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WILL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER TODAY'S. TUESDAY, JULY 7TH YEAR 2020 WHERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IS THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. THE BROADCAST IS HAPPENING.
INTEREST. YES HELLO? EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN TV LAND. OR ON ONLINE. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]
IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. YOURSELF. THERE ARE MANY ONE. ONE LIFE WILL GO WITH WE HAVE SEVERAL LIVES. SORRY. FIRST WE'LL BE JIMMY FEELING NOW. KEEP IN MIND. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO STATE YOUR NAME. THE ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE AND YOU WILL WATCH THE SCREEN. JIM YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE BEFORE. SO YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS. A YELLOW LIGHT AND THEN FIVE SECOND RED LIGHT BEFORE THE BELL RINGS. TO ME. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JIMMY. DEALING I RESIDED 37 0 FOR LAND SOUND DRIVE 75072. I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO MOVING THE STATUE OF GOVERNOR THROCKMORTON, OR OF ANY OTHER MOVEMENT TO ERASE THE HISTORY OF MCKINNEY. WHETHER THAT HISTORY BE PLEASANT OR NOT. EVEN WITH HIS COMPLEX PAST MCCAIN, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE MANY ACTIONS. GOVERNOR THROCKMORTON TOOK SERVING TEXAS IN HIS VARIOUS OFFICES. HE WAS AN ESTABLISHED DOCTOR AND LAWYER AND HELPED FUND THEM INTO A SEMINARY JUST NORTH OF MCKINNEY. HE WAS LATER ELECTED TO THE TEXAS HOUSE AND SENATE.IT CAME TO WHO TO SUPPORT AND THE 18 57 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION. THEN SENATOR THROCKMORTON SUPPORTED SAME. HOUSTON, A UNIONIST. AGAINST DEMOCRAT HARDENED RUNNELS.
THROCKMORTON TRIED TO CREATE A UNION PARTY BUT HAD LITTLE SUCCESS. IT WAS ONE OF THE ON LY EIGHT DELEGATES THEY VOTED AGAINST SECESSION DURING THE SECESSION CONVENTION. AFTER UNFORTUNATELY, FAILING TO KEEP TEXAS AS A MEMBER OF THE UNION. THROCKMORTON THEN VOLUNTEERED TO DEFEND HIS STATE DURING THE CIVIL WAR. AFTER THE UNION WON THE CIVIL WAR, FROG CORN WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND OVERSAW THE CREATION OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION THAT WAS APPROVED BY PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON. AFTER ELECTIONS WERE ALLOWED TO COMMENCE. THROCKMORTON RAN FOR AND WON THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR. AFTER HE SERVED HIS GOVERNOR, THROCKMORTON WENT BACK TO MCKINNEY TO PRACTICE LAW WAS LATER ELECTED TO SERVE IN THE U. S. CONGRESS IN OUR OWN THIRD DISTRICT. GOVERNOR THROCKMORTON WAS AN INFLUENTIAL, AN IMPORTANT PART OF TEXAS IS HISTORY WERE MOVING A STATUE WOULD IN ESSENCE, BE REMOVING HIS IMPACT ON TEXAS AND ITS TIES TO MCKINNEY. LIKE I SAID, BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF MAKING YOU SHOULD BE PROUD TO SAY THE GOVERNOR THROCKMORTON CALLS THIS CITY HIS HOME. A MOVEMENT TO REMOVE COUNTLESS STATUES AND MONUMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS QUICKLY CROSS THE LINE INTO THE ABSURD. NATION'S GREATEST LEADERS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, GEORGE WASHINGTON AND EVEN FREDERICK DOUGLASS HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY TARGETED BY THIS MOVEMENT. REMEMBERING OUR HISTORY AND ITS GREATNESS AND ITS FAULTS IS VITAL TO MAINTAINING A FREE AND INFORMED POPULATION. I PROPOSE THAT INSTEAD OF TEARING DOWN MONUMENTS OF HISTORIC LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ERECT NEW STATUES. THE HIGHLIGHT THE LEADERS THAT MADE MCKINNEY WHAT IT IS TODAY ON DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS EACH OTHER WHILE STANDING ON THE FOUNDATION. BUILT BY OUR DIVERS HISTORIC LEADERSHIP. AS A VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF THE MCKINNEY ARTS COMMISSION. NOT REPRESENTING THEM, REPRESENTING MYSELF AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. I INTEND NUMBER POSING STATUES RECOGNIZING MOHR OF THE MANY WOMEN WHO SHAPED OUR CITY AND THE COMMISSION TO THE COMMISSION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
THE FIRST SATELLITE WISHES HE COMMISSIONED IS WILLIE JAMES WATLEY SR. THE FIRST BLACK MCKINNEY CITY COUNCILMAN. WAS ELECTED IN 1977 AND SERVE ON COUNCIL FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THIS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THREE TERMS. COUNCILMAN WATLEY WAS ALSO A LEADER IN HIS CHURCH. THE BUSINESSES HE OWNED AND WITHIN THE FREE MASONS. HIS LEGACY, ALONG WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP THE HISTORY OF MCKINNEY DESERVES TO BE REMEMBERED BY MANY GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. JIMMY THAT WAS PERFECT TIMING. YOU SHOULD BE COMMITTED. STEPHEN, SPAIN. HOW.
STILL YOU, SPAIN, OUR 18 36 VIRGINIA HERE MCKINNEY. I'LL MAKE MY REMARKS LITTLE BRIEF, AND I KNOW THERE'S QUITE A FEW WRITTEN COMMENTS WILL PROBABLY MEAN MADE US WELL. MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER WAS A HOUSTON AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL THE HOUSTONS, BUT I THINK I KNOW A
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LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FAMILY HISTORY AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF THIS STATE. I FIRST SAW THE PROPOSITION ABOUT REMOVING GOVERNOR THOUGHT WOULDN'T STATUE I WAS LIKE, NO, LET'S LEAVE IT IN PLACE. HISTORY IS WHAT IT IS. WE TAKE THE MAN'S TOTALITARIAN. LIFE GOOD AND BAD.WE DON'T TAKE OUT A PART LEVIATHAN PART IT IS WHAT IT IS, SOME PEOPLE ARGUE THAT HE FOUGHT WITH THE TEXAS BRIGADE ON THE CONFEDERACY SIDE. WE KNOW THAT JIMMY POINTED OUT. HE WAS AGAINST THE SESSION. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK MISS FLOM WILL PRESENT TO YOU SOME SOME OPTIONS. ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS THIS ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DIVERSITY COUNCIL. I WOULD SUPPORT THAT IDEA. TAKE SOME OF THE POLITICAL HEAT OFF OF THE COUNCIL. FOR THE TIME BEING, LET'S LET A DIVERSE GROUP OF FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HISTORY IN OUR CITY IN A COUNTY IN A REGION TAKE A LOOK AT THE ISSUE. AND LET THEM MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO THE STATUTE. PARSLEY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. STAY UP, BUT NOT IN ITS PRESENT PLACE. MAYBE AT THE HISTORY MUSEUM. WE CAN'T ERASE HISTORY. WE CAN'T CHANGE HISTORY. WE SHOULDN'T CHANGE HISTORY. WE SHOULD LEARN FROM IT. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, AND I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA AND BRINGING IT TO THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION. YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE PRESENT? I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO DECIDE OR ANY ITEM COMMENTS. NOT SEEN ANY GET A READING. MY CITY COUNCIL. THE MAYOR'S MCKINNEY WOULD LIKE THE STATUS OF THE JAMES WEBB THROCKMORTON MCKINNEY COURTHOUSE STATUE REMOVED AND REPLACED IN STORAGE PERMANENTLY. IT SHOULD NOT BE IN PUBLIC DISPLAY UNLESS IT IS A CIVIL WORK. I HAVE SEEN ALL THE POTIONS AND THE OTHER ARTICLES ABOUT HIM. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I DID MY OWN RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT I REALLY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN SERVICE. A SOLDIER IN THE CONFEDERACY, IN MY OPINION, PRESIDED OVER THE WRITING OF A NEW STATE CONSTITUTION THAT PROVIDED LIMITED CIVIL LIBERTIES. AFRICAN AMERICANS.
THEY STILL CANNOT VOTE AND REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION ON THE 13TH AMENDMENT ARGUMENT ABOLISHED THAT THE ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY WAS ALREADY LONG. CANNOT STAND UP TO THE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHEN HE HAD THE CHANCE. SO THIS ONE ACTION WITH MANY OTHERS HE IS NOT WORTH BEING MEMORIALIZED. WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER, HE CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST TRUE EQUALITY.
FEEL THAT IF WE SHOULD HONOR SOMEONE IN THIS TOWN, IT NEEDS TO BE THE FOUNDING FATHER OR SOMEONE THAT SUPPORTED THE DIVERSITY OF THIS CITY CLAIMS TO BE A PROPONENT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, REMOVING A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER. STEP TWO IS ONE STEP TO SHOW THAT YOU ESPOUSED BELIEVES THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE EQUAL. IF YOU VOTE TO KEEP THE STATUE UP, YOU WILL BE SAYING VERY LOUDLY AND CLEARLY THAT YOU FEEL THAT THE PERSECUTION THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS TO FACE ALL THESE YEARS IS ACCEPTABLE. YOU WILL SHOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE TRUE ISSUES. FACE A LARGE COMMUNITY OF RESIDENTS. RECONSTRUCTION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE WHERE ALL PEOPLE DIDN'T THEIR BAD BEHAVIOR AND BIASES AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AS EQUALS. THIS IS ISSUE HAS NEVER BEEN. ABOUT HERITAGE IS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT MAINTAINING THE SOUTH WAY OF SURVIVAL MONEY THROUGH SLAVERY. INSTEAD, THIS COUNTRY MADE A MOCKERY OF SELF BY ALLOWING TRADERS WHO FOUGHT AGAINST YOU NEED TO STAY. AND PERSEVERE.
WORST OF ALL OF THIS COUNTRY ABOUT SOUTH TO REWRITE HISTORY AND HERITAGE. YOU CITIZENS ARE WATCHING. WE WILL REMEMBER. ALL THE THINGS I USED TO WORK. TIME TO PROMOTE EQUALITY, UNITY, WHICH YOU ALREADY HAVE. YET YOU ALLOW CONFEDERATE STATUES AND FLAGS TO FLY IN THIS COUNTY.
WE'RE WATCHING. WE DETERMINE YOUR POLITICAL FUTURE. RASCAL. SO WHAT DETERMINES A AN EMAIL TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR FIRST, SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY LIKE. AND I READ THAT I DON'T SEE IN WHERE PLEASE READ THIS DARING. CITY COUNCIL. MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT 15 OR 20 OF THEM IN YOUR HAND. SO WHAT? WHY IS THAT? WHY IS THAT FEMALE DIFFERENT THAT NEEDS TO BE RED VERSUS THE 900 OTHER EMAILS THAT WE GOT THAT SECRETARY AS PUBLIC? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OK, MY MASK IS STUCK TO MY HEARING FOR THE QUESTION AMERICAN PRO TEM WITH THE COVE IT 19 SITUATION ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE IMPLEMENT IT. LESS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO SUBMIT COMMENTS TO THE CONTACT CITY COUNCIL EMAIL. ANY OF THE EMAILS THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE TIME OF THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA UP UNTIL THE START OF THE MEETING TIME TO THAT SPECIFIC EMAIL WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE MEETING RECORD. THAT'S CRAZY. WHY WOULD WE INVITE PEOPLE TO SAY WE WOULD LIKE THIS RED? OR WE WOULD LIKE BECAUSE HE'S GOT A STACK. NOW WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE NEXT 30. 40 50 MINUTES WAY WE CAN DO THAT, UM. THAT IS NOT THE WAY
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WE DID WE TOOK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING RED, YOU. RIGHT TO THIS SPECIFIC ADDRESS TO THE CITY SECRETARY, BUT THAT'S WHAT THESE 50 COUNTS ARE PUBLIC COMMENT WHO WROTE THAT? BUT SO IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE RECEIVED TO THAT SPECIFIC. EMAIL ADDRESS THERE, INCLUDING IN COMMENTS SO THEY'RE NOT PARCELED OUT OR THERE IS NO SEPARATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CONTENTS ARE, IF THEY RECEIVED TO THEIR EMAIL THERE REALLY. SO I JUST SO I UNDERSTAND. ONE THING I HEARD SOMETHING THAT MADE IT. DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS RIGHT. SOMEONE ASKING VERY SINCERE HERE. IS THE EMAIL. BY THE WAY FOR THOSE WHO CRITICIZE FROM MOVING MY MASTER FORTUNE CAN'T BE WITHOUT MY GLASSES. MY GLASSES WON'T SAY A MASK. SO BEING THAT THE GOVERNOR'S LONG. HOW'S THIS FOR MEETINGS HAPPEN WITHOUT MASTER? I'M GOING TO HEAD AND OPERATE HUNDREDS OF GOVERNORS BORDER AND I WILL MASTER THIS MOMENT. SO IT IS A RIFLE. SO IT'S JUST NOW MY QUESTION IS. IS IT IS THE EMAILS THAT THIS IS GOING TO SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT ITS REPUBLIC COMMENTS OR IS THIS? JUST THE EMAIL THAT. PEOPLE WRITE ALL WEEK LONG ALL YEAR LONG. JUST SITTING COUNCIL.YES, THEY DO. THEY CAN WRITE TO THAT. SO IT'S NOT CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR AGENDA ITEMS SO YOU CAN SEE IT SPECIFICALLY THE CITY. THE CONTACT DASH CITY COUNCIL EMAIL ADDRESS. EXCUSE ON THE AGENDA SAYS SO. SO WHAT WE MAY HAVE HERE IS RAINEY'S POINT. WHAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE HERE'S SOME BETTER FOLLOWING THIS AGENDA, READING THAT AND PROBABLY A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY. AIRMAIL TO THAT ADDRESS BECAUSE OF THAT AGENDA. I'M GONNA GUESS WHAT? YOU DON'T READ THE AGENDA THERE. JUST EMAILING THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO THE SAME ONE. THAT IS POSSIBLE. THAT IS POSSIBLE. YES, I THINK WE COULD. WHAT. LET'S CREATE A NEW EMAIL THAT SAYS PUBLIC COMMENTS AT MCCAIN. TENSION START WORKING ON THE GENERAL PUT THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY. THAT ABSOLUTELY PEOPLE. KNOW I APOLOGIZE FOR TEAM UP THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. AND I DIDN'T KNOW. EITHER WAY, I WAY HAD A VORY. SO I MEAN, I TRULY THINK THAT LAST EMAIL WAS FOR THE COUNCIL, NOT NECESSARILY TO BE READ, AND I THINK MOST OF THOSE IN YOUR HAND IS PROBABLY BEST IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT ADDRESSES THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS TO BE READ. AND ALSO I, ALTHOUGH I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SURE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK. ALSO ABSOLUTELY DON'T BE EMAILS THAT WERE JUST REAL SAY SOMETHING.
