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GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH YEAR 2023 TO 601 IN THE EVENING. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE AN INDICATION GIVEN BY MAYOR PRO TEM PHILLIPS. AND THEN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IF YOU WOULD STAND PLEASE WITH ME AND THEN JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE AFTER. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY WITH ME. FATHER THIS BODY OF THIS GOVERNMENT COMES TOGETHER ONCE AND TWICE A MONTH, AND WE HEAR PRAYERS FROM MANY MAN AND WOMEN OF ALL FAITHS AND ALL WALKS OF LIFE ASKING FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. FOR EACH OF THE EIGHT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, AND EACH TIME IT'S ASKED OF YOU, YOU DELIVER IT UNCONDITIONALLY AND ABUNDANTLY.
WE COME AND THANKSGIVING FOR YOUR GUNS AND DISCRETION AND ALL MATTERS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US , AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MANY BLESSINGS THAT HAVE COME UPON YOUR GREAT CITY SOLELY BY THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS, SO FIRMLY GRASPED AROUND EACH MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY IN YOUR MIGHTY WORKS THROUGH THE MULTITUDE OF FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOWARDS YOUR WILL. WE GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO THE LDS CHURCH AND THE INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION, GIVING US THE GIVING MACHINE. SO THAT WE MAY SHARE OUR BLESSINGS WITH OTHERS IN NEED. WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR GUIDING HAND UPON OUR POLICE AND FIRE OFFICERS AND CHILDREN THE LOAD AS THEY KEEP PEACE IN OUR CITY AND KEEP US SAFE AND THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS OR SERVICE MEMBERS AT HOME AND ABROAD, AND WE ASKED THESE AND ALL THINGS THROUGH YOUR GREATEST GIFT. JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. AMEN. AMEN. BUNCH OF ALLEGIANCE. DO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WELL NOW HERE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS FOR NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THAT THEIR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS WE HEAR THOSE AT THE TIME OF THOSE BUT THOSE AGENDA ITEMS DO YOU HAVE A. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SHOWING UP YET. ALRIGHT SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS WILL MOVE TO
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CONSENT AGENDA. THESE ITEMS CONSISTENT ON CONTROVERSIAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW, MAYBE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, MAKING SUCH REQUEST PRIOR TO EMOTION AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. IF THERE IS NOT A MOTION TO PULL ONE DOWN, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA SECOND THIS CAST YOUR VOTES. I HAVE NO BUTTON. THERE IT GOES. MOTION PASSES MOVED TO REGULAR[2024 Bond Committee Update and Recommendation]
AGENDA AND PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ITEM 231058 2024 BOND COMMITTEE UPDATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO THANK BOTH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO DID ALL THE WORK AND MARK AND TREVOR WHO HELPED PREPARE ME FOR THIS. THAT IS THE . COMMITTEES COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ASTERIX OR BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SO COMMITTEE SUMMARY APPROXIMATELY 436 MILLION WAS INITIALLY PROJECTED. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED 500 MILLION IS WELL BELOW THE TOTAL BOND CAPACITY THAT TO BE ISSUED OVER 7 TO 10 YEARS ASSUMES A LEVEL ASSESSED VALUATION GROWTH AND ASSUMES NO TAX RATE INCREASE AND BASICALLY WORST CASE SCENARIO. THE BANK COMMITTEE EDITION STREETS AND ROADS, ADDED 53.5 MILLION TO THE 43 436 MILLION IN PARKS AND RECREATION ADDED 11 MILLION MAKING 485.5 MILLION BOND PACKAGE. PARKS AND RECREATION 25 MILLION FOR VARIOUS PARK IMPROVEMENTS. THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE ALL AGREED THAT IT SHOULD GO FROM FOUR PHASES TO ONE. GUIDING NESBITT BALL FIELDS 20,000,060 MILLION FOR MULTI GENERATION RECREATIONAL FACILITY , NEW CONSTRUCTION AND THEN 1 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL PICKET BALL COURTS, VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. PUBLIC SAFETY FAMILY AND FOR DRIVER TRAINING POD. IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN USING FRISCO BUT, UH IT WAS DECIDED WE NEED TO GET
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OUR OWN. SO 5 MILLION FOR THAT. 5 MILLION FOR FUTURE FACILITIES. LAND ACQUISITIONS. 5.5 MILLION FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE REMODEL AND EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH THE SLIDES THAT IS DEFINITELY NEEDED. 12.5 MILLION FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS ON ALMA. 20 MILLION FOR POLICE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING RENOVATION AND PART OF THAT IS A PARKING GARAGE SINCE DURING ONE OF THE HEALTH STORMS THAT WAS OVER $100,000 OF DAMAGE TO POLICE CARS. 22 MILLION FOR FUTURE FIRE STATION. TRANSPORTATION 80 MILLION IN ST EXPANSIONS, 110 MILLION STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS. FOUNDATION FOR TENURE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED 243.5 MILLION IN THIS POND. 36 MILLION FOR MUTING MUNICIPAL COURT FACILITY WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1966, AND THAT INCLUDES LAND ACQUISITION IN PARKING. 30 MILLION FOR PUBLICS WORKS SOUTH CAMPUS. IMPROVEMENTS IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE WATER UTILITIES, WASTEWATER UTILITIES. STREET MAINTENANCE, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND STREET LIGHTNING PROCUREMENT SERVICES AND PARKS, MAINTENANCE. AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IS 485.5 MILLION STREETS, TRANSPORTATION 243.5. PARKS AND RECREATION 106 MILLION PUBLIC SAFETY 70. MUNICIPAL COURT FACILITY. 36 PUBLIC WORKS SOUTH CAMPUS 30 MILLION AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR THE ROYAL HELEN HALL LIBRARY AND MCKINNEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. SO WE'RE AT THIS STEP. AND THAT'S FOR THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. WOULD YOU MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND TELLING US HOW YOU CAME TO THIS LUSTROUS POSITION? I'M DR JOHN PRUDISH BEEN IN MCKINNEY SINCE 1987. AND MR PHILLIPS VOLUNTEERED ME TO DO THIS. AND THEN ALTHOUGH I USUALLY DON'T VOLUNTEER, I VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND DO THIS SO NOT VERY SCARY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. BRITISH AND IF I'M BEING DON'T GET IN PUBLIC VERY OFTEN, IF I MAY. IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOND COMMITTEE HERE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND.THANK YOU ALL. MY FINISHED I DON'T KNOW. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? DO NOT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 23 1059 CONSIDERING ACT ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Griffin/Swinerton, LLC for McKinney National Airport Project AI2353, Hangar/Corp 10 and Customs Facility Subject to the City Attorney’s Approval of the Final Documents.]
EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH GROUP GRIFFIN'S WINTERTON LLC FROM A KIDNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT PROJECT.A I 2353 HANGER CORP 10 AND CUSTOMS FACILITY. HMM. SHOW BARRY IS PRESENTING. HMM. WELL, THERE HE IS. NO. HANGER. HAIR. SORRY I WAS TRYING TO GET THE SOUND ON IN THE LOBBY FOR THE FOLKS OUT THERE. ALRIGHT SORRY I WAS A LITTLE OFF. SO THIS IS THE ITEM FOR MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY. MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO FACILITIES AT THE AIRPORT. THE FIRST WOULD BE A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT. CORPORATE HANGARS SO IT WILL BE LEASED OUT TO CORPORATE AIRCRAFT FOR VARIOUS OWNERS. THE OTHER WOULD BE FOR ABOUT 6500 SQUARE FOOT CUSTOMS BUILDING.
THE CUSTOMS BUILDING WOULD ALSO BE USED. FOR GENERAL AVIATION PURPOSES. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GRIFFITHS WINTERTON, WHO WAS SELECTED THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS OVER A YEAR AGO. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PORTION OF THE PROCESS. AND ONCE WE ARE FINALIZE THIS WILL BE GOING FORWARD AND CONSTRUCTING THOSE TWO FACILITIES. THE NOT TO EXCEED IS JUST UNDER $23.9 MILLION. AND THIS IS THE EXPENDITURE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE C O BOND ISSUANCE IN THE RECENT PAST IN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO. AGAIN VERY YOU'VE ALREADY STATED THIS IS GENERAL AVIATION HAS BEEN A LOT OF LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISCONCEPTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM JUST BECAUSE OF THE RECENT GENERAL OBLIGATION. BOND REFERENDUM THAT WAS ON THE BALLOT IN OUR LAST ELECTION. THIS, OF COURSE, IS GENERAL AVIATION. THIS IS CORPORATE CORPORATE HANGER SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW. AND THE CUSTOMERS FACILITIES FOR OUR CORPORATE TENANTS AND TO BUILD FACILITATE. CONTINUE TO FACILITATE THE CUSTOMS ON CARGO AND WHATNOT
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THAT THAT IS CORRECT THAT THE HANGAR ITSELF IS ADJACENT TO COURT NINE. HANGAR, WHICH IS A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR IS NOT QUITE A MIRROR IMAGE OF IT, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR, AND IT WOULD BE USED IN A SIMILAR FASHION WHERE WE AT LEAST THE SPACE WITHIN THE HANGAR TO VARIOUS AIRCRAFT OWNERS. UM SOMETHING YOU KNOW, WITH THE DEMAND FOR HANGAR SPACE AT THE AIRPORT.THIS IS JUST THE NEXT STEP IN THE GROWTH OF THE SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THE CORPORATE SORRY THAT THE CORPORATE THE CUSTOMS BUILDING IS IN BETWEEN OUR TWO LARGEST CORPORATE HANGARS AT THE AIRPORT, BUT IT WOULD BE UTILIZED BY ALL OF OUR CORPORATE AND CHARTER FLIGHTS AND PRIVATE AIRCRAFT FLIGHTS THAT COME IN FROM INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS SERVICE, JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE WOULD. BUT IT IS IT IS ONLY FOR A G A USE. YES SIR. BARRY WE DO HAVE CUSTOMS GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW. SO WHAT'S THE IMPETUS TO BUILD A NEW CUSTOMS FACILITY TODAY? THE U. S CUSTOMS ARE OPERATING OUT OF OFFICE SPACE IN OUR OLD FBI TERMINAL.
IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PRODDING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION OF AN F I S OR CUSTOMS BUILDING THAT MEETS THE FEDERAL SPECIFICATION. SO THIS RATHER THAN JUST AN OFFICE, THIS NOW HAS THE EQUIPMENT WHERE THEY CAN GO THROUGH LUGGAGE AND OTHER SHIPMENTS ON THE AIRCRAFT BUT ALSO HAS HOLD ROOMS AND ALL THE APPROPRIATE SECURITY MEASURES THAT'S REQUIRED FOR US TO CONTINUE HAVING CUSTOMS AT THE AIRPORT. SO IS IT STAFF'S OPINION THAT IF WE WERE NOT TO DO THIS OR SOMETHING MUCH LIKE IT, WE MIGHT LOSE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT INTERNATIONAL ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND PERHAPS JEOPARDIZE. THE OCCUPANCY OF SOME OF OUR MAJOR CLIENTS BUT BY VIRTUE OF NOT HAVING CUSTOMS THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. VERY EACH AND ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING WITH US HERE TONIGHT, WHERE THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING AT A WORK SESSION AND YOU SPENT PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR, EDUCATING US AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON H AND ALL OF THESE ITEMS IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. PUBLIC HEARING WAS ON THE ISSUANCE OR THE BOND PARAMETERS FOR THE CEOS THAT WERE ISSUED. THEY HAVE BEEN ISSUED. THE MONEY IS IN HAND. AND THIS IS THE CONTRACT FOR WHICH THOSE BONDS WERE DRIVED AND YOU WERE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS THAT THAT POINT IN TIME, BOTH FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. YES, SIR. THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN COVERED, ADD NAUSEAM.
