I'd like to call the city Caucus meeting
to order for Monday July 22nd
2024 we have two public hearings this
evening if the clerk could please
read item number one for public hearing
a public hearing regarding the renaming
of city city of SK Street
i' mondly public hearing number two
we have two public hearing public
hearing number two a public hearing regarding the proposed 2024 2025
HUD annual action plan thank you we have
10 items for consideration and if the
clerk would please read item number
one item number one under original
consideration a resolution authorizing
the commissioner of Finance deposit the
Consolidated local Street and Highway
Improvement program other noise chips
extreme winter recovery EWR pave New
York pave NY State touring route Str Str and PVE our potholes po funding in the
total amount of 4,
87,4
36.79 to the to the capital budget codes
specifically for these
projects discussed in committee with
objection and non
consent item number
two item number two for original
consideration a resolution supporting
the submission of a Grant application to
the New York State smart growth
Community Planning and Zoning grant
program discuss in committee with
objection and on consent item number
three item number three under original
consideration a resolution authorizing a
sale of 1265 Congress Street for
$3,000 discussed in committee with
objection on consent item number four committee objection on
consent item number three item number
four under original
discussed in committee with that
objection on consent item number five under original
consideration a resolution authorizing
the sale of 107 Forest Road for
$451 and no discuss in committee with
objection on consent item number
six discuss committee with objection on
consent item number six under original
consideration a resolution authorizing
theale of 209 Elmer Avenue for
135,000 $135,100
discing committee with on consent it
discussed in committee with objection on
consent item number seven item
number discussed in committee without
objection on consent item number eight
it
number2
Street discussed in committee with
objection on consent item number nine
item number n under contract and Supply
a resolution supping the bid and
contracts for the fire station number
one H and gener upgrad contracts MC andc
a total amount of,
69647 discussing committee with
objection on consent item number 10 item
number 10 under contract and Supply a
resolution awarding the B and contract
of city of preast concrete panels the
trail long with preast Incorporated in
the amount of
$9,300 discuss in committee without objection and on consent there
will be one other additional resolution
night tonight which was passed two weeks
ago there's nothing more to come before
the city council caucus ask for motion
to adjourn motion by Miss Patrick second
by Mr Farley all in favor we are
adjourned I'd like to call the city
council meeting to order for Monday July
22nd 2024
and we have no one here that uh for to
lead us in the prayer invocation and I
would like to invite Imam Jamal sha if
you would come forward and offer the
invocation
here thank you so much
in the name of God the most beneficent
the most
merciful all praise is due to God Lord
of all the worlds the most beneficent
the most
merciful the one who we are ultimately
held accountable to may God keep us
truthful
steadfast and courageous in the phase of
tyranny and oppression
amen like to call on councilwoman Doro
to in the
pledge
stat thank
you if the deputy clerk would please
complete the Roll Call
hope Mr
Toro Mr
Farley Mr
Mancini is
absent Mr
muten Miss Patrick here Mr
Williams and Miss Porterfield
here we have one AO order resolution
which was passed two weeks ago and at
this time I will call on council member
Williams to present the resolution
recognizing the auxiliary youth group of
the alberry court number
28 I'd like to invite those members up
front test test
would you guys wouldn't mind facing
forward I was in
unison
right okay may have the floor you may
have the
floor uh so today I'll be pass uh
reading a resolution recognizing the
auxiliary youth group of the alab court
number 28 for achieving second place at
the ancient Egyptian Arabic order Nobles
on Mystic Shrine National
exhibition whereas the
albari auxiliary youth group has emerged
as one of the youngest youth
organizations in the nation to secure a
second place finish in the dance
Exhibition at the aea nms Imperial Youth
Department in augural Imperial youth
conference in New Orleans Louisiana this
opened the door to academic scholar
scholarships and National recognition
and networking for this young group of
ladies and whereas representing the
capital region of New York and the City
of skty the alari auxiliary youth group
operating through the national Shriner
Youth Department is commended for their
perseverance excuse me persistence and
dedication to showcasing skty on the
highest national stage this
accomplishment has made possible through
