Apr 07, 2025 City Council

[I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE APRIL 7TH MEETING OF THE EASTPOINTE CITY COUNCIL. MADAM CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FREELEY.

PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER. ATKINS. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. ZIEGLER.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUMMINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER. MITCHELL. COUNCIL MEMBER. BUTLER COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN ROGERS. PRESENT. MAYOR. HOLIDAY. INGRAM. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR ROLE, OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE BY PASTOR JAMIE VERNON OF TRI-CITIES CHURCH. IS PASTOR VERNON HERE? OKAY. WE WILL STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, THEN FOLLOWED BY THE MOMENT OF SILENCE. WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG. PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING.

OUR SERGEANT AT ARMS THIS EVENING IS CAPTAIN ROBINSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

[VI.1. East Point Parks & Recreation and Cultural Affairs Presents an Update on Together We're Able and the Miracle League of East Point.]

ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. VERY EXCITED TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING WHAT PARKS AND RECREATION WANTED TO DO FOR OUR EXCEPTIONAL KIDS AND FAMILIES. WE'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK SINCE THAT TIME. AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A BRIEF REFRESHER. BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL EXACTLY THE WORK WE WERE DOING UP UNTIL THIS PAST SATURDAY. SO WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT. ALRIGHT. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR MISSION STATEMENT WITH TOGETHER WE'RE ABLE IS TO FOSTER A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, PROVIDE SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. WE VALUE INCLUSION, SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT AND STRIVE TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS.

OUR OBJECTIVE WAS TO OFFER RESOURCES, EDUCATION, ADVOCACY FOR BOTH STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL ABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY FAMILY DESERVES ACCESS TO THE TOOLS SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THRIVE, AND WE PROVIDE A SAFE AND EMPOWERING SPACE FOR ALL.

THROUGH OUR PROGRAMING, WE AIM TO CREATE A NETWORK OF SUPPORT THAT UPLIFTS FAMILIES WHILE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR THE NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES. WE BELIEVE THAT BY COMING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE AND UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. I'M ACCOMPANIED WITH MISS STEPHANIE IVORY. BEING ONE OF US SINCE ABOUT AUGUST OF LAST YEAR AND REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES I'M UP TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE STEM ACTIVITIES OR ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS DO. WE WERE CHALLENGED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT EXPANDING WHAT WE OFFER TO OUR FAMILIES. AND BREED INCLUSIVENESS. SINCE THEN, WE'VE DONE COLLABORATIVE SITUATIONS. WE GOT MISS AARON HERE WITH LOVE TO LIVE. WE STARTED A EASTPOINTE MIRACLE LEAGUE. WE HAVE SPECIALIZED CLASSES AND MORE RECENTLY WE'RE STARTING TO PUT IN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ALL OVER THE CITY.

ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST VIDEO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERY OTHER SUNDAY. REGARDING OUR SPECIAL NEEDS OR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMING. THAT INCLUDED YOGA, ART CLASSES, SENSORY TOOLBOX AND WORKSHOPS, SOAP MAKING, GARDEN WORKSHOPS AND BAKING. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO PLAY A VIDEO. AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING. TODAY WAS

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WE LOVE TO LIVE, INCORPORATED. COME OUT AND ENJOY. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELIJAH GURLEY. I AM THE FOUNDER OF AUTISM GIRLS AND 2016. SO I HAVE MY SWEET SAM PROGRAM TODAY HERE IN EASTPOINTE. I WAS ABLE TO DO A CLASS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO JUST BRING OUT THEIR DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND JUST BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM HOW, YOU KNOW, COOKING AND BAKING, ALL OF THAT IS INSIDE OF OUR HOMES, AND WE CAN BE ABLE TO BRING MORE FUN THINGS THAT OUR KIDS CAN DO WITH THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EXCEPTIONAL FAMILIES ARE, YOU KNOW, SEE THEIR HOMES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WAS INSIDE OF AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN BE ABLE TO FLY ALL TOGETHER. SO I REALLY ENJOYED MYSELF AND THE KIDS, SAID THE FAMILIES. AND SO I'M REALLY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE. I. AND ANOTHER SPACE, ACTUALLY. YEAH. THIS IS OUR MIRACLE LEAGUE AT THIS POINT. WE DID OUR FIRST ONE SATURDAY BEFORE LAST.

