Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Flynn. Seeing no other announcements, we're going to move on. There are no presentations. There are no communications. But we do have one proclamation this evening. Councilman Brooks, will you please read Proclamation 1442?
Speaker 6: Thank you, Mr. President. I am happy to read Proclamation 1442, and many of you may be wondering, why do y'all have that Western gear on? And it's National Western Month, y'all. It's time. And so I'm welcoming the 113th National Western Stock Show, Rodeo Horse Show to Denver. Y'all supposed to at this point say, yeah, come on now. All right, all right. Whereas the annual National Western Stock Show wrote it in Horse Show opens in Denver for the 113th time on January 12, 2019. And. Whereas, The National Stock Show is the storied treasure of Denver's past, with a unique and colored history dating all the way back to 1906. And. Whereas, Mayor Robert Spear declared Wednesday, January 31st, 1906, as Denver Stock Show Day, an official day in the city of Denver so everyone could partake in the first ever stock show. It was on this day that the banks, department stores and other businesses in every corner of Denver shut their doors at noon while streetcars hustled from the fifth Street 15th Street loop every 3 minutes to the stockyards site and the Burlington Railroad Rush special trains from the Denver Union Depot for a round trip charge of, get this $0.25. And. Whereas, today I feel like I should have a little twang. You know what I'm saying? In my life I'm reading this, but I can't do it the whole time. So to today, the Primary Mission and National Interest Stock Show is to educate urban and suburban citizens about the importance of understanding and preserving Colorado's Western heritage in agriculture, providing city kids with hands on experience and farm animals to host one another's largest professional rodeo and horse shows. And. Whereas, the National Western Center National Western annually attracts more than 650,000 visitors from all 50 states, 40 foreign countries, and contributes $100 million to the Denver economy. And. WHEREAS, the activities during this six day event include Wild West Show, horse shows, dancing horses, extreme dogs, Super Bowl of livestock shows and art exhibition, the Colorado largest agriculture trade show. And. Whereas, the partnership between the city and county of Denver, Colorado State University and the Western Stock Association continues to strengthen as development for a new Western Center moves forward. And. WHEREAS, The City and county of of Denver City and County of Denver say CSU and Denver Museum of Nature and Science and History, Colorado are working together to develop the programing that will solidify the NWC mission to become the global destination for agricultural heritage and innovation and the home of the stock show for the next hundred years, which is exciting now, therefore be a proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver. Section one. The Council hereby enthusiastically proclaims, as you can see in our Western wear, and welcomes the 130th Annual National Western Stock Show. Rodeo Show to Denver, extends the best wishes for another exciting, successful year and encourages Denver residents to saddle up and enjoy the show. Section two that the clerk of the city can. What shall test and affix a seal? The sitting count of Denver to the proclamation and the copy be transmitted to the National Western Stock Show. The Rodeo and Horse Show.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Councilman Brooks, your motion to adopt.
Speaker 6: I move the proclamation 1440 to be adopted.
Speaker 0: It has been moved and seconded comments by members of council. Councilman Brooks.