the expert guidance and mentorship of US
Marine Michael baros
Monique King Banks and Desiree chairs
and whereas showing steadfast
perseverance needed to represent the
state of New York and New Orleans along
with their hard work and effort invested
in fundraising and maintaining
exceptional academic standings their
success is a testament to our local
community's abundant
determination and whereas the alari
youth auxiliary group has shown through
their continued dedication to the city
of skty and the greater Capital Region
and supporting the ronal McDonald House
handing out Christmas gifts for tours
for Tots and supporting summer lunch
programs through Sycamore collaborative
and whereas recognizing the hemic impact
of the New York shiners organization
within our community involves
appreciating the hard work and
dedication of this auxiliary youth group
as well as the support provided by
adults and community members throughout
the capital region for over a decade now
therefore be it resolved the Sky City
Council and Mayor Gary AR Gary AR
McCarthy to hereby pause in their
deliberations to recognize the many
accomplishments of these young ladies on
their path to
[Applause]
success if we already passed this
resolution so we don't need a motion
tonight thank you I was going to say
definitely my excitement got ahead of me
it's always a beautiful picture to see
uh some of our young talented women up
here and definitely represented by their
passionate family members and community
members so at this point I'd like to
offer the stage to miss chairs how to
share some
words thank you um good evening everyone
we do want to thank the city hall SK
League City Council for giving this
recognition to the girls we've been
meeting at Eastern Parkway United
Methodist Church for over 12 years our
pastor is here and our supporters
um the altery Temple helps us and the
community the daily cazette Congressman
Paul tono helped us to get to the White
House in 2017 so we've done a lot of
things we have done things in the
schools to get people coming in but it's
hard especially after covid but I thank
you I'm not going to go on and on
because Carl told me I had three
minutes this youth group is to build
character at young people um we tutor we
drill we read we do poems and everyone
here that's standing here has been a
wonderful help and many more in our
community has been great the girls would
like to do a short poem for the city
council people okay for everyone
actually okay
everyone is special everyone is special
for something anyone could be a star in
one's own world one's own constellation
one's own Galaxy therefore seek stardom
and find your star find your star and be
a star and throw a shine your own light
find your star and Shine for you
remember everyone is special as
something everyone special for something
and you are special
too thank
you that was
[Applause]
beautiful thank you very much
where the
chair all right
thank you congratulations
right Mr Williams
no more for public
he thank you
we have two public hearings this evening
just a reminder that we've extended the
public hearing comment period to two to
four minutes and also ask that people
respectively comment only on the subject
relevant to the public hearing itself
thank
you public hearing number one regarding
the renaming of sken of the city of Sky
Street Barrett Village Lane to Luigi
Lane I have three people signed up to
speak Bridget Wald woodell Bridget
wadell
hi good
evening uh I'm Shane wadell I'm her
husband um I'm speaking on her behalf
she's not comfortable with public
speaking so I guess I get to play the
role uh first of all I'd like to say
that we're not here to diminish uh or
we're not in any way against the
renaming of Luigi lane or what the bagas
Bagon have
proposed pagolis have proposed we would
uh only asked that her grandmother is
marleene Hill she was the second owner
of Luigi's she worked for the original
owner and then went on to purchase the
restaurant and owned it from
1981 uh up until 2006 when she uh
untimely passing um we would just hope
that that she could also somehow be
recognized in the renaming of Luigi Lane
as she owned the restaurant for almost
30 years and raised generations of her
family um her father Willis Marlene's
son worked there his basically his whole
entire adult life a lot of her Aunts
Uncles and cousins grew up working there
they had all their Christmas parties and
uh family events at the restaurant for
almost 30 years so it's very very
important to them uh as much as it is to
the original owner's family so we're not against the renaming Luigi
Lane and we're we applaud their proposal
we're just kind of hoping that she could
also be recognized in the
process uh as the restaurant was
important to them and their family as
well so would you like to add anything
um well we have I'm Joan I'm the oldest
granddaughter of Marlene Hill um I've
grown up in that restaurant for 54 years
