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ARE WE READY? GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. TASER CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY
[CALL TO ORDER]
16TH YEAR. 2024 IT IS 618 IN THE EVENING. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222, NORTH TENNESSEE STREET, THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY AGAIN APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY HAD SOME MEETINGS RUN OVER PRIOR TO UM FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE AN INDICATION GIVEN BY BETH BENTLEY. AND FOLLOWED BY A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO IF YOU WOULD STAND WITH ME AND THEN CONTINUE STANDING AFTER THE INVOCATION FOR THE PLEDGE GOOD EVENING. WITH THIS BEING THE WEEK OF HONORING DR REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MYTHOLOGY APPROPRIATE TO PRAY A PRAYER THAT HE ACTUALLY PREPARED PRIORITY, EARNING HIS DOCTORATE PHD IN THEOLOGY FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY IN 1955. PRIVATE, UM, AS YOU WOULD PRAY WITH ME. NOW ETERNAL GOD. OUT OF WHOSE ABSOLUTE POWER AND INFINITE INTELLIGENCE. THE WHOLE UNIVERSE HAS COME INTO BEING WE UNBELIEVABLE FEST THAT WE HAVE NOT LOVED THE WITH OUR HEARTS, SOULS AND MINDS. AND WE HAVE NOT LOVED OUR NEIGHBORS AS CHRIST LOVED US. WE HAVE ALL TOO OFTEN LIVED IN OUR OWN SELFISH IMPULSES RATHER THAN BY THE LIFE OF SACRIFICIAL LOVE, AS REVEALED BY CHRIST. WE OFTEN GIVE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE WE LOVE OUR FRIENDS AND HATE OUR ENEMIES. WE GO THE FIRST MILE. BUT THEY'RE NOT TRAVELED THE SECOND WE FORGIVE, BUT THEY'RE NOT FORGET. AND SO AS WE LOOK WITHIN OURSELVES, WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH THE APPALLING FACT THAT THE HISTORY OF OUR LIVES, IT'S A HISTORY OF AN ETERNAL REVOLT AGAINST YOU. BUT THOU O GOD HAVE MERCY ON US. FORGIVE US FOR WHAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT FAILED TO BE GIVE US THE INTELLIGENCE TO KNOW YOUR WILL. GIVE US THE COURAGE TO DO YOUR WILL. GIVE US THE DEVOTION TO LOVE YOUR WILL IN THE NAME AND SPIRIT OF JESUS.WE PRAY AMEN. GIVE BETH. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I WAS STANDING UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MARY INFORMATION SHARING
[Proclamation for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]
ITEMS VERSUS 24 1115 PROCLAMATION FOR DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY.CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO ADVANCING EQUALITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE. AND BECKONED EVERY AMERICAN TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE A MORE PERFECT UNION OF OUR NATION. WHEREAS DR KING'S HUMANITY AND TEACHINGS REMAIN AN INSPIRATION TO CITIZENS OF THE WORLD TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF ERADICATING RACISM, POVERTY, INEQUITIES, INJUSTICES AND EXCLUSIONS, WHEREAS DR KING'S BIRTHDAY IS JANUARY 15TH AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY IS AN ANNUAL FEDERAL HOLIDAY, OBSERVED THE THIRD MONDAY IN JANUARY. AND IT IS COMMEMORATED NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY BY PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. REZ DR. KING'S LEGACY IS HONORED WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND EVENTS THAT ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SEEK AND DEMONSTRATE THE VALUES OF LOVE, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. AND THIS TIME IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE GROUPS, FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND ALL LEADERS IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, TO REFLECT ON THE RICHNESS AND STRENGTH OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE, I GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 15TH DAY OF JANUARY 2024 AS DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, TO HONOR HIS LEGACY, THE INSISTENCE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE AND ENCOURAGING OUR CITIZENS TO COMMEMORATE HIS DEDICATION TO ACHIEVING PEACE AND EQUALITY FOR ALL WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR 2024. OUR NEXT ITEM IS 241117 PROCLAMATION FOR MCKINNEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
[Proclamation for McKinney Christian Academy]
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IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME APPEAR THOSE WHO ARE HERE REPRESENTING A IF YOU LIKE TO COME UP. MR TEMPLE. SYRIA MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION WHEREAS FOUNDED IN 1992 MCKINNEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, A NON DENOMINATIONAL COVENANT CHURCH SCHOOL, AND ITS CAMPUS SITS ON 65 PEACEFUL ACRES IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT FOR THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 IS 668 TOTAL STUDENTS REPRESENTING 497, NORTH TEXAS FAMILIES AND 143 CHURCHES. AND WHEREAS THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF 2003 WAS THREE STUDENTS M. C A HAS SINCE GRADUATED MORE THAN 700 STUDENTS. AND WHEREAS A ENROLLS MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS EACH YEAR, WITH UPPER STUDENTS, COMPLETING 5000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNUALLY, AND 75% OF ALL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS, AND WHEREAS M CIA HOLDS SEVERAL STATES NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS OFFERS 12 ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND DUAL COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES AND PROUDLY MAINTAINS 100% COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE. AND WHEREAS M C A HAS BEEN NAMED BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL BY STAR LOCAL MEDIA ANNUALLY SINCE 2006 AND BY LIVING MAGAZINE ANNUALLY SINCE 2013 AND WHEREAS WITH THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS, AS WELL AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, M C A AND DEVASTATE FURTHER SOLIDIFY ITS PRESTIGE AND OFFERINGS AS A STRONG ACADEMIC INSTITUTION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I GEORGE, FOLLOWED BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 16TH 2024 AS A DAY TO RECOGNIZE MCKINNEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, THE 31 YEARS OF OPERATION IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, WITNESSED MY HAND AND SEAL THE 16TH DAY OF 2024. IN THAT POSITION. ON BEHALF OF MCKINNEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR BOTH CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES, MAYOR FULLER AND THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY FOR 31 YEARS. NEXT TO ME ARE TWO OUTSTANDING, GENTLEMEN, ONE OF WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS OF OUR SCHOOL. AND SO I WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE DAN BROOKS AND GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY. TO MAKE MENTION OF OUR 31 YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO CHRISTIAN EDUCATION HERE IN MCKINNEY, I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS GOING TO SPEAK. SO THANK YOU, HEATH. UM YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR. YES IT'S BEEN JUST A HUGE BLESSING TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. UM YEAH, 30 SOME ODD YEARS AGO WHEN WE CONCEIVED OF THIS AND FELT GOD CALLING US TO START A SCHOOL. LITTLE DID WE KNOW MANY OF US DID YOU POSSIBLY KNOW AND WE SAID, WELL, THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD HAVE KNOWN HOW IT'S GROWN AND BECOME SUCH A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, DANNY. NOTICE ON THE AGENDA WAS ALSO AT 241116 RECOGNITION OF WINDY[Recognition of Windy Gallagher, Connie Gibson, and Markus Lloyd for an act of Good Samaritanism]
