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Prescott City Council Combined Study Session/ Regular Voting Meeting — October 14, 2008 Page 4 B. Tammy Linn re Building Prescott Park One Tile at a Time in Suchitoto, El Salvador. Tammy Linn gave a presentation on the Building Prescott Park One Tile at a Time project in Suchitoto, El Salvador. She then introduced Tracy Williams, owner of Ace's Painting Place, located at 404 W. Goodwin, who is working with Tammy and provides the tiles at a reduced rate, and paint/firing, and also assists with the credit card payments. II. PROCLAMATIONS A. October 2008 — United Way of Yavapai County Month Councilman Bell read the proclamation proclaiming October 2008 as United Way of Yavapai County Month, and presented it to Mike Whiting, Executive Director, and Don Schaeffer. B. October 18, 2008 — American Diabetes Association's Americans Step Out to Fight Diabetes Day in Prescott Councilwoman Lopas read the proclamation proclaiming October 18, 2008 as American Diabetes Association's Americans Step out to Fight Diabetes Day in Prescott, and presented it to Nancy Wahl, Chairman of the Walk this year. Ms. Wahl gave some information on the walk which was taking place on October 18. She said that people could register the morning of the race, or they could register prior to the race on line at www.diabetes.org/stepout. III. PRESENTATIONS B. Presentation of G.E.M. (Going the Extra Mile) Award. Mr. Norwood explained that the GEM Award was part of the City's employee program and was generated from the Raving Fan Award for customer service. He said that they don't give the award out very often; this is only the second one, with the first going to Tim Burkeen. Mr. Norwood said that it is something they take serious and someone has to really go the "extra mile" to be considered. He then presented the award to Becky Garvin for her work as Special Events Coordinator. He said that when a person in charge of the types of events held by Prescott, it has to be done professionally and Ms. Garvin has conveyed that in her work. Ms. Garvin thanked Mr. Norwood and the Council for the award.