All right, good evening, everyone.

All right, thank you all for being here.

We will now call to order our city council evening community meeting here in District 2.

And if our clerk will please call the road.

Councilmember Scott Benson.

Councilmember Fred Durha the third.

Member Durha indicated he would not be present this evening.

Councilmember Letitia Johnson, present.

Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero.

Council Member Member Mary Water Present.

Councilmember Angela Whitfield Calloway.

Present.

Councilmember Comey Young, the second.

Council President Pro Tem James Tate.

Council President Mary Sheffield present.

Madam President, you have a corn present.

All right, there being a corn, we are in session, and we will start with an invitation and a welcome from Reverend Dr.

Wendell Anthony.

Thank you, Madam President, and to all of the distinguished members of the Detroit City Council.

Those president and those who are unable to be here.

Welcome to Fellowship Chapel.

Welcome to the dome.

We call it a dome because it's got a dome up there.

But I want you to know also as you're here, you're sitting in something and in a place that's reflective of the resurgence of our city.

We purchased this land several years ago.

This is our 20th year being in this facility.

We built it from the ground up.

Those of you who are familiar with this part of the community, years ago knew it as a very vibrant community, and some things happened.

And we were looking for a place to build our church.

And there was this place.

Now it's a hope house.

And we're planning to build housing in the rear with your support.

And we look forward to that.

We look forward to that.

And I want to thank Angela Calloway and all of you.

This is our district.

Good to have you at home.

We appreciate all of your leadership.

Detroit is at a turning point as we know it.

And we wanted to turn certainly in the right direction.

And so we're glad that you are here to be a part of this community, which you are responsible leaders of.

Let us have a word of prayer.

Almighty God, for such a time as this.

And trying to eliminate us from history.

Thank you for continuing to write our story.

Oh God, we didn't come this far to be turned back now.

Thank you for the Detroit City Council.

Those who have come before this body.

Those who now are part of this body, and yes, God, even those who will come after this body.

Keep us strong, keep us vibrant, give us wisdom, give us knowledge, give us understanding, give us patience, give us power.

We thank you for being God all by your self.

We thank you for ordering the steps of those who would lead us.

Bless them from the tops of their head to the bottoms of their feet.

Protect them, guide them, and lead them.

But most of all, God, we pray you won't never ever leave them.

And we're bold to ask this prayer in the authentic, majestic name of Jesus, who is the Christ.

Remembering the words of Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr., who said, we are not what we ought to be, until our people everywhere are what they should be in every area of productive living.

Let all those who love God and who are called by his name for every good work.

All say, amen.

And amen.

Let's give the Lord our hand praise.

Thank you.

Amen.

All right.

Amen.

Again, thank you to Reverend Dr.

Wendell Anthony for allowing us to be here today, as well as uh First Lady Monica Anthony, uh, who does tremendous work here.

All right.

If uh the clerk would know President Pro Tem Tate and Councilmember Young have joined us.

Clerk Showno.

Excuse me, Councilmember Santiago Ramiro has joined us.

Thank you.

I've been here.

All right, we will now move to recognition of city departments and council staff.

If all of our city departments can please stand to be recognized at this time.

All right, and we will start to my left.

If you can just introduce yourselves, starting in the back.

Did you know you'll start?

Yeah, you're right.

All right, thank you all for being here.

And we will now acknowledge all of the city council staff that is present, starting with council member Durha's staff.

Councilmember Johnson staff.

Councilmember Santiago Ramiro staff.

Councilmember Young's staff.

Yay, yay.

Council.

Council President Sheffield staff.

Council President Pro Tem Tate staff.

Councilmember Waters staff.

And Member Benson staff.

All right.

And we will hold off.

I know Member Calloway is going to introduce her own team.

And without further ado, we will turn it over to Councilmember Callaway.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And good evening, everyone.

And hello, District Two.

Yes, yes, yes.

Listen, um, and thank you, Pastor Wendell Anthony, for opening up the doors to the church to this meeting.

Um, you've been gracious, and thank you so much for that um powerful prayer.

Thank you so much, sir.

Um, I'd like for my team to stand.

Um, Benny Golston wave.

She is our special project's coordinator.

We have, yes, doing a wonderful job.

We have Ian Brocks.

He is our community liaison doing a wonderful job.

Benny is a district two resident.

Ian is a district two resident, Robbion Ellis, newly married, Robian Ellis.

Community liaison, district two resident, acting chief of staff, attorney Peter Rhodes.

District 2 resident, Sierra Anderson, executive assistant and office manager, and Jalen Calloway is around here doing something.

And Jalen Callaway is around here doing something.

She's acting deputy chief of staff and our communications manager.

Let's give her a round of applause as well.

She's doing something.

