[Call to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of Allegiance.]
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>> GOOD EVENING, IT'S 6:00 P.M., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, I CALL THE SESSION OF THE MIDLOTHIAN CITY
COUNCIL TO ORDER. >> BOW WITH ME.
>> FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON AND WE GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR AND GLORY AND PRAISE, LORD WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE SO EVIDENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SEE THEM ALL DAY EVERYDAY. THIS IS A BLESSED PLACE TO LIVE AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR HAND IS UPON OUR COMMUNITY. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE COOLER WEATHER THAT WE GOT TO SPECIES TODAY.
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR JUST EVERYTHING THAT WE SEE ALL AROUND US ALL THE TIME. FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL LEAD US AND GUIDE US TONIGHT AS WE DO THE BUSINESS FOR THIS CITY. LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WORK THROUGH US SO THAT YOUR WILL BE WILL BE DONE AND REFLECTED IN OUR COMMENT AND WE CAN HELP MAKE THE DECISIONS IN ALIGNMENT FOR WHAT UP WANT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. GOD, WE GIVE YOU THIS MEETING AN THIS TIME. AND LORD WE PRAISE YOU AND HONOR YOU, IT'S IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
>> IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE DAR, DAUGHTER HE IS OF THE
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION? IT'S MY PLEASURE TO READ A RPROCLAMATIO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THIS IS A TIMELY PROCLAMATION. THERE ARE FORCES AND ITEMS GOING ON IN OUR NATION THAT ARE THREATENING OUR CONSTITUTION IN MY OPINION AND IT'S WHAT HOLDS US TOGETHER IS THE BASIS OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR SOCIETY. PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS, IT IS THE PRIVILEGE AND DUTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO COMMEMORATE THE 200 34TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH APPROPRIATE CELEBRATIONS AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC LAW 915 GUARANTIES THE ISSUANCE OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNATED SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK, NOW, THEREFORE, I RICHARD, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS TO HERE BUY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2021, TO SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2021, AS CONSTITUTION WEEK AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO REAFFIRM THE IDEAS OF THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION HAD IN 1787 AND WITNESS THERE WERE OF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SETMY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2021, RICHARD, RENAL, MAYOR OF MIDLOTHIAN.[2021-423]
>> >> AT THIS TIME, I'M 2021-423, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC ALREADY ON SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORM THROUGH THE IT CITY SECRETARY. CITIZENS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES, AND AS WE HAVE MANY SPEAKERS, I WILL DO A STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE THREE MINUTES. THE FIRST SPEAKER, SUZANNE BREASTFIELD. HAVE YOU GIVEN US YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS. >> SUZY BRASSFIELD, 319 BOARD
>> WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS? >> I'M NOT USED TO THIS.
PLEASE EXCUSE ME. >> BUT, I CAN TALK. I'M VERY GOOD AT TALKING. MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF MY NAME IS SUZY BRASS FIELD AND I'VE LIVED IN MIDLOTHIAN FOR 30
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YEARS. I'M HERE TO SUBMIT A PETITION OF 645 SIGNATURES FROM RESIDENTS OF MIDLOTHIAN THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THE MID-TEXAS CAR PARK EXPANSION TO THE EAST SIDE OF MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY. THE SIGNATURES WERE COLLECTED IN A LITTLE OVER A WEEK, ONE WEEK, AND WE HAVE MANY OTHER FOLKS THAT WANTED TO SIGN BUT THE VOLUNTEERS COLLECTING SIGNATURES WERE NOT ABLE TO GET TO EVERYONE BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING. THESE SIGNATURES ARE FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS MIDLOTHIAN AND PEOPLE WERE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE EXPANSION TO THE OLD MASSEY PROPERTY. AND OF THE 645 MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE WERE COLLECTED BY THAT BIG GUY RIGHT THERE. HE LIKES TO DO IT AND HE WALKS FAST AND HE TALKED TO EVERYBODY.>> I THINK HE INHERITED IT. >> SEVERAL RESIDENTS ALSO SHARED HOW THEY HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED WHEN VISITORS COME FROM OTHER CITIES TO MIDLOTHIAN TO PLAY SPORTS WITH OUR LOCAL TEAMS ESPECIALLY ON THE SOCCER FIELDS AT MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY AND FM 1387. THOSE VISITORS SAY HOW HORRIBLE THE CAR PARK LOOKS AS THEY COME INTO MIDLOTHIAN. WHAT A SHAME THAT THE ROAD LEADING INTO TOWN AND NAMED MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY IS SUCH AN EYESORE AND A POOR REPRESENTATION OF OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL IS NOT ABLE TO REPLY OR COMMENT DURING THIS PART OF THE MEETING THIS EVENING, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THESE PETITIONS AND THE TIME TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS
[INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> (APPLAUSE). >> THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE
GRACE HASTINGS. >> MY NAME IS GRACE HASTINGS AND I LIVE AT 211 ST. JAMES PLACE IN MIDLOTHIAN. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO ADDRESS A TOPIC OF CONCERN FOR ME AND MANY OTHER CITIZENS IN MIDLOTHIAN REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF THE MID TEXAS AUTO PARK. MY FAMILY BUILT OUR HOME WHEN PARK PLACE WAS A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ONLY A FEW HOMES. THE SURROUNDING LAND WAS OPEN FIELDS AND MID TEXAS DID NOT OWN THE MASSEY LAND AT THE TIME. AS MIDLOTHIAN GREW AND CONSTRUCTED MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY WHICH IS NOW A MAIN THURE ROW FAIR INTO TOWN FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITEDERS, SIGNS ALONG MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY SAY KEEP MIDLOTHIAN BEAUTIFUL. MANY BELIEVE THE CITY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY TAXES FOR MID TEXAS BUT CITIZENS SHOULD KNOW THAT MID-TEX EX-PAYS MINIMAL PROPERTY TAXES TO THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN ON THE LAND WHERE THEY CURRENTLY PARK THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES. OTHER MAJOR BUSINESSES IN MIDLOTHIAN SUCH AS CEMENT PLANTS GOOGLE AND OTHERS PAY SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY TAX TOSS MIDLOTHIAN AND THEY CONTRIBUTE TO PARTNERSHIPS THAT ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY. TIM IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPE AND DONATED LAND FOR THE MIDLOTHIAN AGRICULTURE BUILDING TO THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AND THE ISD. MID TEXAS HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO ENHANCE THE WEST SIDE OF MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY AS THEY CONTINUE TO TEAR DOWN TREES, STIR UP DIRT AND LET WEEDS GROW AND NEIGHBORING MAKE THE AREA MORE UNSIGHTLY. IF THEY BEGIN PARK CARS ON THE OLD MASSEY LAND, PURCHASED ALL THE LAND ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY UP TO THE BRIDGE OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND ALL THE LAND ALONG THE BACK SIDES OF COUNTRY EAST ESTATES AND COTTONWOOD ESTATES ALONG CLINTON LANE. NONE OF THIS IS INDUSTRIAL, SO IF THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO PREVENT. POISED TO CONTINUE THEIR EXPANSION BESIDE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 287. HAS THERE BEEN AN
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL FOR NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE LAND AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES WITH POSSIBLE FUEL AND OIL LEAKS FROM THE THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES OR THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING TO THE PARK PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD IF THERE'S THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN WHILE CARS ARE PARKED ON THIS AGRICULTURE ZONED LAND. BLOCKING OF TRAFFIC ON MICHAEL FLYNN PARKWAY FROM MID TEXAS TO NEW VEHICLES IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY. CAUSE MAJOR TRAFFIC ISSUES FOR THE CITY AND IT'S CITIZENS IN ORDER TO INCREASE THEIR MILLIONS IN PRIVATE REV ENOUGH. THE ASSERTION BY MID TEXAS IS THE MOVE IS TEMPORARY DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF MY KRE CHIPS IN VEHICLES IS ISSUES ARISING FROM THE PANDEMIC CAN TAKE YEAR TOSS CATCH UP. THIS WILL UNFORTUNATELY TURN INTO A LONG TERM SITUATION FOR MIDLOTHIAN AND IT'S CITIZENS. MR. MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF MIDLOTHIAN, I ASK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MANY OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS THAT YOU CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE MID TEXAS CAR PORT EXPANDING ON OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE AND PUT A STOP TO THIS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.>> JENNIE LAWRENCE. >> HI, I'VE BEEN IN MIDLOTHIAN FOR ONLY 22 YEARS, COMPARED TO SOME PEOPLE THAT'S A SHORT TIME.