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I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WITNESSING YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK FRIDAY WITH THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS PROGRAM. IT WAS SAFE, WELL ORGANIZED, WITH EXCELLENT PARTICIPATION. I SAW THE PASSION YOU BRING TO DEVELOP YOUNG MINDS THROUGH YOUR PROGRAMS, YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IS EVIDENT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF DO TO MAKE EASTPOINTE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY. A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. I SAID THAT AND WROTE THAT DOWN BECAUSE AFTER WITNESSING WHAT YOU DO EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, IT WAS EXCELLENT WORK. I'M PROUD TO

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AND SO I'M JUST PROUD THAT YOU'RE HERE, WORKING WITH US HERE IN EASTPOINTE. COUNCILMAN MARTIN ROGERS. ALL RIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. DIRECTOR PINKETT, MISS STEPHANIE, AND THE AMAZING STAFF THAT YOU HAVE IN THE EASTPOINTE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST SENT YOU THE EMAIL, AND NOW WE ARE HERE WITH OUR OWN LEAGUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAPPING INTO A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT A STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT I ACTUALLY MET ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WHO WANTED MORE THINGS FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO DO WITHIN THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAPPING INTO OUR EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT POPULATION THAT'S HERE IN EASTPOINTE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, SHROPSHIRE, THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE FAMILIES, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE STUDENTS THAT ENJOYED THE GAME ON SATURDAY. AND LET'S KEEP ROCKING AND ROLLING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THIS A FEW WELL, THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE I FORGOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY DID ATTEND. YEAH. WE HAVE SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE. WELL FIRST WE PARTNER WITH AARON BLAKE WOULD LOVE TO LIVE. SHE'S HERE ON THE FIRST ROW AND WE HAVE ANTHONY WILKES FROM THE LOGAN WILKE FOUNDATION. THEY'VE COME IN AND DO QUITE A FEW OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS AND THEY'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP.

SO WE THEY CAME TO SUPPORT TODAY. SO. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS WONDERING WHY MR. WILKES LOOKED FAMILIAR. HE INTERNED WITH ME AT ONE OF MY PREVIOUS JOBS. SO HERE. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE WORKING WITH THIS AMAZING PROGRAM. THANK YOU TO OUR OTHER PARTNER. THANK YOU, MISS STEPHANIE. AND TO YOU, DIRECTOR PINKETT. YOUR LEADERSHIP OF PARKS AND REC HAS REALLY TAKEN US TO DIFFERENT PLACES THAT ARE IMPACTFUL. AND SO I KNOW YOU ALL. I GUESS WE SHOULD WE ALL SAY THAT WE HAVE THE BEST REC IN THE WORLD, AND WE GOT A LOGO AND SIGNS IN THE BUILDING TO MATCH. BUT BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR ALL YOUR DOING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING PROGRAMING FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE WE ALL ARE ABLE AND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT ABILITIES, BUT NO ONE ABILITY IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER. AND TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING MEANINGFUL, FUN, IMPACTFUL ACTIVITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES AND PROVIDING THEM EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. I ENJOYED THE GAME THE I GUESS IT WAS THE BASEBALL. WHAT DO WE CALL THE GAME? THE T BALL GAME, THE MIRACLE LEAGUE T BALL GAME ON SATURDAY AS A PART OF THE AUTISM AWARENESS EVENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN CHAMPIONED. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, MY GREAT NEPHEW LIVES WITH AUTISM AND HAS DIFFERENT ABILITIES, BUT HE'S EXCEPTIONALLY AMAZING AND SO IT'S GREAT TO BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT. I KNOW FOR PARENTS, I KNOW FOR MY NEPHEW AND NIECE, THAT BEING PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GENUINELY AND AUTHENTICALLY CARE AND LOVE ON CHILDREN WITH NO JUDGMENT AND SUPPORT FAMILIES AND REALLY HELP THEM IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND IT WAS A VERY AUTHENTIC, GENUINE, CARING, FUN, EXCITING ENVIRONMENT ON SATURDAY. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR CULTIVATING THAT AND ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SPACES AND PLACES FOR ALL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN DID OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MISS STEPHANIE AND MIRACLE LEAGUE START THAT PROCESS? THE APPLICATION PROCESS PROBABLY STARTED LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER. WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, GOT CERTIFIED. I WAS BEFORE YOU ALL ABOUT DOING ALL OF OUR CITY PARK PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THOSE 14 WEEKS HAVE FLOWN BY. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED MAKING SOME INSTALLS. WE HAVE A COUPLE. WE GOT ABOUT THREE MORE PARKS IN TWO WEEKS, AND THEN WE CLOSE OUT IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY. SO THIS PROCESS PROBABLY STARTED SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND MISS STEPHANIE HAS BEEN PROVIDING PROGRAMING SINCE. YES, SINCE SHE THE DAY BEFORE THE INTERVIEW, IT FEELS LIKE. BUT SHE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. WHAT IS SHE DOING? YEAH. HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. AND THE BEAUTY OF IT IS YOU ALL HAVE SEEN OUR PROGRAMS FOR YEARS, BUT THE ATTENTION TO

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I CANNOT THANK MY TEAM ENOUGH FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO. AND IS MISS MISS STEPHANIE'S A PART OF YOUR STAFF, RIGHT? YEAH. OH, DEFINITELY. AND WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR TITLE, MISS STEPHANIE? EDUCATION COORDINATOR. EDUCATIONAL COORDINATOR. YES. IN PARKS AND RECREATION. MUSIC TO MY EARS. WHEN DID SHE START? AUGUST. YEAH, END OF AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. OKAY. YEAH. SO? SO, YEAH, WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE PERSON THAT DOES IT DAILY. WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVE A STEM SPRING BREAK CAMP THAT'S GOING ON. WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING OUR SUMMER STEM SUMMER CAMP ON MONDAY. ACTUALLY I GUESS EVERYBODY HEARD IT FIRST, BUT WE'LL BE MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT ON MONDAY. AND THAT USUALLY SELLS OUT IN ABOUT AN HOUR. SO PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET IN THERE. AND WHAT ARE THE AGES FOR THE PROGRAMING? WE DO AGE 6 TO 12 FOR SUMMER CAMP.