We couldn't do you all can take your seat.

We couldn't do what we do without this team.

And I so publicly I want to thank you all for first of all being dedicated.

Second of all, for taking your jobs very seriously, which is serving our constituents, putting them first.

And that's what we do every single day.

We put the needs of our constituents first.

And I appreciate you publicly for doing giving it all you got every single day and never complaining.

So thank you and God bless each and every one of you for being on my team.

And I think we have a D2 video to watch.

Is that is that ready?

We can watch the video.

Okay.

And as we do that, we're going to cut off our public comment as well.

Um, and then turn it back over to Member Callaway.

Yes, ma'am.

Hello.

I'm Councilwoman Angela Whitfield Callaway, proud to represent District 2, where strong neighborhoods, thriving local businesses, and hardworking residents define our community.

Since joining council in 2022, I've been on the ground listening to residents and fighting for what truly matters.

Clean streets, safe neighborhoods, and real opportunities for residents.

Working alongside my colleagues, we've been able to turn ideas into action.

Residents have told me they want neighborhoods where their children can walk safely to school.

That's why we started with our public spaces.

Cleaner streets create safer neighborhoods.

Supporting local businesses goes hand in hand with building strong neighborhoods.

I advocated for banners that celebrate our business corridors and foster pride in our neighborhoods.

I also proudly support vital programs like the Detroit Legacy Business Project, which uplifts our businesses and honors them for their decades of service.

And it's working.

New businesses are opening their doors in District 2, bringing jobs and opportunities to our community.

When Family Dollar was falling short, I held them accountable.

The store transformed its establishment, expanded food options, and joined my team to clean up alleys in the Bagley neighborhood.

This work shows what truth of and community investment can accomplish.

Since I've been on the council, I've also helped small and micro businesses navigate the city's contracting process, giving local entrepreneurs the tools they need to grow and succeed.

The talent is here in Detroit.

We just have to invest in it.

That's why I partnered with Chancellor Curtis Ivory from Wayne County Community College to launch the city's first home inspection certification program.

I saw contracts leaving our city, and I knew that with the right training and support, our residents could take on this work and strengthen our communities.

My team and I protested slum lords in Palmer Park to hold them accountable.

I fought for fair housing and push for city services that actually respond to residents' needs, including transforming a historic school into quality, affordable homes, creating safe, affordable housing for residents.

That's real impact.

I've also stood with residents to protect and revitalize historic landmarks, including the State Fairgrounds Banchell, which recently hosted its first ever live concert in years.

Through my human trafficking task force, we hosted our third annual awareness rally, sending a clear message that exploitation has no place in our city.

With the support of my colleagues, we passed the hotel signage ordinance requiring lodging establishments to post the national health line and the designated DPD number.

I fought hard to prohibit billboard ads for cannabis and vaping products near schools, playgrounds, recreation centers, and our churches.

Protecting our children connects to everything we do.

Clean streets, safe homes, thriving businesses, and vibrant neighborhoods.

Finally, I'm proud to have introduced the resolution establishing the Detroit Women's Commission.

Women are the backbone of our communities, and this commission ensures their voices are at the forefront of policy making, empowering them to lead, strategize, and shape the decisions that impact our city.

Every recycling bin, new business, alley cleanup, housing project, landmark saved, an effort to protect our children, is carried out with residents at the heart of it all to build a stronger, more resilient Detroit.

We stand together, we lift each other up, and we refuse to settle for less than we deserve.

This is our work.

This is our progress.

Thank you, Detroit, and thank you, District 2 for letting me serve you.

Is there a microphone I can?

Yeah.

The Detroit Women's Commission.

I'm going to ask the two members who are here to please come forward.

Let's give them a hand as they make their way to the microphone.

So just a little bit about um the Detroit Women's Commission.

It was a vision of mine when I first joined the council in 2022.

And looked at the model in uh at the state level, which was established in 1968, and then the one at the Wayne County level was formed in 2021.

So I looked at both models.

And so on March the 30th, the nine member commission, I think it's nine members, right?

Was seated, and these are two of those members.

Absolutely.

Doing some amazing work, came out the gate with some powerful summits and conferences and meetings, and um making sure that no woman, regardless of her zip code and her circumstances, is left behind in this city, and that what they have they've been empowered to do that, and that's what they've been charged to do.

And so I'm just gonna share a little bit of background information about our commission chair.

This is Angela Bullock, a devoted wife, proud mother of three, and committed community leader who has called Detroit home for almost 30 years.

With more than a decade of executive experience in health care and public service, she brings both heart and strategy to every table she serves.

Angela is the baselist of Roal Sigma chapter of Sigma Gamma Roll Sorority Incorporated and a board member of the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health North Network, where she advocates for equity, mental health access, and sustainable community solutions.