and we've gone from when I was little my
mother worked there started as a
waitress and then moved on and then I
worked there towards the end of the
restaurant life um Marlene was beautiful
and she deserves to be recognized in
this restaurant for 30 some years that
she took it over in 91 but it flourished
81 sorry um she flourished in this
restaurant for for so long with Union
College and making it the way it was it
was good back then but it was also great
from 81 to the till she passed that's
all I got to say we printed out some
stuff from The Gazette that she had
contributed to the community um she had
Luigi open she had yeah Luigi tennis in
Central Park she did a lot for the
community and the restaurant and that's
the only you know we really just want to
recognize her as well she held poit
political fundraisers for the mayor's
connecti at the time um a lot of local
politicians used to dine there and uh
when she passed a lot of them attended
her funeral and she was an important
figure in the community
also want to add anything do you want to
anything we're good yeah you justed out
thank you very much for listening to us
thank you
yeah okay um the third person because
you just spoke Miss W right Shane that
was you yeah okay all right so we have
someone whose name I'm having difficulty
reading first name starts looks like it
starts with an l and the last name looks
like it starts with a
b and could you please state your name
my name is Laurel
Barnes um good after good evening
everyone here I'm here to talk about um
the intersection of Jackson Avenue
Albany Street and WT Street Excuse Me
Miss Barnes um this is for the public
hearing regarding the renaming of Luigi
Lane so you would have you're you would
need to sign up under privilege of the
floor for City business I will put your
name there okay okay all right okay
thank you you're welcome
I have no one else to signed up to speak
for this public hearing number one so I
declare the public hearing
closed public hearing number two
regarding the proposed
2024 2025 hug annual action plan any
comments will be filed with the
Department of
development and I have no one signed up
to speak so I declare the public comment
uh on hearing public hearing number two
closed I would ask for approval ofit
minutes for July 8th
2024 moved by Miss Patrick second by Mr
M Taron all those in favor
I ask the clerk for any Communications
and
petitions Communications presented to
the city council for Monday July 22nd
2024 under official from the mayor a
list of appointments dated July 22nd 202
2024 under General from General from
Jennifer Finch an email supporting the
renaming of Barrett Village Lane to
Luigi Lane and suggesting also
recognizing Marlene Hill for her role in
the establishment's success despite her
inability to attend the July 22nd
council
meeting from Laurel Barnes an email
detailing frequent frequent red light
violations and speeding at his connected
intersection expressing frustration over
the lack of patrolling by police and
questioning theity commitment to
addressing these safeties
issues a letter containing multiple
names urging the city council to
maintain and support quality of life
policing methods citing their
effectiveness in reducing crime and
maintaining order in
neighborhoods and lastly under General
from Michael tierno a an email
expressing support for renaming Barrett
Village Lane to Luigi Lane in honor of
his grandfather aiming to enhance his
grandfather's Legacy and pre preserve
local history he also thanked the mayor
city council and city engineer for their
support and inclus included a list of
supporters under petitions a petition
with 243 signatures from an unspecified
individual or Organization advocating
for a cleaner and more sustainable
skincity thank you uh I'd like to call
on city council members for committee
reports Miss Patrick
thank you madam president the health and
Recreation committee had a meeting
earlier today um to talk spec uh
primarily about the pool the new pool at
Central Park um as well as uh the pools
across the city um we also addressed uh
some other issues as well so there will
be a transcript um of that meeting
available uh soon uh the minutes of the meeting will be available to all
but thank you than you
time we'll have privilege of the flooor
regarding the legislative agenda I have
one person signed up to speak Jama make
a
miles good evening um as it relates to
the the resolution concerning uh funds
for Highway improvements in
Transportation safety uh I have some
concerns seeing as the only conversation
seems to be around potholes um and
addressing the safety of our roadways
especially those which have received no
attention seems to be an ongoing problem
the only mention of how that money is
used was potholes residents deserve to
know how that money has been used how
priorities are determined in which
streets and neighborhoods have or have
not received attention and how often is
the money being used to make our road