IT FEELS THAT WAY, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. VERY THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR MAYOR. IF I MAKE MAYOR COUNCIL REAL QUICK, THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU MAKES THE AGREEMENT EXECUTION OF THE OF THE AGREEMENT CONTINGENT UPON THE CITY MANAGERS AND CITY ATTORNEY'S FINAL APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT WERE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT. WE HAVE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE THAT WE HAVE IN HAND, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME OF THE DEAL POINTS TRYING TO HAMMER OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO ANY HICCUPS FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD. THIS MOTION WOULD BE UM WOULD HAVE THAT CRITERIA IN IT THAT IT IS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY. YES SIR. IT IS SPELLED OUT IN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF. YES. PROMOTION. MR BERRY MOVED THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 23-1059 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF SECOND IT'S CAST YOUR VOTES. PASSES ITEM 230008 AND TO
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act Amendments to the ONE McKinney 2040 Comprehensive Plan, Including Minor Updates to the Master Thoroughfare Plan; and Accompanying Ordinance]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ACT. AMENDMENTS TO THE ONE MCKINNEY 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, INCLUDING MINOR UPDATES TO THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE, THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. JENNIFER ARNOLD, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AS YOU READ. THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH IS CONTAINED WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. HERE WE GO, WAS ADOPTED WITH THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TEXT DOT HAS BEEN CONDUCTING A U. S. 380 CORRIDOR BYPASS STUDY EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY DID FILE THEIR RECORD OF DECISION TO SOLIDIFY THAT ALIGNMENT. AND THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT SIMPLY INCORPORATES THAT ALIGNMENT AND THE DESIGNATION OF 380 AS A REGIONAL HIGHWAY IN OUR MTP OR MASTER. THIRD FAIR PLAN. SO FOR YOU ON THE SCREEN, WE DO HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM WHERE THOSE CHANGES OCCURRED. AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, WITH THE REDESIGNATION AND LOCATION OF US 380. THERE ARE SOME OTHER SHIFTS AND MOVEMENTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WITH THE CORRESPONDING ARTERIALS THAT INTERSECT WITH THAT. NEW ALIGNMENT SO PREDOMINANTLY WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE. HERE IS THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION OF US 380 WOULD BE REDESIGNATED FROM A REGIONAL HIGHWAY TO AN ARTERIAL AND THE NEW ALIGNMENT, WHICH IS,[00:15:02]
UM OVER TIME. IT'S BEEN CALLED THAT BYPASS ALIGNMENT. COMING THROUGH HERE, ALONG WITH THIS BIRTH 399 EXTENSION WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS REGIONAL HIGHWAYS. ALL OF THE OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU SEE AGAIN OR TO REFLECT THAT NEW ALIGNMENT AND DESIGNATION OF THOSE HIGHWAYS AND ALSO ANY COMPLETED ALIGNMENT STUDIES OR MASTER THIRD FAIR PLANTS FROM THE COUNTY THAT HAVE SHIFTED AND MOVED ALIGNMENTS. UM, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES TO OUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES ASSOCIATED CHANGES TO OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AS WELL. WE RECOGNIZE THAT TONIGHT. WE'RE NOT BRINGING THOSE FORWARD . WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET THESE MTP AMENDMENTS ON THE BOOKS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL BE COMING UP EARLY NEXT YEAR WITH ANY ASSOCIATED LAND USE CHANGES THAT WOULD THAT MIGHT NEED TO ACCOMPANY THIS AFTER DOING A GOOD AMOUNT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING ANY LAND USE CHANGES APPROPRIATELY. UM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS AMENDMENT AT THEIR LAST MEETING AND HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL IS OBVIOUSLY RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS WELL. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER SAYS THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND THIS CAST YOUR VOTES.[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “AG” - Agricultural District to “C3” - Regional Commercial District, Located on the Southeast Corner of State Highway 5 (McDonald Street) and Harry McKillop Boulevard, and Accompanying Ordinance]
PUSHING PASSES ITEM 23010802 CONDUCTED PUBLIC HERE AND YOU CONSIDER AN ACTION REQUEST TO REZONE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO SEE THREE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF STATE HIGHWAY FIVE. AND HARRY MCKILLOP BOULEVARD AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR MAYOR. AND AS YOU NOTED, THIS IS REQUEST OF REZONED THE PROPERTY. YOU ALL MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS PROPERTY HAS ATTRACTIVE LAND OWNED BY A MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THEY ARE COMING FORWARD TO REQUEST REZONING FROM THE G AGRICULTURE DISTRICT TO THE C THREE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE TRACT ITSELF SITS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HARRY MACKILLOP IN STATE HIGHWAY FIVE.IT'S ABOUT 40 ACRES IN SIZE, AND THE REQUESTED REZONE WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL USES ALL WITHIN OUR STANDARD C THREE. ZONING DISTRICT STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST. IT DOES ALIGN WITH THE DESIGNATION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CORRESPONDS TO THE DESIGNATIONS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I SHOULD SAY. AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS ALSO CONSIDERED THE ITEM AND IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER. THE APPLICANT HERE IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL. THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS. THE COUNCIL CERTAINLY DO NOT HAVE TO. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL SCOTT MCMANN HERE WITH NORTH TEXAS NATURAL SELECT MATERIALS ON BEHALF OF THE NBC AND NORTH TEXAS NATURAL MATERIALS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE REZONE. UM. THANK YOU FOR COMING . THE MY UNDERSTANDING ON THIS IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME KIND OF A RETAIL OR. BUT NOT AN INDUSTRIAL USE FOR THIS SOME KIND OF OFFICE OR WAREHOUSE TYPE THING. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. CAN YOU BEAR DESCRIBE THAT? WELL SIR , WE'RE ONLY ROAMING NOW LOOKING AT THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY, BUT WE'VE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE CONVENIENCE STORE RETAIL STRIP CENTERS MORE MORE ALONG THOSE THOSE E THREE USES THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE ZONING . OKAY, NOT INDUSTRIAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE QUESTION. THANK YOU, SIR. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SORRY. ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISLAND? OKAY? QUESTION. YEAH I JUST HAD A BRIEF QUESTION LIKE WOULD THIS ZONING BE ANYWHERE RELATED TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AROUND IT? THIS IS RIGHT NOW. A REQUEST TO RESIGN THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTY. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ADAM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO. I'D LIKE YOU TO FILL OUT A CARD AND UM, AND SPEAK TO IT OFFICIALLY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO OKAY? IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? HERE.
WELL, ANYBODY'S TIMES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW IN IN A MINUTE. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. SPEAK TO THE ITEM OF YOU HAVE A CONCERN ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. YOU CAN ADDRESS IT, OKAY? MR MAYOR. CAN I MAKE A REMARK? SURE MA'AM, THAT IT'S OVER. YOU KNOW THAT WE DO THINGS IN A CERTAIN ORDER HERE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS HARRY MCKILLOP AND HIGHWAY FIVE ON THE NORTH END OF THIS PECAN GROVE CEMETERY. WHEN YOU THIS IS FLOODPLAIN, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO HOMES THERE. IF YOU GO TO THE EAST A LITTLE BIT. IT'S THE OLD
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OLD OLD CITY DUMP. IF SOMEONE DUG THAT UP, THEY FIND SOME MILD STUFF IN THERE FROM THE 19 NINETIES. THERE'S NO HOMES THERE. THERE WON'T BE. THIS IS REALLY LANDED IS BEING RECLAIMED FROM FROM THE FLOODPLAIN TO BE PUT BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. PROMOTION, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IMPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND HE'S CAST YOUR VOTES.ALRIGHT MOTION PASSES. UM NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE CITIZEN COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE
[CITIZEN COMMENTS on Matters not on the Agenda]
AGENDA. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW A MINUTE AND A HALF FOR EACH PERSON TO COME UP AND SPEAK SO WE CAN HEAR EVERYBODY THAT IS THAT HAS COME TO SPEAK. BUT BEFORE DOING SO. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY LEAVE AND I WANTED TO ASK MAYOR PRO TEM ABOUT HIS SCARF BECAUSE THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND IT TONIGHT, MR MARY, THIS IS THE LIGHT WORLD GIVING MACHINES SCARF THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME TODAY AS A GIFT FROM THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AS THEY PRESENTED THE GIVING MACHINES TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND IN FRONT OF IS IT LOCAL YOKEL OUTFITTERS DIRECTLY DOWN THE STREET ON TENNESSEE? THERE ARE THREE MACHINES IN FRONT OF IT, AND THERE ARE VENDING MACHINES AND THEY ALLOW YOU TO GO AND GIVE TO YOUR FAVORITE CHARITY EASE BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHARITY EASE. AND IT IS A TREMENDOUS WAY TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ABOUT GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE IN NEED. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS WAS AN INTERFAITH, UH, ORGANIZATION PUTTING THIS ON AND WE HAD A BAPTIST MINISTER, GIVE THE INVOCATION AND WE HAD A VERY WONDERFUL LETTER READ FROM THE ISLAMIC SAYS YEAH, SHIN IN SUPPORT OF THE GIVING MACHINE, AND MCKINNEY IS IN COMPETITION WITH DALLAS. FOR WORTH AND HOUSTON, SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES TO OUR SOUTH TO SEE WHO CAN OUT GIVE US AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PLACE ON THE PLANET THAT GIVE US MORE THAN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO PLEASE COME OUT. DO YOUR SHOPPING AND DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AND STOPPED BY THE GIVING MACHINE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO OTHERS. HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS, MR MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE GIVING MACHINE AS WELL TODAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE AND THERE'LL BE A TIMER THAT YOU CAN WATCH ON EITHER SCREEN. LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR EVERYBODY SO PLEASE ABIDE BY THE TIME THERE WILL BE A BELL THAT SIGNALS IF YOU GO OVER UM AND I'LL TRY TO PRONOUNCE EVERY NAME RIGHT? BUT I'M LOOKING AT SOME. I MAY I MAY GET WRONG AND I APOLOGIZE ON THE FRONT SIDE. UM ZAYED ABUNDANCE SORA YES. CLOSE CLOSE. CLOSE CLOSE. I'M HAPPY TO CORRECT UM, SO MY NAME IS ZIAD ABU NOCERA. I LIVE ON ASHLEY LAND IN FRISCO. JUST NEXT DOOR TO MCKENNY. I'M HERE QUITE OFTEN. SO PEACE BE UPON ALL OF YOU, AS WE SAY TO PEOPLE AND THE ISLAMIC FAITH. UM THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE. RIGHT? WE HAVE CITIZENS, ENGAGING PEOPLE DISCUSSING THE ISSUES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THEM. UM AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY WE LOVE THIS COUNTRY. THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND SO UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING, I THINK IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES. UM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS. TYPICALLY CONTROLLED BY SUPER PACS. YOU KNOW THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, INDUSTRIES AND IN OUR CASE, SOMETIMES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN INFLUENCE FOREIGN POLICY. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THE LATEST POLLS SHOW THAT OVER 60% OF AMERICANS ARE ASKING FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA, HOWEVER, JOE BIDEN, CONGRESS AND THE SENATE HAVE GIVEN NETANYAHU AND THE APARTHEID REGIME IN ISRAEL UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT AND IT'S BRUTAL BOMBING CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE 2 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE 10 MILE SQUARE RADIUS IN GAZA. YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY WE'RE APPROACHING A CITY COUNCIL. UM IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. WE'RE NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF CONGRESS. WE'RE NOT GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, SO WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE[00:25:03]
OUR VOICES HEARD AND FOR US TO PUT PRESSURE ON OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. UM I THINK I'M OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT. I WANT TO INCREASE IT TO TWO MINUTES.THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TIME. I DON'T FEEL THAT WAS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION. I APOLOGIZE THAT I WAS SHORT SIGHTED IN THE BEGINNING. NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. I APPRECIATE IT. UM OUR PROPHET PEACE BE UPON HIM SAYS THAT IF SOMEONE OF YOU SEES EVIL, THEY SHOULD CHANGE IT WITH THEIR HANDS AND IF THEY CAN'T DO SO THEY SHOULD CHANGE IT WITH THEIR TONGUES. AND IF THEY CAN'T DO SO, THAT AT LEAST HATED IN THEIR HEARTS. AND THAT IS THE WEAKEST OF FAITH. SO WE ASK YOU A COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLEASE DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND AT LEAST IN YOUR HEART KNOW THAT IT'S WRONG. AND IT'S NOT FAIR FOR 10,000 PLUS CHILDREN TO BE BRUTALLY MASSACRED IN GAZA WHILE THEIR MOTHERS DON'T HAVE THE BASIC NEEDS THE BASIC HYGIENE, UH THEIR FATHERS AREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE SUSTENANCE FOR THE FAMILIES WHILE THE U. S. AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE GIVING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ISRAEL. THANK YOU. ARE OBTAINED. MHM. STEAM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN MCKINNEY. COMMUNITY THAT VALUES HUMAN LIFE AND JUSTICE. THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LIVED UNDER OCCUPATION FOR DECADES IS DIRE. AND GAZA OVER 16,000 HAVE BEEN KILLED WITH 7000 OF THOSE CHILDREN AND MANY JOURNALISTS. THEN THERE IS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT AS A COUNSELOR, EDUCATOR AND LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR. I KNOW THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF THIS SITUATION IS PROFOUND AND WILL BE FOR YEARS TO COME. THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE AND DECISIONS OF GOVERNMENTS, COUPLED WITH A PERCEIVED LACK OF EMPATHY FOR HUMAN LIFE THAT VIEWS THE LIVES OF PALESTINIANS AS LESS THAN THE LIVES OF AN ISRAELI HAVE ONLY DEEPENED OUR DISTRESS. LIKE MANY I HAVE BEEN WITNESSING HEARTBREAKING REALITIES ENTIRE FAMILIES BEING ERASED FROM CIVIL REGISTRIES.