BUT I HAVE COACHED IN MIDLOTHIAN AND REFERERIED ON THESE SOCCER FIELD AND THEY'RE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. MULTIPLE TIMES PEOPLE SAID TO ME, WHY DO YOU STAY IN MIDLOTHIAN, IT'S A LONG WAY, YOU GOT TO DRIVE A LONG WAY. AND I SAY, TWO THINGS, WELL, THREE THINGS, I HAVE A FEW GOOD FRIENDS HERE, BUT THEY SAY, BUT YOU COULD DRIVE TO THEM, I HAVE IT'S WHERE MY CHILDREN GREW UP, YES, BUT THEY'VE MOVED AWAY. AND THEN I SAY, BECAUSE, OF THE COWS. AND THEY SAY, WHAT? AND I SAY THE COWS, EVERYDAY WHEN I DRIVE HOME, THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT HOLDS COWS AND IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL POND AND GORGEOUS TREES AND I PERSONALLY DUG UP MY YARD TO TAKE GRASS TO THOSE COWS WHEN WE HAD THE BIGGEST DROUGHT HERE EVER KNOWN. AND, THAT'S MY LITTLE PIECE OF PARADIES THAT I GET TO SEE EVERY TIME I HAVE PASS AND THAT MAKES IT MY TOWN AND MY PLACE TO LIVE.
TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING, I HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE YES, THERE'S LEGAL CONCERNS, IT'S NOT ZONED FOR THAT. IT'S ZONED FOR AGRICULTURE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE PLANTED CAR SEEDS, BUT I HAVE NEVER PLANTED A CAR SEED. SO, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PLANTING A BUNCH OF CARS AND STANDING THEM ON THE LAND AND POLLUTING THE LAND IS WHAT WE CONSIDER AGRICULTURE. SO, IT IS NOT IN MY UNDERSTANDING, LEGAL. NOW, I DRIVE PAST WHAT I CONSIDER AN INCREDIBLY HIDEOUS LOOKING AREA EVERY TIME I COME HOME AND EVERY TIME I COME HOME I SAY TO MYSELF WHAT IS THE CITY COUNCIL THINKING TO ALLOW THAT BLIGHT ON COMMUNITY? WE HAVE GORGEOUS TOWN AND ONE OF THE PRETTIEST PLACES IN THIS ENTIRE METROPLEX TO LIVE ON. AND YET WHEN I DRIVE HOME, I SEE THAT AND IT BREAKS MY HEART. BUT, NOTHING CAN BREAK MY HEART MORE THAN IF THEY TOOK, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DRIVEN PAST THERE RECENTLY, BUT IT IS NOTHING ABOUT YOU A WASTELAND.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING YOU WOULD IMAGINE IN YOUR MIND IN AN INNER CITY THAT HAD TRAINS IN IT AND IT WAS TAKEN OVER. OKAY.
IT LOOKS HEART-BREAKING. AND IT IS A MENACE AND IT'S A BLIGHT.
AND, I DRIVE PAST AND IT BREAKS MY HEART AND THEN I TURN AND I SEE THE COWS AND THE THE LAND AND THE TREES AND THE PASTURE, AND I THINK TO MYSELF, AT LEAST NOW I'M HOME. AT LEAST I'M NOT LOOKING AT THAT ANYMORE. BUT, THE OTHER THING THAT CONCERNS ME BESIDE LOSING PARADISE AND PUTTING UP A PARKING LOT LITERALLY. I DON'T SLEEP WITH LIGHTS SHINING INTO MY HOME, I DON'T THINK MANY OF YOU DO EITHER, I DON'T BELIEVE WHEN I GET TO THE POINT WHEN I WANT TO MOVE FURTHER INTO THE COUNTRY AS WE ALL THINK WE WILL ONE DAY, THAT ANYONE'S GOING TO WANT TO BUY MY HOUSE IF I HAVE THAT NEXT DOOR TO IT. IF I HAVE THAT GORGEOUS PLACE, MY HOUSE IS AN ASSET. IF I HAVE A PARKING LOT
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THERE. AM I OUT OF TIME? >> YES.
>> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND PLEASE, PLEASE, STOP THE MESS
THAT'S HAPPENING. >> THANK YOU.
>> (APPLAUSE). >> PAULA GRISBY.
>> HI, I'M PAULA GRISBY I LIVE AT 317 BOARD WALK AND HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT THERE FOR 23 YEARS AND MY CONCERNS ARE FLOODING.
MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO THE MASSEY'S LAND AND THERE'S BEEN MANY, MANY, YEARS THAT THE WATER HAS ALMOST COME UP TO OUR BACKYARD WHENEVER THE BIG RAIN HAS GONE FROM MIDLOTHIAN. THEY DO NOT SEEM TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF PUTTING UP SILK FENCE WHENEVER YOU MOVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF DIRT, IT STAYS FOR 30 DAYS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STABILIZE IT AND PUT UP A SILK FENCE AND I DID NOT SEE THAT FOR A YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS GOING ON. THE WEEDS AND STUFF, THEY NEVER KEPT IT, I GUESS MOWED. TO ME, I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THE INTEREST OF THE HOMEOWNERS IF THEY DO BUILD A PARKING LOT THERE, WHITE HOUSE THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND ALSO I WOULD NEVER PARK MY CAR IN MY YARD UNTIL IT SOLD, I MEAN, IT'S NOT BEING POLITE TO MY NEIGHBORS AND IT'S A LAW NOT TO PARK YOUR CAR IN YOUR YARD AND SELL IT. SO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. I HOPE THAT Y'ALL TAKE ALL THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> RUSTY MENTOR. >> HELLO, RUSTY MINERTON, 1014 NORTH CAROLINA IN MIDLOTHIAN, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 46 YEARS THIS MONTH. I'VE NEVER SPOKE ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, THE THING ABOUT THE MID TEXAS SITUATION, BEFORE I DREW A CONCLUSION, I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, GUYS. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS, I CALLED MID TEX, I CALLED LOTS OF PEOPLE AND DID RESEARCH AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUBD OUT. FIRST OF ALL, MID TEX DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS, MID TEX WAS APPROACHED BY GENERAL MOTORS TO PUT THE CARS HERE. THE REASON THEY DID THAT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THIS PLANT GOING. OKAY. THEY HAVE CLOSED DOWN SEVERAL OTHER GM PLANTS, FORD HAS, CHRYSLER HAS BECAUSE OF THIS MICRO CHIP SHORTAGE. THEY'RE COMING BUT WE'RE SHORT RIGHT NOW. WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS A TEMPORARY SITUATION. IT'S A TEMPORARY SITUATION. I LIVE HERE AND I KNOW IT'S NOT A PRETTY THING, BUT THE POSITIVE PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS, THEY'RE KEEPING THAT PLANT OPEN BECAUSE IT'S THEIR MOST PROFITABLE PLANT. OKAY. BUT THE OTHER PART IS ALSO, IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE WORKING. THEY DON'T WANT TO LAY OFF ANY OR PEOPLE THAN THEY HAVE TO. OKAY. SO, AS THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN AND MITT-TEX CAN TEEP UP, WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE CAN SAY, GUESS WHAT, IN A TIME OF CRISIS, WE STOPPED AND WE KEPT THE PLANT GOING. IF THAT PLANT CLOSES, NOT ONLY DOES IT EFFECT PEOPLE LOSING ALL THEIR JOBS AND EVERYBODY GOING HOME, RIGHT, NOT LOSING THEIR JOBS BUT GOING HOME FOR AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT IT ALSO, THE TRUCK DRIVERS THAT ARE MOVING THOSE VEHICLES, GUESS WHAT? THEY JUST LOST THEIR JOBS. THE PEOPLE DELIVERING THE TIRES, MICHLENN, ALL THE RAILROADS THAT ARE BRINGING FRAMES MADE OUT OF STATE. ALL THOSE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS. OKAY. IT'S NOT PRETTY BUT THIS IS THE THING WE ALL KNOW, OR ANYBODY'S LIVED HERE A LEPTH OF TIME KNOWS THAT MID TEX HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. I WORKED THERE WHEN I WAS A KID, I HATED THAT JOB.