GALLAGHER. CONNIE GIBSON AND MARCUS LLOYD. FOR AN ACTIVE GOOD SAMARITAN IS, UM UM, BUT OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, WHO IS GOING TO SHARE THAT STORY IS OUT WITH THE FLU TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO OUR NEXT MEETING. ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED,[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]
WERE MADE AWARE OF THAT EARLIER TODAY. NEXT TIME IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HERE. EVEN THE NON AGENDA ITEMS THERE WILL BE, UH, EACH PERSON WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE. THERE WILL BE A TIMER UP ON THE SCREEN TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT. UM PLEASE. WHEN YOU COME UP STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND AGAIN YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I ASK YOU TO PLEASE HONOR THAT SO EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UM WE WILL START WITH BEST BENTLEY. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MR CITY MANAGER. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, DURING OUR UPCOMING BLACK HISTORY, MONTH EVENTS AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR MCKINNEY[00:10:02]
BLACK HISTORY MONTH. A COMMITTEE THAT IS OVERSEEN BY DR FILTERS. FIRST THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THIS COMING THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH AT SEVEN PM UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASON HERBIE, WE'RE GEARING UP FOR A 100 VOICE CHOIR , AND IT IS A UNITY CHOIR. SO IT IS COMMUNITY WIDE. AND IT IS FOR ALL WALKS OF LIFE. IF YOU HAVE A VOICE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. IF YOU HAVE A VOICE, WE ARE INVITING YOU INTO THIS CHOIR EXPERIENCE. IT WILL BE HELD AT 614 ANNE STREET RIGHT OFF OF HIGHWAY FIVE AT FIRST PINNACLE OF PRAISE, CHURCH AND THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY IS THE COLLEGE MEGAFEST. THIS IS A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE 12TH YEAR OR SO IS PRESENTED BY SAINT MARC BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER PASTOR CHARLES WATLEY. IT WAS STARTED AT THE KITCHEN TABLE OF THE SHAPE BENNETT AND HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE OVER BAD CLOSE TO 500 PARTICIPANTS IN HIS GROWN SO THAT IT IS NOW HELD IN THE COLLEGE, COLLIN COLLEGE CONFERENCE CENTER, AND THE UNFORTUNATE THING THAT HAS OCCURRED IS, UM THE COMMUNITY. THE FORTUNATE THING IS, THE COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS BLESSED WITH LUNCH AND BREAKFAST. UM OUTSIDE PARTICIPANTS. WHAT WE HAVE NOW DISCOVERED THERE WAS A MIDYEAR CHANGE WHERE FOOD CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED WITHIN THE COLLEGE, WHICH HAS NOW PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDS TO BE EXPENSED THAT HAVE NOT BEEN BUDGETED IN. THOMAS PASSED. AND SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT IN ANY WAY, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN FINALLY ON FEBRUARY, 4TH WILL HAVE OUR KICKOFF THROUGH THE MCKINNEY BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM AT THE HELEN ROY AND HELEN HALL LIBRARY. THREE PM COME OUT AND LEARN ABOUT MCKINNEY'S BLACK HISTORY. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, UM LISTENING.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'LL BE EXPANDING ON SOME OF THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH ACTIVITIES AT THE END OF IT. YES. ALLISON MONROE. HELLO. ALLISON MONROE SIX BAKER STREET, MCKINNEY. I'M THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY, AND I AM HERE TO THANK THE CITY FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM YOU AND HAVE FOR MANY YEARS AND JUST TO KIND OF UPDATE YOU ON THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. SO THIS WEEK, WE PUT OUT A RESOURCE LIST ON THE CITY'S HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. WE SENT IT OUT TO OUR ENTIRE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND, UM IT'S BEEN REALLY AWESOME, BECAUSE, UM, MEOWS, WHICH IS THE MCKINNEY OVERNIGHT WARMING STATION HAS BEEN OPEN AT THE SALVATION ARMY. IT WAS OPEN FOR 65 HOURS STRAIGHT AND TO BE CLEAR THAT IS NOT RUN BY THE SALVATION ARMY THAT IS JUST THE FACILITY PROVIDED MEOWS IS RUN BY IN MANUAL LABOR, WHICH IS A REALLY A ONE MAN OPERATION. ONE EMPLOYEE AND COMPLETELY VOLUNTEER RUN, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, I THINK, PROBABLY 100 VOLUNTEERS THIS WEEK AND ALSO GOT THEIR SUPPLY LIST. PATRICK WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE FOR COFFEE AND SOCKS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ONLINE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE OR CONTRIBUTE IN LIKE WHATEVER WAYS THAT THEY OKAY? AND IT'S JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS RESPONSE HAVE BEEN REALLY SO JUST WITH WHENEVER THE CITY PUT STUFF OUT IF THEY CAN PUT OUT THE MANUAL LABOR LINKS AND WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE, THAT WOULD BE JUST AWESOME. WE HAVE 250 TO 500. EXG HOMELESSNESS IN MCKINNEY RIGHT NOW, IT'S GROWING EVERY YEAR AND ON JANUARY 25TH. WE'RE HAVING THE PIT COUNT, WHICH IS THE POINT IN TIME. IT'S A CENSUS FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE. UM ANYTHING YOU ANYTHING TO DO WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OR WITH YOUR CHURCH? YOUR FAMILY YOUR COMPANY. COME AND FIND ME. I WILL GET YOU CONNECTED, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY SALAAM ALAIKUM TO OUR GUESTS HERE TONIGHT. UM DR. UM HENDRA ARE HERE. SHE SPONSORED ME 22 YEARS AGO TO WORK AS A PHOTOJOURNALIST IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA FOR A YEAR AND SOME BIDS STILL VERY CLOSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY WARM WELCOME AND HOW WELL YOU LISTEN AND HEAR EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PAUL BALLESTEROS IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. BUT BECAUSE HE IS RUNNING THE MILAN TONIGHT, BUT HE WANTED TO DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR ALL THEIR HELP DURING, UH, DURING THE LAST NUMBER OF DAYS THAT YEAR ROUND AND ALWAYS, BUT SPECIFICALLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WITH THE WARMING SHELTER AND JUST SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE ENGAGED, COMPASSIONATE. UM GROUP OF FIRST RESPONDERS. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE
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SURE TO THANK ALL OF YOU. WE JUST COULDN'T BE HERE TO DO IT IN PERSON. SO I WANT TO CONVEY THAT MOUSSA DAVIES. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? MR MAYOR. CITY COUNCILS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS MARSHA ALBERT DAVIS. I LIVE IN 22 OR 21 FLEMING A DRIVE. IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AS A MENTOR FOR MCKINNEY FOR FINISH SOME YEARS. SINCE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, AND WE SPOKE OF THAT. THE RESOLUTION FOR THE CEASEFIRE. WE ASKED THE CITY TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. A MONTH HAS PASSED OR PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. OR DESTRUCTION HAS HAPPENED AND CONTINUE TO HEAVEN. THE SITUATION IS GETTING OUT OF HAND AS THE WEATHER GETS COLD DOWN THERE, AND PEOPLE HAVE NO PLACES TO GO. NO. SHELTERS. SHORT OF FOOD. LIFE HAS BEEN THIS. THIS DISTRACTED AT EVERY ASPECT. AND THE WORLD CONTINUE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY. WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT HAS SUFFERED. I PERSONALLY ONE OF MY COUSINS LOST TWO OF HIS KIDS. ONE IS EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND ONE IS 11. I NEVER SEEN THEM DO NOT KNOW THEM. BECAUSE OF YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS THE SEPARATION OF THE WAR SINCE 1948. BUT. MORE FAMILIES LIKE MINE ARE LOSING THEIR LOVED ONES. AND THIS WORLD CONTINUE TO GO MORE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DIE. MORE LIFE HAS BEEN LOST. AND IF WE DON'T STAND AND MAKE A RESOLUTIONS AS A HUMANITY TO STOP THIS DESTRUCTION TO START THIS LOSS OF LIFE. OH WHO KNOWS HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO GO? AND HOW MANY MORE ARE GONNA DIE? SINCE THE LAST TIME MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, INNOCENT PEOPLE. WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S, THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAR. THE WORLD IS JUST BEING INFLICTED ON THEM, AND THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. EVERYTHING IS BEING SHUT DOWN AND CLOSED ON THEM. AND THEY NEED ASKED TO LOOK AT THEM AS HUMANS. WE NEED TO CONSIDER HUMANITY AND WE NEED TO CONSIDER ASKING FOR THE CEASEFIRE TO SAVE LIVES. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. DONYA LATER. RESPECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. DANIELS A WAITER, I LIVE IN 348 APACHE TRAIL. MURPHY, TEXAS 75094. EACH MORNING, I WAKE UP TO THE HAUNTING IMAGES OF MY FAMILY LOST, AND I'M TIRED FOR PLEADING FOR A CEASE FIRE IN EVERY CITY HALL. WE SAW A FATHER CARING WHAT WAS LEFT OF HIS SON IN A PLASTIC BAG, AND WE THOUGHT IT COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE. AND THEN WE SAW THE VIDEO OF AHMED, A FOUR YEAR OLD WITH BOTH LEGS BLOWN OFF CRYING FOR HIS MOM AND DAD WHO HAD BEEN KILLED AND WE THOUGHT IT COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE. AND THEN THERE WAS A SURGEON WHO HAD TO AMPUTATE HIS OWN CHILD'S LIMBS WITHOUT ANESTHESIA, ANESTHESIA AND THE CHILD DIED FROM THE PAIN AND WE THOUGHT IT COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE, AND IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. WE FACE A DIRE SITUATION WITH ONLY SIX AMBULANCES LEFT IN GAZA. WHEN WILL IT BE ENOUGH? IT PAINS ME TO SEE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DISMISSED THE WISHES OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS. LET ME BE CLEAR. THE SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE IS NOT JUST A STANCE. IT'S A REJECTION OF COLONIALISM WHILE THE WORLD WATCHES ISRAEL'S SEEMINGLY PRIORITIZES CONFLICTS ELSEWHERE, ENGAGING IN A WAR WITH YEMEN RATHER THAN HEARING THE DESPERATE CALLS FOR A CEASEFIRE. IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT NO WESTERN NATION HAS STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT SOUTH AFRICA'S GENOCIDE CASE AGAINST ISRAEL, EXPOSING A SILENCE THAT CONTRADICTS THEIR PROCLAIMED DEDICATION TO FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS. THEY WOULD RATHER START A WAR WITH YEMEN THAN TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE THREE MONTHS INTO THE UKRAINE WAR. THE U. N SAID CHILDREN'S LIVES WERE BEING DEVASTATED IN A WAY NOT SEEN SINCE WORLD WAR TWO WITH AN AVERAGE OF TWO CHILDREN KILLED PER DAY AND 100 PER DAY, WHILE THE CITY COUNCIL REFRAINED FROM EXPRESSING A STANCE ON UKRAINE. THE WHOLE COUNTRY KNEW IT WAS UNDIVIDED AND STANDING AGAINST RUSSIA'S OVERREACH. THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. OUR COUNTRY ACTIVELY SUPPORTS THIS GENOCIDE. TAKING A STANCE NOW WOULD DEMONSTRATE SOLIDARITY WITH HUMANITY AND ASSURE CONSTITUENTS THAT THEIR VOICES ARE ACKNOWLEDGED. THE ONLY THING THAT WE ASK IS THAT YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR EVERY DAY AND TELL YOURSELF THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU. IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR FAMILY. IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR HOMELAND FACING EXTERMINATION.PLEASE BEAR WITNESS AND TAKE ACTION AS YOU WOULD HAVE WANTED SOMEONE TO DO FOR YOU. DALLAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAM ISOLDE HAS PROPOSED A CEASEFIRE BASED ON A RECENT ATTENDANCE AT CITY
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HALLS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. WE ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO JOIN HIM IN ADVOCATING FOR A CEASEFIRE AS WELL. THANK YOU. IT'S ON A WAD. I STAND BEFORE YOU AND MCKINNEY RESIDENT. AND AN UNAPOLOGETICALLY A PROUD PALESTINIAN AMERICAN. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A CHILD, A STORY OF MY CHILDHOOD TO LET YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF PALESTINE THAT'S BEING OCCUPIED BY THE ZIONIST STATE OF ISRAEL. THAT THE SUPPORT AND FUNDING FROM CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING MCKINNEY , WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO VISIT MY COUNTRY OF PALESTINE. ALRIGHT THAT MANY INTERNATIONAL PALESTINIANS DON'T HAVE. WHILE MY FAMILY AND I WERE VISIT, WE VISITED AL AQSA MOSQUE AND IS CURRENTLY KNOWN AS JERUSALEM. WE STOOD ALONG A WALL OVERLOOKING THE RICH AND VIBRANT HISTORY OF AL QAEDA'S JUST REGULAR TOURISTS. WHY WOULD THERE BE AN ISSUE WITH AN AMERICAN PALESTINIAN DOING BUT KNOW THAT STOOD A PROBLEM WITH THE I D F PIGS THAT POINTED A GUN AT MY MOTHER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE SHE WORE A SCARF, NOT THREATENING PEOPLE OF FOREIGN, NON ARAB TOURISTS, TELLING HIM IT WAS FINE TARGETED HER AS IF SHE WAS A TERRORIST OR SOMETHING DANGEROUS THAT THE WESTERN MEDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY DONE SO TO BRAINWASH THE CITIZENS TO LET US BE SEEN IN THIS LIGHT. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, THOSE SAME PIGS ARE NOW COMMITTING A GENOCIDE IN GAZA, KILLING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDER THE CLAIM OF SELF DEFENSE, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 100 DAYS.IT'S NOT SELF DEFENSE OR EFFECT AGAINST HAMAS. IT'S A MILITARY OPERATION TO ERADICATE PEOPLE IN GAZA AND TO MAKE US UNLIVABLE IN THE WEST BANK WHERE THERE IS NO HAMAS. YET THOSE SAME PIGS ARE ARRESTING PALESTINIANS SIMPLY FOR EXISTING, ASSAULTING CHILDREN. SNIPING MEN IN ARRESTING THE ELDERS THAT POSE NO THREAT. AND YET YOU STAND HERE TODAY, SITTING ON A PEDESTAL OF POWER AS IF YOU WERE UNTOUCHABLE, REFUSING TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE OPPRESSORS IF DEMOCRACY IS NOT REPRESENTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THEN WE DON'T WANT IT. I DEMANDED IT AND THIS ONGOING NECK BUT THAT STARTED IN 1948. IT'S BEEN 75 YEARS OF SUFFERING ETHNIC CLEANSING AND APARTHEID CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE. AND AS ALWAYS, FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE. NOBODY. 215,963,100. THAT'S HOW MUCH OUR CITY INVESTED IN THE U.
S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS AS OF THE MOST RECENTLY AVAILABLE INVESTMENT REPORT ONLINE. THAT IS MILLIONS OF OUR CITIES MONEY JOINING THE POOL THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS USING TO FUND WHAT IT THINKS SHOULD BE IN AMERICAN PRIORITY RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW. THAT PRIORITY HAS NOT BEEN MEDICAL CARE HAS NOT BEEN. HOUSING HAS NOT EVEN BEEN STUDENT LOAN RELIEF. THAT PRIORITY HAS BEEN TO FUND ISRAELI GENOCIDE. THEY STAY ON A PERSONAL LEVEL THAT IF YOU DON'T VOTE, YOU'RE GIVING THE GOVERNMENT A BLANK CHECK. IN THE FORM OF YOUR TAXES. AND THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR A CITY THAT DOESN'T SPEAK UP. OF COURSE, OUR CITY CAN'T VOTE ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE WITH THE MILLIONS INVESTED IN BONDS. INSTEAD IT CAN PASS THE RESOLUTION AND MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT OUR CITY WANTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PRIORITIZE. RESOLUTION THAT TELLS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE DON'T WANT OUR STUDIES MILLIONS BECOMING PART OF AN EMERGENCY FUNDING PACKAGE FOR ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE BECAUSE WE WANT OUR CITY'S INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT OUR CITY'S GOALS, WHICH ARE SAFETY, SECURITY, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND MORE AND PASSING.
