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>> Welcome

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to the city of St. Petersburg

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City Council meeting and your

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elected

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officials our mayor Ken Welch.

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>> District one Council chair.

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Hopefully Curtis. District 2

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Brendan Barber. Is to 3.

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My carving district

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4 Council vice chair, Liz said

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Hannah with us District 5.

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Deborah take Sanders. District

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6 Gina Driscoll a district 7

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warri Givens junior. And

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district day Richie Floyd.

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>> Noon everybody welcome to

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the OCTOBER night 2025 City

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Council meeting if we can do

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roll call please clerk and

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heard here party here.

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What's your if Sanders here

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fiscal year. Given this year.

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Today we will have our

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indication given by pastor

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Louis Murphy senior from Mount

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Zion progressive missionary

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Baptist Church.

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Followed by a moment of

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silence, then please remain

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standing for the pledge of

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allegiance.

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>> Heavenly father.

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Create a tool of the heavens

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and the Earth. Create of all

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mankind.

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Law you on awesome GOD.

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It got uoi healer.

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We store

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you the Prince of peace and

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we're just so grateful and

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thankful. That we

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can be College of children.

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And will we thank you for

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the men and women who have put

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they hands to the plow to serve

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community. Blessed to City

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Council. Bless our mayor.

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We thank you for the men and

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women who are laboring in your

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Vineyard as we celebrate

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clergyman but

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we need you not only in a city.

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We need to win a state in a

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nation. We know

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that you all love help us to

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share that love with one

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another in your holy name I

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pray, and then.

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>> Excuse me there is no

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moments also please join me in

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the pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag

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of the United States of America

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I'm the guy indivisible

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if the Justice for all.

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Thank you please be seated.

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Hasta Murphy that's what he's

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talking about I needed it.

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Thank you. Okay cast members we

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have an agenda in front of us,

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I'll entertain a motion for

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approval.

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Move back in. We have a motion

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a second season or the council

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members wishing to speak clerk

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could you please over machine

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for voting.

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Council members present your

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votes. Seeing is all present

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council members voted clerk

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police telling announce the

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>> Sure the motion to approve

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the agenda passes unanimously,

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We don't have a consent agenda

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today. So we'll move into

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open form clerk could you

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please read the rules.

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If you wish to address City

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Council and subjects other than

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public hearing. Rick was Ida

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digital items listed on the

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agenda please sign up with the

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clerk. Only the individuals

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wishing to speak they send it

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open sheet. Only city residents

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owners of the property. His

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owners of the city where the

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employees MAY speak all

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issues discussed and open form

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must be limited to issues

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related to the city of Saint

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Peter's Rick government.

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If you speak into it tonight

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I'm on the agenda.

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You mainly speak once during

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the open form when the time

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comes up on the agenda in order

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to provide an opportunity

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for all citizens to address

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Council. Each individual be

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given 3 minutes to speak and

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after which the microphone will

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be muted. If you wish to

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address City Council through

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the zoom meeting. If you must

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use the raise hand feature

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button in the zoom app or

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interest are 9 on your phone at

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the time to adjust to it is

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addressed when it is your turn

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to speak, you'll be a

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new did and asked us take your

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name and address. But the

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conclusion of your comments

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when you have reached a 3

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minute time limit. You will be

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muted. I'll raise his will be

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lowered after each agenda item

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regardless of the method

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participation used normal rules

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apply including the 3 minute

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requirement that any

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presentation materials must be

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submitted in advance of the

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decorum it's like public

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comment is disrupted violation

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of the rules of

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decorum the chair is authorized

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to accept public comments by

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all means including by email

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Hooley and MISTER Chair we do

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have a speed okay. Thank you

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very much.

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DR. Perry Washington.

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He's come to the podium state

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their name and address for the

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record. We'll have 3 minutes to

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dress Council.

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>> My name is Harry g

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Washington. I will not give my

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address the cut that

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that that Cain

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I will not be assassinated.

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I'd say it did many times do we

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have

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to goal with it again.

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Please give your cross streets

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DR. Washpost first re in mine.

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There is no for Street and

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main.

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Street in central.

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Okay proceed. DR. Washington.

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I would risk.

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For planning. Concrete

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in my all y'all.

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>> You can mark a moment not

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only in.

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To get to the Manning concrete

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in my own yard. Biden saying

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Peter Bernard Foley's the

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caught that didn't want that

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count next to be panic. Fit

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fans in my yard, he told up my

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fan, what that permeates

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watching. I asked him to stop

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it. They say it

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we don't know that to you.

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I'll shoot DR. Washington

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please address us into the

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microphone and not the audience

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thank you.

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>> When I last 7 months.

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I didn't telling everybody and

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then Miami.

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>> I want to go to trial.

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I had 3 attorney that

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interview. They wanted me to be

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guilty. So what.

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I came and told you all because

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you have a pseudo.

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And put them in time would know

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it and people in the town.

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When it did have a row.

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dead people.

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everybody and

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Look at home and around the

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>> Thank you DR. Washington

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anymore, speakers, former

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speakers. Okay we're going to

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into awards and presentations

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and we're going to start with d

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one our student ambassador

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program student presentation on

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the turn it over to David

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Thompson who's going to

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David welcome.

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Good afternoon council members.

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I am very. I am very pleased to

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welcome our student ambassadors

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to for their presentations as

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many of our council members

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knocks I think even our

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new councilmember did this

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Sponsor 3 students to go to

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talk to my to our sister city

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in Japan and as part of

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sponsorship they agreed to a

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presentation for you all to

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talk about their experience.

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What they learned and how they

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were able to represent the city

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so gives me great pleasure

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to introduce our students

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Rachel from Osceola fundamental

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high school Jared Jackson from

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the Lakewood

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high school I know mayor is

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listening and Jada from St.

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Petersburg collision but all

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proud to represent St.

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Petersburg small turnover.

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Of the caucus in Japan. So I

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want to start by saying thank

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you to the city and dispense

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for providing us with such a

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life-changing opportunity.

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family life while abroad

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because it was most impactful

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part of my trip. My family was

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I wanted to highlight the

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dinners we shared because the

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depth they added to my

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experience, a dinner every

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night my host moment Cook

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dinner, and we'd all sit around

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the table and even after dinner

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is finished and the place for

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put away. We sit around the

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table and talk for hours.

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conversations that I got closer

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than I ever could imagine with

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the family in such a short

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amount of time and it's on my

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greatest honors that

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even miles away, I know

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someone's American daughter.

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out I was lucky enough to try

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conveyor belt sushi and the

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picture you can see and it just

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as fun as it looks on mine.

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I open only aqui featured above

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and even on the

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last night I cooked chicken

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parm and let's just say my host

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family was very shocked by the

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amount of cheese in the dish.

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Next I want to talk

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about excursions that my host

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family took me on. As you can

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see there I went to a high

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school

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baseball game which their

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stadiums are insane and any

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time our team which was high

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school was on the field you are

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standing and moving and doing

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these chairs and I just think

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that the energy we need

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to bring to my high school

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football games. Next is too of

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the jury took some beautiful

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photos in the reflection pool,

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and the future photos me and my

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host family. We also did candy

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making with jade and her host

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family and friends and we made

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was on bond which is a special

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type of sugar that was crafted

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by

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the handmade wooden tools were

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holding in the picture. We even

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had a fluffy pancake breakfast

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because my family knew that

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that is my favorite meal and

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last through into a bonsai

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nursery which had the trees

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that have been growing for

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years and they also the hefty

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price tag. But I bought my a

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little bonsai tree and which is

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seeing the picture and we

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decided to name it. Peter

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after St. Petersburg to

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represent the strong bond we as

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a family and the 2 cities have

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forms.

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>> So next I'll be talking

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about cultural differences that

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I noticed while in Japan, but

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for someone to acknowledge that

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these are pictures of

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me and my host family that I

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stayed with so nearly every

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house in Japan. There's a

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designated room at the entrance

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of the home where you remove

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your shoes before you enter the

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main part of the home and they

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MAY offer slippers

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to guess or you can just wear

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socks. My host family's home

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there was a smaller version of

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this room on the side

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entrance and then we removed

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our shoes. Coming from outside

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from the back yard. The second

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thing I noticed was that Japan

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is a very welcoming culture and

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they are

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very big on giving gifts Jared

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Leto and

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I had disappeared from our host

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family will once we arrived.

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I was able to meet 2 of my host

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sisters friends and they had

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gets prepared to give me one of

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which was a lot of Japanese

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snacks and I definitely did not

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expect to receive the mountains

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gets the I did receive.

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So the next and I'll be talking

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about school and sports day.

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Every year schools and

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to participate in the sport

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stand. We did sports. Stay with

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the Daiichi high School and the

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talk of months the city

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gym where we played volleyball.

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But it was a very popular sport

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in Japan and there were a whole

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bunch of different tournaments

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with in the talk about the city

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gym. The next day we went to

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die too high school to

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experience a full day of school

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in Japan in English class Jared

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written

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I did a presentation about St.

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Petersburg didn't I had pe and

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played volleyball in Dodge ball

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in Japanese Dodge ball is very

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different from the American

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Dodge ball. And at the end of

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the day the students have a

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cleaning period where they

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clean the classrooms, I also

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saw some of the students clean

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the

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stairs hauling even the

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bathrooms and after the

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cleaning period. They have

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after-school activities were

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I'm a leather bracelets and

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Jared and Rachel participated

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in can do.

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And I will.

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And I will be talking about

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food.

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If anyone knows me I'm a very

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big foodie and the food

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in talk about who is certainly

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something to talk about.

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The very top is sort of temper

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and beef cut let that we had at

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as we were making soba noodles

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at a at a making someone else.

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And the top right is a tune up

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cupcake that Rachel has that

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region ahead as we were hiking

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is yes to a mountain. Below

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that is the sort of Japanese

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cooking that jada's host family

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made for. Well that is the

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years, the specialty of the

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neighboring city that me and my

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host family went to go see one

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of the 13 remaining wouldn't

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castles in Japan and their

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specialty bone-in chicken to

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the left is that me and my

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husband other can we made

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together

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next to that is the charge to

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done that but that me and my

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husband can went to a ramen

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restaurant to enjoy. Next is

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the coffee dealing with ice

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cream and a shrimpton for a new

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Guinea that both me and my host

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family went

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to conveyor belt sushi which

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again is as just as fun as the

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videos and pictures make it up

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to me and to the left is to

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pour a soda and a bowl of green

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onions that I very much enjoyed

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after the sports day at school.

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Not only is food important but

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eating dinner with the host

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family in our families and

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dinner in it. In general are

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important and the top right is

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me and my house by their Ken

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cooking together below that is

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me and my host family enjoying

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Japanese barbecue and open to

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key together as one to the left

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is me my host further can and

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one of his friends enjoying

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ramen at one of his friends

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ramen shops and above that is

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me and my host brother who came

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over here trying to do enjoying

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the bone of a stake.

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Eating dinner with a host

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family was not only way to

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enjoy each other's company, but

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also a way to get to know each

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other better.

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>> So along with our personal

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experiences. We also want to

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share all the amazing things

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that the city

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of talk about who prepared for

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us. So this slide is all about

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mountains gardens and more and

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more the natural things we did.

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And the top left you can see

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return garden, which

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is a Japanese national garden

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were we had a authentic

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experience in a beautiful tee

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also looked out into the lake

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and then you can also see a

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very large bonsai tree sitting

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atop a rock which are guy

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described as a fluttering

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crane, a sitting on the back of

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a turtle. Our guide was also

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one of my favorites and he was

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kind enough to let us practice

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or Japanese introductions on

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him

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and give us a stamp of

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approval. And the 3rd vote over

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its are and you can see

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probably the best view from the

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garden and even though is rain

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on the day when it was just as

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beautiful as it would have been

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on a sunny day. On the right

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you can see magazine the island

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and this is a special Island

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that holds the tale of moment

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or peach boy who led the

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leftist family to go fight

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demons but he beats the demons

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in a battle ultimately wins

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said that maybe as the island

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motor fall on which is why it

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is also known as Devon Island.

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It is home to the only guy

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schmuck cavern which the

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opening of it can be seen

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above. We also want to talk

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about to Castle. We also

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received a tour inside the

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Castle. And lots of the council

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structure been rebuilt or

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restored such as the tower

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that's a guard tower you can

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see far back in the photo and

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that's also a photo of the

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garden which was very

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beautiful.

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>> When we were spending time

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with her host family we

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participated in a city of tents

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in the middle is we don't

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making where me Rachel nj to

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all got to have our hand at

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making good on. Although we did

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not make good food on it was

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still a lot of fun, giving it

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our best and making wooden

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to the theme of ymca one of the

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first things that we did was

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the prefecture Museum where

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Rachel in jeddah got to try on

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a traditional 12 later Japanese

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kimono and I got to

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try on a traditional Japanese

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samurai helmet and also

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pictured is the 2 swords that

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me and Rachel fought each other

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with.

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Along with that we also got to

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play with dep Japanese toys

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and a traditional Japanese

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instrument. And that's a very

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right is the city dinner where

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we got to present our

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presentations on Rachel's

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natures and preserves jada's

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downtown and by for that.

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After

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giving up presentations to the

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City Council and our host

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families we got to enjoy a

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dinner hosted by by the City

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Council. 2 each

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with the City Council and our

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host families.

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>> And lastly I'll be talking

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about our experience hosting

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the Japanese students. Mitchell

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had the same student but she

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went to go visit saawan endured

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and I had

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2 different students, and high

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So we went to the Duncan

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maclean glassblowing where we

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got to make paper weight

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and we got to design places.

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Well.

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And we were also able to go see

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the glass exhibit, I was there.

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We also went to the Dali Museum

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which the students definitely

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loved and they were very

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interested in seeing all the

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artwork that was there. We also

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00:19:17,512 --> 00:19:18,347
are able to go to Saint Pete

581
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Beach in the evening where we

582
00:19:21,417 --> 00:19:22,350
got to eat plan the water and

583
00:19:22,350 --> 00:19:24,252
play in the sand and we also

584
00:19:24,252 --> 00:19:26,322
got to watch the sunset.

585
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We also went to Busch gardens

586
00:19:27,723 --> 00:19:30,992
and had a nice movie night at

587
00:19:30,992 --> 00:19:33,992
Beatles House and a barbecue

588
00:19:34,129 --> 00:19:36,529
night at heriot House.

589
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>> goes I've got.

590
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>> Jeff I MAY just why quick

591
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and for that you guys ask any

592
00:19:50,112 --> 00:19:50,846
questions just want to

593
00:19:50,846 --> 00:19:53,615
acknowledge that this really is

594
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a community effort and a labor

595
00:19:54,316 --> 00:19:57,185
of love for the city and want

596
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to thank Council for allocating

597
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the

598
00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,154
funds to allow the students to

599
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go suspense and their parents

600
00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:02,791
who do all the work to get them

601
00:20:02,791 --> 00:20:05,961
there in the trust that place

602
00:20:05,961 --> 00:20:06,561
in the city in sending their

603
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students for

604
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14 days across the other side

605
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of the world and also to the

606
00:20:09,665 --> 00:20:12,650
community partners you heard

607
00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:14,436
some of the places they went to

608
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Dolly

609
00:20:15,170 --> 00:20:16,380
Duncan McClellan studio, some

610
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of those things are given by

611
00:20:16,672 --> 00:20:19,720
these places because they

612
00:20:19,108 --> 00:20:21,343
believe in the mission of the

613
00:20:21,343 --> 00:20:22,944
program, some of them we do pay

614
00:20:22,944 --> 00:20:25,781
for and I do want to emphasize

615
00:20:25,781 --> 00:20:26,415
to any student who is listening

616
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that if you the that this

617
00:20:27,716 --> 00:20:30,116
presentation was interesting to

618
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you do not let price be a

619
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factor. The city pays for the

620
00:20:34,423 --> 00:20:35,230
travel the lodging even if your

621
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home is not one that you

622
00:20:36,625 --> 00:20:38,194
might want to buy the family

623
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into we have former host

624
00:20:41,130 --> 00:20:41,998
families say I want another

625
00:20:41,998 --> 00:20:43,665
child to experience this I

626
00:20:43,665 --> 00:20:47,350
would be happy to be the House

627
00:20:47,350 --> 00:20:47,736
that that person stays in so

628
00:20:47,736 --> 00:20:48,403
that child can go to talk him

629
00:20:48,403 --> 00:20:49,380
out so in experiences so we

630
00:20:49,380 --> 00:20:49,738
really do want. All of our

631
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residents to feel like this is

632
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something that's accessible to

633
00:20:55,344 --> 00:20:57,344
them.

634
00:20:57,947 --> 00:21:00,449
Congratulations what at what an

635
00:21:00,449 --> 00:21:01,820
absolutely phenomenal

636
00:21:01,820 --> 00:21:03,482
presentation. So here's my

637
00:21:03,953 --> 00:21:06,354
here's my question for you with

638
00:21:06,354 --> 00:21:06,989
everything that you got see

639
00:21:06,989 --> 00:21:07,589
over there and everything

640
00:21:07,589 --> 00:21:08,223
experienced over there.

641
00:21:08,223 --> 00:21:08,957
Give me something that you

642
00:21:08,957 --> 00:21:10,158
brought back the you would like

643
00:21:10,158 --> 00:21:10,892
to incorporate into your

644
00:21:10,892 --> 00:21:11,494
family, what about that culture

645
00:21:11,494 --> 00:21:14,430
just moved you enough be

646
00:21:14,430 --> 00:21:17,430
brought back your parents and

647
00:21:17,733 --> 00:21:21,136
said we need to do this.

648
00:21:21,136 --> 00:21:23,139
>> And out say I guess the

649
00:21:23,139 --> 00:21:26,139
schools how they have cleaning

650
00:21:26,442 --> 00:21:26,942
period at the end it makes it a

651
00:21:26,942 --> 00:21:27,676
lot easier and it

652
00:21:27,676 --> 00:21:28,344
teaches them like a nice like I

653
00:21:28,344 --> 00:21:29,440
guess it's they have lots of

654
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,247
discipline in them so I think

655
00:21:31,247 --> 00:21:34,516
it would be nice for us to like

656
00:21:34,516 --> 00:21:37,653
book okay don't want to clean

657
00:21:37,653 --> 00:21:39,653
the school.

658
00:21:44,226 --> 00:21:44,893
>> It's a it's a good concept I

659
00:21:44,893 --> 00:21:45,327
think it's really good that

660
00:21:45,327 --> 00:21:46,280
they do that.

661
00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:47,462
For me I definitely think that

662
00:21:47,462 --> 00:21:48,130
the sitting down the dinner

663
00:21:48,130 --> 00:21:51,660
table something in my family

664
00:21:51,660 --> 00:21:53,202
need to do more maybe less and

665
00:21:53,202 --> 00:21:53,869
from the tv Trez of so that was

666
00:21:53,869 --> 00:21:54,603
like honestly is the time to

667
00:21:54,603 --> 00:21:55,671
reflect and talk to your family

668
00:21:55,671 --> 00:21:58,710
members. I think that's

669
00:21:58,707 --> 00:21:59,408
something I want to instill in

670
00:21:59,408 --> 00:22:00,109
my family more in so it's a it

671
00:22:00,109 --> 00:22:00,776
was a great moments actually

672
00:22:00,776 --> 00:22:03,645
get to know them even though

673
00:22:03,645 --> 00:22:06,645
you know staying with strangers

674
00:22:06,715 --> 00:22:08,715
so.

675
00:22:10,419 --> 00:22:11,153
>> I am what I am with Rachel

676
00:22:11,153 --> 00:22:11,853
in that spending more time with

677
00:22:11,853 --> 00:22:13,822
family talking with each other

678
00:22:13,822 --> 00:22:15,825
and. Experiment with new types

679
00:22:15,825 --> 00:22:16,425
of cooking definitely. Thank

680
00:22:16,425 --> 00:22:17,590
you to the 3 of you for

681
00:22:17,590 --> 00:22:19,459
representing Saint Pete we

682
00:22:19,795 --> 00:22:20,329
greatly appreciate it. Thank

683
00:22:20,329 --> 00:22:22,198
you chair letting us

684
00:22:22,198 --> 00:22:25,198
councilmember get in. Thank you

685
00:22:25,467 --> 00:22:28,204
Rachel thank you Jerry thank

686
00:22:28,204 --> 00:22:28,904
you Jada for

687
00:22:28,904 --> 00:22:29,204
representing St. Petersburg so

688
00:22:29,204 --> 00:22:31,204
well.

689
00:22:31,540 --> 00:22:32,174
I have no regrets j to reading

690
00:22:32,174 --> 00:22:34,174
your letter recommendation

691
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:35,444
because I think you shine so

692
00:22:35,444 --> 00:22:36,144
brightly

693
00:22:36,144 --> 00:22:37,312
you represent the sunshine to

694
00:22:37,312 --> 00:22:39,114
the so well, you know one of

695
00:22:39,114 --> 00:22:39,782
the things that I remember when

696
00:22:39,782 --> 00:22:41,490
I went to represent the city

697
00:22:41,490 --> 00:22:44,319
of St. Petersburg as a student

698
00:22:44,319 --> 00:22:44,654
ambassador to talk him out to

699
00:22:44,654 --> 00:22:45,821
2009

700
00:22:45,821 --> 00:22:48,190
was the similarities. You all

701
00:22:48,190 --> 00:22:51,190
highlighted a lot of the

702
00:22:51,493 --> 00:22:52,227
differences that we have with

703
00:22:52,227 --> 00:22:54,129
our.

704
00:22:54,129 --> 00:22:54,796
Here's overseas in Japan.

705
00:22:54,796 --> 00:22:55,964
But while you were there did

706
00:22:55,964 --> 00:22:57,232
you notice any similarities

707
00:22:57,232 --> 00:22:59,100
between you and your peers, you

708
00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:01,903
know in a world that seeks to

709
00:23:01,903 --> 00:23:02,671
divide us based on Billy's race

710
00:23:02,671 --> 00:23:03,973
nationalities, religious

711
00:23:03,973 --> 00:23:04,640
origin. Did you notice that you

712
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,509
had anything in common with

713
00:23:07,509 --> 00:23:10,679
those he went to school with

714
00:23:10,679 --> 00:23:13,679
and who you live with.

715
00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:17,786
>> I think because I feel like

716
00:23:17,786 --> 00:23:20,656
Japan's up a very smart country

717
00:23:20,656 --> 00:23:21,156
and you know how an American

718
00:23:21,156 --> 00:23:22,580
the students that

719
00:23:22,580 --> 00:23:22,725
don't like certain subjects.

720
00:23:22,725 --> 00:23:25,627
I was able to speak to a few

721
00:23:25,627 --> 00:23:26,328
students in this so just that

722
00:23:26,328 --> 00:23:28,163
they don't

723
00:23:28,163 --> 00:23:29,798
like either think one of them

724
00:23:29,798 --> 00:23:30,833
was it was like ancient

725
00:23:30,833 --> 00:23:33,402
Japanese they did not like

726
00:23:33,402 --> 00:23:36,205
learning and writing about the

727
00:23:36,205 --> 00:23:36,572
new like the old it's like a

728
00:23:36,572 --> 00:23:37,273
are like.

729
00:23:37,273 --> 00:23:38,700
Unlike Shakespearean like old

730
00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,775
English but it's there like all

731
00:23:40,775 --> 00:23:43,979
Japanese and they do not like

732
00:23:43,979 --> 00:23:45,979
that class.

733
00:23:47,282 --> 00:23:50,882
I think that's like some way

734
00:23:51,860 --> 00:23:51,820
to like within the youth there.

735
00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:53,255
>> I can think of you thank you

736
00:23:53,255 --> 00:23:53,989
for that Jay to appreciate it.

737
00:23:53,989 --> 00:23:54,690
Another thing I've noticed what

738
00:23:54,690 --> 00:23:57,159
we're inching our interests my

739
00:23:57,159 --> 00:23:57,826
host brother in Japan was

740
00:23:57,826 --> 00:23:58,294
interested in computers and

741
00:23:58,294 --> 00:23:59,494
cooking.

742
00:23:59,494 --> 00:24:02,298
I too am interested in

743
00:24:02,298 --> 00:24:02,931
computers and cooking so a lot

744
00:24:02,931 --> 00:24:03,598
of our interests are very

745
00:24:03,598 --> 00:24:06,502
similar same thing with the

746
00:24:06,502 --> 00:24:07,503
kids at school were interested

747
00:24:07,503 --> 00:24:10,503
in various hobbies or subjects

748
00:24:10,772 --> 00:24:14,430
sports. All of us had were very

749
00:24:14,430 --> 00:24:16,443
similar in that regard.

750
00:24:17,813 --> 00:24:19,515
>> I'm kind of 2 things one is

751
00:24:19,515 --> 00:24:20,182
deeper ones, not these.

752
00:24:20,182 --> 00:24:23,510
So in the first So like one

753
00:24:23,510 --> 00:24:23,519
thing is you still communicate

754
00:24:23,519 --> 00:24:24,253
with your eyes a

755
00:24:24,253 --> 00:24:24,920
lot like something would happen

756
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,356
means all of that. Like you

757
00:24:27,356 --> 00:24:28,230
know when they look at each

758
00:24:28,230 --> 00:24:29,458
other and like it's like you

759
00:24:29,458 --> 00:24:32,761
can see you can talk without

760
00:24:32,761 --> 00:24:33,129
speaking. But on a goof your

761
00:24:33,129 --> 00:24:33,829
level the

762
00:24:33,829 --> 00:24:34,497
high school kids still love to

763
00:24:34,497 --> 00:24:35,164
gas up there like to have a

764
00:24:35,164 --> 00:24:35,864
boyfriend. How many dogs you

765
00:24:35,864 --> 00:24:36,665
have to measure something and

766
00:24:36,665 --> 00:24:39,665
they want everything like they

767
00:24:40,350 --> 00:24:43,305
were just like asking a million

768
00:24:43,305 --> 00:24:45,305
teenage questions, I'll

769
00:24:47,176 --> 00:24:47,442
just say that the same in that

770
00:24:47,442 --> 00:24:48,143
way.

771
00:24:48,143 --> 00:24:48,877
Thank you for sharing that and

772
00:24:48,877 --> 00:24:49,579
you just remind us that there's

773
00:24:49,579 --> 00:24:51,179
more that unites us than what

774
00:24:51,179 --> 00:24:51,847
divides us. And that's what I

775
00:24:51,847 --> 00:24:52,581
learned when I went overseas

776
00:24:52,581 --> 00:24:54,316
we had very fact bin and it was

777
00:24:54,316 --> 00:24:55,184
very popular and so my hose

778
00:24:55,184 --> 00:24:57,452
brother and I we bonded over

779
00:24:57,452 --> 00:24:58,154
Anna Mae and as a matter of

780
00:24:58,154 --> 00:25:01,154
fact we still maintain contact

781
00:25:01,157 --> 00:25:01,757
to this day so I encourage you

782
00:25:01,757 --> 00:25:02,458
to maintain those bonds

783
00:25:02,458 --> 00:25:04,858
that you've established with

784
00:25:05,494 --> 00:25:06,128
those families overseas and

785
00:25:06,128 --> 00:25:07,630
then lastly just remember

786
00:25:07,630 --> 00:25:10,366
wherever you go from here these

787
00:25:10,366 --> 00:25:11,660
international relations that

788
00:25:11,660 --> 00:25:12,234
you farm,

789
00:25:12,234 --> 00:25:14,634
those are transferable skills.

790
00:25:14,837 --> 00:25:16,380
So whether you decide to go in

791
00:25:16,380 --> 00:25:16,873
study political science

792
00:25:16,873 --> 00:25:17,940
Communications international

793
00:25:17,940 --> 00:25:19,842
relations whatever it MAY be

794
00:25:19,842 --> 00:25:20,576
just know that the training

795
00:25:20,576 --> 00:25:21,810
guard ground started right here

796
00:25:21,810 --> 00:25:22,544
for you in St. Petersburg so if

797
00:25:22,544 --> 00:25:23,913
there's anything that we can do

798
00:25:23,913 --> 00:25:24,746
to support in your future

799
00:25:24,746 --> 00:25:25,848
endeavors. You have a City

800
00:25:25,848 --> 00:25:28,848
Council that back she said

801
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,220
thank you so much I got to

802
00:25:32,220 --> 00:25:34,220
thank you.

803
00:25:40,596 --> 00:25:41,263
>> Well I just before we move

804
00:25:41,263 --> 00:25:42,697
just want to quickly. Thank.

805
00:25:42,697 --> 00:25:43,366
>> Steps and the city and my

806
00:25:43,366 --> 00:25:45,766
colleagues for the continued

807
00:25:46,268 --> 00:25:47,602
investment in our youth and

808
00:25:47,602 --> 00:25:48,537
then

809
00:25:48,537 --> 00:25:50,537
2 or 3 students.

810
00:25:50,605 --> 00:25:51,274
I just I'm always blown away by

811
00:25:51,274 --> 00:25:53,674
the presentations that come

812
00:25:54,376 --> 00:25:54,877
back to Council and just so

813
00:25:54,877 --> 00:25:57,277
proud of the 3 of

814
00:25:57,846 --> 00:25:58,247
you and thankful for the 3 of

815
00:25:58,247 --> 00:25:59,982
you and and

816
00:25:59,982 --> 00:26:01,350
very excited to see the future.

817
00:26:01,350 --> 00:26:02,170
For all of you and so thanks

818
00:26:02,170 --> 00:26:04,920
for everything you do thanks

819
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,122
for representing us in excited

820
00:26:07,122 --> 00:26:07,789
to see what's

821
00:26:07,789 --> 00:26:08,900
next for you guys, thanks so

822
00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:08,924
much.

823
00:26:08,924 --> 00:26:10,559
Okay we're going to move on the

824
00:26:10,559 --> 00:26:13,559
deed to our clergy appreciation

825
00:26:13,862 --> 00:26:16,862
month proclamation and for this

826
00:26:17,330 --> 00:26:19,433
we're joined by our

827
00:26:20,302 --> 00:26:22,702
mayor mayor County Welch.

828
00:26:23,171 --> 00:26:23,505
Thank you MISTER CHAIRMAN and

829
00:26:23,505 --> 00:26:24,239
Council.

830
00:26:24,239 --> 00:26:24,941
The safety team and all members

831
00:26:24,941 --> 00:26:25,574
of our community and students

832
00:26:25,574 --> 00:26:26,909
you'll make us proud. I'm

833
00:26:26,909 --> 00:26:27,376
honored to present the

834
00:26:27,376 --> 00:26:28,100
proclamation for

835
00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:28,577
clergy appreciation month.

836
00:26:28,577 --> 00:26:31,513
To those in the faith

837
00:26:31,513 --> 00:26:32,480
community, the importance of

838
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:32,715
one's

839
00:26:32,715 --> 00:26:35,618
faith and its impact on our

840
00:26:35,618 --> 00:26:35,851
personal growth and our ability

841
00:26:35,851 --> 00:26:36,551
to

842
00:26:36,551 --> 00:26:38,951
manage life challenges cannot

843
00:26:39,789 --> 00:26:41,324
be overstated close your key

844
00:26:41,324 --> 00:26:42,910
partners in building a

845
00:26:42,910 --> 00:26:42,691
caring uplifting community.

846
00:26:42,691 --> 00:26:45,994
I like to invite in a

847
00:26:45,994 --> 00:26:46,529
nomination, a ministerial

848
00:26:46,529 --> 00:26:47,950
alliance of Florida

849
00:26:47,950 --> 00:26:47,764
PRESIDENT Reverend j c

850
00:26:47,764 --> 00:26:48,498
Pritchett and other us team

851
00:26:48,498 --> 00:26:52,980
members of the clergy to please

852
00:26:54,503 --> 00:26:58,703
join me in voting don't come up

853
00:27:09,952 --> 00:27:12,352
Afternoon APRIL. Well it.

854
00:27:14,257 --> 00:27:15,358
Thank you all for your

855
00:27:15,358 --> 00:27:17,358
leadership.

856
00:27:17,826 --> 00:27:20,226
The proclamation reads whereas

857
00:27:20,529 --> 00:27:21,163
the city of St. Petersburg

858
00:27:21,163 --> 00:27:23,563
includes a thriving faith

859
00:27:23,666 --> 00:27:25,835
community led by faith leaders.

860
00:27:25,835 --> 00:27:28,504
His contributions help ensure a

861
00:27:28,504 --> 00:27:29,238
better life for residents and

862
00:27:29,238 --> 00:27:31,440
for future generations and were

863
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:32,107
asked for the faith community

864
00:27:32,107 --> 00:27:35,211
faith is a guiding light in

865
00:27:35,211 --> 00:27:36,178
every season. Both in times of

866
00:27:36,178 --> 00:27:36,879
uncertainty

867
00:27:36,879 --> 00:27:37,646
and challenge and in times of

868
00:27:37,646 --> 00:27:40,460
prosperity. And whereas our

869
00:27:40,949 --> 00:27:43,949
clergy teach guide minister and

870
00:27:43,986 --> 00:27:45,986
help us.

871
00:27:47,456 --> 00:27:48,157
Build a compassionate and

872
00:27:48,157 --> 00:27:50,157
caring community exemplifying

873
00:27:50,893 --> 00:27:52,594
respect and love for others

874
00:27:52,594 --> 00:27:55,431
despite our differences and our

875
00:27:55,431 --> 00:27:56,310
believes and whereas our clergy

876
00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:57,366
dedicate their lives to

877
00:27:57,366 --> 00:27:58,334
supporting their congregations

878
00:27:58,334 --> 00:27:59,340
investing their time and

879
00:27:59,340 --> 00:28:01,971
energies to help ensure their

880
00:28:01,971 --> 00:28:04,371
congregations can be purposeful

881
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:06,275
purposeful

882
00:28:06,275 --> 00:28:08,444
lives that are comforted.

883
00:28:08,444 --> 00:28:11,380
In times of adversity and

884
00:28:11,380 --> 00:28:12,810
whereas the month of OCTOBER

885
00:28:12,810 --> 00:28:14,481
has been recognized worldwide

886
00:28:14,916 --> 00:28:15,751
as clergy appreciation month.

887
00:28:15,751 --> 00:28:16,418
Our city is proud to celebrate

888
00:28:16,418 --> 00:28:18,818
our diverse faith community.

889
00:28:19,689 --> 00:28:20,289
And those leaders who are

890
00:28:20,289 --> 00:28:21,257
important in our

891
00:28:21,257 --> 00:28:22,224
lives and communities across

892
00:28:22,224 --> 00:28:24,160
our city. Now therefore I to

893
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,496
wilt mayor of the city of St.

894
00:28:27,496 --> 00:28:29,896
Petersburg Florida do hereby

895
00:28:30,733 --> 00:28:31,100
proclaim Oct. 20 25

896
00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:31,734
as clergy

897
00:28:31,734 --> 00:28:34,134
appreciation month in St.

898
00:28:34,803 --> 00:28:35,604
Petersburg and urge all

899
00:28:35,604 --> 00:28:37,604
citizens to observe

900
00:28:37,739 --> 00:28:38,407
this month with appropriate

901
00:28:38,407 --> 00:28:39,542
activities. Celebrations and

902
00:28:39,542 --> 00:28:41,310
acknowledgements that honor the

903
00:28:41,310 --> 00:28:43,145
compassion dedication and

904
00:28:43,145 --> 00:28:46,145
energy faith leaders in our

905
00:28:46,549 --> 00:28:49,785
city. Thank you all for your

906
00:28:49,785 --> 00:28:52,185
great work appreciating them.

907
00:28:55,992 --> 00:28:56,992
Thank you

908
00:28:56,992 --> 00:28:58,992
mayor and Council.

909
00:28:59,428 --> 00:29:00,396
2, 2, things I want to lift up

910
00:29:00,396 --> 00:29:03,699
this is year 100 for the inner

911
00:29:03,699 --> 00:29:04,400
denomination minister light so

912
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,800
we're celebrating a 100 years

913
00:29:06,802 --> 00:29:07,503
so we are grateful for this

914
00:29:07,503 --> 00:29:08,371
recognition secondly I want to

915
00:29:08,371 --> 00:29:10,500
introduce a new pastor to our

916
00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:10,672
city. The new past it who's

917
00:29:10,672 --> 00:29:13,308
been here too much at first

918
00:29:13,308 --> 00:29:14,900
Presbyterian Robert Galloway

919
00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:15,344
has joined us Robert and then

920
00:29:15,344 --> 00:29:18,647
especially for us to have one

921
00:29:18,647 --> 00:29:19,815
of our power in 2 years in

922
00:29:19,815 --> 00:29:20,516
ministry

923
00:29:20,516 --> 00:29:23,352
with us today. Bishop players

924
00:29:23,352 --> 00:29:26,352
Pennington she's going to give

925
00:29:26,689 --> 00:29:29,689
our comments for our clergy.

926
00:29:35,697 --> 00:29:36,232
>> Good morning good afternoon.

927
00:29:36,232 --> 00:29:38,632
This is a day

928
00:29:39,201 --> 00:29:42,571
that the Lord has made. Let us

929
00:29:42,571 --> 00:29:45,741
rejoice and be glad in it.

930
00:29:45,741 --> 00:29:48,741
This is such and honor

931
00:29:48,911 --> 00:29:50,911
and week Sept

932
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:52,782
with gratitude and humility

933
00:29:52,782 --> 00:29:53,648
to carry on the work. That got

934
00:29:53,648 --> 00:29:56,785
his assigned us to do. Thank

935
00:29:56,785 --> 00:29:59,785
you so much for this

936
00:29:59,922 --> 00:30:01,922
recognition.

937
00:30:10,899 --> 00:30:13,899
>> Pennington so good to see

938
00:30:14,203 --> 00:30:15,137
you as always into each of you

939
00:30:15,137 --> 00:30:16,104
thank you so

940
00:30:16,104 --> 00:30:19,104
much welcome past Galloway my

941
00:30:19,375 --> 00:30:20,420
good friend fits Connor over in

942
00:30:20,420 --> 00:30:20,776
Tampa passes that first

943
00:30:20,776 --> 00:30:22,444
Presbyterian so we welcome you,

944
00:30:22,444 --> 00:30:25,147
I'm so happy to have each of

945
00:30:25,147 --> 00:30:26,820
you here today as we recognize

946
00:30:26,820 --> 00:30:27,516
the work that our clergy.

947
00:30:27,516 --> 00:30:30,180
Do in our community. We

948
00:30:30,180 --> 00:30:30,853
recognize as members of the

949
00:30:30,853 --> 00:30:34,890
clergy nicely on the cloth with

950
00:30:34,890 --> 00:30:34,790
you that the job is not easy.

951
00:30:34,790 --> 00:30:35,691
a lot of times it's a daunting

952
00:30:35,691 --> 00:30:38,627
task that you don't get paid

953
00:30:38,627 --> 00:30:40,663
enough to do. But we certainly

954
00:30:40,663 --> 00:30:41,730
appreciate you, we know that

955
00:30:41,730 --> 00:30:43,232
the work is plentiful. But I I

956
00:30:43,232 --> 00:30:43,866
thank GOD for the labors that

957
00:30:43,866 --> 00:30:46,269
he has planted here in the

958
00:30:46,269 --> 00:30:46,835
Vineyard. Thank you so much

959
00:30:46,835 --> 00:30:47,536
faster or the for your

960
00:30:47,536 --> 00:30:48,270
leadership and for your mentor

961
00:30:48,270 --> 00:30:51,440
ship and MAY GOD bless you each

962
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,743
of you in the work that you do

963
00:30:54,743 --> 00:30:56,790
thank you so much Sir.

964
00:30:56,790 --> 00:30:56,746
Thank you.

965
00:30:56,746 --> 00:30:59,746
>> I'm just so thankful the

966
00:31:00,150 --> 00:31:01,483
proclamations that it really

967
00:31:01,483 --> 00:31:02,184
best, I mean I'm just so

968
00:31:02,184 --> 00:31:03,218
thankful for the diverse just

969
00:31:03,218 --> 00:31:06,218
plethora of faith leaders that

970
00:31:06,489 --> 00:31:07,990
we have in our community and

971
00:31:07,990 --> 00:31:08,891
getting to know.

972
00:31:08,891 --> 00:31:11,891
Almost all of you personally

973
00:31:12,940 --> 00:31:12,762
has been just one of the true

974
00:31:12,762 --> 00:31:14,163
blessings of my life and so

975
00:31:14,163 --> 00:31:14,930
thank you for what you do each

976
00:31:14,930 --> 00:31:18,200
and every day each and every

977
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,200
minute for our community for

978
00:31:21,270 --> 00:31:22,304
your.

979
00:31:22,304 --> 00:31:23,380
For

980
00:31:23,380 --> 00:31:26,380
your churchgoers just just know

981
00:31:26,309 --> 00:31:26,842
that we share in the joy of

982
00:31:26,842 --> 00:31:27,509
those

983
00:31:27,509 --> 00:31:30,413
moments and then the tearful

984
00:31:30,413 --> 00:31:32,140
ones too. And we're just so

985
00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:32,715
very

986
00:31:32,715 --> 00:31:34,917
thankful for your calling and

987
00:31:34,917 --> 00:31:35,985
you're even more important your

988
00:31:35,985 --> 00:31:36,719
willingness to listen to the

989
00:31:36,719 --> 00:31:39,989
call. And so thank you so much

990
00:31:39,989 --> 00:31:42,389
and we're celebrating you

991
00:31:43,250 --> 00:31:45,250
today.

992
00:31:50,233 --> 00:31:51,166
>> Okay we're going to move on

993
00:31:51,166 --> 00:31:52,567
to deep 3 are domestic violence

994
00:31:52,567 --> 00:31:53,335
awareness month proclamation

995
00:31:53,335 --> 00:31:56,572
and then be given to us by our

996
00:31:56,572 --> 00:31:59,572
vice chair, vice chair him

997
00:31:59,609 --> 00:32:01,609
once.

998
00:32:13,555 --> 00:32:15,757
>> Thank you chair. I would

999
00:32:15,757 --> 00:32:17,793
like to invite Larry on the

1000
00:32:17,793 --> 00:32:21,393
foresight with the ceo of Casa

1001
00:32:21,931 --> 00:32:24,766
i think he is somewhere you

1002
00:32:24,766 --> 00:32:28,710
there she is and John long the

1003
00:32:28,710 --> 00:32:30,172
vp of abuse services for hope

1004
00:32:30,172 --> 00:32:30,873
villages of America

1005
00:32:30,873 --> 00:32:31,607
to join me here at the podium.

1006
00:32:31,607 --> 00:32:34,377
>> You know before I was a City

1007
00:32:34,377 --> 00:32:35,111
Council member I worked for

1008
00:32:35,111 --> 00:32:36,279
many

1009
00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:38,314
years as a prosecutor. When you

1010
00:32:38,314 --> 00:32:40,149
work at the prosecutor's office

1011
00:32:40,149 --> 00:32:40,849
and you start as a young

1012
00:32:40,849 --> 00:32:43,249
prosecutor and the misdemeanor

1013
00:32:44,253 --> 00:32:44,586
division. They're 2 path you

1014
00:32:44,586 --> 00:32:46,586
can take

1015
00:32:47,189 --> 00:32:48,925
at some point when you're there

1016
00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:49,625
you can handle domestic

1017
00:32:49,625 --> 00:32:50,426
violence cases along with the

1018
00:32:50,426 --> 00:32:51,260
other cases because the

1019
00:32:51,260 --> 00:32:54,260
handover it cases but the

1020
00:32:54,564 --> 00:32:57,533
method violence cases are go to

1021
00:32:57,533 --> 00:32:58,400
traffic court and

1022
00:32:58,400 --> 00:32:59,350
a lot of the attorneys that go

1023
00:32:59,350 --> 00:33:01,671
and star at the state

1024
00:33:01,671 --> 00:33:04,671
Attorney's office go to the

1025
00:33:04,940 --> 00:33:05,441
domestic violence unit, the

1026
00:33:05,441 --> 00:33:07,176
fact that there is

1027
00:33:07,176 --> 00:33:08,110
a domestic violence unit.

1028
00:33:08,110 --> 00:33:10,913
That handles cases at the state

1029
00:33:10,913 --> 00:33:13,313
Attorney's office tells you

1030
00:33:13,683 --> 00:33:17,850
what you need to know. Because

1031
00:33:17,850 --> 00:33:20,222
it is something that is among

1032
00:33:20,222 --> 00:33:20,923
us everywhere

1033
00:33:20,923 --> 00:33:23,626
you MAY not see it. But I will

1034
00:33:23,626 --> 00:33:24,293
tell you if you go to the

1035
00:33:24,293 --> 00:33:26,962
courtrooms if you go to the

1036
00:33:26,962 --> 00:33:27,830
agencies that provide the

1037
00:33:27,830 --> 00:33:29,320
services you will see those

1038
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:29,766
victims out there and and there

1039
00:33:29,766 --> 00:33:32,268
are many victims out there that

1040
00:33:32,268 --> 00:33:34,360
their voices are never heard

1041
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,939
that they never make it to a

1042
00:33:36,939 --> 00:33:39,939
courtroom. And so today's the

1043
00:33:40,275 --> 00:33:41,544
day to bring awareness to that.

1044
00:33:41,544 --> 00:33:43,944
I want to thank

1045
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:45,180
all the agencies here both

1046
00:33:45,180 --> 00:33:48,180
present and not present that

1047
00:33:48,617 --> 00:33:51,617
provide prevention and to raise

1048
00:33:51,788 --> 00:33:52,522
intervention support. In

1049
00:33:52,522 --> 00:33:55,491
domestic violence area also the

1050
00:33:55,491 --> 00:33:56,580
law enforcement agencies that

1051
00:33:56,580 --> 00:33:58,580
work closely with

1052
00:33:59,428 --> 00:34:01,764
the agencies with the state

1053
00:34:01,764 --> 00:34:02,464
attorneys. This is truly

1054
00:34:02,464 --> 00:34:05,501
an area that it's not just one

1055
00:34:05,501 --> 00:34:07,870
group of people that's going to

1056
00:34:07,870 --> 00:34:09,171
work it's a lot of people.

1057
00:34:09,171 --> 00:34:12,408
So this affects not just the

1058
00:34:12,408 --> 00:34:14,309
victim. But it affects families

1059
00:34:14,309 --> 00:34:15,177
it affects a community.

1060
00:34:15,177 --> 00:34:18,480
So with that being said I would

1061
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,480
like to read the proclamation.