Speaker 6: Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. This is always an incredible opportunity to bring this proclamation forward. The National Western Stock Show sits right on the edge of District nine and on the edge of the city and county of Denver. And there's so many things that I really want to say about how great this historic event is. But I'll just do a couple of highlights. One, you know, we have gone from the national Western structure. When I first came on council, I always talk about it. We talked about and who remembers this? We talked about the stock show leaving the city and county of Denver and moving somewhere else. And we had a long conversation about that. And with overwhelming support out of the two C ballot that allows us to have the National Western Center, every precinct in this city supported the National Western Center. And as someone who runs for office, to get that done is a pretty big deal. So everybody in the city and county loves this show. Number two, I think it says a lot about I mean, this is a huge facility. This is a huge operation. And right now we have neighbors all over the city who are worried about different things or the neighbors who are right next to the stock show actually love the stock show because for the last six years, they've engaged neighbors in a meaningful way and allowed them to be a part of the development of the stock show. And so, you know, I am I think this is one of the most amazing opportunities for us as a city and a great a great example of how we can build an inclusive city in the city of Denver. And that the last thing is, is my urban kids see I live literally blocks away about short mile and my kids are from the hood, you know what I'm saying? Northeast Denver and don't know a lot about the. The Western pride and all those things, but they love it. They didn't grow up like that. They grew up in the neighborhood. But every time this time of year, they cannot wait to hit up the MLK rodeo. Right. They cannot wait to go to the petting zoo. They cannot wait to engage into the National Western Center. And I think that's the great thing that this does. It has a vision of and no one's doing this. If you think about this, no one is bringing both urban and rural together. And the vision of what we're trying to accomplish with the National Research Stock Show and the National Western Center is something that is not being done in our country. And so I'm excited to see it's about to actually announce this. And, you know, I know Paul Andrews, the CEO, is going to talk about this a little bit as well. But the the parade on Friday is incredible to see, you know, these long horns going through, you know, our, you know, city the city streets where we know no cars are going to be allowed, but it's going to be a bunch of long horns going down. And so make sure that you guys are there. But I'm excited, Mr. President, to to bring this forward. And I, I ask that every one of my council members. I will support this. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Councilman Brooks, Councilman Lopez, thank you. And thank you for bringing this proclamation forward. It's always a pleasure to have this proclamation to kick off this part of the year. Two words.
Speaker 1: Martin Bostic That's the best show.
Speaker 0: I just encourage folks to get out and see if you haven't if you don't know. MARTIN Busting is probably lived under a rock in Denver. But, yeah, it's amazing. I'm proud to support this proclamation.
Speaker 1: Also, if you happen to be parking on that street, man, these are Longhorns.
Speaker 0: So you're going to be scratched. Your car is going to be scratched. The mirrors are going to be gone. So you better move those cars out of the way. So anyway, thank you for bringing the proclamation forward. Happy to see this. Happy to support it one more time as a council. Thank you, Councilman Lopez. Councilman Ortega.
Speaker 7: Thank you, Mr. President. This used to be part of my old council district and have longstanding working relationship with the folks who are national western and have been very involved in the master planning that is happening right now with the 200 plus acres that will make up the new National Western Center. And this is something that we we all know that we can be proud of. This is this is part of what makes Denver unique from other urban cities. We have this this commitment to making sure that our urban community knows a lot about how our rural communities exist and where our food comes from. And the the excitement that happens with bringing kids to the next National Western Stock Show and being able to see and pet some of the animals that you would never see living in the city. Kids get very excited to take their pictures with some of the animals in the petting zoo. And, you know, people like me can go shop and find some of the Western apparel that that is sold at the the building across the street. So it's all the way around the investment that the taxpayers made in keeping national western here is going to ensure that it will go from being what has been, you know, roughly a two week out of the year event with sporadic things occurring throughout the year to really being a a year round destination attraction that's going to generate a lot more revenue and provide a lot more jobs. There's work that is being done in creating a public market similar to Pike's Market or Faneuil Hall, which I think is going to be very exciting to have something like that right in our core city and the adjacent neighborhoods are involved in that conversation. So it's more than just the rodeo and the stock show that we get to celebrate every, you know, two weeks out of the year. But that is a big part of of what has kept national Western thriving. And so I just want to say thank you to the folks from National Western who made that commitment to stay in Denver, for the people of Denver, for, you know, dipping into their pockets and saying, yeah, we're going to help pony up the resources to keep them here. And to the team that has been I see Gretchen in the back, the team that's been working on the overall master plan for building this out in a way that is going to make us shine even more so. So, Councilman Brooks, thank you for bringing this forward and I will be a yes on this tonight. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Ortega. Councilman Flynn.
