Good morning and welcome to the city council meeting. Before Mayor Parker calls the meeting to order, we ask that you please be seated and silence all electronic devices. City council meetings are conducted for the official business of the city council and to receive input from residents. Members of the public attending meeting shall observe rules of decorum and shall not engage in conduct that interferes with the ability of those present to observe or to participate in the meeting without disruption or fear of intimidation, threats, or hostility. An individual engaging in disruptive conduct may be removed from the chamber and could be arrested for disruption of a meeting. Speakers who engage in disruptive conduct could have their mic muted and may be removed from the chamber and arrested for disruption of a meeting. Disruptive conduct includes yelling, screaming, clapping, or other noise creating acts. For those of you requested to speak, when your name is called, please come forward to the center podium. The countdown clock is displayed on the left monitor and will indicate how much time is remaining. A bell will sound when you have 30 seconds remaining. Before you begin your comments, please state your name. Thank you. >> Good morning and welcome to Forest City Council meeting. Today you're in for a treat. We have a visiting mayor for the day. To my right is Miss Bonnie Bell Hickman. Bonnie is eight years old and a student, a second grade student at Fourth Country Day. She's a passionate reader, artist, and fishing enthusiast who brings creativity and curiosity to everything that she does. A compassionate and inspiring leader, she captains her back-to-back undefeated Falcon basketball team. Serves as president of the Falcon Fishing Club she founded, which I love that, and has been the Fourth Country Day Ballet Conservatory's lead performer for two years running, and is a four-time Fourth Country Day kindness award recipient. Miss Bonnie is going to call our meeting to order. How's that sound? You want to have the microphone, Bonnie? >> My name is Bonnie Hickman. I'm going to call the meeting to order. >> Girl, awesome. >> Today's invocation will be by Pastor John Reed from Walls of Jericho Deliverance Church. Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of allegiance. >> May our council members, let us pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for the city of Fort Worth, Texas, and for those entrusted with its leadership. Grant them wisdom and integrity to the mayor and council members as they serve this community. Guide their decisions toward justice, unity, and the well-being of all who live in Fort Worth, Texas. May this meeting be marked by respect, clarity, and a shared commitment to the common good. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Our first item will be a special presentation uh recognizing uh in recognition of com commemorating the Holocaust Remembrance Week. Good morning, council. Today we have the opportunity to recognize and designate Holocaust Remembrance Week in the state of Texas which is observed alongside Holocaust Remembrance Day which was held on January 27th marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Ashwitz. This week invites us to pause in reflection and remembrance, honoring the lives lost and the survivors who carry its history forward. Through education and thoughtful reflection, we affirm our commitment to fostering understanding, empathy, and respect for all people. As we remember the past, we also renew our shared responsibility to ensure that history is never repeated and to let the enduring values of humanity, justice, kindness guide us into the future. We have several representatives today from our Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarant County. Allow me to personally state how thankful I am for their leadership across Fort Worth and Tarant County and of course for bringing this recognition forward for us today. I'd also especially like to thank Council Member Elizabeth Beck for bringing this forward. I know that she regrets not being here present, but we did feel it was important to go ahead and make note of this. Originally, we were going to have this recognition during the ICE week, but for obvious reasons, we weren't present. Gentlemen, I'll turn it over to you at this time. >> Um, Mayor Parker, members of the council, guest mayor, uh, my name is Barry Abless. I'm the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarant County. On behalf of myself, our board president, Robert Chakotssky, Alex Horn, the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, who could not join us today, uh we want to express our thanks and uh we're very grateful to receive this proclamation. uh international holocaust remembrance day, the liberation of osh ashwitz uh is a very distinct day and a very important day um in the lives of members of the Jewish community and in fact the whole world and uh the lessons of uh remember do not forget are very very important today as we know that the lessons and things we learn from the Holocaust are still very