A RESOLUTION TELLS THEM JUST THAT. TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE HOW MUCH THIS IMPACTS EVERYONE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. I LIVE IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TO HERE IN MCKINNEY. I'M AN ACTIVE VOTER, AND THIS IS A MAKE OR BREAK ISSUE FOR ME AS A VOTER. IF MY COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T VALUE MY COMMUNITY AND DO THE BARE MINIMUM BY PUTTING AN UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA, I CAN'T FORGET THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR ELECTIONS. IT'S NOT THAT I LOOK AT THE BALLOT AND THINK MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T EMPATHIZE OR DOESN'T CARE. I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING. I KNOW THAT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, Y'ALL ARE HEARING THIS AND Y'ALL ARE DEFINITELY MOVED. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT PERSONALLY, YOU ARE NOT EMPATHIZING OR FEELING OUR PAIN. IT'S TO SAY THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THE BALLOT I'M GOING TO SAY I WANT A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WILL USE THEIR PLATFORM TO ELEVATE MY VOICE AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE US PLATITUDES. IF YOU AREN'T WILLING TO DO THAT. UNFORTUNATELY THAT THAT REPRESENTS TO US THAT YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO REPRESENT WHAT THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY STANDS FOR.
AND SO I WILL PRIORITIZE PUTTING SOMEONE IN OFFICE WHO DOES LISTEN TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS, AND I'M NOT THE ONLY VOTER WHO FEELS THAT WAY, SO PLEASE PUT A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA. SAMARA. TOMORROW WE'LL GO. SORRY. I'M SHORT SO. SOME LIGHT. ROCKMAN IBRAHIM. GOOD
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EVENING. I AM A HUMAN. YOU SEE, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF BY MY NAME. BUT THE RECENT TURN OF EVENTS HAS MADE ME REALIZE THAT MY IDENTITY, MY ETHNICITY MY FAITH IS LARGELY DEHUMANIZED. SO THIS IS SUMMER OF A CAR HUMAN RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBER. EACH OF YOU WAS ELECTED BY THE PUBLIC TO SERVE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. EACH OF YOU SHOULDERS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS ALL MCKINNEY RESIDENTS. LAST TIME WE WERE HERE ARE ASK WAS CONSIDERED A FOREIGN MATTER. I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY HIGHLIGHT THAT WHEN SOMETHING IMPACTED AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY RESIDING IN A CITY OR ELECTED TO SERVE, IT BECOMES A LOCAL MATTER TODAY I CAN TALK ABOUT HOW MY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. I COULD TALK NUMBERS, THE SEVERITY OF IMPACT PREVALENCE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, THE VICARIOUS TRAUMA FOR ALL MCKINNEY RESIDENTS AND THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON THIS GENOCIDE ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH. BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY AND I NEED ANSWERS. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND. IF AS A RESIDENT OF NEW GUINEA I HAVE THE SAME VALUE TO YOU, AS ANY OTHER RESIDENT, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE AN ALLY TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS YOU ARE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE CITY COUNCIL MCKINNEY GOALS SPECIFICALLY, GOLD SIX AND PARTIALLY GOAL ONE. ADDRESSING SIX A. WE FEEL UNSAFE AND MORE EXPOSED TO ISLAMOPHOBIA PHYSICAL AS WELL AS ECONOMIC SAFETY IS BEING THREATENED, ADDRESSING SIX E. WE WANT YOU TO ENGAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS, INCLUDING TOWN HALL, INTERACTIVE SESSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAMS, ADDRESSING ONE E GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AT A GRASSROOTS LEVEL, WE WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO DO THAT. SO MY QUESTIONS ARE WILL YOU FULFILL THE CITY'S GOALS WHEN IT COMES TO EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR DIVERSE CITY ARE YOU AND ALLY TO OUR COMMUNITY? WILL YOU BE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY EFFORTS AS YOU ARE WITH ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE SAW HERE TODAY? THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS ALWAYS THE HUMAN THING TO DO. ASK YOUR HEART. IS IT HUMAN TO LET THE PEOPLE BE BRUTALLY MURDERED? IF YOUR HEART SAYS NO. THEN BRING THE RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA IN THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND DETER ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.BARAKAT. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND ESTEEMED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M LILIA AND BARAKAT, PROUD RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY. TONIGHT MY PURPOSE IS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA EXPERIENCED BY MCKINNEY CITY RESIDENTS DUE TO THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION. IN THE REALM OF PHYSICAL TRAUMA, PHYSICAL HEALTH. CONDITIONS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED BY NOT ONLY THE HORROR AND DISTRESS FROM WATCHING IMAGES OF INNOCENT PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED, MURDERED AND STARVED IN GAZA. BUT EVEN MORE DISTURBING IS THE IMAGES OF AMERICANS FROM A SIX YEAR OLD BEING STABBED TO DEATH TO COLLEGE STUDENTS BEING SHOT IN VERMONT. AS FOR THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA, THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS, CAIR REPORTS A STAGGERING 1283 BIAS INCIDENTS AGAINST MUSLIMS AND ARABS SINCE THE ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST HATE SPEECH AND INFLAMMATORY POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE FUELED A DANGEROUS NARRATIVE LABELING MUSLIMS AND PALESTINIANS AS SAVAGES. TERRORISTS AND BARBARIANS. AN ARTICLE BY DR DR RANA AWAD ON TIME DOT COM HIGHLIGHTS THE DEVASTATING MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA, CITING INCIDENTS LIKE DOXING PRACTICE, CAUSING ANXIETY AND COMPLEX PTSD WITH A STARK 44% OF DOXING VICTIMS REPORTING SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES. THESE INCIDENTS ARE BEING FELT WHOLEHEARTEDLY BY MCKINNEY'S CONSTITUENT CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE ENDURED DEPRESSION, HELPLESSNESS AND MORAL INJURY. THIS TYPE OF PREJUDICE DOES NOT HARM MERELY ONE RELIGIOUS OR SOCIAL GROUP. SEEK THINE IN NEW YORK FELL VICTIM TO A HATE CRIME ASSAULT. TO FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS ISSUE TRANSCENDS RELIGION, THE TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN DENTON THIS WEEKEND IS HOSTING A DISCUSSION ON THE IMPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. WE CALL ON YOUR SUPPORT OF A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION TO PROTECT HEALTH SAFETY AND WELL BEING AND TO PREVENT BULLYING, WHICH IS HAPPENING IN MCKINNEY, I S D DISINFORMATION AND HATE CRIMES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN MENTOR. MY NAME IS DEB. OUR MENTOR. I'M A JEW, A MEMBER OF JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE AND A FORMER DENTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. I URGE YOU TO JOIN THE
