A proclamation welcoming the 112th National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show to Denver.
None. Mr. President. How about communications or any communications? None. Mr. President. How about proclamations? Yes, we do have. I'll answer that for you. We do have one proclamation this evening. And many of you are looking up here saying, why are you are some of your dress like that? Well, it's we're this is proclamation one of 2018 first proclamation welcoming the 112th National Western Stock Show and Rodeo Horse Show to Denver. And I will read it and it says this. Whereas the annual National Western Stock Show Rodeo and Host Horse Show opens in Denver for the 112th time on January six, 2018. And. Whereas, The National Stock Show is a storied treasure of Denver's Denver's past and a unique and colored history dating all the way back to 1906. And. Whereas, Mayor Robert W Spear declared Wednesday, January 31st, 1906, as Denver Stock Show Day and an official holiday in the city of Denver so everyone could partake in the first ever stock show. It was on this day that the banks, department stores and other businesses in every corner of Denver shut their doors at noon while streetcars hustled from the 15th Street Loop. I wish we still had those 3 minutes to the stockyards and the Burlington Railroad rushed special trains from Denver Union Depot for a round trip charge of $0.25. And. Whereas, today, the primary mission of National Western Show is to educate urban and suburban citizens about the importance of understanding and preserving Colorado Western heritage in agriculture, providing city kids with hands on experiences with farm animals. And to host one of the world's largest professional rodeo and horse shows. Whereas the National Western annually attracts more than 600,000 visitors from all 50 states and foreign countries and contributes approximately $100 million to the Denver Denver's economy. And. WHEREAS, activities during the 16 day event include the Wild West shows, horse shows, dancing horses, extreme dogs, the Super Bowl of livestock shows and art exhibition. And Colorado's largest agriculture trade show. And. WHEREAS, The City of Denver this year signed an historic agreement with the Western Stock Show Association, Colorado State University, and guarantees that the National Western Stock Show will remain in Denver for the next 100 years at the National Western Centers. Whereas Mayor Michael Hancock, the WSJ a CSU Denver Diamond as an historic Denver historic Colorado recently broke ground and national Westminster Silver, solidifying the National Western Center mission to become the global destination of agriculture and heritage and innovation. Now, therefore, be a proclaim by the City and Council of Denver, by the City Council from the City and County of Denver, Section one that the Council hereby enthusiastically welcomes the 12th Annual National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show to Denver and extends its best wishes for another exciting, successful year and encourages Denver residents to saddle up and enjoy the show. Section two that the clerk of the city and county of Denver shall attest and affix a seal. I see. You can see my hair and the way to wear your hat for the city and county Denver to this proclamation and that the copy be transmitted to the National Western Stock Show rodeo and horse show and I move the proclamation one be adopted. It has been moved and seconded. And I'll just make a couple of comments because I know we may have others make comments. And this is we are so blessed in the city of Denver to have this history, to have this historic organization, to make Denver the National West Center stage for an entire month. And I don't know if many of you guys remember at least to see passed. And it talked about taking this money and putting in investment to make sure that not only the stock show, but these other organizations and this vision of having a national western center could come. Every precinct in the city of Denver supported that initiative. And that that goes a long way in the city of Denver and shows the support that that the National Western Stock Show has so much support that the three little ones living in the whole neighborhood that live in my house are they know they don't have to see the signs. They don't have to see any commercials. They know exactly when the national western stock shows open because they are excited to be there. These urban kids love these animals and they love to be engaged with their agricultural roots. I don't know where they get it from, but they're connected with it. And I know that there's young people all over the city and all over the state who are so excited to have the National Western Stock Show alive and well in the city of Denver. And I am proud to have it home in the Fire District nine. So we are excited to put this proclamation forth, and I hope that all my colleagues will be supporting this. Thank you, Councilman Flynn. Thank you, Mr. President. We talk about the National Western Stock Show a lot in terms of the heritage and the history. But I think we should also make note that it's very forward looking in its development and where it's going. And especially I want to commend the outreach to young people that it does from not just from the Denver area, but I think all over the country, but mostly the Western states. It's a very forward looking organization and a very forward looking show. It's history is one thing, but it's still making history. And I want to make sure that we welcome it in grand style and wish them a successful show. And part of me doesn't want to believe that it's actually stock show time because it's not below zero. I don't know when when we started being above zero for stock show that. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Councilman Flynn. Councilwoman Ortega. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for bringing this forward. This is an annual proclamation that we do. And, you know, just recognizing the history of Denver and the stock show and what it means to our economy, you know, people spend all their money at the end of the year and and normally our revenues are kind of flat at the beginning of the year. But the National Western Stock Show brings in a lot of people. It fills up our hotels. Um, you know, people spend money at the event. That's where I like to go find my Western apparel. There's some great shopping there for, for women who like Western wear men as well. But it really is a great opportunity for young people in the inner city to be educated about, you know, where some of our food comes from. And the fact that we're going to have CSU on the National Western campus is going to be pretty phenomenal. And when you hear. Mr. Frank talked about the fact that they anticipate that facility on the National Western site to help solve world hunger. That is pretty amazing. And if you look at what's happening around the world, when we have times of drought and we have some of our communities that we've historically relied upon for our produce to come from, but now they don't get water because of drought conditions. We have to find another way to ensure that we're producing food, not just for folks in in our state and our country, but around the globe. And so the changes that are coming for national Western are going to be pretty incredible. I'm particularly excited about the commitment to ensuring that we have a local higher program in folks from the surrounding neighborhoods will have an opportunity to take advantage of jobs during construction as well as after the new facilities are there I think will be pretty amazing because there are lots of changes happening to those neighborhoods as well. And we're trying to make sure that with all the changes in this quadrant of the city, that we're looking at ways to raise the tide for everyone and particularly those who are being most directly impacted. So, Mr. President, thanks again for bringing this forward and to the folks from National Western. Good luck with another great season. Thank you. Thank you. Councilwoman Ortega, I know there's many years you're representing this district as well and represent in the National Western Stock Show. I think you brought up something that I do want to highlight and I want to thank Paul Andrews and his team for doing this. I don't I don't think there's ever been a time the National Western Stock Show has been more engaged in global Larry Swansea than today. And and that's not my words. That's long time residents like John Zappia and I even see an Elizabeth in the house as well. You know, I think there are a lot of you guys have done a really good job, um, righting the wrongs and in a relationship with that neighborhood and they are very grateful for it. So thank you so much for that. With no other comments, Madam Secretary. All. Black I. Clark. All right. Espinosa. Flynn, I. Herndon I Cashman High can each. I knew. Ortega Susman. I. Mr. President. I. Police was offering us results. Two were. Missing. One. We are. We are missing one and. Okay, here we go. We've got 11, 11 I's proclamation. One has been adopted. I have one individual, I believe. Come on. Come on. Thank you and Elizabeth for being excited about that. The rest of you can get excited, too. Hey, how about a hand? Come on. Got a rough crowd for the first city council meeting of the year. We're going to bring up Paul Andrews, president, CEO of the National Listen to talk show, said a few words. Well, thank you, Councilman Brooks. That was very, very kind words. And let me just start by saying, you know, there's something special that's happening in Denver right now. And honestly, it only happens with great leadership. And I got to tell you, Mayor Hancock is one of the great leaders in this city, and he can't be the great leader that he is without the support of all of you. And all of you have consistently supported the National Western Stock Show and so has Mayor Hancock. So our hats are, after all of you this year at the 112th National Western Stock Show. We cannot thank you enough for your generous support of us and your support of the Nation Western Center that will bring us into a new, new era, as many of you have mentioned tonight. So our show. Starts this Thursday. Really, it. Starts with the parade downtown. Kick off is high noon on 17th Street, right at Denver Union Station. So we'd love to have a huge crowd. All of you that are watching us on TV. Please come out. I think it is perfect. Stock show weather that day. 50 plus degrees. And what a great kick off Councilman Flynn for that. And so that will start us off. And then the show itself opens on this Saturday, the sixth. And that will start with three great rodeos, Colorado versus the World. And then Sunday, the Mexican rodeo extravaganza. It is always a tough ticket. And then next week starts off with three nights of Pro Bull riding with the PBR tour. So please come out and enjoy some of our 16 days. Dust off your boots, dust off your hat and come have a whole bunch of fun right at I-70 and Brighton Boulevard, where we will be for the next 100 years. So thank you all. Thank you. All right. Resolutions, Madam Secretary, where you please read the resolutions.