Dec 16, 2025 City Commission Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE'RE GOING TO START, AS IS OUR PRACTICE, WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN US. AND NOW, A TIME OF SILENCE. JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. AND IF OUR INTERPRETER. WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER INTO SPANISH, AND FROM SPANISH AS NEEDED, COULD COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND EXPLAIN WHAT I JUST SAID IN SPANISH. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. UN COMENTARIO EN ESPANOL. ESTAMOS AQUI PARA ESTAR AQUI EN ESTA SALA. AND THANK YOU. AND CITY CLERK. IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLL.

[ROLL CALL]

NIGHT. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROBINS PRESENT. MAYOR LEGRAND. YES. THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER KILGORE IS OKAY. PENDING. SO NEXT ON THE ITEM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]

ALSO, I GAVE YOU GUYS A DOCUMENT. THIS DOCUMENT DOES PLAY INTO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT THE GROUPS HAS ACTUALLY APPROVED. I ACTUALLY HELPED UNION HIGH SCHOOL DEVELOP A ESPORTS LAB. AND SO THEY ACTUALLY GOT 10,000 FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP A LAB. SO AS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE STUDENTS, WHEN YOU GUYS GAVE ME A $10,000 GRANT FOR ME TO DO THE SPRING, THE JUMP AHEAD PLAY ESPORTS ACTIVATIONS, I BROUGHT $32 BILLION COMPANY EPIC GAMES HERE. AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THE UNREAL ENGINE THAT THEY ACTUALLY DEVELOPED, THAT THEY NOT JUST USED TO DEVELOP THE SUPER POPULAR GAME FORTNITE, BUT THAT ACTUAL GAMING ENGINE CAN ALSO BE USED TO DEVELOP VISUALS FOR HOUSES AND BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I WAS REALLY TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND THE YOUTH ON WHAT THE FUTURE IS AND THE ACTUAL SOFTWARE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY USE TO DEVELOP VISUALS FOR HOUSES AND BUILDINGS AND EVENTUALLY 3D PRINTED HOUSES.

AND SO AS I CONTINUE TO GO ON THIS VISION AND 3D PRINTING HOUSES AND JUST SUPER EXCITED AND ALSO FOR YOU GUYS TO OPEN THE DO SEE THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. I LIKE THE COIN THAT YOU GUYS GAVE ME BECAUSE I'LL SPEAK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT CRYPTOCURRENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE CEO OF PARTY COMM. IT'S A DECENTRALIZED STREAMING PLATFORM. AND THE TOKENS UTILITY, THE CRYPTOCURRENCY TOKEN, WILL ACTUALLY BE UTILIZED TO ACTUALLY FOR 3D PRINTING, CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION, 3D PRINTING, CONSTRUCTION, FINANCE. THE HEADQUARTERS OF THIS COMPANY IS LOCATED IN DUBAI. AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE BIG OIL PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE TRILLIONS IN REVENUE AND TRILLIONS AT HANDS ACTUALLY ARE INVESTING HEAVILY INTO DIGITAL ASSETS AND CRYPTOCURRENCY, ARE ALSO DROVE TO LANSING AND SPOKE AT THE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS COMMITTEE ON HOUSE BILL 4511. I AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF DIGITAL ASSETS BECAUSE I KNOW IT CAN BE USED FOR THE SOCIAL GOOD, AS I GET PAID 1000 EVERY 30 DAYS IN USDC, SO I GET PAID IN STABLECOIN JUST TO VOICE MY OPINION. DO ALL OF THE COOL THINGS THAT I DO STREAM AT CITY HALL AND THOSE COOL THINGS. SO I KNOW THAT CRYPTOCURRENCY CAN ACTUALLY BE USED TO BUILD DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. AND AS THE CHAIR SAID, THAT THE BLOCKCHAIN IS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN THE DIGITAL FINANCIAL IS BETTER THAN ANY DIGITAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT ANYONE HAS BUILT BECAUSE IT'S SO TRANSPARENT. SO I LOOK TO CONTINGENCY BUILDING TO THE FUTURE AND DO BEAUTIFUL THINGS FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. MY NAME IS DANIEL SCHUTTE, LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE FIRST WARD. I'M

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IT'S A PUBLIC SIDEWALK. WE ARE PUBLIC CITIZENS, AMERICAN CITIZENS. THE CONSTITUTION GIVES US THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. I'VE BEEN DOWN TO SO MANY RALLIES OR NOT.

RIOTS IN THE CITY AND BLACK LIVES MATTER. HAMAS, THEY'RE SCREAMING, YELLING THROUGH MEGAPHONES. I DON'T SEE ANYONE TRYING TO STOP THEM. SO I APPEAL TO YOU. I OPPOSE THIS.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU GIVE YOUR OKAY TO THIS, YOU ARE AN ACCOMPLICE TO MURDER. HI, MY NAME IS LINDA TROUT. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE NEW ORDINANCE RESTRICTING THE USE OF AMPLIFICATION AROUND HEALTH CLINICS. I WAS TRAINED AS A PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLINIC ESCORT. IN EARLY 2024, I BEGAN VOLUNTEERING AT THE CLINIC ON CHERRY STREET A YEAR AGO, APRIL.

AS AN ESCORT, I TRY TO PROVIDE A FRIENDLY WELCOME TO THE PATIENTS SEEKING CARE. PARKING FOR THE CLINIC IS BEHIND THE BUILDING, SO PEOPLE COMING IN MUST ENTER THE DRIVEWAY OFF OF CHERRY. OFTEN, SIDEWALK PROTESTERS TRY TO STOP CARS AND GET THEM TO ROLL DOWN THEIR WINDOWS SO THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE THEIR PAMPHLETS AND ASK WHY THEY ARE COMING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD. ONCE PARKED IN THE BACK, PATIENTS NEED TO WALK ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO THE ENTRANCE, WHICH PUTS THEM WITHIN SIGHT OF THE PROTESTERS WHO YELL AT THEM AND ME. WHEN PROTESTERS FIRE UP THEIR PERSONAL PA SYSTEMS, IT IS HARD FOR PATIENTS TO HEAR ME GIVE DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING THE BUILDING AND SIGNING IN. PER PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S POLICY, ESCORTS DO NOT ENGAGE WITH PROTESTERS, SO I TRY TO KEEP TALKING TO DISTRACT FROM THE HARASSMENT ON THE SIDEWALK. TYPICALLY, THE PROTESTERS ON THE SIDEWALK ASK WHY PATIENTS ARE HERE AND ACCUSE ANYONE, EVEN THE CULLIGAN WATER DELIVERY PERSON, GOING INTO THE CLINIC AS SUPPORTING THE MURDER OF CHILDREN. THEY CALL ME A DEATH ESCORT AND CLAIM I HAVE BLOOD ON MY HANDS FOR ESCORTING PEOPLE INTO THE BUILDING. THEY OFTEN ASK HOW MANY CHILDREN I'VE HELPED MURDER. TODAY. THEY YELL BIBLE VERSES, THREATEN NONBELIEVERS WITH HELL, AND EXHORT PATIENTS TO GO TO THE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER NEXT DOOR. INSTEAD, PATIENTS ARE TRULY GRATEFUL TO SEE A WELCOMING SMILE AND TO BE REASSURED THAT THEY ARE SAFE

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EVERYBODY IS ON EDGE. PEOPLE ARE WOKEN UP, THEY CAN'T WORK, THEY CAN'T CONCENTRATE. THEY DREAD THE MOMENT WHEN THE AMPLIFICATION BEGINS AND THEY'RE VERY THANKFUL. WHEN IT GOES AWAY, THEY GET CALM AGAIN. IF YOU CAN DO THE SAME JOB WITH BATTERY POWERED, QUIET, EFFICIENT, YOU'RE STILL GETTING THE JOB DONE, BUT YOU'RE NOT DISRUPTING ALL AROUND YOU. SO I DO HONOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THE COMMITMENT IN THEIR HEARTS TO DO WHAT THEY THINK IS RIGHT, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T COME AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYBODY WITHIN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YARDS.

