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Councilmember Pollard for the invocation.

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Thank you, Mayor, and good afternoon to everyone if you would please bow your heads for word of prayer.

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Lord, thank you for waking us up to see another day. Please watch over us and guide us as we govern through this meeting.

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Watch over our city. Watch over our families. Watch over everything that we do.

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We do have it be pleasing to you in Jesus name we pray. Amen.

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We please rise for the pledge.

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Sir?

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Yeah, let me ask Paul from a, did you have a motion to proceed?

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Sir?

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Yes.

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You have to proceed.

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Sir, there's no question.

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You go ahead. I'll recognize you for that motion.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Mayor, move to move Ronaldos Algado to the top of the one minute agenda.

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Second.

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Motion made in second. All in favor say yes, those opposed.

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Also move to add conchita reyes to the speakers list to follow Ronaldos Algado.

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Motion made in second. All in favor say yes, those opposed.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Lastly, bear.

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I move to add more normal my two and rude.

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Ross get to the one minute agenda to follow.

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Conchita reyes.

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Very good motion made in second. All in favor say yes, those opposed.

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Motion made in second. All in favor say yes, those opposed.

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Councilor and Councillor Allen.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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I move to move.

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Reuben Garza to the top of the one minute non agenda list.

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All in favor say yes, those opposed.

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Give this one second.

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Councilor soiness.

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I move to move.

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You see a mode.

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I know to follow a Reuben Garza on the one minute list.

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I think the first one is.

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I think also.

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favor say yes, those opposed.

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Renalo.

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You want to come forward.

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And you're family.

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Anyone you'd like to bring.

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Speaking that either Mike and I recognize you and do not worry about time, there's no restraints on you and your family.

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Yes.

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First off, thank you, Mayor Whitmire and Council members Martinez and Davis.

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Y'all were the first ones to step up and share words of condolences.

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Mayor, you even closed down part of Canal Street so that my mom could visit the site with no media and no crowd allowed.

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To the Houstonians, from the east and to the north side, thank you.

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You have been the fuel to keep us going.

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Along with the marches and peaceful demonstrations, there's something else that you can do to help our family in this case.

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So, if you live anywhere near Wayside Canal or if you know anything at all pertaining to what happened on the morning of July 7th,

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please consider sending any and all information to the following email address tips at acleotexus.org.

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But what about the rest of y'all? Council members, esteemed elected officials.

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How have y'all showed up for my family?

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Not one peep from some of y'all.

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Where is the basic human decency?

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How is it that the mayor of New York City can acknowledge this injustice from afar, especially to some of y'all at large members?

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Are you supposed to represent the entire city of Houston?

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Or does your sympathy for humanity end when it comes to the east end and Magnolia Park neighborhoods?

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Take a page from Willie Davis's book.

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He has shown up to every single event, the visuals, the masses.

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He was there in the day of the funeral to give his condolences to give us a hug.

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And to that, Council member Davis, thank you so much.

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Please expect a thank you letter finally, family, for all of your support.

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Thank you.

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So he has shown up for us.

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My question for y'all is, how will you show up for the rest of the immigrant community here in Houston to make sure that what happens to my dad?

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Lorenzo Sagao Daucol doesn't happen to any of them.

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This isn't a partisan issue.

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This is an issue of right and wrong, and this wrong needs to be addressed.

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Every single one of you Council members have immigrants living in your district.

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How will you protect them?

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My family has been asking for three things, and full independent transparent investigation just this for my father and for this to never happen again.

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Here's how you guys can help with the third one.

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Consider ending the HVD partnership with ICE.

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Consider putting pressure in that at the state level.

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Call your contemporaries at this Texas capital and ensure that the people, especially immigrants, can have trust in their local police departments.

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Many crimes go unreported.

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Witnesses are scared to testify, all because any interaction with law enforcement can lead to deportation.

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And if you're scared about losing your jobs over doing the right thing, at least you still have your life.

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That can't be said about my father.

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The justice system is slowly turning towards justice for my dad.

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One of the men in the van will be released very soon.

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The other two should and must follow because they deserve to be with their families as well.

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I went to the deportation center, the detention center, today in Conru.

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To visit my uncle, I'm glad to report that he's in good spirits despite the circumstances fully supporting us from the inside.

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While we visited a woman approach my brother and I and gave us words of encouragement.

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This is a woman who is most likely going through one of the worst experiences imaginable seeing their loved one behind a glass.

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Yet she felt like she had to give us words of encouragement to consider fighting for justice for my dad.

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So it isn't just about releasing the other two men, Victor Hugo and Daniel Didal.

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But it's also the people inside the detention centers, many of whom have no criminal record and they deserve to be with their families too.

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And if that woman at the detention center was able to give us words of encouragement, then why can't you use your voice as elected officials to do what is right for the immigrant communities.

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In your districts and in the city of Houston overall.

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And this isn't just the entire city looking at us.

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The whole world is looking at us and I invite you guys to be on the right side of history.

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Just as for Lorenzo, just as for John and just as for all.

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Thank you.

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Lorenzo.

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Lorenzo.

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Let me speak.

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Let me speak as for the city and certainly as a mayor.

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Thank you for your courage.

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I've been in government.

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In sessions.

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For years.

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You're strength to being here today.

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You're courage.

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Thank you.

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We all join you in calling for reforms.

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Thank you.

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Just as for your father.

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I hope that you will communicate to your grandmother.

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That we understand.

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Mothers are not supposed to bury their sons.

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To your mother.

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We stand ready to assist her.

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Thank you.

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We will call out for an independent transparent investigation which we did at this table.

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The day after your father's murder.

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We will work with our congressional leaders.

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I'd like to thank.

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As you have Sylvia Garcia, Manofi, Dizzy Fletcher.

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The district attorney.

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Chief Dias.

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So as I've told you privately.

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I have to have the city or phone call away.

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We want to protect your privacy, your security.

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I know this is a life altering permanent change.

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We thank you for being a school teacher and changing your plans to teach this fall.

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I have on behalf of this council and the citizens of Houston will memorialize your father.

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We will work with the family, the community.

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You've already given me some suggestions to where we never forget.

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That your father did not lose his life in vain.

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But the community will know from now, who your father was, his values, his life.

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And thank you for being here today.

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And your brothers, your mother, your grandmother, and to the community.

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I hope that people will show your family the respect as we exercise our first amendment.

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And not make this any more painful than it already has been.

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I'll share your frustration, your anger, your sadness.

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And I wish we didn't have to deal with this as I mentioned two years ago.

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But we have to together get through this, represent the immigrant community, the east side, and all Houstonians.

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And not only talk about our diversity, but practice it in our inclusion.

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So thank you for being here and showing the courage that you're displaying.

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I know your father would be proud of you.

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Councilmember Sleinas.

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Mr. Salibado, I want to thank you for being here today.

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I can't imagine how difficult the last few weeks have been.

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But your courage is an inspiration to the entire city.

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My one question for you, you've already answered, which is what do you want this body to do to support you?

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And what I heard you to say is to end HPD's cooperation with ICE.

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And I will tell you, sir, that many of us tried to reduce the cooperation many months ago.

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That effort was ultimately overturned by Governor Abbott.

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But you have my pledge and I'm sure others on this council to do everything our power to bring that ordinance back to honor your wishes to ensure that we are doing everything we can to reduce cooperation with ICE.

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Thank you. Thank you so much.

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You're welcome.

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To our guests, we have a long list of speakers signed up today because we have more than 150 minutes worth of speaking.

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speakers, the rules requires to only give each speaker one minute, even if you signed up for more. I'll try to use my good judgment.

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But I hope in the spirit of unity and you know we're doing the right thing, and I've just expressed we're going to get through this together.

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I hope we can have respect for the hearing and listen to all the speakers without interruptions and have a productive public speaking tonight.

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With that, Mr. Secretary, we've called the first speaker.

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Contina Reyes.

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To be followed by Norma.

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Good afternoon. Mayor council members. My name is Contita Reyes. I'm a community advocate and I'm also part of Lula Council's 60.

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On that tragic day, I was there and I met Ronaldo.

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And from then on, I've been at his side and his family side every single day.

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So there have been people I've contacted at the families request.

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But this is an opportunity to invite everyone. Everyone that's watching, everyone that's around the horseshoe, everyone behind me.

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I'm inviting you to partake in this endeavor.

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There's a place for everyone. There's a place for the people that are rallying, protesting.

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There's a place for elected officials. There are place of business owners and there's places for our community.

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This is a time that not only refining for human rights, but you show humanity towards one another.

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So I ask everyone to show respect in the name of Lorenzo to show love, to show community and show how strong Houston is.

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We did it with Harvey. We did it during the pandemic. And now's the time we show up. Thank you.

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Yes, thank you. Hi, my name's Norma Motu. I'm not going to stand here and give you a statistics because y'all already know what the statistics are.

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You know what's going on, but what I am going to ask is to remind yourselves that when you're speaking to the governor, right, ask him this question, do you know what an immigrant looks like?

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Because my birth certificate says white.

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But you wouldn't know that if you see me driving to the school that I'm going to teach at or the children that I'm driving, you would not know that.

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You would think that I'm an immigrant because of the color of my skin and right now immigrants are to ice brown and black people.

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And so I really need you to understand that this is not a state local or federal issue.

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Why cannot, why can't we see it as a humanitarian issue?

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Because the United Nations, the United Nations, Mr. Bill, Mr. John Whitmire. I'm sorry, Mayor Whitmire.

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The United Nations has called for an, for actively calling for an independent investigations into the spike of the death involving us, immigration and custom enforcement.

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So why is our governor above the UN?

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Why can't the governor understand?

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And then, um, sir, what is your name?

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Council member Ramirez.

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Ramirez, okay, so I saw you at the Texas legislative caucus the other day.

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And I saw you asking the representatives.

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Can City Council be involved?

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Yes, you can.

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Yes, you can, sir.

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Because you know what? Two ice?

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At 630 in the morning, you look like an immigrant too.

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Sir, John Whitmire, we are being targeted by our color.

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We are not being targeted by the knowledge or by our bachelors, our masters, the education that we've stopped for, that our fathers and mothers fought for.

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We are being targeted by our color and sir with our disrespect.

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Thank God, it was not, I think that school was not in session.

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Because had that rogue bullet gun into one of my baby students.

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But, but, but, is that they have to drive to get to school?

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We would have had another issue here.

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And we're about to start school in two weeks, sir.

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You're going to have more people on these roads.

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Your roads, sir, that you, that you, that you sort of protect.

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That every one of you has one super tech.

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And you had teachers that are teaching here with immigrant status, sir.

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We really need you to, you might not be over the mayor.

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And I do thank you for talking and speaking.

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But you know what, I need you to do, sir.

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I need you to help HPD understand that helping ICE right now is not the case.

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We need to get our children educated.

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This issue is above immigration, sir.

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This is a humanitarian issue, sir.

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Yes, sir.

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No more deaths, please.

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Hi, hurio.

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Nice to see all of you guys.

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This is my first time here, but I'm always watching you.

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That's going on.

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And I'm a Houstonian.

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I grew up here.

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Born here.

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My mom immigrated here from Los Alvador.

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And I don't have a lot.

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I could say a lot, but I think what I'm going to do is to read a letter.

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From somebody that was in detention.

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And what happened to them?

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Well, they were in detention.

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And I'll also bribe for you guys to see if you want to look at it.

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If you want to look at it, you can have the copies.

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But, sorry, I'm nervous.

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And I want to say this without too much emotion.

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But this has been going on since...

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I mean, it's always been happening.

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But I feel like it's ramped up more since last year,

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around the time that Emmanuel was taken unjustly,

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held for 50 days.

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And then, at that time, I said,

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these people are out here in our streets,

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making it unsafe,

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and someone's going to get hurt.

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Somebody got killed.

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Right?

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So, a business thing that's going to happen,

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since January,

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when I've seen this person get taken in my neighborhood a couple.

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So, one of the guys want to keep it this there,

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but they went to three different detention centers in one month,

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and we were to put it back to Venezuela,

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and they did everything right.

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So, what I'm saying is, this is affecting our neighborhood.

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It's hurting our neighborhood.

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I grew up in a spring branch.

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My neighborhood is not the same anymore.

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People are scared.

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People don't want to go outside.

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Kids are suffering.

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And the people don't understand is that this all has a ripple effect

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on our youth.

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It's creating a whole wave of youth

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that are going to be mad at you guys

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for what y'all did to their parents.

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Because if what was happening right now,

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what's happening when I was a kid,

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because my mom came in from the 80's from our sidewalk,

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which is a whole other issue that we're not going to talk about

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because of why she came here.

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She fled a civil war,

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because her country was messed up.

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My dad is an American.

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I'm a half Salvadorian, half American.

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If right now I was happening,

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I would be at risk of losing a family member of a parent.

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Right now I have family members.

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I risk of being deported.

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I'm talking children.

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Okay, ma'am.

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So, what I'm saying is,

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it's affecting everybody in so many ways

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and it's hurting our children.

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And we shouldn't have to have safety action plans

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for kids that are born here.

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Just in case they go out with their dad.

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This Mexican looks certainly in case he gets put over.

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We have to have a final action.

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Thank you.

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That's it.

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You're welcome.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much for your time.

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And I feel that for me, but I hope that he'll help you.

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Thank you.

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Mayor Proko.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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I'm moved.

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This has been the rules to

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to add time when behind Sajji Chaco under the three minutes.

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Motion's made.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Motion passes.

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Next speaker, please.

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Good evening.

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I don't know what I'm major and council members.

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My name is Matthew Alex.

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My name is James.

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Only one.

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And there's one.

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You want respect, OK.

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First City has a woman?

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She.

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I think that one.

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The second by Bill.

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Oregon.

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Mary.

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state recovery. The project would provide priorities with it. Beginnifid, Cadillac

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Rustling Pisa area near our spiritual home. Please vote for Rajanda Itemsality.

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Thank you, sir.

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Next.

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Abraham Jacob of Missouri. To be followed by Jaseem Jacob of Missouri.

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Good evening, honorable mayor and respected council members. My name is Vadra Abraham

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Jacob. I am the pastor of this in May. This is Kanaanaa, Cadillac Church at 6400 Peshavukwar

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Drive. Although our mailing address is Missu Rissiti or properties within the jurisdiction

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of the city of Houston, I respectfully support Rajanda Itemsality or Parish Bishas to apply

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for permission to construct a modest above ground Muslim within our church campus. It would

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contain sealed individual creeps on an engineered concrete platform with no underground

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burial. It would be reserved for parish members and permanently maintained by the church.

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This request comes especially from our senior citizens who desire a signified Catholic

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resting place near the church that we ask when there is spiritual home. In our faith,

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caring for the disease is a corporate work of Mayor C and praying for them express our hope

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in the resurrection. We are prepared to comply with all the requirements concerning public health

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engineering, Chinese expires, community and neighborhood protection. So please adopt agenda

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18, item 17. So that we may submit a complete application for the city's professional

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review. Thank you. Thank you.

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Thank you. Just say I'm Jacob. I'm deserves to be followed by Jose Chaco. I'm

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deserves to be. Good afternoon.

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Good afternoon, honorable Mayor and council members. Thank you all for time and I don't want to repeat

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whatever father said is the same request that kindly approve our project and our community will

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be really thankful and it will be big help for the community, especially the elderly people who

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cannot afford what we call expensive, rural or anything and elderly people, they cannot

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visit this, loud one site and a distant place. So it will be very helpful for us and I want to thank

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you all and especially I want to extend our thanks for Mr. Samura who has been a lot of time for

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this project and helping us on this matter. Thank you. Thank you, Nick. Jose Chaco. To be followed by

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Saji Chaco. The pair line. Good evening, honorable Mayor and council members. My name is Jose Chaco.

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I am the special role of Sanmeri's granite Catholic Church. I respect fully support agenda item 17.

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Our proposal has been designed with public health, safety, environment, responsibility and

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neighborhood protection in mind. The Mussolian would contain permanent lesile creeps,

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constricted and rarely ever grounds on an engineer the concrete platform. It would be located inside

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of our existing world church campers. Its architecture, landscaping, lighting, drainage, access

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and screening and screening would complement the church and protect neighboring properties. We

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have pleased to we have prepared to submit a professional survey site plan, engineering and drainage

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documents, access plan, maintenance, program and all required health and environmental information.

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The punish will also provide permanent supervision and financial response to this. We welcome

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a careful review. We are not requesting an assumption for our regulation. We are requesting

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a clear and transparent process through which we can demonstrate complaints. Please support

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agenda item 17. Thank you. Thank you. Mayor, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. My question is for

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our city attorney. So tomorrow, when we look at item 17 for the Mussolian, this is located at

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6,400 West feak way in Fort Ben Houston. The church is wanting to erect a Mussolian.

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We did not have anything on the books for someone to erect a cemetery on private property. So we have

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this now. If we vote for this tomorrow, then what is the next step for the church in order for them to

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be able to move forward.

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That has to be submitted by the church in order to open the smazzleam. And as I've spoke to them, this is a mazzleam that would be only on the church property and only open to individuals who are members of that church. So it's a very, it's going to be a very small mazzleam. So the ordinance tomorrow essentially says, if you would like to open this mazzleam or it could be a cemetery, but in this case a mazzleam within the city limits, this is the information that we need. They will provide that to the city secretary. Once they provide that information, there has to be a

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second vote by council or council has to essentially make the determination that this mazzleam will not impact the health and safety of essentially the neighborhood. There's a little bit more.

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It's for many, many years to begin with you. You could not open up a mazzleam or cemetery within the city limits. That was a law. The law was changed several years ago and it is now a two step process.

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Number one is pass the ordinance that prescribes one information. The city wants. And then the step second step is to review that information and decide that yes, you can open the cemetery within the city limits.

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So then after they provide the information in the city secretary, we would provide the city council members. We'd probably also have the health department look at it.

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And then you would have to make the determination.

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Who actually will from the city will actually make that determination.

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So the health department will probably go and then we'll get the briefing and then we make the decision.

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That is correct.

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Okay. Thank you.

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Next.

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Saji Chaco to be followed by Tom Wien.

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Good evening. Honourable Mayor and council members. My name is Saji Chaco, one of the trustees of the

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Trustees of Samiris Kranaya Catholic Church. Catholic treats the bodies of the

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Lisees with the dignity and consider, pray for them a sacred responsibility.

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Our families traditionally visit the tombs after church services on anniversaries, memorial days and all sales day.

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Since there is no convenient location at Catholic cemetery near our parish.

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A mausoleum on the church campus would allow the Lisees spouses, children and grandchildren to pray for their

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loud ones without traveling long distances.

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Please support Agenda item 17 and allow our parish to submit his application for city review.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Next.

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Tuan Wien.

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To be followed by Rubin Garza.

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Thank you.

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Council member Kassik straight. I'm fratting me.

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I wanted to say and ask the mayor if you knew the names of the free men that were detained after Lorenzo Solgato Rao

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was killed.

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If you knew there are full names.

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All share their names.

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I might struggle a bit.

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Victor Solgato Rao.

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Of course, his brother.

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Daniel Pantolato Rao.

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And Jose Trenial Rojas.

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Are any of these men worth less because they did not die?

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Where are the calls for their freedom?

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Mayor Wilmaire constantly proclaims his leadership in the city.

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And in New York Times interview, he belongs leadership like that of Zoran Mondani.

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And yet, when an immigrant was detained by ICE, the next day, the mayor, Mondani,

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Claude President Trump, and the immigrant was released.

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But here for a year we've been told that city council has no power.

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So Mayor Whitmire.

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As you've communicated to all of us, you're in constant communication with the governor,

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with the president, your leadership, your relationship with him, has ensured this city safety.

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Although people continue to be detained, and now someone is killed.

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And so I'd like to ask that this, but great, amazing relationship that you have with the president,

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that you used to free the freedom.

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The free time is expired.

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Thank you, Mayor and City Council.

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I first want to preface this by saying that I'm not here to speak about the Salgado family or the shooting,

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but my condolences are with the family.

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And hopefully we will see some justice prevail for Lorenzo,

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including the prosecutor, the prosecution of his murders.

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I'm here to talk about the Houston Chronicle editorial pieces opinion on peace on parking reform,

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whether you like the Houston Chronicle or not, even if you don't, you got to admit,

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broken clock is right twice a day.

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The Houston Chronicle called the attention to parking reform as a vital step for economic development

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in the city of Houston.

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As a city, we can either increase taxes or fees, reduce services or develop in a more productive way.

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I hope that the city chooses option three.

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We eliminate parking requirements and allow developers to allow developers and small business owners

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and local businesses to develop and build homes as needed in our communities.

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Because that's what we need the most right now.

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And I know I'm coming to City Council to testify about this again and again,

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but this is an issue that means a lot to me because I care about small business.

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I care about economic development.

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And I'm second tired of the city being too broke to do anything about streets,

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about flooding.

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And very lastly, I'm going to keep coming back here until my hearing.

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There looks like Council member Ramirez is, or Mayor Whitmire's,

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depending on which side of the family's genes I have.

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Thank you.

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Next, Lucia Moreno.

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To be followed by Ryan Anderson.

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I think there's a confusion because I'm set for the three minutes,

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instead of the one minute I want the list.

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So I'm not sure.

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And thank you for my trash camp there.

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Thank you.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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If I didn't know now was this close.

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Okay.

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Good afternoon.

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Thank you for your time today.

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I am here to offer concrete solutions to generate revenue for bark and the city,

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through ordinances and forcement while addressing the severe animal welfare.

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Crisis in our neighborhoods.

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Many people look at animal rescuers and think we are just crazy pet people.

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We are not.

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Many of us come from places of deep personal hardship.

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I was living on the streets at 14 to escape in abuse of home,

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beaten by a stepmother with dog chains.

478
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,000
We didn't have CPS then.

479
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,000
So it meant nothing.

480
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:16,000
We do this work from a place of profound empathy.

481
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,000
Not for attention.

482
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,000
I've been an independent rescue in the city for over 30 years,

483
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,000
and I can tell you firsthand.

484
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,000
The situation is getting worse.

485
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:30,000
Because our city ordinances are completely ignored.

486
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:35,000
People travel from all over the city to abandon pets in our neighborhoods.

487
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,000
Dating.

488
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,000
rescuers are aging out and we cannot keep up.

489
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:45,000
We have great laws on the books, but they lack enforcement.

490
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,000
And the few tickets written are often dismissed.

491
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:53,000
To fix this, raise revenue and save animals.

492
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,000
I propose three media actions.

493
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,000
Enforce parking lot sales.

494
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:04,000
Individual selling puppies and parking lot should face three immediate citations.

495
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,000
Operating a business without a permit.

496
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:13,000
Breeding without a license and standard animal ordinance violations.

497
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,000
That's three tickets.

498
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,000
That's money.

499
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:20,000
If they cannot pay the fines mandate community service hours.

500
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:27,000
Directly at bark or register rescues to offset the labor shortage.

501
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:32,000
Establish a volunteer 311 animal task force.

502
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,000
To keep from Indian dating.

503
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,000
Outward 311 operators.

504
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:43,000
The city should utilize our massive network of independent rescuers and street feeders.

505
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:51,000
As trained volunteers to process, vet and routine animal welfare data directly to bark.

506
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,000
Adress breeding upon the unhoused.

507
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,000
While many unhoused individuals care for their pets.

508
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,000
Some use them to generate donations.

509
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,000
Misthreat them.

510
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,000
Or breed them for cash.

511
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,000
Parking lot sales.

512
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,000
We must enforce a mandate to keep an animal.

513
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000
To keep an animal in these conditions.

514
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000
It must be spayed or neutered.

515
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Rescue's well gladly facilitate this using existing free city and nonprofit resources.

516
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:26,000
Rescue's an independent feeders are ready to jump in and assist the city.

517
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000
In any way we can.

518
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,000
However, we need the city.

519
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000
To meet us halfway.

520
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,000
Right now when we try to report these violations.

521
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:40,000
Some police officers laugh at the ordinances or refuse to help.

522
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:44,000
We don't necessarily need new laws.

523
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:48,000
We need the political will to enforce the ones we have.

524
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000
Let's protect our animals.

525
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000
Support our rescuers.

526
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:56,000
And generate the revenue bark desperately needs.

