A bill for an ordinance approving a Framework Agreement and its exhibits among the City and County of Denver, Colorado State University, The Western Stock Show Association, and the National Western Center Authority; and exempting the public buildings on the National Western Center campus from the naming requirements of Section 2-275, D.R.M.C. Approves a framework agreement with Colorado State University, the Western Stock Show Association, and the National Western Center Authority for fifty years, with two possible 25 year extensions, to authorize formation of an authority to operate the new facilities and govern the roles and responsibilities of each party for the redevelopment of the existing National Western Complex into a year-round venue to preserve the National Western Stock Show in Denver for the next 100 years, provide room for new programming, provide connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods, and bring more visitors to Denver. The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 10-2-17. The Committee approved filing this bill at its meeting
Okay. We are convening today. I know you guys like talking to each other, but we are moving and convening. Thank you. Thank you. We have one public hearing tonight. Speakers should begin the remarks by telling council their names and cities of residence and if they feel comfortable doing so, their home address. If you are here to answer questions only when your name is called, come to the podium. State your name and that you're available for questions of members of council. Speakers will have 3 minutes. There will be no yielding of time because this is a courtesy public hearing on the presentation monitor to your right and to your left . You will see your time counting down speakers must stay on the topic of the hearing. Must direct their comments to council members as a whole refrain from profane and obscene speech. Please direct your comments to us. And no personal or individual attacks. Not fun, not cool. All right, Councilman Cashman, will you please put 939 on the floor? Yes, Mr. President. I move the council Bill 939 be ordered published. All right. It has been moved. President pro tem has been moved. And second it, the public hearing of council Bill 939 is open. May we have the staff report from Kelly? Okay. It says Jen Wilburn here. Kelly lead. Can we have the staff report? Yes, sir. Kelly Lead Executive Director, Mayor's office, the National Western Center. First and foremost, on behalf of the NWC Program Partners, we're excited to be here tonight to bring forward the National Western Center Framework Agreement. This agreement formally unlocks both our individual and collective abilities to fulfill the vision and mission of the campus in three broad categories our legal responsibilities, our financial and our operational relative to both building and ultimately operating this campus. Many of us have had the honor to work on this program in these and in these communities since 2013, among which included the signing of a nonbinding MRU, among the five founding partners of the National Western Center campus. And then subsequent to that, a term sheet, non-binding term sheet in 2015. And I think it was appropriate that we heard about Denver Union Station tonight and the success and on the heels of that. We hope to both learn and replicate many of their successes, successes. Tonight, we have our partners here who are the signers of this agreement, both Colorado State University, the Western Soccer Association, the city of ours, Tony Frank, the chancellor of the Sea Issue System, and Paul Andrews, the presidency of the National Western, to join me. They'll make a few remarks as well. And we've got team members here, both from the city's team. Amy Parsons is here from CSU, Crystal and Jen and Josh from our legal team, my deputy, Gretchen Holler. Who else we got here? We got Tim Santos and Chris Pacheco from the DCC. This has been a large group of folks that have helped make this happen, and we are all here to answer any questions of counsel, and we look forward to fully advancing the National Western Center in the coming weeks, months and years. In preparation for City Council, we held four sessions with our Citizens Advisory Committee, which started with handing out binders, briefing binders to those committee members on August 10th. And we heard and listened to a number of their questions, and those have been reflected. Some of the changes that we've heard have been reflected in the current agreement before Council. So let me highlight a few of those. One was there originally we called out for a voting member from what we called a local director. And based on what we heard from the community, a very strong support for changing local director to resident of Go Valerie Swansea. So that has been a change made. We've also heard about the desire to add additional representation to the committee or to the board. And so the Mayor will appoint now a non-voting director confirmed by City Council, who, as a resident of Gobblers, wants the neighborhoods. This change was made to allow for the neighborhoods to have a voice, even if the appointment is vacant, since the non-voting director would become the voting director from the neighborhoods if the voting director position was vacant for any reason. We've also emphasized, based on what we heard, the importance of starting off the authority appropriately and correctly, and so especially around the Community Investment Fund. And so we added language beyond just the round up idea to include a review of additional resources and to have the authority board review as part of their annual budget process. A discussion about how you could leverage and grow that fund beyond just the round up. And lastly, there was some additional again, language around additional resources and a commitment in a memo from the mayor that will direct the board to one have on their first agenda a discussion about the Community Investment Fund and how the authority board will partner with the community, among other things. And although we are here tonight to advance the framework agreement, we also know that the list of challenges is long and the goal volaris wants here communities, many of which originated well before any of us were born. This program won't resolve many of them. However, the campus is one of those rare, catalytic efforts that can shine a light on these historic communities and bring much needed resources in a variety of forms in helping solve some of the challenges that lie outside the campus boundaries for which we are responsible. And an example of that, which I'm sure we will answer questions about is the Community Investment Fund. So thank you again for the opportunity to come here before you tonight. And I would like to have Tony and or Paul, both of you come out and say a few words. Mr. President, members of the council, I'm here on behalf of the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System to thank you all for your consideration of this bill. Everything that we do as a university is founded under the principle that discovering new knowledge, passing it to the next generation, and applying it for the benefit of the society that we exist to serve are things that we do in every aspect of what we do. And you'll see that reflected in the programs here, whether they're research in water conservation and reuse at the Joint Center with Denver Water at the Water Resources Center, or the exhibitions that will push that knowledge out into the public or K-12 programs that will work on water literacy. If you're talking about our veterinary programs and improved local animal care or the support for the equine shows that will add economic benefit of the stock show connections to the Translational Medicine Institute back on our campus or programs that will tie two to some are scholarship programs for students interested in the biomedical sciences to come up to our campus. Or if you look at things like the CSU Center and the progress we can make around agricultural literacy for K-12 students, urban agriculture, support of a very large intellectual property aspect of the large industry that agriculture represents in Colorado. All of those things we're excited about doing through the facilities at the National Western Center. This is nothing, I think, less important than how we feed and educate the next generation on this planet. We're proud to be partners of it. Everything that we do, we can't always envision what these programs will look like because it's difficult to see how a program may need to address something as large as food, water, energy, the environment or human health. And that's the interface in which agriculture works. But rest assured, the Colorado State University will stand ready to use these facilities to address any issue as large as its big ones like that, or as smaller issues as timely as ethical officiating and sportsmanship for elected officials. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. President. I appreciate that. That is a great sense of humor. So. Hey, that was wow. It was so beautifully woven in as. It was like silk. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. President, and members of council. I'll be brief. I just want to remind everyone and those that might be watching on television that the National Western Center. Is a 250. Acre campus that's designed to keep alive our Western heritage for future generations and. To position. Colorado. To become the Silicon Valley of Agriculture. It puts Denver. Colorado, on the global stage as a leader in solving food. Production issues and fighting world hunger. Through. Education, entertainment and innovation. The forecast economic impact for this from several studies will be. $230 million per year. And that's from over 300 events that have been forecast in several studies. The new center will allow growth. Of the National Western Stock Show, the Super Bowl of livestock shows to numbers approaching 1 million people visiting in January alone. It puts the association in a sustainable business model. So that we can continue to support our mission of agricultural education. In order to do all this, leadership of the nation of Western has committed to put in $125 million of value, of which 50 million must be in cash. The first cash payment of $15 million in. The framework agreement. Is due by November 1st of 2008. That is basically. One year from today. This payment is doubly important. As it will release funds generated. By the Regional Tourism. Act at the same time. So by acting now in approving the framework agreement, we can begin our. Fundraising campaign and meet this very, very crucial deadline. Thank you very much for your consideration. Thank you, Mr. Andrews. All right. We are going to start the courtesy public hearing now. Before that, I just have a couple of announcements that I did not mention earlier. On September 14th, our own councilman, Kevin Flynn, will be turning 35 years of age and we are excited about that. So happy birthday, Councilman Flynn. Thank you. Mr. President, I'm the one who's supposed to be forgetful. Not you. You. You have a great birthday, actually. 65 years of age. So he'll be reaching that age. Okay, great. And then we we want to recognize former Speaker of the House Terrence Carroll, the first African-American speaker of the state of Colorado. Thank you for being here, sir. And we'll be calling you up soon. Okay. If you gentlemen can find a system, use this a first for first row. For the first five speakers, we have 14 speakers tonight. 12 are in favor. Two are against this. And for folks who are in favor, if you can think about your messaging and if you're on the end of that at not repeating the same thing over and over again, it's just helpful for the overall conversation of this hearing. Be helpful. All right. The Honorable Terrance, Carol, Nolan, Miguel, John MISBAH Sekou and Mercedes Gonzalez. For those using a translation interpretation, it will be a total of 6 minutes just letting you all know that again. Terrance Carroll. No, let me go. John Misbah. Sekou and Mercedes Gonzalez. Mr. Carroll, you're a first. Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the council. I'd just like to add one thing to some of the programing that will occur at the National Western Center. I'm personally funding a program for giving sight to PAC 12 officials during football games. You had to understand the game to understand that. But keep going. Just saying. I'm here in my role. As co facilitator of the National Western Citizen Advisory Committee, and I'm also treasurer of the Western Stock Show Association Board. And I just want to give you a brief overview of what the SEC's role has been over the last several years leading up to the framework agreement. And I can do that in 2 minutes and 21 seconds very quickly. And it's actually quite auspicious that you're taking this vote today, or at least in this month, because we're actually on the four year anniversary or thereabouts of the formation of the Citizen Advisory Committee by former Councilwoman Julie Monteiro. And we continue to enjoy support from the City Council, both with Council President Brooks and Councilwoman Ortega, who both regularly attend the CAC. Members of the CAC have worked tirelessly, meeting basically every month for four years and on some months we actually meeting several times during the course of the month to influence and to provide feedback and to provide guidance and the process that led to the formation of the National Western Center. Some of you were in the Council when we voted on the master plan, and that master plan had ample input from members of the community. In fact, many aspects of the master plan came directly from the mouths of the members of the CAC. And I'd also like to clarify that the CAC voting members are composed of the residents of the community and business and other community leaders, nonprofits in the community. The facilitators, myself and Maria Garcia Berry, do not vote. Neither do the partners. That would be the National Western CSU, the City History Colorado and the Museum of Nature and Science. None of them have votes. They're just there to be we're just there to be resources. But I did want you to understand the CAC process and how important it is to the ongoing success of the National Western Center. And to also let you know that as this goes forward, even after the first shovels turn dirt, the CAC will continue to function, to provide guidance, to provide input, to ensure that members of the community have a voice in this project over the long term. Thank you very much. All right. Thank you, Mr. Carroll. All right, Nola McGill. Thank you, Mr. President. Members of council. Nice to see you all. My name's Nolan. Miguel and I work for the Global Response Coalition Organizing for Health and Housing Justice. We just formed in July as a formal coalition. So if you haven't heard of us before, that's why you may have seen a recent study that we did around displacement that's happening in global areas once a. But I actually want to speak just for a moment. As many of you know, I worked for Councilwoman Monteiro previously and was a large part of helping the whole process happen. And I actually wanted to read from her letter that's in the National Western Master Plan. Center master plan, because there are some parts of it I feel like kind of just making the connection from what was happening then to what's happening now. So and this is in page three of the master plan. So if you pull it up, it'll be the first actual text that you see in the plan. And in the third paragraph, she's said, I feel the most important part of this master plan is the inclusion of the neighborhoods with the National Western Center. As there have long been connectivity and relational obstacles for local residents. It was really important to Councilman Monteiro to create the Citizens Accountability Committee. It was an advisory when it was in the first idea formation. And I, you know, following through with with the the the compromise sorry, I'm thinking in Spanish, the agreements that were made at that time is really important right now, because this is a moment when this is all getting formal. Right. And then in the very last part of that paragraph, she says, moving forward, I would like to see specific details and commitments outlined which would benefit the neighborhood, such as. And then she goes and different things like a community, community, commercial kitchen, connections with the schools, integrated markets for the community communication advocacy exchange. So in that note, I just wanted to advocate for an actual community benefits agreement, which is something that we don't have with the neighborhood between the neighborhood and then this forming authority. And the reason that we don't have it is because we didn't have the authority yet, but we are about to. So we would like to see that included. I'd actually like to see it as part of the framework agreement where it talks about the CAMI Investment Fund. It should also talk about a community benefits agreement just like this framework agreement will create trust and will create commitment and people know what they're getting into that would do that with the community as well. It would also bring intentionality, goals and commitments around local hire, around open space, around access to the university. Potentially, there were families just like Maria that were displaced from this campus. In order for this to happen, those families should have access to the university thinking about use of facilities, commercial kitchen use, thinking about affordable housing and you know, are we at time? Sorry. Your time is up. Thank you. Yep. Thank you. Okay. You know what? I figured this out. We had a misspelling. A severe misspelling in here. John, on. You're up to speak. Come on up. Yeah. We. Yes. Right now because we we misspelled your name. I couldn't figure out what that last name was. Don't let that happen again. Yes, sir. Okay. Will never happen again. Mr. President, members of Council, I want to share a human side of this whole effort. Councilman. You asked me. Be careful what you wish. For a couple of years ago. You remember. That? And I haven't been wishing for a couple of years. I've been wishing for a hell of a long time. Longer than that. And what I want to say for you is for you to look at what you got before you. And who ever thought we'd have a college campus in the middle of. A stockyards area? My neighborhood of Globeville will benefit immensely from this effort. People that live in Swansea will as well. The idea of. This complex. Becoming a reality has taken a lot of time and a lot of work, and it started a long time ago, even before Mrs. Monteiro sat on this council. Years ago, people thought the stock show was just another rodeo. It's not just another rodeo. This is a benefits effort for business and residents alike and those that might not like or might not approve this idea. We embrace them because we know they're entitled to their opinion. But paramount, they're our friends and neighbors and we need to live together and see this project through which we will. There's a lot of work to be done yet, and I look forward to working with the people that may be not totally agreement with it, maybe even oppose it. But that's how we get things done. And it's time. It's been over 100 years. This thing is going to be a beautiful project for business and residents. We just isn't going to happen like flower springing up from the side of the Platte River. It takes a lot of work and people for and against it or we got to work together on it. And that's the main thing that is in front of us now. And I'm concerned that we will get it done even with those people that are not in agreement with us, but we embrace them and will lead them along so they can gain the kind of. Knowledge and feelings that. We all have about it. Thank you. And I expect a unanimous vote from everyone here tonight. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. IP. Sorry about the name. All right, Sekou. Yes. Good evening. My name is Chairman Sekou. I am the. Founder organizer for the Black Star Action Movement for for Self-defense. Advocating for poor, working, poor, homeless and senior citizens. First of all, man. It's a little pretty. I'm talking about for real. That's outstanding homecoming for the Broncos. Beautiful, beautiful. And we want to thank you also President Brooks. For your leadership. And in supporting the. Residents of the dial, senior citizens of Operation. On 34th. And Elm. Street, where they're going to be celebrating their year end celebration. And everybody is so excited about the possibility of all city council and the mayor coming to share with folks who can't come out to events. They're kind of sick. So getting to the West End Stock Show, because this is going to. We stand diametrically opposed to this agreement. An audience. Many times the history. Of a society is written. To glorify the events. And circumstances. From which they exist. I just came from up at Carter Lake and the flat arts fishing and. You know, it broke my heart. I envisioned when Indigenous people was roaming that. Area before the Europeans came. And they had a wonderful environment and life. And all of that disappeared for them because they, in the tradition of how the West was run, was murdered. Men and women massacred their land seized illegally. With no consequence. And now the glorification of how the West is run. I refuse to let my children even look at that mess on Saturdays with the cowboys and Indians. It's an insult to those people. To have that glorified and looked at by the youth. And so as we go about doing this thing and acknowledging the white supremacy and the racism of this Western story. We need to really. Take a look at the 50 year. Agreement and what's going to be the educational process of that, because we've got to begin to tell the truth about the history of this nation and to begin to resolve the contradictions so those that are indigenous are not strangers in their own home. And I thank you very much. All right. Thank you, Mr. Sekou Mercedes Gonzalez. And you have a she has a translation, so we're going to set it at 6 minutes. Oh, like, almost us. Pull her mike down. Hello. Good evening. My name is. Sorry. Good evening. My name is Mercedes Gonzalez. Gonzalez, in which she has a better rapport more committee had an opportunity of Ester Gonzalez Baraka you're with they were that this soliloquy siento eran is the one time. Listen I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to share how I feel. Don't forget to circle the phone. I'm going to. Speak a. Little bit about the fund. They want the stake for your career. Okay. I'll give you a monitor that they talk almost every day. Cambio Everything. Sounds beautiful. The way. We talk. About the change, what the change will look. Like a mantra mutually narrow by your chromosome players. Para la comunidad. We're going to have lots of money. Coming in and perhaps even more jobs for the community. Better your perspective almost as it impacted us. But I believe we will be impacted the. Impact of those the in in Cuba where mas tropical mas mazrui those. Will be impacted by more traffic more. Noise must. Peligro para Bahrain Nuestros Ninos Madrid, Brussels, Parana Astros Trabalhos. Dangers for our children. We might be delayed even more. With our work. Entonces your crookedness as he doubles as a phone localized the también in law or not c'est almost pasando Rita Estamos Viviendo is still in la salta rain does a lot displacement those. So I believe we really need this fun just. To speak about what we're going. Through right now. We are going through displacement and. High rent. Mimicking A.M.E. study. Okay is was one of those what I'm fond of what apparently struck money that. I would really love it if that fund was used for our community. Paid or not so these are can no can can I started signing on whereas the a bitterly yeah at me what is the. Jacuzzi Iraqis are fond of. Paramus, Itamar Hummus. Rapido. What we know is what we hear is that that fun would not come into play. Until two years. And what I would like to see is for. That to come in a little bit. Quicker. All that being ketamine. Mr. Corbyn in Westeros need those monsters we need to stand behind. He uses the Necesitan Damian Bergkamp para para programas. I believe for our children. Our students are our grandchildren and great grandchildren. Could you really use that funding for programing? But our program, as they will see, they come more. But as to the end, those companies per capita we grandmas must make. Us so programs programs for them to be able to study more to to gain more. Scholarship money. Was stolen. It is no longer ICAC. Your hierarchy was to resist. They always are nostra and mistrust. Trabelsi Nostra. And this is either this the bossy para La Nostra Nostra Comunidad. And that is that I really hope you. Take into account the concerns. That we have and just really learn. About what our community is going through right now. Getting an address to look is a bit about an opportunity that I mean they ve been there nostra nuestros productos in Aztec in those the oportunidades in the la conejo. But I mean that nuestros productos no look is comi the he I mean my study is not yet and oportunidades is in Mr. Comunita. And I would really love it for women from our community. To have that opportunity to sell their products, food products in the in this space. I really would love it for women from the community to have that opportunity to sell in. Porto look at bazaar your character in those medicinals is able no parochial support is critical. And because of everything that we have been going through I think that we deserve we deserve. This bonus but I would love it in writing. A.C. I will not promise applecare+ palabras solution will be in can on this criticism. For it not just to be. Something verbal because sometimes words are just gone with the wind. Really have it in writing for. It to be a firm agreement. Which I want to. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Honest. Okay. I'm going to call the next five up to the bench. Nancy Grant Jones, Ray G. Angelina Torres and Pat Grant. That's for. And he's as well. Nancy Grant, is Jones your first? Good evening, council president and council members. My name is Nancy Grandiose Jones. I'm a business owner in Globeville own former meatpacking plant that dates back to the early 1900s. That's been repurposed. That business has been active. My business has been active since 1995, but my husband has been in the meat industry since 1975 in Globeville. So I have a long history there. I'm also an alternate on the WCC as a business person, not in my role in Globeville Civic Partners. I'm here to endorse the NWA, the agreement, and to speak to one of the community components the voting members, the directors on the board. We are very pleased that that there will be community representation. However, I'm asking that we had a vote on the NWA, CAC 14 to 3 to have two voting members. And the only way that would happen is if then the mayor used one of his one of his director appointees to come from the community. What I want to share is some context is when that there was the zoning text amendments that came before the planning board. Community members came to that meeting and we expressed some concerns. The planning board passed the text agreements then that then that moved forward the NWC plan and this is what they said that the City Council acknowledge and address the concerns expressed by the neighborhood stakeholders with regards to neighborhood involvement in governance and community equity. Two voting members would cover that under governance and community equity. The mayor did something bold with the N DCC and especially bold by putting a community component in there. I believe that this follows, along with the mayor's commitment to the community to for equity, to have two voting members. I'm asking that I know this cannot be amended. It's a contract. But as city council members, maybe you have some way of writing a letter to the mayor on behalf that you all would that you all would endorse having two community voting members, write a letter, whatever, if you do resolutions. We're very pleased that Councilman Brooks said that he would arrange a meeting with community members, with the mayor, but it would really have more effect that, you know what the issues have been in Globeville. The mayor uplifted geese for some reasons to right some wrongs. And truly, we've always tried to be partners with NWC. We've supported the two C, we reported to the RTA. We've supported everything that the National Western Senate has asked. Thank you very much. If you would act on our behalf also. Thank you, Mr. Dennis Jones. Okay. Well, good evening, everybody. I just. Want to really quick. Introduce yourself for the record Raging. I live in Globeville for a generation. Or Denver resident. Real quick, I. Just wanted to. Say. You know, just like John was saying earlier, this is going to. Provide a lot of opportunities for education for our community here in Globeville. I do agree with the. Framework in general. Overall. There's certain details like Nancy was saying, I believe there should be two voting members on the board in order for the. Community to have a bigger voice and a bigger. More involvement in what's going on, whether it be negotiations with business, whether. It be negotiations with other projects. But that would. Allow us as a community to have more of. A a bridge between. Us and. The Western Stock Show. You know, I'm sure you guys have heard. Represents no no representation without taxation is you know something that we need to be able to get involved in with with our community be able to have ownership of our community now, not only with these two members, be able to bring more opportunities to our neighborhoods, whether it be education , employment, like Mercedes was saying, we can have some of the ladies that are, you know, in our community struggling to pay bills, have them, you know, be able to be involved in some of the food vending, you know, just other aspects of the whole the whole project. The other thing that I want to say is that some of the criteria for some of. These members of the board, for the the resident members of the board. Should be that they have a equity. In the community. And by equity, I mean. We should have a measurable amount of time that they are given to the community, how they are involved in the community, maybe even have kids who attend the schools, have family that live in the area, have been living in the area and know what our neighbors and friends need. You know, because a lot of. Times we don't have a voice. In these communities. And this is part of the problem. That we've had with breakdowns of communication between the residents, city or other organizations, whether it be the Western Stock Show or or I-70, CDOT, all those all those is it's always been a breakdown in communication and not having that proper representation. In in the negotiation process. So being able to bring. Two more. Members on to this board would really help to, like I said, get the community more involved and back behind more of these projects and also give us more of a voice and more participation in anything that's going to be happening in the future, which is. Going to be a lot. So thank you for your time. Appreciate it. Go, Broncos. Thank you, Mr. Reggie. All right. Angelina Torres. And there will be translation. So you will have 6 minutes or less. Do you want to answer? My name is Lynette Torres and I live in Swansea. It's a discussion we will need to establish. Are they fond of monetary office? It sounds really nice to hear about monetary funds. But I guess they told us Podemos the planet is the universe in resolution. That is the problem as against them. But I think we can all talk about a base, a foundation to solve some of the problems that are already happening. For us to get involved cannot get noice de la B in San Jose, knock it out. Our academics case that as it is el proyecto and that is. Why we don't think that you should dwell on it too long or think about it too much too long, but really start on the. Project now. Right now. See, forget the mutual system since all we are planning almost because sometimes. You forget about what we. Plan. This place can be almost the ideas. And then we change our ideas and don't. So hasta la solutions or most others. The solution lies within all of us. You are your list below the power case. The case? Yeah. Yeah. I asked you for this favor to work on this now can nice. But it must be in this plant. The mysterious sister, this place handle. Yes. They're so friendly, LASCARIS. It cannot resist that long, long, medium or well. See, I know this whole story. So to not wait for people to continue to be displaced and to be out on the street, this is not fair. This dental health care solution that is legal under Leona Minerva. Those maneuvers sometimes we want this or no, not. Well, I said, I see. We want to solve this problem by giving them one coin or two coins. It can't be this way. Was good listening and player and the was in that is. We want you to give jobs to our neighborhood. See get emasculated in the LA mano you know they think in this dress amigo see those extensively in the last been us get get yours know not be the hero. We we want you to extend a hand to to these folks and and to help these people that are going through these sufferings that they didn't ask for. This one nosotros not mortify Chyna's interest in them which at that is this is they better so they are not get him also get them as Bartolo Alligator Press they handle. This mortified. This this this saddens us. We don't want to see this we want people to be celebrating. Trabalhando Haciendo algo can not go still. Working and doing something that we love. E presence the list below they have all they get them being is the know now that my sister is still unprecedented. And that is why I am also asking you as a favor to not only have one resident. Represent La Comunidad representing the. Community. Como, they say, is the last person as owner noise. Ninguna It's. Not just one. Person representing the community like people sometimes say one is. No one does get among those person us representing. We want two people to represent. Alamosa directives. On the board of directors. And on the lines of personas con person. For these two. People to be able to talk the thing and solutions para la comunidad. And to have solutions. For the community. You look at Yellow Square, those gathering adentro in La mesa activa. And these agreements that. They make within the board cannot. The hearing is to communicate a law that can communicate and also. Trust that these members. Can communicate it back to. Residents. But I said people it is the acid algo Perla la that to get access to. Be able to know and to be able to do something for the community. Thank you. Grasses Mr. Mysterious Pat Grant. The grant? No. Mr. President, members of Council. My name is Pat Grant. I am chairman of the Board of the Western Style Show Association. I am really pleased to be here, but mostly to express sincere gratitude to council for helping us bring this issue in this matter, in this agreement. To where it is tonight. It's huge. Your support of major to see some months ago was really, really important and critical to this process. I was here in 1990. Some years ago when you approved or your predecessors approved the first 50 year agreement. And we look forward to the next 50 years. And how exciting, how dramatic, how huge these steps will be undertaken. As you know. The National Wells turn overtime has grown its footprint through largely our own resources. We have been careful stewards. Of our resources so that we could acquire our land. We could grow our process, grow our stock show. Tonight through this agreement, we are prepared to convey and transfer. This land. 90 acres. Back to the city and county of Denver. This land has a value of some $75 million. But we are not only prepared to convey our land. Well, we've made a promise, we've made a commitment and are making a commitment through this agreement that we will raise $50 million. And transfer that 50 million to the city and county of Denver. Make no mistake. We've never done this before. We've never been in a position where we had to raise money and transfer the money to the city. But we will do that. We will fulfill her obligation. We view this as a very fair agreement, a very equitable agreement. It has been worked on for a long period of time. Let us now capture our collective vision for an exciting vision. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Grant and Hayes. Mr. President. Members of council. I am. And Hayes. I live in Capitol Hill, Denver. I work for Westfield Company. We own 14, actually 17 acres on Brighton Boulevard that we are getting ready to redevelop. It is in. Close. Proximity to the National Western and we hope for our project to be symbiotic with the National Western. And so we're very excited. About what's happening. In that part of town. And the possibilities for the enrichment of the community in that. Area and for all of the people, not only up in that area, but of all of Reno as. Well. I'm also very active on in Reno. I am on the National. Western Citizens Advisory Committee. I've been on it since almost the very beginning. I sought membership. Of that so that I could get. Involved. I've also learned. Time to be. A member of the Technical. Advisory Committee. When we did the agribusiness plan. Economic plan, and I also sat on the. Selection committee for the Placemaking Team that we're going to be starting to work with at the committee. I am here in 100% support of the framework document as submitted. I believe that the city has done a very good. Job of bringing to our committee the book. As Kelly explained, they actually brought notebooks for each one of us so that we could read them. We had four very comprehensive meetings to. Go over all of the details of that document, and I believe the city has responded to the community's. Comments adequately and has. In my opinion, really been fair with what they have come back and negotiated with the community. As far as having two voices on the the board, the authority board. And I think that that is fair. I think what needs to be taken into consideration is the fact that there are. Only 11 board members, that this is an enormous amount of money that is being managed. It's going to take. An incredible amount of. Expertize from many different disciplines. And I think we have to be careful going forward. With forward with. Creating the characteristics of all of those board members and what they bring to the table. I think it's important for the community to have two voices, but I'm not so. I was one of the three votes. That voted against the two voting members. I have to admit it took a little flack for it. But I believe that what we really need to focus on on our committee is to give the mayor at his request, the characteristics of the other board members so that this framework plan can be implemented in a way that's successful . There are many people, including the gentleman who just spoke, that are putting a lot on the line, and this has to be executed in a way that is disciplined and is successful. So that is my opinion. And I again, 100%, 100% support the agreement as submitted. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Hayes. All right. We have the last five speakers. David Wolski, one Vallas, Virginia Calderon. And. And Elizabeth. A E? David Lasky. You're up first, sir. I'm up first. Okay. First things first, ladies, congratulations on 85 years of voting. You know, I got to do that. But thank you, city council. My name is David Netsky and I live at. 4930 Logan in the Globeville. Neighborhood. And I want to thank City Council for letting. Me be here tonight and speak. I mean, my family's been Anglo Wilson since 1870. It's about 147 years old. Now, what I wanted to I don't know. I know I don't want to speak too much. I just want to thank everyone. City Council, Albus, Debbie, you guys been at our meetings? I want to thank the city attorneys for their hard work. You know, the M.O., you partners and Kelly lead and. Pat Grant and Paul Andrews. You know, they have treated us with respect and dignity, which we've never seen before. I mean, they're awesome. It's like if you ask them a question, they'll give you an answer. If you have a problem, they'll see if they can remedy it. You know, and and being in Globeville all these years and it being a neighborhood that's been neglected and abused, we haven't seen that out of a national westerner. This is an awesome. Ordeal we're going through. It's going to be, you know, world class. I'm I have my my faith in these guys and the women. That they're going to do the. Right thing, you know? And city council, you guys have been great. You know, you and Debi came to two meetings when. You could have been off. You know, and. We appreciate that you guys are constantly working in our mayor. You know, the way he laid out the DCC, you know, is amazing. But that shows you had experience because he put his internship in Globeville during the Asarco days. People don't know of that. And he's seen the abuse and neglect, but we've never seen, you know, in the end, he's trying to put it right. But the national western. They're not. They're just awesome, you know and the more you partners. And I just want to thank everyone. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Lasky. One Villas and Mr. Villas was all I have. TRANSLATION So you have 6 minutes. What I'm noticing of precedent. There was Brooke singular school and psychology school psychologist. Come in. Good evening, President Brooks. And Council men and women. Boy, I said, what is the. Juno was a set of cuatro, cuatro palabras. I'm going to be very brief. I just want to. Mention four words. Your point. El Proyecto and National Western. I support. The National Western Project. A. Personnel maintain the common leader community due to the lack of money that they Aliadiere is once again. Personally and also as a community leader of Illyria in Swansea. And under the La Comunidad de Lydia Swansea. Yet I also there is still a c estamos de acuerdo in proyecto a national western city. They then there is C is you lonely or c that. It on behalf of the Elyria Swansea a neighborhood. I want to let you know that we are in agreement with this. Partnership between the city and county of. Denver, between CSU and between National Western. And which has similarities very much. Thank you, Mr. Los. Virginia Calderon. We went to notice President Brooks. He they must be chemical then on your. Good evening, President Brooks. Brooks and other members of the city council. I mean, is he not going to let on people in an area this YMCA? My name is. Bettina Calderon and. I live in the Swanson neighborhood. Your story? I keep working a story on Occupy that poor kid and lost. I see. Then this. DeLaria This one see a globule? El-Erian. I am. Here because I am a tad bit concerned because the residents in the areas of Globeville, they're in Swansea are. Not anymore. Sophie Representantes and the committee want to say this is to represent thunder, don't. Have. Enough represent resident representatives on. This board that you are proposing. For Kennesaw resident to not receive more information to stay our land, sustainable land and ladylike diva. Because as residents we don't receive that information that is being presented at these meetings. Putting in place. So yes. QUESTION The order of the in an event Nostra Santos event or supporter annual they will call nosotros somos evermore if that affect that those directamente. Like I am hearing over 300 events that will come a year where residents will be directly impacted and affected. You know the name of and not being nosy and also the lack of money that nosotros tenemos on or not on. Not only on this couple of demos, they are listening for my noise. I see them on my MINUSMA, but I'm also Transavia. You are me seahorse. I'm in the capacity, Amazon is the area. And we don't receive that information. We don't know what's happening in these meetings and it would be good for us to have representation for places where that are ready meet like meetings that we have where we can rely that information to my children, to my my grandchildren and other members of. The community. Know certain systems more important, more into the cells and the nearest bank or the pier for customers to be in the right to know knowing the sign, you know. So some of our readers who will sit them, Paula Vasquez Encontramos Amelia Condors Minos doesn't know so of the safe animals either. Sign your guest on viviendo la carte. And and the other thing that we really are concerned about is looking at community land trust, not in two years, but now if you drive down I-70 and Vasquez, you will see a family living there. With a seven year old and. A two year old that are living out on the street. At Estrella hand. They'll stutter. On one hand they'll see, but not in the middle of by don't renter tampoco. Kevin Elsasser conjecture final status. CONAN Familia como. Esta? And we we have a people in this family. This mom is working and she is working. But but she doesn't have enough money to pay rent. What are we going to do with a family like this? What are you going to do with a family like this? Necessity Los Fondos Arrieta. Do you think the funding now? No. Podemos a estos does mean your system as Orlando sales guidance at Cinco MinutoS, Florida Connector callup. Yes, on orders and I see vandals. Sorry, we can't let these kids be out on the streets. Just you go out for 5 minutes and be in the scorching sun for 5 minutes. Imagine these kids that are out there for hours at a time. Is full of kids in bed. A stunning, stunning, stunning noise that accompany the necessity of proto hair loss. Our order. And if you want to see them, you can drive and you can go see them. They are living in our community right now. But I also if it's in Minnesota, Estamos, Ecuador and Casi status play, then are you there? No. See their net loss event or retirement sale, but up with that form, those apparently stress families. And so we. Would ask that if we could start having these events at the Coliseum to start fundraising for our community. It's just a little portable maintenance system. That is all for now. Thank you so much. Thank you, Miss Cordero. Leslie and Elizabeth. E e. I need 6 minutes because I'd like this to be translated into Spanish. Something to think about. President Brooks, District nine members of the City Council. I am here strongly to support. With some enthusiasm. That is profoundly complex. This starting block. By establishing this authority. When we started the We. The People to form a more perfect union ordained and that established our Constitution. There was a compromise reached wherein some states came. On with the agreement that there would be amendments immediately proposed. This was an act of faith. I have experienced the city. Act in good faith in. Two specific changes. That were initiated. By folks who perhaps don't understand. That. The public voice can have a concrete impact at. Any any point in the conversation. So I hope that as this authority. Is established, more people will step up and recognize that. Everything that is everyone's concern can still be discussed and become part of the National Western Center sensitivities and and accomplishments. I really believe that the the change in response to the desire to have a. Dual seat. On. The authority. That was brought. About by the staff which which established. A and a nonvoting voting alternate. Was a gesture on the. Part of the the Denver team and to provide a solution that was not. Going to. Compromise the advancement. Of this mechanism at a time that it needs to be advanced, and yet also keeps the conversation going so that the entire board can look at what the priorities have to be in the holistic sense for all of the equity partners in. Terms of. Equity. I want to put out a formula for folks to I mean, I'm skipping ahead here. I'm totally discombobulated. If you can't if you can't tell with all that's being said, that's a value and I'm trying to shorten. You're not doing that. I really believe that the number of hours that people have put in over decades, if. You if you. Attribute that as pro bono work among the neighborhoods and you calculate it at $15, $15 an hour, 15 hours a week, over 50 weeks, over 20 years, you probably. Have about. $1,000,000 equity right there. I would like. To count the partners to consider in their first meetings a possible equity. Advance, just like the partners are using to fund it for reimbursements. To create the community fund and get that community investment fund going and all of the. Elizabeth. Thank you very much. I appreciate a chance to ramble on. Hey, thank you so much. And I want to I want to thank everybody who came out and sat in this. Our benches went through security park, did all that stuff. Really appreciate all of your words. We are. This concludes the kind of the comment portion we're going to go into questions and I'm going to ask the first question to get things started, because I don't think we got a chance to outline this correctly. Kelly Lead and call. Jen will burn up and just ask you all to outline all of the changes that happened in those four meetings. Yeah. Come on. Yeah. Come on up here. In those. In those four meetings that we had, much similar to like we did the other night. Okay, very helpful. Just for so that all the is on the same. Absolutely. As a couple. Oh. Hi. I'm General Moore and I'm an assistant city attorney. And I actually if you want me to, we'll just go ahead. Just point out the actual language changes. Okay. So, as you know, I think all of you have been briefed and have had the agreement in your hands for a few weeks now . During the CAC meetings that we attended, what we heard was some concern about representation on the board for the neighborhood. And then also we we talked considerably about the use, utility and importance of the Community Investment Fund that was that was included in the original agreement. So we made a couple of changes to address some of the issues that we heard, and I'll just walk through those one by one. Kelly walked through the non-voting member, so you can skip that one. But the other the other pieces that you changed would be good to. Skip the non-voting member as I watched this. Yeah. Yeah. He already went over that. Okay. Okay. Sure. Yep. So we've added the non-voting director and we've talked. And Kelly also mentioned that that non-voting director will take the place of the voting director. So really the other substantive change since LUDI is that we've added a little bit of discussion about how the importance of the Community Investment Fund, and that's found significantly in two places on page 64 in the this is in a Section 12 about the Community Investment Fund. We added a sentence that says further, the authority shall explore and where appropriate, pursue other funding options and or partnerships annually to supplement funding that is generated from the round up and to increase the benefits of the Community Investment Fund to the neighborhood. So that's found there. And then the other place that that is mentioned is in. Sorry, give me just a second. I've got the wrong page here. It's in the first meeting of the board. Okay. And then on page 16 under, there's a there's a section that outlines what the what the board should do in its initial meeting. And we have added to to that section the idea that the the Chairperson shall convene the initial meeting of the board and the Board shall consider the initiation of the development of including consideration of funding sources for the Community Investment Fund, so that we make it really clear that the Community Investment Fund needs to be a priority of the board and that they have to address the creation of that fund and its funding at their very first meeting. Right. Any anything else? Any of substance. Okay. And just to point out, just to make it very clear to folks in the public, these four meetings were suggestions by the community to place in the contract. So the contract was actually amended from the Luti meeting till today. And so those are some amendments that were happening. Kelley. Kelley Lead Executive Director, Mayor's Office International. 