BUT IN THEIR DEFENSE, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, THEY WERE APPROACHED AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP LOTS OF FOLKS WORKING. IT'S FIXING TO BE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS, IMAGINE HOW HORRIBLE THAT'S GOING TO BE IF WE SHUT
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THIS DOWN AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS. MY HOUSE IS HERE TODAY, I HAVE MORE THAN ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE AND IT COULD BE EFFECTED AND I CAN POSSIBLY LOSE SOME MONEY TOO, IT'S TEMPORARY. THEY'RE GOING TO HARVEST THE CHIPS AND TAKE THEM BACK AND ROW TAIT AND AS SOON AS THOSE CHIPS ARE IN, THEY'RE SENDING A SWARM OF GUYS TO COME IN AND LOAD CARS UP AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GONE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND,I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
>> I'M SORRY JAY. >> I DO WANT TO SAY, I THINK I KNOW MOST OF Y'ALL. GOOD JOB, THANK YOU FOR MAKING US VACCINE SANCTIONARY, IT'S BROUGHT FORTH THAT. THANK YOU, JUDGE.
>> NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. >> YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> MY NAME IS JAY AND I LIVE AT 1110 MEADOW ROAD. I'M SORRY, I'VE HAD FOUR STROKES SO MY SPEECH IS A BIT DIFFERENT. I WANT TO BESEECH Y'ALL TO LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON JUST BECAUSE I'M FOURTH GENERATION, YA INTEND ON MOVING AND I KNOW CLARK IT'S LIKE SIX, BUT WE LIVE HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE IT. & WE LIVE HERE BECAUSE IT REALLY IS BLESSED AND DIFFERENT.
SO, I ASKED EMPATHY TO Y'ALL TO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS AND FIGHT FOR US NOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE BOLD AND STRONG. BUT THAT'S
REALLY IT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> (APPLAUSE). >> LESS WARNER.
>> IT MY NAME IS LESS WARREN AND I LIVE AT 1,009 BOARD WALK AND HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE 2013. I HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE THERE PART OF THE SELLING POINT WERE THE PHOTOS. THAT LAND WAS IN THE PHOTOS OF THE VIEW FROM MY BACK PORCH. IF I HAD SEEN CARS THERE OR KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT THAT LOCATION. I KIND OF HAVE SELFISH REASONS FOR BEING AGAINST IT, BECAUSE ME AND MY SON, 9 YEARS-OLD WE FISH THERE ALMOST EVERYDAY. HE CAUGHT AN 8 POUND BASS THERE A MONTH AGO, THAT'S BIGGER THAN ANY FISH I EVER CAUGHT. ONE OF THE MAIN DRAINS FOR THAT AREA GOES RIGHT TO MY HOUSE. AND IT DOES GET BACKED UP PRETTY GOOD WHEN IT RAINS HARD. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE POND SAY, BLACK TEXAS WORRY ABOUT THE LEVEE BREAKING, WATER GOT ALMOST UP TO MY FENCE. MY HOUSE VALUE HAS DOUBLED SINCE I BOUGHT IT. IF SOMEBODY LOOKS OUT THERE AND SEES A BUNCH OF CARS, THAT'S GOING TO HURT MY PROPERTY VALUE IN MY OPINION. WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO TO THE WILDLIFE IF THEY EXPAND AND COME FURTHER EAST? WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO TO THE WATER, DRAINAGE, RUNOFF, WHAT HE IS IT GOING TO DO TO OUR DRINKING WATER IF THEY GET SPILLS ON THAT PROPERTY? AND WHAT PRECAUTIONS ARE THEY TAKING. AND IF IT'S TEMPORARY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY THEY WOULD IF IT WAS PERMANENT. SO, WHAT KIND THE DAMAGE WILL THEY DO IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO THAT LAND AND TO THE WILDLIFE THERE. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE CONCERNS, IF THEY DO IT RIGHT, IF THEY DON'T COME ANY FURTHER EAST, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, AS LONG AS I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK OUT AND SEE A BUNCH OF CARS AND MY PROPERTY VALUE GOES DOWN. I DIDN'T WRITE A SPEECH BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL I
GOT. THANK Y'ALL. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
>> I ASSUME MR. LACKEY. THAT IS ALL THE SPEAKERS I HAVE FOR THIS MOMENT. SOMEONE IS RAISING THEIR HAND IN THE BACKGROUND.
[INDISCERNIBLE] >> DO YOU HAVE A MCGREGOR ON
YOUR LIST? >> I'M SORRY. I PUT YOU WELL,
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I HAVE YOU ON AGENDA ITEM 439. >> OKAY.
>> YEAH, YOU'LL BE SPEAKING AT THE END OF THE DAY. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK NOW, YOU MAY, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE LAST AGENDA ITEM WE DO. I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE THAT LONG.
>> WELL, I'M FINE TO STAY UNTIL THE END
[INDISCERNIBLE]. >> MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SINCE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS ON THIS. I JUST WANT TO LET A FEW FACTS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AS A CITY IN REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY.
WE HAVE ISSUED NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WE BELIEVE HE'S IN VIOLATION OF THE ZONING. SORRY, WE AS A CITY WE HAVE ISSUED NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WE BELIEVE THAT IF ANY CARS ARE PARKED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY THAT IT WOULD BE A ZONING VIOLATION. UP UNTIL THAT TIME, UNTIL HE PARKS A CAR ON THERE, HE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT IN VIOLATION.
HE'S NOT IN VIOLATION WITH HIS CURRENT FENCE BUILDING ACTIVITY, HE CAN BUILD A FENCE ON AGRICULTURE PROPERTY BUT HE IS UNDER NOTICE THAT IF HE PARKS CAR THERE HE'S IN VIOLATION.
SO, I WANTED TO LET YOU AND THE AUDIENCE KNOW WHERE WE STAND ADS
A CITY ON THIS. >> (APPLAUSE).
>> THE CITY AND COUNCIL ARE TAKING ACTIONS WHICH WE CAN'T REALLY ADDRESS RIGHT NOW. BUT YOUR VOICE AND COMMENTS HAVE BEEN HEARD. THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE
[CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION WITHOUT SEPARATE DISCUSSION IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THEN THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. COUNCIL, DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ITEM?>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE.
>> AND THE ITEM PASSES 7-0. >>> COUNCIL, I REQUEST AND NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT BUT I WAS GOING TO DO THIS ANYWAY, I REQUEST THAT Y'ALL NOT SPEAK UNTIL YOU ARE CALLED ON. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TURN ON YOUR LIGHT AND I WILL CALL ON YOU IN THE ORDER THAT THE LIGHTS COME ON IN CASE OF A TILE GO TO THE SENIORITY.
