[8. 24-6 Authorize a five-year service price agreement transportation for hire services for passenger drop-off and pick-up at Dallas Love Field Airport in an amount not to exceed $287,852.00 with Alto Operations Texas, LLC and Irving Holdings, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $222,000.00, most advantageous proposer of seven - Total Estimated Revenue: Aviation Fund $509,852.00]

THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO YOUR FIRST ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.

AUTHORIZE A FIVE YEAR SERVICE PRICE AGREEMENT, TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE SERVICES FOR PASSENGER DROP OFF AND PICK UP AT DALLAS LOVE FIELD AIRPORT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $287,852 WITH ALTO OPERATIONS TEXAS LLC AND IRVING HOLDINGS, INC.

IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $222,000.

MOST ADVANTAGEOUS PROPOSAL OF SEVEN.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ONE? YES, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL JANUARY 24TH, 2024 AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO RE NOTICE THIS ITEM AS TWO CONCESSION CONTRACTS.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES, MR. MAYOR, STAFF CAME TO ME FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. STAFF CAME TO ME AND ASKED, MADE THIS REQUEST.

THEY HAVE SOME MORE NEGOTIATION TO DO WITH THE, THE APPLICANT.

SO, BY THE 24TH, THEY SHOULD HAVE IT COMPLETED AND DONE, AND THEN WE CAN GET THIS, PASSED AND MOVED FORWARD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

I HEARD FROM MANY, DRIVERS IN THE INDUSTRY.

I USED TO RIDE, TO DRIVE UBER AND LYFT AS WELL BEFORE ON THE COUNCIL.

AND SEVERAL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'M A PART OF HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE INEQUITIES THAT EXIST WITH HOW WE ISSUED THIS.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN INEQUITY IF THE ONLY CONTRACTED RIDESHARE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE AT OUR AIRPORT, IS A SERVICE THAT REQUIRES THERE TO BE A MEMBERSHIP, WHICH IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE GONE.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS BE MORE EQUITABLE AND OPENED UP AND INCLUSIVE TO ALL OF THE PASSENGERS THAT COME THROUGH LOVE FIELD.

SO THANK YOU, MR. NARVAEZ.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION PREVAILS.

NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

[13. 24-32 Authorize (1) the quitclaim of 30 properties acquired by the taxing authorities from the Tax Foreclosure Sheriff's Sale that will be sold to the highest qualified bidders; and (2) the execution of release of liens for any non-tax liens that may have been filed by the City and were included in the foreclosure judgment (list attached to the Agenda Information Sheet) - Estimated Revenue: $1,738,000.00 (see Fiscal Information)]

AGENDA ITEM 13.

AUTHORIZE ONE THE QUIT CLAIM OF 30 PROPERTIES ACQUIRED BY THE TAXING AUTHORITIES FROM THE TAX FORECLOSURE SHERIFF'S SALE THAT WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED BIDDERS, AND TWO, THE EXECUTION OF RELEASE OF LIENS FOR ANY NON TAX FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT.

FOR ANY NON TAX LIENS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE CITY, SENT BY THE CITY, AND WERE INCLUDED IN THE FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT.

THIS ITEM WAS PULLED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ONE? YES, THERE IS, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO DIVIDE THIS ITEM INTO TWO PARTS AS FOLLOWS.

SEPARATE OUT NUMBERS ONE, EIGHT, 13, AND 23 FROM THE LIST.

ANY OBJECTION? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

THE QUESTION IS DIVIDED.

WHICH ITEM WOULD YOU WANT TO TAKE UP FIRST? AND IF THERE IS NO OPPOSITION, THEN I HAVE A MOTION TO PROCEED.

PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE LIST.

I MOVE TO HOLD NUMBERS ONE, EIGHT, 13 AND 23 UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? BASICALLY WHAT I WANT TO JUST ADD.

IT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY.

THESE ARE DISTRICT FOUR PROPERTIES, AND IT GIVES ME TIME TO DO MORE DUE DILIGENCE IN TERMS OF OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE'RE GOING IN TERMS OF PUSHING THIS SALE OUT

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AND WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE ON OUR VISION FOR AS IT RELATES TO THOSE COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THE MOTION? THE FIRST ONE? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

THAT ONE'S PASSED.

YOU HAVE THE OTHER ONE THAT BOTH MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. YOU GOT THEM BOTH.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT ITEM.

[29. 24-5 Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

AGENDA ITEM 29.

IT'S CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

YOU DID HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, MARVIN CRENSHAW, BUT HE HAS CANCELED.

THIS MORNING, YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL AND FULL COUNSEL AND FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, KAREN SANDERS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

MISS SANDERS MEETS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.

STEVEN BELLO IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART TO THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

ASWAD SMITH IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST TO THE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION.

JENNIFER BILETO IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD.

EDDIE SACHS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST TO THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION.

FELIZE JARVIS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ.

MISS JARVIS MEETS THE 55 PLUS YEARS OF AGE SPECIAL QUALIFICATION TO THE VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION.

FRED WALKER IS BEING NOMINATED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ARNOLD.

MR. WALKER MEETS THE SERVED IN US MILITARY SPECIAL QUALIFICATION.

YOUR NOMINEES FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE EIGHT BOARD DESIGN DISTRICT.

ERIC MORRIS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 15 BOARD, FORT WORTH AVENUE.

MICHAELA RAMLER IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ AND TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 20 BOARD MALL AREA REDEVELOPMENT.

MAHESH GAWANI IS BEING NOMINATED OR JEHANI IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES.

MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

MOTION PREVAILS. NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

[30. 24-50 Authorize the second step of acquisition for condemnation by eminent domain to acquire an irregularly shaped, unimproved tract of land containing approximately 1,654 square feet on Brookhaven Drive near its intersection at Interstate Highway 35 from the Estate of Luther Yost for the construction of erosion control improvements - Not to exceed $2,481.00 - Financing: Storm Drainage Management Capital Construction Fund (This item was held under advisement on December 13, 2023)]

AGENDA ITEM 30.

AUTHORIZE THE SECOND STEP OF ACQUISITION FOR CONDEMNATION BY EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED, UNIMPROVED TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 1654FT² ON BROOKHAVEN DRIVE NEAR ITS INTERSECTION AT INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35, FROM THE ESTATE OF LUTHER YOST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EROSION CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS NOT TO EXCEED $2,481, THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE.

IS THERE A MOTION? ITEM 30.

SO MOVED AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, A RECORD OF VOTES REQUIRED.

SO, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE WILL TRY USING OUR AGENDA LINKS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.

I HAVE, I HAVE MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS MAKING THE MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER NARVAEZ, MAKING THE SECOND.

PLEASE START VOTING.

FIVE HAVE VOTED.

SIX, NINE HAVE VOTED.

11 HAVE VOTED.

WE WILL GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE TO ASSIST YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

12 HAVE VOTED, 13 HAVE VOTED.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE'RE GOING TO. OKAY.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.

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YES, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE HOW YOU'RE VOTING ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. THANK YOU.

I WILL ENTER THAT WITH ALL 15 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL VOTING IN FAVOR.

THE ITEM PASSES, MR. MAYOR. WONDERFUL.

NEXT ITEM.

AGENDA ITEM 31.

[31. 24-103 An ordinance abandoning a portion of Treadway Street to the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, the abutting owner, containing approximately 90,343 square feet of land, located near the intersection of Harry Hines Boulevard and Mockingbird Lane; and authorizing the quitclaim - Revenue: General Capital Reserve Fund ($6,508,000.00) General Fund ($20,000.00), plus the $20.00 ordinance publication fee]

IT'S AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING A PORTION OF TREADWAY STREET TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM.

THE ABUNDANT OWNER CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 90,343FT² OF LAND LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HARRY HINES BOULEVARD AND MOCKINGBIRD LANE AND AUTHORIZING THE QUITCLAIM.

THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN ROY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THIS IS. I'M SORRY, WHAT ITEM NUMBER IS THIS? 31. 31 FOR THE PUBLIC ITEM AGENDA ITEM 31.

THANK YOU MR. MORENO. THIS IS JUST A, AN ABANDONMENT OF, AN ALLEYWAY IN A STREET WAY TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMS WITH THEIR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. WE HAVE A GREAT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HERE IN THE DALLAS REGION, AND THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR US TO CONTINUE THAT WORK WITH WITH OUR FRIENDS AT UT SOUTHWESTERN.

AND I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

I'M SORRY. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? DID YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE? ANYONE ELSE? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT, MADAM SECRETARY.

MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

SORRY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

OH, SURE. MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO HEAR THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS BEFORE RECESS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY NO DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SOUNDS LIKE THE AYES HAVE IT.

ANYBODY NEED A RECORD ON THAT? DIDN'T THINK SO? OKAY, THEN WE WILL SUSPEND THE RULES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS CONCLUDES ACTUALLY YOUR BUSINESS.

SO WE WILL GO BACK TO YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.

[OPEN MICROPHONE (Part 2 of 2)]

AGAIN, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.

BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS, I WILL CALL SPEAKERS IN GROUPS OF TEN.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND HAVE A SEAT ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS OF THE CENTER SECTION.

JOE STOKES, ALBERT HOLMAN, JOSH RUDD, JOE HARGIS, FREDDY DELGADO, MICHAEL SIMMONS HAS CANCELED.

ABDUL KARIM, BY MINA ABDULLAH, BOB WILLIAMS, LORING MCNEIL, BEVERLY EDMOND AND JEANETTE JESSUP.

JOE STOKES, YOU MAY COME TO THE PODIUM.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT WE HAVE CITY STAFF ARE HERE.

YOU CAN YOU CAN JUST APPROACH THEM AND RAISE ANY ISSUES YOU HAVE.

JOE STOKES HAS CANCELED, ALBERT HOLMAN.

ALBERT HOLMAN IS NOT PRESENT.

JOSH RUDD.

JOSH RUDD IS NOT PRESENT.

JOE HARGIS.

MY NAME IS JOE HARGIS WITH DALLAS ANTI-WAR COMMITTEE AND FREEDOM ROAD SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION.

ON OCTOBER 11TH, I TOLD YOU ISRAEL WAS USING THE RHETORIC OF GENOCIDE AND BEGGED YOU NOT TO ENDORSE THEIR ACTIONS.

NOW, ON JANUARY 10TH, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE MONTHS OF UNINTERRUPTED GENOCIDE IN THIS COUNCIL REMAINED SILENT BECAUSE YOU PROFIT MONETARILY AND POLITICALLY BY REMAINING SILENT.

YOU KNOW, ISRAEL HAS ENGINEERED THE WORST FAMINE EVER RECORDED, WITH OVER 500,000 PEOPLE ENTIRELY WITHOUT FOOD AND 2 MILLION PEOPLE AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF FOOD.

YOU KNOW, TELLING PALESTINIANS TO EVACUATE TO A PARTICULAR SPOT AND THEN BOMBING THAT SPOT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS GENOCIDAL.

YOU EVEN KNOW THAT PROPOSING A TRAIL OF TEARS TO EGYPT IS GENOCIDAL, AS ISRAEL OFFICIALS COMPLETE REPEAT PUBLICLY AND REPEATEDLY SAY THEY INTEND TO MAKE GAZA UNINHABITABLE, THAT NO PALESTINIAN WILL EVER BE ALLOWED TO RETURN.

THIS BODY DOES NOT REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING FOR NOT ONLY A CEASE FIRE, BUT FOR AN END TO THE OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE AND FOR CHARGING ISRAEL WITH GENOCIDE. THIS BODY REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS OF WAR PROFITEERS AND OF THE US WAR MACHINE.

WHILE TEXANS ARE BEING LOCKED UP FOR PEACEFULLY PROTESTING THIS GENOCIDE, YOU WILL STAY SILENT AS LONG AS YOUR DONORS CONTINUE TO PROFIT OFF THIS GENOCIDE, BECAUSE YOUR MORALITY

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IS HOLLOW AND YOUR SOULS ARE FOR SALE.

YOU WILL SPEAK OUT ON THIS GENOCIDE WHEN IT BECOMES POLITICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO REMAIN SILENT, AND I AIM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

MY APPEAL TODAY IS NOT TO YOU STUDENTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

YOUR SCHOOL IS MASSIVELY INVESTED IN WAR PROFITEERING FROM THIS GENOCIDE, ORGANIZING A SUCCESSFUL DIVESTMENT MOVEMENT ON YOUR CAMPUS, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL WAYS OF UNDERMINING THIS OCCUPATION.

GREG ABBOTT WANTS BDS ILLEGAL BECAUSE BDS IS EFFECTIVE.

EVERYONE CONTINUE TO PROTEST, DEMONSTRATE, DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO THAT MAKES THIS GENOCIDE POSSIBLE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, STAND WITH THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE SOME OF THE ONLY PEOPLE ON EARTH FIGHTING TO STOP THIS GENOCIDE.

LONG LIVE THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE AND LONG LIVE PALESTINE! SO THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BUT ALSO TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR COUNCIL RULES DON'T ALLOW FOR AUDIENCE OUTBURSTS OR FOR YOU TO, YELL OR SCREAM ANYTHING DIRECTED AT THE CITY COUNCIL OR TO OTHERWISE BE BOISTEROUS.

SO, WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE SPEAKERS, BUT ANY LOUD OUTBURST WE JUST CAN'T HAVE.

SO IF IT GETS TO BE TOO MUCH, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK PEOPLE TO TO LEAVE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

SO LET'S TRY TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT IN THE QUIET RANGE IN TERMS OF OUR RESPONSE.

OH SURE. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

OKAY. NEXT NEXT ITEM.

NEXT. NEXT SPEAKER.

FREDDY DELGADO.

GOOD MORNING. I'M FREDDY DELGADO.

I'M IN DISTRICT FIVE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON, HOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS NOW, AND, I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

I'M ALMOST 60 YEARS OLD, AND, I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE I WAS A CHILD.

I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, AND, BEFORE MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY, I BOUGHT MY HOUSE FROM HER, AND, MY NEIGHBORHOODS ALWAYS CAME TO ME WHENEVER THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG.

AND IT'S LIKE I'VE ALWAYS STOOD UP FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, HERE LATELY, IT'S BEEN A REAL BIG PROBLEM WITH THE DRINKING AND DRIVING AND SPEEDING.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS CRAZY BURNOUTS AND EVERYTHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

KIDS HAVE GOTTEN RAN OVER THE DOGS AND EVERYTHING.

THE POLICE COME OUT, MAN A WHILE BACK, YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN A MONTH AGO, WE HAD TWO INCIDENCES IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WHERE THEY TOTALED IT OUT SEVERAL CARS, AND IT WAS DRUNK DRIVERS.

THEY DIDN'T DO NO SOBRIETY TESTS.

NO, NO, ANY BREATHALYZER TESTS.

BUT THEN WHEN WE SPOKE OUT, THEY TOLD US TO SHUT UP, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS TO WALK AWAY OR WE WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, END UP GETTING IN TROUBLE OVER IT.

AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY UPSETS ME.

AND, JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, SAME THING HAPPENED ON BOTH ENDS OF THE STREET, YOU KNOW, FLIPPED OVER CARS, YOU KNOW, AND WHENEVER WE SPOKE OUT ABOUT THAT, SAME THING HAPPENS.

WE'RE JUST RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN THE SAME THING FOR A WHILE.

WHERE MY HOUSE IS CAUGHT ON FIRE BY ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS KIDS.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, ACCESS TO FIREWORKS.

WHEN I CONFRONTED THEIR FAMILY ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS.

THE KID CAME OVER THERE. HE'S 24 YEARS OLD.

I'M ALMOST 60 YEARS OLD.

THIS GUY COMES OVER THERE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, PULLS UP IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE BECAUSE HIS DAD SCOLDED HIM, AND HE COME OUT THERE WITH A 45 CALIBER, PUT A ROUND INTO THE CHAMBER, AND HE SAT THERE AND PULLED IT OUT ON ME TO MY FACE, AND I REACTED LIKE ANYBODY WOULD, ELSE I BEAT HIS ASS.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, OKAY.

AND I'M THE ONE THAT GOT IN TROUBLE FOR DEFENDING MYSELF.

UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ABDUL KAREEM.

FROM ABDUL KARIM.

YES, I WAS MUTED.

WE CAN HEAR YOU. YOU MAY CONTINUE.

OKAY. HAPPY NEW YEAR'S.

GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR.

HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ABDUL KARIM.

I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR LIVING IN, DISTRICT EIGHT.

AS A SIDE NOTE, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2017, AND I AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEACE IN THIS, IN THIS DISTRICT.

EXCEPT FOR MY APARTMENT BUILDING BLOWING UP A FEW YEARS AGO.

BUT WHAT I'M ASKING, HONORABLE MAYOR TO HELP ME WITH THIS MORNING IS THE, HOTEL MIRAMAR AND THE TOWN HOUSE SUITES.

I, SAW THAT THAT, PROJECT HAD NOT BEEN, YOU KNOW, FINISHED.

AND, SINCE IT WAS A, A BID PROCESS IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TRYING TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE FOR ME IN TERMS OF HOW CAN I, YOU KNOW, STEP IN AND, GO AHEAD AND GET THESE TWO, PROJECTS BACK ONLINE.

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YOU KNOW, GIVEN ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE HAD, AGAIN, I HAVE, I'M THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT DID THE SHOPPING CENTER IN SOUTH DALLAS, FOR TWO PARTNERS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT THAT SHOPPING CENTER WAS, YOU KNOW, BEHIND SCHEDULE, ALMOST FIVE YEARS TILL WE GOT INVOLVED AND GOT IT FINISHED.

SO, THAT'S THE END OF MY COMMENT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO TO SEE.

THERE'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD, YOU KNOW, GUIDELINES, IF BEFORE THE PROJECT IS AWARDED.

BUT AFTER THE PROJECT IS AWARDED, IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT, WELL THE DIFFICULTIES I'VE BEEN HAVING IN TERMS OF HOW CAN, IF ALLOWED TO, PARTICIPATE, TAKE OVER OR WHAT HAVE YOU TO GET THESE PROJECTS, COMPLETED.

GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE INVESTMENT, THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN.

THANK YOU, BAYANA ABDULLAH.

BINA ABDULLAH.

CAN YOU HEAR ME, MISS ABDULLAH? I'LL COME BACK. YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.

HOWEVER, I CANNOT SEE YOU.

YOUR VIDEO MUST BE DISPLAYED.

CAN YOU SEE ME? OKAY, YOU MAY CONTINUE.

OKAY, GREAT. HI.

GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS BAYAN ABDULLAH.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 12, AND I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT JUST AS A PERSON WHO, WE ALL HAVE VALUES, RIGHT? BUT FOR ME, AS A PERSON, WHENEVER I MAKE A CHOICE OR A DECISION IN LIFE, ONE OF MY PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS IS HOW I'M GOING TO VIEW THAT DECISION TEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS IN LINE WITH MY VALUES.

AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO VIEW THIS TEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE, IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION IN THE WORLD IN WHICH, THE END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THAT, 20,000 PEOPLE KILLED IN LESS THAN 100 DAYS.

LESS THAN, I MEAN, LESS THAN 5% OF [INAUDIBLE] HAVING CLEAN DRINKING WATER EVEN BEFORE THIS HAPPENED RIGHT.

THE CONDITIONS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN IS UNFAIR, AND THE JUSTIFICATION THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS TO GET RID OF MILITANTS WHO SUPPOSEDLY HIDE BEHIND HUMAN SHIELDS IS JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN JUSTIFY THAT, AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE.

I ALSO WANT US TO CONSIDER THAT USUALLY, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, THE WAY THAT WE VIEW AN INJUSTICE IS INDEPENDENT OF THE RESISTANCE TO THAT INJUSTICE.

I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN THAT THE WAY THAT WE VIEW INJUSTICE IS TYPICALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE WAY WE VIEW THE RESISTANCE.

SO US OUR VIEW ON BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES IS INDEPENDENT OF WHETHER OR NOT BLACK PEOPLE RESISTED IN WAYS THAT WE DON'T APPROVE OF, WHETHER OR NOT CHILDREN DIED IN NAT TURNER'S REBELLION.

AND THE WAY THAT WE FEEL ABOUT THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF THE FACT THAT BLACK PEOPLE DESERVE EQUAL RIGHTS.

RIGHT? SO PALESTINIANS DESERVING EQUAL RIGHTS IN ISRAEL DESERVING EQUAL RIGHTS, THAT'S YOUR TIME IS INDEPENDENT.

THANK YOU OF HOW WE VIEW THE RESISTANCE.

THANK YOU, BOB WILLIAMS. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE PRESENT.

NAME'S BOB WILLIAMS. LIVED HERE IN DALLAS FOR OVER 70 YEARS.

I THINK I KNOW THE CITY.

PAST 30 PLUS YEARS, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BLUE COLLAR.

AND FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, FIRST FIVE YEARS THAT I PUT BOTH FEET INTO THAT PROCESS, WE BUILT, MORE HOMES THAN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

AND OUR HOMES WERE BRICK THREE AND FOUR, BEDROOM ONE AND TWO STORY.

WE DIDN'T DO COOKIE CUTTER.

WE DIDN'T DO BARRACKS.

WE DID HOUSING NEIGHBORHOODS, CREATING NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE ISSUE PRESENT IS 1998 BOND ELECTION.

THERE WAS, ONE ITEM THAT EXTENDED BEYOND CANADA DRIVE IN FAR WEST DALLAS, A STREET CALLED MEXICANA.

THE CITY OF DALLAS DID WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE. THEY CREATED A NEW CONCRETE STREET OVER HOT TOP PAVEMENT, BAR DITCHES, PUT IN DRAINAGE, PUT IN SIDEWALKS AND THAT WAS DONE.

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KUDOS TO THE CITY.

ANOTHER BOND ITEM, WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO MEXICANA, WAS AN EXTENSION OF CANADA DRIVE TO SERVICE ABOUT TEN LOTS THAT ARE LANDLOCKED. THEY WERE LANDLOCKED THEN, THEY'RE LANDLOCKED NOW.

THE BOND MONEY WAS NEVER SPENT ON THAT EXTENSION OF CANADA DRIVE.

THEY'RE STILL LANDLOCKED.

I'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES ON IT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE SINCE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, SEE IF I COULD WORK SOMETHING.

IT'S ADJACENT TO EMMA CARTER PARK IN FAR WEST DALLAS.

TRY TO WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY IN PARKS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

LAUREN MCNEIL.

LAUREN MCNEIL IS NOT PRESENT.

BEVERLEY, EDMUND.

BEVERLY EDMOND IS NOT PRESENT.

JEANETTE JESSUP.

MISS JESSUP. YES.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS JEANETTE JESSUP.

I'M FROM DALLAS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO RAJA ALTOM.

HE IS IN THIS PHOTO TO MY RIGHT.

HE IS GAZA'S OLDEST SAMID.

HE IS OLDER THAN ISRAEL ITSELF.

AND HE IS HOLDING THE KEY TO HIS FAMILY HOME THAT WAS DESTROYED BY ISRAEL IN THE NAKBA IN 1948.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PALESTINIAN CULTURE, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT OLIVES THERE ARE SACRED AND THEY ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THEIR LIVES.