YES, SO WE COULD ENTER THEM INTO THE RECORD AGAIN. I HATE FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE POINT, DEFINITELY A POINT TAKEN WHERE WE CAN. CREATE THAT SPECIFIC EMAIL ADDRESS. SECONDLY THE COMMENTS THAT I RECEIVED DON'T HAVE TO BE READ ALOUD THE FACT THAT WE RECEIVE THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENTERED INTO THE MEETING MINUTES AND RECORDED SO. YES, THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON THERE. PLEASE READ IN PUBLIC COMMENT. THEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED TO READ, BUT MOST OF THOSE DON'T SAY THAT BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME LOSS TODAY OR THE LAST THING WE WOULDN'T SAY TODAY AND IF IT STATES THAT I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO IT. LES, WE'VE CREATED A FORM THAT THEY ARE EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE CONFERENCE BECAUSE I READ THAT RIGHT THERE IS LOOKING AT PAGE. I'D BE A LITTLE OKAY. THIS IS THIS IS WHERE I DO MY PUBLIC COMMENT, SINCE WE DO HAVE UNDER I GUESS. DISASTER ACT. YES.
STILL YES. SO WE COULD HAVE THE TWO SETS AS THE BEAR. SOMEONE SUGGESTED ONE THAT SAYS FOR PUBLIC. MEETING AND THE OTHER GOES TO THE COUNCIL AND COULD BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD BUT NOT READ. AS WELL. SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP THE CITIZENS UNDERSTANDS. THESE GO FOR THE READING AND THESE GO INTO THE RECORD AND MAY AND WILL NOT BE READ, SO I THINK IT THEY HAD HAS TO BE RED DURING THE MEETING. I THINK ABSOLUTELY NOT. HAVE YOU HERE? PLEASE READ THIS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT YET AND WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM SAY THAT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT THEY'RE COMING JUST TO THE RECORD THAT WONDER BLANKA, 80 OR THEY'RE GOING TO JUST ALL OF US, RIGHT? SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IN LIGHT OF THAT AGAIN. I HOPE NOBODY OUT THERE TAKES ANY DISRESPECT TO US NOT READING COMMON IF YOU HAD INTENDED IT TO BE A PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M GOING QUICKLY GO THROUGH AND IF I SEE IT, AND IT SAYS, TOO LIKE THIS COMMENT TO BE RED AND I WILL OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO ASSUME. THAT. THIS WAS A JUSTIN, MY MAIL EATS AND WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED THEM. AND ON TOP OF THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT PUBLIC RECORD SINCE IT WAS POSTED ON THE AGENDA, MR MAYOR 11 HYBRID OF THAT COULD BE. ENTER THOSE INTO THE RECORD.
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ANYONE THAT WANTS IT RED. YOU COULD READ IT AT THE SIX O'CLOCK MEETING. IF SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO WRITE IN, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO NOTE THAT IF POSSIBLE. I'M TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. ONLY SO SOMEBODY EMAILED THIS MOUNTAIN. I WANTED ME READ MINE. YES, WE COULD DO THAT AT THIS SIX O'CLOCK. BIG PLACE. OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE CITIZENS RIGHT IN BECAUSE IT'S OUR POLICY. NOT TO ADDRESS IT, ESSENTIALLY LIKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, MEETING, JUST HEAR THEIR COMMENTS THERE. QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED LATER. HAPPENS BUT WE DON'T GENERALLY ENGAGING CONVERSATION WITH THEM. HAD I KNOWN THAT ALL OF THESE E MAILS WERE RECEIVING TO CONTACT CITY COUNCIL WERE INTENDED SOLELY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. A PROBLEM WOULD NOT SPEND ALL THE HOURS IDEA READING, SO I SEE IT AS A PERIL FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. YES, THEY WERE SINCERELY INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M WRITING TO THAT GRASS WILL THEY ACTUALLY HEAR FROM US? APART. WILL WE JUST SIT BACK AND READ THEIR COMMENTS ON RECORD? SO I SEE IT AS DETRIMENT BOATS, TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS TO PUBLIC HAVING THAT TYPE.ADDRESS THAT MEANT SUDDENLY FOR ONE PURPOSE WITHOUT FIRM UNDERSTANDING ON SO I HEAR YOU'RE REALLY NEED AT A SPECIFIC ADDRESS. I DO AND I THINK OUR CITIZENS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY'RE RIDING TO THAT ADDRESS THAT SHOULD NOT EXPECT COMMENT BACK FROM ANY LAB WORK COUNTS. RIGHT? COMPLETELY YES. SO BE VERY CLEAR WHEN YOU WALK IN THERE CITY AND STUFF BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU DO YOUR YES, AND ALSO YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN ISSUE.
GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT AS I JUST BROWSING THROUGH SOME OF THESE. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. MOST PROBABLY WOULD NOT LIKE. YOU SEEM TO BE MADE PUBLIC, NOT RED. NOT RED, BUT ALSO NOT EVEN MADE PUBLIC PUBLIC RECORD. THEY WERE SENDING A. CHOICES. I GUESS IT COULD BE PUBLIC RECORD OF SOME OF THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY POSTING IT. ONE IS A REFERENCE TO A WATER BILL AND NOT ABLE TO PAY IT WANTING. SOME ASSISTANCE. THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT THAT POSTED. SO IN A BIT OF A QUANDARY, AND WE'LL REVISIT THIS. WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AFTER IN THE MEANTIME. I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH. AND IF I SEE ONE THAT ASKED US TO BE READ AND COMMENT THAT READ IT.
YOU JUST ASSUMED THIS BUT INCLUDED IN THE RECORD, IT MEANS THE ENTIRE. INCLUDING INDIRECT MEANS, YES, BUT INSANITY MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE NOT BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE AGENDA IS A PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU SAW IT. MR MAYOR WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENTLEMEN ARE WOMAN WHOEVER WROTE THE ONE ABOUT THE WATER BILL, OR MAYBE IF IT WAS REQUESTED, FOR INSTANCE, BYTHE PUBLIC AT LARGE. THERE COULD BE SOME REDACTIONS MADE ON THOSE SO THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE RELEASED IN ITS ENTIRETY. I WANT WHOEVER THAT PERSON IS THAT I THINK THAT PROBABLY PROTECTED. I DO SUGGEST YOU NOT READ THAT.
MICROPHONE. I'M HESITANT TO HAVE US BUT ALL THESE UP AS PUBLIC RECORD. JUST BECAUSE THEY CAME TO AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT HAPPENS TO BE A COMPANY ADDRESS WITH I NEVER UNDERSTAND. AT THE SAME TIME. I'M HESITANT, TOO. NOT PUT SOMEONE'S COMING THAT WANTED TO BE A PUBLIC RECORD. SO I WOULD SUGGEST RIGHT HERE THAT YOU ASKED THOSE PERSONS WHO WROTE TO THE COUNCIL. TO REWRITE TO THE SAME ADDRESS AND ASKING IF THEY WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS RECORD. THIS MEETING. SO AT THIS POINT, I GUESS A STATEMENT. I'M GOING MAKE SUBJECT TO CORRECTION, FINEST. UNDERSTOOD. YOU PLEASE TELL ME BUT I AM NOT GOING TO READ ANY OF THESE COMMENTS. I'M GONNA PUT HIM AND I WILL NOT PLACE ANY. AS PUBLIC RECORD UNLESS IT SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO BE PART OF THE RECORD. BUT IF ANYONE HAS WRITTEN AN EMAIL. AND THEY ARE SECOND GUESSING THEMSELVES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY ASKED IT TO BE PART OF THE RECORD. PLEASE GO ONLINE IF YOU IF YOU DID IF YOU WANTED TO BE PART OF THE RECORD, PLEASE EMAIL US PRIOR TO 5 45 TODAY DRIP AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PART OF THE RECORD. CORRECT AND IF
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ANYONE WANTS THEIRS TO BE READ AT SIX O'CLOCK MEETING YOU WANT TO BE READY SO STATE TO DO THAT AS WELL. AND, UH, TRY TO DECIPHER WHAT SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE WANTED, SO HOPEFULLY THAT DOESN'T OFFEND ANYBODY. IN THE DEFENSE OF THE CITY SECRETARY. SHE UNDERSTOOD THE POLICY TO BE AS SHE DID, AND. AND SO I THINK I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH IT. HONEST. WHO WOULD HAVE. JUST FIX IT. REALLY? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. YOU'RE ONE OF THEM, AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO BEAR PROTON. YES, THANK YOU. PARTY. WHAT YOU DO CHILDREN. APPRECIATE. THAT JUST MEANS THAT REELECTION. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST SIGHTING. WHAT ARE YOU GOING THROUGH THESE E MAILS? THERE'S A LOT OF EMAILS, OF COURSE, BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE ON THE NEXT NIGHT, AND THERE WAS ALSO A NUMBER OF E MAILS ABOUT MASKS. JUST FOR THE RECORD, OF COURSE, OUR MASK ORDINANCE. DETECTIVE ORDER WAS RESCINDED LAST WEEK. THE GOVERNOR HAS PUT ONE IN PLACE AND WE ARE BODY BY STATE LAW THAT ISN'T. THAT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND AT THIS TIME, OF COURSE, ASK OTHERS. SO THE FIRST SIGHT OF HIS 25 40 DISCUSSION ON HISTORICAL[20-0540 Discussion on Historical and Cultural Monuments and Artifacts]
CULTURAL MONUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS PRESENTATION WILL BE GIVEN BY. GOOD AFTERNOON.MAYOR, MAYOR PROTON COUNCIL MEMBERS MARK DOES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON. I JUST HAVE A DISCUSSION ON HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MONUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS HERE IN MCKINNEY. I'M DOING SOMETHING WRONG. HOPE THAT MAY HELP. MY HELP IF TURNED ON. SHORT ANSWER IS NO, I DIDN'T KNOW. SO WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? CURRENT EVENTS HAVE GENERATED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CULTURE RACE IN HISTORY AND THAT NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW HISTORY HAS PORTRAYED IN THE PUBLIC AROUND. SO THE CONVERSATIONS ARE OCCURRING HERE IN MCKINNEY ABOUT THROCKMORTON STATUTE IMPACT. AS YOU'VE HEARD. THERE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING AT MEETINGS AS WELL AS AN ONLINE PETITION THAT I THINK HAS GARNERED ALMOST 1000 SIGNATURES ON THAT, AND SOCIAL MEDIA DISCUSSIONS AS WELL. SO TODAY. WE'RE NOT SEEKING A S RECOMMENDATION ON HOWTO PERMANENTLY ADDRESS THE THROCKMORTON STATUE, BUT ON A LATER SLIDE, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE SOME OPTIONS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TODAY. JUST GUIDANCE ON POSSIBLE PROCESSES THAT WILL PROVIDE A PUBLIC REVIEW RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW? CURRENTLY CONVERSATIONS THAT BEGAN REALLY IN EARNEST IN 2017. I'D HAVE INTENSIFIED WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS CONCERNING CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS ON DH THEN ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE IN THE PUBLIC AROUND. OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES AROUND THIS STATE HAVE ADDRESSED EASE IN VARIOUS WAYS.