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GROWING NUMBER OF CITY COUNCILS PUTTING CEASE FIRE RESOLUTIONS ON THEIR AGENDAS. IN A RECENT REUTERS POLL, 68% OF AMERICANS WANT TO SEE THE U. S PUSH FOR A CEASEFIRE AND AN END ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE IN GAZA. CEASEFIRE IS NOT A RED OR A BLUE ISSUE. IT IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE SUPPORTED BY BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. CITY COUNCILS PUTTING CEASE FIRE RESOLUTIONS ON THEIR AGENDAS ARE SHOWING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND LOCAL CONTROL BY GIVING LOCAL ELECTED THE VOICE ON THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF BILLIONS OF US CITY STATE AND FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS SPENT ON WARTIME JET WAR CRIMES, GENOCIDE AND APARTHEID OVERSEAS, AND THEY'RE SHOWING MORAL RESPONSIBILITY BY HONORING THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE THAT WE ALL HOLD DEAR. I'M A LITERATURE PROFESSOR AT U N. T WHERE I REGULARLY TEACH A COURSE ON LITERATURE IN THE HOLOCAUST. I TEACH IT BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER THE 6 MILLION LIVES LOST WHILE THE WORLD WATCHED IN SILENCE SO THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM HISTORY RATHER THAN REPEATING IT. I CONSIDER IT MY DUTY AS A JEW AS A WORLD CITIZEN AS AN AMERICAN AND AS A HUMAN BEING TO PRESERVE THE PAINFUL MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST SO THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. TO ANYONE. THERE ARE MANY JEWS WORLDWIDE WHO FEEL THE SAME NOT IN SPITE OF OUR JUDAISM, BUT BECAUSE OF IT, THE MYTH THAT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ISRAELI APARTHEID AND GENOCIDE AGAINST PALESTINIANS IS SOMEHOW ANTI SEMITIC IS ABSURD PROPAGANDA. IT IS A DISSERVICE TO AMERICAN JEWS TO ALLOW A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT PRETEND TO SPEAK IN OUR NAME. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS OF ALL FAITHS AND POLITICAL LEANINGS AND FOR MCKINNEY'S PLACE IN FUTURE HISTORY BOOKS. AGREED TO PUT A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION ON YOUR AGENDA AT A FUTURE MEETING. THANK YOU. AL HASSAN. RESPECTED MAYOR, UH AND THE RESPECTIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF MCKINNEY . MY NAME IS SHAZIA HASSAN, AND I'M, A RESIDENT OF MURPHY, TEXAS. LISTENING TO ALL OF US AND IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL ALSO, I WANTED TO BRING YOU A MESSAGE FROM A PASTURE IN BETHLEHEM, AND I HOPE THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON FROM A PASTURES WORD. SO WHAT HE DID IN THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM THE OCCUPIED CITY OF BETHLEHEM ON SUNDAY. A PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN PASTURE PASTOR ISAAC HE DELIVERED AN ADDRESS IN WHICH HE SAID THE CURRENT WAR ON GAZA WAS THE BIGGEST BLOW AND THAT CHRISTIANS WOULD NOT ACCEPT WORDS OF THE LATE REMORSE SERMON MADE ON THE CHRISTMAS EVE CAME AFTER ISAAC'S PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT ALL CHRISTIANS CELEBRATIONS IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS WOULD BE CANCELED AS ISRAEL CONTINUES TO BOMBARD THE BESIEGED IN CLAVE FOR THE THIRD MONTH. PASTOR SAID THIS YEAR CHRIST WAS UNDER THE RUBBLE. HE SAID. IF JESUS WAS BORN TODAY, HE WOULD BE UNDER THE RUBBLE. WHY IS THAT? WE ARE SAD. WE ARE ANGRY. WE ARE MOURNING AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA TODAY IN THE NAME OF SELF DEFENSE, IT'S BREAKING ALL THE ALL THE ETHICS OF THIS WORLD. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HOST TO IT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HAWZA IS THE MORAL COMPASS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD KILLING OF 25 PLUS K PEOPLE. THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN KILLED HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN STILL UNDER THE RUBBLE, AND THE PASTOR SAYS IF JESUS WAS BORN, WHERE WOULD HE BE? HE WOULD BE UNDER THE RUBBLE. HIS TEACHINGS ARE UNDER THE RUBBLE. NOW, WHAT DID HE TEACH LOVE? PEACE LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA NOW HIS TEACHINGS ARE UNDER THE RUBBLE IN THE NAME OF RELIGION IN THE NAME OF WHAT IN THE NAME OF FAITH IS THIS FAITH? SELF DEFENSE BY KILLING CHILDREN IS THAT IS THAT UNDER THE ANY FACEBOOK? WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? SO HOW IS THE KILLING OF 9000? CHILDREN SELF DEFENSE, SO WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE BRING THE AGENDA OF CEASEFIRE IN THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TOMORROW. SMITH. HELLO MY NAME IS TAMAR SMITH. AND I'M 3 TO 50. HUDSON CROSSING MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I AM A RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON. THE DIVERSITY OF THE ISSUE. THE WHAT IS GOING ON IN HAMZA IS NOT JUST A PALESTINIAN ISSUE IS AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE IDEA OF TRAINS THAT POLICE HERE IN TEXAS MOST.MOST FREQUENTLY AGENTS IN DALLAS AS WELL. DO WE WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVE WAR
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CRIMES TRAINING OUR POLICE THE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE AND PROTECT US. DO IS THAT WHAT WE WANT AS A SOCIETY? AND TO THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CONDONING WHO WE ARE INVITING.TO ACTIVELY REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITIES AND REPRESENT OUR SAFETY. IT MAKES ME VERY SICK.
ESPECIALLY WHEN I CONSIDER JUST HOW MUCH IS REALLY APARTHEID. MIMICS. JIM CROW AND RACISM HERE IN AMERICA. I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL UNSAFE. I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL DISGUSTED. AND I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF WE CAN BE DOING BETTER. ISRAEL IS NOT JUST. COMMITTING WAR CRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF HAMZA. THEY ARE ALSO GUILTY OF COMMITTING WAR CRIMES IN SOUTH AMERICA. THERE ARE ALSO GUILTY OF FACILITATING THE DISMANTLING OF DEMOCRACY HERE IN AMERICA THROUGH, UM A PACK. AND TO THINK THAT THIS IS SOMEONE THAT WE ACTIVELY WORK WITH ON BEHALF OF OUR GOVERNMENT ON THE BEHALF OF OUR PEOPLE. I DESPERATELY URGE YOU TO WHAT A CEASEFIRE. ON SORRY. ON THE RESOLUTION FOR THE NEXT MEETING. KILLED MOHAMMED. GREENING THEIR MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS A KILL MOHAMMED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY. I FEEL SORRY FOR ALL THE INNOCENTLY INNOCENT LOSS OF LIFE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR FAITH, MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN, JEWISH, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS BECAUSE WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF ADAM AND EVE, YOU AND I, THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, THE JEWISH PEOPLE BE ALL OUR CHILDREN OF ADAMANT YOUR ONE FAMILY. I'M HERE TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE REVOLUTIONARY ON YOUR AGENDA NEXT MEETING. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT, UM, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO TAKE A SIDE HERE.