TREES ARE NURTURED AND LOVED LIKE THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

ISRAEL HAS DESTROYED OVER 1 MILLION OLIVE TREES.

PLEASE BEHOLD MAHFUZA ODAY, THEY DESTROYED ALL OF HER TREES EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE.

AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE IT, SHE WRAPPED HER ARMS AROUND IT LIKE IT WAS HER OWN CHILD.

OVER THE WEEKEND, MIKE PENCE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN ISRAEL AUTOGRAPHING BOMBS THAT WE ARE MINDLESSLY DROPPING ON LITTLE KIDS.

THIS IS WHY I'VE OPENED.

CAN YOU TURN THE PHOTO TO YOUR LEFT? THESE TWO? I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES, BUT I AM REPULSED THAT MY TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED TO FINANCE THIS INHUMANITY.

THIS IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE.

THIS IS GENOCIDE.

PALESTINIANS HAVE ENDURED 27,089 DAYS OF RELENTLESS SAVAGE BRUTALITY, 75 YEARS OF SOUL SHATTERING OPPRESSION THAT WAS IGNORED BY MOST OF THE WORLD UNTIL OCTOBER 7TH.

AS MATHEMATICIAN MOSHÉ MACHOVER CHILLINGLY PREDICTED 57 YEARS AGO IN ISRAEL'S OWN NEWSPAPER, HAARETZ, IF WE DON'T CHANGE COURSE, THIS NATION WILL BE KNOWN AS A NATION OF MURDERERS AND THE MURDERED.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COURAGE IS CONTAGIOUS.

LAST NIGHT, THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION DEMANDING AN UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE.

I HOPE THEIR COURAGE WILL INSPIRE YOURS.

PLEASE, WE MUST END THE SIEGE.

WE MUST END THIS OPPRESSION.

I BEG YOU, PLEASE GIVE US A CEASE FIRE.

THANK YOU. OKAY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

SO PURSUANT TO THE CITY COUNCIL RULES, THIS CONSTITUTES YOUR FIRST WARNING OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.

DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR INCLUDES ANY OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS LIKE, CLAPPING AND YELLS, WHISTLES, STAMPING OF FEET, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO I'M REQUIRED TO WARN YOU THAT WE CAN REMOVE FOLKS IF THEY WON'T ABIDE BY THOSE RULES.

SO GO AHEAD, MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BEVERLY EDMOND, I'M TOLD, IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

PLEASE COME FORWARD. SPEAKER 13.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS BEVERLY EDMOND.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO.

ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2023, THE POSITANO APARTMENT HAD A TENANTS MEETING REGARDING RENOVATION AND UPGRADES.

WE WAS TOLD, IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU COULD PULL THAT MICROPHONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT THERE? ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

WE WAS TOLD ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL UPGRADES STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES, FRESH PAINT, FLOORING, HVAC, HEAT AND AIR, WATER

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HEATERS, INTERIOR DOORS, CEILING FANS FOR LIVING ROOM AND BEDROOMS, NEW ENTRY DOOR HARDWARE, LIGHT FIXTURES, NEW FRONT OR BACK DOOR, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.

WE WAS TOLD WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING.

THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE OUR MOVERS TO COME IN.

AND TO MOVE US TO PACK EVERYTHING, AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE.

THAT WAS NOT TRUE.

WE WAS TOLD WE WOULD HAVE PROFESSIONAL PACKERS AND MOVERS.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME IN TO HELP US PACK.

THEY DID COME IN AND HELP US PACK, BUT THEY DID NOT COME BACK TO HELP US UNPACK.

WE WAS TOLD WE WERE GOING TO HAVE CONTRACTORS COME IN TO REPLACE OUR CURTAINS, OUR DRAPES, OUR.

TELEVISION MAN BACK ON THE WALL ALONG WITH OUR CAMERAS.

AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND TO HELP ME WITH THAT.

WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I WAS IMMEDIATELY DISAPPOINTED.

THE PAINT WAS PEELING OFF THE WALL.

THE FRONT DOOR WAS WAS PEELED.

IT WAS DIRT. DEBRIS EVERYWHERE.

PAINT WAS ON THE FLOOR, ON THE CARPET, ON THE CAT.

I'M ON THE CABINETS.

LAUNDRY AND CABINET DOORS ARE PUT ON BACKWARDS.

ONLY ONE CEILING FAN AND A FEW LIGHT FIXTURES.

SMALLER CABINETS.

DOWNGRADE. SMALLER DESKS WITH NO ELECTRICAL CORD HOLDERS.

DOWNGRADE.

THE SAME MAKE COLOR AND COUNTERTOP.

NO UPGRADE AT ALL ON THAT.

I DIDN'T RECEIVE ALL NEW APPLIANCES.

I DID, HOWEVER, RECEIVE A NEW.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT GROUP.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND HAVE A SEAT ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS IN THE CENTER SECTION.

SHARON PEMBERTON, STEPHANIE BRINKA, TAMMY LYNN, JAMES FOWLER, CHARLES PULLMAN, NANCY.

CASTON, JOHN CLARK, JENNIFER.

VASQUEZ, NASHWA BAWAB, CHRISTOPHER LOFTON, AARON.

MITCHELL, MARISOL RAMIREZ, SAMREEN KHAN HAS CANCELED DOLORES PHILLIPS, GLORIA CARBAJAL, AND DANIELLE SAUTER. SHARON PEMBERTON, YOU MAY COME TO THE PODIUM.

SHARON PEMBERTON IS NOT PRESENT.

STEPHANIE BRANCA.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS STEPHANIE DRENKA, CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S RACIAL EQUITY PLAN MIGHT HAVE SEEN MY NAME ON THE WOMEN INFLUENCED HISTORICAL EVENTS TIMELINE ON PAGE 21.

IN THIS PLAN, MAYOR, YOU SAID THAT OUR GOAL MUST BE TO ENSURE NO COMMUNITY IN DALLAS REMAINS UNDERSERVED AND OVERLOOKED.

I WAS HERE IN THIS ROOM LAST MONTH WHEN THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY AND ALLIES WERE NOT JUST OVERLOOKED, THEY WERE IGNORED AND RIDICULED BY MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL.

I ALSO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY'S HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION STAKEHOLDER STEERING COMMITTEE.

THOSE WHO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING HISTORY CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF ITS INTENTIONAL ERASURE.

THIS LEVEL OF CIVILIAN DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, CULTURAL DESTRUCTION IS WHY SCHOLARS CONSIDER IT TO BE A TEXTBOOK CASE OF GENOCIDE.

THE STATE OF ISRAEL DOESN'T WANT US TO REMEMBER WHAT IT DID TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

AS A HISTORIAN, I WILL MAKE IT MY LIFE'S WORK TO ENSURE WE DON'T FORGET, ESPECIALLY HERE IN DALLAS, EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA POST, EVERY NEWSPAPER QUOTE IS A HISTORICAL RECORD.

NOW, EVIDENCE SHOWING HOW YOU ELECT CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY CONTINUE UNCHECKED.

IT WILL BE A PERMANENT STAIN ON YOUR LEGACY AND UNDERMINE ANY EQUITY WORK YOU TRY TO ACCOMPLISH.

IF YOU DO NOT PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, PEOPLE LIKE YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AS BEING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.

I SAY THAT WITH FULL CONFIDENCE BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE ME WILL BE THE ONES TO WRITE IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

TAMI LYNN.

TAMMY LYNN IS NOT PRESENT.

JAMES FOWLER.

JAMES FOWLER IS NOT PRESENT.

CHARLES PULLMAN HAS CANCELED NANCY KASTEN.

GOOD MORNING. I'M RABBI NANCY KASTEN.

I'M THE CHIEF RELATIONSHIP OFFICER FOR FAITH COMMONS, A MULTI-FAITH ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO LIFTING UP FAITH VOICES IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE FOR THE COMMON GOOD. AND, MY CONCERN.

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SO YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE FUNERAL OF EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON.

CONGRESSWOMAN, GREAT LEADER, GREAT INSPIRATION, AND HER GREAT GIFT AS A CIVIC LEADER WAS TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SEEN AND TO SHOW THAT SHE CARED ABOUT THEM, EVEN THOUGH SHE COULDN'T ALWAYS GIVE THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED.

SHE HEARD THEM, SHE SAW THEM, AND SHE TOOK THEM INTO ACCOUNT.

AND I ACTUALLY GOT TO KNOW HER WELL WHEN SHE INVITED ME TO BE PART OF A PROGRAM CALLED A WORLD OF WOMEN FOR WORLD PEACE, WHEN ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, SHE BROUGHT A GAZAN AND A AN ISRAELI, A GAZAN MAN AND AN ISRAELI WOMAN TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD PEACE IN THE REGION, WHAT THEY'D HAD TO DO, WHAT THEY'D HAD TO IDENTIFY AS THEIR MAJOR, GOALS, WHICH WERE HUMANITARIAN GOALS FOR EVERYONE, AND A SENSE OF SAFETY AND UNITY AMONG PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL, SUPPOSEDLY, OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT IS TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL THAT IN PROXIMITY WE CAN LIVE IN SAFETY AND IN COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH EACH OTHER ON EVERYTHING.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER ON EVERYTHING.

AND, IN THIS PAST 90 PLUS DAYS, THIS IS AN ISSUE.

THE ISRAEL GAZA WAR IS AN ISSUE THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART.

I THINK THAT, CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON INVITED ME TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION ORIGINALLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PEACE BUILDING EFFORTS IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION AND TIME.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF UNIFYING AND THAT'S YOUR TIME, AND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT'S MAKING RESOLUTIONS IS A PROBLEM.

THANK YOU, JOHN CLARK.

MORNING. MY NAME IS JOHN CLARK, AND I'M ALSO FROM THE APARTMENT POSITANO.

AND I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MY NEIGHBOR SAID.

WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET THESE NEW APPLIANCES, WHICH WE DIDN'T GET.

WE, I HAVE A TELEVISION THAT WAS BUSTED BECAUSE OF THE MOVERS.

THEY WON'T TRY TO DO THAT AND HAVE A DEEP FREEZER THAT WAS UNPLUGGED.

THAT'S SPOILED LIKE $300 WORTH OF MEAT.

THEY GAVE ME A GIFT CARD THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO USE YET.

I HAVE POTS AND PANS THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND MOVED.

AND IT'S JUST LIKE, JUST RIDICULOUS HOW THEY COME OUT AND DID A POOR JOB OF DOING WHAT THEY EVEN DID.

IT'S A LOT MORE ELDERLY PEOPLE THAN I THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING.

THAT WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.

AND ALSO THAT WE ARE JUST COMING FROM, WE USED TO BE IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

NOW WE'RE IN DISTRICT TWO.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED.

WE DIDN'T GET ANY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS HOW WE WERE BEING TREATED OUT THERE.

AND WE REALLY NEED SOME HELP FROM YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JENNIFER VASQUEZ.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER VASQUEZ.

DISTRICT TWO. I AM A PROUD MEXICAN AMERICAN, BORN AND RAISED IN TEXAS.

I'VE COME TO TWO CONCLUSIONS AS TO WHY THERE HAS BEEN A REFUSAL TO CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE BY DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.