IMAGES OF PALESTINIAN BABIES BOMBED PREMATURE BABIES LEFT WITHOUT MEDICAL CARE. AND HOMES OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS TARGETED AND DESTROYED. THESE HORRIFIC SIGHTS ARE TOO MUCH TO BEAR. IN RECENT WEEKS, THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS HAVE PEACEFULLY PROTESTED, CALLING FOR AN END TO THIS CONFLICT AND ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE. HOWEVER THESE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN UNFAIRLY CHARACTERIZED AS QUOTE UNQUOTE HATE RALLIES, FURTHER MARGINALIZING MANY AMERICANS AND UNDERMINING THEIR LEGITIMATE CALL FOR PEACE. MISREPRESENTATIONS ONLY SERVED TO POLARIZE OUR COMMUNITY. FURTHER IT'S CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PALESTINIAN FLAG AND PALESTINIAN FAILURE OR SCARF REPRESENT A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE, NOT TERRORISM. IN LIGHT OF THESE ISSUES. WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE A STATEMENT THAT CALLS FOR A CEASEFIRE AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE PAIN BEING FELT BY MUSLIMS AND PALESTINIANS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY, YOUR VOICE AND ACTIONS ARE CRITICAL AND ENSURING JUSTICE AND PEACE. FOR ALL WE TRUST THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS REQUEST AND RESPOND WITH URGENCY AND COMPASSION. IT DESERVES. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. CHILDREN. HI MY NAME IS ANISA. CHILL MERON. I GREW UP IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. UM MY PARENTS STILL LIVE HERE. I LIVE IN PLANO. I'M AN ARAB AMERICAN AND A VERY PROUD ONE. I'M HAPPY, ROCKY, HALF SYRIAN MY MOM IS CHRISTIAN. MY DAD IS MUSLIM. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I FALL. I'M STILL FIGURING THAT OUT. I DON'T COME HERE REPRESENTING THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. I COME HERE REPRESENTING HUMANITY. UM I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU GUYS KNOW, BECAUSE THE MEDIA IS COMPLICIT IN HIDING ALL OF THE FACTS ON THIS ISSUE. BUT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BECAUSE $3 BILLION A YEAR TO ISRAEL IN MILITARY AID, THEY SAY IT'S AIDS ITS MILITARY AID IN THE FORM OF BOMBS. ISRAEL ALSO HAS AN IRON DOME THAT WE FUND SO IF WE'RE HERE WANTING TO DEFEND ALL HUMAN LIFE, DEFEND JEWISH SAFETY.
DEFEND PALESTINIAN LIVES DEFEND EVERYBODY. WE DO NOT NEED TO BE SENDING MONEY IN THE FORM OF BOMBS TO ISRAEL ANYMORE. IT IS NOT NECESSARY. UM I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I TRIED TO LOOK UP THE NUMBERS ON HOW MUCH OF OUR TAX DOLLARS GO TO ISRAEL JUST FROM MCKINNEY. I GOT IT FROM A SOURCE CALLED US CPR .COM. I DON'T KNOW HOW FACTUAL THAT IS. BUT THEIR ESTIMATE IS $2.4 MILLION, ROUGHLY AN AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT GO TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN THE FORM OF BOMBS. IN THE TIME SINCE OCTOBER, 7TH THE TOTAL BOMB FORCE. OKAY ON DROPPED ON GAZA, WHICH, AS SOMEONE STATED IS ABOUT A 10 MILE. TINY SQUAD OF LAND. IS ABOUT TWO ATOMIC BOMBS WORTH OF TONNAGE. PLEASE. PLEASE. I'M PLAYING WITH THIS COUNCIL. TO INVESTIGATE. WE ARE TAXPAYERS
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ARE GOING WHAT DOLLAR IS GOING TO ISRAEL AND MAKE IT STOP? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.AND YES, WAITER. RESPECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DANIEL, THE WAITER. I AM A HUSBAND, PALESTINIAN AMERICAN BORN AND RAISED HERE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. MY GRANDPARENTS ARE SURVIVORS OF THE FIRST NICOBAR, WHICH TRANSLATES TO THE CATASTROPHE. IT'S BEEN 69 DAYS AND 75 YEARS. I AM STANDING HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU THAT YOU MUST PLEAD FOR AN END TO THE KILLING OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND TO HELP CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE. MY TAX DOLLARS SHOULD GO TO FUNDING CITY PROJECTS, NOT THE DEATH OF MY FAMILY. I FOUND MYSELF. RESORTING TO USING OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA APPS LIKE FACEBOOK MESSENGER JUST TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY FAMILY. THEIR ACTIVITY STATUS ON THESE APPS HAS BECOME A LIFELINE. I'M ASSUMING MANY OF YOU ARE MARRIED OR HAVE KIDS IMAGINE KISSING YOUR LOVED ONES GOODBYE AS THEY ARE GOING OFF TO SCHOOL OR WORK, NOT KNOWING THAT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE THEM. THAT IS THE REALITY OF PALESTINIANS EVERYDAY. I SEE THERE'S CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. DID YOU KNOW THAT CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM IS CANCELED? THIS DECISION SPEAKS VOLUME. IT IS A DESPERATE PLEA FOR THE WORLD TO RECOGNIZE THIS GENOCIDE. THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS WOULD DO IF HE WAS ALIVE, SEEING HIS OWN PEOPLE BRUTALLY MURDERED. ISRAEL HAS BEEN FIGHTING PALESTINE FOR 75 YEARS NOW USING ADVANCED WEAPONS AND AMERICANS FINANCE AMERICA'S FINANCIAL AID AGAINST THE COUNTRY THAT HAS NO ARMY, NO WEAPONS, NO MONEY AND NO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT MANAGED TO WIN. JUST PLEASE REMIND YOURSELF NO ONE CAN EVER BE A NATION THAT IS PROTECTED BY GOD. SO PLEASE STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. THANK YOU. YOUR SHOT. HMM. DO I JUST START? OKAY? UM GOOD EVENING. A SUMMER LEAGUE ON PEACE BE WITH YOU. MY NAME IS TALIA AND I WILL BE SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY, BOTH AS A RESIDENT AND AN EDUCATOR BASED RIGHT HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO JOIN THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR THE COMPLETE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, STARTING WITH AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. I STAND HERE TODAY AS AN EDUCATOR WHO VEHEMENTLY REJECTS THE ANTI PALESTINIAN RACISM THAT IS SPEWED BY OUR MEDIA AND OUR CLASSROOMS AND POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS LIKE THIS ONE. THE RACISM THAT ALLOWS US TO BELIEVE THAT THE CHILDREN BEING BRUTALLY SLAUGHTERED IN RAISA ARE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE CHILDREN THAT I TEACH RIGHT HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I REJECT AND I URGE YOU TO REJECT THE WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEA THAT MY CLASSROOM AND THE CHILDREN WITHIN IT ARE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE CLASSROOM IN GAZA AND THE CHILDREN WITHIN IT, WHO WERE SHOT TO DEATH EXECUTION STYLE BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY. I REJECT AND I URGE YOU TO REJECT THE WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEA THAT THE PARENTS HERE IN TEXAS ARE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE PARENTS IN GAZA WHO COLLECT THE BLOODIED AND SCATTERED LIMBS OF THEIR CHILDREN IN PLASTIC BAGS LIKE THIS ONE AFTER THEY ARE BOMBED BY BOMBS MADE RIGHT HERE IN DFW PAID FOR BY OUR TAX DOLLARS. I AM HERE TODAY, NOT BECAUSE I WANT PALESTINE TO BE FREE. I AM HERE BECAUSE I KNOW JUST AS I KNOW THAT THE SUN WILL RISE TOMORROW THAT GAZA TOO WILL RISE . I KNOW JUST AS I KNOW THAT THE SKY IS BLUE AND THE GRASS IS GREEN THAT PALESTINE WILL BE FREE. I KNOW THAT THE DAY OF LIBERATION FOR PALESTINIANS IS COMING JUST AS IT HAS COME FOR COUNTLESS OTHER COLONIZED AND OPPRESSED AND OCCUPIED PEOPLE.
WHEN THE DAY OF LIBERATION FOR PALESTINIANS COME, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT MY CITY OF MCKINNEY AND MY COMMUNITY HERE IN MCKINNEY STOOD PROUDLY AND BRAVELY WITH THE OPPRESSED CEASEFIRE NOW, THANK YOU. ELLA OR SHOT. I SAID IT FIRST. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS ISLA. I'M A RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I LIVE IN ONE OF THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES.