SIMPLY EXERCISE YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE, NOT BEATING THEM OVER THE HEAD, AND EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE THAT ARE JUST EVERYWHERE ELSE. NOT SPECIFIC TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD. THEY KNOW WHEN THE PROTESTERS ARE IN TOWN, JUST LET'S GET BACK TO NORMAL CONVERSATION. HEY, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THIS? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THIS? NOT HEY, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING THE JOB DONE. THAT DOESN'T HURT EVERYBODY AROUND YOU. THANK YOU. HI, EVERYONE. KIM COMBS, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP. MARSHALL. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY THIRD WARD COMMISSIONER. WE HAVE SPOKEN PERSONALLY ON THIS, AND I APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE DONE TO GET THIS BROUGHT UP AS A POSSIBLE ORDINANCE. MY CONCERN AND COMPLAINT. I'M A 25 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I NO LONGER WALK MY DOGS BY IT BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMA THAT IS CAUSED. THE DOGS PICK UP ON THE ENERGY. THEY GET ALL WORKED UP. THEN WE'VE GOT THE PROTESTERS THREATENING US THAT THEIR DOG IS GOING OR, YOU KNOW, OUR DOG IS GOING TO BITE THEM, WHICH WOULD HAPPEN IF WE GOT CLOSE ENOUGH, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW TOXIC THE ENVIRONMENT IS. SO THE BEAUTIFUL WALK THAT JERRY MENTIONED USED TO BE MY ROUTE. AND IT IS NO LONGER BECAUSE OF THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROTESTERS. MY CONCERN AND ISSUE IS WE'RE NOT TAKING THIS FAR ENOUGH. AND I'LL TELL YOU A FEW REASONS WHY THESE PROTESTERS ARE PAID TO BE THERE. THEIR CHURCH FUNDS THEM TO BE THERE. THIS IS A JOB FOR THEM. THIS ISN'T THEM DOING THINGS OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART. SOME OF THEM COME WITH BULLETPROOF VESTS ON GUNS HOLSTERED, AND ON THEIR PERSON WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM. I HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BEING THERE BEFORE BECAUSE I'M A COUNTER PROTESTER. I OWN AND OPERATE MY OWN BUSINESS, SO I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THIS, BUT I VOLUNTEER, I'M NOT PAID FOR IT, AND I TAKE TIME OUT OF WORK TO GO AND STAND NEAR THE DRIVEWAY TO ENSURE THAT FOR AN HOUR, WHENEVER I CAN GO, THE CLIENT'S GOING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARE NOT STOPPED IN THE DRIVEWAY, CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE TO GET REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR THAT NEEDS TO PULL IN. I SOMETIMES USE AN AMPLIFIED VOICE OR SPEAKER TO COMBAT THEIR LOUDSPEAKER, SO THAT THE PATIENTS AND CLIENTS GOING INTO PLANNED PARENTHOOD DON'T HEAR THEIR HATE SPEECH. INSTEAD, THEY HEAR ME. THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT I'VE DONE THAT I'M NOT PROUD OF WHILE BEING THERE, BUT I DID NOT COUNTER ATTACK THE TWO THAT PHYSICALLY ATTACKED ME FROM THIS GROUP, AND ONE WAS A SENIOR MAN, AND THE OTHER WAS ONE OF THE REGULAR YOUNG GUYS THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY TO BODY CHECK ME WHEN WE CALLED THE POLICE. HALF THE TIME THEY DON'T SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN TAKE IT SERIOUSLY ANYMORE. THE OTHER HALF OF THE TIME, THEY STOPPED DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN ORDER TO BREAK ANY ORDINANCE ORDINANCES OR TO HAVE THE POLICE ASK THEM TO LEAVE. SO IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD TO CALL THE GRPD. AND THANKFULLY, A LAWYER MOVED INTO THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR, TOOK OVER FROM A BUILDING THAT WAS THERE THAT GOT MOVED OUT OF THEIR BUILDING, A THERAPY MASSAGE CLINIC BECAUSE THEIR CLIENTS AND PATIENTS WERE BEING HARASSED BY THE HARASSERS.

SO THIS IS NOT JUST IMPACTING THE PEACE AND QUIET OF OUR BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO WORK DIFFERENT SHIFTS AND HAVE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT'S ALSO IMPACTING THE LOCAL COUPLE BUSINESSES THERE IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA VERY NEGATIVELY. THESE PEOPLE ARE PREDATORS. THEY HOLD SIGNS THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED FOR KIDS TO SEE. WE ARE NOT MURDERING BABIES AT PP. IT'S HEALTHCARE, IT'S ABORTION CARE AND IT'S MEDICAL CARE. THEY'RE LYING. THEY'RE PUTTING SIGNS OUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. THEY'RE HARASSING RESIDENTS. THEY'RE HARASSING PATIENTS. THEY'RE CROSSING THE LINE. THANK YOU. AND JUST EVERYONE ELSE IN LINE, THERE IS A SHOT CLOCK HERE, SO TRY TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE TIME. ONE LAST NOTE. IF WE JUST SAY THAT THEY CAN'T DO THIS, WE REALLY WE REALLY BUILDING. THEY'RE DOING IT FROM NEXT DOOR AND BEHIND. THEY'RE YELLING AT PEOPLE FROM THE BUSINESS. SO IT HAS TO STOP. IT HAS TO STOP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

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BECAUSE I'M OLDER THAN I. LOOK, DOLLY THE SHEEP WAS A NEW THING, AND I ASKED THIS GUY, I'M TRYING TO BE GENEROUS. WHY ARE WE OUT HERE HAVING THIS HIGH VOLUME ARGUMENT WITH EACH OTHER WHEN WE JUST CLONED A SHEEP TWO HOURS DOWN THE ROAD AT UT? WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT CLUSTERS OF CELLS WHEN WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND THE WAY MEN COULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SIDE OF THE NECESSARY MEDICATION AND PROCEDURES AS WELL. BUT NO, THE POWERS THAT BE WOULD RATHER NOT RESEARCH THE MEDICAL AND SCIENCE ADVANCES THAT COULD GET US INTO A PLACE WHERE WE COULD ALL COMFORTABLY EXIST, WHERE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR VIEW OF FAITH BECAUSE I SUBSCRIBE TO THE I'M DOWN WITH YOUR JESUS, JUST NOT YOUR CHRISTIANS PART OF THE MOVEMENT. AND PEOPLE LIKE WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A LOONY CULT.