1062
00:34:22,885 --> 00:34:23,519
Each OCTOBER we come together

1063
00:34:23,519 --> 00:34:24,186
as a community to observe

1064
00:34:24,186 --> 00:34:26,186
domestic violence awareness

1065
00:34:26,990 --> 00:34:29,390
month recognizing the profound

1066
00:34:30,993 --> 00:34:31,593
impact think violence has

1067
00:34:31,593 --> 00:34:33,162
on individuals families

1068
00:34:33,162 --> 00:34:35,562
businesses and society. Whereas

1069
00:34:36,465 --> 00:34:37,366
domestic violence is a pattern

1070
00:34:37,366 --> 00:34:38,330
of abusive behavior in any

1071
00:34:38,330 --> 00:34:40,903
relationship that is used by

1072
00:34:40,903 --> 00:34:44,390
one partner to gain or maintain

1073
00:34:44,390 --> 00:34:44,707
power and control over their

1074
00:34:44,707 --> 00:34:45,407
intimate partner and whereas

1075
00:34:45,407 --> 00:34:47,807
domestic violence is pervasive

1076
00:34:48,244 --> 00:34:49,110
issue that affects millions

1077
00:34:49,110 --> 00:34:51,280
regardless of age gender race

1078
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:52,682
or socioeconomic status, and it

1079
00:34:52,682 --> 00:34:53,382
requires a collective

1080
00:34:53,382 --> 00:34:55,782
commitment to raise awareness

1081
00:34:55,817 --> 00:34:58,217
provide support and seek

1082
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:00,355
justice for victims. And

1083
00:35:00,355 --> 00:35:01,890
whereas we honor the strength

1084
00:35:01,890 --> 00:35:04,270
and resilience of survivors and

1085
00:35:04,270 --> 00:35:05,895
acknowledge the tireless

1086
00:35:05,895 --> 00:35:07,960
efforts. Virgin of

1087
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:09,496
organizations and advocates who

1088
00:35:10,232 --> 00:35:11,100
worked to end domestic violence

1089
00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:12,501
and provide safety and support

1090
00:35:12,501 --> 00:35:14,804
for those affected. And whereas

1091
00:35:14,804 --> 00:35:15,638
the city of St. Petersburg

1092
00:35:15,638 --> 00:35:17,638
supports organizations that

1093
00:35:17,906 --> 00:35:20,306
provide resources. Safety and

1094
00:35:21,276 --> 00:35:23,676
advocacy to domestic violence,

1095
00:35:24,213 --> 00:35:24,947
survivors and

1096
00:35:24,947 --> 00:35:26,150
their children. Now therefore I

1097
00:35:26,150 --> 00:35:28,750
share with that hand with some

1098
00:35:28,750 --> 00:35:30,419
behalf of the mayor Kenneth t

1099
00:35:30,419 --> 00:35:33,222
watch of the city of St.

1100
00:35:33,222 --> 00:35:34,290
Petersburg do hereby proclaim

1101
00:35:34,290 --> 00:35:35,257
Oct. 20 25 as domestic violence

1102
00:35:35,257 --> 00:35:37,426
awareness month and urged all

1103
00:35:37,426 --> 00:35:38,270
citizens to actively

1104
00:35:38,270 --> 00:35:39,562
participate in scheduled

1105
00:35:39,562 --> 00:35:41,562
activities and programs

1106
00:35:42,865 --> 00:35:45,134
sponsored by local agencies to

1107
00:35:45,134 --> 00:35:46,100
work towards the elimination

1108
00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:48,401
of personal and institutional

1109
00:35:49,272 --> 00:35:51,272
violence against people.

1110
00:35:52,508 --> 00:35:56,108
Thank you for all you do.

1111
00:35:59,848 --> 00:36:02,848
>> Thank you MR. CHAIRMAN and

1112
00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:03,753
council members thank you for

1113
00:36:03,753 --> 00:36:06,989
having us here and for the

1114
00:36:06,989 --> 00:36:09,358
Pa Commission we appreciate the

1115
00:36:09,358 --> 00:36:10,392
awareness to a very big

1116
00:36:10,392 --> 00:36:11,827
issue in our community. We

1117
00:36:11,827 --> 00:36:12,494
talked about some of the

1118
00:36:12,494 --> 00:36:13,662
numbers and 70% of domestic

1119
00:36:13,662 --> 00:36:16,620
violence cases are never

1120
00:36:16,933 --> 00:36:17,533
reported so they're happening

1121
00:36:17,533 --> 00:36:19,468
in our community.

1122
00:36:19,468 --> 00:36:20,169
All the time for those that are

1123
00:36:20,169 --> 00:36:22,205
reported Casa were one of the

1124
00:36:22,205 --> 00:36:24,205
largest domestic violence

1125
00:36:24,573 --> 00:36:27,573
agencies in the state of

1126
00:36:27,677 --> 00:36:30,677
Florida. Last year we served

1127
00:36:30,946 --> 00:36:31,414
over 3,000 people at our agency

1128
00:36:31,414 --> 00:36:33,414
we served about

1129
00:36:34,817 --> 00:36:36,190
540 people in our shelter, half

1130
00:36:36,190 --> 00:36:36,719
of that is always children.

1131
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,588
One of the issues that we have

1132
00:36:39,588 --> 00:36:41,988
with domestic violence because

1133
00:36:42,725 --> 00:36:46,161
the numbers are so big for

1134
00:36:46,161 --> 00:36:47,496
every 25 people that call our

1135
00:36:47,496 --> 00:36:48,164
hotline. We are only able to

1136
00:36:48,164 --> 00:36:48,797
shelter one of those people.

1137
00:36:48,797 --> 00:36:51,667
So it causes we started a

1138
00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:52,635
family Justice center will be

1139
00:36:52,635 --> 00:36:55,350
can offer wrap-around services

1140
00:36:55,504 --> 00:36:58,808
for survivors even if we can't

1141
00:36:58,808 --> 00:36:59,608
provide the shelter because we

1142
00:36:59,608 --> 00:37:02,608
are always full, we can

1143
00:37:02,978 --> 00:37:03,680
still help with other types of

1144
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:04,680
services, including rehousing

1145
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:05,748
906 people 2 housing programs,

1146
00:37:05,748 --> 00:37:08,748
some of which she well-funded

1147
00:37:08,885 --> 00:37:11,353
so thank you for that

1148
00:37:11,353 --> 00:37:12,821
additional assistance,

1149
00:37:12,821 --> 00:37:13,522
the issue here is large federal

1150
00:37:13,522 --> 00:37:16,522
funding for services like ours

1151
00:37:16,625 --> 00:37:18,561
is being cut and so we ask that

1152
00:37:18,561 --> 00:37:20,620
you do remember us and think

1153
00:37:20,620 --> 00:37:21,300
about how critical these

1154
00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:21,730
services are as we move forward

1155
00:37:21,730 --> 00:37:24,600
into the coming years so thank

1156
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,600
you to anybody have any

1157
00:37:27,770 --> 00:37:29,770
questions for me.

1158
00:37:32,508 --> 00:37:32,876
Are you gonna make any

1159
00:37:32,876 --> 00:37:33,610
comments.

1160
00:37:33,610 --> 00:37:34,277
Yeah we'll do comments and then

1161
00:37:34,277 --> 00:37:34,977
we'll go to questions. Thank

1162
00:37:34,977 --> 00:37:37,379
you very much. Sure and I just

1163
00:37:37,379 --> 00:37:38,140
echo it and say thank you for

1164
00:37:38,140 --> 00:37:39,115
the support from the city.

1165
00:37:39,115 --> 00:37:42,384
Has shared we know that this is

1166
00:37:42,384 --> 00:37:43,520
an issue that continuously

1167
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,287
grows. So how do we stop it.

1168
00:37:45,287 --> 00:37:46,422
One of the things that we

1169
00:37:46,422 --> 00:37:49,422
really focus on is that

1170
00:37:49,692 --> 00:37:50,226
prevention key. We have a

1171
00:37:50,226 --> 00:37:51,293
program that goes in

1172
00:37:51,293 --> 00:37:53,495
the vp case in elementary

1173
00:37:53,495 --> 00:37:55,999
schools. Last year alone they

1174
00:37:55,999 --> 00:37:56,632
served us all about 3500

1175
00:37:56,632 --> 00:37:58,301
students. During that time

1176
00:37:58,301 --> 00:37:58,935
there in that classroom they

1177
00:37:58,935 --> 00:38:01,336
they sing goofy songs and

1178
00:38:01,336 --> 00:38:02,700
they've got this goofy puppet.

1179
00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:04,339
But they're just teaching these

1180
00:38:04,339 --> 00:38:07,610
kids that its not ok to use

1181
00:38:07,610 --> 00:38:08,177
your hands use your words not

1182
00:38:08,177 --> 00:38:08,877
your hands find a safe

1183
00:38:08,877 --> 00:38:09,512
place of things are happening

1184
00:38:09,512 --> 00:38:10,713
to your house. We do this

1185
00:38:10,713 --> 00:38:13,820
project with them where we show

1186
00:38:13,820 --> 00:38:13,782
them a picture of a house and

1187
00:38:13,782 --> 00:38:16,685
we say if some at the adult in

1188
00:38:16,685 --> 00:38:18,200
the House are fighting where

1189
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:19,889
would you go to a safe place.

1190
00:38:19,889 --> 00:38:20,556
It's the kids often in my

1191
00:38:20,556 --> 00:38:21,390
bedroom or the kitchen is a

1192
00:38:21,390 --> 00:38:24,390
very popular place that they

1193
00:38:24,794 --> 00:38:26,929
pick. But we've had kids that

1194
00:38:26,929 --> 00:38:28,300
say I can't go hide.

1195
00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:29,966
I've got to break up the fight.

1196
00:38:29,966 --> 00:38:30,566
And so we've got 5 year-old 6

1197
00:38:30,566 --> 00:38:32,868
year-old that think that

1198
00:38:32,868 --> 00:38:35,868
they're the referee at the

1199
00:38:36,138 --> 00:38:36,538
family. Of the family. They

1200
00:38:36,538 --> 00:38:37,239
have to get

1201
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:39,241
involved they have to stop the

1202
00:38:39,241 --> 00:38:42,177
violence. And so we started

1203
00:38:42,177 --> 00:38:42,878
that very young age just making

1204
00:38:42,878 --> 00:38:45,782
sure that kids understand that

1205
00:38:45,782 --> 00:38:46,315
there's a different way to

1206
00:38:46,315 --> 00:38:46,982
settle things we've

1207
00:38:46,982 --> 00:38:47,583
really focused lately and in

1208
00:38:47,583 --> 00:38:48,418
Jordan Park and just now

1209
00:38:48,418 --> 00:38:50,820
joining Park area we've seen

1210
00:38:50,820 --> 00:38:53,256
about a 70% increase of the are

1211
00:38:53,256 --> 00:38:53,923
in takes that are seeking help

1212
00:38:53,923 --> 00:38:56,659
that are victims of domestic

1213
00:38:56,659 --> 00:38:57,326
again I appreciate the support.

1214
00:38:57,326 --> 00:38:59,726
The ongoing support. There's

1215
00:39:00,563 --> 00:39:03,733
more work to be done. So thank

1216
00:39:03,733 --> 00:39:05,733
you thank you.

1217
00:39:05,734 --> 00:39:08,637
>> And thank you so much Larry

1218
00:39:08,637 --> 00:39:09,500
for the work that you and costs

1219
00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:09,706
are doing.

1220
00:39:09,706 --> 00:39:12,374
For years even before you know

1221
00:39:12,374 --> 00:39:12,908
my time here on Council I've

1222
00:39:12,908 --> 00:39:14,908
had the opportunity

1223
00:39:16,450 --> 00:39:17,213
to volunteer there. Your thrift

1224
00:39:17,213 --> 00:39:18,281
store and I just know all the

1225
00:39:18,281 --> 00:39:19,882
work of a patron so thank you

1226
00:39:19,882 --> 00:39:20,550
so much and I want to know how

1227
00:39:20,550 --> 00:39:22,718
can those who are listening

1228
00:39:22,718 --> 00:39:23,419
both here in the audience and

1229
00:39:23,419 --> 00:39:26,622
at home if they want to be an

1230
00:39:26,622 --> 00:39:29,392
ally and lend a helping hand if

1231
00:39:29,392 --> 00:39:30,590
they want

1232
00:39:30,590 --> 00:39:30,426
to stop the violence how can

1233
00:39:30,426 --> 00:39:32,426
they help.

1234
00:39:33,729 --> 00:39:34,196
Many many ways you talked about

1235
00:39:34,196 --> 00:39:34,897
volunteering we

1236
00:39:34,897 --> 00:39:35,631
have many different volunteer

1237
00:39:35,631 --> 00:39:36,698
opportunities, a fun way to get

1238
00:39:36,698 --> 00:39:39,698
engaged with costs as actually

1239
00:39:39,969 --> 00:39:41,137
we have a scavenger hunt in

1240
00:39:41,137 --> 00:39:43,137
downtown St. Petersburg

1241
00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:45,400
shop local right on Oct. 25th,

1242
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:45,642
that's a fun way to

1243
00:39:45,642 --> 00:39:46,376
spread information about

1244
00:39:46,376 --> 00:39:49,211
domestic violence and make sure

1245
00:39:49,211 --> 00:39:49,812
that people who have a need for

1246
00:39:49,812 --> 00:39:50,880
our

1247
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:51,514
services can get in touch with

1248
00:39:51,514 --> 00:39:53,382
us but we do have lots of

1249
00:39:53,382 --> 00:39:54,830
volunteer opportunities are you

1250
00:39:54,830 --> 00:39:54,750
need to do is reach out tests

1251
00:39:54,750 --> 00:39:57,920
at any point in time and it

1252
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,790
runs the gamut of working

1253
00:40:00,790 --> 00:40:01,658
directly with survivors

1254
00:40:01,658 --> 00:40:02,625
in the shelter. 2 working in

1255
00:40:02,625 --> 00:40:04,294
the thrust or so plays to reach

1256
00:40:04,294 --> 00:40:04,927
out to us if you'd like to get

1257
00:40:04,927 --> 00:40:05,995
involved and humanitarian

1258
00:40:05,995 --> 00:40:06,695
donations, I'm guessing you're

1259
00:40:06,695 --> 00:40:07,330
accepting those as well always

1260
00:40:07,330 --> 00:40:09,933
yes, thank you, thank you

1261
00:40:09,933 --> 00:40:11,933
chair.

1262
00:40:12,334 --> 00:40:13,936
Thank you.

1263
00:40:13,936 --> 00:40:16,105
>> Well downstairs I I I'm not

1264
00:40:16,105 --> 00:40:19,375
sure that you've got to hear my

1265
00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:20,209
comments Mike my comments to

1266
00:40:20,209 --> 00:40:21,310
the group.

1267
00:40:21,310 --> 00:40:22,110
Before we came upstairs were

1268
00:40:22,110 --> 00:40:22,878
we're celebrating a few things

1269
00:40:22,878 --> 00:40:24,714
and then there's a few things

1270
00:40:24,714 --> 00:40:25,381
that I love to eradicate off

1271
00:40:25,381 --> 00:40:28,251
the face of the planet that

1272
00:40:28,251 --> 00:40:28,951
we're talking about today, this

1273
00:40:28,951 --> 00:40:32,221
is one of them. And so.

1274
00:40:32,221 --> 00:40:33,220
Although we haven't gotten

1275
00:40:33,220 --> 00:40:34,190
there yet.

1276
00:40:34,190 --> 00:40:37,190
Thanks for fighting. The good

1277
00:40:37,460 --> 00:40:39,462
fight. Both of you and so and

1278
00:40:39,462 --> 00:40:42,462
your organizations and all of

1279
00:40:42,866 --> 00:40:43,265
I know that the breath of those

1280
00:40:43,265 --> 00:40:45,265
is wide from

1281
00:40:46,335 --> 00:40:47,690
employees the volunteers

1282
00:40:47,690 --> 00:40:47,803
contributors. And if we want to

1283
00:40:47,803 --> 00:40:48,504
do that if we want to eradicate

1284
00:40:48,504 --> 00:40:51,540
it and we're not gonna be able

1285
00:40:51,540 --> 00:40:52,942
to do without partners like

1286
00:40:52,942 --> 00:40:53,643
you. And so. Just for me, I'm

1287
00:40:53,643 --> 00:40:56,846
very thankful for both of you.

1288
00:40:56,846 --> 00:41:00,160
Thank you so much for being

1289
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,160
here. Thanks.

1290
00:41:10,827 --> 00:41:13,729
Okay we're gonna move to d 4.

1291
00:41:13,729 --> 00:41:14,197
Fire prevention awareness week

1292
00:41:14,197 --> 00:41:14,763
proclamation and

1293
00:41:14,763 --> 00:41:15,464
back with mayor Welch.

1294
00:41:15,464 --> 00:41:16,165
Back MR. CHAIRMAN and Council

1295
00:41:16,165 --> 00:41:16,900
we continue with the community

1296
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:19,668
safety theme and I'm honored to

1297
00:41:19,668 --> 00:41:20,803
bring a proclamation in

1298
00:41:20,803 --> 00:41:22,803
celebration.

1299
00:41:24,730 --> 00:41:24,540
A fire prevention week. This

1300
00:41:24,540 --> 00:41:25,174
year's campaign

1301
00:41:25,174 --> 00:41:28,174
is quote charge into fire

1302
00:41:28,377 --> 00:41:29,479
safety. Lithium ion batteries

1303
00:41:29,479 --> 00:41:30,980
in your home

1304
00:41:30,980 --> 00:41:31,914
end quote works to educate

1305
00:41:31,914 --> 00:41:33,316
everyone about simple but

1306
00:41:33,316 --> 00:41:36,316
important actions they can take

1307
00:41:36,619 --> 00:41:37,787
to keep themselves and those

1308
00:41:37,787 --> 00:41:39,787
around them safe.

1309
00:41:41,230 --> 00:41:44,494
From home fires. I'm joined by

1310
00:41:44,494 --> 00:41:45,194
chief deputy chief breast

1311
00:41:45,194 --> 00:41:45,895
cestkowski chief was headed to

1312
00:41:45,895 --> 00:41:46,962
some emergency travel. So he's

1313
00:41:46,962 --> 00:41:48,164
not with us. And members of our

1314
00:41:48,164 --> 00:41:48,864
Saint Pete fire rescue team,

1315
00:41:48,864 --> 00:41:51,700
the very best in the business

1316
00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:54,700
yacht show them some love

1317
00:41:54,770 --> 00:41:56,770
please.

1318
00:42:00,143 --> 00:42:02,543
>> Fire marshal Womack will

1319
00:42:02,978 --> 00:42:03,712
share some information about

1320
00:42:03,712 --> 00:42:04,446
Saint Petersburg's fire rescues

1321
00:42:04,446 --> 00:42:05,180
efforts to prevent fires in our

1322
00:42:05,180 --> 00:42:07,149
community through education and

1323
00:42:07,149 --> 00:42:07,984
outreach and details about

1324
00:42:07,984 --> 00:42:10,384
their upcoming block party

1325
00:42:11,253 --> 00:42:14,623
event taking place this Sat. At

1326
00:42:14,623 --> 00:42:15,225
Walter Fuller recreation.

1327
00:42:15,225 --> 00:42:18,161
And the product and the

1328
00:42:18,161 --> 00:42:19,696
product keep it down West West.

1329
00:42:19,696 --> 00:42:20,229
You know sort of make sure you

1330
00:42:20,229 --> 00:42:21,831
knew or what and the

1331
00:42:21,831 --> 00:42:22,465
proclamation reads whereas the

1332
00:42:22,465 --> 00:42:23,199
city of St. Petersburg is

1333
00:42:23,199 --> 00:42:25,599
committed to ensuring the

1334
00:42:26,502 --> 00:42:27,737
safety and security of all

1335
00:42:27,737 --> 00:42:30,737
those living in and visiting.

1336
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:31,641
And whereas fires a serious

1337
00:42:31,641 --> 00:42:32,275
public safety concern both

1338
00:42:32,275 --> 00:42:34,675
locally and nationally and

1339
00:42:35,770 --> 00:42:35,378
homes are the locations where

1340
00:42:35,378 --> 00:42:37,378
people

1341
00:42:37,981 --> 00:42:38,681
are at the greatest risk from

1342
00:42:38,681 --> 00:42:41,584
fire. And whereas most of the

1343
00:42:41,584 --> 00:42:43,984
electronics using homes daily,

1344
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:45,187
including smartphones tablets

1345
00:42:45,187 --> 00:42:47,587
laptops power tools e-bikes

1346
00:42:48,624 --> 00:42:51,624
e-scooters and toys are powered

1347
00:42:51,927 --> 00:42:52,262
by lithium ion batteries

1348
00:42:52,262 --> 00:42:54,262
which if

1349
00:42:55,198 --> 00:42:56,165
misused damaged or improperly

1350
00:42:56,165 --> 00:42:58,968
charged can overheat start a

1351
00:42:58,968 --> 00:42:59,602
fire or even explode. And

1352
00:42:59,602 --> 00:43:01,804
whereas the National fire

1353
00:43:01,804 --> 00:43:02,771
protection Association nfpa

1354
00:43:02,771 --> 00:43:04,841
reports an increase in battery

1355
00:43:04,841 --> 00:43:07,241
related fires, underscoring the

1356
00:43:08,430 --> 00:43:08,744
need for public education on

1357
00:43:08,744 --> 00:43:11,581
the safe use of looking in ion

1358
00:43:11,581 --> 00:43:13,981
batteries and whereas residents

1359
00:43:14,684 --> 00:43:17,684
should follow 3 key calls to

1360
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,920
action. By only listed products

1361
00:43:20,923 --> 00:43:21,590
charged battery safely and

1362
00:43:21,590 --> 00:43:22,958
recycle them responsibly to

1363
00:43:22,958 --> 00:43:24,958
prevent battery-related fires.

1364
00:43:25,695 --> 00:43:28,950
And whereas lithium ion

1365
00:43:28,197 --> 00:43:28,865
batteries store large amount of

1366
00:43:28,865 --> 00:43:31,701
energy in a small space and

1367
00:43:31,701 --> 00:43:32,368
improper use such as

1368
00:43:32,368 --> 00:43:33,670
overcharging using off-brand

1369
00:43:33,670 --> 00:43:34,303
Chargers without safety

1370
00:43:34,303 --> 00:43:36,303
certification or exposing

1371
00:43:37,273 --> 00:43:39,709
batteries to damage can result

1372
00:43:39,709 --> 00:43:42,109
in fire or explosion.

1373
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:43,679
And whereas the proper disposal

1374
00:43:43,679 --> 00:43:46,679
and recycling of lithium ion

1375
00:43:46,682 --> 00:43:47,316
batteries help prevent

1376
00:43:47,316 --> 00:43:47,984
environmental hazards and

1377
00:43:47,984 --> 00:43:50,887
reduce fire risk in the home

1378
00:43:50,887 --> 00:43:53,887
and community. And whereas the

1379
00:43:54,230 --> 00:43:54,624
2025 fire prevention week theme

1380
00:43:54,624 --> 00:43:55,324
charge into fire safety.

1381
00:43:55,324 --> 00:43:57,260
Lithium ion batteries in your

1382
00:43:57,260 --> 00:43:59,862
home serves to remind us of the

1383
00:43:59,862 --> 00:44:00,496
importance of using charging

1384
00:44:00,496 --> 00:44:02,896
and recycling lithium ion

1385
00:44:03,633 --> 00:44:03,966
battery safely to reduce the

1386
00:44:03,966 --> 00:44:04,900
risk of

1387
00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:05,835
fires in homes and communities.

1388
00:44:05,835 --> 00:44:08,137
Therefore I can into Welsh

1389
00:44:08,137 --> 00:44:10,973
mayor of the city of St.

1390
00:44:10,973 --> 00:44:13,373
Petersburg do hereby proclaim

1391
00:44:13,442 --> 00:44:16,111
Oct. 5th through the 11th 2025,

1392
00:44:16,111 --> 00:44:17,147
as fire prevention week

1393
00:44:17,147 --> 00:44:19,582
throughout the city and I urge

1394
00:44:19,582 --> 00:44:20,549
all citizens to check their

1395
00:44:20,549 --> 00:44:23,153
homes for fire hazards, you

1396
00:44:23,153 --> 00:44:24,220
safe practices and to support

1397
00:44:24,220 --> 00:44:26,155
the many public safety

1398
00:44:26,155 --> 00:44:26,890
activities and efforts of the

1399
00:44:26,890 --> 00:44:29,290
great St. Petersburg fire

1400
00:44:30,159 --> 00:44:32,559
rescue department. Thank you

1401
00:44:33,329 --> 00:44:35,729
all for being here.

1402
00:44:40,203 --> 00:44:40,903
Appreciate that the fcpd fire

1403
00:44:40,903 --> 00:44:43,739
rescue. Members of Council for

1404
00:44:43,739 --> 00:44:44,307
giving us an opportunity to

1405
00:44:44,307 --> 00:44:46,307
reinforce this message

1406
00:44:47,176 --> 00:44:47,876
publicly and focus on fire

1407
00:44:47,876 --> 00:44:50,112
prevention month. Started as a

1408
00:44:50,112 --> 00:44:50,946
national recognition years ago

1409
00:44:50,946 --> 00:44:51,714
when America was literally

1410
00:44:51,714 --> 00:44:54,160
considered to be burning.

1411
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:57,190
So the effort of focus time

1412
00:44:57,190 --> 00:45:00,560
stand down to really focus on

1413
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:01,724
fire safety. And this year

1414
00:45:01,724 --> 00:45:02,525
focusing on lithium batteries

1415
00:45:02,525 --> 00:45:06,125
who has won in their home.

1416
00:45:08,965 --> 00:45:11,965
Everybody is it's an android

1417
00:45:18,774 --> 00:45:19,475
>> The man known that you might

1418
00:45:19,475 --> 00:45:22,378
not be the one speak Prowler.

1419
00:45:22,378 --> 00:45:23,579
>> You we're seeing less

1420
00:45:23,579 --> 00:45:24,313
frequency with android's yeah

1421
00:45:24,313 --> 00:45:26,516
us not validated those quote me

1422
00:45:26,516 --> 00:45:27,450
on that. It's a real issue and

1423
00:45:27,450 --> 00:45:29,385
it's a real safety problem just

1424
00:45:29,385 --> 00:45:32,688
to share with the community of

1425
00:45:32,688 --> 00:45:33,823
the fires we've investigated so

1426
00:45:33,823 --> 00:45:35,125
far this year 28%

1427
00:45:35,125 --> 00:45:36,580
have been battery related.

1428
00:45:36,580 --> 00:45:37,694
So it's a real issue we're

1429
00:45:37,694 --> 00:45:38,428
seeing an increase in a lot of

1430
00:45:38,428 --> 00:45:41,428
that increase is being driven

1431
00:45:41,597 --> 00:45:42,732
by the use and the

1432
00:45:42,732 --> 00:45:43,833
proliferation of

1433
00:45:43,833 --> 00:45:44,533
lithium ion pipe devices.

1434
00:45:44,533 --> 00:45:47,403
So that safety message is very

1435
00:45:47,403 --> 00:45:47,937
very important some things to

1436
00:45:47,937 --> 00:45:49,400
restate that

1437
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:50,730
you mentioned in the

1438
00:45:50,730 --> 00:45:53,730
proclamation use only the the

1439
00:45:53,376 --> 00:45:54,210
charging equipment and supplies

1440
00:45:54,210 --> 00:45:55,478
charger cables that

1441
00:45:55,478 --> 00:45:58,881
come with the device from the

1442
00:45:58,881 --> 00:45:59,582
manufacturer. Oftentimes when

1443
00:45:59,582 --> 00:46:00,282
charges go bad people replace

1444
00:46:00,282 --> 00:46:03,419
them on Amazon and you have to

1445
00:46:03,419 --> 00:46:04,287
remember the charger has to be

1446
00:46:04,287 --> 00:46:06,687
properly calibrated to the

1447
00:46:06,923 --> 00:46:07,624
battery in your device or it

1448
00:46:07,624 --> 00:46:08,358
will overcharge it and it goes

1449
00:46:08,358 --> 00:46:09,959
into a condition called thermal

1450
00:46:09,959 --> 00:46:11,894
runaway, but you can't stop at

1451
00:46:11,894 --> 00:46:14,897
home and it's going to end up

1452
00:46:14,897 --> 00:46:16,799
in a in a more catastrophic

1453
00:46:16,799 --> 00:46:19,199
event for you e-scooters

1454
00:46:19,402 --> 00:46:20,236
e-bikes store those outside

1455
00:46:20,236 --> 00:46:23,272
please don't put the hose in

1456
00:46:23,272 --> 00:46:24,140
your home find summer away from

1457
00:46:24,140 --> 00:46:25,208
the House outside the store

1458
00:46:25,208 --> 00:46:26,809
them if at all possible, don't

1459
00:46:26,809 --> 00:46:27,677
leave these devices unattended

1460
00:46:27,677 --> 00:46:30,677
when you're know don't plug

1461
00:46:30,780 --> 00:46:34,500
your phone and by the bed at

1462
00:46:34,500 --> 00:46:34,750
night and go to sleep. You want

1463
00:46:34,750 --> 00:46:37,620
to pull these devices off of a

1464
00:46:37,620 --> 00:46:40,490
charger once they've once they

1465
00:46:40,490 --> 00:46:41,123
fully charged charging 2 on

1466
00:46:41,123 --> 00:46:42,826
non combustible surfaces.

1467
00:46:42,826 --> 00:46:45,826
It's a very very prolific

1468
00:46:45,962 --> 00:46:46,696
problem right now, but it's

1469
00:46:46,696 --> 00:46:47,563
also very solvable problem with

1470
00:46:47,563 --> 00:46:50,699
a couple of these simple steps

1471
00:46:50,699 --> 00:46:51,867
we can really make an impact

1472
00:46:51,867 --> 00:46:52,968
think about that reduce 28%

1473
00:46:52,968 --> 00:46:53,603
incident of local fire the

1474
00:46:53,603 --> 00:46:54,337
communities right here in

1475
00:46:54,337 --> 00:46:54,971
Petersburg with an awareness on

1476
00:46:54,971 --> 00:46:57,720
that so we appreciate the

1477
00:46:57,720 --> 00:46:59,442
opportunity to highlight that.

1478
00:46:59,442 --> 00:47:02,478
I do want to take a moment to

1479
00:47:02,478 --> 00:47:03,646
thank this being fire

1480
00:47:03,646 --> 00:47:04,414
prevention week. All of Saint

1481
00:47:04,414 --> 00:47:06,814
Pete fire rescue participates

1482
00:47:07,216 --> 00:47:09,252
in fire prevention every single

1483
00:47:09,252 --> 00:47:10,319
day all 400 plus members of our

1484
00:47:10,319 --> 00:47:12,719
organization there are some

1485
00:47:12,989 --> 00:47:13,656
members that it is all they do

1486
00:47:13,656 --> 00:47:14,224
every single day and I think

1487
00:47:14,224 --> 00:47:15,458
it's important to draw

1488
00:47:15,458 --> 00:47:16,920
attention to those. We have our

1489
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:17,393
public education outreach

1490
00:47:17,393 --> 00:47:19,793
specialist folks here what

1491
00:47:20,797 --> 00:47:22,898
you're very familiar with as

1492
00:47:22,898 --> 00:47:23,632
well our deputy fire marshals

1493
00:47:23,632 --> 00:47:24,834
are we got some of ours field

1494
00:47:24,834 --> 00:47:28,103
inspectors here that go out and

1495
00:47:28,103 --> 00:47:30,707
do thousands of inspections in

1496
00:47:30,707 --> 00:47:31,407
the community. Every year

1497
00:47:31,407 --> 00:47:33,309
looking for fire safety issues

1498
00:47:33,309 --> 00:47:33,977
to help solve those. We've got

1499
00:47:33,977 --> 00:47:36,377
plans examiners that review

1500
00:47:36,512 --> 00:47:37,790
plans to make sure that things

1501
00:47:37,790 --> 00:47:39,790
are built constructed.

1502
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:40,883
According to the fire code and

1503
00:47:40,883 --> 00:47:41,751
also a team

1504
00:47:41,751 --> 00:47:44,151
of arson investigators. And

1505
00:47:44,620 --> 00:47:45,288
fire investigators and helped

1506
00:47:45,288 --> 00:47:46,555
us to find cause and origin

1507
00:47:46,555 --> 00:47:47,223
identify issues like battery

1508
00:47:47,223 --> 00:47:47,891
issues and help us to craft

1509
00:47:47,891 --> 00:47:50,226
code that then can overcome

1510
00:47:50,226 --> 00:47:51,394
that so I appreciate the team

1511
00:47:51,394 --> 00:47:54,730
in all the work they do daily

1512
00:47:54,730 --> 00:47:55,365
hoping to actually prevent

1513
00:47:55,365 --> 00:47:56,990
fires in the community and

1514
00:47:56,990 --> 00:47:56,866
thanks for your time and I will

1515
00:47:56,866 --> 00:47:59,866
restate again the block party.

1516
00:47:59,935 --> 00:48:01,300
This is our big comeback party

1517
00:48:01,300 --> 00:48:01,704
because we had to cancel last

1518
00:48:01,704 --> 00:48:02,338
year because of the storms so

1519
00:48:02,338 --> 00:48:04,406
we invite everybody in the

1520
00:48:04,406 --> 00:48:05,241
community come out and help us

1521
00:48:05,241 --> 00:48:05,941
relaunch our annual block

1522
00:48:05,941 --> 00:48:08,941
party. It's this Sat., 10 to 2

1523
00:48:09,145 --> 00:48:12,145
at Walter Fuller Park. Thank

1524
00:48:12,182 --> 00:48:14,182
you.

1525
00:48:21,223 --> 00:48:21,891
Councilmember Givens.

1526
00:48:21,891 --> 00:48:22,625
Thank you so much and happy

1527
00:48:22,625 --> 00:48:23,292
fire. Prevention awareness week

1528
00:48:23,292 --> 00:48:24,270
to each of you thank you so

1529
00:48:24,270 --> 00:48:24,894
much chief your presence and to

1530
00:48:24,894 --> 00:48:27,363
each of you all and your

1531
00:48:27,363 --> 00:48:30,363
rightful places. Back in MARCH,

1532
00:48:30,666 --> 00:48:31,267
I had the opportunity to go out

1533
00:48:31,267 --> 00:48:32,235
with a few

1534
00:48:32,235 --> 00:48:33,269
volunteers and some of our fire

1535
00:48:33,269 --> 00:48:36,639
personnel and we went out into

1536
00:48:36,639 --> 00:48:39,390
the child's Park neighborhood

1537
00:48:39,909 --> 00:48:40,743
which I believe ranks 17th

1538
00:48:40,743 --> 00:48:41,477
nationally and number one

1539
00:48:41,477 --> 00:48:44,314
in the state of Florida for the

1540
00:48:44,314 --> 00:48:45,140
highest homers home virus and

1541
00:48:45,140 --> 00:48:47,850
so what that means is because

1542
00:48:47,850 --> 00:48:48,485
of the socioeconomic conditions

1543
00:48:48,485 --> 00:48:50,753
in the proximity to a fire

1544
00:48:50,753 --> 00:48:51,454
station child's parks homes

1545
00:48:51,454 --> 00:48:54,357
have a higher risk of catching

1546
00:48:54,357 --> 00:48:57,460
fire. And so we went out there

1547
00:48:57,460 --> 00:48:58,761
and we

1548
00:48:58,761 --> 00:48:59,762
installed over a 170 lithium

1549
00:48:59,762 --> 00:49:00,930
power batteries which have a 10

1550
00:49:00,930 --> 00:49:03,933
year lifespan. And so what i

1551
00:49:03,933 --> 00:49:04,633
think you all are doing every

1552
00:49:04,633 --> 00:49:07,537
day is you're being proactive

1553
00:49:07,537 --> 00:49:08,204
about saving lives and I thank

1554
00:49:08,204 --> 00:49:09,390
you so much for all that you

1555
00:49:09,390 --> 00:49:09,773
do you risk their lives to save

1556
00:49:09,773 --> 00:49:10,507
other lives and for that we say

1557
00:49:10,507 --> 00:49:13,676
thank you so we're grateful for

1558
00:49:13,676 --> 00:49:16,846
each of you thank you very much

1559
00:49:16,846 --> 00:49:18,846
Sir. Thank you.

1560
00:49:19,749 --> 00:49:20,450
>> Thank you, thank you.

1561
00:49:20,450 --> 00:49:23,450
Mayor for the proclamation and

1562
00:49:23,487 --> 00:49:26,756
to our Fire Department for all

1563
00:49:26,756 --> 00:49:27,423
that you do. And

1564
00:49:27,423 --> 00:49:30,660
I'm very happy that lets him

1565
00:49:30,660 --> 00:49:34,260
that the that the batteries are

1566
00:49:34,997 --> 00:49:37,997
the focus this year because.

1567
00:49:38,267 --> 00:49:38,968
As he says cusk it's I've asked

1568
00:49:38,968 --> 00:49:39,669
about this before.

1569
00:49:39,669 --> 00:49:42,672
>> It is a growing concern and

1570
00:49:42,672 --> 00:49:45,672
28% of the incidents this year

1571
00:49:45,841 --> 00:49:47,841
related to that.

1572
00:49:52,281 --> 00:49:52,848
>> I'm hoping that this is

1573
00:49:52,848 --> 00:49:55,785
going to launch a big

1574
00:49:55,785 --> 00:49:56,585
communication effort because I

1575
00:49:56,585 --> 00:49:58,454
think it's really just

1576
00:49:58,454 --> 00:50:01,454
about knowing. Some of the

1577
00:50:01,724 --> 00:50:04,124
things that you mentioned

1578
00:50:04,727 --> 00:50:05,428
you've omak and and

1579
00:50:05,428 --> 00:50:07,830
understanding what needs to be

1580
00:50:07,830 --> 00:50:11,233
inside what needs to be outside

1581
00:50:11,233 --> 00:50:12,602
you know the phone charger

1582
00:50:12,602 --> 00:50:14,602
thing and

1583
00:50:15,905 --> 00:50:18,305
then also disposal that's

1584
00:50:18,774 --> 00:50:19,475
something

1585
00:50:19,475 --> 00:50:20,943
that is really important so I

1586
00:50:20,943 --> 00:50:22,211
have so couple weeks ago I

1587
00:50:22,211 --> 00:50:25,648
changed out. 2 of my air tags.

1588
00:50:25,648 --> 00:50:28,384
Yes chief a Mike there will be

1589
00:50:28,384 --> 00:50:29,151
Apple. Tags.

1590
00:50:29,151 --> 00:50:30,319
So I've got the old batteries

1591
00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:31,870
and they're like still sitting

1592
00:50:31,870 --> 00:50:34,390
on the counter because I'm like

1593
00:50:34,390 --> 00:50:35,658
I got to remember where I'm

1594
00:50:35,658 --> 00:50:38,580
supposed to take these.

1595
00:50:38,328 --> 00:50:39,595
Do we have can you drop them

1596
00:50:39,595 --> 00:50:43,320
off at any fire station kind of

1597
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:46,236
like the police station has the

1598
00:50:46,236 --> 00:50:48,236
drop-off for old

1599
00:50:48,571 --> 00:50:49,272
prescription meds.

1600
00:50:49,272 --> 00:50:49,939
That kind of thing do you have

1601
00:50:49,939 --> 00:50:51,374
The great question and thank

1602
00:50:51,374 --> 00:50:52,410
you for highlighting that that

1603
00:50:52,410 --> 00:50:54,977
was a keyboard player for a

1604
00:50:54,977 --> 00:50:57,514
disposal writes oh, yeah oh to

1605
00:50:57,514 --> 00:50:59,115
call to the number 2

1606
00:50:59,115 --> 00:51:02,115
recycle all one word call 2

1607
00:51:02,151 --> 00:51:02,852
recycle dot org and find out

1608
00:51:02,852 --> 00:51:03,419
your closest spot to properly

1609
00:51:03,419 --> 00:51:05,819
dispose of lithium ion

1610
00:51:06,890 --> 00:51:08,489
batteries. And that's actually

1611
00:51:09,392 --> 00:51:11,792
currently on the group.

1612
00:51:13,830 --> 00:51:15,365
>> Great yeah, maybe we can get

1613
00:51:15,365 --> 00:51:18,435
that out there and then I'm

1614
00:51:18,435 --> 00:51:19,680
wondering and I'm sorry I

1615
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:21,468
should have looked before.

1616
00:51:21,971 --> 00:51:22,738
But the Saint Pete collects app

1617
00:51:22,738 --> 00:51:23,973
that many people have on their

1618
00:51:23,973 --> 00:51:24,607
on their phone did remind you

1619
00:51:24,607 --> 00:51:26,109
when you have to take your

1620
00:51:26,109 --> 00:51:26,843
recycling out and things like

1621
00:51:26,843 --> 00:51:30,146
that there's a like a waste

1622
00:51:30,146 --> 00:51:32,615
wizard or you can look this up

1623
00:51:32,615 --> 00:51:33,449
is that do you happen to know

1624
00:51:33,449 --> 00:51:34,117
if that I'm not gonna look all

1625
00:51:34,117 --> 00:51:36,819
we're sitting here but don't

1626
00:51:36,819 --> 00:51:37,553
know that that's on there but I

1627
00:51:37,553 --> 00:51:37,821
will tell you it is an issue of

1628
00:51:37,821 --> 00:51:39,821
the.

1629
00:51:40,356 --> 00:51:42,756
Few recycling facility fires

1630
00:51:43,726 --> 00:51:47,290
that we have had over the years

1631
00:51:47,290 --> 00:51:47,897
generally leads back to

1632
00:51:47,897 --> 00:51:48,531
better disposal issues. Yeah.

1633
00:51:48,531 --> 00:51:51,267
So that staff needs to go

1634
00:51:51,267 --> 00:51:54,504
somewhere else and so I'm just

1635
00:51:54,504 --> 00:51:54,904
wondering if someone whoever

1636
00:51:54,904 --> 00:51:55,605
handles that

1637
00:51:55,605 --> 00:51:58,207
the app because so many people

1638
00:51:58,207 --> 00:52:01,477
have it and I just want to make

1639
00:52:01,477 --> 00:52:02,145
sure that that's listed

1640
00:52:02,145 --> 00:52:02,845
on there as as for for that

1641
00:52:02,845 --> 00:52:04,280
information that that would be

1642
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:07,550
perfect and the touch on your

1643
00:52:07,550 --> 00:52:10,720
earlier point to as we continue

1644
00:52:10,720 --> 00:52:12,255
to identify

1645
00:52:12,255 --> 00:52:12,622
the hazards and risks to the

1646
00:52:12,622 --> 00:52:13,289
community.

1647
00:52:13,289 --> 00:52:14,791
Those public safety messages

1648
00:52:14,791 --> 00:52:15,491
will We've communicated

1649
00:52:15,491 --> 00:52:16,693
throughout this year about the

1650
00:52:16,693 --> 00:52:19,962
with him on fire son. The issue

1651
00:52:19,962 --> 00:52:22,980
that's growing and as chief

1652
00:52:22,980 --> 00:52:22,832
Mike identified so

1653
00:52:22,832 --> 00:52:25,702
we will continue those efforts.

1654
00:52:25,702 --> 00:52:26,870
>> I can't wait to see you guys

1655
00:52:26,870 --> 00:52:27,637
in the videos

1656
00:52:27,637 --> 00:52:30,907
that will run on Saint Pete tv.

1657
00:52:30,907 --> 00:52:32,750
>> Mack the you said something

1658
00:52:32,750 --> 00:52:32,809
about e-scooters and

1659
00:52:32,809 --> 00:52:35,645
e-bikes should be kept outside.

1660
00:52:35,645 --> 00:52:36,790
If you could give a little bit

1661
00:52:36,790 --> 00:52:36,746
more

1662
00:52:36,746 --> 00:52:39,150
context to that because I I

1663
00:52:39,150 --> 00:52:41,415
don't think they necessarily

1664
00:52:42,284 --> 00:52:42,953
have to be outside all the

1665
00:52:42,953 --> 00:52:43,687
time. And when they're being

1666
00:52:43,687 --> 00:52:46,289
charged where it should they be

1667
00:52:46,289 --> 00:52:49,289
because I'm thinking about them

1668
00:52:49,559 --> 00:52:52,559
being outside in the rain,

1669
00:52:53,162 --> 00:52:53,830
not such a great idea.

1670
00:52:53,830 --> 00:52:54,531
Yeah so what I don't want to

1671
00:52:54,531 --> 00:52:55,932
see them is in a bedroom, our

1672
00:52:55,932 --> 00:52:56,566
department. You know the

1673
00:52:56,566 --> 00:52:57,867
reality is is that has the

1674
00:52:57,867 --> 00:52:59,835
potential to catch fire and

1675
00:52:59,835 --> 00:53:01,370
because of that thermal runaway

1676
00:53:01,370 --> 00:53:04,207
win that device starts to

1677
00:53:04,207 --> 00:53:06,142
smoke. There's nothing the

1678
00:53:06,142 --> 00:53:07,944
homeowner do can do to stop it.

1679
00:53:07,944 --> 00:53:08,578
It's going to end up going into

1680
00:53:08,578 --> 00:53:10,981
an explosion it's going to

1681
00:53:10,981 --> 00:53:11,547
release toxic gases and it

1682
00:53:11,547 --> 00:53:13,550
contained room a small

1683
00:53:13,550 --> 00:53:14,250
betterment will make it

1684
00:53:14,250 --> 00:53:16,650
untenable very dangerous from

1685
00:53:17,153 --> 00:53:17,820
the health and survivability

1686
00:53:17,820 --> 00:53:18,455
standpoint and also the fire

1687
00:53:18,455 --> 00:53:20,455
conditional escalate very

1688
00:53:20,923 --> 00:53:21,657
quickly so it is we're seeing

1689
00:53:21,657 --> 00:53:22,358
that is somewhat common

1690
00:53:22,358 --> 00:53:24,758
practice, right people people

1691
00:53:25,495 --> 00:53:26,863
are relying on these a lot and

1692
00:53:26,863 --> 00:53:27,597
they live in

1693
00:53:27,597 --> 00:53:28,231
apartments and they're bringing

1694
00:53:28,231 --> 00:53:30,330
them inside the House with

1695
00:53:30,330 --> 00:53:31,000
them. So it just increases the

1696
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:31,634
risks I don't have a good

1697
00:53:31,634 --> 00:53:32,368
solution, but I think it's

1698
00:53:32,368 --> 00:53:33,360
important the public knows what

1699
00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:36,360
type of risk there assuming

1700
00:53:36,390 --> 00:53:39,390
when they bring those devices

1701
00:53:39,175 --> 00:53:41,175
into the home.

1702
00:53:41,277 --> 00:53:43,914
>> It'll be interesting to do

1703
00:53:43,914 --> 00:53:44,581
some research and see if there

1704
00:53:44,581 --> 00:53:47,450
are other cities. That have

1705
00:53:47,450 --> 00:53:49,251
come up with some. A brilliant

1706
00:53:49,251 --> 00:53:49,719
idea that we just haven't

1707
00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:50,386
thought of yet.

1708
00:53:50,386 --> 00:53:51,788
Yeah there's quite a bit of

1709
00:53:51,788 --> 00:53:52,755
code development work being

1710
00:53:52,755 --> 00:53:54,758
done across the country right

1711
00:53:54,758 --> 00:53:56,359
now to try to address the

1712
00:53:56,359 --> 00:53:57,270
lithium ion issue some local

1713
00:53:57,270 --> 00:53:58,961
jurisdictions have have even

1714
00:53:58,961 --> 00:53:59,829
created a local ordinance where

1715
00:53:59,829 --> 00:54:02,829
you can store those devices

1716
00:54:02,966 --> 00:54:03,600
inside. Specially when it's

1717
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:05,600
apartment building stuff.

1718
00:54:06,336 --> 00:54:06,970
I don't know if those are good

1719
00:54:06,970 --> 00:54:07,670
solutions. I will say this

1720
00:54:07,670 --> 00:54:08,371
sprinkler protected buildings

1721
00:54:08,371 --> 00:54:11,674
can help contain that event to

1722
00:54:11,674 --> 00:54:12,275
the area of origin. So those

1723
00:54:12,275 --> 00:54:14,275
are

1724
00:54:15,545 --> 00:54:17,380
absolutely lifesaving features

1725
00:54:17,380 --> 00:54:18,800
as well and and there's

1726
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:18,748
manual studies and laboratory

1727
00:54:18,748 --> 00:54:19,449
studies show far to indicate

1728
00:54:19,449 --> 00:54:21,450
the sprinkler can't can't make

1729
00:54:21,450 --> 00:54:22,652
the fire not occur, but it can

1730
00:54:22,652 --> 00:54:25,955
keep it contained in the area

1731
00:54:25,955 --> 00:54:29,225
in which it occurred. So those

1732
00:54:29,225 --> 00:54:30,260
are very effective as well.

1733
00:54:30,260 --> 00:54:30,960
All right well.

1734
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:31,661
You just keep working to make

1735
00:54:31,661 --> 00:54:32,362
sure it doesn't happen in the

1736
00:54:32,362 --> 00:54:33,620
first place. Thank you so much

1737
00:54:33,620 --> 00:54:34,964
for thank you all for all that

1738
00:54:34,964 --> 00:54:38,100
you do thank you chair, thank

1739
00:54:38,100 --> 00:54:40,100
you.

1740
00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:46,276
>> Chief I'm going to I'm going

1741
00:54:46,276 --> 00:54:47,430
to be the shining example of

1742
00:54:47,430 --> 00:54:49,430
what not to

1743
00:54:50,313 --> 00:54:53,116
do in 2 instances because over

1744
00:54:53,116 --> 00:54:55,384
the last year and

1745
00:54:55,384 --> 00:54:58,688
I have had to lithium battery

1746
00:54:58,688 --> 00:55:00,924
experiences. One was during

1747
00:55:00,924 --> 00:55:01,557
hurricane Helene

1748
00:55:01,557 --> 00:55:02,258
my best friend went out of

1749
00:55:02,258 --> 00:55:03,960
town. And he wasn't here the 2

1750
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:04,728
days before the storm the day

1751
00:55:04,728 --> 00:55:07,964
leading up to the storm I went

1752
00:55:07,964 --> 00:55:08,598
to his house my wife dropped me

1753
00:55:08,598 --> 00:55:10,867
off down the block because

1754
00:55:10,867 --> 00:55:11,835
there was already a foot of

1755
00:55:11,835 --> 00:55:12,469
water. In the streets, I went

1756
00:55:12,469 --> 00:55:14,700
and the energized his home

1757
00:55:14,700 --> 00:55:16,470
because we were worried

1758
00:55:17,700 --> 00:55:18,641
obviously needs got all the

1759
00:55:18,641 --> 00:55:19,341
things right. And so we come

1760
00:55:19,341 --> 00:55:20,100
back. I think 2 days after the

1761
00:55:20,100 --> 00:55:22,679
storm because it took him a

1762
00:55:22,679 --> 00:55:23,846
couple of days to get back into

1763
00:55:23,846 --> 00:55:25,846
town.

1764
00:55:27,117 --> 00:55:28,818
Get into the house to all these

1765
00:55:28,818 --> 00:55:29,519
things

1766
00:55:29,519 --> 00:55:32,655
we re energize the House with

1767
00:55:32,655 --> 00:55:33,523
actually f the treasure Island

1768
00:55:33,523 --> 00:55:34,290
ft there to make sure

1769
00:55:34,290 --> 00:55:34,958
that we're doing it safely and

1770
00:55:34,958 --> 00:55:38,228
get all the stuff out of his

1771
00:55:38,228 --> 00:55:39,280
house because House is ruined

1772
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:40,930
at this

1773
00:55:40,930 --> 00:55:42,531
point right took on 3 and a

1774
00:55:42,531 --> 00:55:43,265
half feet and left the House

1775
00:55:43,265 --> 00:55:46,236
they Wed. At a buddy South that

1776
00:55:46,236 --> 00:55:47,103
night came back in his house

1777
00:55:47,103 --> 00:55:47,971
was destroyed burned down.

1778
00:55:47,971 --> 00:55:48,638
Because that left one thing

1779
00:55:48,638 --> 00:55:51,507
plugged in a children's toy

1780
00:55:51,507 --> 00:55:55,107
that had a lithium ion battery.

1781
00:55:56,780 --> 00:55:57,470
It's crazy granting like you do

1782
00:55:57,470 --> 00:56:00,417
all the right steps up to the

1783
00:56:00,417 --> 00:56:01,117
last one and something bad

1784
00:56:01,117 --> 00:56:03,117
happens. Now

1785
00:56:03,353 --> 00:56:05,288
I couldn't make fun of my best

1786
00:56:05,288 --> 00:56:08,558
friend and feel good about it

1787
00:56:08,558 --> 00:56:10,760
without making fun of me.

1788
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:11,427
So talk about air tags

1789
00:56:11,427 --> 00:56:12,929
I have never had one before.

1790
00:56:12,929 --> 00:56:15,310
I got one as a gift and it

1791
00:56:15,310 --> 00:56:16,833
wasn't popping up on my phone.

1792
00:56:16,833 --> 00:56:20,237
And I'm like oh what must be

1793
00:56:20,237 --> 00:56:22,204
dead. So I put it on my watch

1794
00:56:22,204 --> 00:56:25,204
charger got into the shower.

1795
00:56:25,608 --> 00:56:28,878
That blew up my watch charger

1796
00:56:28,878 --> 00:56:30,213
and so up this is.

1797
00:56:30,213 --> 00:56:33,213
This is a girl this

1798
00:56:33,616 --> 00:56:34,951
guy problem we need to read

1799
00:56:34,951 --> 00:56:36,586
directions more. And so I'm

1800
00:56:36,586 --> 00:56:39,586
just very appreciative of that

1801
00:56:39,856 --> 00:56:41,240
campaign and highlighting this

1802
00:56:41,240 --> 00:56:41,657
because just

1803
00:56:41,657 --> 00:56:43,693
the simplest little thing

1804
00:56:43,693 --> 00:56:44,360
right. I mean you make a lot of

1805
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:46,760
really really good decisions

1806
00:56:47,296 --> 00:56:48,565
and one okay one not you know,

1807
00:56:48,565 --> 00:56:49,265
let just less than ok and it

1808
00:56:49,265 --> 00:56:52,134
could be catastrophic. And so

1809
00:56:52,134 --> 00:56:55,372
my my point in bringing these

1810
00:56:55,372 --> 00:56:57,406
stories is. It can happen

1811
00:56:57,406 --> 00:56:59,806
anywhere anytime to anybody.

1812
00:57:00,543 --> 00:57:01,144
And so I'm just very thankful.

1813
00:57:01,144 --> 00:57:01,844
I totally read reiterate

1814
00:57:01,844 --> 00:57:03,346
councilmember Givens comments

1815
00:57:03,346 --> 00:57:06,749
about the work that you guys do

1816
00:57:06,749 --> 00:57:09,180
every single day and making

1817
00:57:09,180 --> 00:57:10,853
sure that dumb bombs like me.

1818
00:57:10,853 --> 00:57:12,122
Make it through to the next

1819
00:57:12,122 --> 00:57:13,623
day. And so thank you so much

1820
00:57:13,623 --> 00:57:14,590
for everything that you do and

1821
00:57:14,590 --> 00:57:15,225
and just know that you continue

1822
00:57:15,225 --> 00:57:18,128
to have our full faith and

1823
00:57:18,128 --> 00:57:21,297
support so thanks so much for

1824
00:57:21,297 --> 00:57:23,297
being here.

1825
00:57:27,603 --> 00:57:28,738
They were

1826
00:57:28,738 --> 00:57:29,205
clapping for you not my

1827
00:57:29,205 --> 00:57:30,540
decision making.

1828
00:57:30,540 --> 00:57:31,274
Okay we're going to move on to

1829
00:57:31,274 --> 00:57:31,874
the 5 we're going to talk about

1830
00:57:31,874 --> 00:57:33,874
national lead poisoning

1831
00:57:35,111 --> 00:57:37,111
prevention week councilmember

1832
00:57:38,415 --> 00:57:40,815
Harding thank you chair.

1833
00:57:40,917 --> 00:57:42,251
>> For those of us who have

1834
00:57:42,251 --> 00:57:43,753
been around long enough to gain

1835
00:57:43,753 --> 00:57:44,621
the wisdom that I have chair

1836
00:57:44,621 --> 00:57:47,621
Gerson a para administrator to

1837
00:57:47,857 --> 00:57:49,593
Santa Fe that second time

1838
00:57:49,593 --> 00:57:50,727
getting picked on.

1839
00:57:50,727 --> 00:57:54,131
It is nice to be able to talk

1840
00:57:54,131 --> 00:57:55,310
about things that that we have

1841
00:57:55,310 --> 00:57:57,767
made enough progress on that

1842
00:57:57,767 --> 00:57:59,680
have the ability to go away.

1843
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:00,236
We talked about we talked about

1844
00:58:00,236 --> 00:58:01,838
domestic violence and that's a

1845
00:58:01,838 --> 00:58:04,838
battle that will fight forever

1846
00:58:05,108 --> 00:58:06,175
and will do our best to to to

1847
00:58:06,175 --> 00:58:07,243
to to

1848
00:58:07,243 --> 00:58:07,911
make ends and to make progress

1849
00:58:07,911 --> 00:58:10,813
some things are are a little

1850
00:58:10,813 --> 00:58:12,749
bit are a little bit easier if

1851
00:58:12,749 --> 00:58:15,885
they have champions and in this

1852
00:58:15,885 --> 00:58:16,920
case they do back in the in the

1853
00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:17,753
40's and 50's

1854
00:58:17,753 --> 00:58:19,456
and 60's Weise to build houses

1855
00:58:19,456 --> 00:58:21,591
would let him. They were it was

1856
00:58:21,591 --> 00:58:22,258
a cheap metal and pliable and

1857
00:58:22,258 --> 00:58:24,827
we built it into moldings we

1858
00:58:24,827 --> 00:58:26,762
built into window cells.

1859
00:58:26,762 --> 00:58:27,897
And it turns out that that's a

1860
00:58:27,897 --> 00:58:30,967
really bad idea. But it takes a

1861
00:58:30,967 --> 00:58:31,634
champion or it takes a group of

1862
00:58:31,634 --> 00:58:33,360
champions to to really bring

1863
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:36,306
this to light and then do the

1864
00:58:36,306 --> 00:58:36,740
work to to change the way that

1865
00:58:36,740 --> 00:58:38,740
we do things

1866
00:58:40,143 --> 00:58:41,744
and in this case. The city has

1867
00:58:41,744 --> 00:58:42,445
been the city like

1868
00:58:42,445 --> 00:58:43,145
other municipalities has been

1869
00:58:43,145 --> 00:58:43,847
as as held a hand in this the

1870
00:58:43,847 --> 00:58:45,515
building code is how the hand

1871
00:58:45,515 --> 00:58:48,451
in this and in groups like the

1872
00:58:48,451 --> 00:58:49,119
healthy homes coalition have

1873
00:58:49,119 --> 00:58:50,686
held a hand in this. So I so

1874
00:58:50,686 --> 00:58:51,688
our Park our proclamation today

1875
00:58:51,688 --> 00:58:52,655
whereas lead exposure in

1876
00:58:52,655 --> 00:58:54,655
children, especially those

1877
00:58:55,157 --> 00:58:55,891
under the age of 6 even at very

1878
00:58:55,891 --> 00:58:56,459
low levels MAY damage the brain

1879
00:58:56,459 --> 00:58:58,859
and the nervous system

1880
00:58:59,563 --> 00:59:00,997
resulting in hearing speech and

1881
00:59:00,997 --> 00:59:02,165
behavior problems and

1882
00:59:02,165 --> 00:59:02,765
whereas lead exposure to

1883
00:59:02,765 --> 00:59:05,165
children can result from

1884
00:59:05,401 --> 00:59:06,102
multiple sources, including

1885
00:59:06,102 --> 00:59:06,769
drinking water from corrosion

1886
00:59:06,769 --> 00:59:09,939
of lead service lines and a

1887
00:59:09,939 --> 00:59:11,841
variety of everyday consumer

1888
00:59:11,841 --> 00:59:13,876
and commercial goods and

1889
00:59:13,876 --> 00:59:14,511
whereas lead based paint and

1890
00:59:14,511 --> 00:59:15,812
the contaminated dust that

1891
00:59:15,812 --> 00:59:17,947
generates and homes and soil

1892
00:59:17,947 --> 00:59:18,648
represents one of the most

1893
00:59:18,648 --> 00:59:20,517
dangerous widespread sources,

1894
00:59:20,517 --> 00:59:21,218
the exposure affecting children

1895
00:59:21,218 --> 00:59:22,986
and whereas lead poisoning is

1896
00:59:22,986 --> 00:59:23,953
preventable. The key is to keep

1897
00:59:23,953 --> 00:59:25,953
children from encountering

1898
00:59:26,188 --> 00:59:28,358
lead. And there are simple

1899
00:59:28,358 --> 00:59:29,920
steps that can be taken to

1900
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:30,426
protect all family members from

1901
00:59:30,426 --> 00:59:32,695
lead based paint hazards in the

1902
00:59:32,695 --> 00:59:33,396
home and where is education and

1903
00:59:33,396 --> 00:59:36,320
awareness about the dangers of

1904
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:38,768
lead can help protect the lives

1905
00:59:38,768 --> 00:59:39,335
of children living in St.

1906
00:59:39,335 --> 00:59:41,735
Petersburg now for now

1907
00:59:41,971 --> 00:59:42,605
therefore I Mike Hardin

1908
00:59:42,605 --> 00:59:43,306
councilmember on behalf of

1909
00:59:43,306 --> 00:59:44,106
candidate. He was mayor of the

1910
00:59:44,106 --> 00:59:47,106
city of St. Petersburg Florida,

1911
00:59:47,444 --> 00:59:48,878
hereby proclaim Oct. 19 through

1912
00:59:48,878 --> 00:59:49,612
the 25th 2025.

1913
00:59:49,612 --> 00:59:51,981
His national lead poisoning

1914
00:59:51,981 --> 00:59:52,748
prevention week and urge all

1915
00:59:52,748 --> 00:59:54,617
citizens to actively observed

1916
00:59:54,617 --> 00:59:55,919
this week to enhance public

1917
00:59:55,919 --> 00:59:56,852
awareness of lead poisoning

1918
00:59:56,852 --> 00:59:59,255
prevention and the ways we can

1919
00:59:59,255 --> 01:00:00,189
protect our families from lead

1920
01:00:00,189 --> 01:00:01,900
poisoning and encourage all

1921
01:00:01,900 --> 01:00:04,900
citizens to support lead hazard

1922
01:00:04,527 --> 01:00:06,527
prevention efforts throughout

1923
01:00:07,797 --> 01:00:10,197
the city and year-round.

1924
01:00:19,242 --> 01:00:19,943
>> Thank you on behalf of the

1925
01:00:19,943 --> 01:00:21,770
cities. Housing and community

1926
01:00:21,770 --> 01:00:22,612
development Department I'm

1927
01:00:22,612 --> 01:00:25,120
honored to accept this

1928
01:00:25,415 --> 01:00:26,150
proclamation recognizing

1929
01:00:26,150 --> 01:00:28,150
national lead poisoning.

1930
01:00:29,850 --> 01:00:29,852
Prevention week. Lead poisoning

1931
01:00:29,852 --> 01:00:31,852
is entirely preventable.

1932
01:00:33,289 --> 01:00:34,590
Get it continues to threaten

1933
01:00:34,590 --> 01:00:35,191
the health and the

1934
01:00:35,191 --> 01:00:36,393
future for children and

1935
01:00:36,393 --> 01:00:38,793
families in our community.

1936
01:00:39,796 --> 01:00:42,432
South Petersburg is within the

1937
01:00:42,432 --> 01:00:43,399
95 to 100% percentile

1938
01:00:43,399 --> 01:00:45,702
for lead paint pollution.

1939
01:00:45,702 --> 01:00:48,102
This proclamation affirms our

1940
01:00:49,500 --> 01:00:51,730
city's commitment to education,

1941
01:00:51,730 --> 01:00:53,473
early detection safe housing

1942
01:00:53,977 --> 01:00:56,377
and coordination action to

1943
01:00:56,913 --> 01:00:57,681
eliminate these lead hazards.

1944
01:00:57,681 --> 01:01:00,950
I want to thank the mayor City

1945
01:01:00,950 --> 01:01:02,852
Council. And our city's healthy

1946
01:01:02,852 --> 01:01:04,852
home coalition.

1947
01:01:06,122 --> 01:01:06,556
Our community partners such as

1948
01:01:06,556 --> 01:01:07,257
the Department

1949
01:01:07,257 --> 01:01:07,890
of Health for their leadership

1950
01:01:07,890 --> 01:01:10,290
in support together we're

1951
01:01:10,593 --> 01:01:11,194
advancing the goal of ensuring

1952
01:01:11,194 --> 01:01:14,194
that every child in St.

1953
01:01:14,263 --> 01:01:15,332
Petersburg grows up in a

1954
01:01:15,332 --> 01:01:16,320
healthy

1955
01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:18,168
safe and thriving environment.

1956
01:01:18,168 --> 01:01:20,570
We hope that you will all join

1957
01:01:20,570 --> 01:01:23,840
us at our get the lead out kick

1958
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:26,976
out event Sat. Oct. 25th, you

1959
01:01:26,976 --> 01:01:28,976
can come there.

1960
01:01:28,978 --> 01:01:29,679
The slay have some fun think

1961
01:01:29,679 --> 01:01:30,346
a shopping downtown for pasta

1962
01:01:30,346 --> 01:01:32,415
from noon to 4 will be a

1963
01:01:32,415 --> 01:01:34,815
child's Park recreation center

1964
01:01:35,551 --> 01:01:37,453
where there's going to be

1965
01:01:37,453 --> 01:01:38,187
family fun, community resources

1966
01:01:38,187 --> 01:01:41,240
and it is finally the

1967
01:01:41,240 --> 01:01:43,860
opportunity to learn about our

1968
01:01:43,860 --> 01:01:45,562
lead paint remediation grants.

1969
01:01:45,562 --> 01:01:46,950
Thank you again for this

1970
01:01:46,950 --> 01:01:46,696
recognition for your

1971
01:01:46,696 --> 01:01:48,696
partnership in building,

1972
01:01:49,799 --> 01:01:52,936
healthier future for all of her

1973
01:01:52,936 --> 01:01:54,936
residence.

1974
01:02:05,816 --> 01:02:06,449
>> Thank you doctor sliker.

1975
01:02:06,449 --> 01:02:07,183
>> Cancer awareness month

1976
01:02:07,183 --> 01:02:09,285
proclamation, and it's going to

1977
01:02:09,285 --> 01:02:11,421
be presented by your own chair.

1978
01:02:11,421 --> 01:02:13,421
Here Curtis.

1979
01:02:14,457 --> 01:02:14,991
Thank you MADAM By Cher and

1980
01:02:14,991 --> 01:02:15,725
joining us. We have

1981
01:02:15,725 --> 01:02:16,459
some representatives from a

1982
01:02:16,459 --> 01:02:18,361
couple local hospitals from Bay

1983
01:02:18,361 --> 01:02:21,310
front Orlando health. We've got

1984
01:02:21,310 --> 01:02:23,310
Jamie hershberger the

1985
01:02:24,334 --> 01:02:24,934
associate. The associate chief

1986
01:02:24,934 --> 01:02:25,569
nursing officer and

1987
01:02:25,569 --> 01:02:28,505
Matt let we're there in a

1988
01:02:28,505 --> 01:02:29,172
governmental and then from Bay

1989
01:02:29,172 --> 01:02:29,939
care more implant we've got

1990
01:02:29,939 --> 01:02:31,441
Peter Blume and DR. Peter Blum

1991
01:02:31,441 --> 01:02:32,408
Krantz who is the medical

1992
01:02:32,408 --> 01:02:34,377
director of the Bay care cancer

1993
01:02:34,377 --> 01:02:36,746
Institute and Tim McMahon who's

1994
01:02:36,746 --> 01:02:38,715
the director care cancer

1995
01:02:38,715 --> 01:02:41,715
Institute and also joining me

1996
01:02:41,985 --> 01:02:45,154
this. This afternoon as my wife

1997
01:02:45,154 --> 01:02:47,154
Cecil eagerness. So.

1998
01:02:48,725 --> 01:02:51,125
5 years ago yesterday. Our

1999
01:02:51,661 --> 01:02:53,830
lives changed very drastically.

2000
01:02:53,830 --> 01:02:56,732
My wife was diagnosed with

2001
01:02:56,732 --> 01:02:59,132
stage 4 lobular breast cancer.

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01:03:03,105 --> 01:03:04,141
She's my hero.

2003
01:03:04,141 --> 01:03:05,208
And before I get into a

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01:03:05,208 --> 01:03:07,610
little bit of that story.

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01:03:07,610 --> 01:03:08,211
I want to talk about our

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01:03:08,211 --> 01:03:10,611
heroes. The doctors, the

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01:03:11,147 --> 01:03:13,547
nurses, the researchers who

2008
01:03:14,217 --> 01:03:15,151
have

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01:03:15,151 --> 01:03:15,485
supported us along this

2010
01:03:15,485 --> 01:03:16,152
journey.

2011
01:03:16,152 --> 01:03:16,820
Let me tell you there are a

2012
01:03:16,820 --> 01:03:18,188
couple of them that we would

2013
01:03:18,188 --> 01:03:20,890
not have been able to get

2014
01:03:20,890 --> 01:03:22,492
through the way we did without.

2015
01:03:22,492 --> 01:03:24,527
Our team has been amazing and

2016
01:03:24,527 --> 01:03:26,696
so to all of the doctors and

2017
01:03:26,696 --> 01:03:27,897
nurses here and those that are

2018
01:03:27,897 --> 01:03:30,297
listening you're changing the

2019
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:34,200
world and you're changing mine.

2020
01:03:34,337 --> 01:03:36,737
On a daily basis.

2021
01:03:40,710 --> 01:03:44,470
Breast cancer is one of those

2022
01:03:44,470 --> 01:03:47,470
things that in my opinion.

2023
01:03:47,350 --> 01:03:49,750
Not only changes you.

2024
01:03:50,586 --> 01:03:51,187
Emotionally

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01:03:51,187 --> 01:03:53,587
physically not not just

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01:03:54,124 --> 01:03:55,258
physically inward but

2027
01:03:55,258 --> 01:03:57,658
physically outward and so.

2028
01:03:58,561 --> 01:04:01,970
Going through this process with

2029
01:04:01,970 --> 01:04:02,598
my wife.

2030
01:04:02,598 --> 01:04:05,268
It was clear to me that this

2031
01:04:05,268 --> 01:04:05,902
not only would we be dealing

2032
01:04:05,902 --> 01:04:08,204
with this for for certain

2033
01:04:08,204 --> 01:04:11,475
period of time but we'd be

2034
01:04:11,475 --> 01:04:12,943
dealing with it for the rest of

2035
01:04:12,943 --> 01:04:13,576
our lives.

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01:04:13,576 --> 01:04:16,279
And that's just because of

2037
01:04:16,279 --> 01:04:19,279
frankly the the emotional and

2038
01:04:19,716 --> 01:04:22,716
the physical scars that come

2039
01:04:22,852 --> 01:04:25,252
along with it. And.

2040
01:04:26,220 --> 01:04:29,220
I need her to know.

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01:04:29,192 --> 01:04:30,193
She is loved

2042
01:04:30,193 --> 01:04:33,960
and cared for. And we'll

2043
01:04:33,960 --> 01:04:36,232
continue to be until the day I

2044
01:04:36,232 --> 01:04:38,568
take my last breath.

2045
01:04:38,568 --> 01:04:40,170
And I don't want to make this

2046
01:04:40,170 --> 01:04:41,938
about me. But I think sometimes

2047
01:04:41,938 --> 01:04:44,708
who we don't talk about are the

2048
01:04:44,708 --> 01:04:47,108
spouses the families the

2049
01:04:47,544 --> 01:04:48,512
friends, the kids that affects

2050
01:04:48,512 --> 01:04:51,614
as well. You're going to hear

2051
01:04:51,614 --> 01:04:52,482
in a minute some stats about

2052
01:04:52,482 --> 01:04:55,418
one in 8 women is that has as a

2053
01:04:55,418 --> 01:04:57,120
breast cancer diagnosis in the

2054
01:04:57,120 --> 01:04:59,189
last 5 years we have had 3

2055
01:04:59,189 --> 01:04:59,856
close friends in our world be

2056
01:04:59,856 --> 01:05:02,825
diagnosed a 4th just wrote a

2057
01:05:02,825 --> 01:05:05,225
stakeholder in this community.

2058
01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:09,960
And so it it's amazing.

2059
01:05:12,436 --> 01:05:15,571
What still lies ahead of us.

2060
01:05:15,571 --> 01:05:17,971
One of those friends.

2061
01:05:21,311 --> 01:05:25,511
And so she was diagnosed just a

2062
01:05:32,455 --> 01:05:33,156
few months after my wife.

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01:05:33,156 --> 01:05:33,789
She she received amazing care

2064
01:05:33,789 --> 01:05:34,458
and is in remission today.

2065
01:05:34,458 --> 01:05:35,125
Thank the mayor for bringing

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01:05:35,125 --> 01:05:35,859
this forward I want to thank

2067
01:05:35,859 --> 01:05:37,694
Council for giving me the grace

2068
01:05:37,694 --> 01:05:40,963
to celebrate my life and being

2069
01:05:40,963 --> 01:05:42,632
a be a little selfish.

2070
01:05:42,632 --> 01:05:43,299
But anytime I

2071
01:05:43,299 --> 01:05:44,330
can get her up here and talk

2072
01:05:44,330 --> 01:05:46,470
about what an amazing woman she

2073
01:05:46,470 --> 01:05:49,639
is and I'm going to go one step

2074
01:05:49,639 --> 01:05:50,473
further because as you know

2075
01:05:50,473 --> 01:05:51,774
just over a month ago she lost

2076
01:05:51,774 --> 01:05:55,780
her dad. And so not only is my

2077
01:05:55,780 --> 01:05:58,780
wife a breast cancer survivor,

2078
01:05:58,481 --> 01:05:59,182
a mom of 2 a husband to me or

2079
01:05:59,182 --> 01:06:00,490
excuse a wife to me

2080
01:06:00,490 --> 01:06:03,319
which that should be at the top

2081
01:06:03,319 --> 01:06:06,623
of the list of things that are

2082
01:06:06,623 --> 01:06:08,623
difficult.

2083
01:06:09,358 --> 01:06:10,994
She is an accomplished human

2084
01:06:10,994 --> 01:06:12,929
resources director for a local

2085
01:06:12,929 --> 01:06:13,563
company. And right now she's

2086
01:06:13,563 --> 01:06:15,632
the defacto ceo of Len Thi

2087
01:06:15,632 --> 01:06:17,801
liquors after her dad's

2088
01:06:17,801 --> 01:06:21,710
passing. And let me tell you

2089
01:06:21,710 --> 01:06:24,407
just 2 or 3 of those things is

2090
01:06:24,407 --> 01:06:25,441
enough to have all of them.

2091
01:06:25,441 --> 01:06:26,743
His incredible a miraculous.

2092
01:06:26,743 --> 01:06:29,312
And I'm not going to look at

2093
01:06:29,312 --> 01:06:30,614
you Cecil eagerness but I love

2094
01:06:30,614 --> 01:06:33,614
you very very very much.

2095
01:06:33,917 --> 01:06:35,918
And thank you for everything

2096
01:06:35,918 --> 01:06:39,222
you do for me in our family

2097
01:06:39,222 --> 01:06:40,356
and your family. And I am on

2098
01:06:40,356 --> 01:06:42,756
this journey with you.

2099
01:06:43,293 --> 01:06:46,529
Till the very end. And I love

2100
01:06:46,529 --> 01:06:49,529
you very much. Here's the

2101
01:06:49,699 --> 01:06:51,699
proclamation.

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01:06:58,341 --> 01:06:59,909
833 American men will develop

2103
01:06:59,909 --> 01:07:03,179
breast cancer at some point in

2104
01:07:03,179 --> 01:07:06,179
their lives or one person.

2105
01:07:06,483 --> 01:07:07,584
Every 2 minutes.

2106
01:07:07,584 --> 01:07:08,618
Breast cancer touches. So

2107
01:07:08,618 --> 01:07:11,588
many lives in our city and

2108
01:07:11,588 --> 01:07:12,255
county. From our loved ones and

2109
01:07:12,255 --> 01:07:12,989
friends to our neighbors and

2110
01:07:12,989 --> 01:07:15,989
co-workers who have survived or

2111
01:07:16,193 --> 01:07:19,193
lost their lives to breast

2112
01:07:19,196 --> 01:07:20,396
cancer. And whereas thanks to

2113
01:07:20,396 --> 01:07:22,796
earlier detection and better

2114
01:07:23,667 --> 01:07:24,670
treatments. Mortality rates for

2115
01:07:24,670 --> 01:07:26,670
breast

2116
01:07:26,736 --> 01:07:27,604
cancer have decreased in the

2117
01:07:27,604 --> 01:07:29,105
last decade. And whereas

2118
01:07:29,105 --> 01:07:30,940
affordable access to screenings

2119
01:07:30,940 --> 01:07:33,940
and early detection for all

2120
01:07:34,210 --> 01:07:36,546
women is an essential component

2121
01:07:36,546 --> 01:07:38,615
in the fight against breast

2122
01:07:38,615 --> 01:07:40,650
cancer. And whereas the state

2123
01:07:40,650 --> 01:07:43,252
of Florida recognize the need

2124
01:07:43,252 --> 01:07:44,870
to provide uninsured low-income

2125
01:07:44,870 --> 01:07:47,870
women ages 50 to 64 with access

2126
01:07:47,123 --> 01:07:49,192
of to lifesaving cancer

2127
01:07:49,192 --> 01:07:50,193
screenings such as mammography

2128
01:07:50,193 --> 01:07:52,593
and cervical cancer screenings

2129
01:07:53,463 --> 01:07:55,432
through its breast and cervical

2130
01:07:55,432 --> 01:07:57,334
cancer program or be ccp and

2131
01:07:57,334 --> 01:07:59,734
whereas the Florida Department

2132
01:08:00,136 --> 01:08:01,137
of Health and Pinellas counties

2133
01:08:01,137 --> 01:08:01,838
be ccp performs life-saving

2134
01:08:01,838 --> 01:08:04,838
screenings yearly and has been

2135
01:08:05,750 --> 01:08:08,344
recognized as one of the state

2136
01:08:08,344 --> 01:08:10,744
the state's top programs.

2137
01:08:12,616 --> 01:08:14,585
We stand with our mothers.

2138
01:08:14,585 --> 01:08:16,585
Our daughters.

2139
01:08:17,888 --> 01:08:18,689
Our grandmothers, our sisters

2140
01:08:18,689 --> 01:08:20,689
and our friends.

2141
01:08:21,925 --> 01:08:23,226
And our wives. Supporting their

2142
01:08:23,226 --> 01:08:24,861
struggle after a breast cancer

2143
01:08:24,861 --> 01:08:27,261
diagnosis. As well as

2144
01:08:28,198 --> 01:08:30,198
recognizing the doctors.

2145
01:08:30,901 --> 01:08:31,434
The nurse ers the researchers

2146
01:08:31,434 --> 01:08:32,102
and all other health

2147
01:08:32,102 --> 01:08:32,803
professional whose care and

2148
01:08:32,803 --> 01:08:35,705
dedication gives hope to those

2149
01:08:35,705 --> 01:08:38,105
living with Brett breast

2150
01:08:38,375 --> 01:08:40,109
cancer.

2151
01:08:40,109 --> 01:08:40,810
Therefore I Gehrke hopefully

2152
01:08:40,810 --> 01:08:43,680
Curtis on behalf of Kenneth t

2153
01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:46,316
Welsh the mayor of the city

2154
01:08:46,316 --> 01:08:47,170
of St. Petersburg do hereby

2155
01:08:47,170 --> 01:08:47,583
proclaim Oct. 20 25 as breast

2156
01:08:47,583 --> 01:08:49,583
cancer awareness month

2157
01:08:50,420 --> 01:08:51,254
throughout the city and I urge

2158
01:08:51,254 --> 01:08:53,254
all residents.

2159
01:08:53,556 --> 01:08:54,724
To educate themselves on

2160
01:08:54,724 --> 01:08:56,724
prevention and treatment

2161
01:08:58,128 --> 01:09:00,528
options of this devastating

2162
01:09:01,298 --> 01:09:03,298
disease. Thank you.

2163
01:09:06,636 --> 01:09:07,370
I'm gonna ask doctor bloom in

2164
01:09:07,370 --> 01:09:10,274
grants to come up and say a few

2165
01:09:10,274 --> 01:09:12,608
words, MADAM Vice chair, thank

2166
01:09:12,608 --> 01:09:14,608
you.

2167
01:09:14,811 --> 01:09:18,810
Thank you so much. It's an

2168
01:09:18,810 --> 01:09:21,251
honor to be here and I want to

2169
01:09:21,251 --> 01:09:22,719
thank mayor

2170
01:09:22,719 --> 01:09:23,860
chair and council members for

2171
01:09:23,860 --> 01:09:23,687
having us.

2172
01:09:23,687 --> 01:09:24,320
It's really wonderful to

2173
01:09:24,320 --> 01:09:24,954
celebrate with all of you.

2174
01:09:24,954 --> 01:09:25,622
On behalf of a care in the

2175
01:09:25,622 --> 01:09:27,924
camps into it I can tell you

2176
01:09:27,924 --> 01:09:30,159
that you've got Anthony has

2177
01:09:30,159 --> 01:09:30,694
your back yard here since 19 31

2178
01:09:30,694 --> 01:09:31,327
in glad to have that

2179
01:09:31,327 --> 01:09:32,629
contribution to community

2180
01:09:32,629 --> 01:09:35,532
health care of everyone around

2181
01:09:35,532 --> 01:09:37,801
here on a personal note.

2182
01:09:37,801 --> 01:09:39,302
Having take care of close

2183
01:09:39,302 --> 01:09:40,360
friend. I can tell you I've

2184
01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:40,703
been surgical practices that

2185
01:09:40,703 --> 01:09:43,673
hurt my colleges for over 40

2186
01:09:43,673 --> 01:09:45,174
years of operation, thousands

2187
01:09:45,174 --> 01:09:46,476
of women and then in

2188
01:09:46,476 --> 01:09:49,476
important and then don't forget

2189
01:09:49,779 --> 01:09:50,790
male breast cancer in this

2190
01:09:50,790 --> 01:09:52,790
County

2191
01:09:52,916 --> 01:09:53,617
and I will tell you that one

2192
01:09:53,617 --> 01:09:54,317
thing never cease to amaze me

2193
01:09:54,317 --> 01:09:57,153
and that's the strength of the

2194
01:09:57,153 --> 01:09:57,820
human spirit because in the

2195
01:09:57,820 --> 01:09:59,556
worst adversity no one wants

2196
01:09:59,556 --> 01:10:01,825
to hear that c word and the

2197
01:10:01,825 --> 01:10:02,559
strength that women and their

2198
01:10:02,559 --> 01:10:04,728
family show to get through this

2199
01:10:04,728 --> 01:10:05,395
is remarkable in the worst of

2200
01:10:05,395 --> 01:10:07,395
circumstances. The wonderful

2201
01:10:07,964 --> 01:10:08,565
news is things are getting

2202
01:10:08,565 --> 01:10:09,266
better when I started my

2203
01:10:09,266 --> 01:10:09,933
training up in New York, it's

2204
01:10:09,933 --> 01:10:11,340
on Kettering. We did radical

2205
01:10:11,340 --> 01:10:11,635
mastectomies everybody have

2206
01:10:11,635 --> 01:10:13,636
their removed they were

2207
01:10:13,636 --> 01:10:15,972
terribly disfigured and now if

2208
01:10:15,972 --> 01:10:18,375
you catch it early and you do

2209
01:10:18,375 --> 01:10:19,376
good screening. We have over

2210
01:10:19,376 --> 01:10:20,760
95% cure rate and you can have

2211
01:10:20,760 --> 01:10:20,777
an outpatient small on taking

2212
01:10:20,777 --> 01:10:23,346
out maybe a lymph node and go

2213
01:10:23,346 --> 01:10:23,981
home the same day go back to

2214
01:10:23,981 --> 01:10:24,648
the committee's next day.

2215
01:10:24,648 --> 01:10:27,480
That's remarkable. It won't

2216
01:10:27,500 --> 01:10:27,784
take too much time at the one

2217
01:10:27,784 --> 01:10:30,687
new thing we're doing. There is

2218
01:10:30,687 --> 01:10:32,789
evidence of the past couple of

2219
01:10:32,789 --> 01:10:33,857
years that

2220
01:10:33,857 --> 01:10:34,557
women of young age under 50.

2221
01:10:34,557 --> 01:10:35,926
The incidence of breast cancer

2222
01:10:35,926 --> 01:10:38,594
is increasing we're not sure

2223
01:10:38,594 --> 01:10:39,196
why it MAY be something genetic

2224
01:10:39,196 --> 01:10:39,896
or environmental, and by

2225
01:10:39,896 --> 01:10:40,530
mental, but we are starting a

2226
01:10:40,530 --> 01:10:42,930
new program just launching

2227
01:10:43,300 --> 01:10:45,802
which have been a pet project

2228
01:10:45,802 --> 01:10:49,390
of mine as a high risk

2229
01:10:49,390 --> 01:10:49,740
assessment project. This is

2230
01:10:49,740 --> 01:10:52,140
powered by software, something

2231
01:10:52,709 --> 01:10:53,176
called cancer iq where patients

2232
01:10:53,176 --> 01:10:54,945
or anyone in the

2233
01:10:54,945 --> 01:10:55,778
community can go on a tablet or

2234
01:10:55,778 --> 01:10:56,446
phone scan a qr code answers to

2235
01:10:56,446 --> 01:10:58,470
the questions and then a few

2236
01:10:58,470 --> 01:10:59,983
minutes, we'll know if they're

2237
01:10:59,983 --> 01:11:00,650
at high risk for any one of 9

2238
01:11:00,650 --> 01:11:02,650
candidates, including breast

2239
01:11:02,952 --> 01:11:04,554
and then we can get at them

2240
01:11:04,554 --> 01:11:07,560
early and the goal of that is

2241
01:11:07,560 --> 01:11:07,790
instead of the presenting

2242
01:11:07,790 --> 01:11:09,960
disease MAY be some states 2 or

2243
01:11:09,960 --> 01:11:10,661
3 or even 4 when it's

2244
01:11:10,661 --> 01:11:12,863
metastatic if we can find the

2245
01:11:12,863 --> 01:11:13,930
people at risk before they have

2246
01:11:13,930 --> 01:11:16,930
the disease we could start

2247
01:11:17,300 --> 01:11:18,340
screening sooner. We can often

2248
01:11:18,340 --> 01:11:18,735
of its breast cancer detective,

2249
01:11:18,735 --> 01:11:19,402
a bracket mutation which leads

2250
01:11:19,402 --> 01:11:20,103
to increased risk. They can

2251
01:11:20,103 --> 01:11:22,503
have preventive surgery never

2252
01:11:22,639 --> 01:11:23,600
do with cancer in their lives.

2253
01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:24,508
Our goal.

2254
01:11:24,508 --> 01:11:25,175
Sheens that curve we're going

2255
01:11:25,175 --> 01:11:28,445
to move the curve of stage

2256
01:11:28,445 --> 01:11:31,445
disease back. So that's really

2257
01:11:31,481 --> 01:11:33,481
good.

2258
01:11:37,754 --> 01:11:39,754
Councilmember Harding

2259
01:11:41,358 --> 01:11:42,920
thank you chair.

2260
01:11:42,920 --> 01:11:45,362
Look it's thank you you mention

2261
01:11:45,362 --> 01:11:48,362
that the. Talked about human

2262
01:11:48,499 --> 01:11:50,466
spirit.

2263
01:11:50,466 --> 01:11:52,736
And and I think that that

2264
01:11:52,736 --> 01:11:53,403
we saw that that's been around

2265
01:11:53,403 --> 01:11:54,104
forever. You also and not to

2266
01:11:54,104 --> 01:11:56,273
diminish and but but we've

2267
01:11:56,273 --> 01:11:56,940
always had the fighting spirit.

2268
01:11:56,940 --> 01:11:59,940
He said things are getting

2269
01:12:00,176 --> 01:12:02,576
better and they're getting

2270
01:12:03,380 --> 01:12:05,780
better because of you.

2271
01:12:06,160 --> 01:12:09,160
That I appreciate the efforts

2272
01:12:09,286 --> 01:12:09,686
that they care makes it in

2273
01:12:09,686 --> 01:12:10,420
making

2274
01:12:10,420 --> 01:12:13,289
this an important part of their

2275
01:12:13,289 --> 01:12:13,623
business model. I appreciate

2276
01:12:13,623 --> 01:12:14,625
all the

2277
01:12:14,625 --> 01:12:16,827
support that goes into what we

2278
01:12:16,827 --> 01:12:20,130
do. But it is it is your

2279
01:12:20,130 --> 01:12:21,631
profession and as you that that

2280
01:12:21,631 --> 01:12:22,298
is

2281
01:12:22,298 --> 01:12:22,999
is fighting this problem and

2282
01:12:22,999 --> 01:12:25,769
making this something that the

2283
01:12:25,769 --> 01:12:28,769
next generation doesn't have to

2284
01:12:28,805 --> 01:12:30,805
face.

2285
01:12:36,146 --> 01:12:39,150
>> Thank you all for everything

2286
01:12:39,150 --> 01:12:40,500
you do honestly shared earnest.

2287
01:12:40,500 --> 01:12:40,751
Thank

2288
01:12:40,751 --> 01:12:43,620
you for your heartfelt words.

2289
01:12:43,620 --> 01:12:44,687
Definitely you are seriously a

2290
01:12:44,687 --> 01:12:45,354
hero

2291
01:12:45,354 --> 01:12:48,225
and amazing and I agree with

2292
01:12:48,225 --> 01:12:49,590
everything you're has been said

2293
01:12:49,590 --> 01:12:52,295
I can understand why he would

2294
01:12:52,295 --> 01:12:52,830
not turn around. I can barely

2295
01:12:52,830 --> 01:12:55,230
sit up here like

2296
01:12:55,498 --> 01:12:58,101
some of us and hold back tears

2297
01:12:58,101 --> 01:13:01,405
but the work that doctors do

2298
01:13:01,405 --> 01:13:02,105
you have a a group of people

2299
01:13:02,105 --> 01:13:02,939
that are behind you

2300
01:13:02,939 --> 01:13:05,939
and and everyone here honestly

2301
01:13:06,243 --> 01:13:07,644
wants to see this erratic hated

2302
01:13:07,644 --> 01:13:09,546
just like here. Curtis said and

2303
01:13:09,546 --> 01:13:11,480
and I know that we're on our

2304
01:13:11,480 --> 01:13:14,317
way be fun with doctor Saint.

2305
01:13:14,317 --> 01:13:17,317
So thank you. Thank you.

2306
01:13:17,354 --> 01:13:19,354
Okay.

2307
01:13:26,296 --> 01:13:27,664
>> And next up we have the 6.

2308
01:13:27,664 --> 01:13:28,332
>> The preschool officer

2309
01:13:28,332 --> 01:13:31,234
program updates. And this is

2310
01:13:31,234 --> 01:13:34,834
going to be presented by Earth

2311
01:13:36,540 --> 01:13:37,730
Williams for kids world

2312
01:13:37,730 --> 01:13:39,730
preschool and Jackie

2313
01:13:39,776 --> 01:13:41,578
Lang imagination station

2314
01:13:41,578 --> 01:13:43,647
daycare and and I will hand it

2315
01:13:43,647 --> 01:13:44,314
over to councilmember fake

2316
01:13:44,314 --> 01:13:47,217
Sanders, this is her item I

2317
01:13:47,217 --> 01:13:47,817
believe this is first of all

2318
01:13:47,817 --> 01:13:48,519
good

2319
01:13:48,519 --> 01:13:50,919
afternoon, everyone and thank

2320
01:13:51,388 --> 01:13:53,560
you for all that was presented

2321
01:13:53,560 --> 01:13:53,791
today and they saved the

2322
01:13:53,791 --> 01:13:54,491
best for last are young people.

2323
01:13:54,491 --> 01:13:56,159
>> So we are going to have our

2324
01:13:56,159 --> 01:13:59,429
pups program as well as MISTER

2325
01:13:59,429 --> 01:14:02,366
Devine Miller, but I'm going to

2326
01:14:02,366 --> 01:14:05,201
ask. This author Ian Williams

2327
01:14:05,201 --> 01:14:08,471
as Jack Elaine, and I know I'm

2328
01:14:08,471 --> 01:14:09,439
going to say this wrong.

2329
01:14:09,439 --> 01:14:10,707
Officer Noor rachna and I

2330
01:14:10,707 --> 01:14:14,770
was told to just say officer

2331
01:14:14,770 --> 01:14:15,746
Meng to come on up with this

2332
01:14:15,746 --> 01:14:18,147
program is is back in

2333
01:14:18,147 --> 01:14:18,915
2021. We had a rash of gun

2334
01:14:18,915 --> 01:14:21,918
violence and we had an enough

2335
01:14:21,918 --> 01:14:22,853
is enough movement. What we

2336
01:14:22,853 --> 01:14:23,520
wanted to teach our community

2337
01:14:23,520 --> 01:14:26,422
about the importance of gun

2338
01:14:26,422 --> 01:14:29,492
violence but one of the things

2339
01:14:29,492 --> 01:14:32,462
that we found is that.

