A proclamation celebrating La Raza & Barnum Park Day - Cruise Down Fedz on August 25th, 2019.
Thank you, Councilwoman Sandoval. Any other announcements? All right. So, you know, the announcements, there are no presentations, there are no communications. But we do have one proclamation this evening. Councilwoman Sandoval and Councilwoman Torres, are both of you reading? All right? Will you please read Proclamation 838. Thank you. Proclamation number 838. Celebrating August 25th, 2019, as La Raza and Barnum Park, a cruise down Fed Day in Denver, Colorado. Whereas Denver has been home to a thriving and vibrant Chicano community for generations. And. Whereas, Chicano communities have enjoyed cruising along Federal Boulevard since the 1980s, when, as Cynthia Throw founder and executive director Tony Garcia wrote, The cruisers connected the immigrant communities of South Federal with the Chicano communities of the North Side and the suburban expats of Federal Heights in a symbolic trek through the city's Latino dysphoria. And. Whereas, Denver's communities of color have long suffered from racial disparities and have taken the burden of involuntary displacement, notably to build a very a campus targeting by police of young Chicano men in the 1990s who cruise their vehicles down federal boulevard. And recent gentrification in Denver. And. WHEREAS, Cruising Culture, Lowriders and car clubs collectively install a sense of pride and community resilience within with within many North and West Side Denver families and neighborhoods. And. Whereas, a new generation of leaders have learned from and been inspired by Chicano movement leaders, including Rudolfo Corky Gonzalez, the Gonzalez family, Toni Garcia, Dr. Ramon de Castillo. And I'm going to add my father this late, Senator Paul Sandoval, and recognizes Denver Police Department's chief of Police Pop Hasan's recent efforts to rebuild within communities of color , along with the recent election of five Latinas to Denver City Council. Now, therefore. Now, therefore be it. Proclaimed by the city, though the Council of the City and County of Denver, that in the pursuit of the shared goals and responsibilities of promoting knowledge about Chicano culture, cultural traditions. Unifying communities, and combating prejudice and eliminating discrimination. City and County of Denver, Colorado does hereby proclaim August 25th, 2019. As La Raza and Barnum Park a cruise down feds day that the clerk a thank you and the clerk of the city and county of Denver self-test and affix the seal. Of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation that a copy be transmitted to the Denver Latino Commission, the Denver Agency for Human Rights and Community Partnerships. Ben Upton Chavez. JOLTS of Get It. Get to Your Garden. Armando Janeiro, Juan Fuentes, Bobby La Free Beret and the governor of Colorado, Jared Polis. They club. Thank you, Councilman Sandoval. And Councilwoman Torres, your motion to adopt. Sorry I wasn't trained in. One of you like to officially make the motion to move the proclamation. Three eight be adopted. So moved. Thank you. It has been moved and seconded. Comments by members of council. Councilwoman Sandler. Thank you. So I would like to thank several people here. And first, I would like to note, most notably, thank Ben for bringing this to our attention. And Ben, then Councilwoman Torres, myself, Senator Gonzalez, Julie Gonzalez and State Rep Sarina Gonzalez Gutierrez together on federal for a meeting to come up with this idea of how we could all collaboratively work together to show what our culture is in the north side and the west side. And as a native of North Denver, I will admit that when I was in high school, I closed down federal. I had a great time. I met a lot of people. I went to North High School and I met people from different high schools along that time. And I just want to say that with the gentrification and the displacement of the North and West Side, this is an honor to sit up here and proclaim this day and have all of you backing us up here in council. So as I said, a lot of times when I was running, it takes a village. And honestly, this is both our village is coming together to support us as the Latinos up here. And you're elected to support Senator Gonzalez and support Rep Gonzalez Gutierrez. So thank you. And I'll pass the mic to Jamie. Thank you, Councilwoman Councilwoman Torres. Thank you so much. It's a reminder. Amanda really kind of set up the framework for how. We ended up here. But for me, there's this visceral reaction. For car culture and lowriders, and it's about art. And I found this wonderful article written by. Alicia Inez Guzman in New Mexico that I wanted to share a bit of what she wrote about, because it really does speak to why this is so important to Chicano. Communities. Lowriders have a certain magic about. Them perched. Just inches off the ground. They cruise through the streets in that Sunday drive. No hurry kind of way, catching the glint of the sun and turning heads. The glistening custom paint jobs, chrome embellishment, spoke tires and white walls forge a work of art on. Wheels that often. Inspires a well-timed. Dam. And if you stare long enough, the driver will likely give a slight nod of the chin, as if