11. that I would also add, you know, from the very origination of the original document when we started talking about the community investment fund is what's unique is a couple of things, but in particular is that one, the only role for the authority is to act as the fiscal agent, so they would collect the funds and then those would be held as a fiscal agent. We've been very clear and actually are looking forward to and Tim Santos, who's the executive director of the North Democrats from Collaborative, has agreed to help facilitate, among others, a discussion with the community about now how do we organize the global response to a community to prepare themselves for the receipt of these funds? And what's the right representation beyond just the Citizens Advisory Committee to talk about what programs, what projects? And we've heard a lot tonight among the speakers about different things that need to be funded. And this is truly a blank canvas for the community to determine how they want to use these funds, and it will evolve over time. So that's a point that has been with us from day one about this. And I think speaking on behalf of Paul Andrews and others, you know, we've talked about how could we accelerate this sooner? And I think that's the next round of discussions about how we move the community investment fund sooner well before the building start. Great. And just one quick question to I don't see Terrence Carroll, but I see Maria Garcia Berry. The ongoing meetings of the CAC, once this authority is formed, will the CAC continue to meet? Because there is a community person saying that, how will they continue to be informed? Right. So the CAC has been meeting once a month since August of 2013, September 2013. It is the intent and the mayor's agenda for the first authority meeting that the Citizens Advisory Committee should be considered as the permanent advisory committee to the authority. That's our intent. We've been talking to a lot after the last meeting that we had Terence and myself and Liz Adams, who also works with us. We've been talking to a lot of the committee members and on the meeting on the 28th, which is our September meeting, even though we've had four meetings, we still have one more meeting in September. That is the topic of discussion is how do we position ourselves, what do we need to do to better structure ourselves, to have better accountability, to make sure that everybody understands everything that the CAC is doing? We do a pretty robust mailing and notification to people who just sign up to get the information. And what's amazing is over two thirds of the committee has been meeting regularly for over four years. They show up every month and we get a lot of attendance, a good attendance. So we'll be talking about that on the 28th. Great. All right. Thank you, Miss Berry. All right. Rafael Espinosa. Councilman Espinosa. Okay. I guess for the two that are closest to the microphone, how many how many directors are coming from the state? I mean, are assigned by the state of Colorado. Zero. How many? But there but the state portion of this project is 100 and 117 to 120. Now, $120 million, correct? It's 121.5 million is what's coming from what you're referencing is the Regional Tourism Act application, which was adopted or approved by the State Economic Development Commission. So the cash portion for the National Western Stock Show is that is how much? So it's 50 million in cash and then 75 million inland. So $125 million. How many directors are they getting to? And then the University of Colorado also gets to direct. The University of Colorado is not represented at. Colorado State University. Sorry, Frank. Yes. Yes. Hey, notice how I stood up for you, Tony? He is not happy and not coming back. Is there a rebuttal from the Chancellor? So, CSU. So the state is so there in the agreement. There are dollars actually through the House bill 1344, there was 250 million approved by the state legislature. 50 million is for facilities supporting facilities in Fort Collins. 200 million are coming to this campus for three facilities and they have two seats on the board. So $120 million, zero seats, $50 million and 90 acres of land. Two seats, I mean, zero seat, 217. Two seats at $50 million and 90 acres and two seats for $16 million. Can you clarify that? Where are you coming up with the. So what was the what did you say, the current state house? Yeah, sure. So House Bill 1344, which was adopted in the state in early 15, was 250 million. 50 million goes up to Fort Collins for supporting facilities. 200 million comes to the campus for three facilities that will be built at the National Western Center, a state. Tax revenue. CLP Certificates of participation. We're going to sell those. Well, that's for the state. Determine how what they use as collateral for those. But ultimately through the Secretary of State, she will represent the state in the sale or use of those funds. I'm going to now suggest that that is $330 million of state money or $317 million of state money with with just the two representatives. So let me let me just clarify. So the RTA money don't count, the 121.5 million is paid over 36 years. So that's paid out of an increment that will be paid over drips and drabs over the course of 36 years. So what we need right now, though, is the construction is now and the actual value of that state money is substantially less. It will have to be pledged in a certain way and it will be worth a lot less than 121.5 million because we need it for construction today. My my point there my point that I'm trying to get at is we paid $168 million for Coors Field, divided over six counties. We paid $250 million for Mile High Stadium, divided over six counties. And every single one of those counties got equal representation with two state people on those that district. And now we're now Denver's portion. Just Denver's portion is $673 Million. $622,000,622. Million. So basically those two are portion more than our portion on those other two projects combined doubled or tripled. And the community here is asking for two seats. Why was that so difficult? Because I know that the mayor gets six appointments. I mean, have we gotten a commitment from the mayor's office that we're going to get actual neighborhood people as part of those six appointments that somehow justifies excluding them because. So a couple of points. One, you know, this is as far as I know, and I worked on the football stadium project. This is the first entertainment facility, public entertainment facility that actually has neighborhood representation as a voting member. I cannot I'm not aware of any other facility in the city in county of Denver that has a resident or residents that are impacted by a project as a voting member. That's one to is. You know, again, if you think about the original term at 50 years with the ability to extend for two additional 25 year terms for a 100 year deal, one of the things that the mayor wanted to make sure, because obviously mayors will change over that hundred years, is that there was always going to be an assurance in the framework or the makeup of this board that at least one community representative would be a voting member of the of that body based on conversations with the community. And this was actually a really one of many good conversations, was this idea of adding a non-voting member that would be also at these meetings so that if there was a vacancy of the neighborhood, that this non-voting member could step in and actually be a voting member. So there's always continuity of a vote among the members. And again, the last piece I would reference in Crystal or Jen can jump in here is the mayor has has six other appointments. But what was important here was being very clear that the neighborhoods always had a representative that could vote on behalf of the community. But that could have been one. Could have been two, could have been eight members of the community. That is up to you guys to make that determination. And while there would likely be sort of homogeneity or sense of mean consensus in in any of those agencies, the stock show people, the university system, there is no there there is more there's less homogeneity in our communities. We could have that appoint that single appointment could be somebody that has been a long term. Member of that community or a short term member. Of that community, rather than having representation from a cross-section. That just adding one additional member could add. So, you know, instead what we're doing is we're asking the mayor to just focus on that. Let's focus on the question. You can get to those comments in the comments portion, but just get to a question on them for this portion. Thank you. So is the then for you, Crystal? Has the mayor committed to one of his six, two of his six or some portion of his six appointments to being members of this community that live within the boundaries of global Elyria in Swansea. So good evening everyone. My name is Krystal Torres de Herrera. I am the deputy city attorney. It is my pleasure to be here today to answer these questions. Councilman Espinosa, I really appreciate the question, and it's obviously something that we've talked about at each of these meetings that we've had with our community members. I'm going to answer your question, but I also want to highlight some other information that was shared in these meetings, because I think it helps out to frame this discussion as well. One of those is that in addition to the document and the changes that we made, we also shared some additional documents with the Citizens Advisory Committee that we thought would be helpful. One of those was a letter that the mayor has drafted for the future board members of the authority, and that letter details his expectations for this authority board in terms of how they're going to interact with the community and how they are going to honor and be able to make sure that there is always that relationship and understanding and conversation with with the community. I think that was very important as we talked about with these discussions. Even for those folks who have concerns about this agreement, I think it was really helpful for them to see that that this is an expectation for all of the the board members that the mayor is appointing here. I would also point out that city council is also going to be approving each of the mayoral appointees. These are folks who will come back in front of all of you. Also, the mayor has asked the Citizens Advisory Committee to give him feedback on the attributes that they think are important in these and these appointments to say, hey, these are really important appointments. I want to hear directly from you what you think is important, what are the perspectives they should have? What are the qualities I need to be looking for? And President Burks, as you know, while you were at that meeting, President Brooks generously made the offer to the community members that he has a standing meeting with the mayor every Tuesday and that he