Let's give her a hand.

And so setting up a commission is different than setting up a task force.

We um set it up, started the resolution in 2023, supported by the executive order of the mayor in 2024.

And so that's why we're here today.

And I so appreciate these ladies.

It's free.

They're not getting paid to serve, they're serving because they want to make the lives and conditions of women in the city better.

Just simply better.

Not perfect, just better than it is right now.

So let's give them another hand, and we're gonna introduce.

I call her Lady Boss.

Um, and I'm just so thrilled that she's here.

Jessica Parker answered the call.

And we had um our first business women's summit at the Northwest Activity Center on Saturday, and I was blown away.

There were pop-up businesses everywhere, women there with dreams in their eyes and in their hearts, and they were able to network and and channel all that energy into something positive.

And I know for a fact, I charge those women do not leave this space the way that you came in.

Leave with information, leave with um telephone numbers, leave with connections, and I know that they did that.

They were determined.

I know that they did that.

This lady is a distinguished leader and public service executive with more than two decades of dedicated service to the city of Detroit.

In her pivotal role as group executive for public services in the mayor's office, she is instrumental in enhancing the quality of life for Detroit's residents by championing strategic initiatives and advancing key policies.

Jessica has built a proven track record in strategic planning, robust project management, effective policy implementation, diligent performance tracking.

Can't even consistently focusing on achieving greater efficiencies and driving impactful change with public service.

Her extensive work in Detroit has spanned various leadership capacities, marked by her unwavering commitment to optimizing city operations and infrastructure.

Jessica's exemplary contributions were formally recognized when she was honored as a recipient of the Michigan Chronicles 2024 Woman of Excellence Award.

Give her a hand for that.

Demonstrating her deep commitment to service, Jessica is also a proud U.S.

Coast Guard veteran, having served honorably until 2005, and thank you for your service.

Let's give her a hand for that.

Thank you for your service.

She utilized the GI Bill to fund her education.

Earning a master's degree in architecture from the University of Detroit Mercy in District 2 in 2002.

So we'll just allow them to speak for a couple minutes, and they're gonna tell you why they serve on the Detroit Women's Commission and what it means to them.

Miss Bullock first.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you so much.

I I first want to lead with I am a resident of District 2.

Oh, it's the place to be.

Um, but the Detroit Women's Commission started as a sparkle in Councilwoman Callaway's eye, and we are so grateful that it came to fruition.

We have joined together a powerful group of amazing women, nine amazing women.

We meet every third, second Thursday at 5 30 in the Colman A Young Municipal Center on the 13th floor.

This meeting is open to the public.

We have guest speakers, but we also have the opportunity for the residents of Detroit to speak to us about their concerns relative to the women.

And we are endeavoring to have some events.

As Councilwoman Callaway said last Saturday, we had a women's resource fair, and we look forward to having more events that speak specifically to the needs and issues of women in the city of Detroit.

And we encourage you to get involved and stay informed about what we have going on.

Thank you, Ms.

Bull.

Good evening, District 2.

Good evening, Detroit residents.

Um I come before you humbled.

When I was asked to join this commission, I was almost in tears at the opportunity to provide and give access to women in our community, access to resources that they may not know was available to them.

So now that we are here, I'm so big on communication.

We are shouting it from the rooftop.

We want to make sure you come see us, talk to us, because we're here to listen and make sure that we're engaging you and we connect you to those resources and network.

If you have a business that you're trying to get off the ground, come see us.

We can help you with licensing.

If you have a business and you're looking for a brick and mortar because you're working out of your home, come see us.

We can help you.

We have partners throughout the city of Detroit.

We work closely with them so that you don't have to.

We advocate for you.

We're here for you.

We want to be you so we can service you.

That's why we came and that's why we joined.

So I'm happy to be here.

Thank you to Councilwoman Callaway, and thank you to this body as well for passing the um the decree, the resolution so that we can have this.

And I'm just looking forward to the work that we have to do because we have a lot to do.

And we are on the brink of the trait, just being the best version of itself that it could possibly be.

Absolutely.

Thank you.

Let's give them another hand, both of them.

Thank you.

Um, and their meetings are open to the public.

Um, and um, if you can't remember when those meetings are or the location of them, you can call my office at 224 4535, and we'll direct you into their direction.

We want you to get involved with that commission.

We want you to get involved with that commission.

They want you to get involved with that commission.

I'm begging you to get involved with that commission.

Women in this city represent the largest demographic in the city.

It's women.

We outnumber the men, and that's powerful.

And the women are the backbone of the city.

That's what I believe.

That's what I believe.

So thank you again, ladies, for um being willing to serve on that powerful commission.

Our next presentation will be for um a couple of spirit of Detroit Awards.

