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before the start of the meeting I'd like

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to turn the floor over to Mayor McCarthy

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for the Ser meeting call to order the

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connected the urban renewal agency and

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agency to

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5:30 Monday July 1st I'd like to make a

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motion moved by Mr Mancini second by Mr

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Farley all in

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favor thank you thank you mayor I'd like

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to call the city Caucus meeting to order

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for Monday June

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204th

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2024 we have two public hearings this evening if the clerk would please

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read public hearing number one regarding

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the amendments to the city of SKC zoning

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ordinance relating to the Hamilton Hill

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hearing number two public hearing number

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two regarding amendments to the SKC city

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code on proposed changes to the city of

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SKC historic district ordinance and

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related historic district and zoning

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ordinances we have 15 items for original

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consideration if the clerk would please

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read item number one item number one for

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final consideration an

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ordinance regulating vape shops smoke

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shops Vape lounges hookah lounges and

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vape consumption

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businesses discussed in committee with

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objection on consent item number two for original

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consideration a resolution accepting the

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independent Auditor's report for 2023

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discussed in committee without objection

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on consent item number three item number

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three for original consideration a

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resolution approving the information

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technology incident response plan

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discussed in committee without objection

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on consent item number four item number

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resolution authorizing the mayor to

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accept 1,

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of Criminal Justice Services discussed

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consent item number five item number

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resolution authorizing the mayor to

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objection on consent item number six for original

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consideration a resolution declaring the

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connected city council as lead Agency

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for the Mohawk Harbor dock project this

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on consent item number seven item number

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resolution declaring that the adoption

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of the ordinance creating section

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264-1111 of the code of ordinances is a

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type two action and is not subject to

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environmental review for the state

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quality review act discussed in

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committee without objection on consent

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item number eight item number eight for

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original consideration a resolution

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authorizing the mayor to enter into

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professional service contract with Dr

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Kelly Tobin for services for members of

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the SKC fire department discussed in

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original consideration a resolution

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authorizing a sale of 463 huet Street

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resolution authorizing the sale of 629

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resolution authorized in the sale of

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revocable permit number 685 to social

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state for a sign that will overhang the

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item number 14 item number 14 for under

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contract and Supply a resolution

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awarding the bid and contract for the

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$21,800 contract and Supply a resolution

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simus lake wall restoration base bid and add alternate to G1 Construction

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resolution delaying the interest and

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penalties for the 2023 2024 School tax

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delinquencies I need a motion to place

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members present

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all in favor I yes we have a second by

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Mr uh Williams or yes we have a second

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discussion okay so all in favor I I okay

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and um i' ask for a motion to um Place

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item 15a on the consent agenda

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so second second by Mr Mancini all in

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to move them to the agenda and then

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for motion item number 15b to be placed

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floor I need a second second by Mr

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Williams all in favor

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consent

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agenda second all in favor I thank

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you if there's nothing more to come

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before the city council caucus I ask for

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a motion to

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adjourn moveed by Miss Patrick second by

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Mr Williams all those in favor we are

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adjourned I'd like to call the city

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council meeting to order for Monday June

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2024 and I'd like to call on re Reverend

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Angela D west of the Union Missionary

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Baptist Church for the prayer invocation

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come on

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up let us bow in prayer most gracious

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wise and everlasting God we thank you

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for this opportunity to come together

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for the benefit of the people of

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connecti Father we ask that you search

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our hearts through and through so that

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the work that is conducted here tonight

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is done in decency and in order father

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we pray that the decisions that are

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being made on tonight would

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benefit the young the old the poor the

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rich the least of us Lord God so that

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all people are included in the decisions

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that are being forth on being put forth

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on tonight we thank you for all those

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who have come out who not sought it

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robbery of their time to be a part of

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the decisions being made for the city of

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SKC we need you these are times Lord God

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that are sometimes uncertain for

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some but we know that you are a God of

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all people so we pray that the work

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being done is for all

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people we thank you we love you we honor

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you and we ask these things in your name

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amen we ask I'd like Shane bargie to

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lead us in the

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pledge

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andice thank

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you I'd ask the clerk to please complete

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the roll call Mr Toro is absent Mr

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Williams Miss Porterfield here yes thank

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tonight and I just want to remind

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everyone that the uh the public comment

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period is extended to four minutes and I

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respectfully ask that each person only

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speak to the

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um subject relevant to the public

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hearing itself public hearing number one

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is regarding the amendments to the city

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of skincity zoning ordinance related to

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the Hamilton Hill Redevelopment plan

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project in the area of Albany Street

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Page Street State Street and and Sky

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streets and I have no one signed up to

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speak so I would declare this Public hearing number one

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closed public hearing number two is

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regarding amendments to the city code on

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proposed changes to the City Historic

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District ordinance and related historic

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district district and zoning ordinances

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speak the first person is Gloria

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kiston good evening and thank you for

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this opportunity to comment on the

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proposed changes to skc's Historic

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skty Heritage Foundation which is a uh

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501c3 uh

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corporation that um advocates for

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historic

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preservation um there are a lot of very

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positive changes that have been proposed

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we think um there are a few things that

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we uh wish would uh not be changed and

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at the top of that list is leaving the

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number of Commissioners at 7 um we do

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not support reducing that number to five

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um with one alternate because um we know

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that there are several applications uh

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waiting uh to be reviewed um I guess by

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the mayor's office to for people who do

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want to serve on this commit

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and uh when we first heard of this uh

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proposal we did reach out to several of

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the historic districts that are

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organized and this is how these

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applications came into City Hall so we

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hope that you will retain that number

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um we think that a three-person quorum

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is really too small in order to deal

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with some of these complicated and um

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pertinent issues that come before that

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commission um we're glad that a lot of

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the language has been updated and

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brought into this Century so to speak um

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but um and we're also glad that um there

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will be a proposal to list the historic

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districts and landmarks on the city's

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website so that it's available to

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perspective buyers so they will know

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right from get-go that certain rules

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apply to buying

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properties um we like the addition of

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having review for telecomunication

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equipment which has really severely

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negatively impacted at least The

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Stockade historic district

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um the other um suggestion we would make

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is to have um the historic district

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commission whose name will change I hope

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have the power to appoint Commissioners

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and with the mayor's review because uh

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we feel that the mayor has a lot more

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important things to do with his time and

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the historic commission is very famili

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much more familiar with people within

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the network of historic

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preservation and we think that if they

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initiate appointments to the commission

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with the review of the mayor um perhaps

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it would be an easier

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process um so those are our suggestions

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and we hope you take them into

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consideration thank you thank you

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Michael

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Baron good evening so I am Michael Baron

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and I reside in the GE realy plot I'm

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also the vice president of our

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neighborhood association and in August I

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will been I will have been serving on

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the historic commission as a

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commissioner uh for one year and the

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reason why I decided to come tonight is

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because I'm also in agreement with

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Gloria as far as not reducing the number

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of Commissioners from 7 to 5 we're down

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to um only four right now and we just

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had recently had a resignation and so it

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kind of makes it difficult sometimes to

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uh have a quorum uh when somebody is

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going to be out and um I just hope that

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maybe everybody would reconsider I do

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understand there are some applications

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that are in right now with some

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qualified people that would probably

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benefit the commission very well my

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experience or um expertise is not in

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preservation but I'm passionate about

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preserving the history of this

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neighborhood and the five historic

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districts that we have I think that we

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have a gem or several gems here in the

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city of skinc and they need to be

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protected so thank you thank

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you I have no El signed up to speak on

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public hearing number two so I declare

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this public hearing

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closed I would ask for approval of the

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minutes for June 10th

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2024 move moved by Mr Williams second by

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Mr Farley all in favor I if the clerk

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could please read any Communications and

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petitions Communications presented to

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city council for Monday June 24th 2024

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under official from the mayor a list of

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appointments dated J June 24th

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2024 under General from Michael zaper a

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letter to the city clerk's office

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thanking she and all her staff for

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always addressing his issues and under

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petitions from Jamaica miles a petition

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uh dated June 10th 2024 of 108 printed

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names from various zip codes requesting

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AC

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fire thank you I call on council members

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to provide any committee reports

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any committee

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reports this time we'll have privilege

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of the floor related to the legislative

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agenda I have two people signed up to

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speak and just a reminder you have three

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minutes for for this particular portion

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jenev Hart has an online submission

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she's

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here hello my name is Genevie Hart and I

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lived in sked county for most of my life

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as a high schooler I see the effects of

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tobacco usage on youth on a daily basis

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Vapes are a massive issue that school

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districts and communities across the

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area are facing in the last few years

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the problem has gotten much worse during

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every Locker break during Home Room

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lunch and after school sports games and

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even during class there are students

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vaping in the bathroom the smell of

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cotton candy or mango Vape smoke fills

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the bathroom in the hallway outside even

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after our school has spent countless

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hours and resources on tackling this

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issue it persists and vaping isn't just

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a problem in the high school my brother

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who's in e8th grade sees vaping in his

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school on a regular basis as well

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earlier this year I conducted interviews

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with students teachers and faculty at my

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school I learned that over half of

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students in my school Vape Vapes are

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known to be very damaging to a growing

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brain and body School staff that I

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interviewed reported that students

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academic and athletic performance has

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been noticeably impacted by Vape usage

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students told me how their friends have

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become addicted very quickly and become

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apathetic towards school and life I've

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seen this myself as well however among

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all the information which I gathered

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from these interviews the most important

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thing that I learned was that Vapes are

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terrifyingly except accessible Vapes to

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youth every single person that I

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interviewed agreed with this there is a

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vape shop located in between the middle

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and high school in my school district

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within walking distance and located

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along a hi traffic Road where many

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students walk daily additionally many

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students are able to get Vapes from

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their older friends or siblings and they

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sell them in the school bathrooms the

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problem only continues to grow Des

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efforts made by the school in order to

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make our schools and our communities

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safer for our youth local legislation

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and enforcement must be implemented

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thank you for your

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time thank

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you Judy W

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Meer hello I'm Judy W Meer director for

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tobacco free

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communities um because there's a causal

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relationship between exposure to Tobacco

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marketing and promotion and Youth

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initiation it makes sense to restrict

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where vape and smoke shops can be

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located keeping them distant from youth

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friendly

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places this proposed zoning change

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appears to do that but the most recent

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data we have indicates that there's 145

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tobacco retailers in the city of

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skincity and only 16 of them are the

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smoke and vape shops that the ordinance

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would address that means 129 tobacco

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retailers can operate without any

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restrictions regarding locations and as

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we

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demonstrated before these retailers are

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also disproportionately located in high

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poverty neighborhoods which also have

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the highest rates of Youth and adult

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tobacco use the more tobacco marketing

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and promotion a young person sees the

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more likely they are to start using the

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more tobacco marketing and promotion

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that adult smoker sees the less likely

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they are to quit the 129 retailers that

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aren't smok and vape shops can sell all

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tobacco products including ecigarettes

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and all the flavored tobacco products

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including cigars cigaros chew and hookah

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it's well established that flavored

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tobacco products pose the greatest risk

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to young people flavored tobacco

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products attract Youth and flavored

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tobacco products addict youth when

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flavored cigarettes were made illegal in

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2009 youth increased their use of the

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cigars the flavored cigars and

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cigaros when flavored eigs

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arrived youth left behind those tobacco

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products those cigarett cigars and

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cigaros and went to

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eigs and of course we saw that a third

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of high school students in 201 18 were

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using um were

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vaping um certainly there are some

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loopholes that need to be addressed on a

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Statewide level for the flavored

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electronic cigarettes that are still

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being sold

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illegally only 11% of the adult

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population in New York smokes that

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translates to about 7,7 00 adult smokers

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in the city of skinc with 145 retailers

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in the city that breaks down to one

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tobacco retailer for every 53 smokers in

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the

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city um the purpose of this local law is

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to protect the health safety and Welfare

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of the community the families that live

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in the neighborhoods with a

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disproportionate tobacco retail presence

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disproportionately High tobacco retail

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presence would be better protected if

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the presence of all tobacco retail

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marketing and promotion was less visible

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and prominent and certainly were

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available to talk about various

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evidence-based strategies that would

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help make that more Equitable for

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everyone in the city thank you very much

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for your time thank

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[Applause]

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you I have no one else signed up to

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speak so I declare the public comment on

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the legislative agenda

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closed at this time I'll entertain

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approval of the legislative consent

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agenda move by Mr M Baron second by Miss

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Patrick all those in favor I

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this time we'll have privilege of the

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floor regarding General City

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business and I have eight people uh

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seven people signed up to speak first

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person is FAA

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ISAT good evening my name is Fatima ISAT

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and I'm a resident of the city of

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SKC five years ago my mother passed away

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I received the news when I was on lunch

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duty at a local school the news came as

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a huge shock to me and I immediately

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left the lunchroom and went to the

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office to ask the staff to send another

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teacher to take my place I then went to

