A proclamation recommending full funding and permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Thank you. Councilman Cashman, seeing no other announcements. We're going to move on. There are no presentations and there are no communications. We do have a couple of proclamations this evening. Councilwoman Gilmore, I'm going to go to you first. Will you please read Proclamation 1016? Yes, Mr. President. Whereas the Land and Water Conservation Fund LW CRF was established by Congress in 1965. The ACT designated that a portion of receipts from offshore oil and gas leases be placed into a fund annually for state and local conservation, as well as for the protection of parks, forest and wildlife areas. And. WHEREAS, in fiscal year 2018, LW, CRF received 425 million. The program is divided into two distinct funding streams straight state grants and federal acquisition funds. And. WHEREAS, in Colorado, LW, CRF has provided more than 268 million in funding from LW CRF and has leveraged more than 147 million for local government and state park outdoor recreational investments in Colorado. Whereas in Colorado. LW CRF has protected more than 10,000 acres of public lands valued by sportsmen and women since 2011. This land helps support helped support Colorado's economy by bringing in 28 billion in consumer spending and 229,000 direct jobs for tourism and outdoor recreation. And. WHEREAS, preparation for natural disasters in Colorado is essential and money from LW CRF is used to prevent and natural disasters like fires and floods. And. WHEREAS, in Colorado, agriculture is important to the economy and our Western heritage and lw CRF is essential in protecting agricultural land. Whereas, for over 50 years, LW X, LW C.F. has played a critical role in providing funding for conserving national parks and forests, rivers, farms and ranches, fish and wildlife, sport and recreation, access and trails, and has additionally provided funding to conserve state and local parks and facilities throughout Colorado and the nation and should therefore be fully funded . 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 hereby recommends full funding and permanent. Reauthorization. For the Land and Water Conservation Fund and encourages the Colorado Congressional Delegation to support full funding and permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section two that the Clerk of the city and county of Denver shall affix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation, and that a copy be transmitted to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Thank you, Councilman Gilmore. Your motion to adopt. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that proclamation 18 dash 1016 be adopted. It has been moved and seconded. Comments by members of Council. Councilwoman Gilmore. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm happy to co-sponsor this proclamation with my colleagues. And, you know, Councilwoman Kenney each had brought this forward to me. And I have a long history working with the Land and Water. Conservation Fund, and. It has never been fully funded. The reauthorization comes up periodically, but. We need to make sure that. We're asking our congressional delegation to fully fund it, to keep it reauthorized, and so that we can realize these funds from offshore. Drilling will come back. Landside. And make sure that we have these important resources to. Protect our environment and all of the different items that I had listed. Thank you, President. Thank you, Councilwoman Gilmore. Councilwoman Cannick. Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you, Councilwoman Gilmore, for taking a lead on this. Given your personal experience, I think it's very fitting. You know, it seems like one of these routine things that oh, of course, things that are good do good things and they expire. They will get reauthorized. Well, that's just not the federal government we are operating under right now. And so I think it's critical. It is a bipartisan program. It has gotten lots of support historically. I think both of our senators, both Senator Gardner and Senator Bennett, both support it. But it's important for us to kind of use our collective voices, especially in the West, where openly and is so important to us, to make sure that Congress hears the importance of reauthorizing it and it doesn't get lost in political battles. So I would ask anyone who's listening, who believes in our open space and and the public lands that we have support from these programs with, to please reach out to your congressional representatives and let them know how important, even whitehouse.gov, you can email and let them know the importance of reauthorizing the program. Thank you so much. Thank you. So you know their comments, Madame Secretary, roll call. Gilmore I, Herndon High Cashman. Kenny Lopez. All right. New Ortega Assessment. Black Eye. Brooks Espinosa. Hi, Flynn. Hi, Mr. President. I am secretary. Please close voting. Announce the results. 12 Eyes 12 eyes proclamation. 1016 has been adopted. Custom. Gilmore Is there anyone you'd like to invite up to receive the proclamation? Yes. President Clark, I'd like to invite Bow. KIC was with Conservation. Colorado to the podium, please. Thank you so much. Appreciate you receiving Conservation Colorado. I'm honored to be here. You have the organization tonight. I believe that's programs like Clinton Water Conservation Fund that have touched just about every American in this country and especially in the state of Colorado. And it requires constituents and businesses and people of all kind advocating for this program to be the priority in the halls of Congress in Washington. D.C., including. Proclamations like this by the city of Denver. So thank you very much.