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I'd like to call to order the city C

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Council cus meeting for January 8th

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2024 we have two items for original

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consideration if the clerk would please

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read item number one for consideration a

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resolution authorizing is design to

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enter into agreement with the New York

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City Department of Transportation for

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implementation and funding in the first

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instance 100% for the federal aid and

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state Market Sal program a eligible cost

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of the Transportation federal aid

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project and appropriating funds for

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Crane Street Bridge rehab rehabilitation

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New York State Department of

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Transportation pin number 1762 .36

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discussed in committee with an objection

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on consent item number two item number

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two for original consideration a

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resolution recognizing the contributions

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of 518 elevated and recognizing January

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as National mentoring month this item

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will be taken out of order and presented

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by councilman Williams if there's

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nothing more to come before the city

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council caucus I ask for a motion to

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adjourn all those in favor I we're I'd

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like to call the order city council

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meeting for Monday January 8th

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2024 and I'd like to call on rivan Amari

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to do the

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invitation Dr Martin Luther King uh

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whose birthday we celebrate in the

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coming weeks is quoted to have said as

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early as 1956 and I quote with some

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addition that the end of nonviolence is

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foration the end is redemption so the

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aftermath of violence isness but the

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aftermath of violence is the creation of

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the Beloved

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Community As We Gather asistive body of

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this community we before the ction

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birthday legy we are reminded of many

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hopes and aspirations of the community

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that led struggles for civil rights for

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all our square a project of the

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commission of religion and race of the

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United Methodist Church identifies 25

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traits of the Beloved Community First

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suggested by Dr Arthur Wright As We

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Gather in prayer this evening there are

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five of those traits I'd like to

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highlight to encourage the legislative

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and governance leadership of this body

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for our beloved's concy the Beloved

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Community is expressed in the following

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ways one exhibits personal authenticity

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true respect and validation of others

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two recognition and affirmation not

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eradication of difference three builds

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increasing levels of trust and works to

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avoid fear of difference and others four

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focuses energy on removing evil forces

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not destroying persons and five promotes

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human rights and works to create a

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non-racist society would you join me in

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prayer omniscient everpresent and all

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powerful source of goodness We Gather

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this evening asking that you bestow on

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these your children your gifts of Peace

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wisdom fellowship and strength we pray

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that these values of beloved Community

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those who inspired in Josiah Roy Martin

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Luther King and Arthur Wright will

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continue to inspire our work and

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Leadership with this community Inspire

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us all I pray and Inspire these your

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children the president of the council

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and the council members the mayor and

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everyone who labors to govern the

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municipality with your presence and as

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Paul the Apostle encouraged the church

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in Philippi this your service may be

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encouraged if anything is excellent and

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if anything is admirable focus on all

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your thoughts on these things all that

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is true all that is Holy all that is

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just all that is pure all that is lovely

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and all that is worthy of Praise may it

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be so in the name of everything that is

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Holy good and righteous amen amen thank

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you Reverend I'd like to call in

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councilman M Mancini toas in the

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pledge I plge

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Unice thank

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you if the clerk could please complete

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the roll

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call Mr muon pres Mr

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Toro Mr Farley is absent

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here we have one out of order resolution

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recognizing the contributions of 518

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elevated and I'd like to call on

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councilman Williams to present this

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resolution those of us those are here to

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accept it please join us behind the

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rail

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come behind the rail on the other side

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yes thank

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you I beg your pardon oh of course yes I

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thought you were coming to be

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a may I have the floor you have the

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floor sir all right before I begin with

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this this resolution I would just like

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to outline that I am a a direct

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recipient of mentorship and although not

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this program to definitely the

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generosity of a community of individuals

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that felt it in their best interest to

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impart some wisdom on a young individual

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like myself so I'm very honored to your

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presenting this

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today so today a resolution recognizing

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the contributions of 518 elevated and

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recognizing January as National Mentor

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mentoring month whereas 518 elevated was

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founded in 1997 as Capital Region