WE COULD ALL COEXIST BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ARGUE ABOUT ANYMORE. WE WOULDN'T BE TRYING TO REMIND THEM OF HOW MANY LIES THEY'RE TELLING ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE. WE WOULDN'T BE TRYING TO DEAL WITH SPLITTING HAIRS BETWEEN WHO IS THE WATER MAN AND WHO IS GOING TO THE MASSAGE PARLOR. WE WOULDN'T BE TRYING TO BASICALLY DEFEND AGAINST PIZZAGATE LEVEL DELUSION, BUT NO, HERE WE ARE STILL. SO I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS. AND IT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AGAINST TARGETED AGAINST INDIVIDUALS AND AMPLIFYING SOUND IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING, DO IT BALANCED. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE. I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WOULD TURN INTO A LINE OF COMMENTARY. I DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING, BUT I'VE BEEN BOTHERED BY THIS FOR LONGER THAN I CARE TO ADMIT. AND I WAS RAISED BY WOMEN TOO SMART TO BUY INTO THIS BS, AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS PASS WITHOUT STANDING UP HERE AND DEFENDING THE THINGS I WAS TAUGHT BY SMARTER PEOPLE THAN HALF THE PEOPLE I'VE SEEN STANDING UP ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JEFF. I'M ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PREACHERS THAT PREACH OUTSIDE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD. I'M A SINNER SAVED BY GRACE, BY THE SAME CROSS THAT I PREACH. AND I JUST LIKE TO REFUTE. MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO REFUTE THE ASSERTION THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS ON THE GROUNDS OF LIKE BECAUSE WE'RE TOO NOISY OR TOO LOUD, AND RATHER THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A FREE SPEECH ISSUE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE'RE STANDING OUT IN FRONT OF THE ABORTION MILL, THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT COME AND THEY MOW THE LAWN, MOW THE LAWNS THEY HAVE, THEY BRING THEIR LEAF BLOWERS, THEIR SNOWBLOWERS, WHATEVER TIME OF THE YEAR IT IS.

AND THOSE MOTORS ON THOSE MACHINES, THEY'RE REALLY LOUD. THEY'RE EVEN LOUDER THAN OUR AMPLIFIERS. AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE PREACHING, WE CAN'T EVEN HEAR OURSELVES PREACH. AND THE REASON WHY I WOULD SAY THIS IS ACTUALLY ABOUT CONTENT OF THE SOUND IS BECAUSE NOBODY CALLS THE POLICE, BECAUSE THE LAWNMOWER OUTSIDE IS IS TOO LOUD. BUT THEY DO CALL THE POLICE WHEN WHEN OUR OUR CONTENT IS TOO LOUD. AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? THE DIFFERENCE IS THE CONTENT OF THE NOISE. IF THE IF IT'S JUST A NOISE AND THEN THEY WOULD DISAPPROVE. PEOPLE WOULD DISAPPROVE OF BOTH THE, THE LAWN MOWERS, THE LEAF BLOWERS AND THE PREACHING, BUT THEY DON'T. IT'S BECAUSE THEY HATE THE CONTENT OF ONE NOISE, WHILE THEY DON'T MIND THE OTHER, THEY THINK THE OTHER IS IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE'S

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THEY IMMEDIATELY SILENCED AND I WILL USE ANOTHER VERSE IN ACTS ONE. PAUL WAS THE SANHEDRIN. HE SAYS, SAID, WE OBEY MAN AND WE, AND WE DO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MAN. AND YOU MAY TRY TO SILENCE US, BUT THE POWER THAT LIVES IN THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD IS THE SAME POWER THAT LIVES IN US, AND WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED. WE WILL. WE WILL JUST KEEP ON. YEAH, WE WILL JUST KEEP ON PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL BECAUSE THE GOSPEL CANNOT BE SILENCED. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH JOHNSON. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ONE OF MY CLIENTS. I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM. MY CLIENT LIVES AND WORKS INSIDE THE CITY AND WITHIN THE LIMITS. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU REGARDING SECTION E, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE. YOU ARE CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSALS FOR ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS AND CONTROL NOISE CONTROL. ALSO WITHIN WHAT YOU CALL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. LET ME JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL OFTEN ENFORCE WITH STREET AND EVANGELISTS SPEECH ON GROUNDS THAT THE SPEECH VIOLATES A NOISE ORDINANCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S USED WITH AMPLIFICATION. HOWEVER, AMPLIFICATION IS A CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED AMENDMENT OF THE FIRST

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CITIES MUST BALANCE THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY INTERESTS AND PASSING LAWS ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LOCAL REGULATIONS OF CHARACTER INDIVIDUAL. BUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT MUST BE PROTECTED ABOVE ALL. SO LET ME GIVE YOU SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME GUIDELINES TO HELP YOU IN THIS.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE TEAMS OF ATTORNEYS, BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE IF I JUST COULD HELP YOU.

OFFICERS IN CITIES CANNOT IMPOSE NO AMPLIFICATION DIRECTIVE ON STREET EVANGELISTS OR ANYONE ELSE. NOISE ORDINANCES CANNOT BE UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE OR OVERBROAD. THEY CANNOT REGULATE WHAT IS SAID. ORDINANCES CANNOT GIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AN OVERBROAD DISCRETION OR UNBRIDLED DISCRETION. SO RESTRICTIONS ON ANY NOISE AMPLIFICATIONS WILL BE CHALLENGED IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IF THAT IS PART OF YOUR ORDINANCES. IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THE PHRASES NOISE AMPLIFICATIONS LIKE LOUDSPEAKERS. SO I'M SURE YOU HAVE TEAMS OF ATTORNEYS HELPING YOU WITH THAT. BUT IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO ME AFTERWARDS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I CAN GET YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. HI. YES, MY NAME IS DANIEL FAGAN AND I AM A BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST.

AND I WANT TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED BROTHER OVER HERE PREACHING AS WELL AS THE OTHERS. AND I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. SO I'M A HANDYMAN, AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, AND I COULD NOT HEAR THEM INSIDE WHILE I WAS IN THERE. SO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY A LOT OF THINGS, BUT BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR CARS AND THEY'RE DRIVING FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO BE YOU HAVE TO SAY, HEY, THEY'RE IN A CAR. THEY CAN'T HEAR. IF YOU SAY, HEY, HEY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR YOU, YOU KNOW? SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LIFT OUR VOICE UP AS THE BIBLE TELLS US TO, TO LIFT OUR VOICE UP. THE BIBLE TELLS US TO TO PROCLAIM UPON THE HOUSETOPS. HE TELLS YOU TO EXALT YOUR VOICE. LIFT UP YOUR VOICE. THAT'S WHAT THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US TO DO, AND WE'RE DOING WHAT GOD TELLS US TO DO. AND I ALSO, I ALSO STREET PREACH AND USE AMPLIFICATION AND ACTUALLY WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE I USED AMPLIFICATION EVEN THOUGH I COMPLIED WITH THE OFFICER WHEN HE SAID I COULDN'T USE AMPLIFICATION, EVEN THOUGH HE LIED, I COMPLIED WITH HIM AND WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND USED JUST MY VOICE AND PREACHED THE GOSPEL AND THEY STILL ARRESTED ME. AND I FIND THIS VERY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WHAT THEY ARE DOING, BECAUSE THEY DON'T. IT'S TRUE. THEY DON'T DO IT WITH ANYBODY ELSE. ALL I'M ALL I WAS DOING WAS TELLING PEOPLE, JESUS LOVES YOU AND GOD WANTS TO KNOW YOU, AND HE WANTS TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. AND I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW JESUS. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE CONDEMNED. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY ABOUT TO FALL OFF A CLIFF, ARE YOU GOING TO BE LIKE, HEY, HEY, DON'T FALL OFF THE CLIFF GUY? NO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, HEY, HEY, HEY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT HE'S GOING TO DIE FOR ETERNITY. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BULLY PEOPLE. NO, WE'RE WE ARE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T WE DON'T USE VOICES LIKE THAT. WE DON'T WE DON'T PUSH PEOPLE AND DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE I HAVE VIDEO CAMERAS AND VIDEOS THAT I CAN ACTUALLY PROVE THAT WE DON'T DO THAT TYPE OF STUFF. JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, I CAN ACTUALLY PROVE IT SO THAT THAT WE DON'T DO THOSE THINGS AND THAT WE DO COMPLY WITH THE OFFICERS. WE DO WE DO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. AND YOU CAN THINK IT'S FUNNY ALL YOU WANT. BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT YOU WILL ANSWER TO JESUS CHRIST. STEVE. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS TOM SINUS. I LIVE IN THE THIRD WARD. I WORK IN THE SECOND WARD. I HAPPEN TO WORK RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ONE OF THE