was going to be bringing when the community was ready, a group of. Folks to meet with the mayor and to say at that end, to have that time to talk to him about, hey, we understand that you're going to be appointing a community member, but you also have these other appointments. Let's have that conversation. Let's talk about that. I really appreciated the dialog from the community that we had around that meeting and the fact that the community was very thoughtful about wanting to get their ducks in a row, wanting to spend some time together as a group and figuring out what those attributes are, what they really wanted . There was a lot of conversation about business owners versus residents and people who had a longstanding impact in the community. So all of that was also part of the discussions and I think really helpful to really frame what these conversations look like and the path forward. So understanding that that process is still unfolding. We anticipate that as that meeting happens, as the community comes forms with comes forward with the attributes that we will be having those conversations as we move forward together. Yeah, the real unfortunate thing in that response was, I mean, we had a proclamation tonight about DOCA. You know, the mayor's letter does not have the gravitas of having it in the authority agreement in this foundational document. If we had the difference between having a director a position assigned to the community versus a commitment that can change with any mayor. That can change with whoever the president is that there's no guarantee that District nine is represented. I mean, is the president of this council. So while right now I feel like we're in a good place, why wouldn't we just memorialize that for this community. Now and forever? So if I may, just for the. Next hundred years. Comments. Number one, there is a representative that's a voting director that is in the document. There is also a gas resident that is a non-voting director who will be at every single board meeting who will have access to executive session. The only other non-voting director is this city's then CFO at the time. That's really powerful because you then have two people who are there who have access to the same amount of information that not even voting director has. The exact same access to information will be able to have all that at the same exact time. I think it's helpful to then have those two people be out, be able to go back and talk to the community. I just wanted to make it clear that both the nonvoting director, they both have the same access to the meetings and the information. With the non-voting member have proxy if the voting member is not present. Exactly. And that was the thought behind it, because and I'd like to give a a shout out and credit for spotting that. That was something that was very important to us. Is that because this representative needs to be a community person, there's no one else on that board who can jump in and in at a moment of a vacancy. And so it really needed to be somebody from the community who understands the community to play that role. And it wouldn't be fair if somebody wasn't up to speed and aware of all the conversations and contacts that was happening. So that is why we did the non-voting member, because we absolutely wanted someone else from the community to be there to have that same info and be able to step in in the moment of vacancy to address the community's concerns. I'm going to jump in here and just clarify one thing. If we added a this is the question. If we added a voting member, you'd be at 12, correct? Correct. An even number. Okay. So there would have to be a whole shift in the in the makeup of this. But, Councilman, are you. One last question. It doesn't need necessarily to be in this agreement, but is there any discussion at all about a patent rights clause if we're talking about becoming the Silicon Valley of of of AG, you know, I imagine we would be generating some sort of great ideas that, you know, with this level of investment. I mean, the entirety of the infrastructure is ours. Is there some sort of discussion about patent rights clauses? Sure. I mean, there there's not in this specific agreement. And I think, you know, one of the things that we should references once the authority board is or the authority is activated and stood up, they then become a signatory to this agreement as well. And I think that will be a conversation among the CSA in particular. And, you know, we spent a lot of time and Gretchen in particular has led our next generation agribusiness work, along with the Office of Economic Development. So we need that authority in place. And my guess would be once the authority is up and running, we are moving forward on our next generation. AG We're working with cashew issue on programing that may include a whole range of things around innovation is that there will be a whole nother round of agreements that will emerge, but we really need that authority up and running in order to have those conversations. Yeah, I mean, it depends on a whole bunch of what happens in the future that we cannot predict. That's good. That might be a resource for to help stem any sort of future decline. Right. I mean, we don't expect this to decline. 100 years is a long time, though, and things change. So. Okay, great. Great. Thank you, Councilman Espinosa. Councilwoman Ortega. Thank you, Mr. President. Crystal, if you wouldn't mind coming back to the microphone. For you, Councilman. Anything? Yeah. I don't have the document in front of me that you had passed out that highlighted the mayor's commitments or expectation from the board members. Can you can you remember what some of them are? I know one of them was a commitment to the Community Advisory Committee. Absolutely. And, you know, we were getting a copy just right now, and I'd be happy to have that in front of me while we speak. That would be awesome. I think it's important to just highlight what those expectations are. Perfect. And and just so everyone is clear, this is a letter that the mayor would submit to the end of it, to the authority chairperson and to the members of the board, which highlights several key things, which, as I alluded to earlier, but really at the forefront saying what is the purpose of this letter? This is to protect and to understand the valuable role that all three of these neighborhoods have played historically on this campus and will continue to play. And to that end, in an effort to having the authority integrate within these communities, he is proposing the following. So as part of the overall onboarding. All members of the NWC board and staff shall receive copies of the adopted neighborhood plans, including any amendments, and should be conversant as to the important relationship between the National Western Center campus, its operations and the adjoining neighborhoods. The authority and it originally said should and we're going to change it to well will cooperate with or initiate efforts to develop a local talent pipeline for jobs on or around the NWC campus with an emphasis on talent development for students in the girls neighborhoods. Such programs may include mentoring, internships, apprenticeships, work study or other similar programs. The board and again this said should and we're changing it to well, the board will actively engage the NWC Citizens Advisory Committee, which was established by the National Western Stock Show in the fall of 2013, or any successor organization to create a direct dialog between the future campus and the neighborhood representatives. I would also encourage the authority to engage the many community nonprofits, schools, arnault's and businesses in the region. Another one. To the extent possible, NWC board meetings should be held in the as neighborhoods to provide area residents, nonprofits and business owners direct access to members of the board. Board meetings should include an opportunity for public comment. And then finally and again, this is one more change. We are changing a will should to will. The board will provide easy access to public documents in both electronic and printed formats, as well as in English and Spanish. I would also point out, Councilwoman Ortega, as you know, because you were at the meeting along with Council President Brooks, but there was also discussion from the community, NOLA and others about a community benefits agreement and that I made a commitment that I would raise that issue with the mayor and I will see him later this week and we will discuss that as well. So when we come back next week, you may be able to give us an update of. Correct. Okay. All right. My next question is for Kelly Lead and Kelly. Can you tell us what the additional documents are that would come before this body for approval as part of the National Western Center? Absolutely. So the mayor's office of the National Western Center, which is a creation of the mayor and is housed actually in the Webb building right now, is charged on behalf of the city. We're acting as the city's owners rep, and that's a term of art for the design and construction business. But in essence, anything related to where there's an expenditure of city funds. The Mayor's Office of the Western Center, most likely in collaboration with public works, which would be our procurement arm, will put forward two two city council design and construction contracts that in terms of executing this agreement. So anything that hits the threshold, the 500,000 threshold would come before this body for review and approval. So the document that you've been referring to, I kept calling it some kind of book, which in my mind is the blue book, but I don't think that's what we call. Our baseline. Baseline. Book. Okay. Is that a document that's approved by council? It is not. But what it what it will do is so if you think about the course of the last four years, there's been a lot of documents generated about this project. And what the baseline book does is brings everything together and organizes it into three buckets schedule budget. And scope. So all those documents get pulled together into one document. That becomes the document by which our office and the partners now are now measured and schedule is probably the easiest. In fact, the framework agreement starts to lay out some some schedule dates that show, you know, we had always said this was going to be it'd take us at least ten years to get these early phases done. We're now showing a schedule that goes faster than those original ten years. But the document, the baseline book will be a document that we will certainly share with council. It will be publicly posted. The partners will obviously we'll all use it, but at the end of the day, it's the document by which were measured and we will be providing ongoing reporting to City Council through most likely the Luti Committee, Mary Beth Committee, land use, Transportation Infrastructure Committee around our progress against those targets, just like you've seen in better Denver. So, so just to be clear, it's primarily the construction contracts that will come to count design. Design and construction. Half a million. So any of. The and and we still have finance, you know, we've only issued the first tranche of finance, the first 200 million. So we have additional tranches of finance that will come before this body as well. Okay. And just to be clear about the ongoing existence of the community, but community a community advisory committee. Is so important because of the ongoing issues. So once the I-70 construction starts, we'll see some of the same activity begin to happen at National Western. So circulation and you know, which bus routes are going to be changed and which streets are going to be closed and all of that kind of stuff, the emergency access to the neighborhood. So that ongoing dialog with the community where those conversations both with National Western and the NBCC and obviously will see that contractor now that's been selected becomes a critical part. And I see the CAC kind of playing a vital role in all of that because it represents the three neighborhoods. And absolutely, in fact, it's a lesson. You know, Marie and I were talking about this not long ago. You know, we worked on the Mile High Stadium project together and we had a similar sort of group. But once we kind of finished our work, the group disbanded. Now, obviously, that's a single project with a single purpose. This has and you just highlighted the enormous complexity that's before us, not just around the National Western Center, but the surrounding projects. And I think the Citizens Advisory Committee plays a really, really important role in how do we connect and align those. And Tim Santos and his team in the NDDC will play an equally important role in kind of connecting all the dots. But you know, and then the last piece I would say is, you know, obviously once the authority board gets up and running, we're going to start the authority board's going to be talking about the operations of the campus and the programing and having that connection to the community about their interests of their own programing, talking about the impacts for various events. I mean, today most people don't even realize there's well over 200 plus events at the National Western complex today. Most of them are pretty small and are self-contained. We all we all know the impacts of the National Service talk show. So I was at one of those yesterday. Yeah. Yeah. So I mean, all those things are really referenced. Why it's important that we continue to nurture and involve the Citizens Advisory Committee going forward. Absolutely. Okay. I'm going to save the rest of your comments. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. And with that, I see no one, no other comments. The public hearing for 939 is now closed and we'll open up to comments by members of the council, and I'll start this being the district I represent. Wow. This has been a long time coming in. I was going to say this is kind of the culmination of the two C agreement making good on what the voters approved of. But it came way before that and even came before I came on council in 2011 when the stock show was talking about leaving the city. Joe Johns, that beyond just said for 100 years they've been thinking about this day. Velasquez has many generations of parents and family who've been living in the neighborhood with this incredible stock show in and also the hope to be included in its vision. And so it feels incredibly it feels awesome to be a part of a night like this. Now, is everything perfect? No. But we're doing something that no other communities has ever done. And at a macro sense, you heard the incredible president out of the wonderful CSU University who has been getting joked on today. He's a great guy to really talk about. Feeding the world is the vision, which I think is awesome. But I think for our country, the two regions that don't talk to each other are urban and rural. And we have an opportunity to bring to bridge the urban rural divide. And I think that's incredible. There's a lot that I can say tonight. Boy, we could be here all night. But seeing as this is a special night as well, I'm going to save my comments. I have been a part of two of the four meetings with the community. It's been incredible, really trying to see the city. We have equity partners. I know a lot of folks want to just say, hey, change this and change that. We have equity partners. When you have equity partners, you just don't change. You're in a a legal agreement. So this is very complex. But the equity partners see the value of the neighborhood. And the equity partners had to approve of the non-voting members, which on the face, everybody says, what is a non-voting member? But I think it was just explained very well that there's a lot of value. It's a proxy. It's someone who gets all of the executive information. It's someone who who sits at the table, someone who is allowed to report back. But still with that. I stand with the community and say, you want a second voting member? Okay, let's go meet with the mayor. He has six choices and I stand by that commitment and we are going to have a meeting with the mayor. But this is what it's going to call from the community is organization. And the other thing that I would say is. It's not just that one member I think you all shits. We should all come together, Councilwoman Ortega as well and say, what are the guidelines? We are asking the mayor to choose from. Not just a pick six. This is in Governor Swansea. This is in District nine. We should set up the guidelines of how we picked a six. But that's going to cause a lot of organization. So I completely support that. But I'm deeply moved by the number of residents, the most the eclectic amount of residents who've come to the table speaking in English and Spanish, representing hundreds of years, representing ten years, saying, you know what? This is the right direction. We have some concerns, but let's move forward. Let me tell you right now to have Globeville, Luria, Swansea, come to this podium right now and have general support for this is a miracle. I'm not joking. It is a miracle because I've been in the meetings we've talked to and it takes a little bit for us to come together. And so that's big for the community. That's big for the city. That's big for the equity partner issue in the stock show. And I just want to thank you all, because this has been one of the most inclusive billion dollar projects that I've seen come through the city. We were just having a conversation about DIA and not being able to really get the information. We wanted it. Sorry, DIA. But it was. It's correct. And you all gave books to everyone. Some of them not opened, but you gave books to everyone on the community saying this is it. What are your thoughts? So I want to thank you for that. And I think this is the biggest test for the community now because there is a lot of there's a huge opportunity at stake. And how are we going to use these resources for the betterment of not just now, but ten years, 20 years, 30 years and all over Elyria. Swansea. So I emphatically in supporting this. I'm so proud to. Councilman Monteiro. You worked hard. You didn't get to see this day, but you really worked hard to bring it to this fruition. And so I want to thank you for your leadership. One thing, Kelly, the team, the legal team, CSU, the Rams, such a great school and people in the National Western Stock Show effort for coming to the table and saying, you know what? We want to stay in Denver for the next 100 years. Thank you. All right, next, Councilman Cashman. Thank you, Mr. President. Just to clarify, Councilwoman Monteiro did get to see this day, just not from the dais. There you go. Thanks. Want to scare anybody alive and well to say. Very good clarification. Thank you. Sir. I know I was a little bit shook. Yeah, this is really an exciting night. It's. It's a night of great opportunity as well as great challenge. I remember when I was still in the newspaper business and I heard that the National Western was was thinking of moving to Aurora. What do you what are you talking about? It's the stock show. It's Denver. It can't move to Aurora. And I was heartened when I heard discussions kicking up that maybe that that wouldn't happen. And when the deal started to formulate and the stock show was going to stay, and then and then in discussions, I hear there's there's going to be a festival park out there. And the city's been talking about a festival park and how much we need that got a little bit more excited. But it was and I had the opportunity to tell President Frank this a few minutes ago, that a couple of years ago I got the opportunity to attend a dinner on the eve of the stock show and and hear Tony Frank talk about the research that could take place on this campus, really going a long way to address hunger around the world and to change the way food production is handled and look at issues of of clean water in the environment. That's what really got me excited about this project. And yeah, the stock show will be spiffy and new and it'll be great for the next 5000 years, but we really have an opportunity to do some very special stuff there. That being said, 100% support what I hear coming from the community. I think a formal community benefit benefits agreement makes great sense. I think a second voting member is probably doable. I hope I hope that it is. And you know, excuse me, I forgot the neighbors name who who testified, but about having the opportunity for women in the community to to do a purvey their skills on the site. I'm thinking of something like komal out a taxi where where the Latino women came in, come in and not only prepare spectacular meals, but but learn how to get themselves into the restaurant business. So I just along with President Brooks, I talk all day about the opportunities it's spectacular project and I still share. A lot of concern that. This has to be done well, or this neighborhood could get beat up along the way more than it needs to. So Mr. Lane and his crew have a heck of a job ahead of them. And work hard, sir. Work hard. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. Councilman Cashman. Councilman Espinosa. Crystal. Crystal, thanks for the answers and Kelly as well. And hey, I don't know how that whole conversation manifests itself, but that to me is I'm I'm grateful to know that some member of the community brought that up to your guys's attention and that not only did you respond, but you responded in a way that I would have been sitting there if I'd been sitting in that meeting begging for you guys to include. And so hopefully part of the reason why we have a community member and why we have a backup plan and a proxy for that is because, you know, well, Rafael's going to sit there and he's going to rail on us, do the so I great answers and thank you for including both you know I will be supporting this because this framework gets the gist right and is better than. Far better than it could have been. And I appreciate the work that you guys have been doing over these years and more recently since the vote. With regard to community dollars, though, now I think I get frustrated how we hide behind the legal lane that this consortium is operating in. I understand it, but the fact remains that this whole thing was in part borne out of a willingness by the stock show to leave. You know, bartering. One municipality versus us and essentially abandoning. They would have essentially abandoned Greece with land that was devalued by an elevated highway. And contamination in this city pumped millions into staff and consultants to benefit the stock show directly and the equity partners as well. And we've been pumping those millions through the MDC, the NWC for years, through the planners that we've hired to master planning process, the Globeville process. And yeah, there's a community component to all those things, but all of those are advisory. So that's why you keep me hearing me hammer about the community aspects on things that are legally binding. This is where we can actually give the results to the community in the same way we're giving them to the partners. And so I appreciate the fact when you do get those wins, because this is where they matter the most. We can document and we can put all these things on a piece of paper and a spreadsheet and talk about how we know what this community needs. But until we start delivering on them. One member said it best he didn't support. All in faith. So there is a ton of faith in this community in everything that has transpired over the last five years. This framework, though, is the one tool that you need to get going. So just be mindful that you know this this is that next piece and use it. All of you guys, the equity partners, CSU as well, to to to start moving forward on your on your on your initiatives, in your goals. But recognize that all those things you've memorialized. Do what you can to capture them, because this community is desperately wanting needing those issues addressed. Thanks. Thanks. Councilman Espinosa, Councilman Lopez. Thank you. Council president. So I, you know, I've been paying attention to this for quite a while, I think since two C at its birth. And, you know, seeing folks go door to door in the community and hearing overwhelmingly that this is a project that that needs to happen. It's part of our history. It's part of our heritage. We can go on and on with the two key talking points. But the thing that we had to take away from it the most is every single precinct, this was supported. There's a lot of support citywide, and that also comes from the community to have some of the folks I recognize from the community since back in my organizing days and to see them here testifying in support really means a lot to me as well to. Let me let me just say this. I think this partnership with the National Western, with CSU, with Denver, I think this is something that only comes along when you have a lot of different people at the table and a lot of commitment. Right. And and I really appreciate the leadership and it's the willingness to be at the table from Colorado State University. I think it's it's absolutely necessary when we talk about the future of agriculture. Right. Like any other study. And this is the best university to do this, right? This is the very principle of CSU. The very roots of it is that in history and I think of the purpose of, you know, well, we all know the purpose of the public body of the government and to, you know, help accomplish the things that we cannot do individually. And then I think of the purpose of the university, and that's to be that beacon of knowledge, to provide that research, right, to do that research to teach, but not to keep it behind the ivory walls. Right. The ivory tower. But to bring it out into the community and share it with the public good. The knowledge that we have in whatever institution of higher learning that is the purpose that it serves. And to see that kind of mix together and take place in a community where we absolutely need it. Where for three decades, ladies and gentlemen, we've been wanting to see a grocery store. Access to fresh food. There are a lot of things that I think in my day organizing under the Cross Community Coalition with Lorraine Granado is my as one of my mentors and saying there's a lot of work that needs to happen in this community and we cannot do it alone and we are going to die not being able to finish it all. That's just how big of a movement this is and how big of an effort we have to have and. That was 15. 