THE CEASEFIRE IS YOU'RE ASKING FOR A CEASE FIRE TO STOP THE BLOODSHED TO STOP THE BOMBING, NOT ONLY PROTECTING THE INNOCENT LIVES OF PALESTINIANS, YOU'RE ACTUALLY SAVING ISRAEL. IDEA OF SOLDIERS AS WELL. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS THAT ARE BEING KILLED. THOUSANDS OF THEM ARE GETTING INJURED. THERE ARE DOZENS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM ARE GETTING THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. ARE YOU SOLVING THE PROBLEM THAT IS WREAKING HAVOC NOT ONLY IN THE PALESTINIAN BUT IN THE REGION AS WELL. THE REASON WE ARE HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL IS BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW UNPOPULAR OR CONGRESSES CONGRESSES HAS ONLY 9% OF THE SUPPORTING THIS COUNTRY. THAT'S 12 YEAR HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL, SO THAT YOU SEND A MESSAGE. THAT MESSAGE WILL HAVE THE AMPLIFICATION IMPACT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THAT WILL HAVE THE CASCADING IMPACT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND THAT WILL PROPEL OUR OUR FOREIGN POLICY TO CHANGE STAND AND THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE. YOU'RE ACTUALLY LIVING THE GAME. WE ARE WHAT? THERE ARE 180 COUNTRIES IN THE UNITED NATIONS THAT ACTUALLY CALL FOR CEASEFIRE. UNITED STATES 180 COUNTRIES ARE GOING THIS WAY US IS GOING THIS WAY. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE DECISION MAKERS IN DC TO STAND FOR HUMANITY. NOT ONLY THE MECHANISM, THE COUNCIL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THERE ARE MANY CITY COUNCIL THAT ACTUALLY POSITIVE RESOLUTION. MANY IN CALIFORNIA, MANY IN DELAWARE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. YOU KNOW, ALBANY, NEW YORK, SO I REQUEST YOU ALL TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE CEASEFIRE IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. RAHIMA MAYOR. I BEGIN WITH THE NAME OF GOD IN GOD, WE TRUST MY NAME IS RAHIMA MAYOR I'M A RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER. SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS DR FELTUS PATRICK JUSTIN BELLER, ALL OF YOU MENTIONED WHY SHOULD MCKINNEY GET INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS? WELL SINCE THEN, FOR ABOUT A YEAR SINCE SINCE THEN 15 CITIES. MADISON DETROIT SEATTLE A PLANTED YOU'RE BORN REGIMENT, PROVIDENCE ALL HAVE PASSED RESOLUTION FOR CEASEFIRE IN THEIR CITIES. UM LET ME QUOTE ONE STATEMENT THAT THAT WAS PREVALENT IN ALL OF THEM. THIS ISN'T JUST AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT HUMANITY. IT'S ABOUT ECHOING THE COLLECTIVE HEARTBEAT OFF OVER INTERCONNECTED WORLD WHERE THE SUFFERING OF ONE BECOMES A CONCERN OF ALL. CURRENTLY EIGHT OTHER CITIES HAVE IT ON THEIR DOCKET TO VOTE NEXT MONTH. EVEN
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BEN AND JERRY'S ICE CREAM PLACE TODAY PASSED A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION. GO FIGURE THAT, UM IF AN ICE CREAM COMPANY CAN TAKE A STAND FOR PEACE, HOW CAN YOU OVER CITY COUNCIL IGNORE SIMILAR RESOLUTION IS NO LONGER A MATTER MATTER OF POLICY IS A QUESTION OF CHARACTER FOR THE COMMUNITY NOW. WHILE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS UNDOUBTEDLY ON LOCAL MATTERS, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT ARE ENROLLED IS CONNECTED. THAT IS THE DECISIONS. WE MAKE THE STAND . WE TAKE REVERBERATE FAR BEYOND OUR CITY WALLS. JUST A RIPPLE OF A STONE CASTING UPON TOUCHES EVERY SHORE OF OUR ACTIONS TO INFLUENCE PERSPECTIVE IN POLICIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS MORE THAN RESOLUTION IS ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY BY SUPPORTING A CEASEFIRE. WE DEMONSTRATE MCKINNEY CARES. AND NOT JUST FOR ITS OWN, BUT FOR THE WELL BEING OF HUMANITY. WHILE OUR POLITICIANS CONTINUE IGNORING AND PUT A BLIND EYE ON HUMANITY. WE THE PEOPLE REFUSED TO OVERLOOK THEIR HYPOCRISY. I HEARD YOU LET OUR CITY BE COUNTED AMONG THOSE THAT CHAMPION PIECE STAND UP FOR AND AGAINST INJUSTICE AND DECLARE TO THE WORLD IN MCKINNEY. OUR HEART BEATS FOR HUMANITY. HINDU GERARD. I'M INJURED. HAVE BEEN IN MY CONDITIONS 78 AH, I WANT TO THANK YOU. COUNCIL. MAYOR FULLER. FOR YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR KINDNESS FOR OUR PRESENTATION TO LAST TIME. YOU ASKED US SEVERAL QUESTIONS, AND WE WANTED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. AND I HOPE THAT. WE DID A GOOD JOB OF ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITIES THAT HEAD RESOLUTION. THERE ARE MORE THAN 60 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT ARE CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE. THERE ARE MY FRIENDS. INDICATED HOW IS MCKINNEY AFFECTED BY THE WAR, BUT I WANT TO END BY SAYING THE PROCLAMATION THAT YOU MADE FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING. IT WAS JUST THE EXACT REPRESENTATION. OF WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO.WHAT. WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING STANDS. FOR AND THE RECOGNITION THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING HAS HERE LOCALLY AS WELL AS GLOBALLY AS YOU MENTIONED MAYOR FULLER. IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU FOR. NOW AT THE I, C. J THE INTERNATIONAL . COURT OF JUSTICE YOU HAVE SHOOT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AGAINST THE ISRAEL AND. LIKE TWO STATES IS IMPLICATED. JUST LAST WEEK $147 MILLION WERE GIVEN TO ISRAEL WITHOUT REQUESTING IT FROM THE CONGRESS. WE ARE BEING CONSIDERED A COMPLICIT IN THIS GENOCIDE AND THIS ETHNIC CLEANSING THAT'S TAKING PLACE OVERSEAS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ARE SEEING OF THE VIDEOS, BUT I SHALL VIDEO OF HER GRANDMOTHER. HOLDING THE HAND OF HER CHILD GRANDSON, AND SHE WAS SHOT BY A SNIPER AND SHE WAS KILLED. I SAW A MAN HOLDING HIS SON AND HE WAS SHOT BY. HE WAS RUNNING AWAY. ISRAEL WAS TELLING HIM TO RUN AWAY. HE WAS RUNNING AWAY. HE WAS KILLED. 111 JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN MURDERED WITH INDUSTRY MONTHS. HOW LONG YOU AND I ARE GONNA REMAIN QUIET. THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS AT LEAST VOICE THAT WE DO NOT STAND FOR THIS KILLING. I ASK YOU TO PLEASE SPONSOR THE RESOLUTION. PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA NEXT TIME AND PUT IT TO A VOTE. THAT'S THE CITY. I LOVE. THAT'S THE CITY. I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1978. WHERE ARE MY DAUGHTERS WERE BROUGHT UP WHERE MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE BEING GROWTH. WE'RE ALL MY OLD FAMILY HAS BEEN BROUGHT. THAT'S THE CITY. WE WANT TO BE THERE. LET'S CHANGE THE WORLD. LET US CHANGE THE WORLD. IT'S IN OUR HANDS. LET'S NOT SAY THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN CONTROL. LET'S DO IT. BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND THEN HONOR OF REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING. THANK YOU. OUR ACTIONS. IN PLACE OF OUR WORDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL
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FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORDS AND CERTAINLY. COMPELLING US TO IF YOU CONSIDER. WHAT YOU ASKED, UM WE NOW MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA. THESE ISLAND, CONSISTENT[CONSENT AGENDA]
NONCONTROVERSIAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW AND MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING SUCH A QUEST PRIOR TO THE MOTION OF VOTING THE CONSENT ITEMS I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO PULL ITEM 241121. WHICH IS. THE RESOLUTION APPROVING DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT BALANCE FUNDING FUNDING TO GREATER CHANGE. WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT AS WE DISCUSSED AND WORK SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO DELAY THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A NEXT APPLICATION PROCESS. SO REMOVING THAT ITEM IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS WILL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE CONCERN ITEMS. HE'S CAST YOUR VOTES. I DON'T HAVE EMOTIONS. RIGHT[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by the City of McKinney to Annex (Case No. 23-0004A) the Subject Property and Zone (Case No. 23-0103Z) a Portion of the Subject Property to “R5” - Residential District and Zone a Portion of the Subject Property to “AG” - Agricultural District, Located on the Southeast Corner of FM 543 and County Road 202 and Located on the North Side of FM 543 and Approximately 160 Feet East of Lantana, and Accompanying Ordinances]
REGULAR GENERAL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS PORTION EUGENIC CONSISTS ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL TO 30004 A FOUR SLASH 23-0103. TO CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON A REQUEST BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO ANNEX CASE NUMBER 230004 A THE SUBJECT , PROPERTY AND ZONE CASE NUMBER 230103 C A PORTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO OUR FIVE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND ZONE A PORTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FM, 543 AND COUNTY ROAD, 202 AND LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FM 543 AND APPROXIMATELY 160 FT EAST OF LANTANA. AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE. JENNIFER THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. JENNIFER ARNOLD, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AS YOU READ THIS AS AN ANNEXATION AND ZONING ITEM. THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 127 ACRES IN SIZE, AND IT IS LOCATED JUST SORT OF SOUTH AND WEST OF THE TRINITY FALLS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. IF YOU'LL RECALL THIS PROCESS FOR ANNEXATION ACTUALLY STARTED WAY BACK IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZED STAFF TO PURSUE WHAT CONSENT.ANNEXATION. EXCUSE ME. UM WITH THAT PROCESS, STATE LAW DOES LAY OUT VERY, VERY SPECIFIC PROCEDURES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW. AND ALTHOUGH THIS WAS A CITY INITIATED ANNEXATION DOES REQUIRE CONSENT FROM 50% OR MORE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. EXCUSE ME IN THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION AREA. SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OVER THE LAST 6 TO 9 MONTHS, WE HAVE RECEIVED PETITIONS AND SIGNATURES FROM OWNERS REPRESENTING 50% OR MORE OF THE AREA BEING ANNEXED. AND SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. AS YOU'LL RECALL AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. TO CONSIDER THE ANNEXATION. AND TONIGHT WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR ACTION ON THAT ANNEXATION. SO THE ITEM TONIGHT IS TWO PARTS. WE'RE GOOD. THE FIRST BEING ANNEXATION OF THE 127 ACRES AND THE SECOND BEING THE ASSOCIATED ZONING FOR THOSE TRACKS, SO WE KIND OF LOOK AT THE AREA AS A NORTH AND SOUTH YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN THAT NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WHEN ANNEXED INTO THE CITY STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT THE ANNEX ARE THE ZONING BE THE A G AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT. AND THE SOUTHERN TRACKED TO ALIGN WITH AN EXISTING PRE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ACTUALLY CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. WE ARE PROPOSING A ZONING OF OUR FIVE, WHICH IS OUR STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. SO IF IT IS THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE TONIGHT, WE DO ASK THAT THE MOTION INCLUDE BOTH THE ANNEXATION AND THE ZONING ON THE ITEM. OBVIOUSLY, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER? THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? DURING NONE ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. SECOND BOTH ASPECTS AS JENNIFER POINT OF THAT. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. PASSES.