relevant And we hope that someday uh the world will take heed and we will learn how to be at peace together. But again, thank you so much for this proclamation. through here. Next will be items to be withdrawn from the consent agenda. We have two We have two items to be withdrawn. MNC 26-0126 and MNC 26-0132. >> Mayor, that gets us to the consent agenda speakers. Our first speaker is Bob Willoughby. Bob Willoughby will be followed by Chris Wood. Okay, I hope everybody knows we used to get three minutes on all these MC's until Mayor Parker became in office. Decided we got to divide our time up. And if I had one more, I wouldn't have but a minute on each one to speak about. This is not a game show. This is reality. This is our city. These are these are on our agenda, but we're cut down on our time. So, the first one up there, the MC is about the uh Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association. Well, one thing is I met with some of the firefighters, the chief or whatever the not chief, but the people of the firefighter association. They are very, very arrogant. They are rude and all they do is buy candidates. You watch. So, people need to learn not to vote for candidates that take money because that's all these organizations are becoming is an organization with a good name and bad people behind it. Same with the POA and the other law enforcement. Now, there's another one, a third one. So, these three groups have good names, but they are evil people behind them. Unless you meet them and find out for yourself. I wish you would. You know what I'm talking about. So, I'm not for doing anything with the firefighter association. I do not recognize it. And the other one, let's see how much time we got. Okay, we still got two minutes. Oh, the other one. Oh, that goes back to the CCPD funds. And that's the one that Maddie will probably shut me down if I start talking about it because she doesn't like me putting stuff up about Carlos, our uh the one that's to cheer the CCP funds. And this is something I've gone on about many times. They've never answered. They run away. You'll see the film. If anybody watches this meeting from home, the video I have tonight on the comment, which we're on the bottom of the agenda now. We're not on top. They put us on the bottom and they put themselves on top. So, that's bad. Nevertheless, I don't want to get off track because Maddy will shut me down real quick if I get the least back off the track. Although, I've seen plenty of people come down here and speak off track and they don't say a word as long as it's good about them. Watch this. Watch how fast they'll they'll come down on me. That also. So, what my main case is here, if they don't answer us about CCPD funds, there's millions of dollars we're being ripped off. People, this is crime in broad daylight. What's the difference? If you saw someone robbing a bank, would you call the police? Even if it wasn't your bank, would you call the police? Well, we're being robbed by Mayor Parker. Go to my website. You can see the videos for yourself. Don't take my word. I like to put substance. I don't like when people come down here and they say things, but they don't put substance with it. I put substance with what I say. I back what I say and I prove what I say. And I wish other people when they have points to make, I wish they'd prove what they say with something behind it so that I can agree with them or disagree with them. But I u but anyway, Matty, you gave me more time than you usually do. You'd shut me down by now. Thank you for your time. And uh neither one of these organizations are worth looking at or being a part of our city. I want a better city. Our next speaker is Chris Wood followed by Rachel Yates. I'm Chris Wood. I support the purchase of property from St. Steven Presbyterian Church to expand Forest Park. Access to nature is one of the simplest and most effective ways cities can support public well-being. Time spent in green spaces helps reduce stress, improve mental health, and create opportunities for quiet reflection in an increasingly busy world. Parks give people a place to slow down, think clearly, and reconnect with something larger than the pace of daily life. Forest Park, in particular, serves as a shared space where residents from all backgrounds can experience calm, perspective, and renewal. Expanding the park strengthens that role by preserving open land and ensuring future generations continue to benefit from it. Greenspace also contributes to environmental sustainability, neighborhood quality, and the long-term livability of our city. City parks offer something rare. They are open to everyone without cost or barrier. They invite people of all beliefs and backgrounds to step outside, breathe, and feel grounded. In that way, parks quietly support physical health, emotional well-being, and community connection all at once. For these reasons, I believe acquiring this property is a wise investment in Fort Worth's people, environment, and future. Thank you. Our next speaker is Rachel Yates. Miss Yates. Miss Yates will be followed by Adrienne Smith. Hello. Good evening, Mayor Parker, council members, and council staff. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. This is my first city council meeting, and I'm here to show support for funding the Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarant County. I'm uh coming here as a student of social work for uh University of Texas at Arlington. And uh one of the things that um they encouraged us to do was ask questions. Um, and so one of my questions is, um, with many families paying, uh, 30 to 50% of their monthly income on rent, uh, would you mind sharing the city council's plans and strategies to address the issue of increased cost of rent and systemic causes of homelessness? What are your plans to create more affordable housing options in Fort Worth? Um, I wasn't sure if this was a time to ask questions. Um if you if it was like a interactive >> it's actually not a dialogue but we can make note Rachel and if you'll just provide what what you'd like answers to we're happy to at a staff level provide all those as well after the meeting. Thank you. >> You >> did you have anything else you wanted to add Rachel? >> Okay thank you for coming. Our next speaker is Adrien Smith. Adrien Smith, District 6. I am one with the people. For individuals who have uh handouts regarding this agenda, uh page three of 12, item four is what I'm speaking to. Mayor and council communication 260133. It is a contract due to be voted on in the amount of $7,100,000 uh to a company as it relates to uh software etc etc development process workflow management software solution services for city departments. Um, it has a contract renewal of 2 million totaling 2,920,181.64. Should uh this contract go through its full term? My question to city staff, uh, those who made the decision, I know the bidding process went out, but my my question to city staff is why not limit the contract to a maybe a one-year term with with a minimum amount to see if the software um will even work out. While we always do out taxpayer dollars in long term without having vetted particular companies to see if they even can you know give us what they say they are going to give us. I mean you had one two three four one two three four five potential companies uh who bided on this particular who bided for this particular contract. So, why not give this particular con uh company that you selected a one-year trial run to see even if their software is going to work? And if it fails, you can probably revert back to another one of these companies who offer the same services. But again, this is taxpayer money. I guess we just continue to blow it in the wind. And that's why we are yet here back asking for another bond initiative. You know, because you continue to waste taxpayer monies on initiatives that haven't been fully vetted. So again, what are we doing? I mean, this is a lot of money. And I'm all about X's and O's, checks, you know, balancing, you know, checks and balances, making sure our dollars are spent the way they need to be spent. You know, the uh Taran County They went through this maybe a year ago or so when they didn't vet a particular company and they gave millions of dollars to for some technology that didn't work and now they are stuck with it. You know, they don't worked out the bugs or whatever. But again, what are we doing here? Why not limit these contracts to maybe a one or twoear term before just giving out these four, five to 10 year terms? Thank you, >> council. That's the last of our consent agenda speakers. Got a motion and a second. Any other discussion? Please vote. >> Motion carries. Next will be announcements of upcoming and recent events, recognition of citizens, uh, and approval of ceremonial travel if needed. >> Council member Flores. >> Thank you, Mayor. The slideshow up, please. >> All right. Love was in the air during Valentine's Day for our community centers. Uh the seniors celebrated in grand fashion at the North Side Community Center, also at the Diamond Hill Community Center, and then a a special celebration from a very special club. Uh the Best Years Club also uh met up there, and also Kiki's Club for special needs uh children and adults at the North Side Center. All right. Uh to help them out, shopped over at Walmart and bought them some party supplies so they could have a good celebration. So, thank you all uh to the staff, the community center, and I'm glad the seniors had a good time. All right, on the bottom part, uh meals on wheels. A few of us, I think, have already done uh some rounds and delivering some needed hot meals and cold meals to, you know, those folks that can't get out and supplement their own nutrition. So, uh, great interactions with people and I learned a lot in that, uh, what Meals on Wheels does, especially when it comes to counseling and assisting, uh, those folks on their lists with other things that they may have and need beyond food. So, thanks to Meals on Wheels. Next slide, please. All right. Soup tasting. That was something that I tried here for the first time over at Kurpatre Middle School. uh