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Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us on Tuesday on Monday, March 10th.

Tonight's meeting is being interpreted into Spanish.

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Thank you for having us, everyone.

My name is Sam Guzman with the CLC.

And along with my colleague Alejandro, we will be interpreting today's meeting into Spanish.

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Welcome to the Denver City Council meeting on Monday, March 10th, 2025.

Council members, please rise as you are able and join Pro Tem Romero Campbell and the Pledge of Allegiance.

I'd like to the United States of America and the Republic for which you stand one nation under God individual with liberty and justice for all.

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Seeing none, the minutes stand approved.

Council announcements.

Are there any council announcements this afternoon?

Councilwoman Gilmar.

Thank you, Council President.

I um didn't think I was gonna go first, but I will go first.

Um thank you so much, Council President.

Um first uh I would like to uh thank City Council One for their past legislation to allow Denver Parks and Rack to give back Buffalo uh to our American Indian um brothers and sisters and this was um I think the sixth year that the city has done this and want to recognize that Council President Sandoval and Council Pro Tem Um Romero Campbell were out there, but that we know in spirit the rest of City Council um was with us and that uh as we're working on Indigenous People's Day legislation in the city and county of Denver as well.

Because I think it's so important that we don't gloss over how we got here.

And it was a very, very meaningful morning, and some of those relationships have taken years to cultivate.

And we do in Denver have legislation around the Buffalo give back, and it sunsets in 2030.

And I know I've mentioned this before, but um for some of the the tribes to be able to get the land set up to bring Buffalo back through fencing, um, you know, livestock shoots, et cetera, to make sure that they can take care of them.

Um it takes two or three years to do that.

And so we're in 2025, and so we don't want to um push up against that 2030 sunset.

Um, would love to see that um be made in perpetuity, and I think we're um moving in a really great direction with that.

And so wanted to recognize um all of the important work that the mountain park staff do because day in and day out, they get up really early and they go feed them when it's freezing cold out there, they go break the water so that they can um take care of them, and so they do all of that work.

Um, also um, and so wanted to uh thank everyone for that, and it's so so significant.

Um, my second announcement um is that in relationship to the Buffalo give back and what we're doing on that side.

We also need to acknowledge that there um is an epidemic that we have in our city around missing and murdered indigenous relatives, and so that is something that is so important.

And um, my daughter and I were invited on uh Saturday evening to attend the vigil and memorial for Marcy D.

Fairchild.

And so I want to hold up Marcy's uh flyer that her family made for her and read just a little bit about it about her and her life.

Um, Marcy D.

Fairchild, she was born in 1968 and passed away, or we think um there was a homicide possibly involved with her in um 2024.

And currently in the city and county of Denver, we have about 45 missing individuals that I would ask publicly for the Denver Police Department to start that important work with the missing and murdered indigenous relatives task force.

The state has done really important work along this, and I think modeled after their work.

There's certainly work that Denver Police Department and others can do in uh hopefully finding out information sooner so that we can make sure and um support the families, and if we act soon enough, sometimes we actually can locate people and find them instead of um having to unfortunately have a vigil from for Marcy uh because I don't believe we got the attention that her family or the community needed, and so um wanted to publicly state that so that we can continue that work together uh hopefully in the 2026 budget as well because it takes resources to be able to do this work uh in a respectful way and help the community.

Thank you, Council President Sandoval.

Thank you, Councilman Gilmar.

Uh next step, Pro Tem Romero Campbell.

Thank you, Council President.

Um, I just uh also wanted to say it was just an inspiring day.

I had the honor of being up there today for the um the Buffalo transfer.

The Buffalo Transfer.

I was gonna say, I was like the Buffalozation of moving.

Um it was inspiring, and it just makes me very proud that this is what our city does in a time where we can't control everything, but we definitely um this is something that we get to be a part of, and it was such an honor.

Uh I had a announcement about Tuesday, next Tuesday, that's March 18th.

Um, we are going to have a bond committee meeting in partnership with districts, district four, district five, and district six.

So um Councilman Cashman and Council uh woman Sawyer.

Uh it is going to be at Most Precious Blood starting at 5 15 to 6 45.

Very fun time.

And uh just to invite everyone to come and participate in that conversation.

Um excited to have it and to hear from the voices in our community.