THIS SPRING CAMP, WE'RE DOING SECOND GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. AND WHAT PROGRAMING DO YOU OFFER FOR 12 AND UP? 12 AND UP? I ACTUALLY BE COMING BACK BEFORE YOU ALL IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT WE HAVE A TEAM PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN KIND OF KEEPING IT QUIET, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 50 STUDENTS THAT COME OVER FROM TRI CITIES. I MEAN, I COULD GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT I'LL BE ACTUALLY PRESENTING WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR KIDS IN THAT AGE DEMOGRAPHIC IN LIKE TWO WEEKS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. JUST TO THE CITY CLERK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE

[VI.2. Proclamation for Roselyn Lewis]

SO, DOCTOR BECKETT, WHAT MAKES THE HARP SO DIFFERENT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THANK YOU. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE SNIPPET OF THAT ENTIRE SEGMENT ON THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, IT IS ON YOUTUBE TO SEE THE ENTIRE THING. AND WE ALSO GET TO ENJOY HEARING ONE OF THE YOUNG STUDENTS TO ALSO PLAY DURING THAT TIME IN THAT SEGMENT. AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A

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THE HARP IS DEFINITELY AN INSTRUMENT THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT, AND I THANK YOU FOR WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THESE KIDS, FOR THESE AT RISK YOUTH. SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND JUST LIKE I SAID, I GREW UP THROUGH ALL MIDDLE, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL PLAYING THE CLARINET. I STARTED A LITTLE BIT IN THE BAND IN COLLEGE, BUT IT JUST DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT FOR ME. BUT JUST STILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST I THINK ABOUT ALL OF OUR MUSIC TEACHERS THAT I'VE HAD. MR. SUMNER SMITH WAS THAT WAS THAT BENJAMIN MAYS HIGH SCHOOL? HE'S BEEN MY BAND TEACHER, AND YOU MAY EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS, BUT, I MEAN, HE'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. AND I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THESE KIDS, BECAUSE JUST WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH TODAY, MUSIC IS DEFINITELY AN OUTLET, SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP TO KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND LIKEWISE, I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK AT THE COUNCILWOMAN. COMING. SO I TOO LEARNED YOU KNOW, I PLAYED PIANO, SAXOPHONE, A LITTLE BIT OF GUITAR. BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR YOUTH ENGAGED AND CONSTRUCTIVE THINGS THAT CAN MAYBE USE LATER IN LIFE AND TO KEEP THEIR MINDS FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. ONE TO OUR YOUTH. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES. COUNCILMEMBER BUTLER. MISS LEWIS, I WANT TO SAY NOT A WORLD KNOWS HOW GREAT YOU ARE.

WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN HOW GREAT YOU ARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I WAS IN THE BAND WITH STAR. WE WERE IN THE MARCHING BAND TOGETHER. SO MUSIC IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. BUT MORE THAN THAT, YOU'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO US. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE. THANK YOU, MISS LEWIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION. AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID, MUSIC IS REFRESHING. IT HELPS PEOPLE FOR WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT PERSON TO HELP THEM AND TEACH THEM. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN. ROGER, MISSUS LEWIS. I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM ONE EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONAL TO ANOTHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE PROBABLY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL BAND, I PLAYED THE CLARINET, SO WE GOT CLARINET. WE DON'T HAVE THE ORCHESTRA YET, BUT YOU KNOW, THE HARP IS A VERY UNIQUE INSTRUMENT. AND WHAT'S VERY INTERESTING IS THAT YOU YOURSELF, MISS LEWIS, DIDN'T YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY, BUT YOU KNEW THAT THERE WAS A NEED AND YOU WANTED TO EXPOSE OUR CHILDREN. AND EXPOSURE IS VERY IMPACTFUL. AND SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND STEPPING OUT ON FAITH, FIGURING IT OUT RIGHT AS WE DO, AND FOR DOING THIS FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THE YOUTH THROUGH THIS ACTIVITY, BUT ALSO YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY OF EASTPOINTE. FOR 45 YEARS, ALMOST FIVE DECADES AS A EASTPOINTE RESIDENT, YOU ARE VALUED AND WE GREATLY, GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. AND I SEE AS I KNEW THEY WOULD SHOW UP FOR YOU, YOUR OAK FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE SO MUCH AS WELL. SO I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF ROSALIND LEWIS. WHEREAS MISS ROSALIND LEWIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE, LIVING IN THE OAK FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 45 YEARS. AND WHEREAS MISS LEWIS EARNED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN MUSIC EDUCATION FROM HAMPTON UNIVERSITY AND LATER OBTAINED A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION FROM CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. AND WHEREAS, MISS LEWIS BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER IN THE ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SYSTEM IN 1968 AT DAVID T HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL AND RETIRED FROM THAT SCHOOL

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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, DENA HOLIDAY INGRAM, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE, ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, RECOGNIZE AND HONOR MISS ROSALIND LEWIS FOR HER OUTSTANDING SERVICE, DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THOUSANDS OF YOUTH THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION AND EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION FOR HER CONTINUED EFFORTS IN INSPIRING AND ENRICHING THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND HER CHURCH FAMILY. MISS LEWIS, YOU CAN COME ON UP.

