A proclamation recognizing the 10th Annual Doors OPEN Denver event on April 12 and 13. 
Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Brooks. We have a second proclamation, proclamation number 288 that I have the honor of reading, which is recognizing the 10th annual Doors Open Denver event, April 12th and 13th. Whereas the beautiful city of Denver has a proud legacy of a variety of historic and contemporary architecture in its civic, commercial and private structures. And. Whereas, these buildings, their architecture, design, history and place in the city deserve to be recognized by a citizenry. And. WHEREAS, The Denver Architectural Foundation invites the public to attend the 10th annual doors open Denver and visit behind the scenes, learn the history of and tour more than 60 buildings, many not generally open to the public. And. Whereas, the 2014 theme is Celebrate Neighborhood Architecture. But participating sites free and open to the public include city, state and federal buildings buildings made of shipping containers, historic schools and mansions, gothic churches and new and repurposed buildings built green and sustainable enough to win LEED certification. And. Whereas, Doors Open Denver includes tours conducted by experts biking and walking tours. Architecture one on one, a photography contest, historic photo exhibits and other events free to the public. Whereas information, maps and sign up for guided tours and access to some specific buildings will all be available at the doors open Denver headquarters in the beautiful new white marble lobby at 1801 California Street. During this two day event, celebrating historic, new and innovative Denver architecture. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council of the City and County of Denver, that Section one, the Council hereby recognizes the 10th annual Doors Open Denver event and encourages the public to take advantage of this opportunity made possible by the Denver Architecture Foundation. Many generous sponsors, volunteers and building owners and section to the Clerk of the city and county of Denver shall attest and a fix the seal of the city and county of Denver to this proclamation and that a copy be transmitted to Ted Hulsey Denver Architectural Foundation and I will so move that the proclamation be adopted. Second we have a second comments. I'll just let my other council members speak first. Councilman Lehman. Thank you. Madam President. As a person. Who has gone to doors open Denver. Numerous times, I just want to share with you that this is an. Incredible experience to get to know not. Only your. City, but, you know, have you ever passed a building. At the courthouse. And say. I'd really like to go in and see that, but. I don't want to go there because I've got to go to court or. A house or a bed and breakfast or just anything. And in. Addition to being able to just go. Into those buildings. And just look around and come out, there's a whole series of wonderful tours that you can take. So I'd encourage each. Of you. To go to the website or. Pick up a brochure. Kind of plan out your day. Go down and get your ticket if you want a. Personal. Tour. And just spend one of those days seeing. Some pieces of Denver that you would have. Always wanted to see. Now's your chance. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Councilwoman Lehman. I just want to encourage everybody to do it, too. It's a wonderful experience. And you even get to be outside when you're not inside the buildings and you learn about a kind of art that we don't often get to know about. And sometimes it's not as accessible to us who don't know very much about art. But this is an a wonderful opportunity to take a look at the architecture of Denver, to appreciate the architecture of Denver, and to learn so much about why a building looks a certain way. Why is it placed there? What is it about this building? I know I like it, but what is it that I like about this building? It's a wonderful experience, and I thank you very much for putting putting it on every year. Okay. I think we're ready for the vote. Madam Secretary. Madam President. Hi, Brooks. Hi, Brown. Hi, Fats. I Herndon. I can eat. Lemon Hi, Lopez. Monteiro. Hi, Nevitt. Hi, Ortega. Rob. Hi, Shepherd. Oh. Okay. There it is. Madam Secretary, close the voting, announce the results of 12 eyes. The proclamation does pass. I'd like to invite up to the podium Ted Halsey with DLR Group and chairman of the Denver Architectural Foundation, and Britt Probst with Davis Partnership Architects, Board member of the Denver Architectural Foundation and Chairman of the Door Open . Denver Doors Open Denver 2014 Planning Committee. Good evening. I'm Ted Hall's, the chairman of the Denver Architectural Foundation. We're just delighted to be here tonight. Thank you for supporting us and helping us over the last ten years. This is another year you're helping us. We're delighted to have your help and it's just a bunch of fun. And honestly, I think that's what we're going to have this weekend and we really look forward to all of you being here. The mission statement for the Denver Architectural Foundation is to raise public awareness about Denver's architecture and understand its impact on our lives. And that's really what we're out to do indoors. Open Denver is probably one of our premier events. We have another one we do each year, which is an educational project. But tonight we want to talk to you about that. We have a great board and full support of the board for this event. I'd like them just to stand up the folks that are here from the board, please, just to be recognized. And we are just delighted for that and thank you for being here. And I want to turn it over to our chair and let him tell you a little bit about the event for this year. Thank you. Thanks, Ted. Well, Councilwoman Lehman did a great job of telling you a little bit about our events. So I'm just going to tell you that is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there'll be more than 60 buildings, some of them public buildings, some of them buildings you wouldn't normally be able to get into that will be open for your own self-guided tours or also expert tours. There'll be more than 100 expert tours given this weekend by people who really understand the buildings or the spaces that they are giving you a lot of information on. Come down to the headquarters at 1801 California to sign up for the tours and get a feeling for the overall event. In yesterday's Denver Post, there was an insert in the newspaper with all the sites and information. Also, if you get the New York Times, there was an insert in yesterday's New York Times. And lastly, there's a great website that we owe the city a great deal of. Thanks for helping set up the website, which is new this year. WW W Doors Open Denver Dawg and that will tell you everything about the event. How to make it work for you. We're expecting a big turnout this year. Thanks again to the city for all your help in the last ten years of putting this on. And we look forward to continuing it.