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SO YOU BETTER THINK ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. WHETHER, WHETHER. GRAND RAPIDS LIKES IT OR NOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER INDIVIDUALS

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

THANKS. SO THAT BRINGS US TO PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS AND THE MINUTES. OH I DIDN'T WE VOTE ON THAT OKAY. SORRY I WAS YEAH YOU WERE YOU WERE INTERRUPTING US. SO THAT BRINGS

[PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS]

[REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS]

[CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL]

SUPPORT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. AND THERE BEING NO ITEMS THIS WEEK REMOVED FROM CONSENT AND NO ORDINANCES TO BE ADOPTED, AND NO CITY COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS AND NO PUBLIC

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

JUST THANKFUL THAT YOU GUYS PASSED THE CONSOLIDATED HOUSING PLAN TO ACTUALLY 3D PRINT HOUSES. AS I WAS THERE DRIVING TO LANSING AND I SPOKE ON HOUSE BILL 4511 BEFORE I ACTUALLY GOT THERE, I RAN INTO THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION OF CONSTRUCTION CODES. SO I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE PERSON I NEED TO TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE BUILDING CODES. IT'S FUNNY HOW THE UNIVERSE BENDS. AND THEN I ALSO SPOKE TO THE DEPUTY FISCAL DIRECTOR FOR KING COUNTY TO ACTUALLY SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT THE FEASIBLE BUSINESS PLAN THAT WE HAVE TOKENOMICS ACTUALLY DIGITIZING AND PUTTING REAL ESTATE ON THE BLOCKCHAIN, AND ACTUALLY INCREASING THE VALUE AND REINVESTING THAT INTO INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS ACTUALLY FREE VALUE THAT WE CAN CREATE, AND IT CAN BE TRANSPARENT DATA THAT YOU CAN SEE 24 SEVEN. IT SAYS, SO IT'S ON THE BLOCKCHAIN. SO AS ANYBODY ASLEEP OR ANYBODY AROUND THE UNIVERSE 24 SEVEN CAN SEE THIS TRANSPARENT AUDITED DATA ALL DAY. 24 SEVEN THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THE BLOCKCHAIN IS VERY TRANSPARENT. AND THEN IT'S THANKFUL AND EXCITED TO BE ALIVE, TO BE ABLE TO GO AFTER THIS VISION IN 2026, TO ADVOCATE CONTINUOUSLY. I'VE LOST FRIENDS. I'VE LOST GIRLFRIENDS, I'VE LOST A BUNCH OF THINGS. BUT I NEVER LOST A VISION INSIDE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE IN THIS GOAL THAT I HAVE OF CHANGING THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE HAD PEOPLE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, POOP ON MY VISION. I HAVE PEOPLE TRY TO SAY THAT THESE THINGS ARE NEVER HAPPEN, AND THESE THINGS ARE COMING TO FRUITION RIGHT BEFORE PEOPLE'S EYES. AND I'M JUST THANKFUL TO BE STANDING ON THIS BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE, TO CONTINUOUSLY GO AFTER THIS VISION THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I DON'T LOOK LIKE THE THINGS I'VE BEEN THROUGH, I ACTUALLY DON'T. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I STAY IN

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I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. I HAVE SOLUTIONS. I DON'T COME HERE AND COMPLAIN. I'VE NEVER COME HERE TO CITY HALL AND COMPLAIN. I JUST COME HERE TO LISTEN, I COME HERE, I DON'T COMPLAIN, I JUST COME HERE AND I ACTUALLY SOLVE THE SOLUTIONS. AND ACTUALLY. BUT IF I DO COMPLAIN, I COMPLAIN ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS SHOULD DO. OR I COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY THAT I SHOULD FEEL LIKE I SHOULD GET, AS I AM GENUINE AND I'M AUTHENTIC, AND I'M 24 OVER SEVEN AND 100% IN EVERY SINGLE FACILITY, IN EVERY PLACE THAT I SEE Y'ALL, EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE Y'ALL, I'M THE SAME PERSON. I GOT THE SAME ENERGY, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO JUST REALLY 3D PRINT THESE HOUSES AND WORK WITH RYAN KILPATRICK AND ACTUALLY INNOVATE THIS, AND THEN GO TO THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND DEVELOP CURRICULA AND ACTUALLY JUST INNOVATE THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THE 3D PRINTING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. ONE DAY I'LL BE A GLOBAL LEADER, AND I'LL GO BACK TO THE UNITED NATIONS AS ITS OWN ABC 13. AND I GOT TWO TV INTERVIEWS TO SPEAK ABOUT 3D PRINTING. SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT. MR. LEVERETT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. LUCAS FIRST WARD AGAIN. EARLIER AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, I WAS GRACIOUSLY THANKED BY CHIEF BROWN FOR PUTTING MY CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL HAT ON AND HELPING HIM NAME THE NEW EMPOWER SERVICE MEDICAL PRIORITY WELLNESS RESPONSE IN THE SAME DAY. I'VE GOT A LETTER IN YOUR COMMUNICATION AGENDA STANDING UP AGAINST THE ATROCITY OF THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN GRPD NED ANDRE AND VIC WILLIAMS. DESPITE HAVING A CHIEF WHO I THINK IS A SMART GUY AND CAN HELP FIX THINGS, EVEN SMART GUYS CAN DO DUMB THINGS I KNOW I HAVE. WE'RE ALL HUMAN, AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE CHIEF HAS A LOT TO WADE HOLSTER DEEP THROUGH IN REGARD TO THE GENERATIONS OF RACISM AND CORRUPTION TO RIGHT THE SHIP. AND THIS INCIDENT WAS A GIANT SETBACK TO THAT. SEE, YOU'LL HAVE CITIZENS WHO ARE ARE EAGER AND ABLE TO HELP WITH THE GOOD THINGS WHILE ALSO LEVYING THE CRITICISMS NECESSARY TO EXPOSE THE ROADBLOCKS TO LONG OVERDUE CHANGE. THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IN AN EFFECTIVE SOCIETY IS TO ACCEPT THE WHOLE PERSON AND JAM ALL OF OUR IDEAS INTO THE BLENDER. THE COMFORT OF INSULATING ONESELF WITH ONLY THEIR IDEOLOGICAL PEERS AND POLITICAL SYCOPHANTS IN A IS A FLEETING TRADITION THAT CANNOT BE SHATTERED SOON ENOUGH.

