2011
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 11-1013
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Ramirez, Beezley, Peniston, Soper,
       Acree, Balmer, Barker, Baumgardner, Becker, Brown, Casso, Conti,
       Coram, Court, DelGrosso, Duran, Ferrandino, Fields, Fischer,
       Gardner B., Gardner D., Gerou, Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst,
       Jones, Joshi, Kagan, Kefalas, Kerr A., Kerr J., Labuda, Lee, Levy,
       Liston, Looper, Massey, McCann, Miklosi, Murray, Nikkel, Pabon,
       Pace, Priola, Riesberg, Ryden, Schafer S., Scott, Solano, Sonnenberg,
       Stephens, Summers, Swalm, Swerdfeger, Szabo, Todd, Tyler, Vaad,
       Vigil, Waller, Williams A., Wilson, McNulty;
       also SENATOR(S) Steadman and Hudak and Mitchell, Aguilar,
       Bacon, Boyd, Brophy, Cadman, Carroll, Foster, Giron, Grantham,
       Guzman, Harvey, Heath, Hodge, Jahn, Johnston, King K., King S.,
       Kopp, Lambert, Lundberg, Morse, Newell, Nicholson, Renfroe,
       Roberts, Scheffel, Schwartz, Shaffer B., Spence, Tochtrop, White,
       Williams S..
       
         CONCERNING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY
            OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. 
       
          WHEREAS, On April 4, 2011, the City of Westminster will observe
       its 100th anniversary; and
       
          WHEREAS, After the first homesteaders arrived in 1870, the
       population gradually increased in the area that would later become
       Westminster; and
       
          WHEREAS, The Village of Harris, named after real estate developer
       C. J. Harris, was incorporated as the Town of Westminster, Colorado, on
       April 4, 1911, by a citizen vote of 29 in favor and six opposed; and
       
               
       
       
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, The town was named for Westminster University, which
       was built in the 1890s on the Crown Point property and closed in 1917;
       and
       
          WHEREAS, The Town of Westminster continued to grow and soon
       became the center for some of the largest apple and cherry orchards in the
       country; and
       
          WHEREAS, Westminster remained a quiet rural town northwest of
       Denver until the 1950s, when the Colorado state highway department
       constructed the Denver-Boulder turnpike bisecting Westminster and
       contributing to Westminster's growth; and
       
          WHEREAS, Determined to gain more control over its future,
       Westminster elected a 21-member charter convention to draft and review
       a new charter, which charter was approved by voters in January 1958,
       making the Town of Westminster the City of Westminster; and
       
          WHEREAS, Providing a safe and adequate water supply has been at
       the forefront of Westminster's growth since incorporation; and
       
          WHEREAS, Westminster took a proactive approach to dealing with
       the community's rapid growth, creating a growth management plan in
       1977 that called for allocating service commitments as a method to
       manage water and other key resources; and
       
          WHEREAS, Westminster balanced its growth with the establishment
       of an open space program in 1986 to preserve and protect natural areas
       and the beautiful vistas that contribute to the unique character of
       Westminster, and the program has preserved over 32% of the city's land
       area as open space and green space and created over 83 miles of multi-use
       trails; and
       
          WHEREAS, Westminster's first 100 years are rich in history with
       monumental milestones that have made it the community it is today; now,
       therefore,
       
          
       
       
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
       
          That we hereby recognize the year 2011 as the City of Westminster's
       centennial and congratulate the city as it embarks on its next 100 years of
       history.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       City of Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally, Westminster City Manager
       Brent McFall, and the members of the Westminster City Council.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Frank McNulty                    Brandon C. Shaffer 
       SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                    PRESIDENT OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                        Cindi Markwell
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                SECRETARY OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE