Each podium has a timer located to the speaker's right, which will indicate how much time is remaining. A bell will sound when you have 30 seconds remaining. Speakers registered on the consent agenda items will be taken following the announcement of any items pulled or continued from the agenda, and speakers registered for non-consent items other than public hearings will be taken together prior to those items being acted upon. These speakers will be given three minutes to speak on all items within those blocks that they registered to speak on. Thank you. And with that, we call today's meeting to order. The first item on our agenda is hearing from Pastor Tim Woody for our invocation. It's good to see you, Tim. Good to see you. Will you all please stand and remain standing for the pledges? Almighty God, I come to you today to pray blessing over my city, my elected officials in this council meeting. Lord, we live in turbulent times, so may all of these officials be people of courage, cheerful, bold confidence in you. Got to pray your blessing upon Mayor Parker and Chief Nokes. Also pray for our council members, Flores, Crane, Blaylock, Bivens, Williams, Yersone, Nettles and Beck, bless their work, bless their families and their homes. And I pray for supernatural protection over them, for their families and homes as well. Also surround them with wise, godly counsel. May they also humbly and boldly call upon you for wisdom to lead this great city. Justice Solomon requested wisdom to lead his people. For King Solomon stated, when right living people bless the city, it flourishes. May these officials be given to wise, protective, proactive decision making based upon the timeless principles of God's word. May they be marked by strong biblical ethics. May they use the wisdom of God to come together in a spirit of unity to accomplish what will ultimately honor you as they serve the residents of this, the best run large city in America. So may they continue working together to build a stronger community, for the scriptures say no city divided against itself will last or continue to stand. May we be marked by harmony, compassion and peace, not falling into the deceptive traps that have torn the fabric of other large cities in our nation. Now may God bless everyone in this chamber today. God bless our houses of worship. God bless our business community. God bless our homes. God bless our families. And God bless my city, Fort Worth. May the glory of Almighty God shine brightly from this place. We invoke your presence here now. Holy Spirit, you're welcome in this place, in these proceedings and in this city. In Jesus' name, amen. To the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas flag, I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one, and indivisible. Thank you. Next on the agenda is a special presentation. And I'm going to embarrass someone, but I'd like for our city secretary, Jeanette Goodall, to stand. And I know this is going to be very uncomfortable for you, Jeanette, but just roll with it. Our city secretary was recently sworn in as the 2023 President of the Texas Municipal Clerks Association during that association's advanced institute just last Thursday evening. As you can see, Jeanette steps up to and overcomes any challenges presented to her. Jeanette, congratulations. The city and TMCA are proud of your leadership and service. But what most people may not know is, your leadership was known throughout the entire state and nation before we were blessed to have you as our city secretary. So Jeanette, I salute you, congratulations, and thank you for making us proud. Well, that wasn't so bad, was it? You made it through. It depends on which side of the dais you are on. So the first item, Mayor Pro Tem, is we currently do not have any items being withdrawn from the consent agenda. Next, are items to be continued or withdrawn by staff? And we have two items. One is MNC 22-0867, that will be continued to November 8th. And then we have MNC 22-0772, that will be withdrawn. It has been replaced with MNC 22-0772R, and that's the one that the council will vote on today. Next will be the speakers registered on the consent agenda items. The first speaker is Adrian Smith. While Mr. Smith is approaching the microphone, please don't start the timer yet. For our speakers who are here today, you will hear a bell at two minutes and 30 seconds. What that means is you have 30 seconds remaining to wrap up your comments. At the end of that three minutes, you won't hear another bell. But you've been given that 30 minutes notice, and at three minutes, your microphone will be silenced to get ready for the next speaker. Good morning. Adrian Smith, I'm assuming I'm speaking on two items signed up for. Is that correct? You're speaking on the one item that's on consent, the MNC 22-0855. Okay, President Schultz, okay. Adrian Smith, District 3. So regarding this particular agenda item, I elected to be against it. My question regarding this particular agenda item is simply who will oversee its implementation considering its taxpayer money, $1,914,520 exactly with four one-year renewals options for the same amount. So my question is, who will oversee this particular project? And I know that Presbyterian Night Shelter operates as a non-profit, but they are receiving taxpayer funding to implement this particular project. So my question was, who will make sure this money is used for the purpose it's given? Who will they hire for this particular project? If I'm understanding correctly, it's something dealing with keeping the city, trying to beautify the city litter, cleaning up this, that, or the other. So if it's the homeless, if it's homeless individuals, will they be compensated fairly?  