NITPICKING AND TONE POLICING ARE AN AVOIDANCE TACTIC. I'M HAPPY TO BE THE GUY THAT GLADLY HELPS NAME A VITAL SERVICE, BUT ALSO TAKES THE POLICE TO TASK WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I CAN CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF A NEW PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY LIKE WE DID TODAY, AND STILL COME HERE TONIGHT AND TELL YOU THAT I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY STUPID THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO IGNORE EXPERTS YOU PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO. REGARDING SINGLE HAULER TRASH SERVICE, YOU CAVED TO THE CORRUPTION AND PROPAGANDA OF THE CROOKED SLUMLORD ASSOCIATION IN THIS TOWN. I CAN HOLD THE BELIEF THAT A POORLY CONCEIVED RESTAURANT BOYCOTT MAKES PROTESTING LOOK LIKE MORE OF A HOBBY THAN A MOVEMENT, WHILE ALSO DEMANDING THAT YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE DOING TO WORK. TO MEET THE WELL-JUSTIFIED CONCERNS OF A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN BRUTALIZED BY RACIST ICE AGENTS, HOMELAND SECURITY, BARBIE, AND THEIR CULT LEADER. WE HEAR A LOT FROM PEOPLE UP THERE ON THE PHRASE BOTH AND QUITE FREQUENTLY. THAT'S WHERE MANY OF US LIVE IN THE BOTH IN THE GRAY. AND I THINK WE'RE ALL BETTER FOR IT. I APPRECIATE THAT MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THAT SPACE WITH THEIR WHOLE SELVES, LIKE I DO, AND WITHOUT THE TOXIC SMOKESCREEN OF WEST MICHIGAN. NICE CONSTIPATING THE DISCOURSE, I WILL WELCOME ANYBODY IN THIS ENLIGHTENMENT WHEN THEY GET TO OUR LEVEL. BUT FOR NOW, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND SERVICE. NO MATTER WHICH STEP OF THAT EVOLUTION YOU'RE ON. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOYCE DANIELS. I AM A LONG RESIDENT OF GRAND RAPIDS, BORN AND RAISED. PLEASE ACCEPT WHAT WE'RE HANDING OUT TO TO YOU ALL. IT IT IS A TWO PART. AND WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WE NEED HELP. WE ARE A WE ARE THE MLK PARK LODGE ACTIVITIES, A COMMUNITY SPORTS. WE HAVE

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IN 2016, WE WENT BEFORE THE PARKS AND RECS AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT. WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. THEY HAVE NOW TAKEN US OFF OF THE TABLE. THEY HAVE NOT INCLUDED US IN WHAT WE WANT FOR THE LODGE. AND RIGHT NOW THE LODGE HAS. THERE'S 9.8 IN 2016 FOR A MILLAGE. THERE'S THERE WAS MONEY THERE. THERE'S ONLY THREE FULL PARKS LEFT IN GRAND RAPIDS.

ONE OF THEM IS MLK PARK. AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE OUR ACTIVITIES AWAY. WE NEED HELP.

WE NEED PARKS AND REC TO KNOW THAT MLK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DOES NOT WILL NOT RULE THAT PARK. AND THAT IS A COMMUNITY PARK. AND WE ARE IN ALL OF OUR TAXPAYER, ALL OF OUR TAX MONEY WENT TO TO PUT THIS NEW BUILDING UP. I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE COMING BEHIND ME. WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION. WE NEED HELP WITH PARKS AND RECS TO RECOGNIZE US SO WE DON'T LOSE IT. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS DAVID CHAPMAN. I AM A MEMBER OF THE PARK RECREATIONS MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR PARK. I WAS AN ACTIVITY. ACTIVITY CONCERNS ONE COMMUNITY SPORTS. WHEN MY FRIENDS AND I ARE UNABLE TO PLACE OUR BELONGINGS INTO A SAFE PLACE FROM BEING STOLEN, WHEN WE ARE GOING TO WORK OUT, OR TO HAVE A PLACE TO SHOWER AFTER THE WORKOUT BEFORE AND GOING OUT FOR THE EVENING. THIS CAN BE DEVASTATING, RIGHT? DISADVANTAGED, DISADVANTAGED TO OTHERS AS WELL. WHO WOULD LIKE TO USE THE LODGE? ENMITY? ENMITY? I BELIEVE IN GOD AND I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL CAN HELP US HERE WITH THAT LOCKER ROOM AND LOCKER ROOM OR SHOWER. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHICKA CHICKA. ONE, TWO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DARYL HOLT, I AM COMMUNITY ACTIVIST FOR THE HEARTSIDE COMMUNITY. BEEN SERVING, DOING STUFF FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I AM ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR PARK OF MLK, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF OUR GREAT ATHLETES AND MLK. I BROUGHT THIS PICTURE OF MY GRANDFATHER. HIS NAME IS OZZIE HOLT. HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST TENNIS PLAYERS IN GRAND RAPIDS. IN THE FIRST, BEFORE TIGER WOODS EVER SWUNG A GOLF CLUB. SO I WOULD LIKE TO DONATE SOME OF HIS BELONGINGS. THERE'S A LOT OF TROPHIES. HE HAS LIKE OVER 500 TROPHIES. I COULDN'T BRING THEM, SO I JUST BROUGHT JUST ONE LITTLE SMALL ONE WITH THE PICTURE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DONATE THAT AND THE MLK LODGE AND ACKNOWLEDGE A LOT OF OTHER ATHLETES THAT WAS THERE BEFORE ANYBODY THERE. SO WE CAN BRING

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WE KNOW OUR SINS HAVE BEEN PAID FOR. BUT. AND I HOPE YOU CAN SAY THE SAME FOR YOURS. AND WE PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. AND HE'S COMING SOON AND I HOPE YOU GOING TO BE READY. MARANATHA.

THANK YOU. YEAH. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. YES, MY NAME IS ALBERT WEISS AND I'M WITH THE MLK PARK ACTIVITIES OF SPORTS. I LIVE IN THE AREA FOR OVER 65 YEARS. I PLAYED UP THERE. THOUSAND OTHER KIDS HAVE PLAYED UP THERE AND SOME OF THEM MADE IT TO THE BIG TIMES. YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT HEARD OF THEM, BUT THEY NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THESE PEOPLE THAT MADE IT, MADE IT GREAT. PLAYERS LIKE. ROOSEVELT BELCHER, PLAYERS LIKE PRENTISS NAVES, PEOPLE LIKE.

FRED BROWN, GEORGE KNIGHTON, ZORA MADRE. CLARENCE CARLISLE, AND ANIMAL CARLISLE. THERE'S A LIST OF PLAYERS AND PEOPLE THAT PLAYED UP AT KING PARK. WE HAD SOFTBALL UP THERE YEARS AGO FOR JOE. JOE MIMIC, WHO DID THE SOFTBALL HE SHOULD BE CREDIT. ALL THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR IN THE PACKAGE THAT YOU HAVE NOW, IT WILL GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SEE WHO WERE THERE BEFORE KING PARK WAS REBUILT AND HOW IT STARTED.

WHEN IT STARTED, WE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING UP AT KING PARK. AND LIKE I SAID AGAIN, I WAS A LITTLE BOY SAYING, OZZIE SMITH PLAYING TENNIS, OKAY. I'M SORRY.