to say, Oh, really? Oh, really? Who wouldn't want that work of art? I just want to thank Ben Jolt, Councilwoman Sandoval, Senator Gonzalez, Representative Gonzalez Gutierrez, everyone on this council, because this is a turning corner, I think, for how. We appreciate. This particular form of art. It isn't something that inspires this fear of trouble. This is something. That we value in artistic expression and creative endeavor. And it's wonderful to be here, to be able to put this forward. So thank you so much. Thank you, Councilwoman Torres. Councilwoman CdeBaca. Just one. Thank you, Mr. President. I just wanted to thank my colleagues up here, my proud Chicana sisters, for bringing this forward in a time when our communities really are feeling the pressure of being policed and raised by their neighbors. And this is a strong stand to say, we're here. We're not going anywhere. This is our culture. Enjoy it with us. And so for any of you insiders out there, I would love to see us caravan down 46 through Globeville, up through 38 to get on Fed. So if anybody's down to do that, reach out. Thank you. Thank thank you. Councilwoman comes from Santa Barbara. You back. Up? Yeah. So I forgot to give everyone details as we were talking. So this is happening on Sunday. We're meeting at La Raza Park. And if you get confused in Denver, the actual name is Columbus Park. But we don't national centers don't call it that. It's called La Raza Park. And so we'll be meeting at La Raza Park at 1 p.m. and Aztec dancers will give us an official blessing at 130, and then we'll be cruising up 38th and we'll hang a left. We'll head south on federal and we'll end up Barnum Park in the Culver SAC and we'll have speakers at four and we'll have some festivities. So please join us anytime through that time. And if you have any questions, please feel free to call Councilman Torres or myself and we'll be happy to answer them. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman. All right. Well, thank you so much for bringing this forward. And I like this tag team because, you know, I'm not sure where you guys are coming from on either side. So thank you so much for bringing this forward excited. To support it. Madam Secretary, roll call. Sandoval. Hi. Torres. I black. I see the Barca. I. Flynn. Hi. Gilmore. I. Herndon. Hines. I. Cashman. Hi. Kenny Ortega. Sawyer. I. Mr. President. I. Madam Secretary, please. Because the voting announced results. 1313. As proclamation 838 has been adopted. We do have 5 minutes set aside for proclamation acceptance. Councilwoman Sandoval. Councilwoman Torres, is there anyone you'd like to bring up to the microphone? We'd like to bring up Ben and Joel to accept the proclamation. What are they? Thank you for having us this evening. Council Members. Before I get into my little spiel that I have, I want to acknowledge the indigenous peoples of this land the Arapaho, Cheyenne and the Ute. First of all. Secondly, movements are not faces. Me and Joel and the other brothers that have had the blessing and the opportunities to help organize this are just servant leaders. We are standing on the shoulders of our ancestors and people who've come before us and in the Chicano movement, in the low riding scene. And we just want to go ahead and acknowledge those individuals. Standing behind me are OGs in the Denver low riding scene, and that is going to be final. And Sam and these two men, if you could stand up and I could get a little round of applause for them. His men are staples in this community and have been building lowriders from the ground up for years. Other than that, the only thing I can say is thank you to the council members. You know, you get up here, you think you're going to have a beautiful thing to say. Any kind of flees your brain, you know? But thank you for allowing us to be here and working with us and collectively collaborating on this. And we'll see you on Sunday. Slow and low already. All right. Thank you very much for that. So there's not much that I can say that hasn't already been said. Other than acknowledging how proud I am to be a part of this generation and to see the young men and women of my generation doing things from the heart, from the passion that represent this city, that has, has, has brought us and grown this culture within our hearts. And to continue that and have the support of you all to do so is beautiful. I think that we are in a time where Denver needs this. Denver needs to celebrate what it is because at times we kind of have a bit of an identity crisis and forget about what has been going on here for so long. So the opportunity to celebrate that and stand among all these amazing people and be before all these amazing people is just something that I feel very fortunate and very proud to be a part of. So thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you. Also, one thing I didn't get to say was thank you for all of the car clubs and presidents and members of car clubs that are here right now coming and standing in solidarity with us here in chambers. Thank you. Instead. All right. Thank you very much. That is our only proclamation this evening. So that brings us to the bills for introduction. Madam Secretary, will you please read the bills for introduction.