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the staff room within minutes the staff

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room was filled with teachers consoling

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and comforting me I can still see their

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faces filled with concern and love soon

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after as I left the school building a

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few of my students stood at the glass

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door and watched me get into my car and

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drive away I can still see their faces

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filled with concern and love as soon as

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I got home my phone did not stop ringing

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family members from all over the world

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were calling me and offering me their

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support and love I still remember those

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conversations and the pain and shock in

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their voices close friends in the

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Capital District came to my house to

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sympathize and show their concern and

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love love I can still picture them

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sitting with me at my dining room table

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that evening a neighbor came showed up

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at my door with a huge tray of food for

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my family I still remember that rice and

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chicken the next day teachers from the

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school came in groups of two all day

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long to sit with me and give me strength

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I still remember the ones who came and

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how their visits meant so much to me a

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few days later a beautiful flower

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arrangement was delivered to my house it

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was sent to me by a nephew in Australia

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I can still picture those flowers when I

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returned to school 4 days later I was

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given a box full of condolence cards

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which had been made by my students I

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still have those cards was it possible

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that the love and concern of my

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co-workers students friends neighbors

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and family members would bring my mother

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back no will I always remember and be

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grateful for their support in my time of

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overwhelming

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grief yes mayor McCarthy Madame

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President and members of the council for

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the last nine months people all over the

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world have been grieving over what is

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taking place in Gaza would a ceasefire

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resolution passed by you put an end to

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the Bloodshed no but would it mean the

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world to people like me yes well will I

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ever forget your unwillingness to

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respond favorably to our pleas no will I

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continue to fight for justice in

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Palestine yes thank

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you thank you Claudia

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kavanau good evening councelor mayor and

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Marian I am so glad that you folks are

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00:28:55,399 --> 00:28:58,799
returning to City business um I'm

563
00:28:58,799 --> 00:29:00,399
starting to think that maybe you should

564
00:29:00,399 --> 00:29:03,559
have an addendum to the uh City Charter

565
00:29:03,559 --> 00:29:06,279
saying that um you know from now on you

566
00:29:06,279 --> 00:29:09,039
won't take any you know action as in

567
00:29:09,039 --> 00:29:11,880
regard to International situations we

568
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,880
have a lot of things to do here in the

569
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,559
city and the Jewish residents of this

570
00:29:16,559 --> 00:29:18,480
city is far back and I was born and

571
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:23,000
raised here and so are you we've eaten

572
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,919
the Jews Jewish Community has done more

573
00:29:25,919 --> 00:29:28,360
for concy than any other ethnic group in

574
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,559
this entire city all of them put

575
00:29:31,559 --> 00:29:34,080
together between the Golab Corporation

576
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,000
they fed us the waserman I remember when

577
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,200
I was little they own Grand cash Market

578
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,120
very generous people between their

579
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,760
philanthropy and the foundations the

580
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,960
music Haven up in Central

581
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,799
Park I'm I and I I'm I'm dismayed at

582
00:29:53,799 --> 00:29:56,000
what's going on up in Saratoga they're

583
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,080
turning that town into a nightmare

584
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:00,960
with the black lives matter group up

585
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,960
there threatening white people it's a

586
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,960
racist disgusting organization and mayor

587
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,880
McCarthy I remember four years ago I

588
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,279
came down here stood in this very spot

589
00:30:12,279 --> 00:30:14,279
and I said let's not take sides with

590
00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:17,399
anybody let's let's not stand you know

591
00:30:17,399 --> 00:30:19,679
let's not have that on the street of the

592
00:30:19,679 --> 00:30:22,000
city that I own property in and that I

593
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,240
pay property

594
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,760
taxes and I think the time has come so

595
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,279
that we don't take sides with anyone to

596
00:30:29,279 --> 00:30:31,640
show that we are an inclusive community

597
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,080
we always have

598
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,880
been and I and Carmel I'm glad you stood

599
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,679
up and spoke for yourself at the last

600
00:30:37,679 --> 00:30:39,760
meeting I saw it online that you were

601
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,279
being threatened or felt threatened and

602
00:30:42,279 --> 00:30:43,919
well you

603
00:30:43,919 --> 00:30:46,600
should and I think that you have a right

604
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,600
to defend yourself and your family being

605
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,960
threatened and dman ever since you were

606
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:52,840
born ma'am the comments have to be made

607
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:56,320
to the chair I'm sorry um Maran I it's

608
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,080
Miss Porterfield if you don't mind oh

609
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,919
Miss Porterfield thank you I don't

610
00:31:00,919 --> 00:31:04,559
mind um so there is a petition that is

611
00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:08,679
being um started in the Jewish Community

612
00:31:08,679 --> 00:31:11,200
to remove the black lives matter sign

613
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,559
off the front of the street of City Hall

614
00:31:13,559 --> 00:31:16,120
this is the people's house and we

615
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,799
shouldn't show favoritism on any level

616
00:31:19,799 --> 00:31:21,880
because we've never been that kind of

617
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:26,080
community so I think the time has

618
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,440
come and so maybe you you know you may

619
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,360
make a um addendum to your Charter so

620
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,320
that this these kind of situations don't

621
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,799
come up again and everyone lives here

622
00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:39,440
and they shop it golop Corporation I

623
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:40,399
don't know where else you're going to

624
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:43,559
get your food from as far back as I can

625
00:31:43,559 --> 00:31:46,320
remember Jewish people have owned Grand

626
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,639
cash Albany pork store which had the

627
00:31:48,639 --> 00:31:52,440
best meat in town and Market

628
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,240
32 so let's try to put all that aside

629
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,440
and just be a city of we always have

630
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,279
been like we always have been and let's

631
00:32:01,279 --> 00:32:03,960
not take sides so hopefully you'll make

632
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,559
a addendum to the city Charter so that

633
00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:08,519
these kind of situations and

634
00:32:08,519 --> 00:32:11,320
divisiveness do don't come up

635
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,960
again and and mayor when I get the

636
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,440
petition back I will deliver it to your

637
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,840
office and hopefully you know um

638
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,559
something you you'll you'll take the

639
00:32:21,559 --> 00:32:23,880
proper action that I asked you to four

640
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:29,480
years ago thank you very much thank you

641
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:40,430
soib

642
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,760
shakima good

643
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,360
evening um I believe God's work still

644
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:50,600
shows in in this hall right here so the

645
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,440
Reverend who led the prayer earlier

646
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,760
reminded all of us that God is the God

647
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,919
of all and he doesn't have boundaries

