Finance & Governance Committee
Regular MeetingDenver, CO · July 25, 2017
Minutes
Minutes
Finance & Governance
Committee
Committee Members: Kniech, Chair; Flynn, Vice-Chair; Black;
Espinoza; López; Ortega
Committee Staff: Shelley Smith
Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 1:30 PM
City & County Building, Room 391
Attendance
Rollcall
Present: 6- Kniech, Black, Espinoza, López, Ortega, Brooks
Absent: 1- Flynn
Action Items
17-0810 Approves the Emily Griffith Opportunity School Urban Redevelopment Plan
authorizing the creation of an Urban Redevelopment Area and tax
increment areas in Council District 9.
Council Bill 17-0810 was approved for filing.
Aye: 6- Kniech, Black, Espinoza, López, Ortega, Brooks
Nay: 0
Absent: 1- Flynn
17-0811 Approves a cooperation agreement with the Denver Urban Renewal
Authority for the Emily Griffith Opportunity School Redevelopment Area to
establish the parameters for tax increment financing with incremental sales
and property taxes in Council District 9 (TBD)
Council Bill 17-0811 was approved for filing.
Aye: 6- Kniech, Black, Espinoza, López, Ortega, Brooks
Nay: 0
Absent: 1- Flynn
Consent Items
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Minutes
Finance & Governance Committee
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Following are four items that were approved on consent today.
17-0794 Amends Article V of Chapter 2 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code
(DRMC) pertaining to financial disclosure by making minor corrections and
clarifying the reporting period for semi-annual gift reports filed by officers.
Council Bill 17-0794 was approved by consent.
17-0809 Approves the issuance of $4 million principal amount of refunding revenue
notes, imposes capital charges, imposes maintenance charges, and
approves and adopts an amended budget for the 2017 fiscal year by City
Council sitting in its capacity as the ex-officio Board of Directors of the
Denver 14th Street General Improvement District in Council District 9.
Council Bill 17-0809 was approved by consent.
17-0820 Appropriates $1,050,000 in funds received from the Urban Drainage and
Flood Control District (UDFCD) for drainage and flood control
improvements for the Glenbrook Detention Basin project in Council District
2.
Council Bill 17-0820 was approved by consent.
17-0825 A bill for an Ordinance approving a proposed purchase by the City and
County of Denver (“City) of insurance coverage from: Kaiser Foundation
Health Plan of Colorado; United Health Care Insurance Company; Denver
Health Medical Plan, Inc.; Delta Dental of Colorado; Standard Insurance
Company of Colorado, Inc.; Vision Service Plan Insurance Company.
Approves the recommended 2018 changes to City and County of Denver
healthcare benefit plans.
Council Bill 17-0825 was approved by consent.
Note
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Agenda
Agenda
Finance & Governance
Committee
Committee Members: Kniech, Chair; Flynn, Vice-Chair; Black;
Espinoza; López; Ortega
Committee Staff: Shelley Smith
Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 1:30 PM
City & County Building, Room 391
Attendance
Action Items
17-0810 Approves the Emily Griffith Opportunity School Urban
Redevelopment Plan authorizing the creation of an Urban
Redevelopment Area and tax increment areas in Council
District 9.
17-0811 Approves a cooperation agreement with the Denver Urban
Renewal Authority for the Emily Griffith Opportunity School
Redevelopment Area to establish the parameters for tax
increment financing with incremental sales and property
taxes in Council District 9 (TBD)
Tracy Huggins, Denver Urban Renewal Authority
Consent Items
Following are four items that are on the Committee's consent agenda today.
Routine, non-controversial ordinance requests that do not involve substantive
policy changes are placed on Committee agendas as consent items with the
approval of Committee chairs. Council members receive advance notice of
consent items and may request that an item be scheduled for Committee
discussion instead. If no Council member does so by the Committee's normal
convening time, the requests will be considered approved by the Committee and
eligible for filing.
For information on public comment procedures go to denvergov.org/CommitteePublicComment
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Agenda
Finance & Governance Committee
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
17-0794 Amends Article V of Chapter 2 of the Denver Revised
Municipal Code (DRMC) pertaining to financial disclosure
by making minor corrections and clarifying the reporting
period for semi-annual gift reports filed by officers.
17-0809 Approves the issuance of $4 million principal amount of
refunding revenue notes, imposes capital charges, imposes
maintenance charges, and approves and adopts an
amended budget for the 2017 fiscal year by City Council
sitting in its capacity as the ex-officio Board of Directors of
the Denver 14th Street General Improvement District in
Council District 9.
17-0820 Appropriates $1,050,000 in funds received from the Urban
Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) for drainage
and flood control improvements for the Glenbrook
Detention Basin project in Council District 2.
17-0825 Approves the recommended 2018 changes to City and
County of Denver healthcare benefit plans.
For information on public comment procedures go to denvergov.org/CommitteePublicComment
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