I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE I WAS 13. I'M ALSO AN ATTORNEY AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE TEXAS BAR ASSOCIATION TODAY. I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO INTRODUCE AND PASS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN
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UNCONDITIONAL, IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASE FIRE. I WAS PLEASED TO FIND THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS A DOCTOR AS WELL AS MANY HUMANITARIANS THAT ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, ALL PROUD CHRISTIANS ESPOUSING GREAT CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT I AS A MUSLIM SHARE. THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND PROVE THAT YOU ARE NOT A HYPOCRITE AND WOULD STAND WITH THE GOD WHOSE BIRTH YOU CLAIM TO BE CELEBRATING THIS SEASON. WHO IF HE WAS BORN TODAY WOULD BE BLOWN TO BITS OR STARVE TO DEATH BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THE FOLLOWING RECOLLECTION IS FROM A BRITISH RED CROSS SURGEON IN GAZA. THE WORDS OF PALESTINIANS SHOULD BE HEARD.BUT THE WORDS OF THIS SURGEON I RELATE TO YOU. HE WITNESSES A BADLY BURNED TODDLER SCREAMING FOR HIS MOTHER AND SCREAMING BECAUSE DOCTORS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PAINKILLERS. TO RELIEVE HIS SUFFERING AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY WHOSE BRAIN IS EXPOSED BORN BY ISRAEL DAMAGED PARTS OF HIS GOAL, A TEENAGE GIRL, HER EYES SURGICALLY REMOVED BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE BONE IN HER FACE IS SMASHED. A THREE YEAR OLD DOUBLE AMPUTEE WHOSE SEVERED LIMBS ARE LAID IN A PINK BOX NEXT TO HIM, AND IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE STENCH OF ROTTING FLESH AS MAGGOTS CREEP OUT OF UNTREATED WOUNDS, AND I REMIND YOU THAT ALL OF THESE SURGERIES ARE HAPPENING WITHOUT ANESTHESIA WITHOUT PAINKILLERS. THE WORLD WILL ONE DAY LOOK BACK AT THE TREATMENT OF PALESTINIANS AND WONDER IN SHOCK HOW WE LET IT HAPPEN, JUST AS WE DO FOR THE GENOCIDE AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS FOR SLAVERY FOR THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA FOR APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE HOLOCAUST, THE LIST IS ENDLESS. US CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE POLITICAL POWER AND I ASK THAT YOU STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I ASK THAT YOU ALL INTRODUCE AND PASS A RESOLUTION DENOUNCING THE VIOLENCE THIS GENOCIDE. STAND AGAINST APARTHEID AND CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE. MOUSSA ABU DHABI'S.
GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR. STEADY COUNCILS. MY PLEASURE IS TO BE HERE. I HEARD ME ANOTHER SEVEN MCKINNEY SINCE 1986. AND I DO SERVE IN THE MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT. CITIZENS PATROL AS A VOLUNTEER. I LOVE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY SPOKE MOST OF MY LIFE HERE. BUT I DID COME FROM THE REGION WHERE THE WAR IS MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN GAZA. MY DAD WAS 20 MILES ON THE SOUTH. THEY GOT MARRIED IN 1947 AND 1948. THERE WAS PUSHED OUT BECAUSE OF THE WAR. THE IMMIGRATED TO JORDAN'S I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN JORDAN'S UNTIL I WAS 19. AND I MOVED TO THE STATES. AND I CAME HERE TO IMPROVE THE LIFE OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. AND I AM PROUDLY TO DO BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS WAR THAT HAPPENS. NOW IT'S KILLING WHAT'S LEFT OF OUR ANCESTORS. I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN GRANDPARENTS THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN AND UNCLES AND ANSWER. I NEVER SEEN AND NOW THAT THE CENTER FOR THEM IS DEMOLISHING WITH THIS WATER. I HAVE RECEIVED THE NEWS. TWO OR THREE DAYS AGO, ONE OF THEIR HOUSES WAS BOMBED. THREE FAMILIES LIVED IN THAT HOUSE. WE STILL DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM SURVIVED. RESUMING MAJORITY HAS ALREADY PASSED. IF THIS WORD DOES NOT STOP WE'RE GOING TO LOSE. OUR ANCESTORS. OUR FAMILIES. THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. WHO ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE DEATH. AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES AND GO SIT AND CAMPS. UNDER MISERABLE CONDITIONS. WITH NO BASIC LIFE NECESSITIES. THIS WATER NEEDS TO STOP. AND WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT CAN DO IT. OUR VOICE NEEDS TO BE RAISIN AND WE NEED TO UNITE INTO STOP THE SHIP, STOP THE DESTRUCTION AND LET THE PEOPLE LIVE. THE LEFT. LET LET'S SEE FATHER CEASEFIRE ME AMONG ALL THE CITIES IN THE US. THANK YOU. LOBBY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NOR WADI. I'M A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN ATTORNEY WHO MOVED TO MCKINNEY IN THE SUMMER OF 2022. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RAISING MY FAMILY HERE. UM I'M HERE SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT TO URGE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN APPROVAL RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE AND WAS I KNOW WE HAVE SENT A PDF VERSION BY EMAIL BEFOREHAND, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL. WHY MCKINNEY? YOU KNOW WHAT DOES WHAT'S HAPPENING OVERSEAS HAVE TO DO WITH US HERE? WE HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATES, DON'T WE? UNFORTUNATELY MCKINNEY IS NOT A NEUTRAL OBSERVER IN THE GENOCIDE THAT ISRAEL IS COMMITTING IN GAZA. BEFORE I EXPLAIN WHY I WANTED TO GIVE SOME QUICK FACTS STARTING WITH WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE OCTOBER. 7TH 2023. ISRAEL HAS REPORTEDLY DROPPED
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29,000 MUNITIONS ON GAZA THAT'S ROUGHLY 500 BOMBS PER DAY. AND THE TYPES OF THESE BOMBS MAKE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS ATROCITY SO MUCH WORSE. 90% OF THE BOMBS DROPPED ON THIS 25 BY FOUR MILE STRIP OF LAND AND JUST THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF ISRAEL'S MOST RECENT ASSAULT CAMPAIGN ON GAZA HAVE BEEN 1000 TO £2000 BOMBS. THESE ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS BUNKER BUSTER BOMBS AND THEIR LEVEL OF DESTRUCTION, PARTICULARLY IN A DENSELY POPULATED AREA, LIKE GAZA IS UNPARALLELED. SO WHAT TIES MCKINNEY INTO THAT? WELL IF WE TRACE BACK THESE BUNKER BUSTER BOMBS THESE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MUNITIONS FALLING DAILY. WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT THE ROAD LEADS IN PART. 2 25 01 WEST UNIVERSITY, DR. HERE IN MCKINNEY , TEXAS, AND I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY OF THE CAMPUS OF RAYTHEON. ACCORDING TO THE FC RAYTHEON MAKES MISSILES, BOMBS, FIGHTER JETS AND MORE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AFTER GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS SHOWING THAT RAYTHEON IS PROFITING OFF OF THE DEATH THAT WE ARE DESCRIBING FOR YOU HERE TODAY, AND SO ALL THIS TO SAY, OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. OUR HOME IS THE BEGINNING OF A PIPELINE THAT ENDS IN GENOCIDE AND DESTRUCTION AND SO MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY THAT'S PASSED THE CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION. MCKINNEY HAS A SPECIFIC DUTY. AND MORAL OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.CLEAN WATER. IN THE NAME OF GOD. THE MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS HONEY AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PALESTINE LOCAL CHAPTER. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO INTRODUCE AND APPROVE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. WHAT'S HAPPENING, RAZA? DOES THE CITY THAT VOTE ON NO NEAR NEW ON NO NEW AIRPORT IN TOWN BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AND TRAFFIC WILL CAUSE IMAGINE THE HORRENDOUS NOISES THE INNOCENT FAMILIES SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM FACING. AIRSTRIKE AFTER AIRSTRIKE SINCE OCTOBER 7TH MY 77 DAY TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE. THAT'S 67 DAYS OF INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEING MURDERED. JUST SEVEN DAYS IN WHICH ISRAEL HAS BARRED THE ENTIRE HOUSE OF STRIP FROM FOOD AND WATER. 610 DAYS IN WHICH KIDS HAVE BEEN MISSING SCHOOL. LESSONS ARE UNABLE TO LIVE. ISRAEL IS GUILTY OF GENOCIDE.
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MY COUNTRY FOR BACKING ON A FEDERAL LEVEL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO NATION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. INSTEAD, THE USA IS FUNDING OF THIS GENOCIDE. AMERICANS WITH GOOD CONSCIOUS DON'T AND WON'T SUPPORT THE ATTACKS ON GAZA.
ISRAEL IS CARPET BOMBING THE STRIP. ONE CHILD IS KILLED EVERY 15 MINUTES. ISRAEL HAS KILLED MAIN JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING AMERICAN TRINA BUCKLER. ISRAEL HAS BOMBED THIRD OLDEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD, MULTIPLE HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS. IT'S USED WHITE PHOSPHORUS AS A WEAPON OF WAR, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIME. UM, ISRAEL'S CRIMINAL WAR. MAJOR HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP HAVE DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE THAT ISRAEL IS AN APARTHEID STATE. ISRAEL IS GUILTY OF GENOCIDE.
WHAT SIDE OF HISTORY. WE WILL WE BE ON I DON'T BURKE IS QUOTED AS SAYING. THE ONLY THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS THAT GOOD MEN DO NOTHING. LET'S NOT HAVE MCKINNEY BE A PART OF THE COMPLICITY. OR ENABLEMENT OF THIS EVIL. URGENT FULLER AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. TO JOIN CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE. BECAUSE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, AND AMERICA DOES NOT STAND FOR THE MURDER AND DESTRUCTION OF INNOCENT LIFE.