YOU EITHER DON'T VALUE PALESTINIAN LIVES ENOUGH TO DO THE RESEARCH ON WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON IN PALESTINE AND BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, OR YOU THINK BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST CITY COUNCIL AND JUST THE MAYOR, YOU STEP TO THE SIDE AND YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO INFLUENCE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

IN 1917, THE MAYOR OF EL PASO, TOM LEAH, DUE TO HIS RACIST AND XENOPHOBIC IDEOLOGIES, PASSED POLICIES TO FORCE MEXICAN MIGRANTS NAKED, SHAVED THEIR HEADS AND FORCE THEM TO TAKE KEROSENE BATHS.

THE MAYOR SENT A TELEGRAM TO THE SURGEON GENERAL ASKING FOR HELP CLEANSING TEXAS FROM GREASERS, A RACIST TERM THEY USED TOWARDS MEXICANS.

IN RESPONSE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHOSE TO FUND A NEW DISINFECTION PLANT WHERE MEXICANS HAD TO STRIP NAKED AND THEY WERE FUMIGATED WITH PESTICIDES AND OTHER CHEMICALS INSIDE A GAS ROOM BEFORE THEY COULD ENTER THE UNITED STATES.

EVERY SINGLE TIME.

THE FUMIGATION OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS IN TEXAS DIRECTLY INFLUENCED NAZI GERMANY TO USE THESE SAME PRACTICES.

IN THE 1920S, THE US STARTED USING DDT AND ZYKLON B TO FUMIGATE THE MEXICAN PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER.

IN 1937, A GERMAN SCIENTIST CALLED FOR THE USE OF ZYKLON B IN NAZI DISINFECTION CHAMBERS, WHERE HE SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES EL PASO'S DELOUSING CHAMBERS AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW EFFECTIVE ZYKLON B HAD BEEN AT THE US BORDER.

HE THEN PUSHED TO USE THE CONCENTRATE TO USE IT IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, WHERE EVENTUALLY ZYKLON B WAS USING CONCENTRATED DOSES TO KILL MILLIONS OF JEWS, JEWISH PEOPLE AND GAS

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CHAMBERS. YOU CAN NO LONGER ABSOLVE YOURSELF OF GUILT THAT YOU, AS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, ARE INCAPABLE OF INFLUENCING INTERNATIONAL POLICY.

AFTER THIS GROSS EXAMPLE OF HOW TEXAS MAYOR CREATED AN INFLUENCE, THE USE OF GAS CHAMBERS THAT KILLED MILLIONS OF JEWS DURING A GENOCIDE, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO CORRECT THE WRONGS OF YOUR PREDECESSORS SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE OUR PLEAS.

I WANT YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO KNOW THAT YOU HAD ALL THE INFORMATION GIVEN DIRECTLY TO YOU, AND YOU CHOSE NOT TO WIELD YOUR POWER TO STOP THIS GENOCIDE.

THANK YOU. NAWASH BOB.

YES? I'M ON WEBEX.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YOU MAY CONTINUE.

HI, MY NAME IS NASHWA AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE PALESTINIAN YOUTH MOVEMENT, ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS YOU'VE BEEN IGNORING HERE FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHY DO YOU THINK PROTESTERS TOOK THE STREETS WHEN BIDEN ARRIVED HERE ON MONDAY? WHY DO YOU THINK THEY WERE WILLING TO BE ARRESTED? DO YOU THINK THAT BEING ARRESTED IS FUN OR EASY? OF COURSE NOT. BUT WE ARE SICK AND TIRED.

NEARLY EVERY PALESTINIAN AND MUSLIM I KNOW IN DFW HAS FACED SOME FORM OF RACISM OR DISCRIMINATION OR REPRESSION.

MY OWN SISTER HAD HER FACE PLASTERED ON A TRUCK THAT WAS SENT TO BOTH MY WORKING PARENTS JOBS BECAUSE OF HER STUDENT ACTIVISM FOR PALESTINE.

RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY, MY POOR PARENTS ARE JUST WORKERS, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE PALESTINIAN, WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE TARGETED AND UNPROTECTED IN DALLAS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE PALESTINIANS, OUR FAMILIES IN GAZA ARE ALLOWED TO BE MURDERED.

WE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

WE WE'VE CALLED, WE'VE WRITTEN LETTERS, WE'VE SENT EMAILS.

WE'VE PROTESTED EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE'RE TOLD WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

BUT THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE IF THE WORLD WON'T STOP THIS GENOCIDE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO STOP THE WORLD.

MY MESSAGE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IS THIS YOU DON'T FOOL US.

WE KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE'RE SAYING HERE TODAY, BUT YOU JUST DON'T GIVE A DAMN.

AND THAT'S OKAY. BECAUSE IF PALESTINIANS DON'T GET JUSTICE, YOU WON'T GET PEACE.

YOU LOOK STUPID. PASSING A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL.

YET THE PALESTINIAN DEATH TOLL IN GAZA IS REACHING 30,000.

AND FOR 95 DAYS, YOU'VE DONE NOTHING.

IF YOU HAD EVEN A SHRED OF HUMANITY, YOU WOULD INTRODUCE A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE IT'S THE BARE MINIMUM AT THIS POINT.

BUT YOU ALL AREN'T HUMAN.

YOU'RE TALKING SLOT MACHINES.

PUT IN ENOUGH MONEY AND YOU GET A PRIZE.

AND FRANKLY, IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT THAT I EXPECT MOST OF YOU HERE TO CONTINUE TO BE COWARDS.

BUT PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG.

I DARE ANY OF YOU TO BE BRAVE AND PASS AN ACTUAL CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION, NOT A RESOLUTION WRITTEN BY ZIONISTS WHO THINK WE'RE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THAT AN EXIT STRATEGY OF PALESTINIANS FROM GAZA INTO EGYPT IS THE CON ARTIST'S WAY OF SAYING ETHNIC CLEANSING, BUT AN ACTUAL CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION, ONE THAT HAS THE WORD CEASE FIRE IN IT.

BY THE WAY, YOU FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE LAST TIME.

UNTIL THEN, I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A BAD DAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER LOFTON.

MORNING. COUNCILMAN. I'M STEPHANIE LOFTON, HALF OF I'M SORRY, CHRISTOPHER LOFTON.

I CAN'T TALK. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED.

WE'RE NOT. I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO. WHAT WE CONSIDER POOL.

YES. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER LOFTON, OWNER OF EDEN'S TOUCH DIVERSIFIED.

MY BUSINESS PARTNER AND WIFE, STEPHANIE LOFTON.

WE CURRENTLY HOLD CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, DART, ARCHER WESTERN, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

LONG STORY SHORT, WE'VE HAD THE DALLAS COUNTY LIBRARIES FOR ABOUT THE LAST EIGHT, NINE YEARS.

TOOK THEM OVER FROM GOOD EARTH.

AND, JOHN JB MANAGEMENT.

LONG STORY SHORT, ON, RIGHT BEFORE WE WERE ABOUT TO GO ON VACATION FOR THE HOLIDAYS, WE WERE GIVEN A, A SEND AN EMAIL THAT SAID THAT OUR CONTRACT HAD EXPIRED.

WE WERE IN WE WERE CURRENTLY IN A, ONE YEAR OR A AN EXTENSION.

FIVE MONTHS INTO THAT EXTENSION, THEY SEND ME AN EMAIL SAYING THAT, JUST PLEASE SEND THE LAST INVOICES THAT, THE, THE CONTRACT IS EXPIRED AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S COMING OUT.

SO I CALLED ALL MY THREE OF MY CONTACTS.

CLINTON. LAUREN.

CLINTON. BRETT AND JOSIE.

NOBODY UNDERSTOOD ANYTHING.

I GUESS CLINTON 2 OR 3 PEOPLE DON'T WORK THERE ANYMORE.

I'VE CALLED MISS FRANKLIN.

FRANK. REBECCA.

REBECCA. KIMBERLY FRANKLIN OVER THE CONTRACT.

TARA. TARA.

GREEN. LONG STORY SHORT, I CAN'T GET ANY ANSWERS.

WE'RE SECOND CHANCE, CONTRACTOR.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS, I'VE.

I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, 12 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS ACCOUNT.

MAN, I'VE REALLY, REALLY DONE GOOD, AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, WE JUST.

IT'S NOT OUT FOR BID.

I CAN'T GET ANY ANSWERS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO.

AND I SEE MY COMPETITOR MOWING THE PROPERTY.

SO IT'S JUST I JUST WANTED TO KNOW.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS PROCEDURE, PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES AND THINGS THAT WENT ON.

BUT GOOD EARTH IS MOWING THE LIBRARIES.

AND, I MEAN, WE JUST GOT DROPPED OFF AND NOW I, I DIDN'T FIRE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS, BUT I.

THAT'S YOUR TIME. LET PEOPLE GO.

SO I JUST NEED SOME ANSWERS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR. FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

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I JUST WOULD ASK IF THE CITY MANAGER CAN SEND SOMEBODY TO TALK IT RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SORRY ABOUT THE FEEDBACK THERE.

YES, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT AARON MITCHELL.

AARON MITCHELL IS NOT PRESENT.

MARISOL RAMIREZ.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM, CAME HERE THIS MORNING BEFORE YOU TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER A BAN ON HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES.

AS A LONGTIME ANIMAL ADVOCATE, I'M HERE TO SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF THEM.

THE HORSES.

HAVING THESE HORSES IN THE BUSY, LOUD AND CROWDED STREETS OF DALLAS IS NEITHER SAFE FOR THEM NOR THE PEOPLE.

IT POSES SAFETY RISKS, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW.

I'M SURE HORSES ARE GENTLE, SENSITIVE BEINGS THAT THE LAST THING THEY SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO IS CONSTANT AND NONSTOP TRAFFIC THEY'RE FORCED TO COMPETE WITH.

THESE ARE THE METHODS. THERE ARE FORMS AND METHODS OF OTHER FORMS AND METHODS AND FORMS OF TOURISM AND ENTERTAINMENT THAT THE CITY CAN ADOPT, METHODS THAT WON'T NECESSARILY CAUSE UNNECESSARY SUFFERING OF THESE GENTLE GIANTS, WHO HAVE TO ENDORSE STANDING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, AND WALKING TO AND FROM DESTINATIONS ON THE SCORCHING HOT PAVEMENTS IN THE SUMMER AND WINTERS, LUGGING HEAVY CARRIAGES WITH THAT HARNESS AND ONLY NOISES AND LIGHTS SURROUNDING THEM FOR HOURS NON STOP.

MANY DALLAS RESIDENTS, AND HAVE ALSO AGREED AND TAKEN A PRO, POSITIVE STANCE ON THIS BAND.

AND WE WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD ALSO TAKE A STANCE AND BAN HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SAMREEN KHAN HAS CANCELED DOLORES PHILLIPS.

DOLORES PHILLIPS, YOU HAVE MY ADDRESS.

THE DOCUMENTS YOU HAVE WAS FILED WITH THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE YESTERDAY.

I ALSO WILL BE GOING BACK ON FRIDAY WITH THE FABRICATED POLICE REPORT.

YOUR RETALIATORY YOUR RELENTLESS RETALIATORY NEGLIGENCE HAS CAUSED THE DEMISE OF MY FATHER BEFORE HIS TIME.

I'VE BEEN SPEAKING BEFORE YOU SINCE 2012.

I CAME NOT KNOWING THAT I COULD SPEAK.

MY BAD.

2009 ERASED 911 CALLS.

I CONTINUED TO SPEAK BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAID I DID NOT MAKE THOSE 911 CALLS THAT Y'ALL WERE ERASED WITHIN ONE WEEK, TOTALLY ERASED THEM.

NOT UNREDACTED.

THAT WAS A COVER UP WITHIN A COVER UP.

DWAINE CARAWAY WAS YOUR SCAPEGOAT.

Y'ALL SMOKESCREEN FOR Y'ALL CORRUPTION.

PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 624 SIX OF 24.