AND I ASK YOU TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENT TOSS A MINUTE AND-A-HALF OR SO, BUT WE'LL COME BACK AS MANY TIMES SO THAT YOU COULD GET
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ALL YOUR COMMENTS IN. SO, I APPRECIATE THAT. REGULAR AGENDA, 2021-429, CONSIDER AN ACT OF NAMING THE NEW AMPHITHEATER IN THE COMMUNITY PARK PHASE II THE ART PIERARDMEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. IN FEBRUARY, 2007, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED RESERVATION NAMING PARKS AND FACILITIES, PLAYINGS AND MARKER HE IS AND IT STATES THAT THE FACILITIES NAMED AFTER ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD BE DONE POSTHUMOUSLY AND THOSE LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT COMMITTED TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY AND OR INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING FUNDING THE SITE OR FACILITY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. IF YOU RECALL, APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AGO WE WERE IN A DEBATE ABOUT COMMUNITY PARK PHASE II WE HAD GONE THROUGH REALTIME PRE-ENGINEERING AND THE PRICE TAG CAME BACK PRETTY HIGH. WE THEN HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE 4B BOARD AND I THINK NONE OF THOSE PROVED VERY FRUITFUL. WE CAME BACK AND HAD A JOINT MEETING HERE WITH A THE FOUR B BOARD AND DURING THOSE NEGOTIATIONS FOUR B AGREED TO PAY FOR SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS AND I REMEMBER ORTH TURNING TO ME AND SAYING WE JUST HIT A HOME RUN. WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S BEEN THE DESIRE OF CERYL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE NAME THE AMPHITHEATER THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDES FITTED PARK THE ART PIERARD MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER. WAYS ENVISIONED IS THERE'LL BE A SMALL BRONZE PLAYING PLACED ON A STONE WALL THERE COMMEMORATING
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THIS AS ART PIERARD MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER. RIGHT NOW, THE COST WILL BE ROUGHLY $2,000 IF WE CHOOSE TO DO THIS AND THAT COULD BE PAID FOR OUT OF CONTINGENCY WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.>> I HAVE A COMMENT. JUST EXCITED TO SEE THIS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ALL THAT WERE THERE RECALL ART GOING TO BATTLE FOR THE PARK AND THE COMMUNITY PARK AND A STRONG DESIRE FOR US TO BUILD A PARK THAT REFLECTED WHAT WE PUT ON SOME OF THE BOND DOCUMENTATION AND WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE.
BUT ART AND SEVERAL OTHERS REALLY CAME TO THE BATTLE AND HAD DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF AND WE TRAGICALLY LOST ART WHO WAS A VALUED MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL IN EARLY 2020 AND WE MISS HIM DEARLY AND I THINK THIS IS A
WONDERFUL WAY TO HONOR HIM. SO. >> NOT SEEING ANY LIGHTS ON.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION. >> I'LL BE HONOR TO MAKE THE
>> SECOND. >> MOTION'S MADE AND SECONDED.
PLEASE VOTE. >> THE ITEM PASSES 7-0.
>> THANK YOU. >> I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE
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VACCINE ONE UNTIL THE END BECAUSE I THINK THE NEXT TWO SHOULD BE QUICK. ITEM 2021-430 CONSIDER AN ACTABLE AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF TREATED WATER TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN WITH A SET AGREEMENTREPLACED IN TWO AGREEMENTS. >> BACK IN 2005, THE CITIES OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND MIDLOTHIAN ENTERED INTO WHO SEPARATE AGREEMENTS. ONE WAS TO SERVE WHAT'S CALLED PRAY RIDGE AREA, AND THE OTHER WAS TO SERVE THE AREA THAT WAS WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE BOUNDARY JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. IN 2014, WE AMENDED OR ACTUALLY, REPLACED THE GRAND PRAIRIE AND CITY CONTRACT WITH A NEW CONTRACT THAT STILL HAD THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE FROM 2005 THAT DEALT WITH PRAY RIDGE. SO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GRAND PRAIRIE STAFF FOR SOME TIME NOW IS TO BASTICLY BE ABLE TO REPLACE BOTH OF THOSE EXISTING AGREEMENTS WITH ONE AGREEMENT AND RIGHT NOW FROM MIDLOTHIAN'S STAND POINT WE DON'T CARE WHERE THAT WATER GOES TO GRAND PRAIRIE, OR WE'RE JUST GOING TO SELL THE WATER TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND GRAND PRAIRIE WILL NEAT TOP SECURE THE RAW WATER WHICH THEY HAVE, AT THIS POINT THEY PROCURED 2 MILLION GALLONS OF RAW WATER THAT WE'RE TREATING ON BEHALF OF THEM. SOME OF THE KEY PROVISIONS WITHIN THIS AGREEMENT IS THAT THIS REPLACED THE TWO EXISTS AGREEMENTS, SO THE 2014 AND 2005 WILL GO AWAY. WE AGREE TO SELL UP TO 2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY WHICH MATCHES THE RAW WATER THAT GRAND PRAIRIE SECURED AT THIS TIME. ANY ADDITIONAL RAW WATER THEY NEED GRAND PRAIRIE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING THAT FROM ANOTHER SOURCE FOR US TO TREAT. THE ANNUAL AVERAGE RIGHT NOW BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST WILL BE 1.33 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD TAKE DAY IN AND DAY OUT BUT THEY CAN TAKE UP TO 2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. BASICALLY IT'S INDUSTRY STANDARDS IS ONE AND TWO SO THAT'S PRETTY NORMAL ON THE PEAKING STAND POINT. GRAND PRAIRIE CAN INCREASE THAT MINIMUM BY 100,000 UP TO 250,000 GALLONS BY GIVING US A SIX MONTH NOTICE AHEAD OF TIME. BUT ONCE AGAIN THEY CAN NOT EXCEED THE 2 MILLION UNTIL THEY SECURE ADDITIONAL RAW WATER FOR US TO TREAT. THE MAXIMUM FLOW RATE TO GRAND PRAIRIE WOULD BE THE THREE MILLION, THE MAXIMUM THEY COULD TAKE IS THE 3 MILLION, THEY COULD TAKE UP TO 3 MILLION ON A WEAK DAY BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IT HAS TO AVERAGE 2 MILLION. THAT'S THE COMMON AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH JOE POOL AS WELL. WHETHER IT'S COMING FROM JOE POOL LAKE OR TRWD, THE JOE POOL WATER IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE IT TRWD. OUR RATE PAYERS WILL BE ABLE TO REALIZE AND PAY FOR THE JOE POOL RATE AND NOT GRAND PRAYERRY THAT'S INCLUDED AS WELL, WE'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 5% INCREASE FROM THE WATER WE TAKE FROM DRWD TO TREAT FOR GRAND PRAIRIE, IT'S NOT A ONE
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POUR ONE, SO WE LOSE WATER ACE IT'S BEING TREATED SO THERE'S AN 5% INCREASE CHARGED TO GRAND PRAIRIE. WE HAVE A SETTLE UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR, ANY OVER OR UNDER PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE UP TO THE PARTIES THAT EITHER OVERPAID OR UNDER PAID. WE ALSO CAN UTILIZE SOME OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S JOE POOL RAW WATER IF WE CHOOSE TO BUT WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO. AND THAT'S BASED ON TH ON THE PIPELINE, NOTHING THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO TREAT THEIR RAW WATER, THAT'S PART OF THE AGREEMENT AS WELL. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE AGREEMENT SET FOR A 30-YEAR TERM BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST. AND IT CAN BE RENEWED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT. BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE 30 YEARS, IF FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THE 30-YEAR IF NEITHER PARTY LET THE OTHER PARTY KNOW THEY WANT TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT, COME 30 YEARS, IT WILL BE EXTENDED FIVE YEARS. SO IT CAN GO UP TO 35 YEARS AND CAN BE RENEWED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT IT OF THE TWO PARTIES AND IT CAN BE TERMINATED BY MUTUAL CONSENT. IF BOTH PARTIES AGREE THIS CONTRACT CAN BE TERMINATED. GRAND PRAYRY DID PRESENT THIS TO THEIR COUNCIL TUESDAY NIGHT AND IT WAS APPROVED WE HAVE A COP OF THE SIGNED AGREEMENT FROM GRAND PRAIRIE AND THIS ITEM WAS TAKEN TO OUR UTILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN JUNE AND THIS ITEM BE BRAT BACK BASED ON US NOT HAVING ANY MAJOR CHANGES FROM THE LAST DRAFT THAT THE UAB SAW.WE HAD A FEW MINE FOR CHANGES BUT NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE TO THE AGREEMENT. WITH THAT TILE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I'LL TAKE A MOTION. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> IT'S COMING OUT OF THE CONTAINMENT PLANT?
>> OR >> IT'S A COMBINATION. RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A 16-INCH WATER LINE THAT GOES TO OUR PLANT.
IT'S FEEING SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO RIGHT NOW. BUT AGAIN EVEN THOUGH IT'S COMING FROM THE PLANT AND JOE POOL WE ARE CHARGING THE TRWD RAW WATER CHARGE.
>> TO IS REACH MAX CAPACITY ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU COULD
CLEAN? >> WELL, ON PEAK DAYS YES, BUT ON AVERAGE DAYS NO. WE'RE DOING WELL ON THAT SIDE OF IT.
>> THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. >> MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECONDED. PLEASE
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>> THANK YOU. >> ITEM 2021-431 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RENEWING POLICIES WITH TRAVELERS INSURANCE GROUP AND CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS TO PROVIDE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COVERAGE INCLUDING WIND, HAIL, AND BY BACK PRODUCTS FOR THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, WITH A TOTAL
PREMIUM AMOUNT OF $526,143. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS AN AN NEWLY RENEWAL OF OUR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY AS WELL AS OUR WORKER'S COMP. YOU COULD SEE ON THE AGENDA ITEM WOE HAVE A LISTING F THE VARIOUS COVERAGES. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT A FEW OF THE DIFFERENCES THIS YEAR. WE HAD TO THERE'S A 9% OVERALL INCREASE. SOME OF THAT IS THE RESULT OF THE LAWSON BUILDINGS BEING ADDED ON TO THE PROPERTY.
IF THOSE ARE SOLD THOSE WILL BE OFF THE LIST AND THAT WILL BE A REDUCTION. WE HAVE ALSO ADDED STAFF IN OUR RADIO DEPARTMENT, POLICE, AND WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED FOUR NEW VEHICLES THIS YEAR.
WE'VE ALSO HAD VERY HIGH WORKER'S COMP CLAIMS THIS YEAR.
AND RELATED MEDICAL EXPENSES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN SOME INCREASE. AND I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THERE'S BEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF CYBER LIABILITY EVENTS NONWITH THE CITY, BUT IN THE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL AND NOT JUST CITIES, BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND SO, WITH OUR CURRENT SECURE THAT WE HAVE ON OUR COMPUTER ITEMS, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE 500,000 CYBER SECURITY INSURANCE
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THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST SO THAT'S BEEN REDUCED TO $50,000 RIGHT NOW. IT IS WORKING WITH US ON GETTING A MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTI FICTION PROGRAM. BY GOING WITH A SEPARATE POLICY LOYD'S OF LONDON. A NONADMITTED CAYRIER IS ONE THAT'S NOT LICENSED IN THE STATE BUT THEY CAN ISSUE A INSURANCE UNDER A LICENSED CARRIER. I WILL SAY, CONTINUED AFTER THIS ORIGINAL PROPEACEAL WAS RECEIVED, WE'VE HAD STAFF GO IN AND CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK ON THIS. AND SO, IT'S A MINOR AMOUNT BUT WE'VE GOT $11,000 KNOCKED OFF OF IT SO FAR AND WE'RE CONTINUES TO WORK ON INCREASING THE COVERAGES AND REDUCE THE COST. RIGHT NOW I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE IT BASED ON THIS NUMBER AND I'LL BEGLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A MINOR AMOUNT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THE QUOTES FOR THIS IS WHAT WAS REFLECTED IN THE CITY BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED IN THE LAST MEETING?
>> IS THERE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE A
MOTION. >> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AND
SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ANN. >> ITEM PASSES 7-0. TAMMY, CAN
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YOU PUT UP THE COUNTY ON THE NEXT ITEM, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO COUNCIL THAT THIS IS WHERE OUR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION UNLESS Y'ALL WANT TO, WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY OVERT ACTION AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHICH I'LL LET SPEAK FIRST, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT COMMISSIONER PAUL PERRY IS WITH US AND HE'S AVAILABLE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR COMMENTS THAT WE WANT FROM HIM. ITEM 2021-439 CONSIDER AND DISCUSS PROPOSED COVID VACCINE IMMERSITY RULE ANNOUNCED BY THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BIDEN ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2021. AND WHAT YOU SEE IF MISS MCGREGORY WOULD COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.>> I GUESS, I NEVER. >> THIS IS THE.
>> I WON'T BE MAKING ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO THIS.
>> WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN INTEREST IS A PROCLAMATION MADE BY THE COUNTY COURT THIS AFTERNOON. THEY MET AT 2:00 AND SO THIS IS WHAT THE COUNTY HAS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
>> I COULD GIVE MY COMMENTS NOW IF YOU WANT.
>> PLEASE, COME FORWARD: NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOUR
COMMENTS, PLEASE. >> MAY NAME IS LIEU WHEEZE MCGREGOR, I'VE BEEN A VERY BLESSED CITIZEN LIVING AT 18 VERMONT AVENUE FOR 13 YEARS. I'M REALLY YOUNG COMPARED TO ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGALITIES, AS I SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASONS OR THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE FOR, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SOME PRINCIPLES, MY OBSERVATION, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I'M NOT ALWAYS SURE THAT WE AS FELL CITIZENS ARE REALLY ADEQUATELY PULLING TOGETHER TO WIN THE WAR AGAINST THE COVID-19 VIRUS EVEN THOUGH, I THINK WE HAVE COMMON VALUES. ONE THAT BOTHER ME A LOT IS HAVING PERSONAL CHOICE HELD UP AS SUCH A HIGH VALUE BUT WHAT ABOUT PUTTING EQUAL EMPHASIS ON HAVING CONCERN ON HOW OUR FELL CITIZENS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE EFFECTED BY THOSE PERSONAL CHOICES. SHOULDN'T SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES IN THE PANDEMIC TAKE HIGHEST PRIORITY? IN THE 20 THERE WAS AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY THE HEALTH OFFICER FOR OUR COUNTY AND SHE HAD THIS ADVICE. SHE CLEARLY STATED THAT THE BEST WAY TO ELIMINATE SERIOUS COVID INFECTION IS GETTING VACCINATED.
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AS LONG AS THE PANDEMIC IS RAGING, WE SHOULD WEAR MASKS AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND BY DOAK THAT DECREASE TRANSMISSION EVEN IF IT IS ANNOYING AND COMEERSOME. SHE DESCRIBED WEARING A MASK AS A SMALL FAVOR TO OTHERS WHOM WE MAY SAVE. I THINK THAT CAN EQUALLY APPLY TO GETTING VACCINATED. JOSEPH CHANGE WAS INTERVIEWED ON THE PBS NEWS HOUR AND CLEARLY STATED THAT VACCINATION IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE COVID VIRUS. HE SAID IT IS A PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP STOP THE VIRUS. IN A SEPTEMBER 5, 2021, ARTICLE IN THE "DALLAS MORNING NEWS," THE PASTOR OF CHRIST LOATH RAIN CHURCH ON UNIVERSITY PARK WROTE, THE VACCINE DEBATE ISN'T ABOUT SCIENCE BUT ABOUT ETHICS. HE ASKED, CAN WE RIGHTLY LEAVE EVERY DECISION EFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL FAIR TO INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES WHATEVER THE CONSEQUENCES OR DO WE HAVE ANY OBLIGATIONS TO STAKE STEPS TO PROTECT EACH OTHER AND CAN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES TAKE MEASURES TO ENNORSE THAT. HE ALSO COMMENTED THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT BY ONLY CONSIDERING CHOICE. IN SUMMARY, HE SAID THAT ALL OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND OTHERS FROM COVID-19 REQUIRE COOPERATION AND SOME MEASURE OF INCONVENIENCE AND WE NEED TO REFUSE FALSE POLITICS AND TRY HARD TO ACCEPT EACH OTHER, BEAR BURDENS FOR EACH OTHER. HE ALSO SAID PUBLIC OFFICIALS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BRING ABOUT THE GREATER GOOD BUT THEY CAN HELP IT ALONG, BUT SOMETIMES THEIR CHOICES MAY HINDER IT. I UNDERSTAND, MANY ARE IT AGAINST MANDATES, BUT MIGHT MANDATES SAVE OTHER LIVES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE LOST. GETTING OUR LIVES BACK TO A LEVEL OF NORMALCY. I KNOW WE ALL LONG TO NOT LIVE IN FARE BUT INSTEAD GET BACK TO NORMAL. I KNOW MANDATES ARE A BAD WORD, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO SAVE PEOPLE?>> (APPLAUSE). >> THE ISSUE TO ME,ND YOU HAVE A QUESTION BETWEEN THE COMMON GOOD AND WELFARE AND THE RIGHTS AS WE HAVE AS INDEPENDENT CITIZENS. THE QUESTION IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVERREACH COMING INTO OUR LIVES. MY OPINION, IS THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COME INTO OUR LIVES. WE NEED TO MAKE THE CHOICES AND I DO AGREE THAT TO BE FREE CITIZENS, THAT THERE'S A CONCEPT OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT CITIZENS HAVE. BUT WE ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT HAVE THE GOVERNMENT INTERFERE INTO OUR LIVES ESPECIALLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AT THE STATE LEVEL AND LOCAL LEVEL THERE'S A LOT MORE LATITUDE, BECAUSE WE'RE CLOSER TO THE CITIZENS HERE AND THAT'S WHERE GOVERNMENT STARTS AT AT THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE THE LOWEST LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT IN THE NATION BUT WE'RE THE CLOSEST TO THE CITIZENS. WITH THAT, IF THE COUNCIL BEFORE I CONTINUE MY THOUGHTS, IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL WISH. JUST GIVE ME, I SEE, MULTIPLE RED LIGHTS. AND I DO TRY TO KEEP IT DOWN TO A MINUTE AND-A-HALF BUT AGAIN WE'LL COME BACK AS MANY TIMES AS NEED BE FOR THE DISCUSSION.