2340
01:14:32,462 --> 01:14:32,862
A lot of the ease in the

2341
01:14:32,862 --> 01:14:34,862
anxiousness

2342
01:14:35,650 --> 01:14:38,650
started with our babies started

2343
01:14:38,334 --> 01:14:39,169
with our young households in so

2344
01:14:39,169 --> 01:14:41,438
they understood the fact that

2345
01:14:41,438 --> 01:14:43,838
police officers we're in

2346
01:14:44,707 --> 01:14:45,475
control but they didn't have

2347
01:14:45,475 --> 01:14:46,743
the correct

2348
01:14:46,743 --> 01:14:49,743
understanding of why they were

2349
01:14:50,130 --> 01:14:50,413
there. So we started the police

2350
01:14:50,413 --> 01:14:52,413
officer

2351
01:14:53,817 --> 01:14:54,951
program affectionately call

2352
01:14:54,951 --> 01:14:56,860
pops where they had strong

2353
01:14:56,860 --> 01:14:59,860
interactions with our men and

2354
01:14:59,355 --> 01:14:59,989
women in blue and every time I

2355
01:14:59,989 --> 01:15:01,591
get to go and see

2356
01:15:01,591 --> 01:15:03,193
them have don't just going read

2357
01:15:03,193 --> 01:15:06,960
books they actually go and have

2358
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:09,232
fun and I've noticed over the

2359
01:15:09,232 --> 01:15:10,166
past 4 years, the relationships

2360
01:15:10,166 --> 01:15:13,303
have changed with not only the

2361
01:15:13,303 --> 01:15:14,237
children in our men and women

2362
01:15:14,237 --> 01:15:16,640
in uniform with the parents as

2363
01:15:16,640 --> 01:15:19,876
well. So with that I'm going to

2364
01:15:19,876 --> 01:15:20,410
open it up to the south region

2365
01:15:20,410 --> 01:15:21,144
Williams to showcase

2366
01:15:21,144 --> 01:15:23,480
what our police officers are

2367
01:15:23,480 --> 01:15:24,214
doing without preschoolers and

2368
01:15:24,214 --> 01:15:25,615
they have been doing an awesome

2369
01:15:25,615 --> 01:15:28,885
job and I want to think Saint

2370
01:15:28,885 --> 01:15:29,919
Pete Police Department on think

2371
01:15:29,919 --> 01:15:30,787
chief for saying

2372
01:15:30,787 --> 01:15:31,722
yes when I called to ask but

2373
01:15:31,722 --> 01:15:33,890
MISS Out 3 and then have a she

2374
01:15:33,890 --> 01:15:34,991
has a waiting list of officers

2375
01:15:34,991 --> 01:15:38,295
that are willing and I'm so

2376
01:15:38,295 --> 01:15:41,295
excited about that. Is Williams

2377
01:15:44,368 --> 01:15:45,435
Good afternoon mayor Welsh

2378
01:15:45,435 --> 01:15:46,937
City Council members and

2379
01:15:46,937 --> 01:15:48,671
guests. I'm often going

2380
01:15:48,671 --> 01:15:49,372
Williams owner and

2381
01:15:49,372 --> 01:15:52,372
administrator of kids were all

2382
01:15:52,375 --> 01:15:54,775
preschool and learning Center.

2383
01:15:55,512 --> 01:15:57,512
And this is.

2384
01:15:58,381 --> 01:15:59,349
Missed decade, laying owner and

2385
01:15:59,349 --> 01:16:01,349
administrators of imagination

2386
01:16:02,619 --> 01:16:03,286
station preschool. We would

2387
01:16:03,286 --> 01:16:03,953
like

2388
01:16:03,953 --> 01:16:04,588
to thank council member big

2389
01:16:04,588 --> 01:16:07,588
Sanders, but giving us the

2390
01:16:07,824 --> 01:16:10,824
opportunity to share with you.

2391
01:16:10,961 --> 01:16:12,961
The story

2392
01:16:14,264 --> 01:16:16,699
and the impact up a program

2393
01:16:16,699 --> 01:16:19,699
that has truly touched the

2394
01:16:19,903 --> 01:16:22,105
lives and hearts of our

2395
01:16:22,105 --> 01:16:24,505
children, our families and

2396
01:16:25,410 --> 01:16:28,445
staff and would not have become

2397
01:16:28,445 --> 01:16:30,914
a reality without the diligence

2398
01:16:30,914 --> 01:16:32,115
of councilmember big Sanders.

2399
01:16:32,115 --> 01:16:35,385
The program and she said his

2400
01:16:35,385 --> 01:16:37,785
preschool office of program

2401
01:16:38,455 --> 01:16:40,455
that we call

2402
01:16:41,858 --> 01:16:44,328
pops Potts was launched at kids

2403
01:16:44,328 --> 01:16:46,728
whirl imagination station and

2404
01:16:47,598 --> 01:16:49,998
11 other preschools in AUGUST

2405
01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:52,800
of 20 21 with one

2406
01:16:53,870 --> 01:16:54,638
simple

2407
01:16:54,638 --> 01:16:56,638
go

2408
01:16:57,974 --> 01:17:00,374
to build positive relationships

2409
01:17:00,977 --> 01:17:03,377
between our youngest learners

2410
01:17:03,580 --> 01:17:05,215
and Saint Pete's fine us.

2411
01:17:05,215 --> 01:17:08,215
The police officers who serve

2412
01:17:08,518 --> 01:17:10,587
our community since its

2413
01:17:10,587 --> 01:17:12,587
inception.

2414
01:17:14,240 --> 01:17:17,293
Over 100 of at kids world vpk

2415
01:17:17,293 --> 01:17:19,293
students have participated

2416
01:17:19,696 --> 01:17:22,960
in this incredible program

2417
01:17:23,100 --> 01:17:25,736
and imagination station has but

2418
01:17:25,736 --> 01:17:27,736
80 to participate.

2419
01:17:29,390 --> 01:17:30,807
The concept is simple. Yet

2420
01:17:30,807 --> 01:17:32,807
powerful.

2421
01:17:33,843 --> 01:17:35,512
Once a month. Our police

2422
01:17:35,512 --> 01:17:36,680
officers visit at preschools

2423
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:39,680
there's no script. No structure

2424
01:17:40,830 --> 01:17:43,387
of mess and plan and no the

2425
01:17:43,387 --> 01:17:44,321
malady just

2426
01:17:44,321 --> 01:17:45,388
button and up

2427
01:17:45,388 --> 01:17:47,788
take interaction on the

2428
01:17:48,725 --> 01:17:51,125
playground. Our children see

2429
01:17:51,995 --> 01:17:53,196
them laughing being silly

2430
01:17:53,196 --> 01:17:55,765
and enjoying being a part

2431
01:17:55,765 --> 01:17:57,901
of the every day world. That's

2432
01:17:57,901 --> 01:18:00,901
what makes it so meaningful.

2433
01:18:01,238 --> 01:18:04,407
Our children get to see that

2434
01:18:04,407 --> 01:18:06,407
officers people

2435
01:18:06,443 --> 01:18:09,443
just like them. They have

2436
01:18:09,779 --> 01:18:12,150
families that much they like to

2437
01:18:12,150 --> 01:18:15,150
play and they care deeply

2438
01:18:15,452 --> 01:18:18,452
about our community. Example of

2439
01:18:18,588 --> 01:18:19,923
that is they here.

2440
01:18:19,923 --> 01:18:22,292
They don't have to be.

2441
01:18:22,292 --> 01:18:24,862
They are here because they want

2442
01:18:24,862 --> 01:18:27,464
to be. But some of that

2443
01:18:27,464 --> 01:18:29,400
children. They have only known

2444
01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:31,400
police offices through

2445
01:18:32,770 --> 01:18:35,170
negative. A stressful situation

2446
01:18:36,390 --> 01:18:37,807
involving mostly

2447
01:18:37,807 --> 01:18:39,807
their family members.

2448
01:18:41,110 --> 01:18:44,110
Pops gives them a new

2449
01:18:44,247 --> 01:18:45,882
perspective. Children

2450
01:18:45,882 --> 01:18:47,718
who wants was hesitant

2451
01:18:47,718 --> 01:18:50,120
and now they have the biggest

2452
01:18:50,120 --> 01:18:50,854
brand they went up to the

2453
01:18:50,854 --> 01:18:53,924
offices, the hoods and I always

2454
01:18:53,924 --> 01:18:56,324
ask the question. Police

2455
01:18:57,940 --> 01:18:58,562
officers coming today.

2456
01:18:58,562 --> 01:19:00,263
I t's

2457
01:19:00,263 --> 01:19:02,663
the offices because we're

2458
01:19:03,166 --> 01:19:05,566
actually assigned one officer.

2459
01:19:06,469 --> 01:19:09,606
One office the net. But we end

2460
01:19:09,606 --> 01:19:12,606
up with full of bags.

2461
01:19:13,911 --> 01:19:16,311
And I tell them.

2462
01:19:16,880 --> 01:19:18,815
It is so so say that you all

2463
01:19:18,815 --> 01:19:19,383
have

2464
01:19:19,383 --> 01:19:20,830
to call back up 4.5.

2465
01:19:20,830 --> 01:19:24,254
I don't see I tell him I don't

2466
01:19:24,254 --> 01:19:27,658
see that many cruises it crams

2467
01:19:27,658 --> 01:19:29,292
The beauty of pops doesn't stop

2468
01:19:29,292 --> 01:19:31,292
with

2469
01:19:32,596 --> 01:19:35,398
the children. They have become

2470
01:19:35,398 --> 01:19:38,398
an inch of coal pot

2471
01:19:38,668 --> 01:19:39,736
about kids world family.

2472
01:19:39,736 --> 01:19:43,106
They do not just visit once

2473
01:19:43,106 --> 01:19:45,709
a month and then disappear

2474
01:19:45,709 --> 01:19:46,343
until the next month. They

2475
01:19:46,343 --> 01:19:47,344
have participated in that

2476
01:19:47,344 --> 01:19:48,440
annual trunk or treat. We also

2477
01:19:48,440 --> 01:19:50,514
had a day of fun in the day of

2478
01:19:50,514 --> 01:19:53,514
fun was really fun. They

2479
01:19:53,817 --> 01:19:54,585
brought the horses they wrote

2480
01:19:54,585 --> 01:19:57,585
the Cayman. They brought the

2481
01:19:57,888 --> 01:19:59,188
Dick staying what you see now

2482
01:19:59,188 --> 01:20:01,188
that Dick

2483
01:20:02,459 --> 01:20:03,827
that Mustang and Camaro and the

2484
01:20:03,827 --> 01:20:04,427
police officer

2485
01:20:04,427 --> 01:20:05,662
who had that car. Police

2486
01:20:05,662 --> 01:20:08,999
officers came to me and say you

2487
01:20:08,999 --> 01:20:09,600
know what he'll make nobody

2488
01:20:09,600 --> 01:20:12,600
touches cop I know that

2489
01:20:12,869 --> 01:20:15,505
I mean to tell you it was

2490
01:20:15,505 --> 01:20:16,106
Shannon. It was said,

2491
01:20:16,106 --> 01:20:19,800
they said do me a favor.

2492
01:20:19,800 --> 01:20:21,578
Take-home kids over there and

2493
01:20:21,578 --> 01:20:23,947
then put the hand.

2494
01:20:23,947 --> 01:20:24,915
I said now you want to get me

2495
01:20:24,915 --> 01:20:28,185
in trouble and this in no

2496
01:20:28,185 --> 01:20:31,488
please do it. So that's exactly

2497
01:20:31,488 --> 01:20:33,488
what media but

2498
01:20:34,724 --> 01:20:35,359
the bottom and was. He had

2499
01:20:35,359 --> 01:20:38,228
a spray bottle and awake.

2500
01:20:38,228 --> 01:20:41,498
So when they finished he got

2501
01:20:41,498 --> 01:20:44,868
his spray bottle and his red.

2502
01:20:44,868 --> 01:20:46,868
And they

2503
01:20:47,771 --> 01:20:49,840
did bass the cooling helmet

2504
01:20:49,840 --> 01:20:52,840
giveaway the officers there was

2505
01:20:53,143 --> 01:20:54,277
a grant and plat for the grant

2506
01:20:54,277 --> 01:20:56,277
and they were

2507
01:20:56,313 --> 01:20:59,583
able to get the grant. So every

2508
01:20:59,583 --> 01:21:03,530
one of the p k students last

2509
01:21:03,530 --> 01:21:04,121
Christmas got bass tickles

2510
01:21:04,121 --> 01:21:04,955
and the helm and also

2511
01:21:04,955 --> 01:21:06,656
they've done the car seat

2512
01:21:06,656 --> 01:21:09,592
giveaway because that too yeah

2513
01:21:09,592 --> 01:21:11,194
parents it increased the lotion

2514
01:21:11,194 --> 01:21:11,828
did not have custody. They

2515
01:21:11,828 --> 01:21:14,228
statement maps. They just

2516
01:21:14,731 --> 01:21:16,232
didn't caught just in the seats

2517
01:21:16,232 --> 01:21:18,232
so

2518
01:21:18,635 --> 01:21:21,104
we had the giveaway also they

2519
01:21:21,104 --> 01:21:24,374
are at all about the pk

2520
01:21:24,374 --> 01:21:26,374
graduations cheering our

2521
01:21:27,544 --> 01:21:28,244
children on and

2522
01:21:28,244 --> 01:21:30,470
there is this. There's this a

2523
01:21:30,470 --> 01:21:32,348
stash closet. They have it the

2524
01:21:32,348 --> 01:21:33,584
station. They fenced up in the

2525
01:21:33,584 --> 01:21:36,953
stash clouds it and bring it to

2526
01:21:36,953 --> 01:21:40,290
the school as well. So dep

2527
01:21:40,290 --> 01:21:42,290
presence, their presence.

2528
01:21:42,425 --> 01:21:44,795
Cnn's a strong message

2529
01:21:44,795 --> 01:21:47,795
that police offices aren't only

2530
01:21:48,232 --> 01:21:51,201
bear when something goes wrong.

2531
01:21:51,201 --> 01:21:54,300
They also there to celebrate

2532
01:21:54,300 --> 01:21:54,871
with us point everything is

2533
01:21:54,871 --> 01:21:57,871
right. Our parents over the

2534
01:21:58,174 --> 01:22:01,174
years its share how meaningful

2535
01:22:01,611 --> 01:22:02,179
this program has been with them

2536
01:22:02,179 --> 01:22:03,790
too. They have see it

2537
01:22:03,790 --> 01:22:06,790
that their children come home

2538
01:22:06,349 --> 01:22:09,653
excited to talk with them about

2539
01:22:09,653 --> 01:22:10,253
the officer friends.

2540
01:22:10,253 --> 01:22:12,253
The pops

2541
01:22:13,256 --> 01:22:14,224
program has strengthen the

2542
01:22:14,224 --> 01:22:16,624
connection between kids world

2543
01:22:17,661 --> 01:22:20,610
and our Police Department.

2544
01:22:20,964 --> 01:22:24,670
It has fostered a sense up

2545
01:22:24,670 --> 01:22:24,768
partnership. We at

2546
01:22:24,768 --> 01:22:27,670
kids world, a grateful to the

2547
01:22:27,670 --> 01:22:30,700
dedicated offices who make 10

2548
01:22:31,141 --> 01:22:33,900
children. Each month

2549
01:22:33,900 --> 01:22:34,278
and then some.

2550
01:22:34,278 --> 01:22:36,679
They show up eager to connect

2551
01:22:36,679 --> 01:22:39,679
and that commitment is truly

2552
01:22:39,950 --> 01:22:42,350
making a lasting impressed

2553
01:22:43,386 --> 01:22:45,786
impression. On behalf of

2554
01:22:46,756 --> 01:22:47,758
kids world's kids staff

2555
01:22:47,758 --> 01:22:49,758
families

2556
01:22:50,126 --> 01:22:53,397
I would like to say. Thank you

2557
01:22:53,397 --> 01:22:55,797
city councilmember Debora Feig

2558
01:22:56,700 --> 01:22:57,634
Sanders again sheep Holloway

2559
01:22:57,634 --> 01:22:59,634
sergeant Beatty

2560
01:23:00,504 --> 01:23:02,600
officers murdered though when

2561
01:23:02,600 --> 01:23:05,600
caught and others or the

2562
01:23:05,342 --> 01:23:07,410
support and for believing in

2563
01:23:07,410 --> 01:23:09,410
the of connection

2564
01:23:10,313 --> 01:23:13,313
together we are making a

2565
01:23:13,750 --> 01:23:16,150
difference. One preschooler and

2566
01:23:16,653 --> 01:23:17,487
one positive experience

2567
01:23:17,487 --> 01:23:20,757
at a Ted. At this 10 I would

2568
01:23:20,757 --> 01:23:24,957
like to bama whites to come up.

2569
01:23:48,318 --> 01:23:51,688
We have something for each of.

2570
01:23:51,688 --> 01:23:54,688
The City Council members and

2571
01:23:54,992 --> 01:23:57,992
what you get your bag.

2572
01:24:14,711 --> 01:24:15,812
>> over here, yes.

2573
01:24:15,812 --> 01:24:18,212
>> That 2 young ladies is

2574
01:24:19,830 --> 01:24:22,830
sporting the 2 Vaness those are

2575
01:24:22,219 --> 01:24:24,219
my 2 teachers vpk.

2576
01:24:29,993 --> 01:24:32,393
And we want to

2577
01:24:36,332 --> 01:24:39,332
group picture with these as

2578
01:24:39,836 --> 01:24:43,139
>> I has said it all, but again

2579
01:24:43,139 --> 01:24:45,139
greetings from imagination

2580
01:24:46,276 --> 01:24:48,780
station preschool.

2581
01:24:48,780 --> 01:24:50,780
Like a parent

2582
01:24:51,314 --> 01:24:51,715
it warms the heart to see your

2583
01:24:51,715 --> 01:24:52,415
children are

2584
01:24:52,415 --> 01:24:52,949
students social and emotional

2585
01:24:52,949 --> 01:24:54,949
growth florish their

2586
01:24:55,886 --> 01:24:58,286
interaction with these officers

2587
01:24:59,220 --> 01:25:00,490
built trust

2588
01:25:00,490 --> 01:25:01,357
memories

2589
01:25:01,357 --> 01:25:03,927
Mark's curiosity and lots of

2590
01:25:03,927 --> 01:25:04,628
conversation. One specific

2591
01:25:04,628 --> 01:25:06,629
interaction vividly recall was

2592
01:25:06,629 --> 01:25:07,698
one of the officers, pushing

2593
01:25:07,698 --> 01:25:11,100
one of the children on the

2594
01:25:11,100 --> 01:25:12,469
swing. I don't think he

2595
01:25:12,469 --> 01:25:13,203
realized that

2596
01:25:13,203 --> 01:25:15,338
his gym workout was spot on.

2597
01:25:15,338 --> 01:25:16,307
After about 3 pushes I'm not

2598
01:25:16,307 --> 01:25:19,900
sure if it was the officer's

2599
01:25:19,900 --> 01:25:20,177
physical strength. The fight

2600
01:25:20,177 --> 01:25:23,580
and the child. But the child

2601
01:25:23,580 --> 01:25:24,848
and the swing seat started to

2602
01:25:24,848 --> 01:25:27,217
separate. But the officer and

2603
01:25:27,217 --> 01:25:29,820
a split second caught the child

2604
01:25:29,820 --> 01:25:31,522
and the world of a preschool.

2605
01:25:31,522 --> 01:25:34,791
The lesson plan is only on

2606
01:25:34,791 --> 01:25:35,659
paper because this was a

2607
01:25:35,659 --> 01:25:37,659
perfect description

2608
01:25:38,940 --> 01:25:38,729
of a trust lesson. Really we

2609
01:25:38,729 --> 01:25:40,931
again would like to thank

2610
01:25:40,931 --> 01:25:42,565
council member Debora fix

2611
01:25:42,565 --> 01:25:44,534
Sanders for your shared vision.

2612
01:25:44,534 --> 01:25:46,136
I'm building bridges between

2613
01:25:46,136 --> 01:25:48,536
law enforcement and our

2614
01:25:49,720 --> 01:25:50,507
youngest citizens and again

2615
01:25:50,507 --> 01:25:52,907
officers and council members.

2616
01:25:53,743 --> 01:25:56,743
Thank you and we're grateful

2617
01:25:57,140 --> 01:26:00,140
for you and your service.

2618
01:26:03,687 --> 01:26:06,560
>> Both of us would like group

2619
01:26:06,560 --> 01:26:09,560
pitchers with just shirts, you

2620
01:26:09,326 --> 01:26:12,363
know make sure you send it to

2621
01:26:12,363 --> 01:26:14,363
Jackie.

2622
01:26:16,566 --> 01:26:18,966
Not now me go.

2623
01:26:22,406 --> 01:26:25,676
Know that this is about to get

2624
01:26:25,676 --> 01:26:27,577
council member Vincent.

2625
01:26:27,577 --> 01:26:27,878
We have one of the I'm sorry go

2626
01:26:27,878 --> 01:26:28,612
ahead.

2627
01:26:28,612 --> 01:26:29,279
Good afternoon. My name is Nora

2628
01:26:29,279 --> 01:26:31,114
Brock and I've been with the

2629
01:26:31,114 --> 01:26:31,748
Police Department for almost 11

2630
01:26:31,748 --> 01:26:32,449
years. Currently signed a

2631
01:26:32,449 --> 01:26:34,849
community service division and

2632
01:26:35,452 --> 01:26:36,186
avert been participating in the

2633
01:26:36,186 --> 01:26:36,853
pops program at imagination

2634
01:26:36,853 --> 01:26:37,421
station preschool since the

2635
01:26:37,421 --> 01:26:39,821
beginning of this year

2636
01:26:39,890 --> 01:26:40,557
participating in this program

2637
01:26:40,557 --> 01:26:42,492
is honestly one of the most

2638
01:26:42,492 --> 01:26:43,193
rewarding part of my job.

2639
01:26:43,193 --> 01:26:46,300
It's a chance to connect with

2640
01:26:46,300 --> 01:26:46,863
young members of our community

2641
01:26:46,863 --> 01:26:49,232
and a fun positive and relaxed

2642
01:26:49,232 --> 01:26:49,933
environment. Kids at their age

2643
01:26:49,933 --> 01:26:52,680
are still forming ideas about

2644
01:26:52,680 --> 01:26:52,703
the world around them by

2645
01:26:52,703 --> 01:26:55,639
playing with them not just

2646
01:26:55,639 --> 01:26:56,106
talking at them. We show the

2647
01:26:56,106 --> 01:26:58,106
police officers

2648
01:26:59,276 --> 01:26:59,710
are approachable kind and safe.

2649
01:26:59,710 --> 01:27:00,377
We're not just

2650
01:27:00,377 --> 01:27:01,440
people the scene emergencies

2651
01:27:01,440 --> 01:27:03,279
were part of their community

2652
01:27:03,279 --> 01:27:03,947
too. These children are gaining

2653
01:27:03,947 --> 01:27:04,615
trust and learning that the

2654
01:27:04,615 --> 01:27:07,830
police officers are here to

2655
01:27:07,830 --> 01:27:07,784
help those small moments of

2656
01:27:07,784 --> 01:27:10,220
connection MAY shape how they

2657
01:27:10,220 --> 01:27:10,921
view law enforcement for years

2658
01:27:10,921 --> 01:27:12,550
to come. Pops isn't just about

2659
01:27:12,550 --> 01:27:12,789
playing on a playground.

2660
01:27:12,789 --> 01:27:15,392
It's about planting seeds of

2661
01:27:15,392 --> 01:27:16,260
trust building relationships

2662
01:27:16,260 --> 01:27:17,661
and strengthening the bond

2663
01:27:17,661 --> 01:27:19,829
between police and community

2664
01:27:19,829 --> 01:27:20,497
starting with our very youngest

2665
01:27:20,497 --> 01:27:21,198
citizens. Thank you all for

2666
01:27:21,198 --> 01:27:22,199
supporting programs like this,

2667
01:27:22,199 --> 01:27:25,602
they MAY seem small but they

2668
01:27:25,602 --> 01:27:28,738
have a very big impact. Thank

2669
01:27:28,738 --> 01:27:30,738
you. Thank you.

2670
01:27:34,645 --> 01:27:35,345
Good afternoon council members.

2671
01:27:35,345 --> 01:27:37,514
>> My name is Earth when I've

2672
01:27:37,514 --> 01:27:38,349
been with the city St.

2673
01:27:38,349 --> 01:27:39,616
Petersburg Police Department

2674
01:27:39,616 --> 01:27:42,453
for over 2 decades. I'm also a

2675
01:27:42,453 --> 01:27:43,753
veteran of the United States

2676
01:27:43,753 --> 01:27:44,487
Army with the 26 years, a

2677
01:27:44,487 --> 01:27:47,570
service. Thank you for the

2678
01:27:47,570 --> 01:27:47,891
opportunity to speak about the

2679
01:27:47,891 --> 01:27:50,291
program that's shaping both

2680
01:27:51,194 --> 01:27:51,628
parts and communities. This

2681
01:27:51,628 --> 01:27:52,329
program brings

2682
01:27:52,329 --> 01:27:54,310
together our youngest learners

2683
01:27:54,310 --> 01:27:54,965
community law enforcement

2684
01:27:54,965 --> 01:27:58,402
officers in a way that builds

2685
01:27:58,402 --> 01:28:00,802
understanding respect trust and

2686
01:28:01,138 --> 01:28:03,538
air. In the very

2687
01:28:04,341 --> 01:28:05,800
beginning when children sees

2688
01:28:05,800 --> 01:28:06,677
officers, 9 uniforms but has

2689
01:28:06,677 --> 01:28:09,677
been tur's helpers and friends.

2690
01:28:09,846 --> 01:28:11,140
It changes the way to view

2691
01:28:11,140 --> 01:28:13,414
safety and community service

2692
01:28:14,285 --> 01:28:14,952
for the rest of their lives.

2693
01:28:14,952 --> 01:28:17,530
The program those more than

2694
01:28:17,530 --> 01:28:17,688
2 children it strengthens the

2695
01:28:17,688 --> 01:28:20,880
bond between families the

2696
01:28:20,524 --> 01:28:21,224
preschool and those who protect

2697
01:28:21,224 --> 01:28:23,527
us. It reminds all young once

2698
01:28:23,527 --> 01:28:25,562
that leadership is by caring

2699
01:28:25,562 --> 01:28:28,310
for others and that every act

2700
01:28:28,310 --> 01:28:30,634
of service. No matter how small

2701
01:28:30,634 --> 01:28:31,601
makes a difference. Together we

2702
01:28:31,601 --> 01:28:32,236
are helping too not just grow

2703
01:28:32,236 --> 01:28:32,936
better students but better

2704
01:28:32,936 --> 01:28:35,336
citizens neighbors and future

2705
01:28:36,720 --> 01:28:39,720
leaders. Thank you for your

2706
01:28:39,209 --> 01:28:41,209
support. Thank you.

2707
01:28:48,418 --> 01:28:49,119
>> And some are fixed centers.

2708
01:28:49,119 --> 01:28:49,820
Thank you again I just want to

2709
01:28:49,820 --> 01:28:50,554
say thank you, but I also want

2710
01:28:50,554 --> 01:28:52,189
the other men and women in view

2711
01:28:52,189 --> 01:28:55,459
to place to do so that we can

2712
01:28:55,459 --> 01:28:57,859
acknowledge you as well.

2713
01:29:03,133 --> 01:29:03,800
As we always have so much fun

2714
01:29:03,800 --> 01:29:06,736
whenever we're there and you

2715
01:29:06,736 --> 01:29:07,404
always show up so again.

2716
01:29:07,404 --> 01:29:08,380
Thank you, thank you, thank

2717
01:29:08,380 --> 01:29:10,730
you to follow is not here

2718
01:29:10,730 --> 01:29:13,443
because he did not have to say

2719
01:29:13,443 --> 01:29:14,378
yes, but he did so I am so

2720
01:29:14,378 --> 01:29:15,412
grateful for you I'm so

2721
01:29:15,412 --> 01:29:18,412
grateful for missed out their

2722
01:29:18,682 --> 01:29:19,283
Marine is Jackie that Deeks

2723
01:29:19,283 --> 01:29:19,983
enough of your children

2724
01:29:19,983 --> 01:29:22,152
to want to give them positive

2725
01:29:22,152 --> 01:29:24,552
experiences with our St.

2726
01:29:25,455 --> 01:29:27,758
Petersburg Police Department so

2727
01:29:27,758 --> 01:29:28,492
thank you so for the parents

2728
01:29:28,492 --> 01:29:29,159
as well so I do appreciate that

2729
01:29:29,159 --> 01:29:29,860
thank you chair, thank you.

2730
01:29:29,860 --> 01:29:30,494
Councilmember given thank you

2731
01:29:30,494 --> 01:29:31,161
chair and thank you to my

2732
01:29:31,161 --> 01:29:31,862
colleague for bringing this

2733
01:29:31,862 --> 01:29:33,931
forward thank you MISS Laying,

2734
01:29:33,931 --> 01:29:37,201
thank you so much MS. Williams

2735
01:29:37,201 --> 01:29:40,370
for being here good to see MS.

2736
01:29:40,370 --> 01:29:42,370
Vicki. And

2737
01:29:45,308 --> 01:29:45,608
it's so nice to see the kids

2738
01:29:45,608 --> 01:29:46,243
here.

2739
01:29:46,243 --> 01:29:47,978
I am. Anytime I get to see

2740
01:29:47,978 --> 01:29:48,712
positive rapport being created

2741
01:29:48,712 --> 01:29:51,581
amongst our police officers and

2742
01:29:51,581 --> 01:29:52,349
children in our community.

2743
01:29:52,349 --> 01:29:52,950
I had the opportunity

2744
01:29:52,950 --> 01:29:55,653
park walk and talk with

2745
01:29:55,653 --> 01:29:56,286
sergeant Matthews and a couple

2746
01:29:56,286 --> 01:29:58,255
of rcs owes this past week

2747
01:29:58,255 --> 01:30:01,525
through Jordan Park and one of

2748
01:30:01,525 --> 01:30:03,360
the things that I noticed was

2749
01:30:03,360 --> 01:30:04,228
that we had a group of kids

2750
01:30:04,228 --> 01:30:07,464
who were willing to speak to

2751
01:30:07,464 --> 01:30:08,198
police officers to approach the

2752
01:30:08,198 --> 01:30:11,340
police officers without fear or

2753
01:30:11,340 --> 01:30:12,235
intimidation. And then there

2754
01:30:12,235 --> 01:30:12,902
was the group

2755
01:30:12,902 --> 01:30:13,570
of kids who did not want to

2756
01:30:13,570 --> 01:30:14,204
approach the officer because

2757
01:30:14,204 --> 01:30:16,604
there were adults standing

2758
01:30:17,730 --> 01:30:19,610
behind them saying don't talk

2759
01:30:19,610 --> 01:30:20,577
to them.

2760
01:30:20,577 --> 01:30:23,247
This Lane, thank you MISS

2761
01:30:23,247 --> 01:30:24,214
Williams, thank you, thank you,

2762
01:30:24,214 --> 01:30:27,217
thank you to all of the

2763
01:30:27,217 --> 01:30:27,884
educators in the different

2764
01:30:27,884 --> 01:30:30,284
preschool directors who have

2765
01:30:30,854 --> 01:30:32,156
opened their doors. So that we

2766
01:30:32,156 --> 01:30:33,156
can Foster truss

2767
01:30:33,156 --> 01:30:34,224
and we can work to prevent

2768
01:30:34,224 --> 01:30:36,693
crime because I believe that

2769
01:30:36,693 --> 01:30:39,930
when you have proactive

2770
01:30:39,496 --> 01:30:41,896
measures like programs like

2771
01:30:42,800 --> 01:30:43,333
pops. These proactive measures

2772
01:30:43,333 --> 01:30:44,340
help to combat crime

2773
01:30:44,340 --> 01:30:46,936
because now you have children

2774
01:30:46,936 --> 01:30:50,340
who trust our officers they see

2775
01:30:50,340 --> 01:30:51,241
our officers as resources

2776
01:30:51,241 --> 01:30:51,908
in this community

2777
01:30:51,908 --> 01:30:54,878
as people who can be trusted

2778
01:30:54,878 --> 01:30:55,545
mentors and so I think the men

2779
01:30:55,545 --> 01:30:56,713
and women in blue

2780
01:30:56,713 --> 01:30:57,914
who sacrificed their lives who

2781
01:30:57,914 --> 01:30:59,984
put their lives on the line

2782
01:30:59,984 --> 01:31:00,617
every day you're not just

2783
01:31:00,617 --> 01:31:01,885
raising your children but

2784
01:31:01,885 --> 01:31:02,586
you're raising the villains and

2785
01:31:02,586 --> 01:31:03,220
I thank you so much because it

2786
01:31:03,220 --> 01:31:06,456
takes a village to raise a

2787
01:31:06,456 --> 01:31:10,560
child. Thank you so much chair.

2788
01:31:11,829 --> 01:31:14,798
>> White who just want to

2789
01:31:14,798 --> 01:31:17,935
quickly say thank you to MISS

2790
01:31:17,935 --> 01:31:18,703
Williams.

2791
01:31:18,703 --> 01:31:19,370
It's letting up.

2792
01:31:19,370 --> 01:31:21,505
All of our officers and cpd

2793
01:31:21,505 --> 01:31:23,905
representation from Saint Pete

2794
01:31:24,774 --> 01:31:25,609
pd this is awesome update so

2795
01:31:25,609 --> 01:31:26,276
happy to see the

2796
01:31:26,276 --> 01:31:26,877
work that's being done. I'm

2797
01:31:26,877 --> 01:31:27,544
just going to stop there

2798
01:31:27,544 --> 01:31:28,879
because everybody said it so

2799
01:31:28,879 --> 01:31:31,114
I'm not going to hit the repeat

2800
01:31:31,114 --> 01:31:31,949
button but says the massive big

2801
01:31:31,949 --> 01:31:32,582
thank you and thanks for the

2802
01:31:32,582 --> 01:31:33,250
continued working looking

2803
01:31:33,250 --> 01:31:34,151
forward to seeing some more

2804
01:31:34,151 --> 01:31:37,420
kids next year when we get

2805
01:31:37,420 --> 01:31:39,389
another update. Thank you so

2806
01:31:39,389 --> 01:31:41,389
much.

2807
01:31:41,992 --> 01:31:43,590
>> Okay we're going to move in

2808
01:31:43,590 --> 01:31:43,694
2 d 7 an update from the von

2809
01:31:43,694 --> 01:31:46,940
Miller, a local children's

2810
01:31:46,597 --> 01:31:49,667
author and I'm gonna turn it

2811
01:31:49,667 --> 01:31:50,801
over to

2812
01:31:50,801 --> 01:31:51,235
councilmember fix Sanders for

2813
01:31:51,235 --> 01:31:51,936
this one too.

2814
01:31:51,936 --> 01:31:52,536
Thank you I wanted to bring a

2815
01:31:52,536 --> 01:31:53,236
lot of good news the day

2816
01:31:53,236 --> 01:31:55,138
everybody and so it also gives

2817
01:31:55,138 --> 01:31:56,707
me honor to introduce is young

2818
01:31:56,707 --> 01:31:58,108
man who has been quite busy.

2819
01:31:58,108 --> 01:32:00,811
You know we always think about

2820
01:32:00,811 --> 01:32:01,478
our young men and what they

2821
01:32:01,478 --> 01:32:03,514
don't do what I just want to

2822
01:32:03,514 --> 01:32:04,114
showcase and celebrate this

2823
01:32:04,114 --> 01:32:06,650
young man young man for

2824
01:32:06,650 --> 01:32:09,650
everything he has done. He

2825
01:32:09,686 --> 01:32:10,353
wrote his first book at 11

2826
01:32:10,353 --> 01:32:11,870
years old and he has a book

2827
01:32:11,870 --> 01:32:13,824
series he has different animals

2828
01:32:13,824 --> 01:32:17,127
and I'm going to let him talk

2829
01:32:17,127 --> 01:32:17,827
about MISTER Taking the Todd

2830
01:32:17,827 --> 01:32:20,227
clock. But I want

2831
01:32:21,164 --> 01:32:22,990
us to celebrate. This success

2832
01:32:22,990 --> 01:32:23,701
is in the positive

2833
01:32:23,701 --> 01:32:25,335
energy in the positive

2834
01:32:25,335 --> 01:32:26,102
experiences that our young men

2835
01:32:26,102 --> 01:32:29,506
in our teens bring to us now

2836
01:32:29,506 --> 01:32:31,542
he's no longer teen Devine

2837
01:32:31,542 --> 01:32:33,677
around you. Currently I'm

2838
01:32:33,677 --> 01:32:36,480
23. He's 23 Stabenow in to help

2839
01:32:36,480 --> 01:32:39,483
with just that long and I was

2840
01:32:39,483 --> 01:32:40,840
introduced to him but MS.

2841
01:32:40,840 --> 01:32:42,860
Author Ian Williams, who

2842
01:32:42,860 --> 01:32:43,200
actually help showcase the

2843
01:32:43,200 --> 01:32:43,754
divine because we had him come

2844
01:32:43,754 --> 01:32:46,157
in read his book to some of our

2845
01:32:46,157 --> 01:32:47,900
children and he's going to tell

2846
01:32:47,900 --> 01:32:50,127
you how many books he has and

2847
01:32:50,127 --> 01:32:52,290
what he's been doing. And we

2848
01:32:52,290 --> 01:32:55,290
were successful in getting him

2849
01:32:55,650 --> 01:32:55,766
in the rays activity book so he

2850
01:32:55,766 --> 01:32:56,399
has really really really been

2851
01:32:56,399 --> 01:32:57,534
visible in I'm so proud of

2852
01:32:57,534 --> 01:33:00,805
divine so I want to make sure

2853
01:33:00,805 --> 01:33:03,807
that you also just why I was so

2854
01:33:03,807 --> 01:33:04,475
proud

2855
01:33:04,475 --> 01:33:04,808
of his accomplishments, MR.

2856
01:33:04,808 --> 01:33:05,409
Miller.

2857
01:33:05,409 --> 01:33:06,109
Good afternoon everyone.

2858
01:33:06,109 --> 01:33:06,944
Thank you so much for allowing

2859
01:33:06,944 --> 01:33:09,313
me to be here with you all

2860
01:33:09,313 --> 01:33:11,582
today. It's a pleasure and an

2861
01:33:11,582 --> 01:33:12,216
honor to speak in front of all

2862
01:33:12,216 --> 01:33:14,616
City Council members that

2863
01:33:14,919 --> 01:33:16,487
really warms my heart to see

2864
01:33:16,487 --> 01:33:17,188
family. Friends and supporters

2865
01:33:17,188 --> 01:33:20,900
of my work, I've known as the

2866
01:33:20,900 --> 01:33:21,158
perfect Sanders for quite a

2867
01:33:21,158 --> 01:33:23,427
while now some saw 2020.

2868
01:33:23,427 --> 01:33:25,495
Around the starting a campaign

2869
01:33:25,495 --> 01:33:26,163
to help other black authors

2870
01:33:26,163 --> 01:33:28,990
also assisting and providing

2871
01:33:28,990 --> 01:33:31,335
books to children in the area.

2872
01:33:31,335 --> 01:33:32,169
I'm truly thankful for support

2873
01:33:32,169 --> 01:33:32,803
as well

2874
01:33:32,803 --> 01:33:34,938
as community support as I

2875
01:33:34,938 --> 01:33:35,672
succeeded with a goal of mine.

2876
01:33:35,672 --> 01:33:37,507
For those of you don't know why

2877
01:33:37,507 --> 01:33:38,342
I'm my name is the von Miller.

2878
01:33:38,342 --> 01:33:39,776
I was born and raised in St.

2879
01:33:39,776 --> 01:33:42,450
Petersburg Florida. Ever since

2880
01:33:42,450 --> 01:33:44,181
I was a young kid I loved

2881
01:33:44,181 --> 01:33:45,315
reading books before I was born

2882
01:33:45,315 --> 01:33:48,318
my mom would read to me was in

2883
01:33:48,318 --> 01:33:51,188
her womb which our tribute to

2884
01:33:51,188 --> 01:33:52,550
my love of reading. Eventually

2885
01:33:52,550 --> 01:33:52,757
as a young child and I was in

2886
01:33:52,757 --> 01:33:54,324
preschool elementary, start to

2887
01:33:54,324 --> 01:33:56,927
write my own little books based

2888
01:33:56,927 --> 01:33:58,763
on the stories and world that I

2889
01:33:58,763 --> 01:33:59,497
would gravitate towards on

2890
01:33:59,497 --> 01:34:01,798
television books, various other

2891
01:34:01,798 --> 01:34:04,601
media. Eventually got to the

2892
01:34:04,601 --> 01:34:07,601
point of my elementary school

2893
01:34:07,905 --> 01:34:08,572
years but I was writing and

2894
01:34:08,572 --> 01:34:11,508
drawing so much but I would

2895
01:34:11,508 --> 01:34:12,142
start writing 100 page stories.

2896
01:34:12,142 --> 01:34:13,900
Always share them with my

2897
01:34:13,900 --> 01:34:13,743
friends, they're always a lot

2898
01:34:13,743 --> 01:34:14,845
of by them because I was always

2899
01:34:14,845 --> 01:34:15,813
seen with a notebook in my

2900
01:34:15,813 --> 01:34:18,813
hand, someone suggested to my

2901
01:34:19,116 --> 01:34:22,253
mother but I should think about

2902
01:34:22,253 --> 01:34:22,853
having a book published.

2903
01:34:22,853 --> 01:34:24,522
Entry school. We have a

2904
01:34:24,522 --> 01:34:26,922
substitute teacher name is

2905
01:34:27,224 --> 01:34:27,892
Linda. Mobley that turned out

2906
01:34:27,892 --> 01:34:29,593
to also be an author. I was

2907
01:34:29,593 --> 01:34:30,660
super excited to hear that and

2908
01:34:30,660 --> 01:34:32,929
I eventually told that I like

2909
01:34:32,929 --> 01:34:33,664
to write as well. She

2910
01:34:33,664 --> 01:34:34,265
eventually connected me with an

2911
01:34:34,265 --> 01:34:36,199
author of hers in Vernon

2912
01:34:36,199 --> 01:34:36,800
County. And I presented him

2913
01:34:36,800 --> 01:34:38,335
with the idea of MISTER

2914
01:34:38,335 --> 01:34:40,700
Typically talk clock which

2915
01:34:40,700 --> 01:34:40,737
became a series about a

2916
01:34:40,737 --> 01:34:43,137
right-wing both clock, let's

2917
01:34:43,974 --> 01:34:47,144
read and talk time as you can

2918
01:34:47,144 --> 01:34:49,544
see areas right here.

2919
01:34:50,648 --> 01:34:51,782
So not too soon after, I'm not

2920
01:34:51,782 --> 01:34:53,284
from the Spalding another

2921
01:34:53,284 --> 01:34:55,519
children's author, this plane,

2922
01:34:55,519 --> 01:34:58,155
the publishing process and help

2923
01:34:58,155 --> 01:34:58,822
me to find a publisher

2924
01:34:58,822 --> 01:35:01,358
published my first book, MR.

2925
01:35:01,358 --> 01:35:02,920
Tiffany talk look tonight, MR.

2926
01:35:02,920 --> 01:35:03,527
Clarke at the age of 11 Apr. 24

2927
01:35:03,527 --> 01:35:04,227
team. The original book will be

2928
01:35:04,227 --> 01:35:07,970
followed up with 4 more books

2929
01:35:07,970 --> 01:35:10,970
before I graduated high school.

2930
01:35:12,102 --> 01:35:14,171
Series I wanted to try

2931
01:35:14,171 --> 01:35:16,171
something different which

2932
01:35:17,400 --> 01:35:17,741
eventually became my first and

2933
01:35:17,741 --> 01:35:18,375
on both of us can't t and off

2934
01:35:18,375 --> 01:35:20,775
the liberation of voucher.

2935
01:35:21,211 --> 01:35:21,811
This book originates from 6th

2936
01:35:21,811 --> 01:35:23,346
grade we had a lesson on

2937
01:35:23,346 --> 01:35:24,214
figurative language and the one

2938
01:35:24,214 --> 01:35:27,214
that I gravitated towards was

2939
01:35:27,517 --> 01:35:27,851
alliteration so I felt that it

2940
01:35:27,851 --> 01:35:29,851
was such

2941
01:35:30,321 --> 01:35:31,210
a playful and fun language.

2942
01:35:31,210 --> 01:35:33,324
So I decided to write an alert

2943
01:35:33,324 --> 01:35:33,991
of sentence for every letter of

2944
01:35:33,991 --> 01:35:34,658
the alphabet and eventually

2945
01:35:34,658 --> 01:35:35,359
that process is what led me

2946
01:35:35,359 --> 01:35:38,395
into writing the story of this

2947
01:35:38,395 --> 01:35:38,963
bus driver, hoping these 3

2948
01:35:38,963 --> 01:35:39,663
zeroes I see here

2949
01:35:39,663 --> 01:35:42,600
journey back home. This was my

2950
01:35:42,600 --> 01:35:43,801
first book to be published on

2951
01:35:43,801 --> 01:35:46,700
my own publishing company Petra

2952
01:35:46,700 --> 01:35:48,105
novels. Another fun fact, my

2953
01:35:48,105 --> 01:35:50,273
editor for this book also

2954
01:35:50,273 --> 01:35:51,141
edited for the hunger games.

2955
01:35:51,141 --> 01:35:51,808
When I was an infant I was

2956
01:35:51,808 --> 01:35:53,944
diagnosed with severe asthma

2957
01:35:53,944 --> 01:35:55,979
which caused me to be in and

2958
01:35:55,979 --> 01:35:58,979
out of the hospital constantly

2959
01:35:59,249 --> 01:35:59,884
because of doctors and nurses

2960
01:35:59,884 --> 01:36:00,551
were always there for me.

2961
01:36:00,551 --> 01:36:01,251
I wanted to give back to the

2962
01:36:01,251 --> 01:36:01,852
hospital and whenever I did a

2963
01:36:01,852 --> 01:36:02,853
book signing part of the

2964
01:36:02,853 --> 01:36:05,853
proceeds would always go to

2965
01:36:06,123 --> 01:36:07,157
John Hopkins all Children's

2966
01:36:07,157 --> 01:36:07,891
Hospital

2967
01:36:07,891 --> 01:36:08,625
and benefit of awesome.