AND I'M GOING TO INVITE COUNCIL DOWN WITH ME SO WE CAN GET THE PICTURES FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING IF YOU LIKE. HOW ABOUT THAT? OKAY.

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ALRIGHTY. NEXT WE WILL HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE OR THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL. IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE. IF NOT, WE WILL. ADOPTION OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA. IS THERE A

[VIII. ADOPTION OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA]

[IX. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES]

CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MARCH 17TH. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND. SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 17TH REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING.

[XI. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

SPEAKERS MUST COMPLETE A COMMENT FORM PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. SUBJECT MAY INCLUDE ANY SUBJECT OF CHOICE. THERE WILL BE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR EACH SPEAKER. SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MAY GIVE ALL OR PART OF THEIR TIME, UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES OF SPEAKING TIME. SPEAKERS MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ONLY ONCE DURING THIS TIME OF THE AGENDA. SPEAKERS MUST IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND THEIR ADDRESS PRIOR TO SPEAKING. QUESTIONS FROM THE SPEAKERS MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED DURING THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SECTION OF THE AGENDA. EASTPOINTE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE PRIORITY OVER OTHER SPEAKERS. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF NOT MORE THAN 60 MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKING SECTION OF THE AGENDA. SPEAKERS MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE PRESIDING OFFICER. SPEAKER SHALL OBSERVE ALL RULES OF DECORUM. NO DEBATE, DISRESPECT OR OBSCENITY SHALL BE TOLERATED. THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHALL RULE ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL OUT OF ORDER THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING. MADAM CITY CLERK, YOU CAN CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER UP FIRST. WE HAVE MR. GREG FAN. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD. I PRAY TO GOD IN HIGH BAND. I PLAYED IN THE REAL BAND, THE MARCHING 100. BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW TONIGHT. I'M. I'M GLAD TO BE. I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HONORED THE EMPLOYEE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY COMMENDABLE. BUT I WAS HERE LAST MONTH AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PAY COMPENSATION STUDY, AND I UNDERSTAND TONIGHT IT'S STILL NOT YET READY FOR YOU GUYS TO VOTE ON. WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WHAT KIND OF CONSULTING? Y'ALL HAVE TO TAKE YOU THIS LONG TO COME UP WITH WHAT THE EMPLOYEES DESERVE? BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL YOU TONIGHT, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE ARE. WE'RE BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE LOVE.

WE DON'T HATE. RIGHT? AND WE'RE HERE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE LEAST. THE LESS THE LOST AND THE LEFT OUT. AND I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT ABOUT THESE EMPLOYEES. YOU GOT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE OUT HERE PICKING UP GARBAGE. YOU GOT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PICKING UP PAPER. YOU GOT EMPLOYEES WHO TAKING TREES OUT OF THE STREETS AFTER THE STORM. YOU GOT POWER WORKERS. YOU GOT

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AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR HIM TO PROVE HIMSELF. BUT THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY PROVED THEMSELVES. THEY WORKED YEARS AND YEARS AND DILIGENTLY FOR THIS CITY. SO I'M LOOKING FOR YOU GUYS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE EMPLOYEES. YOU KNOW, I FIGHT FOR THE WORKERS. AND YOU, YOU SHOULD STAND UP FOR THEM, TOO, BECAUSE EACH ONE OF YOU ALL WORKS A JOB SOMEWHERE. I HAVE WORKED A JOB SOMEWHERE AND YOU WANTED A DECENT WAGE. SO WHEN IT COMES UP, I. WHENEVER YOU DO IT, I'M ASKING THAT FROM THIS POINT ON THAT YOU GUYS GIVE THESE PEOPLE RETROACTIVE PAY BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME, A LONG TIME FOR CONSULTING THAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR. THAT CAN'T COME UP WITH A PAY PLAN FOR THE EMPLOYEES. I WORKED WITH MANY PAY PLAN NEVER TAKES FOREVER AND A DAY THIS LONG. SO THAT'S WHAT I ASK. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. AS A CITIZEN OF EASTPOINTE. NO, I'M NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE. I DON'T WANT TO BE IN OFFICE NO MORE. I LIKE BEING OVER HERE LOOKING AT Y'ALL, SWEATING. BECAUSE YOUR POLICY MAKERS, YOUR POLICY MAKERS. SO MAKE GOOD POLICY. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF THE WORKERS. GOD BLESS YOU. YOU, GOD. OH, YEAH.