Is Patrice Davis here and her team?

We're gonna ask them to come up.

Patrice Davis and her team from Granny's pound cakes.

Yes.

Now I know um Mr.

Henry told me we needed to stand in this circle, but you have the microphone in this circle.

So do you want to move the microphone to this circle?

Are we here?

Because you said for us to stand in this circle.

Do you want us to stay here, Mr.

Henry?

Can you see us?

Okay.

All righty.

Hi, Misty.

Okay, so if how many of you have heard of uh Granny's Pound Cake?

Okay.

I had one yesterday.

Look, look.

Did you enjoy it?

I am thoroughly enjoying it.

Look in your green bag.

You got another one.

Yes.

See, it's your birthday.

It's like it's my birthday.

Okay, well, happy birthday.

He said it's like his birthday.

Um, but anyway, um, we do have um a limited supply of pound cakes that we're gonna be giving away when you make when you leave um the meeting.

You have to stay till the end though.

And um, if you don't get a piece, you can call my office and we'll make sure that you get um your um free pound cake from Granny's pound cake, and it's absolutely delicious.

But I'm gonna read the Spirit of Detroit award um to this young lady.

I read her story, then I actually went by, and I think I bought one of each, and I shared them with my family and my neighbors, peacan, caramel, lemon, um, the plain ones, original, and they are absolutely delicious with a scoop of ice cream.

Yeah, if you warm up the pound cake and then throwing a scoop of ice cream, you'll do yourself some good.

You'll do yourself some good.

Okay.

Anyway, it is my honor and privilege to present this.

She has an amazing story as well.

The Spirit of Detroit Award signed by myself and my eight colleagues, is presented here with as an expression of the gratitude and esteem of the citizens of Detroit to Granny's Pound Cake for delivering unforgettable homemade flavor and creating a mission-driven business that uplifts the community in the city of Detroit.

And thank you for locating your business on Eight Mile in District 2.

Granny's Pound Cake is Detroit-born sensation, turning sweet nostalgia into a booming business, thanks to founder Patrice Davis.

Let's give her a hand.

She launched the bakery in 2018 after retiring.

Now, listen to this.

She launched launched her bakery in 2018 after retiring as a special education teacher.

Thank you for your service with those children.

What began as a retirement hobby has blossomed into a cult favorite with Davis's rich buttery pound cakes in flavors like classic vanilla.

I didn't get that one.

I didn't get the vanilla one.

Okay.

Vanilla, lemon, indulgent peach cobbler.

I didn't see that one either.

Okay.

Earning raised for their homemade taste that transports customers straight back to grandma's kitchen.

In 2024, she opened her first brick and mortar location on Eight Mile, serving warm slices of pound cake goodness that have people lining up for more.

You can also find Davis's treats.

Now check this out at Detroit Sip on West McNichols in District 2.

River Town, downtown.

And Woodwork Corner Markets, Binks Grill in District 2 on Livernoy.

And guess where else?

Say where else?

At the airport.

Now that's that's a big deal.

For an African American woman to be at a world-known, world-renowned airport selling her goods, her baked goods.

That's a huge accomplishment.

And congratulations on that accomplishment.

Beyond the flavor, Davis' mission-driven bakery employs individuals with disabilities.

So not only does she teach children with disabilities and special and exceptional needs, she turns around and hires them when nobody else will.

Give her a hand for that.

Yes, oozing with love.

Wow, 15%.

Whether you're picking up a mini snack cake or ordering a full-size dessert for your holiday table, and Thanksgiving and Christmas is coming up.

On behalf of Councilmember Callaway, the Detroit City Council and the City of Detroit, we congratulate Granny's Pound Cake for their outstanding accomplishment and impact in the community.

And this is for you.

Hello everyone.

I was hoping I didn't have to speak, but I see that I do.

And I just want to say it's just an honor to receive this award.

Never thought I would be here today when I started the business, other than my first.

What I want to do is sell pound cake.

And what I've learned is that pound cake is a true soul food.

I have so many customers coming in with a smile on their face, like, oh, about to get some pound cake.

I've heard so much about.

And they talk about how it reminds them of their family members and grandmother, auntie, or someone that made pound cake.

And we do deliver that good homemade pound cake taste that you ate back in the day.

Rich, moist, buttery.

And also, it's just an honor to be able to fulfill one of my dreams when I was an educator.

Many I realized that many many students don't graduate with a high school diploma.

And they also have you know disadvantages that may stop them from being independent adults.

So that was one of my goals was to always add to my team, individuals that had special needs and was looking for employment, and it's been a true blessing.

But I am also a resident of District 2, born and raised in Detroit.

And I just thank you for this award.

Thank you.

And who do you have with you tonight?