staff, teachers, and the principal uh got together and uh you know, whipped up their best soup uh concoctions and uh you know, the winners prevailed. It's posted on my uh council Facebook page. So, I want to thank them all uh you know, for doing that and go Wildcat Nation. All right. Then a few of us uh the mayor, uh council member Hill, uh myself, and council member Martinez attended the employee milestone lunchon over at River Ranch at the Stockyards. Uh, so lots of milestones achieved by our hardworking staff and I want to say to them all that are here, we really do appreciate the work you do. Thank you for staying and making a career here at the city of Fort Worth. And that's all I have. Mayor, >> council member Peoples. >> Oh, actually council crane and then council peoples. >> Yeah. should be >> council member. We didn't get a slide presentation. >> Okay. >> There you go. Uh I don't see him in here, but I just want to wish Jason Felman that's in my office has been my district director for the last two years. He is absconding to Florida much warmer clims and where his wife is now have a new position. But I just want to say thank you for all the work that you've done on behalf of district three and helping out. Appreciate it. Council peoples. >> So, thank you, Mayor. I only have three slides and I'm going to go through them quickly, but I want to again thank the entire council and staff for honoring Kirk Franklin. He had never been honored before and just the fact that we did that was so meaningful to him. He again, he has 20 Grammys and he is a wonderful uh citizen uh in this city. So, thank you for that. And then I want to go to the next slide and just thank the city of Fort Worth for doing what we do best and that is welcoming and surrounding those that we love. And uh we had the walk for peace that was a national walk that began in Fort Worth and ended in Fort Worth. It was 108 days. These monks walked 2300 miles for peace and over 2,000 Fort Worth citizens welcomed them back. Uh, mayor, I took your greetings to them and uh they were very grateful for that. Also, you can see uh the chief sent um a badge. They received uh badges from law enforcement all over the country for safe passage. And I was so excited that they carried the badge from Fort Worth, Texas. So just an amazing uh uh journey that they took, but the citizens of Fort Worth welcomed them back. And then the final thing is you are all cordially invited to Moer Valley for the park groundbreaking. And this is something that has been in the making for some time. I want to say thank you to the late councilwoman Gina Bivvens for being a champion for this effort. We are going to get that part done and uh groundbreaking will be Thursday uh this Thursday at 11:00 at and you can see the address there. So all are welcome. Uh this is a historic community and we want to ensure that we are uh adequ uh quately um building up the park for those residents. Thank you mayor. >> Thank you Deborah council. I believe that's the last of our council recognitions unless somebody tags me. Nope. Okay Janette you can continue. >> That gets us to the non-consent speakers mayor and I believe we have one. >> We have one Adrienne Smith. So, I'm going to be speaking to the resolution that you all are due to vote on. It's from a previous meeting. Uh page 9 of 12 for those who are following. It is uh in reference to the ordinance change as it relates to the distance that um sexual offenders can can reside in. And it's interesting that the individual who has been the loudest voice on this particular proposal is in present and that's I'm speaking to you Mr. Lord Dorf. Yeah, I'm talking to you sir. And there was another council person who stated something so I think disgusting when she was here last that she said that for those who are just trying to advocate for just right and wrong uh you know basically right what's right she said you don't have any allies in this particular matter. So to this to this mayor and council, my question to you all before you all vote on this, like I stated at the last council bill, are any of you willing to go on record as to why it's necessary to change this ordinance? Is it any or any of you willing to go on record as to why we should change this ordinance? And please don't say it's about the children. You know, that's that's that's the easy copout to say it's about the children. I shared information that a simple Google search will let you know what type of individuals stay around you as it relates to sexual offenders. It is controlled by the Fort Worth Police Department. I stated at the last meeting there were 200 plus almost 3,000 individuals listed in this particular database who are complying with the requirements that are set forth by courts. Maybe one or two maybe two to four who are not in compliance. what 2,000 plus who are in compliance with this said with whatever requirements that that they are deemed to follow whenever they you know alleviate alleviated from the court system. So my question again to this council what what are we doing here? What are we doing here? For