2968
01:36:08,625 --> 01:36:09,860
Something that was important to

2969
01:36:09,860 --> 01:36:12,696
me than ever that a book

2970
01:36:12,696 --> 01:36:15,696
signing was always giving back

2971
01:36:16,990 --> 01:36:16,700
to the hospital. At the age of

2972
01:36:16,700 --> 01:36:17,401
17. I partnered up with

2973
01:36:17,401 --> 01:36:18,135
Chile's for the good news for

2974
01:36:18,135 --> 01:36:20,700
the good cause initiative we're

2975
01:36:20,700 --> 01:36:21,380
20% of the proceeds will go to

2976
01:36:21,380 --> 01:36:23,438
John Hopkins all Children's

2977
01:36:24,108 --> 01:36:24,775
Hospital from dined at the

2978
01:36:24,775 --> 01:36:26,477
restaurant. And last year I

2979
01:36:26,477 --> 01:36:28,946
have the pleasure of continuing

2980
01:36:28,946 --> 01:36:30,470
to invest in the lives of

2981
01:36:30,470 --> 01:36:31,114
children Dawkins all Children's

2982
01:36:31,114 --> 01:36:33,817
Hospital. So is able to do a

2983
01:36:33,817 --> 01:36:37,870
live read a lot of my book that

2984
01:36:37,870 --> 01:36:37,754
was broadcast at the patients

2985
01:36:37,754 --> 01:36:38,689
and hospital and during that

2986
01:36:38,689 --> 01:36:39,656
event I donated money to the

2987
01:36:39,656 --> 01:36:42,656
hospital as well. Continuing on

2988
01:36:42,927 --> 01:36:43,961
with my impact we have actually

2989
01:36:43,961 --> 01:36:44,662
had imagined twenty-twenty

2990
01:36:44,662 --> 01:36:45,262
children's stories a campaign

2991
01:36:45,262 --> 01:36:46,763
to help end the African

2992
01:36:46,763 --> 01:36:49,163
American authors during the

2993
01:36:50,340 --> 01:36:50,601
rise of the hashtag black lives

2994
01:36:50,601 --> 01:36:52,601
matters movement.

2995
01:36:53,971 --> 01:36:54,638
Raise over $2020 and donated

2996
01:36:54,638 --> 01:36:55,338
the books purchased a local

2997
01:36:55,338 --> 01:36:56,840
elementary schools with in St.

2998
01:36:56,840 --> 01:36:57,540
Petersburg Florida. Received a

2999
01:36:57,540 --> 01:36:58,276
wonderful community support to

3000
01:36:58,276 --> 01:37:00,676
this initiative, including from

3001
01:37:01,512 --> 01:37:04,681
us to perfect Sanders where we

3002
01:37:04,681 --> 01:37:06,681
first got connected.

3003
01:37:07,818 --> 01:37:08,452
In NOVEMBER of 2021 got to

3004
01:37:08,452 --> 01:37:09,186
assist Magic Johnson Marlo

3005
01:37:09,186 --> 01:37:09,854
Hampton with their Thanksgiving

3006
01:37:09,854 --> 01:37:12,222
events they help to feed our

3007
01:37:12,222 --> 01:37:13,958
local community in St.

3008
01:37:13,958 --> 01:37:15,958
Petersburg Florida.

3009
01:37:16,326 --> 01:37:16,894
In 2021. I partnered up with

3010
01:37:16,894 --> 01:37:19,329
the Tampa Bay rays and

3011
01:37:19,329 --> 01:37:21,729
participated in the reading

3012
01:37:22,333 --> 01:37:22,999
program reading with the race

3013
01:37:22,999 --> 01:37:23,667
during that here. I read my

3014
01:37:23,667 --> 01:37:26,337
books love virtually, and it

3015
01:37:26,337 --> 01:37:28,271
was shared on the rays website

3016
01:37:28,271 --> 01:37:29,907
on their socials that same year

3017
01:37:29,907 --> 01:37:30,607
a few of my books were seen on

3018
01:37:30,607 --> 01:37:33,543
display at Tropicana Field and

3019
01:37:33,543 --> 01:37:36,179
the reading with the reception.

3020
01:37:36,179 --> 01:37:36,781
Those even highlighted

3021
01:37:36,781 --> 01:37:39,717
and the Tampa Bay times

3022
01:37:39,717 --> 01:37:40,350
newspapers in education with

3023
01:37:40,350 --> 01:37:41,180
the Tampa Bay rays. As of

3024
01:37:41,180 --> 01:37:42,252
publication highlight of my

3025
01:37:42,252 --> 01:37:45,289
first book work has also been

3026
01:37:45,289 --> 01:37:46,230
published in the Tampa Bay rays

3027
01:37:46,230 --> 01:37:48,423
magazine inside pitch. In 2022,

3028
01:37:49,226 --> 01:37:50,561
the rays assisted me in giving

3029
01:37:50,561 --> 01:37:51,629
back to the Ronald McDonald

3030
01:37:51,629 --> 01:37:54,290
House during the holiday

3031
01:37:54,131 --> 01:37:54,698
season. Since 2023. I've been

3032
01:37:54,698 --> 01:37:56,330
the opening reader for

3033
01:37:56,330 --> 01:37:57,868
in-person reading with the

3034
01:37:57,868 --> 01:38:00,868
reasons as I read alongside

3035
01:38:01,171 --> 01:38:02,139
Tampa Bay rays players. One of

3036
01:38:02,139 --> 01:38:02,840
the readings my book was even

3037
01:38:02,840 --> 01:38:05,840
translated in sign language so

3038
01:38:05,876 --> 01:38:07,210
everyone could join the story.

3039
01:38:07,210 --> 01:38:08,780
And 2020 for 2025

3040
01:38:08,780 --> 01:38:08,779
had the honor of being a judge

3041
01:38:08,779 --> 01:38:11,779
for the regional spelling bee

3042
01:38:11,815 --> 01:38:14,815
sponsored by the Tampa Bay

3043
01:38:14,885 --> 01:38:15,452
rays. A

3044
01:38:15,452 --> 01:38:16,420
few other recognitions

3045
01:38:16,420 --> 01:38:19,723
and athletes have had during my

3046
01:38:19,723 --> 01:38:20,324
include the following. In APRIL

3047
01:38:20,324 --> 01:38:20,991
twenty-twenty myself my

3048
01:38:20,991 --> 01:38:23,427
book MR. Took the top clock,

3049
01:38:23,427 --> 01:38:23,994
the magic library was

3050
01:38:23,994 --> 01:38:24,728
highlighted in a promo

3051
01:38:24,728 --> 01:38:27,397
for has but stories which was

3052
01:38:27,397 --> 01:38:29,797
an initiative created by

3053
01:38:30,434 --> 01:38:31,101
actresses Jennifer Garner and

3054
01:38:31,101 --> 01:38:31,736
Amy Adams which celebrities

3055
01:38:31,736 --> 01:38:32,336
would read books on social

3056
01:38:32,336 --> 01:38:35,172
media to raise money for

3057
01:38:35,172 --> 01:38:35,773
children that don't have access

3058
01:38:35,773 --> 01:38:37,441
to meals during my team.

3059
01:38:37,441 --> 01:38:38,175
I've also received letters from

3060
01:38:38,175 --> 01:38:38,809
barack and Michelle obama well,

3061
01:38:38,809 --> 01:38:41,445
a middle school after they

3062
01:38:41,445 --> 01:38:43,514
heard and learned about me as a

3063
01:38:43,514 --> 01:38:44,248
young children's author.

3064
01:38:44,248 --> 01:38:46,216
And finally I became a sunshine

3065
01:38:46,216 --> 01:38:49,219
about Sir for the city of St.

3066
01:38:49,219 --> 01:38:52,220
Petersburg because of my work

3067
01:38:52,220 --> 01:38:52,756
in the community. Thank you so

3068
01:38:52,756 --> 01:38:55,593
much to my mom and died for all

3069
01:38:55,593 --> 01:38:56,226
their support and my other

3070
01:38:56,226 --> 01:38:58,462
journey truly thankful to

3071
01:38:58,462 --> 01:38:59,397
everyone who supported me over

3072
01:38:59,397 --> 01:39:02,400
the years. Also thank you so

3073
01:39:02,400 --> 01:39:03,670
much to GOD. I'm incredibly

3074
01:39:03,670 --> 01:39:03,700
grateful that I get to share

3075
01:39:03,700 --> 01:39:04,935
stories with children and

3076
01:39:04,935 --> 01:39:05,902
families. I'm incredibly

3077
01:39:05,902 --> 01:39:06,636
touched and moved by the sauna

3078
01:39:06,636 --> 01:39:09,636
here today. Of course happy

3079
01:39:09,907 --> 01:39:12,307
National book month everyone.

3080
01:39:13,770 --> 01:39:15,770
Thank you.

3081
01:39:16,814 --> 01:39:19,617
All the outside we actually

3082
01:39:19,617 --> 01:39:21,418
have a few gifts for all the

3083
01:39:21,418 --> 01:39:22,586
City Council members here.

3084
01:39:22,586 --> 01:39:24,221
And of course we also have a

3085
01:39:24,221 --> 01:39:27,221
very special gift for that's

3086
01:39:30,494 --> 01:39:33,494
terrific Sanders as well thank

3087
01:40:04,928 --> 01:40:05,662
>> Both the van while we're

3088
01:40:05,662 --> 01:40:06,630
getting those handed out I just

3089
01:40:06,630 --> 01:40:08,365
wanted to quickly just they won

3090
01:40:08,365 --> 01:40:11,202
thank you for the update and 2.

3091
01:40:11,202 --> 01:40:14,202
It's pretty a pretty incredible

3092
01:40:14,471 --> 01:40:16,871
what you've achieved. At 11

3093
01:40:17,674 --> 01:40:19,209
years old.

3094
01:40:19,209 --> 01:40:22,579
I'm not sure I read a

3095
01:40:22,579 --> 01:40:25,850
full book yet rather than rent.

3096
01:40:25,850 --> 01:40:28,151
Rather than written one, and so

3097
01:40:28,151 --> 01:40:30,254
just what an accomplishment and

3098
01:40:30,254 --> 01:40:31,989
to see the growth and what

3099
01:40:31,989 --> 01:40:35,589
you've done over that if you're

3100
01:40:37,628 --> 01:40:40,280
looking for Smith's affair.

3101
01:40:40,898 --> 01:40:41,665
Just so proud of everything

3102
01:40:41,665 --> 01:40:42,399
that

3103
01:40:42,399 --> 01:40:44,201
that you've achieved and you've

3104
01:40:44,201 --> 01:40:47,505
done and can't wait to see

3105
01:40:47,505 --> 01:40:48,105
what's in store next whether

3106
01:40:48,105 --> 01:40:48,806
it's a new

3107
01:40:48,806 --> 01:40:49,506
book or the next iteration of

3108
01:40:49,506 --> 01:40:51,275
one of the books but thank you

3109
01:40:51,275 --> 01:40:52,209
so much for coming and sharing

3110
01:40:52,209 --> 01:40:52,943
your story and all the

3111
01:40:52,943 --> 01:40:53,844
successes and we're wishing you

3112
01:40:53,844 --> 01:40:57,114
the best of luck you can't wait

3113
01:40:57,114 --> 01:41:00,251
to hear what comes next man,

3114
01:41:00,251 --> 01:41:02,651
thank you so much.

3115
01:41:05,889 --> 01:41:06,390
Okay council members we're

3116
01:41:06,390 --> 01:41:08,790
going to move into

3117
01:41:09,359 --> 01:41:12,359
new business for the day.

3118
01:41:12,563 --> 01:41:15,265
We're going to go to

3119
01:41:15,265 --> 01:41:15,866
g want to referral to hers from

3120
01:41:15,866 --> 01:41:16,533
council member driskell.

3121
01:41:16,533 --> 01:41:17,340
Thank you chair for this new

3122
01:41:17,340 --> 01:41:18,869
business item I m.

3123
01:41:18,869 --> 01:41:19,570
Respectfully requesting or

3124
01:41:19,570 --> 01:41:20,271
referral to the health energy

3125
01:41:20,271 --> 01:41:22,271
resilience and sustainability

3126
01:41:23,400 --> 01:41:23,840
Committee for a discussion on a

3127
01:41:23,840 --> 01:41:25,840
new citywide

3128
01:41:25,843 --> 01:41:26,510
energy efficiency and clean

3129
01:41:26,510 --> 01:41:28,510
energy initiative, providing

3130
01:41:29,130 --> 01:41:31,715
cost savings to in reducing

3131
01:41:31,715 --> 01:41:32,416
energy consumption for St.

3132
01:41:32,416 --> 01:41:33,984
Petersburg residents to add to

3133
01:41:33,984 --> 01:41:35,252
that I just want to make it

3134
01:41:35,252 --> 01:41:38,252
clear that this is something

3135
01:41:38,555 --> 01:41:40,224
that I see having a discussion

3136
01:41:40,224 --> 01:41:42,224
on.

3137
01:41:42,359 --> 01:41:44,428
>> Panic in parallel with the

3138
01:41:44,428 --> 01:41:46,428
discussion about municipal

3139
01:41:47,732 --> 01:41:50,935
electric. So it's not an or

3140
01:41:50,935 --> 01:41:51,602
it's an a and.

3141
01:41:51,602 --> 01:41:53,137
So I just wanted to clarify

3142
01:41:53,137 --> 01:41:53,904
that in case anyone was

3143
01:41:53,904 --> 01:41:56,904
wondering if this is a

3144
01:41:57,174 --> 01:41:59,574
suggestion of an alternative.

3145
01:42:00,444 --> 01:42:01,112
It is not

3146
01:42:01,112 --> 01:42:03,814
and this is I mean

3147
01:42:03,814 --> 01:42:05,115
we can have the committee

3148
01:42:05,115 --> 01:42:07,515
discussion and with more

3149
01:42:08,485 --> 01:42:11,688
detail. But this is along the

3150
01:42:11,688 --> 01:42:12,889
same lines of.

3151
01:42:12,889 --> 01:42:14,889
The rebates

3152
01:42:15,592 --> 01:42:16,260
that we've we've done for and

3153
01:42:16,260 --> 01:42:19,260
low flow toilets things like

3154
01:42:19,663 --> 01:42:20,731
that in the past and then maven

3155
01:42:20,731 --> 01:42:23,131
is working on on

3156
01:42:23,667 --> 01:42:25,269
and insulation initiative that

3157
01:42:25,269 --> 01:42:26,360
I think will be very

3158
01:42:26,360 --> 01:42:29,360
interesting to add to that

3159
01:42:29,306 --> 01:42:32,306
conversation. So with that I

3160
01:42:32,476 --> 01:42:34,476
move approval.

3161
01:42:35,679 --> 01:42:36,347
>> Thank you chair, so

3162
01:42:36,347 --> 01:42:38,747
councilmember Driscoll I was

3163
01:42:39,350 --> 01:42:40,250
curious I had a one-on-one

3164
01:42:40,250 --> 01:42:42,152
earlier this

3165
01:42:42,152 --> 01:42:44,222
week with maven well one on for

3166
01:42:44,222 --> 01:42:47,491
I guess it was with MAY even

3167
01:42:47,491 --> 01:42:49,126
about the new energy roadmap

3168
01:42:49,126 --> 01:42:50,600
Grant

3169
01:42:50,600 --> 01:42:51,996
and so you know I've seen your

3170
01:42:51,996 --> 01:42:53,497
new business item obviously

3171
01:42:53,497 --> 01:42:56,767
before that and then I had this

3172
01:42:56,767 --> 01:42:59,936
meeting and so I was just kind

3173
01:42:59,936 --> 01:43:01,936
of curious about

3174
01:43:04,174 --> 01:43:04,908
the intersection between.

3175
01:43:04,908 --> 01:43:05,609
Those 2 programs how they might

3176
01:43:05,609 --> 01:43:06,277
work together is. There could

3177
01:43:06,277 --> 01:43:08,677
be a conversation including

3178
01:43:08,880 --> 01:43:09,213
maybe an update about how

3179
01:43:09,213 --> 01:43:10,281
that's

3180
01:43:10,281 --> 01:43:11,449
going at the time just because.

3181
01:43:11,449 --> 01:43:14,449
>> There's a lot of different

3182
01:43:14,718 --> 01:43:15,419
initiatives going and I think

3183
01:43:15,419 --> 01:43:16,220
that this one is

3184
01:43:16,220 --> 01:43:18,489
going to move pretty quickly.

3185
01:43:18,489 --> 01:43:19,690
No funding needed from the city

3186
01:43:19,690 --> 01:43:20,424
of chief Pete, but a lot of

3187
01:43:20,424 --> 01:43:21,910
engagement with the city of

3188
01:43:21,910 --> 01:43:23,491
Saint Pete specifically our

3189
01:43:23,994 --> 01:43:24,562
residents and our business

3190
01:43:24,562 --> 01:43:25,462
communities. So we're

3191
01:43:25,462 --> 01:43:26,863
very excited about that and I

3192
01:43:26,863 --> 01:43:27,832
just want to make sure that

3193
01:43:27,832 --> 01:43:30,232
we're not duplicating efforts

3194
01:43:30,401 --> 01:43:33,401
gifts. If there was some

3195
01:43:33,704 --> 01:43:35,472
synergies between that. Terrify

3196
01:43:35,472 --> 01:43:37,472
me absolutely.

3197
01:43:38,776 --> 01:43:39,477
Thank you well.

3198
01:43:39,477 --> 01:43:42,346
And I do have the perhaps the

3199
01:43:42,346 --> 01:43:45,346
same kind of meeting. Scheduled

3200
01:43:45,783 --> 01:43:49,186
for for next week to learn

3201
01:43:49,186 --> 01:43:52,489
more about that. But in in in

3202
01:43:52,489 --> 01:43:54,391
some initial communication.

3203
01:43:54,391 --> 01:43:57,628
It was agreed and identified as

3204
01:43:57,628 --> 01:44:00,464
something that can all come

3205
01:44:00,464 --> 01:44:01,132
together. So

3206
01:44:01,132 --> 01:44:04,340
rather than having a million

3207
01:44:04,340 --> 01:44:06,704
different programs out there I

3208
01:44:06,704 --> 01:44:07,471
want to see how my is can can

3209
01:44:07,471 --> 01:44:09,871
synergize with what they're

3210
01:44:10,741 --> 01:44:13,741
working on. Though this would

3211
01:44:13,878 --> 01:44:15,878
all and if.

3212
01:44:17,181 --> 01:44:18,382
We have an ideal situation will

3213
01:44:18,382 --> 01:44:19,830
talk

3214
01:44:19,830 --> 01:44:19,416
about all of that in the same

3215
01:44:19,416 --> 01:44:20,117
meeting.

3216
01:44:20,117 --> 01:44:22,887
Okay all right so you would be

3217
01:44:22,887 --> 01:44:23,321
planning and obviously

3218
01:44:23,321 --> 01:44:25,321
recognize you

3219
01:44:25,923 --> 01:44:26,657
haven't had that meeting yet.

3220
01:44:26,657 --> 01:44:27,157
You would be planning on having

3221
01:44:27,157 --> 01:44:27,792
as a comprehensive

3222
01:44:27,792 --> 01:44:30,192
conversation. Okay that is

3223
01:44:30,894 --> 01:44:33,894
correct okay all right, thank

3224
01:44:33,964 --> 01:44:35,964
you.

3225
01:44:36,990 --> 01:44:37,234
>> We have a motion a second on

3226
01:44:37,234 --> 01:44:37,869
g one seeing is no other

3227
01:44:37,869 --> 01:44:40,400
council members wishing to

3228
01:44:40,400 --> 01:44:40,637
speak or could you please she

3229
01:44:40,637 --> 01:44:41,371
for boating councilmember

3230
01:44:41,371 --> 01:44:44,108
sleaze and your votes seems all

3231
01:44:44,108 --> 01:44:47,108
present council members a vote

3232
01:44:47,811 --> 01:44:48,178
a clerk please telling announce

3233
01:44:48,178 --> 01:44:50,178
the vote.

3234
01:44:50,280 --> 01:44:53,280
If your motion to approve

3235
01:44:53,584 --> 01:44:54,151
agenda item g one passes

3236
01:44:54,151 --> 01:44:54,719
unions. Ok, thank you.

3237
01:44:54,719 --> 01:44:56,530
G to assure him once.

3238
01:44:56,530 --> 01:44:59,530
Thank you chair, my item.

3239
01:44:59,356 --> 01:45:00,191
I think most of you know the

3240
01:45:00,191 --> 01:45:00,891
public records act covers

3241
01:45:00,891 --> 01:45:01,858
virtually all state and local

3242
01:45:01,858 --> 01:45:02,893
governments and basically the

3243
01:45:02,893 --> 01:45:05,529
goal is to have transparency in

3244
01:45:05,529 --> 01:45:08,432
government so recently I had a

3245
01:45:08,432 --> 01:45:10,601
public records request and I

3246
01:45:10,601 --> 01:45:11,301
thought it would be good to

3247
01:45:11,301 --> 01:45:13,704
have a conversation and how we

3248
01:45:13,704 --> 01:45:14,638
handle public record requests

3249
01:45:14,638 --> 01:45:15,906
in general and understand the

3250
01:45:15,906 --> 01:45:18,906
processes involved so with that

3251
01:45:19,176 --> 01:45:20,144
being said I respect fully

3252
01:45:20,144 --> 01:45:20,744
request a referral to

3253
01:45:20,744 --> 01:45:21,412
the public services and

3254
01:45:21,412 --> 01:45:22,947
infrastructure Committee or

3255
01:45:22,947 --> 01:45:23,814
other relevant Committee for a

3256
01:45:23,814 --> 01:45:25,449
comprehensive report on the

3257
01:45:25,449 --> 01:45:26,117
city's procedures for complying

3258
01:45:26,117 --> 01:45:28,517
with public records requests

3259
01:45:29,200 --> 01:45:31,420
from initiation to fulfillment

3260
01:45:32,256 --> 01:45:32,656
and with that I so move.

3261
01:45:32,656 --> 01:45:33,257
>> We have a

3262
01:45:33,257 --> 01:45:33,891
motion is second on g 2.

3263
01:45:33,891 --> 01:45:35,926
Seeing is no other council

3264
01:45:35,926 --> 01:45:38,895
members wishing to speak clerk

3265
01:45:38,895 --> 01:45:39,564
please could you please open

3266
01:45:39,564 --> 01:45:41,964
machine for voting. Council

3267
01:45:42,433 --> 01:45:45,433
members because any votes it

3268
01:45:45,603 --> 01:45:46,503
seems all present

3269
01:45:46,503 --> 01:45:47,237
council members have voted

3270
01:45:47,237 --> 01:45:47,705
clerk please start announce the

3271
01:45:47,705 --> 01:45:48,439
vote.

3272
01:45:48,439 --> 01:45:51,410
If you have a motion to approve

3273
01:45:51,410 --> 01:45:51,675
agenda item g 2 passes.

3274
01:45:51,675 --> 01:45:52,376
Okay we're gonna go to g 3

3275
01:45:52,376 --> 01:45:52,843
we're gonna go back to council

3276
01:45:52,843 --> 01:45:54,843
member driskell.

3277
01:45:55,179 --> 01:45:58,480
Thank you with this one we have

3278
01:45:58,480 --> 01:46:01,480
a resolution that is attached

3279
01:46:01,285 --> 01:46:04,285
and so I'm actually introducing

3280
01:46:04,688 --> 01:46:07,880
that resolution tonight for

3281
01:46:07,525 --> 01:46:09,925
today. This one is.

3282
01:46:10,127 --> 01:46:13,127
A little story behind it.

3283
01:46:13,164 --> 01:46:16,467
You know earlier this year and

3284
01:46:16,467 --> 01:46:16,767
I was really I was inspired by

3285
01:46:16,767 --> 01:46:17,468
the

3286
01:46:17,468 --> 01:46:20,137
City Council's Salt Lake City

3287
01:46:20,137 --> 01:46:23,440
who past an ordinance to adopt

3288
01:46:23,440 --> 01:46:25,440
additional officials city

3289
01:46:29,547 --> 01:46:31,547
flags.

3290
01:46:32,316 --> 01:46:33,170
>> And.

3291
01:46:33,170 --> 01:46:33,684
To be fun to various times of

3292
01:46:33,684 --> 01:46:36,186
the year. And I thought that

3293
01:46:36,186 --> 01:46:39,186
that was. This is an

3294
01:46:39,457 --> 01:46:39,990
incredibly.

3295
01:46:39,990 --> 01:46:42,600
Bold move that they

3296
01:46:42,600 --> 01:46:43,260
made because it was 10 hours

3297
01:46:43,260 --> 01:46:45,660
before their state Legislature

3298
01:46:46,531 --> 01:46:50,131
passed a ban on specific flex.

3299
01:46:51,502 --> 01:46:54,305
And so having that in the back

3300
01:46:54,305 --> 01:46:54,939
of my

3301
01:46:54,939 --> 01:46:56,373
mind and then in JUNE. Our

3302
01:46:56,373 --> 01:46:57,375
wonderful Johnny in the

3303
01:46:57,375 --> 01:46:59,775
marketing department created a

3304
01:47:00,678 --> 01:47:03,281
very special flag for pride

3305
01:47:03,281 --> 01:47:04,448
month. That

3306
01:47:04,448 --> 01:47:07,251
just flew off the shelves.

3307
01:47:07,251 --> 01:47:07,951
I mean. I think we could have

3308
01:47:07,951 --> 01:47:09,987
ordered twice as many Andrew,

3309
01:47:09,987 --> 01:47:10,822
so wouldn't have had enough.

3310
01:47:10,822 --> 01:47:14,158
It was so popular so well

3311
01:47:14,158 --> 01:47:14,825
received an seeing the smiles

3312
01:47:14,825 --> 01:47:17,825
on people's faces. With that

3313
01:47:17,929 --> 01:47:20,929
flag was really quite touching.

3314
01:47:23,367 --> 01:47:26,603
And a couple of months ago of

3315
01:47:26,603 --> 01:47:26,871
course we had and.

3316
01:47:26,871 --> 01:47:28,505
The

3317
01:47:28,505 --> 01:47:29,606
array sure of our Street murals

3318
01:47:29,606 --> 01:47:32,606
and of course everyone was

3319
01:47:32,976 --> 01:47:35,976
talking about things that that

3320
01:47:36,147 --> 01:47:38,147
we should do.

3321
01:47:40,851 --> 01:47:42,253
I went to the

3322
01:47:42,253 --> 01:47:44,653
administration with an idea

3323
01:47:45,523 --> 01:47:48,692
because I said now now is the

3324
01:47:48,692 --> 01:47:51,692
time to act on this

3325
01:47:51,896 --> 01:47:52,563
and and so

3326
01:47:52,563 --> 01:47:54,465
I brought the idea of having

3327
01:47:54,465 --> 01:47:56,465
2 additional city flags.

3328
01:47:57,868 --> 01:48:01,400
Variations on the city flag to

3329
01:48:01,400 --> 01:48:03,400
be brought forward.

3330
01:48:03,400 --> 01:48:04,976
And I knew that we needed

3331
01:48:04,976 --> 01:48:05,643
to work quickly and quietly

3332
01:48:05,643 --> 01:48:08,245
because their levels of the

3333
01:48:08,245 --> 01:48:08,879
government where they have a

3334
01:48:08,879 --> 01:48:11,279
tendency to squash certain

3335
01:48:11,783 --> 01:48:13,284
things in the dead of night and

3336
01:48:13,284 --> 01:48:13,985
squash things

3337
01:48:13,985 --> 01:48:16,554
as a work in progress. But the

3338
01:48:16,554 --> 01:48:19,554
administration wanted to take a

3339
01:48:19,890 --> 01:48:20,524
different approach and was not

3340
01:48:20,524 --> 01:48:22,593
able to move quickly so I

3341
01:48:22,593 --> 01:48:23,994
knew that I was going to be on

3342
01:48:23,994 --> 01:48:27,398
my own with this without any

3343
01:48:27,398 --> 01:48:28,699
city resources. But fortunately

3344
01:48:28,699 --> 01:48:30,699
I have

3345
01:48:31,402 --> 01:48:32,300
a lot of great people out there

3346
01:48:32,300 --> 01:48:35,300
in the community who are

3347
01:48:38,242 --> 01:48:38,542
interested in this and working

3348
01:48:38,542 --> 01:48:40,542
My my

3349
01:48:40,945 --> 01:48:42,945
wonderful legislative aide

3350
01:48:44,215 --> 01:48:46,249
Brian. On this idea working

3351
01:48:46,249 --> 01:48:48,249
with

3352
01:48:49,554 --> 01:48:50,655
and and my friend and just said

3353
01:48:50,655 --> 01:48:51,322
to love our

3354
01:48:51,322 --> 01:48:53,722
community. The artist Andrea

3355
01:48:53,958 --> 01:48:54,826
Palos working with your lives.

3356
01:48:54,826 --> 01:48:57,528
He's got at the Woodson Museum

3357
01:48:57,528 --> 01:49:00,931
and others who gave their input

3358
01:49:00,931 --> 01:49:04,368
and worked with me too. Come up

3359
01:49:04,368 --> 01:49:04,869
with ideas for the flags.

3360
01:49:04,869 --> 01:49:06,869
There are 2 images

3361
01:49:08,139 --> 01:49:09,940
of the flags that are included

3362
01:49:09,940 --> 01:49:12,340
in the backup material.

3363
01:49:13,770 --> 01:49:16,347
The harmony flag. It is of

3364
01:49:16,347 --> 01:49:17,282
course and the flag that we

3365
01:49:17,282 --> 01:49:19,282
that

3366
01:49:20,651 --> 01:49:21,352
we used in JUNE this year.

3367
01:49:21,352 --> 01:49:22,319
Replaced in the middle with

3368
01:49:22,319 --> 01:49:25,319
our official city seal. So

3369
01:49:25,589 --> 01:49:27,989
that's the main difference

3370
01:49:28,826 --> 01:49:29,560
between the 2.

3371
01:49:29,560 --> 01:49:32,396
The lines were just a just a

3372
01:49:32,396 --> 01:49:35,660
little bit so that they would

3373
01:49:35,660 --> 01:49:38,660
match. The history flag, which

3374
01:49:38,235 --> 01:49:41,506
we wanted to be have a

3375
01:49:41,506 --> 01:49:43,506
consistent design. And.

3376
01:49:44,575 --> 01:49:47,575
Once Terry some of the.

3377
01:49:47,879 --> 01:49:48,579
The idea and we worked on it

3378
01:49:48,579 --> 01:49:49,280
too together and

3379
01:49:49,280 --> 01:49:51,582
she said it was good, I knew I

3380
01:49:51,582 --> 01:49:52,283
knew that we had a a winner

3381
01:49:52,283 --> 01:49:55,152
with that one for the history

3382
01:49:55,152 --> 01:49:56,987
flag. And again you'll see that

3383
01:49:56,987 --> 01:49:59,790
the official city seal is in

3384
01:49:59,790 --> 01:50:03,600
that. Now I do understand that

3385
01:50:03,600 --> 01:50:05,460
the administration is working

3386
01:50:06,264 --> 01:50:08,264
to.

3387
01:50:09,666 --> 01:50:12,660
Working too. Get additional.

3388
01:50:12,103 --> 01:50:14,103
Pride

3389
01:50:14,806 --> 01:50:15,540
flags along with a new black

3390
01:50:15,540 --> 01:50:18,375
history matters flag that would

3391
01:50:18,375 --> 01:50:20,745
be given out. 2 residents from

3392
01:50:20,745 --> 01:50:21,378
I think that was on the

3393
01:50:21,378 --> 01:50:23,778
I think that's been

3394
01:50:24,182 --> 01:50:24,682
communicated as part of a list

3395
01:50:24,682 --> 01:50:27,820
of ideas that the

3396
01:50:27,318 --> 01:50:29,318
administration was considering.

3397
01:50:29,620 --> 01:50:32,489
Yeah, I would have to check on

3398
01:50:32,489 --> 01:50:33,357
that yeah. So those are like

3399
01:50:33,357 --> 01:50:36,660
the ones that we give out.

3400
01:50:36,660 --> 01:50:37,461
The the flags that I am

3401
01:50:37,461 --> 01:50:38,629
bringing forward for

3402
01:50:38,629 --> 01:50:39,497
your consideration today are

3403
01:50:39,497 --> 01:50:42,767
the ones that would actually be

3404
01:50:42,767 --> 01:50:45,536
flown at City facilities and

3405
01:50:45,536 --> 01:50:48,536
certain times of the year.

3406
01:50:48,972 --> 01:50:52,243
There are some who think that

3407
01:50:52,243 --> 01:50:55,843
this might be a small thing.

3408
01:50:56,847 --> 01:50:57,548
The flag of the city is a

3409
01:50:57,548 --> 01:50:59,948
representation of its values.

3410
01:51:00,384 --> 01:51:02,553
It really speaks to our

3411
01:51:02,553 --> 01:51:03,421
identity. Our identity. It is

3412
01:51:03,421 --> 01:51:06,421
seen as something that brings

3413
01:51:06,757 --> 01:51:09,757
us together and gives everyone

3414
01:51:09,927 --> 01:51:12,162
a sense of belonging.

3415
01:51:12,162 --> 01:51:13,364
Seeing the response

3416
01:51:13,364 --> 01:51:16,633
that I got having to having to

3417
01:51:16,633 --> 01:51:19,633
work with quickly and quietly

3418
01:51:20,300 --> 01:51:23,300
on this. And now sitting

3419
01:51:23,107 --> 01:51:25,507
here and telling you.

3420
01:51:26,510 --> 01:51:29,346
The City Council has received

3421
01:51:29,346 --> 01:51:30,348
e-mails of support

3422
01:51:30,348 --> 01:51:32,748
from equality Florida, Saint

3423
01:51:33,651 --> 01:51:35,920
Pete pride. The woods and

3424
01:51:35,920 --> 01:51:37,920
Museum tig live.

3425
01:51:39,223 --> 01:51:39,857
The Tampa Bay lgbt chamber.

3426
01:51:39,857 --> 01:51:42,257
And many many individuals

3427
01:51:42,927 --> 01:51:45,327
who have expressed strong

3428
01:51:46,196 --> 01:51:48,596
support. Adding these flags.

3429
01:51:50,902 --> 01:51:51,502
As symbols of who we are in St.

3430
01:51:51,502 --> 01:51:53,502
Petersburg.

3431
01:51:54,772 --> 01:51:57,942
I'm really proud of the work

3432
01:51:57,942 --> 01:51:59,942
that was done.

3433
01:52:00,645 --> 01:52:01,413
By the community.

3434
01:52:01,413 --> 01:52:04,682
For me it was just an idea I

3435
01:52:04,682 --> 01:52:06,250
threw it out there. And people

3436
01:52:06,250 --> 01:52:08,650
ran with it. And.

3437
01:52:08,952 --> 01:52:12,223
Just the way that this came

3438
01:52:12,223 --> 01:52:13,123
together really showed me.

3439
01:52:13,123 --> 01:52:16,123
What a flag really means.

3440
01:52:16,361 --> 01:52:19,630
And I hope that my colleagues

3441
01:52:19,630 --> 01:52:22,700
will agree with me. And you'll

3442
01:52:22,700 --> 01:52:24,700
join me in.

3443
01:52:25,970 --> 01:52:28,970
Voting to pass this resolution.

3444
01:52:29,841 --> 01:52:31,876
Which reads whereas the

3445
01:52:31,876 --> 01:52:33,511
official flag of the city

3446
01:52:33,511 --> 01:52:36,511
of St. Petersburg was adopted

3447
01:52:36,814 --> 01:52:39,814
in 1927. And then redesigned in

3448
01:52:40,551 --> 01:52:41,419
1951 1984. And whereas the city

3449
01:52:41,419 --> 01:52:43,819
should 5 variations on the

3450
01:52:44,210 --> 01:52:46,291
official flag to represent a

3451
01:52:46,291 --> 01:52:49,291
shared sense of local identity

3452
01:52:49,627 --> 01:52:52,263
fostering a spirit of unity and

3453
01:52:52,263 --> 01:52:52,930
belonging and whereas

3454
01:52:52,930 --> 01:52:53,864
specifically the city should

3455
01:52:53,864 --> 01:52:54,832
find the variation attached to

3456
01:52:54,832 --> 01:52:58,135
this resolution as exhibit a to

3457
01:52:58,135 --> 01:52:59,503
signify harmony among all

3458
01:52:59,503 --> 01:53:01,503
in St. Petersburg.

3459
01:53:02,907 --> 01:53:05,307
Whereas that variation should

3460
01:53:06,310 --> 01:53:06,744
be known as the harmony flag

3461
01:53:06,744 --> 01:53:07,311
and flown

3462
01:53:07,311 --> 01:53:08,120
had city facilities at

3463
01:53:08,120 --> 01:53:11,120
appropriate times of the year.

3464
01:53:11,148 --> 01:53:12,216
And whereas specifically the

3465
01:53:12,216 --> 01:53:14,616
city should also fly

3466
01:53:15,353 --> 01:53:15,986
the variation attached to this

3467
01:53:15,986 --> 01:53:16,621
resolution as exhibit b to

3468
01:53:16,621 --> 01:53:19,210
signify the importance of

3469
01:53:19,223 --> 01:53:21,124
history. And whereas that

3470
01:53:21,124 --> 01:53:21,992
variation should be known as

3471
01:53:21,992 --> 01:53:22,659
the history flag and flown at

3472
01:53:22,659 --> 01:53:25,597
Citi field its facilities at

3473
01:53:25,597 --> 01:53:28,597
appropriate times of the year.

3474
01:53:28,900 --> 01:53:29,600
And now therefore be it

3475
01:53:29,600 --> 01:53:32,570
resolved that the City Council

3476
01:53:32,570 --> 01:53:34,539
this evening to use it for us.

3477
01:53:34,539 --> 01:53:36,539
St. Petersburg Florida

3478
01:53:36,974 --> 01:53:37,708
hereby request that the mayor 5

3479
01:53:37,708 --> 01:53:40,708
variations on the official flag

3480
01:53:40,944 --> 01:53:43,681
as described in the foregoing

3481
01:53:43,681 --> 01:53:44,282
race idols.

3482
01:53:44,282 --> 01:53:46,684
If this is passed today.

3483
01:53:46,684 --> 01:53:47,351
The images will then be

3484
01:53:47,351 --> 01:53:47,986
transferred to the marketing

3485
01:53:47,986 --> 01:53:50,386
department to create these

3486
01:53:50,955 --> 01:53:53,357
flags that would be flown Evers

3487
01:53:53,357 --> 01:53:54,250
city facilities.

3488
01:53:54,250 --> 01:53:56,861
The other flags that will be

3489
01:53:56,861 --> 01:53:57,461
given out to everyone we're

3490
01:53:57,461 --> 01:54:00,365
still we'll still be in

3491
01:54:00,365 --> 01:54:03,365
progress so it doesn't change

3492
01:54:03,634 --> 01:54:05,634
anything about that.

3493
01:54:07,710 --> 01:54:07,772
I think that I want to say.

3494
01:54:07,772 --> 01:54:10,772
Again I just think everyone

3495
01:54:10,874 --> 01:54:11,909
who was a part of bringing this

3496
01:54:11,909 --> 01:54:13,100
together to bring it forward

3497
01:54:13,100 --> 01:54:14,445
and to all of those who have

3498
01:54:14,445 --> 01:54:17,445
shown their support for this

3499
01:54:17,715 --> 01:54:20,715
work. Thank you chair. Thank

3500
01:54:20,785 --> 01:54:21,586
you.

3501
01:54:21,586 --> 01:54:22,519
>> So we're going to want to

3502
01:54:22,519 --> 01:54:25,690
put you on the spot, but I know

3503
01:54:25,690 --> 01:54:26,357
you have to leave early or want

3504
01:54:26,357 --> 01:54:27,910
to give you a chance if you

3505
01:54:27,910 --> 01:54:27,725
linger for public comment, okay

3506
01:54:27,725 --> 01:54:30,461
all right. We're going to

3507
01:54:30,461 --> 01:54:33,461
public comment let's call to

3508
01:54:33,631 --> 01:54:35,399
time please and Avila.

3509
01:54:35,399 --> 01:54:36,133
>> Please go to either podium

3510
01:54:36,133 --> 01:54:38,836
state your name and address for

3511
01:54:38,836 --> 01:54:41,236
the record. We'll have 3

3512
01:54:42,140 --> 01:54:44,540
minutes to dress Council.

3513
01:54:45,309 --> 01:54:47,709
MR. Vila had to

3514
01:54:48,479 --> 01:54:50,479
they have.

3515
01:54:51,849 --> 01:54:54,249
Good afternoon members. Thank

3516
01:54:55,152 --> 01:54:59,290
you. I rise to speak in favor

3517
01:54:59,290 --> 01:55:00,240
of the resolution offered.

3518
01:55:00,240 --> 01:55:00,758
As g 3 and today's agenda and I

3519
01:55:00,758 --> 01:55:02,860
speak today as a human and as a

3520
01:55:02,860 --> 01:55:04,862
citizen. He's grateful for the

3521
01:55:04,862 --> 01:55:06,697
people of our city.

3522
01:55:06,697 --> 01:55:08,697
Thank you councilmember

3523
01:55:10,000 --> 01:55:10,468
Driscoll for your leadership in

3524
01:55:10,468 --> 01:55:11,202
bringing this

3525
01:55:11,202 --> 01:55:11,936
resolution forward and today

3526
01:55:11,936 --> 01:55:14,338
reminds me again of my why we

3527
01:55:14,338 --> 01:55:15,730
are Saint Pete as we celebrated

3528
01:55:15,730 --> 01:55:16,807
so many amazing humans and

3529
01:55:16,807 --> 01:55:19,807
efforts and witnessed so much

3530
01:55:20,770 --> 01:55:22,446
joy here in the chambers today.

3531
01:55:22,446 --> 01:55:24,480
Thank you all for that symbols

3532
01:55:24,480 --> 01:55:27,480
and cities and communities are

3533
01:55:27,251 --> 01:55:29,651
crucial because they embody

3534
01:55:29,853 --> 01:55:32,253
shared values define collective

3535
01:55:33,257 --> 01:55:33,891
identity and Foster belonging

3536
01:55:33,891 --> 01:55:36,794
as acting. As powerful and

3537
01:55:36,794 --> 01:55:37,395
communicative representations

3538
01:55:37,395 --> 01:55:39,597
of who as a

3539
01:55:39,597 --> 01:55:40,531
community we are and what we

3540
01:55:40,531 --> 01:55:41,599
stand for these symbols

3541
01:55:41,599 --> 01:55:42,233
transform abstract ideas into

3542
01:55:42,233 --> 01:55:42,967
meaningful images and help

3543
01:55:42,967 --> 01:55:45,367
create shared understandings of

3544
01:55:46,270 --> 01:55:47,672
the community's history.

3545
01:55:47,672 --> 01:55:48,939
PRESIDENT And future.

3546
01:55:48,939 --> 01:55:51,339
I appreciate especially today's

3547
01:55:52,242 --> 01:55:54,642
resolution that brings forward

3548
01:55:55,446 --> 01:55:57,846
history and harmony together

3549
01:55:58,249 --> 01:55:58,816
I recognize our city like many

3550
01:55:58,816 --> 01:56:00,517
others have not always

3551
01:56:00,517 --> 01:56:02,917
recognized Nora had both.

3552
01:56:03,821 --> 01:56:05,456
Today's resolution is a moment,

3553
01:56:05,456 --> 01:56:07,258
however of our city's

3554
01:56:07,258 --> 01:56:09,258
acknowledgment. Our collective

3555
01:56:09,527 --> 01:56:12,527
work together and of our

3556
01:56:12,663 --> 01:56:15,630
aspirations. Of our cities

3557
01:56:15,233 --> 01:56:16,670
tomorrow, a future rooted in

3558
01:56:16,670 --> 01:56:18,467
our history. Celebrating our

3559
01:56:18,802 --> 01:56:19,670
shared identity as a city that

3560
01:56:19,670 --> 01:56:20,872
fosters unity and belonging and

3561
01:56:20,872 --> 01:56:24,141
that does so in harmony and

3562
01:56:24,141 --> 01:56:25,477
that is something truly unique

3563
01:56:25,477 --> 01:56:26,211
and special to St. Petersburg

3564
01:56:26,211 --> 01:56:29,147
I urge all City Council members

3565
01:56:29,147 --> 01:56:32,283
to the favor of the resolution.

3566
01:56:32,283 --> 01:56:34,283
Thank you.

3567
01:56:36,220 --> 01:56:37,989
Thank u next season, next.

3568
01:56:37,989 --> 01:56:38,723
Injury apologies. And Trevor.

3569
01:56:38,723 --> 01:56:39,423
Mallory is go to a podium state

3570
01:56:39,423 --> 01:56:42,930
your name and address for the

3571
01:56:42,930 --> 01:56:45,930
record. We'll have 2 minutes to

3572
01:56:45,263 --> 01:56:47,263
dress Council.

3573
01:56:59,710 --> 01:57:00,678
>> I'm Andrea Paulus I live in

3574
01:57:00,678 --> 01:57:02,212
greater Pinellas point

3575
01:57:02,212 --> 01:57:02,947
and I have for 23 years.

3576
01:57:02,947 --> 01:57:04,181
I'm a self-employed artist and

3577
01:57:04,181 --> 01:57:06,184
are prepared or handling arc

3578
01:57:06,184 --> 01:57:09,554
for most of the local museums

3579
01:57:09,554 --> 01:57:12,824
like the Dolly the James mf and

3580
01:57:12,824 --> 01:57:13,658
more I designed the flex

3581
01:57:13,658 --> 01:57:14,392
thanks Geena.

3582
01:57:14,392 --> 01:57:17,695
I'm in favor of approving them.

3583
01:57:17,695 --> 01:57:19,130
I designed and led the team to

3584
01:57:19,130 --> 01:57:20,231
paint the intersection at

3585
01:57:20,231 --> 01:57:22,631
Central 25th 5 years ago.

3586
01:57:23,234 --> 01:57:23,901
It was important to me to

3587
01:57:23,901 --> 01:57:26,738
design these flags when the

3588
01:57:26,738 --> 01:57:27,405
intersection was centered in

3589
01:57:27,405 --> 01:57:28,105
erased. Our city is changing

3590
01:57:28,105 --> 01:57:30,542
our country changes. And if we

3591
01:57:30,542 --> 01:57:32,343
truly want to be called the

3592
01:57:32,343 --> 01:57:33,944
city of the arch we need to

3593
01:57:33,944 --> 01:57:34,512
support artists. We need to

3594
01:57:34,512 --> 01:57:36,512
provide Foundation for

3595
01:57:37,481 --> 01:57:39,481
individual artists not

3596
01:57:39,650 --> 01:57:42,500
censorship. Art has power.

