Finance & Governance Committee

Minutes Finance & Governance Committee Committee Members: Black, Chair; Kniech, Vice-Chair; Hinds, Clark, Ortega, CdeBaca Committee Staff: Zachary Rothmier Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 1:30 PM Virtual: Link Available at <www.DenverGov.org/CityCouncil> Attendance Present: 6- Black, Kniech, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega, CdeBaca Action Items 21-0216 Amends various sections of the Denver Revised Municipal Code by relocating Denver’s medical marijuana code into Chapter 6 and combining it with Denver’s retail marijuana code, renaming Chapter 6 to Alcohol Beverages and Cannabis, providing for additional local license types authorized by state law, including delivery, and making conforming amendments to the Code pursuant to state law. 21-0217 Amends various sections of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to allow for the licensing and operation of marijuana hospitality businesses and retail marijuana hospitality and sales businesses within the City. Consent Items 21-0203 Amends a master purchase order by changing the vendor’s name from Advanced Chemicals Technology to Advanced Technology, LLC for dishwashing and laundry compounds for the Denver County jails and detention center. No change to master purchase order amount or duration (SC-00004766; SC-00004704). Council Resolution 21-0203 was approved by consent 21-0218 Approves a lease agreement with PRRC LLC for $782,599.92 and for 10 years, with an option to extend for an additional 5 years, for the lease of approximately 210,250 square feet of City owned land for use as a parking lot to be built by PRRC LLC located at 3300 North Kalamath Street adjacent to Cuernavaca Park, and includes depositing $150,000 of PRRC LLC Funds in an escrow account for landscape funds for the Westside Line recreational trail, in Council District 1 (FINAN-202157861). City and County of Denver Page 1 Printed on 3/3/2021  Minutes Finance & Governance Committee Tuesday, March 2, 2021 Council Resolution 21-0218 was approved by consent 21-0219 Authorizes the Division of Real Estate to negotiate and amend commercial leases in City-owned buildings to provide an additional three months of rent relief, with the option to extend for an additional three months, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Council Bill 21-0219 was approved by consent 21-0220 Approves a temporary license agreement with IHC Scott, Inc. for $10 and for 90 days for the use of a City owned vacant lot located at 2597 West 11th Avenue for construction staging purposes for work being completed on behalf of Denver Water for the Sun Valley project in Council District 3 (FINAN-202157703). Council Resolution 21-0220 was approved by consent 21-0222 Approves a rescission from General Fund Contingency of $350,000 to provide a supplemental appropriation in the Department of Excise and Licenses to support the implementation of new marijuana hospitality business licenses and marijuana delivery licenses and to modernize all marijuana license types to allow online submission; and authorizes the appropriation of $120,000 in General Fund Contingency for new revenue to be generated in 2021 through the new marijuana licenses. City and County of Denver Page 2 Printed on 3/3/2021