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THE YEAR 2020 OR IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 2 22, NORTH TENNESSEE ST. FIRST ORDER OF
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BUSINESS WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? THAT IS YOU'RE TO SPEAK. OKAY. THEY JUST APPEARED. JULIE LITTON. AND YOU KNOW THE. YOU KNOW THE PROCEDURE OF ITS STATE. YOUR NAME ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? YES DO YOU WANT ME TO LEAVE MY MASK ON OR TAKE IT OFF? TAKE IT OFF. HE SOUND MUCH BETTER. ALL RIGHT. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? HI. I'M JULIE LEWTON. I LIVE AT 15 16 TEMPORARY DRIVE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE KENNY FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE AND I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THEIR THEIR HOLIDAY TIME. I KNOW THAT I DID. REASON I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU IS TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE IS. IS INTERESTING TO ALL OF US ON TODAY'S AGENDA OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD. I'D SAY A CONTENTIOUS COUNTRY CONTENTIOUS COMMUNITY. WE'VE HAD HEADLINES THAT FOR THIS COUNCIL IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE. WE'VE DESERVED SOME OF THOSE IN BOTH PLACES, AND WE'VE NOT DESERVE SOME OF THOSE IN BOTH PLACES. AND AS I SIT HERE, AND I LOOK AT THIS COUNCIL, I SEE A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING THE KENNY.FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. NOW WE MAY NOT AGREE ON HOW THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I'M SURE THAT WE DON'T BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE GOOD HEART AND THE DESIRE TO BRING THIS COME OF THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD AS DO I. THAT'S WHAT I SEE. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS CITY COUNCIL, HOWEVER, I ALSO SEE SOMETHING AND I'M SURE AS YOU LOOK AMONG YOURSELF, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AVOID LOOKING AT THIS AND NOTICING THIS. I ALSO SEE A COUNCIL. THAT DOES NOT HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM 50% OF THIS COMMUNITY. I DON'T SEE OUR WIVES, OUR DAUGHTERS, OUR SISTERS, OUR AUNTS. OUR MOTHERS. SEE MAIL. AND THAT DOES NOT DIMINISH IN ANY WAY YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY. BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE DIVERSITY OF OPINION AND THOUGHT THE RICH EXPERIENCES THAT FEMALES COULD BRING TO THE CITY COUNCIL. ALSO LOOK AT WHAT USED TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER SHAMBLES SEAT AND I SEE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DIVERSITY. OF RACIAL IN RACIAL MATTERS. WE DON'T HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURE EXPERIENCES.
WE DON'T HAVE DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES. AND SO I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS COUNCIL COULD BE STRONGER. IT COULD BE BETTER. IT COULD HAVE MORRELL POWERING THOUGHTS AND DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCES. AND SO I ASK YOU AS YOU LOOK FORWARD AND YOU CONSIDER WHO YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT TO THE SEAT. I ASK YOU TO FIND SOMEONE OF GOOD HEART. GOOD CHARACTER, GOOD LEADERSHIP SKILLS. BUT I ALSO ASK YOU TO FIND SOMEONE. REPRESENTS ALL OF US WHO OFFERS US THIS DIVERSITY THAT MAKES US ON LEE STRONGER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JULIE. CAMERA. JOHNSON. TIM, I HEARD YOU. CAMERA. HUH? COME BACK TO SEE JOSH. OKAY? IT'S JUST SOME REITERATION OF SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SAID BEFORE THE HOLIDAY, WE PANNED OUT. AT A TIME. HERE WE ARE. THEN DAWN OF A NEW DAY, OUR COUNTRY HAS COME TO ITS SENSES AND DULY ELECTED JOE BIDEN AND CAMILLA HARRIS IS THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD. NATIONALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW DAY ONE FILLED WITH MODELING, EMPATHY, HUMANITY, CARE FOR OTHERS, AND REAL COMMUNITY GROW. PHONE CONVERSATIONS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN TO GET TO A PLACE OF WORKING TOGETHER AND WORKING OUT DIFFERENCES. WE ARE NOT NAIVE ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE PERFECT IMMEDIATELY, BUT CHANGE IS IN THE AIR. WE WILL NO LONGER BE UNDER A REGIME THAT IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM, YOU DON'T MATTER. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT AMERICA REALLY IS ABOUT TO BE GREAT AGAIN, AS ORIGINALLY OFFERED BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. IT SEEMS THAT THIS COUNCIL IS WALKING IN THE STEPPE. WITH THE OUTGOING NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY SOMEONE SPEAKS OR THINKS CHANGE, YOU CHANGE THE RULES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME AND KICKED THEM OUT. THE CITY. THE CITY LEADERSHIP HAS SHOWN THAT THEY RUN THIS CITY AND THE DESIRES OF ONE DISTRICT DISTRICT ONE HAVE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE WHOLE CITY. LOOK AT THE WORK ABOUT TO BEGIN TAKING PLACE VIA THE ONE MCKINNEY 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I SURE HOPE THIS PREFACE IS NOT THE CASE WITH THAT PLAN.