AS THE END OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA , PUBLISHER AND ITEMS THAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD CITIZEN COMMENTS,
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving the Distribution of the Opioid Settlement Balance of Funding to Grace to Change]
COUNSEL AND MANAGER COMMENTS. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO GO BACK. I DIDN'T. WE PULLED ONE ITEM FROM CONSENT, BUT WE NEED A VOTE. REFUSE MYSELF. OKAY UM, JUST NEED A MOTION TO TABLE IT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE TABLED IT. DEFINITELY UM YES, FOR AT THIS[00:50:06]
POINT, AND DEFINITELY DEFINITELY PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. PASSES. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
WILL GO TO COUNCIL MANAGER COMMENTS WILL START WITH MAYOR PRO TEM CHARLIE PHILLIPS. THE MOST BRIEF COMMENTS I'VE HEARD HIM MAKE. WE'LL GO. WE'LL START THEN THAT YOU'RE IN COMMENTS.IT'S PRETTY SLOW LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'RE JUST COMING OFF OF THE NEW YEAR. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR MY SON WHEN I WENT OVER A LOT OF STUFF LAST MEETING UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR COMING OUT. GENERAL CEASEFIRE IS IT'S. YOU KNOW IT WASN'T ON THE TABLE, DATA, DISCUSS OR NOT A PROCLAMATION FOR BUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, YOU KNOW? KIND OF EYE OPENING. MAYBE WE SHOULD, UH, LOOK AT IT, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY AGAIN FOR COMING OUT AND AGAIN. LIKE I SAID, LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE.
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME AND SPEAK. AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT'S HEARING IN YOUR VOICE IS BEING HEARD. ALL RIGHT. COULDN'T AGREE MORE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING OUT AND SO ELOQUENTLY LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOUR POSITION IS. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TONIGHT. UM I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THAT'S UPCOMING. THIS IS OUR THIRD ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND WE HAVE A MONTH LONG DOCKET OF EVENTS GOING ON IN BETH KIND OF ELABORATED ON SOME THINGS FROM HER END EARLIER, BUT ON FEBRUARY THE FOURTH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY, THE FOURTH WE'RE GOING TO BE JOINING TOGETHER TO SELL CELEBRATE HISTORIC BLACK CHURCHES IN MCKINNEY. WE'RE GOING TO BE JOINING IN WORSHIP AT THE MCKINNEY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. WITH LOSE ROSENTHAL AS THE PASTOR. JOIN US AT 10:15 A.M. THE CHURCH HAS SET UP A DISPLAY THAT WILL BE GOING ON ALL MONTH LONG, FEATURING IMPORTANT FIGURES IN BLACK BLACK HISTORY. IT'S REALLY GREAT EXHIBIT THAT THEY DO NOW ANNUALLY. UM ON FEBRUARY, 17TH BETH MENTIONED THE COLLEGE MEGAFEST, WHICH SHE FAILED TO MENTION IS THAT WE HAVE OVER 1300 STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR THAT EVENT. IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY DYNAMIC EVENT WHERE WE ARE EDUCATING KIDS ON HOW TO GET FINANCIAL AID. A. C T S A T PREP . THERE'LL BE PROFESSIONAL PANELS AND STUDENT PANELS AS WELL. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH SAINT MARK'S CHURCH, UM, ON THE 18TH. THERE WILL BE A GOSPEL BRUNCH AT GATHER IT WILL START AT ONE PM SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GREAT FOOD AND MUSIC. PLEASE COME AND JOIN US FOR THAT. UM ON THE 21ST. C UTX IS HAVING THEIR LIVING COLOR AWARDS ALSO AT GATHER, UM AND THEN ON THE 22ND. WE HAVE TWO EVENTS. THE FIRST WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. WE HAVE THE CEO OF THE DALLAS MAVERICKS SENT MARSHALL WHO WILL BE JOINING US FOR BUSINESS LECTURE ALONG WITH THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IT'S A BREAKFAST CEO SERIES. AND YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE FOR THAT EVENT. UM THAT EVENING. WE'RE HAVING A MARKET IS CALLED THE AMETHYST MARKET FEATURING BLACK BUSINESS OWNERS ALSO AT GATHER AND THEN FINALLY. THE BIGGEST EVENT I THINK OF THE MONTH IS OUR THEMED PARTY. WE HAD THE RENAISSANCE. UH THEME ON THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD A FANTASTIC 19 SEVENTIES SOUL TRAIN PARTY LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING A NINETIES HOUSE PARTY.