CITY OF DALLAS, PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE WHERE THEY ACTUALLY ADDRESSED STATUE. STREET NAME SCHOOL NAMES, ALL ALL SORTS OF THINGS, WHICH LEGEND REMOVAL OF THE ROBERT E. LEE STATUE IN THE PARK, AS WELL AS THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT THAT WAS FINALLY, JUST A SIMPLE IN THE BEGINNING OF LAST MONTH. IN COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO REMOVE THEIR CONFEDERATE MONUMENT, WHICH IS TAKEN DOWN ON JUNE 25TH. FOR WORTH. THEIR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ALSO WANTED VOTED TO REMOVE THEIR CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL AND THEN IN KAUFMAN COUNTY THERE, CONSIDERING THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE IS WELL TO ADDRESS THE CONFEDERATE STATUE THERE IN ROCK WALL. SO THAT LEADS US TO THE FROG MORN STATUE HERE IT IMPACT WAS GIFTED TO THE CITY IN 1911 BY THE FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB. MCKINNEY AS HAS BEEN MORE ELOQUENTLY POINTED OUT BY A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE. JAMES WEBB THROCKMORTON WAS A LAWYER.
HE WAS A POLITICIAN. HE WAS A GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR ONE YEAR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, DAN RECONSTRUCTION AND HE IS BURIED HERE AT THE CONGREVE CEMETERY.
HE DID SERVE AS A BRIGADIER GENERAL FOR THE CONFEDERATE ARMY ARMY DURING THIS AMERICAN CIVIL DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. WHILE THROCKMORTON IS NOT A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, CONVERTED WAR OR ICON. IN HIS STATUTE, IMPACT IS NOT NECESSARILY HIGHLIGHT AS A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. HIS HISTORY IS COMPLICATED AND CERTAINLY IS VERY CONFLICTED AND THEIR COMPONENTS OF THAT HISTORY THAT SUPPORT THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY. SO, AS WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE HEARING FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OTHER SEA GROUPS HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THE STATUE AND ITS PLACEMENT IN DOWNTOWN IN MCKINNEY. SO WHAT'S NEXT? SO THE CITY MCKINNEY HAS ALREADY STARTED TO ADDRESS? SOME OF THESE CULTURAL ISSUES? WE DID LAUNCH OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN A CANDY STORYBOARD IN FEBRUARY, WHICH
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WE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT. AS WELL AS GIANTS ALSO LAUNCHED THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION STORYBOARD THIS PAST JUNE. I'LL BE EXPANDING THAT WITH A HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORY STORYBOARD IN SEPTEMBER. SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO TODAY IS MAYBE CREATION OF A CULTURAL TASK FORCE REVIEW THROCKMORTON STATUE AND OTHER ITEMS AROUND MCKINNEY. THIS IS ONE WAY TO ADDRESS SOMETIMES THE OVERLOOKED OR UNDER TOLD AREAS OR LOCATIONS RELATED TO ALL OF MCKINNEY'S CULTURAL HERITAGE. AND THEN THAT WOULD THAT CULTURAL TASK FORCE WITH THEN PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNSEL. WE THINK THIS COULD PROVIDE A GOOD PUBLIC PROCESS TO HAVE A VERY THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT THROUGHT ABOUT THE DRUG, MORE STATUE AND UNDER OTHER ITEMS THAT THE CITY IS NOT AWARE OF. SO AGAIN, TODAY'S DISCUSSION WHAT? WE'RE LOOKING FOR HIS GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL REGARDING THE EXPLORATION OR CREATION OF A CULTURAL TASK FORCE. IF IT IS SUPPORTED, WE WILL OUTLINE A PLAN. AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL FOR REVIEW. THAT DETAIL PLAN WILL INCLUDE DRAFTING OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS FOR THE TASK FORCE. ANALYZING WHETHER THE TASK FORCE SHOULD BE A NEW ENTITY, A COMBINATION OF EXISTING BOARDS OR COMMITTEES OR SOME HYBRID OF BOTH THAT THEN WOULD REQUIRE STAFFING AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS. WHILE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIE CREATION OF A CULTURAL TASK FORCE TWO FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY WE DO REALIZE THAT THROCKMORTON STATUE IS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION CURRENTLY WITHIN MCKINNEY. SO HERE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE MORE TIMELY ACTION TAKEN ON THE THROCKMORTON STATUE ITSELF. SO THE FIRST OPTION WOULD KEEP IN PLACE AND WAIT FOR THE CULTURAL TASK FORCE TO REVIEW AND GIVE A RECOMMENDATION. THE SECOND WOULD BE TO REMOVE AND STORE UNTIL THE CULTURAL TASKFORCE REVIEWS AND GIVES A RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN ALSO, AND THEN THE THIRD WOULD BE DEAL WITH THE STATUE SEPARATELY OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THE TASK FORCE. WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE THAT SINCE THE COURTHOUSE OR THE OLD COLLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS A STATE ANTIQUITIES LANDMARK, A PERMIT DOES NEED TO BE FILED WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR THEM TO REVIEW AND THEN SIGN OFF ON IF THE STATUE WERE EVER TO BE REMOVED. IN PLACE SOMEWHERE ELSE PUT IN STORAGE, ETCETERA. SO THAT WAS REALLY QUICK AND DIRTY. BUT I'M HERE FOR THE DISCUSSION AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL FROM COUNSEL. THERE. IS THERE.SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ARTS COMMISSION THAT IS. WITHIN THE CITY MCKINNEY.
SO YOU HAVE THAT THIS ALREADY ESTABLISHED? I'M PROBABLY H BABY OR HIS STORE PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD. I'M SURE SOME MEMBERS WOULD REALLY LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. I KNOW WHAT THEY DIDN'T DALLAS. I WAS THERE IN DALLAS WHENEVER THIS WAS HAPPENING. IS THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER ACTUALLY APPOINTED SOMEONE TO SERVE ON THAT TASK FORCE SO THAT MAYBE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT IS THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER COULD LOOK AT THE EXISTING ROSTER OF CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS. OR THEY COULD JUST PICK SOMEONE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WOULD HAVE, UM. AN INTEREST OR A GOOD PERSPECTIVE SERVING ON THAT CULTURAL TASK FORCE.
MARRIAGE IS OPEN. COME AND I DON'T SEE HOW THIS COULD NOT FIT SQUARELY WITHIN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DISCORDANT PRESIDENT.
ONE. IT IS OUR SUPPORT THEIR WOMEN AND MINORITIES, BUT WHO SERVED ON THE BOARD. MAYBE IT'S NOT THAT. OTHER EXPRESSION. TROY. THAT'S A GREAT THAT'S A GREAT START IN MINUTES. I MEAN,
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MARK. I APPRECIATE YOUR WHAT YOU PRESENTED. I JUST FIND IT FASCINATING. HOW IS THERE ANYTHING ON THIS? 70 FATMA CONFEDERACY THAT HE DID ANYTHING THAT THE STATUE IS THERE BECAUSE OF CONFEDERACY. YOU JUST THREW THAT IN THERE. BECAUSE OF WHAT. IN TERMS OF ANYTHING ON THE STATUE. IT'S STILL WHOLE THING. YOU WENT DOWN THIS THIS COMPETITIVE STATUE IN THIS CONFEDERATE TAPESTRY OF MR AND YOU. YOU GET ALL THAT THANK YOU. YOU LIKE IT TO THIS? WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY. 45 50 50 YEARS, ALMOST. AND I TALKED TO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, REGARDING THE STATUE AND BUSY WITH A LOT OF.AMERICAN FRIENDS THAT I HAVE A GROUP WITH HAVE LIVED HERE. ALL THEIR LIFE IS LIKE THAT. I ASKED ABOUT THE STATUTE AND. TO A PERSON. IT WAS LIKE YOU NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT NEVER WORRIED.
NEVER. THAT STATUE IS MEANINGLESS. I MEAN, AND THIS TO ME. I THOUGHT IT WAS A STATUE OF A IN HIGH SCHOOL. MOST BEER CAN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT STATUE.
IT'S NOT AND. BUT BUT I THINK YOU COME IN HERE WITH BIAS, AND THAT'S THAT'S THE THING THAT I'M BOTHERED BY IT. MAYOR PERTINENT MADE. ONE. FIRST THE TONE WOULD YOU TAKE TO MARK OUR STAFF MEMBER. A BIT DISRESPECTFUL AT FIRST. SECOND, I'M GONNA PULL UP A ARTICLE FROM 1907. WHICH IS IN OUR LIBRARY THAT HIS ART. AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS ARTICLE FROM 1907 AND IT SAYS WITH THE OLD CONFEDERATE VETERANS BEHIND THE MOVEMENT FOR A SUITABLE MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES W. THROCKMORTON. THERE OUGHT SOON TO BE DEFINITE ACTION AND THERE WILL BE NO DOUBT OF ITS SUCCESS IF THE CLUB WOMEN OF MCKINNEY WILL INTEREST THEMSELVES IN THIS LAUDABLE UNDERTAKING. THAT'S FROM 1907 THERE'S SEVERAL MORE FROM 1910 1911. WHERE THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERATE WHO DONATED AND FINISHED THE DONATION OF THIS STATUE, SO THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. YOU COULD GO TO WIKIPEDIA, WHERE JAMES. THROCKMORTON AND HIS WHOLE BIOGRAPHY'S SHOWS THAT HE'S A GENERAL IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN THE HISTORY OF HIS CONFEDERACY AS A GENERAL IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. THAT'S HIS HISTORY, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE THAT TONE WITH OUR STAFF WHO WAS DOING HIS JOB BRINGING FOR THIS MONUMENT. SO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT AND PUT INTO HISTORICAL CONTEXT, THIS MONUMENT YOU MAY NOT HAVE FELT IN A WAY ABOUT THIS. THIS MONUMENT THAT WAS. DONATED IN 1911 THAT COMES FROM THE GYM PROBE ERA. WITH ALL THE OTHER WHITE SUPREMACIST MONUMENTS THAT WERE DONATED AND ERECTED. TO INSTILL INFERIORITY IN BLACK PEOPLE. AND SUPERIORITY. OF WHITE PEOPLE. TO INSTILL FEAR AND A REMINDER OF SLAVERY IN A GYM PRO AIR ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO THAT WHEN WE DRIVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. THAT WE'RE REMINDED THAT YOU ARE BETTER THAN US AND THAT WE WERE INFERIOR OF YOU.
SO YOU MAY NOT FEEL IT. EVERY TIME WE DRIVE PAST DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AND YOU WONDER WHY WE DON'T SUPPORT BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN. OR THAT WE DON'T PATRONISE ME BECAUSE EVERY TIME I DRIVE PAST THAT I HAVE TO SEE A 10 FOOT, 50 FOOT 20 FOOT STATUE OF HOUSTON. OR JAMES LEE OR THROCKMORTON, WHOEVER THE STATUES ARE ERECTED, THERE IS A HISTORY BEHIND AND INTENTIONAL DOING. OF THESE STATUES TO INSTILL A FEAR. BLACK. SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE CONTEXT OF WHICH THE STATUES WERE RIGHT. SO WE CAN TALK THIS WAY SUPPOSED TO FORGET ALL THE GOOD THAT HE DID. AND FOCUS ON ONE THING. IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING. HE OPPOSED THE EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLACK PEOPLE. HE OPPOSED THAT HARD. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STATUES WERE TIME HISTORY.
THERE'S A PLACE FOR HISTORY MUSEUMS, SO THEY PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE HISTORY. THEY READ A BOOK. IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO HAVE A HISTORY OF DRUG MORNING THEY PUT IN MUSEUMS. THE TAXPAYERS. BLACK TAXPAYERS DON'T WANT TO BE REMINDED A SLATE. WE DON'T WANT TO DRIVE TO THE CITY WHERE WE PAY TAXES. AND BE REMINDED OF SLATER. ONLY KNOWS THAT NO BLACK PERSON THAT
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I TALK TO YOU. WHO GREW UP IN MCKINNEY, EVEN UNDERSTOOD WHO? THIS GUY WASS, THERE'S SOME BLACK PEOPLE SIT IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE BORN, RAISING MCKINNEY RIGHT NOW IN YOUR FACE RIGHT HERE. THEY FEEL DIFFERENT SO NOT NO BLACK PERSON. NO, I'M JUST MY EXPERIENCE WAS A LYCAN.LISTEN, BUT IT'S ALL LOWER VOICES VOICES I FIND LISTEN, YOU MAYOR FIRST. LET ME TELL YOU WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SLAVERY. SO LONG, SO OUR EMOTIONS ARE HIGH RIGHT NOW. SO NO, THIS VOICE, MR MAYOR, NO DESIGN. JUST LISTEN ME FROM HIM. WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A THING HERE. JUST HOLD ON. YES, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SUBJECT. BEST WHITE EYE. AND I ASKED MAYOR PRO TEM TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA IS I WANTED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION VERY IMPORTANT WAY IT IS. WE CAN ALL HAVE IT. CONFIRMATION. IT'S. CALM AND RESPECTFUL DOESN'T MEAN IT LACKS PASSION AND IMPORTANCE. LET'S JUST ALL HAVE A EASY COMFORT, RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION I WANT I WANT. HE MENTORED. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR.
SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THOSE CERTAINLY COUNSELED HIM WELL. I WANT TO THANK MARK DUTY, AND I WANNA THANK STAFF PUBLICLY POINT THAT THIS IS NOT A FUN SUBJECT FOR STAFF HAD FRUIT FORWARD. I PROMISE YOU. IF YOU THINK THAT MARK DOUGHTY VOLUNTEERS SAYS, BOY, THIS IS GREAT. I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE THIS ON. I PROMISE YOU. THAT'S NOT THE CASE HE MIGHT HAVE WON GOT THE SHORT STRAW THAN THE LAST WE KNEW FEEL SENSE OF DUTY HIS STAFF TO BRING THESE ISSUES FORWARD, BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION AND HELP. POINT THE WAY. I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. HIS COMMENTS. I'VE REVIEWED THEM SLIDE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE. THAT WAS A BIASED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IT IS COMPLICATED. WE'RE DEALING WITH COMPLICATED MATTERS HISTORY. AMERICAN HISTORY, LIKE ALL COUNTRIES HAVE COMPLICATED PAST. ROCKPORT GENERAL, IF YOU LOOK AT HIM TODAY, WE WOULD ALL SAY HE'S VERY PROGRESSIVE PERSON. IT IS A DINOSAUR. NOT PERHAPS WARRANT A STATUE IF THE DECISION WERE MADE TODAY. WE'RE DEALING WITH A GUY WHO IS DULY ELECTED. REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY IN CONGRESS. HE WASN'T THIS ISN'T SOMEONE THIS IS NOT A FEDERAL STATUTE FROM WHAT WE SEE. BUT AS MR DOBIE POINTED OUT, THE CURRENT THE ENVIRONMENT BILL KNEW THAT IT OCCURRED WAS CERTAINLY IN A CONFEDERACY SORT OF ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? HE WAS ELECTED LATE 18 FIFTIES, WHICH WAS IN THE RUN UP TO THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, SO IT IS COMPLICATED. WE WANT TO TRY TO HELP HAVE A PROCESS TO GUIDE THE COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH A VERY, VERY DIVISIVE. UNFORTUNATELY VERY SENSITIVE AND DELICATE ISSUE, AND I THINK MR DHONI AND STAFF SHOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR WHAT WORK THEY'RE DOING. I PROMISE YOU, THEY DON'T RELISH THIS. WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO KEEP BIAS FROM ENTERING INTO IT, BUT WE UNDERSTAND BIASES ARE A FACT OF HUMAN CONDITION AND WE TRY TO BE WHERE THOSE STAFF GETS TIRED OF HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT. THAT MENTION IT ALL. THERE'S 123 DIFFERENT COGNITIVE LIES. RACIAL BIAS BEING BUT ONE OF THEM. AND WE DEAL WITH THEM ALL THE TIME. WE TRY TO MAKE DECISIONS AND DISCERN THOSE AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE AS WE TRY TO GUIDE THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. DON'T WE HAVE A SNAP? DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S BIAS. WE WERE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT IT.
I ALSO DON'T WANT TO DISMISS YOUR CONCERNS ON EITHER SIDE, BUT THEY'RE ALL ITS AND THE REASON. I, UH I ACTUALLY TALKED TO CITY MANAGERS EARLIER. FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP, WANTED TO GET ON THE AGENDA AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK, IN OTHER WORDS, WE COULD NOT TODAY FOR ANYONE LISTENING WE COULD NOT TODAY, IF THIS IS AN ACTION. WE ALL SAID, TAKE IT DOWN. WE ACTUALLY CAN'T DO THAT. IS IT ACTUALLY ILLEGAL TO DO THAT? SO THERE IS A PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH. TAP THIS DISCUSSION DISCUSSIONS ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN JUST A STATUE. IT'S ALL THE THINGS SURROUNDING THAT DISCUSSION IS A PART OF HISTORY. FORGETTING HISTORY. IS IT? IS IT UP TO READ? WRITE ALL POINT TO TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, ONCE SAID THAT YOU MADE. THERE'S I'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, MY LORD AND SAID, HEY, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT. WE SHOULDN'T TAKE IT DOWN.
BUT THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER PLANT TOXINS THAT IDENTIFY SIMILAR TO IN THE IMPACT.
THERE'S PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WE HAVE RESERVED. OR MAKE THAT DECISION 15 16 YEARS AGO TO PRESERVE. BLACKSTONE, THE WHITES ONLY TWO DIFFERENT BATHROOMS WAS UNCOVERED. IT WAS PRESERVED BECAUSE THEY PUT A PLAQUE THAT SAID IT WAS UNCOVERED. THIS IS PART OF OUR HISTORY. WE DON'T CELEBRATE THIS PART OF OUR HISTORY, BUT WE NEVER WANT TO FORGET IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO REPEAT IT. SO I HAD PEOPLE ALSO FROM THE COMMUNITY'S EMAIL ME. CALL
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ME TALKED TO ME STOP DOWN THE STREET ON THE SQUARE AFTER THE PARADE. SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE STATUE DOWN. THERE SHOULD BE A PLAQUE THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS OTHER SIDE.I'VE HAD. PEOPLE TELL ME THEY WANTED DOWN, PEOPLE SAY LIKE I DON'T TAKE THAT DOWN. THIS IS ABOUT A GOVERNOR. FOR FATHER. ALL THAT'S IN IT. THERE'S THAT HUGE DISCUSSION, THEN IT ALSO THROCKMORTON STREET. AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT COULD PROBABLY IDENTIFY. WHAT THE NEXT ROCK STATUE DISCUSSION IS SO SINCE WE CAN WE CAN TAKE ACTION ANYWAY. THIS MOMENT. I'M I HIGHLY SUGGEST. BEING COMPLETELY SENSITIVE. AND UNDERSTANDING ALL THE EMOTION AND PASSION. THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. WAIT, GO INACTIVE TASK FORCE WHETHER WE START WITH HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HISTORICAL PRESERVATION IS ALSO ABOUT ALL MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE. SENSITIVE TO ALL ASPECTS. ALL ALL ALL RACES ALL EVERYTHING INCLUSIVE. MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THAT BOARD.
HANDS. LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST A STATUE STATUE.
STREET NAMES. IT'S A IT'S A LONG ROAD. THAT'S THE ROAD AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT WE SHOULD IDENTIFY WHAT THIS ROAD LOOKS LIKE. ALL THE STOPS ON THE ROAD. AND WHAT IS THE RESPECTFUL CIVIL WAY TO DO IT THAT WAY? IT HAS TAKEN A CONSIDERATION ALL THE PASSION.
SO. I KNOW THAT. THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. THERE'S SEVEN OF US HERE. I GUESS THIS IS COME WITH ALL THE COMPANY THAT'S HAPPENED A PLAY AND IT'S BEEN MORE MORE MORE. WELL, LISTEN. EVERYBODY HAS TO WHAT? DOESN'T MATTER. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN. WE DO HAVE SOMETHING HERE. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, JUST LIKE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER OR GENERAL.
WE DO HAVE A STATEMENT. SENATOR WE HAVE WITH WITH A HOUSE MEMBER WITH A POSITION WITH A FOUNDER OF A COMMUNITY. AND WE DO HAVE TAKEN POSITION, SOLDIER WHEREVER YOU WANT TO, SAY, GENERAL. SO YOU HAVE ALL THE THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY HERE. IT'S NOT JUST A CONFEDERATE STATUES. I DO AGREE WITH, WITH MAYOR SAYING THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE OF THE STORY. TOLD WHAT WITH PERSON ACTUALLY WASS NOT JUST WHY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE COMPETITORS PUT IT UP. I THINK THAT WOULD HE'S A LOT OF FOLKS ON. WELL, I UNDERSTAND NOW WHO'D ACTUALLY WASS? WHAT? WHAT HE DID HOW HE GOT THERE. WE DID THE SAME THING IN THE BASEMENT.
EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT TIME. IT WASN'T A GREAT TIME WAS A HORRIBLE TIME. NONE OF US AGREED. WE CAN'T TAKE THAT BACK. IT'S DONE AND IT WAS WERE ALIVE AT THE TIME. THE ONE THING THE TASK FORCE AND I WILL SAY THAT I KNOW DODIE WAS THEIR STAFF MEMBER WAS THEIR TALISMAN. THAT WAS A VERY CONTROVERSIAL TIME. IN DALLAS WHEN THEY MADE THE PASSPORTS AND IT COST HOW MUCH MONEY. TO REMOVE THE ROBERT E. LEE SAT. YOU KNOW WHAT? I BELIEVE? THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ESTIMATED AT COSTING OR WHAT'S YET, BUT I KNOW THE CONFEDERATE I KNOW THE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL, THEY JUST SIT DOWN. COST ALMOST $500,000 BUT IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER WHEN YOU BUILT THE TASK FORCE. YOU PUT ANY MORE STAFF MEMBERS WE HAD AT EVERY MEETING. WE HAD EVERY SINGLE DIRECTOR FROM PARKS AND RECREATION, CULTURAL AFFAIRS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNING. IT WAS QUITE A FEW STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE. I KNOW WE HAVE THE COMMITTEES AND PLAY RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THERE. WE WANT TO PUT OTHERS ON THERE. I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE THE COMMITTEE'S PLACE. WE'VE ESTABLISHED HIS COMMITTEES. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 194 PEOPLE WANTING TO BE UNCOMMITTED. WHAT DO WE TELL THOSE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET THEIR SHOTS THERE THERE. THEY KNOW THE HISTORY BETTER THAN MOST OF US ALMOST ALL OF US. WHEN CHARLIE AND I SIT ON ONE OF THEM, WE LEARNED A LOT. OUR HISTORY, AND THAT'S A VERY DIVERSE GROUP. SO THE COMMITTEE'S AIR THERE. WE WANT TO ADD PEOPLE TO HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. REVIEW WHAT WE HAVE, BUT I ALSO DO LIKE ADDING TO THE STATUE OF TELLING THE OTHER SIDE OF POINT. WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SETTING THERE, NOT JUST ONE PIECE. THAT TIME, PROBABLY SINCE HE WAS IT WAS A PRESENT TIME TO DO. IT IS NOW NOWADAYS IS WE NEED TO TELL YOU NOT ALL THE STORIES ALWAYS TOLD. YOU LOOK ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HOW MANY TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT. I MEAN, APPARENTLY, EVERYBODY BELIEVES IT, BUT ALMOST YOU ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STORY. IT'S LIKE TALKING TO MOM. THEN YOU GO TALK TO DAD. THEN YOU GET THE OTHER NEXT TIME WE HAVE 1100 COMMENTS. NOT SAYING GEORGE FITS A LOT OF STUFF ON FACEBOOK. BUT THERE'S COMMENTS ON THERE ON THE ARGUMENTS, AND I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT TIME. I
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REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO BACK BEFORE. I LIKE TO READ IT AND DO WHAT I CAN WITH THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH TIME CONSUME. WITH EACH OF OUR LIVES JUST THESE STRUCTURES AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO TELL THE OTHER PART OF THE STORY GIVE COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. HERE HAVE SOME OF. FINISH UP. SOME OF THESE COMES, I THINK IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS ERROR. THIS ERROR. THIS JIM CROW AIR OF LIVE THE STATUTE EXISTED. THROCKMORTON. AND UNDERSTAND AFTER THE CONFEDERACY, ACTUALLY, THE CIVIL WAR. MAN. NO, HE DIDN'T SUPPORT. BLACK LIVES. HE DIDN'T SUPPORT THE 14TH AMENDMENT. HE DIDN'T SUPPORT EQUAL RIGHTS FOR BLACK PEOPLE. SO TO ERECT A STATUE OF SOMEBODY LIKE THAT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR EQUALITY FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.SO EVERYTHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF THAT IT'S A NEW POINT FOR US. AND WHEN HE WASS. HE WAS REMOVED FROM HIS POSITION. FROM US GENERAL CHARITY BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS AREA. THAT'S THE TYPE OF PERSON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU CANNOT REMOVE THAT ART HISTORY. THIS WAS STATE SANCTIONED MURDER IN TERROR OF BLACK PEOPLE. TO THE POINT. FOR US. U S GENERAL SHERIDAN REMOVED HIM FROM HIS POSITION BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT PROTECT BLACK PEOPLE AT THAT TIME. IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT TO US WHEN WE SEE THAT. HE WAS NOT PROTECTING US. WE WERE DYING. HE WOULD NOT DO HIS JOB. TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS REMOVED FROM HIS POST.
THAT'S NOT HEROIC. TO MY PEOPLE. SO YOU'RE TELLING US THAT SOMEBODY THAT WE SHOULD IDOLIZE AND THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A STATUE OF IN OUR COMMUNITY? THAT'S NOT OKAY. SO WHEN AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. STATES BECAME A UNITED STATES. AND SO. THE UNION WON THE WAR, BUT THE STATES WANTED PEACE. AND SO THE CONFEDERATES KILLED. UNION SOLDIERS, BUT WE ARE JUST CAME BACK TOGETHER AND SAID OK. WITH THE UNITED STATES MAN. AND WE LET THE SOUTH REWRITE THEIR HISTORY. AND SO. THE SOUTH STARTED TO REWRITE THIS HISTORY TO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK BETTER.