safer Beyond potholes there was a
discussion about the success of other
municipalities what is successful what
metrics are being used that show
punitive measures are decreasing
speeding in Albany is it a number Does
it show the the same time period across
multiple years is it desegregated by
repeat offenders what happened to
education as a part of safety is any of
this money going towards that when and
where is that going to happen because
it's yet for me to see the data from the
Department of Transportation highlights
the need for signage and reduced speeds
and notates the options including
standing signs and pain in markers on
the road is this something that we're
going to see it isn't just about
replacing signs that exist but
addressing areas that are absent of any
signage not once have I heard Becker
street named an area with significant
population of families and children that
attend Central Park Middle School keen
and Lincoln Elementary Schools where
Walkers are going to and from those
buildings as well as playing in that
neighborhood last year a middle school
student was hit by a car on Becker
Street at Elm less than a month ago
someone on a bicycle was hit by a car on
Becker Street near Elm Becker Street
continues to be left out of the equation
not once has there been a speed bump or
speed feedback or activated sign or any
other digital sign to warn motorists of
their speed there's not any signage
posted on Becker not a single sign
signage is again a significant piece of
safy safety as explained by the
Department of Transportation while the
study is going to move forward when are
we going to give any attention to Becker
Street besides an old email that I
received back in July of 2023 that said
there would be an increase to police
patrols which has not to date change the
speeding on the straightaway between
Snowden and Elm Street or even further
when they have a green light on Elm
again the National Data already shows
that lowering the speed limit alone is
not the answer to Street safety the
public deserves to know how the local
Street and Highway money is being spent
since the safety of many of our streets
continues to go undressed thank you
thank
you I have no one else signed up to
speak so I declare the public comment on
the legislative agenda
closed this time I'd ask for approval of
the legislative consent agenda move by
Mr M
second by Miss Patrick all in favor
I this time we'll have privilege of the
floor regarding General City
business and I have seven people signed
up to
speak and the first person is Zach
Pierce no Zach Pierce
okay uh Jamaica
miles good evening again that was funny
um I'm not even sure where to begin
there's a number of discussions that are
being had at the city council but
there's one that continues to remain
absent the Palestinian people that live
in this community the responsibility of
this city council and this body of
government to ensure that funds are
received for our needs including
safety when is it the right time to
stand up and declare that you are
against all forms of violence when is
the right time to declare that you will
stand up and advocate for funding from
the federal government for our
city the
petition for there to be a resolution
still stands it is never too late as the
International Community continues to
call on Israel to end its genocide and
occupation these are words from an
International Community to in which the
United States happens to be a member of
that the United States says we are going
to follow the rules and the letter of
the law as it relates to this
International court of law that it was a
founding member of but instead it is
picking and choosing when and where it
will actually follow that ruling this
body has an obligation to ensure sure
that our government is held accountable
checks and balances is a discussion that
this council is having right now as it
relates to the budget those checks and
balances don't just extend inside this
room but beyond it as you are
representatives of this city and the
city expects your full participation
that includes holding our federal
government accountable yes I'm
absolutely making those phone calls and
sending those emails it does not deny
the fact that this body should be doing
the same thing as one voice and the fact
that you continue to not move forward
and simply say oh y'all go ahead and
talk about it and we're just going to
sit here and do everything else
continues to leave an impression on this
city it is not forgotten we are not
going away and we will remember Beyond
November thank you thank
[Applause]
you B is
good
[Music]
evening I'm also here to talk about
Palestine uh but I want to talk talk a
little bit about the history which um
maybe not many of you know I'm not an
expert on the history and you there are
many scholars many books many movies
been made and uh it would be nice if
everybody took the chance to learn about
it uh but what I specifically want to