Speaker 5: Thank you, Mr. President. It is really a good thing that every January we get to remind everyone here on the edge of the great American desert that at our heart, as much as some folks try to deny it and try to change it, our heart, we are still a cowtown. So thank you to the National Western and good luck with your show.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Flynn. Seeing no other comments, I'll just add that I'm very excited about this. Thank you for bringing it forward. And I am one of those kids who grew up in Denver and remember going to the stock show to see animals that I had never seen before. And now my kids are those kids. So an exciting time for us. And thank you, Councilman Brooks, for bringing this word. I'm Secretary Oracle.
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Speaker 0: I. I'm secretary. Please cause voting announce results 1313 I as proclamation 1442 has been adopted. Councilman Brooks, before you bring anybody up to accept, I just need to make a quick announcement. Unfortunately, due to fire code, we can't have people standing back in that back aisle. So if everybody can squish together a little bit so that we can fit everybody in, there is overflow next door. And 432, if you are here for one of our public hearings, that's going to be after recess. There should be more room in here by then and you can go watch on TV and 432 next door as well. But we can't have anybody standing in those back aisles. Thank you very much. I also briefly wanted to acknowledge, I think we have a representative to Tony in the audience today. Thank you and welcome to our chamber. Councilman Brooks, is there somebody you'd like to bring up to accept the proclamation?
Speaker 6: Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to.
Speaker 1: Bring up the world famous.
Speaker 6: The historic, the president and CEO of the National Register Show. Give it everybody. Paul Andrews. Come on, now. Very, very.
Speaker 9: Mr. President, thank you so much for having us here tonight. Members of council, we greatly appreciate everything that you all do. You don't have the easiest job in the world. And I want you to know that us at the National Western Stock Show recognize that and know that we support you. It's difficult what you do, but the fun is here. The 113th National Western Stock Show kicking off with the parade Councilman Brooks this Thursday at noon on 17th Street. So you're closed just one day off.
Speaker 1: But did I say Wednesday?
Speaker 9: Well, anyway, this this Thursday at noon 17th, right from Denver Union Station, we will parade led by the Longhorns right down the center 17th Street to kick off the 113th National Western Stock Show. Now, couple of things of importance. Last year we had an attendance record. The second all time attendance of more than 705,000 attendees. We're hoping to break that this year. And with the help of the weather and the great citizens of this great state of Colorado, we think we can do that. So couple of important things. Grounds admission starts at $10 for adults. Kids two and under are free and kids 3 to 11 are only $4. There is a free day this year on grounds January 15th. All day long is free day. So anyone that can't afford our grounds admission, even though it's less than a movie, you can come out on free day all day long, January 15th, enjoy our grounds, see the animals. And that's really the peak of what we do. That is compliments of our friends at Arrow Electronics who have done that for the city at this time. So with that, I just want everyone to embrace what is about to happen here. The Super Bowl, the livestock shows. The Big four of the rodeos. That means there's four giant rodeos in this country. We're one of the big four. We have the most elite horse shows of any place in this country. And as I said before, the most prestigious livestock show known to man, it happens here every year. The Super Bowl is played here every year at the National Western Stock Show. Thank you for having us. It's a pleasure to be here in the great city of Denver.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. Was our only proclamation. So now we're going to move on to bills for introduction. Madam Secretary.
Speaker 7: President.
Speaker 1: Oh.
Speaker 0: Are you up there, Councilwoman?
Speaker 7: I just. I just forgot to mention one really important thing, and that is this is the commitment that National Western and our partners have made to a local higher commitment, and that is to ensure that we are reaching out to our partners in the labor community, both union and nonunion programs, to ensure that we are hiring folks from our community to be working on the construction of this project. I think that's really important, and it's important. Important that we're not only doing that with National Western, but with all of our big bond projects that are coming forward as well. So thank you for that.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Thank you, counsel undertaker. All right. We're going to move on to Bills for introduction. Madam Secretary, will you please read the bills for introduction?
A proclamation welcoming the 113th National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show to Denver