OWNER, ABU SIDE. DID YOU REPEAT THE NAME AGAIN? OH, HI. MY NAME IS MONA. I WOULD SAY IT ACTUALLY HAD NOT REQUESTED TO SPEAK BECAUSE I WAS LOSING MY VOICE. HOWEVER I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS ON THE FLY. EXCUSE ME. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE UNITED STATES. MY PARENTS WERE GRADUATES OF BROWN UNIVERSITY. I'M ACTUALLY A RESIDENT OF FRISCO'S RIGHT NOW AND MY BUT I GREW UP IN PLANO WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE TOP 10 GRADUATING IN PLANO SENIOR HIGH. AND I WAS ONE OF THE ONLY FIRST AND ONLY MUSLIM WOMAN TO COVER WHERE THE HIJAB IN SCHOOL AND SO I SET THE STAGE FOR MANY TO COME THAT NOW DO COVER AS AS A AS AN AMERICAN BORN AND RAISED OF EGYPTIAN ORIGIN. YOU MAY WONDER WHY ME AS AN EGYPTIAN WHY I AS AN AMERICAN WOULD CARE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PALESTINE. AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE'RE ALL HUMAN. WE'RE ALL HUMANS, AND NONE OF US WANTS TO SEE. THE SUFFERING AND THE DESTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. I'M A MOTHER OF FOUR, RANGING IN THE AGE OF FROM 25 TO 16. AND MY CHILDREN ARE HURT MY CHILDREN WATCH THIS DAILY AND I AND I AND I THINK WHAT? WHAT HURTS ME EVEN MORE ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS THAT MY CHILDREN ARE AWARE OF IT BECAUSE I'M AWARE OF IT, AND I'M BRINGING IT TO THEM. BUT BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA, AND BECAUSE OF WHAT WHAT ISN'T SHOWING OUT THERE, THERE ARE SO MANY. THERE ARE SO MANY THAT JUST DON'T KNOW AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF UNDERSTANDING. AND I THINK AS AS
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AS CITIZENS OF THIS OF THIS SOCIETY AS AMERICANS AS AS CITIZENS WERE MCKINNEY, WE OWE IT UPON OURSELVES TO MAKE A STAND AND DELIVER VOICES BE HEARD. ABOUT THE ATROCITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING. WE HAVE TO BUILD AWARENESS AROUND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND BY MAKING A STATEMENT YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UM YOU'RE GONNA BE LEADING BY EXAMPLE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING. FINAL FINAL THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS I WAS A MEMBER. I WAS HELPING WITH A ASSUMING MORIAL THIS WEEKEND WHERE WE HAD OVER 500 SHOES DISPLAYED AT A PLANO DAVIS PUBLIC LIBRARY. UM AND EVERY SHOE REPRESENTS 20 CHILDREN. SO WE HAD 500 PAIRS OF SHOES DISPLAYED AND WE WERE TRYING TO JUST BUILD AWARENESS FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING. SO I WANT YOU TO STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. BARACK IT OR BARRACK IT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JULIA BARAKAT AND I'M HONORED TO STAND BEFORE OUR RESPECTED MAYOR FULLER AND CITY COUNCIL ADDRESSES 52 TO 1 SPICEWOOD DRIVE. MCKINNEY, TEXAS. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND SUSTAINED CEASEFIRE IN GAZA TO SUPPORT SECURITY AND SAFETY OF OUR HOMES RIGHT HERE IN THE US AS A RESULT OF ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE OF GAZA. FOREIGN HACKERS ARE ATTACKING ISRAELI MADE SYSTEMS USED IN INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE US IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT YOU ARE AN ENGINEER IN OUR MCKINNEY WATER FACILITY, AND YOU SEE A DEFACEMENT MESSAGE ON THE MONITOR OF THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU SAYING YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED LATE NOVEMBER IN A WATER FACILITY OUTSIDE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. RUS CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY SIZE A DOT GOV CONFIRMED THAT THIS WATER FACILITY WAS COMPROMISED BY HACKERS WHO TARGETED A SPECIFIC COMPUTER SYSTEM MANUFACTURED IN ISRAEL. THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM IS USED IN MANY OF OUR WATERS, WATER FACILITIES AS WELL AS ENERGY, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, MANUFACTURING AND HEALTHCARE, AMONG OTHERS. THESE ATTACKS HAVE OCCURRED IN MULTIPLE STATES ACROSS THE US AND TRANSGRESS BEYOND THE DISPLAY OF A MOCKING MESSAGE LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED BUT RATHER POSE A THREAT TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DRIVE OUR NATION. MCKINNEY IS NOT IMMUNE TO SUCH THREATS. ADAPTING A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION SENDS AN UNEQUIVOCAL MESSAGE OF COMMITMENT OF THIS LEADERSHIP TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE A CEASEFIRE WILL DIRECTLY DEESCALATE THE ATTACKS ON U S INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU. RAW, HALF ELDEST TOLLY. HELLO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS IT OFFICIALLY I'M 18 YEARS OLD. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN TEXAS. I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY MY ENTIRE LIFE. UM I'M ORIGINALLY FROM GAZA, PALESTINE AND ASK SOMEONE WITH DIRECT CONNECTIONS BECAUSE I WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES. UM I WAS BLESSED TO VISIT IN JUNE 2022. I SAID THAT I WAS BLESSED BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO SEE MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND CITY BEFORE I WAS BRUTALLY DESTROYED BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION. I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY FAMILY BEFORE I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR LIVES, AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE HOMES.MY MOTHER AND FATHER GREW UP IN AND HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES AND BEFORE MY FAMILY WAS FORCED TO FLEE TO OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH GAZA AFTER THEY HAD ALREADY BECOME REFUGEES FROM THE NECK, BUT IN 1948, MY GRANDPARENTS WHO COULD TELL STORIES ABOUT THEIR LIVES UNDER OCCUPATION FOR DAYS, MY AUNTS AND UNCLES THAT WOULD TAKE US ALL OVER REASON WOULD ALWAYS MAKE US LAUGH. MY COUSINS WHO HAVE BRIGHT FUTURES ARE ON THEIR WAY TO GET MARRIED OR MY COUSINS WHO ARE, UM TOO YOUNG TO EVEN SPEAK, LET ALONE COPE WITH THE SOUND OF BOMBS OR THEY'RE THE TRAUMAS OF WAR. THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION HAS INDISCRIMINATELY BOMBED. PALESTINE'S OLDEST CHURCHES AND MOSQUES ARE LIKE THE FIRST HOSPITAL BOMB WAS THE MAMA DANNY HOSPITAL, WHICH WAS IN FACT, A BAPTIST HOSPITAL. UM AND KILLED THOUSANDS OF AND EVER SINCE THEN, THE OCCUPATION HAS BOMBED IN BESIEGED UM, ALMOST EVERY OTHER HOSPITAL IN GAZA AND KILLED THOUSANDS OF LIVES IN THE PROJECT PROCESS THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE ALSO BOMBED SCHOOLS, INCLUDING UN SCHOOLS AND RATED THEM DURING THE INVASION OF THE INVASION OF GAZA ARE PLEASURABLE ASIAN STATES WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WHO ARE WE AS AMERICANS TO HAVE THIS MEMORIZED BY HEART? SOME OF US SINCE WHEN WERE SINCE WE WERE CHILDREN AND NOT STAND BY THIS? THIS GENOCIDE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS A GENOCIDE WATCHED BY THE ENTIRE GLOBE. AND IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AMERICA WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS A COUNTRY THAT FULLY SUPPORTED AND FUNDED IT. THIS IS WHY I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT US CEASEFIRE BUT RESOLUTION AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. POLICE AHMAD. RESPECTED MAYOR RESPECTED CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ANNE SAMA. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I DID NOT COME PREPARED. I DIDN'T EVEN EXPECT MYSELF TO SPEAK HERE. SO THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I HEARD ALL
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THESE YOUNG KIDS TALK FROM THEIR HEART. UM SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT I SAID. I MOVED INTO US, YOU KNOW, UM 1819 8930 PLUS YEARS AGO. I MOVED TO TEXAS 67 YEARS AGO. I LIVE IN FRESCO. AH! SO ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THIS IS NOT, UH, MUSLIM VERSUS DO THE ISSUE. IT'S A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. DIRECTORAL PEOPLE LIVES GETTING, YOU KNOW DESTROYED. UM YOU KNOW, I WAS LISTENING TO. I GUESS THERE ARE A LOT OF FORUMS THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. AND I'M PART OF SOME FORUMS. THE BIGGEST FORUM I LIKE AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. THE BEST FOUR OF MY LIKE MYSELF, AND MY HEART IS GDP. JEWISH VOICE OF, YOU KNOW FOR PEACE. I THINK THEY'RE MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. THEY EVERY DAY FOR HALF AN HOUR. AND A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE. GOOD HEARTED PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS. THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BOMBING. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT CEASEFIRE. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SAVING THE LIVES. THEIR STATISTICS, RIGHT AS OF TODAY, 20,000 PEOPLE ARE DEAD, NOT MUSLIMS, NOT JEWS. 20,000 SOLDIERS DEAD. 10,000 CHILDREN HOSPITAL ARE DEAD. THINK ABOUT THEIR LIVES BEING LOST SO MUCH. ONE OF MY BELIEFS AS A MUSLIM IS IF I IF I KILL ONE INNOCENT PERSON, IT'S LIKE GETTING THE HUMANITY RIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 20,000 LIVES BEING DESTROYED SO ALL I'M SAYING IS FOR US STANDS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STANDS FOR JUSTICE. IT STANDS FOR RULE OF LAW RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, SO AS AS A COMMUNITY AS A CITY COUNCIL OUR URGE EVERYBODY TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO SPEAK UP. TWO. AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE CEASE FIRE TRYING TO SAVE LIVES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ABU ABU. HI MY NAME IS RANA AND I LIVE IN ALLEN, TEXAS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME SPEAK. I'M 20 YEARS OLD. MY MOM WAS BORN AND RAISED IN GAZA. AND I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE WAKING UP FROM YOUR SLEEP WITHIN YOUR HOME HELD AT GUNPOINT. IMAGINE WITNESSING YOUR OWN FATHER BEING DETAINED FOR NO REASON AND NOT HEARING FROM HIM FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS. IMAGINE TAKING YOUR YOUNGER SIBLINGS TO SCHOOL AND BENDING DOWN TO TIRE SHOES AND HAVING A GUN HELD TO YOUR BACK. THESE ARE MY MOM'S STORIES. SHE LEFT GAZA WHEN SHE WAS 18, AND I HAVEN'T EVEN COVERED A QUARTER OF WHAT SHE EXPERIENCED. AND SHE WAS JUST A CHILD. THAT'S WHY I INSIST THAT THIS DID NOT START ON OCTOBER 7TH, AND MY MOM'S STORY IS ONLY ONE OF MILLIONS. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY OF PALESTINIANS HERE IN MCKINNEY AND AS WELL AS THE GREATER DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. I BELIEVE IT IS YOUR DUTY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WITH THIS RESOLUTION, MY PARENTS CAME HERE TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. SO WHY DOES MY MOM IS CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY? STILL FEEL AFRAID THAT SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN TO ME WHILE I'M WALKING TO AND FROM MY CAR ON CAMPUS. UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE LOST 33 FAMILY MEMBERS AS OF NOW, AND, UM, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUR FAMILY FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS NOW. THIS GENOCIDE IS NOT JUST AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. IT IS AFFECTING THE PALESTINIAN, MUSLIM, JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE US. I JUST ANOTHER QUESTION. UM WHY IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR COUNTRY NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. YET WE ARE TAX MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS SOMETHING WE REFUSED TO REPRESENT. A CEASEFIRE IS THE BARE MINIMUM. THE PEOPLE OF GAZA DESERVE TO LIVE ON AN UNOCCUPIED LAND IN PEACE. THEY'RE NOT SIMPLY COLLATERAL DAMAGE OR A NUMBER. HAVE DREAMS AND ASPIRATION, AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION FOR A CEASE FIRE. THANK YOU. TOMORROW YEAH. MISS MALAYA. RAMA NEVER CAME IN THE NAME OF ALLAH WHO'S THE MOST MERCIFUL AND IT WAS THE MOST CAUTIOUS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUMMER OF A CAR AND I AM THE RESIDENT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY IS A PEACEFUL CITY AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY PLACE FOR ANY KIND OF HATE. I REQUEST THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION OF CEASEFIRE IN AN EFFORT TO PROACTIVELY TACKLE ISLAMOPHOBIA, ANTI SEMITISM AND OTHER FORMS OF HATE THAT THREATENED THE VALUES OF OUR[00:55:03]
PEACEFUL CITY MCKINNEY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO SOME FACTS AND FIGURES. SINCE OCTOBER 7TH MORE THAN 18,787 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED IN GAZA.THIS NUMBER INCLUDES AT LEAST 7729 CHILDREN AND 5153 WOMEN MORE THAN 50,987 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AND AT LEAST 8000 PEOPLE MISSING. AND COUNTING. THIS NEEDS TO STOP NOW. THESE ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS. THESE ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN HUMANITY. BROTHER KHALID PALESTINIAN GRANDFATHER, WHO LOST HIS BELOVED GRANDDAUGHTER, RIEMANN AND ISRAELIS AIRSTRIKE, THE SAME GRANDDAUGHTER, WHOM HE DESCRIBED AS RURAL RULE THE SOUL OF MY SOUL. ON OUR DEAR LINA, A NINE YEAR OLD PALESTINIAN CHILD CRYING INCONSOLABLY HERE. YEAH IT'S HER. IT'S HER. I SWEAR.