THAT SAME BAD, JUST A TINY BIT THAT THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A CHANGE SLIT IN BY THE CITY AND
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RENAMING THE HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF LEWISVILLE, LIVELY HILL AND ROCK WALL. AND THE DELAY IN RENAMING OF THROCKMORTON STREET. AN ANOMALY IN THE CITY IS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE REPLACEMENT CITY COUNCIL PERSON FOR DISTRICT ONE. IN CONTRAST, WHEN WE ASKED THAT THE OFFENSIVE OPPRESSIVE STATUE BE REMOVED FROM THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE, THERE HAD TO BE AN AD HOC BOARD APPOINTED MULTIPLE MEETINGS IN A CITY WIDE SURVEY TO DECIDE IF A RACIST, TREACHEROUS. TRIP. I'M SORRY, TREASONOUS HISTORICAL FIGURE BE REMOVED FROM PUBLIC VIEW. WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON FOR DISTRICT ONE. THERE'S NO AND HUG BOARD, COMPRISED OF DIVERSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY APPOINTED TO FIGURE IT OUT. NO TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO ASK CONSTITUENTS WHO WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THE REPLACEMENT TO BE? NO SURVEY TO HELP DETERMINE WHO THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOVERN FOR THEM. IN THE CITY LEVEL. THE WHOLE THING HAS TURNED OUT TO BE PRETTY UNFAIR FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE. SUPPOSE THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE BEGAN TO SCREAM THAT THE ELECTION IS UNFAIR AND THAT THERE IS WIDESPREAD WROTE OF FRAUD. THEY BROUGHT US TO THE RESULTS OF TODAY. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT. WHAT ABOUT A RECOUNT? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE ILLEGAL MALE IN THE BALLOTS THAT SHOWED UP IN THE FINAL TALLY? I'LL BET YOU WOULD THINK THAT ABSURD. SAME IS WHAT IS BEING THOUGHT ABOUT THERE BEING AN APPOINTMENT TO DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL WITHOUT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. HAVE NO OTHER ONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SESSION. AND IT IS 2 38. YES, UNDER I'M SORRY. I NEED TO BE SO APOLOGIZE. MM. SECTION 55171 CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY IN ANY WORK SESSIONS, SPECIAL SESSION OR REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT PLACE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION, DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS AS NEEDED. WE ARE TURNED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. R MEETING BACK INTO ORDER. ON OUR AGENDA TODAY WE HAVE WE ALREADY GONE THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENTS.[Consider/Discuss/Act on Appointment of a Council Member pursuant to Home Rule Charter Section 17]
HAVE ITEM NUMBER 201009 CONSIDER. ENACT ON APPOINTMENT OF A COUNCIL MEMBER PURSUANT TO HOME RULE CHARTER SECTION 17. YOU'RE HAUSER. HAVE YOU LISTED AS A PRESENTER? YES, IF YOU'LL JUST. EDUCATE EVERYONE. EVERYONE ON WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE JUST COUNSEL AS WE DISCUSSED LAST MEETING. WE WENT THROUGH THE ELIGIBILITY ISSUES FOR THE COUNCIL AS FAR AS APPOINTING I REMEMBER TOO. THE VACATED SEAT. AS YOU KNOW, THE. SEE THIS BACON, AND FOR THAT REASON WE HAVE THE ITEM TODAY. ANY APPOINTEE THAT YOU WOULD SELECT TODAY WOULD FIRST HAVE TO QUALIFY WITH MISS TRAINS FOR MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN FROM THERE WOULD SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THE EXISTING TERM. DISTRICT ONE WHICH WOULD BE TILL MAY 2021. WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MARK. I KNOW IT'S JUST MAYBE JUST ODDITY. BUT IF THERE IS A RUNOFF, AND THAT PERSON WOULD BE SERVING UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THAT RUNOFF ABSOLUTELY, UNTIL A NEW PERSON IS ACTUALLY SELECTED. HMM. RUNOFF. RIGHT, SO I'LL START THE DISCUSSION.FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT ACTUALLY THE EAST SIDE. I ALWAYS REFER TO THEM AS LEADERS OF THE EAST SIDE OF REFERRED TO HIM THAT WAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES. THAT ARE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. COMING TO MEETINGS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL IN A NUMBER OF ISSUES. SOME. AS IF SOME NEGATIVE AS IT RELATED TO THE COUNCIL. BUT THEY PRIED COMMUNITY LEADERS IF YOU WILL. AND WE HAVE I HAVE ASKED THEM.