15 years ago. And that still has that still continues. This is one of those opportunities that we have an opportunity just to really bring these different folks together, these different organizations, different efforts together to really address this need, not just in the community but in our city. Right. In this partnership, that takes it to a completely different level. It's a lining of very important stars. And I think, like I said before, it would be a shame if we kept it behind the walls of government for the benefit of government, for the benefit of contractors or whatever our for the behind the ivory walls of the university just to sit on a shelf and say, this is the study we found with this, you know, our our our one institution. And I think. We all want. Our two confused, Dr. Frank said, are two. Are one. Ah, one. I'm sorry. Thank you. I keep mixing that up. The. The, ah, one institution. And I think. What I'm trying to say is. We have the right people at the table. And we have a challenge in front of us. We need to solve this challenge. And we need to start with the community that we are in. My ask and from day one. It's not my. My district, not the neighborhood I was born and raised in. But something that I know has been a big issue that we knocked on a lot of those doors is. Let's end that food desert. If it's about if this is what it's about and this is this alignment of the right folks at the table, let's put an end to the food desert out in Greece. And let's do it the right way. Let's do it as as this proud woman got up and said. Give us the opportunity to prove who we are to what we're capable of. Right. Those are the community benefits that we're talking about. Of course, you know, there are community benefits that you can write in any agreement and stuff like that. But we have to make a real commitment because if we can't change the community around us, then we have no business trying to change the world around us. Right. And I think that's going to be, you know, something pivotal. Those jobs. Right. The ability to actually put people in those scholarships, banning from from from the stock show. I think that's that's just a critical opportunity. The last thing I'm going to say is that and I and I heard what what someone somebody had said earlier about our culture and in the history of of Western culture. There's something that we don't talk about that we should be. And I think, of course, in silence this poem I am walking. And I think of the fact that the American cowboy and not Western culture comes from us. The people that they point and say, those are not Americans, us. The Aguero's. Americanos, the folks who live in these communities and call this home. We did reveal. That's why it's called Reveal. That vaquero, that culture comes from us, the adobe and our buildings, those bricks that we use that comes from us hundreds of years ago. That corn, that grain comes from our ancestors thousands of years ago. And what a shame. The hundreds of years later, we cannot benefit from it. And I think this is the opportunity for us to actually turn that around, to close that, to close that gap and to finally say, you know what? Your ancestors taught my ancestors a long time ago to survive in this rough Western climate. We are finally going to. We're going to we're going to turn it right back around. And I think that's one opportunity that we have. And I've been thinking about this for a while, Dr. Frank, and this has been brewing in my head for a while. I was like, Man, what a what, a what? What an opportunity that we have not just in front of us for the next hundred years, but in front of us for the past 300 for the next 300. And that's the way we should be thinking. So thank you so much. You know, it gives me a lot of proud, a lot of Pride Counseling Council president to to see something like this, an opportunity be created in in Globeville, Larry and Swansea out with the National Western Authority. National Western Center Authority. Thank you all for all of your hard work. Everybody in the room, including the community. And I think the Broncos are tied at seven seven. Thank you. Councilman Lopez, I think the CSU team will be looking forward to you taking them out, apologizing for this. Hey, man, he was the one that made the silly bet. That wasn't even just Councilman Ortega. Mr. Nice bookend. So I first want to. Extend my gratitude and appreciation to Kelly for the role that you've played in in guiding this project and this process to where we are here tonight. Your leadership has played an important role in bringing the community together and really making sure that all of these issues have been dealt with. I want to just list off the names of other people who have been key and active participants in the process. Jen There you are over there. Gretchen Crystal. Pat and Paul from National Western, Tony, Frank from CSU and your staff who have sat in on most of the CAC meetings, all of the residents from the community who have participated in the CEC meetings and whether you're a voting member or not, you know, residents from the community have come and made sure that their voice was heard. And I appreciate the discussion at the last three meetings that really moved this agreement. There was, you know, a document handed out to everybody and. You all listen to what the residents were saying and came back with some changes. It wasn't exactly what everybody wanted, but it was significant movement to show there was sincere listening and partnership in this process. Maria and Terence, thank you both for your role as co-chairs of this committee process. I just want to mention that part of the history with National Western in these neighborhoods goes back a long, a long way. And Pat played a very key role in working with the cross-community coalition in helping to raise funds to build the building that focus points is now in that was cross-community home in pat. You know I know the community and Lorraine was very grateful for your role in helping bring dollars to the table that they were not successful in attracting on their own. So this partnership continues and the neighbors have been full and active members of this process in ensuring, again, that their their voice was being heard. I also, Councilman Cashman, would like to see that community benefits agreement. It's something that we've talked about from from day one. It's been a part of the conversation with the neighborhood and in Kelly and the process as it's moved along. And there are some things that are in the works that will be part of that community benefits agreement, the roll up, you know, and the conversation about, well, gee, what is that going to generate? It's not going to really be enough for the community to offset the impact that they're going to be dealing with from construction to, you know, traffic to who knows what all those issues might be. But the the fact that the community is an active partner and those issues will be put on the table is part of the ongoing existence of the Community Advisory Committee, the fact that there will be representation and I'm committed to sitting in on the meeting with Councilman Brooks and the mayor to advocate for that second voting member, because I think that is important to ensure that that is part of the full participation. You know, we're not saying add another member to the 11 member board. We're saying one of those six members should be another voting member. So you have equal representation as the other two partners, because I see the community as the third leg of this stool. The the work that Tim Sanders will be doing as part of the index and helping to bring everybody together to look at standing up that infrastructure, if you will, for what would be the community investment fund beneficiary, if you will, is is really important because it it I see it also tying into part of the conversation with the mayor. But it also allows the opportunity for not just whatever could be generated by the complex itself, but there have been conversations about the fact that we still don't have enough money to do the improvements on the 300 homes left within the 500 footprint of the I-70 corridor. And, you know, that could be the vehicle to to put some of those dollars into you know, the community has been working on the community land trust to deal with an immediate and real issue these neighborhoods are dealing with today. And it's the displacement of families that cannot afford to stay in their own neighborhood. And if we could jump start getting some resources into that fund to try to buy some of those homes and save the houses so that, you know, people can stay in the neighborhood. We know some of those homes are in horrible condition and may be better off being raised than, you know. It'll cost more money to improve them than it will to build something new on those sites. But having control of that land in the community is is going to be really important to addressing so many of the issues that are kind of coming at these folks from all different directions, from the construction going on on Brighton Boulevard and what will be happening on the river and I-70 and National Western and how were they going to get in and out of their neighborhood when all of this construction is happening? And it's why all of these pieces need to interrelate with one another. It's why the index was created in the first place to ensure that these things aren't all happening in in silos, but they're all working together. I have been an active participant in this process, mostly through my staff person, Susan Aldouri, who has sat in on most of these meetings. But I attended the last, I think, three or four of the CCAC where, you know, the conversation has furthered along. And really it's in large part from the residents standing up and saying, this is what we need, this is what we want. And and again, that genuine listening that was part of this process. So I am happy to support this, to move it forward. But I'm committed to the ongoing efforts that need to happen to ensure that the community benefit agreement is in place and that we work towards trying to get that second voting member and making sure that this is the world class facility that we've all envisioned it to be. And, you know, I can remember one of my first council meetings in 2011. There were actually it was Councilman Brown and I were talking to colleagues saying we need a letter signed by all 13 council members because by golly, none of us are going to let National Western move out of Denver. And so that really was the beginning of the conversations of how do we then look at how we keep them here and what is needed to keep this critical asset that has been part of the history of Denver in the city of Denver and not in Aurora. Nothing, nothing against our friends in Aurora. But this is a Denver icon. And so it's important that this process move forward to keep this asset here and the relationships and the opportunities that will be afforded to the residents of this community and the broader community as a whole. So thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilwoman Ortega. Last words, it's been moved in. Second amount of secretary roll call. Clark. Hi. Espinosa. Right. Flynn I friend in Cashman. Lopez Hi. Ortega. Sussman Hi, Mr. President. I please close the voting. And as a result. Nine eyes or see the grimace? Yes, nine eyes. Yes, you're right. Nine Eyes Council Bill 939 has passed. Congratulations on everybody's hard work. Seeing no other business before this body. We stand adjourned. Go, Broncos.