527
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,000
Thank you.

528
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,000
Thank you, man.

529
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,000
Coming up here.

530
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,000
I saw plenty of them.

531
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,000
But I do have a complaint about coming in today.

532
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,000
After five, we can't go through your tunnel.

533
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000
They tell us that we can't.

534
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,000
And if you're hand-to-cap like myself.

535
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,000
I have to come up the stairs.

536
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,000
Walk over here.

537
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000
And you're.

538
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,000
Thanks.

539
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,000
They're blocked.

540
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,000
Thank you.

541
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,000
We have to go around and up the stairs.

542
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,000
We will address that.

543
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,000
Thank you.

544
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,000
One more thing, Mayor.

545
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,000
Please don't be mad at me.

546
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,000
But.

547
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,000
I do need to say this today.

548
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,000
Get closer to the mic.

549
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,000
Today, I saw one of your councilmen.

550
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,000
Be very rude.

551
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:44,000
Two councilmen, Salinas' person.

552
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,000
I'm sitting there.

553
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,000
They know I'm sitting there.

554
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,000
I'm a constituent.

555
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000
How dare you councilmen, Davis.

556
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000
Come up and threaten that man.

557
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000
You could've told him in another way.

558
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,000
That you don't want your face on his video.

559
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,000
What you did was wrong.

560
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,000
Thank you.

561
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,000
Right.

562
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:10,000
Ryan Anderson.

563
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,000
To be followed by Lindsay Burrows.

564
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:14,000
Hello.

565
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:23,000
Both ice and HPD are actively trampling on our first, fourth, and fifth amendment rights.

566
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:29,000
Well, you, Mayor, John Whitmire, continue to bend the knee to the fascist movement in this country.

567
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,000
The Wednesday after ice, murdered Lorenzo Salgado adaho.

568
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,000
I was at the vigil.

569
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,000
I know none of y'all were there, so I'll give you a quick recap.

570
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,000
The vigil was on the same side of the street that was under construction.

571
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,000
It was blocked off independent of the vigil being there.

572
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:45,000
However, at 9.15, HPD officers instructed us to leave.

573
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,000
I asked them why they were trying to get us to leave.

574
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,000
We were morning at a vigil.

575
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,000
And they told me they wanted to open it up for traffic.

576
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,000
Like I said, it was already under construction.

577
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,000
They couldn't.

578
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,000
The truck cars couldn't get on there on that street regardless.

579
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,000
And so I tried to tell that.

580
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,000
HPD officer that.

581
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,000
The response was, I don't know.

582
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,000
I'm just following orders.

583
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:08,000
Their order was to deny us of our first amendment rights to assemble.

584
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,000
And they obeyed.

585
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,000
They obeyed because you green with them.

586
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,000
You arrive in the tramble on our rights for doing nothing as a leader.

587
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,000
Each piece fits on the fourth amendment.

588
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,000
Every time they hold a Houstonian traffic stop,

589
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:22,000
just for ICE to show up.

590
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,000
And now ICE is obstructing due process.

591
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,000
The fifth amendment for Victor Sagao,

592
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,000
Adaho, Daniel Pantalhan, and Jose Dojas.

593
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,000
These men are not only witnesses to ICE's murder,

594
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,000
but they are victims of ICE as well.

595
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,000
Freedom.

596
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,000
Hallelujah.

597
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000
You're going to be the best of them!

598
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,000
I hope you guys will be...

599
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,000
Please...

600
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,000
Thank you.

601
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:51,000
You're going to be the best of them!

602
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,000
I hope we will be the best of them!

603
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,000
That's what they did.

604
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,000
They did well.

605
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,000
Not even the best.

606
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,000
Jeremy Peel.

607
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,000
To be followed by James Schreiber.

608
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:10,000
The same driver.

609
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,000
Good evening, Council.

610
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:15,500
On July 7, I was at a court and third ward representing an undocumented couple during their

611
00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:16,500
eviction proceeding.

612
00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:20,500
When we left the courtroom, I advised them not to communicate with their landlord to

613
00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:24,500
avoid upsetting her because I was afraid they might retaliate and call eyes.

614
00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:28,500
What I didn't know was that a couple hours earlier, only a few miles away, were in

615
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:29,500
home.

616
00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:31,000
They have been murdered by ICE in our streets.

617
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,500
For months we warned you that this could happen.

618
00:43:34,500 --> 00:43:36,500
And you said there was nothing you could do.

619
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:41,500
However, we now know that not only has HPD increased the number of times they have

620
00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:43,500
called ICE, but they have doubled those numbers.

621
00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:48,500
We know that some officers waited over two hours for ICE to arrive, even after being

622
00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:49,500
directed not to.

623
00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:53,500
While HPD was involved in the shooting, when you hand over the date of a

624
00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:59,340
as a tanye to us, you're handing them over to the very agents who murdered one of our own.

625
00:43:59,340 --> 00:44:02,700
And if this is what they're willing to do in our streets, what do you think they're willing

626
00:44:02,700 --> 00:44:07,340
to do behind the closed north of an attention facility where they're threatening witnesses?

627
00:44:07,340 --> 00:44:12,220
Let me assure you, we are going to oppose a November and we will do the same next year as

628
00:44:12,220 --> 00:44:13,220
well.

629
00:44:13,220 --> 00:44:17,260
This is not a political issue, this is a public safety issue and you can't say you care

630
00:44:17,260 --> 00:44:21,540
about public safety until you care about the safety of all Houstonians regardless of where

631
00:44:21,620 --> 00:44:23,540
they came from.

632
00:44:36,980 --> 00:44:38,980
James Driver.

633
00:44:44,980 --> 00:44:46,980
To be followed by Jesus Niato.

634
00:44:51,540 --> 00:44:55,620
Mayors, members of Council, this is not a...

635
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:09,440
Reference rights. We've come for months after the killings in Minnesota, we knew this was going

636
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:20,920
to happen in Houston. We tried to get you to take action. Councilmember Salvinus wrote an

637
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:30,680
ordinance. The governor veto the ordinance. How ridiculous is that? We call upon you to

638
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:46,360
reinstate the ordinance. Break the collaboration between HPD and ICE. This is the most ridiculous thing

639
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:53,360
in the world. My heart goes out to the family.

640
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:22,360
To be followed by Ethan Campbell.

641
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:28,360
Can you hear me in this crowd? Thank you. Okay. Let's start with Councilmember Ivanshibaz. I want to

642
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:32,360
start. Well, I want to start with saying I have sent my personal relationships with seven of you. So I acknowledge

643
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:37,360
that you're human beings. But we've asked you to do a job. Councilmember Ivanshibaz, I want to appreciate how you

644
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:45,360
address the crowd in a testimony of the other day saying that we need to vote on people. I'm looking at you. You're

645
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:52,360
in right here. You're an elected official. And I'm going to keep going because I'm being timed. But we also can't

646
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:58,360
elect anybody in HPD. This is not the county. Like there's nothing that we can do. We're asking you to show up right now.

647
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:04,360
I want to say John Whitmer, you've done some amazing work in the past. One of the biggest things that you've done is

648
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:10,360
to be able to text us on the wall in 1993 after the height of the AIDS epidemic. You've thought you were to deepen

649
00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:17,360
a life-churrency and you've thought for a doctor's advance. Where is that guy? I don't see him today. Bring him back.

650
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:29,360
And I want to talk to the release of the witness to Rendo Sagado's murder. And the last thing is that none of your jobs are safe. If you're a term-liminated, you're lucky. If you're not,

651
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:38,360
well, I would say, you should keep your eyes out. Because we are coming for your jobs. We are not afraid to run. We will replace you.

652
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:53,360
Ethan Campbell, we're Crosby.

653
00:47:54,360 --> 00:48:05,360
Queen, do for Rendo. To be followed by Azea Lopez.

654
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:20,360
Good evening. My name is Quinn Dufranna. I am a resident of District H. I'm here tonight to do three things.

655
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:29,360
I'm going to ask you to do more to bring justice for the murder of Lorenzo Sagado Arauho and his family. To secure the release of the remaining

656
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:40,360
Houstonians held in iced custody and end city collaboration with ICE. We have a small wind, small victory to celebrate tonight with the judges order to release

657
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:48,360
Jose Rojas Piego. Now this was a choice of a federal judge, but this release was made possible by the pressure by family members

658
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:55,360
by citizens like ourselves and politicians like you. You may not have the authority to release the other two

659
00:48:55,360 --> 00:49:03,360
Houstonians, but it does not mean you're powerless. Each of you has more power, magnitude more power than any of us in the crowd

660
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:12,360
and the average Houstonian. So use that power, leverage your influence on federal officials, business leaders.

661
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:25,360
We all know a lot of you have good relationship with business leaders. So use your voice to stop iced terrorism here in the city of Houston in our city in your city and just do more.

662
00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:49,360
As they are Lopez Samuel Jesse to be followed by Michael Hillbeek, Hillbeek.

663
00:49:55,360 --> 00:50:04,360
Hello. My name is Dr. Samuel David Jess of District D. My views represent my own hover. I'd like to get your views with a simple poll.

664
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:13,360
I invite you to view and people behind me to raise your hands. Raise your hands if you see immigrants as your neighbors regardless of their documentation status.

665
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:19,360
Raise your hand if you are outraged by the killing of Lorenzo Sagado Arauho by ICE.

666
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:25,360
Raise your hand if you want the city to enclaboration with HVD and ICE and will fight the state to bring the ordinance back.

667
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:34,360
Raise your hand if you want Victor Sagado Arauho, Daniel, Toronto, Pantoja and Jose Trinidad Rojas to be free from joke, quarry, processing, etc.

668
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:43,360
Now raise your fist if you are hungry to unite with the people beside you and take action to make sure that this never happens in our city again.

669
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:48,360
Now I don't need to turn around to know where the people behind me stand.

670
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:53,360
And if you are unwilling to take a stand on this now then please follow the logical conclusion.

671
00:50:53,360 --> 00:51:00,360
You can do so by lying on your belly like a cowardice snakes and retreating back into the darkness from once you came.

672
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:24,360
Raise your hand if you want the people behind me.

673
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:28,360
Raise your hand if you want the people behind me.

674
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:49,360
Raise your hand if you want the people behind me.

675
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:55,360
Raise your hand if you want the people behind me.

676
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:58,360
Go ahead please.

677
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:04,360
So, my name is Michael Bigger, and I'm an organizer with the PSO, who also needs to teach

678
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:07,360
freshman composition at the University of Houston, downtown.

679
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:12,360
I'd like to talk about student I had some years back in 18-year-old first generation

680
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:14,360
college student from El Salvador.

681
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:19,360
She would be a person on narrative about the time when she was five years old and had to

682
00:52:19,360 --> 00:52:23,360
close her eyes and hold her mother's hand as they waited through a river of dead bodies

683
00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:26,360
to get here on their way to seeking asylum.

684
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:30,360
I don't know what has happened to her since, but I wonder if she's sitting in

685
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:31,360
ICE detention today.

686
00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:36,360
I'm also reminded by my work in the proposed time movement that the city council has

687
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:41,360
still not divested from sending weapons to Israel, made by the same companies

688
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:44,360
who have sent numerous arm shimmers to Latin America.

689
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:49,360
When you take blood money, you create the situation in which people need to flee

690
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:53,360
authoritarian governments in the first boat, and when you fail to act when men like

691
00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:58,360
the window are murdered, you participate in the same authoritarian chair

692
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:00,360
here.

693
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:07,360
I've been there in the capacity of the agents to marry the renter, and that you stand up

694
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,360
and fight for your own people.

695
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:15,360
Many of whom have fled, many of whom have fled countries because of blood money

696
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:18,360
that people in the street council have taken shame.

697
00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:35,360
Thank you.

698
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:54,360
Beth guide.

699
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:55,360
Hi, everyone.

700
00:53:55,360 --> 00:54:00,360
I originally came to ask about air conditioning and climate change, and how we can go down

701
00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:04,360
in an air conditioning road, and we want climate change at the same time, because they

702
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:07,360
seem to be against each other, working against each other.

703
00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:13,360
So there seems to be a divide there, but what I'm sitting here listening to this, I am a

704
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:14,360
naturalized American citizen.

705
00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:21,360
I did it legally, and I appreciate that nobody should have the right to get shot and all the

706
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:23,360
other stuff that goes on.

707
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:29,360
But on the other side of the coin, guys, you're in me at risk because we're not enforcing

708
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:34,360
a law and by not enforcing all those of us that are here legally, we're struggling against

709
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:35,360
it.

710
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:40,360
Either we're a city of laws or we're not a city of laws, and we need to pick a direction and go

711
00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:41,360
in that direction.

712
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:45,360
But what I will say is that I came here for a better life.

713
00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:53,360
I did it legally, and every time we put me and lump me in the same breath as somebody that

714
00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:57,360
didn't, you're demeaning me and taking away my structure as well.

715
00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:02,360
And I don't know that people think about the naturalized American citizens.

716
00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:03,360
And there's a lot of us.

717
00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:04,360
I did it head count.

718
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:09,360
I'm here with a group of eight over one-third of that group is naturalized.

719
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:10,360
So thank you.

720
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:11,360
Thank you.

721
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,360
Thank you.

722
00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:15,360
Thank you.

723
00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:16,360
Thank you.

724
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:17,360
Thank you.

725
00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:18,360
Thank you.

726
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:20,360
Lorenzo Sagao Juner.

727
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:21,360
Juner.

728
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:23,360
Thank you.

729
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:25,360
Tom Beacham.

730
00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:38,360
To be followed by a Christopher Kossas.

731
00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:47,360
Good evening, say council.

732
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:49,360
Hello, my name is Tom Beacham.

733
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:55,360
I'm a proud veteran of the United States Army, residing in District J in southwest Houston.

734
00:55:55,360 --> 00:56:01,360
I'm standing here today in solidarity with this community, alongside my fellow veterans from common defense.

735
00:56:02,360 --> 00:56:11,360
Because on July 7th, a nice officer took the life of Lorenzo Sagao Arajo right here in our city.

736
00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:12,360
That was wrong.

737
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:16,360
It was a wrongful killing and we will not look away from it.

738
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:22,360
When I raised my right hand and sworn oath to defend the Constitution, I meant it.

739
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:26,360
Every veteran standing with me today meant it to.

740
00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:30,360
People think the oath ends when your service does.

741
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:31,360
It doesn't.

742
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:33,360
It never expires.

743
00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:35,360
Not for me, not for any of us.

744
00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:36,360
It's still binding.

745
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:37,360
It still means something.

746
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:39,360
And that's why we're here.

747
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,360
So I'm demanding.

748
00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:42,360
We're demanding.

749
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:47,360
That's the city of Houston require HPD fully to fully cooperate with the.

750
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:51,360
He's a Harris County district attorneys independent investigation.

751
00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:55,360
Release the surveillance footage and don't obstruct the justice that Lorenzo and his community deserves.

752
00:56:55,360 --> 00:57:01,360
And I'm demanding that the city pass ordinances to that no federal agency.

753
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:08,360
No task force can carry out a high risk operation or traffic stop inside Houston City limits in secret.

754
00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:13,360
That means unmasked on camera and with local dispatch notified.

755
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:22,360
If you're going to act in our city, we have a right to see your face and know your name.

756
00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:25,360
Lorenzo deserve better.

757
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:26,360
Lorenzo deserve better.

758
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:29,360
His family deserves to still have him at home.

759
00:57:29,360 --> 00:57:32,360
Our neighbors here in Houston deserve better.

760
00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,360
And Houston can do better.

761
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:35,360
Thank you.

762
00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:36,360
Thanks.

763
00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:52,360
Good afternoon.

764
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:53,360
Mayor and council.

765
00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:56,360
My name is Christopher John Cossus.

766
00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:58,360
I'm a district e resident.

767
00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:01,360
Lifelong Houstonian and US Marine veteran.

768
00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:05,360
I'm here today because I care deeply about family safety and keeping our promises to service members.

769
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:10,360
I'm asking you to stand up for Houstonians veterans and civilians who are being abducted and murdered by ice.

770
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:13,360
Shirley Guadaldo came here when she was 16.

771
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:14,360
She graduated high school.

772
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:17,360
She got a job and she married an active duty soldier.

773
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:18,360
And then she became a mother.

774
00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:21,360
Yet she was abducted and imported last year all the same.

775
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:23,360
Separating her from her infants son.

776
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:27,360
Learning that HPD assisted ice in this makes me ashamed of our city silence.

777
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:33,360
I question the sincerity of leaders who claim to support the troops while enabling policies that tear their families apart.

778
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:37,360
No human being or guardless of status should have their parents kidnapped or killed.

779
00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:40,360
A federal judge ordered a Jose release yesterday.

780
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:43,360
I ask you to publicly call on ice to release.

781
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:48,360
Thank you.

782
00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:58,360
Thank you.

783
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:01,360
Rishab Chowla.

784
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:06,360
To be followed by Griffin Walker.

785
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,360
Good evening Mayor and council.

786
00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:09,360
My name is Rishab Chowla.

787
00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:13,360
I'm a part of district D.

788
00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:20,360
One year ago, I stood here and spoke about HPD's shameful collaboration with ice.

789
00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:26,360
That unfortunately, Mayor Whitmire has repeatedly overseen and defended.

790
00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:34,360
And let's pay the price of this over 100 calls to ice in the last three months alone.

791
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:37,360
Leading to several detentions of community members.

792
00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:44,360
This has a chilling effect on people simply being able to participate and exist in public society.

793
00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:47,360
Avoiding grocery store shopping.

794
00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:49,360
Fear of dropping one's kids to school.

795
00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:55,360
Or God forbid not going to a doctor when you're sick because you don't know if it'll be...

796
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:14,000
And a child's psychiatrist in training. And it breaks my heart to say that separating children from their parents in this way, has been linked to increased anxiety, behavioral issues and PTSD symptoms.

797
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:29,000
But it shouldn't take a doctor to know that. It just should take a human being. And right now, I'm doubting your humanity. So will you be a fellow human? And call for the media release of Dr. Sargada Rahu, Daniel Pradapantava, and Rosé Trinidad Rosé.

798
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:31,000
Thank you.

799
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:53,000
I'm Griffin from District C, and I'm an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation and stand-up Houston, an immigrant rights volunteer network.

800
01:00:53,000 --> 01:01:00,000
It's been three weeks since the murder of Lorenzo Sargada Rahu, and we still don't know the names of those murders.

801
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:08,000
They get to go home to their families and continue terrorizing our community while Lorenzo's family will never see him again.

802
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:15,000
That makes it perfect we clear that some community members are worth more than others to you.

803
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:27,000
You're fine with letting ICE agents who are murderers run a mock in unmarked cars with faces hidden and weapons points to kill the rest of us.

804
01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:31,000
Are they deserving of some protection that the rest of us are not?

805
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:41,000
When an immigration violation, a civil offense which is not a crime is punished more heavily than murder, the only logical explanation is racism.

806
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:51,000
And now as TPS ends for Haitians this week, the entire Black community in Houston and across this country will be further endangered.

807
01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:55,000
We know ICE agents don't care whether we're citizens or not.

808
01:01:55,000 --> 01:02:03,000
Do you, as long as we are black and brown, they'll kidnap us or kill us first and maybe ask questions later.

809
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:12,000
If you are not demanding the release of the names of Lorenzo's murderers, the release of the other men in prison, you are an enemy of the people of Houston.

810
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:31,000
Carthique Suro.

811
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:40,000
Corre fortune.

812
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:46,000
To be followed by a severe red bird.

813
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:48,000
Okay, I'm going to say it again.

814
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:55,000
It has been three weeks since Lorenzo Savado Raja was murdered and we still don't know the names of his killers.

815
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:58,000
We still do not have justice.

816
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:02,000
Everyone who sits in front of us today has failed the city of Houston.

817
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:05,000
You have left ICE run rampant in our streets.

818
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:09,000
If you do not serve the people of the city, you tell us to act right.

819
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,000
Wait for November.

820
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:14,000
But those are the words of cowards.

821
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:19,000
The people of Houston, we are a people of courage.

822
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:20,000
We have stood up.

823
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:21,000
We have taken to the streets.

824
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:25,000
We have shot our businesses down to the man justice for Lorenzo.

825
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:35,000
And when we look at history, we know that every victory that the working people of this country have ever won was not handed to us by the people in power.

826
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:36,000
No, we had to struggle.

827
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:38,000
We had to fight for those victories.

828
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:40,000
And we are going to keep doing that.

829
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:47,000
The people of Houston are going to keep fighting for our city, for an end to ICE terror, for justice for Lorenzo.

830
01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:51,000
And the people who are meant to serve us, you have failed.

831
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:53,000
But we know that we run the city.

832
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:57,000
And we have the power to keep shutting it down until justice is served.

833
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:28,000
Bring it on.

834
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:39,000
Bring it on.

835
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:42,000
and yes.

836
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:44,000
I'll call you next week.

837
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:46,000
So, so that's a rain burn.

838
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:49,000
So that's a rain burn.

839
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:51,000
So that's a rain burn.

840
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:57,000
To be followed by Jasmine, Katamaak Bari.

841
01:04:57,000 --> 01:05:00,000
I'm Sylvester.

842
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:03,000
I'm an organizer with the party for Socialism and Liberation.

843
01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:08,000
For well over a year, Ice with the full cooperation of HPD has been terrorizing our immigrant communities.

844
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:13,120
of murder to Houstonian. And the response from the mayor and many on city council has been

845
01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:18,400
baffling. Complaining about how our protest make you feel, saying there's not much you can do,

846
01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:24,240
blaming your own constituents for not voting in some election that hasn't happened yet.

847
01:05:25,840 --> 01:05:30,880
You continue to make excuses while ordinary people exhaust every channel available to them to get

848
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:36,960
justice for Lorenzo Salgado Arajo. The entire country is watching what is happening here and they

849
01:05:37,040 --> 01:05:42,160
are watching you refuse to bring these killer ice agents to justice. Why do we still not know

850
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:48,640
the names of Lorenzo's killers? We are seeing the ramifications of this in Maine, in Florida,

851
01:05:48,640 --> 01:05:54,880
in Wisconsin, in Austin, ice and police feel emboldened to use excessive lethal violence because

852
01:05:54,880 --> 01:05:59,440
they know they can do it with impunity, with anonymity, without anyone knowing their names.

853
01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:05,120
Release the names of Lorenzo's killers to the public, release the other witnesses, and get these

854
01:06:05,120 --> 01:06:07,840
sadistic killer ice agents off our streets.

855
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:33,040
The city of Houston has blood on its hands, and the Houston Police Department is complicit.

856
01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:39,040
When Houston tried to pass the ordinance to stop HPD from 80 and abetting the rogue

857
01:06:39,040 --> 01:06:47,600
organization that murders our people on the streets, what did you do? You had the opportunity to fight ice

858
01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:55,440
and you refused, and now a father has been murdered. You emboldened ice and the result is in the last

859
01:06:55,440 --> 01:07:02,320
three months. HPD has called ice over a hundred times and 19 people have been taken into ice

860
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:09,040
custody. I spoke to one of the community members who was detained and deported during one of HPD's

861
01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:15,200
traffic stops last year. They told me that the day that they were deported was the day that their

862
01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:23,200
happiness was taken away from them. And to this day they haven't gotten it back. So don't tell us that there's

863
01:07:23,200 --> 01:07:29,680
nothing you can do. Don't tell us to vote harder. Don't tell us we need to reform ice. Have the

864
01:07:29,680 --> 01:07:37,200
political and let it act to say the words of barrage. Ice even if it doesn't please your donors.

865
01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:44,800
Your time. Your time. Your time. Your time. Your time. Your time. Have the political courage

866
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:51,760
to end HPD's relationship with ice. Even if you have to stand up to the state to do it.

867
01:07:52,480 --> 01:08:00,400
And use. Use every political connection you have to ensure that Victor Salgado

868
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:06,640
around whole and Daniel's the Father, but don't get out of detention and get ice out of Houston.