3597
01:57:42,754 --> 01:57:44,488
Artist or documentarians art is

3598
01:57:44,488 --> 01:57:45,189
a great communicator of culture

3599
01:57:45,189 --> 01:57:48,192
in value. Artist in Saint Pete

3600
01:57:48,192 --> 01:57:49,627
made this the city of the arch

3601
01:57:49,627 --> 01:57:51,627
we have created

3602
01:57:52,396 --> 01:57:53,300
the vibe. And we were here

3603
01:57:53,300 --> 01:57:54,665
before the Dali expansion

3604
01:57:54,665 --> 01:57:57,665
before the James before that

3605
01:57:57,901 --> 01:57:58,436
you Hooley in fact Dale Tooley

3606
01:57:58,436 --> 01:58:00,705
when he was in town

3607
01:58:00,705 --> 01:58:03,740
and 2003 to get ready to have

3608
01:58:03,740 --> 01:58:03,842
his first show at the mfa he

3609
01:58:03,842 --> 01:58:07,178
told me the art scene here was

3610
01:58:07,178 --> 01:58:10,348
so great. He ended up bringing

3611
01:58:10,348 --> 01:58:12,748
us a museum. These

3612
01:58:13,952 --> 01:58:15,119
2 flags are uncomplicated their

3613
01:58:15,119 --> 01:58:17,288
colors the history Fleck has

3614
01:58:17,288 --> 01:58:17,855
read for bloodshed, black for

3615
01:58:17,855 --> 01:58:20,255
heritage and green for

3616
01:58:20,625 --> 01:58:23,625
abundance and hope for the

3617
01:58:23,928 --> 01:58:24,595
future. That's what those

3618
01:58:24,595 --> 01:58:25,463
colors mean the harmony flag

3619
01:58:25,463 --> 01:58:27,970
has red for life orange for

3620
01:58:27,970 --> 01:58:29,497
healing, yellow for sunlight

3621
01:58:29,934 --> 01:58:30,968
green for nature blue for

3622
01:58:30,968 --> 01:58:33,968
serenity and violet for spirit.

3623
01:58:34,372 --> 01:58:36,400
The other colors represent

3624
01:58:36,400 --> 01:58:36,774
people of color and genders

3625
01:58:36,774 --> 01:58:39,174
there's nothing nefarious about

3626
01:58:39,677 --> 01:58:41,679
any of these colors or the way

3627
01:58:41,679 --> 01:58:44,983
that their range on the flag.

3628
01:58:44,983 --> 01:58:45,316
As the current mayor wrote the

3629
01:58:45,316 --> 01:58:47,316
5 murals

3630
01:58:48,252 --> 01:58:49,186
painted over were collaborative

3631
01:58:49,186 --> 01:58:52,122
loving and transform the spaces

3632
01:58:52,122 --> 01:58:52,856
that they were in. You can just

3633
01:58:52,856 --> 01:58:54,292
ask Liz Cooper and Jorge viewed

3634
01:58:54,292 --> 01:58:54,859
all from the museum. They lost

3635
01:58:54,859 --> 01:58:57,259
their pattern on their

3636
01:58:57,795 --> 01:58:59,970
intersection didn't have

3637
01:58:59,970 --> 01:58:59,797
anything to

3638
01:58:59,797 --> 01:59:02,666
do with politics. They resent

3639
01:59:02,666 --> 01:59:03,100
represent all of us and they

3640
01:59:03,100 --> 01:59:05,100
will continue

3641
01:59:06,103 --> 01:59:08,390
to represent us in new ways.

3642
01:59:08,390 --> 01:59:08,672
Nguyen resilient waste that's

3643
01:59:08,672 --> 01:59:09,574
exactly what he said. He's

3644
01:59:09,574 --> 01:59:11,609
flags are that Nguyen resilient

3645
01:59:11,609 --> 01:59:12,176
way so personally and

3646
01:59:12,176 --> 01:59:14,176
professionally. I will

3647
01:59:15,213 --> 01:59:17,613
appreciate your support on

3648
01:59:18,516 --> 01:59:21,516
this. Thank you. Thank you.

3649
01:59:22,287 --> 01:59:24,687
>> Trevor Mallory here and

3650
01:59:25,389 --> 01:59:26,557
I'm here in support of this

3651
01:59:26,557 --> 01:59:28,192
line item. I just think this

3652
01:59:28,192 --> 01:59:31,529
is a prime example of what

3653
01:59:31,529 --> 01:59:34,529
practice what you preach right,

3654
01:59:34,699 --> 01:59:35,733
we always say

3655
01:59:35,733 --> 01:59:36,367
that we want Saint Pete.

3656
01:59:36,367 --> 01:59:38,936
To be a seamless cities to

3657
01:59:38,936 --> 01:59:41,138
mount a case that you're

3658
01:59:41,138 --> 01:59:41,972
addressing stated for

3659
01:59:41,972 --> 01:59:44,972
I'm sorry your dress. 45 a 1,

3660
01:59:45,343 --> 01:59:47,343
6, 3, South 3, 3, 7, 0, 5,

3661
01:59:48,513 --> 01:59:49,314
Thank you for fun. So

3662
01:59:49,314 --> 01:59:52,250
when we always say Saint Pete

3663
01:59:52,250 --> 01:59:53,751
is a seamless city, this is the

3664
01:59:53,751 --> 01:59:56,751
prime example of what that

3665
01:59:56,754 --> 01:59:58,923
looks like these 2 flags

3666
01:59:58,923 --> 02:00:01,291
represent so much history.

3667
02:00:01,291 --> 02:00:04,291
That's under attack at this

3668
02:00:04,728 --> 02:00:07,128
time. So COUNCILWOMAN Driscoll

3669
02:00:07,431 --> 02:00:08,833
I appreciate you

3670
02:00:08,833 --> 02:00:11,833
for your bonus in your

3671
02:00:12,136 --> 02:00:15,106
strategic way of making this a

3672
02:00:15,106 --> 02:00:17,506
seamless back action item.

3673
02:00:18,342 --> 02:00:21,342
These flags represent not only.

3674
02:00:24,749 --> 02:00:25,282
African Americans.

3675
02:00:25,282 --> 02:00:27,282
But it represents

3676
02:00:28,586 --> 02:00:31,586
a tremendous amount of citizens

3677
02:00:32,190 --> 02:00:35,459
that need to see someone stand

3678
02:00:35,459 --> 02:00:36,894
up and support them in this

3679
02:00:36,894 --> 02:00:38,963
manner. And I definitely

3680
02:00:38,963 --> 02:00:41,963
feel comfortable about the but

3681
02:00:42,199 --> 02:00:45,199
history flag when you mention

3682
02:00:45,336 --> 02:00:48,606
you work with this with Terry

3683
02:00:48,606 --> 02:00:49,140
lipsey Scott who is a curator

3684
02:00:49,140 --> 02:00:49,741
of the DR. Carter g

3685
02:00:49,741 --> 02:00:51,741
Woodson african-american

3686
02:00:52,510 --> 02:00:53,645
Museum. So for me to know that

3687
02:00:53,645 --> 02:00:55,814
you took the time

3688
02:00:55,814 --> 02:00:58,148
to collaborate with someone.

3689
02:00:58,148 --> 02:00:58,850
That's we call a pillar in our

3690
02:00:58,850 --> 02:01:00,850
african-american community to

3691
02:01:01,753 --> 02:01:03,120
come up with this design.

3692
02:01:03,120 --> 02:01:06,358
It shows your courage to me

3693
02:01:06,358 --> 02:01:08,726
and to the community as well.

3694
02:01:08,726 --> 02:01:10,961
I've always heard. In the

3695
02:01:10,961 --> 02:01:12,864
community because I mean the

3696
02:01:12,864 --> 02:01:13,631
community that and I want to

3697
02:01:13,631 --> 02:01:16,631
say it that council member

3698
02:01:16,934 --> 02:01:18,670
driskell doesn't care about the

3699
02:01:18,670 --> 02:01:20,670
black community.

3700
02:01:21,939 --> 02:01:25,243
When news hit the news. I got

3701
02:01:25,243 --> 02:01:25,677
some phone calls that were

3702
02:01:25,677 --> 02:01:27,612
in reverse now

3703
02:01:27,612 --> 02:01:30,949
because you didn't have to do

3704
02:01:30,949 --> 02:01:32,383
this and for you to take the

3705
02:01:32,383 --> 02:01:34,386
time You said Salt Lake.

3706
02:01:34,386 --> 02:01:37,221
So that means you did your

3707
02:01:37,221 --> 02:01:37,955
research and you found a way to

3708
02:01:37,955 --> 02:01:39,123
make this acceptable and I

3709
02:01:39,123 --> 02:01:40,759
appreciate you for that and not

3710
02:01:40,759 --> 02:01:43,261
only do I appreciate you for

3711
02:01:43,261 --> 02:01:46,631
that but I appreciate all of

3712
02:01:46,631 --> 02:01:49,800
you on this diet is because we

3713
02:01:49,800 --> 02:01:50,802
say we are seeing Pete

3714
02:01:50,802 --> 02:01:51,369
we are seeing the city. This

3715
02:01:51,369 --> 02:01:52,690
will prove this to the

3716
02:01:52,690 --> 02:01:54,469
community and the constituents

3717
02:01:55,206 --> 02:01:58,276
that you are represent so thank

3718
02:01:58,276 --> 02:02:00,276
you.

3719
02:02:03,614 --> 02:02:04,316
Thank you.

3720
02:02:04,316 --> 02:02:05,160
The last 2 speakers is Kendra

3721
02:02:05,160 --> 02:02:05,750
darling, and Halloween, Please

3722
02:02:05,750 --> 02:02:07,785
state your name address for the

3723
02:02:07,785 --> 02:02:10,785
record you have 3 minutes to

3724
02:02:10,922 --> 02:02:12,922
this Council.

3725
02:02:19,831 --> 02:02:21,831
8, 7, 3, Newton South.

3726
02:02:22,767 --> 02:02:23,434
As stated my name is keandre

3727
02:02:23,434 --> 02:02:24,168
darling. Today I speak is a

3728
02:02:24,168 --> 02:02:26,371
4th generation and order of St.

3729
02:02:26,371 --> 02:02:27,171
Petersburg a proud descendant

3730
02:02:27,171 --> 02:02:30,171
of the historic gas plant

3731
02:02:30,207 --> 02:02:30,875
district. And a mother raising

3732
02:02:30,875 --> 02:02:33,110
a now 9 year-old son in this

3733
02:02:33,110 --> 02:02:36,347
city. First I want to say thank

3734
02:02:36,347 --> 02:02:38,747
you to councilmember Gina

3735
02:02:39,183 --> 02:02:40,152
Driscoll my councilmember

3736
02:02:40,152 --> 02:02:43,870
for presenting this thought for

3737
02:02:43,870 --> 02:02:43,821
resolution and for your

3738
02:02:43,821 --> 02:02:46,657
leadership in ensuring that St.

3739
02:02:46,657 --> 02:02:49,570
Petersburg continues to stand

3740
02:02:49,427 --> 02:02:50,610
for

3741
02:02:50,610 --> 02:02:51,562
unity inclusion and love.

3742
02:02:51,562 --> 02:02:53,330
Recently our city watched as

3743
02:02:53,330 --> 02:02:55,232
our beloved Street murals

3744
02:02:55,232 --> 02:02:57,632
symbols belonging symbols of

3745
02:02:58,503 --> 02:02:59,360
belonging and pride. We're

3746
02:02:59,360 --> 02:03:01,360
sloppily

3747
02:03:02,306 --> 02:03:02,773
spray painted over and a gross

3748
02:03:02,773 --> 02:03:04,773
misuse of power

3749
02:03:06,110 --> 02:03:06,510
by order of the governor.

3750
02:03:06,510 --> 02:03:08,510
Those

3751
02:03:09,447 --> 02:03:12,447
murals were not just art.

3752
02:03:12,717 --> 02:03:14,118
They were reflections of our

3753
02:03:14,118 --> 02:03:17,118
values. A message that everyone

3754
02:03:17,555 --> 02:03:20,555
who lives works and plays

3755
02:03:20,825 --> 02:03:23,825
in St. Petersburg is seen

3756
02:03:24,195 --> 02:03:25,396
valued and welcome here.

3757
02:03:25,396 --> 02:03:27,796
To say that their

3758
02:03:28,767 --> 02:03:30,434
removal was about safety was

3759
02:03:30,434 --> 02:03:32,434
not just disingenuous

3760
02:03:32,603 --> 02:03:33,571
it was insulting. Every day

3761
02:03:33,571 --> 02:03:35,971
residents here drive over

3762
02:03:36,975 --> 02:03:39,375
potholes packed roads and

3763
02:03:40,770 --> 02:03:40,745
fading cross walks.

3764
02:03:40,745 --> 02:03:43,145
Yet somehow colorful murals

3765
02:03:43,782 --> 02:03:45,716
celebrating unity were labeled

3766
02:03:45,716 --> 02:03:47,716
as dangerous.

3767
02:03:48,786 --> 02:03:50,254
Let's call it what it is a

3768
02:03:50,254 --> 02:03:51,456
distraction from the real

3769
02:03:51,456 --> 02:03:54,456
issues, a political stunt aimed

3770
02:03:54,759 --> 02:03:57,962
at erasing what our city stands

3771
02:03:57,962 --> 02:03:59,962
for.

3772
02:03:59,964 --> 02:04:01,310
On this

3773
02:04:01,310 --> 02:04:03,101
bright day in St. Petersburg

3774
02:04:03,101 --> 02:04:06,101
this resolution reminds us that

3775
02:04:06,370 --> 02:04:07,872
while pink can be stripped

3776
02:04:07,872 --> 02:04:09,872
away.

3777
02:04:10,441 --> 02:04:13,441
Our spirit cannot. The harmony

3778
02:04:13,744 --> 02:04:14,645
flag in the history flag or

3779
02:04:14,645 --> 02:04:16,645
more than designs.

3780
02:04:18,150 --> 02:04:20,685
They represent who we are the

3781
02:04:20,685 --> 02:04:21,386
harmony flag celebrates our

3782
02:04:21,386 --> 02:04:23,688
diversity and reminds us that

3783
02:04:23,688 --> 02:04:26,240
our differences make us

3784
02:04:26,240 --> 02:04:28,424
stronger. The history flag

3785
02:04:29,460 --> 02:04:31,162
grounds us in the struggles and

3786
02:04:31,162 --> 02:04:34,162
triumphs that shape the city

3787
02:04:34,432 --> 02:04:35,566
and ensure that we never forget

3788
02:04:35,566 --> 02:04:37,966
how far we've come.

3789
02:04:38,970 --> 02:04:41,970
I think this Council for

3790
02:04:42,273 --> 02:04:43,400
standing up for what's right

3791
02:04:43,400 --> 02:04:45,400
and I urge

3792
02:04:45,609 --> 02:04:47,245
both the council and the mayor

3793
02:04:47,245 --> 02:04:50,245
to keep finding bold in

3794
02:04:50,548 --> 02:04:52,490
creative ways to resist hate

3795
02:04:52,490 --> 02:04:53,584
and division

3796
02:04:53,584 --> 02:04:56,621
in this city. Let us continue

3797
02:04:56,621 --> 02:04:59,891
to show that St. Petersburg is

3798
02:04:59,891 --> 02:05:00,325
a city where unity is our

3799
02:05:00,325 --> 02:05:02,325
language where

3800
02:05:02,994 --> 02:05:05,290
inclusion is our practice and

3801
02:05:05,290 --> 02:05:06,864
where progress is our promise.

3802
02:05:06,864 --> 02:05:09,864
And no executive order can

3803
02:05:10,135 --> 02:05:13,135
change that. Thank you all.

3804
02:05:13,171 --> 02:05:15,171
Thank you.

3805
02:05:16,441 --> 02:05:17,242
Hi there. My name is Holly no

3806
02:05:17,242 --> 02:05:17,875
8, 1 one Placido

3807
02:05:17,875 --> 02:05:19,377
a Northeast St. Petersburg

3808
02:05:19,377 --> 02:05:21,413
pheben us 3, 3, 7, oh 04:00am I

3809
02:05:21,413 --> 02:05:23,813
appreciate the opportunity to

3810
02:05:24,682 --> 02:05:27,818
be here today. And it just

3811
02:05:27,818 --> 02:05:29,818
unity and inclusion.

3812
02:05:31,956 --> 02:05:33,570
Councilmember Givens

3813
02:05:33,570 --> 02:05:34,992
said were asked a wonderful

3814
02:05:34,992 --> 02:05:36,894
question of those 3 bright

3815
02:05:36,894 --> 02:05:37,194
students that got to travel to

3816
02:05:37,194 --> 02:05:38,429
Japan.

3817
02:05:38,429 --> 02:05:41,699
And it was a really smart

3818
02:05:41,699 --> 02:05:43,901
question. What did you have in

3819
02:05:43,901 --> 02:05:46,604
common with those kids in

3820
02:05:46,604 --> 02:05:47,338
Japan or with the cultural

3821
02:05:47,338 --> 02:05:48,720
components of your tedder and I

3822
02:05:48,720 --> 02:05:51,420
thought really it's a brilliant

3823
02:05:51,420 --> 02:05:51,909
question and it's really really

3824
02:05:51,909 --> 02:05:53,909
true.

3825
02:05:54,779 --> 02:05:57,582
And so I stand up here before

3826
02:05:57,582 --> 02:05:58,249
you today just as an ordinary

3827
02:05:58,249 --> 02:05:59,216
Petersburg citizen, I have

3828
02:05:59,216 --> 02:06:00,818
lived here sense. The early 2

3829
02:06:00,818 --> 02:06:04,540
thousands in fact I think we

3830
02:06:04,540 --> 02:06:06,454
bought our house in 1999.

3831
02:06:07,191 --> 02:06:09,160
So 25 years. I love

3832
02:06:09,160 --> 02:06:10,280
this town I love

3833
02:06:10,280 --> 02:06:12,631
being here but I I think

3834
02:06:12,631 --> 02:06:15,310
there's something really really

3835
02:06:15,934 --> 02:06:18,934
important. We use words like

3836
02:06:19,136 --> 02:06:19,704
unity and inclusion

3837
02:06:19,704 --> 02:06:21,940
but we're not actually

3838
02:06:21,940 --> 02:06:22,874
demonstrating unity include and

3839
02:06:22,874 --> 02:06:24,874
inclusion because not

3840
02:06:26,177 --> 02:06:29,177
everybody's included. And so I

3841
02:06:29,513 --> 02:06:30,981
just want to suggest that.

3842
02:06:30,981 --> 02:06:32,981
In this world

3843
02:06:34,286 --> 02:06:34,852
today in our country in our

3844
02:06:34,852 --> 02:06:35,820
cities. All across the

3845
02:06:35,820 --> 02:06:37,956
country we see division and the

3846
02:06:37,956 --> 02:06:41,259
stoking of in the framing of

3847
02:06:41,259 --> 02:06:44,562
that division and I would just

3848
02:06:44,562 --> 02:06:46,962
ask that week consider

3849
02:06:47,131 --> 02:06:48,566
the actual meaning

3850
02:06:48,566 --> 02:06:50,368
of unity and the actual the

3851
02:06:50,368 --> 02:06:52,537
reason that we all live here in

3852
02:06:52,537 --> 02:06:55,440
our wonderful town and the

3853
02:06:55,440 --> 02:06:58,709
things that we actually have in

3854
02:06:58,709 --> 02:07:00,411
common we're all citizens here.

3855
02:07:00,411 --> 02:07:01,146
You know

3856
02:07:01,146 --> 02:07:03,281
we enjoy beautiful, sunsets and

3857
02:07:03,281 --> 02:07:05,783
the freedom to you know walk

3858
02:07:05,783 --> 02:07:07,852
along the water's edge and all

3859
02:07:07,852 --> 02:07:10,252
of the wonderful restaurants

3860
02:07:11,256 --> 02:07:14,425
and there's so much in this

3861
02:07:14,425 --> 02:07:17,425
town. In this city and

3862
02:07:17,595 --> 02:07:18,262
I just feel like.

3863
02:07:18,262 --> 02:07:18,896
>> The.

3864
02:07:18,896 --> 02:07:21,566
You know terms harmony and

3865
02:07:21,566 --> 02:07:21,899
history are not inclusive

3866
02:07:21,899 --> 02:07:23,899
actually

3867
02:07:23,901 --> 02:07:25,690
of everybody and in fact.

3868
02:07:25,690 --> 02:07:28,339
I love our flag with just

3869
02:07:28,339 --> 02:07:28,973
the St. Petersburg seal that

3870
02:07:28,973 --> 02:07:29,674
was I guess most recently

3871
02:07:29,674 --> 02:07:31,750
adopted are edited in 1984.

3872
02:07:31,750 --> 02:07:34,446
So we just put that out there

3873
02:07:34,446 --> 02:07:36,247
to that let's look at actual

3874
02:07:36,247 --> 02:07:38,247
terminology and consider

3875
02:07:39,483 --> 02:07:41,452
really whether or not it is

3876
02:07:41,452 --> 02:07:44,452
inclusive unifying etc I love

3877
02:07:44,722 --> 02:07:45,189
my neighbors and I want to see

3878
02:07:45,189 --> 02:07:47,189
us all.

3879
02:07:48,593 --> 02:07:50,262
You know link arms and we don't

3880
02:07:50,262 --> 02:07:52,130
need to be called out for

3881
02:07:52,130 --> 02:07:52,831
you know what we are in in one

3882
02:07:52,831 --> 02:07:53,498
way shape or form why don't we

3883
02:07:53,498 --> 02:07:56,670
just all say we live here in

3884
02:07:56,670 --> 02:07:59,670
Saint Pete and were neighbors

3885
02:07:59,337 --> 02:08:02,337
and that's I think enough.

3886
02:08:02,607 --> 02:08:04,141
Thank you thank you.

3887
02:08:04,141 --> 02:08:04,843
If you are speakers.

3888
02:08:04,843 --> 02:08:05,543
We had 1, 1, to speak or worse

3889
02:08:05,543 --> 02:08:06,278
is here. All right. All think

3890
02:08:06,278 --> 02:08:07,111
Fonteyn once you enter into the

3891
02:08:07,111 --> 02:08:07,845
meeting space please state your

3892
02:08:07,845 --> 02:08:10,682
name and address for the record

3893
02:08:10,682 --> 02:08:13,682
and you have 2 minutes to

3894
02:08:13,918 --> 02:08:16,318
address to the council.

3895
02:08:17,254 --> 02:08:21,454
Yes, so can you hear me, yes.

3896
02:08:25,300 --> 02:08:28,299
My name is Paul fronting 36 to

3897
02:08:28,299 --> 02:08:28,799
22 Haines road.

3898
02:08:28,799 --> 02:08:29,967
Magnolia Heights.

3899
02:08:29,967 --> 02:08:33,304
I'm a game in St. Petersburg I

3900
02:08:33,304 --> 02:08:35,106
was one of the coordinators of

3901
02:08:35,106 --> 02:08:37,506
the sidewalk shocking event

3902
02:08:38,410 --> 02:08:41,545
the day that the mural 25th in

3903
02:08:41,545 --> 02:08:43,545
central was around.

3904
02:08:43,615 --> 02:08:45,615
The emotion that

3905
02:08:46,184 --> 02:08:49,487
we had that day was a mix of

3906
02:08:49,487 --> 02:08:50,355
joy in being able to to bring

3907
02:08:50,355 --> 02:08:53,355
callers back to the city.

3908
02:08:53,725 --> 02:08:56,294
But also a lots of frustration

3909
02:08:56,294 --> 02:08:57,495
and the angst.

3910
02:08:57,495 --> 02:09:00,932
As we saw a very visible symbol

3911
02:09:00,932 --> 02:09:03,935
of acceptance and love in Saint

3912
02:09:03,935 --> 02:09:05,804
Pete disappear

3913
02:09:05,804 --> 02:09:09,240
and I just want to say that I'm

3914
02:09:09,240 --> 02:09:12,240
in favor of this resolution

3915
02:09:12,543 --> 02:09:13,711
thank you COUNCILMAN Driscoll

3916
02:09:13,711 --> 02:09:14,812
as a side note

3917
02:09:14,812 --> 02:09:15,747
during that day I purchased 10.

3918
02:09:15,747 --> 02:09:16,347
And gave flags that I was

3919
02:09:16,347 --> 02:09:18,747
planning on bringing to

3920
02:09:19,283 --> 02:09:20,484
businesses and Central Avenue

3921
02:09:20,484 --> 02:09:22,884
to to put up.

3922
02:09:23,655 --> 02:09:24,956
I think get to it because the

3923
02:09:24,956 --> 02:09:28,226
event was so busy. So I decided

3924
02:09:28,226 --> 02:09:31,396
to post on facebook to give

3925
02:09:31,396 --> 02:09:33,396
away 10.

3926
02:09:33,631 --> 02:09:34,699
Flags and I gave away all the

3927
02:09:34,699 --> 02:09:37,990
flags too tall strangers

3928
02:09:37,969 --> 02:09:38,469
there's no one that I knew and

3929
02:09:38,469 --> 02:09:39,637
to my surprise.

3930
02:09:39,637 --> 02:09:42,940
Almost half of the requests and

3931
02:09:42,940 --> 02:09:44,509
I know it's a small sample of

3932
02:09:44,509 --> 02:09:46,509
10. But almost half

3933
02:09:47,812 --> 02:09:50,715
4 out of the 10 flags were

3934
02:09:50,715 --> 02:09:52,715
requested by straight

3935
02:09:52,984 --> 02:09:56,354
families. And I was very happy

3936
02:09:56,354 --> 02:09:58,560
about that and it does surprise

3937
02:09:58,560 --> 02:10:00,456
me so the flags

3938
02:10:00,525 --> 02:10:01,225
that represent certain

3939
02:10:01,225 --> 02:10:02,930
communities are important but

3940
02:10:02,930 --> 02:10:05,296
also know that you know is that

3941
02:10:05,296 --> 02:10:07,696
lgbt flag doesn't just

3942
02:10:08,566 --> 02:10:09,433
represent people that

3943
02:10:09,433 --> 02:10:10,402
our lgbtq it also represents

3944
02:10:10,402 --> 02:10:13,638
those allies which I'd like to

3945
02:10:13,638 --> 02:10:14,772
think are quite a large number

3946
02:10:14,772 --> 02:10:16,740
in the city.

3947
02:10:16,740 --> 02:10:19,478
I moved to Petersburg for years

3948
02:10:19,478 --> 02:10:20,678
ago because of the visible

3949
02:10:20,678 --> 02:10:22,678
symbols acceptance,

3950
02:10:22,914 --> 02:10:23,582
the world a lot of my friends

3951
02:10:23,582 --> 02:10:26,484
in Philadelphia said I can't

3952
02:10:26,484 --> 02:10:27,952
believe you moving to Florida.

3953
02:10:27,952 --> 02:10:30,689
And I said, but look,

3954
02:10:30,689 --> 02:10:32,657
yeah there's a mural on the

3955
02:10:32,657 --> 02:10:35,927
street with a rainbow flag, the

3956
02:10:35,927 --> 02:10:39,231
City Hall raises the pride flag

3957
02:10:39,231 --> 02:10:39,764
in JUNE. They're visible

3958
02:10:39,764 --> 02:10:40,498
evidence acceptance

3959
02:10:40,498 --> 02:10:41,198
and that was part of the reason

3960
02:10:41,198 --> 02:10:43,935
that brought me here and has a

3961
02:10:43,935 --> 02:10:46,170
real estate agent I bring a lot

3962
02:10:46,170 --> 02:10:47,271
of lgbtq people

3963
02:10:47,271 --> 02:10:50,375
into this city to relocate and

3964
02:10:50,375 --> 02:10:51,243
part of my marketing is to show

3965
02:10:51,243 --> 02:10:51,943
that is visible signs and I

3966
02:10:51,943 --> 02:10:54,946
would love to have them back.

3967
02:10:54,946 --> 02:10:56,714
I appreciate you listen to me

3968
02:10:56,714 --> 02:10:59,714
today, thank you. Thank you.

3969
02:11:00,151 --> 02:11:02,551
The council member hurt.

3970
02:11:03,321 --> 02:11:04,923
Thank you chair. I

3971
02:11:04,923 --> 02:11:06,357
I greatly appreciate the

3972
02:11:06,357 --> 02:11:07,910
passion.

3973
02:11:07,910 --> 02:11:09,491
That council member driskell

3974
02:11:10,228 --> 02:11:10,962
brings and I appreciate the

3975
02:11:10,962 --> 02:11:13,932
folks who came and talked today

3976
02:11:13,932 --> 02:11:15,400
and they literally hundreds of

3977
02:11:15,400 --> 02:11:16,268
of citizens who reached out.

3978
02:11:16,268 --> 02:11:19,537
Over the past week. I will I

3979
02:11:19,537 --> 02:11:22,740
will not be able to support

3980
02:11:22,740 --> 02:11:24,740
this item and.

3981
02:11:25,977 --> 02:11:27,780
And the reason very

3982
02:11:27,780 --> 02:11:29,780
simply is

3983
02:11:30,381 --> 02:11:31,149
we open this this meeting every

3984
02:11:31,149 --> 02:11:34,149
week. But the pledge of

3985
02:11:34,452 --> 02:11:34,919
allegiance in the last 2 words

3986
02:11:34,919 --> 02:11:37,319
are for all and

3987
02:11:37,589 --> 02:11:39,124
that flag like this body in the

3988
02:11:39,124 --> 02:11:41,524
mayor's office represent the

3989
02:11:42,127 --> 02:11:42,761
280,000 people who are citizens

3990
02:11:42,761 --> 02:11:44,795
of St. Petersburg we're a

3991
02:11:44,795 --> 02:11:47,980
diverse group worst diverse it

3992
02:11:47,980 --> 02:11:47,832
as as the rest of the country.

3993
02:11:47,832 --> 02:11:50,835
And in the city you'll find all

3994
02:11:50,835 --> 02:11:53,235
religions you'll find all

3995
02:11:53,437 --> 02:11:54,105
races. You'll find a

3996
02:11:54,105 --> 02:11:56,505
veterans you'll find wounded

3997
02:11:56,774 --> 02:11:59,277
veterans you'll find folks in

3998
02:11:59,277 --> 02:12:01,212
wheelchairs and we represent

3999
02:12:01,212 --> 02:12:04,150
them all equally. It doesn't

4000
02:12:04,150 --> 02:12:04,682
mean that we don't support.

4001
02:12:04,682 --> 02:12:07,251
Parts of our community. More

4002
02:12:07,251 --> 02:12:07,852
than others when necessary.

4003
02:12:07,852 --> 02:12:10,155
And I appreciate candor

4004
02:12:10,155 --> 02:12:11,756
darlings words about fighting

4005
02:12:11,756 --> 02:12:14,325
boldly and we do that as a city

4006
02:12:14,325 --> 02:12:16,895
but the identity of the city

4007
02:12:16,895 --> 02:12:17,596
belongs to the 280,000 people

4008
02:12:17,596 --> 02:12:20,465
who make up the city and that

4009
02:12:20,465 --> 02:12:22,767
flag is a representation of

4010
02:12:22,767 --> 02:12:24,135
that.

4011
02:12:24,135 --> 02:12:24,802
So that the idea that we're

4012
02:12:24,802 --> 02:12:27,205
that we're going to address

4013
02:12:27,205 --> 02:12:27,939
current events and what

4014
02:12:27,939 --> 02:12:28,573
happened with the murals in the

4015
02:12:28,573 --> 02:12:30,875
streets have slowly week.

4016
02:12:30,875 --> 02:12:32,143
We're going to find the right

4017
02:12:32,143 --> 02:12:33,978
thing to do we're going to find

4018
02:12:33,978 --> 02:12:35,180
the right statement to make.

4019
02:12:35,180 --> 02:12:38,483
But the flag a St. Petersburg

4020
02:12:38,483 --> 02:12:38,883
it is the identity of the body

4021
02:12:38,883 --> 02:12:40,883
that

4022
02:12:41,319 --> 02:12:44,319
is the government of St.

4023
02:12:44,622 --> 02:12:45,323
Petersburg and it and it it

4024
02:12:45,323 --> 02:12:46,240
needs to in my opinion be

4025
02:12:46,240 --> 02:12:46,891
representative of all 280,000

4026
02:12:46,891 --> 02:12:49,828
of us. So those are my thoughts

4027
02:12:49,828 --> 02:12:52,630
Sir, thank you for your time.

4028
02:12:52,630 --> 02:12:53,331
Thank you vice chair Harris.

4029
02:12:53,331 --> 02:12:56,200
Thank you I like to also thank

4030
02:12:56,200 --> 02:12:58,600
everyone who's reached out

4031
02:12:59,370 --> 02:13:01,205
who's here

4032
02:13:01,205 --> 02:13:01,740
and council member driskell for

4033
02:13:01,740 --> 02:13:02,407
bringing this item.

4034
02:13:02,407 --> 02:13:03,141
A couple weeks ago I am the

4035
02:13:03,141 --> 02:13:04,842
council member that sits on the

4036
02:13:04,842 --> 02:13:05,143
art advisory committee we had a

4037
02:13:05,143 --> 02:13:05,810
joint

4038
02:13:05,810 --> 02:13:06,978
meeting with the public arts

4039
02:13:06,978 --> 02:13:08,713
commission to actually discuss

4040
02:13:08,713 --> 02:13:12,500
ideas of how to respond to the

4041
02:13:12,500 --> 02:13:15,319
state that the state could not

4042
02:13:15,319 --> 02:13:16,288
come back turn around

4043
02:13:16,288 --> 02:13:17,255
and take away from us

4044
02:13:17,255 --> 02:13:17,989
and at that meeting just for

4045
02:13:17,989 --> 02:13:19,924
those who MAY not know what the

4046
02:13:19,924 --> 02:13:21,960
art advisory committee is for

4047
02:13:21,960 --> 02:13:24,328
the public arts Commission

4048
02:13:24,328 --> 02:13:27,328
there are lots of community.

4049
02:13:27,532 --> 02:13:29,468
Members who are artists who

4050
02:13:29,468 --> 02:13:31,269
know the space who have

4051
02:13:31,269 --> 02:13:33,269
fantastic creative ideas,

4052
02:13:33,638 --> 02:13:34,639
frankly I went there as the

4053
02:13:34,639 --> 02:13:37,390
City Council member that's

4054
02:13:37,909 --> 02:13:40,679
there for the art advisory

4055
02:13:40,679 --> 02:13:42,313
committee. But I wanted to

4056
02:13:42,313 --> 02:13:43,140
listen to them because they had

4057
02:13:43,140 --> 02:13:44,916
a ton of ideas and at the end

4058
02:13:44,916 --> 02:13:45,650
there was a whole Board of

4059
02:13:45,650 --> 02:13:47,510
different things and how we can

4060
02:13:47,510 --> 02:13:50,421
respond as a city and there was

4061
02:13:50,421 --> 02:13:53,900
it was a collaborative process

4062
02:13:53,900 --> 02:13:54,959
in terms of that meeting

4063
02:13:54,959 --> 02:13:57,280
and from that meeting they were

4064
02:13:57,280 --> 02:13:58,290
going to continue getting ideas

4065
02:13:58,290 --> 02:13:59,197
and then talk about those ideas

4066
02:13:59,197 --> 02:14:02,197
again at another committing so

4067
02:14:02,567 --> 02:14:05,837
we could get all the input from

4068
02:14:05,837 --> 02:14:06,471
these committees I know that

4069
02:14:06,471 --> 02:14:07,172
councilmember Floyd is the

4070
02:14:07,172 --> 02:14:08,500
council member who is assigned

4071
02:14:08,500 --> 02:14:09,941
for the public arts Commission

4072
02:14:09,941 --> 02:14:10,909
he wasn't there and I told them

4073
02:14:10,909 --> 02:14:13,440
you you fortunately had a

4074
02:14:13,440 --> 02:14:14,112
another you're traveling and

4075
02:14:14,112 --> 02:14:15,680
couldn't be there because he

4076
02:14:15,680 --> 02:14:18,800
would have definitely enjoyed

4077
02:14:19,170 --> 02:14:22,154
being part of that meeting but.

4078
02:14:22,154 --> 02:14:24,154
Having said that

4079
02:14:24,455 --> 02:14:25,390
going back to having a response

4080
02:14:25,390 --> 02:14:28,390
that the state cannot turn

4081
02:14:28,827 --> 02:14:32,300
around and do what they did

4082
02:14:32,300 --> 02:14:33,131
with the murals and

4083
02:14:33,131 --> 02:14:36,434
I will say I don't like it.

4084
02:14:36,434 --> 02:14:37,769
Now think anyone here like that

4085
02:14:37,769 --> 02:14:39,769
to be clear

4086
02:14:40,238 --> 02:14:42,374
and I think we also got a lot

4087
02:14:42,374 --> 02:14:44,774
of criticism for weather.

4088
02:14:45,644 --> 02:14:46,878
The mayor got criticism for the

4089
02:14:46,878 --> 02:14:47,745
response.

4090
02:14:47,745 --> 02:14:50,448
We got legal advice from our

4091
02:14:50,448 --> 02:14:53,785
attorneys and in terms of what

4092
02:14:53,785 --> 02:14:54,552
can be done in response to fdot

4093
02:14:54,552 --> 02:14:56,952
I will tell you

4094
02:14:57,822 --> 02:15:01,930
that the advice was there's not

4095
02:15:01,930 --> 02:15:02,293
going to be much you can do.

4096
02:15:02,293 --> 02:15:03,695
>> And I will tell you Delray

4097
02:15:03,695 --> 02:15:04,463
Beach who stood very firm has

4098
02:15:04,463 --> 02:15:07,699
now gone back and said they're

4099
02:15:07,699 --> 02:15:11,102
not going to fight it because

4100
02:15:11,102 --> 02:15:12,804
they don't see a legal path.

4101
02:15:12,804 --> 02:15:15,204
Legal issues are important

4102
02:15:15,406 --> 02:15:17,208
and I bring that up because

4103
02:15:17,208 --> 02:15:18,610
emotion and believing it thinks

4104
02:15:18,610 --> 02:15:21,112
is great. But then we have to

4105
02:15:21,112 --> 02:15:24,382
deal with legal issues and how

4106
02:15:24,382 --> 02:15:28,219
this goes forward so I want to

4107
02:15:28,219 --> 02:15:31,219
asked legal because I know

4108
02:15:31,489 --> 02:15:35,890
there was a 2 article that said

4109
02:15:36,761 --> 02:15:37,729
that legal vetted yes

4110
02:15:37,729 --> 02:15:40,999
Brett if you can just what was

4111
02:15:40,999 --> 02:15:43,399
exactly league ul's role.

4112
02:15:44,336 --> 02:15:46,736
In this. Council member

4113
02:15:47,605 --> 02:15:50,500
chair members of Council.

4114
02:15:50,508 --> 02:15:51,760
Are.

4115
02:15:51,760 --> 02:15:51,776
Office assisted in the

4116
02:15:51,776 --> 02:15:52,510
preparation of this resolution

4117
02:15:52,510 --> 02:15:54,450
and the same would way we would

4118
02:15:54,450 --> 02:15:54,712
any other that we've been

4119
02:15:54,712 --> 02:15:57,112
requested to prepare whether

4120
02:15:57,415 --> 02:15:58,816
its administration Council is a

4121
02:15:58,816 --> 02:16:01,816
body or an individual council

4122
02:16:02,860 --> 02:16:03,121
member. The role of our offices

4123
02:16:03,121 --> 02:16:05,456
to provide legal advice,

4124
02:16:05,456 --> 02:16:06,624
not policy direction. We work

4125
02:16:06,624 --> 02:16:09,895
to ensure that the form of the

4126
02:16:09,895 --> 02:16:10,595
item accurately reflects the

4127
02:16:10,595 --> 02:16:12,297
substance coming

4128
02:16:12,297 --> 02:16:14,599
from the requester you know

4129
02:16:14,599 --> 02:16:15,333
legally permissible manner so

4130
02:16:15,333 --> 02:16:15,900
for example when our office has

4131
02:16:15,900 --> 02:16:18,300
requested to prepare a

4132
02:16:18,403 --> 02:16:20,403
resolution supporting state

4133
02:16:20,538 --> 02:16:21,639
legislation. The recitals in

4134
02:16:21,639 --> 02:16:24,639
the statement of report of

4135
02:16:24,909 --> 02:16:26,444
support represent the direction

4136
02:16:26,444 --> 02:16:27,450
that we receive

4137
02:16:27,450 --> 02:16:30,450
and we package that and

4138
02:16:30,248 --> 02:16:30,715
communicate it and write it in

4139
02:16:30,715 --> 02:16:31,550
a manner that we

4140
02:16:31,550 --> 02:16:33,385
believe request the will of the

4141
02:16:33,385 --> 02:16:34,586
body. So the preparation of

4142
02:16:34,586 --> 02:16:35,553
this item was quite ordinary it

4143
02:16:35,553 --> 02:16:37,953
was a collaborative effort

4144
02:16:38,857 --> 02:16:39,457
involving multiple attorneys,

4145
02:16:39,457 --> 02:16:42,427
not something that I did

4146
02:16:42,427 --> 02:16:43,328
specifically are individually

4147
02:16:43,328 --> 02:16:46,698
and our role was the usual

4148
02:16:46,698 --> 02:16:49,698
one to prepare a resolution

4149
02:16:50,100 --> 02:16:51,502
that convey the substance

4150
02:16:51,502 --> 02:16:52,170
that we receive from

4151
02:16:52,170 --> 02:16:52,471
councilmember just won this

4152
02:16:52,471 --> 02:16:53,104
case.

4153
02:16:53,104 --> 02:16:53,838
Okay so in terms of the La

4154
02:16:53,838 --> 02:16:54,539
galaxy what can happen with it.

4155
02:16:54,539 --> 02:16:56,642
You know I think conversations

4156
02:16:56,642 --> 02:16:59,420
typically happen based on.

4157
02:16:59,277 --> 02:17:01,677
What is there. But

4158
02:17:02,347 --> 02:17:03,615
what I want people to

4159
02:17:03,615 --> 02:17:04,449
understand what is the power of

4160
02:17:04,449 --> 02:17:07,752
the state in the areas that we

4161
02:17:07,752 --> 02:17:10,752
are discussing both on the

4162
02:17:10,822 --> 02:17:12,822
flags.

4163
02:17:14,226 --> 02:17:16,226
>> So. Municipalities are

4164
02:17:17,295 --> 02:17:18,796
created by the state can be

4165
02:17:18,796 --> 02:17:19,530
abolished by the state

4166
02:17:19,530 --> 02:17:21,990
use ballot is to not have First

4167
02:17:21,990 --> 02:17:21,766
Amendment rights of their own.

4168
02:17:21,766 --> 02:17:24,936
So the state can require the

4169
02:17:24,936 --> 02:17:25,503
city from stating certain

4170
02:17:25,503 --> 02:17:27,503
things were prohibited

4171
02:17:28,539 --> 02:17:30,309
from stating certain things

4172
02:17:30,309 --> 02:17:30,976
state law currently

4173
02:17:30,976 --> 02:17:33,376
allows local governments to

4174
02:17:33,945 --> 02:17:37,248
adopt a seal and control the

4175
02:17:37,248 --> 02:17:39,170
use of that sealed the city

4176
02:17:39,170 --> 02:17:39,751
adopted its seal in 1921.

4177
02:17:39,751 --> 02:17:42,720
We're also empowered to there's

4178
02:17:42,720 --> 02:17:43,788
not a specific state law about

4179
02:17:43,788 --> 02:17:44,389
the flag

4180
02:17:44,389 --> 02:17:46,240
but to serve as general

4181
02:17:46,240 --> 02:17:48,424
home-rule powers. We adopted

4182
02:17:49,294 --> 02:17:50,261
the first flight in 1927

4183
02:17:50,261 --> 02:17:51,229
revised it in

4184
02:17:51,229 --> 02:17:52,763
1951 and then again in 1984.

4185
02:17:52,763 --> 02:17:53,598
There's been legislation in the

4186
02:17:53,598 --> 02:17:55,598
past 3 legislative sessions

4187
02:17:56,901 --> 02:17:59,237
that would restrict the flying

4188
02:17:59,237 --> 02:18:01,139
of municipal flags. Bills are

4189
02:18:01,139 --> 02:18:02,307
starting to file there's not a

4190
02:18:02,307 --> 02:18:05,577
bill yet. But it was the same

4191
02:18:05,577 --> 02:18:06,578
bill filed 2 sessions in a row,

4192
02:18:06,578 --> 02:18:07,245
if that bill

4193
02:18:07,245 --> 02:18:07,946
was adopted it likely would

4194
02:18:07,946 --> 02:18:10,946
present and prohibit the city

4195
02:18:11,115 --> 02:18:14,115
from flying the 2 flags that

4196
02:18:14,252 --> 02:18:15,870
are proposed here.

4197
02:18:15,870 --> 02:18:15,921
>> In terms of the.

4198
02:18:15,921 --> 02:18:16,888
Official seal because there is

4199
02:18:16,888 --> 02:18:19,888
a Florida statute that allows

4200
02:18:20,191 --> 02:18:20,858
us to use an official seal they

4201
02:18:20,858 --> 02:18:22,600
can also

4202
02:18:22,600 --> 02:18:25,600
change that statute and limit

4203
02:18:25,363 --> 02:18:28,800
the use of the seal correct

4204
02:18:28,800 --> 02:18:31,200
that's correct. Okay. So

4205
02:18:32,360 --> 02:18:34,360
the other.

4206
02:18:35,374 --> 02:18:36,341
Question I have in terms

4207
02:18:36,341 --> 02:18:39,341
of the flag. Can you

4208
02:18:39,611 --> 02:18:40,678
have more than one official

4209
02:18:40,678 --> 02:18:41,412
flag.

4210
02:18:41,412 --> 02:18:41,713
That's not a question presented

4211
02:18:41,713 --> 02:18:42,447
here.

4212
02:18:42,447 --> 02:18:43,515
Because these are variations on

4213
02:18:43,515 --> 02:18:46,785
the same way if the city to

4214
02:18:46,785 --> 02:18:47,285
celebrate the to commemorate

4215
02:18:47,285 --> 02:18:49,285
its

4216
02:18:50,354 --> 02:18:53,240
its or its founding were to fly

4217
02:18:53,240 --> 02:18:56,240
the 1927 flag of the 1951 flag

4218
02:18:56,328 --> 02:18:59,328
that would not replace the 1984

4219
02:18:59,598 --> 02:19:00,565
flag that we could enjoy just

4220
02:19:00,565 --> 02:19:01,265
because we used an alternate.