I have Daniel, one of my employees, and I have my sister-in-law, who also helps with me.

And I'm Miss Frita.

Thank you so much.

Now I'm gonna ask.

Okay.

All right, so thank you all so much.

Thank you so much.

Give them another hand.

We have another presentation for All Notes T TV.

Can you please come forward?

Let's give him a hand as he makes his way to the microphone.

Yes.

It's my pleasure, sir.

The Spirit of Detroit Award is here presented as an expression of the gratitude and esteem of the citizens of Detroit to All Notes TV for its impact and dedication to serving the city of Detroit, founded in 2024 by Joseph Carter Harris Jr., professionally known as Tommy Poppy, Tommy Poppy, and proudly based in Detroit, Michigan.

All Notes T TV is dedicated to empowering Detroit's youth through nonprofit initiatives that preserve the city's cultural legacy and create meaningful growth opportunities.

All Notes T TV supports local artists by offering mentorship, education, and development rooted in Detroit's rich musical traditions, combining artistry with social media marketing.

All notes T TV amplifies Detroit's voice locally and globally.

Committed to Detroit and its next generation, All Notes T TV strives to inspire and uplift our community through creativity and innovation.

On behalf of Councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway, the Detroit City Council and the City of Detroit, we congratulate All Notes T TV for their outstanding accomplishments and impact in the community.

Thank you, sir.

Let's give them a hand.

And we'd like to hear from you.

You'd like to share it.

Um I never thought I'd ever be in a room like this.

So this is uh inspiring.

I honestly thank you so much for this opportunity.

It's it's um we started this with the cleanups.

My mom was too shy to come up here, but she was the one that came up here with me.

And when I was there by myself, had six bags of trust, just it was as first I come as a music artist.

I stumbled into this role to promote a song, and then it just became something that just felt right.

It just felt something that that needed to be done, and um a huge thank you to everybody that's been a part of the journey.

Thank you to everyone who's been able to do this, and um honestly, I I look forward to continuing to do this work and using this to empower youth like myself and the future generations to understand the importance of what it means to be environmentally aware to uplift our city and to care about where we've come from.

Um this city raised me, this city changed me into a man, and this is the least I could do.

So thank you so much.

I really appreciate it.

Okay, madam chair, that completes my presentations.

You want to do your pictures now?

You want we can go ahead.

All right, so if I can have um Patrice Davis and her team to come back, we're gonna take some pictures with the city council.

So Patrice Davis, and then we'll take Mr.

Harris Jr.'s pictures.

Patrice Davis and your team.

All right, let's give Councilmember Callaway another round of applause in all of the award awardees for this evening.

And we will now proceed with our the rest of our agenda.

We do have citizen concerns.

These are residents who called in in advance, and so they will have four minutes for public comment.

And we will start with Michael Cunningham.

Mr.

Cunningham.

Followed by Miss Hazel Flood.

Three one three, four four four four, nine one one four, three one three, four four four, nine one one four three one three.

Four four four nine one one four.

That number was made so you can remember it.

And that's also my cash app.

Um if you don't know, my name is Brother Cunningham.

It's good to see everybody alive and well.

So I go around the city giving out bus tickets and water and then thanks to all every council person and many people in here, hand warmers and with the seasons, depends on the season.

She says never on time.

And so when they complain to me, I bring them to speak to you directly to you guys because you guys do not buy.

I could tell them that.

You know, people think that uh it's not gonna make a difference.

They don't care.

Um is doing too much.

I hear if I could get a 50 cent for each time someone is disillusioned, I'd be rich.

But I'm gonna keep fighting and keep persisting.

Um before I'm gonna ask her a couple questions.

Anyone in the room, people donate to me, big, small, what have you?

I have a portable phone charger and a 24 hour pass.

I have three of them.

Not everybody's in the bubble.

You might have somebody in your circle that takes the bus, and it will just brighten their day.

And 24 hour passes, four-hour passes, people donate to me, so I'm paying it forward.

I'm leaving after my public comments.

Just raise your hand and I'll give it to you, and you can pay it forward to somebody.

Um okay, I am right now, right now.

What's your name, man?

My name, Sean.

I was saying about the buses.

The buses is like they don't never be on time.

At nighttime, they're gonna be at time on time, and he gave out water, food, and clothes, mittens, and everything.

Okay, good.

And uh and that's how you met me from downtown.

And that's how I met them from downtown.

So what routes do you take?

They're gonna ask like what routes like six mile, some mile, eight mile.

Okay.

Con it.

The con it is real slow.

Yeah, and um you want to say eight mile?

You did say eight mile.

Um, did I say the make names?

You said six miles.

Okay.

And I'll van night, the van dying and grasher.

And grass it.

And how many times a week do you even take the bus?