869
01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:34,240
Claire Stakeley. If you follow by Antonio Vintero. I am an organizer with the PSL and I call on the council

870
01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:41,440
to stop HPD's collaboration with ice. HPD has no mandate more authority to enforce immigration

871
01:08:41,440 --> 01:08:48,480
warrants. HPD is wasting resources, kidnapping people and holding them hostage spending six

872
01:08:48,480 --> 01:08:56,320
times longer waiting around for ice in on any other call. Because HPD in this council has around ice

873
01:08:56,480 --> 01:09:04,240
ransacked our city. The results of our auto was murdered on its way to work. This council

874
01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:10,480
has insisted it can do nothing. When the thing it could have done and should have done is something

875
01:09:10,480 --> 01:09:19,680
counterbebbled Salinas was already proposed. Stop HPD's collaboration with ice. Never went

876
01:09:19,680 --> 01:09:26,000
higher. We brought a bow down to Abbott and Trump to protect the citizens. He promised to serve

877
01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:36,960
Lorenzo. Lorenzo lived more years in this city than I've been alive. He was as much a part of

878
01:09:36,960 --> 01:09:45,520
this city as I am. This is a racist system. You are encouraging and facilitating to abuse

879
01:09:45,520 --> 01:09:52,400
enslavements and murder of people for profit. Are we meant to ignore the over time police

880
01:09:52,400 --> 01:09:58,560
are, the more this way around, are we meant to ignore the donations to your campaign funds from their

881
01:09:58,560 --> 01:10:04,880
unions. Are we meant to ignore the mass contracts, corporations like course city, receive in the

882
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:12,400
state, to hood innocent, including children in applied conditions. I dare you do this with our tax

883
01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:21,120
stars when we can barely afford to pay our bills and put food on the table. And HPD's collaboration

884
01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:44,320
with ice now. Good evening. My name is Antonio Ventura and I am an organizer with the

885
01:10:44,320 --> 01:10:49,440
party for Socialism and Liberation. I am a child of an immigrant who used to live and work here in

886
01:10:49,440 --> 01:10:57,200
Houston and I have found my city's leadership and their response to ISIS invasion of Houston

887
01:10:57,200 --> 01:11:04,400
to be extremely disturbing. May what my you hesitated to call for an independent investigation.

888
01:11:04,480 --> 01:11:11,280
Melorangers, Salud Ghalo, Aralco, murdered on our streets and still you refuse to take

889
01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:19,600
productive steps towards exiling ice from our city instead you call for a moratorium. What else do you

890
01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:26,720
have to see? You lie to our faces when you said HPD was not working with ice. I just when it worked

891
01:11:26,720 --> 01:11:32,080
like you to actually stand up for the constituents and end this collaboration you gave into the

892
01:11:32,080 --> 01:11:37,120
fascist Republican party's demands and kept his no murders on our streets.

893
01:12:02,160 --> 01:12:08,480
Body cameras will fix us as if there isn't more than that evidence of ISIS to create behavior.

894
01:12:08,480 --> 01:12:15,440
We know that they lie. They dare to lie about Mr Aralco having drugs in this car and who's honest

895
01:12:15,440 --> 01:12:22,080
very well voting this city. And ISIS will not change their own program, they don't need body cameras,

896
01:12:22,080 --> 01:12:25,680
and they won't be stopped by a moratorium where you get the fuck out of our city.

897
01:12:32,080 --> 01:12:53,120
Carsten Webster, Aya Hanifa, to be followed by Jeffrey Foley,

898
01:13:02,080 --> 01:13:07,280
my name is Carsten Webster and I am standing before you as an organizer with the PSL.

899
01:13:07,280 --> 01:13:13,760
I am here to express my frustration and my anger over the lack of accountability and transparency of

900
01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:20,960
city officials and ICE and relation to the July 7th murder of Lorenzo Sagaral Aralco. It has been

901
01:13:20,960 --> 01:13:27,360
three weeks since Lorenzo was killed and cold blood while on his way to work. Something that no one

902
01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:33,920
should fear doing by ICE agents whose names have still not been released. The citizens of Houston

903
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:41,520
deserve transparency. The family of Lorenzo deserves transparency. ICE agents have a history of avoiding

904
01:13:41,520 --> 01:13:47,920
accountability by alleging victimhood and crimes that are later revealed to have instigated a cycle

905
01:13:47,920 --> 01:13:54,880
we have seen time and time again. And while the Aralco family and the community agrees the loss of a father

906
01:13:54,880 --> 01:14:00,640
and worry for the well being of a detained uncle, these murders, ICE agents are being protected

907
01:14:00,640 --> 01:14:06,640
by the elected officials that are supposed to represent us. They are going about their lives as if they

908
01:14:06,640 --> 01:14:12,640
don't have a man's blood on their hands hiding like cowards behind their mask. While Lorenzo's

909
01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:18,640
names is being dragged with false accusations, these agents are avoiding public repercussions for

910
01:14:18,720 --> 01:14:25,680
their actions. We, as members of the community, demand justice for Lorenzo Sagaral Aralco

911
01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:31,920
and demand the release of the names of the ICE agents now.

912
01:14:48,640 --> 01:14:55,360
I'm an organizer with the PSO. Mayor Whitmore Whitmire for almost two years. You have chosen

913
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:17,000
The people you vow to serve have begged you to take action for months. Even when a neighbor, father, an essential worker, was murdered in your own streets, still you do nothing. You have shown that you do not care to protect the city or the tarambo killers known as ICE.

914
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:33,000
In to Miss Carolyn Evans, you have the audacity to look us in the face and tell us that the solution to all of this is to go vote, voting going up to the polls is not going to bring Lorenzo back to his family.

915
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:39,000
These last two weeks have proven one thing, but the people that live here in this city have each other's backs.

916
01:15:39,000 --> 01:15:48,000
You all slack to even look up at us as we demand justice, we the people, win the listening ear to each other, a shoulder cry on and a hand and hand as we march for restitution.

917
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:58,000
The people of this city have shown radical love, love for their community, by taking to the streets to protest and get organized to defend their neighbors, getting terrorized by ICE.

918
01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:04,000
Only we will be our own heroes. Justice for Lorenzo, abolish ICE now.

919
01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:22,000
I'd like to make a procedural motion to add Haley Rogers to the end of the speaker's list.

920
01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:38,000
Haley Rogers.

921
01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:42,000
Motion, maiden second, all in favor say yes.

922
01:16:42,000 --> 01:17:03,000
Oh sorry. Mr. Mayor, men and women of city council, my name is Jeffrey Folley and I come before you to entreat with you for justice.

923
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:07,000
Justice, of course, for the murdered Lorenzo, Eraho.

924
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:11,000
Well, that man's life cannot be given back.

925
01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:24,000
As I speak, originally three now, just two of his fellows by the grace of a federal judge, both men being Daniel Pantoha and his own brother, Victor Eraho, remain in custody.

926
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:31,000
These men in custody are not criminals. They are not villains nor crooks nor anything of the life.

927
01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:50,000
They are common people, workers of flesh and blood, people who labor to provide for themselves, for their families, for their communities, people who have been made victims by a state apparatus that thrives upon racialized violence.

928
01:17:51,000 --> 01:18:01,000
Both men in custody have done no genuine wrong to anyone in this city, no one in here, no one out there, no wrong whatsoever.

929
01:18:01,000 --> 01:18:18,000
Thus, in accordance with that which is good and just I call upon the city council to do all that is possible within its power to release those two men to see to their release and to end the collaboration with the gang of fascist bandits that call themselves I.

930
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:30,000
Thank you.

931
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:39,000
And Andrea Gouraro.

932
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:42,000
Eric Erecyan.

933
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:44,000
Erecyan.

934
01:18:48,000 --> 01:18:55,000
Erecyan.

935
01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:58,000
Erecyan.

936
01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:03,000
Erecyan.

937
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:07,000
Erecyan.

938
01:19:07,000 --> 01:19:11,000
Erecyan.

939
01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:16,000
Erecyan.

940
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:19,000
Erecyan.

941
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:23,000
Erecyan.

942
01:19:23,000 --> 01:19:27,000
Erecyan.

943
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:32,000
Erecyan.

944
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:37,040
Okay, uh, this was already, was played a close before two, three minutes, uh, so I'll try to try and

945
01:19:37,040 --> 01:19:44,960
kick this, but at least you have, uh, the document is there. And, um, um, so I'm a petty cap, uh, uh, uh,

946
01:19:44,960 --> 01:19:50,160
not just driverhood also, a owner, a piece of petty caps, one of the original petty cap companies.

947
01:19:50,160 --> 01:20:00,880
And, uh, I'm also, as right now, really be one of the, the only actual, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,

948
01:20:00,960 --> 01:20:08,000
compliance, or basically legal petty cover, because I do not use the electric motor, uh, city, uh,

949
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:14,000
as you can see there, the city, the fines, petty caps, as bicycle tries to cope. That's the,

950
01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:20,640
the, the, the, the human, uh, pal, uh, pal, so the city doesn't allow motors, uh, but every one of

951
01:20:20,640 --> 01:20:25,600
every petty, petty about their, has electric motors, so they're out of compliance, even those people that

952
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:29,840
came in here several months ago, when they were planning to have legitimate complaints, but the one

953
01:20:29,920 --> 01:20:34,480
they didn't tell you, is all of those guys also had motors, so they are also out of compliance as well.

954
01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:41,280
For reason why I, I like city to enforce it's, uh, uh, what already has it, not allowing motors,

955
01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:46,000
as you can see there, they're dangerous, seeing Austin, but the batteries, they use these

956
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:52,400
lifting them phosphate, fire, uh, batteries, they can easy catch fires, the time it has just finalized,

957
01:20:52,400 --> 01:20:59,040
the one in Austin, uh, destroy 20% of them, a lot of problem with these motors is they allow for these

958
01:20:59,040 --> 01:21:03,040
bigger, because they're not actually peddling, like they're supposed to be doing, and they're not

959
01:21:03,040 --> 01:21:09,920
pedal cyst, they allow for them to use the six-seater motors, six city or bikes, which are a lot bigger,

960
01:21:09,920 --> 01:21:15,360
and then these motors allow them to go 30 to 30. So we have a question, our comment, one second,

961
01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:22,240
jumps up, may or pro camp. Uh, Eric, thank you for coming. I know that, um, you have been talking about

962
01:21:22,240 --> 01:21:29,280
the whole petty camp industry. This is, is, um, how you, how you are making your living. My question is for

963
01:21:29,280 --> 01:21:36,800
the city attorney. Um, do we give permits to petty camps that have motors?

964
01:21:39,600 --> 01:21:43,600
That question, I do not have an answer for council member. There would be probably an ARA question.

965
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:47,440
I can find out for you, but I don't know off the top of my hand. I can answer that real quick.

966
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:53,920
So when you go, do your, um, inspection on the ARA, you're going to inspect it for, uh, like I,

967
01:21:54,240 --> 01:21:58,720
no motor out. So there's no check, make sure that one, you have a functional motor, that's your battery,

968
01:21:58,720 --> 01:22:04,240
safe, none of that's happened. They just put it on after. Uh, and so the city doesn't have that in there.

969
01:22:04,240 --> 01:22:08,960
Now, the city wants to, uh, which, again, I would advise not, but the city doesn't care. It's still

970
01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:13,440
allowed them to have the Lexi motors. I do have suggestions on how to do it, which is on the paper,

971
01:22:13,440 --> 01:22:20,880
which is, um, in Austin, which does have motors. The actual, um, uh, regularers out there. They will,

972
01:22:21,280 --> 01:22:26,000
uh, be out there and they actually have radar guns on us to make sure that you don't go for 15 miles per hour,

973
01:22:27,120 --> 01:22:32,800
um, as well as in Santonio, which does have motors. They have to have fire extinguishers on the camps,

974
01:22:32,800 --> 01:22:37,040
because, again, those things can cause fires for easily. So those are some suggestions. And the

975
01:22:37,040 --> 01:22:40,880
other one was also to be, if they're going to have motors, they have to be the mid-try.

976
01:22:40,880 --> 01:22:45,440
Those are the ones that actually will allow pedal assist. They have the rear ones for the front hub.

977
01:22:45,440 --> 01:22:50,640
It's not pedal assist. pedal assist means that you go exactly what you can do at a length. That does mean you

978
01:22:50,640 --> 01:22:56,640
can go 30, 40 miles per hour. That's like saying that I truck is, uh, uh, uh, uh, being assisted by me.

979
01:22:56,640 --> 01:23:02,960
It's obviously doing the whole thing. So, um, uh, but yeah, they do don't get infected when they do.

980
01:23:02,960 --> 01:23:07,120
So what you're saying is people go and get their ARA permit and then they put the motor on.

981
01:23:08,080 --> 01:23:15,120
So we need the enforcement if we are not going to allow motors on the, on the pedicats.

982
01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:17,120
Are you against motors on pedicats?

983
01:23:17,120 --> 01:23:25,200
I'm against it because of, uh, let's not hear. One, it's dangerous. What I would like for y'all to do this Friday,

984
01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:30,160
there's going to be the Astros versus the Rangers. If some of y'all become during the 930, 10,

985
01:23:30,160 --> 01:23:34,400
10 o'clock when it comes out, I would just like y'all to stand on Texas Street and just watch.

986
01:23:34,880 --> 01:23:40,000
Just watch the, uh, how they operate. See how fast they go when people are being led out. How many people

987
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:46,400
there are? See how fast they think they're traveling. Yes, there's so many people I've hit, uh, people,

988
01:23:46,400 --> 01:23:53,760
such as a program online stadium, and then they run off and off. So I'm against that for it's dangerous.

989
01:23:53,760 --> 01:23:59,680
Yeah, it promotes, uh, criminal behavior. There was an incident. Apparently I happened in 2025.

990
01:23:59,680 --> 01:24:07,840
I rodeo. This idiot from Chicago came down. It was at, um, Kirby and, um, uh, uh,

991
01:24:08,880 --> 01:24:14,160
make me hear not supposed to, you know, that we're not supposed to cross over into Kirby. But this guy,

992
01:24:14,160 --> 01:24:18,480
he had, uh, people on his calves who's told by the constable not to do it, but because he had motor,

993
01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:23,680
he kept doing it. And apparently, he, this is what he relayed to another pedicum because he was proud of it.

994
01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:29,440
The constable from not to do it came back, he did it again. And then, um, the constable was going to

995
01:24:29,440 --> 01:24:34,240
press them or whatever. And he just took off because he could kind of motor and he was called. He had a motor.

996
01:24:34,240 --> 01:24:40,400
Okay, I get it. Um, I do think that we need to have some conversation with ARA.

997
01:24:40,400 --> 01:24:46,960
Um, I know that, um, people were concerned that we had a lot of, um, permitted pedicabs and then we put out

998
01:24:46,960 --> 01:24:52,240
some additional enforcement to try to make sure that all the pedicabs had their permits.

999
01:24:52,400 --> 01:24:58,000
So it looks like now we got an additional issue that we need to deal with. We need to determine if we're

1000
01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:03,600
allowing motors or not allowing motors and then figure out how we enforce that. So thank you for bringing this to

1001
01:25:03,600 --> 01:25:10,880
our attention. We'll circle back with ARA on this issue. Um, not sure which committee this could potentially go to.

1002
01:25:10,880 --> 01:25:19,280
Or at least just have that conversation with ARA about, um, the enforcement of the pedicabs with motors.

1003
01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:28,320
Yes. Thank you for coming. Um, today, to talk about this, councilmember Flickinger and I have

1004
01:25:28,320 --> 01:25:33,600
actually been working on, um, the issue of motorized by some general in the city of Houston because they've

1005
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:39,520
become very dangerous. And so, um, and many of them are not allowed by the state of Texas. So we've been

1006
01:25:39,520 --> 01:25:45,200
working on how to kind of crack down on that in general. So to hear that, you know, maybe on the pedicabs

1007
01:25:45,200 --> 01:25:49,600
and, um, certain ones may not be even allowed by the state of Texas. I do want to work with Mayor

1008
01:25:49,600 --> 01:25:54,640
Protemcast 16. I'm to see what we need to do about that because you're right. They can be very dangerous.

1009
01:25:54,640 --> 01:26:05,840
As we've seen with just the regular motorized bikes. So we'll do on that. Thank you. Thank you. Next Scotty Joseph.

1010
01:26:05,840 --> 01:26:12,840
Amina Isha.

1011
01:26:12,840 --> 01:26:34,480
Katie O. C. To be followed by Arco Barman.

1012
01:26:34,480 --> 01:26:43,760
Good evening, Mayor and councilmembers. My name is Katie O. Sheade and I'm here on behalf

1013
01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:49,120
of Houston Energy and Climate Week and a non-profit allies and energy. We offer our deepest

1014
01:26:49,120 --> 01:26:55,040
consult condolences to the family and Mr. Sadago Arjo and we stand with this community tonight.

1015
01:26:55,040 --> 01:27:00,400
We hold in our thoughts those still being held in custody. Out of respects, we will defer our

1016
01:27:00,400 --> 01:27:05,040
comments regarding Houston Energy and Climate Week to a later date and we can send comments

1017
01:27:05,040 --> 01:27:25,920
through to the council. Good afternoon. I'm Dr. Arco Barman. I'm an associate professor of

1018
01:27:25,920 --> 01:27:30,560
statistics at Christ University. I'm here to demand that the Houston City Council

1019
01:27:30,560 --> 01:27:37,280
terminates its contract with lock safety and other similar systems. More than 53 municipalities

1020
01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:43,840
across the earth have already cut ties with us and Houston should be next. I have 13 years

1021
01:27:43,840 --> 01:27:49,360
of research experience building these systems and I know they're not reliable enough for your

1022
01:27:49,360 --> 01:27:56,640
world use. I'm missing the audit by L. E. B. D. Inspector General found an error rate of one in three,

1023
01:27:56,640 --> 01:28:04,640
which means the one billion, one billion license plates read by them have 323 million errors

1024
01:28:04,640 --> 01:28:12,640
that equal to the population of the entire United States. As you go home, five out of 16 of your

1025
01:28:12,640 --> 01:28:19,280
employees are going to be misragged by lock or a similar system. And lock has been operating

1026
01:28:19,280 --> 01:28:28,560
illegally in Texas for more than five years. Between 29 and 24, lock operated without a private

1027
01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:36,560
investigation license in Texas, then between October and December 22, 25, lock continued operating

1028
01:28:36,560 --> 01:28:43,040
illegally in the state of Texas. We deserve better. City of Houston residents should not

1029
01:28:43,040 --> 01:28:48,960
accept a surveillance system that's run one out of two times run by the company that broke state

1030
01:28:48,960 --> 01:28:56,800
law for over half a decade. And this cost to see six fine four million dollars over five years

1031
01:28:56,800 --> 01:29:04,160
while essential services like ATFD land wishes. There are 10 short fire stations,

1032
01:29:04,160 --> 01:29:13,280
more new trucks, more new crews, ATFD runs short of 65 ambulances, six fine four million dollars

1033
01:29:13,280 --> 01:29:20,000
can be spent on building a new fire station and 10 ambulances for a year. This isn't a hard choice.

1034
01:29:20,000 --> 01:29:24,640
Thank you. Thank you, Houston. Must terminate the flight contract and you deserve your

1035
01:29:24,640 --> 01:29:34,000
two use of funds. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

1036
01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:40,160
Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. I like it. I make the most of you suspend the rules. To add,

1037
01:29:40,160 --> 01:29:47,360
the keeps are Lloyd to the bottom of the one three minute now one minute agenda list. Very good. Motion

1038
01:29:47,360 --> 01:29:56,160
made in second all in favor say yes. Those opposed tonight. Motion passes. Next speaker.

1039
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:28,000
Christopher Davis, the spring, Larry Anthony, Christopher Graham, Caleb Coralsky, Philippe Woods of Spring.

1040
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:43,000
To be followed by Brian Lisco for shuddling.

1041
01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:51,000
I had a whole speech written out, but I'd rather just some scrap it and only keep the ones that I needed to say.

1042
01:30:51,000 --> 01:31:07,000
This is ridiculous, all right? Here we are after two weeks since Lorenzo Masagara Rafa was murdered in our streets in our neighborhoods.

1043
01:31:07,000 --> 01:31:16,000
We still do not know who the names of the ICE agents that they prove a trigger.

1044
01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:30,000
And here we are two weeks later, again, coming here to get you guys to be courageous and not act like a bunch of powers.

1045
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:33,000
Our demands are simple.

1046
01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:45,000
Culture, habits, and habits in the administration to release Victor Sagara Rafa.

1047
01:31:45,000 --> 01:31:49,000
Daniels, you are open to him, and we'll say to him that we're us.

1048
01:31:49,000 --> 01:31:55,000
We can provide extensive testimony on what happened in your time.

1049
01:31:55,000 --> 01:31:57,000
Thank you.

1050
01:32:04,000 --> 01:32:10,000
Brian Lisco of shuddling.

1051
01:32:10,000 --> 01:32:21,000
To be followed by Susana Durian.

1052
01:32:21,000 --> 01:32:25,000
Hi guys, good to see you again.

1053
01:32:26,000 --> 01:32:28,000
Set myself a three-minute timer here.

1054
01:32:28,000 --> 01:32:38,000
So, simply like you guys' hands were kind of glued to your desk or something before, let's try again.

1055
01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:54,000
So, I don't know that this murder was just the latest episode in a century's long project of clearing out this land of people that look like him.

1056
01:32:54,000 --> 01:32:58,000
For people that look like me.

1057
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:15,000
And I think anyone who claims to know better than not see the white supremacist, the colonizer, the slaver, should say that this is pretty easily unacceptable.

1058
01:33:15,000 --> 01:33:20,000
So, don't mean no better.

1059
01:33:20,000 --> 01:33:23,000
This is the question.

1060
01:33:23,000 --> 01:33:26,000
So, let's go around the room.

1061
01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:30,000
Would you like to start Mr. Mayor?

1062
01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:32,000
Do you know better than not see?

1063
01:33:32,000 --> 01:33:34,000
Your time has expired.

1064
01:33:34,000 --> 01:33:35,000
Thank you.

1065
01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:39,000
I've got one minute and 45 seconds left.

1066
01:33:39,000 --> 01:33:42,000
Do you know better than not see?

1067
01:33:42,000 --> 01:33:44,000
Sure, we're at one minute.

1068
01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:45,000
What's the supremacist?

1069
01:33:45,000 --> 01:33:46,000
Complete your comments.

1070
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:52,000
Let's all, let's all, let's all, let's all wear those hands.

1071
01:33:52,000 --> 01:33:54,000
Those are my comments.

1072
01:33:54,000 --> 01:33:57,000
And if you don't wear those hands, I'm going to call you a Nazi.

1073
01:33:57,000 --> 01:33:59,000
What are we talking about?

1074
01:33:59,000 --> 01:34:01,000
Let's wear those hands, everybody.

1075
01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:02,000
Thank you.

1076
01:34:02,000 --> 01:34:05,000
Everybody who knows better than not see, raise your hand.

1077
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:06,000
Thank you, sir.

1078
01:34:06,000 --> 01:34:07,000
You're excused.

1079
01:34:07,000 --> 01:34:10,000
I've got one minute and 15 seconds left.

1080
01:34:10,000 --> 01:34:13,000
Everybody who knows better than the way the supremacist wears your hand.

1081
01:34:13,000 --> 01:34:15,000
Wrap it up, sir.

1082
01:34:15,000 --> 01:34:17,000
Come on, man.

1083
01:34:17,000 --> 01:34:19,000
Mr. Flickinger.

1084
01:34:19,000 --> 01:34:21,000
Pads away.

1085
01:34:21,000 --> 01:34:23,000
Tarsh.

1086
01:34:23,000 --> 01:34:25,000
Hey.

1087
01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:27,000
I'm not you.

1088
01:34:27,000 --> 01:34:29,000
What's going on?

1089
01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:30,000
Sure.

1090
01:34:30,000 --> 01:34:31,000
Thank you, your time's up.

1091
01:34:31,000 --> 01:34:32,000
Where's your hand at?

1092
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:33,000
Next.

1093
01:34:33,000 --> 01:34:36,000
Do you know better than have lights supremacists?

1094
01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:37,000
Sysana Durand.

1095
01:34:37,000 --> 01:34:38,000
Do you know?

1096
01:34:38,000 --> 01:34:40,000
Do you disagree?

1097
01:34:40,000 --> 01:34:43,000
This, but it's almost too good.

