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I'd like to call to order the city

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Caucus meeting

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I'd like to call to order the city

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Caucus meeting for Monday April 22nd

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2024 we have two public hearings this

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evening if the clerk would please read

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public hearing number one regarding the

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Restore New York round 8 Grant

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application public hearing number two regarding the

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addition of Section

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26411 3 of The Connect city code

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regarding the regulation and location of

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smoke shops vape shops hookah loues and

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vape consumption businesses we have 14

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items for original consideration if the

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clerk would please read item number one for original

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consideration resolution authorized on

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the mayor to accept a

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$3,588 trust building programming Grant

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from the New York State Department of

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Criminal Justice Services discussing

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committee with objection on consent item

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number two item number two for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing a 2024 budget reallocation related to an

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agreement between the city of skty and

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IBEW Local 236 discussed in committee

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with objection on consent item number

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three item number three for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing a

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2024 budget reallocation related to an

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agreement between the city of skincity

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NRC of carpenter Carpenters Local 51

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Union discuss in committee with

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objection on consent item number four for original

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consideration a res solution authorizing

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a 2024 budget reallocation related to an

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agreement between the city of skincity

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and Trade union dc9 painters Brook

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layers lu2 and Plum plumber

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lu7 discuss in committee without

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objection on consent item number five for original

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consideration a resolution approving

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change order number two and the increase

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of okano Electric's current contract

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with the city of skincity for the

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Central Park Pool discussed in committee

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with objection on consent item number six item number six for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing a

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contract with young parents United

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Incorporated in the amount of

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$98,000 in 2018 Community Development

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block grant funding discussed in

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committee with objection on consent item

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number seven item number seven for

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original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the mayor to amend schedu a

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of the cooperation agreement with the

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concy urban renewal agency and the land

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reutilization Corporation of the Capital

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District to list additional properties

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discussed in committee without objection

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on consent item number eight item number

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eight for original consideration a

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resolution authorizing and amending

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resolution

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20248 authorizing the granting of a

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license for a vacant lot on 902 McCullen

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Street for

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$2,500 discussed in committee with the

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objection on consent item number nine for original

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consideration a resolution authorizing a

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settlement of a claim by duk T Ro

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discussed in committee with objection on

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consent item number 10 item number 10

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for original consideration a resolution

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authorizing settlement of a claim by

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Pamela labre discussed in committee with

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an objection on consent item number 11 for original

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consideration a resolution recognizing

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Friday April 26 20124 as Arbor Day in

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the city of

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SKC um discuss the committee without

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objection on consent this item will be

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presented at an Arbor Day celebration on

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February excuse me on April 26th at Bale

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community garden item number 12 item

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resolution recognizing John kuchu for

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his 35 years of service to the city of

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SKC discussed in committee with

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objection on consent this item will be presented at a later date item number

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13 item number 13 under contract and

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Supply a resolution awarding the bid and

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number 14 item number 14 under contract

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and Supply a resolution awarding the bid

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and contract for the Gulf Road water

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main replacement to Newcastle Paving LLC

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in the amount of

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$310,100 consent if there's nothing more

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to come before the city council caucus

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I'd ask for a motion to

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adjourn move by m Patrick second by Mr M

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Baron all those in favor I we are

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adjourned I'd like to call the city

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council meeting to order for Monday

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April 22nd 2024

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and I'd like to call on Pastor gnap from

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the Deeper Life Assembly to uh lead us

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in the prayer

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invocation come to you in no other name

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but the might name of Jesus and Lord

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today God we lift up our cities connect

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before you I pray God that you will make

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this city oh God the head in this are oh

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God that you have placed oh God great

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leaders our mayor our president oh God

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and those who are working diligently oh

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God to make connect a better place I

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pray my God that scnc will be a place

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that is set upon a hill Oh God that

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cannot be hidden I pray God that good

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things will come out of connect I pray

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God that Every curse that is placed upon

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connect God will be broken in the name

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of Jesus J I take authority God over

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every Spirit oh God that is ruling and

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reigning Inc and I cast it out in the

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name of Jesus uh Lord today I lift up

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our leaders before you I pray God that

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you will give our leaders wisdom

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knowledge and understanding oh God that

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they will able to rule oh God in this

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city I pray father that this city will

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be a place of Peace of joy of happiness

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Lord where people will live oh God in

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the freedom the grace and the favor of

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you Lord I speak oh God that connect

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will be a place oh God where the light

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will shine and many will come oh God to

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live in Connect Lord I pray God that

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your spirit will move you will reain oh

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God you will open up the windows of

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heaven and you will bless connect God

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Lord that great buildings oh God will be

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put up and people oh God will inherit

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the benefit of this place father I pray

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today God that your favor will fall your

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joy your happiness and your peace will

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move in the lives of your people Lord I

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pray God that you will bless our mayor

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oh God Lord that he will make right

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decisions oh God for our city I pray God

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that you will send the right people that

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will surround His Life uh that will back

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him with his vision Lord I pray that you

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will send great men and wom that will

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surround him God I pray God that you

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will cover his life under your blood

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cover every leaders our president to God

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you will cover every local member under

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your blood I give you praise and I give

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you thanks bless everyone that is

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present here God in no other name but

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the mighty name of Jesus I ask amen and

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amen praise the

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Lord amen um I would ask Chief Marino to

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please Le Us in the Pledge of Allegiance

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I pledge

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alleg United States of

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America

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stand thank

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you if the clerk could please complete

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the Roll Call

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Soro Mr Farley is absent Mr

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Williams M Porterfield here we have two

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public hearings this

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evening and just a reminder that we've

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extended the public comment period for

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the public hearing to four

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minutes want to read it number one

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public hearing number one regarding the

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Restore New York round eight Grant

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application I have eight people signed

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speak the first person is Gloria

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Kishon good evening uh my name is Gloria

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kishan I'm the chairperson of SKC

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heritage Foundation which is a historic

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preservation advocacy group that covers

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all of SKC County and we uh first of all

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want to thank all the government

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agencies that helped us to get to this

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point where we can even apply for a

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restore New York grant for the Masonic

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group of buildings at the corner of

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State in Erie uh that includes the

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historic district commission which we

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started advocating with and then it went

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on to the Planning Commission and

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finally it went on to you the city

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council and with our vast amount of

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research that was done on these

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buildings and what they represented in

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skc's history we're very happy that you

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all of those groups supported this

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initiative and um we hope that you will

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go on to support applying for a restore

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New York Grant um it's a critical part

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of getting the funding together for a

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project like this um you can see kitty

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corner from the Masonic temple building

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the wedgeway building being restored

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right now and the uh Masonic group of

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buildings will be a similar situation

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where it's a historic building um

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designed by a very important architect

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in New York state and with a a rich

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history of the Masons and SK going back

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all the way to George Washington's time

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um they have incredible archives that uh

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perhaps some of these will will come

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back to the building and be displayed so

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we're really counting on your support

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for this grant thanks so much thank

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Brier hi good evening I'm Sylvie briber

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and I just want to Simply support the

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efforts towards the restore uh grant for

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the Masonic

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buildings thank

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garold my apologies for my

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handwriting hi I'm uh Todd Gano

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executive director for discover skty uh

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we're the County's official tourism

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promotion agency uh and you really can't

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talk about tourism without talking about skc's history so I'm very pleased

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to support this Grand application I

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think um having this really important

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Corner uh both with the wedge uh way

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building and now uh this corner as well

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restored will do so much just for the

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beautification of uh of downtown you

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probably saw recently we uh uh dino

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alive uh launched at Armory Studios just

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over five weeks ago in just those 5

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weeks uh we've had 32,000 tickets sold

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so 32,000 people coming to this downtown

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um which is incredible and you may have

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seen the story about um our current

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state of tourism in uh in skincity

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County last Sunday in The Gazette it's a

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very positive uh story there's people

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coming to SKC like never before so to

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have uh projects like this and the

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opportunity to restore and talk about

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our history is very important to us we

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hope you'll support that as well thank

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you Ray yen

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evening Ray Gillan I'm the commissioner

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of planning and economic development in

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Sky County I also chair Metroplex and

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I'm a proud City resident want to thank

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the council for working closely with us

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in the city Development Department to

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put in an application working closely

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with the mayor for ReStore New York

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round eight Restore New York is a

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program to help renovate uh vacant

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buildings distressed properties in the

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heart of downtown to try to bring them

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back to life and as glorious said with

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your support we were really successful

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at getting the wedgeway project underway

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it's a $20 million development but you

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look across the street you've got the

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empty Masonic building got the empty

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chamber building and the one that's most

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painful because I spent a lot of time

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there shopping as a kid is the empty

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rednick building which had a terrible

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fire those three buildings are vacant

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we're blessed to have a state Grant in

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hand for the large building the Masonic

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temple it's under contract with

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developer who plans to renovate the

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building we are applying for a $600,000

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grant to renovate their former chamber

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and the former RX Building Hope to bring

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that resolution forward at the next

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Council cycle and submit the Grant

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application in uh late May so we really

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appreciate everyone's support these are

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three critical buildings downtown and

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we're really excited that we have a

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developer in hand we have an opportunity

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to compete for these State funds and um

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we are really excited to move this

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forward and appreciate everyone's time

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and attention thank you thank you Sam

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clay bu City business you would like

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that change to yes sir Moren

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Nel good evening I'm Mor newfeld I'm the

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executive director of the downtown concy

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Improvement Corporation uh thank you for

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the opportunity to come here and uh

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express my support of the revitalization

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of these properties and downtown

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skincity uh as we all know the dsc's

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business is to help promote downtown

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skty as a vibrant vibrant community and

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a lot of that goes into uh just how safe

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walkable presentable our city is and the

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restoration of these buildings will

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really help in that uh the situation is

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they're situated right between a very

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vibrant Community for Arts uh culture

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restaurants shops uh and also a

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Transportation Hub that is a great

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opportunity to connect the two really be

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a a vibrant part of this community for

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residents for new developments for the

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historic district uh and also to help

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boost the local economy in providing all

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of that Commerce as a as a connector

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along these busy streets so uh thank you

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for the opportunity and uh I'm voicing

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my support for this

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thank you Frank

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Wicks well here's the fourth time we'

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been here talking on behalf of a SE fire

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in Gaza excuse me Mr Wix th this is for

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the public hearing on the restore Grant

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okay I will move your name I'm not the

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wrong list yes I'll move your name to

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City business okay thank

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you suzan

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anger hi um my name is Suzanne anger I'm

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the former president of the stock a

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Association I'm a member of the board of

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the SKC Heritage Foundation of which

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Gloria is the president and I'm about to

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join the board of the sked County

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Historical Society so clearly I have an

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interest in history

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but um I'm very pleased to stand up here