MY DAD, BACK IN 2019 WAS HIT BY A TRUCK IN CORSICANA, LOST HIS LEFT EYE AND HIS HEARING, HE WAS BROUGHT HERE BY AMBULANCE TO BAYLOR.

THEY DID AN AWESOME JOB.

THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.

I BECAME HIS POWER OF ATTORNEY.

I ALSO ASSISTED HIM WHEN HE CAME HOME.

MY DAD DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD A DIME.

HE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING AND EVERYTHING THAT HE GOT COMES FROM THE BACKYARD OF DALLAS COUNTY.

ONCOR, LONE STAR GAS COMPANY IN SEARCH.

STAY WITH ME NOW.

NOW, MY DAD WAS BROUGHT BACK HERE.

DALLAS COUNTY APPOINTED COURT ATTORNEY AT LITEM DEEPTI SHARMA.

DEEPTI SHARMA SAYS SHE WENT TO BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE REHAB IN OCTOBER.

MY DAD, THE LAST TIME HE WAS AT BAYLOR AND SCOTT WAS 2019.

MONEY HAS BEEN MOVED.

I'M ALLEGING A RETALIATORY TAKEOVER BECAUSE YOU'RE MAD AND YOU'RE ANGRY WITH ME.

I'M ALSO GOING TO THE FBI TO TAKE FURTHER DOCUMENTS BECAUSE MARY ROLLINS, THE COVER UP, OPERATES EXACTLY AS YOUR DECEPTIVE SWITCHEROO FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN.

AND YOU KNEW YOU KNEW BY THE AGE OF 19, I ALLEGED THAT YOU WAS A REPUBLICAN.

YOU PLAYED YOUR WAY AND YOU SWINDLED VOTERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GLORIA CARBAJAL.

GREETINGS AND GOOD MORNING, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THIS IS MY SECOND TIME SPEAKING ON THE TOPIC OF BAN HORSE CARRIAGES DALLAS.

MY NAME IS GLORIA CARBAJAL.

I AM CO-FOUNDER OF THE BAN HORSE CARRIAGES DALLAS.

ACCORDING TO ARTICLE THREE REGULATIONS SPECIFIED TO NON-MOTORIZED PASSENGER TRANSPORT VEHICLES, SECTION 47 A 3.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR HORSES AND SERVICES BUT MUST NOT BE MUST NOT WORK WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS

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99°F. I WITNESSED THREE.

I WITNESSED AND DOCUMENTED NORTH STAR CARRIAGE HORSES BEING FORCED TO WORK IN 100 PLUS DEGREE HEAT THIS PAST SUMMER. ON JULY 15TH, 2023, TEMPERATURES DOCUMENTED AS HIGH AS 100 DEGREES.

WEST END LOCATION.

WEST END DISTRICT LOCATION.

ON AUGUST THE 5TH, ANOTHER HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE WITNESSED WORKING IN TEMPERATURES UP TO 103 EVEN LATE INTO THE NIGHT. 101 103 ON AUGUST 19TH, I WITNESSED ANOTHER HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE, ALSO LATE INTO THE NIGHT.

9 P.M. AT&T DISCOVERY DISTRICT.

ON AUGUST 26TH, TEMPERATURES DOCUMENTED AS HIGH AS 101 TO 103.

ALSO AT&T DISCOVERY DISTRICT.

ACCORDING TO THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, THIS IS A HISTORICAL, HOT, DANGEROUS TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES.

ARTICLE DATED NOVEMBER OF 2023.

PLEASE. WE ASK THAT THIS THAT THE CITY ELIMINATE THIS TRADE.

THIS TRADE DOES NOT BELONG IN A PROGRESSIVE CITY SUCH AS DALLAS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, DANIELLE ZUAITER.

MY NAME IS DANIEL ZUAITER.

I AM A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN AND I AM HERE TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

ISRAEL DESTROYED 70% OF GAZA'S HOMES WITH 29,000 ROCKETS.

OVER 95 DAYS.

WORLD WAR TWO ALLIED BOMBINGS DESTROYED 61% OF COLOGNE AND 59% OF DRESDEN'S BUILDINGS OVER TWO YEARS.

THAT'S HISTORICAL IRONY.

MOATAZ. BISAN.

PALESTINE, WA AL SALEH.

NINE YEAR OLD LEMMA AND COUNTLESS OTHER JOURNALISTS WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES DOCUMENTING A LIVE GENOCIDE.

FOR YOU TO SEE THE BLOOD STAINED REALITY OF GAZA STARES YOU IN THE FACE, YET YOU TURN A BLIND EYE.

LEBANON, IRAN AND YEMEN SUPPORTED GAZA AND FACED RECENT BOMBINGS IN THE PAST WEEK.

ISRAEL PUBLICLY THREATENED TO TURN BEIRUT, THE CAPITAL OF LEBANON, INTO THE NEXT GAZA.

LAST WEEK, SOUTH AFRICA TOOK ISRAEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FOR THE GENOCIDE THEY ARE COMMITTING AGAINST PALESTINIANS.

ISRAEL'S ACTIONS WON'T STOP THIS GENOCIDE.

THEY'LL INTENSIFY RESISTANCE.

ON MONDAY, 13 OF OUR HEROIC COMRADES WERE ARRESTED PROTESTING AT LOVE FIELD AIRPORT AS BIDEN LANDED IN DALLAS, SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE HE IS UNWELCOMED HERE. WE WILL BE BACK HERE DEMANDING JUSTICE MONTH AFTER MONTH, WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND.

THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE DESERVE THEIR RIGHT TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMELAND IN PEACE, FREE FROM THE SHACKLES OF A VIOLENT AND OPPRESSED APARTHEID STATE.

IN 1957, ZIONIST DAVID BEN-GURION SAID, THE OLD WILL DIE AND THE YOUNG WILL FORGET.

IT'S BEEN YEARS AND LOOK AT US STANDING UNITED, OUR VOICES RAISED IN ANGER.

I AM COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE RAISED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ACTIVELY FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERATION OF OUR NATION.

ONE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS BOARD CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE, AND I WANT TO THANK HIM.

MR. JOHNSON, LOOK AT ME IN THE EYE WHEN I SAY THIS.

JUST YESTERDAY.

THANK YOU. WE'RE ALL HUMAN.

ACT LIKE IT. AS I RECALL, AS I CALL THE REMAINING SPEAKERS, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND HAVE A SEAT ON THE FIRST TWO ROWS OF THE CENTER SECTION? KIARA. LINES.

CHARLES JACKSON AND DIRK MADDOX.

KIARA LYONS.

IT'S VIRTUAL. MISS LYONS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YOU MAY BEGIN.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KIARA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DALLAS COUNTY.

HORSES FORCED TO PULL CARRIAGES CONTINUE TO ESCAPE, COLLAPSE OR DIE IN CITIES ACROSS THE US.

THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS INCIDENTS IN WHICH CARRIAGES HAVE BEEN HIT BY IMPATIENT OR CARELESS DRIVERS.

THIS PAST NEW YEAR'S EVE IN CHESTERTOWN, NEW YORK, A SUV CRASHED INTO A HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE, INJURING FOUR PEOPLE AND FATALLY INJURING THE HORSE HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED.

IN DALLAS, TWO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED AFTER BEING TOSSED OUT OF A CARRIAGE AFTER THE HORSE WAS SPOOKED BY A HORN.

IN ANOTHER INCIDENT IN DALLAS, A DRIVER WAS THROWN FROM A CARRIAGE AFTER THE HORSE BOLTED AND RAN DOWN THE STREET.

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WHEN PEOPLE LEARN THAT HORSES USED FOR CARRIAGE RIDES ARE BEING WORKED TO EXHAUSTION AND MAY BE DENIED ADEQUATE FOOD, WATER, REST AND VETERINARY CARE, MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO RIDE THEM. TO EXPERIENCE ALL THE SAME SIGHTS SOUNDS WITHOUT THE ANIMAL ABUSE, LOCALS AND TOURISTS CAN CHOOSE A BICYCLE OR PEDICAB.

MANY CITIES, INCLUDING CHICAGO, SALT LAKE CITY, KEY WEST AND PALM BEACH HAVE ALREADY BANNED HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES.

ANTI-CRUELTY LAWS PROVIDE FEW SAFEGUARDS TO HORSES, AND MANY HUMANE AGENCIES DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OR TIME TO MONITOR HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES ON A REGULAR BASIS.

ANIMALS CAN EASILY BE OVERWORKED WHEN PROFIT DRIVEN OPERATORS FAIL TO FOLLOW REGULATIONS.

WELFARE LAWS WON'T BE ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE HORSES AND PREVENT ACCIDENTS.

REPLACE THE RIDES WITH NON-ANIMAL BUSINESS MODEL.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS DOES NOT BELONG IN DALLAS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, REBECCA HARRIS.

HELLO, MY NAME IS REBECCA HARRIS.

I GREW UP IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA, AND I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE.

I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN DALLAS.

MY OLDER SON IS A HOMEOWNER HERE.

I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR HELP OF EACH OF YOU REGARDING THE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES THAT OPERATE HERE IN THE CITY.

THESE ARE EXTREMELY ARCHAIC AND DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE CONCERNED.

THEY ARE ALSO EXTREMELY INHUMANE FOR THE HORSES.

WHEN YOU SEE THE ENVIRONMENT, THESE HORSES ARE BEING FORCED TO WORK IN VERY BUSY STREETS BUSSES, TRUCKS, CARS, MOTORCYCLES, EXTREMELY LOUD ENGINES, RADIOS BLARING, LARGE CROWDS FORCED TO WALK AMONGST ALL THE TRAFFIC ON HARD PAVED STREETS, WALKING FOR HOURS, SOMETIMES IN EXTREME COLD AND HEAT, BREATHING DANGEROUS FUMES FOR HOURS, STRAPPED TO LARGE CARRIAGES, MAKING IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO ESCAPE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IF THEY ARISE.

THESE ARE LIVE ANIMALS.

THEY FEEL PAIN AND FEAR AND DISCOMFORT.

THEY ARE NOT MACHINES.

IT IS DANGEROUS FOR THE HORSES AS WELL AS THE PASSENGERS IN THE CARRIAGES, DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLES ON THE STREETS AND PEDESTRIANS.

HORSES ARE GOING TO RUN AND BOLT IN FEAR, AND ON THESE CONGESTED STREETS THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THEM TO SAFELY RUN.

THIS IS AN ACCIDENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, BUT WHEN.

AS HAS BEEN SEEN IN OTHER CITIES, THE TIME HAS COME FOR THIS TO COME TO AN END.

PLEASE, MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL TAKE THIS ISSUE UNDER CONSIDERATION TODAY AND BAN HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES AND INCENTIVIZE THE OPERATORS TO CHANGE THEIR OPERATIONS TO MOTORIZED CARRIAGES AND RETIRE THE HORSES TO A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TODAY.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HANNAH REED.

HELLO WOMEN'S PERIODS AND POST PREGNANCY BLEEDING.

DO NOT STOP FOR WAR OR GENOCIDE.

THIS UNINTERRUPTED FLOW REQUIRES UNINTERRUPTED HUMANITARIAN AID.

THIS CANNOT HAPPEN UNDER CURRENT SIEGE CONDITIONS.

50,000 GAZAN WOMEN ARE PREGNANT RIGHT NOW.

49% OF WOMEN IN GAZA ARE GOING WITHOUT MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.

WITH AN OVERWHELMING LACK OF CLEAN, FRESH WATER, THEY RELY ON SALT FROM A POLLUTED SEA TO WASH THEMSELVES, CLOTH FROM THEIR TENTS, TO ACT AS PADS OR BIRTH CONTROL PILLS TO HALT THEIR PERIODS ALTOGETHER.