So what would be the working hours, what would be the schedule, et cetera, et cetera? I, for one, will make it my purpose to follow the money and hold accountable all responsible for seeing this project through. So if anybody is here from the Presbyterian Night Shelter, if you're not here, if you're watching, if you're listening, I'm going to do my due diligence to see that this money that's given to you is used for the purpose it's given.  So as a taxpayer citizen of this city, I will be one who's going to follow the money. And if I'm misspeaking regarding this particular project, I would like somebody just to clear up my understanding of this project. Thank you. I'm going to call on Council Member Crane for remarks, comments. One thing I'll share with the public in the audience here and listening, our agenda items are posted on the website and they are hyperlinked for your research desires, if you will. And they also give you a direct phone extension for the person who you can contact. So please know that there are no secrets here, everything is open. But I do want Council Member Crane to bring even a greater point of clarity. Well, I appreciate you Mayor Pro Tembetham for bringing that up, that all of this is posted and if it's, you really want to do your due diligence, it's possible to do it before using the microphone here for any other political gain. But I think, Toby, do I see Toby? Yeah, you want to come down and just tell everybody. So it's the point of clarification of how I think incredible this program is and what we're doing for our community to help the homeless. Good morning. Thank you, Mr. Crane. Thank you, City Council. I'm Toby Owen. I'm the CEO of the Presbyterian Night Shelter. And this is just a fantastic program that we have partnered with the City of Fort Worth. It's our Upspire Employment Program. Actually, our first contract with the city was in 2016, 2016, where we partnered with Code Compliance, where we hired two individuals at the time, two homeless individuals that collected litter in the East Lancaster neighborhood. Since 2016, that program expanded to be 22 people, and with this new contract, it will now expand to 52 people. Our target employees are people that are experiencing homelessness or formerly experiencing homelessness. They are full-time employees. Their wages are anywhere from $12 to $16 an hour. Again, full-time employees, they've received the same level of benefits that I receive, so PTO, health insurance, on and on. Our goal with this partnership is to put homeless individuals or formerly homeless to work so that they can earn an income. And it's all of our goals to move out of homelessness. We have a long-standing partnership with the city Code Compliance, well-regulated with the city department, for sure. And we are audited by an independent auditor each year, and I welcome any conversations with anyone that would like to learn more, because it's a fantastic program that's helping a lot of people. Toby, I appreciate that. I appreciate what you do at the Precipitude Night Shelter. I see Brenda back there. Thanks for what you'll do. I think I can speak for all my colleagues to say that we have a problem here with homelessness, and we have to do whatever we can to help those people get back on their feet. So, and we can't do it without great partners like you, so I appreciate you and what you do and what all your members do for us, too. So thank you with that. I'll move to approve. Thank you. And seconded by Council Member- And we still have a couple speakers on consent. Okay, sorry. But I'll remember you making this. The next speaker is Bob Willoughby. Yeah, this is terrible, you know. You don't even match up with the item you're talking about, okay? So you're in the dark out there, what's going on? This one's a collective bargaining agreement between the Forward Firefighter Association. This is a problem we have with the city. That item is not on consent. You registered to speak on the notice of... It's not on consent. It's on the agenda, right? It's on the agenda, but it's not on the consent agenda. So do I speak on it when it comes up? You will speak on it after we act on the consent agenda. Maybe if you all label what are agenda and not agenda item. It is labeled on the agenda, sir. Okay, the other thing I signed up on, okay, is that on the consent? I set up two things. Is that one on the notice of the claims? Okay, that one we have a video coming out at the next council meeting, okay? I wanted it at 6 o'clock so they can see it. These quarantine meetings that we... That one is something I've asked about before and before and they don't respond, okay? So I'm gonna put it up here. I want y'all to see it. I want everybody to see it next council meeting at 6 o'clock. It'll be a video unless Maddie Parker shuts it down. She's done it to a lot of my videos.  