4221
02:19:01,265 --> 02:19:01,567
Who has the authority over the

4222
02:19:01,567 --> 02:19:02,267
flag.

4223
02:19:02,267 --> 02:19:02,968
That's not something that was

4224
02:19:02,968 --> 02:19:03,668
presented by this because it's

4225
02:19:03,668 --> 02:19:04,402
a request from Council to the

4226
02:19:04,402 --> 02:19:05,803
mayor and that's not a question

4227
02:19:05,803 --> 02:19:06,871
that we've determined at this

4228
02:19:06,871 --> 02:19:10,208
time. So those are at this

4229
02:19:10,208 --> 02:19:12,608
point not the tournament.

4230
02:19:13,411 --> 02:19:15,411
That's correct.

4231
02:19:16,581 --> 02:19:18,581
I just have

4232
02:19:18,883 --> 02:19:19,550
some real concerns in terms of.

4233
02:19:19,550 --> 02:19:20,218
>> Doing something that the

4234
02:19:20,218 --> 02:19:23,218
state's going to turn around

4235
02:19:23,622 --> 02:19:25,223
and completely preempt and not

4236
02:19:25,223 --> 02:19:27,559
only priya go for a year.

4237
02:19:27,559 --> 02:19:29,959
The conversations that we're

4238
02:19:30,940 --> 02:19:33,398
being had at the art advisory.

4239
02:19:33,398 --> 02:19:34,499
And the public arts commission

4240
02:19:34,499 --> 02:19:35,167
was to find path.

4241
02:19:35,167 --> 02:19:38,690
That we could do things that

4242
02:19:38,690 --> 02:19:39,370
wouldn't destroy something

4243
02:19:39,370 --> 02:19:40,720
again.

4244
02:19:40,720 --> 02:19:43,241
And to me that is a concern I

4245
02:19:43,241 --> 02:19:45,110
would love to hear from other

4246
02:19:45,110 --> 02:19:45,777
council members if they have

4247
02:19:45,777 --> 02:19:47,450
any fights but that's a real

4248
02:19:47,450 --> 02:19:50,348
concern I have because I want

4249
02:19:50,348 --> 02:19:50,948
to see a path that we can do

4250
02:19:50,948 --> 02:19:52,500
things

4251
02:19:52,500 --> 02:19:53,118
where it's not as easy as going

4252
02:19:53,118 --> 02:19:53,785
to the Legislature right now

4253
02:19:53,785 --> 02:19:56,688
they've got tried to do it 3

4254
02:19:56,688 --> 02:19:57,422
times now you're going to give

4255
02:19:57,422 --> 02:19:58,890
them.

4256
02:19:58,890 --> 02:20:00,240
One more thing where in MAY

4257
02:20:00,240 --> 02:20:01,580
take it over and they're gonna

4258
02:20:01,580 --> 02:20:04,329
say okay now it's it and now

4259
02:20:04,329 --> 02:20:04,862
we're going to preempt it and

4260
02:20:04,862 --> 02:20:06,798
once they preempt it

4261
02:20:06,798 --> 02:20:09,635
you're not getting it back.

4262
02:20:09,635 --> 02:20:10,335
Right now we can fly flags, we

4263
02:20:10,335 --> 02:20:13,370
do flight. The pride fact, and

4264
02:20:13,370 --> 02:20:15,840
we do fly. The Carter g Woodson

4265
02:20:15,840 --> 02:20:18,840
flat that's allowed and we're

4266
02:20:19,144 --> 02:20:22,480
doing it. So that that to me is

4267
02:20:22,480 --> 02:20:25,480
a real concern. Thank you.

4268
02:20:25,650 --> 02:20:26,951
Thank you chair.

4269
02:20:26,951 --> 02:20:28,951
So.

4270
02:20:29,540 --> 02:20:29,654
This whole conversation is

4271
02:20:29,654 --> 02:20:32,540
about unity. This whole

4272
02:20:32,557 --> 02:20:34,957
conversation is about history.

4273
02:20:35,827 --> 02:20:36,929
And so let's kind of dig into

4274
02:20:36,929 --> 02:20:37,996
that as it comes

4275
02:20:37,996 --> 02:20:38,630
to these flags a little bit.

4276
02:20:38,630 --> 02:20:39,264
All right so councilmember

4277
02:20:39,264 --> 02:20:41,799
handle its are vice chair

4278
02:20:41,799 --> 02:20:42,634
Hannah it's I'm glad you

4279
02:20:42,634 --> 02:20:43,768
brought

4280
02:20:43,768 --> 02:20:44,636
up the joint meeting.

4281
02:20:44,636 --> 02:20:47,872
I wanted to be a fly on the

4282
02:20:47,872 --> 02:20:48,239
wall at that meeting was unable

4283
02:20:48,239 --> 02:20:49,774
to but did

4284
02:20:49,774 --> 02:20:53,440
sit through it and give me some

4285
02:20:53,440 --> 02:20:54,446
pretty detailed notes. There

4286
02:20:54,446 --> 02:20:55,948
was a lot

4287
02:20:55,948 --> 02:20:57,582
that was brought forward.

4288
02:20:57,582 --> 02:20:59,651
And every conversation that I

4289
02:20:59,651 --> 02:21:02,651
have had within the community,

4290
02:21:02,988 --> 02:21:03,554
including a meeting that I went

4291
02:21:03,554 --> 02:21:04,489
to very well attended

4292
02:21:04,489 --> 02:21:07,893
last week pride in real estate

4293
02:21:07,893 --> 02:21:10,562
where it took several of the

4294
02:21:10,562 --> 02:21:11,529
flags that we redesign this

4295
02:21:11,529 --> 02:21:12,397
summer and gave them out

4296
02:21:12,397 --> 02:21:14,797
everyone was very excited.

4297
02:21:15,200 --> 02:21:18,200
Everyone was very happy and

4298
02:21:18,236 --> 02:21:19,203
then we had a very robust

4299
02:21:19,203 --> 02:21:21,603
conversation about the street

4300
02:21:22,441 --> 02:21:23,740
art the a Rea sure what is

4301
02:21:23,740 --> 02:21:23,741
happening in the state of

4302
02:21:23,741 --> 02:21:25,877
Florida, how it is affecting

4303
02:21:25,877 --> 02:21:28,877
really the trauma that our

4304
02:21:29,800 --> 02:21:30,682
residents feel around this

4305
02:21:30,682 --> 02:21:33,985
issue. But the real kind of I

4306
02:21:33,985 --> 02:21:34,919
guess common denominator in all

4307
02:21:34,919 --> 02:21:36,919
of that conversation

4308
02:21:38,220 --> 02:21:40,392
was that they wanted to see our

4309
02:21:40,392 --> 02:21:42,227
city leadership come together

4310
02:21:42,227 --> 02:21:43,950
and have cohesive conversations

4311
02:21:43,950 --> 02:21:46,465
as all of us that represent

4312
02:21:46,465 --> 02:21:49,634
them about how we move things

4313
02:21:49,634 --> 02:21:50,235
forward. I brought

4314
02:21:50,235 --> 02:21:52,635
forward a new business.

4315
02:21:53,138 --> 02:21:54,306
Us to take a committee meeting

4316
02:21:54,306 --> 02:21:57,475
2 h o u t to have

4317
02:21:57,475 --> 02:21:59,475
a cohesive unified

4318
02:22:00,745 --> 02:22:02,181
conversation.

4319
02:22:02,181 --> 02:22:05,160
There was left little time

4320
02:22:05,160 --> 02:22:05,683
for that conversation. And the

4321
02:22:05,683 --> 02:22:08,520
day before we were going to

4322
02:22:08,520 --> 02:22:09,221
have that committee meeting the

4323
02:22:09,221 --> 02:22:11,123
administration went ahead and

4324
02:22:11,123 --> 02:22:14,250
rolled out an entire plan

4325
02:22:14,250 --> 02:22:16,425
without consulting City Council

4326
02:22:17,395 --> 02:22:18,290
without having a conversation.

4327
02:22:18,290 --> 02:22:18,696
I heard you say

4328
02:22:18,696 --> 02:22:20,732
councilmember just cold that

4329
02:22:20,732 --> 02:22:22,901
you did this alone that you you

4330
02:22:22,901 --> 02:22:26,170
felt like you had to do this

4331
02:22:26,170 --> 02:22:27,672
alone like for whatever reason

4332
02:22:27,672 --> 02:22:30,720
you didn't have to

4333
02:22:30,609 --> 02:22:31,343
do this alone. You left that

4334
02:22:31,343 --> 02:22:33,512
committee meeting before we had

4335
02:22:33,512 --> 02:22:36,512
this conversation. I sat there

4336
02:22:36,748 --> 02:22:37,382
and asked my colleagues share

4337
02:22:37,382 --> 02:22:39,782
talk with us like

4338
02:22:40,552 --> 02:22:42,952
have you been having

4339
02:22:43,855 --> 02:22:46,255
conversations trying to get

4340
02:22:46,357 --> 02:22:47,910
a unified front on this

4341
02:22:47,910 --> 02:22:50,362
yet here we are being asked to

4342
02:22:50,362 --> 02:22:53,265
look at something that was done

4343
02:22:53,265 --> 02:22:53,965
in a silo.

4344
02:22:53,965 --> 02:22:55,267
If we don't vote for it, then

4345
02:22:55,267 --> 02:22:57,436
it's going to be pitted as

4346
02:22:57,436 --> 02:22:58,303
though we don't support our

4347
02:22:58,303 --> 02:23:01,303
community and that is unfair

4348
02:23:01,573 --> 02:23:04,573
every single person up here

4349
02:23:04,709 --> 02:23:06,709
support.

4350
02:23:07,246 --> 02:23:08,130
Single part of our community.

4351
02:23:08,130 --> 02:23:11,316
We are all about unity. We are

4352
02:23:11,316 --> 02:23:12,784
all about recognizing our

4353
02:23:12,784 --> 02:23:15,184
history. We have shown

4354
02:23:16,540 --> 02:23:16,922
that time and time again.

4355
02:23:16,922 --> 02:23:19,322
But this working in

4356
02:23:20,225 --> 02:23:22,961
silos is starting to appear as

4357
02:23:22,961 --> 02:23:23,695
though it is pitting

4358
02:23:23,695 --> 02:23:24,396
Council against administration.

4359
02:23:24,396 --> 02:23:25,897
>> Against council members MAY

4360
02:23:25,897 --> 02:23:28,700
not help yes today and I am not

4361
02:23:28,700 --> 02:23:30,736
going to stand for it any

4362
02:23:30,736 --> 02:23:32,360
longer. We have all got to get

4363
02:23:32,360 --> 02:23:35,307
on the same page. So if this

4364
02:23:35,307 --> 02:23:36,308
passes today. Can you share

4365
02:23:36,308 --> 02:23:38,308
with me Rob.

4366
02:23:39,577 --> 02:23:40,578
What the mayors response is

4367
02:23:40,578 --> 02:23:43,578
going to be because this

4368
02:23:43,882 --> 02:23:47,185
is a request of him. And he

4369
02:23:47,185 --> 02:23:48,200
obviously is running in his

4370
02:23:48,200 --> 02:23:49,521
own direction on this issue.

4371
02:23:49,521 --> 02:23:50,589
What's going to happen if this

4372
02:23:50,589 --> 02:23:51,456
passes. I don't think I can

4373
02:23:51,456 --> 02:23:52,190
answer that directly

4374
02:23:52,190 --> 02:23:54,159
councilmember I think the mayor

4375
02:23:54,159 --> 02:23:57,428
will have to think about that

4376
02:23:57,428 --> 02:23:58,864
what I what I will say is that

4377
02:23:58,864 --> 02:23:59,564
you know I

4378
02:23:59,564 --> 02:24:00,465
think our intentions together.

4379
02:24:00,465 --> 02:24:03,735
>> All in the same place I

4380
02:24:03,735 --> 02:24:04,470
think that we all want to show

4381
02:24:04,470 --> 02:24:05,636
our values through

4382
02:24:05,636 --> 02:24:06,504
art or symbols to the

4383
02:24:06,504 --> 02:24:08,540
community. And what the mayors

4384
02:24:08,540 --> 02:24:09,407
said is that he wanted to do

4385
02:24:09,407 --> 02:24:10,575
some public outreach to look

4386
02:24:10,575 --> 02:24:13,478
into that so we've had the word

4387
02:24:13,478 --> 02:24:14,546
with Welsh we've done the

4388
02:24:14,546 --> 02:24:16,946
online survey which ended

4389
02:24:17,482 --> 02:24:18,550
yesterday we had the art

4390
02:24:18,550 --> 02:24:21,550
advisory in the public arts

4391
02:24:21,653 --> 02:24:22,320
Commission meeting. So we're

4392
02:24:22,320 --> 02:24:24,720
gathering that input Siletz

4393
02:24:25,323 --> 02:24:25,757
Davis is working on this we're

4394
02:24:25,757 --> 02:24:26,725
going to look

4395
02:24:26,725 --> 02:24:27,692
kid immediate short-term things

4396
02:24:27,692 --> 02:24:29,494
we can do. And then

4397
02:24:29,494 --> 02:24:30,495
longer-range things we can do

4398
02:24:30,495 --> 02:24:31,663
and then you know we plan to

4399
02:24:31,663 --> 02:24:33,297
partner with counsel come back

4400
02:24:33,297 --> 02:24:36,297
to Council with with the

4401
02:24:36,568 --> 02:24:38,103
information that we gather and

4402
02:24:38,103 --> 02:24:38,804
go from there that's

4403
02:24:38,804 --> 02:24:39,838
how we're trying to approach.

4404
02:24:39,838 --> 02:24:40,605
So with the online survey, I'm

4405
02:24:40,605 --> 02:24:43,605
glad that you mentioned that

4406
02:24:43,608 --> 02:24:45,978
those that ends today so when I

4407
02:24:45,978 --> 02:24:47,279
was at this meeting last week

4408
02:24:47,279 --> 02:24:50,582
it happened to be the day that

4409
02:24:50,582 --> 02:24:51,830
the survey was ending and no

4410
02:24:51,830 --> 02:24:53,483
one knew about it.

4411
02:24:53,918 --> 02:24:54,652
Everyone said. There's a survey

4412
02:24:54,652 --> 02:24:57,489
you want my input I didn't know

4413
02:24:57,489 --> 02:24:58,220
you want to my input so that

4414
02:24:58,220 --> 02:24:58,523
evening

4415
02:24:58,523 --> 02:24:59,391
I sent an email to

4416
02:24:59,391 --> 02:25:01,791
administration and thank you

4417
02:25:02,694 --> 02:25:03,195
for honoring that request to

4418
02:25:03,195 --> 02:25:05,960
extend that. So it

4419
02:25:05,960 --> 02:25:08,367
was extended to today and I was

4420
02:25:08,367 --> 02:25:09,902
going to ask tomorrow because

4421
02:25:09,902 --> 02:25:10,335
it's on my calendar for

4422
02:25:10,335 --> 02:25:11,135
those results.

4423
02:25:11,135 --> 02:25:12,538
Because we need to see all of

4424
02:25:12,538 --> 02:25:15,940
that information we need to let

4425
02:25:15,940 --> 02:25:18,940
the joint committees do their

4426
02:25:19,244 --> 02:25:21,120
work we need to

4427
02:25:21,120 --> 02:25:21,546
quote.

4428
02:25:21,546 --> 02:25:23,382
>> In the news that.

4429
02:25:23,382 --> 02:25:25,517
All of these suggestions and we

4430
02:25:25,517 --> 02:25:27,585
need to do that in a

4431
02:25:27,585 --> 02:25:30,188
collaborative way if this is

4432
02:25:30,188 --> 02:25:30,989
about honoring history and this

4433
02:25:30,989 --> 02:25:34,258
is about identity and this is

4434
02:25:34,258 --> 02:25:35,930
about unity. Then we all need

4435
02:25:35,930 --> 02:25:36,495
to be on the scene

4436
02:25:36,495 --> 02:25:39,765
page. And I don't want to sit

4437
02:25:39,765 --> 02:25:40,732
here any longer and continue to

4438
02:25:40,732 --> 02:25:41,667
feel

4439
02:25:41,667 --> 02:25:42,233
like were pending one

4440
02:25:42,233 --> 02:25:44,202
councilmember against

4441
02:25:44,202 --> 02:25:45,471
administration pitting the

4442
02:25:45,471 --> 02:25:47,871
administration against all of

4443
02:25:48,607 --> 02:25:49,541
Council and pitting our

4444
02:25:49,541 --> 02:25:51,941
community against each other

4445
02:25:52,477 --> 02:25:55,147
because I speak we're very

4446
02:25:55,147 --> 02:25:58,417
close to teetering on you're a

4447
02:25:58,417 --> 02:25:59,484
sure starting to cause divide

4448
02:25:59,484 --> 02:26:00,852
between all of us

4449
02:26:00,852 --> 02:26:02,787
and I'm not going to stand for

4450
02:26:02,787 --> 02:26:03,454
it. So I was supposed to leave

4451
02:26:03,454 --> 02:26:05,891
about 30 minutes ago for an

4452
02:26:05,891 --> 02:26:06,457
appointment that I need to get

4453
02:26:06,457 --> 02:26:09,457
to that is a personal

4454
02:26:09,494 --> 02:26:10,561
appointment. So I am going to

4455
02:26:10,561 --> 02:26:11,396
go ahead and go to excuse

4456
02:26:11,396 --> 02:26:12,960
myself from the rest of this

4457
02:26:12,960 --> 02:26:14,233
meeting and I want all of you

4458
02:26:14,233 --> 02:26:17,536
to know this has nothing to do

4459
02:26:17,536 --> 02:26:17,836
with the fact that I support

4460
02:26:17,836 --> 02:26:18,837
you I

4461
02:26:18,837 --> 02:26:22,207
support every single one of you

4462
02:26:22,207 --> 02:26:22,907
and where you stand in your

4463
02:26:22,907 --> 02:26:26,144
place in history and in unity

4464
02:26:26,144 --> 02:26:29,347
and I will always support you.

4465
02:26:29,347 --> 02:26:30,215
But these flags today

4466
02:26:30,215 --> 02:26:31,516
are not it. These flags today

4467
02:26:31,516 --> 02:26:33,351
get us no closer to that and if

4468
02:26:33,351 --> 02:26:36,588
the mayor turns around and says

4469
02:26:36,588 --> 02:26:38,623
he's not going to Then where we

4470
02:26:38,623 --> 02:26:40,124
at we're just that much more

4471
02:26:40,124 --> 02:26:41,930
divided. So I want this process

4472
02:26:41,930 --> 02:26:44,362
to play out. I want the survey

4473
02:26:44,362 --> 02:26:47,632
results I want you all to

4474
02:26:47,632 --> 02:26:50,632
continue to do your work.

4475
02:26:55,507 --> 02:26:56,108
>> I know you have to leave,

4476
02:26:56,108 --> 02:26:57,742
but since you made some

4477
02:26:57,742 --> 02:27:01,130
accusations I just want to set

4478
02:27:01,130 --> 02:27:01,880
the record East. We responded

4479
02:27:01,880 --> 02:27:02,614
to the

4480
02:27:02,614 --> 02:27:05,550
issue that was happening in our

4481
02:27:05,550 --> 02:27:05,917
community to get input from the

4482
02:27:05,917 --> 02:27:06,751
community

4483
02:27:06,751 --> 02:27:07,418
we had a word with Welsh

4484
02:27:07,418 --> 02:27:09,989
already scheduled and we had

4485
02:27:09,989 --> 02:27:10,822
folks from throughout the

4486
02:27:10,822 --> 02:27:12,257
community, including equality

4487
02:27:12,257 --> 02:27:14,657
Florida at that meeting.

4488
02:27:15,627 --> 02:27:17,295
There is no plan move forward

4489
02:27:17,295 --> 02:27:19,295
with the plan

4490
02:27:20,599 --> 02:27:21,660
and the Sept. 10th memo that

4491
02:27:21,660 --> 02:27:23,660
receive showed

4492
02:27:24,369 --> 02:27:24,937
what was happening in the

4493
02:27:24,937 --> 02:27:25,604
community,

4494
02:27:25,604 --> 02:27:26,271
including art adviser in the

4495
02:27:26,271 --> 02:27:26,972
public arts meeting that was

4496
02:27:26,972 --> 02:27:27,605
scheduled. We were showing you

4497
02:27:27,605 --> 02:27:28,173
that folks were moving in

4498
02:27:28,173 --> 02:27:30,573
different parts of the

4499
02:27:31,243 --> 02:27:32,778
community. This is what

4500
02:27:32,778 --> 02:27:35,178
happened and our plan.

4501
02:27:35,714 --> 02:27:37,216
It's a let the process move

4502
02:27:37,216 --> 02:27:37,916
forward and hear all the ideas

4503
02:27:37,916 --> 02:27:38,751
that are out there. There was

4504
02:27:38,751 --> 02:27:41,786
no plan that I was going

4505
02:27:41,786 --> 02:27:44,189
forward with other than getting

4506
02:27:44,189 --> 02:27:44,823
the input from the entire

4507
02:27:44,823 --> 02:27:45,791
community. On how we move

4508
02:27:45,791 --> 02:27:48,791
forward in a sustainable way.

4509
02:27:49,940 --> 02:27:52,231
A way that can't be preempted.

4510
02:27:52,231 --> 02:27:53,832
But the state and county or

4511
02:27:53,832 --> 02:27:56,768
City Council input is certainly

4512
02:27:56,768 --> 02:27:57,602
a part of that process we want

4513
02:27:57,602 --> 02:27:59,538
to hear what city councils

4514
02:27:59,538 --> 02:28:01,606
ideas are so the pushback when

4515
02:28:01,606 --> 02:28:03,541
you say I'm one with the plan

4516
02:28:03,541 --> 02:28:06,945
only plan was to listen to the

4517
02:28:06,945 --> 02:28:09,247
community. Listen to the ideas

4518
02:28:09,247 --> 02:28:10,415
listen to counsel when that

4519
02:28:10,415 --> 02:28:11,116
meeting happened and find the

4520
02:28:11,116 --> 02:28:13,516
most sustainable way forward.

4521
02:28:14,152 --> 02:28:14,620
So what you said was not true.

4522
02:28:14,620 --> 02:28:16,620
We're listening.

4523
02:28:17,789 --> 02:28:21,590
And we look forward to building

4524
02:28:21,590 --> 02:28:23,590
a sustainable response.

4525
02:28:23,161 --> 02:28:23,828
So what we've all gone.

4526
02:28:23,828 --> 02:28:26,265
And I appreciate that mayor

4527
02:28:26,265 --> 02:28:28,867
perception is reality. And my

4528
02:28:28,867 --> 02:28:29,534
reality looked very differently

4529
02:28:29,534 --> 02:28:30,235
at that committee meeting so

4530
02:28:30,235 --> 02:28:32,471
we're going to leave it where

4531
02:28:32,471 --> 02:28:35,471
with that the committee meeting

4532
02:28:35,774 --> 02:28:36,275
that we had the h o u t meeting

4533
02:28:36,275 --> 02:28:36,975
where there with

4534
02:28:36,975 --> 02:28:39,844
the memo was released the day

4535
02:28:39,844 --> 02:28:41,413
before that meeting. And there

4536
02:28:41,413 --> 02:28:42,460
was no

4537
02:28:42,460 --> 02:28:42,380
real conversation at that

4538
02:28:42,380 --> 02:28:43,480
meeting.

4539
02:28:43,480 --> 02:28:43,682
And I don't I don't want to

4540
02:28:43,682 --> 02:28:46,351
argue with you know with a

4541
02:28:46,351 --> 02:28:47,486
certain out there and now you

4542
02:28:47,486 --> 02:28:48,186
talk

4543
02:28:48,186 --> 02:28:48,920
about it well should be okay.

4544
02:28:48,920 --> 02:28:52,910
We have already had worked with

4545
02:28:52,910 --> 02:28:52,458
Welsh scheduled we had 20 folks

4546
02:28:52,458 --> 02:28:53,158
in the

4547
02:28:53,158 --> 02:28:54,593
room from around the community

4548
02:28:54,593 --> 02:28:55,794
and they put out ideas about

4549
02:28:55,794 --> 02:28:59,131
what we could do one of them

4550
02:28:59,131 --> 02:29:01,700
was a flag. But there are many

4551
02:29:01,700 --> 02:29:02,367
other ideas that we all

4552
02:29:02,367 --> 02:29:04,736
accumulating we thought we'd

4553
02:29:04,736 --> 02:29:05,437
set up the job for him to get

4554
02:29:05,437 --> 02:29:07,437
done community-wide response.

4555
02:29:07,739 --> 02:29:10,420
And that's what we're doing so

4556
02:29:10,420 --> 02:29:10,743
we're not running for with the

4557
02:29:10,743 --> 02:29:11,976
plant we're trying to get all

4558
02:29:11,976 --> 02:29:15,214
the ideas and move forward and

4559
02:29:15,214 --> 02:29:15,914
again youve got my phone number

4560
02:29:15,914 --> 02:29:17,949
we've talked many times

4561
02:29:17,949 --> 02:29:20,419
if you want to talk about this.

4562
02:29:20,419 --> 02:29:22,220
Give me a call and we'll do

4563
02:29:22,220 --> 02:29:24,620
that. But the theatrical

4564
02:29:24,723 --> 02:29:25,324
appear. I'm not gonna deal with

4565
02:29:25,324 --> 02:29:28,324
it ok you're setting up

4566
02:29:28,327 --> 02:29:31,296
division. We're trying to move

4567
02:29:31,296 --> 02:29:32,300
forward and make our city

4568
02:29:32,300 --> 02:29:32,798
sustainable and respond to this

4569
02:29:32,798 --> 02:29:33,365
strategically so if you're

4570
02:29:33,365 --> 02:29:36,334
going to call out the

4571
02:29:36,334 --> 02:29:38,334
administration with something

4572
02:29:39,505 --> 02:29:40,772
that's false.

4573
02:29:40,772 --> 02:29:41,472
I'm gonna count.

4574
02:29:41,472 --> 02:29:42,207
Fair enough so if this passes

4575
02:29:42,207 --> 02:29:45,207
today, what is your intention

4576
02:29:45,477 --> 02:29:48,413
with this right. What Council

4577
02:29:48,413 --> 02:29:50,813
discuss this because this

4578
02:29:51,683 --> 02:29:54,953
is not here to a process.

4579
02:29:54,953 --> 02:29:55,821
So Council can discuss that

4580
02:29:55,821 --> 02:29:56,521
and then out.

4581
02:29:56,521 --> 02:29:57,355
Talk to you that ministration

4582
02:29:57,355 --> 02:29:58,657
knows my position on the city

4583
02:29:58,657 --> 02:30:01,657
flag, the official flag versus

4584
02:30:02,270 --> 02:30:03,862
the pride and Woodson flag that

4585
02:30:03,862 --> 02:30:05,960
I've raise above city all

4586
02:30:05,960 --> 02:30:05,764
every year and will continue to

4587
02:30:05,764 --> 02:30:06,465
do that. But we'll have that

4588
02:30:06,465 --> 02:30:08,990
conversation after Council has

4589
02:30:08,990 --> 02:30:10,499
your discussion very good.

4590
02:30:11,370 --> 02:30:14,370
Thank you Sir. MR. CHAIRMAN

4591
02:30:14,539 --> 02:30:16,939
thank you thank you.

4592
02:30:18,643 --> 02:30:19,277
>> We're going to go to

4593
02:30:19,277 --> 02:30:21,130
councilmember Floyd first

4594
02:30:21,130 --> 02:30:24,130
councilmember just go for it

4595
02:30:27,352 --> 02:30:30,255
come back to you oh okay.

4596
02:30:30,255 --> 02:30:30,855
>> Just one of the mayor

4597
02:30:30,855 --> 02:30:33,255
Lightfoot did request a

4598
02:30:33,392 --> 02:30:36,392
one-on-one to discuss this and

4599
02:30:36,395 --> 02:30:38,597
did not get information back.

4600
02:30:38,597 --> 02:30:39,931
From administration so i

4601
02:30:39,931 --> 02:30:40,532
realize it's an ongoing issue

4602
02:30:40,532 --> 02:30:43,435
would love to have that

4603
02:30:43,435 --> 02:30:47,350
one-on-one is what I would say.

4604
02:30:49,674 --> 02:30:51,674
>> And then.

4605
02:30:52,644 --> 02:30:53,311
>> I have some stuff here

4606
02:30:53,311 --> 02:30:53,946
obviously us to want to hear

4607
02:30:53,946 --> 02:30:54,613
from everyone else. But my

4608
02:30:54,613 --> 02:30:56,381
perspective is been a little

4609
02:30:56,381 --> 02:30:56,982
bit different than what's been

4610
02:30:56,982 --> 02:30:57,916
presented first want to

4611
02:30:57,916 --> 02:30:59,618
thank council member driskell

4612
02:30:59,618 --> 02:31:00,252
for bringing forward a creative

4613
02:31:00,252 --> 02:31:00,952
idea I understand people's

4614
02:31:00,952 --> 02:31:03,588
concerns and the like you know

4615
02:31:03,588 --> 02:31:04,857
we would be great if we all get

4616
02:31:04,857 --> 02:31:07,857
together but you brought this

4617
02:31:08,126 --> 02:31:11,163
tree here analyzing what I was

4618
02:31:11,163 --> 02:31:11,663
brought

4619
02:31:11,663 --> 02:31:14,630
I'll just say you

4620
02:31:14,733 --> 02:31:18,690
know it's a creative idea that

4621
02:31:18,690 --> 02:31:18,637
continues to push forward

4622
02:31:18,637 --> 02:31:19,438
representation for the

4623
02:31:19,438 --> 02:31:20,506
lgbtq and african-american

4624
02:31:20,506 --> 02:31:22,741
communities in the city.

4625
02:31:22,741 --> 02:31:24,943
And we're in a dark place in

4626
02:31:24,943 --> 02:31:25,644
our country and say right now

4627
02:31:25,644 --> 02:31:27,644
specifically when marginalized

4628
02:31:28,513 --> 02:31:28,880
communities in her attack

4629
02:31:28,880 --> 02:31:30,348
constantly

4630
02:31:30,348 --> 02:31:31,160
go into detail as to how so

4631
02:31:31,160 --> 02:31:33,416
some really horrific things

4632
02:31:33,452 --> 02:31:34,620
from the federal government

4633
02:31:34,620 --> 02:31:37,620
today on lgbtq rights actually

4634
02:31:37,923 --> 02:31:39,992
but we'll watch the news saw

4635
02:31:39,992 --> 02:31:42,928
spare us the Payne really

4636
02:31:42,928 --> 02:31:43,862
and because of this situation,

4637
02:31:43,862 --> 02:31:44,463
I'm ready to support almost

4638
02:31:44,463 --> 02:31:46,863
anything. Anyone in city

4639
02:31:47,433 --> 02:31:48,601
government puts in front of me

4640
02:31:48,601 --> 02:31:49,568
that

4641
02:31:49,568 --> 02:31:50,201
makes marginalize communities

4642
02:31:50,201 --> 02:31:53,104
feel more welcome the city

4643
02:31:53,104 --> 02:31:56,274
almost anything as long as it's

4644
02:31:56,274 --> 02:31:57,809
reasonable.

4645
02:31:57,809 --> 02:31:58,777
You know it can come

4646
02:31:58,777 --> 02:31:59,644
from the mayor can come from

4647
02:31:59,644 --> 02:32:00,512
city literally anything yes it

4648
02:32:00,512 --> 02:32:03,782
would be ideal if we all got

4649
02:32:03,782 --> 02:32:05,450
together and decided how we

4650
02:32:05,450 --> 02:32:07,152
move forward best

4651
02:32:07,152 --> 02:32:07,853
but what you put in front of me

4652
02:32:07,853 --> 02:32:08,987
and what I put forward I hope

4653
02:32:08,987 --> 02:32:10,923
we'll get a hearing what you've

4654
02:32:10,923 --> 02:32:14,192
heard of for me will get a

4655
02:32:14,192 --> 02:32:14,926
hearing. I don't care where it

4656
02:32:14,926 --> 02:32:16,828
comes from

4657
02:32:16,828 --> 02:32:17,363
I don't care how it gets in

4658
02:32:17,363 --> 02:32:18,630
front of me. There's

4659
02:32:18,630 --> 02:32:18,663
horrifically evil things going

4660
02:32:18,663 --> 02:32:19,932
on in this state in this

4661
02:32:19,932 --> 02:32:23,268
country right now and I'm ready

4662
02:32:23,268 --> 02:32:25,470
to push back any way that I

4663
02:32:25,470 --> 02:32:27,272
can. So

4664
02:32:27,272 --> 02:32:27,939
the last thing, I'll say those.

4665
02:32:27,939 --> 02:32:30,843
To a couple of the comments

4666
02:32:30,843 --> 02:32:32,611
that are made councilmember

4667
02:32:32,611 --> 02:32:34,611
speakers.

4668
02:32:35,547 --> 02:32:36,548
My perspective is I don't think

4669
02:32:36,548 --> 02:32:39,548
that the existence of these

4670
02:32:39,785 --> 02:32:42,721
flags. Allies as anyone else's

4671
02:32:42,721 --> 02:32:43,388
identity. One we put

4672
02:32:43,388 --> 02:32:45,788
forward that a marginalized

4673
02:32:45,957 --> 02:32:46,926
community has been attacked

4674
02:32:46,926 --> 02:32:48,694
that has been attacked is

4675
02:32:48,694 --> 02:32:49,895
important to us we're not

4676
02:32:49,895 --> 02:32:52,295
singling them out because

4677
02:32:52,498 --> 02:32:54,499
they're more important to us

4678
02:32:54,499 --> 02:32:57,499
we're singling them out because

4679
02:32:57,770 --> 02:32:58,437
they've been attacked. So

4680
02:32:58,437 --> 02:32:59,972
that's that's a perspective

4681
02:32:59,972 --> 02:33:00,906
that I bring you this. You

4682
02:33:00,906 --> 02:33:03,306
know, obviously we've heard

4683
02:33:03,842 --> 02:33:05,510
from our colleagues and it's

4684
02:33:05,510 --> 02:33:06,770
been frustrating for everyone

4685
02:33:06,770 --> 02:33:07,112
involved. I think our

4686
02:33:07,112 --> 02:33:09,512
frustration is not necessarily

4687
02:33:10,415 --> 02:33:13,520
with each other our frustration

4688
02:33:13,520 --> 02:33:16,388
is with a state that doesn't.

4689
02:33:16,388 --> 02:33:17,223
Slipped out of character and

4690
02:33:17,223 --> 02:33:17,823
what the

4691
02:33:17,823 --> 02:33:19,580
state know what I really

4692
02:33:19,580 --> 02:33:20,593
thought the state that doesn't

4693
02:33:20,593 --> 02:33:23,728
seem to care about people as

4694
02:33:23,728 --> 02:33:24,362
much as he cares about

4695
02:33:24,362 --> 02:33:25,997
continuing to

4696
02:33:25,997 --> 02:33:28,467
moreover us and make sure that

4697
02:33:28,467 --> 02:33:29,234
you know their corporate bosses

4698
02:33:29,234 --> 02:33:32,538
can continue to profit off of

4699
02:33:32,538 --> 02:33:34,873
our existence and they can rule

4700
02:33:34,873 --> 02:33:37,273
with hate and division.

4701
02:33:38,143 --> 02:33:39,411
That's that's really what our

4702
02:33:39,411 --> 02:33:40,612
frustration is and so.

4703
02:33:40,612 --> 02:33:41,279
I hope that you know having

4704
02:33:41,279 --> 02:33:44,182
said that we can all come to

4705
02:33:44,182 --> 02:33:46,582
conclusions that work together.

4706
02:33:47,719 --> 02:33:48,353
But on generally

4707
02:33:48,353 --> 02:33:49,210
supportive of the council

4708
02:33:49,210 --> 02:33:49,521
member driskell but you know

4709
02:33:49,521 --> 02:33:50,823
what based off the

4710
02:33:50,823 --> 02:33:53,823
conversation. We've had today I

4711
02:33:54,920 --> 02:33:55,294
think people want to see this

4712
02:33:55,294 --> 02:33:56,280
happened in a different way.

4713
02:33:56,280 --> 02:33:56,995
I understand where they're

4714
02:33:56,995 --> 02:33:59,995
coming from, but I appreciate

4715
02:34:00,265 --> 02:34:03,265
you bringing this forward thank

4716
02:34:03,402 --> 02:34:03,936
you.

4717
02:34:03,936 --> 02:34:04,469
Thank you. Councilor

4718
02:34:04,469 --> 02:34:07,405
just going to go to

4719
02:34:07,405 --> 02:34:08,474
councilmember guests, thank

4720
02:34:08,474 --> 02:34:09,474
you. Thank you chair, I

4721
02:34:09,474 --> 02:34:12,878
think is a prime example of and

4722
02:34:12,878 --> 02:34:14,346
isolated process becoming

4723
02:34:14,346 --> 02:34:16,746
siloed conversations on I

4724
02:34:17,383 --> 02:34:19,383
certainly appreciate the

4725
02:34:20,786 --> 02:34:23,786
passion. I understand. This is

4726
02:34:24,560 --> 02:34:26,491
this is what passing get you.

4727
02:34:26,491 --> 02:34:28,560
>> And I certainly feel like

4728
02:34:28,560 --> 02:34:30,395
this is deja vu because I

4729
02:34:30,395 --> 02:34:32,795
certainly understand why one

4730
02:34:33,432 --> 02:34:36,802
would want to step up to lend

4731
02:34:36,802 --> 02:34:39,802
their voice. Too making sure

4732
02:34:39,872 --> 02:34:41,707
that everyone has a voice

4733
02:34:41,707 --> 02:34:44,509
to making sure that communities

4734
02:34:44,509 --> 02:34:45,444
are erased and communities

4735
02:34:45,444 --> 02:34:48,747
aren't silence. I want to be

4736
02:34:48,747 --> 02:34:49,815
clear, I don't support fdot ski

4737
02:34:49,815 --> 02:34:50,849
racer of our murals.

4738
02:34:50,849 --> 02:34:54,119
And I also want to be clear

4739
02:34:54,119 --> 02:34:56,755
that I support us finding a

4740
02:34:56,755 --> 02:34:57,456
solution

4741
02:34:57,456 --> 02:35:00,726
to that however, I know I also

4742
02:35:00,726 --> 02:35:01,493
have been having conversations

4743
02:35:01,493 --> 02:35:02,561
with artists and

4744
02:35:02,561 --> 02:35:03,528
with the same members of the

4745
02:35:03,528 --> 02:35:05,928
community that my colleagues

4746
02:35:06,531 --> 02:35:07,599
that conversations with then

4747
02:35:07,599 --> 02:35:10,869
and I just want to know you

4748
02:35:10,869 --> 02:35:11,203
know if we were to move forward

4749
02:35:11,203 --> 02:35:12,304
with

4750
02:35:12,304 --> 02:35:13,872
this conversation today.

4751
02:35:13,872 --> 02:35:16,272
What happens with the

4752
02:35:17,209 --> 02:35:18,944
submissions from the community

4753
02:35:18,944 --> 02:35:20,445
that will be received

4754
02:35:20,445 --> 02:35:21,546
or that have been received with

4755
02:35:21,546 --> 02:35:22,614
this will we be able to tie the

4756
02:35:22,614 --> 02:35:25,140
2 together would ideas from

4757
02:35:25,885 --> 02:35:27,552
other council members be able

4758
02:35:27,552 --> 02:35:27,919
to be incorporated

4759
02:35:27,919 --> 02:35:29,919
is this a.

4760
02:35:30,622 --> 02:35:31,590
Either or type situation or we

4761
02:35:31,590 --> 02:35:33,525
can do all of the above.

4762
02:35:33,525 --> 02:35:34,259
I mean our position is that

4763
02:35:34,259 --> 02:35:35,127
we're going to continuing

4764
02:35:35,127 --> 02:35:37,796
reviewing the feedback that we

4765
02:35:37,796 --> 02:35:38,430
got we're going to look at it

4766
02:35:38,430 --> 02:35:41,200
and see what we think it's

4767
02:35:41,200 --> 02:35:41,867
we're going to approach City

4768
02:35:41,867 --> 02:35:44,867
Council with some ideas and

4769
02:35:44,903 --> 02:35:46,500
concepts that we think can show

4770
02:35:46,500 --> 02:35:48,500
our values

4771
02:35:48,406 --> 02:35:50,806
through artistic worker symbols

4772
02:35:51,510 --> 02:35:52,210
that can last in a legal manner

4773
02:35:52,210 --> 02:35:53,345
and be there so that's that's

4774
02:35:53,345 --> 02:35:54,450
what we plan to do moving

4775
02:35:54,450 --> 02:35:56,445
forward appreciate that MISTER

4776
02:35:56,916 --> 02:35:58,216
Curtis and I was thinking you

4777
02:35:58,216 --> 02:35:58,817
know next week.

4778
02:35:58,817 --> 02:35:59,518
We have this on your own

4779
02:35:59,518 --> 02:36:00,452
festival and much of that runs

4780
02:36:00,452 --> 02:36:01,186
through district 7 throughout

4781
02:36:01,186 --> 02:36:01,853
the warehouse arts district and

4782
02:36:01,853 --> 02:36:04,690
that could be an opportunity

4783
02:36:04,690 --> 02:36:05,157
for us to get feedback and

4784
02:36:05,157 --> 02:36:05,858
maybe

4785
02:36:05,858 --> 02:36:06,358
even top the private property

4786
02:36:06,358 --> 02:36:08,358
owners.

4787
02:36:09,628 --> 02:36:10,262
Who MAY be willing to provide

4788
02:36:10,262 --> 02:36:12,262
their

4789
02:36:12,364 --> 02:36:13,232
property as an opportunity for

4790
02:36:13,232 --> 02:36:15,167
us to. Express our values

4791
02:36:15,167 --> 02:36:16,101
through Kansas. So I just want

4792
02:36:16,101 --> 02:36:17,136
to you know make sure that

4793
02:36:17,136 --> 02:36:17,836
we're cognizant of that that's

4794
02:36:17,836 --> 02:36:20,390
happening that we connect the

4795
02:36:20,390 --> 02:36:20,672
opportunity again for us to get

4796
02:36:20,672 --> 02:36:23,720
more feedback from the

4797
02:36:23,908 --> 02:36:27,179
community and then I do have a

4798
02:36:27,179 --> 02:36:28,113
question for legal say we do

4799
02:36:28,113 --> 02:36:28,780
move forward with

4800
02:36:28,780 --> 02:36:30,149
with their be anything aside

4801
02:36:30,149 --> 02:36:31,820
from preemption is there

4802
02:36:31,820 --> 02:36:34,820
anything that the state could

4803
02:36:34,386 --> 02:36:34,753
thinking about those right if

4804
02:36:34,753 --> 02:36:35,421
we were to

4805
02:36:35,421 --> 02:36:36,880
allocate city resources for

4806
02:36:36,880 --> 02:36:38,624
these flags could do is come

4807
02:36:38,624 --> 02:36:41,760
back and slaps on the hand for

4808
02:36:41,760 --> 02:36:43,760
doing so.

4809
02:36:44,329 --> 02:36:46,765
>> Councilor Givens sewing as I

4810
02:36:46,765 --> 02:36:47,333
understand that the doge effort

4811
02:36:47,333 --> 02:36:48,330
is to call out what it

4812
02:36:48,330 --> 02:36:50,433
considers wasteful spending it

4813
02:36:51,300 --> 02:36:53,403
doesn't actually have any

4814
02:36:54,239 --> 02:36:54,907
regulatory authority. So

4815
02:36:54,907 --> 02:36:57,810
they could sit and certainly

4816
02:36:57,810 --> 02:36:58,310
identify this and say yes, this

4817
02:36:58,310 --> 02:37:00,310
is another example

4818
02:37:01,480 --> 02:37:03,148
of wasteful spending but they

4819
02:37:03,148 --> 02:37:03,782
could do

4820
02:37:03,782 --> 02:37:04,149
that with anything at this

4821
02:37:04,149 --> 02:37:04,716
point so.

4822
02:37:04,716 --> 02:37:07,116
And I appreciate that

4823
02:37:07,319 --> 02:37:08,587
clarification that they can do

4824
02:37:08,587 --> 02:37:09,655
this with anything so

4825
02:37:09,655 --> 02:37:10,489
I share vice chairs concerns

4826
02:37:10,489 --> 02:37:11,790
what repercussions but as you

4827
02:37:11,790 --> 02:37:14,190
said attorney Pettigrew they

4828
02:37:14,693 --> 02:37:15,360
can do it with just about

4829
02:37:15,360 --> 02:37:16,950
anything this is big brother

4830
02:37:16,950 --> 02:37:18,495
micro-managing little rather so

4831
02:37:18,664 --> 02:37:20,832
it's either we flex our muscles

4832
02:37:20,832 --> 02:37:21,533
and we use our voices and we

4833
02:37:21,533 --> 02:37:24,403
wait until they tell us no or

4834
02:37:24,403 --> 02:37:24,903
will sit here in you know

4835
02:37:24,903 --> 02:37:26,838
wallowing

4836
02:37:26,838 --> 02:37:28,673
rpd and wish that we did

4837
02:37:28,673 --> 02:37:29,374
something I do want to ask the

4838
02:37:29,374 --> 02:37:31,643
question to administration is

4839
02:37:31,643 --> 02:37:32,278
there anything that prevents us

4840
02:37:32,278 --> 02:37:34,790
from raising the Carter g

4841
02:37:34,790 --> 02:37:37,416
Woodson flag or the pride flag

4842
02:37:37,416 --> 02:37:38,951
year-round aside from just

4843
02:37:38,951 --> 02:37:39,318
those designated months.

4844
02:37:39,318 --> 02:37:39,885
I I don't.

4845
02:37:39,885 --> 02:37:42,885
I deferred to the City

4846
02:37:43,550 --> 02:37:46,550
Attorney's Office on that I

4847
02:37:46,224 --> 02:37:47,359
can't give you any

4848
02:37:47,359 --> 02:37:47,960
legal interpretation on that

4849
02:37:47,960 --> 02:37:48,493
I'm not aware of prison.

4850
02:37:48,493 --> 02:37:49,160
Right now there's no

4851
02:37:49,160 --> 02:37:49,862
restriction in state law on

4852
02:37:49,862 --> 02:37:52,264
raising that and if there was

4853
02:37:52,264 --> 02:37:55,533
to be one of the future.

4854
02:37:55,533 --> 02:37:57,936
It would depend on. What form

4855
02:37:57,936 --> 02:37:58,503
it took.

4856
02:37:58,503 --> 02:37:59,205
So the PRESIDENT Know.