AND THEY STARTED TO BUILD THE STATUES OF ROBERT E. LEE AND THROCKMORTON IN THESE OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT WASN'T SO EVIL. WHAT THEY DID TO BLACK PEOPLE, WASN'T IT? THIS PEOPLE THINK IT WASN'T SO BAD. THESE STATUES. ARE RE FRAMING. THE VIAL. EVILNESS OF SLAVERY. WE'RE NOT SAYING HE RACE HISTORY. AS JIMMY TILL CAME UP AND SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, REMOVING HISTORY. NO, NO, NO. REED PHRASING AND REWRITING HISTORY. YOU CAN PUT THE STATUARY WILL PUT IN A MUSEUM. COLLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER THERE. L SAYS THAT THIS STATUE SHOULD STAY IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO PAY FOR THIS STATUE AND COLLIN COUNTY CAN PUT IT IN THE MUSEUM RIGHT HERE. THEY CAN PAY FOR THAT IF THEY WANT TO HELP THE COST THAT FRIGID FRASER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY WANTS TO HELP PAY FOR THE COST. LET COUNTY COMMISSIONER HILL. SAFER THIS COST AND THEY CAN PUT IT IN A MUSEUM. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ERASE HISTORY. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CAPTURE HISTORY, THAT'S RIGHT. TRUE HISTORY BECAUSE THIS WAS ST SANCTION.
MURDER OF BLACK PEOPLE. LET'S SPEAK THE TRUTH. BUT YOU CAN PUT UP A STATUE OF SOMEBODY THAT IT WAS OKAY TO KILL BLACK PEOPLE AND SAY. THAT'S OKAY WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AND IT'S OKAY TO PUT IT IN OUR PRIZE DOWNTOWN. WE'RE KIDDING. THAT I HAPPEN TO REPRESENT. AND THINK THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OKAY. THERE'S NO WAY OF DRESSING UP. YOU CAN CALL HIM A DOCTOR. YOU CAN CALL HIM A LAWYER. HE WAS OKAY WITH KILLING BLACK PEOPLE. THAT'S NOT OKAY. AND I'M OKAY WITH CREATING THE CULTURAL TASK FORCE FOR THE OTHER THINGS, THE STREET NAMES AND THE OTHER THINGS, BUT ONE THING WE DO IN GOVERNMENT AS WE CREATE MOTION.
ON THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS. YOU KNOW, WE'LL CREATE A TASK FORCE OR WILL CREATE A STUDY AND WE'LL TELL THE PEOPLE WE NEED TO WAIT ON INVESTIGATION THAT MIGHT TAKE
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THREE MONTHS. EIGHT MONTHS, 16 MONTHS. PEOPLE. WAIT THERE'S MOTION. WE JUST NEED TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THAT COMES BACK. BUT THERE'S NO REAL MOVEMENT. WHEN WE WANT THINGS TO GET DONE. WE CAN CREATE A VOTE AND THAT THING IS DONE. THERE'S REALLY MOVEMENT, SO I'M NOT OKAY WITH CREATED MOTION RIGHT NOW APPEASING THE PEOPLE FOR THE TIME BEING. AND THEN HALF OF US WON'T BE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN THIS COMES BACK UP. SO WE'RE CREATING MOTION BUT NO MOVEMENT. SO IF WE WANT TO GET THIS DONE, WE CAN MAKE SOME REAL MOVEMENT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT PERMIT PROCESSES AND GET IT DONE. AND THEN WE CAN START THE TASK FORCE FOR THE MURAL AND THE NEXT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME REAL MOVEMENT REMOVE THIS PATCHY SHOW BLACK PEOPLE THAT WE CARE ABOUT THEIR REAL FEELINGS. RIGHT NOW. AND STOP PUTTING THINGS IN EMOTION. SO. THE THOUGHT OF FIRST WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY PERPETUAL MOTION WITHOUT WITHOUT END, FAIRLY MEDIA SITE. WE HAVE A LIMITATION RIGHT NOW. AS I SAID, YOU CAN'T REMOVE IT TODAY. THIS PROCESS HAS TO GO THROUGH. IT'S FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT PROCESS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM FROM. MUCH OF OR REALLY ANYTHING THAT YOU SAID. IT'S I DO THINK, THOUGH IT'S GOT TO BE ACCURATE. IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT WASS. AT LEAST EVERYTHING I'VE READ AND I'VE TRIED TO READ. EVERYTHING I COULD POSSIBLY READ IS NOT ABOUT KILLING. LIKE PEOPLE, BUT WHAT HE DID IS HE TRIED TO PUSH THROUGH A TEXAS A CONSTITUTION THAT LIMITED THE RIGHTS OF BLACK PEOPLE VOTE A NUMBER OF THINGS EVER COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR SURE. I THINK THAT ALSO, IT'S IMPORTANT AT THESE TIMES RIGHT NOW AT LEAST YEAH. EVERYTHING YOU SAID, AND HOW WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW TO THE MINORITY COMMUNITY IS ULTRA IMPORTANT ACTION IS ULTRA IMPORTANT. AND WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT. WITH THE VORY WITH VERY HEAVY AND VERY QUICK AND AGGRESSIVELY AND CERTAINLY I COULD SIT HERE AND MAKE ARGUMENTS FOR THAT, AS I KNOW YOU CAN. YOU KNOW THAT TIME IS NOW IT'S BEEN TWICE. BUT THERE IS ALSO A. I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE. WE ADDRESS THEM IN TERMS OF THOSE THERE HAVE ACTUALLY ALSO BEEN A NUMBER OF. RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY HAVE SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT THAT STATUE AND ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT OPINION. WHETHER THERE'S MORE OF THAT MINORITY POPULATION. YES, THEY ARE. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HERE AND ADDRESSED THE. THOSE THAT SAY, HEY, I'VE READ THE I FORGET THE NAME OF THE GROUP. BUT I READ THERE WHEN THEY PRESENTED THAT STATUE. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE CELEBRATING CONFEDERACY. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM AS A DOCTOR AND AS A BUSINESSMAN HAS A. A STATESMAN IS A LEGISLATOR. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THEIR MISSION ALTHOUGH YOU READ AN ARTICLE THAT STATED SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT WHEN I READ DIRECTLY FROM THEN IT WAS IT WAS A STATUE THAT WAS CORRECTED. ABOUT A MAN THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTLING AND CREATING THIS CITY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF. NO, IT WAS LIKE THAT. NOTHING IN THE CONFEDERACY. AS YOU SAID, THAT DOES NOT ERASE THE OTHER. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE. WELL, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, WE CAN TAKE IT DOWN TODAY. SERVANT KNOWS THERE IS NO BOAT THAT TAKES OUR STATUE. WHAT? WE CAN'T CONCURRENTLY WHILE WE DO THE TASK FORCES, WE COULD IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHAT THAT PROCESS IS AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND IF THAT IS WHAT HAS DECIDED WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THAT IS IT. WHAT WE'RE DOING, EVEN MAYBE PUT THAT EMOTION HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO US IF THAT IS WHAT THE TASK FORCE COMPACT, WE DECIDED IS ULTIMATELY AS MUCH AS IT IS A. BOTH OF US APPEAR CERTAINLY DID NOT EXPECT TO BE IN WAY WILL NOT DISAGREE WITH THAT. MAID RIGHT? YOU SAID YOU CAN'T GO TO TAKE DOWN. YOU COULD ACTUALLY VOTE TO TAKE IT DOWN AND THEY START PERMIT PROCESS WITH STATE TO HAVE IT REMOVED. THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY TRUE. SAY THAT WE ACTUALLY GIVE UP INCENSES RIGHT NOW TO STAND. JUST START THE PERMIT PROCESS WAS JUST, CAN'T YOU SEE OUR AGENDA IS NOT DISCUSSED CONSIDERED, SO WE ACTUALLY CAN'T ACT ON THAT TODAY. WE COULD GIVE A CONSENSUS OF STAFF TO START THE PROCESS. MARK. WHETHER I APOLOGIZE FOR OFFENDING YOU.IT'S FINE. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE E MAILS THAT I RECEIVED HER UPS AND DOWNS. SO BELIEVE ME, THAT WAS THAT WAS PRETTY TIMID. THANK YOU, THOUGH. I APPRECIATE THAT CHILD.
IT WAS CHILD'S PLAY. BELIEVE ME. YES, I WAS CALLED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF.
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SO AND I WASN'T THE ONE MAKING THE DECISION EITHER. SO THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT. WE KNOW YOU WERE THE LAST ONE HIRED RIGHT? EXACTLY JENNIFER WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT I WOULD BE THE 1ST 1 FIRED SO. THE AGAIN. I DON'T. I DO BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT. AFTER WE ENGAGED IN TRINITY. AND THAT WE LOOK AT NOT JUST THE STATUTE BUT EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF BECAUSE WE'RE THIS IS A BOX THAT HAS BEEN OPEN OPEN. BEFORE THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE MADE WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY. WHAT WHAT? HOW WE INTERPRET SOMETHING LIKE NOT JUST A STATUE WITH STREET EVERYTHING ELSE. I BELIEVE IT'S A IT'S A BIG ENOUGH ISSUE. AT ME. ENGAGE A GROUP TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY. NO, NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF JUST KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. I PLAN ON BEATING YOUR FIVE YEARS COUNTRY TO SOME OF MY HATERS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WITHIN. I KNOW WHAT MY HEART WAS. BY SOMETIME IN AUGUST. WITHIN A MONTH, WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR A GROUP TO GET TOGETHER KIND OF IDENTIFIED. WHAT? MY BEING TOO.TOO AGGRESSIVE. TOO AGGRESSIVE. HOW TO GIVE A SHORT PERSON I'M TALKING ABOUT AVERY. AND FIND AMOUNT OF TIME. I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO HARM IN ALTHOUGH I'M SURE I WILL HEAR HOW HORRIBLE THAT SUGGESTS. I'M ABOUT TO MAKE IS BY SOME. BUT THERE'S NO HARM IN PURSUING THE PROCESS IN THE EVENT THAT THAT IS WELL, IN FACT, WE DECIDED TO REMOVE OR MOVE THIS STATUE. YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU CAN'T DO THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M SAYING ACTUALLY BEGINS A PROCESS THAT IS IRREVERSIBLE, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PURSUE IN THE EVENT THAT OUR DECISION AS COUNSEL ONCE? CONVENED WITH MORE FAX AND JUST A LOT OF EMOTION AT THIS VERY MOMENT. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE STATUE REALLY IS MEANINGLESS TO ME. I MEAN, IT'S A. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IDOLIZES LOOKS AT IT JUST LIKE WOW, THIS GUY'S AWESOME. I THINK IT'S JUST PIECE OF. STONE, YOU KNOW, AND. AND, UH AND MY FEAR IS. WE'RE GONNA LOOK BACK AT THIS TIME. 10 OR 15 OR 20 YEARS FROM NOW AND SAYING, THAT'S THE TIME WHEN THEY GOT RID OF EVERYTHING.