address here is something that's been
mentioned by several people both members
of the public as well as some of the
members of the council that there are
many crises in the world much Bloodshed
and much oppression and the question has
been asked why are we so vocal when it
comes to Palestine well as many people
know Palestine is a holy land for
Muslims Jews and Christians prophets
lived died and are buried there wars
were fought
many miracles took place however what
some might not know is that Jerusalem
Palestine is home to the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre where many believe Jesus
peace be upon him was crucified and in
tuned thousands of pilgrims from all
over the world make a pilgrimage there
for the Easter
holidays what is even less well known is
that the key to the Church of the Holy
Seiler is held by a Muslim family the
Judah family
1,400 years ago Omar IB alab a Muslim
leader made an agreement with sophronius
a Christian leader to Grant the Christ
made to Grant the Christian Safety and
Security in the region as well as a
right of free worship in Jerusalem
giving the key to a Muslim family was
also a way of maintaining a neutral
guardian of the Church of the Holy
Seiler since the church is split into
multiple denominations including
Armenian Orthodox Greek Orthodox
franciscans and many more a member of
the Adib of the Judah family ADB Judah
said that he learned the obligations and
responsibilities of guarding the key
from his father just as he will pass it
on to his son what we pass on to the
next generation is not only the key but
also the way you respect other
religions the Judah family has not only
held the key in their protection for
Generations but they have also kept the
historic contracts which bestowed this
job upon their family the oldest
contract dates back to
1517 while the Judas are in charge of
protecting and holding the key another
Muslim family the newas are in charge of
actually opening the door every single
day and allowing the faithful to enter
the church when a member of the nusa
family arrived arrives at the church at
3:30 a.m. every day for the past
hundreds of years he takes the key from
a Judah family member climbs a small
wooden ladder and unlocks the top lock
then he steps off the ladder to unlock
the lower lock he swings the church
doors open and the church is open to
visitors the entire process is repeated
each evening when the church is locked
the two Muslim families have shared this
responsibility for centuries protecting
the holy sight and keeping it open to
the Christian faithful it is a model of
coexistence in a city filled with
tension leading the way in Interfaith
cooperation as it has been for hundreds
of years thank you thank
[Applause]
you Imam Jamal
sha thank you it's been a few weeks
since I've been here uh and for good
reason uh I'm here not to talk about
Palestine I'm here to talk about you all
okay last time I was here somebody used
the words emotional terrorist in
reference to me now each of you is paid
a salary to do one thing represent this
city in representing this city you have
an obligation to go out and involve and
ingratiate yourselves with the residents
of the city it seems to me there's a
little bit of an issue here
people are picking and choosing who they
want to ingratiate themselves with I'm
comfortable around this person but not
that
person I don't have to use you know
verbal gymnastics fact of the matter
remains I've been the Imam of this
mosque for almost 11
years I can only remember one time where
somebody who was even remotely
affiliated with the public office this
city
council approached us and said hey we'd
like to come for a visit that was Roger
Hull and he was running for mayor and he
needed the votes nobody else not in down
times not even in voting times the
reason why this is important is because
the ignorance that comes out of the
mouth of some people when they say
things like
that it's baffling it's astounding and
it's so blatantly obvious that this
person has an issue whether or not not
the issue is Dee rooted hatred racism or
just plain old ignorance because they're
unfamiliar there is an onus on this
Council to hold its members accountable
I'm I'm beyond disappointed that there
has not been a statement of rebuttal
against those words to say Hey you
cannot speak to people like that you
can't call them these words we're
talking about sensitivity we're talk
about cultural awareness bias
sensitivity subconscious bias it seems
to me those lessons have falling on deaf
ears at least for some people okay we
can all be respectful when I come here
and I talk about Palestine and I talk
abouta I am not talking about getting
rid of Jewish people contrary to what
they might say some of them right those
words don't come out of my mouth because
I think about what I want to say and
what I say comes from my heart there's
no hate here there is Disappointment
there is frustration the second thing I