IT'S HER MOTHER'S DEAD BODY IS BEING RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER ANOTHER ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE, SHE RECOGNIZED HER MOTHER BY HER HAIR OR EVERY PALESTINIAN MOTHER , WHO IS NOW WRITING THE NAME AND AGE OF THEIR CHILDREN ON THEIR BODY PARTS SO THEY CAN BE RECOGNIZED WHEN THEIR BODY PARTS BLOW AWAY. THERE ARE MORE THAN 18,000 NAMES, AND THERE ARE MORE THAN 18,000 STORIES. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY HAS ITS VALUES ROOTED IN DIGNITY AND FREEDOM. SO TODAY I STAND HERE, FEL OR CIVILIAN AND INNOCENT LIVES LOST IN THIS TO KNOW THE GENOCIDE. I HAVE SEEN THE VERY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND THE VERY PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN THIS COUNCIL WORK IN THE TRENCHES TO PROTECT THE CITY. THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY AND I WOULD EXPECT YOU TO DO THE SAME FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. SUPPORT THE CEASEFIRE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MAHMOUD BAKER. AND I'M A RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF SURGEON, ISLAMOPHOBIC AND ANTI SEMITIC ATTACKS IN AMERICA HIGHLIGHTS THE URGENCY OF FOSTERING THE CLIMATE OF UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE. TODAY I ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS OR CEASE FOR A RESOLUTION FOR A CEASE FIRE IN GAZA, RECOGNIZING THE CONNECTION OF THIS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. FOR TIME'S SAKE. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT HOW IN THIS CITY MY YOUNGEST SISTER IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS HAS BEEN YELLED AT CURSED STEPS SAYING, WHERE DO I WON'T REPEAT HERE HAS BEEN TOLD TO GO BACK TO HER COUNTRY, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NEVER LEFT THIS COUNTRY. I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT A SIX YEAR OLD PALESTINIAN AMERICAN BOY NAMED LYDIA LIVED IN ILLINOIS.
WHENEVER I HEAR HIS NAME, I THINK OF THE WORDS I'M FINE, MAMA. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS KNOW HIS STORY, BUT, UH WHAT HE AND HIS MOTHER, THEY WENT TO THEIR HOME FROM A LANDLORD IN ILLINOIS. THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LANDLORD HE USED TO BY THE BY THE BOY GIVES OCCASIONALLY HE WAS TAKING THE PARK, PUSH HIM ON THE SWINGS AND PLAY WITH HIM. ONE DAY WITH THE SAW HIM IN HIS APARTMENT, AND HE RAN UP TO HIM TO GIVE HIM A HUG. DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS MAN HAD JUST STABBED HIS MOTHER AND HIS MOTHER WAS CALLING 911 IN THE BATHROOM. INSTEAD OF HUGGING HIM BACK. THIS MAN ACTUALLY STABBED THIS BOY 26 TIMES. HE STABBED IN 26 TIMES. UM EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW THIS BOY AND HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM BEFORE HE STABBED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS WHAT HE SAID. WAS THAT, UM HE WAS AFRAID THAT THE MOTHER WAS IN A CALL OVER HER PALESTINIAN FRIENDS OR FAMILY TO HARM THEM AFTER SEEING THE NEWS RECENTLY. AND HIS MOTHER. SHE ENDED UP SURVIVING WITH CRITICAL INJURIES AFTER BEING STABBED, 12 TIMES. HIS LAST WORDS WHILE HE WAS DYING IN HER ARMS WERE ON FINE, MAMA. AND THEN HE PASSED AWAY. I BRING UP THIS TRAGEDY BECAUSE THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND COULD HAPPEN IN MCKINNEY AND WE MUST DO OUR PART BY ENDORSING A CEASEFIRE. DOING THIS. WE SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO OUR CITY STANDS AGAIN AGAINST ALL FORMS OF HATRED, INCLUDING THOSE ROOTED IN RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION. I END THIS BY CALLING FOR YOU GUYS TO ADAPT THE RESOLUTION FOR A CEASE FIRE. THANK YOU. AND THE CARTOON.
DISTINGUISHED MR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS CONCERNED CARTOON AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF ALAN. I HAVE COME HERE TO URGE YOU TO CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE, WHICH WILL END THE UNPRECEDENTED SUFFERING OF INNOCENT CHILDREN OF PALESTINE. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS US ALL THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY OF CHILDREN DYING IN GAZA. I'M A MOTHER OF TWO LITTLE BOYS. EVERY TIME I HUG THEM, I GET FLASHBACKS OF PALESTINIAN MOTHERS CRADLING THEIR LIFELESS BABIES FOR THE VERY LAST TIME.
IMAGES OF CHILDREN ORPHANED, INJURED OR WAS LOSING THEIR LIVES IN THE ATROCITY OF AUSTRALIA'S CAMPAIGN OF GENOCIDE AGAINST PALESTINIANS. THESE ARE IMAGES THAT HAVE SHAKEN US ALL
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TO OUR CORE. THE HORRORS OF THE GENOCIDE KNOW NO BOUNDARIES AND THE SPAN OF ONE BUT IT IS THE CHILDREN WHO ARE SUFFERING THE MOST BECOMING STATUS STICKS, LOSING THEIR LIVES AND BEING LEFT ORPHANED OR INJURED. THE INNOCENT LAUGHTER OF CHILDHOOD SHOULD BE HEARD IN PLAYGROUNDS NOT SILENCED BY WAR CRIMES. I REPEAT, NOT SILENCED BY WAR CRIMES. THE BLOCKADE ISRAEL HAS IMPOSED ON GAZA, WHICH INCLUDES RESTRICTED ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL RESOURCES LIKE WATER, FOOD, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND ELECTRICITY AMOUNTS TO COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION. THIS POSES A SEVERE RISK, PARTICULARLY TO CHILDREN AS THEY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE. FOR CHILDREN. OPPRESSION SHOULD NEVER BE A PART OF THEIR LIVES. YET AND ROSA ARMED CONFLICTS AND WIDESPREAD AIR STRIKES BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY ARE STEALING THE INNOCENCE. LET US NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE PLIGHT OF THE CHILDREN DYING IN VISA, SHARED HUMANITY BINDS US TOGETHER TRANSCENDING BORDERS AND IDEOLOGIES. IT IS OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN BECOME THE SOUNDTRACK OF THEIR LIVES, NOT THE MOURNFUL ECHOES OF GENOCIDAL CRISIS. TOGETHER MAYBE FIND THE COURAGE TO ACT AND STRIVE FOR A WORLD I URGE YOU TO CALL FOR PERMANENT CEASEFIRE. THANK YOU. SERGEANT SAMAD, RALPHIE OR RACE. SORRY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SAMAD, CEO OF HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY HERE AND RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY. AND TODAY I STAND IN FRONT OF YOU, ALSO AS A PRESIDENT OF MCKINNEY ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION. I BELIEVE THE TIME TO CALL FOR I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE THAT THE TIME TO EDUCATE ON THE SUFFERING OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IS NOW OVER. NOW IT'S TIME TO CALL FOR ACTION. AND WE ARE. I URGE YOU TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE RESIDENTS OF CITY AND ASK OUR PRESIDENT TO WAKE UP WAKE UP AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION. IT'S A TIME FOR US TO STOP SENDING BOMBS AND STOP STOP STOP SENDING BOMBS TO THE APARTHEID STATE OF ISRAEL AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! STOP! MURDERING THE BABIES, CHILDREN, INNOCENT MEN AND WOMEN. AND UNTIL THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, STOP SENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND CALL ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 29,000 BOMBS DROPPED. HALF OF THEM ARE DUMB BOMBS MEANT TO KILL CIVILIANS.WE CALL IT ENOUGH. IS ENOUGH. WE KNOW THAT THE SILENCE TODAY IS NOT AN OPTION. SILENCE MEANS THAT WE ARE GIVING A TACIT APPROVAL. SO WE URGE THE ENTIRE CITY TO CALL FOR A RESOLUTION FOR CEASEFIRE TOGETHER WITH THE CITY RESIDENTS HERE AND WE SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THANK YOU.
WITH HIM, MY MAYOR. WE BEGAN IN THE NAME OF GOD. AND IN GOD, WE TRUST MY NAME IS RAHIM. UM ER I AM I LIVE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS MAYOR FULLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE SITUATION IN GAZA DEMANDS OUR ATTENTION OF OUR MORAL COMPASS GUIDES US TO ACT. THE HEARTBREAKING SCENES. ASK US . THE RESIDENTS OF MCKINNEY. WHAT ROLE CAN WE PLAY IN ADVOCATING FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND THE PROTECTION OF INNOCENT LIVES? CAREFUL OR YOUR DAUGHTER RAIN SAID IT BEST. MY DAD IS A LEADER THAT STANDS UP FOR LITTLE GUYS AND HELPS OTHERS. IT'S A SENTIMENT THAT RESONATES DEEPLY WITH THE VALUES WE HOLD AS A COMMUNITY. IT'S TIME TO STEP UP FOR THE LITTLE GUYS. THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED, WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT GAZA? WHEN IT SEEMS SO DISTANT FROM OUR EVERYDAY LIVES IN MCKINNEY? MARTIN. NUMEROUS WORDS, ECHO THROUGH HISTORY.
REMINDING US THAT WHEN WE DO NOT SPEAK UP FOR OTHERS, THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN THERE WON'T BE ANYBODY TO SPEAK FOR US. TODAY WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BE THE VOICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING TO BE THE BEACON OF HOPE. AND DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO PEACE EXTENDS BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS OF MCKINNEY. JUSTIN BELLER. YOUR BOOK. YOUR FAVORITE BOOK, JUST MERCY. OUTLINES THE FOUR STEPS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF INJUSTICE GET CLOSE TO THE ISSUE. CHANGE THE NARRATIVE, BE HOPEFUL AND DO UNCOMFORTABLE THINGS. WE'RE ASKING THE MCKINNEY COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE GENOCIDE AND GET CLOSER TO THE ISSUE READ UP ABOUT IT, UNDERSTAND? WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. WE CAN'T KEEP FUNDING OVER MCKINNEY TAX DOLLARS TO COMMIT GENOCIDE
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OVERSEAS. WE, THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE COUNCIL WILL FIND THEIR VOICE AND SPEAK UP. EVEN IF IT BECOMES UNCOMFORTABLE. IN CLOSING. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE SITUATION WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADDRESS TODAY TRANSCENDS RELIGIOUS OR ETHNIC BOUNDARIES AFTER THE LOSS OF 10,000 CHILDREN. THIS HAS BECOME A HUMANITARIAN ISSUE. IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING JEWISH OR MUSLIM. IT'S ABOUT BEING HUMAN, REGARDLESS OF OUR BACKGROUNDS, BELIEFS, AFFILIATION AS HUMANS, WE SHARE A RESPONSIBILITY TO STAND UP AGAINST EVIL. THANK YOU. ZARA. IN ALGEBRA.SOME MALECON PEACE BE WITH YOU IN GEORGIA. MY LATE HUSBAND, DR SARAH. AND I CAME TO MCKINNEY IN 1978. DR SARAH SERVED MCKINNEY. SINCERELY AND WITH LOVE. FOR 43 YEARS. BOTH OUR FAMILIES ARE PALESTINIANS WHO WERE DISPLACED FROM ARCA IN NORTHERN PALESTINE IN 1948. AT THE TIME WHEN THE STATE OF ISRAEL WAS DECLARED BY THE UNITED NATIONS, GIVING A LAND WITH NO PEOPLE TO PEOPLE WITH NO LAND. FOR 73 YEARS SINCE I WAS BORN. I HAVE WITNESSED THE LIFE OF REFUGEES AND THE SUFFERING OF BEING APPROACH IT FROM YOUR HOME AND LOSING EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE AND LIVING AS A BURDEN AS A REFUGEE. IN OTHER COUNTRIES. I AM BROKEN HEARTED. THAT. NOW IN 2023. I AM WITNESSING ANOTHER NAQBA. ANOTHER CATASTROPHE IN 1948 750,000 PALESTINIANS WERE DISPLACED 500 VILLAGES WERE DESTROYED SO PALESTINIANS WILL NEVER COME BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY. NOW IN THE BIGGEST CONCENTRATION CAMP ON EARTH AND THE LONGEST LIVING REFUGEE SITUATION SINCE 1948 AND GAZA. WE ARE WITNESSING 2.3 MILLION BEING DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES. WE ARE WITNESSING TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF EVERYTHING THEY HAVE THEIR HOLDS THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR HOSPITALS, THEIR CHURCHES. BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I WANT TO EMPHASIS TO YOU THAT MY PARENTS LIVED WITH THEIR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEIR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH LOVE AND RESPECT. THIS IS NOT A WAR BETWEEN RELIGIONS. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU IS, PLEASE PLEASE AS FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS BUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF THE GAZANS THAT YOU HEARD YOUR STORIES NOW FROM MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS HERE. LOOK AT YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
AND PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. THAT HUMANITARIAN DECISION CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASE FIRE. AND IMMEDIATE INTRODUCTION OF HUMANITARIAN AID. AND KNOW THAT ALL OF US STANDING HERE WE CONDEMN THE KILLING OF INNOCENT CITIZENS, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHO THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY ARE JEWS OR CHRISTIANS OR HINDUS OR WHEREVER. WE CALL FOR HUMANITY.