the individuals who already live within areas that will have uh within these areas that will have new restrictions, for the ones who maybe live in apartments or live in temporary housing, are they will they have to move once their leases up or what? I mean, what are we doing here? And I would love to hear from you all, but I'm sure none of you all will will answer. Mr. It's large. You the one. So speak to it, sir. And we doing it in in the daytime where there we know a lot of more people would be here if it was a night meeting. But again, it's wrong. You can't convince me that it's right. And again, it's not about the children. It's I think it's something personal. You smiling, but let me hear you, sir. You smiling. Let me hear you. Mayor, that gets us to 26-5818. Thank you. I can entertain a motion. Councel got a motion and a second. Any other discussion? Please vote. >> Motion carries. That gets us to 26-5721. Council member Larsdorf, I know you had comments on this resolution. >> I did. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. I just really want to say thank you to staff and legal for working so hard on making sure that we're doing this the right way. The fact that there's any opposition to this is quite surprising. And for those like Adrian who are so like against this ordinance and try to protect the sex offenders further, it just makes me want to question your uh I guess circle of friends. Last time we did have some speakers who mentioned that behind every sex offender there are families and etc. But what they failed to mention was that behind every sex offender is also a victim. But yet we never brought them up. So, I'm glad that city of Fort Worth is finally moving forward on this. Um, I'm glad we did change it to 2,000 ft. I think this is about protecting our our kids. So, Adrian, I don't know what that rant all about. Um, but until I hear that there's zero chance um of recidivism or that there is zero that is that sex offenses caused by strangers, then I think this ordinance is going to protect children. And if it protects even one child over the next 30, 40 years, to me, it's completely uh worth it. So to the staff, uh thank you again for all the hard work you put into this that I enthusiastically move to approve. >> Got a motion, a second, council Flores. >> Thank you, Mayor. I just want to say and back up um council member Laura Sto's uh reasoning. Uh there are 22 states approximately across the country that have implemented uh ordinances similar to what we're considering here between 2,00 and 2500 feet. I think Fort Worth is striking a reasonable balance here. And I don't think it's a copout to consider children because that's one of the primary concerns. Certainly not the only concern that council considered in making this uh decision. So I I will support it. >> Thanks, Carlos. Council, any other discussion? Council Hall. Uh, thank you, mayor. I know that these questions were brought up during um I believe when we talked about this in work session, but there was a question posed today during uh public comment with regards to um those being grandfathered in that currently reside in certain areas. Would this preclude them from renewing a lease? So, if they're already there, would this preclude them from renewing a lease at the termination of a lease? Um do they have an option to renew or do they not have that option? Just to clarify. Okay, Laticia's coming up. >> Good afternoon, Mayor, City Council. Leticia Coleman Brown with the litigation division of the city attorney's office. The way that the ordinance is written is that if you are currently in a location, you are grandfathered in. So yes, you would be allowed to continue to renew your lease at that location. If you decide to move to another apartment, complex or another house, however, then the ordinance would kick in and you would not be allowed um then you would be implicated by the 2,000 ft um requirement. >> Any other questions for staff council? If not, I've got a motion and a second by council member Hill. Please vote. Motion carries. Next will be MNC26-0120. Mayor, I believe we do not have any speakers for this item. >> Okay. Are there any questions for Crystal Henosa or staff council? If not, we can move for a motion. Got a motion and a second. Please vote. Motion carries. >> Next is MNC26-0122. Council, are there any questions for Stephen Murray or staff related to the subdivision ordinance? If not, can entertain a motion? Motion a second. Please vote. Motion carries. >> Next is ZC-25-212. >> Council Martinez. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, Mayor and Council, on behalf of Councilwoman Beck, I motion to continue ZC25212 to the next zoning council meeting to allow the applicant the opportunity to reach out to the District 9 council office. Got a motion and a second. Council, please vote. Motion carries. Next will be MNC26-0154. Council member Block. Excuse me. Bridge over this road is very much needed. It's in the adjacency between district 7 and 10 and uh we just need to get this done. So I'm excited to motion to approve this application. >> Motion a second. Council, please vote. >> Motion carries. >> Council, that concludes all the action items and gets us to public comment. >> Thank you. We'll transition to public comment and our first speaker is Chris Wood, followed by Bob Willoughby. I'm Chris Wood. A few years ago, I was in a heated discussion with my stalker and the police were called out. Imagine my surprise when the first officer on the scene made a beline to my stalker, called him by his nickname, and became engaged in conversation with obvious familiarity. This officer never asked for my version of events. A few months ago, when I was running errands in Fort Worth, my stalker's friends decided to stop me from accomplishing my tasks. A police officer showed up, went directly to my stalker's friends, and also never asked me for my version of events. I had no choice but to leave the scene. These two men were dressed in Fort Worth police uniforms, but they moonlight for organized crime groups while on duty. They wear the mask of a police officer, and their goal is to help organized crime groups be successful. How are these men able to go undetected? Thanks to the Fort Worth Police Officers Association, the POA, Fort Worth Police Officers are not held to the same legal standards as citizens. According to Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 143, Section 307, this union determines their own rules for disciplinary action that supersedes any law to the contrary. The actual law does not apply if it con conflicts with and is preempted by the union contract. How does the POA have so much power? A major contributing factor, no pun pun intended, is donation to politicians in return for silence to all complaints regarding police personnel. So if anyone wants to have influence over police officers, they only need to have great influence over the POA. It is no coincidence that my stalker's house is only one block away from the Fort Worth POA building. My stalker told those police officers to stand against me. He also made a detective follow through on his false allegations against me while he made another detective ignore truthful allegations against him. To bow down to the Fort Worth Police Association is to bow down and serve my billionaire stalker. Now I know why you're on your best behavior. You got a guess up here. Go ahead and play the video. This is part one. >> Unfortunately, Bob, your video is not going to be played this afternoon. If you'd like for Leanne to explain why, I'd be happy to have her. >> Now, why couldn't you explain me over the last two days? It was dropped off early third Friday morning. It was dropped off. You had Friday, Monday, no uh no email, nothing. Why? You know why it's not played? >> Yeah. People go to my website fwdist5.com. They don't want you to see something. That is all the reasons in the world why you should want to see it. And somebody left their phone up here. Um >> I did send >> but uh Okay. So I don't play my video. I still got my three two minutes left to talk. Okay. Now ain't that something? I take time work to bring my drive down here my gas submit a video and this mayor does this and then she asks for a raise. That's just unbelievable. is just totally unbelievable. You people are about the most corrupt there is in this city. You are you're just corrupt. You're bad. You're not good. You're not decent. We need a decent mayor. Won't you step down? I'm asking you again. You know, I don't think you like the signs and the stuff I do about you while you do this childish stuff. You pulled a quorum on me, Maddie, along with Beck and two other council members. They set it up where I couldn't speak one night and Beck walked out the end so I couldn't be here. Matty, move my name to the bottom of the list. Is that the way a mayor and council supposed to act? Crane over there. Hi, Crane. It's good to see you sober. Okay. You know, Peoples, I know about Peoples, too. I offered her $100 when she's running against me for office. $100 to my campaign fund to her campaign fund. If she'd answer five questions for crying out loud, God's sake. Premise of this job is to answer questions. She wouldn't do it. And to even make the deal better, I offered another $100 to St. Jude's Children Hospital that those kids if her peoples would just answer five questions. She wouldn't do it. But she sits up here as a coun. I don't want her. She's in my district. I don't want her. I want a better council member. I want different people here across the board. But where it starts at for all these issues, number one is the mayor. The POA is rotten. Starts with the mayor. They own her. She gets all her money from the POA. So did Bayo. Now these people step down. They want to raise, but they won't leave here. Beck was crying when she didn't think she'd get reelected. So, they don't want to leave and they want more money. Bailock's going for another job. That would be all right, Baylock, if you were moving up for another one if you did good here, but you didn't do good here. You voted against our right to speak here. You voted to give the police