AND BY THE WAY, I SUPPORT WEDNESDAY. I'M DOWN TO ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO WEDNESDAY WYANDOTTE LIKE YOU'RE DOING OTHER EVENTS FOR OTHER GROUPS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY. GOD BLESS AMERICA. AND WELCOME TO EACH POINT, MISTER. $203,000.

OH, THAT'S WHY MY LIFE IS HIGH. Y'ALL PAYING IN? OKAY, UP NEXT WE HAVE MISS ERNESTINE PITTMAN, AND SHE HAD HER TIME GIVEN TO HER BY MISTER WILLIE JACKSON. SHE'LL SHE'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.

TO INTRODUCE MY STAFF. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. QUEEN ERNESTINE DE PITTMAN, SPEAKING TONIGHT AS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR AND MEMBER OF AFL-CIO. FOR ALL OF MY LIFE. AND THIS IS RESIDENT WILLIE JACKSON, WE CAME UP HERE SIX WEEKS AGO TALKING ABOUT HIS PROPERTY ON GREENWOOD CIRCLE WITH THE SINKHOLE. NO ONE HAS BEEN OUT THERE TO HIS HOUSE AND SAID A WORD TO HIM ABOUT IT. THAT'S A STORMWATER PROBLEM. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO ON INTO LITEM AND SAY, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SUE, SO WE CAN'T TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT, MISTER JACKSON. SO AT THIS TIME, MR. JACKSON, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEAT, PLEASE. OKAY, OKAY. I SIGNED THE ORDINANCE THAT SET IN MOTION DECEMBER 2013 FOR THE COLLECTION OF A STORMWATER FEE. THE STORMWATER ORDINANCE WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED BY FORMER MAYOR, THE LATE JOE MASON. IT COULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. I SIGNED THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A STORMWATER UTILITY FEE. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THAT MONEY FOR EXACTLY TEN YEARS. THIS PAST DECEMBER. AT THE TIME, IT WAS $2.2 MILLION. IT DID NOT GO DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS PLACED ON EVERY TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY THAT WAS NOT GRASSLAND. SINCE THEN, GRASSLAND HAS BECOME PLACES WHERE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE EXISTS.

THEREFORE, THE AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TAKING IN HAS INCREASED. THE MINIMUM YOU HAVE TAKEN IN IS 20 MILLION TO $400,000. 80% OF THAT IS STATED IN THE ORDINANCE ON HOW IT IS TO BE SPENT. I WILL BE PUTTING IN OPEN RECORDS REPORT GOING BACK TEN YEARS. I WANT TO KNOW HOW THAT $17.6 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT, BECAUSE THE CITY SAYS NOW THEY CAN'T DEPICT THE SINKHOLE IN HIS YARD BECAUSE IT'S $9,000. THEY WANT HIM TO PAY $3,000. WHEN I SEE HERE, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $117,000 FOR TREES TO BE CUT DOWN SO AS NOT TO HURT RESIDENTS OF THAT PROPERTY ALONG CONNELLY NATURE TRAIL. THIS IS IN HIS YARD. $3,000. HE CAN'T GO TO COURT BECAUSE HE HAS NOT USED

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THAT DOES NOT EXIST TEN YEARS. IT DOES NOT EXIST. BEFORE HE COULD GO TO SUPERIOR COURT. YOU ALL NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. AND BEFORE MY TIME RUNS OUT, I WANT TO TELL THIS COUNCIL UP HERE, HOW DARE YOU? EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU SITTING UP HERE TO INCLUDE ALSO THE CITY MANAGER, TO HAVE A CONTRACT THAT SAYS IT WILL TAKE TWO THIRDS VOTES TO FIRE HIM, TWO THIRDS VOTES FOR EACH INFRACTION THAT MAY COME UP DURING AN EVALUATION. I WANT TO KNOW WHO GAVE YOU ALL THE AUTHORITY TO GIVE ANY EMPLOYEE VETO POWER OVER ANY ACTION PASSED BY THE COUNCIL? WITH FIVE VOTES, WE GOT RID OF SUPERMAJORITY IN 2006 WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL.

