Speaker 8: I just ask staff to arrange that. We're looking at pot probably December 18th.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. All right, Madam Secretary, please put the second item on our screens. And, Councilwoman, can you go ahead with your comment?
Speaker 7: Thank you, Mr. President. So this bill is a grant agreement between Denver and the Department of Public Health regarding our ability to acquire some land and do some development of a new open space in the global neighborhood. And I'm calling it out because it has been about eight or nine years in the making. This open space area will be just north of the railroad tracks, just north and kitty corner from Argo Park in Globeville. And it will be a more natural space. So if you think of Argo, Park is kind of a typical manicured lawn. This will be more native plants and more of a natural setting. Right now, it's an area that's been a detriment for the community, both in terms of flooding as well as dumping and other illegal activity that is sometimes happening there. And this was an example of where a community comes forward with a vision. There's a nonprofit Groundwork Denver, that helps to shape that vision and then works with us as a city. And I it's always interesting how our work happens at the city because I often say some of the biggest things we work on might never cross these desks because so little of it is legislative. But this is an example of where a really joint effort between community, nonprofit and our Parks Department, our public works department, as well as a number of outside funders. There's many others that aren't a part of this particular agreement we're approving tonight. All can create a change that really will make a community better. It'll make it healthier, it'll eliminate some of the negative behaviors. So I just want to say thank you to the Parks Department, to the public works department, and to the legal departments that have worked so hard on this through the years and to the community for your patience. And this little grant agreement that that may not seem like a lot of money is going to make a really a big impact in a community that has really been a part of shaping a vision of what they want and need. So it's a happy moment, even though it's a small contract. So I wanted to thank the folks who've been involved and just call it out. And to my colleagues who've heard me talk about it for many years, just it's real. It's going to happen. It's going to happen. This is our first vote on it. So big, big milestone. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilwoman each Councilman Brooks.
Speaker 5: You know, sometimes you get to thank him, folks, and if you forget to acknowledge your own council colleagues. And so, Councilwoman Kenneth, thank you. This is in my district, but you're working on this with my predecessor, Councilwoman Monteiro. And so as you properly acknowledged everyone else, I want to acknowledge you. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Brooks. Yeah. I just wanted to jump on and say I first toured this potential project back when I was with the Greenway Foundation a long time ago, and it has been a long time coming. And I just wanted to say really cool project. Thank you so much for sticking with it. Very exciting to see it here in front of us. Finally, Madam Secretary, will you please put the next item up on our screens? And Councilwoman Ortega, go ahead with your comment on this one.
A resolution approving and providing for the execution of a proposed Grant Agreement between the City and County of Denver and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment concerning the “Platte Farm Open Space Restoration Project” and the funding therefor.
Approves a grant agreement with the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment for $552,885 and for five years to restore approximately 5.6 acres of a dilapidated property into a short-grass prairie for the Platte Farm Open Space restoration project located at approximately 49th Avenue and Grant Street in Council District 9 (201845526). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 12-17-18. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-13-18.