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in favor of this proposed application

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for ReStore New York funding um that's a

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wonderful program that really makes the

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difference between success or failure

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with these older buildings this

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intersection is probably one of the most

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prominent ones in connec thousands of

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cars go by there every day and for years

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they've looked at two

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deteriorating neglected forgotten

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appearance appearing so anyway buildings

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the fact that the wedgeway building is

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now being restored is so exciting and uh

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this would just be a wonderful

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compliment to that project so um we've

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lost so much of our downtown already

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nicla building um I think it's time that

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we save what we have left thank you

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thank

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you I have no one else signed up to

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speak so I declare the public uh public

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hearing number one closed

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public hearing number

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two public hearing number two regarding

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the addition of section 264-1111 of the

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connect city code regarding the

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regulation and location of smoke shop

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vape shops hookah lounges and vape and

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consumption businesses I have one person

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signed up to see speak Robert

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Sanders good morning madam speaker good

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morning council members mayor protm I'm

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here to talk about the vape shops cigar

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shops and other places if this was

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constitutionally legal I might go along

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with it but I see you you left

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cigarettes out of here when cigarettes

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are taxed at

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55% cigars are taxed at 75% a piece and

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marijuana smoked tax at

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16% but the second highest offender

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there cigarettes steuarts other plac

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that Salem you're not counting that in

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okay it is illegal to do this okay just

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for the fact that it's constitutionally

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a legal substance stolen Sten in connec

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the next thing you're going to do is

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move all the bars into one section that

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you think are good for you but alcohol

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is legal it's the 18th Amendment

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now all I got to say about this is you

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know this is just going a little bit too

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far because I don't know what the

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council will do

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next okay we went down this rapit Hall

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once and then Mr muda might know with

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councilman koser when he ran for

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assembly he tried moving all sex

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offenders in one spot that was found

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illegal you cannot do that so they got

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sex offenders got spread out all

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throughout the county and the city to do

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this is illegal if you like it or don't

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like it I understand that I completely

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can understand it I understand not

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smoking in parks and things like that

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but when you go and you start affecting

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someone's personal ability their

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freedom you cannot do that okay so I ask

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you to vote no against this if you don't

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vote no and I'm not threaten you I will

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follow file a referral for judicial

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intervention in the county of conc and I

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will bring you to court thank you thank

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you I have no one else signed up to

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speak for public hearing number two so I

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declare this public hearing

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closed ask for approval of the minutes

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from April 8th

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2024 move by Mr Williams second by Mr

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Mancini all those in favor I if the

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clerk could please read read any

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Communications and petitions

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Communications presented to the city

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council for Monday April 22nd 2024 under

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official from the Mayor Gary R McCarthy

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a list of appointments dated April 22nd

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2024 under General from Robert S Alby of

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the concy veterans of World War 2

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Incorporated a letter dated March 24th

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2024 thanking the city of skty for Don

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ated funds to help maintain their home

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from Teresa crane an email regarding

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parking issues at her home on Union

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Street and asked the city to place a

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sign at the end of her driveway from

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Allison Williams an email regarding the

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need of signage to prevent big trucks

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from going down her street citing safety

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reasons and concerns under petition

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there were none thank you I'll call on

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council members to provide any committee

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reports not we uh next we have privilege

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of the floor related to uh the

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legislative agenda and I have 15 people

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signed up to

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speak just a reminder it's three minutes

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for this particular portion Imam Jamal

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sha thank you Madame President honorable

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council

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members uh I was here last month was

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here two weeks ago uh guess I did make

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the call list but in any case I come to

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you tonight just to remind you guys of a

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few things over the last two months

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we've had two children small

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children die murdered in SKC for one

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baby Halo Bron 11 months old died due to

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the freezing cold temperatures on the GE

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Campus number two 5-year-old Charlotte

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buski was killed due to starvation

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don't have to ask you guys how you feel

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about that I already know because we're

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all human beings and we all have good

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intentions and we all principled these

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children died right here children are

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dying for the same reasons 7,000 Mi

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across the world just as we look at the

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children who are murdered in our own

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neighborhoods as abhorent and evil the

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actions that were taken to take their

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lives we also want our city council our

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elected officials there's no one better

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to speak on behalf of the residents of

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this city other than this body I speak

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on behalf of not just the Muslim

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Community but the general community of

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residents within this city not talking

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about Albany not talking about nkuna

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talking about the city of

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skty we would like to see the ceasefire

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resolution that was proposed be passed

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and for what it's worth

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myself I've been convening with

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Community leaders all over the city

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Faith leaders General Community Action

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leaders

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and I have yet to come across

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anyone that takes a stance against a

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simple principle upon which this

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resolution is based all life is worth

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preservation and it's a symbolic gesture

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to pass the resolution but it's been

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done in 70 cities Across America as of

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February we're now sitting in April so

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even more cities have signed on this is

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an effective tool to demonstrate to our

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federal government what the people on

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the ground myself yourselves what our

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sentiments actually are so that way they

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can act accordingly I will also mention

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that for some of

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you we've heard responses as to indicate

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that this is something not meant for the

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city council we've also heard it from

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other people speaking in the public

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forum I will say

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again it's not that we can change the

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world just by passing a resolution but

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more so to demonstrate the principles

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that we share this is a United call for

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peace and Justice and I would say I

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would

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really be difficult and dumbfounded it's

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difficult for me to to comprehend how

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any anyone can interpret it as anything

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other than that and again in this room I

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don't have to ask and I don't want to

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ask because I would like to assume

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everyone is on the same page every life

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is worth the same there is no one group

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that's worth more than the other there

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is no one body that's worth more than

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the other as human beings as residents

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of a diverse City and diverse Community

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this is our call to action to

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demonstrate that near or far this is The

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Stance of this city and its residents as

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echoed by the elected officials chosen

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by the residents of this city to speak

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on their behalf we can pray and we can pray but we do need

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something formal and symbolic from our

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elected officials to formally recognize

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a shared principle that exists within

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all of our hearts thank you very much

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00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,100
thank you

555
00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:28,919
[Applause]

556
00:26:28,919 --> 00:26:30,679
ladies and gentlemen I need to step back

557
00:26:30,679 --> 00:26:32,600
um we I'm sorry we didn't have anyone

558
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,720
signed up but I need to um we we have we

559
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,320
should have had the legislative agenda

560
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:38,559
but no one signed up that name was

561
00:26:38,559 --> 00:26:40,559
crossed off so I have no one signed up

562
00:26:40,559 --> 00:26:42,279
to speak for the a public comment on the

563
00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:44,000
legislative agenda so that's open and

564
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,000
now closed so now I need approval of the

565
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,080
legislative

566
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,360
agenda moved by Mr Williams second by Mr

567
00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:54,039
mudaron all those in favor

568
00:26:54,039 --> 00:26:57,360
I okay then I will call the next person

569
00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:58,960
for General City

570
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,950
business Edmund Leen

571
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,000
Jr not

572
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,029
here

573
00:27:10,039 --> 00:27:14,870
okay FMA

574
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:24,710
Isa

575
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:31,870
oh good evening good evening

576
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,720
the death and destruction in Gaza have

577
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,520
continued unabated the horrors are

578
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,159
unprecedented Gaza is hungry and Gaza is

579
00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:44,320
thirsty and it is you and I who are

580
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,240
responsible there is blood on our hands

581
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,960
a great deal of blood there are those

582
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,600
who say Gaza is not our problem that

583
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,480
Gaza is too far away that nothing that

584
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,760
we say or do is going to stop the Terror

585
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,039
and the pain that is currently being

586
00:28:01,039 --> 00:28:02,480
experienced over

587
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,799
there I would like you to remind you

588
00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:05,559
here

589
00:28:05,559 --> 00:28:08,039
today that there was a time when the

590
00:28:08,039 --> 00:28:10,320
same was said about South

591
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,399
Africa I remember my own Uncle

592
00:28:13,399 --> 00:28:17,000
saying there is no way white South

593
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,640
Africans are going to give in to the

594
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,799
African National

595
00:28:21,799 --> 00:28:25,000
Congress well as we all know now

596
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,600
apartate South Africa is no more this

597
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,360
Saturday April 27th will be the 30th

598
00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:35,039
year of South Africa's first ever

599
00:28:35,039 --> 00:28:36,320
democratic

600
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,000
election an election which resulted in

601
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,640
the African National Congress coming

602
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,760
into power and Nelson Mandela becoming

603
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,039
the president 30 years I cannot even

604
00:28:47,039 --> 00:28:50,679
believe it myself I lived through it

605
00:28:50,679 --> 00:28:53,320
seemed like just the other day students

606
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,440
at campuses all over South Africa were

607
00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,080
rallying protesting

608
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,919
boycotting organizing and fighting to

609
00:29:02,919 --> 00:29:07,399
dismantle the aparted regime today right

610
00:29:07,399 --> 00:29:10,399
here in New York state at the University

611
00:29:10,399 --> 00:29:13,519
of Columbia in New York City American

612
00:29:13,519 --> 00:29:16,159
students are fighting for an end to the

613
00:29:16,159 --> 00:29:18,039
genocide and the

614
00:29:18,039 --> 00:29:21,200
brutality by demanding that their

615
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:25,080
University Diest from aparted state of

616
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,360
Israel this morning the university

617
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,840
cancel in person classes more than 100

618
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,679
students have been arrested and now

619
00:29:33,679 --> 00:29:35,840
students at other campuses across the

620
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,960
country are settling are setting up

621
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,600
encampments in support of the students

622
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:46,120
of Colombia today at Yale 47 students

623
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:47,120
were

624
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,399
arrested there is no going back the

625
00:29:50,399 --> 00:29:53,360
world has not only seen the sheer

626
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,279
brutality of the

627
00:29:55,279 --> 00:29:58,080
IDF but it has also seen how the

628
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,799
departed state of Israel manipulates the

629
00:30:01,799 --> 00:30:06,600
media and tells outright lies to gain

630
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,200
the sympathy of the

631
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:12,159
world it took them only one Theory which

632
00:30:12,159 --> 00:30:16,600
was a false claim about rape on October

633
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,039
the 7th to get immediate support from

634
00:30:20,039 --> 00:30:23,159
the world without any

635
00:30:23,159 --> 00:30:26,159
evidence in fact it was the Israeli

636
00:30:26,159 --> 00:30:29,919
forces themselves who recently raped a

637
00:30:29,919 --> 00:30:33,440
pal a pregnant Palestinian woman in

638
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,960
front of her children husband and

639
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,399
relatives at ashifa

640
00:30:38,399 --> 00:30:41,600
hospital they threatened the family with

641
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,399
death if they closed their