So that means they take things in their own hand and do what they want to as they feel. And let me tell you one thing real quick. Bob, are you on topic? I'm off topic right now.    I wouldn't trust a man about the way you're about to speak, Crane. Thank you. The final speaker, Tom Marshall. You registered to speak only if there was opposition and there is none on MNC 220868. Thank you. Next item is motion to approve it. Been moved by Mr. Crane and seconded by Mr. Blalock. Please vote. Looks like the votes are in. Okay, so we're counting Jared as a yes. Okay. And with that, motion is approved. Thank you. Next item is announcements by the city councilmen, members, recognition of citizens. With that, I don't know who's first. Is it Mr. Flores? Flores, yours. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. All right, get the presentation up. Sort one. All right, this past weekend at Billy Bombs, I had the honor to present Casey Donahue, a Fort Worth musician with a recognition from city council for all these musical accomplishments and also his alturistic efforts, donations, fundraisers that he's had for teachers and the like. So we celebrate his musical success and his philanthropic successes. Next slide, please. All right, we had a home improvement loan expo. The city of Fort Worth, our neighborhood services department, partnered with Frost Bank and brought that partnership to bear there at the newly remodeled Northside Community Center. I did some opening remarks. We had remarks also by former councilmember Salasbino who works for a title company. We had other firms there that provided information about weatherization of your house, home loan, home loan improvements. We had our local Chick-fil-A supply the food. We had fire present, the water department present, host of other entities there. And it was very well received and very well attended. Next slide, please. Kapua went ahead and made a presentation, I think, to mayor and staff about this. Just want to cover it very briefly. On October 11th through the 13th, he and I traveled on behalf of Sister Cities International to the Binational Mayor's Community Summit in San Diego in conjunction with elected representatives of Tijuana. And it was a very good discussion. We covered topics of economics, cooperation, innovation, technology, and immigration. Next slide, please. All right, we had court in the community at the Northside Community Center. There I am with Judge Gonzales. He and I did an informational video to attract people to come there and take care of their legal issues all in one convenient location. And again, I haven't gotten the numbers, but I heard it was very well attended. We got some great information from staff. Next slide, please. All right, announcements. Trunk or treat, Northside Community Center, October 28th, from 5 to 7 at 1100 Northwest 18th Street. Be sure to come and enjoy some of the Halloween festivities. Next slide. All right, Fall Festival at All Saints Catholic Church, October 29th from noon to nine. Food, drinks, games to the children, Lotharia, train ride. I'm kind of curious how they're going to do that. A mechanical bull, a marriage booth in jail. So we'll see about that. But it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.  And we also have- Marriage booth. I'm sorry? I heard that, too. You said marriage booth. I'm just reading what they put. Okay. That's why I'm a little curious myself. I think there's an educational content there somewhere. All right, Northside High School is having their Trunk or Treat and Car Show Sunday, October 30th at 2211 McKinley Avenue from 12 to 6. So come out there, and this supports not just the school, but children with the disabilities. So food, fun, games, and merry-mint and raffles. So for more information, you can contact the individuals there listed. Thank you. Oh, wait a minute, one more. Sorry. The Elelos Muertos in Fort Worth. This is going to mark the 20th year that Artista La Rosa has done this Saturday, October 29th, and it's going to be kicked off with a parade at 10 a.m., beginning at North Main Street, going through Central Avenue all the way to 23rd Street in the stock yard, turning back around, followed by a festival from 11 to 4 at Marine Park. So come on out, support this wonderful tradition. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, Greek Food Fest. I keep forgetting it, I'm sorry. 54th Greek Food Fest, November 11th through the 13th, St. Demetrius, Greek Orthodox Church at 2020 Northwest 21st Street. Authentic Greek meals, authentic Greek dancing, admission is $1. All food and purchases require credit cards and debit cards. Great food, also great baked goods, and if you want to take it home, they're frozen goods as well. Now, I'm done. I'm really sure. Thank you, yes, Mr. Nettles. I think I had some slides. Melissa, but you didn't get them? Okay, so let me just make one announcement. I want to thank all our city staff on last Thursday. We had our state of the district aid address. Next time my slides will be extra double long, since we didn't get it in this time. Thank you, Councilman. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Back to you, city secretaries. I don't know, is there anybody else with other announcements? I do, I do, yeah, go. So we'll go to Councilman Firestone, then Councilmember Beck. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Just real quickly, last week I hosted a breakfast for the West Division NPOs. We were honored to have Executive Assistant Chief Aldridge as well as Assistant Chief Sparrow along with Commander Wheeler join us. Chief Noakes was able to stop by for a few words with the officers as well. And we just enjoyed the conversation along with a great breakfast at First Watch. And just wanted to express how grateful I was for the opportunity to let the officers know how much I appreciate them and our community appreciates them for all they do every day. Thank you. Councilmember Beck, is that, okay, awesome. Well, it was a busy weekend. I know Saturday we did a Trinity Metro bus stop cleanup. And it was a lot of fun to get out there in the community. And I would highly encourage y'all to get a team together and do it next year. Upcoming events, we have on Saturday, October 29th from four to seven, at our Bobo and Safety Complex, the Fort Worth Code Blue Trunk Retreat.  And then on Sunday, November 6th, we have Tacos for the Blue at Rawrinson's Brewing Company, and it will be a, from two to five, come enjoy Tacos and beer. And there's going to be a little competition on who has the best. So I hope to see y'all out there. Thanks. Thank you. And Councilmember Flores, your mic is on. Did you have another announcement? Okay, thank you. Mayor Potem, the next item is the speakers registered on non-consent agenda items. The first speaker is Adrienne Smith. It might be helpful to give them the number that they're speaking on. Mr. Smith, you're registered to speak on MNC 220857. Yes, I thought maybe the gallery would be able to see it. But anyway, I received an email regarding what I can and cannot do while I'm here at this council. So to Mr. Crane, there's nothing political I'm doing when I'm standing here, sir. I do understand the rules of, I received my email, sir. But if we were to talk about political posturing, two councils ago, two council meetings ago. That is off topic. What, repeat this number? No, no, no, you signed up to speak on a specific topic. Okay, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's talk about. That's good. See y'all, you all can come at us, but we, we can't have no rebuttal. Kill the microphone. No, I'm about to speak on- Well, get on topic or else you go to get the next one. So Ms. Jacqueline Craig and family, since, since you all say we don't do our due diligence regarding these agenda items, we should do our due diligence. Well, my due diligence, 2016, a woman in her family who were, let's see, I'd say bullied by the former police department. Not the whole force, but just one in particular. But anyway, I digress. To Ms. Jacqueline Craig and family, I would say congratulations. However, I feel that, I feel that is an insult to yourself and daughters who had to experience this horrific incident. You should have sued for more considering the cat is out the bag regarding the former police department. In this lack of holding rogue knuckleheads within their ranks accountable. I don't fault former Chief Joe Fitzgerald's decisions. I truly feel his hands were bound once he swore an oath to the department which betrayed him and undermined his leadership. So, you all, nobody's gonna talk about what happened to Ms. Jacqueline Craig and her family back in 2016, but the city after how many years, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. Now we are to the settlement, which should have been done, it shouldn't took six years and they should have sued for more. So I encourage anyone who has the same similar situations regarding the former police or any city entities, if you have any issues or anything they might want a lawsuit, by all means sue. To all citizens of Fort Worth who feel who find themselves in similar situations and as I take my seat, I might be off topic, but free manual motto. Thank you. Next speaker is Zach Schaefer speaking on MNC 220878. My time is starting. All right. Morning, I'm Zach Schaefer. Good morning to Mayor Pro Tem, Councilmembers, City Manager Cook, Assistant City Manager Washington, Assistant Chief Hill. I'm Vice President of the Local 440, the Fourth Professional Firefighters. Our President Michael can't be here, he wants to in his regards. He's at a national teaching event that was arranged months ago. We just want to report that we've ratified our contract with our members. With an overwhelming majority, our favorable votes were cast today for recognizing the months of hard work that the city staff and the bargaining unit put together. We want to thank the Assistant City Manager of Vow's team for all our hard work over the last year. We're grateful to support the citizens of Fort Worth who once again voted us the number one customer satisfaction department in the city. And with this agreement, the City of Fort