Speaker 0: You want to do that 1/1, since it's the resolution. All right. So anything else other than 1292 and 1300?
Speaker 5: All right.
Speaker 0: We'll do 1300 first resolution. So, Madam Secretary, if you could put that on our screens. And Councilman Cashman, will you please put council resolution 1300 on the floor?
Speaker 5: Yes, Mr. President. I put a council bill 1300 forward to be published. Adopted? I think that the adoption news me. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Cashman.
Speaker 3: It.
Speaker 0: Can we get the motion on? And it's been moved and seconded questions or comments by members of council. Councilman Lopez.
Speaker 5: Thank you, Mr. President. I know that this council looked over our rules and and regulations. Our rules are rules of procedure and our retreat. And we discussed these we discussed these proposals as ideas and some of the things we actually just did just as as as a courtesy to be more efficient for us to be able to respect people's time. And we're going to be doing better. I mean, we've all committed to doing that to be to remind our own decorum. Right. And be an example, especially nowadays. But some of the so some of the things in here, a lot of the majority of the things in here, I actually would support and do support . However, there are two things that I just I just cannot bring myself to support, and that is limiting ourselves and limiting the proclamations that we hear in council. This is the second time, as a sitting council member that I'm part of a council that chose to limit the proclamations and take them down. We've done it in the past and we are proposing to do it tonight. And the second is not reading those resolutions into the record. It may seem mundane, but for me, as somebody who has grown up, born and raised in this city in my previous life, as a as an organizer, and just somebody who cares a lot about my city and how it operates. I didn't mind the resolutions. I didn't mind being in city hall and sitting in these council chambers and watching the council conduct its business. Our business, our collective business as a city, I do think that there's importance in reading those resolutions into the record. I understand that our meetings goalie and as a council member for 11 years, I know that on Monday night I'm here. And sometimes those Monday nights have gone into Tuesday mornings. But that's just the business of the city. That's our job. I really believe that that's what we sign up for. Monday nights are so precious. I wouldn't have ran for city council. And I have a family. I have a little girl. She. She knows. She knows. She knows the game. She knows the procedure. She knows the protocol all her life. I could get a lot of those Monday nights back, but I she knows that there is a shared sacrifice. Right. And so for me, I. I just. I just. And not to take away from anybody who feels otherwise. I just myself, I just see I honor and respect. And sometimes I maybe the little mundane things like that. But I honor and respect the procedures of this council over time. I know that I'm here temporarily as a city councilman. I'm a term limited city councilman. All of us have term limits. All of us are up for reelection every four years. So this this doesn't belong to us. We belong to it. And having said that, I know that council's in the past this is what they did. And yes, they wanted to run efficient meetings. And we can do better than that. We can run efficient meetings, but not at the end. We can go home earlier on Monday nights, if that's the case. But. I don't mind it when it's what I chose to do. And so I know it may seem like I'm making a big deal about this, but I am because I respect this institution. I respect the city council. I respect the legislative branch and the powers that divvy up in this city. And you're hearing this from something from a term limited city council person who shot clock ends on in July. I could easily say, Oh, no, it's okay. I'm not going to be a part of that council anymore, which I won't be on in July. But I care about it, I care about this, what we do. So I will not be voting yes on this, I think. I mean, my, my, my, my reasons known at the retreat, I made my reason known in one on one. And I will do it here tonight. So. Mr. President, thank you for that. For for the time. And I'm a no vote on Resolution 1300 of 2018.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Lopez. Councilman Flynn.
Speaker 7: Thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank Councilman Lopez for bringing us out for a vote. And I know that the votes are here to pass this. And I also intend to vote no because of the one item doing away with reading the resolutions. And it's not for ceremony and it's not for ritual and it's not for tradition. It's because to a large degree, the council prior to this one, the prior term, decided to move a lot of very significant business from to reading council bills to a one reading resolution. And a couple of weeks ago, we passed a $48 million contract out of Denver International Airport on a one reading resolution. And had that been scheduled for a week or so from now, you would no longer get to hear that. Yes, I understand it's printed on the agenda. You can see it online. But I think in today's climate, it's the wrong time to draw a curtain on on transparency. If if we can do away with reading a $48 million contract across the desk, then why not propose a charter amendment to all to do away with reading council bills on first reading as well to shorten it even more? We do too much important business by resolution, in my view, to not have the council secretary read at least the title of it. Not everybody's online, not everybody has a computer, not everybody pays attention, not everybody watches this meeting. But for those who do, and just for the transparency's sake, I think it's a wrong thing to do away with reading that part of our business we read. Every other item that comes across the agenda is read or acknowledged in some fashion. And so I'll vote no for that sole reason. Thank you, Mr. President.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Councilman Flynn. Councilman Lopez, are you back up?
Speaker 5: I forgot to mention one thing. If you just indulge me, the. I spent a lot on the resolutions. But the other reason is our proclamations. Proclamations is how we honor people in our city. It's how we take collective positions. It's how we honor our workers that have gave their whole careers and lives in front of us. That's how we honor the folks that have passed. It's how we honor people who have lived in our living and doing a tremendous job in our city and especially in these times when there's when decorum is at its lowest in in in politics in this city. And we we flip on the tube. And no offense to the folks that do this, but you hear all this this this terrible stuff about government and about the citizens in our democracy. And a lot of it is being I mean, a lot of it's true, but we don't hear enough of those folks that are actually doing right and and being recognized in our city. And sometimes this is the only opportunity to do it. So I believe in that. And that's also how we take positions. We have a state senator, a state senator here. We have somebody from our state capitol. Sometimes we send positions that we care about collectively in a proclamation across the park. So they know where we're at and they have it there. And they can say Denver supports things like needle exchange, Denver supports the DREAM Act, Denver supports comprehensive immigration reform and these proclamations of travel to the White House. I don't think they're being read write it. But they do. Right. And so so why limit ourselves? It's not eliminating proclamations altogether, but it's only narrowing it down to two. And I think it's important that we continue to do this. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm sorry for taking a little bit more time.
Speaker 0: That's right. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Lopez. All right. Seeing no other comments, Madam Secretary, roll call Lopez.
Speaker 4: No black.
Speaker 2: Brooks.
Speaker 4: Espinosa. Flynn, no Gilmore.
Speaker 5: I Herndon I.
Speaker 4: Cashman. I can reach Ortega. No assessment by Mr. President.
Speaker 0: I I'm secretary. Please close voting on those results.
Speaker 4: Nine eyes. Three knees.
Speaker 0: No, no, it's three names. Council Resolution 1300 has been abducted. All right. That brings us to 1292. Madam Secretary, if you could put that up on our screens. And Councilman Cashman, will you please? What? Counsel Bill 1292 on the floor.
A resolution Amending the Denver City Council Rules of Procedure.
Amending the Denver City Council Rules of Procedure. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 11-13-2018.