1098
01:34:44,000 --> 01:34:46,000
I am worried.

1099
01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:47,000
It's not work.

1100
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:50,000
He's at the government.

1101
01:34:50,000 --> 01:34:52,000
He is the only one.

1102
01:34:52,000 --> 01:34:53,000
He is the only one.

1103
01:34:59,000 --> 01:35:00,000
And Eric.

1104
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:04,000
My name is Anna Durand.

1105
01:35:04,000 --> 01:35:08,000
I'm a resident of District J,

1106
01:35:08,000 --> 01:35:13,680
I'm a resident of District J. I live in Sharf's town, and I initially wanted to appeal to

1107
01:35:13,680 --> 01:35:19,840
faith, righteousness, and reasonableness, but I witnessed a particularly cruel and

1108
01:35:20,960 --> 01:35:26,080
callous line of questioning during a proper committee meeting earlier today. That was just absolutely

1109
01:35:26,080 --> 01:35:29,760
bereft of compassion and really any foundation of economic knowledge, but

1110
01:35:29,760 --> 01:35:37,120
but blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

1111
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:44,400
What happens when HPD calls I, again, and the ice agent that comes is like the one that

1112
01:35:44,400 --> 01:35:50,960
killed Lorenzo? What happens when we have asked you to end the HPD and ice collaboration

1113
01:35:50,960 --> 01:35:56,720
and only two council members right here before we had the spying and the reasonableness

1114
01:35:56,720 --> 01:36:01,120
to do the right thing and push forth an ordinance. Thank you. Thank you council members,

1115
01:36:01,120 --> 01:36:07,040
Collard and Salinas, and obviously came in who also supported that what happens then?

1116
01:36:08,080 --> 01:36:12,720
I have this re-e in my head for the past three weeks that when we were trying to support that ordinance,

1117
01:36:12,720 --> 01:36:16,960
I kept hearing from the mayor and so on. Council members, well, this isn't Minneapolis.

1118
01:36:18,640 --> 01:36:25,280
What happens when HPD calls another rogue killer ice agent? That's on your hands.

1119
01:36:27,200 --> 01:36:28,720
Thank you.

1120
01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:39,440
Brianna Arriballo.

1121
01:36:40,480 --> 01:36:42,480
Have a Richmond.

1122
01:36:43,840 --> 01:36:45,520
To be followed by Sandra Edwards.

1123
01:36:49,760 --> 01:36:56,320
Hello, my name is Brianna Arriballo. I am an elementary school teacher in HISD at a school in

1124
01:36:56,320 --> 01:37:03,920
Sharps town with over 85% emergent bilinguals. Every day teachers across HISD are challenged

1125
01:37:03,920 --> 01:37:09,280
to engage students in their learning within a world in which they feel confused, insecure in their

1126
01:37:09,280 --> 01:37:16,720
living conditions and at times incredibly unsafe, absences with drawles and decreasing enrollments

1127
01:37:16,720 --> 01:37:21,920
are on the rise. This has put both the strain on our city's children's education and led to the

1128
01:37:21,920 --> 01:37:28,480
elimination of several teaching positions to accommodate higher classroom ratios. Students are

1129
01:37:28,480 --> 01:37:35,360
disrupting and opting out of classes. Families are fleeing our city. Due to fear, violence and

1130
01:37:35,360 --> 01:37:42,640
fatality, you all have failed to prevent on our streets. I wish to remind you that we are up to our

1131
01:37:42,640 --> 01:37:50,400
next in a crisis of deep-seated apathy in our society, not only our children struggling to care about their

1132
01:37:50,400 --> 01:37:56,960
learning, their health and their future, not only are U.S citizens struggling to care about political

1133
01:37:56,960 --> 01:38:03,680
issues in a system that makes them feel powerless. You all the members of the council sitting before

1134
01:38:03,680 --> 01:38:09,440
me are struggling to care and take action that thousands across our city are facing racial,

1135
01:38:09,440 --> 01:38:16,560
profiling, state, sanctioned violence and brutality and violations to their human constitutional rights

1136
01:38:16,560 --> 01:38:24,720
to do process four years. Please, we demand the release of all the witnesses to Lorenzo

1137
01:38:24,720 --> 01:38:31,520
Sogato's murder from Isotention, the release of the names of the Vice Officers that killed him,

1138
01:38:32,080 --> 01:38:38,720
a complete cessation to HPD's collaboration with ICE and now you take a stand against those in the

1139
01:38:38,720 --> 01:38:45,360
state government that have opposed your prior efforts to address these issues. Thank you. My students,

1140
01:38:45,440 --> 01:38:54,000
my family, on all immigrants need you, they deserve safety, peace of mind and the ability

1141
01:38:54,000 --> 01:38:57,840
to thrive in our great city. Thank you. Thank you.

1142
01:38:58,800 --> 01:39:21,120
Sandra Edwards, Thomas Sullivan, to be followed by Carolina Martinez.

1143
01:39:21,120 --> 01:39:32,560
Good evening, Council. We warned you about this. We came to be changed months after months,

1144
01:39:32,560 --> 01:39:39,520
sentient after session. We told you about ICE's history of violent behavior provided countless

1145
01:39:39,520 --> 01:39:45,200
stories and examples of federal agents, brutalizing and even killing people. Each old you that

1146
01:39:45,200 --> 01:39:53,440
ICE is present in our city is a danger to its inhabitants. We asked you to do something to protect

1147
01:39:53,440 --> 01:40:02,320
us from this threat to our safety. You had a chance to do something in April, instead you coward

1148
01:40:02,320 --> 01:40:11,440
and came to the pressure from the state. Now Lorenzo's Agado at Alvo's blood is on the streets you govern.

1149
01:40:11,440 --> 01:40:17,440
And it is not just on the streets you govern. It is on your hands.

1150
01:40:21,200 --> 01:40:29,840
I stood next to this. I went every single one of you to look at this. Thank you. Thank you.

1151
01:40:30,640 --> 01:40:36,640
There. Carolina Martinez.

1152
01:40:43,760 --> 01:40:44,880
Good evening, City Council.

1153
01:40:48,080 --> 01:40:53,120
Months after months after we've visited North City Council.

1154
01:40:54,880 --> 01:40:56,480
Yes, obviously speaking on our behalf.

1155
01:40:56,480 --> 01:41:06,480
I was, I could may I speak on her behalf.

1156
01:41:09,440 --> 01:41:12,800
Good evening.

1157
01:41:12,800 --> 01:41:18,800
Thank you. I got it.

1158
01:41:18,800 --> 01:41:21,440
I got it. I got it. I don't worry about it.

1159
01:41:22,400 --> 01:41:23,920
My name is Adam Mariano Bowie.

1160
01:41:26,160 --> 01:41:32,400
Months after months visiting City Council, watching each and every one of your faces,

1161
01:41:32,400 --> 01:41:38,640
stare at me in apathy regarding over the words I say, I witnessed one of the worst things that I ever

1162
01:41:38,640 --> 01:41:45,440
have witnessed in the city of Houston with my ear. You offer nothing but words of gratitude and empty

1163
01:41:45,440 --> 01:41:49,120
gestures to the son of the man that was murdered on our very streets.

1164
01:41:52,400 --> 01:41:58,080
Even now, you stare at me with such empty eyes just as much as the rest of City Council does,

1165
01:41:58,080 --> 01:42:05,200
because as much as I hate to admit it, I am very much unconvinced that you are unwilling to do anything

1166
01:42:05,200 --> 01:42:08,080
about this murder and to seek justice for Lorenzo at our home.

1167
01:42:08,640 --> 01:42:14,880
Nothing I've seen in the months that I have lived. Nothing I've seen months that I've come here to visit

1168
01:42:14,880 --> 01:42:19,840
and speak with you on City Council has suggested to me that you do anything about ice in our city.

1169
01:42:19,840 --> 01:42:26,080
So instead I'm going to turn that to our people. I believe in City of Houston I believe in

1170
01:42:26,080 --> 01:42:32,400
its goodness, not because I see a bunch of politicians stare at me with hateful and tired eyes,

1171
01:42:32,400 --> 01:42:38,720
but because I believe that we can be there for each other in this hard time. I believe that we can

1172
01:42:38,720 --> 01:42:43,600
find justice in each other. I believe that we can find justice when ourselves outside of the people

1173
01:42:43,600 --> 01:42:48,160
that see. Here. Thank you. Do you want to believe these people here?

1174
01:43:01,360 --> 01:43:12,240
Angel Leel. Bentley Gilchrist. To be followed by Aileen Zacharias.

1175
01:43:13,600 --> 01:43:21,040
Hello, City Council. My name is Bentley Gilchrist. I'm a student at the University of Houston

1176
01:43:21,040 --> 01:43:25,440
where I study to get a certification and teaching math from grade 7 through 12.

1177
01:43:25,440 --> 01:43:31,600
That's why it qualifies me to see students of this city be kidnapped off our streets by ice agents.

1178
01:43:31,600 --> 01:43:37,600
That's why it qualifies me to see one auto sogato, a UH alumni and a teacher. Someone I very much aspire

1179
01:43:37,600 --> 01:43:43,280
to be recount the horror of searching through the east end at 7 a.m. in the morning not knowing

1180
01:43:43,280 --> 01:43:50,320
if his dad was a diver dead. In all this horror, when I look to City Council, I see Tim and Miss.

1181
01:43:50,320 --> 01:43:56,960
I see half measures. I see a refusal to dig your feet in and fight the tear that ice brings upon

1182
01:43:56,960 --> 01:44:03,840
our communities. John Whitmire. Mr Whitmire. You talk about how you admire the courage

1183
01:44:03,840 --> 01:44:10,480
or an auto. Where is your own? You talk about how you admire his strength to come up to City Council.

1184
01:44:10,480 --> 01:44:17,280
Where is your strength to stop HPD from collaborating with ice? To stop ice from coming into our city

1185
01:44:17,280 --> 01:44:24,080
to make more going to us. How got us? You've said time and time again that there is simply nothing you can do.

1186
01:44:25,360 --> 01:44:31,040
This is wrong. I'm a problem oriented person. So let me give you some solutions. Firstly,

1187
01:44:31,040 --> 01:44:39,520
publicly call as the City of Houston to release our two individuals in ice detention.

1188
01:44:39,520 --> 01:44:45,600
Two, repeal the Abbott Amendment and when he comes back, fight him in the courts.

1189
01:44:45,600 --> 01:44:54,600
Three, stop spending $6.4 million of our taxpayer money to install surveillance cameras across the

1190
01:44:54,600 --> 01:45:04,600
City. Ten of them down.

1191
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:08,000
The people are the city, so I want to protect the people.

1192
01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:35,000
Hello, my name is Elaine from Katie Texas. I'm a member. Oh, okay, cool.

1193
01:45:35,000 --> 01:45:43,000
Hi, my name is Elaine from Katie Texas. I'm a member of Houston, DSA. I just wanted to share testimony from an immigrant that we came into.

1194
01:46:05,000 --> 01:46:13,000
I think we're very afraid at this time. And I just ask everyone here, please, as everyone is mentioned before, we're very bravely.

1195
01:46:13,000 --> 01:46:21,000
Please, to the part, and then each and every cooperation with ISC, our community members can feel safe, specifically immigrants and black and white people.

1196
01:46:21,000 --> 01:46:29,000
I ask that you guys, please, a lot of the restoration of Council Member Salina's ordinance and for the transparency as well.

1197
01:46:29,000 --> 01:46:35,000
And then I also ask that we release Victor Jose, and then yeah, thank you.

1198
01:46:59,000 --> 01:47:12,000
Thank you, my Palestine Skype, I suppose, because it was considered a banner, so I'm a little keen right now to prove I need to sit in the doctor and say that we change its tactics and technology, between the Zionist occupation for instance, and ISA's.

1199
01:47:12,000 --> 01:47:33,000
It's a lot of road to Spain in this world. In comparison, we have a room between us and not since the stop or fascism, but it's not an accurate, but we don't need to go overseas for a scope or analogy. We can look at the long dark history of the rest.

1200
01:47:33,000 --> 01:47:44,000
And if you say back in 2015, the Vista of the Slayhead and its clay catcher, the Vista of the mimey, the backstage, and I can see the citizens there, it's going to be the property of the Slayfiner.

1201
01:47:44,000 --> 01:47:55,000
If you have to carry papers to serve the food, or you're authorized to travel, or you're under un-documented and subject to arrest and punishment, because that's something really, it's on and what you're hearing.

1202
01:47:55,000 --> 01:47:58,000
This was a beautiful federal enforcement machine that

1203
01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:00,000
democratized local officials in the year of the time.

1204
01:48:00,000 --> 01:48:01,000
That was fired.

1205
01:48:01,000 --> 01:48:03,000
The government was willing to stay.

1206
01:48:03,000 --> 01:48:06,000
But this act in the system was not defended by compliance

1207
01:48:06,000 --> 01:48:07,000
and collaboration.

1208
01:48:07,000 --> 01:48:10,000
It was defended by black Americans.

1209
01:48:10,000 --> 01:48:12,000
I've been discriminating as in business communities.

1210
01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:13,000
Down to defend black residents.

1211
01:48:13,000 --> 01:48:15,000
The government will be represented as in the United States.

1212
01:48:15,000 --> 01:48:17,000
To court.

1213
01:48:17,000 --> 01:48:18,000
It wasn't the same thing.

1214
01:48:18,000 --> 01:48:19,000
It was the same thing.

1215
01:48:19,000 --> 01:48:20,000
It was the same thing.

1216
01:48:20,000 --> 01:48:21,000
It was the same.

1217
01:48:21,000 --> 01:48:22,000
It was the same thing.

1218
01:48:22,000 --> 01:48:23,000
The government.

1219
01:48:23,000 --> 01:48:24,000
This is their first time.

1220
01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:25,000
We have to follow our public.

1221
01:48:25,000 --> 01:48:26,000
The government.

1222
01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:27,000
The government.

1223
01:48:27,000 --> 01:48:28,000
We have to cross.

1224
01:48:28,000 --> 01:48:30,000
We have to cross.

1225
01:48:30,000 --> 01:48:31,000
It's an important thing.

1226
01:48:31,000 --> 01:48:32,000
Thank you.

1227
01:48:32,000 --> 01:48:33,000
Thank you.

1228
01:48:33,000 --> 01:48:35,000
All right.

1229
01:48:35,000 --> 01:48:42,000
Next speaker.

1230
01:48:42,000 --> 01:48:43,000
The next speaker.

1231
01:48:43,000 --> 01:48:44,000
Sergio?

1232
01:48:44,000 --> 01:48:47,000
Sergio.

1233
01:48:47,000 --> 01:48:48,000
Sergio.

1234
01:48:48,000 --> 01:48:49,000
Sergio.

1235
01:48:49,000 --> 01:48:50,000
Sergio.

1236
01:48:50,000 --> 01:48:51,000
Sergio.

1237
01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:54,000
to be followed by Samantha Farley.

1238
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:02,000
All right, check.

1239
01:49:02,000 --> 01:49:05,000
When I started this, I said, you have your brother there.

1240
01:49:05,000 --> 01:49:07,000
I'm a chicken, a filmmaker here in Houston.

1241
01:49:07,000 --> 01:49:10,000
And I've lived there all my life.

1242
01:49:10,000 --> 01:49:13,000
I am older than I is.

1243
01:49:13,000 --> 01:49:16,000
And sometimes I'm in the mid-2000s.

1244
01:49:16,000 --> 01:49:19,000
So me, I will get a scots and prize came to this country

1245
01:49:19,000 --> 01:49:24,000
with my D.O.M. to provide him with our cancer treatment.

1246
01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:28,000
And it was only out of the kindness of a complete stranger

1247
01:49:28,000 --> 01:49:32,000
that they were able to get to the hospital.

1248
01:49:32,000 --> 01:49:36,000
And I think about that stranger all the time

1249
01:49:36,000 --> 01:49:39,000
and I knew that same kindness and that same love

1250
01:49:39,000 --> 01:49:44,000
within the communities that Houston has.

1251
01:49:44,000 --> 01:49:48,000
The Houston's the most beautiful place.

1252
01:49:48,000 --> 01:49:52,000
And to witness Lord and Salad Oadaku's murder,

1253
01:49:52,000 --> 01:49:54,000
to witness the inaction,

1254
01:49:54,000 --> 01:49:58,000
to witness the collective grief

1255
01:49:58,000 --> 01:50:01,000
as broken my heart time and time again.

1256
01:50:01,000 --> 01:50:04,000
And it is only because of the community that

1257
01:50:04,000 --> 01:50:09,000
one of the people who are also detained with a freedom.

1258
01:50:10,000 --> 01:50:12,000
Thank you very much.

1259
01:50:12,000 --> 01:50:15,000
The rest of the people to also be free.

1260
01:50:15,000 --> 01:50:18,000
We demand an end of H.P.D. and Ice Collaboration.

1261
01:50:18,000 --> 01:50:22,000
We demand a girl to abolish eyes.

1262
01:50:22,000 --> 01:50:24,000
And that's the bare minimum.

1263
01:50:24,000 --> 01:50:25,000
Thank you.

1264
01:50:25,000 --> 01:50:26,000
Thank you.

1265
01:50:26,000 --> 01:50:27,000
Thank you.

1266
01:50:27,000 --> 01:50:28,000
Next speaker.

1267
01:50:28,000 --> 01:50:29,000
Thank you.

1268
01:50:29,000 --> 01:50:30,000
Thank you.

1269
01:50:30,000 --> 01:50:31,000
Thank you.

1270
01:50:31,000 --> 01:50:32,000
Thank you.

1271
01:50:32,000 --> 01:50:33,000
Thank you.

1272
01:50:33,000 --> 01:50:34,000
Thank you.

1273
01:50:34,000 --> 01:50:35,000
Thank you.

1274
01:50:35,000 --> 01:50:36,000
Thank you.

1275
01:50:36,000 --> 01:50:38,000
Thank you.

1276
01:50:38,000 --> 01:50:41,000
Samantha Farley.

1277
01:50:41,000 --> 01:50:45,000
To be followed by Maximiliano Diaz.

1278
01:50:45,000 --> 01:50:47,000
Testing.

1279
01:50:47,000 --> 01:50:48,000
Can you hear me?

1280
01:50:48,000 --> 01:50:49,000
Yes.

1281
01:50:49,000 --> 01:50:50,000
We can hear you.

1282
01:50:50,000 --> 01:50:51,000
Awesome.

1283
01:50:51,000 --> 01:50:53,000
Council members.

1284
01:50:53,000 --> 01:50:55,000
You all have families,

1285
01:50:55,000 --> 01:50:58,000
congregations and communities that you serve.

1286
01:50:58,000 --> 01:51:02,000
I urge you today when you hear the pleas of those around you

1287
01:51:02,000 --> 01:51:05,000
that you see that this is also the pleas of a family,

1288
01:51:05,000 --> 01:51:08,000
a community and a city that is morning.

1289
01:51:08,000 --> 01:51:11,000
If you love black and brown people,

1290
01:51:11,000 --> 01:51:15,000
it could have been one of your loved ones that was murdered.

1291
01:51:15,000 --> 01:51:20,000
You have a duty as the voice of your people to advocate for our wishes.

1292
01:51:20,000 --> 01:51:24,000
This is a chance to show your district, your city,

1293
01:51:24,000 --> 01:51:28,000
your community that you don't bend to state interference,

1294
01:51:28,000 --> 01:51:31,000
that you can follow the leaves of other century cities

1295
01:51:31,000 --> 01:51:34,000
that you take the time not just to listen

1296
01:51:34,000 --> 01:51:38,000
but to understand what your constituents are saying.

1297
01:51:38,000 --> 01:51:41,000
If you see the value in your position,

1298
01:51:41,000 --> 01:51:45,000
then you must acknowledge that it is in your power

1299
01:51:45,000 --> 01:51:49,000
to call for the end of HPV collaboration with ICE.

1300
01:51:49,000 --> 01:51:53,000
And HPV collaboration with ICE now,

1301
01:51:53,000 --> 01:51:56,000
prosecute the officers who murdered Lorenzo.

1302
01:51:56,000 --> 01:51:59,000
Release the witnesses to Lorenzo's death.

1303
01:51:59,000 --> 01:52:02,000
Make sure this doesn't happen again.

1304
01:52:02,000 --> 01:52:06,000
Anything else is a disgrace to the people of Houston.

1305
01:52:06,000 --> 01:52:10,000
Next speaker.

1306
01:52:18,000 --> 01:52:20,000
Hello, I'm translating this.

1307
01:52:20,000 --> 01:52:22,000
It's written in Spanish.

1308
01:52:22,000 --> 01:52:25,000
I'm not an agreement with what's happening.

1309
01:52:25,000 --> 01:52:27,000
It's a kidnapping.

1310
01:52:27,000 --> 01:52:30,000
It's what happens in other places.

1311
01:52:30,000 --> 01:52:32,000
The children are afraid.

1312
01:52:32,000 --> 01:52:34,000
They're being mistreated.

1313
01:52:34,000 --> 01:52:37,000
And innocent people are being attacked.

1314
01:52:37,000 --> 01:52:39,000
Just for their appearance.

1315
01:52:39,000 --> 01:52:42,000
Their workers.

1316
01:52:42,000 --> 01:52:45,000
And another message here.

1317
01:52:45,000 --> 01:52:48,000
I demand a release of Victor David and Joseph.

1318
01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:51,000
I don't like how ICE treats Hispanics.

1319
01:52:51,000 --> 01:52:56,000
Now, like what's been happening has been really horrible.

1320
01:52:56,000 --> 01:52:59,000
It's just been a travesty.

1321
01:52:59,000 --> 01:53:03,000
But a lot of what's happened.

1322
01:53:03,000 --> 01:53:06,000
There are a lot of things that happened before this,

1323
01:53:06,000 --> 01:53:10,000
even before the murder of Mr. Araval.

1324
01:53:10,000 --> 01:53:14,000
That just kind of made it easier for these things to happen.

1325
01:53:14,000 --> 01:53:20,000
Like just how much has been given to HPV and for surveillance.

1326
01:53:20,000 --> 01:53:24,000
To setting up this infrastructure for them to be able to do anything.

1327
01:53:24,000 --> 01:53:28,000
As you've got public services in some of these very communities.

1328
01:53:28,000 --> 01:53:31,000
Like, even when talking about things like this,

1329
01:53:31,000 --> 01:53:34,000
they're trying to mirror what might have said some very racist things

1330
01:53:34,000 --> 01:53:36,000
about golfed in a residence.

1331
01:53:36,000 --> 01:53:38,000
And it's just been very pathetic.

1332
01:53:38,000 --> 01:53:40,000
It's been, um, thank you.

1333
01:53:40,000 --> 01:53:41,000
Yeah.

1334
01:53:41,000 --> 01:53:42,000
Yeah.

1335
01:53:42,000 --> 01:53:43,000
Great.

1336
01:53:43,000 --> 01:53:44,000
Haley Snyder.

1337
01:53:50,000 --> 01:53:52,000
Haley Snyder.

1338
01:53:52,000 --> 01:54:02,000
To be followed by Daniel Gamees.

1339
01:54:02,000 --> 01:54:03,000
Hello.

1340
01:54:03,000 --> 01:54:07,000
My name is Haley and I'm representing socialist alternative.

1341
01:54:07,000 --> 01:54:11,000
Today, I'm speaking to the people here who actually matter.

1342
01:54:11,000 --> 01:54:13,000
Our community.

1343
01:54:13,000 --> 01:54:19,000
We are fighting for our friends, coworkers, and loved ones for targeted, murdered, assaulted.

1344
01:54:19,000 --> 01:54:24,000
We need elected officials and movement leaders who will fight to ensure our communities

1345
01:54:24,000 --> 01:54:29,000
who are being, by funding HISD, maybe instead of ICE.

1346
01:54:29,000 --> 01:54:35,000
Like a fellow speaker was trying to say before he was unjustly removed.

1347
01:54:35,000 --> 01:54:39,000
When we look at history, we find that what is happening to immigrant communities

1348
01:54:39,000 --> 01:54:45,000
today comes from the same policies used to commit genocide against indigenous nations.

1349
01:54:45,000 --> 01:54:51,000
The murder, brutal removal of people from their homes at their detention and separation from family.

