A proclamation welcoming the 108th National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show to Denver. Welcoming the 108th National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show to Denver.
And so that's a great story, Councilman. Thank you very much. I don't see any other announcements, presentations. Madam Secretary, do we have any presentations? None, Madam President. Communications. Do we have any communications? None, Madam President. But we do have two proclamations this evening, and I'd like to invite Councilman or see Councilwoman Monteiro to please read Proclamation 1022. Thank you, Madam President. Proclamation number 13 1022 is welcoming the 108th National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show to Denver. And it reads, We're at the annual National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show. We'll ride into town with the parade on January 9th and will open the annual event for the 108th time on January 11th with various activities happening through January 26th, 2014. And. Whereas, the National Western Stock Show is a storied treasure of Denver's past with 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, an official holiday in the city of Denver so everyone could partake in the first ever stock show there was on this day that banks, department stores and other businesses in every corner of Denver shut their doors at noon while streetcars hustled from the 15th Street loop every 3 minutes to the stockyards site. And the Burlington Railroad rushed special cars from the Denver Union Depot for a round trip charge of $0.25. And. Whereas, in addition to exhibiting prized livestock farming technology and other important components of Colorado with rich agricultural traditions, the National Western Stock Show's earlier years also included entertainment shows from popular figures like Buffalo Bill Live boxing events from professional fighters like Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard, and tug of war contest between the Denver and Omaha Police Departments. What if most unusual forms of entertainment occurred between 1913 and 1916 were small titles? These were judged by the same rules as the livestock and the ever so popular naked baby contest. And. WHEREAS. WHEREAS, the first ever Catch a Calf event was held in 1935, where crowds cheered as young boys ran around the arena and their attempts to wrestle calves down by their collarbones with the lucky winners taking their prize calves home, feeding them, raising them and showing them off at next year's stock show. It wasn't until more than 35 years later when young girls were finally allowed to participate in the 1974 Catch a Cab. I mean, Catch a Calf of it, which is now one of the most famous and treasured events of the show. And. Whereas, today, the primary mission of the National Western Stock Show is to educate urban and suburban citizens about the importance of understanding and preserving Colorado's Western heritage in agriculture, providing city kids a hands on experience with farm animals, and to host one of the world's largest professional rodeo and horse shows. And. WHEREAS, A National Western stock show provides ranchers and farmers an opportunity to share the latest information on livestock, including scientific and genetic research. In addition, more than 350 vendors fill the showgrounds with food and a variety of products for sale. And. WHEREAS, the inaugural National Western Stock Show was January 1906, attracting 15,000 visitors over six days. Now the event attracts more than 600,000 visitor visitors annually from all 50 states and 35 foreign countries and more than 15,000 head of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, llamas, bison and other animals that are represented. And. Whereas, the most recent economic studies suggest that the National Works Western Stock Show contributes approximately 100 million to the Denver economy. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver, Section one, that the Denver City Council hereby enthusiastically welcomes the 108th Annual Master, National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show to Denver and extends their best wishes for another exciting and 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 of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation and that a copy be transmitted to Paul Andrews, president and CEO of the National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show. Thank you, Councilman Monteiro, for that great history. Your motion to adopt. Thank you. Madam President, I move that proclamation 1020 to be adopted. Second. It has been moved and seconded comments by members of Council Councilwoman Monteiro. Thank you, Madam President. It really does seem like just yesterday that I was up here reading a similar proclamation, and I've had the honor of being able to do this through the years. And I want to say that each year it becomes more and more special as National Western Stock Show has worked so hard to be such a notable member of our community. Last year at this time, I was happy to announce a National Western stock show was going to stay in the city and county of Denver, and that was well received news by our community at large. This year I'm happy to announce that there's been so much work done by the National Western Stock Show in preparation for our another 109 years here in in in Denver, Colorado. National Western recently signed a memorandum of understanding and I'll let our CEO Paul Andrews talk about that when he comes up. National Western has always been has also created a citizens advisory committee that's made up of neighbors that are from Global Swanson, Elyria, and they've met twice. And and I'm sure Mr. Andrews will talk about that as well. And so I wanted to wholeheartedly say that it's always been always my honor to be able to read this proclamation . And I'm excited for another exciting National Western Stock Show, and I hope that my. Colleagues. Will join me in supporting this. Proclamation. Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Brown. I thank you, Madam President. The National Western does play a huge role in our community, and sometimes I think we forget that. And tonight, I would like to especially thank Paul and Ron for putting together the celebration of life for Clara Davis. That was a special event. You did it very quickly. And Clara Davis loved horses. In fact, she competed at the National Western. And I just want to thank you from all of us, Paul Enron, for putting together that celebration of life of Claire Davis. Thank you. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Councilman Brown. Councilwoman Ortega. Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to ask that mining be added. And then, Mr. Enders, when you do come up, if you could let us know whether or not you are still looking for people to work this upcoming stock show. I want to wish you the best of luck with your 108th season. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. It has been moved and seconded. I don't see any other comments and I think, Madam Secretary, we are ready for roll call. Montero I. Nevitt Hi, Ortega. Rob Shepherd II. Brooks High brow, high five. Ty Herndon. Can each layman. Hi, Lopez. Hi, Madam President. I am Councilman Nevitt. My apologies. There you go. There you go. Thank you very much, Madam Secretary. Close of voting, Nance. The result? 13. Nice, 13 eyes. The proclamation is adopted. Councilwoman Monteiro, is there somebody you'd like to call up to the podium? Absolutely. I see a cowboy hat out there. And if you can come on out, it's a cowboy. Do it. Yourself. And. Yes, thank you. I am Paul Andrews, the president and CEO of the National Western. Thank you so much for the great proclamation since this is our 108th year. How about we just bump up that economic impact to 108 million instead of 100 this year? What do you think would be an area anyway? A lot of activity, as has been noted here tonight over the course of the last year. And much more activity will occur in the coming ten or so months. As was alluded to, we have signed a memo you with some very significant partners that share our vision. The first and most significant is the city and county of Denver through the DCC. They are an IMO you partner along with Colorado State University, the Museum of Nature and Science and History, Colorado. So all of us are focused on the vision of how to create a complex ride around I-70 and right. And that will forever live to both be an educational beacon for agriculture as well as a celebration of our Western heritage. So we're focused on that. And we have engaged a citizen advisory committee on that. We've met a few times now and are continuing monthly meetings that is being chaired by Maria Garcia Berry and Terrence Carroll. I think a couple who you all know very well on the hiring side, I'm happy to announce we hired our 1,000th person just about two days ago. So the call went out from all of you about three weeks ago to encourage constituents in your neighborhoods to apply for jobs. We now are fully staffed and ready to take on the more than 600,000 individuals. And in reference to Claire Davis, we also have created an event in her memory that will be the 2014 Clare Davis Memorial Gamblers Choice Horse Show. Clare was a individual that would have competed in that event over time. She would not have been competing in it this year, but her class would have risen up to that. So that's a night we will celebrate her. We have the event center will be donned with a yellow ribbon in her memory and that is a night to celebrate her life. We also have many new things like the National Western Nursery this year where you can come see pigs and sheep and goats and alpaca and baby chicks with their moms. It's the first time in the event center, so that'll be something that's very exciting. Evening a dancing horses will be a performance that Silvia's or beanie from Cavalier the old show from Cirque du Soleil she'll be voice commanding her Arabian stallions and as you all know the rodeos, 28 of them are second to none. We have the. Last rodeos in the world in Denver, Colorado. The energy in our building. The Denver Coliseum is second to none. And I say that with all sincerity. Denver should be very, very proud of the energy that rodeo brings to this community. And finally, we'll announce tomorrow that we have a partner that has bought the grounds admission for everyone on January 21st. Tuesday it will be Friday at the National Western Stock Show, the first of its kind provided by MetroPCS. So everyone will be allowed grounds admission that day for free. And that announcement will go out in a press release tomorrow. You all get it today? Again, thank you very much for having me. If there is anything I didn't cover. Madam Chair, please open the floodgates. Okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Andrews. And thank you for all you do for our city. It's wonderful to have you.