Speaker 2: And. Whereas, Denver Stormwater affects these important local resources, municipal stormwater runoff must be controlled as part of the Clean Water Act. Compliance and the people of Denver can help reduce pollution through thoughtful actions. And. WHEREAS, the city and County of Denver strives to operate an excellent municipal, separate stormwater sewer system, of which public education and outreach is the first required control measure. And. Whereas, Denver Public Works has partnered with local nonprofit organization Earth Force since 2012 to design and implement the innovative Keep It Clean Neighborhood Environment Trio's kick net program of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education for teachers and students in Denver and its neighboring municipalities. And. WHEREAS, Kyknet has been adopted in 24 schools and resulted in 63 student led environmental action projects to date and will continue to reach more than 1500 students and 100 teachers annually as they conduct watershed investigations and make improvements in our urban waterways. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver, Section one, that the Council of the City and County of Denver congratulates Denver Public Works and earthworks on the awarding of a 2016 achievement award for Kyknet in the category of civic education and Public Information, which was given July 24th, 2016, in Long Beach, California, Section two that the Clerk of the city and County of Denver attest and affects the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation, and that a copy be transmitted to the Executive Director of Public Works. And I will move that proclamation. 544 be adopted. It has been moved and seconded and so we'll move on to comments. And again, since this is my proclamation, I'll start. As many people know, the South Platte River is near and dear to my heart. It's I got a job when I was 17 years old working on the South Platte River in the Cherry Creek and fell in love. And that's the work I did for my entire life before I landed here and got to work with this program, keep it clean from drain the stream and the kidnap program and Darren and Donnie. And it's a phenomenal program. And it's something that those of us who have been quite literally almost baptized in the South Platte River forget that the very basics of how our stormwater system work is not common knowledge. And I was sitting at the parade, the St Patrick's Day parade, five, six, seven years ago, now sitting there on the curb with my wife and my two kids watching the parade go by. And I just happened to be sitting right on top of one of our storm drains, which anything that goes in that storm drain goes right into the South Platte River. We were in downtown right, right over there with no filtration. Whatever goes down there goes straight into the river and people don't know that. And there was a woman walking in the parade carrying a piece of trash. And before I even knew what was happening, she took that piece of trash, said, Oh, thank goodness, and threw it right underneath me into the storm drain. She clearly made the choice to not litter, to not let that piece of trash go there. She was trying to throw it away and yet had no understanding that by putting it in there, she had fast tracked it to not only be a piece of litter blowing around in downtown Denver, but to being a piece of trash floating around in our most precious natural resource. And so that kind of education is so critical to teach our kids about how our storm system works, about the health of the South Platte River, and then to empower them with real things that they can do to make a difference. And this that's what this program does. And that's why this program won an award. And so I'm so excited to bring that up and recognize you guys for all of your hard work being one of the best at educating our citizens and our kids when it comes to these important issues on the South by river. So that's my comment. Are there any other comments from members of council? Seeing none. Madam Secretary, Roll Call.
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Speaker 2: Madam Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results.
Speaker 6: 11 Eyes.
Speaker 2: 11 Eyes Proclamation 544 has been adopted and I would like to invite up to the podium. Donnie Roush, Urban Water's program director, and Darren Maunder, Denver EMS for permit manager and senior water quality engineer with Public Works. Come on up to say a few words and accept the proclamation.
Speaker 10: Thank you for this recognition council. I was very happy to represent city and county of Denver yesterday at the National Association of Counties and accept the award. And I would like to let you know that tomorrow I'm traveling to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to share our program with them. So I thank you for the support that you've given us over the years and look forward to many more years of support and a special nod of appreciation to my fellow environmental educators on Council. Councilman Clark and Councilwoman Gilmore.
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Speaker 2: Charge of this program.
Speaker 8: For many, many years, and I tell you, we couldn't actually do without our community based organizations here in Denver. And in reality, as engineers aren't necessarily the best educators, we've got to get the right people in the room to actually work with the Denver Public Schools in addition to the general community and Public Works is is really proud of this program. It's good to see we've won a national award, but ultimately we couldn't have done this with or without.
Speaker 2: Our partners, Earth.
Speaker 8: Force, the regional EPA members and some of the grant funding they assisted us with. And we look at adopting this program wholly into public works in the future. So this will continue on for generations upon generations. And the student base is also benefiting the citizenry by providing these community actions. So in the near future, we're going to ask you guys to come on out and get to play in the water a little bit. So be prepared for our invites. I appreciate it. Thank you very much.
Speaker 2: Thank you. All right. That is the last for a proclamation. So moving on, resolutions. Madam Secretary, will you please read the resolutions.
Speaker 6: From Finance and Services 495 Resolution Principles Agreement by in between City and County of Denver Federal Engineering, Inc. assists with the planning and procurement of new public safety radio system. FY13 A resolution to set a public hearing on the service plan for one Colorado by statute.
A proclamation recognizing the 2016 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties awarded to Denver Public Works and Earth Force.