Every day?

Every blue moon.

Not every day.

Every other day.

Yep, every other day.

Okay.

Yeah.

And so she's just an example of folks when I tell them to speak to the powers that be, they have no idea who even runs the purse strings of D Dot.

And I inform them the city council purse strings and the mayor's office.

And so I try to get them, I don't care what age they are, just get them to come out and to speak up.

Um, it did get better.

D DOT did improve, but it kind of fell back a little bit.

I was I wait off Woolworth sometimes, and I see like piles of people piling up, and that means that there's some buses missing.

And in Grand River, the same.

So I observe and I talk to the people.

I'm asking city council members uh to take it, do another ride along with me.

I would appreciate it.

It's pretty much everybody has done a bus ride along.

I want to thank um everyone who has, uh, including um Roy McAllister, um, um uh Callaway, member Tate, uh Council President, uh, Councilwoman Johnson, Councilwoman Gabriela Santiago Romero, thank you.

Anyone, you don't have to be elected official to join me on the ride along.

It just shows you where your tax dollars are going.

So I'm gonna give you this number 313-444-9114, Brother Cunningham.

If you would like to do a bus ride along, and anybody would like this portable charger and a 24-hour pass, just raise your hand.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Cunningham.

All right.

Good evening, how you doing?

Good.

Go right ahead.

Good evening, uh, council members.

Okay, I'm kind of nervous on the side.

And this is I was a member of this church.

I haven't been in a long time, so I'm seeing some of my members here, but I'm here.

I know on the agenda you said they have sidewalks.

It's not just that complaint I had.

Uh it's the Garden Homes neighborhood, nestled in the northwest section of Detroit, 45 blocks, starting from Stopo to the west side, um Wyoming Avenue and eight mile to Pembroke.

Resident continue on complaining about illegal dumping behind the post office at 20501, Levinoise, and the reinstallation of speed humps on Stopo.

But that's been taken care of it.

And at the President of Garden Homes, uh it's been two years, and uh come um Councilwoman Whitfield Cowboy.

You know, you referred me to the person to address it, and uh gave me the contact information, and that that was Friday, June the second, twenty twenty-three at 1008 a.m.

And Mr.

Brondwick, he was one of the person.

However, it's still a problem.

I went by there today, they still dumping.

Um they cleaned up whatever they were done, but still trees right there.

He had replied back to me during that time, because I had asked them who owned the grass area, and he told me that the first 12 feet of the grass uh is city public right away, the post office on the additional area, and they supposed to take care of it, which they haven't.

Uh and I asked why is it a snow sidewalk?

And he said when he looked at some images, it was 15 years ago, but it used to be Kroger, it's like I explained to him prior to that time.

And Krogs closed had been the late 60s, early 70s, because of the driveway, you used to go to Crowe from the back side.

And at this point, um the neighbors want to know when they're gonna clean up that area, get in contact with the post office since they own that, because I asked him, could they put up a legal dun uh signs?

He said no, because that's their property.

And every time an email is or complaint is sent, I get it too.

But this has gone on too long.

So all we want to know, since our area garden home, we you know we feel we'd be neglected on a lot of issues.

When can this be a fixed?

Because he was saying uh when they get more funding.

Well, I know the city didn't receive some funding, so I just want to know to you, councilwoman and Mr.

Brownrich.

I don't know if he's here because he's over DPW, whoever.

We just want it fixed.

We want a sidewalk there.

We want the United States Postal Service to be responsible for that back part so no one would dump again.

That's all we ask.

Real simple.

That's all.

Okay.

Thank you.

All right, thank you so much.

Mr.

Member Calloway.

Is there anyone here from DPW?

Who can um okay?

Can we come to the microphone?

Yep, sir.

We're gonna get your um question answered by someone from DPW regarding the um I was not present for the entire question, but I would like to take the address down so we can throw the uh property and of course be able to provide a more complete answer uh as we get more information and be able to answer it properly.

Okay, um, thank you.

Is there anyone through the chair from GSD?

Anyone from general services?

Can the two of you meet with Ms.

Flood on the other side of those doors?

Okay, there you go.

Ms.

Flood, those two gentlemen will meet with you.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Okay, thank you.

All right, we will now go to general public comment.

These are residents that reached out and will have two minutes for public comment.

We will start with Russ Ballant, followed by Patricia Matthews.

Thank you, Madam Chair, uh Pro Tem Tate at Large Members, Young and Waters and all the districts represented here tonight except mine.

Thank you.

The rain tax, also known as the drainage fee, has been in the courts for eight years.

Last Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court decided that they would cancel the hearing that we have been waiting for for years.

That means an appeals court uh ruling that upheld a tax where our attorney was only given 15 minutes to speak and explain the case.

