standing for the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge 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. Uh, did you just, yeah, Tracy. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. Clanton, present. Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Johnson. Mr. McGee, here, Mr. Page, Mr. Smeagle, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander, here the motion is to dispense with the reading of the minutes of our previous meeting. Mr. Clanton, uh, Ms. Doyle, Ms. Johnson, I. Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smeagle, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander. All right, Mr. Clerk, please read the resolution certifying the closed meeting. A resolution certifying the closed meeting of the Council of the City of Norfolk in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Adopt the resolution, Mr. Clanton. Hi, Mrs. Doyle. Hi. Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smigel, Doyle, um, do you a thumbs up and thumbs down instead of televised electronic voting. Thank you, Mr. Thomas. Dr. Alexander. Well, good evening and welcome to the Norfolk City Council chamber tonight. We will begin with public comments on the regular and the consent agenda items followed by the public hearings. Then the consent agenda, which will be voted on in a block following the consent agenda will take up regent items. And then new business to address the council, you should have regist to speak with the clerk prior to 3 p.m. when your name is called. Please come to the podium, state your name and home address, and please limit your comments to 3 minutes before we begin, Mr. Clerk, will you please read the rules governing tonight's meeting? Certainly, sir. City council rules permit each speaker 3 minutes in total to speak on any and or all consent. Or and or agenda docket items at each monthly meeting. If in advance of tonight's meeting you register with the clerk to comment on a public hearing matter, you will have 3 minutes to speak on that matter as well. As you approach the council, you'll notice a timer on the lectern. At the beginning of your 3 minutes, you'll see a green light which will activate. 2.5 minutes into your remarks you'll notice a yellow light indicating you have 30 minutes to finish your comments. At the end of 3 minutes you'll see a red light and hear a beep. We ask that you conclude your comments at that time. While speakers have an opportunity to address counsel on docket matters, all comments should be made in a manner that respects the seriousness of the forum and not be made in a profane, disruptive, sarcastic, or demeaning fashion. All remarks should be directed to the city council as a body rather than to any particular member of city council staff, or the audience. Comments on an agenda item should remain germane to that item. A speaker who fails to comply with the basic rules of decorum will be deemed out of order and not allowed to conclude his or her comments. And as a reminder, no sign placard, poster, or light material which may be carried by hand shall be permitted in the city council chamber or adjoining areas. Thank you Mr. Clerk. So we will begin with comments on the regular and the consent item. And we have uh registered to speak on our 7th. Is Miss Liz Albert? Uh, Mayor Alexander and City council, um, my name is Liz Albert. I live at 5905 Appleton Drive, and I'm a member of the River Forest Shores Wayside Manor Easton Place Civic League and a member of the Equity for the East Side Coalition. Our 7 concerns the contract for the final design and construction of a combined recreation library facility. Known as the Norfolk Fitness and Wellness Center, this project was fully funded for just under $70 million.02 years ago in the FY 2024 budget. This will include a library branch, a natatorium complex with a 25 yard 8 lane lap pool, uh, with 2 1 m diving platforms, a therapy pool, a lazy river, an indoor splash pad with water slides and spectator seating. Also included is a fitness center, basketball court, car. Cario room, elevated indoor running track, and weight room. Outdoor amenities are multi-sports, open field, open field, uh, tennis courts, pickle ball courts, two playgrounds, walking trails, and nature exploratorium, outdoor seating and gathering areas. Uh, this will be a great addition to the west side. As mentioned in the mayor's state of the city address, the east side will be getting sometime in the near future a nearly identical wrecked center to be constructed on the Military Circle Mall site. The East side looks forward to equitable consideration from the city, something that has been sadly lacking in CIP budgets in the past. An analysis of the current proposed CIP budget illustrates the inequality in capital spending between different areas of the city. What you have is 45% of the named projects go to the downtown and west side, with only 7% of the named projects go to the rest of the city. Downtown and West Side projects receive 6 times the amount that will be spent in other areas combined. This is not equitable treatment. We demand the east side of the city be treated with the same consideration given to the west side in all matters. Words and pictures are nice, but reality is that nothing is guaranteed until it is in the budget and approved by city council. As a show of good faith just like you did for the West Side, we request that at least $70 million be added and approved to the fiscal year 2026 budget for the East Side Rec Center. Thank you for your time. OK. It's the only speaker on our items. Uh, there are no speakers for C items. However, Mr. Bull, C1, uh, will be, uh, pulled from, uh, the, the block, OK, and considered separately. Mr. Ball. So Uh, we can vote on our one. Go ahead , vote on the items go back to the public hearing one. Is that OK with you, sir? Yes, sir. It's OK. Thank you. Approve the consent agenda and dispense with the charter requirement for reading the ordinances twice and adopt with the effective date with the exception of C1. Mr. Clanton, I. Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Johnson. OK. Mr. this has been, um, let's finish uh C one and uh. Pull C4 from the consent and we'll do C1 and C2, C1 and C4. And we continue with the the block. Sure, Mr. Clanton. Mr. Clanton. OK, I just wanna make sure that I'm verifying. So C1 and C4. We're gonna build all separately. OK, great. Um, I, Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smeagle, Mr. Thomas, Doctor Alexander. C1 is an ordinance grant and conditional use permits to authorize the operation of the banquet hall with live entertainment and the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption, named for creatives on property located at 255 Granby Street dispensed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date. Mr. Clanton. Mrs. Doyle. Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page. Hi, Mr. Smeagle, Mr. Thomas, Doctor Alexander. And C4 , sir, is an ordinance granting a conditional use permit to authorize a short-term rental unit vacation rental on property located at 1920 Norview Avenue dispensed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date. Mr. Clanton, OK, Mrs. Doyle, can I ask a question? What what's the challenge behind this? What's the concern? Um, Courtney, it had Norview, um, Avenue in terms of, um, Mr. Clanton and I were Mr. Clanton, it is in Ward 4 so the mistake is on me. It's in Mr. Councilman Page's ward, so the mistake is mine, so you can move forward with it. Thank you, sir. I Mrs. Johnson, suspend so um if we can restart with the vote, so. Mrs. Doyle, I have you as a yes. Mrs. Johnson, I thank you. Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander, carried. Mr. Ball. Public hearing one, so GH one. Public hearing one scheduled to stay pursuant to state law to hear comments approving the terms and conditions of a lease with the Norfolk Senior Center trading as Crown Plus for certain premises located in the Titustown Recreation Center at 7545 Devon Street and authorizing the execution of a lease agreement. All right, Mr. Bob Batcher. I wanna thank you for letting me speak . Uh, I gotta tell you the chairs are much more comfortable than that, uh, window sill that I sat on for years. Um, I wanna take this opportunity to thank you very for a very long history of supporting seniors through Prime Plus, about 50 years that we've had a relationship with the city of Norfolk. Over the years we've built a safe, respectful, inclusive community for seniors to excel in their plus years with your support. We're excited about our new beginning at Titustown Community Center. We are committed to expanding our programming through our collaborative partnership with Parks and Rec, Titustown neighborhood, and the community, and that will lead to a celebration of art, fitness, culture, and community of all ages in the building. We want to express our appreciation to Martin Thomas, hats off to being a visionary leader who over 3 years ago, uh, approached us about would you be interested in. And as everybody knows, a whole lot has changed in the last 3 years, but the commitment from the city of Norfolk has not, and our commitment to serve seniors has not, so we're, we're looking forward to it. The entire community is facing a new and increasing financial challenge with the redirection of federal funds, nice way to put it. I applaud the city of Norfolk for your vision and leadership to maintain a balance of service, renewed finances, and we that we face in the same challenges as as a nonprofit. We are community based independent nonprofit that gets our program ideas from the community and our support from the community. We are excited to work with the local community. In closing, we look forward to expanding our role over the years. This is not a short term and um I know that Courtney quite often asked that question early on this journey what's the secession plan? The secession plan is that we have a mutually um um. Relationship collaborative relationship with the city meaning the citizens of the city and serving the citizens and that that collaborative partnership is to create a safe, respectful, inclusive community for the older Norfolk Norfolk residents and I would love also to go on record. That we were very interested in working with your announcement on Friday and being in the ground floor possibly of looking at the military circle area for making that a celebration of uh of seniors and we'd be willing to to work in partnership with you also thank you that's far less than 3 minutes appreciate it. General an ordinance approving the terms and conditions of a lease with the Norfolk Senior Center trading as prime plus for certain premises located in the Titustown Recreation Center at 7545 Den Street and authorizing the execution of a lease agreement dispensed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date, Mr. Clanton. Just like the state that um I spoke with, uh, the the Civic League um and members that were there and have since my short time getting here on this, I heard a lot about this particular project, but I commend Bob, um, councilman, uh, Tom Vice Mayor Thomas, um, and the community really working together on a collaborative effort for this, and so I look forward to working with you, um, as you all can see this through. So with that, I say aye. Mrs. Doyle, thank you. It's an I. Mrs. Johnson, I. Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smeagle, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander. Public hearing to schedule to stay pursuant to state law to hear comments to amend and reordain Section 14.1-59 Calvary Revival Church Precinct so as to change the name of the precinct to East Side Precinct to amend subsection 14.1-7527 so as to change the name of the precinct from Calvary Revival Church Precinct to East Side Precinct to amend section 14. 125 so as to change the name of East Side Precinct and change the location of the voting place. I have an ordinance to many reordained section 14.1-59 Calvary Revival Church precinct. So as you change the name of the precinct to East Side Precinct to amend subsection 14.1-7527, so as to change the name of the precinct from Calvary Revival Church precinct to East Side Precinct. To amend section 14-125 so as to change its name to East Side Precinct and change the location of the voting place dispense with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date, Mr. Clanton. Mrs. Doyle. Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, all right, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Doctor Alexander. I can reschedule this state pursuant to state law to hear comments authorizing the sale and conveyance to Roland Investments LLC of that certain parcel of property located at 1311 Reservoir Avenue in accordance with the terms and conditions of the city's online real estate auction and authorizing the modification, revision, or release of certain protective and restrictive covenants. W. Johnson. Hi, Monet Johnson, um, I, y'all might not have an answer for me today, but I did want to raise a concern about the investment and development of this area considering that in terms of Norfolk, I'm from this area. I don't live on reservoir anymore, but my grandmother still does, and I lived there when if you call. Domino's after dark they weren't bringing you a pizza and so I have concerns about not even necessarily my grandmother in the immediate time but myself, my brothers, my family in terms of property taxes and other things because I'm watching the neighborhood change vastly and while I appreciate knowing that uh the environment that my grandmother in is is in is getting safer um it's still hard to get, you know, the street lights repaired over there and that neighborhood means a lot to me and. I don't want it to change so much that it's unrecognizable because the people who are from there and stay there can't. Afford to do so anymore, um. My grandmother's grandfather built that house for them which Carl explained to me is my great great grandfather thank you Carl. So um I just wanted to bring that up because uh I know a lot's going on downtown and now that's an area that seems pretty you know interesting to folks who are not from here but there are a lot of people who. are from there and, uh, stuck with it and Norfolk through the hardest of times. And so I hope we're considering them and making sure we assess what their property values changing means for them and all of that stuff. Thank you. The ordinance authorizing the sale and conveyance to Berland Investments LLC of a certain parcel of property located at 1311 Reservoir Avenue in accordance with the terms and conditions of the city's online real estate auction and authorizing the modification, revision, or release of certain protective and restrictive covenants dispensed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date, Mr. Clanton. Hi, Mrs. Doyle. Mrs. Johnson, I, but I do want to say as far as, um, Reservoir Avenue, um, for some time the council has invested millions of dollars concerning our street lights and the only thing that we ask is that you take a picture. Of uh the number that's on the pole and report it to us and we can repair the street lights so that has been going on for some time now and Dominion is doing the best that they can in every neighborhood and every community in the city of Norfolk I'm. Thank you, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smeagle, Mr. Thomas, Doctor Alexander. Public hearing for scheduled state pursuant to state law to hear comments authorizing the sale and conveyance to around town LLC of that certain parcel or property located at 1313 Reservoir Avenue in accordance with the terms and conditions of the city's online real estate auction and authorizing the modification, revision, or release of certain protective and restrictive covenants of an ordinance authorizing the sale and conveyance to around town LLC. That certain parcel of property located at 1313 Reservoir Avenue in accordance with the terms and conditions of the city's online real estate auction and authorizing the modification, revision or release of certain protective and restrictive covenants dispense with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date, Mr. Clanton Ms Doyle. Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee. Hi, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander. R 5 is the public hearing scheduled to stay pursuant to state law. Do your comments authorizing the sale and conveyance to R and HH Enterprise LLC of that certain parcel of property located at 1530 Dungee Street in accordance with the terms and conditions of the city's online real estate auction and authorizing the modification, revision and release of certain protective and restrictive covenants, and the motion is to continue this item generally. Mr. Clanton, hi. Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander. Public hearings scheduled to stay pursuant to state law to hear comments authorizing the sale and conveyance to Kay Contractors Inc. that certain parcel of property located at 2334 Bard Avenue in accordance with the terms and conditions of the city's online real estate auction. And authorizing the modification, revision and release of certain protected and restricted covenants, an ordinance authorizing the sale and conveyance to K Contractors Inc. of that certain parcel of property located at 2334 Barard Avenue in accordance with the term. Terms and conditions of the city's online real estate auction and authorizing modification, revision, or release of certain protective and restrictive covenants dismissed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date, Mr. Clanton. Ms. Doyle. Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Doctor Alexander. You 7. Public hearing 7 scheduled this day pursuant to state law to hear comments authorizing the sale and conveyance to our and HH Enterprise LLC of that certain parcel of property located at 851 Johnson Avenue in accordance with the terms and conditions of the city's online real estate auction and authorizing the modification, revision or release of certain protective and restrictive covenants and the motion is to continue generally. Mr. Clanton, Mrs. Doyle. Mrs. Johnson, I, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander. R1 R1 is an ordinance amending the FY2025 annual appropriations ordinance number 49,590 so as to accept an appropriate grant funds up to the sum of $5000 from the Norva Community Trust for the purchase of clothing and miscellaneous items to support the peer recovery Services program if and when received. And amending the annual grants plan and the FY 2025 budget to add the grant information for the project dispensed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date Mr. Clanton. Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander, R2 is an ordinance approving a lease termination agreement for the lease between the City of Norfolk and Urban League of Hampton Roads. In for the premises located at 7300 Newport Avenue and authorizing the expenditure of the sum of $67,500 for termination fees dispensed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date, Mr. Clanton. Um, I just wanna state, uh, for purposes here, I am an urban leaguer, so I'm gonna abstain. Mrs. Doyle. Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander. Arthur is in orders approving the transfer of a certain Hampton Road sanitation district approvements of sewer facilities to the City of Norfolk located within and along Bowling Avenue between Stuteley Avenue and Poweran Avenue and authorizing the city manager to enter into an appropriate transfer agreement dispensed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date. Mr. Clanton. Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Spiegel, Mr. Thomas, Doctor Alexander. Our forces and ordinance approving a short-term lease agreement permitting Virginia Arts Festival Inc. to go upon a new city-owned property located at 451 Bank Street and known as the Green Space for their 2025 season dispensed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date. Mr. Clanton, Mrs. Doyle. Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander. Or 5, the motion is gonna be to continue until April 29th, sir. Mr. Clanton, hi, Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Johnson. Hi, Mr. Page, Mr. McGee, Mr. Smeagle, Mr. Thomas, Doctor Alexander, 6. Our 6 is an ordinance amending the FY 2025 annual appropriations ordinance number 49,590 so as to accept an appropriate grant funds up to the sum of $300,000 from the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission via the 2025 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the Meadow Lake Improvements Project. If and when received and amending the annual grants plan in the FY 2025 budget to add the grant information for the project dispense with the charter requirement for res twice and adopt with the effective date, Mr. Clanton, Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander. Our 7 is an ordinance authorizing and approving a comprehensive agreement between the City of Norfolk and MEB General Contractors Inc. under the Public Private Education Facilities and infrastructure Act for the final design and construction of a combined recreation library facility dispensed with the charter requirement for reading the ordinance twice and adopt with the effective date. Mr. Clanton. Mrs. Doyle. Mrs. Johnson, Mr. McGee, Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander. R8 is a resolution appointing and reappointing 35 members to 6 commissions, 5 boards, 1 authority, and 1 committee for certain terms. Adopt the resolution, Mr. Clanton. Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Johnson, I, Mr. McGee. Mr. Page, Mr. Smegel, Mr. Thomas, Dr. Alexander, do you have? That's all I have. All right, Susan Matusi. Followed by Tierra Lasser. You're all ready. Alright, I'm feeling better. My house almost killed me when it broke down. I did before I start, I, I messed, I messed up a page. I apologize, page 5. I think you're missing page 5, so I would like to hand that to. Somebody, do you have a page 5, Sherry card? You can get that set. I'll send it to you later. I'm sorry. All right, ready, um, basically, uh, I appreciate you all let me talk to Mr. Bobby for code enforcement trying to rebuild my house. I'm ripping it down. Judy Boone and Ronnie Boone do not sell. They sell fire traps, um. I don't know why the fire started. I'm just devastated that the predatory, uh, looters and people that came in and even Allstate, the hold up with that is the fact that I'm trying to get my contents portion done and it's just been ridiculous and taking on people from Wavy TV 10, um. We got to open our arms to change, but we can't let go of our values in the city. If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values, they're hobbies. John Stewart, Dalai Lama said the other one, we have to change the way we do things and um. I'm just sick and tired of not having rights. I am no better than anybody else in the city. I just want the same rights. I want to be able to subpoena people and have them served. I wanna be able to fight for my rights, and I don't want to be hurt and retaliated against this board is a good city council, and I, I'm sure that there's a lot of things you don't know and I'm sorry that I'm having to bring this to you, but we need to change those things and child abuse is, you know, trafficking a kid is child abuse abusing someone in front of your children is child abuse. Um, continually trying to steal my property from me even after I lost everything, um. I want you to pray for me. I'm gonna pray for the city. I want the retaliation to stop by the people in Oakdale Farms. We, we need to make sure code knows that we're not, we're not doing any squatters. Prostitutes and pedophiles do not have more rights than homeowners, even if I have a disability. I don't care if I live next to a purple person, a black and white person, a yellow person as long as they're good to me, I'm good to them. I'll protect their property if they protect mine. I did the best I could to protect my neighbor's house next door when the house was burning down. I have a permanent injury. Go my doctor tomorrow got rid of all the infection out of my body finally and I see my new doctor tomorrow for my brain tumor. So pray for me. I'll pray for you. Let's make this better for kids with disabilities because they're gonna grow up and become adults with disabilities, and they're gonna be targeted by organized criminals. So we can do better than that. And I agree with you. I saw you on the news. I'm voting Butler because I trust you for the Commonwealth Attorney Butler. Thank you. I think we need to hold people accountable. That's pretty much it. Everything that you got, if, if anybody needs to call me, my number's on there. My new address is 108 Harbor Bay Drive, um, and I don't think the circuit court knew that. I'm not getting dates, so I'm not trying to miss things. Thank you so much for your time. Tierra Lassiter. She's not here, OK, uh, Laura Naismith. Good evening council members and mayor. It's good to see you. Um, two quick things. I live at the Meadowbrook Dog Park and this is actually, um, across the street, a suggestion made by one of the animal control officers. He said, you all need cameras. We have had more than 12 dogs left in the park abandoned. Um, we have a real problem with people opening the doors of their car and letting dogs out, not on the leash and um. I'm gonna mispronounce his name, but Officer Kramanski from the police department has been wonderful and he put up a digital sign that said, please have your dog on a leash at all times. And he happened to be there last weekend in an unmarked car when two beautiful Belgian Malimoiss got let out of a car and just romped right into the park. And the next day he was there and two Rottweilers got let out and we have an open playground which is wonderful, but it's just scary, so we need to please do something. Um, I thought about covering the The park in signs like we put out on election day that says say dogs must be on a leash, cheap but cheerful, but put them everywhere so that it, it can't be missed. But anyway, that's my concern. My second concern, um, you all probably don't know in my previous life. I taught swimming lessons all over this city, including Ocean View Park where I tried to persuade kids that the jellyfish really wouldn't hurt them, just, you know, ignore them. And um when the minimum wage was $1.06 an hour, I got $9 an hour for coaching a swimming team. I know what I'm doing, and it breaks my heart. I asked at three public hearings about the fitness and wellness center. Has anybody here taught swimming lessons that's designing this new pool? I could never get an answer. I sent emails about it. If you all go back to that fitness and wellness center before they knock it down, the beauty of that swimming