642
00:30:44,399 --> 00:30:48,919
eyes then they killed the woman and her

643
00:30:48,919 --> 00:30:50,720
unborn

644
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,320
child there is a great darkness that has

645
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,799
overcome the world the very least that

646
00:30:56,799 --> 00:31:01,880
we can do is say please stop ceas fire

647
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,330
now thank

648
00:31:03,330 --> 00:31:08,039
[Applause]

649
00:31:08,039 --> 00:31:14,310
you Maybel

650
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:21,930
Leon Maybel

651
00:31:21,940 --> 00:31:25,029
[Music]

652
00:31:25,039 --> 00:31:28,519
Leon good evening

653
00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:32,480
my name is Mabel Leon I sent a letter to

654
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:36,440
city council a month ago and I spoke at

655
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,320
the last city council meeting two weeks

656
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,960
ago to support a resolution calling for

657
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,440
a ceasefire in

658
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:49,519
Gaza now what's happened uh in Gaza

659
00:31:49,519 --> 00:31:51,519
since I was here

660
00:31:51,519 --> 00:31:55,000
last the bombs supplied by the United

661
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,399
States continue to fall on Gaza

662
00:31:58,399 --> 00:32:02,279
with civilian deaths reaching more than

663
00:32:02,279 --> 00:32:05,870
34,000

664
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,080
77,000 people are

665
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,000
wounded and

666
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,240
14,000 children have died these are

667
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,240
numbers but each of these numbers

668
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:21,789
represents a human

669
00:32:21,799 --> 00:32:26,559
being the famine continues for babies

670
00:32:26,559 --> 00:32:28,799
and the most vulnerable

671
00:32:28,799 --> 00:32:31,279
while the delivery of humanitarian Aid

672
00:32:31,279 --> 00:32:34,480
continues to be limited and not

673
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,440
sufficient to stem the tide of

674
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:42,440
famine the United States is not a

675
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:47,000
bystander in this war in this conflict

676
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,039
it is implicated in this continuing

677
00:32:51,039 --> 00:32:54,480
Carnage our president asks the leaders

678
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,200
of Israel to lessen civilian casualties

679
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,840
increased humanitarian aid but our

680
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,799
government continues to send

681
00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:08,559
bombs and offer no consequences to the

682
00:33:08,559 --> 00:33:13,399
Israeli government when they pay no

683
00:33:13,399 --> 00:33:17,880
heed there must be decisive action no

684
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,240
more bombs to the Israeli government

685
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,399
until humanitarian Aid increases there's

686
00:33:23,399 --> 00:33:27,279
a ceasefire and there are efforts to

687
00:33:27,279 --> 00:33:30,000
lessen civilian

688
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,080
casualties the American people do not

689
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,600
want to see babies and their mothers

690
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:39,120
dying and opposition to this madness

691
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,480
grows with each day is seen by spreading

692
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,639
protests and unrest on college

693
00:33:46,639 --> 00:33:50,799
campuses my message to President Biden

694
00:33:50,799 --> 00:33:52,120
from his

695
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:56,000
wife stop it now

696
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,519
Joe message to city

697
00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:05,039
council do your part and pass the

698
00:34:05,039 --> 00:34:15,909
resolution for a ceasefire now thank

699
00:34:15,919 --> 00:34:31,349
you Imam Montas

700
00:34:31,359 --> 00:34:32,399
Madame

701
00:34:32,399 --> 00:34:34,960
speaker beloved

702
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,280
counselors it is an honor and pleasure

703
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,760
to be here this evening I'm Imam mtas

704
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,079
Ali I represent the

705
00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:48,240
gyes the last count we had was

706
00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:49,760
33,000

707
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,599
and I'm no stranger to the city council

708
00:34:54,599 --> 00:34:58,119
because this city council

709
00:34:58,119 --> 00:34:59,280
believe in

710
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,240
God and once we put our trust in God

711
00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:06,680
everything will go good say

712
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,839
Amen I'm here this evening to represent

713
00:35:10,839 --> 00:35:12,040
the

714
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,760
gyes

715
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,040
and I'm no strange as I told you to this

716
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:21,119
city council to this city because I have

717
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:22,880
been

718
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,760
presented with the from the mayor our

719
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,160
beloved mayor as s

720
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:32,320
certificate from honorable Paul tono a

721
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,720
certificate and from the city council

722
00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:39,880
because they recognize me as an Imam it

723
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:44,960
is said those who have God have

724
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,680
everything those who don't have God has

725
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,760
tell me

726
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,720
nothing and I put my trust in this city

727
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:58,880
council this this this is a the Beloved

728
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,160
or we have one of the

729
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,839
most honorable and beautiful Mia he has

730
00:36:04,839 --> 00:36:09,079
a lot of respect for elders and and the

731
00:36:09,079 --> 00:36:11,880
and so so I

732
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:16,680
before I leave I want to make a special

733
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:21,599
prayer for all of us and for the city of

734
00:36:21,599 --> 00:36:23,960
connected in the name of God most

735
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:28,520
gracious most merciful oh almighty God

736
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,440
I want you to

737
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:36,000
have to people must respect one another

738
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,040
I want you that we must have peace and

739
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,079
love in our

740
00:36:41,079 --> 00:36:44,599
families I want we must have peace and

741
00:36:44,599 --> 00:36:47,000
love in

742
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:51,119
Connected we want peace and love around

743
00:36:51,119 --> 00:36:51,800
the

744
00:36:51,800 --> 00:37:01,750
world amen amen thank you thank you

745
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:11,270
Karine

746
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,920
carmelli hi my name is uh Karen carmelli

747
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,119
and I'm not a resident of the city of

748
00:37:17,119 --> 00:37:19,599
sked I'm a resident of Albany and so I

749
00:37:19,599 --> 00:37:20,960
didn't really think that it was

750
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:22,800
appropriate for me to come I've been

751
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,800
following the ceasefire resolution uh

752
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,000
proceedings very closely but I was

753
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,280
watching previous meeting where uh there

754
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,800
were lots of folks here who who made a

755
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,720
particular claim that um an organization

756
00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:36,359
that I belong to called Jewish voice for

757
00:37:36,359 --> 00:37:39,280
peace uh did not represent Jews and that

758
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,200
in fact its members were not Jewish and

759
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:46,800
our opinions did not uh factor into the the broader Jewish conversation so

760
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,520
um I felt a particular need to come here

761
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,920
tonight to talk about that um like I

762
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,560
said I'm a member of the organization

763
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,400
called Jewish voice for peace and um

764
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,000
what we advocate for is a world where

765
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,119
all people from the US to Palestine live

766
00:38:00,119 --> 00:38:02,720
in freedom justice equality and dignity

767
00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:04,480
like generation of Jewish leftists

768
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,240
before us we fight for the liberation of

769
00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:08,079
all people we believe that through

770
00:38:08,079 --> 00:38:10,440
organizing we can and will dismantle the

771
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,520
institutions and structures that sustain

772
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,440
Injustice and grow something new joyful

773
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,359
beautiful and life sustaining in their

774
00:38:17,359 --> 00:38:19,960
place um I also want to acknowledge that

775
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,640
tonight is the first night of passover

776
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,359
and so I I had Passover with my family

777
00:38:25,359 --> 00:38:27,720
last night so that I could be here today

778
00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:29,960
Passover is a holiday where we talk

779
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,240
about un oppressed people who yearned

780
00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:36,319
for freedom and achieved their own

781
00:38:36,319 --> 00:38:39,400
Liberation um and we've also heard about

782
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:40,720
the student protests that have been

783
00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:43,359
taking place all over the country there

784
00:38:43,359 --> 00:38:45,800
is a valedictorian at the University of

785
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,240
Southern California she's a Muslim woman

786
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:50,359
and she has been barred from speaking

787
00:38:50,359 --> 00:38:52,680
even though she is top of her class at

788
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:56,359
USC USC also has something called the

789
00:38:56,359 --> 00:39:00,599
USC showa foundation and uh that was a

790
00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:03,119
initiative to collect the testimonies

791
00:39:03,119 --> 00:39:05,160
from Holocaust Survivors show us

792
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,319
survivors one of those people that gave

793
00:39:07,319 --> 00:39:09,480
testimony was my grandfather his name is

794
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:13,240
ysf his his given name was ysf invent he

795
00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:15,000
then changed his name to carmelli when

796
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,480
he immigrated to Palestine in the

797
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,240
mid-40s um I watched his testimony the

798
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:21,760
other day and if you're interested I'm

799
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,160
happy to share it's a three-hour

800
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,440
testimony and it's very moving to me but

801
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,640
I watched it the other day and and um I

802
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,040
was so struck by the similarities of his

803
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,000
experiences in the ghettos near

804
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,400
Warsaw uh and the comparisons to what

805
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,040
people are experiencing in Gaza right

806
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,880
now and just to share one small story um

807
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,839
when he was 10 years old in

808
00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:46,200
1940 um there was a a a German uh

809
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,920
dignitary who was assassinated and so

810
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:52,760
the Nazis rounded up 200 intellectuals

811
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,920
and Business Leaders and the the people

812
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,440
from his community and they disappeared

813
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,319
um right before he was taken away my

814
00:40:01,319 --> 00:40:03,640
grandfather's father his name was pesak

815
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,160
interestingly enough which translates

816
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:06,079
into

817
00:40:06,079 --> 00:40:08,400
Passover he came to him and kissed him

818
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:10,280
goodbye and that was the last time my

819
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:14,200
grandfather ever saw his father in 1984

820
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,040
40 years later he learned that his

821
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,920
father was shot in the palmir forest

822
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:21,079
outside of

823
00:40:21,079 --> 00:40:24,640
Warsaw and buried in a mass grave and

824
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,319
just yesterday a mass grave on a

825
00:40:27,319 --> 00:40:29,079
additional Mass grave was discovered at

826
00:40:29,079 --> 00:40:33,079
the Nasser Hospital in um in conun in

827
00:40:33,079 --> 00:40:35,280
Gaza and they pulled up hundreds of

828
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,400
bodies from this Mass grave so I want

829
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,839
you to understand that there are Jews

830
00:40:39,839 --> 00:40:42,640
like myself who are advocating for

831
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,200
Palestinian rights for a ceasefire

832
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,160
specifically because of our experiences

833
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,720
of genocide it is exactly because of my

834
00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:51,440
family story that I stand with a

835
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,480
ceasefire and I think you should too

836
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,480
will this make a difference no but would

837
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,800
have would I have appreciated if the

838
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,200
city of skty said something about the

839
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,119
Nazi Holocaust while my family was being

840
00:41:02,119 --> 00:41:04,359
exterminated I would have please pass

841
00:41:04,359 --> 00:41:11,910
the ceasefire resolution thank you thank

842
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:18,950
you Michael zephy Michael