>> I'LL BE BRIEF. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IS AND WHAT THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT. THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, THE FEDERALISTS ARTICLES DISCUSS QUITE A BIT IN DEPTH MORE ABOUT WHAT GOVERNMENT IS NOT VERSUS WHAT IT IS. AND OUR FOUNDING FATHERS FOUNDED THIS COUNTRY BASED ON LIMITED GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY. IT'S NOT THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT TO RESTRICT THE FREEDOMS AND THE CHOICES OF IT'S CITIZENS EVEN IF THOSE CITIZEN EVEN IF THOSE DECISIONS MIGHT BE FOR THEIR OWN GOOD. IT'S NOT THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT. AND LET ME BE CLEAR, I'M NOT ANTIVACCINATION I'M VACCINATED MYSELF BUT I AM ANTIVACCINE MANDATE AND I VIEW THIS AS AN EXTREME CASE OF GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BUT I WILL STATE THIS THIS MOVE ISSEN EXTREME CASE OF GOVERNMENT
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OVERREACH IN MY OPINION. >> (APPLAUSE).
>> EARLIER I WAS VERY LENIENT, SO IF YOU ALL WOULD PLEASE NOT
APPLAUD, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. >> I HAVE 4 AND-A-HALF MINUTES OF COMMENTS I'VE BROKEN INTO MINUTE AND-A-HALF SECTIONS.
>> SO. I DID THAT SOMEWHAT PRIMARILY FOR WALTER'S SAKE.
>> I KNOW IT. SO, TAMMY, IF YOU'VE GOT. OKAY, SO THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY AND I'M PULLING OUT QUOTE FROM A "WASHINGTON POST" ARTICLE WRITTEN BY HENRY OLSEN THAT I FELT IN MY RESEARCH OVER THE LAST WEEK REALLY ENCAP SUE LATED HOW I FEEL ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. SO, FOR ME, LIKE JUSTIN, IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE VACCINE. YOU KNOW, HE SAID HE'S VACCINATED, I'M NOT VACCINATED AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I RESPECT HIS ABILITY TO GET VACCINATE AND I HOPE HE RESPECTS MY ABILITY TO NOT BE VACCINATED. SO, WITH THAT I'LL GET INTO MY FIRST MINUTE AND-A-HALF AND MAKE IT QUICK. SO, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SPEECH ANNOUNCING THE IMPOSITION OF A NATIONAL VACCINE REQUIREMENTS WAS A BREATH-TAKING DISREGARD FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND AN ARROW GANT DISPLAY OF OVER REACHING POWER. IN DECEMBER, BIDEN TOLD AMERICANS HE WOULD NOT IMPOSE A VACCINE MANDATE REASSURING PEOPLE THAT THEIR CORE FREEDOMS WOULD BE PROTECTED. BIDEN'S ORDER DOES THREE PRIMARY THINGS, FIRST IT ESTABLISHES A MANDATE THAT ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND THE EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19. SECOND, IT REQUIRES THAT ALL EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE EMPLOYERS OF 100 OR MORE EMPLOYEES REGARDLESS OF THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EITHER BE VACCINATED OR UNDERGO WEEKLY CORONAVIRUS TESTS. FINELY, IT REQUIRES ALL ENTITY THAT IS RECEIVE PAYMENT FROM MEDICARE OR MEDICAID TO REQUIRE HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO BE VACCINATED. BIDEN'S ORDER IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UNDER OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM, THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO REQUIRE AN ADULT, AMERICAN TO DO SOMETHING WITH OR PUT SOMETHING INTO HIS OR HER BODY INDEED, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE POWER TO ORDER AN ADULT TO BUY A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT THAT'S WHY OBAMA CARE'S INDIVIDUAL MANDATE WAS STRUCTURED AS A TAX RATHER THAN A COMMAND. EVEN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTOOD THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT CONSTITUTIONALLY TREAT IT'S CITIZENS LIKE SUBJECTS. THAT'S MY FIRST MINUTE AND-A-HALF.
>> THERE IS ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST COAST, THERE IS A TREND AND I WOULD EVEN CALL IT A MOVEMENT TO CONVERT PEOPLE FROM BEING CITIZENS TO RESIDENTS. AND I THINK THIS IS A HUGE THREAT TO OUR WAY OF LIFE. THEY'RE CHANGING THE VOTING REARMS, THEY'RE EVEN THINKING ABOUT CHANGING RUNNING REQUIREMENTS.
BUT WE'RE SLOWLY BECOMING RESIDENTS AND SUBJECTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AS OPPOSED TO CITIZENS. AS CITIZENS WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT AND THEREFORE OUR WILL SHOULD TAKE PRIORITY ESPECIALLY OVER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> YOU KNOW, LIKE THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID, I TOOK THE WEEK TO DO SOME RESEARCH OF MY OWN AND LOOK INTO WHAT VERY EDUCATED AND PROMINENT PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS, AND, AT LEAST TWICE IN MY LIFE I'VE TAKEN AN OATH TO UP HOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, I'M A 16-YEAR POLICE OFFICER AND I'VE ALSO SPENT 8 AND-A-HALF YEARS OVERSEAS WORKING COUNTER TERRORISM AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND I TOOK AN OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION BOTH TIMES AND I TAKE THAT OATH VERY SERIOUSLY. WHEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE AWAY ONE'S FREEDOMS IN THEM, DUE TO BREAKING THE LAW, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT FREEDOM MEANS. AND, IT MY PERSONAL OPINION THE PRESIDENT HAS OVERSTEPPED HIS BOUNDS, I
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WILL NOT PARTAKE OR SUPPORT IN ANY TYRANICAL RULES LIKE THAT THAT OVERSTEP THE GOVERNMENT'S RIGHT INTO OUR LIVES. THIS IS FORCING PEOPLE TO HAVE A VACCINE. WHEN I THINK IT SHOULD BE OPTIONAL. OR TELL THEM YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR JOB AND YOUR LIVELIHOOD. THEY'RE HOLDING THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE IN A WAY THAT I THINK IS ENTIRELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.>> CAN I DONATE MY TIME TO WALLER?
>> WALTER'S GOING TO GET ALL THE TIME HE NEEDS.
>> ALL RIGHT. BEAR WITH ME. NEITHER THE PRIVATE SECTOR MANDATE NOR THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS CAN SURVIVE COURT SCRUTINY. THE MANDATE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. BECAUSE IT WOULD DIRECTLY COERCE A PERSON TO TAKE A DRUG OR TEST BOTH UNCONSTITUTIONAL COME. THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID REQUIREMENTS FALL SHORT BECAUSE OF THE DOCTRINE OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS WHICH HOLDS THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT USE IT'S POWER TO GRANT OR WITH HOLD BENEFITS TO TAKE AWAY A PERSON'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS INDIRECTLY. OTHERWISE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF COULD CONDITION RECEIPT OF FEDERAL MONEY ON THE RECIPIENT RENOUNCING THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. FORCING A HOSPITAL TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CASH AND ACTING AS A GOVERNMENT'S HARSHMEN IS A TEXT BOOK EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE DOCTRINE IS INTENDED TO PREVENT. IN FACT, BIDEN'S ORDER WOULD BE ILLEGAL EVEN IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD THIS POWER, BIDEN CLAIMS THAT HE CAN BY PASS CONGRESS ON THIS MATTER BECAUSE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, OSHA CAN ISSUE ORDERS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE TIME-CONSUMING RULE-MAKING PROCESS UNDER IT'S EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARDS POWER.
