A resolution approving a proposed Purchase And Sale Agreement between the City and County of Denver and Community Education Centers, Inc. for the purchase of real property located at 4280 Kearney Street. Approves a purchase and sale agreement with Community Education Centers, Inc. for $1,300,000 to purchase property located at 4280 Kearney Street, known as Tooley Hall Residential Reentry Center, a community corrections facility, in Council District 8 (FINAN-201952877). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 1-13-20. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 12-10-19.
Councilman Hines has called out Bill 1330 for an amendment, and Councilman Ortega has called out Bill 1341 for a vote under pending. No items have been called out. Anything that I missed. All right. Madam Secretary, if you please, put the first item on our screens. Councilman CdeBaca, will you please put Council Resolution 1340 on the floor? I move that council resolution 19, dash 1340, be adopted. Thank you. It has been moved and seconded comments by members of Council of Council and Ortega. Thank you, Mr. President. This is a bill that is basically approving the purchase of Toy Hall, which is one of our local community correction facility locations in Denver. And I am not supporting it because there was no RFP process in selecting this location. We voted some time ago to take steps to divest from the two companies that have contracts with ICE that operate detention facilities in various locations around the country, including in Aurora. I am in agreement with the policy decision, but when we moved to do this, we did not have a plan in place, excuse me. And so now we're kind of scrambling, trying to figure out how do we take care of the people who have been in these programs. This is one measure to acquire a property from one of the very companies that we have said we're going to divest from. They own this property. And I just also want to send a clear message that I hope as we move to terminate the four contracts at the other with the other company, Core Civic at four other locations, you know, at some point we're going to be asked to extend those contracts, which I think is is the right move to allow us to finish work that a zoning committee has been working on to make some changes to our group Living Ordinance. But in the interim, I hope that there is not some expectation that Denver is going to acquire those properties as well. We need to figure out what is the fix with our zoning code so that we have greater flexibility and are not beholding or just expected to be put in a box where we have no choice but to turn around and buy the properties from the very companies that we're saving or divesting from. So I'm voting no on this tonight. I won't make comments on the other one. The other one that we'll have a vote on, on final reading is the actual transfer of the funds that allow us to move forward with this acquisition. So on the no vote on both of those and we'll vote on them separately, Frank. Thank you, Councilman Ortega. All right. Seeing no other comments on this item. Madam Secretary, call. Ortega now black eye seat Abarca i Flynn I. Gilmore, i. Herndon, i. Hines, i. Cashmere High. Clinic. Sandoval, I. Sawyer, I. Torres, I. Mr. President. All right, Madam Secretary, please close voting. Announced results. 12 hours. One day. 12 hours, one day. Council Resolution 1340 has been adopted. Madam Secretary, will you please put the next item on our screens? Councilwoman Torres, do you want to go ahead with your questions on 13? 13?