That court's opinion will now prevail, and that could start the foreclosing on properties that are have been unable to afford the tax, which will include hundreds of churches.

It will include many businesses that were being charged over a hundred thousand dollars a year when they had no sewers on their property, which means that the water wasn't going into the wastewater system.

It wasn't costing the city of nickel as their dirt absorbed that water.

Detroiters have been the targets of foreclosure on over-assessed homes for many years.

The city aggressively foreclosed on them.

And I'm talking about historically.

We must stop the property grabbing on lots where the city is overcharging, whether it's overassessment of taxes or overassessment from drainage fees.

These include the rain tax that has bloomed up to $142 per month per impervious acre with no public explanation or justification.

We're asking city council to tell general council to stop foreclosures and seek remedies.

From the city, there's nobody paying drainage fees.

It's a loss.

So why is that of value to start foreclosing instead of negotiating?

We need to sorry, we need to do a better job.

Please stop this foreclosure process.

Thank you so much, Russellant.

I'm a little nervous here.

My name's Patricia Matthews.

I'm a senior, and I've been trying to get my garage fixed for the last three years.

I don't know.

I have applied for loans.

I've been turned down for loans.

I don't know if my age or whatever.

So I'm looking for a grant to get my garage fixed.

So if anybody here can help me with that, I really will appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

All right, thank you so much.

And um uh Tyler, if we could just get her information so we can connect her with um some of the resources that we have when it regards as relates to home repair grants.

Thank you.

All right, Marcel Yu.

Marcel U, followed by Jacob Smith.

Good afternoon.

I look around and I see people that me.

I look around that people who just want to live life in peace and who pride themselves in the community they've built.

Protection of the community is what I'm advocating for.

And I'm here to take a stand on one of the biggest threats to our communities, and that is corrupt policing.

What are what makes our communities unsafe isn't youth crime, it's over policing.

My name is Marcel, and I'm a member of the Detroit Alliance against racist and political repression.

I am here today to speak on the ordinance currently under consideration by the city council and public health and safety committee concerning the release of body cam worn camera footage.

Let me say plainly, the ordinance currently before you is a significantly weakened version of what was originally proposed by the members of the coalition for police transparency and accountability.

It does not meet the needs of the people of Detroit.

In other cities, such as Milwaukee, body worn camera footage is required to be released within 48 hours.

We we advocated for a 30-day timeline, already a compromise.

Yet this ordin yet this ordinance proposes a 60-day window, which is both unreasonable and unset unacceptable.

Moreover, the original original proposal called for the release of footage in all instances where harm was caused by the police.

That has now been narrowed to only cases involving death or great bodily harm.

This represents a serious step backwards in terms of accountability and public trust.

Time and time again, I and others have stood before this council and urge you not to yield to the influence of the public union, a union that has too often protected officers engaged in misconduct.

Never nevertheless, this ordinance continues to grant the police department undue power to delay and redact footage, allowing them to shape a narrative that may not reflect the full truth, particularly in cases where lives have been lost.

To city count to Councilmember Callaway and to the law department, if you are truly committed to protecting the residents of District 2, pass the ordinance unedited.

And to Councilmember Santiago Romero, as chair of the public health and safety committee, you have the authority to stop this ordinance from moving forward in its current form.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

All right.

Good evening.

Hello.

My name is Jacob Smith, and I'm a member of the Detroit Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and a resident of District 5.

I'd like to say a few things about the police body worn release ordinance that is uh sitting in front of the public health and safety committee.

Uh this ordinance uh is a completely watered down version of the original draft that was submitted by members of CPTA, and it's a betrayal to the people of the city.

In Milwaukee, the police were required to release body cam footage after two days.

We asked for 30, and you want to give us 60.

Shame on you.

The original proposal held a wide berth for the release of footage based on any kind of harm done by the police, and this one only applies to death or great bodily harm.

Shame on you.

I have come to city council meetings time and time again, pleading with you all not to exempt body cam footage based on the whims of a corrupt police union, and this provision not only include, and this proposal not only only includes that provision, but it allows for footage to be edited and redacted in order to create a narrative that paints killer cops in the best possible light.

The councilwoman Callaway in the law department, shame.

Councilwoman Santiago Romero is the chair of the public health and safety committee.

The decision on whether this Travis Steven ordinance makes it to a vote is in your hands.

If you care at all about the basic democratic rights of the people of the city, I urge you to send the ordinance back to the drawing board.

We should be passing the original ordinance as submitted by our friends in CPTA, unaltered because Detroiters deserve dignity.

Detroiters deserve transparency, and Detroiters deserve community control of the police.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

Good evening.

Good evening.