DURING OUR CHARTER REVIEW, WE DID NOT WEAKEN THE POSITION OF MAYOR AND TAKE AWAY SUPERMAJORITY VETO POWER FROM HER TO GIVE IT TO YOU AND EMPLOYEE. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE OF THE CHARTER THAT EXPLICITLY OR IMPLICITLY SAYS THAT YOU CAN COME UP AND IMPOSE A TWO THIRDS VOTE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT. NOW, I'M LOOKING FOR THAT AMENDMENT TO THAT CONTRACT FOR THAT TWO THIRDS TO BE TAKEN OUT. WHO ARE YOU TO SAY FIVE MEMBERS COME UP AND VOTE FOR FIRING? THAT'S IT. WHO'S GOING TO OVERRIDE IT WITH A VETO THAT DOES NOT EXIST, AND YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE LEGISLATORS IN THIS CITY, THE LAW ABIDING ONES. I BELIEVE IN. THE LAW ALWAYS HAS, ALWAYS WILL. SO FOR MY NEXT POP UP PROTEST, I HAVE A SIGN FOR EAST POINT AND ONE FOR THE CONVICTED PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE TRAITORS AND NON PATRIOTS IN DC. YOU'RE ON THE SAME LEVEL. YOU'RE AROUND HERE DISREGARDING OUR LAWS. YOU WON'T FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE FOR FIXING MR. JACKSON'S PROPERTY. IT WILL COST THE CITY MORE MONEY TO GO TO COURT TO LOSE, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD DO. $3,000 AND YOU HAVE YOU THROW AWAY $3,000. LET THEM PULL UP ALL THESE CREDIT CARDS. SEE IF I CAN'T COME UP WITH $3,000 OF EXTEMPORANEOUS NON MONEY THAT YOU WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE, THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR CHARTER THAT GIVES YOU A BUDGET PASS TRAINING, EDUCATION AND COUNCIL WARD EXPENSE. IF THERE IS, BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL. MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE CHARTER. YOU CAME HERE. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AS WELL AS THIS COUNCIL. I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON THAT. NO. TWO THIRDS VOTE IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT. OKAY.

THOSE ARE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAVE THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO

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THING. WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE TONIGHT THAT WE HAD THE LAST TIME. THIS WAS BEFORE US.

WHERE'S THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE SO THAT I CAN SIGN? IT WAS UPLOADED INTO MINUTES. OKAY, LET ME LOOK ONLINE. LOOKING AT THE HARD COPIES. I DON'T SEE IT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

THAT. IS IT? ALL I SEE ON THE AGENDA ONLINE IS THE ACTION ITEM PRINTOUT. DID YOU. YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T NEED A PRINTOUT, MR. JONES. ALL I SEE ONLINE IS THE ACTION ITEM PRINTOUT. I DO NOT SEE THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT OR WHATEVER AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE ASSIGNED BY ME TO BE SIGNED BY ME AFTER COUNCIL APPROVAL. MADAM CITY CLERK, WERE YOU PROVIDED WITH THE DOCUMENT? HAS LEGAL REVIEW. COUNCILMAN BUTLER, I'M COMING TO YOU IN A MINUTE. HIS LEGAL REVIEW, THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT. MADAM MAYOR, IF I CAN HAVE ONE MOMENT TO CONFER WITH ATTORNEY WIGGINS, I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. I'M NOT SURE IF SHE HAS, BUT IT'S. I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER BUTLER. I. I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S STILL SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, SO I'LL TABLE THAT. MAYOR. I DO SEE IT LIKE INSIDE THE ACTUAL MINUTE TRACK. IN HIS ITEM. SO I CAN JUST I'LL TRY TO REFRESH THE AGENDA, SEE IF IT POPS UP THAT WAY. I MEAN, I THINK THAT AND OR PRINT IT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A COPY OF IT AND NEED TO MAKE SURE LEGAL IS SEEN IT. SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER THE DISCUSSION OF THE NEXT ONE.

COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER BUTLER, ARE YOU STILL IN? NO. I'M OUT. COUNCIL MEMBER. MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE APPROVED TO OFF BOARD THEM YET? MADAM CITY CLERK OR HAVE WE APPROVED TO OFF BOARD THEM YET? SO DURING IN THE PRESENTATION, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING THAT WE HAVE APPROVED GO TO YES AS A NEW TECHNOLOGY. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE APPROVED OFF BOARDING. SO I BELIEVE BEFORE A DOCUMENT CAN BE PRESENTED WE HAVE TO PROVE TO OFF BOARD THEM. IF THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. WE'RE APPROVING THE OFF BOARDING FIRST, I GUESS, AND THEN THE DOCUMENT WILL COME AFTER THAT, I'M ASSUMING. WELL, WE HAVE THE DOCUMENT NOW. OH, WOW. OKAY. IT WAS UPLOADED IN THE MINUTE TRACK. I CAN SHOW YOU A HARD COPY IF YOU NEED A PRINTED COPY. OKAY. I MEAN.

THANK YOU. ARE YOU. SO THE ONLY APPROVAL SIGNATURES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. MADAM MAYOR, WE CAN. DO YOU. DO YOU WANT TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE GET THE COPY? YES. THERE'S A BIT OF UNREADINESS AND I'M NOT GETTING RESPONSES. AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE THE DOCUMENT NEEDED TO. THEY NEED APPROVAL OF A DOCUMENT FOR ME TO SIGN TO OFF BOARD. AND I CAN ONLY SIGN CONTRACTS OF THIS NATURE BECAUSE THE ONBOARDING OF THE NEW SERVICE IS DEFINITELY, I'M SURE,

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BUT IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY LEGAL. BUT IF YOU NEED TO TABLE IT UNTIL THE END OF THIS MEETING, SO THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR COUNSEL TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT THAT WE REVIEWED, I'M CERTAINLY OKAY WITH THAT. SO I THINK I KNOW MY COMPUTER JUST DIED. I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR LAPTOP. MADAM CITY CLERK, IF YOU COULD PRINT IT FOR US SO THAT WE HAVE THE HARD COPY THAT MIGHT EXPEDITE REVIEW, OKAY. WHILE THE ITEM IS TABLED. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE. OKAY, SO WE CAN TABLE IT. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT ITEM. COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON EMERGENCY TREE REMOVAL. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE TABLE ITEM. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL

[XII.4. Council Discussion and Possible Action on Emergency Tree Removal, for Connally Nature Park Trail, Due to Hazardous Trees that Would Affect the Safety of the Residents and Patrons Along Trail Paths; AM PM Construction Services LLC; NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $117,000.00 FUNDING SOURCE: Power]

EMERGENCY TREE REMOVAL FROM CONNELLY NATURE PARK. TRAILS. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE FLOOR IS OPEN, MR. JONES. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO HAVE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, MR. PICKETT, COME FORWARD TO COUNCIL BRIEF ON THIS ITEM. OKAY? YEAH.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE CONCERNING THE EMERGENCY TREE REMOVAL. JUST GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON IT. CURRENTLY, NATURE TRAIL IS A NATURE TRAIL THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. WE HAVE SOME TREE INFESTATION, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE SOME OF THE MOST HAZARDOUS TREES THAT COULD IMPACT THE TRAIL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PICKETT, FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE TRAIL IS GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR? WE'RE LOOKING TO START THE WORK ON THURSDAY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE IN SPRING SEASON, SO EVERY GOOD WEATHER DAY, THEY PLAN ON BEING OUT THERE TO GET THE JOB DONE. I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ARBORIST IN THAT DEPARTMENT ON THAT PROJECT, ALONG WITH MY PARK SERVICE STAFF. SO IT'S KIND OF CONTINGENT UPON THE WEATHER, BUT THEY'RE READY TO GET STARTED ON THURSDAY MORNING AT 730.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBERS? THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE EMERGENCY TREE REMOVAL FROM FOR SECOND FOR CONLEY NATURE PARK.

SECOND. CAN THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THE MOTION TO PLACE THE ITEM ON THE TABLE IS VERY SPECIFIC TO

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MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REMOVE ITEM NUMBER THREE FROM THE TABLE. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE CLERK JUST WANT TO GO GET THE DOCUMENT FOR US, SO WE'LL WAIT FOR HER.

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[XIII. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL]

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SO I SHOULD HAVE ATTENDED THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING INSTEAD OF TAKING MY HUSBAND FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND SO I, I REALLY WOULD HOPE THAT BEFORE PEOPLE START MAKING ACCUSATIONS AND PLOTTING OUT THINGS WHERE THEY WANT TO PRAISE THEMSELVES AND ACT SELF-RIGHTEOUS, IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY INQUIRE BEFORE GOING ON THE RECORD WITH NOT HAVING ALL OF THE INFORMATION. MR. JONES AND MISS JESSIE HAVE THAT EMAIL. I MEAN, THAT TEXT MESSAGE THAT I SENT WHILE TAKING MY HUSBAND FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT. I'M AWARE THAT IT'S THE BUDGET SEASON, AND I'M AWARE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. BUT IF I HAVE A CONFLICT, I HAVE A CONFLICT. AND FOR SOMEONE TO LAUGH TO, TO SAY WHEN I SAID THAT I HAD TO TAKE MY HUSBAND, FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT, AND I SENT INFORMATION NOTIFYING PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN THAT MEETING, REALLY SPEAKS TO THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THE STATEMENT. AND SO THE APPOINTMENTS TO THAT COMMITTEE ARE MADE BY THE MAYOR AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. AND THE MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THERE ARE THE MEMBERS. AGAIN, HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OR THE OTHER MEMBER DOESN'T HAVE A CONFLICT, AND THEN MAYBE YOU ALL SHOULD AVOID CONFLICTS AND JUST COME TO THE MEETING OR AVOID YOUR FAMILY EMERGENCIES. SO I WANT TO WELCOME PASTOR JELKS TO SAINT STEPHEN'S MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. ALSO WANT TO. ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SIGN UP FOR THE HEALTHY POINT. REGISTRATION IS OPEN AND ONGOING. IT STARTED ON MARCH 29TH. WE HAVE ACTIVITIES PROBABLY OVER 25 FREE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OVER THE