PLEASE CALL FOR CEASEFIRE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M ASSUMING. FOR THE FREEDOM. I AM ALSO A FROM PLANO. I CAME TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY OVER 35 YEARS AGO I CAME FROM A DICTATORSHIP COUNTRY. SO I LEARNED TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE HERE IN THE US ARE YOU WALKING THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA AND THAT'S GREAT GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. I LEARNED FROM MANY HEY, YOU KNOW HISTORIAN DR KING DR MALCOLM X. EDWARD SNOWDEN. AND THE RECENTLY I LEARNED FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF MY. THAT THE SCHOOL THAT MY DAUGHTER GOES IN MACMILLAN, PLANO. MR WILLIAMS, A GREAT PRINCIPLE. HE STOOD WITH OUR CONSTITUTION. HE STOOD WITH THE FREEDOM BECAUSE THE STUDENT IN MACMILLAN WANT TO DO OUR WORK OUT. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S YOUR RIGHT. THIS IS OUR
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CONSTITUTION. AND HE SUPPORTS HIS SUPPORT THE SUPPORT THERE AND YOU STOOD IN NEUTRAL. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO MR RAYMOND MCMILLAN. I MEAN, MR WILLIAMS IN THAT MOMENT, HE WAS UNDER ATTACK FROM EVERY SINGLE CORNER IN THIS COUNTRY, EVERY SINGLE POLITICIAN INCLUDING SENATOR CRUZ. WHY BECAUSE HE STOOD NEUTRAL. SO ALL THESE YEARS THAT I LEARNED TO BE ACTIVIST IN THIS COUNTRY. I SAY THIS FREEDOM, YOU KNOW, LIKE ACTIVISM THAT I LEARNED IT'S FOR SALE. IT'S FOR SALE BY WHOEVER PAY MORE AND WE ALL KNOW THAT AIPAC FINANCE ALL OUR GOVERNMENT IN D. C SO I'M ASKING EVERYONE OF YOU HERE. IT IS OUR FREEDOM FOR SALE. IS AMERICA FOR SALE. I HOPE IT'S MCMILLAN NOT FOR SALE.I HEARD THAT YOU HAVE THIS GREAT PROJECT ABOUT GIVING MACHINES. WE WANT TO HAVE A FREEDOM MACHINE. WE WANT TO HAVE OUR TRUE CONSTITUTION. I THINK THAT I LEARNED HERE IN THIS COUNTRY NOT FOR SALE. BECAUSE IF OUR FREEDOM FOR SALE IF THE PALESTINIAN FOR SALE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE AND ALSO FIND FOR JUSTICE HERE IN AMERICA , BECAUSE THE FREEDOM OF OUR SYSTEM BROTHER AND SISTER IN PALESTINE TIED TO EVERY ONE OF USE FREEDOM BECAUSE IF WE LOST THEIR FREEDOM, WE LOST OUR FREEDOM HERE, TOO. AS THE AS THE LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THANK YOU ALL FOR SPEAKING AND BEING HERE THIS EVENING. UM, COUNCILOR
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MANAGER COMMENTS. THAT'S WHEN BELLA, I'LL START DOWN AT YOUR END. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. UM.THAT'S A HARD THING TO FOLLOW. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS AN EXPECTATION. WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, AND I GUESS I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN SOME PROCESS. UM AND MY THOUGHTS. UM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PASS A RESOLUTION TONIGHT. UM AND IN MY OPINION. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PASS A RESOLUTION IN THE FUTURE. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE HAVE YOU HEARD OUR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT ABOUT PARKS. AND STREETS. AND ROADS. UM IN PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN MCKINNEY. AND THAT'S OUR ROLE.
THAT'S OUR ROLE WITH. THE STAFF THAT WE HIRE. THAT'S THE EXPERTISE THAT HAS BROUGHT TO US AND THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. UM THIS PLATFORM HEARD THE SENTIMENT EXPRESSED ABOUT UM . MOST CITIZENS DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THEIR LEGISLATURE. THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. UM AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE WAY. TO ADDRESS YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS TO ADDRESS UM, SOME AUTHORITY FIGURE. AND I AM I MEAN, YOU CAN'T SIT IN THIS ROOM AND LISTEN TO WHAT JUST HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 30 OR MINUTES TO AN HOUR OR NOT. BE MOVED BY WHAT WAS SAID AND NOT BE MOVED BY. THE PLEA AND THE ASK. AND UM NO, I DON'T THINK. THAT THAT LACK OF ACTION ON OUR PART. IS A RESPONSE OR LACK OF A LACK OF ACTION ON MY PART AS A RESPONSE THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT'S JUST NOT THE ROLE THAT I THINK WE SHOULD PLAY. OH, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ANYONE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING YOU IF I COULD ASK YOU, UM SO THE PROCESS WOULD BE WE? YOU SPOKE WE LISTENED, AND NOW YOU WILL HEAR FROM COUNSEL. I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION. I JUST. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE RESPONSE YOU NEED TONIGHT. SO YOU YOUR KIDS ARE SAFE. I WILL TELL YOU. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME, JUST SO YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND. EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. JUST A MATTER. JUST LISTEN TO EVERYONE WHAT TO SAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ANYONE FINDING SOLUTIONS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
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IT. DESTINATION CHARLOTTE ALREADY TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, SURE. LISTEN AGAIN. WE LISTEN TO YOU WITH GREAT RESPECT AS WE SHOULD. AS YOU AS YOU ARE, AS YOU ARE OWED, AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD LISTEN. I WILL ALSO TELL YOU AS A MATTER OF AS A MATTER OF LEGALITY, WE COULD NOT PASS A RESOLUTION TONIGHT. THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THAT IT'S NOT AN OPTION EVEN LEGALLY. FOR US TO DO TO DO SO. SO KNOW THAT COMING IN THAT THAT THAT WAS NOT IS NOT AN OPTION. PERIOD REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE WOULD WANT OR NOT WANT TO. IT'S NOT EVEN A DISCUSSION THAT COULD BE HAD WITHOUT IT BEING POSTED ON THE AGENDA, 48 HOURS PRIOR TO A MEETING. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE BOUND BY. SO IF WE COULD CONTINUE WITH COUNSEL AND MANAGER COMMENTS FOR THE EVENING. COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. I FEEL A LOT LIKE JUSTIN IN THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU WHAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT. AND NOT. I HAVE A HEAVY HEART.THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER THERE? AS I SAID, SAD THING. UM. I'M SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AFTER THIS. UM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DISCUSSION WILL BE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE END RESULT WILL BE. BUT NOW THAT THERE ARE HEARTS ARE HEAVY FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. AND THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 1939. POLISH MAN NAMED VINCENT ONCE CA WAS PART OF A CONTINGENT THAT TRAVELED WITH THE POLISH GOVERNMENT TO GERMANY. TO KEEP PEACE WITH HITLER. EVERY ONE OF THEM. CAME BACK AND SAID, WE'RE GOOD. HE'S NOT GONNA INVADE US. EXCEPT VINCENT. VINCENT SAID.
HE'S COMING. HE WANTS ARABLE LAND. HE DOESN'T RESPECT US AS A PEOPLE. HE THINKS WE'RE SUBHUMAN. ON AUGUST 31ST. THAT SAME YEAR, THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED THE GLIWICZ INCIDENT.
WITH THE GERMANS. BASICALLY WENT AND TOOK A POLISH GERMAN FRIENDLY POLL RADIO OPERATOR BOUND HIM TORTURED HIM SHOT HIM. AND BLAMED IT ON THE POLLS. THE NEXT DAY. GERMANS INVADED. THEY SENT TWO LUFTWAFFE AIRCRAFT TO VINCENT WANTS IS A STATE. AND THEY BOMBED AND STRAFED IT.
THINKING WE DON'T WANT THIS GUY ALIVE. VINCENT ESCAPED. WITH HIS PREGNANT WIFE. AND FOUR CHILDREN. PREGNANT WIFE GAVE BIRTH IN PALESTINE. TO MY UNCLE. VINCENT. SECOND DAUGHTER WAS MY MOTHER. SHE FINISHED OUT THE WAR IN ENGLAND. OLIVER SIBLINGS TOOK BRITISH AND BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.
SHE NEVER DID. SHE DIDN'T FEEL WELCOME BY THE BRITISH. I DON'T REALLY BLAME THE BRITISH. YOU THINK ABOUT IT. GERMANS HAD BOMBED THEM. THEY HAD VERY FEW RESOURCES. THEY DIDN'T WANT A BUNCH OF POLLS COMING IN. THEY MADE THAT PRETTY CLEAR TO HER. AFTER COLLEGE. SHE THOUGHT I WANT TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE GERMANS. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE ARRIVED AT THAT. SHE MOVED TO WEST BERLIN, THE ONLY JOB SHE COULD GET IS WITH THE C I A WITH RADIO FREE EUROPE IS A LOW LEVEL TRANSLATOR FOR POLISH COMMUNICATION. AND SHE WAS A COURIER WALKING AROUND BERLIN.
