Speaker 5: Very, very nice. Thank you. Councilman Herndon, a very apropos for the proclamation we're going to be getting later. I see no other announcements. Let's move to presentations. Mr. Secretary, do we have any presentations?
Speaker 0: No, Madam President.
Speaker 5: Communications. Do we have any communications?
Speaker 0: No, Madam President.
Speaker 5: But we do have one proclamation this evening, and it is my pleasure to present it. Proclamation Series of 14 Proclamation number 128 Honoring the Tuskegee Airmen Mile High Flight Program Day on February 24th to honor the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black military pilots in the United States. Whereas in 1941, Congress mandated the creation of an all black army combat unit and subsequently a fighter squadron was formed at the Tuskegee Institute for 250 enlisted men that became the famed Tuskegee Airmen. And. WHEREAS, the Hubert Al Hooks Jones chapter, Tuskegee Airman maintains the legacy of the much decorated black heroes of World War Two through education on the endurance, exploits and achievements of the Tuskegee Airmen and through mentoring activities with young people about career opportunities in the aviation industry. And. Whereas, the group exposes hundreds of minority junior and senior high school students to opportunities designed to increase minority representation in the aviation aerospace industry, including field trips, airplane and glider flights, and training for a select few to fly solo through the Mile High Flight program. And. Whereas, Colorado is proud to be the home of the Hubert Al Hooks Jones chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc, one of 54 chapters in major cities and military installations across the country dedicated to motivating your Americans to pursue excellence and careers in aviation and aerospace . And. Whereas, the community is proud of the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, especially those living in Colorado who refuse to allow adversity to diminish their spirit in their quest for equality for all people. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver, Section one, the February 24th, 2014 is proclaimed Tuskegee Airman Mile High Flight Program Day to celebrate and honor the Mile High Flight Program and the proud tradition of the Tuskegee Airmen whose noble and selfless actions have inspired generations to follow in their footsteps. And Section two that the clerk in the city of the city and county of Denver, Shila tests and affix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation, and that a copy be transmitted to Captain Eric Mosley Mile High flight program manager. And now I will move that the proclamation be adopted. I move that proclamation 128 be adopted circuit.
Speaker 6: Second.
Speaker 5: It has been moved and multiply seconded. Hey, I think I probably should do that. Thank you very much. Comments by members of Council. I will go ahead and make a comment. I was so delighted when Captain and Colonel John Russell came and asked me about doing a proclamation because they have this particular program for young enthusiasts, for aviation at George Washington High School in my district, and I will introduce them all later. But the young men and women who are here today are all from George Washington High School, and they have a very robust program. And Colonel Russell explained to me how hard the Tuskegee Airmen Group. Do work to help young people think about careers in the aviation industry. They may never have thought about them before, but they give them lots of opportunities in training, not just at this high school, but many high schools around. And I was just tickled to death to be able to do this because like Councilman Herndon, I have a long history of military family, many who did make careers in that in the military, and most of them being pilots. And so it was a real honor for me to be able to bring this. Are there any other comments and seeing none? I think we'll do roll call.
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Speaker 5: All right, Mr. Secretary, please close the voting and announce the results. 39 zero 913 I zero nays. It passes unanimously. And I would like to ask. I believe its flight officer, Daryl Seahawks. Have you come in? Yes. Would you please come up to the podium and bring your entourage with you? We'll put you all around there and maybe say a few words for us. You are a a pilot. All right. We're working for FedEx and we have with him Lieutenant Colonel John Russell, Cadet. Major Bland Cadet, Command Sergeant Couleur, Cadet, Sergeant, First Class Jackson Cadet. First Sergeant Serratos Cadet, Sergeant First Class Waldo and second Lieutenant Crystal Haley. Make it yet. And we have William Hardy, who is a friend of the man who is going to be receiving this, Eric Mosley. And some of you may know John Mosley, who was a Tuskegee airman and a resident of Aurora, and he is John Mosley son is the man who runs the program here. So Flight Officer Darryl Scruggs, did you have a few words you'd like to say?
Speaker 0: Sure. First of all, let me just say thank you to everyone for the proclamation, and especially a special thanks to Colonel Russell for for pushing this forward for us. And as you can see, you know, the kids that we represent are a part of our program at George Washington. It's very important to us, you know, that they have the opportunity to be able to participate in aviation and aerospace. And, you know, a little more kudos to GW. I'm a George Washington graduate, so it always feels good to be in part of George Washington. But the program runs throughout the front range down to Colorado Springs and up, and we have nearly 40 students that are that are in the program. It's gone on for, believe it, 17 years now that we've been doing it. And each year we've had some fantastic students come through, some of which choose to go into to the military. I'm a retired military person also, but some are down at the Air Force Academy. Others are on active duty at this time, and some are out flying for airlines and have never even got into the military. So we have a whole gamut of students that we're very proud of to be part of our program. And again, we are we appreciate this proclamation today.
Speaker 5: Thank you very much. Everybody, join me in congratulating. That will be also as Colonel Russell, did you want to say a word?
Speaker 1: I just have one little bit. It's a trite expression. You know, I can't thank you enough for what you do. And instead of just saying that and walking away a couple of years ago, I committed to Darryl and to Eric Mosley that I was going to do more and I was going to try to do this. And I'm I'm proud to be here tonight to fulfill my word and also to just find a new way to say thank you to these men and soon to be women. I'm sure that there will be women, aviators, senior aviators who will join their ranks. They do such a wonderful job with our young people, and that's my business. And they are really good at what they do and they deserve a thanks from the city.
Speaker 5: Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay. Thanks for coming. We are ready to move to resolutions. Mr. Secretary, will you please read the resolutions.
A proclamation proclaiming Tuskegee Airmen Mile High Flight Program Day on February 24, 2014 to honor the Tuskegee Airmen – the first Black military pilots in the United States.

