A proclamation Honoring and Thanking Sarah Tracy and the Central Park Conservancy for its Support of the Denver Park Trust and Denver’s Park system.
11 Eyes Proclamation 20 1-114 to has been adopted and we are not going to have any proclamation acceptance and so we are going to go ahead and move forward on the agenda. Councilmember Black, will you please read Proclamation 20 1-1185, please. Thank you, Madam President. A proclamation honoring and thanking Sara Tracy and the Central Park Conservancy for its support of the Denver Park Trust in Denver Park System. Whereas, Denver Parks and Recreation, as stewards of a legacy park system, is dedicated to enhancing the health of residents and the environment through innovative programs and safe, beautiful and sustainable places . And. Whereas, Denver Parks and Recreation, guided by a game plan for a healthy city, its 20 year strategic plan for Denver's parks is committed to investing its resources in an equitable manner so that every resident in every neighborhood has access to a quality park. And. WHEREAS, The Denver Park Trust is the official nonprofit partner of Denver Parks and Recreation with a mission to help provide historically underserved neighborhoods with quality parks through fundraising for land acquisition, capital project and community grants. And. Whereas, the Central Park Conservancy stewards of Central Park in New York City, have created the Institute for Urban Parks to draw on their long history and expertize as a leader in the field of urban park management to empower, inform, connect and celebrate organizations that support urban parks and. Whereas the Institute for Urban Parks has selected the Denver Park Trust as one of our four. One of the for national nonprofits to be a member of the 2021 Partnerships Lab cohort and be part of a collaborative process of mentorship and engagement for organizations and agencies that care for parks and public spaces. And. Whereas, the Denver Park Trust and its 11 member Board of Directors will use the financial support, guidance and knowledge gained from participation in Partnerships Lab to engage, support and partner with communities to grow and improve Denver parks where they are needed most. 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 thinks and acknowledges Sarah Tracy and the Central Park Conservancy's Institute for Urban Parks, where their efforts to grow and mentor the Denver Park Trust in support of Denver Parks Section two that the Clerk of the City and Denver shall affix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation, and then a copy be transmitted to Sarah Tracy. All right. Thank you. Councilmember Black, your motion to adopt. Thank you, Madam President. I move that proclamation 21 just 1185 be adopted. Thank you. It has been moved and seconded. Comments by members of Council. Councilmember Black. Just a few comments. Do you know that most cities have a nonprofit supporting their park system, while Denver is one of the few cities that did not have a nonprofit supporting it? And in in 2019, the Denver Park Trust was established with a mission to help correct historical inequities in our park system by increasing park land and improving those parks in our highest needs neighborhood. I'm honored to serve on the Denver Park Trust Board with some of my friends over here, and some of the projects we've worked on recently include St Charles, Place Park and Madam C.J. Walker Park. And as a new nonprofit, our team continues to learn, grow and evolved, and we are thrilled to have received this mentorship from the Central Park Conservancy. An interesting, fun fact is that the Central Park Conservancy was formed in 1980 at a low point in New York City's history. They did such an outstanding job fundraising that today Central Park is a safe, active and love park. The Central Park Conservancy has almost full financial and maintenance responsibility for Central Park in the tens of millions of dollars. So they share their bounty with other cities through this partnership lab. And Sara Tracy sitting over here with the blue mask and the blond here is the director of national programs for the Central Park Conservancy Institute for Urban Parks. And she has been mentoring the Denver Park Trust through this partnership lab. And it has been incredibly meaningful. And we have learned so much from you today. We had a day long board retreat and we learned so much. And through your mentorship, Sara, we are going to be a stronger organization and do more good for our own park system. So thank you very much. We really appreciate you coming here and helping us. So thank you. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Black. Up next, we have Councilmember Kenny. Thank you so much, Madam President. Just two quick things. One, this is so cool. I love learning from other people. And to learn from a city that has been through park provision for such densely populated areas, I mean, it's just really great. The second thing I just want to say is thank you to Councilwoman Black. She is infamous for being a fierce advocate for District four and more for for if you haven't heard, the mantra is one that we often hear. But, you know, behind the scenes, she is an advocate for every corner of the city and the force of nature that she was working with. The partners who are here today to create this park. Trust is a testament to just her love for the entire city. And so she doesn't do it for the recognition, but it sure is impacting, especially like Northeast. Denver has really benefited from a lot of the efforts where that last dollar is the hardest one to get and the Park Trust has come in. So thank you to you and thank you to the volunteers, all of whom are, you know, really dedicated and serve on multiple boards, often the Park Trust being just one of them to help our parks in Denver. So thank you. Thank you, Councilmember Canete. And thank you, Councilmember Black, for sponsoring this proclamation as one of the founding board members of the Park Trust with you and working with Frank Rowe and Darrell Watson and the great folks with the Park Trust. I just really appreciate your passion and work on this. And we are starting to see some of those dollars flowing into neighborhoods in the far northeast and other parts of our city as well. And so really happy to support this and look forward to see where this partnership goes. Madam Secretary, Roll Call, please. Black Hi. CdeBaca, High Clerk Hi. Flynn Hi. Herndon. Hi. Hi. Cashman Hi, Kenny Ortega. Sawyer, I. Madam President, I. Madam Secretary, close voting and announce the results. 11 Eyes. 11 Eyes Proclamation 20 1-1185 has been adopted and we are going to go ahead and keep moving forward with our agenda this evening. And so congratulations to folks from the Park Trust. This evening, we had a late filing or a need.