A proclamation proclaiming the week of October 19, 2015 – October 23, 2015 as Choose to be G.R.E.A.T. Week in Denver, Colorado. 
Oh. Councilman Brooks, you got your wish, man. Council Proclamation 758 series of 2015. Well, I know. I'm sorry. Sorry. Scott Shire Council Bill. Our Council Proclamation 779 six of 2015 proclaiming the week of October 19, 2015 to October 23rd, 2015, as Choose to be great week in Denver, Colorado. Whereas the city and county of Denver is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all its residents and visitors. Whereas, youth violence, delinquency and bullying are concerns both locally and nationally. And. WHEREAS, the Gang Resistance, Education and Training Great Program as an evidence based gang violence prevention program built around school based law enforcement and officer instructive classroom curricula. Teaching youth to say no to gangs, drugs and crime. And. WHEREAS, the great program offers a continuum of components for students and their families that focus on providing life skills to help youth avoid bullying, delinquent behaviors and violence. And. Whereas, GREAT has now served over 6 million students nationally and internationally since its inception in 1991 and since 2011 has been taught to over 5000 students in the Denver Public Schools in partnership with the Denver Juvenile Probation Department, Denver Police Department, the Denver Sheriff's Department, in coordination with the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver or. Great. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council, the city and county of Denver, Section one, that in the pursuit of reducing youth violence and bullying while fostering a better relationship between youth and law enforcement officers, the Council of the City and County of Denver does hereby proclaim the week of October 19, 2015 through October 23rd, 2015 , as Choose to Be Great Week. Section two that the Council of the City and County of Denver encourages all students to sign the great pledge. Quote unquote. I pledge to use my great skills to reduce violence in my community, work to resolve conflicts, conflicts peacefully, and stop bullying whenever I see it. Section three that the clerk of the city and county of Denver saw attest and affixed the seat, the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation, and that copies be transmitted to the executive director, Paul Callan, and the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver Chiefs Chief Sean Cone of the Denver Juvenile Probation. Chief Robert White of the Denver Police and Sheriff Patrick Furman of the Denver Sheriff's Department. Thank you. Councilman Lopez, your motion to adopt. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that council proclamation 1779 2015 be adopted. It has been moved and seconded. Comments. Councilman Lopez. Thank you, Mr. President. I had the great privilege. Not only to watch this program take place in our schools and to see all these young people involved in this program, but to see some of the results as well, too, in an area that I know we've had a huge problem with youth violence, in an area that I know and a lot of people who would walk around years ago and say that this was a rough neighborhood and you felt afraid in it. Well, that's no more. It's a different feeling in the neighborhoods, and there's a lot of things that attribute to that. Even. Rec center and library hours. Attribute to that or paved streets and sidewalks. Attribute to that it's a big thing but. The one thing that we can't discredit or look past is this program and these efforts. And it's it's a it's an amazing program and it's part of a great initiative to reduce gangs in Denver and not by simply trying to arrest our way out of a situation of this problem. We can't. And it forces us to look at other measures and and focusing more on preventing violence rather than reacting to it. And so the last thing I will say is, you know, in its inception, I actually had the great pride and privilege to that, to be a co-chair of the other group. And they've done great work. They've done great work, and they continue to do great work. So being that, I'm using the word great a lot. Thank you, Mr. President. It's been a great proclamation. Thank you. Councilman Lopez, in other comments, seven, seven, nine. Councilwoman Ortega. Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to just acknowledge the great work that Deborah Garcia Sandoval has been doing as the leader of this great program for a number of years. And I don't know if you all know this, but this program was actually not proposed to have funding last year as we were looking to do the budget for this year. And, you know, I know some of us made phone calls to the mayor's office and said, you know, this is such an important program and it's such a small amount of money in comparison to dollars that are earmarked for other programs. And it makes such a huge difference for the lives of our young kids. And I was so pleased that the mayor continued funding this program and had an opportunity to go to one of the graduations and learn a little bit more about, you know, the coursework that the young folks participate in throughout the year. And, you know, this ties in perfectly with the proclamation that we did earlier, because having positive outlets for our young people is so important to ensuring that they continue to leave, lead their lives in the right path. And this program really has has just made such a difference. And so I just wanted to put my $0.02 in thank Councilman Lopez for bringing this forward and just want to see it continue because it really is helping make a difference. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman. Any other comments? 