A proclamation congratulating the Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee on the occasion of the 57th Annual Parade on March 16, 2019.
Thank you, Councilwoman Gilmore and I have a quick announcement. Councilwoman Black's birthday was this past Friday, March 8th, and Councilman Brooke's birthday was yesterday, March 10th. So happy belated birthday to you both. See no other announcements. We are going to move on. There are no presentations and there are no communications. But we do have three proclamations this evening. One is going through on consent and the other two will be read out. So, Councilman Brooks, will you please read Proclamation 142? Mr. President, I am happy to read Proclamation 142. But first, before I read this, can we have a little. All right. Thank you. Thank you all. Thanks for playing. It's always feels like somebody should be marching in here. I want to play that. So I'm rereading Proclamation 142 congratulating Denver St Patrick's Day Parade Committee on this occasion, the 57th Annual Parade on March 16, 2019. Whereas Denver has the largest cultural parades in the United States and the largest Saint Patrick's Day parade this side of the Mississippi. And. WHEREAS, this year's theme, Share the Luck, honors the 57th annual of the parade. Whereas, Denver St Patrick's Day Parade exemplifies a peaceful celebration, along with a community of diverse citizens who gathered together with a glance of the Celtic past and look towards the future. Enjoying Irish culture fanfare. Pipe drum bands like we just heard Irish step dancing, honoring all the divisions of the military of the delight of 300,000 spectators. Last year we had 400,000 spectators and over 10,000 entries in the parade. We're asked congratulations and thanks to all our volunteers for Denver St Patrick's Day Parade Committee, including many who have passed on but are still remembered for their endless hours of never ending commitment, which makes this celebration possible. And we're, as we hope, the Colorado Sun, everybody hopes the Colorado Sun comes out on that Saturday and the mile high air lifts the spirits of all them all who march or attend the 57th Annual Parade on Saturday, March 16th, 2019. And we hope that the warm wind at our backs to celebrate the Irish culture in the great state of Colorado. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed by the Council, the city and county of Denver, Section one, that the Council hereby congratulate the Denver St Patrick's Day Parade Committee, a volunteer organization, a well-organized, peaceful, spirited gathering at the 57th Annual Event in Section two. The Clerk of the city and county of Denver shall attest in a to the seal of the city and county of Denver, and to proclaim to this proclamation that a copy be transmitted to the Denver St Patrick's Day Parade Committee. President Teresa muller Agnew. Thank you, Councilman Brooks. Your motion to adopt. Yes I move the proclamation 140 to be adopted. It has been moved and seconded comments by members of Council Councilman Brooks yeah. So this is exciting to once again have the St Patrick's Day parade. This is, you know, in my district is one of the most important events that we have. And what I love about our district is that we get a chance to host all of these different type of parades, the the MLK parade, the LBGT parade that we have, and also this St Patrick's Day parade. And as I said before, over 400,000 folks came to this incredibly peaceful event last year and we had 10,000 entries. And I just hope that if you have kids, you come down and have a good time. I would invite you to ride a bike or walk or carpool on down because there's going to be a lot of people. But we want to make sure that this event is open for everyone, that it's inclusive of all of Denver and that you come down and have a great time. I also say I'll be I'll be marching in the parade as well. So the fine District nine will be represented. And we we ask that folks from all parts of Denver and even outside of Denver come and have a good time. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilman Brooks. Councilman Flynn. Thank you, Mr. President. I made note that during the medley that the the musicians played was the rising of the moon. My wife and I had the pleasure of spending a couple of weeks in Ireland last year, and we were in a pub down in Killarney in County, Kerry in the far southwest, in Free Ireland, and I requested the musicians to play the rising of the Moon and was told that under no circumstances would they perform that since 1998 and the Good Friday Accords that brought peace to the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. So as a gesture in in the Republic, they no longer play that call to arms for the liberation of of Ireland . I was always told that the Irish invented the bagpipes, Mr. President, and we gave them to the Scots as a joke, and they never caught on. So. But is that is that true? I got a club, got a thumbs up on that. So let me let me just leave you with this traditional Irish blessing. Bless your little Irish heart and every other Irish part. Thank you. Thank you. Councilman Flynn and Councilman Brooks, thank you so much for bringing this word. Certainly know how to make an entrance with your proclamations here. Madam Secretary, roll call. Oh. Brooks. Hi. Black Eye Espinosa. I. Flynn. I. Gilmore, i. Herndon, I. Cashman. Hi. Lopez. I knew. I. Assessment. Mr. President. Hi, Madam Secretary. Please close voting. Announce the results. 11 Eyes. 11 Eyes. Proclamation 142 has been adopted. We do have 5 minutes for a proclamation acceptance. Councilman Brooks, go ahead and call up whoever you'd like and then we'll start the timer. Mr. President, I like the little timer thing. Let me just say this real quick. I want to tell everyone to add a little green. On council members. I don't want you be embarrassed and not having green on in front of an hour St Patrick's Day. But you have a little thing in your little, little lapel here. So we're going to bring up Theresa milano. I don't know if I said that room. So sorry. Okay. Okay. Who is just doing an incredible job organizing this event. And so thank you. Thank you, Councilman Brooks, Council President Clark and all the council members, thank you very much for your support of the Denver St Patrick's Day Parade and for your amazing work for the city of Denver. We have very special guests coming. Actually, the government of Ireland has selected Denver as the city of choice to celebrate St Patrick's Day. The Department of Foreign Affairs is sending four dignitaries that we will host. We will have a foreign minister, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Adrian Farrell, counsel General Allen. Wallace Really? WALLACE Linda McQuade from the Department of Education and Skills. So we're thrilled that they will be joining us today in our council chambers. We have with us Queen Coleen, Brigid Sylvie. And we also have the very Irish, Mr. Shamrock CAIDEN Vaughan. I would like to recognize and thank Belco credit union. They have been our sponsor for 14 years. They presented the parade with such a love of the community of Denver and the opportunity to give back. Thank you. Belco Credit Union. Well, the very first Denver St Patrick's Day parade was organized by Mr. Jim Eakins, and he gathered floats and bands and clowns and pipe bands, and he wanted to have a local hero as a grand marshal. Well, this year is no different. Our local hero is Mr. James Arsenault, the CEO of the Seattle Fish Company. He has his benefactors and you can see his benefactor and all over the city. He gives back and his charity of choice is cooking matters. One in six children go to bed hungry in Colorado, and we are putting the pride of the Irish behind that. And we are going to gather and we are going to help and we have donation text to donate already set up. You can text cooking to 91999 and make a donation to cooking matters. Again, we want to say thank you for your support and we hope that you will join us on Saturday. We have a special ticket for you, for all of our councilmen to say thank you to join us in the Dublin house on Saturday. Thank you again for this proclamation. We appreciate you very much. Thank you. All right. Before we move on to our second proclamation, unfortunately, due to fire code, we can't have anyone standing in the back there. That back aisle is ingress and egress. So if everybody could scoot together and make room so that we can make room for all these folks, there's also overflow right next door. And for 32, if you're here for one of the public hearings, that won't happen till after recess. And you can go watch on TV and 432 and come on back in when when that is there. Thank you very much.