OKAY. HOPE. AND I SEEN HIM PLAY TENNIS AND HE HAD A NICE LITTLE GAME. I WAS LIKE 11 YEARS OLD.

AND THEN I GOT OLDER AND UP. I WENT TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATED AND THEN I CAME OUT OF COLLEGE.

I WENT TO SOUTH SOUTHEAST END NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THAT WAS MY FIRST ASSIGNMENT TO KING PARK AREA. I DID FOUR YEARS THERE, AND I KNEW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND BASICALLY. THE THE LODGE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO PUT THE SOUTHERN LODGE? OH, THE LODGE? YES. THE

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WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE CHAOS THAT WE HAD IN 2025. WE WANT PROJECT 2025 ABOLISHED NEXT YEAR. IT WILL BE AVENGED. IT WOULD BE REVENGE 2026. SO GET REGISTERED, GET PREPARED AND GET OUT AND GO VOTE. BOYCOTT TESLA, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU.

HELLO MY NAME IS ERNEST BREWSTER AND I REPRESENT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK ACTIVITY LODGE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SHOWER AND A LOCKER ROOM IN THE ACTIVITY LODGE BECAUSE EDUCATION IS EDUCATING PEOPLE ON MATHEMATICS, ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHEN THEY GET THROUGH PLAYING BASKETBALL OR WHATEVER ACTIVITY THEY HAVE, THEY NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER AND HAVE A LOCKER ROOM. SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU PUT THE SHOWER IN THE LOCKER ROOM IN THERE. THANK YOU. BYE. HI, MY NAME IS TINA GRIFFIN AND I'M ON

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I AM THE CONCESSION LADY. I AM THE ONE TO KEEP ALL THE KIDS HYDRATED, KEEP THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY, MAKE SURE SECURITY AND EVERYTHING IS DONE. WE DO ALL THIS ALL THESE YEARS FROM OUTSIDE AND I'M FEELING LIKE WITH IT BEING SAID AND KNOWING THAT NOW IT'S A FACILITY.

THAT'S FACILITY THAT IS BEING MADE, WE JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF SMALL PART THAT WE CAN REPRESENT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR ALL THESE YEARS. BACK IN THE DAY, 71 AT THE TOP, THEY USED TO HAVE THE TENNIS COURT. THAT'S BENJAMIN AND FRANKLIN AREA AT THE AND THEY USED TO HAVE A LITTLE SMALL CONCESSION THING. AND I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, COMING ACROSS THE STREET WITH EVERYTHING TO COME AND BE ABLE TO GET FOOD, FIND FRIENDS, JUST ENGAGE IN DIFFERENT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ALL MY LIFE NOW WITH GODWIN HEIGHTS, AND I SEE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TOUCH SOME PART OF THAT BUILDING AND HAVE BE, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGED. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN HELP US WITH, ANYTHING WE CAN HELP THEM WITH AND KEEP SOME THINGS GOING SMOOTHLY IN THE AREA IN THE SUMMERTIME, BECAUSE THE BASKETBALL GAMES WILL STILL BE GOING ON. SO WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A PART, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, EVER SINCE 1971, EVERYTHING WE DID WAS OUTSIDE. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST STAND UP AND LET'S SAY, HEY, LET'S DO THIS, YOU KNOW, LET US BE A PART OF THAT. WE'LL MAKE IT GOOD AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP KEEP THINGS GOING. AND KIDS SMILING. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

LAST MINUTE THING. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK TO THE END. YEAH, YEAH. AND IN TWO WEEKS, I'M GOING TO BE 60 YEARS OLD. SO I'VE BEEN PLAYING AT THAT PARK EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN FIVE YEARS OLD. THANK YOU. YEAH. DANIEL SCOTT, OF COURSE. AND LIKE MY SON SAID, MY REAL IDENTITY IS I'M A FOLLOWER OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. THANK YOU, LUCAS, FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS CONCERNING MY CHARACTER AND THE OTHERS WITH ME. THE SCRIPTURES TELL ME THAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY CALLING JESUS THOSE NAMES WHO LIVES IN ME. BUT JESUS ALSO INSTRUCTED ME TO TELL YOU, MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU. WE TALKED ABOUT THE 50 LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH MY BROTHER AND HIS MINISTRY. BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU, AT 425 EAST CHERRY, 100 BEAUTIFUL, INNOCENT BABIES ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED EVERY WEEK. 100 EVERY WEEK ON AVERAGE.

NOT ONLY IS MURDERING OUR FELLOW CITIZENS HAPPENING THERE, NOW, IT'S THROUGH THE MURDER PILL. THIS PILL IS BEING DISPENSED WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION, WITHOUT PARENT APPROVAL, WITHOUT DOCTOR APPROVAL. THESE WOMEN ARE GOING HOME. SOME OF THEM ARE TEENAGERS. YOUNG GIRLS GOING HOME AFTER GOING TO 425 TO GET THESE PILLS WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION, GOING HOME BLEEDING. THAT'S HOW THEY THAT'S WHAT THE PILL DOES CAUSES THE THE BABY TO USUALLY GO INTO THE TOILET. INCREASING NUMBER OF WOMEN ARE DYING BLEEDING TO DEATH BECAUSE THEY ARE HOME ALL ALONE. BUT NOW THEY'RE DOING THE DEMON DEMONIC BASED TRANSGENDER HORMONE THERAPY. THEY'RE. IN OTHER WORDS, DESTROYING THE REPRODUCTIVE CAPABILITIES OF OUR SYSTEMS, OUR CITIZENS. ANOTHER REASON WHY THAT PLACE HAS TO BE SHUT DOWN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, FOR CUTTING OFF FUNDS TO THESE MURDER CLINICS, SAVING LIVES, OUR

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NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, THE THE NOISE ORDINANCE DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH BECAUSE THEY ARE INTRUDING INTO PEOPLE'S PERSONAL HEALTH CARE IN THEIR LIVES. THEY'RE STANDING IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT DOOR. SO EVEN IF YOU DO ENFORCE A NOISE ORDINANCE, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE STANDING NEXT DOOR IN THE PARKING LOT, HARASSING PEOPLE WHEN THEY PARK IN THE BACK TO GO FOR HEALTH CARE. I WANT THE SIGNS TO STOP THEIR LIES. THEY SAY THAT CHILDREN ARE MURDERED THERE. THAT'S A FLAT OUT LIE. I WANT THE SIGNS TO STOP THAT ARE GROTESQUE AND CHILDREN SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SEE. AND I WANT THE HARASSMENT TO STOP OF MY NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS GOING FOR HEALTH CARE. IT'S NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOW, WOW.

