A Proclamation Recognizing the Annual Brothers Redevelopment and Denver Employee Volunteer Opportunities Paint-A-Thon Day in the City and County of Denver on Saturday, August 10, 2019
Thank you, Councilman Herndon. And just to be clear to all the new members who might want to join us, the four mile all downhill leg is mine. All right. That concludes our presentations. There are no communications this evening, but we do have one proclamation. Councilman Ortega, will you please read Proclamation 570? I would be happy to. Proclamation number 570. Is that right? Yep. Sorry, the number was not on my copy in front of me. This is recognizing the annual Brothers redevelopment and Denver employee volunteer opportunity, otherwise known as Devo Paint Athon Day in the city and county of Denver on Saturday, August the 10th. Whereas, through a partnership with Denver Employee Volunteer Opportunities, Devo and Brothers Redevelopment Inc 100 plus Denver city employees will volunteer their time to paint homes of deserving senior homeowners. Four Brothers Redevelopment Inc's 41st paint a thon. And. Whereas, all painting will be completed free of charge for homeowners saving the city's fixed income seniors thousands of dollars in home maintenance cost. And. Whereas, volunteers will be beautifying homes and preserving home values in Denver neighborhoods as a result of their participation. And. Whereas, The Paint Athon is a great way to show the city employees that city employees take pride in the community and care about its residents. And. WHEREAS, the paint a thon truly makes a difference in the lives of many Denver residents. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver, Section one, that the Denver City Council recognizes the day of August ten, 2019, as brothers redevelopment paint a thon day in the city and county of Denver . Number two, that the clerk of the city and county of Denver shall a test and affix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation, and that a copy be transmitted to the Devoe board. Thank you. Councilman Ortega. Your motion to adopt. I move for the adoption of proclamation number 570. It has been moved and seconded comments by members of Council of Councilman Ortega. Thank you, Mr. President. We are very lucky to have this nonprofit who has been doing this community service for the last 40, now 41st year. I have gone out on several occasions and participated in this alongside my city employee colleagues. And the homeowners are just so, so gracious. And we are so grateful for the city. So we. I see. Yeah, I. So we. Go ahead, Councilwoman Ortega. So, Mr. President, I just wanted to acknowledge some of the city agencies that participate in this annual event with employees who, you know, recognize the importance of stepping out and doing this volunteer work for seniors in the Denver community who really otherwise would not be able to get this work done on their own because most of them cannot afford the costs to do some of these repairs. So our Denver County Courts, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver International Airport, Parks and Recreation. The Denver Police Department. Human Services Office of Human Resources, City Attorney's Office, members of Council have have participated in this. And so, as I said, over 100 employees from these various departments have stepped out to recognize the importance of of helping seniors in our community and to the staff and the other volunteers from Brothers Redevelopment. I just want to say thank you for continuing to do this year after year and really making a difference in people's lives . Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Councilman Ortega. And thank you so much for bringing this proclamation forward. Madam Secretary, roll call. Ortega i. Black. I see tobacco. I. Flynn. I. Gilmore. I. Herndon. Can each. I. Sandoval. I. Sawyer. I. Torres. I. Mr. President. I. I'm secretary. Please close voting. Announce the results. 11 days 11 is proclamation. 570 has been adopted. We do have 5 minutes set aside for proclamation acceptance. Councilwoman Ortega, do you have someone you'd like to invite up? Yes. The executive director or president, as he's known Jeff Martinez with brother's redevelopment. And then I believe that's Chad with you. Chad Nibley, who is the program manager with Brother's Redevelopment Payment Fund. And I believe Derek Hoyt might be here with the DEVO program. That's you. Okay, so would you all please come forward? Well, good evening. Thank you. Council President. Members of council. Thank you so much, Councilmember Ortega, for those kind words. I'm Jeff Martinez, president brother's redevelopment. And on behalf of our team, we're really excited and honored to be here again to share our excitement as we team with Denver employee volunteer opportunities or DEVO to paint the homes as part of the 41st season of our annual paint a thon. And as many of you know, the paint a thon is brother's redevelopment signature event. Each year, we recruit teams of volunteers to paint the homes of income, qualified senior and disabled homeowners across the city. And Deveau is one of our longest serving volunteer teams. Since this partnership, I think, formally launched with the city in 2005, the devotees, as we like to call them, have painted more than 113 homes, donated 13,000 volunteer hours in getting there. And it's just such a tremendous gift for our homeowners in the city. And through their efforts, they've also added luster and value to the seniors. Most important investment their home. To date, Divo volunteers have saved clients more than 285,000 during that period in home maintenance expenses and preserved property values along the way. Volunteers also restore hope in the process. As one Denver senior whose home was painted this year as part of our event, they shared with us in a letter. My home is now beautiful. I feel a new sense of pride and home ownership. I no longer feel that I rundown my neighborhood. I've always tried to give anything and everything I could. Now I have been given back tenfold. I can't put into words what your volunteers who painted my home have done for me. We volunteer, we make a difference. And each year, Deveaux helps us all paint the picture of a caring city, showcasing the value of volunteerism to our neighbors, our elders and others. So this Saturday will see city employees up on those ladders, not too high liability issues, and we'll also see them bearing brushes once again in the Globeville , Elyria, Swansea and Park Hill neighborhoods, volunteering their time to show our seniors how much the city in this community cares for them. So we hope you'll be there. We have Precious for you. We're going to put them out. But now we can give you some. We hope to see you there this Saturday. Painting smiles at a paint a thon site near you. So we welcome you to join us. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you for all your great work. Before we move on to our bills for introduction, I missed I believe we have State Senator Robert Rodriguez still here in the House. Welcome. Thank you for joining us. And Representative Paul Rosenthal, former Representative Paul Rosenthal is also in the honorable. Thank you very much for being in our chamber with us this evening. All right. That brings us to our bills for introduction. Madam Secretary, will you please read the bills for introduction.