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sponsor a scholar in Alban New York and

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whereas 518 elevated now covers all of

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the counties that Encompass the capital

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region of New York and has graduated

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over 350 people through its program and

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who have earned a post-secondary degree

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and whereas 518 elevated is now known

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for its specialized programs mentoring

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professional guidance and academic and

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financial support for qualifying

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participants in the Capitol region and

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whereas by assembling a network of

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Business Leaders educational Advocates

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and dedicated volunteers promising youth

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are provided opportunities and access to

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higher education that may be otherwise

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unav unavailable and whereas 518

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elevated has promoted mentoring through

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its partway Pathways to college program

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engaging members of the community to

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participate and share networks knowledge

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and expertise with students from across

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the region and whereas January is known

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as National mentoring month an annual

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campaign dedicated to raising awareness

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about the power and impact of mentoring

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and to recognize and honor the

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contributions of mentors now therefore

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be it resolved that the connected city

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council and Mayor Gary R McCarthy do

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hereby pause in their deliberation to

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recognize 518 elevated staff and

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volunteers for their continued

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dedication to providing Equitable

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educational opportunities to students

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and work ready adults in the capital

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region including skincity and applaud

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510 elevated for its accomplishments in

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the city and County of skty and the

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region and i' like to move a resolution

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I need a second please second all those

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in favor I congratulations to

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pass I didn't know I get to say

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anything thank you very much um the work

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that we do is a testament you know as he

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said um mentoring brings students

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opportunities exposure and networks that

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they may not get otherwise so we're

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happy to continue that in the city of

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skty and Beyond and thank you for

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recognizing um us and the volunteers and

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the organization we are honored thank

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you and I'd also like to um thank our

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director of development Miss Alexandria

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Carver for bringing this to our

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attention so we could pass so we could

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have this

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resolution and need approval of the

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minutes for uh December 26th and January

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2024 second by Mr Williams all those in

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favor I ask the clerk to please read any

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Communications and

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petitions Communications presented to

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the city council for Monday January 8th

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2024 under official from the mayor a

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list of appointments dated January 8th

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2024 under General from Thomas Kennedy

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connect GOP chair and email regarding a

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closed meeting held by the Council on

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December 28th 2023 at 5:30 stating that

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this meeting was a violation of the New

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York State op meeting law and under

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petitions there were

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none thank you at a call on city council

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members for any committee

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reports this time we have privilege of

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the floor um related to the legislative

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agenda and I have no one signed up to

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speak so I declare the public comment on

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the legislative agenda

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closed as for approval of the

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legislative consent agenda need a motion

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Miss Patrick second by Mr mutar all in

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I we'll now have privilege of the floor

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related to the to General City business

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and again I have no one signed up to

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speak so if there's someone here that

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doesn't know the process and wanted to

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speak okay all right then um if you

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would just come to the

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microphone

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and we would need to state your name and

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I need to let you know that you have

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three minutes to speak uh uh good good

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uh actually good night my name is Andre

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Gerard uh some people know me as AKA uh

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triple

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OG um I am uh the founder the CEO as

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well as the executive director of a

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business called gang affiliated

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nonviolent guidance over here in

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skincity

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um I'm making a diligent effort um to

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give back to the community of which once

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I I was um part of

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Destruction um at 51 years old uh my

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calling is to reduce violence um I am

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very active in the community they know

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me um I have't I have issues with

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financing uh my business I have been

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recently attacked by um you know um the

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sheriff department they decided to take

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away the community

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Unity um you know I I purchased a

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community Unity truck to help you know

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um provide food you know and uh hats and

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shirts you know to to the community that

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I'm reducing violence in and uh I have a

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lot of support but I noticed that I get

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I'm loved and I'm hated you know I just

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and then I I don't know or I'm not

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properly um I would say um I know

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there's money and there's resources that

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would be much happy that I am taking uh

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a leading role in uh reducing violence

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in SKC and when I say violence I am

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promoting hugs no slugs and you know I