1350
01:54:51,000 --> 01:54:53,000
Does that sound familiar?

1351
01:54:53,000 --> 01:54:57,000
Our representative supports this by doing nothing.

1352
01:54:57,000 --> 01:55:01,000
But we, the working people in Houston, will not carry on that legacy.

1353
01:55:01,000 --> 01:55:05,000
We must organize a massive coalition to shut Houston down.

1354
01:55:05,000 --> 01:55:11,000
So those who say their hands are tied will listen to us because what they're motivated by is not helping us.

1355
01:55:11,000 --> 01:55:15,000
We put them into office, but they're pocketbooks.

1356
01:55:15,000 --> 01:55:18,000
And by the way, we will get ICE out of Houston.

1357
01:55:18,000 --> 01:55:24,000
We will get ICE out of Texas, and we're going to get ICE out of everywhere.

1358
01:55:24,000 --> 01:55:34,000
Good evening.

1359
01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:43,000
I've seen a lot of disgraceful behavior from new men and women up here in the way that you are interacting with your constituents.

1360
01:55:43,000 --> 01:55:48,000
Absolutely disgraceful and not be fitting a son that calls themselves a leader.

1361
01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:52,000
I would like to remind you of some of our history.

1362
01:55:52,000 --> 01:55:55,000
We hold these truths to be self-evident.

1363
01:55:55,000 --> 01:56:03,000
That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.

1364
01:56:03,000 --> 01:56:08,000
That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

1365
01:56:08,000 --> 01:56:16,000
ICE is the antithesis and tithesis of what our in the declaration of independence was written for.

1366
01:56:16,000 --> 01:56:20,000
Another definition that I'd like to give you is straight from the DOD.

1367
01:56:20,000 --> 01:56:26,000
The calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculc, inculcate fear,

1368
01:56:26,000 --> 01:56:35,000
intended to coerce, or to intimidate government or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.

1369
01:56:35,000 --> 01:56:39,000
Do any of you know what that is from?

1370
01:56:39,000 --> 01:56:44,000
That is the DOD definition of terrorism of terror risks.

1371
01:56:44,000 --> 01:56:49,000
ICE is a paramilitary terrorist group that is running rampant

1372
01:56:49,000 --> 01:56:55,000
in our streets, killing civilians and citizens alike.

1373
01:56:55,000 --> 01:56:56,000
Your time.

1374
01:56:56,000 --> 01:56:57,000
It is fire.

1375
01:56:57,000 --> 01:57:02,000
It is graceful to this nation and to the people that you say you serve.

1376
01:57:02,000 --> 01:57:04,000
Thank you for your time.

1377
01:57:04,000 --> 01:57:19,000
Haley Rogers.

1378
01:57:19,000 --> 01:57:22,000
Haley Rogers.

1379
01:57:22,000 --> 01:57:27,000
Haley Rogers.

1380
01:57:27,000 --> 01:57:30,000
To be followed by the Keesha Lord.

1381
01:57:34,000 --> 01:57:38,000
Firstly, thank you.

1382
01:57:38,000 --> 01:57:41,000
Councilman Sneena is for your leadership and putting me on the DOD.

1383
01:57:41,000 --> 01:57:43,000
I appreciate it.

1384
01:57:43,000 --> 01:57:44,000
Haley Rogers.

1385
01:57:44,000 --> 01:57:47,000
I am a new resident of district G.

1386
01:57:47,000 --> 01:57:48,000
Haley.

1387
01:57:48,000 --> 01:57:54,000
But before I live in district G, I live in Mission Ben.

1388
01:57:54,000 --> 01:57:55,000
It leaves district.

1389
01:57:55,000 --> 01:57:56,000
I live there.

1390
01:57:56,000 --> 01:58:01,000
I have a lifelong resident and my community is like the East community.

1391
01:58:01,000 --> 01:58:03,000
It is multicultural.

1392
01:58:03,000 --> 01:58:05,000
It is diverse.

1393
01:58:05,000 --> 01:58:07,000
It is the target of ICE.

1394
01:58:07,000 --> 01:58:11,000
And our community is scared because of Lorenzo's murder.

1395
01:58:11,000 --> 01:58:16,000
My family, my friends, the people who I think are my family as well,

1396
01:58:16,000 --> 01:58:18,000
are scared to go outside.

1397
01:58:18,000 --> 01:58:20,000
They are scared to leave their homes.

1398
01:58:20,000 --> 01:58:26,000
And I'd like to read a statement from a community member named Jose in Mission Ben.

1399
01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:28,000
Jose says, I'm worried.

1400
01:58:28,000 --> 01:58:33,000
What happened beside, I can only imagine the family feels horrible.

1401
01:58:33,000 --> 01:58:39,000
I hope the mayor makes a change and helps protect the immigrants that agents are acting too

1402
01:58:39,000 --> 01:58:40,000
forceful.

1403
01:58:40,000 --> 01:58:42,000
They need to identify themselves.

1404
01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:43,000
I'm worried.

1405
01:58:43,000 --> 01:58:48,000
We don't know if ICE or if it's ICE or some random person pulls us over.

1406
01:58:48,000 --> 01:58:51,000
What happened to Lorenzo can happen at any point again.

1407
01:58:51,000 --> 01:58:57,000
I urge this entire council to use your platform and your city leverage to quietly pass

1408
01:58:57,000 --> 01:59:05,000
conference to release the Sombrotto and his work for Daniel Bungto.

1409
01:59:05,000 --> 01:59:07,000
Thank you.

1410
01:59:07,000 --> 01:59:08,000
Thank you.

1411
01:59:08,000 --> 01:59:09,000
Thank you.

1412
01:59:09,000 --> 01:59:12,000
Thank you.

1413
01:59:12,000 --> 01:59:13,000
Thank you.

1414
01:59:13,000 --> 01:59:15,000
Thank you.

1415
01:59:15,000 --> 01:59:17,000
Thank you.

1416
01:59:17,000 --> 01:59:19,000
Thank you.

1417
01:59:19,000 --> 01:59:20,000
Thank you.

1418
01:59:20,000 --> 01:59:21,000
Thank you.

1419
01:59:21,000 --> 01:59:22,000
You're Ms. Lawick.

1420
01:59:22,000 --> 01:59:23,000
Go ahead.

1421
01:59:25,000 --> 01:59:26,000
Good evening, everyone.

1422
01:59:26,000 --> 01:59:28,000
Really quick before I make my statements.

1423
01:59:28,000 --> 01:59:30,000
I am the United States Army veteran.

1424
01:59:30,000 --> 01:59:34,000
I have sacrificed my mind, my body for this country.

1425
01:59:34,000 --> 01:59:40,000
And I would appreciate it if I could have your undivided attention for my sacrifice.

1426
01:59:40,000 --> 01:59:41,000
Yeah.

1427
01:59:41,000 --> 01:59:43,000
My name is Locatial Lloyd.

1428
01:59:43,000 --> 01:59:45,000
I am a resident in spring.

1429
01:59:45,000 --> 01:59:48,000
I live literally right on the border of the city.

1430
01:59:48,000 --> 01:59:50,000
It's just a few city limits.

1431
01:59:50,000 --> 01:59:53,000
And I'm like I said, I'm a United States Army veteran.

1432
01:59:53,000 --> 01:59:56,000
And I'm a national director with common defense.

1433
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,000
This is why I'm here today. The rinsa sagato was a husband, a father, and a 35-year resident of this community. And he was on his way to work. It should have made it home. There's no reason why that man should have made it home. He was not the target. Veterans know that courage is only found. It is not only found on the battlefield.

1434
02:00:29,000 --> 02:00:38,000
Sometimes courage means standing right here in city hall in front of you find folks and tell them the truth.

1435
02:00:38,000 --> 02:00:48,000
And sometimes it means using our voices to ensure that those with power. Here are the people they were elected to serve.

1436
02:00:48,000 --> 02:00:55,000
We are calling on you Mayor Whitmire. I would like it if you looked at me, sir. Thank you.

1437
02:00:55,000 --> 02:01:07,000
In the Houston City Council to take meaningful action by supporting an independent local investigation demanding transparency from every agency involved and setting with Lorenzo's family.

1438
02:01:07,000 --> 02:01:13,000
I do not fight and watch my comrades fall on the battlefield.

1439
02:01:14,000 --> 02:01:23,000
To have to sit here and have my son who is 15 years old, watch his schoolmates afraid to come school.

1440
02:01:23,000 --> 02:01:31,000
I did not fight and sacrifice my life and my veterans lives for this right here.

1441
02:01:31,000 --> 02:01:40,000
If we can be held accountable in the United States military under the UCMJ for the exact same actions, if we had took this we'd be under 11th.

1442
02:01:41,000 --> 02:01:47,000
Now I don't know what you all call patriots, but I'm a patriot.

1443
02:01:47,000 --> 02:01:59,000
I'm having to watch my military gear on a lawless unit, terrorizing our streets, do something about this.

1444
02:02:00,000 --> 02:02:02,000
Thank you.

1445
02:02:02,000 --> 02:02:05,000
Next.

1446
02:02:18,000 --> 02:02:21,000
No. No, Freeman.

1447
02:02:21,000 --> 02:02:25,000
To be followed by Audrey Naff.

1448
02:02:26,000 --> 02:02:35,000
Good evening. In the Houston Public Works Strategic Plan, there are six core values. The very first core value is responsiveness.

1449
02:02:35,000 --> 02:02:39,000
We will respond timely with care and commitment.

1450
02:02:39,000 --> 02:02:45,000
It's been six weeks since I raised my issues about 1,000 to West Lemuth Public Works.

1451
02:02:45,000 --> 02:02:53,000
And I haven't even had anyone not one single person acknowledge that I contacted the department.

1452
02:02:53,000 --> 02:03:00,000
Everything goes through councilman rail, corn's office or councilman vans are Ellis office. They'll talk to you folks all day long.

1453
02:03:00,000 --> 02:03:07,000
But they will not talk to a citizen of the city of Houston who has an issue with a problem they helped create.

1454
02:03:07,000 --> 02:03:17,000
Now, I want to give credit words do. I reported illegal dumping of food trash on my fence line by this restaurant.

1455
02:03:17,000 --> 02:03:22,000
Solid waste resolved that issue in 16 hours.

1456
02:03:22,000 --> 02:03:27,000
To ARA's credit, they contacted me 30 minutes after I spoke here two weeks ago.

1457
02:03:27,000 --> 02:03:34,000
And the Health Department called me this afternoon about an issue with used cooking oil being stored along my fence line.

1458
02:03:34,000 --> 02:03:43,000
Mayor, I will reiterate the ask that I had two weeks ago. Please compel public works to force a resolution to this issue.

1459
02:03:43,000 --> 02:03:46,000
I can't even get hate. We got your email. We'll look into it.

1460
02:03:46,000 --> 02:03:52,000
Not even now. Your time has expired. Thank you all.

1461
02:03:52,000 --> 02:03:55,000
Okay, no. Give the Quebec wheelchair information.

1462
02:03:55,000 --> 02:03:57,000
Thank you.

1463
02:03:57,000 --> 02:03:58,000
Next.

1464
02:03:58,000 --> 02:04:00,000
Audrey Nath.

1465
02:04:00,000 --> 02:04:07,000
Danny Hernandez.

1466
02:04:07,000 --> 02:04:14,000
Neil Colbert.

1467
02:04:14,000 --> 02:04:21,000
Maurice Bale.

1468
02:04:21,000 --> 02:04:26,000
Jacob Plymentich.

1469
02:04:26,000 --> 02:04:37,000
To be followed by Jay Boostos.

1470
02:04:38,000 --> 02:04:39,000
Thank you.

1471
02:04:39,000 --> 02:04:40,000
I'm sorry.

1472
02:04:40,000 --> 02:04:42,000
I didn't wait any further.

1473
02:04:42,000 --> 02:04:46,000
A lot of complaining and some of it is your very much just but.

1474
02:04:46,000 --> 02:04:49,000
But then I bring you two gifts.

1475
02:04:49,000 --> 02:04:50,000
A hat.

1476
02:04:50,000 --> 02:04:52,000
Autograph by Snowden Mill.

1477
02:04:52,000 --> 02:04:53,000
Players.

1478
02:04:53,000 --> 02:04:54,000
And they.

1479
02:04:54,000 --> 02:04:55,000
Georgie.

1480
02:04:55,000 --> 02:04:56,000
Autograph by.

1481
02:04:56,000 --> 02:04:58,000
Either a topic.

1482
02:04:58,000 --> 02:04:59,000
Player four day.

1483
02:04:59,000 --> 02:05:00,000
Name me.

1484
02:05:00,000 --> 02:05:01,000
Me.

1485
02:05:08,000 --> 02:05:09,000
Yeah.

1486
02:05:09,000 --> 02:05:10,000
Right there.

1487
02:05:10,000 --> 02:05:11,000
You said.

1488
02:05:11,000 --> 02:05:12,000
Is.

1489
02:05:12,000 --> 02:05:13,000
Jacob's case.

1490
02:05:13,000 --> 02:05:14,000
And.

1491
02:05:14,000 --> 02:05:15,000
While.

1492
02:05:15,000 --> 02:05:16,000
And then.

1493
02:05:16,000 --> 02:05:17,000
I'm.

1494
02:05:17,000 --> 02:05:18,000
I mean.

1495
02:05:18,000 --> 02:05:21,000
As a sure as I can tell from my mother.

1496
02:05:21,000 --> 02:05:23,000
Tell them to me about my father.

1497
02:05:23,000 --> 02:05:24,000
And.

1498
02:05:24,000 --> 02:05:25,000
Everyone.

1499
02:05:25,000 --> 02:05:26,000
Yeah.

1500
02:05:26,000 --> 02:05:27,000
I mean.

1501
02:05:27,000 --> 02:05:28,000
I offer.

1502
02:05:28,000 --> 02:05:29,000
I mean.

1503
02:05:29,000 --> 02:05:30,000
This is.

1504
02:05:30,000 --> 02:05:31,000
This is.

1505
02:05:31,000 --> 02:05:32,000
Gestapo.

1506
02:05:32,000 --> 02:05:34,000
Thank you.

1507
02:05:34,000 --> 02:05:47,000
Jacob.

1508
02:05:47,000 --> 02:05:49,000
Jay Bullstos.

1509
02:05:49,000 --> 02:05:59,000
To be followed by Anthony Hover.

1510
02:05:59,000 --> 02:06:00,000
Hello, everyone.

1511
02:06:00,000 --> 02:06:01,000
Your friendly neighborhood.

1512
02:06:02,000 --> 02:06:13,000
I'm going to say I find it appalling and bewildering with the lack of action and voices of this council for fighting for this city and its residents all residents.

1513
02:06:13,000 --> 02:06:16,000
Lorenzo was murdered July 7.

1514
02:06:16,000 --> 02:06:18,000
Three weeks since.

1515
02:06:18,000 --> 02:06:25,000
His passing and nothing has been done.

1516
02:06:25,000 --> 02:06:26,000
Even though the obvious.

1517
02:06:26,000 --> 02:06:29,000
Isn't this what is it's should already been done of cutting all ties.

1518
02:06:29,000 --> 02:06:31,000
I was.

1519
02:06:31,000 --> 02:06:32,000
Also, you all saying.

1520
02:06:32,000 --> 02:06:35,000
Uh, I'll do not have the ability to do anything.

1521
02:06:35,000 --> 02:06:36,000
I'll do it.

1522
02:06:36,000 --> 02:06:41,000
You.

1523
02:06:41,000 --> 02:06:42,000
You may.

1524
02:06:42,000 --> 02:06:44,000
Of course the topic of the list.

1525
02:06:44,000 --> 02:06:46,000
Get justice for Lorenzo.

1526
02:06:46,000 --> 02:06:47,000
Relie so witnesses.

1527
02:06:47,000 --> 02:06:48,000
2.

1528
02:06:48,000 --> 02:06:50,480
Cut the contracts, with Flock.

1529
02:06:50,480 --> 02:06:53,000
Get rid of all the canarettes.

1530
02:06:53,000 --> 02:06:54,000
Next.

1531
02:06:54,000 --> 02:06:58,000
Next, and non-safety traffic stops.

1532
02:06:58,000 --> 02:07:01,000
That's the assisting ice with all this.

1533
02:07:01,000 --> 02:07:07,000
And last, or next, publicly be more vocal about ice.

1534
02:07:07,000 --> 02:07:09,000
They're inhumane.

1535
02:07:09,000 --> 02:07:10,000
They're inhumane.

1536
02:07:10,000 --> 02:07:11,000
You're your partner.

1537
02:07:11,000 --> 02:07:12,000
You're your partner.

1538
02:07:12,000 --> 02:07:16,000
They're committing a legal acts, kidnapping and murdering people.

1539
02:07:16,000 --> 02:07:20,000
And I ask again, how much pain and apparent blood

1540
02:07:20,000 --> 02:07:25,000
is needed for y'all to get up and do something.

1541
02:07:25,000 --> 02:07:49,000
And Anthony Hubbard, to be followed by Cameron Waterson,

1542
02:07:49,000 --> 02:07:51,000
how much pain, how much blood.

1543
02:07:51,000 --> 02:07:56,000
Mayer, with my today, you promised calls to perform through an auto.

1544
02:07:56,000 --> 02:08:00,000
I sincerely hope that you fall through an impromence.

1545
02:08:00,000 --> 02:08:04,000
But to be told public trips is all the time low.

1546
02:08:04,000 --> 02:08:07,000
It has been three weeks and nothing has been done.

1547
02:08:07,000 --> 02:08:09,000
Maybe you can extend empathy to the family.

1548
02:08:09,000 --> 02:08:13,000
But true empathy would mean no one else.

1549
02:08:13,000 --> 02:08:16,000
No one else should have to feel that pain.

1550
02:08:16,000 --> 02:08:19,000
Not one more you're stoning in.

1551
02:08:19,000 --> 02:08:24,000
And how can we expect that there's been three weeks and nothing has happened.

1552
02:08:24,000 --> 02:08:31,000
Any three of y'all could sign a prop A or an inch to put forth two council.

1553
02:08:31,000 --> 02:08:33,000
We'll have three weeks.

1554
02:08:33,000 --> 02:08:37,000
Mayer sincerely hope that you fall through an impromence.

1555
02:08:37,000 --> 02:08:39,000
And you call it for you form.

1556
02:08:39,000 --> 02:09:00,000
Since our last two council meetings, I watched your city representatives try to repair their egos from what Houston has said.

1557
02:09:00,000 --> 02:09:06,000
So Mr. Mayor, let me speak within the decorum of a legislative session and the council.

1558
02:09:07,000 --> 02:09:12,000
Your policy making has shown that you are too politically inept to handle city policy or public safety.

1559
02:09:12,000 --> 02:09:19,000
Your abysmal fiscal shortfalls and failures show you are more than just morally bankrupt, but that you truly do not care.

1560
02:09:19,000 --> 02:09:27,000
And for those of our council who say that let's make sure to go and vote and do more than protest suggesting that we can vote the problem away.

1561
02:09:27,000 --> 02:09:32,000
This statement was not only tone death, but it was politically ignorant to history itself.

1562
02:09:32,000 --> 02:09:35,000
These protesters are more than your labels.

1563
02:09:35,000 --> 02:09:38,000
They are organizers, workers, parents, historians.

1564
02:09:38,000 --> 02:09:42,000
We organize food drives for those who even food deserts to starve.

1565
02:09:42,000 --> 02:09:46,000
We organize schooling, clothing drives for those who won't close or educate.

1566
02:09:46,000 --> 02:09:52,000
We organize, know your rights outreach for the communities you have left to die.

1567
02:09:52,000 --> 02:09:55,000
And we did all this while being registered to vote.

1568
02:09:55,000 --> 02:10:00,000
A vote will not bring back a father to his children or lift the weight of death off of our city.

1569
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:07,000
We have votes, but you have HPD, the treasury, public works and the ability for city ordinance to prevent violent fire.

1570
02:10:07,000 --> 02:10:09,000
We call for the names of the murderers.

1571
02:10:09,000 --> 02:10:11,000
Release and to be prosecuted.

1572
02:10:11,000 --> 02:10:13,000
We call for all passengers to be freed.

1573
02:10:13,000 --> 02:10:19,000
We call for an independent investigation and an ending of all collaboration with ICE and CPD, our HPD.

1574
02:10:19,000 --> 02:10:21,000
And again, you have a chance.

1575
02:10:21,000 --> 02:10:22,000
This is a test.

1576
02:10:22,000 --> 02:10:24,000
TPS is now revoked.

1577
02:10:24,000 --> 02:10:25,000
So what are we going to do it?

1578
02:10:25,000 --> 02:10:28,000
Houston to prevent a second class of citizens in our country.

1579
02:10:28,000 --> 02:10:32,000
And what are we going to do to prevent another Houstonian off of streets by death?

1580
02:10:32,000 --> 02:10:37,000
And how do we save another father from being killed, making sure that they go home to their kids?

1581
02:10:37,000 --> 02:10:39,000
To please reflect on this, guys.

1582
02:10:39,000 --> 02:10:40,000
Very important.

1583
02:10:40,000 --> 02:10:41,000
Thank you.

1584
02:10:41,000 --> 02:10:55,000
Nessie Gavano.

1585
02:10:55,000 --> 02:11:04,000
Nessie Gavano.

1586
02:11:04,000 --> 02:11:08,000
This completes the list of speakers.

1587
02:11:08,000 --> 02:11:22,000
Please stand resist in the morning.

1588
02:11:22,000 --> 02:11:26,000
Council, please come to order.

1589
02:11:26,000 --> 02:11:32,000
Mr. Secretary, would you proceed with a consent agenda?

1590
02:11:32,000 --> 02:11:37,000
Under the except work category.

1591
02:11:37,000 --> 02:11:40,000
Item four has been removed for separate consideration.

1592
02:11:40,000 --> 02:11:44,000
Need a motion for items 1, 2, 3 and 5.

1593
02:11:44,000 --> 02:11:46,000
Pestic set of move.

1594
02:11:46,000 --> 02:11:48,000
Motion made in segment all in favor.

1595
02:11:48,000 --> 02:11:50,000
Say yes to those opposed.

1596
02:11:50,000 --> 02:11:53,000
Motion passes.

1597
02:11:53,000 --> 02:11:54,000
Next.

1598
02:11:54,000 --> 02:11:57,000
Under the property category.

1599
02:11:57,000 --> 02:11:59,000
Item six needs a motion.

1600
02:11:59,000 --> 02:12:00,000
Pestic set of move.

1601
02:12:00,000 --> 02:12:01,000
Motion made in segment.

1602
02:12:01,000 --> 02:12:02,000
In favor.

1603
02:12:02,000 --> 02:12:03,000
Say yes to those opposed.

1604
02:12:03,000 --> 02:12:05,000
Name motion passes.

1605
02:12:05,000 --> 02:12:09,000
Under the purchase in a tabulation.

1606
02:12:09,000 --> 02:12:11,000
Purchase in tabulation of beets category.

1607
02:12:11,000 --> 02:12:14,000
Need a motion for item 7 through 15.

1608
02:12:14,000 --> 02:12:17,000
Pestic set of motion made in segment all in favor.

1609
02:12:17,000 --> 02:12:19,000
Say yes to those opposed.

1610
02:12:19,000 --> 02:12:24,000
Motion passes.

1611
02:12:24,000 --> 02:12:26,000
Under the resolutions category.

1612
02:12:26,000 --> 02:12:29,000
Item 16 needs a vote.

1613
02:12:30,000 --> 02:12:32,000
Colin Fraver said yes to those opposed.

1614
02:12:32,000 --> 02:12:35,000
Name motion passes.

1615
02:12:35,000 --> 02:12:41,000
Under the ordinance is category.

1616
02:12:41,000 --> 02:12:44,000
Since your list was distributed.

1617
02:12:44,000 --> 02:12:53,000
Item 19, 25, 35 and 36 have been received.

1618
02:12:54,000 --> 02:13:00,000
Not received but will be considered if they received before the end of the meeting or 23 and 24.

1619
02:13:00,000 --> 02:13:06,000
Again those items that have not been received but will be considered if they received before the end of the meeting.