648
00:32:59,919 --> 00:33:01,000
he's not

649
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,279
selective and also as we try to pledge

650
00:33:04,279 --> 00:33:06,279
the allegiance we also talk about

651
00:33:06,279 --> 00:33:10,240
freedom and liberty for all yet here we

652
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,440
find ourselves thinking that peace is

653
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,200
when we actually turn a blind eye to a

654
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,919
group that continues to suffer for nine

655
00:33:19,919 --> 00:33:22,399
months and you know I'm not going to

656
00:33:22,399 --> 00:33:24,880
raise my voice today but I'm going to

657
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,360
start with a point that actually was

658
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,000
mentioned the first meeting

659
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,600
as the zionists came in and they said

660
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,799
we're here because we lost in Albany

661
00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:37,000
we're not here because we lost we

662
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,480
strongly believe just like Martin Luther

663
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,519
King Malcolm X all these Fighters they

664
00:33:43,519 --> 00:33:46,760
won they might have been killed but they

665
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,480
continue to live their names will

666
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,760
continue to be mentioned beyond my time

667
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,840
in your time and those politicians who

668
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,200
wanted them out we don't even know their

669
00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,120
names let alone to remember them God

670
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,480
will preserve the names of those who

671
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,399
actually live through God not those who

672
00:34:05,399 --> 00:34:08,359
claim to be God's people I'll tell you

673
00:34:08,359 --> 00:34:11,720
this as a Muslim I knew people of

674
00:34:11,720 --> 00:34:14,839
different Faith backgrounds but through

675
00:34:14,839 --> 00:34:18,000
this fight I made friends with Jews and

676
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,839
Christians and atheists and you name it

677
00:34:21,839 --> 00:34:24,839
because we understood that you know what

678
00:34:24,839 --> 00:34:27,760
we had a common goal and that is to Pres

679
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,359
preserve life I preach but you know what

680
00:34:31,359 --> 00:34:34,359
I know preaching is easy anyone can

681
00:34:34,359 --> 00:34:37,599
stand and preach but walking the Walk of

682
00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:40,440
God that he made it very clear to us

683
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,240
that's the difficult one and most people

684
00:34:43,240 --> 00:34:46,119
will fail and actually in our Quran it

685
00:34:46,119 --> 00:34:49,280
says this to our own Prophet which was

686
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,440
mentioned to Moses and

687
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:58,000
Jesus bleed not and weep not if they do

688
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,119
not come and support you for God did not

689
00:35:01,119 --> 00:35:04,280
like the way that they came so God made

690
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,960
him sit because he doesn't want them to

691
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,000
be part of this Noble

692
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,440
fight the only losers for me and for the

693
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,880
Jews and the Christians and the atheist

694
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,400
who are on my side we know that we're

695
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:21,280
not losing I promise deep inside each

696
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,160
and every one of you those with

697
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:26,440
conscience you know you know you are on

698
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,480
the wrong side of History

699
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,680
you know it doesn't matter how many

700
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,000
guards you're building in front of you

701
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,560
it doesn't matter how many people you

702
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,440
try to actually bring into your inner

703
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,079
group to make you feel comfortable you

704
00:35:39,079 --> 00:35:42,119
know when you go home at night you know

705
00:35:42,119 --> 00:35:44,320
that you are on the wrong side of

706
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,520
history but are you ready to meet God

707
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,440
and say it was political because lives

708
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,960
God never put them as a political issue

709
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,640
they're humanitarian and a faith-based

710
00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:03,150
issue and arrest my case thank you thank

711
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:09,349
you Valerie

712
00:36:09,359 --> 00:36:12,400
torano good evening council members I'm

713
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,599
here as a resident connecti for 10 years

714
00:36:15,599 --> 00:36:18,359
in support of a people's resolution of

715
00:36:18,359 --> 00:36:21,960
connec for a permanent ceasefire as 261

716
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,720
days of the ethnic cleansing and

717
00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:26,800
genocide of Palestinians by the aparted

718
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:30,079
state of Israel is inhumane I can

719
00:36:30,079 --> 00:36:31,920
understand where the conso was coming

720
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,960
from was saying this doesn't affect us

721
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,359
at the local level as yall have no

722
00:36:36,359 --> 00:36:38,400
jurisdiction over this however it is

723
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,839
still extremely important

724
00:36:41,839 --> 00:36:45,400
to at least acknowledge how we're all

725
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,040
financially complicit through our taxes

726
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,760
and those who are New York state and

727
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,920
local retirement system Pension Plan

728
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:59,910
members uh

729
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:03,440
yeah funding the aparte state of

730
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,920
Israel's genocidal Collective punishment

731
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,680
of Palestinians uh Palestinians

732
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,720
SKC SKC citizens are mourning their lost

733
00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:15,359
loved ones or worrying if they're even

734
00:37:15,359 --> 00:37:17,920
alive even the United Nations has

735
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,599
officially recognized

736
00:37:20,599 --> 00:37:23,160
through independent investigations that

737
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,520
the state of Israel has committed war

738
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,079
crimes in the intentional genocide of

739
00:37:29,079 --> 00:37:32,680
Palestinians this is no longer a debate

740
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,119
Israel is committing a genocide the

741
00:37:35,119 --> 00:37:37,079
United Nations has also added the state

742
00:37:37,079 --> 00:37:39,079
of Israel to a blacklist of countries

743
00:37:39,079 --> 00:37:41,880
that harms children in armed conflicts

744
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,079
I've seen videos of the most

745
00:37:43,079 --> 00:37:45,680
psychological sadistic military tactics

746
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,480
by Israel's military using quadcopters

747
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,880
playing the sounds of crying babies and

748
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,720
shooting any Palestinians Who come out

749
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:54,839
to help what they believe is a child in

750
00:37:54,839 --> 00:37:58,400
need I imagine having to listen

751
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,400
all night to the sounds of a crying baby

752
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,160
not knowing whether it's real or a trap

753
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,960
to kill you let's put our critical

754
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,560
thinking caps on and ask ourselves if

755
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,720
Israel isn't committing ethnic cleansing

756
00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:11,680
then why won't Israel taken Palestinian

757
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,920
refugees or taken injured Palestinians

758
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,640
into their hospitals after bombing all

759
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,680
of gaza's hospitals Israel's claims all

760
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,000
Jews are Israeli does more harm to Jews

761
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,599
in the dispora as it's conflating that

762
00:38:24,599 --> 00:38:27,520
all Jews are responsible for Israel's

763
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,400
genocidal actions which is absolutely

764
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,839
not true when there's anti-zionist Jews