want to add here is that maybe you don't
have to pass a res resolution I honestly
don't care at this point what you do as
a body what I do care about is who you
are as individuals because if we're
going to work together to build this
city up this city which has one of the
highest crime rates in the country
astoundingly right all the work that we
do we can only ever achieve anything
together and we have to work together so
I need you and you need me and people
like me people from all different
backgrounds the only way that gets done
is if the people that are occupying
these
Seats share the same concerns as the
people that sit on this side of the eye
thank you so much thank
you soib
shakima so before I read part of the
letter that was written by the Jewish
voice for peace I want to remind myself
and everybody here I'm not here to
support the
Palestinians as a person of faith I know
one
thing as they go through this trial I'm
going through the same trial and each
and every one of you guys is going
through the same trial if you claim to
be a person of Faith you know that God
has given each and every one of us a
privilege which is going to be something
either that will will be used by God to
testify for us or against us and some of
you I know deep inside of your hearts if
you are people of Faith you know that
you want to say the right thing but what
God has blessed you with has become a
curse it's a muzzle that is keeping you
from saying the truth and God will hold
you accountable because I know whatever
God has given me starting with my voice
and my position he's going to ask me how
did I realiz that when people in
Palestine were being prosecuted we're
looking at the numbers the estimate is
almost 200,000 people who were
killed that's about 10% of the
population of
Palestine and there are those some of
you that don't
care and I'll leave that between you and
God so you want to hear the voice of the
Jewish people I will read towards the
end for the sake of time
all of the authors of this letter are
actually Jews and it's not for Matt
Cutler or Spitzer to decide who's a Jew
who's not because only God
decides so they say towards the end of
their letter to the Daily Gazette we
believe there can be a democratic
country in which all of the inhabitants
are free and safe from The River To The
Sea Palestine will be free as an
expression of that dream those who find
this offensive actually do not believe
in democracy or Freedom or peace as
those Concepts only have meanings if
they apply to
everyone anti-Semitism is real and is
dangerous conflating criticism of Israel
or anti- Zionism with anti-Semitism is
also
dangerous what do Rabbi Cutler and the
rest say in response to the thousands of
ultra Orthodox Jews who have been
protesting in the streets of Jerusalem
against a ruling that would forcibly
constrict them into military service
carrying signs reading we would rather
die as Jews than live as
zionists what do they say to the Jewish
student
protesters who held Shabbat dinners with
their Palestinian
allies on college campuses encampments
or to rabbis for ceasefire what do they
say to us members of the fastest growing
Jewish organization in the country who
believe our history demands we stop this
cruel Madness and end the suffering of
Palestinians the time of passionate
prayers for the negotiated ceasefire is
long gone it's about useful it's it's
about as useful as sending hopes and
prayers to victims of mass shootings
while continuing to fund the gun lobby
please read the rest of the letter thank
you thank you
Tom
Kennedy good evening everyone mayor uh
city council president and city council
members uh before I begin I'm here for
two things like but I guess I got to
have to say something I think all City
residents have went through the last few
months of this constant uh uh drone of issues
that are better suited in the federal
government uh of course we've had couple
uh council members who wanted to try to
make uh peace with this but it created a
debacle um one thing I want to say
tonight though is I'm getting a little
tired as a conect resident of somebody
coming up here and saying that God is
going to hold this body
accountable I mean you know when are we
going to just treat people like citizens
but to have somebody keep coming up here
and saying that you know we're going to
be on the wrong side of history or you
know this uh this is going to happen or
that's going to happen you're not a good
person that nonsense has to stop because
we are all Americans here or at least
that's what I thought so I'm tired of it
so just have to do that little rant cuz
I haven't really had much to say about
it but uh um two things first first uh
the noise complaints are getting out of
canned in the city uh every day I get
calls now it's nicer out you know music
is being played it it's it's ridiculous
I know you guys have wrestled around
with this thing but something's got to
be done uh an elderly couple uh U who