THAT'S THE TIME THEY STARTED GETTING RID OF ANYTHING THAT HAD ANYTHING REMOTELY TO DO WITH ANYTHING. AND THAT WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO. BUT LOOKING BACK 20 YEARS, SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. LET'S TAKE SOME TIME. LET'S BE METHODICAL ABOUT IT AND IF IT GOES, IT GOES, BUT TO DO IT THE POPULAR THING RIGHT NOW, LET'S JUST CLEAN HOUSE OF EVERYTHING REMOTELY. I JUST I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT, LET'S LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT. LET COOL HEADS PREVAIL ON DH. LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'VE DONE. WHAT WE COULD DO IT BETTER ALONE. TIM, YOU HURT MY FEELINGS. SORRY. I MEAN IT. SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TO YOUR CHURCH. SOMEWHAT. KEEPS IT WANTS TO BELIEVE YOU HAVE A GOOD HEART. IF I'M YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBER. AND YOU TELL ME THAT SOMETHING IS MEANINGLESS TO YOU. AND I'M A MEMBER OF YOUR COMMUNITY. OR A MEMBER OF YOUR CHURCH. SOME. IN ADAMANT OBJECT THAT IS MEANINGLESS TO YOU. BUT I'M SUPPOSED TO MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU. AND I COME TO YOU. AND I TAKE THIS OBJECT THAT MEANS NOTHING TO YOU HURTS ME. IT DOES HURT ME. BRINGS PAINTED. SO WHY ARE YOU JUST NOW? BRINGING IT UP? YOU YOU'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR THREE YEARS AND JUST NOW YOU BRING IT UP. WE'LL REALLY WANT GREAT MAN. I DON'T KNOW THAT HE EVER BROUGHT IT UP. I DON'T THINK IT WAS DEFENDED BY. WHY DIDN'T HE TAKE THE TIME? TO GET THAT THING TORN DOWN, MOVED WHATEVER. WHY? WHY IS IT RIGHT NOW THAT THAT YOU'RE HURT BY THIS AND NOT. THREE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WERE ELECTED AND YOU STOOD ON THE SQUARE. I'M CELEBRATING YOUR WIN. I'M TELLING YOU THAT YOU HURT ME BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU THAT IT HURTS ME IN MY COMMUNITY. YOU RATHER LET IT STAY. AN OBJECT THAT MEANS NOTHING TO YOU. NEED TO TAKE MY FEELINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. WHY I DIDN'T BRING IT UP. MAYOR AS HE JUST TOLD YOU, YOU AND HIM BROUGHT THIS TO MY DISCUSSION SO NOW THAT IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE CITIES I'M
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GIVING YOU MY TRUE FEELINGS. WHY YOU NOT BRING IT UP? BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY BLACK PERSON ON COUNCIL. IF I BRING IT UP? I LOOK LIKE THE RACE BAITING BLACK PERSONAL COUNSEL THAT'S BRING ENOUGH. THE CONFEDERATE STATUE THAT BRINGS ISSUE TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY I DON'T BRING IT UP. WHAT THE COMMUNITY BRINGS IT UP. YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH AND GOT HONEST TRUTH ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT AND ABOUT HOW MY COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHY FOR THREE YEARS OFFSET SILENT ABOUT A STATUE THAT PISSES ME OFF EVERY TIME I DRIVE AROUND IT. THAT'S WHY I'VE NEVER BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE WHEN I BRING UP ISSUES OF RACE ABOUT MY COMMUNITY. YOU SAY THE SAME THING. THERE GOES THAT BLACK COUNCILMAN, THERE GOES THAT RACE BAITING COUNCILMAN. HE COULDN'T WAIT TO BRING IT UP.SO I DON'T BRING UP RACE ISSUES. BUT WHEN THEY DO COME FORWARD, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU NOT INACCURATE STATE. WHAT IT IS, YOU GOTTA DO IS GO TO MCKINNEY CARES ARE YOU GOT TO DO IS LOOK UP ANYTHING THAT I BRING UP REGARDING RACE. I'M GONNA RUN ME THROUGH THE MUD EVERY TIME I BRING IT UP EVERY TIME I DRESSED. ALL I'M SAYING THAT I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO IT. THE COMMUNITY DOES. AND SO I'M NOT GONNA JUST TO SAVE YOUR FEELINGS. I'M NOT GOING TO THE COMMUNITY SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH IT. I'M NOT GOING. OVERRIDE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOUR FEELINGS AND THAT AND SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD SAY, LET'S GIVE IT SOME TIME. LET'S DO THE WHOLE POINT IS WHAT I'M SAYING. IF THE MAJORITY OF THE WHITE COMMUNITY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT. IT'S JUST INANIMATE OBJECT. HE REALLY DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. IF YOU JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT IT. I WAS THERE SINCE 1911. YOU DRIVE. PASS IT EVERY DAY. YOU JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT IT. WHAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY'S TELLING YOU. AND IT HURTS US EVERY TIME WE DRIVE ABOUT DRIVE AROUND IT. IF YOU JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT REMOVING. IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE, MEANING YOU, BUT IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO US. IT'S A SIMPLE FACE. WHY DON'T WE HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING UP, FIX IT AND LET'S BE DONE? YET. I HAVEN'T. BLAME IT ON MY PROFESSION, BUT I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THEM DUE PROCESS OF LAW. THIS NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. WE NEED TO HAVE HERE. GET PUBLIC PUT ASIDE. STILL NEGATIVE. PROCEED ACCORDING TO THE RULES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CITY COUNCIL. NO SHORT CUT ANYTHING BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S ATTENDED BY SOMETHING INVENTED BY SOMEBODY KEEPING IT UP. LET'S GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DOING CORRECT THAT THIS IS THE NEW PRODUCT.
THIS IS THE FRUSTRATED ABOUT MOTIVE THIS IS JULIAN. LET ME SPEAK. YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO GO AHEAD. HERE'S A. LET'S SAY TODAY WE HAVE THE ABILITY YOU HAVE ABILITY WAS ON THE AGENDA.
AND WE ACT TODAY. JUST LIKE THAT. YOU'RE RIGHT FOR A SEGMENT OF POPULATION IN MCKINNEY. SOME WAY SOME BLACK. FOR A SIGNAL POPULATION. IT'LL BE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT WILL BE CELEBRATED WAS DOWN. WITHOUT HAVING A FULL DISCUSSION WITHOUT REALLY GETTING EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN. BECAUSE I KNOW HOW PASSIONATE YOU ARE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND PASSION. UNDERSTAND EVERYONE'S CLAPPING OUT THEIR. THE PASSION FROM YOUR SAMPLE UNDERSTAND MUCH AGAIN, NOT B. A BLACK MAN. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I GET EMAILS, I KNOW THAT THERE IS EQUAL PASSION. NOT SAYING IT SHOULD OFF JUST EQUAL PASSION.
IF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS WE WANT TO TRY TO BRING THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER? WE WANT TO TRY TO TAKE STEPS, EVEN A STEP. REMOVE A STATUE IN A WAY THAT BRINGS US MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY. IF THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED THERE STILL GONNA BE SOMEBODY HERE HOW WE COME TO IT OUT HERE HOW WE DO IT HERE? WHAT HAS SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THAT THEY WILL NEVER COME ALONG AND SAME ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF SOME HOW SOME WAY WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION. IF WE WANT TO BE A COMMUNITY THAT TRIES TO NOT ME. THE THREE THAT'S OUT TEARING DOWN STATUES, WHICH NOW HAS THE OTHER GOING IN WITH GUNS TO FIGHT AGAINST THAT GROUP. AND THIS HYPER PARTISAN NONSENSE, ANDREI YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY IS FAR MORE THAN A PARTISAN ISSUE.
IF WE WANT TO TRY TO BRING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY INTO THIS AND COME TO A SOLUTION THAT SATISFIES. THE PASSION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME TIME LETS PEOPLE EXPRESS THEIR PASSION IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. COUNTRY, THOUGHTFUL. PROCESS WHETHER THAT BE AND MAYBE THE
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POST OFF HEAD IN MY HEAD GIVEN EXAMPLE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. MAYBE IT MEANS REMOVING THAT STATUE AND PUTTING IT IN THE MUSEUM SATISFIES THOSE WHO THINK THIS IS HISTORY, NOT ERASE HISTORY, AND THIS IS ANOTHER AND SATISFIES THE COMMUNITY. THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT SAYS IT'S NOT ON THE SQUARE. IT'S IN A MUSEUM. IT'S NOT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.PROBABLY A SOLUTION THAT ACHIEVES. BOTH PASSIONS ACCOMPLISHES WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT IT BEING A KNEE JERK AND NOT HAVING TO CHARLIE'S POINT DUE PROCESS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER. AND WITH A WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT, WHICH IS DEFINITELY MORE EFFORT THAN TAKING A BOAT QUICK. AND COME TO A SOLUTION. DO YOU HAVE YEAH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT. I THINK WE'RE LIVING TOO MUCH IN THE PAST. OKAY? WITH THE STATUES, OKAY? I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE NEED TO TEAR DOWN. OUR STATUES ALSO UNDERSTAND? HAVE COMMUNITY FEELS OKAY. BUT WHY NOT DO LIKE MR T LINGS? HIS COMMENT. TO CELEBRATE THE AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT HAVE DONE SOMETHING IN OUR EAR. HELP ME, KENNY GROW. ON PROSPECT. AND I THINK THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN TEARING DOWN THE STATUE. YOU CAN USE THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE USED TO TEAR DOWN THE STATUE TO BUILD ANOTHER. SO WRITE ARE AFRICAN AMERICANS. PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.
JUST JUST TO GIVE CREDIT TO THOSE WHO'VE PASSED ON IT. REMEMBER, WE'VE GOT EVANS WITH WE'VE NAMED SCHOOLS. WE JUST NEED TO ROAD. WHAT THE WAY NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN DO MORE, BUT I GET IT. THE PASSION IS SO STRONG I GOT PLEASE. NO ONE ATTACKED ME. I'M GIVING YOU AN EMAIL I RECEIVED TODAY. NOT MY WORDS. OKAY BUT JUST TRY IT IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT BE A PASSION ON THE OTHER SIDE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BEST COMMUNICATION HAPPENS WHEN EACH SIDE UNDERSTANDS THE OTHER, BUT I GOT AN EMAIL TODAY. THAT WAS A PERSON WITH EXTREMELY IRATE THEY MOVED IT WOULD CITY BUT WHEREVER MOUNTAIN NEXT BOULEVARD IS WHERE DALLAS WHO WAS ACTUALLY THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, BUT THEY SENT IN THE MAIL.
THE MAIL, OF COURSE, WAS THAT I GOT THE STATUE SHOULD NOT BE TORN DOWN. THIS IS OUR HISTORY.
I'M OFFENDED EVERY TIME I'M A MAMA. A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ABUSE, AND NOW THE MIX WAS A RED DOWN HIS RAP SHEET. I HAVEN'T DONE RESEARCH IF IT'S ACCURATE, BUT LET'S ASSUME THAT IT MIGHT BE ON DAY THEY THOUGHT IF WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA CONDEMN. THIS OLD MAN'S LIFE'S WORK OVER THIS ISSUE. WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THAT? YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING. DON'T BRING THAT UP IS MY ARGUMENTS. I'M BRINGING UP TO EXPRESS IT. THERE ARE THERE IS A VERY PASSIONATE TWO SIDES OF THIS. LET'S DO THIS RIGHT. LET'S LET'S UNDERSTANDING HERE THAT PASSION. LET'S LET'S UNDERSTAND PASSION ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GOING TO COME TO A AGREEMENT THAT HOPEFULLY AT LEAST GIVES THE MAJORITY OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THE FEELING THAT THAT EVERYONE WAS LISTENED TO EVERYONE WEIGHED IN. AND THE DECISION WILL BE WHAT THE DECISION IS, YOU KNOW, MY GUESS IS YES WHAT THE DECISION'S GOING TO BE. TO PROCESS THIS HIS DUE PROCESS. THIS IS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. IF THIS WERE ANYTHING ELSE, WE'D SAY WHAT ARE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES? DALLAS COUNTY'S ARE THEY'RE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS DIDN'T COUNTY WHICH I WILL SAVE, NOT ITS PROGRESSIVENESS. YES.
COLLIN COUNTY OR THE REST IS REMOVED THEIR CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS ROCK WALK FORWARD OR ANYTHING ELSE WE'D SAY. WHAT ARE OUR SISTER COMMUNITIES DOING? WE PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN WE DO THAT. WHEN IT'S BENEFICIAL TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE DO THAT MIND YOU, BUT I'VE CALLED THIS TO THIS IF I DIDN'T PUT THIS MASK ON THE WHOLE YOU IN PARTICULAR AND SO, YOU KNOW. THE OTHER COMMITTEES HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT. SO THIS IS DUE PROCESS. WE'RE TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. AND AGAIN, DR MARTIN LUTHER KING SAYS TRUE PEACE IS NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF TENSION. IT IS THE PRESENCE OF JUSTICE. JUSTICE. NOT JUST THE ABSENCE OF TENSION. YOU CAN'T PLAY BOTH SIDES, RIGHT IS RIGHT WRONG IS WRONG. I CAN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE BOOKLETS CLAN IS GONNA FEEL ABOUT US REMOVING THEIR STATUES. CANOPIES. THE COOPER'S PLANS SAY. WELL YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS OFF THE PLAN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN WHAT PLAN? CLU CLASS PLANS WHAT
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I SAID OPPOSITE. HE IS MEAN THERE'S THAT'S NOT A COMPLEX PLAN STATUE OR WHATEVER. BUT LET ME LET ME KIM, YOU CAME UP TO MIKE LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE WORLD WOULD PLAN TO GET INTO THIS. BUT PLEASE NOW, IF I MAY AND DEFINITELY CONTINUE ON THE CONVERSATION BASED ON SOME OF THE THINGS I HEARD, I JUST WANTEDTO. KIND OF RE DIRECT A LITTLE BIT TO SOME OF THE OPTIONS IN PLACE BECAUSE I HEARD SOME GREAT FEEDBACK AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE A CZ RELATED TO THE PROCESS. WE'RE KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE THE NICE THING ABOUT PROCESSES THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS. SO STAFF POSITION COMING IN TODAY WAS THE NOTION OF THIS CULTURAL TASK FORCE. AND THAT IS THAT WAS THE DALLAS APPROACH. IT'S ONE APPROACH IT REQUIRES BRINGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER. IT IS A LITTLE MORE LENGTHY. IT'S A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A TASK FORCE WOULD LOOK LIKE. WE DON'T KNOW IF WOULD BE A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE BLENDING SOME OF OUR EXISTING COMMISSIONS TOGETHER. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER THINGS IT MIGHT TACKLE. IT MAKES MOST SENSE TO DO A TASK FORCE APPROACH WHEN THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS TO LOOK AT. YOU HAVE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A WHOLE MISSION AND SCOPE FOR THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO GIVE THEIR VALUABLE TIME IN EXTENDED SERVICE. ANOTHER FORM OF DUE PROCESS IS THE DENTON APPROACH, WHICH WHICH THEY ESSENTIALLY DID KIND OF A PUBLIC HEARING FORMAT. YOU MENTIONED THAT A LITTLE BIT, MR PHILLIPS. JUST YOU KNOW ONE. WE COULD BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL IN SORT OF A PUBLIC HEARING FORMAT SORT OF A CALL FOR COMMENT. WE COULD PLAY THAT OUT. THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER.FORM OF PROCESS. DENTON COUNTY DID THAT JUST FOR THEIR REMOVAL IN STORAGE, SO THEY WEREN'T TAKING A PERMANENT ACTION. INTO THAT, AND I DID WANT TO ADD A LITTLE INSIGHT ON THE PERMIT PROCESS, WHICH DOES TAKE SOME TIME. THE TEACHER. HE ALSO REQUIRES THAT THEY APPROVE THE RELOCATION OF WHATEVER IS REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL BE PROTECTED AND INTERPRETED IN ITS FUTURE HOME. WE THINK THAT IF WE WOULD COMBINE A PROCESS WITH THAT, IF THAT WERE THE APPROACH THAT WILL FORWARD THAT WOULD BE OKAY. BUT. AND YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S SOME OPTIONS FOR PROCESS IF YOU WANT TO DO IT KIND OF QUICKLY, OR SOME OPTIONS FOR PROCESS THAT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME, BUT COULDN'T. PULL IN SOME OF YOUR COMMUNITY EXPERTS TO GIVE US THE EDUCATION AND SOME OF THIS THAT WE DON'T HAVE. WE GAVE YOU SOME VERY SUMMARIZED HISTORY. BUT WE DO HAVE BUT WE ARE NOT THE EXPERTS ON THE THROCKMORTON STATUE ITSELF. I CAN IF. ON THE NATIONAL. YOU SAID THINGS THAT MAKE ME THINK THAT YOU MAY HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE HAPPY DOES RESEARCH ON WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THE T. H C JUST SO WE KNEW WHAT WAS INVOLVED. WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY 30 TO 60 DAYS. THEY HAVE WRITTEN UP THEIR OWN POLICY ON THIS IN RESPONSE TO THE DENTYNE. COUNTY ACTIONS SOUNDS LIKE IF THAT IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY THAT'S WHAT WE DECIDED. WE WOULD HAVE TO ALSO. IT WOULDN'T JUST BE MATTER. SAY, TAKE IT DOWN. WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOCATION THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THAT PERMIT PROCESS. THAT THEY HAVE THAT THE PERMIT COULD BE FILED TO REQUEST TEMPORARY STORAGE UNTIL THERE WAS TIME TO LOOK AT IT. I THINK, ULTIMATELY IT WOULD NEED TO BE PUT SOMEWHERE SO MEASURED APPROACH. WOULD BE TOO. ONE INITIATED PERMIT PROCESS.
THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO DO. IT'S JUST TO DO IT, SO WE DON'T. IF THAT'S THE DETERMINATION, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. INITIATE A TASK FORCE. WAY AND WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME IDEAS ON WHAT THAT COULD BE. I THINK I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE IN COUNCIL WHERE WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WAS A FIRST GROUP. OF HISTORICAL. SOME SORT OF PRESERVATION PEOPLE THAT ARE.
GENERATIONAL HISTORY OF THE CITY, BUT ALSO VERY FOR THE MORNING MEETING, WHICH IS THAT JUMP. THAT IS. LIGHTLY BECAUSE UPENDED BY STATUTE. DEPRESSED. AND THAT PROCESS WOULD BE ONE.
IS INVESTIGATORS OF COMMUTERS STATUE THAT PEOPLE IMPORTANTLY, IF SO, WHERE DOES IT GO? AND IT WOULD ALL HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE ANY PERMANENT. SOLUTION. TAKE PLACE. AND WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE TASK FORCE WOULD PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. WE WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT THE TASK FORCE THAT WOULD DO IT WOULD SERVE OTHER THINGS THAT THE CULTURAL TASK FORCE ISN'T REALLY OUR IDEA. FROM THE GET GO, IT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN MENTIONED. BUY SOME OTHERS IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS, TIO ADDRESS LOTS OF LOTS OF THINGS. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THE MAJORITY, OF COURSE, BY DEFINITION, I WOULD
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HAVE TO GO ALONG AS WELL. BUT HAVING JUST A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD NOT TO MEET ME DUE PROCESS. WHAT WE HAVE IS WE WILL HAVE TWO VERY OPPOSING SIDES AND THEN WILL COME UP AND SPEAK WITH GREAT PASSION. AND I DON'T THINK THAT I THINK EVERYONE WOULD TALK AT EACH OTHER, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. RIGHT NOW. EVERYONE IS TALKING AT EACH OTHER, STRUGGLING WITH EACH OTHER. THEY'RE YELLING PAST EACH OTHER, AND NO ONE IS UNDERSTANDING. WAY THAT SOME OF THE STATUE IS BEING TORN DOWN, BY SAYING, BUT WAIT SOME OF BEING TORN DOWN. THAT IS NOT. THERE IS NOTHING BEING RECEIVED BY BY SOMEONE THAT. USE THIS AS HISTORY IN A PRODUCTIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE WAY THAT THAT FEELS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN HEARD AND THOSE THAT ARE JUST YELLING. RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S OUR HISTORY AND WE'RE NOT TEARING IT DOWN ARE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR THEIR CONCERNING EVERYONE'S YELLING PAST EACH OTHER. THAT IF WE TOOK JUST A LITTLE BIT TIME WE REACH THE MAJORITY IN THIS COMMUNITY COME TO A CONSENSUS THAT EVERYONE WOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT. AND THOSE THAT DIDN'T THE HYPER.GROUPS THAT THEY'RE NEVER SATISFIED POSES QUESTIONS TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR COUNSELLING. EVERYONE LISTENING ABROAD. IF THE STATUE OF THROCKMORTON NOR LINCOLN OR MARTIN KING JR OR ANYBODY ELSE? OR TWO GO AWAY. THEIR HISTORY GO AWAY. DID YOU SUDDENLY FORGET? THEY WERE COULD YOU SUDDENLY NOT READ ABOUT THEM IN THE TEXTBOOKS? WIKIPEDIA OR WHOMEVER. IT'S GREAT. PLATITUDE SOUND BY TO USE. YOU COULD SAY I'M ADDICTED, BUT I MEAN. YOU COULD READ ABOUT WHOMEVER YOU CHOSE TO READ ABOUT. WHENEVER YOU CHOOSE TO READ ABOUT, SO I'M GONNA GO ON A LIMB AND TELL YOU EXACTLY I FEEL THAT. THIS IS JUST ME PERSONALLY, AND I'M NOT. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THIS IS MAYOR AS MAYOR. I WILL TELL YOU THAT. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD DO WHAT I SAID. AND IT SHOULD BE COMMUNITY EQUIPPED, AND IT SHOULDN'T COME DOWN TO JUST HOW I FEEL AT ALL. I DON'T NEED TO COME DOWN THERE SO ANYONE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT YOU GET TO COME DOWN AS A COMMUNITY IS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REPRESENTING. ME PERSONALLY. I DON'T I DON'T FEEL THAT. OTHERS SLEEP TO BE LOST BECAUSE WE DECIDE TO MOVE THAT STATUE. I THINK THERE'S A SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION. THAT THAT IS OFFENDED BY IT. I'M OF THE MINDSET. WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO NOT OFFEND PEOPLE AND SHOW THAT TIME WHEN WE NEED THIS COUNTRY TO SHOW EACH OTHER THAT WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. ME APARTMENT. JUST ME PERSONALLY. I HAVE. I HAVE NO HEART OVER THAT. ALL. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S IT. THAT'S UH, THAT'S AN EASY ONE FOR ME. DO SOMETHING THAT SATISFIES AND MAKES A STATEMENT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S A LOT OF GOING ON RIGHT NOW. BUT WE CARE CARE IF IT BOTHERS THE MINORITY COMMUNITY. EVEN THOUGH I'M BIG ON ADULT MATURE ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT JUST QUITE FRANKLY, I COULD HAVE YOU TOLD HER WHO THAT STATUE WAS UP UNTIL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. NEVER ENOUGH ATTENTION. THAT GOES TO ONE OF THE POINTS YOU MADE BUT INTO ANYTHING BUT NOW THAT I DO KNOW.
NOW THAT I KNOW THAT IT BOTHERS PEOPLE FOR ME. I'M NOT GONNA DIE ON THAT HILL. IN FACT, ON MY DYING THE OTHER. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS THAT THAT TAKES A STEP TOWARDS BRINGING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER. WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY STEP. WE CAN'T RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S MY PERSONAL BELIEF. AS MAYOR. I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF AGGRESSIVE EMAILS, THAT COURSE THINK VERY, VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN THAT. SO MUCH OF MY PERSONAL BELIEF IS THAT I'M NOT I'M NOT I WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE REPRESENTING AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND THERE IS WHEN I READ SOME OF THE STUFF AND THEY COMPARED TO THE IMPACT, PUTTING ANOTHER PLAQUE. WELL, I GUESS I COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR THAT. BUT ME PERSONALLY, I WILL TELL YOU WHERE I WAS STANDING RIGHT NOW AND ALL STATE PERSONALLY. FOR ME. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE WE HAVE THIS IT'S JUST ANOTHER PARTISAN THING RIGHT NOW. IT'S IT. I SEE IT MUCH DIFFERENTLY THAN THAT. I'M JUST BEING REAL HONEST. AND I KNOW I'LL CATCH A BUNCH OF CRAP TODAY FOR BECAUSE MR MAKER EVERYTHING OUT OF MY MOUTH SHOW THAT I'M NOT A REPUBLICAN THESE DAYS. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN HONOR WERE, I DON'T KNOW. WHAT I DO KNOW IS I CARE ABOUT PEOPLE. I CARE ABOUT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I CARE ABOUT THE MINORITY COMMUNITY AND IF IT IS HURTING THEM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY GENERALLY HURTS THEM. HE'S A STEP MAN. IT'S JUST MOVINTO TO THE MUSEUM. OR TO HIS GRAVE. AGAIN. I'M SPEAKING PURELY RIGHT NOW IS GEORGE
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FULLER INDIVIDUAL AS MAYOR? I'M GOING TO FIGHT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY PERSONAL FEELING THAT SHOULD COOL. AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S NOT YOUR PERSONAL FEELING. THAT'S WELL. IT SHOULD BE THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE REPRESENT, AND I HAVE A STRONG FEELING WHERE THE COMMITTEE WILL END UP ON IT, AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT IT DID. IN THE BEGINNING. WE HAVE A TASK FORCE. THAT THAT WITHOUT THIS ISN'T OPEN ENDED.START THE PROCESS. SO WE ARE HERE FOR THAT IF WE DO IT IF THAT'S WHAT IS DETERMINED. WE HAVE A CULTURAL TASK FORCE. I'M ALL FOR STARTING WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION. BUT I THINK THAT AGAIN, WHICH I COULD TAKE EVERY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS PERSONALLY, I DON'T SO I'M NOT POSITION SAY, I THINK THIS IS A WELL REPRESENTED. NO GROUP TO DO IT, SO I THINK WE NEED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS NEXT MEETING TO WHETHER WE ALL THE 0.1 PERSON OR MAKING STAFF NEXT RECOMMENDATION, MAYBE ALREADY MAKING RECOMMENDATION. I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER. LUCKILY DETERMINED AT THIS MOMENT. AND THEN LET'S LET'S GIVE THAT 30 OR 60 DAYS. IF I KNOW PAUL, I'M ALWAYS PUSHING THINGS FASTER THAN THEN SAID HE'S LIKE THAT RIGHT, BUT WHATEVER THAT IS, WE DETERMINE. LET'S GET THAT FEEDBACK BACK. I WILL MY POSITION, EXPRESSED IT PERSONALLY. BUT AS MAYOR, I'M GOING TOE. I'M GONNA VOTE IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY FEELS I'LL EXPRESS MYSELF PERSONALLY. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT THE COMMUNITY DETERMINES RIGHT THERE. THAT'S RIGHT STAND. THEY CAN'T SAVE ANY CLEAR SO THAT ALL THE HATE START ON FACEBOOK FROM THE. FROM THOSE WHO WANT TO DO IT. THOSE WHO DIDN'T THINK I'D GO FAR ENOUGH. GIVE ME HATE. JUST CHALK IT UP TO ANOTHER DAY OF FAITH. SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING THE TASKFORCE PASSPORT? YES. I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE. UM, IT'S FOR THE TASK FORCE IS WELL, MR MASON WERE ALSO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS REPORTING. FORTUNE COMMISSIONS MUCH THAT WOULD NOT BE IN THE SAME TIME. THAT TWO FRONT WHERE WE GET THEM IMMEDIATELY. SO THAT WE CAN GET TO WORK. YOU KNOW, IT MAY VERY WELL BE A BOARD QUESTION WE WANTTO PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS AGAIN, EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT A STATUE TOMORROW. IT'S GONNA BE THROCKMORTON BROKE. NEXT WEEK. IT'S GOING TO BE. SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE OFFENDING. SOMEBODY THEY COULD BE FROM THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T MEAN THAT DISRESPECTFULLY. VERY SINCERELY. IT'S SOMEONE'S GONNA BE. THERE'S SOMETHING THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT PROBABLY AS WE GROW IS A CITY. THINGS ARE GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE GOING TO STRIKE A NERVE WITH SOME GROUP SUPPORT PART OF OUR CITY. MAYBE THAT BORDEN COMMISSION THIS ONE THAT WE FORMED THIS POINT REALLY? ADDRESSES THOSE THINGS ON AS NEEDED BASIS. THAT JUST MAKES SENSE TO EVERYONE. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I SUPPORT TASK FORCES WELL, BUT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS POINT. WE ALL I THINK WHEN WE'RE NOT ON COUNCIL TALK ABOUT THE SPEED OF GOVERNMENT, AND WE DON'T SAY THAT BECAUSE WE'RE BECAUSE IT'S.
