Welcome to this meeting of the mayor and Denver City Council.

At this weekly session, city agencies brief the mayor and council members on various proposals and projects across the city.

This meeting of the mayor and city council members begins now.

Hello everybody, welcome again.

All of the laughing and having fun needs to cease so we can get to work.

Thank you.

Great to see you all.

Thanks for being at Mayor Council.

We are excited to start with some introductions, and we're looking forward to talking about uh sixteenth Street Mall reopening coming up in the weeks ahead.

But first, we'll love the introductions.

The fine gentleman to my right would like to start us off.

Thank you very much, Mayor Paul Cashman, South County District.

I thought I needed to change it up just for a new adjective.

Totally fair.

Amanda Sorry, District Five.

Uh Sadena Gonzalez, one of the council members at large.

I think you stole Watson's line.

I'm taking it back right now.

Good morning, Diana Romero, Campbell, Southeast Denver District Four.

Jamie Torres, West Denver District Three.

Great.

Uh thank you all so much for being here.

Um want to start with uh announcements.

If any members have announcements they want to share for other members or the career, the listening public.

I think I will go to the medaled council member for district ten.

Uh well, Mr.

Mayor, as I was cruising ten miles down Colfax through the beautiful Mile High Stadium in a perfect 10, coming up uh 17th Avenue and to City Park in the Fine District Nine.

I kept looking for uh our distinguished mayor.

I didn't see you anywhere on a far ahead.

And so the announcement I want to share is uh congratulations to Copacs Marathon for an amazing weekend of uh two days and I think eight runs, eight different types of uh running events uh throughout the city.

It's a great opportunity to demonstrate um how Denver puts health of our communities forward at first.

And at Copacks Marathon, um, each of the nonprofits that receive so many dollars.

Um, it's just a great day for family and fun, great sunshine.

So that was an excellent day.

So I just want to say thank you.

And I saw a lot of folks from your team, Mr.

Mayor, are running the relay.

So congratulations to the city employees that ran on Sunday as well.

I have one quick announcement on Wednesday, May 21st from 4 30 to 6 p.m.

at the Blair Calwell Historic History Um Library and Museum.

Um, we're having a community meeting to discuss kind of the um the keeping of the artifacts at the Blair Caldwell Library.

It's gonna be hosted by Mayor Webb and Dr.

Ross.

It's important for folks to come out to share your thoughts as to what ways we can support Denver Public Library in maintaining the archives of the Black History Museum that's on that third floor.

So once again, May 21st, um 4 30 to 6 p.m.

at the Blair Caldwell Library 24th and Walton.

Excellent.

Thank you so much, Councilman.

Congrats on your fantastic race.

Councilman Gonzalez Terris.

Thank you.

Um, after you go to that event, you can come over to the um senior uh Zion Senior Center from 6 to 8 p.m.

Um, and that's where Councilwoman Parity and I will be hosting um a community conversation uh with the Office of Independent Monitor and the Citizen Oversight Board as they present their 2024 annual reports about police and sheriff actions and oversight.

Uh so we will have folks from our safety department also present and would love to have people come through 6 to 8 on Wednesday, May 21st at the Zion Senior Center.

Thank you so much.

Any other announcements before we move on?

We have two exciting uh items on the agenda for today, and then we do have a um yes, that's right, there's two exciting items on the agenda.

Any other announcements?

Great.

Okay, we have um uh two items.