843
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:23,520
zephy honorary Chief city council Mrs

844
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,200
pfield president good evening Mike

845
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:27,839
Superior

846
00:41:27,839 --> 00:41:29,680
there's just a couple things I want to

847
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,839
say first of all I've listened to the

848
00:41:31,839 --> 00:41:35,839
last two Council meetings I want to say

849
00:41:35,839 --> 00:41:37,720
that every person that has come up up

850
00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,480
here I respect for what they say they

851
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,599
have they're entitled to their opinion

852
00:41:41,599 --> 00:41:44,200
they're individuals how they feel is how

853
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,119
they feel I respect that I

854
00:41:47,119 --> 00:41:51,520
do my feeling and what really touched me

855
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,160
was October

856
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:58,319
7th I stood by and I watched Hamas

857
00:41:58,319 --> 00:42:01,760
Fighters parachute into a music

858
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,319
festival

859
00:42:03,319 --> 00:42:07,359
killing innocent Israelis killing

860
00:42:07,359 --> 00:42:10,359
children I watch ATV's barricade into

861
00:42:10,359 --> 00:42:13,920
that country killing innocent people

862
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,359
killing innocent

863
00:42:16,359 --> 00:42:19,440
children my heart breaks

864
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,440
today my heart also breaks what ha what

865
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:23,880
is happening in

866
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,800
Gaza there are so many innocent people

867
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:27,880
in

868
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,880
children out there that that are in in

869
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:32,240
the in the midst of this that are

870
00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:34,240
getting killed and are getting hurt and

871
00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:35,280
it's

872
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,559
terrible my god when is this going to

873
00:42:37,559 --> 00:42:40,079
stop our world and our country right now

874
00:42:40,079 --> 00:42:42,319
we are not in a good

875
00:42:42,319 --> 00:42:45,359
place I pray to God every day we can we

876
00:42:45,359 --> 00:42:49,400
can find some kind of peace I'm

877
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,880
so sick of hearing the rhetoric on the

878
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,359
news it's it's just breaking me it

879
00:42:54,359 --> 00:43:00,630
breaks so many of us that talk about it

880
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,079
I'm sorry I'm lost for my words right

881
00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:04,640
now but I'm just I just want peace I

882
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,119
want peace in this country in this

883
00:43:07,119 --> 00:43:09,480
world it's just a travesty that's going

884
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,160
on right now it's just awful the

885
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,760
innocent children both sides it's awful

886
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,240
I see Iran bombs Israel Israel bombs

887
00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:19,319
Iran when's it going to stop is it ever

888
00:43:19,319 --> 00:43:20,640
going to stop we're ever going to have

889
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,240
peace in this world in this

890
00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:25,400
country we need to every every day I

891
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,480
pray to God and I just every day I say

892
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:33,559
please make this stop make it stop I'm just sick of the Lost lives the

893
00:43:33,559 --> 00:43:35,440
children break my heart the innocent

894
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:36,760
people break my

895
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:40,280
heart I I I understand everybody's

896
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,200
opinion we're all entitled to it but God

897
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:43,760
we need peace in this country in this

898
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:46,079
world it just got to stop I hope it

899
00:43:46,079 --> 00:43:52,069
stops soon thank you thank

900
00:43:52,079 --> 00:44:08,710
you Jamaica miles

901
00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:10,359
good evening I wasn't actually quite

902
00:44:10,359 --> 00:44:12,200
sure if I was going to speak tonight so

903
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,720
I didn't write anything you're getting

904
00:44:13,720 --> 00:44:15,280
me off the

905
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,119
cuff we are in a moment in

906
00:44:18,119 --> 00:44:21,280
history and I hope that at this point

907
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:22,960
everyone's able to see

908
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,520
it for those of us that actually study

909
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,160
history

910
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,880
Civil Rights era the fight against

911
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,960
slavery there are reoccurring

912
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,880
themes college campuses across the US

913
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,160
are standing up and boycotting and

914
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,200
protesting we saw that during the Civil

915
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:43,319
Rights era we saw that the call to end a

916
00:44:43,319 --> 00:44:46,200
part tide in South

917
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:49,079
Africa we are facing many challenges in

918
00:44:49,079 --> 00:44:51,720
this country and there is a

919
00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:53,839
convergence just like we've seen in the

920
00:44:53,839 --> 00:44:55,960
past we're fighting for women's rights

921
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:57,480
again

922
00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:59,920
just like we did then we're fighting for

923
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:02,599
an end to a part tide just in someplace

924
00:45:02,599 --> 00:45:05,960
else just like we did then we're still

925
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:08,359
fighting for housing and workers rights

926
00:45:08,359 --> 00:45:10,599
and all of these things yet

927
00:45:10,599 --> 00:45:14,359
again so my question to each and every

928
00:45:14,359 --> 00:45:15,520
one of

929
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,720
you which side are you

930
00:45:18,720 --> 00:45:24,119
on which side are you

931
00:45:24,119 --> 00:45:28,119
on because the books will be written the

932
00:45:28,119 --> 00:45:30,119
stories will be

933
00:45:30,119 --> 00:45:32,599
told and where will your name fall on

934
00:45:32,599 --> 00:45:33,760
that

935
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:40,109
ledger thank

936
00:45:40,119 --> 00:45:49,950
you thank you Paul

937
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:51,920
Milton Madam president I'm going to

938
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:53,680
change topics a little bit just for a

939
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:56,280
second I'll be brief sure um my name is

940
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:58,880
Paul Melton I'm the president and CEO at

941
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:01,800
Ellis medicine uh I do want to do two

942
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,559
things tonight uh one I went to the

943
00:46:04,559 --> 00:46:06,200
website and looked at the committee

944
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:09,640
agenda for last week and there was a an

945
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,680
item that said encouraging St Peter's

946
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:13,839
Health Partners and Ellis medicine

947
00:46:13,839 --> 00:46:16,800
Administration to settle a fair contract

948
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:20,119
with uh Nisa I just want to make it

949
00:46:20,119 --> 00:46:25,520
clear for you that Ellis and St Peters

950
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,680
are separate entities

951
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:31,119
uh they're not working together on this

952
00:46:31,119 --> 00:46:33,559
topic here uh we have a management

953
00:46:33,559 --> 00:46:35,319
agreement approved by the state

954
00:46:35,319 --> 00:46:37,400
department of health of the state of New

955
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:40,160
York uh Ellis gets a chief medical

956
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,520
officer and a chief operating officer

957
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:44,680
from that we have three things we're not

958
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,119
allowed to talk about one we're not

959
00:46:47,119 --> 00:46:49,280
allow allowed to do joint programs

960
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:52,200
together and message that to the public

961
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,920
number two we're not able to talk about

962
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:57,280
rates with insurance companies that's

963
00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,359
off limits and number three we're not

964
00:46:59,359 --> 00:47:01,720
allowed to talk about wages that would

965
00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:04,040
be collusion so those are three things

966
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:06,240
that are very specific that we're not

967
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:08,640
allowed to talk about in a management

968
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:12,119
agreement we are two separate

969
00:47:12,119 --> 00:47:15,079
entities um so I want that to be clear

970
00:47:15,079 --> 00:47:17,119
wasn't represented correctly in the

971
00:47:17,119 --> 00:47:19,880
media as well but I wanted you to know

972
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:24,400
that the second is and this goes back to

973
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:28,359
co I thank you and our team thanks the

974
00:47:28,359 --> 00:47:31,880
uh Council for all of your support uh

975
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:33,480
it's a privilege for us to take care of

976
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:35,920
the people of skincity and try to meet

977
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:38,280
their health needs and it's the whole

978
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:42,079
team it's Tech it's therapists it's Food

979
00:47:42,079 --> 00:47:45,319
Service workers it's nurses and doctors

980
00:47:45,319 --> 00:47:48,240
it's the board it's the management team

981
00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:51,559
so I really appreciate your interest to

982
00:47:51,559 --> 00:47:54,280
support Ellis as we take care of people

983
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:56,920
in this community in addition to the

984
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,240
nurses I do orientation with new

985
00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:02,440
employees every two weeks and one of the

986
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:05,599
first things I say is that the nurses

987
00:48:05,599 --> 00:48:07,480
are the backbone of Ellis they're the

988
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:10,680
backbone of any Hospital in this country

989
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,160
every every hospital in this country is

990
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:16,640
struggling to find enough nurses we're

991
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:18,640
very proud of the blander School of

992
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,599
Nursing we have our largest class coming

993
00:48:21,599 --> 00:48:26,319
in this year 91 students we also in the

994
00:48:26,319 --> 00:48:29,440
last 8 18 months have had 50 nurses

995
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:32,720
return to Ellis to work that had left

996
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:35,359
we're proud of the wages we pay which

997
00:48:35,359 --> 00:48:37,400
are some of the highest in the region

998
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:39,440
and we're very proud of the benefit

999
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:42,839
package that we have which is also very

1000
00:48:42,839 --> 00:48:45,839
competitive and highest in the region so

1001
00:48:45,839 --> 00:48:47,680
I just want to clarify that for the

1002
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,200
record as we go forward and thank you

1003
00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:52,359
for your support of Ellis as we take

1004
00:48:52,359 --> 00:48:54,200
care of people in this community thank

1005
00:48:54,200 --> 00:49:03,589
you thank you

1006
00:49:03,599 --> 00:49:19,069
Tom

1007
00:49:19,079 --> 00:49:21,520
Kennedy good

1008
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,960
evening Chief Marino City Council

1009
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,200
Members I said I would be back um to

1010
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,520
talk about an issue

1011
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:35,480
um of garbage along with W Street and

1012
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:38,760
Strong Street I've been meeting with the

1013
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:42,240
residents of Wy and uh they've told me

1014
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:45,799
uh quite a few stories about the ongoing

1015
00:49:45,799 --> 00:49:47,760
dumping that's been going on there the

1016
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:49,160
different problems that they're having

1017
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,720
on their street uh interesting enough I

1018
00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:55,040
received the call yesterday that uh Miss

1019
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,839
Porterfield you've been interested in my

1020
00:49:57,839 --> 00:50:00,520
whereabouts on Wy Street and talking to

1021
00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:04,880
people funny um I I thought that was

1022
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:06,480
kind of interesting you could have

1023
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,040
called me if you were wondering who I

1024
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,520
was meeting with and when but you chose

1025
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:14,119
not to and I understand that uh but one

1026
00:50:14,119 --> 00:50:15,680
of the things

1027
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:18,200
that well not one there's a few things

1028
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,640
that would resolve this problem very

1029
00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:24,079
quickly video surveillance more lighting

1030
00:50:24,079 --> 00:50:26,240
and enforcement when people see people

1031
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:27,440
dumping

1032
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:32,119
on that street pretty simple stuff um