INCREDIBLE SCARCITY IN SOUTHERN GAZA.

SHOPS HAVE SENT PRIZES FOR THE PRICES FOR THESE LIFE SAVING PRODUCTS SKYROCKETING.

THE PINK TAX TIMES 12 ISRAELI BLOCKADES ARE MAKING THIS ACCESS EVEN MORE IMPOSSIBLE.

FOR WEEKS, 70 UNICEF TRUCKS WITH HYGIENE KITS, INCLUDING FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, HAVE BEEN DENIED ENTRY INTO THE STRIP.

THEY HAVE LET SOME FOOD SUPPLIES IN, EVEN SOME MEDICAL SUPPLIES, INCLUDING BIRTH CONTROL PILLS AND DEPO SHOTS.

WHY IS THERE STILL DENIAL OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS? WE KNOW WHAT PERIOD POVERTY AND A LACK OF MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DOES TO A BODY ACROSS MONTHS.

INFECTION STERILIZATION MAY BE DEATH.

ISRAEL USES MENSTRUAL STIGMA AND THE ERASURE OF PEOPLE WHO PERIOD TO THEIR BENEFIT, DENYING MENSTRUAL POST PREGNANCY AND NEONATAL CARE, LEADING TO DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF INFANTS, IS PART OF THE MUCH LARGER ETHNIC CLEANSING CAMPAIGN ISRAEL HAS DESCENDED UPON THE PALESTINIANS.

I KNOW MANY MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL STAND AGAINST PERIOD POVERTY.

TO DO THIS, YOU MUST STAND AGAINST ALL POVERTY, ALL WAR, ALL APARTHEID SYSTEMS THAT DENY PEOPLE THE RIGHTS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BODIES, STAND WITH PALESTINIAN WOMEN TODAY AND

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SUPPORT A CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.

NURAN ABU SA'ID.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY.

MY DAYS AREN'T MARKED BY THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR.

THEY'RE MARKED BY ANOTHER NUMBER.

TODAY'S DAY, 95, 95 DAYS OF US DEMANDING THE MOST BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.

THE RIGHT TO FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, THE RIGHT TO BE SEEN AS HUMAN, THE RIGHT TO LIVE, THE RIGHT TO EVEN STAY BURIED UNDER THE GROUND AFTER WE DIE AND NOT HAVE OUR GRAVEYARDS TRAMPLED ON AND OVERTURNED BECAUSE A GENOCIDAL ARMY NEEDS TO DEFEND ITSELF, EVEN AGAINST DEAD PALESTINIANS.

TODAY'S DAY 9595 DAYS OF A GENOCIDE IN GAZA.

FUNDED AND SUPPLIED BY OUR VERY OWN TAX DOLLARS.

BY THE $19 MILLION THE CITY GAVE TO ISRAEL.

A GENOCIDE ENABLED BY A MURDERER WHO CALLS HIMSELF OUR PRESIDENT, A GENOCIDE SUPPORTED BY THIS HYPOCRITICAL GOVERNMENT THAT YOU CLAIM IS DEMOCRATIC.

BUT THIS DEMOCRACY, YOU CLAIM, SEEMS TO BE A FLIMSY COVER FOR YOUR RACISM AND COLONIALISM.

THIS DEMOCRACY IS NEARLY 30,000 PEOPLE MASSACRED, ENTIRE FAMILIES EXTERMINATED, MORE THAN 100 JOURNALISTS, BRUTALLY TARGETED, HUNDREDS OF DOCTORS, KIDNAPED TO UNKNOWN LOCATIONS.

I CAN SPEND HOURS TELLING YOU THE WAYS THAT THE MONEY YOU SEND AND THE WAYS YOU STAY SILENT HAS ENABLED UNIMAGINABLE VIOLENCE AGAINST MY PEOPLE 70,000 MILES AWAY. BUT HONESTLY, THAT WOULD BE AN INSULT TO PALESTINIANS.

TODAY'S DAY 9595 DAYS, WHERE YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA AND YOU DIDN'T.

95 DAYS OF BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS.

TODAY, ONE DAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SIT ON YOUR HYPOCRITICAL HIGH HORSE AND YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW, I WOULD HAVE CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE, BUT IT WILL BE TOO LATE.

YOU ARE ALREADY EXTREMELY LATE.

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE RESILIENCE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

WE HAVE BEEN UNDER OCCUPATION FOR 75 YEARS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK AND PROTEST MONTH AFTER MONTH AND WEEK AFTER WEEK, UNTIL YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LISTEN AND TO MEET OUR DEMANDS.

YOUR TIME. TODAY IS DAY 95.

CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE NOW ALEXANDRA FRATER.

HELLO. I WON'T BOTHER INTRODUCING MYSELF.

I KNOW YOU DON'T CARE.

I WON'T BOTHER TELLING YOU THE NUMBERS.

YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THEM.

AND I WON'T BOTHER PAINTING YOU GRAPHIC PICTURES OF STARVED, BURNED, TORTURED, SLAUGHTERED LITTLE CHILDREN.

YOU. YOU'RE AWARE.

WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE AWARE.

WE HAVE PEOPLE UP THERE TWEETING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO APPARENTLY.

I PASSED SO MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE OUTSIDE ON MY WAY IN THIS BUILDING THAT THAT MONEY THAT WE'RE SENDING TO GO KILL CHILDREN COULD HAVE USED TO HOUSE THEMSELVES.

BUT NO, WE'RE HERE AND WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR TIME OFF OF WORK TO COME AND ASK YOU TO PRETTY PLEASE CARE.

PRETTY PLEASE CARE THAT YOUR YOUR FAN THAT THE PEOPLE YOU FAN BOY WITH YOUR LITTLE GREEN SHIRT OVER THERE RAPED A 13 YEAR OLD FOR FIVE DAYS SO BADLY SHE HAD TO BE STITCHED ON BOTH SIDES.

AND THIS IS NOT A NEW OCCURRENCE.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE JUST LEARNING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE WERE RAISED IN A SOCIETY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A CERTAIN THING AND WE WE AUTOMATICALLY JUMP TO A CONCLUSION. BUT WE GOT TO STOP THAT.

I WILL BRING UP SOME SILVER LININGS, THOUGH I DO WANT TO THANK I DO WANT TO THANK A FEW THINGS.

I WANT TO THANK ISRAEL FOR FINALLY SHOWING THEIR TRUE FACE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING YOUR FACES.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING CLOSE TO ON TIME, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TEACHING ME A LESSON THAT I HAVE BEEN SO, SO CURIOUS ABOUT MY WHOLE LIFE.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND I WENT TO THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND I CRUMPLED IN FETAL POSITION BECAUSE OF THE HORRORS THAT I SAW, AND I WONDERED HOW WE COULD HAVE LET THAT HAPPEN AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

YOU HAVE. THAT'S YOUR TIME.

YOU HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION FOR ME.

YOU WILL SIT ON YOUR SEATS AND YOU WILL TEXT, AND YOU WILL TWEET, AND YOU WILL PLAY CANDY CRUSH, AND I WILL, I WILL CONTINUE.

AT THE FENCON.

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OKAY. THOSE FOLKS NEED TO BE REMOVED.

NO WONDER IT'S DISGUSTING.

NO. NOW YOU'RE. NOW.

YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING AND YOU'LL BE REMOVED.

ANYONE WHO DISRUPTS THE MEETING IS GOING TO BE REMOVED NOW.

IT WAS. IT WAS FINE UNTIL THEN.

YOU MAY CONTINUE. OKAY. YOU MAY CONTINUE.

I DON'T THINK YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON.

I THINK YOU NEED TO PUSH THE BUTTON.

IS THERE. THERE'S A BUTTON THERE.

NO, NO. PUSH TO TALK.

THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. DO WE HAVE TO? OKAY, COOL. SORRY, ASSALAMU'ALAIKUM DID A LACK OF TIME.

I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT AROUND THE BUSH.

AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN THE MASSACRE OF 20,000 CIVILIANS IN GAZA.

YOUR ONGOING SILENCE DURING THIS OVER 95 DAY PERIOD SPEAKS VOLUME ABOUT YOUR CHARACTERS AFTER YOUR MAJORITY TO VOTE TO LEGALIZE ABORTION.

I AM HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU CAN BE PRO-LIFE AND THEN CONDEMN THE CHILDREN OF GAZA TO DEATH.

47% OF PALESTINIANS POPULATION ARE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12, AND OVER 10,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED.

50,000 PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND ARE RECEIVING UNMEDICATED C-SECTIONS DUE BIRTH.

DUE TO LACK OF MEDICAL AID BEING HALTED BY ISRAEL.

WHERE IS YOUR PRO-LIFE VOICE IN THE DEATH OF INNOCENT MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, OR DO THEY NOT MATTER UNLESS THEY ARE WHITE? DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD, KNOWING THAT THE BLOOD OF 20,000 CIVILIANS ARE ON YOUR HANDS TO ENSURE YOUR SILENCE? AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE OUR VOICE? YOUR LACK OF AWARENESS AND REPRESENTATION TOWARDS THE MUSLIM AND PALESTINIAN COMMUNITIES SHOWS THAT YOU FAILED AT YOUR JOB.

YOU SIT THERE ON YOUR HANDS, USELESS, USELESS.

WHILE WE STAND HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, BEGGING YOU TO VOICE YOUR TO USE YOUR VOICE TO STOP THE KILLING OF CHILDREN.

AND THAT IS CLAIMED TO BE COMPLICATED.

WHAT IS COMPLICATED ABOUT CHILDREN DYING? ABOUT WAR CRIMES BEING USED AGAINST CIVILIANS.

THE USAGE OF ILLEGAL WHITE PHOSPHORUS BOMBS.

THAT'S COMPLICATED. OR WAS IT COMPLICATED WHEN THE IDF FORCES CARPET BOMBED HOSPITALS, CHURCHES, MOSQUES AND SCHOOLS? WHEN THEY LEVELED A STADIUM, WHEN THEY ATTACKED THE WEST BANK, KNOWING THAT HAMAS ISN'T EVEN SANCTIONED? THERE WAS A COMPLICATED SEEING OF FATHER CARRY HIS CHILDREN'S REMAINS IN SEPARATE BAGS.

OR WHEN THE MOTHER OF THREE MURDERED CHILDREN REFUSED TO RINSE HER HANDS OF THEIR BLOODS BECAUSE THAT IS ALL SHE HAD LEFT OF THEM.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT OCTOBER 7TH.

YOU CLAIM THAT HAMAS IS USING COUSINS AS HUMAN SHIELDS.

WOULD YOU BOMB THE SANDY HOOK SHOOTING FULL OF CHILDREN TO GET TO THE SHOOTER? THIS IS ABOUT 75 PLUS YEARS OF POVERTY, DISPLACEMENT, ABUSE, WAR CRIMES, GENOCIDE COMMITTED AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

I WOULD SAY IT'S 20,000 PEOPLE TOO LATE TO CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE.

BUT 2.2 MILLION DISPLACED COUSINS ARE RELYING ON MY VOICE AND YOURS TO FIGHT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FREEDOMS. CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE, OR YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED IN HISTORY AS A COWARD TO LET THE DEATHS OF OUR MARTYRS HAPPEN.

BY THE WAY, IT'S AFSHEEN GET IT RIGHT, MAN.

THANK YOU, JODIE WHITTAKER.

GOOD MORNING, DALLAS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JODIE WHITTAKER, AND I'M THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PARTNERSHIP TO BAN HORSE CARRIAGES WORLDWIDE.

