A bill for an ordinance amending portions of Chapter 28, Article III, Article V and Article VII to extend sunset dates; and Approve Annual Aspirational Goals. Amends Chapter 28 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to extend the Division of Small Business Opportunity (DSBO) program for an additional eight months to allow for more time to discuss community recommendations to the program and to identify needed changes to the Ordinance, Rules and Regulations and internal policies and procedures. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 2-27-19.
No items have been called out today. Miss anything? All right. Now, Secretary, please put the first item on our screens and counsel menu. Go ahead with your question and comment. All right. Thank you very much. Adrina, you want to come up? This is a very important bill is coming through tonight. I just wanted to give some highlights of what's happening with the dispo in this bill, please. Thank you. Good evening, President. Council members. My name is Adrina Gibson and I'd like to first introduce myself. I am the new director of the Division of Small Business Opportunity. I am esteemed to have this privilege to work with the team at with the city, as well as with Dito and with you all as council members, I come to you all from our team working 12 years there with compliance, certification and implementing quite a bit of robust small business programs to maximize opportunities here in the city of Denver. I look forward to and have already begun in these long four weeks marrying a lot of the initiatives that I brought over from RTD, as well as bringing the men to the city and county of Denver under the Division of Small Business Opportunity. We appreciate your support of this bill on the second reading, just to give you a recap on what's going on within Dispo whom and I've been a part of over the last four weeks, we have regularly evaluated our success and measured our marketplace disparity typically at the five year mark. And so with this being the 2019, this is our year 2012. The 2016 disparity study was delivered in late 2018. As most of you know, there were some successes to note, but overall, there is still a disparity in the marketplace on public contracts for women and minority owned firms. And that reiterates the purpose of small business programs is specifically the one within the city and county of Denver. Under their division, DISPO has had some rigorous process of evaluations, both internally and externally, with our McKinsey reviews peak performance. And we've also adjusted quite a few processes, including but not limited to our certification period, our renewal period, going from every year to every three years, as well as eliminating our goal setting committee within the community. We have had an unprecedented level of public input on our ordinance and potential revisions from the Council as well as the Construction Empowerment Initiative Committee. This subcommittee worked very hard to prepare a roster of recommendations of which Dispo has reviewed thoroughly and has begun implementing to date. More recently, our business equity leadership team has also developed for dispo and all of the city agencies to engage on an enterprise wide with all of the programs that touch small businesses to maximize small business utilization and discuss important matters that relate to small businesses. Lastly, we determined our annual Mwb aspirational goals with substantial data analysis, methodology and performance history to bring together our 2018 aspirational goals. Again, thank you. Fourth quarter for the ordinance is set. Set the stage within the next five years and our ordinance revisions will be coming soon. Right. Thank you so much, Adrina. I can't speak more highly of the leadership of EDI or Caraga and having Adrina come on board and leadership that she's providing for dispo and and Jason Moore to the attorney that's really helping with the bill and helping guide that through. So it's a real pleasure. We you know, this is so important, this bill is because that prompt and accurate payment for all the minority women owned and small business subcontractor sorry the city construction contract so we're we were so pleased to have you you know, when we were going through this council with Cashman and we're telling you that we said, well, we always have a question. We always call Adrina over at RTD. What's the best practice on making this happen? And so we're so glad to have your leadership here. And and Susan's involvement as well is with the leadership of dispo. So thank you so much for all you're doing. And and please thank your staff to thank you. It's my honor. We're working hard for you. Thank you. Thank you. County Menu. That concludes the items to be called out this evening. All bills for introduction are ordered published. We're now ready for the block vote on resolutions and bills on final consideration counsels council members remember that this is a consent or block vote and you will need to vote. Otherwise, this is your last chance to call an item for a separate vote. Councilman Brooks, would you please put the resolutions for adoption and the bills on final consideration for final passage on the floor? All right. Mr. President, I certainly would love to do that for you tonight. I move that the resolutions be adopted and the bills on final consideration be placed and placed upon final consideration do pass in a block on the following orders. All series of 2019 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 one 8182 one 8196 one 9766 126 one 9188 189 159. Thank you very much, Councilman Brooks. Anytime, anytime. As far as the stand moved and seconded. Madam Secretary, roll call black. Hi. Brooks. Hi. Flynn. I Gilmore. I Herndon. I Cashman. Hi Commit. Hi, Lopez. Hi. New Ortega assessment. Mr. President. I am secretary. Please, because the voting announced results. From. 12 eyes. The resolutions have been adopted and bills have been placed upon final consideration and do pass. Tonight there will be a required public hearing on Council Bill 19.0055 changing the zoning classification for 4519 Pearl Street in Globeville and a required public hearing on Council Bill 19 0079 Changing the zoning classification for 901 Irving Street in Ville