1033
00:50:32,119 --> 00:50:34,720
there's been some talk and Mr Williams

1034
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:36,799
contact he's here tonight Williams

1035
00:50:36,799 --> 00:50:39,160
contacted me to want to talk about this

1036
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,000
we haven't had finished those

1037
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:44,559
conversations yet but um one of the

1038
00:50:44,559 --> 00:50:47,319
things that I disagree with this is not

1039
00:50:47,319 --> 00:50:51,599
a resident issue uh we agree with mayor

1040
00:50:51,599 --> 00:50:54,040
McCarthy mayor McCarthy very clear is

1041
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:57,280
that could be dangerous this garbage has

1042
00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:01,920
been dumped there for years and years um I would not send any

1043
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,079
Resident down on that embankment or

1044
00:51:04,079 --> 00:51:05,880
anywhere around there because we don't

1045
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:08,119
know what's down there um the residents

1046
00:51:08,119 --> 00:51:09,760
tell me there's all kinds of huge rats

1047
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:12,160
running around uh we don't know what's

1048
00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:13,720
been dumped there whether it's hasm

1049
00:51:13,720 --> 00:51:16,359
material whether it's uh dangerous to

1050
00:51:16,359 --> 00:51:18,440
people uh trying to pick it up so it's

1051
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,040
not as simple as rolling in these roll

1052
00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:23,760
tops and filling them up full of crap

1053
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:25,799
you know it's it's garbage and it's it's

1054
00:51:25,799 --> 00:51:28,760
dangerous some some damage carment so um

1055
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:32,319
I would say that as we advocated before

1056
00:51:32,319 --> 00:51:35,319
uh you have money in the leftover from

1057
00:51:35,319 --> 00:51:37,680
arpa I know you have some pet projects

1058
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,880
you're trying to get across the board

1059
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:43,799
however um I really believe that this

1060
00:51:43,799 --> 00:51:47,079
could be money spent that would help all

1061
00:51:47,079 --> 00:51:49,960
of city of skincity whether it's you

1062
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:51,720
know the the the look coming into our

1063
00:51:51,720 --> 00:51:54,280
city in the winter as you as we all know

1064
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:55,559
it's going to be overgrown pretty soon

1065
00:51:55,559 --> 00:51:56,680
and people aren't going to see it but

1066
00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:58,000
that doesn't mean the garbage ain't

1067
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:02,640
there and not only that that um

1068
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,799
the the people on Wy Street deserve a

1069
00:52:05,799 --> 00:52:08,319
decent place to live as well as strong

1070
00:52:08,319 --> 00:52:10,520
Street and tomorrow we're going to be

1071
00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:12,680
releasing some more pictures of that

1072
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:16,880
area um to the media and

1073
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:20,240
uh I just think that if there is a ways

1074
00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:23,720
and means of fixing this we do it now we

1075
00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:26,839
have the funding let's get it done and

1076
00:52:26,839 --> 00:52:29,040
I'm calling on this city council to put

1077
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,119
aside their pet projects and put the

1078
00:52:31,119 --> 00:52:35,720
people of sanctity first thank you thank

1079
00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:47,910
you Dr

1080
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:50,799
shakima good evening um just like

1081
00:52:50,799 --> 00:52:52,599
Jamaica I don't have anything uh

1082
00:52:52,599 --> 00:52:56,559
pre-written uh but I would like to bring

1083
00:52:56,559 --> 00:52:58,760
all the faith together and this is

1084
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:00,920
something that we believe in as Muslims

1085
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:04,359
God says and whoever Saves a Life as if

1086
00:53:04,359 --> 00:53:07,440
it save the entire humanity and this was

1087
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:10,119
stated by one of our previous speakers

1088
00:53:10,119 --> 00:53:12,520
who happens to be a Jew and then I'm

1089
00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:15,079
going to quote Dr May who happens to be

1090
00:53:15,079 --> 00:53:17,400
the executive director for the churches

1091
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:20,559
for Middle East peace she said it seems

1092
00:53:20,559 --> 00:53:24,799
that we're not winning the battle of the

1093
00:53:24,799 --> 00:53:29,079
hearts and she calls it the prophethood

1094
00:53:29,079 --> 00:53:32,440
message meaning the clear message that

1095
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,640
we're all here trying to save lives some

1096
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:35,760
people

1097
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,400
unfortunately in the political

1098
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,240
Arena the heart is not there the

1099
00:53:41,240 --> 00:53:43,440
conscience is not there I mentioned this

1100
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:45,760
before I said this resolution will tell

1101
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,799
us who are the representatives and who

1102
00:53:48,799 --> 00:53:49,880
are the

1103
00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:52,559
politicians and as we are here the third

1104
00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:54,880
time it seems like we are getting a

1105
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:57,520
better image and I'm going to paraphrase

1106
00:53:57,520 --> 00:53:59,359
what was mentioned earlier it's very

1107
00:53:59,359 --> 00:54:00,720
interesting that people came here and

1108
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:03,720
spoke at the podium and refer to saving

1109
00:54:03,720 --> 00:54:05,839
what we have left of

1110
00:54:05,839 --> 00:54:08,440
buildings yet this is the third time

1111
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,000
we're coming here talking about saving

1112
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:15,079
what we have left of human lives our

1113
00:54:15,079 --> 00:54:19,720
message is clear we are here asking for

1114
00:54:19,720 --> 00:54:22,640
the lives to be saved and I'm going to

1115
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,240
mention this it's an honor to work with

1116
00:54:25,240 --> 00:54:28,720
everybody from all walks of life but one

1117
00:54:28,720 --> 00:54:31,839
thing that has been a little

1118
00:54:31,839 --> 00:54:35,000
bit hijacked I would say but some who

1119
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,599
are still saying this is not our call

1120
00:54:37,599 --> 00:54:40,200
and they're saying this is a one-sided

1121
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,359
thing let's pretend that there are no

1122
00:54:42,359 --> 00:54:45,680
Palestinians in Gaza you have Israeli

1123
00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:48,760
hostages who are starving you have

1124
00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:51,280
Israeli hostages who are being

1125
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,920
bombed can you dare and stand and say

1126
00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:55,319
this is not my

1127
00:54:55,319 --> 00:54:58,440
business to the Jews to the Israelis and

1128
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:00,520
dare I say even to the zionists who say

1129
00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:03,599
we are here more interested in the

1130
00:55:03,599 --> 00:55:05,799
hostages who are being held in Gaza

1131
00:55:05,799 --> 00:55:08,079
because if there's no ceasefire these

1132
00:55:08,079 --> 00:55:10,440
same hostages have been and will

1133
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:13,920
continue to be sharing the same fate as

1134
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:16,880
the Palestinians who are being killed in

1135
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:18,160
the

1136
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:20,839
thousands and for anyone who is using

1137
00:55:20,839 --> 00:55:24,160
the Border as an excuse that's the most

1138
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:26,839
cowardly call to say

1139
00:55:26,839 --> 00:55:30,599
this is not a connected issue this is a

1140
00:55:30,599 --> 00:55:33,440
very connected issue because we as

1141
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:36,480
taxpayers we are paying for the bombs

1142
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:39,520
that are being used to kill everyone in

1143
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:43,760
Gaza Palestinians and Israelis who are

1144
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:46,920
being held hostages our tax money is

1145
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:51,280
being used to blockade and Siege Gaza

1146
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:54,599
where we have Palestinians and Israelis

1147
00:55:54,599 --> 00:55:56,920
sharing the same fate

1148
00:55:56,920 --> 00:55:58,799
and this impacts each and every one of

1149
00:55:58,799 --> 00:56:02,000
us in this same city because when we

1150
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:04,400
preach we tell people to care about

1151
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:07,079
everyone and if you say that the Border

1152
00:56:07,079 --> 00:56:08,599
makes somebody

1153
00:56:08,599 --> 00:56:10,760
different I don't know where Humanity

1154
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:14,080
will be thank you thank

1155
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:17,440
[Applause]

1156
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:19,480
you Melissa

1157
00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:26,510
McKennon Melissa mcon

1158
00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:29,599
good evening and thank you um I am here

1159
00:56:29,599 --> 00:56:33,400
tonight just to offer an appreciation

1160
00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:37,920
for the Arbor Day resolution and um the

1161
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:39,760
Arbor Day event that's coming up this

1162
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,640
Friday I work as Farms Outreach

1163
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:45,359
coordinator for the Sycamore

1164
00:56:45,359 --> 00:56:47,359
collaborative uh so I'm part of veale

1165
00:56:47,359 --> 00:56:51,640
urban farm and um we're happy to have

1166
00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:54,960
people come by Friday between 5: and 700

1167
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:57,960
p.m. in into Veil Farm which is right

1168
00:56:57,960 --> 00:57:00,520
off of Brandy Wine Avenue you turn into

1169
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:03,319
veale Cemetery so I'm we're excited the

1170
00:57:03,319 --> 00:57:05,799
city will be there DEC relief will be

1171
00:57:05,799 --> 00:57:10,960
there retri SKC EOS SKC Soil and Water

1172
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:13,079
SKC Master Gardeners and we'll be

1173
00:57:13,079 --> 00:57:15,720
talking to people about how to take care

1174
00:57:15,720 --> 00:57:18,079
of trees what to think of when planting

1175
00:57:18,079 --> 00:57:21,039
trees answering people's questions will

1176
00:57:21,039 --> 00:57:22,720
have people doing tree

1177
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:24,799
identification and I guess I was just

1178
00:57:24,799 --> 00:57:27,480
thinking about two in light of what

1179
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:29,480
folks have been sharing

1180
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:31,880
tonight uh you know trees are important

1181
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:35,200
for so many reasons and our fruit and

1182
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:38,640
nut Orchards they're Community Orchards

1183
00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:40,599
so they're fairly newly

1184
00:57:40,599 --> 00:57:43,760
planted and we are an Interfaith

1185
00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:46,160
organization doing this work and we've

1186
00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:49,200
seen how powerfully it can be when we

1187
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:51,880
work together growing far um on these

1188
00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:54,680
farms and raising fruit and nuts in The

1189
00:57:54,680 --> 00:57:56,720
Orchards the opportunity ities for

1190
00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:58,640
building uh

1191
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:01,240
conversations um and for providing space

1192
00:58:01,240 --> 00:58:04,160
for that too so thank you and we're just

1193
00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:06,039
we're looking forward to

1194
00:58:06,039 --> 00:58:08,720
Friday thank

1195
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:18,950
you Robert

1196
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:21,880
Sanders good evening Madame President

1197
00:58:21,880 --> 00:58:24,160
good evening council members my name is

1198
00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:27,240
Robert Sanders um I just want to touch