chief five half million dollars of our money. You don't answer questions. You know, this has became really You all look like a bunch of gang show host to me. You really do. You're worthless. I wished you would realize that there is a spiritual world and a material world and you live in a material one. All this stuff you can't take with you when you die, Matt. Oh, I got another real quick. Take a million dollars of your campaign funds and give it to the arch. Take the arts off the bond and use a million dollars of your campaign fund to them. That would be a win-win. Thank you for not playing my video, but it shows how you are. >> You're exceptionally grouchy today, Bob. Our next speaker is Carla Courtney. Is Miss Courtney available? If not, it'll go to George Charles. Good to see you, Bob. Have a great day. Unfortunately, I know your name. Yes. Hi, George. Good to see you. Bob, please leave. That's enough. Don't harass people. George floor is yours. My >> name is George Charles. George Vernon Childs. I live in Fort Worth. Hello, Mayor. I got something to say to you. You're not going to like it, but I believe every word is true. On the big money, you're dependent. And the basses don't need the First Amendment. In 27, you'll hear from those of us who do. And mayor, it's time for you to realize in 27 we'll remember all your lies about those you hold in disdain because the video records remain. And we see the claws behind the smooth disguise. And mayor of that parole money sure is good. And one day there were people there from Hillwood. In fact, the money was so pleasant you decided speaker rules are for peasants instead of doing what an honest presiding officer would. And then there's a rule about changing topic, which you enforced with attention almost microscopic. And one time you cut some slack. That's true. when the new topic was $70,000 more a year for you and I can't think of anything else that rhymes with microscopic and merit was your very top priority to pose with those pretty lights on a pagan tree at a square named for a career criminal. So speaker time was cut to a minimal and in 27 we'll vote because freedom's never free. Oh, mayor, I didn't forget the POA with money and signs if you do what they say. Against the POA, the public has to guard because I read all four books by Ronald G. Dord and buy and bully is their only way. And mayor, have you ever heard that there was a plot about Betsy Price and a big old parking lot and that it finally came to grief because of Joel Fitzgerald, the chief? Is that why she picked you to fill the slot? positive postman Adrien Smith. So at the previous uh city hall, I I was um I stood to um speak for the survival of a particular people, but I was made to be a sympathizer for a particular group who which I knew nothing about. But however, since we chose to use this space today to give reference and preference to a particular group, um I would like to highlight another group. Um the the Gaza genocide is ongoing intentional and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war which is currently ongoing. It encompasses mass killings, deliberate starvation, infliction of serious bi and mental harm and prevention of births. Other acts include blockading, destroying civilian infrastructure, destroying health care facilities, killing health care workers and aid seekers, causing mass force displacement, committing sexual violence, and destroying educational, religious, and cultural sites. The genocide has been recognized by the United Nations Special Committee and Commission of In inquiry, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, multiple human right groups, numerous genocide studies, and international law scholars and other experts. And I'm going to stop it right there. I feel like we shouldn't use this space to give one group preference or treatment over another. Now, no one event since the creation of mankind is greater than any other. So, I'm sorry. Well, I'm not sorry that as far as it relates to the Holocaust or any other world event, there are no levels with me. No one event is more important than the other. you all chose to it's like the second proclamation you've done as it relates to the Jewish faith etc etc but you you you have really just forgotten about other people who are on the receiving end of the evil that's coming from the state of Israel and that's the Palestinian people and this conflict has been going on since 1948 none of us were even born So this this it has nothing to do with us. This particular conflict has a has biblical implications. But again, if you say anything about anybody of a Jewish faith, you are anti-semitic. But I I I stand here to say that the Palestinian people have a right to exist. So let's not use this space any further to give preference to any other groups. If you're going to do it for one, you got to do it for all. Thank you. Our next speaker is Erica Christristianelli Christianelli James Smith. Council, that is the conclusion of our public comment speakers. This meeting is adjourned. Bonnie, do you want to close us out? Good girl. Thank you.