HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986 Resolution No. 056l!l::SOLU'flON NO. ~
s 1mrns oF 1986
/\ HESOWTION IN SUPPORT 0~' A NEW EXIIIIJITION SP/\CE CONVENTION
CEN 'l'l-:H FOR ·rm, llENEFIT OF 'l'IIE DENVER METROPOLI'l'/\N /\REA AND STATE
1JF •.'01,0H/\ll0 , TO llE llUIL'l' IN 1'111•: CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.
Wlll::R E/\S , ii ne w 300,000 squa re foot exhibition space
c1rnV t't1 t:ion cent e r is a major economic de velopment; and
1mERE/\S, 2 00,000 new vi s itors will s pend ne ar ly
$20 0,000,000 attending conve ntion s ; nnd
WIIEREA S , th ~ s ite for the ne w convention c e nte r has been
d0si11 1u 1tet.1 i.n a n ar e n bounded by Broadwc1y, Ch e rokee, 13th Avenue
n n rl 11 th /\venu e in the City and County of Denver; and
1mrnr-:/\S, the C ity and County of De nver has provided a
mf'thod o f financinq a mode rn, competitive facility; and
WIIERE/\S, llenve r Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG)
Con ve ntion Cen ter Metropolitan Financing •rask Force, ~fter
num e r o us public mee tings a nd discussions, recommendec.i statewide
financinl a s s istance for a n appropri~te portion of the center,
s p ec ifica lly for the land for the center, by way of an appropria-
t i o n from th e Colorado Gen~ral Assembly; and
~/IIER E/1 S , the r ,-,•.,gress of Local Governments resolved that
t h e State of Color,,.m enact legislation and fnnding commensurate
with benefits that will be realized by the ~ .. Lire metropolitan
arrA Rnd th e State of Colorado;
NO\'I, 1'HEREFORE, BE IT I\F.SO!.VED BY 'l'IIE CI'l'Y COUNCIL OF THE
CI 'l'Y OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, THAT:
Section l. 1'he City of Englewood hereby supports the,
r ecommendation of the DRCOG Convention Center Task Force.
Sec tion 2. The Englewood City Council requests the
Co lorado General Assembly, and specifically the Representatives
and Senators representing its District, to provide the necessary
assistance to acquire the land for the proposed convention
ce nter.
ADOPTED /\NIJ APPROVED t "is 1st day of December, 1986.
L. Ots, Mayor
I, Mary Ann Gregory, Acting City Clerk for the City of
r.nqlewood , Colora do, h e reby certify that the for e go ing is a true
co py of Reso lution No.£, Series of 1986.
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