SO ABSOLUTELY PUTTING TIME FRAME OF MIND. LETYOU CITY MANAGER DISCUSSION ON WHAT THAT MIGHT BE. I WOULD BE INCREDIBLY INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT OFFICIAL. THERE'S NO USE DOING THIS TIME. LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT COME UP. AND YOU KNOW. IF WE CAN MAKE A DECISION, AND I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA. THANKS LIZZIE. IT'S 30 THINGS. I WOULD RATHER HAVE THOSE 30 THINGS DECIDED AT ONE TIME. THAT HE TRIED TO RIP OFF THE BAND AID 30 TIMES. SO. LET'S MAKE IT OFFICIAL. THAT'S MAKING A PART OF WHAT WE ARE WHO WE ARE GOING FORWARD AND LET'S APPOINT PEOPLE AND LET'S GET ON. YES, AND IF WE DO IT IN FRANCE, AND THE GROUP IS WELL REPRESENTED. WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THE WHOLE ROOM TOGETHER. MAKE A DISSIDENT, IF ANY OTHER, SAYS WOMEN SESSION YOU EXPRESSED THAT YOU EXPRESS RIGHT NOW. WE JUST PISS OFF HALF THE CITY. WHY? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T BRING THE CITY AND HAVE A DISCUSSION AND ALL WE DID IS WE YELL PAST EACH OTHER AND THEN MADE A MAJOR DECISION. LET'S TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. LET'S GET A GROUP THAT WILL REALLY GET ENGAGED COMMUNITY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO ME. THAT COMMITTEE IS MORE THAN JUST DECIDING WHAT WE DO. IT'S HELPING. IT'S HELPING BOTH SIDES UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE GONNA DO IT WHERE WE GET BUYING WHERE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T JUST GIVE EACH OTHER THE FINGER WHEN THEY WALK BY. NO, BUT THIS ISN'T THERE. ENOUGH OF THAT. WE GOT IT.
ENOUGH. THAT'S RIGHT COMING TO COUNSELLING. SUGGESTION. THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO WAIT.
TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE NORMAL PATIENT PROCESS. WE CAN'T DO THAT. IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS OFFICIAL QUARTER COMMISSION WITH STUDENTS WE HAVE REPORTS. WE WILL DETERMINE ANY PEOPLE TO
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WRITE THE SECOND. I'LL BE CLEAR, HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISED REPORT HAS MORE TO DO WITH. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE GROUP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SAID. I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND PEOPLE EXPERIENCE. I THINK THEIR MISSION IS SOMETHING FAR NARROWER THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING FOR CULTURAL, RACIAL. OTHER ITEMS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BOARD. THAT'S A SEPARATE BOARD WOULD BE BETTER, SPECIALLY MOTHERBOARD CREATED NOW. IT SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE FROM FROM OBVIOUSLY AGAIN BLACK HISPANIC COMMUNITY, THE HINDU COMMUNITY, THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, EVERY WHITE COMMUNITY ALL MEMBERS.LET'S GET A. SAME AS YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH US CREATING THAT BOARD. NO WAY. WEAKEN MY THOUGHT IS WE COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW TO DO THIS. OBVIOUSLY INCLUSIVENESS IS GOOD. IT DOES NOT HAVE 11 7 PEOPLE. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU HAVE A LIGHTER FOLKS. YOU HAVE A DESPERATE OR WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWPOINTS. IT'S MATTER HOW HOW FACILITATED MAKE HAPPEN. BUT MORE LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH OUR WELL BEING AND TAXES WERE STUDIED. WE GOT FOLKS ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY. TO WEIGH IN AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT, SO I THINK THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE PLAY. MY RECOMMENDATIONS. WE COME BACK WITH A WITH A RESOLUTION. ON FORMATION OF THAT. MEETING ON JULY 20 1ST CAN'T TAKE ACTION. TODAY YOU GIVE US CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT GAME PLAN. IT WOULD COME BACK WITH MY 21ST WITH RESOLUTION WITH A FORMATION OF A COMMITTEE. OUR TASK FORCE WERE CALLING AND BEFORE THAT, CAN I ASK YOU TO LUNCH AS IF EVERYONE COMES WITH WITH THREE PEOPLE THAT THEY RECOMMEND ON THAT BOARD. JULY 21ST DO THE NEXT MEETING. PREFERABLY BEFORE SO I WOULD SAY IF WE'RE GONNA BRING A RESOLUTION, YOU COULD CERTAINLY BRING YOUR NAMES TO THAT MEETING. BUT IF WE COULD GET THEM THE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY BEFORE 21ST AND THAT WOULD BE AROUND 16TH OR 17TH OF JULY. IT WOULD BE GREAT. GIVE IT SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO REPRESENT A FRAUD. FIRST SET OF USE. SO AND I AND I THINK. POSITION IS THIS KIND OF A CULTURAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE IS A COUPLE OF REVERSAL DIVERSITY COMMITTEE AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE SUCCESS IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. WITHOUT MORE DISCUSSION, JUST SAYING BRING THREE NAMES. I CAN. CHANCES ARE WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST JUST VERY LUCKILY END UP WITH WITH MUSLIMS. I DO. EXPANDED BLACK WHITE, RIGHT, SO I THINK THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME WHETHER WE LITERALLY AIRMAN WHO'S BRINGING WHAT DO WE DO? RIGHT OR NOT, BUT I LOST A WEEK TO WEEK. MAKE WAY SAY THAT I'M GONNA BRING BRING THREE PEOPLE FROM THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW BY THE BEST PERSON TO BRING THREE PEOPLE FROM THE HISPANIC. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE. AS I MORE I TALK ABOUT THIS I REALISE IS, I SAID, WE ALL BRING THREE NAMES DOES. ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO. PROBABLY NOT. SO IS THIS THE ONLY TOPIC THERE? I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING BOARD. THERE'S ISSUES ARE GONNA COME UP CONTINUALLY IN THIS CITY. WE'VE GOT WHETHER WHETHER IT'S THE, UH. YOU WANT TO STAY? THAT IS JUST GREAT PEOPLE. IT'S GOING TO BE FOR. WG COMMUNITY IS GONNA HAVE ONGOING ISSUES COME UP. THINGS ARE GOING TO RISE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE. THAT WE WILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS. THIS BOARD TO AWAY AND GIVE US INPUT THAT ISTHE NOT INPUT THAT FIVE WHITE GUYS LIKE SIX WHITE GUYS AND ONE BLACK. I MIGHT, YOU KNOW. WE HAVE. WE HAVE TWO RACES REPRESENTED RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS A PERMANENT BOARD? YEAH, PERMANENT BOARDER. YOU ANYTHING. IT'S JUST THAT WE WERE IN THAT TIME FRAME COULD BE A MINI. INITIALLY. THAT'S IS JUST JUST THINKING OF THE TIMEFRAME JULY 21ST. I WASN'T TRYING TO GET NAMES. I WAS JUST MEETING THE RESOLUTION BY 21ST PASS THAT THAT'S EASY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE DISCUSSION ON HOW WE POPULATE. THAT'S MY CAR. THREE PEOPLE WAS A STUPID IVORY ADMITTED THAT AS I TALKED MYSELF BUT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT. WE HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. JUST A SUGGESTION. YOU COULD FORMAN AD HOC GROUP. GIVE IT A CHARGE. ON THE 21ST THAT CHARGED COULD HAVE SHORT TERM. LONG TERM GOALS. AND THEN AS YOU REVIEW
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IT, PERHAPS OF A SUNSET IN IT AT THAT REVIEW, COULD DECIDE WHETHER TO MAKE IT A PERMANENT BOARD. I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT POPULATED. WE'LL HAVE OBVIOUSLY A BLANK FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE AND HOW OFTEN YOU WANT THEM TO ME FOR YOU GUYS TOO. WAIT THIS THIS BOARD DOES NO GOOD IF IT'S NOT A DIVERSE SPORT. WE CAN. PUT IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNCIL WILL STRIVE FOR AND ETHNIC DIVERSE BOARD. OR WHATEVER ELSE FACTORS YOU WANT IN THERE? YOU CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERNED WITH THEIR WAKEN ISSUES ARE I MEAN, I KNOW I MEAN, I KNOW I WOULD THINK IN TERMS OF HISPANIC WHOEVER THINK IN TERMS OF THE BLACKMAIL, YOU CERTAINLY WILL KNOW YOU HAVE OPINIONS ON THE 21 THAT'S GONNA BE. JUST PULL PEOPLE. OH, YEAH.TO START BUILDING A ROSTER FOR BUILDING A ROSTER AND THEN WILL WILL DETERMINE YET WITH THEM WELL, AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO WAS IS. IS COME WITH PHIL.
THIS BOARD WITH VERY DIVERSE GROUPS. SO IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T ALL COME WITH. THREE WHITE GUYS. BLACK HOME TRYTO. LET'S BE VERY FRANK WE WANT WE WANT ALL RACES, ALL ETHNICITIES, ALL THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTED IN THIS GROUP. AND QUITE SHOULD. I'M NOT LEAVING.
ARE YOU, MR BARRETT? WOULD YOU SAY ARE FEW SOON OUR PAPERS ARE TO YOU AND I ARE JUST JUST A REMINDER. YOU HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON THE 28TH OF JULY. IF YOU. NTED TO DEFER THE APPOINTMENT. SO THE 28TH YOU COULD DO THE BOARD COMPOSITION. YOU COULD DO IT ALL THE 21ST BUT YOU DO HAVE AN EXTRA 21ST RESOLUTION WILL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION. LET'S THEN DECIDE ON THE 28. WHO'S ON THAT BOARD. HOPEFULLY JUST REMINDING YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA MEETING AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER MEETING. AND THIS IS GONNA BE A FLUID PROCESS AND WE WILL TRY TO CHANGE HIS POINT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN MOTION FOR THE SAKE OF MOTION. SAME TIME. I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMUNICATE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WHAT WERE DOING WHY WE'RE DOING IT. EDUCATE THEM. LET EVERYONE TRY TOE FOR ALL THAT ARE WILLING TO OPEN THEIR MINDS AND NOT BE SMALL MINDED. ALL OF THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE WILL COME TOGETHER AND BE UNDERSTANDING WHAT NOT AND THOSE FRENCH PEOPLE WHAT WE WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK IN SENTIMENT. THE LAST ELIMINATORS AND MARK WITH HIS EXPERTISE AND STAFF. WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME DRAFT CHARGE THAT YOU GUYS COULD SWEET FOR YOURSELVES.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A PLAN? THANK YOU. FILL THE ROSTER. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS NOTHING. EXECUTIVE SESSION. WELL, IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANYTHING ON ON THE AGENDA THAT ANYBODY. LIKE TO, UH, PULL DOWN TO DISCUSS RIGHT NOW. STAFF IS HERE AGAIN. WAY SO THAT WE DON'T. FOR MORE COST TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND HEAVEN. LATER AT NIGHT WHEN THEY COULD ANSWER QUESTIONS NOW. PROMISE. YOU'LL COME THROUGH THIS BEFORE. HE SITS ON THREE HOURS. SO. IF 16 NONE. HEARING WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE. I'M A SKIP COUNCIL LIAISON PAID TO DO THAT NEXT WEEK. SOMEONE FEELS THEY MUST SAY SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO
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EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071 1ST MINTED NONSENSE OF REVOKABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT BY BETWEEN KAYLA INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MANAGEMENT LLC AND CITY, TEXAS. TX OPERATIONS HELP PEOPLE UNIVERSITY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. DEFENDANTS. CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 4 TO 0 CPS 05396 REPORT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SECTION 55107 TO DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IN SECTION 55187. DELIBERATION VERY ECONOMIC MATTERS. PROJECT PROJECT PEGASUS. AND WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SO. EVERYONE WILL NEED TO LEAVE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE. UNLESS YOU ARE PART OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PRESENTATION. I'M GETTING UPSTAIRS. EVERYBODY SIT DOWN IF YOU'D LIKE ONE UPSTAIRS. ALL RIE OUT OF EXECUTIVE. A SESSION.[ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION]
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YOU'RE GOING TO WRAP UP AFTER EMOTION. OUR WORK SESSION. IT'S VERY, UH, LIKE EMOTION IN REGARDS TO A PROJECT MOSES COUNCIL WOULD PROVE THE TERM SHEET AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ROSIE. SHE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR WORK SESSION. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. YOUR GERMAN EMPRESS. I'VE BEEN GIVING IT A LITTLE TIME BEFORE WE WERE GOING TO OUR LITTLE CONCESSION.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.