policies from just our air monitoring network. There are no policies under consideration in either our public health board or that we're planning at this time to bring to city council. The purpose of that program was to be an educational outreach tool to the schools through that Love My Air program. The benefit, though a secondary benefit for sure, is that we have now a wealth of data over at least the last two years. Three years, really, what, 19, 20 and 22 million of of data. We can start to analyze and look at policies. What kinds of things are driving our PM 2.5 concentrations and I'm managing a project right now to look at that data overall. And I also wanted to mention, you know, I've been talking with bring your your aide and I'm happy to to talk with your committee more. In March, we are scheduled to to talk in more detail. So hopefully we can get into more of your questions then as well. Thank you. That's it for my questions. Okay. Thank you. Thanks, Bill. Thank you. Councilwoman CdeBaca, we've got Councilmember Ortega. You're up next. Thank you. I just have one quick question for Mr. Oberman. Will this include any new sites or is this just to monitor data from existing locations? No, it will include new sites over time. We will help. Those be determined. Those are partly if it's school sites those sites were selected by. And I don't administer the Love Mayor program, so I may not give you all of. This site back to that program. Yeah. Okay. Okay. I remember when all that came through. So this is to expound on the schools that were identified originally as part of that program, correct? That's correct. Okay. But it also could serve as a contract. I want to be transparent that it's not just that school contract. If there are one reason for calling it an on call contract is on occasion, like during the demolition of the I-70 Viaduct, we had community concerns about the dust that was caused by that action. And we set up temporary sensors, same types of sensors that we use at the schools. But these were six different sensors, additional sensors, I should say. They're not different models. We set them up. We monitor for about four months during that that dusty event, particularly in the Globeville Ilia Swansea area. And we did respond to events when the peaks went up. We had more conversations with Key West and and required them to perform more dust mitigation practices. So if we're going to have this in place for a period of time and we start seeing some work on the I-25 corridor during dirt. Throughout the area from Alameda to 20th Street, where they've been doing the Pell study. And it may be this contract exhaust before they actually start any work there. But if this were in place and there were to be some demolition or whatever, it potentially could set up some sites at that location as well, correct? Exactly. And with this contract in place, we can rapidly mobilize and respond to that need. Okay. Thank you. You answered my questions. I appreciate it. Sure. Thank you, Councilmember Ortega. Councilmember Sawyer in Spanish, president just wanted to point out that, you know, all of these questions sort of indicate why I continue to vote no on these contracts. The answer to these questions is really important and totally normal. And we should have on call contracts. It's the reporting to council piece, the piece where we don't know that kind of information because it's not it doesn't have the same kind of oversight as direct dollars and direct contracts. That is concerning to me. And I think I just wanted to point that out because I think this is a you know, this conversation that just occurred was a great example of exactly why it is that I continue to vote no until the reporting mechanisms get better. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Sawyer. And we don't have anybody in the queue. And so, Madam Secretary, roll call on Council Resolution 22, Dash 0083, please. So you. Know. Torres I. Black I. CdeBaca and Clark. I. Herndon. I i. I Cashman. I can each. I. Ortega I see in the hall i. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. One Nay 11 nice. 11 Eyes Council Resolution 20 2-0083 has been adopted. Thank you, Bill and Will for being here this evening. That concludes the items to be called out. All bills for introduction are ordered published. 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. Councilmember Sandoval, would you please put the resolutions for adoption and the bills on final consideration for final passage on the floor? Yes. Give me 1/2, please. The agenda. Okay. Thank you for your patience. Mm hmm. I move? Oh. I move that? Okay. I move that resolutions be adopted in bills on final consideration. Based upon final consideration and do pass in the past block. Do pass in a block for the following items. Resolution three only recognizes the. Resolutions being. Okay. Zero 72. 73. 79. 83. 95. 98, 99. Okay. Correct. Let me think. I we're I'm going to I'm going to go ahead and run through the numbers here just so you have the motion on the floor. Thank you so much. We got it. We've got 75, 48, 94, 96, 97, one, ten, 73, 79, 95, 98, 99, 85 and 81. Did I get them all council secretary again? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Okay. All right. Wonderful. Thank you. We've got the second by Councilman Herndon. And, Madam Secretary, roll call, please. Black eye CdeBaca. I, Clark. I earned it. I high. I cashmere. I can eat. I. Ortega. I. Sandoval. I. Sawyer. I. Torres, I. Madam President. I. Madam Secretary, closed the voting and announced the results. 12 eyes, 12 eyes. The resolutions have been adopted and the bills have been placed upon final consideration and do pass. Thank you, Councilmember Sandoval. No worries. Worrying that the script sometimes will move on its own and so totally understand. So thank you. Our pre recess announcement tonight there will be a required public hearing on Council Bill 21, Dash 1437, changing the zoning classification for 901 North Kearny Street in Montclair, a required public hearing on Council Bill 21, Dash 1526 designating 555 East Eighth Avenue as a structure for preservation and a required public hearing on Council Bill