765
00:38:31,839 --> 00:38:34,160
speaking out that Zionism doesn't speak

766
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,200
for them to conclude silence is

767
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,280
complicity and Palestinians blood are

768
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,359
already on all of our hands thank you

769
00:38:41,359 --> 00:38:43,319
for your time to listen to my

770
00:38:43,319 --> 00:38:46,870
words thank

771
00:38:46,880 --> 00:39:02,390
you Jamaica miles

772
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,560
short people

773
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,079
problems my name is Jama miles I I've

774
00:39:07,079 --> 00:39:09,040
lived in this city for almost 50 years

775
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:10,440
born and raised here lived in

776
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:14,520
communities all across this Fair

777
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,119
City conflating criticism of the state

778
00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:19,400
of Israel to Jewish hatred is

779
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,079
intellectually dishonest and morally

780
00:39:21,079 --> 00:39:23,680
offensive our Focus has always been the

781
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,520
United States material support for the

782
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:26,839
Israeli government's shooting

783
00:39:26,839 --> 00:39:30,079
bombardment and starvation of innocent

784
00:39:30,079 --> 00:39:32,760
Palestinians people of varying faiths

785
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,440
races ethnicities within the city stand

786
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,920
in support of a ceasefire resolution

787
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:41,160
including those of Jewish faith and

788
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,960
culture this is a fact evidenced by

789
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,240
every city council meeting for the last

790
00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:48,640
three months and the more than 1,000

791
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,200
names who signed the petition for a

792
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,960
ceasefire resolution names that some of

793
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,520
you choose to ignore City residents you

794
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:58,040
choose to ignore

795
00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,920
at the last city council meeting as

796
00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:02,280
anti- ceasefire speakers approached the

797
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,520
podium they were handed pre-printed

798
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,520
scripts much of it filled with red

799
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,880
herrings used to justify the more than

800
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,839
100,000 civilian Palestinian casualties

801
00:40:11,839 --> 00:40:14,160
the starvation of millions and the

802
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,119
administrative detainment of thousands

803
00:40:17,119 --> 00:40:21,119
held by Israel without due process no

804
00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:22,760
one has the right to oppress and murder

805
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,560
others no one Netanyahu and his brutal

806
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,319
regime need to be held accountable and

807
00:40:28,319 --> 00:40:30,079
there must be an end to the US support

808
00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:32,319
of genocide there must be a

809
00:40:32,319 --> 00:40:34,680
prioritization of funding in our local

810
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,640
communities not funding of warfare and

811
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,160
bombing babies this connected city

812
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:41,920
council has been unable to come together

813
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:43,800
to pass a ceasefire resolution for the

814
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:46,079
people of Gaza or for the people of

815
00:40:46,079 --> 00:40:49,920
skinc so the people of skincity will the

816
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:51,800
people will pass a resolution proving

817
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,520
the power of the people and our

818
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,000
commitment to bend the ark towards

819
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,760
Justice the previous petition collected

820
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,200
as I mentioned over 1,000 signatures

821
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,119
calling for the city of skti to pass a

822
00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:04,839
ceasefire resolution for an immediate

823
00:41:04,839 --> 00:41:07,240
ceasefire to end civilian Bloodshed free

824
00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:09,520
hostages and political prisoners and

825
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,400
ensure humanitarian Aid access to Gaza

826
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:14,280
the new

827
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:17,240
petition is very direct quite literal

828
00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:20,880
and fully transparent with its language

829
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,280
it is the people's

830
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,480
resolution and we are sharing it with

831
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,640
the public the specific language of the

832
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:28,319
people's resolution ution and we will

833
00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:30,800
continue to build upon the diverse

834
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:34,240
Community calling for freedom justice

835
00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:36,319
and Liberation and for our

836
00:41:36,319 --> 00:41:38,960
representatives to stand for that

837
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,440
freedom justice and Liberation for all

838
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:45,240
of us not just some of us thank you

839
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:47,990
thank

840
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:59,710
you sea Young

841
00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:01,839
uh good evening Madam president mayor

842
00:42:01,839 --> 00:42:03,359
City Council

843
00:42:03,359 --> 00:42:05,520
Members tall people

844
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,160
problems

845
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,560
um you know I was sitting today thinking

846
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:11,800
about what I was going to say today when

847
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,760
I came um to speak to you all and speak

848
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,440
to our community that's watching now and

849
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,160
we'll be watching later and uh you know

850
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:19,760
I come to the conclusion that you all

851
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:23,240
have heard enough you've heard it all

852
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:25,319
you've heard about the death of children

853
00:42:25,319 --> 00:42:28,280
women of uh you know children that lost

854
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:29,599
their parents parents that lost their

855
00:42:29,599 --> 00:42:31,920
children you heard of the starvation the

856
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,680
maming the constant killing since the

857
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,559
two weeks since we were uh here before

858
00:42:36,559 --> 00:42:38,359
there's been hundreds more killed and

859
00:42:38,359 --> 00:42:42,599
thousands detained it's going on and on I don't know if I'm going to tell

860
00:42:42,599 --> 00:42:44,079
you anything different I guess the

861
00:42:44,079 --> 00:42:46,200
question I would have is what would be

862
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,480
enough what would be enough to compel

863
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:51,760
this body to act collectively for the

864
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:55,040
city of skincity in calling for a

865
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,480
resolution or calling for a ceasefire in

866
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,599
a what would be enough would it be

867
00:42:59,599 --> 00:43:03,599
100,000 would it be 200,000 three um do

868
00:43:03,599 --> 00:43:05,359
we need to see the starvation of the

869
00:43:05,359 --> 00:43:07,000
entire population of Palestine before

870
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:08,640
people stand up and say hey this is

871
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,400
wrong I mean I don't know I think the

872
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,920
people's resolution makes a lot of sense

873
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:15,440
um for us to just collectively come

874
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,280
together as a body and say hey let's get

875
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,800
this thing out there let people air

876
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,599
their opinions have the voices heard and

877
00:43:22,599 --> 00:43:24,720
have a way to channel that energy

878
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:27,960
because people are feeling

879
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,000
so horrible about what's happening I

880
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,520
mean I I heard some of our residents

881
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,599
here speak tonight about you know own

882
00:43:35,599 --> 00:43:37,000
ethnic group doing more for the

883
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,359
community and and and I I I'm like

884
00:43:39,359 --> 00:43:40,520
sitting in the back and I just couldn't

885
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,559
believe what I was hearing because all I