BEFORE THIS SUMMER, THAT POWER WAS LAST USED IN THE 1980S, AND THAT ORDER, WHICH WAS MANDATING EMPLOYERERS TO LIMIT THE LEVEL OF ASBESTOS IT'S EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO WAS STRUCK DOWN BY THE COURT AS BEING INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAW. THE LAW THIRDSING OSHAS TEMPORARY POWERS CLEARLY ENVISIONS SUCH ORDERS ARISING IN A WORKPLACE CONTEXT WHERE THREATS TO HEALTH THAT ARISE FROM THE WORKPLACE CAN BE EL ELIMINATED BY ACTIONS WITHIN THE WORKPLACE, SOMETHING CLEARLY NOT TRUE OF COVID-19. OSHA LAW WAS NOT INTENDED TO USE WORKPLACE REGULATIONS TO FIGHT A PANDEMIC AND THE COURTS WILL NOT TWIST IT TO SAY OTHERWISE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS WE COULD DO TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC WITHOUT SURRENDERING OUR FREEDOM OR RUNNING ROUGH SHOT OVER THE CONSTITUTION. BIDEN SAID HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT TO RESTORE THE SOUL OF AMERICA. BUT THE COUNTRY'S SOUL, IT'S HEARTBEAT FROM IT'S INITIAL GESTATION IN 1776 IS THE FREEDOM OF THE IF INDIVIDUAL FROM ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT POWER. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WRITING FOR THE SUPREME COURT MAJORITY IN THE CASE UPHOLDING OBAMA CARE PEOPLE FOR REASONS OF THEIR OWN OFTEN FAIL TO DO THINGS THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM OR GOOD FOR SOCIETY. A NATION THAT ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO COMPEL PEOPLE TO DO THINGS IS NOT THE COUNTRY THE FRAMERS OF OUR CONSTITUTION ENVISIONED. WE CAN FIGHT AND BEAT THE VIRUS WITHOUT IGNORING THIS BASIC TRUTH THAT OUR PRESIDENT BIDEN DOESN'T UNDERSTAND AND THIS SHOWS HE DOES NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND AMERICA. SO, I WILL NOT TODAY, AND I WILL NEVER VOTE TO SUPPORT REQUIRES VACCINATION FOR ANYONE FOR ANY REASON. THANK YOU.
>> >> I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO OUR COUNTY LEADERS FOR SETTING THE PACE AND APPROVING WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A GOOD RESOLUTION THIS AFTERNOON.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR CITY FOLLOW SUIT AND GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT SOMETHING SIMILAR. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE UPHELD IN THE COURT OF LAW, I HOPE NOT. I BELIEVE IT WILL BE TAKEN TO THE SUPREME COURT, AND UNLESS THE SKRAURT IS STACKED,
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AND IT MAY BE, UNTIL THEN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY PUT ON ANY SORTS OF LAYERS OF PROTECTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY ASWE CAN LEGALLY DO. >> THANK YOU, JUSTIN. I'LL COME BACK TO YOUR POINT IN A MOMENT.
>> OUR FRAMERS, PUT IN CHECKS AND BALANCES IN OUR SYSTEM. AND TO HAVE ESPECIALLY, AT THE TOP ONE BRANCH TAKE OVER IS TROUBLESOME AT BEST. WE SEE BOROUGH CRATES TAKING OVER AND BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE LAWS. WE'RE GETTING AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE. WE NEED TO PAL COME BACK TO THE PEOPLE AND RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS WHERE THE POWER COMES FROM. DOES ANYBODY BEFORE
WE GET TO JUSTIN? OH, LANE. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY A LITTLE
BIT. >> I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON EVERYBODY'S SAYING, I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THEY SAID. I'M BACKING IT 100%. I'M TIRED OF GOVERNMENT TRYING TO DO THINGS THEY GOT NO BUSINESS BEING INTO. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE AND I SUPPORT THIS 100%. OKAY.
>> IF I MIGHT, COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE US PERHAPS, TO SOMEHOW HAVE A WORKSHOP AND WITH STAFF DRAFT OUR OWN RESOLUTION. I THINK SINCE IT WE HAVE STRONG SUPPORT FOR WHAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE.
IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO BEYOND THE STATE AND THE SUPPORT AND DO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE POSITIVE AT THIS POINT, WE CAN DO THAT.
OTHERWISE, BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HASN'T FORMERLY DONE ANYTHING AND THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T FORMERLY DONE ANYTHING, MY PERSONAL BIT IS TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THEY DO AND WE RESPOND.
BUT WE DO I THINK, COUNCIL, WE WANT THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THE COURSE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ON. IS IT
>> IS THAT A QUESTION? >> YES, THAT IS A QUESTION.
>> I THINK WE DO, AND LIKE I SAID, I SUPPORT THIS. BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT A LOT OF PAPER OUT THERE. YOU KNOW. SAY EVERYTHING WE CAN IN AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S HOW I
FEEL ABOUT THAT. >> OKAY. WALTER.
>> I THINK IF WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE WE MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY'S RESOLUTION AS THEY HAVE PRESENTED IT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND FOR OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN MIDLOTHIAN AS SUCH.
>> I'M SORRY. >> PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> I'M SORRY, I SPOKE EARLIER, IRAN GENE ANY LAWRENCE AND I'M A SCHOOL TEACHER AND I DO HAVE TO SAY I'M CONCERNED HERE. I HAVE FRIENDS IN ARKANSAS, AND THEY HAVE DONE NO MASK, THEY'VE DONE NO MANDATES, DONE REALLY NO PROMOTION OF VACCINES AND THEY CONSISTENTLY TELL ME EVERYDAY THEY'VE BETWEEN 12-25% OF KIDS IN QUARANTINE EVERYDAY. I'M IN DOWN, I TEACH IN DALLAS ISD, THEY NEED ME MORE THAN THEY DO IN MIDLOTHIAN, Y'ALL HAVE GOOD TEACHERS. I WILL HAVE MAY BE, MAY BE, ONE CHILD PER CLASS OUT IN QUARANTINE WE'RE SITTING FACING EACH OTHER, WE'RE DWIFING THEM VACCINES IF THEY WANT IT, NO ONE'S MAKING THEM. BUT THEY ARE HAVING TO WEAR MASKS AND IT'S NOT SPREADING IN OUR SCHOOLS. I'M SITTING THERE EVERYDAY WITH A FULL CLASSROOM OF KIDS READY TO LEARN. AND THEY'RE NOT DYING. MY GOOD FRIEND'S BROTHER DIED YESTERDAY FROM THIS. ANOTHER FRIEND DIED BECAUSE OF THIS. AND WE CAN SAY ALL WE WANT TO THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING MAGICAL TO STOP THIS VIRUS, PANDEMIC, BUT WE'RE NOT WEARING MASKS AND WE'RE NOT TAKING THE VACCINE. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT MAGICAL THING WE'RE GOING TO DO TO STOP THESE CHILDREN FROM DYING? BECAUSE, I SEE IT.
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE IT AS IT APPLIED TO ME TO YOU AS THE CITIZEN AND TO EVERYONE ELSE BEHIND YOU, THE OPTION TO TAKE WHAT YOU FEEL WITH YOUR DOCTOR IS BEST FOR YOU. I'M GOING TO
FORCE ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING. >> I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU DO
RAILS WE BREATH THE SAME AIR? >> I DO, THAT'S RIGHT.