GIVING SOME OF THOSE COMMUNICATES AROUND. SHE WAS A DIEHARD CATHOLIC. SHE JOINED THE CHURCH CHOIR. SHE FOUND A HANDSOME US INFANTRY CAPTAIN. THAT'S MY DAD. IT'S LIKE SITTING HERE AND LISTENING TO YOU GUYS TODAY. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS, AND I COULD APPRECIATE IT FROM THE HEART. I SIT THERE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I REWOUND. THE CALENDAR. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF. I DID NOT LIVE THROUGH THIS IN REAL TIME. I'M THE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE SON OF AN IMMIGRANT. AND AN INFANTRYMAN. AND I KNOW FREEDOM. I KNOW PEACE. I KNOW SAFETY. SO
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I YOU'VE MOVED ME. TONIGHT. UM. I'M SORRY FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH I BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR ROLE AND I'VE GOT LET ME REWIND THE CALENDAR THAT LITTLE SHORTER. IT WAS JUST WHAT TWO YEARS AGO ALMOST WHEN RUSSIAN BRAIDED UKRAINE IS THIS CITY COUNCILS I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT NOW THERE WASN'T REALLY TWO SIDES TO THE STORY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE WASN'T REALLY A PRO RUSSIAN SIDE WILL LET ME COME AND TELL YOU WHAT WE THINK. YOU KNOW. I MEAN, THERE WAS REALLY ONLY ONE SIDE BUT WE STAYED OUT OF IT BECAUSE OUR LANE IS MCKINNEY, TEXAS. BUT LIKE MR BALLARD SAID, I DO APPRECIATE WHAT. REAL TIME LOOKS LIKE AND YOU'VE GIVEN THAT TO US. AND IT MAKES A DEEP IMPACT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR MAYOR. HMM I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE COMING HERE TODAY AND SPEAKING AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR MEETINGS ARE TELEVISED.OUR MEETINGS ARE YOU KNOW THERE, THERE'S NEWSPAPER WRITERS IN HERE THE AND YOUR STORY WILL BE HEARD. AND YOU KNOW, THOUGH, I KNOW YOU CAME FOR A CERTAIN OUTCOME. I THINK OF YOU REFLECT ON WHY YOU'RE REALLY HERE IS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE ISSUE AT HAND TODAY. I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND I'M I THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND SPEAKING AND GIVING YOUR VOICE TO THE ISSUE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE WELCOME IN MCKINNEY AND WE VALUE YOUR OPINION, AND THIS IS AN OPEN DIETS FOR YOU TO COME AND SPEAK ON ANY ISSUE YOU WANT. SO AGAIN. THANK YOU, AND, UH, YOU GOT PEACE BE WITH EVERYONE. I'M GOING TO ECHO THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME IT TOOK FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY PREPARE YOURSELVES VERY WELL. AND THIS WAS A VERY NICELY LAID OUT CASE THAT YOU MADE FOR US TODAY. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HEARD IT AND HAVE NOT REALIZED WHAT HAS GONE ON AND HAVE NOT BEEN INVESTED ENOUGH. I AM SURE YOU'VE MOVED THE NEEDLE FOR MANY PEOPLE TODAY , AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR USING THIS PLATFORM TO BRING YOUR CONCERNS FORWARD BECAUSE IT DOES MATTER. IT DOES MATTER WHAT I WILL SAY IN THE DEFENSE OF COUNCILMAN BELLER BECAUSE I HEAR A LOT OF SHAMING OF HIM IN HIS POSITION. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER FIND. IN THE WHOLE CITY OF THIS, MCKINNEY AND IF YOU KNOW YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH HIS POSITION TODAY, BUT I WOULD ADMONISH YOU TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HIM BECAUSE I THINK YOU MIGHT MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR YOURSELF. HE IS A VERY KIND GIVING, OPEN HEARTED PERSON WHO I KNOW HAS WELCOMED SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO MAKE THEM FEEL A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY TO GIVE VOICE TO THE VOICELESS. AND SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN VOICELESS, AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR CONCERNS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED. HE'S ONE OF YOUR ADVOCATES AND AS AS THE REST OF US ARE AS WELL. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOU KNOW YOU ALL SPENDING YOUR TIME TO COME DOWN AND SHARE WITH US YOUR POSITION AND NONE OF US WANT TO SEE CHILDREN MURDERED. NOT ONE OF US. I DON'T CARE WHAT SIDE OF THE CONFLICT YOU ARE ON.
NONE OF US WANT TO SEE CHILDREN MURDERED. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE MISS MISTREATED. WE DO NOT LIKE HATRED. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A VALUE HERE IN MCKINNEY, WE DO NOT TOLERATE HATRED HERE. SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW FROM OUR POSITION THAT WE SUPPORT YOU AS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. THANK YOU. MR I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR YOUR HUSBAND, 43 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY. I DON'T BELIEVE HE EVER SLEPT. I WANT TO THANK EACH AND ALL OF YOU WHO SPOKE WITH US THIS EVENING. I ADMIRE YOUR COMPASSION, YOUR LOVE. AND YOU RESOLVED TO DO WHAT YOU CAN THANK YOU ALL. ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOND COMMITTEE WHO ARE HERE AND HAVE REMAINED BEHIND. I WANT TO THANK EACH AND ALL OF YOU PERSONALLY FOR STANDING UP TO THE CALL. TO DIRECT THE FUTURE OF MCKINNEY AND TO GIVE US YOUR GUIDANCE OF WHERE MCKINNEY SHOULD BE IN THE FUTURE AND HOW WE GET THERE. IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE TAKEN ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AND I CANNOT THANK EACH OF YOU ENOUGH. FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON HAS DRAWN TO A CLOSE. AND THIS ON JANUARY 1ST BEFORE WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING OF THIS COUNCIL, WE
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WILL SEE YOUNG KATIE MCGILL STANDING ON THE SIDELINES AND NEW ORLEANS CHEERING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN THEIR GAME AGAINST WASHINGTON. AND WHY DOES THAT MATTER TO YOU? IT'S BECAUSE YOU HELPED RAISE YOUNG KATIE MCGILL AND SHE'S A PRODUCT OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND SHE'S IN HER SENIOR YEAR AS A CHEERLEADER. FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. AND THAT'S ONE YOUNG LADY THAT YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD OF WHO HAS REPRESENTED THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND HAS DONE SO WITH GRACE DIGNITY AND HAS DONE SO. SO VERY WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND ALL OF YOU ON THE PRODUCT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.THANK YOU. WELL SO AS A CITY MANAGER. NORMALLY, I DON'T COMMENT ON PUBLIC COMMENTS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT CERTAINLY RECOGNIZING THE GRAVITY OF THE COMMENTS. I DO WANT TO NUMBER ONE. THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THIS IS DEMOCRACY AT WORK. THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. YOU COME IN. YOU MAKE YOUR STATEMENT YOU SHARE WITH US, AND I APPLAUD ALL OF YOU FOR THIS SINCERITY AND PASSION. AND THE AUTHENTICITY WITH WHICH YOU PETITION YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON A MATTER THAT'S OF COURSE, VERY DEEPLY PERSONAL IMPORTANT TO YOU. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A IT'S THE WORLD IS IN A CRAZY PLACE RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE IT AND I ONCE AGAIN MY HEART FEELS FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH HATRED AND PAIN AND SUFFERING LIKE THIS. IT'S WAR IS A TERRIBLE THING IS, WE ALL KNOW ? UM UNFORTUNATELY, HUMANITY DOESN'T SEEM TO LEARN THE LESSONS BECAUSE WE KEEP REPEATING IT. BUT UM, ANYWAY, WITH THAT A COUPLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I HAVE TO GIVE, AND THAT'S WHAT I NORMALLY DO IS CITY MANAGER WHEN I MAKE THESE COMMENTS FIRST OF ALL THE CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW THEY WILL ALL BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK THE PUBLIC TO RIDGE ROAD IS NOW FULLY OPEN FROM US. 380 NORTH TO WILMOTH, INCLUDING THE CITY'S FIRST MULTI LANE ROUNDABOUT AT RIDGE AND WILMOTH. SO YOU EVERYBODY DRIVE ON IT. GET USED TO THAT ROUNDABOUT GET USED TO THE ROUNDABOUT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A FEW MORE HEADING EAST AS YOU GO ON WILMOTH. SECONDLY CITY HALL AND CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY. THIS FRIDAY , DECEMBER 22ND AND MONDAY, DECEMBER 25TH FOR THE HOLIDAY.
THERE WILL BE NO TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION ON MONDAY, THE 25TH ALL COLLECTIONS WILL SLIDE ONE DAY DURING THE WEEK. A FULL LIST OF HOLIDAY HOLIDAY CLOSURES CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT MCKINNEY, TEXAS .ORG. FORWARD SLASH HOLIDAY CLOSURES. AND WITH THAT I WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR. UM AND TO BE VERY SAFE IN A SEASON OF PEACE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, AS IT WAS SAID. I THINK BY EVERYBODY UP HERE UM. YOU CAN'T HEAR WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT AND NOT BE MOVED TO THE CORE SHAKEN TO THE CORE. UM, YOU CERTAINLY WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. IS THAT IN A VERY REAL WAY? ALTHOUGH YOU SHOWED NO IMAGES YOU PUT FACES. AND NAMES WITHOUT NECESSARILY SHARING THEM. YOUR TESTIMONY. YOUR WORDS. REALLY, UM REALLY PUT.
PUT NAMES AND FACES TO WHAT? WHAT WE MAY OTHERWISE. UH HERE AS NUMBERS RIGHT ON THE NEWS.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU MOVED EVERYBODY UP HERE. YOU MOVED ANYONE THAT'S LISTENING. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT. I KNOW I SHARE THE SENTIMENT WITH EVERYBODY ON THIS DIOCESE THAT THAT THEY PRECIOUS INNOCENT LIFE. AND, UH, IN GAZA IS WORTH THE SAME AS ANY PRECIOUS LIFE HERE, ANYWHERE. IT'S A PRECIOUS LIFE, AND THEY AND NONE. DESERVE TO DIE IN IN IN ANY WAY. UM YOU.
YOU. YOU MADE THIS VERY REAL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TONIGHT. NOT THAT IT'S NOT REAL ALREADY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT YOUR WORDS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY IMPACTFUL. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T EVER DO. WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE. BUT I WANT TO ASK IF EVERYONE HERE WOULD BE OKAY TO CLOSE OUR MEETING TONIGHT IN PRAYER. AND I'M GONNA ASK MOUSSA IF YOU WOULD CLOSE US IN PRAYER. THE SCALE WAS A SURPRISE TO ME, SO I'M NOT PREPARED. I WILL DO
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MY BEST WILL DO TWO PORTIONS. A FEW WORDS IN ARABIC. THEN I'LL TRANSLATE. SO PARTICLE, UM ARE BEHIND THE ISLAND FOR ACCOUNTING. TOBY RICK. A LONG WAY OUT OF ARMENIA. I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANGELA. AND FOLLOW THEM AND ENDED, ORIGIN WHOM YESTERDAY OR MORE 139 LLAMA TO HAVE WATER WERE FOUND IN AN HOUR . HE SAID. A LOT OF THE DRAIN. LORD WE ASK YOU IN YOUR GLORY NAME TO BLESS US ALL TOGETHER US IN YOUR MERCY. TO KEEP US SAFE TO PUT US ON THE RIGHT PATH. TO GUIDE US TO DO THE RIGHT THING. TO GIVE US THE VISION. TO SEE THE TRUTH AND FOLLOW IT. AND TO GIVE US THE VISION AND TO SEE THE HATRED AND STAY AWAY FROM IT, OR, UH OH, GOD TOLD THE ONE THE MERCIFUL UNITE US. YOU'RE A VISION. UNDER YOUR MERCY. YOUR HELP AND GUIDANCE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF US FOR THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY. WHAT ARE THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY, THE USA AND FOR THE WHOLE WORLD OR OR LOT? WE ASK YOU TO STOP THE SHIP OF THE BLOOD EVERYWHERE WE ASK YOU TO GIVE HEALINGS TO THOSE WHO ARE WOUNDED TO GIVE PEACE TO THOSE WHO ARE LOST THEIR HOMES, AND THEY LOST THEIR DIGNITIES TO GIVE THEM THE HELP. THAT YOU ONLY CAN WHEN WE ALL FAIL ALL OH, GOD, YOU'RE THE MERCIFUL. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WE CAN COUNT ON. PLEASE. GOD BLESS US ALL. AND KEEP US SAFE AND KEEP OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY IN THE NATION AND THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. SAFE AND KEEP US ALL UNITED. HEY, MAN. GRANT VICTORY TO THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE.LISTEN TO A JOURNEY
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