THANK YOU. JEFF. SINNER SAVED BY GRACE. BY THE GRACE OF JESUS. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANTED TO READ SOME SCRIPTURE. THIS IS THE DUTY OF YOU. WHO ARE THE MAGISTRATE RULERS. GIVEN YOUR POSITION BY THE LORD. AND SO THEREFORE YOU GUYS ARE YOU'RE ALL ACCOUNTABLE TO HIM. AND I JUST WANT TO EXHORT YOU AND LOVE TO YOU TO HONOR HIM. YOU AREN'T GODS TO YOURSELVES. YOU DON'T GET TO MAKE UP RULES AND AND LAWS THAT SUIT YOURSELVES OR SUIT YOUR OWN OPINIONS, BUT YOU ARE SUBJECT TO TO GOD, AND HE WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. BUT OUR DESIRE IS TO SEE YOU, TO KNOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO BE AT PEACE WITH GOD. BUT HERE'S WHAT HE'S HE SAYS IN PSALM 82 THREE THROUGH FIVE, GIVE JUSTICE TO THE WEAK AND THE FATHERLESS. MAINTAIN THE RIGHT OF THE AFFLICTED AND THE DESTITUTE, RESCUE THE WEAK AND THE NEEDY. DELIVER THEM FROM THE HAND OF THE WICKED. WHO'S WHO'S THE WEAKEST, WHO'S WHO'S THE WEAKEST, AND THE AND THE FATHERLESS THE MOTHERLESS. BUT THE PREBORN CHILD THAT'S BROUGHT TO THESE ABORTION MILLS AND ABANDONED BY THEIR OWN FATHER, THEIR OWN MOTHER TO BE SLAUGHTERED THERE. AND AND WE'RE CALLED TO RESCUE THEM, RESCUE THOSE BEING TAKEN AWAY TO DEATH. HOLD BACK THOSE STUMBLING TO THE SLAUGHTER. THEY'RE THE WEAK AND THE NEEDY.

THEY'RE THE THEY'RE THE THE MOST OPPRESSED CLASS OF HUMAN. I GUESS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD SAY. WE WE'VE DRAWN A CIRCLE AROUND THE PREBORN CHILD AND SAID, THAT'S NOT HUMAN. BUT THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT NAZI GERMANY DID WITH THE JEWS. THEY DRAW A CIRCLE AROUND JEWS AND THEY SAY, NOT HUMAN. THEY LOOK LIKE HUMAN. THEY TALK LIKE HUMAN, ACT LIKE HUMAN, BUT NOT HUMAN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO TODAY. THAT'S THE MODERN DAY AUSCHWITZ. BUT MORE BABIES HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THIS COUNTRY. I THINK WE'RE AT OVER. 100 MILLION BABIES, AN ESTIMATE AND GROWING SINCE ROE V WADE. UPHOLD JUSTICE, DEFEND THE THE WEAK, THE OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE BEING KILLED REAL QUICKLY. I'M TOLD THAT I DON'T BELONG HERE. I'M NOT, I DON'T BELONG, I DON'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT JESUS TELLS ME TO LOVE MY NEIGHBOR, AND MY NEIGHBOR IS NOT MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, BUT IT'S THE ONE WHO'S WHO'S WHO'S IN NEED. THAT'S THE THE STORY OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN. THE NEIGHBOR IS THE GOOD NEIGHBOR IS THE ONE WHO CARES ABOUT HIS HIS FELLOW MAN WHO'S WHO'S BEING OPPRESSED OR AN INJURED OR IN NEED. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO GOD BLESS. OKAY. I SHALL I WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. I'M

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CONFRONT THAT. AND WE HAVE TO BE READY TO DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY IN THIS UNITED STATES. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE, I'LL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR CLOSING

[COMMENTS BY COMMISSIONERS]

THANK YOU. I TOO HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO, WHERE I WAS

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AND I MET CHRISTIAN ON THE STREET AS I WAS WALKING BACK TO MY CAR, WHICH I REGULARLY KNEW AT THIS POINT I PROBABLY WASN'T GOING TO GET INTO. THE CAR WAS LOCKED AND FROZEN. CHRISTIAN DIDN'T HAVE A HOME. CHRISTIAN WAS SLEEPING ON THE HEAT GRATE. THE VENTS FOR OUR STEAM AND I CHECKED TO SEE IF HE WAS WARM. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TALK TO CHRISTIAN, OR WOULD YOU HAVE WALKED BY? WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REAL PROBLEMS AND NEED REAL SOLUTIONS. AND WHILE I WAS STANDING THERE HAVING A CONVERSATION, AFRAID I WOKE THIS GENTLEMAN UP. BUT HE WASN'T SLEEPING VERY WELL. AND ALONG COMES OFFICER BLOOMER AND HE PULLS OVER IN HIS POLICE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY CHRISTIAN IS AGITATED. CHRISTIAN'S WORRIED HE'S GOING TO BE KICKED OFF THE STREET. CHRISTIAN'S WORRIED HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PULL OUT HIS ID. CHRISTIAN'S FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I COULD HOLD TIME AND SPACE. THAT IS A SKILL WE ALL CAN LEARN, AND I AM HAPPY TO BE THE RIPPLE TO CREATE THAT IF NECESSARY. OFFICER BLOOMER WAS FINE. HE SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE. I DON'T WANT TO KICK YOU OUT. ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO A SHELTER? NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO A SHELTER. I DON'T TRUST THE SHELTER. IT'S OKAY. AND I SAID, OFFICER BLOOMER, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME BACK AND CHECK ON CHRISTIAN? HE'S SLEEPING HERE. IT'S GOING TO BE 13 DEGREES TONIGHT. I'M WORRIED THAT HE'S GOING TO GET FROSTBITE. AND CHRISTIAN DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT FROSTBITE MEANT THAT HE MIGHT LOSE ACCESS TO SOME OF HIS APPENDAGES. HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. HE'S ONLY MAYBE 30, AND HE'S ALREADY REVEALED TO ME THAT HE HAS A

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HE COMES BACK WITH CHRISTIAN ALL BUNDLED UP IN HIS BACKPACK AND EVERYTHING, AND ANOTHER GUY, AND HE BRINGS HIM INTO HIS HOUSE AT THE APARTMENTS FURNISHED BY 100 BY 100. AND THAT NIGHT, AFTER CELEBRATING THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE GREAT WORK OF THE CITY, I FELT LIKE I WAS PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN I COULD HAVE CREATED. THAT IS THE MAGIC OF GRAND RAPIDS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO IN 2026. ARE YOU WILLING TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION? COMMISSIONER PERDUE? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

SO GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT YEAR ROUND AND FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU FOR THE FOLKS AT MLK PARK LODGE ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SPORTS, FOR COMING OUT AND FOR SHARING. THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS AND KEEPING THEM SMILING ALL THESE YEARS, AND FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP OUT NOW AS WE REENGAGE, AS WE HAVE THE NEW LODGE UP REENGAGE, AND TO HONOR THE HISTORY THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THAT PARK AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE DO. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND LOCKER ROOMS IN THE LODGE, BUT WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME SOME DETAILS, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO. I THINK THE PARKS AND REC TEAM IS STILL KIND OF COORDINATING WHAT RECREATION AND ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE, AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FORMALLY CONNECTED, I WOULD LOVE TO TO HELP. YOU GAVE A FULL PACKET. I COULDN'T LOOK THROUGH EVERYTHING WHILE WE WERE LISTENING, BUT WANT TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL. AND I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT YOUR KEYING IN ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING HISTORY AND HONORING WHO BECAME WHO CAME BEFORE US, AND WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED IS REALLY PART OF THE IDEA BEHIND THE THIRD WARD LEGACY TOUR THAT THE GRAND RAPIDS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES IS LEADING, LEADING, AND SO KIND OF A GENTLEMAN'S FATHER'S STORY. HIS PHOTOS. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY CONNECTED WITH THAT EFFORT, I WOULD LOVE TO TO HELP WITH THAT. THEY'RE COLLECTING THOSE STORIES TO INCLUDE ON THE TOUR AND YEAH. YES, MA'AM. I'LL STAY AFTER FOR A FEW MINUTES. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING IN THAT I THINK WHAT YOU ALL ARE SPEAKING TO, THERE'S, THERE'S A TON OF SYNERGY AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT. AND SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TIMING. I ALSO JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE THAT TODAY WAS JUST TO CREATE FOR IT TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF US FOR A VOTE IN JANUARY. AND SO THERE WILL, I'M SURE, BE TONS MORE ENGAGEMENT. WE'LL HEAR FROM A LOT MORE PEOPLE. BUT THAT ACTUAL VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEW YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR FOR FOLKS WHO CAME HERE TO ENGAGE ON THAT ISSUE WITH THAT. THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF 2025, ALMOST 2026, NOT NOT NOT READY. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRST FULL YEAR FOR COMMISSIONER KILGORE. COMMISSIONER BELL SHACK. IT IS LIKE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND SOME. AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR

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SO I JUST WANTED TO REFLECT ON THAT. I ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT THE NEW YEAR, YOU KNOW, PUTTING PLANS IN PLACE, WE I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STRUCTURE WE'VE HAD WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND, AND EXECUTIVE STAFF TO HAVE OUR MID-YEAR REVIEW TO DO THAT SESSION. TO BE ABLE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO A FEW COLLEAGUES AS WELL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PIECES FOR THE NEW YEAR. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON WHAT ARE THE LEVERS WE CAN PULL AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING, WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS CONTINUING TO LOOK AT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CUTS TO PROGRAMS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE'VE DOUBLED DOWN ON THOSE EFFORTS HERE AT CITY OVER THE LAST YEAR. LOOKING AT OUR SURVEILLANCE POLICY AND OUR CO-RESPONSE MODEL. AND THEN LASTLY TO JUST, I THINK, THE CORE SERVICES OF THE CITY. SO WE HEARD TODAY ABOUT FORESTRY, BUT THEN AGAIN, WE SAW THAT INVESTMENT IN THAT PUBLIC SAFETY, I'M SORRY, IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING TODAY. THIS IS I WAS TRYING TO COUNT THE ITERATIONS. BY 2027, I'LL HAVE HAD FIVE ITERATIONS OF THIS BODY. DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE COME AND GONE. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I CAN COUNT. AND SO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ENERGY. THANK YOU ALL TO OUR SPOUSES, OUR PARTNERS, OUR FAMILY, BECAUSE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, OFTEN AWAY ON EVENINGS. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MISS CERTAIN THINGS. AND SO THANK YOU TO OUR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT US AS WE SERVE. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO TALK ABOUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE. WHEN WE DO CONSIDERATIONS OF THESE SORTS OF THINGS, THEY DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THOSE OF YOU QUITE HONESTLY, THIS WAS THE ITEM THAT MY PREDECESSOR, COMMISSIONER RUTH KELLY, BROUGHT TO ME AND WAS IN MY INBOX, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO. AND SO I THINK THE CONCERNS RELATED TO HOW DO INDIVIDUALS ACCESS HEALTH CARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, HEARING STORIES OF BUSINESSES WHO HAVE MOVED. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK FOR ME, JUST TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT WE'VE GONE BACK TO OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, CONTINUING TO HEAR FROM INDIVIDUALS. SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT. AGAIN, AS COMMISSIONER PERDUE SAID, WE'LL BE REVIEWING THIS ON OUR JANUARY 13TH MEETING, I BELIEVE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13TH.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. YOU CAN FIND IT. YES. I'M HERE. YEAH. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

IT'S BEEN 328 DAYS. ACTUALLY. I'M ON PAR. SO NEXT TIME I SEE YOU, LORD WILLING, WE'LL BE INTO A NEW YEAR. AND HOPEFULLY SOME THINGS WILL CHANGE. A LOT OF YOU TO COMMISSIONER SASSY'S POINT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN LITERALLY THE TERM IS CLAWED BACK FROM OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HELP SUPPORT OUR SENIORS AND HELP SUPPORT FOOD FOR OUR SENIORS AND HELP SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS UNITS AND HELP SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE IN VIOLENT

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EVERYBODY WAS THERE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DO WANT TO ALSO, AS ALWAYS, ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAY TIME. I KNOW MANY OF THEM WILL BE WORKING WHILE OFFICES ARE. SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES ARE CLOSED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK AND ALL THOSE WHO HELPED TO PREPARE FOR THE MEETING TODAY. THE CLERK MENTIONED THE NEW FACILITY AND STORAGE. AND TO PUT MORE CONTEXT, THAT WAS THE CLAWBACK THAT HAPPENED FROM THE STATE THIS PAST WEEK. THE MILLION DOLLARS WE SPECIFICALLY HAD APPROPRIATION TO HELP WITH THAT STORAGE. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET SOME RESOLUTION ON THAT, AS WELL AS THE OTHER FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN QUESTIONED THAT WE'VE ALREADY PROGRAMED FOR MANY ESSENTIAL SERVICES. SO REAL BRIEFLY, TODAY WAS A VERY, VERY GOOD DAY.

I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH FERRIS IN DG FOR THE CONTINUATION OF ARTPRIZE, WHICH HAS OVER $80 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT. I WAS ALSO VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THE PARK'S UPDATE. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORLD CLASS PARKS IN OUR IN OUR CITY AND HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB THANKS TO THE VILLAGE OF IMPROVING THE MAINTENANCE OF THEM. AND SO NOT ONLY THE PARKS, BUT ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO MUCH APPRECIATION TO THE PARK STAFF AS WELL AS THE ZONING UPDATE, ACTUALLY TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE MASTER PLAN, THE 20 YEAR VISION, AND HAVE SOME REAL PRACTICAL LAND USE. AND WE GOT THE THE OUTLINE FOR THAT AND HOW THE COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ENGAGED THEN REALLY, REALLY VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE AROUND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND DEER POPULATION CONTROL. WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SOLVE REGIONALLY, COUNTYWIDE, AS WELL AS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CALDWELL ON THE LAUNCH OF THE MPOWER, THE MEDICAL OUTREACH TEAM PROGRAM. AND THANK YOU FOR REALLY TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND PREVENTIVE. SOME OF THE FREQUENT USES OF OUR EMERGENCY SYSTEMS. AND I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR. SO I'LL JUST ADD MY VOICE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT, INCLUDING THOSE OF YOU WHO LEFT.

THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING ON ISSUES. THERE'S ALWAYS COMPLEXITY. THERE ARE ALWAYS.

IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AS MANY VOICES AND THINK AND LISTEN AS DEEPLY AS WE CAN ON ISSUES. SO DEMOCRACY REALLY DOESN'T WORK IF ALL FOLKS DO IS VOTE AND THINK THAT THAT'S THINK THAT ELECTING A BUNCH OF RANDOM PEOPLE IS THE END OF THE JOB. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND OF COURSE, PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR THINKING AND WORKING AND PLANNING. AND I DID ASK CHIEF BROWN EARLIER TODAY WHETHER IT WAS HIS VISION OR SOMEONE ELSE WOULD COME UP WITH IT FOR OUR NEW MEDICAL RESPONSE PROGRAM, AND HE SAID IT WAS HIS IDEA. SO THANKS. I OFTEN SAY THAT IN BUSINESSES I RUN, THERE'S A THERE ARE NEW, GOOD NEW IDEAS EVERY YEAR AND HARDLY EVER DO THEY COME FROM ME. SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE MANY, MANY VOICES AND MANY BRAINS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE CITY BETTER.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.