pool are the steps. And I used to work with, you know, when you think about most kids getting in a pool, it's 3.5 to 4 ft deep, and the swimming instructor is either saying, OK, now hold on to the wall or the swimming instructor is in the pool with the kids, but they're behind them, so you got the kids going like this they, you know, they're trying to look at the instructor and hanging on to the wall for dear life because they don't know how to swim. The beauty of the steps design influences life a lot more than we know, and you could line up 10 little people on that first step. And you're looking at them and they're eyeballed and then you can say go down another step and then go on your stomach and let's put our legs behind us and kick those steps made all the difference in the world and before we can have people swimming in a swim meet, we've gotta teach them to swim. So next pool out in the east side, please put steps in it. Thank you, Monet Johnson. Followed by David Whitfield. Hi, I'm Mone Johnson again. It's getting hot out and I just wanted to bring something to y'all's attention that, uh, I haven't been able to before because I've had more important things to bring up the lack of soft serve ice cream in this city. Is a crime. Coldstone, all that great lollies, whatever you put on 21st Street, love it, great. I have the Mr. Softy app. There's one soft serve ice cream truck and it's by the airport and whenever I need it, it's in Chesapeake. I don't know what y'all can do. I know y'all know some people. Please pick up the phone, dial whoever you can. I don't want ice cream out of a tub and you may say we have a Dairy Queen. Dairy Queen is not legally allowed to call that stuff ice cream. It's delicious, but it's not soft serve ice cream, so please figure something out. Whatever you gotta do is getting warm. I know somebody knows somebody. It's been 3 years I've been silent about this. I need something done. If not for me, for the kids pretend it's for the kids. Some do something, please. Thank you. Ashley, it's because then McDonald's machines are always broken, they're always. OK. My name is Ashley Melinda Cannon Wright. I came to y'all right, each and every one of y'all. It's a story of a realized story. March 9, 2018, Judge Randolph Carson 3E courtroom, Norfolk, Virginia, sentenced my kids to being foster care. I have documents. Right, blessings. Commonwealth state number. She died in foster care 741 Monticello Avenue. She was home with me. I got charged to first get murder. I'm looking at you. You remember me stopping you. Blessing was a blessing to each and that one yard in Norfolk, Virginia. I understand what everybody got to say, but I say what I mean, when when I say I got the codes to the city. I have the cold condo. When it comes down to reality and knowing what you know. The first time that a man sentenced my kids, he sat back opened up a dictionary or whatever code of conduct. My daddy was the godfather in-law, Mr. James Connor. They sentenced him to be in there cause he a black fool so. It ain't no black and white, excuse my name, black and white. It don't matter cut skin, we all got the same bloodline, but when they say 741 Monticello Avenue, always a problem. Alright, she was telling me I get charged for virtually murder. Why was I never in 811 Easter Avenue for being China Glen and like a supervision? I never was locked up. I did a 156 program for the city of Norfolk. I got dragged, state fact on my hair, went back for two years ago. This is what I mean. This one on the news though. They put everything on the news, but this part, this part. It's a part of the story of the state found through the United States of America. I stand for what I believe and believe what I say. This is blessings. She won't hold me 24 days she lived. She died in 741 Monticello Avenue in the state custody watch. Y'all was supposed to take care of her. Why would y'all take a one month old baby that wasn't even a 1 month old baby out of the hospital when you know she had stness. Understand me, if you was on me I get charged of first degree murder. So why? I didn't come on y'all *** y'all came into my life. Black and white do lie. Don't none of y'all stand for what y'all believe y'all don't say what y'all mean. Yeah, I call the judge y'all. He told me to sue the city. He got a heart after I said what I said. I was homeless. I did cocaine, a little bit of marijuana was smoke the ground in the door. I told y'all. I told y'all what I did when y'all end up criticizing me. I don't lie. Y'all live The city fail me. Blessings. Where are my kids? Why they ain't on with me? I should have to get on one live video. My family. I'm 37 years old, GDS 16, 4 years of college. What y'all did to me, y'all not trying to help everybody. Y'all want about a budget plan. What you gonna do? What are y'all gonna do to help the youth out? Cut off the internet like Donald Trump. Forget it all day. Cut off that excuse my as you cut it off. We gotta get by loving each other. Get some type of youth sports. Get the parents off the internet, TikTok all they got to stop. We gotta remember that we gotta get back to loving each other. Volleyball at tennis, soccer cut that off. We can't get back to loving each other as kids when you're not. We gotta get back as one passion, get back. We don't ain't no field so no more. Sorry y'all cut me off. Why? Oh, is this? I can't get nothing.