came here from Guyana bought a home has
a great business very nice people you
know they started crying the other day
because they said we're going to have to
leave SKC
that's ridiculous so I'm charging you
guys with responsibility getting this
thing fixed because people are leaving
good people are leaving
skincity a lot of bad people are moving
here so um the second thing is I'm not
here to speak about the mayor's proposal
uh although I do think there's good
sense to it um I think that uh uh what
we saw in the last budget uh was I keep
using this s debacle tonight it's good word for it um
I mean you know a week before the thing
was uh was due going to your city
council members and goes to Guyana for a vacation well you guys just
stopped it said I forget it you know
we'll just wait a week and then every
time you had to make a hard decision you
just kept
backtracking now I don't know how people
do it in the city government but I I
come from the state government and they
sit down and get the things straight so
I can understand the mayor wants to find
some way possible and for the other
proposal that's that mad president
proposed about going back to the last
one have a public hearing so we can at
least get this out on the table because
I'd love to take tackle that one so the
bottom line is put it up for a public
hearing and let citizens decide and tell
you how they want the government I'm
tell of you telling the government
people how the government should run
thank you thank
you Frank wicks
the the the good part of coming to these
City Council meetings is to see Good
People recognize the good young people
that are doing things here in the city
and uh the more somber reason to come
here is what continues to happen in Gaza
again going going going back to the
creation of Israel was a separate State
everyone recognizes should recognize
that's a mistake uh the person that's
made sure it has kept separate rather
than a single country
from from the uh Jordan River to the
Mediterranean Sea is uh prime minister
Netanyahu this week he's going to be
coming to United States and he's going
to be addressing
Congress and uh he's going to not ask
for more money he's going to demand more
money and more weapons and why can he
demand it because almost every member of
that Congress has been bought by the
Israeli Lobby and uh it seems pretty
hopeless about the only uh it may not do
us any good to come here and uh know
point out what's wrong but the
alternative is not to point out what's
wrong so I hope hope these good people
continue to come here and point out
what's wrong
thank you Laura
barns good evening again um I live on
Jackson Avenue in
woodlon and at the intersection of
Jackson watt Street and Albany Street I have seen countless people
going through the red lights on
purpose I'm a walker and there's a lot
of people on Jackson Avenue that are
Walkers we have to wait an extra 10 to
15 seconds before we even cross when
we're crossing with our own light when
it's
green and I've seen countless people
just going right through it on purpose
they gun their engines and go right
through it somebody is going to get
killed sooner or later and I would
prefer it not to
happen I was almost actually hit by a
car on June 19th on Father's day when I
was on the sidewalk the car jumps the
curb goes around an SUV that was sitting
at the red light and then just goes
through the red
light I came close enough to the car
that I could have put my hand out and
touched it
and I was shocked and I'm like what did
I just
see I've seen a
CDTA um starbust go through a light
these are not people going through the
yellow they're going through the red
light
purposely I know the police can't have
somebody on every single corner or every
single
intersection but can
cameras would be
fine somebody's going to get hurt I hear
there was somebody hurt down in the city
and she has possible brain damage I
don't want that happening in my little
Community I'm trying to keep it safe
I've had so many people say that they
can't even cross the street without
waiting before somebody runs the
light I mean when I would took driver's
ed I thought red was always stop not go
through it
they purposely gun their engines and go
through it I've seen and I've gone I
walk a lot of places btown Road Union
Street it's all over the
place and no one's doing anything about
it something really needs to
give I just don't want anyone getting
killed there was an accident at that
same intersection of ALB Street and
Jackson and Watt it was back in February
there was an accident 6 days in between
two accidents within six days that's
unacceptable and I can guarantee it was
somebody going through a light because
it was the exact same
spot it needs to be made safer it really
does and thank you very much thank you
I have no one else signed up to speak so
I declare the public comment of City
business
closed at this time any miscellaneous
business of the
council