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had just have a way of you know

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interacting with the youth when they see

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gang affiliated non-violent guidance I

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mean they just they just come to me and

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just explain to me the things that is

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going on I have stopped a lot of murders

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violence uh stabbings I can tell you

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that there's a lot of domestic violence

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and connecti and all I am striving to do

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is my part and um my name is Andre

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Gerard um I am right-wing working class

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I am

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GOP my business other business is called

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uh black Republican movement ww.com you

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can go and lo log on and find out more

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about black Republican movement.com here

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in SKC in the

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518 um uh I I'm just grateful to be able

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to uh you know do cookouts and reach out

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to the people out here in skincity who

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are homeless who are veterans uh who are

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going through issues with addiction and

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stuff like that I just I'm out in the

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streets and I also have secular

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knowledge on a different level so it's

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just you know I just know how to uh

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interact with the people it's just that

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you know um it's just terrible what's

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going on it's a very crisis is a

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terrible crisis of violence in uh sken

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and uh if it's not addressed properly um

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it's going to end up like another you

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know Albany or you know Troy and

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hopefully uh you know um I can help with

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you know get some resources to reach out

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to the youth because you know when they

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don't have activities and recre ational

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things to uh participate and they just

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uh you know find you know themselves in

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trouble thank

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you Elizabeth

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Walsh good evening

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all my name is Elizabeth Walsh I reside

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in The Stockade neighborhood I come

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before you today not only as a resident

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of The Stockade neighborhood but also as

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a planner who is committed to advocating

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for walkable vibrant neighborhoods and

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climate resilient regions where everyone

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can Thrive a little over a year ago I

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moved here from Denver Colorado where I

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taught Community Development at the

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University of Colorado University of

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Denver this is the first time in 25

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years of living in urban neighborhoods

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that I've not been able to safely walk

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bike or take a bus to meet all of my

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weekly basic

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needs uh thankfully with your

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collaborative leadership with uh all

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sorts of public sector Civic and private

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Partners uh and your strategic

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Investments a future of Transit oriented

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sustainable development is on the

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horizon thank you for all you have done

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in collaboration with County officials

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to support Transit oriented development

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one of the key priorities from the SKC

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2020 comprehensive

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plan

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um pardon me which was adopted in 208

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it's been so exciting to see the Gateway

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Mobility Pub the Region's first major M

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multimodal Transportation Hub adopted at

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State and Church Streets now it's easier

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than ever for SKC residents and visitors

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to conveniently and comfortably access A

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diversity of Mobility options including

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access to over 10 major bus lines as

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well as a bike and scooter share program

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and parking for electric vehicles and

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personal bikes now people can get off a

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bus hop on to a bike and access all of

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what downtown SKC has to offer while the

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new Gateway Mobility Hub is really

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exciting it's also important to remember

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that activating multimodal Mobility hubs

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like these requires a larger Equitable

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Transit oriented development strategy

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people are only free from dependence on

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automobiles where they can easily access

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all their basic weekly needs near

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Transit stops for instance commuters are

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much more likely to use a bus when they

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know that they can make a quick stop at

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the grocery store before they have back

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and the bus at the end of the day to go

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home surely that's one of the many

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reasons that the 20 20 comprehensive

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plans implementation strategy

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recommended to make it a priority to

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quote identify locations and complete a

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feasibility study for an inner city

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grocery store although we all know that

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downtown skd has not had a downtown

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grocery store in 20 years more than 20

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years it's important to recognize that

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City staff and elected leaders have been

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really diligent in moving that plan

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forward there have been several

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completed uh feasibility analyses that

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reveal that a grocery store located very

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close to the mobility Hub is not only

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feasible but would also significantly

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contribute to our local economy and to

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the Community Health of surrounding

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neighborhoods thankfully we also know

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that there's tremendous momentum under

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the way thanks to the Thousand Members

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Plus of the Electric City Co-Op and you

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all for investing in the co-op a million

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dollars of arpa money along with the 3

