A resolution approving a proposed Contract between the City and County of Denver and Service America Corporation, d/b/a Centerplate for providing food and beverage services for the Convention Center and the Denver Performing Arts Center venues. Approves a concessionaire contract with Service America Corp., doing business as Centerplate, for $90,000,000 and for ten years to be the city’s primary food and beverage provider for the Convention Center and the Denver Performing Arts Center venues (THTRS-201950097). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 7-8-19. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 5-22-19.
No items have been called out and under pending. No items have been called out. Have I missed any items? All right. It looks like we've got them. Madam Secretary, please put the first item on our screens. Councilwoman Cranitch, please go ahead with your comment. Thank you, Madam President. Council Resolution 453 is a contract with center plate who provides contract services at our convention center and also at other city facilities. And I'm bringing this up for comment. Just because it is a $90 million contract and it is the largest contract to go through this council since we passed a minimum wage increase for contractors and employees doing business with the city. We made some history a few months ago when we raised those wages. In the first effective date is July of this year where the raise will go to $13 an hour. So just for comparison, the statewide minimum wage is at 1110. As of July. If you do business with the city, those workers will be earning $13 an hour. And this is the first big contract of this scale to include this minimum wage language. So I just want to thank center plate for stepping up and making sure that they're complying. And we're going to help probably between 308 hundred workers with a raise as of July 1st and then every July after that. And thank you to my colleagues and to the mayor's office for this big milestone. So with that, it's on consent. So we're all hopefully going to be voting for it. But just wanted to do a little shout out. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Councilwoman. Can each councilman knew? Did you want to comment on this matter? Oh, come out of question, too. I think this is a very large contract that's coming through. You know, this is the $90 million for the city. And but they are the total value of this contract is $250 million for center plate. So it's a it's a big, big project in over ten years. And it's going to be a wonderful service for for those participating facilities. I do have a question for Ginger White real quick. Hi. Good evening. Thank you. Just wanted you to go over some of the understanding, some of the discussion we had about this contract and the goals and the issues that will be addressed. Sure. Sure. Happy to do it. So it council committee, we talked a little bit about how can we ensure that the minority and women owned business participation grows over time and actually gets substantiated in the contract? So with our partners in center plate, we have committed to seeking to amend the contract at such time when we have women and minority owned businesses that are certified who can then participate fully into a new ordinance, that is something that's on deck, we think, towards the beginning of next year. And so that's something that we've committed to. I do have a letter from the executive vice president of Center Plate that speaks to commitment to that goal. So we really feel very confident that as this contract exists today, that we'll have it opportunity to amend and ensure that that minority and women owned business participation is codified in the contract. All right. Thank you, gentlemen. I appreciate it. You and your staff for helping cooperate with this could be very important to that contract. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.