1620
02:13:06,000 --> 02:13:09,000
Item's removed for separate consideration.

1621
02:13:09,000 --> 02:13:22,000
R 26 27 29 30 31 32 35 36 38 41 and 46 again.

1622
02:13:23,000 --> 02:13:26,000
Item's removed for separate consideration.

1623
02:13:26,000 --> 02:13:36,000
26 27 29 through 32 35 and 36 38 41 46 need a vote on the balance.

1624
02:13:36,000 --> 02:13:37,000
On in favor.

1625
02:13:37,000 --> 02:13:39,000
Say yes to those opposed.

1626
02:13:39,000 --> 02:13:41,000
Name motion passes.

1627
02:13:41,000 --> 02:13:44,000
Item's removed for separate consideration.

1628
02:13:44,000 --> 02:13:46,000
Item 4 needs a motion.

1629
02:13:46,000 --> 02:13:48,000
Cast X to move.

1630
02:13:48,000 --> 02:13:50,000
Motion made in segment.

1631
02:13:50,000 --> 02:13:53,000
Comments.

1632
02:13:53,000 --> 02:13:54,000
Comments.

1633
02:13:54,000 --> 02:13:55,000
Thank you.

1634
02:13:55,000 --> 02:13:58,000
I just want to give a shout out to the public works for this project.

1635
02:13:58,000 --> 02:14:03,000
And especially to Steven Lou who was instrumental in getting this project started.

1636
02:14:03,000 --> 02:14:05,000
This could have been something.

1637
02:14:05,000 --> 02:14:08,000
This could have been a disaster or something that we would have seen on the news.

1638
02:14:08,000 --> 02:14:10,000
But public works came out.

1639
02:14:10,000 --> 02:14:11,000
Address it immediately.

1640
02:14:11,000 --> 02:14:13,000
The neighborhood is extremely happy.

1641
02:14:13,000 --> 02:14:14,000
So thank you.

1642
02:14:14,000 --> 02:14:16,000
Thank you.

1643
02:14:16,000 --> 02:14:18,000
All in favor.

1644
02:14:18,000 --> 02:14:19,000
Say yes.

1645
02:14:19,000 --> 02:14:20,000
Those opposed.

1646
02:14:20,000 --> 02:14:22,000
Name motion passes.

1647
02:14:22,000 --> 02:14:25,000
Item 26 isn't ordinance.

1648
02:14:25,000 --> 02:14:26,000
Just need a vote.

1649
02:14:26,000 --> 02:14:28,000
All in favor.

1650
02:14:28,000 --> 02:14:29,000
Say yes.

1651
02:14:29,000 --> 02:14:31,000
Those opposed.

1652
02:14:31,000 --> 02:14:32,000
Name motion passes.

1653
02:14:32,000 --> 02:14:34,000
Item 27 isn't ordinance.

1654
02:14:34,000 --> 02:14:36,000
All in favor.

1655
02:14:36,000 --> 02:14:37,000
Say yes.

1656
02:14:37,000 --> 02:14:38,000
Those opposed.

1657
02:14:38,000 --> 02:14:41,000
Name motion passes.

1658
02:14:41,000 --> 02:14:43,000
Item 29 is an ordinance.

1659
02:14:44,000 --> 02:14:45,000
All in favor.

1660
02:14:45,000 --> 02:14:46,000
Say yes.

1661
02:14:46,000 --> 02:14:47,000
Those opposed.

1662
02:14:47,000 --> 02:14:49,000
Name motion passes.

1663
02:14:49,000 --> 02:14:51,000
Council member.

1664
02:14:51,000 --> 02:14:54,000
For the next one.

1665
02:14:54,000 --> 02:14:55,000
Next.

1666
02:14:55,000 --> 02:14:57,000
Item 30 is an ordinance.

1667
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:03,000
Just need a vote. Councilor Benzurella.

1668
02:15:03,000 --> 02:15:10,000
Thank you, Mayor. Just wanted to make a quick note on this item. Today, we're voting on a series of public safety

1669
02:15:10,000 --> 02:15:18,000
grants that I will be supporting 2931-32. I'm 30, specifically as an HPD public safety grant for

1670
02:15:18,000 --> 02:15:23,000
HPD's catalytic converter crime task force. I support the work of this task force catalytic

1671
02:15:23,000 --> 02:15:29,000
converter theft is a major issue, and Houston has been at the forefront in combating it. This item includes

1672
02:15:29,000 --> 02:15:34,000
funding for personnel over time, supplies and equipment, included in this equipment is service for existing

1673
02:15:34,000 --> 02:15:39,000
flock cameras. While I support the general purpose of this grant and HPD's work in mitigating

1674
02:15:39,000 --> 02:15:44,000
catalytic converter theft, I have serious concerns about the city's partnership with flock.

1675
02:15:44,000 --> 02:15:51,000
Block raises serious concerns regarding privacy, data access, and oversight. We have seen multiple headlines on the

1676
02:15:52,000 --> 02:15:57,000
misuse of flock in the lack of oversight, including Justice Week. A Baytown police officer has been accused of

1677
02:15:57,000 --> 02:16:02,000
allegedly misusing flock in his curly under investigation. While these are just individuals

1678
02:16:02,000 --> 02:16:08,000
abusing this power, the lack of practice oversight is concerning. On a larger scale, many residents

1679
02:16:08,000 --> 02:16:13,000
have shared bipartisan concerns with mass surveillance, and I personally share the concerns about their

1680
02:16:13,000 --> 02:16:18,000
right to privacy. Finally, residents have the right to know who has access to this data and what

1681
02:16:19,000 --> 02:16:24,000
safeguards exist to prevent its misuse. In some, I have major concerns about the use of this

1682
02:16:24,000 --> 02:16:28,000
technology. When there are still so many questions, and potential potential violations of civil liberties,

1683
02:16:28,000 --> 02:16:32,000
we need to continue the dialogue around how we are using this technology and how to protect rights

1684
02:16:32,000 --> 02:16:35,000
a few stone hands. Therefore, I will be voting on this item.

1685
02:16:35,000 --> 02:16:38,000
Thank you.

1686
02:16:39,000 --> 02:16:43,000
I vote on item 30 on favor say yes, those post-9.

1687
02:16:43,000 --> 02:16:48,000
I'm voting as well.

1688
02:16:48,000 --> 02:16:52,000
I'm voting as well.

1689
02:16:52,000 --> 02:16:57,000
I'm voting no. Next item 31 is an ordinance, just need to vote.

1690
02:16:57,000 --> 02:17:02,000
All in favor say yes, those opposed to nine motion passes.

1691
02:17:03,000 --> 02:17:08,000
Item 35 is an ordinance, just need to vote. All in favor say yes, those opposed to nine motion

1692
02:17:08,000 --> 02:17:11,000
passes.

1693
02:17:11,000 --> 02:17:15,000
Item 35 is an ordinance, just need to vote.

1694
02:17:15,000 --> 02:17:18,000
Thank you Mayor.

1695
02:17:18,000 --> 02:17:24,000
This item, I want to highlight the partnership between the city and the greater north-side management

1696
02:17:24,000 --> 02:17:31,000
district. There are some corridors that will be receiving safety improvements to include

1697
02:17:31,000 --> 02:17:36,000
high visibility crosswalks, upgraded sidewalks, pedestrian, refugee violence,

1698
02:17:36,000 --> 02:17:41,000
ADA, accessible enhancements, and improved street crossings and signals, airline

1699
02:17:41,000 --> 02:17:43,000
gents and a tid well in district age.

1700
02:17:43,000 --> 02:17:48,000
And these are high traffic and highly utilized corridors that need these improvements.

1701
02:17:48,000 --> 02:17:53,000
And I appreciate the continued partnership of the greater north-side management

1702
02:17:53,000 --> 02:17:58,000
district for these improvements and the other projects we work on together.

1703
02:17:59,000 --> 02:18:00,000
Councillor Thomas.

1704
02:18:00,000 --> 02:18:05,000
Thank you. Good morning. I'd want to add my comments to join with councilmember Castillo

1705
02:18:05,000 --> 02:18:08,000
on the partnership with the International Management District.

1706
02:18:08,000 --> 02:18:14,000
As we're all aware, the city received a $28 million safe street grant that

1707
02:18:14,000 --> 02:18:19,000
improves bisonet from district's CJ and F.

1708
02:18:19,000 --> 02:18:24,000
This is a compliment to that extending the program from dairy,

1709
02:18:24,000 --> 02:18:27,000
ashford, and bisonet all the way till Eldridge.

1710
02:18:27,000 --> 02:18:32,000
And I also want to acknowledge Congressman Al Green for his advocacy for the federal

1711
02:18:32,000 --> 02:18:37,000
match in the district of council of U.S. House District 9.

1712
02:18:37,000 --> 02:18:41,000
I'm so happy that the city is putting their match together to continue to support our

1713
02:18:41,000 --> 02:18:44,000
pedestrian and safety efforts.

1714
02:18:44,000 --> 02:18:47,000
Thank you. And I was there Saturday afternoon.

1715
02:18:47,000 --> 02:18:51,000
You get off 59 as far as you can see.

1716
02:18:51,000 --> 02:18:55,000
Our question public works about doing it all at one time.

1717
02:18:55,000 --> 02:19:00,000
But I was informed that's the most efficient, cost-effective way to do it.

1718
02:19:00,000 --> 02:19:07,000
But as far as you can see down bisonet, the work that you and Councilmember

1719
02:19:07,000 --> 02:19:12,000
Pollard have successfully done to get bisonet kind of disrupted some of the

1720
02:19:12,000 --> 02:19:15,000
retail street retail.

1721
02:19:15,000 --> 02:19:20,000
But they'll learn to go somewhere else.

1722
02:19:21,000 --> 02:19:25,000
Okay, I don't know. I'm 35. All in favor say yes.

1723
02:19:25,000 --> 02:19:28,000
Those post name, motion passes.

1724
02:19:28,000 --> 02:19:33,000
Item 36 is an ordinance just need a little favor say yes.

1725
02:19:33,000 --> 02:19:36,000
Those post name motion passes.

1726
02:19:36,000 --> 02:19:39,000
Item 38 is an ordinance just need a little.

1727
02:19:39,000 --> 02:19:45,000
All in favor say yes. Those post name motion passes.

1728
02:19:45,000 --> 02:19:49,000
Item 46 is an ordinance just need a little.

1729
02:19:49,000 --> 02:19:53,000
All in favor say yes. Those post name motion passes.

1730
02:19:53,000 --> 02:20:00,000
Item 23 is an ordinance just need a little.

1731
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:02,000
Item 23 has been received.

1732
02:20:02,000 --> 02:20:10,000
It is an ordinance just need a little.

1733
02:20:10,000 --> 02:20:13,000
Okay, members. Item 23 all in favor say yes.

1734
02:20:13,000 --> 02:20:16,000
Those post name motion passes.

1735
02:20:16,000 --> 02:20:23,000
This completes the items on the agenda.

1736
02:20:23,000 --> 02:20:33,000
Before I call on our first speaker, I want to take a moment.

1737
02:20:33,000 --> 02:20:37,000
We have a mini pop off.

1738
02:20:37,000 --> 02:20:43,000
Stephen David's last day is tomorrow.

1739
02:20:43,000 --> 02:20:47,000
Stephen's been with our team even before.

1740
02:20:47,000 --> 02:20:49,000
We were sworn in.

1741
02:20:49,000 --> 02:20:54,000
He'll be missed. He has this quick amount as anyone in city hall.

1742
02:20:54,000 --> 02:20:58,000
And certainly a lot of historic.

1743
02:20:58,000 --> 02:21:05,000
I've been a fence of working with the needs and other mayors.

1744
02:21:05,000 --> 02:21:10,000
I didn't kind of talk about it because he said he's doing it for family and health.

1745
02:21:10,000 --> 02:21:15,000
I think mainly can't keep up with me.

1746
02:21:15,000 --> 02:21:18,000
But I wish him nothing from well.

1747
02:21:18,000 --> 02:21:19,000
He's not leaving our team.

1748
02:21:19,000 --> 02:21:21,000
He's just taken on a different role.

1749
02:21:21,000 --> 02:21:23,000
So you'll see him.

1750
02:21:23,000 --> 02:21:26,000
Certainly as we prepared next year's budget.

1751
02:21:26,000 --> 02:21:30,000
There are other arts and young implementations.

1752
02:21:30,000 --> 02:21:36,000
So Stephen, you're a good friend and a valued city employee.

1753
02:21:36,000 --> 02:21:39,000
And I know you're not going far.

1754
02:21:39,000 --> 02:21:44,000
You better make sure you check in or you're here from the controller.

1755
02:21:44,000 --> 02:21:46,000
If they don't see.

1756
02:21:46,000 --> 02:21:49,000
If you don't see, you go into the property.

1757
02:21:49,000 --> 02:21:53,000
If you don't go through the property channels to his liking.

1758
02:21:53,000 --> 02:21:57,000
So anyway, I'll be glad to let you speak to council.

1759
02:21:57,000 --> 02:22:01,000
I know how much you love this process.

1760
02:22:01,000 --> 02:22:07,000
But you got to quit working all night.

1761
02:22:07,000 --> 02:22:09,000
And on weekends.

1762
02:22:09,000 --> 02:22:12,000
And I yield to you at this time.

1763
02:22:12,000 --> 02:22:15,000
And now know you didn't expect me to call on you.

1764
02:22:15,000 --> 02:22:19,000
So again, we'll get to see how quick you are.

1765
02:22:19,000 --> 02:22:21,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1766
02:22:21,000 --> 02:22:27,000
As I said in the email that I sent out, I'd like to thank you for the opportunity of my lifetime.

1767
02:22:27,000 --> 02:22:32,000
I am a fifth generation Houstonian kind of a fun fact about my family.

1768
02:22:32,000 --> 02:22:40,000
My mother's mother's father was the first delivery ice company in the city of Houston.

1769
02:22:40,000 --> 02:22:42,000
And so I have deep roots here.

1770
02:22:42,000 --> 02:22:43,000
I grew up here.

1771
02:22:43,000 --> 02:22:44,000
I was born here.

1772
02:22:44,000 --> 02:22:45,000
I went to school here.

1773
02:22:45,000 --> 02:22:48,000
My parents were teachers at John Marshall Middle School.

1774
02:22:48,000 --> 02:22:51,000
And I also seen Martinez, Wesley Elementary.

1775
02:22:51,000 --> 02:22:54,000
Very important to me of public service.

1776
02:22:54,000 --> 02:22:56,000
Teachers are public servants.

1777
02:22:56,000 --> 02:22:59,000
Just like y'all are just like government employees are.

1778
02:22:59,000 --> 02:23:00,000
That runs deep.

1779
02:23:00,000 --> 02:23:06,000
And it means a lot to be able to serve the city that I grew up in was born in and love with all my heart.

1780
02:23:06,000 --> 02:23:13,000
Getting to work with y'all is a privilege that bureaucrats rarely get to see.

1781
02:23:13,000 --> 02:23:16,000
A lot of times there are 21,000 employees.

1782
02:23:16,000 --> 02:23:17,000
There are a lot of volunteers.

1783
02:23:17,000 --> 02:23:18,000
They are all of y'all including you, Mayor.

1784
02:23:18,000 --> 02:23:20,000
Who walks around and shakes people's hands.

1785
02:23:20,000 --> 02:23:23,000
And all of the floors of the buildings that we own.

1786
02:23:23,000 --> 02:23:25,000
Y'all have not met everybody.

1787
02:23:25,000 --> 02:23:28,000
And so being able to sit adjacent to y'all.

1788
02:23:28,000 --> 02:23:32,000
And work closely with y'all and see the passion that you deliver for the city at large.

1789
02:23:32,000 --> 02:23:34,000
Or for your individual districts.

1790
02:23:34,000 --> 02:23:37,000
Is something that I'll cherish forever.

1791
02:23:37,000 --> 02:23:41,000
I think the thing, the only thing that I'd like to say.

1792
02:23:41,000 --> 02:23:45,000
Beyond another thank you to the Mayor and to the team.

1793
02:23:45,000 --> 02:23:53,000
Is that it is a thankless job that you sit in and that folks who work for you sit in.

1794
02:23:53,000 --> 02:23:56,000
There are people who come when people call through 1-1-1-1-1-1-1.

1795
02:23:56,000 --> 02:23:58,000
They're not having a good day.

1796
02:23:58,000 --> 02:24:01,000
They're having to deal with adversity and challenge.

1797
02:24:01,000 --> 02:24:06,000
And I think all of you I've observed have approached even when I disagree with y'all.

1798
02:24:06,000 --> 02:24:09,000
You've approached your positions honestly.

1799
02:24:09,000 --> 02:24:11,000
It's a belief structure.

1800
02:24:11,000 --> 02:24:13,000
I've never felt disingenuousness.

1801
02:24:13,000 --> 02:24:21,000
Even when people are willing to put cameras in your face and say shame for a position that you honestly take.

1802
02:24:21,000 --> 02:24:25,000
And so I want to thank all of y'all from the bottom of my heart.

1803
02:24:25,000 --> 02:24:36,000
It's for coming to this job every day and putting on your pants one leg at a time and recognizing that this is the only way forward is to talk about it and to do the work.

1804
02:24:36,000 --> 02:24:41,000
So as Mayor, as you like to say again, thank you for your trust in me.

1805
02:24:41,000 --> 02:24:43,000
You keep a small circle of people.

1806
02:24:43,000 --> 02:24:45,000
I think everybody knows that.

1807
02:24:45,000 --> 02:24:49,000
When you work for teamwork, when you've worked for Whitmire once, you always work for Whitmire.

1808
02:24:49,000 --> 02:24:53,000
There are a lot of people who've spent, you've spent 50 years in public service.

1809
02:24:53,000 --> 02:24:56,000
I know people who've worked for you for 30 years, 40 years.

1810
02:24:56,000 --> 02:25:02,000
And even if you don't work for John Whitmire, you are always going to be an advisor, a friend.

1811
02:25:02,000 --> 02:25:09,000
And maybe as an interesting story or close to Mike, what I say,

1812
02:25:09,000 --> 02:25:15,000
I think the thing that opened my eyes to who you are as a person, Mayor, was within week two.

1813
02:25:15,000 --> 02:25:22,000
Not a lot of people know this, but Chris Newport, Mayor's first chief of staff within the first two weeks of the city had its truck stolen straight out of his driveway.

1814
02:25:22,000 --> 02:25:26,000
Move to his new house and it was just lifted right out of it.

1815
02:25:26,000 --> 02:25:30,000
And I'm not kidding when I say the mayor took his personal truck.

1816
02:25:30,000 --> 02:25:33,000
He's tossing with Chris and like Chris have it for about six months.

1817
02:25:33,000 --> 02:25:38,000
While HVD tried to find his truck and then the insurance company dragged their feet about getting a money for the new one.

1818
02:25:38,000 --> 02:25:41,000
And that's exactly the type of person you are. You think about people first.

1819
02:25:41,000 --> 02:25:44,000
And I've learned a ton from you and I appreciate it.

1820
02:25:44,000 --> 02:25:48,000
I hope that I've been able to bring some levity for a while.

1821
02:25:48,000 --> 02:25:54,000
You didn't like to joke so much. Now it's all jokes all the time.

1822
02:25:54,000 --> 02:25:59,000
So I appreciate the effort. I am also quite fond of the team you've put together.

1823
02:25:59,000 --> 02:26:07,000
You assemble a really interesting, eclectic group of people who bring diligence and strength and dedication.

1824
02:26:07,000 --> 02:26:11,000
To very hard jobs day in and day out.

1825
02:26:11,000 --> 02:26:16,000
The sad part about me leaving the city is it is because of health reasons.

1826
02:26:16,000 --> 02:26:20,000
Had a doctor say if you want to have a heart attack and your forties keep on.

1827
02:26:20,000 --> 02:26:22,000
And so that's that's an important thing for me.

1828
02:26:22,000 --> 02:26:28,000
I will continue to serve where possible but I just want to say thank you all for the opportunity to serve.

1829
02:26:28,000 --> 02:26:32,000
I am always a phone call away for any of you.

1830
02:26:32,000 --> 02:26:37,000
Although I might reserve for turning those calls like in late afternoon, not immediately.

1831
02:26:37,000 --> 02:26:40,000
But thank you, Mayor.

1832
02:26:40,000 --> 02:26:44,000
Moment. Councilmember Flickinger.

1833
02:26:44,000 --> 02:26:46,000
Sad to see you go.

1834
02:26:46,000 --> 02:26:50,000
Really enjoyed working for you and have the utmost respect for you.

1835
02:26:50,000 --> 02:26:51,000
Good luck.

1836
02:26:51,000 --> 02:26:54,000
Councilmember Martin.

1837
02:26:54,000 --> 02:26:58,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1838
02:26:59,000 --> 02:27:01,000
We are not a eulogy.

1839
02:27:01,000 --> 02:27:03,000
We heard it.

1840
02:27:03,000 --> 02:27:04,000
No.

1841
02:27:04,000 --> 02:27:07,000
It's even just as a staffer to staffer, right?

1842
02:27:07,000 --> 02:27:09,000
You worked out a councilmember at Gonzalo's office.

1843
02:27:09,000 --> 02:27:15,000
So you understand a lot of what kind of how to make the meat right as well.

1844
02:27:15,000 --> 02:27:24,000
But as a staffer to staffer and as a friend, I just want to say thank you for providing the support that I needed as a freshman councilmember.

1845
02:27:24,000 --> 02:27:29,000
But more so outside of the outside of the office, just for your continued support guidance.

1846
02:27:29,000 --> 02:27:34,000
And then also being able to take some feedback as well, maybe some things that you didn't like.

1847
02:27:34,000 --> 02:27:39,000
But again, I think at the end of the day and you said it in your work, right?

1848
02:27:39,000 --> 02:27:43,000
Ultimately, the work that we do is the work for people.

1849
02:27:43,000 --> 02:27:46,000
Yeah, sometimes we get it right, sometimes we get it wrong.

1850
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But ultimately, we want to see something that we can be better than we had when we got here.

1851
02:27:53,000 --> 02:27:55,000
So thank you for your work.

1852
02:27:55,000 --> 02:28:00,000
Thank you for helping Shepherd a administrative fee as well.

1853
02:28:00,000 --> 02:28:08,000
That might not have been the most, you know.

1854
02:28:08,000 --> 02:28:13,000
The thing that people want, but most positive thing that people are popular thing that people wanted to see happen.

1855
02:28:13,000 --> 02:28:19,000
But ultimately, I think in all the work, whether it's that, whether it's the finances for the city,

1856
02:28:19,000 --> 02:28:23,000
we're trying to make sure that again, we leave it better than we had when we got here.

1857
02:28:23,000 --> 02:28:24,000
So again, thank you.

1858
02:28:24,000 --> 02:28:27,000
Look forward to hanging out outside of this space.

1859
02:28:27,000 --> 02:28:29,000
Just catch up.

1860
02:28:29,000 --> 02:28:30,000
Thank you.

1861
02:28:30,000 --> 02:28:31,000
Vice Mayor Pro Jim Peck.

1862
02:28:31,000 --> 02:28:32,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1863
02:28:32,000 --> 02:28:36,000
I will not be thanking you for the administrative fee.

1864
02:28:36,000 --> 02:28:44,000
But seriously, thank you for your service to the city when the mayor talks about people being public servants being outside of elected officials.

1865
02:28:44,000 --> 02:28:47,000
That completely fits you in everything that you've done.

1866
02:28:47,000 --> 02:28:50,000
You've really worked on some revolutionary things here at the city.

1867
02:28:50,000 --> 02:28:53,000
And I'm just truly thankful for everything that you've done.

1868
02:28:53,000 --> 02:28:54,000
Thank you.

1869
02:28:54,000 --> 02:28:55,000
Councilor Davis.

1870
02:28:55,000 --> 02:28:57,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1871
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David Manley.

1872
02:28:58,000 --> 02:29:00,000
Listen, we will get you.

1873
02:29:00,000 --> 02:29:06,000
So you not being here, which is going to be something that will adjust with no you around.

1874
02:29:06,000 --> 02:29:11,000
And of course, if we don't see you as you have helped us in many areas.