I CALLED THEM AND ASKED THEM. TWO, PLEASE GIVE THEIR INPUT ON WHO. THEY BELIEVE WOULD BE A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THEIR DISTRICT. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENGAGED THE EAST SIDE QUITE EXTENSIVELY. AND FROM WHAT I AM TOLD THEY PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE. THEY MET WITH QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND ENDED UP MAKING. RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO CONSIDER KNOWING, OF COURSE, THAT. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT NECESSARILY WHO WOULD BE APPOINTED, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY INPUT THAT WOULD BE VALUED AND CONSIDERED. THE TWO PEOPLE THAT I AM AWARE OF THAT. THAT I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THEY HAD THE HIGHEST REGARD FOR AND FEELING LIKE THEY WOULD REPRESENT THEIR DISTRICT ARE. ANGELA RICHARDSON. WOULD WHO
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PEOPLE IF YOU RECOGNIZE THAT NAME SHE CURRENTLY SERVES ON M. C D. C HAS BEEN A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT ONE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. I BELIEVE UM. SHE'S A WORKS FOR THE FOR THE GOVERNMENT. HAVE AND A MOTHER, SINGLE MOTHER. THE OTHER WAS PASTOR CHRIS THORNTON, WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT. HIS ENTIRE LIFE IS GENERATIONAL FAMILY. UM. DON'T HE'S A PASTOR IS HIS IS HIS OCCUPATION RIGHT NOW. ON GULL TO MOTLEY WHEN THEY GAVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION THEY DECIDED BETWEEN THOSE TWO THEY DECIDED FOR. THEY DECIDE ON CHRIS THORNTON ASKED US TO PLEASE CONSIDER HIM. I BELIEVE EVERYONE HERE HAS RECEIVED EMAILS TO THAT EFFECT. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO NAMES THAT I KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER NAME. ANYONE WANTS TO BRING UP FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME, WE CAN DO THAT. AND SEEN NONE. DISCUSSION ON THEM. I'LL START I HAVE. I'VE KNOWN CHRIS SINCE SIXTH GRADE. AND MY WIFE KNEW HIM SINCE IN FIFTH GRADE WHEN THEY STARTED BUZZING FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE OF MCKINNEY, CHRIS'S. VERY TALENTED INDIVIDUAL. HE'S ONE OF MOST FRIENDLY GUYS YOU'LL EVER WANT TO MEET. HE LOVES MCKINNEY. HE LOVES THE COMMUNITY. UM. WIFE ALREADY GOES BY FIRST LADY, WHICH IS KIND OF FUNNY, SHE SAID, IS BECAUSE OF HIS MINISTERIAL ROLE, BUT SHE AND SHE'S A WONDERFUL LADY THAT WORKS AT MEDICAL CITY. UM. BUT CHRIS IS INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE COMMUNITY. UM, I. I HAVE A GOOD FRIENDSHIP WITH HIM. I TRUST HIM. I THINK THAT HE WOULD. ABSOLUTELY WRECKED, REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE FOR THE FIVE MONTHS THAT HE'S POINTED, I THINK HE'D REPRESENT THEM VERY, VERY WELL. HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK ANGELA'S I WONDERFUL INDIVIDUAL. CERTAINLY RESPECT HER. AND THE COMMITMENT THAT SHE IS MADE IN THE. ON WHAT SHE PUTS INTO THE M C. D. C. BUT I, BUT I TO ASSES THE COMMITTEE. I WOULD CHOOSE CHRIS. I'M JUST A HAIR OVER ANGELA JUST FOR HIM. HANDFUL REASONS, BUT I, BUT I THINK CHRIS IS IT WOULD BE A GREAT ON THIS. THIS COUNCIL. THE COMMENTS. MM HMM. WOULD CERTAINLY DEFER TO THE LEADERSHIP ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE. BUT I'M NOT GONNA CALM THE COMMITTEE. BUT THE FOLKS WHO COMMENTED ON THIS OR PEOPLE THAT I'VE KNOWN AND TRUSTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IF THAT'S THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE CHRIS THORTON AND I WOULD STAND BEHIND THEM, AND I WOULD SUPPORT THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. I'LL JUMP IN THERE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION. I THINK WARM IN OUR MIND, AND WE HAD VOCALLY. TELL THE BACK. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I'M A BIG FAN OF ANGELA'S EYES. BIG FAN OF HAVING A FEMALE VOICE ON THIS. ON THIS ON THIS CITY COUNCIL. I'M HOPING ONE POINT WHEN MY TERMS UP AND I DON'T RUN BY THE FEMALES, MORE FEMALES RUN IN THESE RACES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.THAT'S JUST A FACT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT VOICE. IT'S UP HERE. I KNOW THAT ANGELA DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE HER SPOT ON IN CDC. WE KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN VOCAL SEVERAL TIMES. THAT'S AN UNFORTUNATE POSITION AND THAT. AND THAT PUTS CHRIS IN A POSITION WHERE. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE AND HAVE THE EAST SIDE WHO IS COMPLETELY VETTED. BOTH OF THEM AND THEIR THEIR OPINION WAS THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE HER M C. D. C. POSITION AND SO AFTER SPEAKING OF THEM AND SPEAKING EVERYBODY ELSE, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT CHRIS WOULD BE THE PERSON TO BE IN THE POSITION FOR THE FIVE MONTHS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THE VOID GOING FURTHER, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT A FEMALE OUT THERE IS LISTENING. IS GOING TO RUN FOR DISTRICT ONE BECAUSE WE NEED WE NEED LEADERSHIP THERE. WE WON'T KNOW IF HIS WIFE WOULD BE WILLING TO CHANGE TO SECOND LADY. JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, NOT ALREADY HAVE A FIRST LADY. HE HAD TO WANNA HAVE CONFUSION.
I MUST STAND UP FOR MY WIFE TO SEE HOW LONG SHE SAID THAT FACEBOOK SO. JUST JUST COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS. I THINK MINE PROBABLY ECHO CHARLIE IS A ZOO MUCH AS ANY, BUT I'VE KNOWN ANGELA FOR YEARS AND SHE IS PHENOMENAL. HAVE A HAVE A HARD TIME. SAYING NO TO HER BEING APPOINTED. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE. THIS IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GREAT CHOICE IN THE GREATER CHOICE. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ONE GOOD OR BAD. AND, UH, TO CHARLIE'S POINT. SOME OF THE
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FOLKS THAT WERE. MET AND VISITED WITH BOTH CHRIS AND WITH ANGELA. I SAT DOWN VISIT WITH THEM SEPARATELY. AND JUST KIND OF GETTING THEIR HEART AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE, AND. OTHER APPROACHING THIS AND ALL THAT, AND I THINK. I WOULD LOVE FOR ANGELA TO RUN.I WOULD LOVE FOR ANGELA TONTO. DO. YOU POINT OF WHATEVER BOARD THAT SHE'S QUALIFIED FOR, IN JUST WITH A NUDGE AND IN VIEW OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE DONE THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, MY EDGE WOULD BE TO CHRIS AND IT WOULD BE A SLIGHT EDGE. I'D KINDA LIKE TO REITERATE ALL THE THOUGHTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US. BEFORE MAY THEY'RE TWO REALLY GOOD CHOICES HERE.
BELIEVE ALWAYS. EVERYBODY THAT'S COME UP BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. UM. HAS MENTIONED FROM THE EAST SIDE IS LISTEN TO US. LISTEN TO US. AND SO THIS COMMITTEE MADE A RECOMMENDATION. AND I THINK WE NEED TO LISTEN TO HIM. AND THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT'S INGRAINED IN THAT SIDE OF TOWN. IT'S A LIFELONG RESIDENT. NOT THAT ANGEL WOULDN'T DO A GREAT JOB BECAUSE I KNOW SHE WOULD BUT I'M JUST LEANING TOWARD CHRIS. YEAH. SEEMS TO BE CONSENSUS, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT. PASTOR CHRIS POINT IN. AS THE SEATED MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL. UM. UNTIL UNTIL OUR ELECTION IN MAY OR RUN OFF ELECTION. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND I'LL SECOND THAT. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.
RIGHT MOTION PASSES. HOW'S IT? DO WE HAVE OTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITS WORK SESSION. PROFESSIONALLY. YES SIR. YEAH, SO WE'LL WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
AND I WILL ASK EMPRESS TO GET WITH THE KING. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE POST. YOU NEED A FEW MINUTES. I THINK. EVENT, RIGHT?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.