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million committed from the county the

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other great news is that the county

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connecti now owns an impressive

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assemblage of parcels oh that's time

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guess you can finish your sentence but

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then I need you to summarize an an

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impressive assembl are Parcels

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immediately next to the Gateway Mobility

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Hub um which is an un paralleled

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opportunity to collaborate to attract

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the uses that can really support

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Equitable Transit oriented development

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thanks thank

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you I have no one else signed up to

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speak so I declare the public comment of

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City business closed

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any miscellaneous business of the

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council Mr

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Williams uh good evening and thank you

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although we haven't experienced a lot of

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snow I thought it was important just

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take a moment uh to appreciate the uh

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Investments uh that have been made um

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yesterday there was

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a that was uh present within our city

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and I want to remind the residents that

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it wasn't a coincidence that our

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roadways and streets were paved in most

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instances Equitable fashion I wanted to

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take a moment to I think it's easier to

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criticize uh sometimes so I wanted to

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deliberately take a moment to just

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appreciate the uh investment uh that our

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office of General Services makes to

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ensure that our roadways are always uh

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clean and drivable for our residents um

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but I also wanted to identify that as I

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was putting out trash out front of my

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house today uh regardless of the weather

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conditions heat rail heat rain hail or

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snow um our uh sanitation department uh

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does an exceptional job with removing

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all of that and uh I know during our

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budget season uh we definitely

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deliberated at length about how to fund

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that resource but I think it's safe to

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say at no point do we undervalue uh that resource ability to meet the needs

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of our growing city uh to both uh our uh

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Street um plowing efforts during our

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winter seasons and also to our

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sanitation department I sincerely wanted

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to just say thank you for the hard work

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I think we're du another snowfall either

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today or tomorrow uh so everyone please

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be safe uh and also intentionally if you

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live around a school zone please make

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sure you are cleaning your Pathways uh

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in a lot of instances there are um

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families that are transiting into

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schools uh by foot and what makes it

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more difficult during our seasonal

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weathers is having ice or unpaid

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walkways so although it might be an

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absent consideration to yourself please

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make sure you are not inhibiting um or uh putting in place any more

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obstacles that are preventing venting

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our younger uh students from reaching

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and getting a formal education daily

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thank you thank

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you

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mayor thank you Madame President and

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followup to uh councilor member Williams

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uh had the uh snowstorm got through that

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pretty good the forecast for tomorrow

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has uh some snow starting in the

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afternoon changing to rain there may be

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an inch or two so it could be

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significant but they're also

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forecasting uh wind gusts that may

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approach 50 m an hour so there's a

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chance for trees to come down power

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lines to come down and we just have

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people be cognizant of that and be

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cautious always treat a utility line as

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it being a live electric line and if you

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do lose power or see down uh telephone

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pole trees or anything to make sure you

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call National Grid or 911

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one thank you madam president thank you

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mayor I'd like to thank everyone that

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came out this evening to um make their

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concerns uh known to the city council

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and um I also want to thank all the city

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council members I I think we're off to a

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good start and welcome to Mr manini and

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thank you for leading the pledge today

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so um you know I'm looking forward to

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all the work that we'll be able to do

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collectively and collaboratively with

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the mayor for the city of SCC so I'm

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excited about

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2024 just want to remind everyone that

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next Monday is Martin Luther King is

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Martin Luther King day is observed so we

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will not be having our committee meeting

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on that Monday but instead on Tuesday so

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Monday's a holiday so would and there's

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a few observations around the capital

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region for those of you who want to take

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out the time to um to do that and let's

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just as we um celebrate Martin P King's

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birthday let us just remember what he

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stood for and that it's not just a day

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to observe but absolutely to believe in

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what he preached in terms of um working

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together and the Beloved Community thank

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you very much and with that I'd ask for

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a motion to

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adjourn I move by move by Mr Williams

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second by Mr Mancini all those in favor

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I we're adjourned have a good

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evening oh I kept them longer than they

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wanted to

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stay