779. Routine. UN Madam Secretary, welcome. Lopez Hi, new Ortega. Sussman Black Brooks. Clark. Espinosa. Flynn. I Gilmore. Cashman. I can eat. Mr. President. Hi, Madam Secretary. If we first announced the results. 3939 779 has been adopted. Councilman Lopez, someone you'd like to invite to the podium to receive the proclamation? Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. There are three individuals who I'd like to come up to the to the podium recognizing. First, I wanted to ask and recognize our chief probation officer, Sean Cohen, Deborah Garcia Sandoval, who was the the great probation officer who worked with us on the proclamation, who works daily with the program. And then a woman who I always would get her emails or she'd get mine somehow. And I hear about this this p lopez. Denver Pearl Lopez from the Grid Project, who also worked on this proclamation, has been serving our city in a variety of capacities for a while. So welcome. I. Thank you very much. I wasn't prepared to say anything. Our program director from GRID, Mr. Paul Callan, did here in the back row. I think he was the one that was. Going to get over here with. The goggles. The cameras are on you now, so you got to get up. So I would just like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart that I have the privilege to live in a city and to work in a city that supports programs such as Great and the Grid Project, the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver. And I also want to be extremely thankful that I work in a department where I have a chief probation officer that is so visionary and thinks out of the box. That allows me, a probation officer, to be on special assignment to the city, to go into these schools and to teach the kids to say no to gangs , drugs, crime and violence, and to say yes to a great future. Great is an awesome program that's been around. You heard since 1991, we've served over 6 million kids. It's international. It's in Central America. They're going gangbusters over there, no pun intended. But it's it's just really awesome that I get to be a part of all of this. And if we would really focus on putting the dollars on prevention, I think that we would like my chief probation officer said, probably work ourselves out of a job and we would be happy with that, wouldn't we? Yes. So I'm going to let my chief say a few words. The only comment I would want to make is that this is such a true collaboration between state and the city and county of Denver. And I came from Adams County, worked 15 years in state probation there, and was very difficult to break some of those barriers and gaps when you're talking about county funding versus state funding. And really, I think that we have put forth an effort to serve really the the children and families of Denver, regardless of whose silo they fall into. And so this has been a really enjoyable experience to work alongside with city employees and the Denver public schools to reach out to probation are to young people before they hit our door. And I know state judicial was very apprehensive about allowing a probation officer to do this type of work because it really is outside of our scope. But to me, it makes the most sense is that if we can prevent people from entering the justice system at any level, we're doing a good job. So I appreciate it. Thank you. Hi. I just want to say thank you also to Denver Public Schools for allowing us to be in the schools and to teach great to the elementary and middle school students. We're very welcomed in the schools. And again, we've taught over 5000 students in Denver up to this point. So thank you again for the proclamation and for the students really acknowledging this this whole week. And we've made videos. Officer Garcia has done a lot of work in really highlighting this whole week. So again, thank you. Thank you very much for the proclamation. And Mr. Khan, why don't you come up? I made a big mistake. My I. I read this wrong. I read the highlighted part, and I forgot. So I want to make sure you know that you are also in Colorado, just my right here. So without further ado, the executive director. Again to Councilman Logan Lopez and the rest of the council. Thank you for support of the great program. It is the anchor program of the city's gang prevention efforts. It's a program that truly exemplifies the coordination and partnerships that go into reducing gang violence in this city. In addition to police officers, sheriff's deputies, probation officers that teach the program starting in January 2016, we'll also have U.S. marshals and U.S. attorneys teaching the program alongside their probation officers and the police officers that are teaching the program. It is a program that has shown positive results in Denver on building relationships between law enforcement and youth and teaching kids the skills to stay away from violence and gangs. So, again, thank you very much. And there is funding for the next two years for the program. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Captain Lopez, for those two proclamations. All right. We are on to the resolutions. Madam Secretary, please read the resolutions. From business development 724 Resolution for an unbiased First Amendment between City and County of Denver and ThyssenKrupp Elevator, Inc. concerning a maintenance agreement at Denver International Airport 726 resolution approving any proposed Second Amendment to hotel management agreement. The Westin Denver International Airport to City and County. A different West India Operator, LLC. Related Development of an airport hotel at Denver International Airport 727 A resolution approving proposed airport use and cargo facilities. 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