I FORMED THIS VOLUNTEER GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE NEAR DAILY I WOULD SEE ANOTHER MEDIA OUTLET REPORTING ON A SERIOUS, IF NOT DEADLY, HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.

WITH RECENT HEADLINES LIKE HORSE DRAWN SKI LIFT WIPES OUT HARD AT ITALIAN SKI AREA FROM JANUARY 3RD, 2024.

AND ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2023, A NEW YORK CITY CARRIAGE HORSE NAMED GUNNAR CRASHED INTO SEVERAL CARS IN A PANIC AFTER A DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE CARRIAGE AND HORSE CARRIAGE COMPANY ADDRESSES.

NEW YEAR'S EVE CRASH FORCES DEATH.

WHAT A SWEET ACTIVITY FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE, RIGHT? WRONG. FROM THE ARTICLE, THE DRIVER OF THE CARRIAGE APPEARED TO BE THROWN FROM THE CARRIAGE ABOUT 30FT.

THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE ALSO THROWN AND OUR HORSE WAS DOWN IN THE ROAD, UNABLE TO GET UP.

THE HORSES CARRIAGES DRIVER, ITS TWO PASSENGERS AND THE DRIVER OF THE SUV WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

LASTRUP SAID HIS BELOVED HORSE, JETHRO, WHO WAS PULLING THE CARRIAGE, SUFFERED INTERNAL INJURIES AND NEEDED TO BE EUTHANIZED.

SO THIS ACCIDENT SENT FOUR PEOPLE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND KILLED THE HORSE.

IF THE OWNER LOVED HIS HORSE, AS HE CLAIMS, HE WOULDN'T CONTINUE TO PUT HIM IN HARM'S WAY EVERY DAY.

THEN THERE'S A RECENT VIDEO OF A HORSE ON A BEACH IN BRAZIL FORCED TO RUN IN THE SAND, WHO COLLAPSED AND DIED FROM HEAT STROKE AND EXHAUSTION.

AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF HORSES ARE WORKED IN RURAL AREAS FOR HOLIDAY RIDES OR CHAOTIC URBAN SETTINGS.

IT COMES DOWN TO THE FACT THAT THESE 1000 PLUS POUND ANIMALS FRIGHTEN AND SPOOK EASILY.

THEY ARE PREY ANIMALS AND THEY, WHEN THEY FRIGHTEN ANYONE IN THEIR WAKE, THE CARRIAGE PASSENGERS, THE CARRIAGE OPERATORS, CHILDREN, PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, OTHER MOTORISTS, ETC.

ARE DIRECTLY PUT AT SERIOUS RISK.

PLEASE PASS A HUMANE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE BAN BEFORE DALLAS HAS THE NEXT TRAGEDY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TODAY.

THANK YOU.

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BRADEN MEDEIROS.

BRADEN. YES.

SORRY. I'M HERE. I CAN HEAR YOU.

HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL CANNOT SEE YOU.

YOUR VIDEO MUST BE DISPLAYED.

OH. HOLD ON.

AND. OH, YES, YOU MAY CONTINUE.

YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO, SPEAK ABOUT THE HORSE CARRIAGE, HORSE CARRIAGES, BECAUSE I'M REGULARLY, I REGULARLY SEE THEM, OPERATING AROUND CITY HALL AND THE AT&T DISCOVERY DISTRICT AREA.

AND, IT'S BASICALLY WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THE HORSES, THEY DO SPOOK.

THEY NOT. THEY DON'T HAVE PERFECT CONTROL OF THEM.

I'VE SEEN THE HORSE DRIVER, CARRIAGE DRIVERS, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE HORSES TO STOP EXACTLY WHEN THEY WANT THEM TO, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET.

AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM GET INTO ANY ACCIDENTS LIKE PERSONALLY SO FAR.

BUT WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE GOOD CONTROL OF THEM, IT HAS GOT IT.

THEY DO GET IN THE WAY OF OTHER CARS.

IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THESE CARRIAGES LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE CONSIDER BANNING THE HORSE CARRIAGES, BECAUSE AT BEST, THESE ARE A NUISANCE TO DRIVERS.

BUT, SOONER OR LATER, ONE OF THESE IS GOING TO END UP CAUSING A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.

BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, THE CARRIAGE DRIVERS CANNOT CONTROL THE ANIMALS THAT WELL.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

THAT WAS ALL I HAD TO SAY.

SO THANK YOU, BRIAN WHEAT.

MR. WEED, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, MR. WHEAT. APPARENTLY, WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES.

CHARLES JACKSON.

HELLO. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE YOU.

YOU MAY CONTINUE.

OKAY. HELLO.

I'M A RESIDENT, ACTUALLY, OF COLLIN COUNTY, BUT I FREQUENT, DALLAS.

AND EVERY TIME I GO THERE, I SEE THESE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS A BAN ON THE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES BECAUSE, THEY'RE UNETHICAL AND THEY'RE DANGEROUS.

IT WAS A HORRIBLE SCENE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SEE AN ACCIDENT HAPPEN.

HORSES, BLOOD ALL OVER, PEOPLE INJURED OR KILLED.

AND. EVEN IF YOU TRY TO IMAGINE THE MOST ROMANTIC SITUATION, WITH EVERYTHING PERFECT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE HORSE DID NOT CONSENT TO THAT SITUATION, AND THEY DON'T GET TO GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO, YEAH. PLEASE PASS THIS BAN.

I WANT TO LIVE IN IT WITH A CITY THAT HAS LAWS THAT ALIGN WITH COMMON VALUES AND ETHICS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DIRK MADDOX.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DIRK MADDOX.

I LIVE AT. THANK YOU.

YOUR MICROPHONE IS NOT ON.

THERE'S A BUTTON AT THE BASE.

TRY. CAN YOU TRY IT AGAIN? I'M SORRY. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ON.

DOES THAT WORK? THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON.

HOW DOES THIS WORK? THERE WE GO. MY NAME IS DIRK MADDOX.

I LIVE AT THE POSITANO APARTMENTS ON JOHN WEST ROAD, WHERE RENOVATIONS FUNDED BY A $35 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS ARE TAKING PLACE. THROUGH CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR THE NEEDS OF THE TENANTS, I WAS FORCED TO BE AWAY FROM MY HOME.

AT CHRISTMAS, I'M 74 YEARS OLD.

THIS WAS MY 75TH CHRISTMAS AND ONLY THE SECOND TIME I HAVE NOT BEEN WITH FAMILY.

I WAS REQUIRED TO MOVE BACK TO MY APARTMENT ON THE 26TH OF DECEMBER, WHERE I FOUND A LITANY OF SHORTCOMINGS, BUT MOST EGREGIOUS. THE SUPPORT BRACKETS FOR CABINET SHELVES.

MANY OF THEM WERE INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN, CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WHEN WEIGHT IS PLACED ON THOSE CABINETS.

ADDITIONALLY, THEY INSTALLED NEW BLINDS ON THE PATIO DOOR, WHICH IS ALL GLASS, AND THE BLINDS WERE CUT TOO SHORT, CREATING A TWO INCH GAP WHERE I AM CLEARLY VISIBLE WALKING BACK AND FORTH.

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AN INVASION OF MY PRIVACY.

SHELVES WERE NOT INSTALLED, THEY WERE SITTING AT THE BASE OF THE CABINETS.

AND OTHER THINGS TOO NUMEROUS TO LIST.

BUT IF THE CITY IS FUNDING THIS, THEY NEED TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON IT.

IT'S NOT BEING DONE PROPERLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAY ECHO AN EARLIER SENTIMENT.

GO BLUE.

THANK YOU.

BRIAN WHEAT.

IT'S TOO WEAK. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOU MAY BE MUTED, MR. WHEAT. OKAY.

WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CONNECT WITH MR..

MR. MAYOR THERE.

THEREFORE THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WE'LL ALLOW THE GALLERY TO CLEAR AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON.

MADAM SECRETARY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE VOTING AGENDA BEFORE WE GO? MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO FURTHER ITEMS FOR THIS SESSION.

OKAY. IT'S 11:12 A.M.

[Closed Session]

ON JANUARY 10TH, 2024.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION FIVE, 551.076 AND 551.089 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, INCLUDING, ONE, SECURITY ASSESSMENT OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY.

TWO, NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION.

THREE, THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES, OR FOUR, A SECURITY AUDIT REGARDING A RECENT RANSOMWARE ATTACK SECURITY INCIDENT RELATING TO THE CITY'S INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY AND UNDER SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

SEEKING THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE RANSOMWARE ATTACK AND SEEKING THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING TRINITY EAST ENERGY, LLC VERSUS CITY OF DALLAS.

WITH THAT, WE ARE AT RECESS UNTIL 1 P.M..

THANK YOU. OKAY.

IT'S 1:09 P.M.

ON JANUARY 10TH, 2024.

CITY COUNCIL COMPLETE ITS CLOSED SESSION ON SECTIONS 551.076, 551.089 5 51.071, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

AND WE'VE NOW RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION, MADAM SECRETARY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

[ZONING CASES - CONSENT]

YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEM Z1 THROUGH Z NINE.

ALL ITEMS REMAIN ON THE ZONING CONSENT DOCKET.

THEREFORE, I'LL READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

C1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 435 ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DUNCANVILLE ROAD IN WEST ILLINOIS AVENUE.

ITEM Z2 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN MU-1 MIXED USE DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE EAST LINE OF EXECUTIVE DRIVE, NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF EXECUTIVE DRIVE AND DATA DRIVE.

Z3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE 3500FT² OR LESS ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAKE JUNE ROAD AND JIM MILLER AND NORTH JIM MILLER ROAD.

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ITEM Z4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A BAIL BONDS OFFICE WITHIN THE MIXMASTER RIVERFRONT SUB AREA OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN EIGHT FOR THE TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH RIVERFRONT BOULEVARD AND REUNION BOULEVARD.

ITEM Z5 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2155 FOR A RECYCLING BUYBACK CENTER FOR THE COLLECTION OF HOUSEHOLD AND INDUSTRIAL METALS ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF BOTHAM JEAN BOULEVARD BETWEEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD AND LENOIR STREET.

ITEM Z6 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1687 FOR A BAR, LOUNGE, OR TAVERN IN AN INSIDE COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT LIMITED TO A CLASS A DANCE HALL ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COMMERCE STREET, WEST OF HENRY STREET.

ITEM Z7 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A TH3A TOWNHOUSE SUB DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF TROY STREET BETWEEN BRASHEAR STREET AND SPRING AVENUE.

ITEM Z8 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AND R-5A, SINGLE FAMILY SUB DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF EASLEY STREET, WEST OF BEAR STREET, AND ITEM Z NINE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN R-5A SINGLE FAMILY SUB DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH LINE OF WELLS STREET AND KAANAN STREET. YOU DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON A COUPLE OF YOUR ZONING CONSENT ITEMS. THE SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.

YOUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE PAUL WINITSKY.

HE'LL BE SPEAKING ON CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM Z4.

MR.. WINITSKY.

WINITSKY YES, I CAN.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? PAUL WANNISKI.

I CAN SEE YOUR DEVICE.

OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.

KAREN DANDO.

KAREN DANDO IS ALSO VIRTUAL.

WILL BE SPEAKING ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM Z FOUR.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SPEAKERS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM Z SEVEN.

BILLY LANE, YOU MAY COME FORWARD.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AMIR ROBERTSON, I REPRESENT ERIC.

HOLY. I'M SORRY. BEFORE YOU START SPEAKING.

SURE. THE RULES DOES NOT ALLOW FOR POOLING, SO ONLY ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

I'M SORRY. SURE YOU'LL BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AFTER.