mayor Madam president thank you always
appreciate people coming out expressing
their thoughts and concerns I just
wanted to thank uh City staff for
partnership the county the school
district uh community leaders we had a
great night for summer night and they
had the Tater
Trot uh had Harbor Fest uh Saturday
night last night uh there's just a lot
of good things going on in sken want
people to mark their calendars for uh
September 7th where be the Caribbean
fest the Greek Fest the Little Italy
Fest and The Stockade art show it's uh
public planning stuff so you shouldn't
do all the festivals at one time
uh by chance they all came together and
it's really one of the more successful
weekends in the city and uh again thank
all the partners that make these things
happen and all the good things that are
going on with ins SKC thank you madam
president thank you mayor I'd like to uh
thank everyone that did come out and
your um comments will be taking
consideration for those that came to the
public hearing that will be made part of
that record just so that you're aware of
that um I also want to just talk to a
couple things that were set at the rail
but the people that said them are now
gone uh we do the city does have a
Paving program that we do every year so
people want uh to find out what the
paving program is what streets are going
to be paved certainly they can contact
the um clerk's office and we can provide
that information um additionally in
terms of uh what is said at the rail I
just want to remind folks that there are
rules of theorum which are printed on
the sheet that everyone signs and within
that it states what can and cannot be
said however we do do not uh infringe on
anyone's First Amendment rights so
therefore if they have an opinion they
can say that as long it's not a slur
against someone else so people have a
right to their opinions whether we agree
or whether the other people in the
audience agree people have a right to
their opinion and that's not something
as a council uh that we can stop them
from saying as long as they're not
saying things negatively against another
individual specifically they everyone
has a right to their opinion agree or
disagree so I just want to make sure if
you're not familiar what what the rules
of theorum are they are printed on the
bottom of the sheet which everyone signs
and if you like a copy of a blank one
just to familiarize yourself we can
certainly make that available to anyone
that wants it I just also just want to
uh congratulate Milas believe the name
of the restaurant for their uh ribbon
cutting uh went to that and Miss Toro
was there as well to present the uh
Proclamation on behalf of the mayor and
uh so it was a very nice it's a very
nice restaurant it used to be a bank and
just really turned that around so it was
really really nice and I just want to
congratulate them on this is their
second restaurant in the city of SK
they're also the folks that own the nest
very nice so if you have an opportunity
if anyone wants to go out to dinner and
you know on your tab um then we
certainly could go there it's very nice
and I want to congratulate the owners
once again to um and that was a joke so
I'm not asking anybody to take me out
just being
clear um so I just want to congratulate
the owners again and as the mayor has
already stated all the things that have
been going on down downtown U be having
a really wonderful summer um heat beside
the point but you know it's been a great
summer and we hope it continues that way
and um there's a couple another comment
made about something about disc concy
have the highest crime rate in the
country so I'm definitely going to be
looking into that I'm not sure that that
that's a fact so um with that I'll ask
for a motion
to oh thank you you all could have
announc that but
okay so um starting tomorrow is the 518
com common Unity Cup events and uh so
it's five weeks of events different
sports events that are around the city
of connect I don't have them all in
front of me but I can tell you that
tomorrow will be kickball at the um park
off of
um off of
what oh fourth on four and Campbell
thank you very much um off the park
right um be on forth and Campbell so
please go and you know kickball will be
great and from there you can find out
all the other um events are going to be
going on or you can go on the 518 common
Unity cup Facebook page and find out all
the events everything is free and open
to the public want to thank the uh
police department and the fire
department for helping be major funders
for this event and from for uh to Mr
William Rivas for being the person that
um actually has coordinated over the
past few years so that there's some more
fun some are fun okay all right thank
you very much and with that I will
entertain a motion to adjourn moved by
Mr M U Mr Farley second by m Patrick all
those in favor we're adjourned have a
good evening
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