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WE'RE ADDING A GIRL TREK WALKING ACTIVITY ON SATURDAYS AT 830 AND JUST A LOT MORE. SO PLEASE, ENROLLMENT YOU CAN ENROLL THE DAY BEFORE IT ENDS. IT'S ALWAYS OPEN, BUT THE LATER YOU ENROLL, THE LESS LIKELY IT IS THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT INCENTIVES. AND WHILE, OF COURSE IT IS ABSOLUTELY FOR EAST POINTERS, IT IS OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMING HERE IN EAST POINT. IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN ONE ACTIVITY FOR SIX WEEKS, YOU WILL GET A HEALTHY POINT LUNCH BAG. IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN TWO ACTIVITIES FOR EIGHT WEEKS, I BELIEVE IT IS YOU WILL GET A HEALTHY POINT SIGNATURE GYM BAG IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN THREE ACTIVITIES FOR TEN WEEKS. I'M HOPING I'M RECALLING THIS CORRECTLY. I KNOW THE INCENTIVES ARE RIGHT. YOU'LL GET EITHER HEALTHY POINT YATIE OR WE MIGHT GO TO STANLEY CUPS THIS YEAR. AND THEN IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN FOUR ACTIVITIES FOR 12 MONTHS, 12 WEEKS, I'M SORRY, 12 MONTHS IS A WHOLE YEAR FOR 12 WEEKS. THROUGHOUT THE 90 DAY PERIOD, YOU WILL RECEIVE FREE MEMBERSHIP TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION GYM, WHICH IS $75 ANNUALLY, AS WELL AS $100 GIFT CARD AND DINNER CATERED BY CELEBRITY CHEF AND OUR CULINARY DEPARTMENT AT TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL. AND RECOGNITION AT A COUNCIL MEETING. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND BUILD OUR HEALTH COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER ON OUR DAILY HEALTH JOURNEY. BEING HEALTHY IS NOT A SIZE, IT'S A LIFESTYLE AND IT'S ABOUT MAKING LIFESTYLE CHOICES BETTER LIFESTYLE CHOICES. AND WE DON'T SAY, EAT FIVE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES A DAY. WE SAY EAT MORE. WE DON'T SAY EAT. DRINK EIGHT EIGHT OUNCE GLASSES OF WATER A DAY. WE SAY DRINK MORE BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO START WHERE THEY ARE AND HAVE A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROGRESS ON THE GOAL AND THE JOURNEY THAT IS NEVER ENDING OF BEING HEALTHY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN ROGERS ON AUTISM AWARENESS EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST SATURDAY. IT WAS REALLY A GREAT EVENT FOR ENSURING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING PROGRAMING FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THOSE WERE ALL OF MY COMMENTS. LET ME LOOK REALLY QUICK ON THE MY NOTES. OH YES. AND THE PHOTO VOICE EXHIBITED ARTS EXCHANGE IS ALSO A HEALTHY POINT INITIATIVE ACTIVITY. AND THAT EXHIBIT IS ON APRIL THE 8TH, SO THERE'S STILL TIME TO SEE IT AT THE ART EXCHANGE ON NOONAN STREET.

THERE'S ALSO THERE'S THE KIDS ZONE.

YEP. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CUMMINGS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I THOUGHT MY LIGHT WAS ON. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT AND ATTENDED THE MEETING, BOTH IN PERSON AND VIA LIVE STREAM. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, MISS. MISS ROSALYN LEWIS, JUST WELL DONE. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING FOR OUR YOUTH. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR WARD C RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT FOR OUR QUARTERLY WARD C MEETING. THANK YOU TO THE WORD OF FAITH FAMILY. I LOVE CENTER FOR HOSTING THAT EVENT. WE HAD OVER 100 RESIDENTS TO ATTEND THE MEETING, SO WE HAD AN AWESOME TURNOUT. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER JONES. AND FOR THE POLICE FIRE POWER. WATER, WATER AND SEWER AND PUBLIC WORKS THAT CAME OUT OF THE ATTENDED THE MEETING AND ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO TRI-CITIES MARCHING BAND. THEY KICKED OFF THE 404 DAY PARADE, SO EAST POINT WAS REPRESENTED IN THE A. THIS THIS PAST WEEKEND DID AN AWESOME JOB. SO AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL. YES. SO

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YOU'RE THE REASON. A REASON WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE CORN. AND LIKE I SAID, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS COME UP STUCK IN TRAFFIC. YOU CAN CALL IN ON THE PHONE, WHATEVER. HOWEVER, WE CANNOT CONDUCT BUSINESS IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP. AND I LEAVE THIS ISSUE ALONE. ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, I DON'T THINK. WAIT A MINUTE. THERE'S ANOTHER RESPONSE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHROPSHIRE. I MEAN, I FEEL YOU AND WE COULD GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT AGAIN, THE SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS ENSURING THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THINGS HAPPEN IN THEIR LIVES THAT COULD POSE A CONFLICT. WE'VE ADDRESSED IT ON THE RECORD. IF YOU GO, THEN HE'S GOING TO GO AND WE'RE GOING TO GOING BACK AND FORTH.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHROPSHIRE, THANK YOU. AND YES, WE DO NEED ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I DID NOT CALL INTO THE MEETING. I CALLED THE CITY CLERK BECAUSE THAT NUMBER IS ALREADY PROGRAMED IN MY PHONE. SO TO HAVE IT TO HAVE TO CALL INTO ZOOM WOULD HAVE REQUIRED ME ONE TO HAVE TO PULL OVER. TWO PROBABLY BE IN AN ACCIDENT. AND I WASN'T GOING TO DO THAT. AS I STATED, I WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC. BUT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. LET'S TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.

COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL LET'S TALK ABOUT WHEN WE GO TO DC. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GO THERE? THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS? YES, MADAM. FROM LEGAL. YES MADAM

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