1875
02:29:12,000 --> 02:29:15,000
We'll, you and I will catch up on the ready of them.

1876
02:29:15,000 --> 02:29:17,000
That's something between me and David.

1877
02:29:17,000 --> 02:29:18,000
We'll catch up on the ready.

1878
02:29:18,000 --> 02:29:19,000
Thank you.

1879
02:29:19,000 --> 02:29:20,000
Take care.

1880
02:29:20,000 --> 02:29:21,000
I'll go on.

1881
02:29:21,000 --> 02:29:24,000
I was going to save this for my pop-off, but I'll just do it now.

1882
02:29:24,000 --> 02:29:26,000
I didn't write you a poem, though, sorry.

1883
02:29:26,000 --> 02:29:29,000
Y'all will be very disappointed.

1884
02:29:29,000 --> 02:29:32,000
You're truly one of my best friends.

1885
02:29:32,000 --> 02:29:40,000
And I've known you for a really long time from the gun's office days through Mayor Parker's tenure, through Mayor Turner's tenure, through your

1886
02:29:40,000 --> 02:29:42,000
private sector.

1887
02:29:42,000 --> 02:29:45,000
You're just truly one of the smartest guys I know.

1888
02:29:45,000 --> 02:29:51,000
And you're my go-to person on all things city government, especially city finances.

1889
02:29:51,000 --> 02:29:55,000
You sat down and helped me do my campaign website.

1890
02:29:55,000 --> 02:30:00,000
I was like, I'm getting the smartest guy I know to write a bunch of help me write a bunch of stuff on this campaign.

1891
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:24,000
We're not in complete agreement. You have a way of bringing me around every time. This is a huge loss, Mayor, for the city. I mean, this is institutional knowledge. This is a big brain trust. This is a guy with an Excel spreadsheet that never quits. But I know that's why you're moving on, because you can't turn it off. And you are a good government guy, and you are a person who believes that government could be able to do so.

1892
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And for that, I am truly grateful. I went this summer to a wedding in New York, and there was an exhibit at the Whitney Biennial about city employees. Something I've never seen in a museum.

1893
02:30:42,000 --> 02:30:58,000
Done by an artist who is a city employee in New York. And he wrote something on one, there were a bunch of photographs of city employees and, you know, kind of views out there windows and things that they did.

1894
02:30:58,000 --> 02:31:14,000
Something about, it was talking about sanitation workers and other city workers and about being in the inside. And it says, you know, being a city worker makes you, makes you, you see it from the city worker perspective, which I think you've always brought.

1895
02:31:14,000 --> 02:31:28,000
It makes me want to do better to help the department be better. I think the majority of the people that are civil servants want to do good for the city. It's a badge of honor for most people to say I work for the city.

1896
02:31:28,000 --> 02:31:42,000
And the majority of city employees just want to do a good job. They want to have a good job and to provide for their families. You've always been there for city employees. You believe in civil service. You believe in public service like you do mayor.

1897
02:31:42,000 --> 02:31:50,000
And I am so grateful for our friendship and I know that will continue on and on. And now when I get mad at the mayor, who am I going to call?

1898
02:31:50,000 --> 02:31:57,000
He was always my first call. But I'll still call you. Great job. We'll miss you.

1899
02:31:57,000 --> 02:32:01,000
Thank you. Well said. Council member. Thank you.

1900
02:32:01,000 --> 02:32:11,000
Thank you, Mayor. Steven, thank you for all your service to the city of Houston, you know, from times of disaster and emergency where you kept us.

1901
02:32:11,000 --> 02:32:24,000
So informed with your frequent updates. I don't know if you ever slept during storms or freezes or floods, but it was tireless.

1902
02:32:24,000 --> 02:32:36,000
What you did to help us keep Houston and safe. Not to mention your passion for animals and us getting to work on bark related items.

1903
02:32:36,000 --> 02:32:42,000
I appreciate it. Everything you've done for the city was you all the best in the future.

1904
02:32:42,000 --> 02:32:54,000
Thank you, Mayor and good morning. I want to take a moment to recognize Steven David as he prepares to leave his full-time role with administration.

1905
02:32:54,000 --> 02:33:03,000
Steven has served the city of Houston with intelligence, professionalism, and a steady hand across multiple male administrations.

1906
02:33:03,000 --> 02:33:19,000
And during his time with the administration he helped God the city through some incredibly consequential moments from severe weather and operational challenges to budget and the ongoing work of making city government more efficient and responsive.

1907
02:33:19,000 --> 02:33:24,000
Steven knew how to bring people together. He helped us, Mayor.

1908
02:33:24,000 --> 02:33:32,000
That's the sidebar. Keep communication moving and help us find common ground and service to the people of Houston.

1909
02:33:32,000 --> 02:33:38,000
I want to thank you for always being accessible, thoughtful and willing to work through the difficult issues.

1910
02:33:38,000 --> 02:33:43,000
Your leadership and institutional knowledge has made a meaningful difference.

1911
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We know you will continue supporting your and our city and a different capacity. Your daily presence at city hall will certainly be missed and be on behalf of the residents of District D.

1912
02:33:55,000 --> 02:34:01,000
I want to thank you for your service and wish you more time with your family. That's immeasurable.

1913
02:34:01,000 --> 02:34:06,000
Continue to success. Good health and all the best in your next chapter.

1914
02:34:06,000 --> 02:34:12,000
And what can you say for a man that has to carry two first names? You know he has to be phenomenal.

1915
02:34:12,000 --> 02:34:16,000
So thank you so much and true.

1916
02:34:16,000 --> 02:34:21,000
You know, two first names. What's Stephen Davis?

1917
02:34:21,000 --> 02:34:22,000
Anyway, thank you so much for your service.

1918
02:34:22,000 --> 02:34:26,000
And you can't imagine how hard time learning his name is.

1919
02:34:26,000 --> 02:34:29,000
Is he Stephen or is he that kind of name?

1920
02:34:29,000 --> 02:34:31,000
Stephen or is it David?

1921
02:34:31,000 --> 02:34:34,000
I figured it out.

1922
02:34:34,000 --> 02:34:37,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1923
02:34:37,000 --> 02:34:43,000
Somebody asked me what's happened with Stephen Davis and I said he needed a life.

1924
02:34:43,000 --> 02:34:48,000
Right? You needed a life because it's not difficult to recognize that you are 24-7.

1925
02:34:48,000 --> 02:34:53,000
And after I met you every time your name comes up, I'm like that's going to be the smartest guy in the room.

1926
02:34:53,000 --> 02:34:58,000
I just, you never, you never miss a beat.

1927
02:34:58,000 --> 02:35:03,000
And you know, certainly you're going to be missed, but we'll see you down the road.

1928
02:35:03,000 --> 02:35:05,000
Thank you for your service.

1929
02:35:06,000 --> 02:35:09,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1930
02:35:09,000 --> 02:35:11,000
Stephen congratulations.

1931
02:35:11,000 --> 02:35:13,000
Thank you for all your hard work at the city.

1932
02:35:13,000 --> 02:35:17,000
Public service really is a calling and I think no one's answered it as well as you have.

1933
02:35:17,000 --> 02:35:18,000
So thank you for all that.

1934
02:35:18,000 --> 02:35:21,000
You were instrumental in my onboarding for the first couple of weeks.

1935
02:35:21,000 --> 02:35:25,000
I think I was sworn in the week before the budget so you nice spoke.

1936
02:35:25,000 --> 02:35:27,000
Many hours, many hours.

1937
02:35:27,000 --> 02:35:30,000
So I really appreciate it and best of luck moving forward.

1938
02:35:31,000 --> 02:35:33,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1939
02:35:33,000 --> 02:35:36,000
Stephen, this is a big loss.

1940
02:35:36,000 --> 02:35:40,000
And I so appreciate your service to the city.

1941
02:35:40,000 --> 02:35:46,000
If I had to count how many times I've called people in the administration, I think you'd be at the top of the list.

1942
02:35:46,000 --> 02:35:49,000
And so I appreciate you're always calling back.

1943
02:35:49,000 --> 02:35:52,000
I know you're usually busy, but you always call back.

1944
02:35:52,000 --> 02:35:57,000
And I appreciate that. I appreciate the, the, the intellect you brought,

1945
02:35:57,000 --> 02:36:03,000
the institutional knowledge and your heart.

1946
02:36:03,000 --> 02:36:05,000
And obviously we want to keep that beating.

1947
02:36:05,000 --> 02:36:09,000
You want to keep that beating so I understand you're, you're, you're need to leave at this point,

1948
02:36:09,000 --> 02:36:12,000
but but you will be missed and so understand that.

1949
02:36:12,000 --> 02:36:16,000
And, and they'll be surprised if I call you again soon.

1950
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Thanks.

1951
02:36:18,000 --> 02:36:20,000
Thank you everyone for your comments.

1952
02:36:20,000 --> 02:36:25,000
Make certain that you let your wife, Jenny, know that we appreciate the time

1953
02:36:25,000 --> 02:36:28,000
that she's allowed you to spend at City Hall.

1954
02:36:28,000 --> 02:36:33,000
With that, we'll be talking very soon.

1955
02:36:33,000 --> 02:36:36,000
So actually reception to more at five o'clock.

1956
02:36:36,000 --> 02:36:40,000
What, what, what bar did you choose?

1957
02:36:40,000 --> 02:36:43,000
I, I'll preface this a little bit, Mayor.

1958
02:36:43,000 --> 02:36:47,000
One of the, I've been going to a lot of retirements and going the ways recently.

1959
02:36:47,000 --> 02:36:50,000
And I just felt that they were a little too stuffy and had too much pump.

1960
02:36:50,000 --> 02:36:53,000
So I'm going to be at Patterson Park tomorrow.

1961
02:36:53,000 --> 02:36:55,000
It's starting from 4 to 7 p.m.

1962
02:36:55,000 --> 02:36:58,000
It's steak night by the way, which is also one of those in home.

1963
02:36:58,000 --> 02:36:59,000
Yeah.

1964
02:36:59,000 --> 02:37:00,000
That's right.

1965
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Well, everyone join me in.

1966
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Mayor, Mayor.

1967
02:37:26,000 --> 02:37:29,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1968
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Mayor and Council, I know many of you saw the ruling that came out on yesterday.

1969
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And quite frankly, I am very disappointed by that ruling against the city of Houston's

1970
02:37:41,000 --> 02:37:43,000
M.W.B.E. program.

1971
02:37:43,000 --> 02:37:51,000
I mean, for four decades, this program has been in place for us to really represent the city's

1972
02:37:51,000 --> 02:37:57,000
movement to qualify businesses having meaningful opportunity to compete for these contracts

1973
02:37:57,000 --> 02:37:59,000
that come out through our cities.

1974
02:37:59,000 --> 02:38:03,000
And these are business owners who are entrepreneurs.

1975
02:38:03,000 --> 02:38:05,000
They are creating jobs.

1976
02:38:05,000 --> 02:38:07,000
They're investing in our neighborhoods.

1977
02:38:07,000 --> 02:38:11,000
They really are making an impact to strengthening Houston's economy.

1978
02:38:11,000 --> 02:38:19,000
Mayor, even though this ruling came out, I think it is extremely critical for us as a body

1979
02:38:19,000 --> 02:38:26,000
to make sure that we are continuing to finally sound ways to express access and expand access

1980
02:38:26,000 --> 02:38:29,000
to opportunities for these businesses.

1981
02:38:29,000 --> 02:38:36,000
We cannot let this moment become the end of our commitment to economic inclusion.

1982
02:38:36,000 --> 02:38:41,000
And while we are determining our next steps after that ruling that came out yesterday,

1983
02:38:41,000 --> 02:38:47,000
I do want to challenge us to develop policies that will withstand legal scrutiny.

1984
02:38:47,000 --> 02:38:54,000
While also continuing to support our small businesses, I was at the Greater Houston business

1985
02:38:54,000 --> 02:39:00,000
procurement forum just last week talking about our commitment to making sure that every business

1986
02:39:00,000 --> 02:39:06,000
in Houston has an opportunity to compete for these types of contracts in our city.

1987
02:39:06,000 --> 02:39:13,000
And it's no surprise to anyone after the disparity study that our minority businesses are still

1988
02:39:13,000 --> 02:39:16,000
struggling to gain access.

1989
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And we cannot stop fighting for that economic inclusion because quite frankly, Houston is

1990
02:39:23,000 --> 02:39:27,000
strongest when everyone has a fair chance to compete.

1991
02:39:27,000 --> 02:39:34,000
I do want to thank the legal team for their fight, direct a hold for the work that she continues

1992
02:39:34,000 --> 02:39:40,000
to do to make sure that we are providing the information so people that have businesses

1993
02:39:40,000 --> 02:39:47,000
in the city of Houston are how to apply for those contracts and compete for those contracts.

1994
02:39:47,000 --> 02:39:55,000
But we cannot stop now even with this ruling in trying to create access for everyone in our city

1995
02:39:55,000 --> 02:40:02,000
to be able to compete and raise their families and have a good quality of life in our city.

1996
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And then I want to also take a moment to shine a spotlight on our district gate interns that are here.

1997
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Although our time is winding down for the summer, I hope that y'all had a chance to see the podcast that they have

1998
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produced.

1999
02:40:19,000 --> 02:40:26,000
If you haven't had a chance to see the podcast, they named it the turns short for interns.

2000
02:40:26,000 --> 02:40:34,000
And they have been interviewing interns from all different areas in the city of Houston.

2001
02:40:34,000 --> 02:40:41,000
And it's very interesting to see the perspective of our interns and what they are learning here at City Hall.

2002
02:40:41,000 --> 02:40:50,000
You can catch that and they are pretty big time because HTV is carrying their podcasts online.

2003
02:40:50,000 --> 02:40:52,000
It's early in the morning late evenings.

2004
02:40:52,000 --> 02:40:56,000
We've been posting when their podcast comes on HTV.

2005
02:40:56,000 --> 02:41:04,000
The next one will be on Thursday morning at 630 to 7am, but y'all know y'all can always go back.

2006
02:41:04,000 --> 02:41:08,000
It'll be chronicle to online to watch the intern.

2007
02:41:08,000 --> 02:41:12,000
Mayer, they interviewed some folks from some interns from the mayor's office.

2008
02:41:12,000 --> 02:41:20,000
I think we had a couple of folks from district F and some of some of the other offices.

2009
02:41:20,000 --> 02:41:24,000
And it was really exciting to see their creativity.

2010
02:41:24,000 --> 02:41:30,000
My charge to them was how do we get your peers interested in city government?

2011
02:41:30,000 --> 02:41:38,000
And this is what they came up with and I'm very proud of the work that they've done and the expanding of knowledge for their peers.

2012
02:41:38,000 --> 02:41:46,000
So congratulations to both of you and we'll have this to always look to and for our future interns to build on.

2013
02:41:46,000 --> 02:41:49,000
So great work this summer.

2014
02:41:49,000 --> 02:41:52,000
And back to school is is gearing up.

2015
02:41:52,000 --> 02:41:55,000
We've got a couple of back to school events happening in district K.

2016
02:41:55,000 --> 02:41:59,000
The Jared Vanderbilt Foundation, those six annual backpack giveaway.

2017
02:41:59,000 --> 02:42:04,000
This one is one of my favorites because Jared Vanderbilt grew up in district K.

2018
02:42:04,000 --> 02:42:11,000
He played basketball at Mary and Park while he was growing up and now he plays for the Lakers.

2019
02:42:11,000 --> 02:42:17,000
And so he always comes back to the community that he grew up in to give back during school time.

2020
02:42:17,000 --> 02:42:24,000
So this Saturday at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mary and Park on South Gessner.

2021
02:42:24,000 --> 02:42:27,000
He will be there and there will be backpacks.

2022
02:42:27,000 --> 02:42:31,000
Haircuts, groceries, a great community resource.

2023
02:42:31,000 --> 02:42:36,000
We're always proud to partner with Jared when he does his annual backpack giveaway.

2024
02:42:36,000 --> 02:42:40,000
Highm clock multi-service centers also having a backpack event.

2025
02:42:40,000 --> 02:42:42,000
This one is a little unique.

2026
02:42:42,000 --> 02:42:46,000
It's a teacher's back to school for autistic students.

2027
02:42:46,000 --> 02:42:54,000
So this is the second time they've done a back to school event where they are providing resources for teachers in the community.

2028
02:42:54,000 --> 02:43:01,000
So this one is on Saturday August 8 from 9 to 11 30 at 38 in West View Quay.

2029
02:43:01,000 --> 02:43:05,000
And then I want to just give a little shout out to Council Member Castillo.

2030
02:43:05,000 --> 02:43:09,000
I saw you in Houston Business Journal 40 under 40.

2031
02:43:09,000 --> 02:43:12,000
Congratulations to you.

2032
02:43:12,000 --> 02:43:15,000
Yeah, he's a young man.

2033
02:43:15,000 --> 02:43:17,000
Congratulations to you.

2034
02:43:17,000 --> 02:43:22,000
Anybody that knows Mario knows this is a well deserved honor.

2035
02:43:22,000 --> 02:43:25,000
And thank you Steve and David for the work that you've done.

2036
02:43:25,000 --> 02:43:27,000
We'll miss you as well.

2037
02:43:27,000 --> 02:43:30,000
Y'all be kind to each other.

2038
02:43:30,000 --> 02:43:32,000
And make it a great day.

2039
02:43:32,000 --> 02:43:35,000
Thank you for mentioning the court ruling.

2040
02:43:35,000 --> 02:43:38,000
I can't say enough about director Horde.

2041
02:43:38,000 --> 02:43:46,000
We have been preparing for an adverse ruling and we've been in contact since the ruling came down.

2042
02:43:46,000 --> 02:43:51,000
We're working with our terror and his team.

2043
02:43:51,000 --> 02:43:59,000
I've been in public office and certainly in society long enough to know what it was like before an end of the B program.

2044
02:43:59,000 --> 02:44:15,000
The success that it's had, but the court ruling gave us the link the time we really was surprised it took so long to get it because it is such an important

2045
02:44:15,000 --> 02:44:19,000
part of city government.

2046
02:44:19,000 --> 02:44:24,000
What director Horde is done is provided an SBA program.

2047
02:44:24,000 --> 02:44:30,000
All the certified minorities under the MWB program are also certified as small business.

2048
02:44:30,000 --> 02:44:37,000
So I can assure you that that will still play a major role in our contracting.

2049
02:44:37,000 --> 02:44:44,000
So thank you for bringing that up.

2050
02:44:44,000 --> 02:44:49,000
And I agree everyone should get along.

2051
02:44:49,000 --> 02:44:59,000
In fact I guess how to thank everyone for playing a role yesterday of sitting and giving our speakers an opportunity to be heard.

2052
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:07,520
These are difficult times, but to get it, we're going to get through it, and we have a lot of work left to do.

2053
02:45:07,520 --> 02:45:09,600
Last Mayer Protein Pack.

2054
02:45:09,600 --> 02:45:15,120
Thank you, Mayor. Since we are off next week, I do want to announce that the following week will be

2055
02:45:15,120 --> 02:45:21,280
our next public safety committee meeting. Tuesday, August 11th at 10 o'clock a.m., we will hear from

2056
02:45:21,280 --> 02:45:28,160
HPD about the most recent HPD quarterly immigration report. So please be sure to join us for that meeting.

2057
02:45:30,320 --> 02:45:34,640
Thank you, Mayor. And I also wanted to echo Mayor Perlten's

2058
02:45:35,600 --> 02:45:43,680
Cassas-Stateman on the NAWBE. It's very disappointing. We've had several conversations over the past

2059
02:45:43,680 --> 02:45:50,880
year. I do greatly appreciate Director Howard, which you just mentioned, Mayor, you know, in mind

2060
02:45:50,880 --> 02:45:59,520
conversations with her early on when after the disparity study was shared. It was how can we ensure

2061
02:46:00,160 --> 02:46:08,080
and if this ever came to fruition. And for her to be proactive about the SB program, I think it's

2062
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important. I definitely want to share with the larger community, small business community that

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I'm committed to making sure that we continue to evaluate whatever legal options we have, but at the same

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time, make sure that we continue as a city, the foster economic opportunities for small businesses,

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make sure that there's fair opportunities as well with contracts. I think, you know, I've said

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this plenty of times, small businesses employ a lot of our residents in our communities and in quite

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frankly, that dollar circulating within our city helps us stay economically stable as well. And so it's

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important to lift up small businesses, make sure that they continue to have the opportunities

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with city contracts, so that way our residents can feel that positive impact as well.

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With that, I just want to, you know, we cannot allow that this decision to slow down the work that we've

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been doing to expand the opportunity to use small businesses. And I will remain committed with my

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colleagues, you know, a definitely leaning into our Mayor Pro Tem, and you, Mayor, to ensure that we continue

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to see this happen as well. Lastly, next Thursday, August 6, my office is partnering with the

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Work Source solution Gulf Coast. We'll be hosting our job fair at Houston Community College in the

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Northeast campus. It'll take place from 10 to noon, and we'll have various representatives from

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city departments along with other workforce partners that will be available to provide information and

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opportunities with jobs and careers. So I encourage anyone that's looking for employment to join us next

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next Thursday, August 6. Thank you, Mayor. And let me follow your comments about thinking the Mayor

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Pro Tem and your recognition of her work makes the diversity study so important at this time as we go

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forward with our small business certification to be able to support that diversity study.

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As strong as we all did, can have that in place to support the small business certification

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puts this in a position to continue to make progress and seeing that everyone in our city is lifted up

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together, but this diversity study took some real navigating to make certain all the parties

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knew that we were including them. So thank you. Councilman Pollock.

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Thank you, Mayor. Good morning to everyone. I too, I'm very disappointed that the ruling that came

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down regarding the MWSBE program. When I first got on council, I didn't really know what my role

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was going to be. What was I going to kind of focus on? And Jerry Davis told me about how Larry Green,

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the late Larry Green was a strong voice on city council regarding the MWBE program, which started as the

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MBE program and I had strong family ties to the inception of the program based on my father who

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was a small business owner on the uniform company and fought really hard to get this program

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instituted so that smaller minority businesses would have an opportunity to participate.

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And my father was able to participate on some contracts as a uniform vendor with a fire department,

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the police department and others. And like him, so many other small minority businesses around

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the city have benefited from having the opportunity to participate in that program. And that program

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was put in place for a reason. That program was put in place because there were business owners

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who were not getting their fair opportunity at participation. And the city was putting out contracts,

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but they weren't really able to bid or participate because they either did not have the resources,

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the capacity, the relationships and many times it came down to race. And that's just the simple

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reality of it all so that a program had to be put in place to make it fair. And then that the city would have

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council members in a system that would hold vendors accountable. And so that's what I've tried to do as

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I've been on council is look at each item and the MWBE provision to see if we're meeting our

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goals and we're reaching our requirements. And if not, you know, trying to hold the city and those vendors

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accountable. The judge who ruled on this was appointed by President Reagan. It was like 40 years ago.

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And the issues that we are faced 40 years ago were still facing today. And it's interesting that

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the arguments that are being made are saying that the program is discriminatory against those who

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are shown on every disparity study that has come out that minorities are still not getting their fair

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slice of the pie, especially black people. We go around the city and we promote the program.

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Many black vendors certified. I want to give a huge shout out to OBO because our office is the one that

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certifies for many other entities in the region. And specifically black people who were at the front

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lines of creating the MBE program are certified. But our numbers in the disparity study show that

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black vendors are still not getting much of the work. And progress still needs to be made. And as we're

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trying to make progress, this ruling comes down. So I think that now puts us in a place where we have to

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be creative in our approach in how to ensure that as the most diverse city in America,

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we still find ways to give opportunity to the broad cross section of our community so that everyone

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has an opportunity to participate. And we don't do anything that infringes upon that. And we can't let

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outside influences that may have a different perspective than us and who have been around for

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probably longer than they need to be, make decisions that impact our future in the city's future,

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especially when it comes to business and economic development. And so I charged the administration

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and this council to be thoughtful in the way we approach this, because we don't want the progress to be

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lost, but this may give us an opportunity to come up with something even better. And so I hope that we

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make that a priority. On a different note, I do want to thank my interns. Today this week is their last week.