Worth management team show the city leaders and firefighters are committed to cooperating on important issues such as this contract. Thanks again for supporting Fort Worth firefighters. Thank you. Next speaker is Bob Willoughby on MMC 220857. Is it on the screen now? Is it still there? All right, thank you. All right, now I'm on the right topic I guess. Our elections, local elections are being undermined in big time by the POA Association Start Telegram and the Firefighter Association too. When I talked to the President of the Firefighter Association, I even liked them worse. What's going on with association stuff is they give donations and endorsements to candidates undermining our local election. And it's not good when they put their name out there for these candidates. We should select our own candidates in the neighborhood. Neighbors should select their council members. Not these people putting big money in there and undermining us, okay? Now, what they should do, I'm sure there's something else they can do with their stuff to help the firefighters, okay, other than buy candidates. Maybe ice cream and cake would be all up to me. Anything but candidates, it's hard to run in these offices when you've got these people undermining you. It looks good when they've got their name, Firefighter Supports, a council member like there's someone. They're not. And the Firefighter Association has been coming up in but a special interest group masquerading as a firefighter association. Let's get this picture so we can see that. There you go. There it is. Can you read that? Yeah. Oh, they're looking professional there. You see what I mean? Now, the firefighter association did not interview one other candidate running in district five for council. Not one. There were five people running. Did they reach out and talk to none? But nevertheless, they don't need to. They don't need to be endorsing candidates. That's what they don't need to be doing. This is like Chicago. I had a pleasure to work in the 90s on a lot of concert tours and sing a lot of cities. And the beautiful thing was when I got home from going through Chicago and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and seeing a slum and stuff, when I came to Fort Worth in the 90s, it wasn't like that here. And I thought it never would be. But it's turning that way quickly with this kind of stuff right here. Until we get this out of our elections, it's hurting, especially the PLA. We're not talking about it. We all subject to talk about PLA, I guess, because she'll stop me real quick, okay? But I want to tell you, the president of PLA is becoming a commissioner for giving hundreds of thousand dollars to candidates.  I like the fire chief, James Davis. I think he's doing a great job. But this crap's got to stop. Thank you. Thank you, Bob. Next item is 22-2523, board appointments from District 6. Don and Mike, check with Councilman. Yes. Okay. I would like to request your consideration to reappoint the following individuals to place six for the respective boards effective October 25th, 2022. And with the term expiring October 1st, 2024. Reappointing West Hoblet, Board of Adjustment Commercial, Kalisha Lions Community Development Council, Sandy Martinez-Russell Library Advisory Board, K.M. Tatum Park and Recreation Advisory Board, and Dr. Mia Hall, Zoning Commission, and 4th Alliance Airport Zoning Commission. The respective applications are attached and so are the resumes. Is there a second? Time to vote. There we go. And with that, your motion is approved, Mr. Williams. Thank you. Jeanette. Next item is MNC 22-0772R. Any discussion? I couldn't hear you. Just one item. So now we'll start the vote. And with that, that motion is approved. Next item is MNC 22-0857. Any speakers? Okay. Councilman Nettles. Yes, thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. This new system is kind of different for all of us. So this is the settlement here that we're going to be voting on. And first I want to really thank IRC to the attorneys for working hard day in and day out to get this possible even when we was unable to locate the attorney. And I also want to state when we have personal issues like this, it's important that people who decide to speak on the behalf of the family, either one have spoke with the family or two have relationship with the family. And those who have spoke with the family understand that they are in agreement and they are thankful for this agreement today. And so with that, I want to thank our city council for making this possible. This has been on the books for over five years, but when we got in office this last session, it was important to a lot of us, including the mayor, to get this right and settle this. And so I'm grateful for the mayor and city council doing this on today. And with that, I'm excited to vote. Move to approval if we haven't did it. Is there a second? And I'll share some remarks during this very tumultuous time in our city. I had conversations with Ms. Craig and even afterwards. And I am so very glad that she is in appreciation of this settlement. There was a delay not caused by anyone at the city, but we're glad to bring this to a close. She was put on a