OH, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. YOU WANT TO SPEAK BEFORE? CAN YOU SPEAK BEFORE BOTH CAN SPEAK? IT'S JUST YOU CAN'T BE THERE AT THE PODIUM AT THE SAME TIME.

OKAY? SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

MY APOLOGIES. MY NAME IS BILLY LANE.

OKAY. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

AND WE ARE REQUESTING THIS CHANGE IN THE MILL CITY NEIGHBORHOOD TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOMES, TOWN HOMES FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. AMIR ROBERTSON.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, AMIR ROBERTSON, I REPRESENT WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING ICDC FOR THE ZONING CHANGE.

AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'LL GO BACK TO YOUR SPEAKERS ON CONSENT AGENDA Z FOUR, PAUL WININSKY.

MR. WISNIEWSKI. OKAY.

IT'S. I'M. I'M TOLD THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REACH MR. WINITSKY. KAREN DANDO AND KAREN DANDO IS NOT PRESENT.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT I JUST READ INTO THE RECORD.

ITEM Z ONE THROUGH Z NINE.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. OKAY.

OKAY. MR..

YES. I'M TOLD MR. WISNIEWSKI. WE'RE JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

KAREN DANDO IS I'M ASSUMING IS NOT PRESENT.

OKAY. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR SPEAKERS FOR YOUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

MR. BAZALDUA, YOU HAVE A MOTION.

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MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? YES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO, FIRST HIGHLIGHT, THANK STAFF FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S WORK TO GET A LOT OF PROGRESS IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

IT'S DEFINITELY GREAT TO SEE DISTRICT SEVEN ON THE DOCKET AS MUCH AS IT IT IS NOW.

COMPARED TO WHENEVER I FIRST CAME ON AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A SHOW FOR A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT DIRT'S TURNING AND THAT WE ARE, BRINGING PROGRESS TO THE DISTRICT.

BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE AND SAY, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE FOR ICDC.

BILLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE PUTTING SOMETHING TO THE FINISH LINE THAT ALSO STARTED BEFORE THE BATON WAS PASSED.

AND I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE HONORABLE DIANE RAGSDALE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH ICDC.

THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE REUSING LAND THAT BECAME, VACANT AND QUITE FRANKLY, ADDED TO NUISANCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS, NOT ONLY A GREAT USE, THIS EVEN THE DEMO OF THE BUILDINGS THAT EXISTED WAS COLLABORATIVE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND PROVIDING TRAINING FOR OUR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.

BUT THIS IS ALSO ADDING IN AND REIMAGINING WHAT HOUSING OPTIONS CAN LOOK LIKE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BRINGING IN SOME DENSER, DWELLING OPTIONS THAT IS GOING TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FROM NOT ONLY DEVELOPING ON VACANT PROPERTY, BUT BRINGING IN THE MAXIMIZED VALUE OF WHAT WE CAN WITHIN THE AFFORDABILITY REALM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE WITH WORKFORCE HOUSING IN SOUTH DALLAS AND DISTRICT SEVEN.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP.

THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I THOUGHT I SAW SOMEONE. OKAY.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO GET A SHOUT OUT, TO, FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DIANE RAGSDALE FOR ICDC, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN THAT AREA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THE PASTOR COALITION THERE.

AND ALSO AND ALSO, THANK CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA FOR HIS UPKEEP, FOR HIS STEADFAST AND FURIOUS IN SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS. THANK YOU.

BYE. CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM Z SIX.

THIS IS AN APPROVAL FOR AN SUP FOR AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A HOLE IN THE WALL, BUT IT IS A FABRIC OF DEEP ELLUM, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1963, NOT JUST WITH GREAT LIVE MUSIC, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE BEST BURGERS IN NOT THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND SO I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM TODAY.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE CONSENT OF THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? EXCUSE ME. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU.

YOUR YOUR NEXT ITEM IS Z10.

[Z10. 24-53 A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting the renewal of and an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2308 for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less on property zoned an RR-D-1 Regional Retail District with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, on the north side of West Camp Wisdom Road; east of Marvin D. Love Freeway (US 67) Recommendation of Staff: Approval for a three-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional five-year periods, subject to a site plan and conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval for a two-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions Z223-189(AU)]

Z TEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE RENEWAL OF AND AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2308 FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR A FOOD STORE 3500FT² OR LESS ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST CAMP WISDOM ROAD, EAST OF MARVIN D LOVE FREEWAY US HIGHWAY 67.

MISTER MAYOR, WE SENT EIGHT NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION.

THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKERS, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY.

ITEM Z10, IS THERE A MOTION? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD WITH NO AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO, ACTUALLY.

YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. YEAH. FIVE MINUTES, FIVE MINUTES.

SO THIS IS ONE THAT'S THAT'S BEEN, THIS PARTICULAR CONVENIENCE STORE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO GO ON RECORD.

NORMALLY WE DO A TWO YEAR RENEWAL, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE POLICE CALLS MAY NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT EVERYTHING, THE CODE VIOLATIONS MAY NOT REFLECT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND THE 311 REQUESTS MAY NOT REFLECT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE.

SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S IT'S UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT FROM THERE.

SO I REALLY WANT TO JUST DO THIS AS A ONE YEAR RENEWAL TO ENSURE THAT THEY COME IN AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, AS THEY PROMISED.

AND THAT MEANS KEEPING THEIR STOREFRONTS CLEAN, CLEAR THEIR PARKING LOTS CLEAN, AS WELL AS MANAGING THE CROWDS

[02:00:04]

OUTSIDE THE STORE.

THESE ARE EXPECTATIONS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARE TAKEN CARE OF IN DISTRICT THREE.

SO FOR THIS REASON, I'D WANTED TO HOLD IT FOR A YEAR, WITH NO AUTOMATIC RENEWAL.

THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM DISTRICT EIGHT.

AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A, VERY IMPOSSIBLE, TRYING TO KEEP CRIME DOWN AT THAT PARTICULAR STORE.

AND RIGHT AT THAT PARTICULAR STORE, THERE'S ANOTHER, STORE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CRIME AND HANGING OUT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE POINT IS THAT I THINK THE MOTION WAS FOR ONE YEAR, NOT AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL RIGHT.

BUT BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT IS THE CRIME STAT, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO SEE THE CRIME STAT THERE ON THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECEIVE THAT SO WE CAN WORK HANDS IN HANDS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE, WHICH WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND WE DID WORK WITH DPD AND WE DID RESOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES.

SO LET US TRY TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE IT DO BORDER BOTH OF OUR DISTRICTS, AND IT'S A HIGH CRIME AREA.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT.

I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.

I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET A NERVOUS WHEN WE SAY, WELL, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO.

THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME.

TRUST ME.

WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS.

I DON'T LIVE DISTRICT FOUR IS NOT TOO FAR FROM THAT LOCATION.

AND AS WE DRIVE TO THE NEW, NEWLY INVESTED, REDBIRD MALL OF SOUTHWEST CENTER MALL, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, WE HAVE THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

WE HAVE A WHOLE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE THERE, AND WE DON'T WANT, TO START, YOU KNOW, LOSING THE APPEAL, THE DRAW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE. THESE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN OFF THE CHAIN FOR YEARS IN THAT CORRIDOR.

SO I WOULD HOPE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT BECAUSE I CANNOT TELL US TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

WE'VE ALREADY KILLED SOME OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE INVESTMENTS THAT WERE OVER HERE.

BUT WHAT IS IT WELL MADE IN THAT AREA HERE WHERE IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE HEARTBEAT OVER THERE IS THIS STRAIGHT, FLAT LINE AND THAT'S THAT IS A JUNGLE OVER THERE.

SO I SUPPORT YOU ON THAT.

AND I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THE SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT TRUST YOU ON THAT.

SO THAT WE CAN, HAVE OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DOING SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD OF RUNNING OVER THERE EVERY 2 TO 3 MINUTES.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST ITEM Z TEN, EZ TEN.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE EYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

[Z11. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Planned Development District No. 1050, on property bounded by Taft Street, North Montclair Avenue, Ranier Street, and Mary Cliff Road Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to a revised amended development plan, a revised amended landscape plan, an amended traffic management plan, and staff’s recommended amended conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to an amended development plan, an amended landscape plan, an amended traffic management plan, and amended conditions Z223-348(JA) 24-3]

ITEM Z11.

Z11 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1050 ON PROPERTY BOUNDED BY TAFT STREET, NORTH MONTCLAIR AVENUE, RAINIER STREET, AND MARY CLIFF ROAD.

MISTER MAYOR, WE SENT 164 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE AREA OF REQUEST.

WE RECEIVED EIGHT REPLIES IN FAVOR AND THREE REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

YOU HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

FIRST SPEAKER ELSIE THURMAN.

THANK YOU. CHRISTIE LAMBETH.

CHRISTIE. LAMBETH.

IT'S NOT PRESENT.

SETH. STEVENS.

OKAY. IT'S NOT PRESENT AS WELL.

YES. I'M HERE. OKAY.

HE'S HERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS, BUT I'M HERE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS.

I'M SORRY.

YOUR VIDEO IS NOT DISPLAYING, MR. STEVENS, BUT. OKAY.

RIGHT. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ITEM Z11.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. MR. MAYOR, CHAIRMAN WEST, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN. SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S A QUICK COMMENT.

FIVE FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, THIS IS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE ROSEMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS AND INCLUDES A PRESERVATION PIECE FOR THEIR HISTORIC BUILDING ON THE UPPER CAMPUS.

AND REALLY JUST A NEW LANDSCAPE PLAN.

SOME BENCHES, BIKE RACKS, TRASH RECEPTACLES, THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AT ROSEMONT.

AND SO GLAD TO GLAD TO HAVE THAT NOW AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST ZONING ITEM Z11? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM PLEASE.

[PH1. A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting the creation of a new subdistrict within the McKinney Avenue Sign District on property within the McKinney Avenue Sign District zoned Planned Development District No. 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, Subdistrict No. 152, on the north corner of Howell Street and Routh Street Recommendation of Staff: Approval, subject to conditions Recommendation of CPC: Approval, subject to conditions SPSD223-002(JP) 24-54]

ITEM PH1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE GRANTING THE CREATION OF A NEW SUB DISTRICT WITHIN THE MCKINNEY AVENUE SIGN DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ON THE NORTH CORNER OF HOWELL STREET AND RUTH STREET.

[02:05:04]

THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKERS, MISTER MAYOR.

IS THERE A MOTION? YES.

MOVE APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS PER THE RECOMMENDATION OF CPC.

IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIRMAN? NO.

ANY DISCUSSION? ANYBODY? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. ITEM PH2 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S PROPOSED ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY

[PH2. A public hearing to receive comments on proposed amendments to the City’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) Program Report which enables PACE financing of water conservation and energy-efficient improvements for private commercial, industrial, and multi-family properties within the city of Dallas pursuant to the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act, as amended (Texas Local Government Code Chapter 399); and, at the close of the public hearing, consider a resolution amending the City’s PACE Program Report previously approved on May 11, 2016, by Resolution No. 16-0721 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City 24-28]

PACE PROGRAM REPORT, WHICH ENABLES PACE FINANCING OF WATER CONSERVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR PRIVATE, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS PURSUANT TO THE PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY ACT, AS AMENDED AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY'S PACE PROGRAM REPORT, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON MAY 11TH, 2016 BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 16-0721. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? NO SPEAKERS MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION ON PH TWO? IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE SEEING.

NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

NEXT ITEM. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING.

WONDERFUL. WE DID ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS BEFORE, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, THEN, THE TIME IS 1:27 P.M.

AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU MEMBERS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jan 10, 2024 City Council Agenda Meetings

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