1199
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:30,039
on a couple things one gentleman who

1200
00:58:30,039 --> 00:58:32,359
spoke was very eloquent about what's

1201
00:58:32,359 --> 00:58:34,520
happening over in the Middle East and

1202
00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:35,920
two weeks ago you might have heard me

1203
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:39,200
speak and one gentleman who just got up

1204
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:41,880
who's talking about the Border over a

1205
00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:45,839
million us people have died from drugs

1206
00:58:45,839 --> 00:58:47,960
coming across that border and he said

1207
00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:50,839
that's not an issue that's an American

1208
00:58:50,839 --> 00:58:53,359
issue okay and then I hear about

1209
00:58:53,359 --> 00:58:56,480
genocide how this is genocide okay okay

1210
00:58:56,480 --> 00:58:58,359
now I know if we go into Africa and

1211
00:58:58,359 --> 00:59:01,039
Sudan and to other countries we got a

1212
00:59:01,039 --> 00:59:03,480
half a million people dying right now I

1213
00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:05,520
don't see America pledging Aid going

1214
00:59:05,520 --> 00:59:08,000
over there I'm not for aid for Russia

1215
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:10,640
for Ukraine for Israel or for Palestine

1216
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:14,119
anyone that money needs to stay here in

1217
00:59:14,119 --> 00:59:18,640
the United States you know we had 20,000

1218
00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:22,240
people die in one day in

1219
00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:25,480
Normandy okay and I know there's

1220
00:59:25,480 --> 00:59:28,640
terrible things happening and I

1221
00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:31,200
understand that but I do understand that

1222
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:34,559
this is the United States of America

1223
00:59:34,559 --> 00:59:36,559
people came here because they wanted to

1224
00:59:36,559 --> 00:59:38,000
be free they wanted to have their right

1225
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:41,119
to speak their you know their own choice

1226
00:59:41,119 --> 00:59:43,240
if you want something in Palestine if

1227
00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:45,440
you want something in Israel Ukraine or

1228
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:49,520
Russia go there help them that's how a

1229
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:51,880
lot of people feel about it we have

1230
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:55,799
problems right here in this very Country

1231
00:59:55,799 --> 00:59:57,200
and you

1232
00:59:57,200 --> 00:59:59,760
know that that's the root to everything

1233
00:59:59,760 --> 01:00:02,799
is I don't want to see anyone die nobody

1234
01:00:02,799 --> 01:00:05,760
wants to see War I'm totally against War

1235
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:07,480
I don't know why people just can't live

1236
01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:13,920
in peace and like one gentleman said you know just put this in God's hands I

1237
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:15,920
mean God has always helped us through

1238
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:18,400
things and no matter who you are what

1239
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:20,640
color you are race color creed or

1240
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:23,280
religion you know God will be the

1241
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:26,119
determining Factor here but it goes to

1242
01:00:26,119 --> 01:00:28,799
the bar back to every everything here I

1243
01:00:28,799 --> 01:00:30,960
pledge allegiance to the flag of the

1244
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,079
United States of

1245
01:00:33,079 --> 01:00:35,200
America okay and I don't have to say the

1246
01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:37,200
whole thing we already did that but we

1247
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:41,680
know what's what I do believe that

1248
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:44,720
everybody has the right to speak but

1249
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:48,000
America is and connecti needs to put

1250
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:49,839
itself first thank

1251
01:00:49,839 --> 01:00:52,079
you thank

1252
01:00:52,079 --> 01:01:00,109
you Sam clay

1253
01:01:00,119 --> 01:01:03,160
hello city council my name is Sam CL

1254
01:01:03,160 --> 01:01:05,520
lifelong resident skty former employee

1255
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:06,280
of

1256
01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:09,640
skincity I was uh unjustly terminated

1257
01:01:09,640 --> 01:01:13,400
back in 2003 after a cooworker struck me

1258
01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:17,160
with a truck in 2001 I've been putting

1259
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:19,680
applications getting no responses from

1260
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:22,710
anyone

1261
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,520
um I had a u my last application I put

1262
01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:26,480
in was

1263
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:29,559
in October 20 on October 20

1264
01:01:29,559 --> 01:01:31,880
2023 I had a brief interview with uh

1265
01:01:31,880 --> 01:01:34,440
Chris who's the acting um commissioner I

1266
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:37,720
think he is we had a brief interview

1267
01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:39,960
haven't heard anything back from him

1268
01:01:39,960 --> 01:01:41,160
I've called the mayor I've come to the

1269
01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:44,480
mayor's office and left messages for him

1270
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:46,240
to contact me no response from him

1271
01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:49,960
either I've spoken to

1272
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:52,559
um I think it's his direct secretary

1273
01:01:52,559 --> 01:01:56,319
Michelle Carr and she told me the city's

1274
01:01:56,319 --> 01:01:57,039
not

1275
01:01:57,039 --> 01:01:59,240
hiring and I said I put my application

1276
01:01:59,240 --> 01:02:02,119
in last year I was here two weeks ago I

1277
01:02:02,119 --> 01:02:03,440
didn't get a chance to speak CU I was

1278
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:06,359
late but I went over to the finance

1279
01:02:06,359 --> 01:02:08,559
department they still have a posting for

1280
01:02:08,559 --> 01:02:11,279
the position that I appli

1281
01:02:11,279 --> 01:02:13,319
to

1282
01:02:13,319 --> 01:02:16,160
so I would like someone to contact me

1283
01:02:16,160 --> 01:02:17,480
and let me know what's going on why I

1284
01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:19,400
keep getting to runaround about getting

1285
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:21,680
employment with the city that unjustly

1286
01:02:21,680 --> 01:02:25,400
terminated me they also told me Carl

1287
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:28,559
Olen to be exact back in uh

1288
01:02:28,559 --> 01:02:31,319
2004 he told me I was returning back to

1289
01:02:31,319 --> 01:02:34,160
my employment with the city never gave

1290
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:36,960
me a a start date back to work so what

1291
01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:38,440
am I supposed to do just sit and wait

1292
01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:40,640
for somebody to call me my life doesn't

1293
01:02:40,640 --> 01:02:42,760
stop no one's life

1294
01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:46,400
stops so I have to keep moving forward

1295
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:47,839
but at the same time I will keep

1296
01:02:47,839 --> 01:02:50,520
applying because I could have retired

1297
01:02:50,520 --> 01:02:52,480
after 20 years working for this city but

1298
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:54,000
I would have continued because I was not

1299
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:56,880
of age to retire then

1300
01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:59,440
so all I'm asking is for someone to call

1301
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:01,319
me back whether it's City Council

1302
01:03:01,319 --> 01:03:04,520
Members the mayor someone in the uh

1303
01:03:04,520 --> 01:03:06,359
Department there and we sit down and

1304
01:03:06,359 --> 01:03:08,799
have a meeting discuss everything thank

1305
01:03:08,799 --> 01:03:11,950
you thank

1306
01:03:11,960 --> 01:03:22,829
you Frank

1307
01:03:22,839 --> 01:03:26,240
Wicks okay yeah thank you and appreciate

1308
01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:28,799
the ability to be

1309
01:03:28,799 --> 01:03:34,319
here uh ear October 7th could not have

1310
01:03:34,319 --> 01:03:39,319
happened if Israel had know guarded the

1311
01:03:39,319 --> 01:03:43,440
wall that they built to enforce the

1312
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:46,200
apartheid uh better security would keep

1313
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:48,760
it from happening again so this entire

1314
01:03:48,760 --> 01:03:52,799
war in Gaza is a blood bath that's not

1315
01:03:52,799 --> 01:03:57,349
necessary uh

1316
01:03:57,359 --> 01:04:01,079
the the the the war in Gaza is is

1317
01:04:01,079 --> 01:04:04,359
actually to steal all the

1318
01:04:04,359 --> 01:04:07,680
territory from the uh Jordan River to

1319
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:10,680
the Mediterranean which requires just

1320
01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:15,119
killing uh the Palestinians or forcing

1321
01:04:15,119 --> 01:04:17,079
their forcing them to live somewhere

1322
01:04:17,079 --> 01:04:21,789
else where they have nowhere to

1323
01:04:21,799 --> 01:04:25,720
go just additional comments here uh

1324
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:27,160
here's the fourth time I've been here at

1325
01:04:27,160 --> 01:04:30,440
this meeting no calling for the uh unit

1326
01:04:30,440 --> 01:04:33,200
for concy to be on the right side of

1327
01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:37,880
History to support a ceasefire in uh in

1328
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:40,480
Gaza and

1329
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:42,599
Palestine mean we've written four

1330
01:04:42,599 --> 01:04:46,799
letters to The Gazette and over things

1331
01:04:46,799 --> 01:04:49,359
keep on getting

1332
01:04:49,359 --> 01:04:52,520
worse and note I'm I'm not Jewish I'm

1333
01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:55,160
not Israeli I'm not Muslim I'm not

1334
01:04:55,160 --> 01:04:56,960
Palestinian

1335
01:04:56,960 --> 01:05:00,960
uh is more a matter of no right it's a

1336
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:04,349
matter of right or

1337
01:05:04,359 --> 01:05:08,039
wrong and I I've been active in

1338
01:05:08,039 --> 01:05:11,279
connecting for 62 years I say

1339
01:05:11,279 --> 01:05:14,039
anti-Semitism may happen here but in my

1340
01:05:14,039 --> 01:05:17,200
62 years here I've never observed it

1341
01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:18,960
know I think find people and disconnect

1342
01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:23,870
to get along with each

1343
01:05:23,880 --> 01:05:27,400
other okay so the opposed resolution to

1344
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:30,680
stop our country from supplying the

1345
01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:33,200
weapons and support to Israel for

1346
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:36,240
killing and starving and forc relocation

1347
01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:38,279
of innocent Palestinians and murdering

1348
01:05:38,279 --> 01:05:42,200
the courageous members of the press and

1349
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:45,960
peacekeepers uh should be should be

1350
01:05:45,960 --> 01:05:49,920
simple uh in fact our Jewish no

1351
01:05:49,920 --> 01:05:52,880
secretary leader of the Senate is now

1352
01:05:52,880 --> 01:05:58,390
noted that Israel has lost its way

1353
01:05:58,400 --> 01:06:01,520
uh and

1354
01:06:01,520 --> 01:06:05,000
uh so I'd say and I also say the most

1355
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:08,559
effective you know persons for resolving

1356
01:06:08,559 --> 01:06:11,000
the situation are the uh members of the

1357
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:14,559
Jewish Community the uh Jewish voices

