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I DECLARE THE PLAINTIFF CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED
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AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY.AND COUNCIL MIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RICK ELLI WILL BE ON ZOOM.
WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY MICHAEL SLAUGHTER, WORSHIP PASTOR WITH HUNTER'S GLEN BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TEXAS PLEDGE LED BY BSA CUB SCOUT PACT, 2 21 CHARTERED BY NORTH TEXAS PIONEERS ROTARY CLUB.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? WE ARE GONNA DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TONIGHT.
SINCE I'M THE WORSHIP PASTOR, I'M NOT GOING TO PRAY THIS EVENING.
OUR FATHER, WHICH, AND FORGIVE US, OUR DAD AS WE FORGIVE OUR DAD, AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM, FOR THE IS THE KING AND THE POWER, AND THE MAN.
MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SENATOR PLANO, WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF YOUR EVENT TONIGHT.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU.
JOSH, WILL YOU TAKE OVER? ALRIGHT.
STOOP BUDGET, DO THE FIRE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO THEE ONE, UNDERGRAD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
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OKAY.MY FIRST TIME AT THE CITY HALL.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH.
YOU, YOU WANT YOU YOU WHAT? OH, OKAY.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UH, COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST AFTER CONSENT AGENDA.
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SO LET'S MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE.
AND TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER, ANY CITIZEN.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS.
WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
AND SECOND, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLI, HOW DO YOU VOTE? THANK YOU.
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COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST, COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW UP TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER WITH 30 TOTAL MINUTES ON ITEMS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN AND NOT ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
THE COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, BUT MAY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION.
THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
AND AS A NOTE, PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE MICROPHONE OR YELL INTUIT WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM.
WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
I JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND BASICALLY MAKE MY VOICE HEARD.
UM, ON OCTOBER 9TH, THE CITY COUNCIL CONDEMNED THE ACTIONS OF HAMAS FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING 1400 PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SETTLE SETTLER COLONY OF ISRAEL.
THIS NUMBER WAS THEN USED TO JUSTIFY RETALIATION AGAINST HAMAS.
UM, SINCE YOU CAN CONDEMN THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED, I WANT YOU ALL TO ASK YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING QUESTION, WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF INNOCENT PALESTINIANS THAT NEED TO BE KILLED FOR YOU TO CONDEMN THE ABHORRENT AND INHUMANE GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS BY THE, BY THE SETTLER COLONY OF ISRAEL? A MONTH AFTER YOU CONDEMNED THAT ATTACK, THE DEATH TOLL OF THOSE KILLED IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL WAS REVISED DOWN TO 1200.
THE DEATH TOLL OF CIVILIANS IN GAZA WAS AROUND 12,000 AT THAT TIME, AND ISRAEL CLAIMED THAT OUT OF THOSE 12,000, ONLY 60 OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED WERE CONFIRMED TO BE HAMAS.
AS OF TODAY, THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IS 26,000 WITH AN ESTIMATED 10,000 TRAPPED AND LIKELY DEAD UNDER THE RUBBLE.
OUT OF THOSE 26,000, THERE ARE PALESTINIAN JEWS, THERE ARE PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS, THERE ARE PALESTINIAN JS, THERE ARE PALESTINIAN ATHEISTS, AND OF COURSE THERE ARE PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS. BUT THIS IS CLEARLY NOT A JEW VERSUS MUSLIM ISSUE.
SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, INCLUDING THE THIRD OLDEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD, HAS BEEN BOMBED.
MOSQUES, HOSPITALS, REFUGEES, REFUGEE CAMPS, BAKERIES, UNIVERSITIES, CITY BUILDINGS, HOUSING, CENTURIES OLD ARCHIVES DOCUMENTING THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE'S RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURE AND HISTORY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED TO RUBBLE.
THE EARTH HAS BEEN SALTED TO PREVENT PALESTINIANS FROM GROWING FOOD OR DRINKING CLEAN WATER.
THE PEOPLE OF GAZA ARE BEING BACKED FURTHER AND FURTHER SOUTH TO THE BORDER OF EGYPT, ALL WHILE THE REGIME OF ISRAEL CARPET BOMBS LAND TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR THEIR NEW CANAL TO BE BUILT AND FOR NEW SETTLEMENTS TO BE ERECTED ON TOP OF LAND SOAKED IN PALESTINIAN BLOOD.