886
00:43:42,559 --> 00:43:44,400
hear when I hear that is what justifies

887
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:46,440
what's happening there what justifies

888
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,440
our silence and I don't think that we as

889
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,400
a community stand for that I know some

890
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:52,839
of you all I've spoken to every single

891
00:43:52,839 --> 00:43:54,359
one of you I know that you are good

892
00:43:54,359 --> 00:43:56,800
people and I know that in your heart I

893
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,000
believe believe you know what the right

894
00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,599
thing is to do in the situation that

895
00:43:59,599 --> 00:44:01,720
understand it's complex for for a whole

896
00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:04,000
host of reasons I'm here just to

897
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,079
continue to push you know I push the

898
00:44:06,079 --> 00:44:07,800
voice of the community push my own voice

899
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,200
and have my voice heard here and to

900
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,000
example or model what it is to come up

901
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,240
and speak for what you know is right

902
00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:16,240
Marth Luther King says it is always the

903
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:19,240
right time to do the right thing I have

904
00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:21,480
now always lived by that in my own life

905
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:23,599
certainly but I've as I've grown older

906
00:44:23,599 --> 00:44:25,800
I've come to really respect and cherish

907
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,960
words like that um as I live out my days

908
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,480
here in the city is connected my home

909
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,440
the place where I was born in it is

910
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,559
always the right time to do the right

911
00:44:34,559 --> 00:44:36,680
thing I want to speak briefly just to

912
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,760
some comments about um what happened at

913
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,480
committee meeting um where what we saw

914
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,839
in our opinion was words or a conflation

915
00:44:45,839 --> 00:44:48,800
of violence and criminality to what

916
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:50,680
these what was happening with people

917
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:52,359
coming out just simply speaking to what

918
00:44:52,359 --> 00:44:54,200
they thought was just and right in the

919
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,079
world and there's a entire history of

920
00:44:57,079 --> 00:44:59,559
about how that type of language is used

921
00:44:59,559 --> 00:45:02,720
to suppress the voices of the people and

922
00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:04,839
suppress what is right and I would say

923
00:45:04,839 --> 00:45:07,640
that it is important that we recognize

924
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:09,280
that when we're speaking that there's

925
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,400
entire history and context to it um that

926
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:13,640
could be harmful the community that

927
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:17,720
you're speaking about thank you thank

928
00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:22,109
you s

929
00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:25,559
wakan short people

930
00:45:25,559 --> 00:45:28,599
problems okay

931
00:45:28,599 --> 00:45:30,839
good evening my name is sakon before I

932
00:45:30,839 --> 00:45:32,599
start I just want to reaffirm that black

933
00:45:32,599 --> 00:45:34,400
lives matter with or without a mural on

934
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:35,319
our

935
00:45:35,319 --> 00:45:38,319
street I am so tired I don't want to be

936
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:40,280
standing up here anymore in fact it

937
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,240
makes me anxious but I have a

938
00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:44,800
responsibility not just to my Humanity

939
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,800
but to my community that is continuously

940
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:48,960
slandered and harmed through this body

941
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:50,559
and the rhetoric we continue to hear

942
00:45:50,559 --> 00:45:53,440
here every day I wake up to horror upon

943
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:55,760
horror I call my elected officials I

944
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:57,640
repost Bloodshed to my social media

945
00:45:57,640 --> 00:45:59,960
Pages hoping it changes a heart I come

946
00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:02,280
to City Council meetings I recognize if

947
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,559
the drippy tap was in Gaza and not my

948
00:46:04,559 --> 00:46:06,400
kitchen precious drops of gold would be

949
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,119
going down the drain I pray I

950
00:46:09,119 --> 00:46:10,720
acknowledge that the scraps of food I

951
00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:13,040
just tossed is probably the most Gins

952
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,079
have gotten to eat today I pray I speak

953
00:46:16,079 --> 00:46:18,400
Circles of disbelief and grief with my

954
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:22,240
family and friends I pray I sleep I wake

955
00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:23,760
up it

956
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:26,000
repeats I unfortunately don't have

957
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,000
anyone to write a speech for me or hand

958
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,000
it to me on my way up here and my

959
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,599
exhaustion lays with the exhaustion of

960
00:46:31,599 --> 00:46:34,160
everyone behind me so today I'm going to

961
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,480
start the little borous task of reading

962
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,400
the names of people killed by Israel

963
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:41,000
aided by our tax dollars to remind us

964
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,880
what not bringing a ceasefire deal to

965
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,960
the cheers and claps of our community

966
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:49,680
members to this body is the cost of this

967
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:51,559
list is from November I will start from

968
00:46:51,559 --> 00:46:53,559
here and continue to remember each life

969
00:46:53,559 --> 00:46:58,190
lost in future meetings

970
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,839
Ryan Abdullah zakariah Al estal less

971
00:47:01,839 --> 00:47:06,160
than one years old man Yahya YF alal

972
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:10,000
less than one years old Salam Ahmed Al

973
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:13,880
estal less than one years old Zan alen

974
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:18,640
suan aler less than one years old Yasmin

975
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:22,440
RZ Abdullah Rak masri less than one

976
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:27,160
years old Maria Yasser camel al- masri

977
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:28,480
less than one years

978
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:32,440
old Aisha Jad Jalal shahen less than one

979
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:33,240
years

980
00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:36,640
old rahima s Muhammad

981
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:41,079
shahim less than one years old Muhammad

982
00:47:41,079 --> 00:47:44,040
MDU Muhammad Abu jazar less than one

983
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:49,599
years old Tia MDU Muhammad Abu jazar

984
00:47:49,599 --> 00:47:53,000
less than one years old Baha Mustafa

985
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:57,720
Jamal Musa less than 1 years old Ran ham

986
00:47:57,720 --> 00:48:01,079
Hussein Musa less than 1 years

987
00:48:01,079 --> 00:48:05,960
old musk Mahmud ibraim hegazi less than

988
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:06,880
1 years

989
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:11,200
old Ahmed Muhammad Amon noal less than

990
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:14,559
one years old son of nabila Nasser

991
00:48:14,559 --> 00:48:19,359
Muhammad nfal less than oneyear old muaz

992
00:48:19,359 --> 00:48:23,359
hany Muhammad eliad less than one years

993
00:48:23,359 --> 00:48:28,520
old Cas Eli Nabil

994
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:32,349
Eli less than 1 years

995
00:48:32,359 --> 00:48:35,400
old I will continue next week May they

996
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:37,920
rest in peace our blood is on their hand

997
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:41,800
our their blood is on our hands you