national stage that she had no desire to be on. And so I will be supporting this vote as well. Please vote. Dr. Williams, how do you vote? Jared. Oh, did you, you're muted, sir. The vote did pass. Next item is MNC 22-0876. Any speakers? Is there a motion? To approve. And moved and seconded by council members Beck and Craig. Please vote. Wow, that was quick. Motion passes. Next. Next item is MNC 22-0870. Any speakers? No speakers, but I believe council member Firestone has a motion. Thank you. I'd like to move to approve with the following language associated. I move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of eminent domain to acquire 1.121 acres in permanent water facility easement and 0.967 acres for a temporary construction easement from real property owned by Pete and Joe Bond's family partnership LTD located at 10857 Saginaw Boulevard in the INGNRR company survey abstract number 1956. And Jose A. Gill survey abstract number 570, Tarrant County, Texas for the north side for 24 inch water main phase 1B project. The land rights in the subject property are needed for the construction, operation, maintenance, replacement, upgrade and repair of the permanent waterline facility on the north side for 24 inch water main phase 1B project as necessary. The property interest to be acquired is described by meets and bounds and depicted by survey exhibits attached to this mayor and council communication. Second. It's been moved and seconded by council members Firestone and Nettles. Please vote and with that the motion is approved. Next. Next item is MNC 22-0872. And I believe council member Firestone has a motion. Yes, I move to approve with the following language associated. I move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of eminent domain to acquire 0.16 acres in permanent water facility easements and 0.149 acres for temporary construction easements from real property owned by John Miller Bonds located at 2600 West Bonds Ranch Road in the southwest corner of Saginaw Boulevard and West Bonds Ranch Road in the Benjamin Thomas survey. Abstract number 1497. And I and G and RR company survey. Abstract number 1956, Taren County for the north side for 24 inch water main phase 1B project. The land rights and the subject property are needed for the construction, operation, maintenance, replacement, upgrade and repair of the permanent water line facility on the north side for 24 inch water main phase 1B project as necessary. The property interest is to be acquired, to be acquired, is described by meets and bounds and depicted by survey exhibits attached to this mayor and council communication. Is there a second? Been moved and seconded by council members Firestone and Crane. Please vote. The motion's approved. Next. Next item is MNC 220874. I believe council member Crane has a motion. Yes, I move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of an imminent domain to acquire 3.405 acres in permanent sewer facility easements and 7.492 acres for temporary construction easements from real property owned by Dry Ranch, LLC located at<PHONE_NUMBER>0 Elito Road in the SA and M&G RR company survey. Abstract number 1479 and George W. Wilk survey abstract number 1872, City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas for the Walnut Creek Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Extension Project. The land rights and the subject property are needed for the construction of the sanitary sewer main located south of the Walnut Creek Sanitary Sewer extension from the Elito Road Ranch to Market Road 2871 intersection, westerly to the east boundary of the Walsh Ranch property located 11970 Elito Road. The property interest to be acquired is described by meets and bounds and depicted by survey exhibits attached to this mayor and council communication. It's been moved and seconded by council members Crane and Glalock. Please vote. And with that, motion's approved. Next item. Next item is M&C 22-0865. Move to approve. It's been moved and seconded by council member Firestone and Crane. Please vote. Motion is approved. Next item is M&C 22-0878. Is there a motion? Second? Are we not? Speakers? Yes. Speakers have already been taken. We'll say something. Go for it. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. I would like to first thank our firefighters for all the hard work that they are doing in the city of Fort Worth. Our public service is one of the most hardest jobs to do, but it is one of the most important jobs to do. And I kind of want to just talk to one of the things that was said. I think we'll get opportunity to address some of the issues or concerns that some of the constituents of Fort Worth say. And when it's untrueful, it's important that we rectify those statements publicly. And one of the statements where I think the firefighters have control over the elections, and I just want to remind people, elections happen and people get elected by the people who lives in that district, not by a certain group of people. And I will say that during my election, I wasn't endorsed by the firefighters and I'm sitting here today. So they did not play into my election. So I want to tell you that that story is just a complete