4857
02:37:59,205 --> 02:38:00,639
Appreciate that and again I'm

4858
02:38:00,639 --> 02:38:01,841
just looking for solutions said

4859
02:38:01,841 --> 02:38:03,842
this not move forward today

4860
02:38:03,842 --> 02:38:06,110
again I'm supporting it simply

4861
02:38:06,110 --> 02:38:06,712
because I support making sure

4862
02:38:06,712 --> 02:38:07,946
that minority vote voices are

4863
02:38:07,946 --> 02:38:08,780
silenced or oppressed, but at

4864
02:38:08,780 --> 02:38:12,840
the same time I want to make

4865
02:38:12,840 --> 02:38:14,286
sure that we have a logical

4866
02:38:14,286 --> 02:38:14,887
idea

4867
02:38:14,887 --> 02:38:15,587
that won't be preempted.

4868
02:38:15,587 --> 02:38:18,223
So thank you chair appreciate

4869
02:38:18,223 --> 02:38:21,193
it, thank you councilmember fix

4870
02:38:21,193 --> 02:38:23,620
Sanders. Thank you I think.

4871
02:38:23,620 --> 02:38:25,530
Right you actually in certain

4872
02:38:25,530 --> 02:38:28,967
my question in theory and in

4873
02:38:28,967 --> 02:38:31,102
concept. I don't have a problem

4874
02:38:31,102 --> 02:38:32,170
with it. But my question was

4875
02:38:32,170 --> 02:38:35,441
what was just asked. We can

4876
02:38:35,441 --> 02:38:37,476
still fly those flags now

4877
02:38:37,476 --> 02:38:38,176
because

4878
02:38:38,176 --> 02:38:40,879
still fly the cards he was in

4879
02:38:40,879 --> 02:38:42,879
the still.

4880
02:38:44,182 --> 02:38:45,884
Pri, pride flag. So I guess

4881
02:38:45,884 --> 02:38:46,919
my.

4882
02:38:46,919 --> 02:38:47,786
The question is what us.

4883
02:38:47,786 --> 02:38:51,900
The rush. If we can still do

4884
02:38:51,900 --> 02:38:52,558
these things now in concept we

4885
02:38:52,558 --> 02:38:55,827
can still fly these flags now

4886
02:38:55,827 --> 02:38:58,827
while we change this cities

4887
02:38:58,964 --> 02:39:00,964
Leigh too.

4888
02:39:03,769 --> 02:39:07,390
How do they are our time as

4889
02:39:07,390 --> 02:39:07,573
designated I guess I'm trying

4890
02:39:07,573 --> 02:39:09,573
to understand

4891
02:39:09,608 --> 02:39:12,878
if we can still do it right

4892
02:39:12,878 --> 02:39:13,712
now. What is the hurry because

4893
02:39:13,712 --> 02:39:14,412
I really do I didn't know

4894
02:39:14,412 --> 02:39:17,316
about the survey ending today.

4895
02:39:17,316 --> 02:39:20,586
I would really love to see what

4896
02:39:20,586 --> 02:39:23,586
our constituents have to say

4897
02:39:25,157 --> 02:39:25,457
before we chase the official

4898
02:39:25,457 --> 02:39:26,191
flay.

4899
02:39:26,191 --> 02:39:26,825
And I do know the Americans say

4900
02:39:26,825 --> 02:39:27,525
he's not going to do this.

4901
02:39:27,525 --> 02:39:28,127
i do understand that and that

4902
02:39:28,127 --> 02:39:28,827
will be you know his his

4903
02:39:28,827 --> 02:39:30,329
approval to do so I guess I'm

4904
02:39:30,329 --> 02:39:33,329
just trying to figure out.

4905
02:39:33,598 --> 02:39:36,868
If we can still fly both flags

4906
02:39:36,868 --> 02:39:40,468
now what's the issue as far

4907
02:39:40,472 --> 02:39:41,390
as hearing, everyone's boys.

4908
02:39:41,390 --> 02:39:41,707
Again I have to agree

4909
02:39:41,707 --> 02:39:42,374
with councilmember Gavin on

4910
02:39:42,374 --> 02:39:45,644
that you know we we want to

4911
02:39:45,644 --> 02:39:48,380
make sure that our constituents

4912
02:39:48,380 --> 02:39:51,550
know that we support them and I

4913
02:39:51,550 --> 02:39:52,217
don't think biased not

4914
02:39:52,217 --> 02:39:55,217
approving a new flag design

4915
02:39:55,220 --> 02:39:57,155
indicates that we don't I've

4916
02:39:57,155 --> 02:39:57,789
seen so many of us make so

4917
02:39:57,789 --> 02:40:00,789
many bold and brave moves.

4918
02:40:00,792 --> 02:40:02,792
For african-american community

4919
02:40:04,290 --> 02:40:04,596
for lgbt community

4920
02:40:04,596 --> 02:40:06,898
are we being attacked

4921
02:40:06,898 --> 02:40:07,766
absolutely I'm a black woman

4922
02:40:07,766 --> 02:40:09,468
standing here that can feel it

4923
02:40:09,468 --> 02:40:10,769
each and every day. But I guess

4924
02:40:10,769 --> 02:40:12,905
I'm just trying to find the

4925
02:40:12,905 --> 02:40:16,174
relevance as to why we are in

4926
02:40:16,174 --> 02:40:16,675
such a hurry without getting

4927
02:40:16,675 --> 02:40:18,277
constituents back.

4928
02:40:18,277 --> 02:40:18,977
I need to be back as to what

4929
02:40:18,977 --> 02:40:21,647
they want to see because once

4930
02:40:21,647 --> 02:40:22,614
you start setting a precedence

4931
02:40:22,614 --> 02:40:23,315
and you all know I'm being on

4932
02:40:23,315 --> 02:40:25,351
citing PRESIDENT Says once we

4933
02:40:25,351 --> 02:40:28,351
started setting a precedent is

4934
02:40:28,587 --> 02:40:30,489
how we move forward from here

4935
02:40:30,489 --> 02:40:33,758
on out. So I don't know if.

4936
02:40:33,758 --> 02:40:34,860
Councilmember to school you

4937
02:40:34,860 --> 02:40:36,860
have

4938
02:40:37,296 --> 02:40:38,300
to have this today or would you

4939
02:40:38,300 --> 02:40:40,866
be willing to find out with the

4940
02:40:40,866 --> 02:40:41,500
constituents are saying instead

4941
02:40:41,500 --> 02:40:43,500
of

4942
02:40:44,803 --> 02:40:45,204
it just showing up and I pay

4943
02:40:45,204 --> 02:40:47,204
cut because

4944
02:40:47,939 --> 02:40:48,641
we I had not had any

4945
02:40:48,641 --> 02:40:49,441
conversation. Every guy is to

4946
02:40:49,441 --> 02:40:50,175
completely switching out the cd

4947
02:40:50,175 --> 02:40:53,112
flay I just wanted to make sure

4948
02:40:53,112 --> 02:40:54,580
that we're not being prohibited

4949
02:40:54,580 --> 02:40:56,980
from flying any flay

4950
02:40:57,149 --> 02:41:00,149
that indicates though so that's

4951
02:41:00,318 --> 02:41:01,253
where my confusion in Milan

4952
02:41:01,253 --> 02:41:03,321
readiness lies because we are

4953
02:41:03,321 --> 02:41:05,557
in full support of cp being the

4954
02:41:05,557 --> 02:41:08,960
welcoming city of by all means,

4955
02:41:08,960 --> 02:41:09,361
I'm just trying to and just

4956
02:41:09,361 --> 02:41:10,620
they did. If

4957
02:41:10,620 --> 02:41:11,964
we can continue still fly that

4958
02:41:11,964 --> 02:41:12,597
with other flags. Well we want

4959
02:41:12,597 --> 02:41:15,597
to change the city's flag.

4960
02:41:15,734 --> 02:41:18,904
Is this just my question thank

4961
02:41:18,904 --> 02:41:21,304
you Jen thank you.

4962
02:41:21,740 --> 02:41:22,441
Council member driskell.

4963
02:41:22,441 --> 02:41:25,177
And counselor Givens I'm sorry

4964
02:41:25,177 --> 02:41:25,844
but I just want to jump I want

4965
02:41:25,844 --> 02:41:28,847
to jump in before we go into

4966
02:41:28,847 --> 02:41:31,847
around 2. So I I appreciate

4967
02:41:32,830 --> 02:41:35,683
your we're grace both of you.

4968
02:41:37,189 --> 02:41:38,560
I guess my first question

4969
02:41:38,560 --> 02:41:40,456
council member driskell I'll

4970
02:41:41,393 --> 02:41:44,630
just go to you all just go

4971
02:41:44,630 --> 02:41:46,630
right to it.

4972
02:41:47,799 --> 02:41:50,199
I think you I

4973
02:41:53,138 --> 02:41:56,441
think we've all heard it right.

4974
02:41:56,441 --> 02:41:57,175
>> I think we all want to

4975
02:41:57,175 --> 02:41:57,776
move forward somehow.

4976
02:41:57,776 --> 02:41:58,511
And and be loud and and.

4977
02:41:58,511 --> 02:42:00,813
I'll put it this way. I want to

4978
02:42:00,813 --> 02:42:03,783
throw a haymaker I don't want

4979
02:42:03,783 --> 02:42:04,850
to throw a jab.

4980
02:42:04,850 --> 02:42:08,120
I'm wondering if you would be

4981
02:42:08,120 --> 02:42:10,255
open and I can't make the

4982
02:42:10,255 --> 02:42:10,956
motion.

4983
02:42:10,956 --> 02:42:12,858
If you if we put the sick cow

4984
02:42:12,858 --> 02:42:16,128
on the 23th, so we're not

4985
02:42:16,128 --> 02:42:19,128
waiting report, I'm just asking

4986
02:42:19,298 --> 02:42:20,650
what the back.

4987
02:42:20,650 --> 02:42:20,799
That way.

4988
02:42:20,799 --> 02:42:23,799
And then the ministrations this

4989
02:42:23,836 --> 02:42:27,600
is free to do you think in 2

4990
02:42:27,600 --> 02:42:29,600
weeks you

4991
02:42:29,508 --> 02:42:30,209
would be prepared to.

4992
02:42:30,209 --> 02:42:30,710
By that by to give us result.

4993
02:42:30,710 --> 02:42:32,100
Possibly have some

4994
02:42:32,100 --> 02:42:33,178
conversations about what those

4995
02:42:33,178 --> 02:42:36,448
results are in and be able to

4996
02:42:36,448 --> 02:42:38,250
discuss on what you think are

4997
02:42:38,250 --> 02:42:38,918
options that could

4998
02:42:38,918 --> 02:42:39,585
go forward that have weight.

4999
02:42:39,585 --> 02:42:40,652
I think we can certainly put

5000
02:42:40,652 --> 02:42:41,286
the results together we could

5001
02:42:41,286 --> 02:42:42,200
we could put together some

5002
02:42:42,200 --> 02:42:44,420
potential options for City

5003
02:42:45,291 --> 02:42:47,793
Council to consider in the next

5004
02:42:47,793 --> 02:42:48,600
couple weeks ago.

5005
02:42:48,600 --> 02:42:48,760
So.

5006
02:42:48,760 --> 02:42:49,461
I want to hear your feedback.

5007
02:42:49,461 --> 02:42:52,497
I think I know where you're at

5008
02:42:52,497 --> 02:42:54,199
but I think it's important

5009
02:42:54,199 --> 02:42:54,733
because listen. Hear hear.

5010
02:42:54,733 --> 02:42:55,401
Here's where I'm at.

5011
02:42:55,401 --> 02:42:56,368
I'll go right back to what I

5012
02:42:56,368 --> 02:42:58,737
just said I want to throw a

5013
02:42:58,737 --> 02:42:59,405
haymaker which seems like all

5014
02:42:59,405 --> 02:43:00,720
at once like let's come out

5015
02:43:00,720 --> 02:43:02,472
with multiple different ways

5016
02:43:02,842 --> 02:43:03,609
that we stand up to what has

5017
02:43:03,609 --> 02:43:05,609
happened.

5018
02:43:07,130 --> 02:43:09,810
Certainly could be a part of

5019
02:43:09,810 --> 02:43:11,810
that but

5020
02:43:12,351 --> 02:43:13,418
I said this morning said it

5021
02:43:13,418 --> 02:43:14,860
before like want to

5022
02:43:14,860 --> 02:43:14,787
have all the information in

5023
02:43:14,787 --> 02:43:16,588
front of me. Still like I have

5024
02:43:16,588 --> 02:43:18,857
some quite like some questions

5025
02:43:18,857 --> 02:43:19,525
that I hesitate to even come up

5026
02:43:19,525 --> 02:43:20,592
here on the dias because I I

5027
02:43:20,592 --> 02:43:21,293
just believe it's a committee

5028
02:43:21,293 --> 02:43:21,961
level conversation about like

5029
02:43:21,961 --> 02:43:24,361
procurement and things like

5030
02:43:24,597 --> 02:43:26,597
that.

5031
02:43:27,733 --> 02:43:29,134
And so

5032
02:43:29,134 --> 02:43:29,835
I know that's.

5033
02:43:29,835 --> 02:43:30,536
Secondary to what we're trying

5034
02:43:30,536 --> 02:43:31,237
to do but still in my opinion

5035
02:43:31,237 --> 02:43:33,338
important question. I want to

5036
02:43:33,338 --> 02:43:36,338
give you the opportunity to

5037
02:43:36,375 --> 02:43:38,375
respond.

5038
02:43:43,882 --> 02:43:44,550
>> And thanks to all you on.

5039
02:43:44,550 --> 02:43:45,250
We have weighed in on this.

5040
02:43:45,250 --> 02:43:45,851
It is you always take a chance

5041
02:43:45,851 --> 02:43:48,251
when you bring something

5042
02:43:48,854 --> 02:43:51,854
straight to Council. All right.

5043
02:43:52,191 --> 02:43:53,926
You guys take a chance when

5044
02:43:53,926 --> 02:43:56,926
you're going to do something

5045
02:43:57,195 --> 02:43:59,231
bold. And that's what this is.

5046
02:43:59,231 --> 02:44:01,631
These flags are different.

5047
02:44:02,534 --> 02:44:03,969
The pride flag that's raised

5048
02:44:03,969 --> 02:44:04,604
that

5049
02:44:04,604 --> 02:44:07,573
in JUNE. They Woodson flag

5050
02:44:07,573 --> 02:44:10,573
that's raised for Black History

5051
02:44:10,876 --> 02:44:12,876
Month. In FEBRUARY.

5052
02:44:14,120 --> 02:44:17,120
I wanted these to be.

5053
02:44:18,500 --> 02:44:18,984
Evergreen all encompassing

5054
02:44:18,984 --> 02:44:20,984
showing

5055
02:44:22,321 --> 02:44:25,491
that I mean this isn't even

5056
02:44:25,491 --> 02:44:27,660
actually a pride flag.

5057
02:44:27,660 --> 02:44:28,593
It was created. Originally by

5058
02:44:28,593 --> 02:44:31,593
Johnny and marketing to give

5059
02:44:31,864 --> 02:44:34,966
out to everyone has a variation

5060
02:44:34,966 --> 02:44:36,966
on that.

5061
02:44:39,171 --> 02:44:42,541
And I think every single person

5062
02:44:42,541 --> 02:44:45,541
can see themselves in this

5063
02:44:45,611 --> 02:44:47,611
flat.

5064
02:44:48,881 --> 02:44:52,184
That's what art does to you.

5065
02:44:52,184 --> 02:44:52,852
>> So it's not about replacing

5066
02:44:52,852 --> 02:44:55,852
our official city flag. It's

5067
02:44:55,921 --> 02:44:58,590
about having variations on that

5068
02:44:58,590 --> 02:44:59,324
flag.

5069
02:44:59,324 --> 02:45:02,161
In an official way because look

5070
02:45:02,161 --> 02:45:05,230
we also have a grand Prix

5071
02:45:05,230 --> 02:45:07,230
flank.

5072
02:45:07,666 --> 02:45:10,535
Race flag I don't know what's

5073
02:45:10,535 --> 02:45:12,738
going to happen with that now.

5074
02:45:12,738 --> 02:45:15,741
We have tried and we have like

5075
02:45:15,741 --> 02:45:18,741
the treatment, this makes him

5076
02:45:19,110 --> 02:45:19,712
special this this takes it to

5077
02:45:19,712 --> 02:45:20,446
the next level where it's not

5078
02:45:20,446 --> 02:45:23,820
just about one group of people.

5079
02:45:23,820 --> 02:45:24,750
These flags have been have been

5080
02:45:24,750 --> 02:45:27,750
created to be about everybody

5081
02:45:28,530 --> 02:45:28,487
to be about everyone in our

5082
02:45:28,487 --> 02:45:30,487
city. And

5083
02:45:31,757 --> 02:45:32,491
so that is that is why. I would

5084
02:45:32,491 --> 02:45:33,159
like to

5085
02:45:33,159 --> 02:45:36,159
have these used instead that

5086
02:45:36,395 --> 02:45:39,565
certain times of the year at

5087
02:45:39,565 --> 02:45:41,500
City facilities.

5088
02:45:41,500 --> 02:45:43,500
But the

5089
02:45:44,870 --> 02:45:46,672
city seal mean something and it

5090
02:45:46,672 --> 02:45:48,672
means something to.

5091
02:45:49,141 --> 02:45:51,610
The folks who have seen this it

5092
02:45:51,610 --> 02:45:53,813
really just takes it a step

5093
02:45:53,813 --> 02:45:54,713
further. It's a bolder step and

5094
02:45:54,713 --> 02:45:57,713
that's what this moment calls

5095
02:45:57,949 --> 02:46:01,120
for we're at a critical time

5096
02:46:01,120 --> 02:46:03,120
right now.

5097
02:46:23,410 --> 02:46:26,178
I understand that we want the

5098
02:46:26,178 --> 02:46:28,578
other information and have

5099
02:46:29,315 --> 02:46:29,982
committee

5100
02:46:29,982 --> 02:46:32,382
meetings and bureaucracy and

5101
02:46:32,451 --> 02:46:35,451
and focus groups and surveys.

5102
02:46:35,720 --> 02:46:38,720
But the people I've been

5103
02:46:38,891 --> 02:46:41,227
talking to ever since

5104
02:46:41,227 --> 02:46:41,793
this melting started happening.

5105
02:46:41,793 --> 02:46:43,793
>> They want something

5106
02:46:44,730 --> 02:46:47,730
something right now. We're not

5107
02:46:47,933 --> 02:46:48,433
giving them anything.

5108
02:46:48,433 --> 02:46:49,101
So when I go to

5109
02:46:49,101 --> 02:46:52,400
an administrator and say hey

5110
02:46:52,400 --> 02:46:52,971
I've got this idea. This is

5111
02:46:52,971 --> 02:46:53,839
what we can

5112
02:46:53,839 --> 02:46:57,142
do it I saw it happen in MAY.

5113
02:46:57,142 --> 02:47:00,312
I thought about it when Johnny

5114
02:47:00,312 --> 02:47:02,712
the flags in JUNE.

5115
02:47:03,148 --> 02:47:03,815
>> And it was like oh wow we

5116
02:47:03,815 --> 02:47:04,516
there's a process so rather

5117
02:47:04,516 --> 02:47:06,751
than having this get caught in

5118
02:47:06,751 --> 02:47:09,151
the Bermuda Triangle of

5119
02:47:10,220 --> 02:47:12,220
bureaucracy.

5120
02:47:12,725 --> 02:47:13,426
I decided to

5121
02:47:13,426 --> 02:47:14,126
putin idea together on my own

5122
02:47:14,126 --> 02:47:14,760
and no one can tell me that no

5123
02:47:14,760 --> 02:47:15,328
other council members that

5124
02:47:15,328 --> 02:47:17,763
there and come up with

5125
02:47:17,763 --> 02:47:20,763
something on their own before.

5126
02:47:23,369 --> 02:47:24,360
It's not working in a silo is

5127
02:47:24,360 --> 02:47:26,436
being an independent thinker

5128
02:47:26,872 --> 02:47:29,872
and it's being a representative

5129
02:47:30,420 --> 02:47:32,420
for our city.

5130
02:47:33,311 --> 02:47:34,380
We can choose to be a city

5131
02:47:34,380 --> 02:47:35,147
Council members is back and it

5132
02:47:35,147 --> 02:47:38,147
gets fed things and makes

5133
02:47:38,417 --> 02:47:41,586
decisions on them. But none of

5134
02:47:41,586 --> 02:47:43,586
us does that.

5135
02:47:43,723 --> 02:47:46,992
Some other city can do that

5136
02:47:46,992 --> 02:47:50,329
we do things here. We come up

5137
02:47:50,329 --> 02:47:52,329
with ideas.

5138
02:47:53,499 --> 02:47:55,499
This is one.

5139
02:47:55,901 --> 02:47:56,568
I couldn't take the chance on

5140
02:47:56,568 --> 02:47:59,538
having it sent to come in I

5141
02:47:59,538 --> 02:48:00,940
couldn't even take that chance,

5142
02:48:00,940 --> 02:48:01,907
I'm putting it on

5143
02:48:01,907 --> 02:48:03,876
the agenda originally. I

5144
02:48:03,876 --> 02:48:07,112
purposely waited to get on ads

5145
02:48:07,112 --> 02:48:07,779
and believes that they would

5146
02:48:07,779 --> 02:48:09,381
only be out there for a week

5147
02:48:09,381 --> 02:48:10,348
because guess what happened

5148
02:48:10,348 --> 02:48:13,348
when I believe is councilmember

5149
02:48:13,619 --> 02:48:15,454
Floyd a few years ago who

5150
02:48:15,454 --> 02:48:16,880
brought a resolution forward.

5151
02:48:16,880 --> 02:48:18,991
Lots of feedback from the

5152
02:48:18,991 --> 02:48:19,258
community lots of support for

5153
02:48:19,258 --> 02:48:21,258
it.

5154
02:48:22,461 --> 02:48:25,764
Just before we had the meeting

5155
02:48:25,764 --> 02:48:29,364
to vote on it. We received.

5156
02:48:29,868 --> 02:48:33,380
I'm not so nice letter. From

5157
02:48:33,380 --> 02:48:34,639
the state level.

5158
02:48:34,639 --> 02:48:37,639
Losing funding if we passed

5159
02:48:37,810 --> 02:48:40,210
that particular resolution that

5160
02:48:40,379 --> 02:48:41,314
day.

5161
02:48:41,314 --> 02:48:44,314
When that happens you don't

5162
02:48:44,583 --> 02:48:45,317
forget it. When you work on

5163
02:48:45,317 --> 02:48:47,152
something like this.

5164
02:48:47,152 --> 02:48:50,256
You have that in mind you have

5165
02:48:50,256 --> 02:48:53,525
to be very strategic about it.

5166
02:48:53,525 --> 02:48:55,961
And so I do apologize that I

5167
02:48:55,961 --> 02:48:56,629
was not able to give.

5168
02:48:56,629 --> 02:48:59,640
A two-week notice to ask for

5169
02:48:59,640 --> 02:49:01,667
something to be put on

5170
02:49:01,667 --> 02:49:04,904
committee and put on a referral

5171
02:49:04,904 --> 02:49:05,437
listen maybe one day. Get a

5172
02:49:05,437 --> 02:49:06,639
discussion on it. I

5173
02:49:06,639 --> 02:49:07,473
knew what I wanted to do.

5174
02:49:07,473 --> 02:49:09,742
I put it together he's my own

5175
02:49:09,742 --> 02:49:10,575
money to pay the artist to

5176
02:49:10,575 --> 02:49:14,120
create these images for you all

5177
02:49:14,120 --> 02:49:16,149
to look at and hopefully to

5178
02:49:16,149 --> 02:49:16,849
support and approve.

5179
02:49:16,849 --> 02:49:19,886
I have a feeling of the mayor

5180
02:49:19,886 --> 02:49:20,352
came through that door right

5181
02:49:20,352 --> 02:49:22,752
now. I think he

5182
02:49:23,322 --> 02:49:26,922
might say that he likes these.

5183
02:49:33,532 --> 02:49:36,532
I'm willing to take that

5184
02:49:36,535 --> 02:49:38,535
chance.

5185
02:49:42,400 --> 02:49:45,400
Whoever thought this would come

5186
02:49:45,311 --> 02:49:48,911
from St. Right girl. You know.

5187
02:49:51,683 --> 02:49:54,830
This is for me.

5188
02:49:54,987 --> 02:49:58,157
Like a sense of pride that I

5189
02:49:58,157 --> 02:50:01,157
get from this is from

5190
02:50:01,560 --> 02:50:02,128
expressing myself as an ally.

5191
02:50:02,128 --> 02:50:03,529
But even greater than

5192
02:50:03,529 --> 02:50:04,296
that, I'm expressing myself as

5193
02:50:04,296 --> 02:50:07,296
a resident, and the leader

5194
02:50:07,633 --> 02:50:10,330
of St. Petersburg because

5195
02:50:10,903 --> 02:50:12,138
that's what this is about.

5196
02:50:12,138 --> 02:50:12,838
These slides are for everyone.

5197
02:50:12,838 --> 02:50:15,875
That's why they have the names

5198
02:50:15,875 --> 02:50:18,945
that they have it reflect who

5199
02:50:18,945 --> 02:50:20,945
we are.

5200
02:50:22,982 --> 02:50:23,682
The people told me that they've

5201
02:50:23,682 --> 02:50:26,518
been one person in particular

5202
02:50:26,518 --> 02:50:28,530
said the people have been so

5203
02:50:28,530 --> 02:50:29,254
hungry for something and

5204
02:50:29,254 --> 02:50:32,625
this answers to that. I know

5205
02:50:32,625 --> 02:50:35,625
that it doesn't fix everything.

5206
02:50:35,795 --> 02:50:37,795
Certainly not.

5207
02:50:39,432 --> 02:50:40,132
But I have a feeling.

5208
02:50:40,132 --> 02:50:40,799
That no matter what else we

5209
02:50:40,799 --> 02:50:42,101
come up with no matter what

5210
02:50:42,101 --> 02:50:43,469
else the administration comes

5211
02:50:43,469 --> 02:50:44,203
up with in how we work

5212
02:50:44,203 --> 02:50:46,203
together.

5213
02:50:47,472 --> 02:50:50,643
These will fit in just fine.

5214
02:50:50,643 --> 02:50:52,643
I'm pretty sure.

5215
02:50:53,846 --> 02:50:56,846
I want I want these.

5216
02:50:56,982 --> 02:50:59,982
A part of our city.

5217
02:51:05,224 --> 02:51:06,558
And willing to answer any

5218
02:51:06,558 --> 02:51:07,326
questions any one Hannah's.

5219
02:51:07,326 --> 02:51:10,463
If you just tell me what it

5220
02:51:10,463 --> 02:51:13,766
will take to get you into this

5221
02:51:13,766 --> 02:51:17,200
car today. And I will move

5222
02:51:17,200 --> 02:51:19,200
approval.

5223
02:51:19,805 --> 02:51:21,805
Thank you chair.

5224
02:51:23,108 --> 02:51:26,378
Just one of them raise a

5225
02:51:26,378 --> 02:51:27,246
morsell make a statement.

5226
02:51:27,246 --> 02:51:28,213
Based on.

5227
02:51:28,213 --> 02:51:31,517
Comments have been made if we

5228
02:51:31,517 --> 02:51:32,170
open Pandora's box on this o

5229
02:51:32,170 --> 02:51:34,170
where does though

5230
02:51:35,200 --> 02:51:38,570
where is the line drawn where

5231
02:51:38,570 --> 02:51:39,391
do we

5232
02:51:39,391 --> 02:51:39,659
stop requests for flags, I mean

5233
02:51:39,659 --> 02:51:40,359
if.

5234
02:51:40,359 --> 02:51:41,260
Christian group came to me and

5235
02:51:41,260 --> 02:51:42,161
said hey we want to put the

5236
02:51:42,161 --> 02:51:42,794
Christian flag on the same

5237
02:51:42,794 --> 02:51:45,698
piece seal can we do that

5238
02:51:45,698 --> 02:51:47,366
neo-nazis asked for that if

5239
02:51:47,366 --> 02:51:48,330
Matt is one of

5240
02:51:48,330 --> 02:51:48,668
the coming year and do that

5241
02:51:48,668 --> 02:51:49,668
where do we draw the line.

5242
02:51:49,668 --> 02:51:50,536
So again this is a great

5243
02:51:50,536 --> 02:51:53,806
concept, but I just want to be

5244
02:51:53,806 --> 02:51:56,975
clear that we could be opening

5245
02:51:56,975 --> 02:51:58,975
Pandora's box.

5246
02:52:03,182 --> 02:52:06,485
>> Thank you and I'm I'm in the

5247
02:52:06,485 --> 02:52:07,152
same. Councilmember Jessica

5248
02:52:07,152 --> 02:52:08,220
said wherever we whatever

5249
02:52:08,220 --> 02:52:11,524
we come up with the flags will

5250
02:52:11,524 --> 02:52:11,923
fitting so that's where I am

5251
02:52:11,923 --> 02:52:13,726
let us find

5252
02:52:13,726 --> 02:52:14,427
out where that is in that them

5253
02:52:14,427 --> 02:52:17,430
feeding and what I don't want

5254
02:52:17,430 --> 02:52:20,599
to happen is for this not to

5255
02:52:20,599 --> 02:52:21,234
pay is. Today

5256
02:52:21,234 --> 02:52:23,234
and then

5257
02:52:24,537 --> 02:52:26,705
there's no further conversation

5258
02:52:26,705 --> 02:52:27,840
because I do want to see

5259
02:52:27,840 --> 02:52:29,775
additional conversation I do

5260
02:52:29,775 --> 02:52:33,450
want to see us make this strong

5261
02:52:33,450 --> 02:52:33,613
bold move but I do want to know

5262
02:52:33,613 --> 02:52:35,448
that our constituents

5263
02:52:35,448 --> 02:52:36,982
have to say, so I agree with

5264
02:52:36,982 --> 02:52:38,500
chair go to sequester now make

5265
02:52:38,500 --> 02:52:40,752
that motion if you need to read

5266
02:52:40,752 --> 02:52:44,890
that now make it if that needs

5267
02:52:44,890 --> 02:52:45,257
to happen, but. I just don't

5268
02:52:45,257 --> 02:52:48,257
want to see it not.

5269
02:52:48,528 --> 02:52:51,528
Thank you chair, thank you

5270
02:52:51,831 --> 02:52:54,231
council members. Thank you

5271
02:52:55,330 --> 02:52:57,330
and first

5272
02:52:58,337 --> 02:53:00,337
if someone.

5273
02:53:01,373 --> 02:53:02,408
Had some type of flag

5274
02:53:02,408 --> 02:53:03,509
that they would. So there's a

5275
02:53:03,509 --> 02:53:06,779
lot of what about They happens

5276
02:53:06,779 --> 02:53:09,179
when you bring forward

5277
02:53:09,915 --> 02:53:10,315
something like this.

5278
02:53:10,315 --> 02:53:11,917
Any person.

5279
02:53:11,917 --> 02:53:13,886
Could contact a City Council

5280
02:53:13,886 --> 02:53:14,654
member of the same process.

5281
02:53:14,654 --> 02:53:17,923
Any person kid ask a City

5282
02:53:17,923 --> 02:53:20,923
Council member. Get them on

5283
02:53:21,600 --> 02:53:22,195
board.

5284
02:53:22,195 --> 02:53:25,431
And and propose and have the

5285
02:53:25,431 --> 02:53:28,431
City Council member propose it

5286
02:53:28,734 --> 02:53:30,734
that can happen.

5287
02:53:32,370 --> 02:53:33,706
It doesn't stop me from

5288
02:53:33,706 --> 02:53:34,673
putting for

5289
02:53:34,673 --> 02:53:37,943
what I believe in what I would

5290
02:53:37,943 --> 02:53:42,143
like to have. But there is no.

5291
02:53:45,284 --> 02:53:45,985
There's no rule against someone

5292
02:53:45,985 --> 02:53:47,653
asking the City Council member

5293
02:53:47,653 --> 02:53:49,921
to sponsor a different kind of

5294
02:53:49,921 --> 02:53:52,921
flag and having everyone vote

5295
02:53:53,226 --> 02:53:55,894
on it. So it's all the same.

5296
02:53:55,894 --> 02:53:56,762
No matter what.

5297
02:53:56,762 --> 02:53:59,162
The flag looks like

5298
02:54:00,320 --> 02:54:02,320
councilmember fig Sanders

5299
02:54:03,202 --> 02:54:05,202
question about. Or

5300
02:54:05,905 --> 02:54:07,905
request about

5301
02:54:09,208 --> 02:54:12,478
waiting. The reason that I have

5302
02:54:12,478 --> 02:54:14,878
as I mentioned before.

5303
02:54:15,848 --> 02:54:17,716
2 reasons number one every

5304
02:54:17,716 --> 02:54:20,986
our that this is in public.

5305
02:54:20,986 --> 02:54:23,986
When there is the opportunity.

5306
02:54:25,758 --> 02:54:29,162
And you know even if we didn't

5307
02:54:29,162 --> 02:54:32,431
pass I mean since this became

5308
02:54:32,431 --> 02:54:36,310
public. It has been at risk.

5309
02:54:36,735 --> 02:54:38,237
So that could it could

5310
02:54:38,237 --> 02:54:40,637
something could happen any

5311
02:54:41,507 --> 02:54:44,276
time. This is one where even if

5312
02:54:44,276 --> 02:54:44,877
we only had it for.

5313
02:54:44,877 --> 02:54:47,130
You know a week a year,

5314
02:54:47,130 --> 02:54:50,130
whatever and telecom the bill

5315
02:54:50,349 --> 02:54:53,349
gets filed again in Tallahassee

5316
02:54:53,519 --> 02:54:56,188
we will have had it.

5317
02:54:56,188 --> 02:54:57,289
But I think it was dunk

5318
02:54:57,289 --> 02:54:59,689
councilmember fig Sanders who

5319
02:55:00,592 --> 02:55:02,995
said not too long ago in a city

5320
02:55:02,995 --> 02:55:04,697
Council meeting.

5321
02:55:04,697 --> 02:55:08,100
I will not walk in fear.

5322
02:55:08,100 --> 02:55:11,370
I would not live in fear is

5323
02:55:11,370 --> 02:55:14,370
something like that and I.

5324
02:55:15,374 --> 02:55:16,475
I think of of and the video

5325
02:55:16,475 --> 02:55:19,745
that was made by James comey

5326
02:55:19,745 --> 02:55:22,915
and when he was just recently

5327
02:55:22,915 --> 02:55:24,915
indicted.

5328
02:55:24,983 --> 02:55:27,120
Stood strong talked about how

5329
02:55:27,120 --> 02:55:28,120
his family is going to say stay

5330
02:55:28,120 --> 02:55:31,457
strong and he said we will not

5331
02:55:31,457 --> 02:55:34,560
live at 9 on we will not live

5332
02:55:34,560 --> 02:55:36,560
on our knees.

5333
02:55:37,897 --> 02:55:38,363
And that really that really hit

5334
02:55:38,363 --> 02:55:40,763
me and I thought

5335
02:55:41,634 --> 02:55:44,340
about what councilmember fig

5336
02:55:45,400 --> 02:55:47,240
Sanders has had said before.

5337
02:55:47,240 --> 02:55:50,240
And so I wanted to.

5338
02:55:50,543 --> 02:55:52,244
Continue with this and be

5339
02:55:52,244 --> 02:55:53,313
strong.

5340
02:55:53,313 --> 02:55:56,616
I can't control what the state

5341
02:55:56,616 --> 02:55:57,115
does I can't you know control

5342
02:55:57,115 --> 02:55:57,916
what

5343
02:55:57,916 --> 02:55:58,584
happens what happens next with

5344
02:55:58,584 --> 02:55:59,252
this someone can decide that

5345
02:55:59,252 --> 02:56:02,540
I'll be removed from office

5346
02:56:02,540 --> 02:56:05,540
tomorrow just for bringing this

5347
02:56:05,224 --> 02:56:05,658
forward.

5348
02:56:05,658 --> 02:56:07,658
I'm not afraid

5349
02:56:08,794 --> 02:56:11,831
of this because I believe in

5350
02:56:11,831 --> 02:56:13,831
it.

5351
02:56:14,800 --> 02:56:18,103
i would love to talk about this

5352
02:56:18,103 --> 02:56:21,406
in committee along with all of

5353
02:56:21,406 --> 02:56:21,974
these other things.

5354
02:56:21,974 --> 02:56:22,708
But it does mean that

5355
02:56:22,708 --> 02:56:25,510
there's a chance that it too is

5356
02:56:25,510 --> 02:56:28,647
going to be a race sooner than

5357
02:56:28,647 --> 02:56:30,647
later.

5358
02:56:31,784 --> 02:56:33,784
Damn shame.

5359
02:56:40,259 --> 02:56:40,926
What's great to hear

5360
02:56:40,926 --> 02:56:43,929
my colleagues in all it very

5361
02:56:43,929 --> 02:56:45,929
thoughtful conversation.

5362
02:56:46,599 --> 02:56:49,302
A lot of issues brought up.

5363
02:56:49,302 --> 02:56:52,571
I do want to say in terms of

5364
02:56:52,571 --> 02:56:54,106
having a committee meeting as

5365
02:56:54,106 --> 02:56:54,840
was offered.

5366
02:56:54,840 --> 02:56:55,908
A couple of weeks at all think

5367
02:56:55,908 --> 02:56:56,876
changes anything because the

5368
02:56:56,876 --> 02:56:57,743
reality is I mean spectrum.

5369
02:56:57,743 --> 02:57:00,143
Bay news 9 contacted the

5370
02:57:00,880 --> 02:57:02,880
governor's.

5371
02:57:04,490 --> 02:57:06,490
Be quick.

5372
02:57:07,520 --> 02:57:10,323
The had a quote one of the

5373
02:57:10,323 --> 02:57:12,191
articles, it's not like.

5374
02:57:12,191 --> 02:57:15,191
This is not already getting

5375
02:57:15,595 --> 02:57:18,831
to the people who would b MAY

5376
02:57:18,831 --> 02:57:19,980
be motivated to erase it.

5377
02:57:19,980 --> 02:57:21,980
So.

5378
02:57:21,333 --> 02:57:23,733
I understand those concerns.

5379
02:57:24,603 --> 02:57:27,239
But at this point it's there.

5380
02:57:27,239 --> 02:57:27,507
Already

5381
02:57:27,507 --> 02:57:28,207
and.

5382
02:57:28,207 --> 02:57:28,941
Having a committee meeting to

5383
02:57:28,941 --> 02:57:31,341
have a thoughtful conversation

5384
02:57:31,777 --> 02:57:32,611
about what the options are I

5385
02:57:32,611 --> 02:57:34,747
think doesn't change that back.

5386
02:57:34,747 --> 02:57:38,117
I thought that was a good

5387
02:57:38,117 --> 02:57:41,117
compromise. That's all I one

5388
02:57:41,287 --> 02:57:43,287
thing thank you.

5389
02:57:45,791 --> 02:57:46,759
I mean it is a risk either way.

5390
02:57:46,759 --> 02:57:48,759
And it sounds

5391
02:57:50,196 --> 02:57:53,499
like the beak there are some

5392
02:57:53,499 --> 02:57:55,899
wood mind. A greater

5393
02:57:56,302 --> 02:57:57,370
level of comfort in

5394
02:57:57,370 --> 02:57:58,700
having a couple of weeks too.

5395
02:57:58,700 --> 02:58:00,973
We speak with the community as

5396
02:58:00,973 --> 02:58:02,275
councilmember fig Sanders said

5397
02:58:02,275 --> 02:58:04,275
and. Maybe

5398
02:58:05,544 --> 02:58:08,544
give everyone more time to

5399
02:58:08,681 --> 02:58:10,681
digest this.

5400
02:58:15,755 --> 02:58:18,924
I think we can get to a good

5401
02:58:18,924 --> 02:58:20,924
place on it.

5402
02:58:23,596 --> 02:58:26,866
>> And so I will withdraw my

5403
02:58:26,866 --> 02:58:30,350
motion. And I will move to have

5404
02:58:30,350 --> 02:58:31,137
of this item

5405
02:58:31,137 --> 02:58:33,339
referred to a committee of the

5406
02:58:33,339 --> 02:58:34,600
whole.

5407
02:58:34,600 --> 02:58:34,740
To take place on Oct. 23th,

5408
02:58:34,740 --> 02:58:37,740
2025 already spoken to Jamie so

5409
02:58:37,844 --> 02:58:38,544
thankful here, thanks for

5410
02:58:38,544 --> 02:58:39,245
thankful for your willingness

5411
02:58:39,245 --> 02:58:41,714
to do that and it'll be on the

5412
02:58:41,714 --> 02:58:44,850
agenda on 23th of already make

5413
02:58:44,850 --> 02:58:46,850
sure second.

5414
02:58:48,554 --> 02:58:49,288
>> Okay we have a motion and

5415
02:58:49,288 --> 02:58:51,230
second councilmember Driscoll I

5416
02:58:51,230 --> 02:58:51,691
just want to thank you one more

5417
02:58:51,691 --> 02:58:52,391
time for your willingness to

5418
02:58:52,391 --> 02:58:53,126
have the conversation this is

5419
02:58:53,126 --> 02:58:56,261
exactly what I have I have made

5420
02:58:56,261 --> 02:58:56,863
this comment multiple times.

5421
02:58:56,863 --> 02:59:00,320
So thank you. And I want

5422
02:59:00,320 --> 02:59:03,320
to thank my colleagues for

5423
02:59:03,102 --> 02:59:04,503
their comments.

5424
02:59:04,503 --> 02:59:05,138
We have g 3 refer to a cow

5425
02:59:05,138 --> 02:59:08,400
seeing is no other council

5426
02:59:08,400 --> 02:59:08,674
members wishing to speak clerk

5427
02:59:08,674 --> 02:59:09,341
could you please over the

5428
02:59:09,341 --> 02:59:09,976
machine for boating council

5429
02:59:09,976 --> 02:59:10,643
members please enter your

5430
02:59:10,643 --> 02:59:11,343
votes, seeing is all present

5431
02:59:11,343 --> 02:59:13,412
council members a vote a clerk

5432
02:59:13,412 --> 02:59:15,812
please talent announce the

5433
02:59:16,115 --> 02:59:17,149
vote.

5434
02:59:17,149 --> 02:59:20,453
>> In your view then like a

5435
02:59:20,453 --> 02:59:23,453
soggy end. Please re-enter your

5436
02:59:23,656 --> 02:59:25,656
votes councilmembers

5437
02:59:26,959 --> 02:59:30,559
sitting in. He is a present

5438
02:59:30,696 --> 02:59:31,363
council members a vote a clerk

5439
02:59:31,363 --> 02:59:31,998
please timing out the vote.

5440
02:59:31,998 --> 02:59:32,665
Sure the motion to approve

5441
02:59:32,665 --> 02:59:33,365
agenda item g 3 passes 6, 2,

5442
02:59:33,365 --> 02:59:35,100
One with councilmember Harding

5443
02:59:35,100 --> 02:59:35,701
Bono and councilmember Gabbert

5444
02:59:35,701 --> 02:59:36,402
being absent from school

5445
02:59:36,402 --> 02:59:39,238
Sanders Floyd Curtis it gives

5446
02:59:39,238 --> 02:59:42,238
you your hand was voting.

5447
02:59:42,408 --> 02:59:44,444
Yes, okay, thank you.

5448
02:59:44,444 --> 02:59:45,178
>> We'll go to open for a

5449
02:59:45,178 --> 02:59:47,913
speakers on open for him do not

5450
02:59:47,913 --> 02:59:49,913
have. Okay councilmembers

5451
02:59:50,283 --> 02:59:52,283
announcements.

5452
02:59:53,653 --> 02:59:56,822
If you're thinking about it by

5453
02:59:56,822 --> 02:59:59,222
share. Now I will.

5454
03:00:03,129 --> 03:00:06,129
>> Any any and the nonverbal.

5455
03:00:08,133 --> 03:00:08,834
>> And that's something I mean

5456
03:00:08,834 --> 03:00:11,704
a number I was real sensitive

5457
03:00:11,704 --> 03:00:13,704
to nonverbal communication

5458
03:00:14,840 --> 03:00:16,108
after our student and

5459
03:00:16,108 --> 03:00:16,842
that is Sat. Afternoon.

5460
03:00:16,842 --> 03:00:17,510
Now number of all communication

5461
03:00:17,510 --> 03:00:19,244
for me thank you for or for

5462
03:00:19,244 --> 03:00:20,313
what this point thank you very

5463
03:00:20,313 --> 03:00:21,513
much. Well listen just quickly

5464
03:00:21,513 --> 03:00:24,516
just wanted to thank all of you

5465
03:00:24,516 --> 03:00:26,916
for the presentations and

5466
03:00:27,519 --> 03:00:28,387
proclamations this morning or

5467
03:00:28,387 --> 03:00:31,387
this afternoon and then again

5468
03:00:31,824 --> 03:00:32,391
just wanted to. Just reiterate

5469
03:00:32,391 --> 03:00:34,791
my thankfulness for my

5470
03:00:35,194 --> 03:00:37,630
colleagues in the

5471
03:00:37,630 --> 03:00:37,930
administration both for your

5472
03:00:37,930 --> 03:00:40,330
willingness to make some

5473
03:00:41,167 --> 03:00:42,968
compromise some good

5474
03:00:42,968 --> 03:00:43,669
compromise. I think today and

5475
03:00:43,669 --> 03:00:44,370
then personally councilmember

5476
03:00:44,370 --> 03:00:45,905
fix Sanders go ahead. That was

5477
03:00:45,905 --> 03:00:46,605
non-verbal councilmember in

5478
03:00:46,605 --> 03:00:47,339
don't forget you have put your

5479
03:00:47,339 --> 03:00:48,400
shirt on and take a picture and

5480
03:00:48,400 --> 03:00:51,210
send the Southeast that we can

5481
03:00:51,210 --> 03:00:54,513
share those okay we can do a

5482
03:00:54,513 --> 03:00:56,182
self we can do selfie time.

5483
03:00:56,182 --> 03:00:56,883
And then

5484
03:00:56,883 --> 03:00:58,684
just quickly again just I just

5485
03:00:58,684 --> 03:00:59,385
wanted to thank you for all the

5486
03:00:59,385 --> 03:01:01,540
support with the girl this and

5487
03:01:01,540 --> 03:01:02,421
going t family just one last

5488
03:01:02,421 --> 03:01:03,522
time being today what it is so.

5489
03:01:03,522 --> 03:01:06,000
>> If there's nothing else for