A proclamation honoring Peg Long for her service to the Denver Metropolitan Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.
Communications. Do we have any communications? None, Mr. President. We have four proclamations this evening, so that's exciting. Councilwoman Black, will you please read Proclamation 1181? Thank you, Mr. President. Proclamation 1181 honoring Peggy Long for her service to the Denver Metropolitan Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Whereas Denver City Council wishes to recognize Peggy Long, who has provided exceptional guidance and vision as executive director of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District CFD for nine years and is now retiring. And. Whereas, arts, culture and science opportunities provided by CFT funded organizations spur economic growth in the region and improve quality of life for our communities. Located throughout the district, which is comprised of the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas and Jefferson and the city and county of Broomfield in the city and county of Denver. And. Whereas, under Peg's leadership, CFT was successfully renewed in November 2016 after a multiyear process which was the most inclusive in CFD history. And. Whereas, in 2015 and 2016, Peggy worked with the CFT bill sponsors and supporters to implement changes in the CFD statute to ensure CFD is continued purpose to provide access to arts and cultural opportunities to the citizens of the CFD. And. Whereas, PEG has served the region on various boards and commissions and has participated in numerous community initiatives such as being a member of the Visit Denver Board of Directors and its Government and Community Affairs Committee participation in the Denver Metro Chamber's 2013 Leadership Exchange. Trip to Pittsburgh. Collaboration with the Colorado Business Community for the Arts in the Scientific and Cultural Collaborative. Supporting efforts to establish the City of Denver's Imagine 2020 Cultural Masterplan and was a 20. Sorry. 2009 Graduate of Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation's Leadership Denver. And. Whereas, during Peg's tenure, SFD was honored with several awards, including the Maisel Arts and Culture Center's 2016 Cultural Achievement Award, Colorado Children's Corrals, 2014 All the Worlds Our Stage Award, Cherry Creek Arts Festival's 2009 Distinguished Patron Award. Visit Denver's 2009 Tourism Star Award and Theater Communications Group 2008 Regional Funder Award. And. Whereas, with an unwavering commitment to continue and build on CFT legacy of providing access to arts, cultural and scientific opportunities for all in the CFD community, PEG has earned the respect and appreciation of the citizens of CFD, cultural and scientific organizations, CFD staff and board and public officials throughout the district. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver, Section one, that the Denver City Council hereby honors Peggy Long for her distinguished service to the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District and the citizens of the District and wishes her well upon her retirement. Section two that the Clerk of the city and county of Denver affix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation, and that a copy be transmitted to Peg Long. Thank you, Councilwoman Black. Your motion to adopt. Thank you. Mr. President, I move that proclamation 1181 be adopted. It has been moved in second to comments from members of Council Councilwoman Black. Thank you, Mr. President. I am really honored to serve on the board of this CFD. It's an organization unique in the entire nation. It's the envy of cities around the country. Numerous cities have contacted Peg Long and the organization to see how they could replicate this district in their communities. And so far, no one has been able to do it. The CFD has provided almost $1,000,000,000 over its 30 year history to arts and culture and science organizations in the metro area. It's the reason why we have world class arts and culture here in Denver. Peg has been a huge part of that success as the executive director for nearly a decade. She's had a big effort to. Increase transparency and accountability to the public. And five years ago, she started working on the reauthorization, which we just passed a few weeks ago, and we're very, very happy about that. Peg brought diverse voices together to reach a compromise that had overwhelming support, and she led the effort to get our state legislature to put CFD on the ballot. I've been honored to serve on the board and it's been a true pleasure to work with Peg. And I know she's going to go do great things and have a really good time that she totally deserves. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman Black. See no other comments, Madam Secretary, roll call. Black tie Clark Espinosa, Flynn I Gilmore I caution Lopez. I knew Ortega. I assessment I Mr. President. I close voting, announce results. 11 Eyes. 11 Eyes Proclamation 1181 is adopted. Councilwoman Black. Is there anyone you want to bring up? Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to invite Dan Hopkins, who's the chairman of the board for the CFT and Peg Wong to come up here to the podium. And I also was hoping Peggy Layman was going to be here tonight. So anyone see. The Peggy Layman? Peggy Layman. I wish I wish she was up here. Peggy Lehmann was the district court. Councilperson before I was, and she also preceded me on the CFT board and she currently does serve as a governor appointee on the board and I was hoping she was going to be here, but since she's not. Dan, would you like to say a few words about Peggy? Yes, thank you very much. And thank you for honoring Peg tonight. She certainly deserves it. As was mentioned, we just had the election with the CFD, was reauthorized for 12 years. It passed in all seven counties. But the county, which had the most overwhelming positive support, but nearly three fourths of the voters saying I was city and county of Denver and we wouldn't be in this position in all the. Counties if it had not been. For Peg's dedication during the last five years to build consensus, to build coalitions, and to move this process forward. So the board is going to miss her a great deal. She is an invaluable throughout those nearly ten years of her service. And we really appreciate her recognition tonight. Thank you. I'm I'm honored. I'm, quite frankly, speechless when Kendra told me that she was bringing this proclamation. I was overwhelmed. I have had the pleasure of serving with three council members in my tenure at CFR, with Marsha Johnson, Peggy Layman, and now with Kendra Black. And it has really been a pleasure to work with them. I've had the pleasure of working with President Brooks on the Government Affairs Committee of Visit Denver and have really enjoyed my time working with him in that capacity as well. Thank you so much for this. It really. Means a lot to me and Denver means a lot to. The CFD as well. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations and congratulations on the win. Councilwoman Black, thank you for sponsoring that. I will read Proclamation 1183 Honoring Daddy Bruce Randolph and His Legacy. Whereas, Elder King Harris, Reverend Ronald Wooding and formerly former pastors of Epworth United Methodist Church are determined to continue the 52 year tradition initiated by Daddy Bruce Randolph in 1964 to providing