false. We are here because we have a bargain agreement that we have worked with our assistant city manager, with our firefighters association, and with our community. And so we're grateful for all the work that you have done, continue to fight for the work that you don't even want people to speak against it. Thank you, firefighters, and excited to support this agreement. Okay, with that. So it's been motioned or moved by council member Nettles and seconded by council member Crane, is that correct? No, it was council member Firestone and council member Crane making the second. Okay, I'm going to push the start vote button. I voted yay, and with that, that motion is approved. Mayor Pro Tem, that concludes all of the items on the agenda for today. I have two announcements to make before we adjourn. One is for the viewing audience. I know everyone is just really, really waiting to watch these cable shows. But as a matter of public information, you should know that the city council agenda is posted at the end of business day on every Thursday. You're able to pull up the agenda. If you see items of interest to you, and you have a phone or a computer, you can click on the hyperlink to get the details about that any specific item. That has been the case even before we had computers when I was a reporter back in 1979. The agenda is always published. The other thing I want to share with you, and this is a very, very sad moment. But former councilman, former Mayor Pro Tem Bert Williams suffered a stroke last Thursday. And he was unattended for at least 24 hours. But I found out that he has been able to swallow jello, which means there is no paralysis. But the family is still asking for your prayers for Councilman Bert Charles Williams, and with that, we are adjourned.


Menus are kind of a fickle thing when it comes to video games. It's not the first thing we tend to think about in terms of gameplay, but it is the first thing we usually see. But rarely do we just sit and watch, or in this case, listen to a video game menu. So when my cousin booted up his original Xbox with Halo Combat Evolved inside, all the way back in 2003, my 13-year-old brain wasn't ready for the mind-blowing experience it was about to have. My cousin went to the washroom after turning the console on, and following the 10-second drum bit for the Bungie logo, the last thing I was expecting to hear was the opening notes of a medieval-like choir entering my virgin ears. I was so blown away as it was the first time I had ever heard any kind of music like this in a video game, let alone an opening menu. That haunting melody was enrapturing. It would seize you with its tone and ensnare you in its depth. And as vague as it was, that's what made it all the more enticing, because then the view started to revolve around the ring, and my bro, that's when I think my eyeball started to gape. A freaking menu screen was helping build the mystery of this game's narrative. What is this ring doing hiding amongst the cosmos? Who built it? What's its purpose? And what treasures and dangers could it hold? And then the drums start, and then you get zipped from one dimension to another. The tribal-like beats get you jonesen to commit some intergalactic genocide, or at least that's what I thought I was going to do, and technically I wasn't wrong, but I digress. Everyone and anyone who talks about video game music has talked about the absolute wizard that is Marty O'Donnell for creating the music that is near on universally recognized. Even die-hard Sony fanboys have had this man's music enter them willingly. Speaking of Sony, actually, the idea of musical intros for video games is very reminiscent for owners of the first PlayStation. That opening tune for the PlayStation startup is classic, and there are also others like myself who would have similar affections for the GameCube startup jingle. But nothing ever really gave me that sense of euphoria and curiosity, as when that haunting choir filled my ears and the sight of that mysterious ring ensnared my desire to dive into this game. This particular moment is a combination of factors that Little Jeremy was going through. Having never gotten a console to the sixth generation, being mad jelly of people who got Game Boys for Christmas while I only got socks, and even when I did get to experience video games that was in small doses until my brother got a GameCube for Christmas. And of course I didn't get that Game Boy. But I'll always remember that day when my cousin let me play Halo with him. It would pretty much change my gaming landscape forever. Video games weren't just side scrollers or basic shooters to me anymore. They could have some real production value to them. They could give gamers an experience on par with that of going to a movie theater. They could truly transport you to a new world and engage in a life-altering experience. Because I know it changed mine. Thanks for watching this short little video. I would definitely suggest Nakey Jakey's video about the PlayStation startup music. It heavily influenced this video. If you guys like the video leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe. Until next time, I'll see you guys later.