998
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:44,000
thank

999
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:53,950
you Frank

1000
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,920
Wicks okay the sceny council people

1001
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,040
they're supporting a Siege fire are

1002
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,280
doing the right thing for skaki they're

1003
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:02,520
doing the right thing for the United

1004
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,200
States they're doing the right thing for

1005
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:07,359
the Palestinians they're doing the right

1006
00:49:07,359 --> 00:49:09,920
thing for Israel why are they doing the

1007
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,240
right thing for Israel Israel's lost

1008
00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:16,200
control of itself uh Tom Freedman who's

1009
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,640
the ulate the colist ultimate champion

1010
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:22,520
of Israel he's calling for Seas fire

1011
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:24,559
anyone that any every rational person

1012
00:49:24,559 --> 00:49:26,760
that sees what's going on is calling for

1013
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:32,240
ceasefire we've dropped enough bombs on

1014
00:49:32,240 --> 00:49:34,920
Gaza uh correspond about five or six

1015
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:37,920
hoshima bombs we've killed CI civilians

1016
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:39,680
now they recognize that there's no

1017
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:41,920
endgame so the best thing you can do

1018
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,839
right now is to call for seize fire for

1019
00:49:44,839 --> 00:49:48,240
all concerned a final note is we have

1020
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:49,319
the

1021
00:49:49,319 --> 00:49:53,200
uh uh the the is Israeli

1022
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:57,000
Lobby uh there's one congressman

1023
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:00,760
uh Bowman Jamal Bowman he calls for a

1024
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:02,960
ceasefire uh you know what's happening

1025
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:03,839
to

1026
00:50:03,839 --> 00:50:08,480
him $15 million from the Israeli Lobby

1027
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,400
is going to defeat him in the primary

1028
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:14,400
tomorrow uh is that that Israeli Lobby

1029
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:16,920
should be illegal they don't represent

1030
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:19,079
the United States they no longer

1031
00:50:19,079 --> 00:50:21,359
represent the interests of Israel it's

1032
00:50:21,359 --> 00:50:23,599
not clear who they who who they

1033
00:50:23,599 --> 00:50:26,319
represent with they're damaging to

1034
00:50:26,319 --> 00:50:28,000
connecting they're doing damage to the

1035
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,200
United States they're doing damage to

1036
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:32,760
the Palestinians and they're doing

1037
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,400
they're ultimately damaging Israel no

1038
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,880
confucious noted that anyone goes for

1039
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:40,280
Revenge digs their own grave and Israel

1040
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:44,190
is digging their own grave right

1041
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:48,589
now thank

1042
00:50:48,599 --> 00:50:51,000
you I have no one else signed up to

1043
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,880
speak so I declare the public comment of

1044
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:54,640
City business

1045
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:57,040
closed at this time any Miss mous

1046
00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:58,920
business of the

1047
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:07,230
council Miss

1048
00:51:07,240 --> 00:51:10,280
Patrick I wanted to um talk about the

1049
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,079
news the new swimming pool in Central

1050
00:51:12,079 --> 00:51:15,200
Park last week the schedule um was

1051
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,359
published uh I appreciate that the boys

1052
00:51:17,359 --> 00:51:19,680
and girls club stepped up a little bit

1053
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:21,880
earlier I I was out of town last week

1054
00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:23,799
but I appreciate that the mayor opened

1055
00:51:23,799 --> 00:51:25,880
the pool early because of the heat wave

1056
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:28,400
last week so the hours at the new pool

1057
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:31,200
are Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00

1058
00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:34,359
a.m. there's an adult swim 12:30 to 6:30

1059
00:51:34,359 --> 00:51:37,839
there's an open swim 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

1060
00:51:37,839 --> 00:51:40,520
there's one lane open for an adult swim

1061
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:42,839
and on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to

1062
00:51:42,839 --> 00:51:46,119
6 it's an open swim um I also wanted to

1063
00:51:46,119 --> 00:51:48,440
mention that on the 4th of July uh there

1064
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:50,640
will be a reading of the Declaration of

1065
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,720
Independence um here on the steps of

1066
00:51:52,720 --> 00:51:54,599
City Hall at 10:00 a.m. and I hope folks

1067
00:51:54,599 --> 00:51:57,920
will come out for that um

1068
00:51:57,920 --> 00:51:59,680
and I also wanted to mention that there

1069
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:02,160
is a food pantry being started as a

1070
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:05,640
satellite Pantry at um it's a satellite

1071
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:07,960
Pantry to the Daily Bread food pantry at

1072
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:11,440
St Luke's it's going to be uh over at uh

1073
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:13,760
10:40 Pearl Street at the Holy Name of

1074
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,319
Jesus it'll be open on

1075
00:52:16,319 --> 00:52:20,359
Mondays um from 3: to 6:00 p.m. and

1076
00:52:20,359 --> 00:52:22,160
they're looking for volunteers they need

1077
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:24,640
volunteers in the morning from 9: to 11:

1078
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:26,200
on Monday mornings and they're going to

1079
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:28,520
need volunteers from 2: to 4:00 p.m. and

1080
00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:31,599
4: to 6:00 p.m. on Monday afternoon so

1081
00:52:31,599 --> 00:52:34,280
if anyone's interested in volunteering

1082
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:37,440
um that you'd be uh contacting a woman

1083
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:42,839
named Jackie whose number is 518 836

1084
00:52:42,839 --> 00:52:47,480
5310 um or you can email her at sld

1085
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:52,440
dailybread Food Pantry gmail.com thank

1086
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:58,470
you thank you Mr Williams

1087
00:52:58,480 --> 00:52:59,200
thank

1088
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:01,520
you I first wanted to take a moment to

1089
00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:03,040
just acknowledge all the voices and

1090
00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:04,520
comments that have made their positions

1091
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:07,119
known at our council meeting tonight uh

1092
00:53:07,119 --> 00:53:09,280
there your words are not lost on me as

1093
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:11,400
I've continuously taken notes not just

1094
00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:13,359
on this one topic but just throughout my

1095
00:53:13,359 --> 00:53:16,280
entire Council uh career I I don't know

1096
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:18,599
what our our next move is as a community

1097
00:53:18,599 --> 00:53:22,079
but I always uh encourage um action

1098
00:53:22,079 --> 00:53:25,280
groups uh to to continue to mobilize

1099
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,160
within yourselves uh regardless of where

1100
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:32,440
you're at and and challenge uh uh those societal norms and and your best

1101
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,680
intent and uh the one thing that I

1102
00:53:34,680 --> 00:53:36,079
always like to point out is that

1103
00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:37,880
continued dialogue is important and