IT IS CLEAR THAT ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AND COUNTLESS WAR CRIMES WITH THEIR USE OF COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, INDISCRIMINATE FIRE, ILLEGAL WHITE PHOSPHORUS, THE KILLING OF JOURNALISTS AND PROFESSORS, AND MANY MORE WAR CRIMES THAT I CAN'T EVEN LIST OUT IN THE TIME LIMIT THAT I HAVE.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE ARE BEING FORCIBLY DISPLACED, DISPOSSESSED,
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AND THAT THE END GOAL IS TO TRANSFER THEM TO EGYPT WITH NO RIGHT TO RETURN OR EXTERMINATE WHOEVER REMAINS ALTOGETHER CONDEMNING THE WAR.CRIMES OF THE SETTLER COLONY OF ISRAEL IS NOT ANTISEMITISM.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT AND WAS NEVER ABOUT HAMAS THE CITY DESERVES.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY DESERVE TO HEAR YOU CALL FOR A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AND AN END TO THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE, ESPECIALLY YOUR PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS OF ALL FAITHS.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LENA ESWA.
THE ENTIRE GAZA STRIP SHOULD BE EMPTIED AND LEVELED FLAT, JUST LIKE AN AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP, WE SHOULD LEAVE GOD'S A DESOLATE AND DESTROYED TO SERVE AS A MUSEUM DEMONSTRATING THE MADNESS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
THESE ARE THE WORDS OF ISRAEL'S COUNCIL HEAD, DAVID AZULI.
WE ARE FIGHTING HUMAN ANIMALS AND WE ARE ACTING ACCORDINGLY.
WE WILL ELIMINATE EVERYTHING AND THEY WILL REGRET IT.
THIS WAS A PUBLIC STATEMENT MADE BY ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER, YOEL GALLANT.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO PROVIDE FURTHER EVIDENCE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO SEE THAT THESE STATEMENTS ARE EXTREMELY ALARMING.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS EXACT TYPE OF LANGUAGE AND RACIST SENTIMENT USED BEFORE, AND IT ENDED WITH THE GENOCIDE.
OVER 6 MILLION JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST, ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE NEWS SOURCES, ISRAEL'S BOMB BOMB OF GAZA HAS KILLED APPROXIMATELY 18,000 TO 20,000 CIVILIANS.
70% OF THOSE CASUALTIES WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
OVER 50,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN WOUNDED.
85% OF GAZA'S POPULATION IS NOW HOMELESS.
TWO OUT OF THREE HOUSEHOLDS IN GAZA HAVE SPENT AT LEAST ONE FULL DAY AND NIGHT WITHOUT FOOD.
I ASK YOU AS BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AS HUMANS TO LOOK AT WHAT IS UNFOLDING IN GAZA AND SEE THE TRUTH, NOT WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD IN THE NEWS, NOT WHAT YOUR CHURCH SAYS, NOT WHAT YOUR POLITICAL PARTY STANDS FOR.
THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN IMMENSE SUFFERING IN GAZA FOR OVER TWO AND A HALF MONTHS.
WOMEN ARE HAVING EMERGENCY C-SECTIONS WITHOUT ANESTHESIA AND DYING.
18,000 CHILDREN LAY INJURED ON THE FLOORS OF OVERCROWDED HOSPITALS IN GAZA, AND 900 OF THOSE CHILDREN HAVE HAD AMPUTATIONS OF LIMBS PERFORMED WITHOUT ANESTHESIA, THE MANY INNOCENCE SHOULD NOT PAY THE PRICE FOR THE CRIMES OF A FEW.
I'M REQUESTING THAT THIS COUNCIL PASS AN IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING, AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE, AN IMMEDIATE END TO ISRAEL, SIE GEN GAZA, WHICH HAS CUT OFF THE ACCESS TO FOOD, CLEAN WATER, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, GAS AND ELECTRICITY INTO GAZA FOR OVER TWO MONTHS.
THE RELEASE OF OVER 2,800 PALESTINIANS CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT CHARGE IN ISRAELI PRISONS.
AN END TO THE $3.8 BILLION A YEAR OF FOREIGN AID SENT TO ISRAEL EACH YEAR BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
AND THEN THE RELEASE OF 200 CHILDREN.
CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 17, CURRENTLY IMPRISONED IN ISRAEL.
AND LASTLY, AN END TO ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE.
[(1) Council Holiday Message]
ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, A COUNCIL HOLIDAY MESSAGE, A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL.
WISHING ALL RESIDENTS A WARM AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND PROVIDING A JOY CLAUSE, A PEACE CLAUSE, A HAPPINESS CLAUSE, AND A SANTA CLAUS.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.