Fellow St. Lucians, in a previous statement issued on Wednesday, September 1st, I informed you of the government's intention to revisit the protocols as they relate to bars and restaurants. After discussions and dialogue with the Common Center, the following recommendations proposed for adjustments were approved. The adjusted measures will start from Friday, September 3rd, 2021 to Tuesday, September 14th, 2021. The adjustments to the COVID-19 protocols are as follows. 1. Suspension of sale and disposal of intoxicating liquor at bars, rum shops and restaurants. 2. Sale and disposal of intoxicating liquor from a supermarket, gas station or wholesaler with a valid liquor license will be permitted. No consumption of intoxicating liquor will be permitted on license premises. 3. Suspension of dine-in services at restaurants and food establishments. Take away or grab and go, and delivery services will be permitted. 4. Recreational social activities at hotels will be permitted on property during curfew hours provided that such activities take place on property. Water sports and other water-related activities such as boat rides, skiing etc. must be suspended during the 24-hour weekend curfew from Saturday 4 p.m. to Monday 4 a.m. 5. The above measures, along with the other current protocols, meaning curfew hours and other restrictions, shall remain in effect for the period commencing Friday, September 3rd until Tuesday, September 14th, 2021. I urge all fellow St. Louisians and visitors to adhere to the protocols. I urge everyone to join each other in this COVID-19 fight. I urge you to remain safe. I thank you.


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Deep inside the ship, named Golden Bear, it is hot, and the engines are noisy. But Vasile Tudoran loves what he is doing here. I knew I wanted to fix stuff since I was a little kid. Vasile Tudoran is a mechanical engineering student at the California Maritime Academy. Most of the Academy students are required to receive training on this ship. Teacher Robert Jackson says this gives them the hands-on experience that businesses want. I would say the majority of our students have between one to two job offers before they graduate. Most of those job offers are between 60 and 120 thousand. Our students have such a broad knowledge they can go anywhere. She says students get jobs working on ships with electric power centers or satellite companies. The Academy has only about 900 students. About 94% of them get a job after their studies are completed. Andrew Dutucci says he and other students know they must follow the Academy's rules. It's not like your normal college experience would be. We were part of military school, we have uniforms, we have formations, just discipline yourself to show up and keep grooming standards and be where you need to be and sit down and buckle your bell in the study. The students carry heavy responsibilities on the ship and homework for their classes. Ships officers are kind of like your surgeon or your airplane pilot. You don't want them to be right only 70% of the time. We pretty much have to be right all the time so that's a hard thing to teach young people that there's zero tolerance for mistakes. Andrew Dutucci loves life at sea. My favorite thing about it is waking up every morning and seeing nothing but the ocean on all sides of you. I get a thrill out of that. Feeling that excitement and eventually getting paid for it is what influences these students. I'm Shirley Griffith.