>> NOW, MY MOM IS SAYING, NOW, MY MOM IS 85, WHEN I TOLD HER ABOUT THE FITS. SHE SAID WE LINED UP TO GET RID OF POLIO, WE
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LINED UP TO GET RID OF SMALL POX. I ASSUME THAT MARKS.WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU IS WHAT'S BEST FOR ME. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY DIEING. SO, THE PEOPLE THAT WE CALL THE GREATEST GENERATION LINED UP TO DO WHAT WAS BEST FOR ME. SO, I DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE FROM IT. I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ONE LEG SHORTER OR
WHATEVER. >> SURE, I HAVE JUST ONE QUICK THING AND I'LL BE DONE I PROMISE. FOR ME IT'S NOT ABOUT THE VACCINE AND I THINK FOR EVERYONE UP HERE IT'S NOT ABOUT THE VACCINE ITSELF. IT'S ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE ALLOWING OF THE FORCING OF POLICY OR ANYTHING THERE OF, ANYTHING THAT CIRCUMVENTS THE CONSTITUTION IS WHAT EVERYONE SAID DOES NOT SUPPORT. BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE APPLIED TODAY IN THE MOST GENUINE SENSE FOR THE BEST OUTLOOK OF SOCIETY ET CETERA, NEXT YEAR IT MIGHTING DIFFERENT. THEY MIGHT USE WHAT THEY GAIN TODAY, THEY BEING THE GOVERNMENT OR WHATEVER DEFENDANT OR BRANCH GETS OUT OF LINE, SO TO SPEAK AS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SUPPORT
NEXT YEAR. >> I GET THAT, MY THING IS THIS, MY YEARS WHEN I WAS STARTING TO TEACH, I HAD TO BE TESTED FOR TB BEFORE I COULD TEACH. THE KIDS HAVE TO BE VACCINATED BEFORE THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL.
>> PEOPLE HAVE TO GET VACCINATIONS BEFORE THEY CAN TRAVEL. PEOPLE HAVE TO GET VACCINATIONS ALL THE TIME. WHY IS THIS ONE THE ONLY ONE ANYBODY OBJECTS TO? BECAUSE IT'S
POLITICAL, THAT'S WHY. >> IT'S JUST. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR AN EMPLOYER TO IMPOSE A VACCINE. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR A NMUNICIPALITY IT S HOWEVER UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO IMPOSE ON PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO COMPEL
ACTION. >> THAT'S THE ILLEGAL PART.
>> BUT MOST OF IT ISN'T PRIVATE CITIZENS, IT'S FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS AGREE GREATLY ON THIS. I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I TAKE LIGHTLY. I DON'T LIKE CHILDREN DYING. I'M A TEACHER.
>> PEOPLE ARE DYING. THEY'RE LITERALLY DYING.
>> YEAH FROM WEARING MASKS. >> OKAY. NO. ORDER, PLEASE.
>> SO SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK COME UP TO THE PODIUM, OTHERWISE PLEASE REMAIN QUIET AND RESPECTFUL.
>> MA'AM. >> LEASE IS A, HEELLY, 418 MILL GAN DRIVE. IF ANYONE IS GOING TO SAY KIDS ARE DIEING, I WOULD LOVE THE SOURCE FOR THAT DATA. AND THE ACTUAL NUMBERS. I DON'T BELIEVE KIDS ARE DYING FROM COVID. I THINK IT'S LIKE, .99% THAT IS IMPACTED. FROM A DEATH RATE.
>> IT A COUPLE OF POINTS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. ONE, THERE'S NOBODY HERE THAT'S EXPECTING A MAGICAL SOLUTION, IN FACT, I UNDERSTAND THAT WITH OUR FREEDOMS AND OUR LIBERTIES AT TIMES WE HAVE TO GO IN HARM'S WAY. WE'RE WILLING TO PAY A PRICE TO MAINTAIN OUR LIBERTIES AND THAT PRICE HAS BEEN PAID IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS BY MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. IT OUR FATHER WENT TO WAR FOR THAT, I SERVED BUT I NEVER SAW COMBAT, THIS IS THE PART OF MAINTAINING LIBERTY. THE CONJECTURE IS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE PRESIDENT IS OVERREACHING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS. IF A STATE WISH TOSS DO THAT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ARGUMENT. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IN EARLY PART OF THE LAST CENTURY, ONE STATE WAS MASSACHUSETTS, WENT TO SUPREME COURT AND THEIR ABILITY TO QUARANTINE WAS UPHELD. YOU'RE NOW GETTING INTO AN ARGUMENT OF STATE'S RIGHTS AND ALL. SO, AT WHAT POINT DO WE DRAW THE LINE. AND AGAIN, THE MOVEMENTS IN SOCIETY IS AWAY FROM OUR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO THE GOVERNMENT MORE AND MORE TO DO TOO MUCH.
AND IF WE WANT TO MAINTAIN, IF WE WANT TO PASS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION THE BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD. THEN, WE NEED TO DO THAT AND YES, THERE'S A RISK. AND WE EACH IN OUR OWN WAY DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO FACE THAT RISK.
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>> LANE? >> I AGREE WITH THAT. AND I LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS, I GO TO A DOCTOR FOR PARTICULAR REASON BECAUSE I TRUST HER KNOWLEDGE AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I'VE MET A LOT OF DOCTORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS THING, BUT I LIST TONE MY DOCTOR. MY DOCTOR SAYS, I THINK YOU SHOULD GET A SHOT, SO I GET A SHOT. NOW, YOU MAY GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND YOUR DOCTOR SAYS I DON'T THINK YOU NEED A SHOT, SO YOU DIDN'T GET A SHOT. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, I'M HEARING ALL THE THINGS ABOUT HOW BAD THE MASKS ARE FOR YOU, THEY DO YOU MORE DAMAGE THAN THE DISEASE DOES. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. LAST YEAR I HAD 5 BYPASSES, A MONTH LATER I HAD COVID, IT REALLY DID ME IN, I LOST MY TASTE AND SMELL FOR THREE DAYS. SOME PEOPLE DIE OVER IT. SOME PEOPLE DON'T. BUT I'M OLD AND YET I GOT IT AND I GOT OUT OF IT CLEAN, I GIVE THE CREDIT TO GOD FOR TAKING CARE OF ME. THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT. 'S UP TO US, LIKE, IF THE TEACHER WANTS TO HAVE HER CLASS WEAR MASKS, THEN SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. BUT THE PRESIDENT DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL HER SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO WEAR THE MASKS. AND I JUST WANT TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND IT'S TOO MUCH POLITICAL ACTIVITY BEEN TAKING PLACE SINCE DAY ONE WITH THIS COVID. AND I AM PERSONALLY FED UP WITH THAT.
>> COUNCIL. WE HAD A SUGGESTION?
>> I THINK IT'S A GOOD ONE. >> SO, ARE YOU COUNCIL WILLING
TO ACCEPT A RESOLUTION? >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A RESOLUTION, WALTER, AND THEN WE'LL.
>> IT WOULD BE A MOTION SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON THE FEDERAL MANDATE.
>> >> I MAKE A MOTION IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE ELLIS COUNT COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN OPTION OF THE FEDERAL VACCINATION MANDATE THAT THEY PASSED ON THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER 2021.
>> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND
SECONDED. >> COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.
>> AND THE ITEM PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU, VERY MUCH AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS. THIS IS A CHALLENGING TOPIC. ON
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
MANY FRONTS. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL IN PURSUANT OF SECTION 551.072, REAL ESTATE, DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, ON MCHALL PEN ROAD, LEASE OR REAL VALUE FOR 211 WEST AVENUE F AND 207 NORTH 8TH STREET, WE'RE GOING TO SEEK LEGAL CONSULTATION ON THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE LAND USES AS IT RELATES TO PROPERTY ZONE AGRICULTURE GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MIDLOTHIAN PARKWAY AND SECTION 55.074, PERSONAL MATTERS, THE EVALUATION OF CITY OFFICIALS. SO, WE WILL COME BACK, NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO BE. BUT WE WILL BE BACK>> OKAY, COUNCIL IS BACK THIS SOMETHINGS SESSION, WE HAVE ONE ACTION TO TAKE CHLTH I MAKE A MOTION TO AMENDMENT THE CITY
MANAGERS AGREEMENT TO THE. >> ITEM PASSES 7-0.
>> THAT'S IT. >> AND, I'LL WAIT FOR 9:10.
>> AT 9:09
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