FEATURING SPEND A RELA FROM THE GROUP SALT AND PEPPER. SEE THAT'S MY GENERATION. SO IF YOU LOVE THE NINETIES, PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE SANCTUARY. WE'VE HAD TO MOVE THAT ONE TO MARCH. 1ST JUST SO WE DON'T CONFLICT WITH THE MECHANIC MCKINNEY CHAMBERS COMMUNITY AWARDS, BUT IT WILL BE ON MARCH 1ST. SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THAT. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS ONLINE AT MCKINNEY, B. H. M FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. MCKINNEY, BH M .COM. JUST, UM YEAH. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT, UH, THAT HAVE SHARED YOUR THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING TO PEOPLE? YOU KNOW, PEOPLE YOU LOVE PEOPLE YOU RELATE TO THE STATEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT. HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR. YEAH, HURT AND THE PAIN. CANNOT BE DISMISSED. UM. ALRIGHT ACTIONS DO NOT IN ANY WAY DIMINISHED. UM THAT PAIN AND THE FEAR THAT PEOPLE FEEL IN OUR COMMUNITY. I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. ALL OF YOU ALL HAVE COME TO THE PUBLIC SQUARE. TO SHARE
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THIS AS A COMMUNITY. WE OWE YOU OUR ATTENTION AND OUR UNDERSTANDING. UM WHEN, WHEN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES, PAIN AND TRAUMA. IT HURTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. PAIN CAN BE MULTIPLIED WITH ISOLATION. UM MISUNDERSTANDING OR LACK OF EMPATHY. SO AS A COMMUNITY, I THINK WE MUST SUPPORT THOSE MY LIST. THOSE THOSE THAT ARE SPEAKING BY LISTENING, LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING, HAVING CONVERSATIONS. ENSURING THAT EVERYONE FEELS SAFE. AND WORKING TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE HEARING AND WE ARE LEARNING. WE ARE UNDERSTANDING AND. UH SECOND THING I WANT TO MENTION WHICH I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MENTION IS TO THANK THE MCKINNEY , I S D AND VISIT MCKINNEY FOR THEIR WORK IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN DECEMBER. I PLANNED ON BRINGING A HELMET UP HERE AT ONE POINT OR WEARING A LETTERMAN'S JACKET OR SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. BUT MY ALL MY MATER WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN MY CITY.AND I HAVE BEEN OVERJOYED SINCE THAT HAPPENED, AND IT WAS FUN TO SHARE MY CITY WITH MY FRIENDS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE. AND THE SHOWCASE IT TO SO MANY THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR SO LONG. BUT UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I REALIZED SINCE THE GAME AND ALL THE FUN OF NOT HAVING TO TRAVEL TO A GAME LIKE THAT, AND NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH ALL THE LOGISTICS OF IT, BUT ONE OF THE FUN THINGS THAT I REALIZED SINCE THE GAME IS THAT EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY OUR MCKINNEY STADIUM. I HAVE THAT MEMORY. UM AND THAT'S SPECIAL, AND I THINK THAT'S HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. UM, I'VE WATCHED THAT GAME FOR YEARS. WATCHED FAMILIES AND, UH, ALUMNI IN SCHOOLS COME IN, AND TO MCKINNEY AND UM SEE THEIR THEIR DREAMS COME TO FRUITION OR CRASH AND BURN AND UM TO EXPERIENCE IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. AND SO I'M UM I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY AND WHAT WE GET TO SHOWCASE IN AN EVENT LIKE THAT, AND THAT PEOPLE CARRY THAT MEMORY ON FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, THAT THAT'S WHAT MCKINNEY MEANS TO THEM AS VISITORS HERE AND WHAT WE SHOWCASE AND SO VISIT.
MCKINNEY DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOESN'T AMAZING JOB WITH THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT. OKAY? I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT. AND SPEAKING TONIGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU COME AND TALK TO THE COUNCIL. IT'S IMPORTANT AGAIN, LIKE MR BELLER SAID. PRESS TO LISTEN. AND UNDERSTAND YOUR APPLY IN THE PEOPLE IN GAZA.
HORRIBLE STORIES AND EVERYTHING. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT UM. I CAN'T TELL YOU GET EMOTIONAL. I PRAY EVERY NIGHT. FOR THE FOR THE PEOPLE IN GAZA, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO PLAY. UM, HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY. OUR PRAYERS ARE HEARD AND SOMETHING HAPPENS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE COUNCIL AND TALK ANYTIME. WE WANT TO SEE YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU? THANK YOU. UH, I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE SAID IS GREAT. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ADD ONE THING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WATCH US EVERY WEEK. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE , YOU'RE LOOKING AT US, AND YOU'RE TALKING TO US, AND I GUESS THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THERE'S A PRETTY BIG AUDIENCE THAT YOU GET TO REACH HERE. A CROSS SECTION OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGE SOME FAMILIES FOR GENERATIONS. SOME ARE PRETTY NEW. SOMEONE WATCH A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO UM, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, IT REALLY IS. IT DOES COME DOWN TO YOU KNOW, I'M A BELIEVER IN WE STAY IN OUR LANES IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE LEGISLATE ON AND YOU KNOW, THIS BODY HAS A FULL PLATE OF THINGS THAT WE DO WE DO, BUT LISTENING IS IMPORTANT. BUT THERE'S PEOPLE LISTENING THAT UM YOU CAN RESONATE WITH AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF AWARENESS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THING. UH I TOO AM PRAYING. I SHARED MY FAMILY'S HISTORY WITH RESPECT TO WAR LAST WEEK, SO I WON'T REPEAT ANY OF THAT. BUT UH, I LEARNED SOMETHING FROM YOU ALL EVERY TIME YOU SPEAK. THANK YOU. PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN THE MCKINNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM HAVE RELEASED THEIR NEW ACTIVITY AND PROGRAM GUIDES FOR THE SPRING. IT DOESN'T FEEL VERY MUCH LIKE SPRING TODAY, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S COMING AND WITH THE GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE FACILITIES HAVE DOZENS OF PROGRAMS AND CLASSES FOR ALL AGES. THOSE GUYS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS
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.ORG AGAIN. MCKINNEY, TEXAS .ORG AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR ALRIGHT, MAKE MY COMMENTS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY SON HAS WALKED INTO THE ROOM BEHIND YOU. MY SON JUST GOT JUST HAS LEFT THE ARMY. HE WAS JUST GOT OUT OF THE ARMY. HE WAS A GOLDEN KNIGHT IN THE ARMY. TODAY A SIGNIFICANT LEG INJURY AND. IS NOW HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, A PROUD RESIDENT. SCARES THE HECK OUT OF MOM AND I, UM WHAT AH, VERY PROUD OF HIM AND LOVE HIM VERY MUCH. AND IT'S THANK YOU MAY BE THE FIRST OF MY CHILDREN THAT HAVE ACTUALLY COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING. WHICH IS WHICH PUTS YOU JUST MOVED UP ON THE LIST, YOU KNOW? SIR. EVERYBODY I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT I TALKED TO MY DAD. THIS GIRL. I KNOW THAT. HARDBALL AS MINE. PRINT PROBABLY GRATEFUL TO SEE HERE AND THERE.PERSONAL ARMY THAT'S BEEN IN PRISON. USUALLY HAPPY FAMILY HERE CARRIERS AND I UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS COUNCIL. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF I HEARD YOU GUYS TALK TO MY DAD. UNEXPECTED AND REAL PROUD OF YOU. UM. I'LL SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, DOCTOR FELT THIS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THAT YOU ALWAYS DO AND THE REST ON YOUR TEAM. SO IMPORTANT, SO VALUED AND SO EFFECTIVE. UM I'LL SAY WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID FIRST THAT THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND YOUR VOICES ARE IMPORTANT TO BE HEARD. UM I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS. THE PLACE OF OVER THE LANE IS WAS USED FOR THE COUNCIL. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS I HAVE MY OWN VOICE AND I HAVE MY VOICE AS I HAVE. I DO HAVE A VOICE AS MAYOR. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID BEFORE I SAY WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. OKAY WHAT? YOU WHAT? YOU'VE SAID THAT THAT THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED, OF COURSE, ARE IMPACTFUL THEIR THEIR HEART WRENCHING THEIR HEARTBREAKING YOU CAN'T HELP TOO. TO EXPERIENCE ANYTHING BUT DEEP PAIN. YOU HEAR THOSE THINGS, BUT YOU ALSO SAID SOMETHING ELSE, SOMEBODY SAID THAT ASKING FOR A CEASEFIRE. AND TAKING THAT STAND. IS NOT TAKING A POSITION. FOR ISRAEL WERE NOT AS OVER PALESTINE THAT PALESTINE GAZA IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A POLITICAL POSITION. IT'S A HUMANE POSITION. I REALLY RESONATED. I MEAN, AND I HOPE AND I HOPE IT. I HOPE IT RESONATES WITH OTHERS.
BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS I DO HAVE A VOICE THAT I AM FREE TO DO WITH AS I PLEASE. AND AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THE PLACE OF COUNCIL. BUT CERTAINLY AS ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUAL PLACES TO SPEAK AND HAVE OUR VOICE HEARD. YOU WILL SEE A LETTER FROM ME. UM TO OUR LEGISLATORS. ON THIS VERY SUBJECT NEXT WEEK. WITH THAT. AS FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVES SECOND IN FAVOR.
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