1358
01:06:14,559 --> 01:06:18,279
for peace uh not in our name there a 16

1359
01:06:18,279 --> 01:06:19,760
anti

1360
01:06:19,760 --> 01:06:21,319
Zion

1361
01:06:21,319 --> 01:06:24,119
uh Jewish organizations listed in

1362
01:06:24,119 --> 01:06:26,400
Wikipedia so there the people that know

1363
01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:28,880
best what know the situation and what

1364
01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:32,000
they're saying and finally the the

1365
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:34,319
future ought to be ultimately take down

1366
01:06:34,319 --> 01:06:36,440
the wall what is what happened in

1367
01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:38,359
Germany and what happened in South

1368
01:06:38,359 --> 01:06:45,190
Africa okay thank you thank

1369
01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:47,480
you I have no one else signed up to

1370
01:06:47,480 --> 01:06:49,279
speak so I declare the public comment of

1371
01:06:49,279 --> 01:06:51,039
City business

1372
01:06:51,039 --> 01:06:52,880
closed this time we'll have any

1373
01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:55,960
miscellaneous business of the council

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01:06:55,960 --> 01:07:06,829
Mr

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01:07:06,839 --> 01:07:08,880
Williams thank

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01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:10,960
you just for

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01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:12,480
tonight

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01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:14,319
statement thank you to everyone who

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01:07:14,319 --> 01:07:16,119
shared their thoughts opinions and

1380
01:07:16,119 --> 01:07:18,400
concerns tonight I'd like to take a

1381
01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:20,000
moment to address the ongoing comments

1382
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:22,400
related to calls for a ceasefire within

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01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:23,920
Gaza from

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01:07:23,920 --> 01:07:27,440
body this is one that has deep religious

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01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:29,359
and emotional connections with many

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01:07:29,359 --> 01:07:31,440
residents in our community requiring

1387
01:07:31,440 --> 01:07:33,559
attention in detail when identifying and

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01:07:33,559 --> 01:07:35,559
appropriate and effective course of

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01:07:35,559 --> 01:07:38,440
action from the onset divides have

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01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:40,839
lengthened amongst pro-israeli and pro

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01:07:40,839 --> 01:07:42,720
Palestinian supporters often

1392
01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:46,160
categorizing opponents as antic

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01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:48,920
respective there is undeniably true pain

1394
01:07:48,920 --> 01:07:51,200
being Afflicted on innocent lives whose

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01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:53,480
suffering I can't I can't

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01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:56,880
capture and yet that statement alone

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01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:59,160
solicits varying responses based on your

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01:07:59,160 --> 01:08:01,000
personal connection and

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01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:04,359
recents let me be clear I emphatically

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01:08:04,359 --> 01:08:06,480
stand with the preservation of life

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01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:08,680
especially those of innocent children

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01:08:08,680 --> 01:08:10,240
and it's apparent that there is immense

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01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:12,599
suffering on both sides in the

1404
01:08:12,599 --> 01:08:14,119
conversations that I've had with local

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01:08:14,119 --> 01:08:16,480
Advocates I've recognized that third

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01:08:16,480 --> 01:08:18,679
party accounts and our inability As

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01:08:18,679 --> 01:08:20,920
Leaders to move Beyond st's positions

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01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:22,880
toward the point of civil discourse has

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01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:23,880
not

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01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:27,000
been whatever respons as a community it

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01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:30,960
must the dialogue dialog crafting a true

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01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:33,120
resolution persective of our diverse

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01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:35,679
Community or dialogue and calling for

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01:08:35,679 --> 01:08:37,440
Progressive conversations from our

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01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:39,199
faith-based leaders that protects the

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01:08:39,199 --> 01:08:41,520
sanctity of life for all

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01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:43,880
santies the ongoing conflict within the

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01:08:43,880 --> 01:08:46,960
Middle East is one of immense complexity

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01:08:46,960 --> 01:08:49,159
and although my words counter resolve

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01:08:49,159 --> 01:08:51,560
this International tragedy my position

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01:08:51,560 --> 01:08:53,759
remains with those actively engaging to

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01:08:53,759 --> 01:08:57,630
forge a path of

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01:08:57,640 --> 01:08:58,160
thank

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01:08:58,160 --> 01:09:02,520
[Applause]

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01:09:02,520 --> 01:09:05,239
you any other council

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01:09:05,239 --> 01:09:08,279
members hey chief Marino is sitting in

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01:09:08,279 --> 01:09:09,560
for the mayor

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01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:11,719
tonight

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01:09:11,719 --> 01:09:14,400
Chief I would like to just uh talk a

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01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:16,159
little bit about an event that will be

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01:09:16,159 --> 01:09:19,560
happening on May 18th of this year it's

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01:09:19,560 --> 01:09:22,239
called sound the alarm and sound the

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01:09:22,239 --> 01:09:25,960
alarm is uh sponsored by the Red Cross

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01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:28,199
red C uh the SKC fire department will be

1435
01:09:28,199 --> 01:09:30,719
working with the Red Cross and with many

1436
01:09:30,719 --> 01:09:34,400
volunteers on that day going to a couple

1437
01:09:34,400 --> 01:09:37,319
of designated neighborhoods in the city

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01:09:37,319 --> 01:09:40,759
to people that have signed up uh to have

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01:09:40,759 --> 01:09:44,120
us go to their homes do an assessment of

1440
01:09:44,120 --> 01:09:46,159
their home to see if they have the

1441
01:09:46,159 --> 01:09:49,640
proper number of smoke alarms and then

1442
01:09:49,640 --> 01:09:52,600
we will install free of charge smoke

1443
01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:55,640
alarms to those homes and then also sit

1444
01:09:55,640 --> 01:09:59,520
with the residents to have a little uh

1445
01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:03,159
education of fire safety this year we'll

1446
01:10:03,159 --> 01:10:05,199
be going to the Hamilton Hill

1447
01:10:05,199 --> 01:10:07,760
Neighborhood and the veale neighborhood

1448
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:10,159
it is a great event I encourage anyone

1449
01:10:10,159 --> 01:10:11,880
that is interested in

1450
01:10:11,880 --> 01:10:14,159
participating either as a

1451
01:10:14,159 --> 01:10:17,159
volunteer or someone that would like

1452
01:10:17,159 --> 01:10:21,800
their home to be evaluated to uh uh

1453
01:10:21,800 --> 01:10:24,920
check the connected fire department's

1454
01:10:24,920 --> 01:10:26,679
Facebook Facebook page within the next

1455
01:10:26,679 --> 01:10:28,840
week we'll have more information or go

1456
01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:32,120
directly to the Red Cross page and

1457
01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:33,920
they'll have information on sound the

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01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:36,640
alarm now we are doing the two residents

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01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:39,520
the two neighborhoods Hamilton Hill and

1460
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:42,679
Vale but that doesn't mean that other

1461
01:10:42,679 --> 01:10:45,679
families in the city are not eligible

1462
01:10:45,679 --> 01:10:48,640
they can contact the uh Red Cross

1463
01:10:48,640 --> 01:10:50,560
directly and they will make an

1464
01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:52,560
appointment to come specifically to that

1465
01:10:52,560 --> 01:10:55,630
home

1466
01:10:55,640 --> 01:11:00,440
so smoke alarms save lives fire doubles

1467
01:11:00,440 --> 01:11:03,199
every minute so it is extremely

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01:11:03,199 --> 01:11:06,600
important for anyone that has an issue

1469
01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:09,159
in their home to be notified

1470
01:11:09,159 --> 01:11:11,719
quickly you have an adequate number of

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01:11:11,719 --> 01:11:14,600
smoke alarms your chances of getting out

1472
01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:17,600
of a home that's on fire increase

1473
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:19,679
tremendously so

1474
01:11:19,679 --> 01:11:22,719
please go to the Red Cross check out

1475
01:11:22,719 --> 01:11:25,719
connected's home page or Facebook page

1476
01:11:25,719 --> 01:11:27,239
and if you would like to volunteer

1477
01:11:27,239 --> 01:11:29,840
please do so if you need a smoke alarm

1478
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:35,760
please go there and sign up thank you Chief uh first of all I have a

1479
01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:38,320
few Community announcements as was uh

1480
01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:40,760
previously said there's a Arbor Day

1481
01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:42,760
celebration at the veil Farms on Fair

1482
01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:45,120
Avenue from 5: to 7: where our

1483
01:11:45,120 --> 01:11:48,120
resolution will be presented and also on

1484
01:11:48,120 --> 01:11:49,760
Saturday there's multiple cleanups

1485
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:52,239
across the city uh there's four

1486
01:11:52,239 --> 01:11:53,520
neighborhoods that have sent in

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01:11:53,520 --> 01:11:54,920
information so I'm just going to provide

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01:11:54,920 --> 01:11:57,600
you with that uh Goose Hill Neighborhood

1489
01:11:57,600 --> 01:11:59,719
um cleanup will start at Simon's park at

1490
01:11:59,719 --> 01:12:02,400
8:00 a.m. for you early risers they'll

1491
01:12:02,400 --> 01:12:05,199
be there from 8 to two the Hamilton Hill

1492
01:12:05,199 --> 01:12:06,719
Neighborhood will be doing a cleanup as

1493
01:12:06,719 --> 01:12:09,159
well that starts at 10: and ends at 2

1494
01:12:09,159 --> 01:12:11,159
and the meeting place is Jerry barell

1495
01:12:11,159 --> 01:12:13,480
Park the boulevard appreciation

1496
01:12:13,480 --> 01:12:15,880
neighborhood association bana uh will be

1497
01:12:15,880 --> 01:12:18,000
cleaning up the centeral alley east

1498
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,960
alley and west alley and that begin the

1499
01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:22,320
they begin at 10:00 a.m. and their

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01:12:22,320 --> 01:12:24,440
meeting place is the Cal Calvary

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01:12:24,440 --> 01:12:27,239
orthodox presid larian Church on Rugby

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01:12:27,239 --> 01:12:29,880
Road and then finally the Upper Union

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01:12:29,880 --> 01:12:31,639
Street will also be doing a cleanup from

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01:12:31,639 --> 01:12:34,120
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and they are

1505
01:12:34,120 --> 01:12:35,800
going to be meeting at BR breuggers

1506
01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:38,960
Bagels on uh Union Street and that will

1507
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:42,000
be rain or shine so anyone can come out

1508
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:44,679
to help with that that would be great

1509
01:12:44,679 --> 01:12:46,120
and uh then I'd like to thank everyone

1510
01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:48,679
for coming out to tonight to speak to

1511
01:12:48,679 --> 01:12:50,920
whatever the um topic was that you came

1512
01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:54,360
to speak about and we some of us in any

1513
01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:56,400
case have been talking and meeting with

1514
01:12:56,400 --> 01:12:59,080
members of the community regarding the

1515
01:12:59,080 --> 01:13:01,440
proposed resolution and first of all I

1516
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:03,440
want to make one thing clear it was