1104
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:41,000
required uh so as uh this conversation

1105
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:44,000
continues uh apparently uh I just ask

1106
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,319
that we we as a community just remain

1107
00:53:46,319 --> 00:53:49,559
open-minded and and and respective uh of

1108
00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:50,920
this of this

1109
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:53,240
topic uh I also wanted to take a moment

1110
00:53:53,240 --> 00:53:55,640
to uh acknowledge a social media post

1111
00:53:55,640 --> 00:54:01,240
that I recognized uh for my wife uh she helped me see this um the sky fire

1112
00:54:01,240 --> 00:54:03,160
department as we are entering just a

1113
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:05,640
heightened uh Fire season not just uh in

1114
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:08,079
our community but just nationally um one

1115
00:54:08,079 --> 00:54:09,319
of the things I wanted to highlight and

1116
00:54:09,319 --> 00:54:11,720
just thank was uh CDTA and they're

1117
00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:14,160
making available uh buses so that as

1118
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,240
firefighters who win U most of their

1119
00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:18,440
full attire and apparatuses which is

1120
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,640
very very tasting and and daunting if

1121
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:22,599
you can imagine in this heightened heat

1122
00:54:22,599 --> 00:54:24,640
um making available just their buses to

1123
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:26,680
serve as air conditioning units uh and

1124
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:28,240
then also providing those as as

1125
00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:30,440
harboring zones uh just for residents

1126
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:32,720
who are being displaced uh so truly it

1127
00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:34,559
is a collaborative effort and from

1128
00:54:34,559 --> 00:54:36,640
myself to you as an organization I want

1129
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:38,480
to say thank you um and then also I

1130
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,880
wanted to take this moment to just do a

1131
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:42,880
uh um a public announcement to our

1132
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,319
residents uh who are experiencing fires

1133
00:54:45,319 --> 00:54:47,359
or just traumatic events that require

1134
00:54:47,359 --> 00:54:49,400
EMS but specifically firefighters to

1135
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:51,440
respond to one of the things I was made

1136
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:53,559
aware of uh by our local firefighters is

1137
00:54:53,559 --> 00:54:55,599
the difficulty with sometimes getting

1138
00:54:55,599 --> 00:54:57,280
people who are in adjacent buildings out

1139
00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:59,640
of their houses uh and from myself to

1140
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:02,200
you I can understand how being put in

1141
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:04,559
that position uh having that additional

1142
00:55:04,559 --> 00:55:07,240
con inconvenience levied upon yourself

1143
00:55:07,240 --> 00:55:08,920
is is is definitely a lot in some

1144
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:11,000
moments uh but truly I would ask you to

1145
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:12,920
just take a moment and move from beside

1146
00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:14,480
yourself and understand that these men

1147
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:17,960
and women who are uh uh challenged to uh

1148
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,040
save lives are doing so with the best

1149
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:22,680
intent in mind and truly uh there

1150
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:25,559
there's no uh ill will in their ass for

1151
00:55:25,559 --> 00:55:26,920
you to evacuate

1152
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:29,359
and your assistance and cooperation

1153
00:55:29,359 --> 00:55:32,119
truly AIDS their attempts to make sure

1154
00:55:32,119 --> 00:55:33,839
that there are no lives lost in any of

1155
00:55:33,839 --> 00:55:35,960
these events uh so I just wanted to say

1156
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:38,400
uh thank you to our local uh uh EMS

1157
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,240
responders um the mayor continuously lws

1158
00:55:41,240 --> 00:55:43,079
not only uh these individuals but also

1159
00:55:43,079 --> 00:55:45,240
our Police Department for their efforts

1160
00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:46,839
uh but definitely as we enter just the

1161
00:55:46,839 --> 00:55:48,440
heighten firefight a heightened Fire

1162
00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:51,280
season just please be collaborative and

1163
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:54,920
Cooperative thank you thank

1164
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:58,470
you mayor

1165
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:01,039
thank you Madame President uh appreciate

1166
00:56:01,039 --> 00:56:02,400
everyone coming out tonight and your

1167
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:04,839
comments uh council member Patrick

1168
00:56:04,839 --> 00:56:06,640
talked about the swimming pool we had a

1169
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:09,520
successful opening uh was delayed a

1170
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:11,160
little bit because of construction

1171
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:13,160
almost a year for Central Park but it's

1172
00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:15,920
clearly a uh great investment for the

1173
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:18,799
community and want people to be able to

1174
00:56:18,799 --> 00:56:22,400
use it uh for many years to come quacken

1175
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,119
Bush and Front Street are also opening

1176
00:56:25,119 --> 00:56:29,319
now uh uh today was a little bit cooler

1177
00:56:29,319 --> 00:56:30,319
uh I think we're going to get another

1178
00:56:30,319 --> 00:56:33,400
couple hot days down the road

1179
00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:39,079
so people uh be cautious drink fluids uh

1180
00:56:39,079 --> 00:56:40,599
and sometimes take a little bit of time

1181
00:56:40,599 --> 00:56:42,520
to check on some of your neighbors or

1182
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:45,440
elderly senior citizens who uh might

1183
00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:47,920
also uh be in a situation that could be

1184
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:51,400
compromised by uh the high heat thank

1185
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:54,359
you madam president thank you mayor I'd

1186
00:56:54,359 --> 00:56:55,880
also like to thank everyone for coming

1187
00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:57,960
out tonight tonight um I appreciate you

1188
00:56:57,960 --> 00:56:59,799
know everything that you have to say and

1189
00:56:59,799 --> 00:57:02,359
know that I am listening and taking all

1190
00:57:02,359 --> 00:57:04,319
these things in consideration um I want

1191
00:57:04,319 --> 00:57:05,520
to know I want you to know for those of

1192
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:07,839
you who are um supporting the ceasefire

1193
00:57:07,839 --> 00:57:09,440
I appreciate that you continue to do the

1194
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:12,880
work and um and I'm actually glad to

1195
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:14,240
hear that there's going to be a people's

1196
00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:15,799
resolution because I think the people

1197
00:57:15,799 --> 00:57:18,520
who are supportive should be able to to

1198
00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:22,760
participate in that way so um with that

1199
00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:25,240
I have nothing else and I'll ask for a

1200
00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:27,359
motion to adjourn

1201
00:57:27,359 --> 00:57:29,319
moved by Mr Williams second by Mr Farley

1202
00:57:29,319 --> 00:57:31,440
all those in favor we're adjourned have

1203
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:53,990
a good evening

1204
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