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They've done a tremendous job in assisting my office in many different ways, but specifically

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this past weekend, we had a diaper drive and that was their core project that they executed

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in an excellent way. And so I want to thank them for their service, thank them for their contributions.

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This was an impressive group of summer interns that we had in our office. And I look forward to seeing

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what they're able to accomplish in the future. Thank you. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

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And I think we can all agree that Ms. Horde is certainly the right person and the right time in

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that position. It's in a regular contact with plans if this really went away. It did to thank you

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councilman Alcorn. Thank you. I appreciate this discussion. I too was disappointed. I mean,

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this program has been around as long as I've been around. And it's been an effective way to

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make sure we're spreading all the pieces of the pie around. And appreciate my colleagues that have

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really worked hard on this. I remember Mayor Protem when you won the award. You won the M.W.B.E.

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diversity champion award. And I went to that program and there's all the McGowan's there. I mean,

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this was Ernie McGowan back in the early 80s. We were the first Texas city to have such a program.

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And you know, I wasn't surprised in this climate that that was the decision. But yeah, hopefully

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as has been said, we can turn this into an opportunity to be creative about making sure we are still

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making sure that our city dollars are being spread to as many as many businesses as possible.

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I did see your interns podcast last night. George was watching public session. I don't know why.

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And I came home and it was still on. And there were your interns out there. And I was like,

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what's this show? We listened to it for a while. So good job in turns. And I would like to introduce Nathan

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Adler. Are you out there still? This is my summer intern. He's also in turning at the Children's Museum.

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He's a rising senior at the King Kade School and placed soccer in tennis and chess and does a lot of

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interesting things. So welcome, Nathan. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you.

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I echo the sentiment of many on the ridiculous decision that came out of the court.

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Judge Hitler is wrong in his reading of the law. And there are two very specific things. The city of

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Houston could do right now to assure the community that we are committed to protecting minority businesses.

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First, we could make a public commitment to appeal the decision. And second, the city attorney can make

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a commitment to come back to council in 30 or 60 days with a specific recommendation of steps we

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can take to maintain the program in the interim while we appeal the decision. Businesses around the

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country and universities have taken steps to adapt to the Supreme Court's while I believe incorrect

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decision while still empowering communities. The city of Houston can do the same. And we need the

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guidance from our legal department to do so. So I urge the city attorney and I urge the administration

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to come back to council with specific recommendations. What they believe will be legally

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the stand legal scrutiny under the decision. I'll be at I think it's wrong, but there is a way to do it.

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And I hope that the legal department will prioritize this to ensure that we are sending

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message to minority businesses that we are going to protect them and fight for them regardless of the

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climate that we have. The second item I want to speak to is what Mr. Salgado Sun brought up yesterday

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when he spoke at council. He came to us and he had very specific demands of what we should do.

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And I think everyone here echoes the sentiment that we want an independent investigation and wants

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to honor the legacy of his father. And what he asked us to do was to end our cooperation with ICE. Now,

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obviously, we have attempted to reduce it and those efforts are what they are. But what we know

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now is that based on the transparency report, we have doubled the amount of times that we are calling

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ICE. HPD has in the past three months. And that we are still holding people for up to two hours

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while we wait for ICE to arrive on the scene. We received assurance is from the city attorney

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that that wasn't going to happen. And that has proven to be false. So we have a choice as a city.

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Are we going to stand by the representations we made as a public when we voted on that amendment or not?

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I'm glad to hear that the HVD is coming to the public safety committee meeting and is going to explain

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as a public what is going on. But I think we can all agree that holding someone for two hours on the side of the road

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rather than solving crimes rather than keeping the stony and safe is unacceptable. And we all need

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to do everything in our power to change that. Thank you. And I look forward to the disclosure of what

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they were doing for those two hours. They were getting the scene of a very serious accident under control

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under your proclamation which went to a reasonable amount of time instead of the 30 minute restriction

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which quite frankly was being very successfully conducted. If you look at those circumstances of the two hours

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they weren't dealing with ICE. The clock started when they made the scene. It was a serious accident and then

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after they secured the site to care the passengers then they called ICE. So the register shows

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like a two hour period but they were very limited amount of time with ICE. So I think we need to get

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accurate portrayals of what the city is doing. We don't.

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And, quite frankly, the proclamation in the ordinance that we passed here. 30 minutes.

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Quite frankly, it was working. It was a tough decision to go to a reasonable time with a supervisor there.

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Another lengthy involvement was the domestic situation when they got there.

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Clock running, as soon as they made the scene, they had to secure the children.

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There were numerous miners there. So then after they took care of the children, then, because of the war, they followed the law and our ordinance and contacted us.

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So I look forward to full disclosure of that.

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Six percent of the people are still released.

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And so I know we all agree we need to get back to taking dangerous criminals off the street and leave the families along.

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So let's continue this dialogue in a committee.

2187
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And I know for a fact that chief is anxious to discuss it.

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He and our meeting would loo lack officials this afternoon.

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So we're all in this together. It's a very challenging time.

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And let's do it right.

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Respectfully mayor. Those facts are incorrect.

2192
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The instances that you're referring to actually resulted in three to four hour weights.

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Nine wasn't even including those.

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The instances that I'm referring to were specifically described by the HPD report as a traffic stop.

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The incidents that are responding to accidents are categorized differently.

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So by HPD's own reporting, these are not accidents.

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These are not domestic violence calls.

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These are traffic stops.

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And I will also add we learned through public reporting that in one of those instances.

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The call was not on the perpetrator.

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But on the person who called to report someone that was threatening their life.

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The victim that called to say that my life is being threatened.

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HPD called ice on them.

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That is ridiculous.

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It is far beyond the scope of what HPD should be doing.

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And it needs to come to an end.

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And I know when I hope in my heart that you are committed to that as well.

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I'm sure you were given that information on that fact.

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But no.

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If you look at the data, it is traffic stops where they are holding people for nearly two hours.

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Thank you.

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But I think the point is that we don't know yet because the chief of police hasn't come before council.

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It hasn't given us this update.

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And so until we get that update from him and we hear the facts.

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And I think that we may hear that on one of those traffic stops.

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The reason why it took so long was because

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the guy asked if he could have a family member come and pick up his tools.

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He had a bunch of tools in his car and that is his livelihood.

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And they waited a really long time for a family member to be able to come and pick up those tools.

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So I think let's slow down a little bit and wait until we actually have information from the source.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And I'm sure we all agreed to inflame the situation.

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It's a very tragic time.

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And the city and we're going to get through this together.

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But I agree with you.

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Let's let the facts and we very transparent about what's been occurred.

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Thank you.

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Councilman Carter.

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Thank you Mayor.

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I just wanted to give a shout out to the good work that people are doing around the city.

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Last Saturday I joined Councilmember Ramirez and Councilmember Davis at the Greater Southwest

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Area for the Plaza America's 19th backpack.

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Backpack give away health there and school supply give away.

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They served over 5,000 and I know Mayor you've got the give away this Saturday and then August 8.

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There's another give away.

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You know we've got co-happed the expect 5,000 students to appear and to have all those resources in

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a one stop shop is a wonderful asset for our community and the need is great.

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So thank everyone.

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I just want to thank everyone for the good work they're doing in the community.

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Councilmember Erish Ross.

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Thank you Mayor.

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I first again want to give my condolences but just the strength of Mr. Salgado to come down and address

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Council is something that was heart-wrenching and certainly want them to know the family and the community

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to know that we are doing what we can with where we are and certainly we want everyone protected.

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This is not an issue that is going to go away or has gone away and so we still have the interest

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and the interest of the community along with working with the governmental entities that we have to try to stop these

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for adversities and murders and moving on.

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I want to recap our recent senior event at the sunny side health and multi-service center where we have the opportunity to recognize

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and celebrate our seniors.

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Our seniors are the foundation of our communities.

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They have prayed for us, worked for us and raised families, built neighborhoods and helped shape the district D we know today.

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It was an honor to spend time with them and recognize their contributions and remind them that they are loved, valued and never forgotten.

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I want to thank Mrs. Clarey Sriman who next month will be 166 years old who allowed me to show for her to the event.

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In the, got came out, locked her door, got on the car on her own, got out of the car on her own.

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I mean, she's just amazing.

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And then later that evening went to the Destiny's Child Review.

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So I mean, she had more energy than I did that day.

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But I want to thank her and the many seniors who participated who were over 90 years of age.

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I want to thank NEC Duffield Dobbins and her Magnificent team, the Break Free Ministries, all the vendors and the food where you can tell on on this many meals was unbelievable.

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Okay, all right, I see it, yes.

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Welcome to the event, Central City Swipe Project Community Meeting.

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I also want to remind residents about the upcoming Central City Swipe Project Community Meeting.

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Central City Swipe Project Community Meeting will be held Thursday tomorrow, July 30th at 6 p.m. at the Sherry Flores.

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This is Garden Pavilion at McGovern, Centennial Gardens at Hermit Park, 1500 Hermit Drive, Houston, Texas 7704.

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Free parking is available in a lot of sea.

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This meeting will be held in person and virtually through Microsoft Teams.

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This meeting is an opportunity for residents to hear directly from the Houston Public Works and the District of the Office about the project.

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Ask questions and receive important updates.

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We encourage Central City residents to attend and be part of the conversation.

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Also upcoming will be the World Youth Foundation back to school jam, which will be, which is happening this Saturday at the, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Also at the Sunnyside Health and North to Service Center, 44 10 rewrote 7705151.

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This event will help students and families prepare for the upcoming school year.

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The school supplies, resources, support services and community connection.

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I want to thank the World Youth Foundation, the Department of Neighborhoods and all the partners working together to make sure.

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Our young people start the school year with confidence and support.

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Certainly, just somewhat of a good report, even though I'm, you know, a concern that anyone is homeless.

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But a friend reached out to tell me that he is at the homeless center.

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And he said it was a very nice facility and he said they have, you know, their own restaurants and showers.

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Now, he is concerned that he came bring his own snacks in and hopefully we can work on that.

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But he intends to use that for the purpose of which he was designed and that is to get on his feet.

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So that he can move forward and be able to sustain himself after this situation moves forward.

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Certainly, I also want to recognize my wonderful interns and their last days Friday.

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And they were the ones that they came in and they worked.

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They did not push, just push paper and answer phones.

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They actually participated, worked directly with constituents with the director, the direction of my constituents director,

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and all of my staff, CC and Corey worked extensively with them.

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We were able to celebrate them on yesterday and we certainly wish them well as they all go back to school.

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And so then on a sad note, I want to recognize Tucker to our director of communications as he prepares for his last day with the district the office.

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Tucker has been an important part of our team.

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Hope and tell the story of district D uplifting our residents, supporting our news letters, events,

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recognitions and making sure the work of this office was communicated with care and professionalism.

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Tucker is a proud, more house man, a proud capa and someone who has brought creativity, presence and heart to this office.

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We are grateful for his service, his contributions and the role he has played in helping us highlight the people, projects and progress taking place across.

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We celebrate you and we wish you continued success as you stepped into your next opportunity.

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And that concludes what is going on.

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A lot of people you said Tucker was related to me and just for the record, no nepotism.

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I didn't know Tucker before he was hired, but certainly I know him now and I would be proud to be related to him in any capacity.

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And so certainly this concludes what's going on in the district of destination.

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Thank you.

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Thank you Mayor, I want to start by giving my appreciation for the recommendation for the TML board to you and my colleagues.

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And recognize Councilmember Alcorn's service on the TML board as she steps down.

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It's a, a lot of work, it's a big organization and Houston, you know, plays a big part in TML.

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She has done a phenomenal job of representing us and want to thank her for her service.

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This past weekend I was able to participate in the first back to school community health fair put on by central Aslan on Harrisburg.

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A few city departments were out there 311 Houston public library and a number of folks that were there to receive backpacks and health screenings and want to thank them for putting that event on.

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It was a pretty hot afternoon, but people were still out there showing up and also the thrust CDC corporation hurting reached universally strengthened totally.

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They had a ceremony where all the youth that participated.

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I was able to go and and visit with them and recognize their achievements.

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It's an outreach ministry committed to empowering youth and inspiring them to be productive members of society.

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We we've worked with them on a back to school event a few weeks ago and now with their.

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Their certificate recognition program that they had this past Saturday and independence heights appreciate all that they do in the community.

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This coming Saturday I'll be partnering with the first ward community we're going to be out.

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Cleaning Crocket Elementary with some landscape being power washing two trimming weeding starting at 830 a.m. as we help get that school ready for students.

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I've done this in a few communities before back to school of excited to be out at Crocket 830 a.m. and there's still a need for volunteers if people would like to to show up and help out.

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Today Mayor I sent a letter to you around the gas station moratorium 90 day pause requesting one I have since received some information around some state laws and regulations that.

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I'm coming to play if Houston were to try and do something like that that was very enlightening to know but also appreciate the commitment from city legal year administration on looking at something that Houston can do.

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I'm going to help protect Houston onions as we have seen a number of these facilities pop up very close proximity.

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Residents and homes and the impact that it's having on communities and look forward to coming to some solution there because we are seeing them all over not just in my district and they are having a direct impact on quality of life.

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And finally to folks that showed up yesterday you know we are coming up on the one year anniversary of evening public session that the first one was an august.

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And we've had some robust attendance at these evening meetings I think that they have achieved the goal of expanding access for people to come.

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And interact with and express their thoughts and opinions to their elected leaders and we are the closest to the people at city council we meet every week and they can come and talk to us.

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They can't always do that with their senators and their congressional representatives their state representatives but they can do that with us and I think that it's important that we continue that.

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I want to end my comments today by lending my voice to the call for the release of the last two witnesses that are still held in Ithaca city victor.

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So I'll go out and I'll go out and I'll go out and I'll go out.

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So that we can have the transparency, the accountability and the facts.

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Thank you for your comments, and thank you for the night sessions. I really enjoy them.

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That's at least a great opportunity to hear from the public.

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Councillor Panser.

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Thank you, Mayor. I want to start this week by stating it was confirmed by D.A. Shantir that this substance is found

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in the Rinsosalgavadaho's van was not indeed drugs, but an electrolite mix for individuals doing hot work out in the Texas sun.

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This is a dangerous precedent, though, being set by government officials making untrue claims.

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And I want to challenge our media partners and also push back on ice to fact check and be honest and ensure that the information getting out is truly accurate.

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This also speaks to ISIS credibility, and we have seen time and time again that they are willing to stretch and push information to fit their own narrative.

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And frankly, we won't stand for that.

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I still demand for ice to be held accountable and for a full and transparent investigation and the releasing of the other two individuals which surely help in that.

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On a brighter note, I will be in Montrose this Saturday at 8 a.m.

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I'm hoping to clean the wall bike lane with some amazing partners. We have bike Houston coming out the near-time Montrose supernabrahood.

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Friends of the Boulevard and the North Montrose civic association.

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Helping to clean our really really important infrastructure like bike lanes.

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And then lastly, I want to congratulate again, Catherine and Marika Stia for being appointed to the Texas Municipal League Board of Directors.

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That's a really impressive achievement, and we're really excited to have you represent Houston.

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Thanks so much.

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Thank you. Councilor.

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Thank you.

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I want to say thank you to Ellie Cunningham, the District G Summer Intern.

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Thank you for spending your summer at City Hall.

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You are an incredible worker and good luck as you return to Baylor in the fall.

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Also, we have some construction going on out west around Ashford Parkway.

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And I've been approached by more than one constituent to tell me how great the construction company has been out there has been working on this job.

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I have to be in the way of deconstruction.

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More than one resident has told me that they're courteous.

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They clean up after themselves.

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They are just loving the work out there.

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So thank you.

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JFT construction.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Did a lot of things last week.

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One of which was attending a supernabrahood meeting in the east and supernabrahood's 45 and 88 combined meeting.

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Greater eastwood and Laundail waste side.

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A number of folks spoke there, including colleague council member Salinas.

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D.A. Sean Tears spoke to the group and updated the group on what's going on with the investigation.

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And I just wanted to highlight, I know a number of people have called for an independent investigation.

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And I want to make sure folks know that what D.A. Tears is doing is an independent investigation.

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He's using his own staff investigators and lawyers to gather as much information as possible.

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And the city is helping with that.

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H.B.D. is providing what support it can.

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I visited with chief D.A. yesterday and he talked about that.

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The help that they're giving to D.A. Sean Tears.

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D.A. Tears indicated that he was satisfied with the help that he's getting from H.B.D.

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So they are working together and I know that in time they will get access to as much information as possible.

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So that if they can present evidence to a grand jury to see if state law violations occurred, they will do that.

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But slowly they are getting access to information, but it's a process.

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And again, I know chief D.A. is doing what he can to help with that.

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So I just wanted to make sure the public knows there is an independent investigation going on being conducted by D.A. Tears.

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He will come to his own conclusions after gathering the facts that are available to him and may in the future be presenting that to a grand jury.

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Last thing I wanted to mention is I wanted to give a shout out to Sally Alcorn doing her civic duty last week serving on a jury.

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One of our criminal juries here in Harris County. She answered her jury summons and showed up and sat all week on a murder trial, which was her second murder trial, I understand.

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And this is important because it is an important civic duty. A lot of folks ignore their jury summons.

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I experienced that when I worked at the courthouse.

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Many times there were times when they were trial set, but you couldn't start trial because they didn't get enough jurors to show up.

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So kudos to you. Sally for showing up and doing your part. Thank you.

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Thank you. And publicly at the congressional hearing.

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Sean here. Remairs said that each day gets better with information due to the fact that the Texas Rangers are involved.

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So we want to encourage that process to go forward in the council member.

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Thank you so much for me to share.

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I learned about the ruling on our program. I was deeply disappointed, but my first thought was about my first thought went to former council member Ernest McGowan.

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And I was just imagining the day when the city celebrated this program and what it meant to the city for opportunity.

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I was thinking of the stakeholders who advocated in support of this. And then I was also thinking about the commentary that I heard and witnessed during the horseshoe as we discussed this as a body.

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And how disappointing some of the comments that were made in the city.

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We both have diversity, but during that moment it was almost as if it were we were creating and us versus them tone in our city and we are better than the national climate.

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So it's definitely disappointing.

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Director Horde is her leadership is unmatched. And I think she has led, of course, with our Mayor Pro Tim, led us through this.

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With the leadership and public communication and setting a standard on what we know as a city we get to do to continue to create that opportunity.

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But yeah, I'm thinking about Ernest McGowan and those who were involved in this and what they set forth and how that's unraveling.

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I also would like to acknowledge our district F in terms, Emin and Ila, can you stand up?

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Eman said it's a Harvard y'all. So she is on her way out. We will not release her into her projects are done. So we have been, I'm extremely blessed with the the two young ladies who have joined us.

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They have been active in Ali votes and so many different civic initiatives throughout the district. So them serving as interns.

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They did not skip a beat. And I just want to thank you for choosing to serve with us this summer.

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Ila will attend Ali Taylor High School as a rising senior and then we will surely see Eman soon as she moves to the East Coast to pursue her education. So thank you so much for that.

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They've led a series of events and another one will have a brick distribution, the old Ali Pennington Library is officially demolished. I want to thank GSD for that.

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I'm getting that building down. Many of you recall the new library has been active in open since 2023.

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And this location will be dedicated to increased drainage detention in the area to protect surrounding neighborhoods from flooding. We have secured 170 commemorative bricks.

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We have a 40 person wait list. So thank you GSD until the hot team for securing those. The distribution will be on Thursday tomorrow July 29 at 3 p.m.

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At the neighborhood center. Want to encourage you to get there. This is a drive through event you should already have an email reminder in your inbox.

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And so I'm listening to meet the plenty store plenty of stories from residents of how they fell in love with libraries reading community connections how they you know secured their first passport because of the library.

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Where the library served as their babysitter because their parents had to work all of those stories is what makes our city so amazing and our public facilities so important in each community.

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I do want to highlight that because of the heat advisory our annual fire canvassing event will be pushed back to August 4th during our annual summer of safety. We've had a series of house fires in Catalina Square Huntington Village and so that will be on August 4th from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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We intentionally knocked doors and neighborhoods and remind individuals about smoke detectors and that Houston fire will install and provide at no cost to take advantage of this so we can make sure that you can keep your home safe and so we will have that happening.

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I want to thank Houston fire for partnering with our office annually again.

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I want to highlight and thank Houston public works. Thank you for moving expeditiously to complete the drainage project on Westwick Drive and Ashton Village.

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You can sneeze on that street and it would flood and so I want to thank you for you could sneeze and it's the water to your knees on the sneeze.

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And so thank you for moving the residents are deeply grateful even with weather delays you were able to get this done and there's more infrastructure projects that are scheduled to come.

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Down the lines I want to thank you for your attention to that on we have about a dozen of so remaining gun locks it was a very successful gun lock distribution and so if you're interested in securing your gun lock.

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This summer as we protect household and families from accessibility to guns please reach out to our office and we'll make sure that that is facilitated as well.

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In addition to that in partnership with outdoor media and Houston swimways club we have a billboard promoting our swim event here we go.

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Look this is me young it's not a eye this is a real photo let me say that first this is this is me thank you our swim event but just you know to bring to the point that of course we're encouraging people to use.

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All of our city pools at no cost to you we have certified live guards Texas has already experienced 44 drownings in the state with nine being within Harris County most of those are happening at apartment complexes or private pools.

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I want to encourage you to take advantage of our city pools where we have trained certified live guards there so you can enjoy swimming as you escape the heated advisory and all throughout the city.

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This is a part of our annual summer of safety event and our theme around the swim event is that drowning is silent but prevention is loud.

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So we are working with the Houston Parks Department to continue to advocate and inform families on how to make sure that they have access to lessons.

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So check this out on West Timer and Highway 6 that's me that's not AI okay and then lastly.

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I just want to for the residents we will have a special call news letter going out outlining all of our public works projects from capital improvement stormwater action.

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Any metro a million projects to council district service funds we have around 20 projects that are delayed in the queue we've passed a couple of contracts at the at this body to move the backlog forward so we are moving in the right step.

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But this special call email will provide you a detailed update of all of the projects so neighborhoods are informed and you know that we are working on your behalf.

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I'll give us some time as additional contracts come to the body so we can make sure we continue to enhance public safety sidewalks panel replacements you name it all of that is in the queue.

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With the priority and so I believe that concludes all of my comments.

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Congratulations Councilmember Castillo you signed up for more free work.

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Free work box lunches you know that's the name of the game and Councilmember Alcoen they never select me as a jurors I don't know why.

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If they get her out of here.

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They get her out of here and then lastly I forgot on August 1st 85d from 8 a.m. to 11 8 a.m. will host there back to school health screening and then you can leave a leave head to the Georgia Brown until 2 p.m.

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where the mayor's hosting kids annual back to school at Georgia Brown so it's a wonderful opportunity from the west side to downtown to secure as many.

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School supplies as possible and then on August 8 we're partnering with the gothic Christian fellowship for their annual back to school as well.

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So Mayor hopefully we'll have some backpacks wink to distribute to our community as well. Thank you.

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Thank you and there be plenty of backpacks. I want to give a shout out to the food bank who help.

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Put the items in the backpack shell all furnished resources and not only is that backpack school but health fair I want to emphasize the opportunity.

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For our district our constituents to get their dental screenings and even equally important as a measles vaccination.

2439
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There is incidents measles we haven't had a crisis but we don't want one so I have people young people to go be vaccinated for measles at Saturday morning George Brown with that anyone else have any up.

2440
03:29:32,000 --> 03:29:38,000
Councilman Castillo be careful who you meet on the municipality.

2441
03:29:38,000 --> 03:29:45,000
The mayor's program was present and missfully when I was a senator so we got to know each other and work and I just mentioned her.

2442
03:29:45,000 --> 03:29:53,000
If you'd tell me then that we'd be sitting next to each other in his hearts you I would have been surprised.

2443
03:29:53,000 --> 03:29:56,000
So thank you take full opportunity to network and.

2444
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Once you sit there all day without being recognized, he shattered me today. He's sharp young man. Long, thank you for being here, stand and be recognized.

2445
03:30:10,000 --> 03:30:28,000
Great, great part of Houston's future. We don't meet next week members who have met again on August 11th at 1.30. But that's it. Everyone be safe and let's go to work. Thank you.

2446
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Thank you.