1517
01:13:03,440 --> 01:13:06,600
stated by people from uh both

1518
01:13:06,600 --> 01:13:09,360
perspectives that we were open or I I'll

1519
01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:10,800
speak let me speak for myself that I was

1520
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:13,120
open to only speaking to one group

1521
01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:15,080
versus the other well that in fact is

1522
01:13:15,080 --> 01:13:18,080
not true and so I am open and have been

1523
01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:19,960
having those conversations with

1524
01:13:19,960 --> 01:13:22,840
individuals who represent uh different

1525
01:13:22,840 --> 01:13:25,239
viewpoints on this particular issue it's

1526
01:13:25,239 --> 01:13:26,760
what I said from the beginning it's what

1527
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:28,520
I'll continue to say that I'm always

1528
01:13:28,520 --> 01:13:30,239
open for

1529
01:13:30,239 --> 01:13:33,480
conversation and what I will say also is

1530
01:13:33,480 --> 01:13:35,199
I'm if you haven't already are you

1531
01:13:35,199 --> 01:13:36,880
speaking to your federal Representatives

1532
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:39,360
your congressmen your two senators I

1533
01:13:39,360 --> 01:13:41,040
believe that all of us locally don't

1534
01:13:41,040 --> 01:13:42,400
want any more bombing we want the

1535
01:13:42,400 --> 01:13:43,480
release of

1536
01:13:43,480 --> 01:13:46,400
hostages and we definitely want human

1537
01:13:46,400 --> 01:13:49,080
humanitarian Aid there was a speaker

1538
01:13:49,080 --> 01:13:50,480
tonight that talked about President

1539
01:13:50,480 --> 01:13:53,000
Nelson Mandela and what he was able to

1540
01:13:53,000 --> 01:13:54,679
do and part of the reason that he was

1541
01:13:54,679 --> 01:13:56,840
able to to do that was because he spoke

1542
01:13:56,840 --> 01:13:58,920
to the people who would have been

1543
01:13:58,920 --> 01:14:00,159
considered his

1544
01:14:00,159 --> 01:14:04,239
enemies so what I am asking and

1545
01:14:04,239 --> 01:14:06,080
imploring you to do you've asked us to

1546
01:14:06,080 --> 01:14:09,679
sign a resolution for um for a ceasefire

1547
01:14:09,679 --> 01:14:11,000
and just so you know I did read through

1548
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:13,360
the resolution entirely and a lot of it

1549
01:14:13,360 --> 01:14:15,600
calls for humanitarian Aid every council

1550
01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:17,719
member was sent that um was that sent

1551
01:14:17,719 --> 01:14:19,400
that resolution it called for

1552
01:14:19,400 --> 01:14:21,600
humanitarian Aid and many things there

1553
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:24,159
are some amendments to it that I would

1554
01:14:24,159 --> 01:14:26,800
make and and um but at this point in

1555
01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:28,639
time we're not there where uh the

1556
01:14:28,639 --> 01:14:30,360
resolution has actually been presented

1557
01:14:30,360 --> 01:14:34,120
as to go on the agenda of of the

1558
01:14:34,120 --> 01:14:36,239
council more

1559
01:14:36,239 --> 01:14:38,760
locally through the these discussions it

1560
01:14:38,760 --> 01:14:40,960
seems to me there's a very large divide

1561
01:14:40,960 --> 01:14:43,280
in our community something we have

1562
01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:45,480
worked for over the years that I've been

1563
01:14:45,480 --> 01:14:46,719
a member of the council and even a

1564
01:14:46,719 --> 01:14:48,320
member of the community even before that

1565
01:14:48,320 --> 01:14:50,040
when my mother was working in the

1566
01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:51,719
community and that's went for that goes

1567
01:14:51,719 --> 01:14:53,440
a number of years back where the

1568
01:14:53,440 --> 01:14:55,040
community collectively were working

1569
01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:57,080
looking for a common

1570
01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:59,840
goal and what is what's going on right

1571
01:14:59,840 --> 01:15:01,639
now I'm seeing a more of a divide in our

1572
01:15:01,639 --> 01:15:03,480
community

1573
01:15:03,480 --> 01:15:06,320
locally which is troubling because after

1574
01:15:06,320 --> 01:15:07,600
it's all said and done we're all going

1575
01:15:07,600 --> 01:15:09,560
to still live here and we're all going

1576
01:15:09,560 --> 01:15:11,480
to have to start still work

1577
01:15:11,480 --> 01:15:15,440
together so as you as I often say how

1578
01:15:15,440 --> 01:15:17,800
you see it depends on where you sit and

1579
01:15:17,800 --> 01:15:19,600
from where I sit I'm

1580
01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:21,960
imploring individuals who have the

1581
01:15:21,960 --> 01:15:23,800
different perspectives I can't I can't

1582
01:15:23,800 --> 01:15:25,480
force you in the room together but I

1583
01:15:25,480 --> 01:15:28,480
implore you to really try to um have

1584
01:15:28,480 --> 01:15:31,600
those discussions there that is creating

1585
01:15:31,600 --> 01:15:33,000
this deep divide

1586
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:36,679
locally I spoke to uh an individual here

1587
01:15:36,679 --> 01:15:38,280
this this afternoon who's working with

1588
01:15:38,280 --> 01:15:39,960
clergy against hate and I know that all

1589
01:15:39,960 --> 01:15:42,199
of you know that group uh who said that

1590
01:15:42,199 --> 01:15:45,120
they are trying to uh and have spoken

1591
01:15:45,120 --> 01:15:48,760
with the Imam as well as the rabbi in in

1592
01:15:48,760 --> 01:15:50,639
order to try to bring people together to

1593
01:15:50,639 --> 01:15:53,040
discuss

1594
01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:55,159
this I know that you're looking for a

1595
01:15:55,159 --> 01:15:58,040
resolution from the city

1596
01:15:58,040 --> 01:16:01,199
council I know that there are there is

1597
01:16:01,199 --> 01:16:04,040
some consideration of if if the

1598
01:16:04,040 --> 01:16:07,040
resolution spoke to ending violence and

1599
01:16:07,040 --> 01:16:08,760
giving humanitarian Aid which is

1600
01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:10,719
something actually that pres excuse me

1601
01:16:10,719 --> 01:16:13,400
that Congressman tono um was asking for

1602
01:16:13,400 --> 01:16:15,440
in a press release that he recently sent

1603
01:16:15,440 --> 01:16:18,480
out sent out I cannot commit to you that

1604
01:16:18,480 --> 01:16:21,159
there will be a um resolution that will

1605
01:16:21,159 --> 01:16:23,440
specifically speak to ceasefire I cannot

1606
01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:26,840
commit that commit um to that from this

1607
01:16:26,840 --> 01:16:29,560
Council based on just the input all of

1608
01:16:29,560 --> 01:16:32,280
you most most of you have spoken to

1609
01:16:32,280 --> 01:16:35,040
someone and have made your positions

1610
01:16:35,040 --> 01:16:37,000
clear

1611
01:16:37,000 --> 01:16:39,880
so um we if you want to continue to come

1612
01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:41,719
and I know that Imam Jamal said they

1613
01:16:41,719 --> 01:16:42,880
will continue to come and we will

1614
01:16:42,880 --> 01:16:45,760
definitely um continue to listen but

1615
01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:50,320
again if I if there would be an opportunity and I

1616
01:16:50,320 --> 01:16:52,280
know the city council can't convene this

1617
01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:53,639
and I think it needs to be convened

1618
01:16:53,639 --> 01:16:55,920
among Faith leaders to actually have

1619
01:16:55,920 --> 01:16:59,960
this conversation so locally we can work

1620
01:16:59,960 --> 01:17:04,000
together to come to um a common

1621
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:06,560
understanding and I and you know I'm not

1622
01:17:06,560 --> 01:17:09,910
saying that

1623
01:17:09,920 --> 01:17:12,960
um that it's going to be perfect but I

1624
01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:14,719
definitely think we have to try to work

1625
01:17:14,719 --> 01:17:16,159
together right now because I feel like

1626
01:17:16,159 --> 01:17:17,719
our community is becoming more and more

1627
01:17:17,719 --> 01:17:20,880
divided as we try

1628
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:23,760
to come to a place where we can

1629
01:17:23,760 --> 01:17:25,520
understand each other's pain because

1630
01:17:25,520 --> 01:17:27,320
there's a lot of pain right here there's

1631
01:17:27,320 --> 01:17:29,280
a lot of pain locally there's a lot of

1632
01:17:29,280 --> 01:17:32,239
pain overseas but I can't ask you enough

1633
01:17:32,239 --> 01:17:34,040
that we really have to come together and

1634
01:17:34,040 --> 01:17:37,040
have this these discussions to try to

1635
01:17:37,040 --> 01:17:40,560
come to a a consensus of what we are

1636
01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:43,639
willing to provide in terms of

1637
01:17:43,639 --> 01:17:46,480
support for the for what is going on in

1638
01:17:46,480 --> 01:17:50,800
Gaza in the Middle East so um I I had

1639
01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:53,360
some uh remarks that they had prepared

1640
01:17:53,360 --> 01:17:55,120
however this is from what I'm hearing

1641
01:17:55,120 --> 01:17:57,719
today what is in my heart that we really

1642
01:17:57,719 --> 01:18:00,440
have to work together people um I I I

1643
01:18:00,440 --> 01:18:03,440
don't know what else to say about that I

1644
01:18:03,440 --> 01:18:05,920
um again welcome any the continued

1645
01:18:05,920 --> 01:18:08,159
conversations and to see what we can do

1646
01:18:08,159 --> 01:18:10,880
to work through this as a council

1647
01:18:10,880 --> 01:18:12,120
because I think maybe we should have

1648
01:18:12,120 --> 01:18:16,639
discussions as well um and see you know

1649
01:18:16,639 --> 01:18:19,159
where where it I don't want to say where

1650
01:18:19,159 --> 01:18:20,440
it ends up because that's probably not

1651
01:18:20,440 --> 01:18:23,199
the best use uh the best term but what

1652
01:18:23,199 --> 01:18:26,199
we can do collectively to support our

1653
01:18:26,199 --> 01:18:28,639
local community and support the people

1654
01:18:28,639 --> 01:18:31,120
who live here who are feeling the pain

1655
01:18:31,120 --> 01:18:33,880
as we are of what's going

1656
01:18:33,880 --> 01:18:37,520
on and with that um I'll entertain a

1657
01:18:37,520 --> 01:18:40,320
motion to adjourn move by Miss Patrick

1658
01:18:40,320 --> 01:18:42,719
second by Mr Williams all those in favor

1659
01:18:42,719 --> 01:18:46,920
I we are adjourned thank you