I'm Minister Eric Blunt from Sacred Heart Catholic Church right here in Detroit under the leadership of almost 30 years of Reverend Father Norman Paul Thomas, a good friend of Wendell Anthony's.

Amen.

I am here of this current version of the body worn camera footage.

And I think the video that Council Woman Callaway presented to this meeting says it all.

And we deserve the truth.

We deserve the truth about what happens to our citizens when use of force is used against them by the Detroit police department.

We have been try, we've tried to be uh we've tried to compromise on this 90-day, 30-day, seven-day, when we know through experience, through the death of Hakeem Littleton, that body worn camera footage when a police officer is involved can be released the same day.

We shouldn't have to act violently or threatened things violently or protested massive amounts.

We just want to know the truth, and that's all it is.

But a lot, and let's not play politics on whether or not we have the votes or not.

It's like Charlie Kirk.

You must stand with what's right, whether or not it's popular, and sometimes when it's dangerous, and I'll remind us all of one basic fact.

What Hitler did was legal.

Everything Hitler did was legal.

So we must look ourselves in the eye and ask ourselves the question: are we the new Nazis?

All right, thank you.

Good evening.

Good evening.

I'm Gloria Fennison.

In May of this year, I had a medical emergency.

And because of where I live, I was forced to go to Sinai Grace Hospital.

In my experience there, I have shared with several people.

And I've come to the conclusion that my experience is not the exception, but the rule.

I needed to use the bathroom.

But I couldn't get up.

They brought me a bedside toilet.

And I took a picture that I want everyone here to see.

Because I used that toilet and could not get them to empty it for two days.

And when they finally emptied it, I took the picture of what they brought back.

I need some change here.

I need the people to start.

Caring for the fact that where you are sending us to get medical care.

Thank you.

A it's not happening.

And B you're not getting better.

You're getting worse.

Ma'am, one second, ma'am, please.

One second.

Member Callaway, yeah.

Um, ma'am, I recorded your um testimony, and I'm going to share it with the president of the hospital tomorrow morning.

Um, you have my word on it, and then you can show those pictures.

If Ian or Robbie can stand up, they're right there in the back.

She's waving.

You can show her the pictures.

And Robbie, if you can make sure I get a copy of the pictures to my cell phone, I'll share those with the president in the morning.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you, Member Calloway.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Name is Jean Seven Reed.

I'm the neighborhood association president for the Hubble Puritan Neighborhood Association.

Six mile to the north, Ardmore to the east, Greenfield to the West, Puritan to the south.

Although I represent this organization, I'm here today in my personal capacity.

I'm a new Detroiter here since 2021 as a refugee of the Southern State's war on drugs, living in exile in Michigan.

A large part of my motivation to relocate here was hearing elected officials during COVID tout Detroit's progressivism around the topic of wealth building through real estate and a new green rush of cannabis as a campaign promise.

Whether that has been realized is in my opinion questionable.

Far be it for me to lambast the esteemed council, some of whom I've grown to hold in an extremely high regard.

Um I just come to encourage some discourse as Detroit endeavors to be a world-class city.

I think it needs to emulate some things that make other American cities world class, a reliable transportation system that it connects the city to its international airport, connected neighborhoods, business opportunity in places where people actually spend money.

It's not cannabis littering my neighborhood streets as I walk my dog every morning, but the shards of countless glass liquor bottles thrown from careless vehicles leaving countless liquor stores.

Cannabis, an industry that statutorily provides tangible impact to the city is stigmatized, yet alcohol, which I believe is the true gateway drug, appears to be the lifeblood of my precious community.

I look forward to working with my council to find more opportunities for youth involvement, no cannabis business in the Greek town redevelopment, no cannabis business in the NFL draft that broke records, the Renaissance Center on the brink of demolition, no cannabis business.

All right, thank you so much.

Good evening.

My name is Sylvia Green.

I am a proud member of this wonderful church with the greatest pastor in the whole wide world.

Mary Waters, I love you.

I just want you to know that.

Now I have a couple of things.

I'm gonna run it through real quick because I only have two minutes.

I think what has taken with that particular policy is the investors.

They have the money to put into those properties to bring them up.

They just need the rest of us to help them.

I'm a homeowner.

I have a uh two-family flat.

When they came out, I know I had to be in the fourth person who applied.

I got on that phone as soon as I found out about it.

And they came out after weeks and weeks of begging.

I went to the very first training class that they're now offering paint and all that for people, which they didn't offer when I went to the class.

These investors are coming in.

They have they well, when they came out to review my property, they said I needed 45,000 at least to uh bring my property so I could be uh compliant to be a renter to uh be a landlord.

I don't have that kind of money.

I I try, but I don't have that.

And so one of the guys who came out said they need to change that policy and help the homeowners more so than investor.

I won't give out his name.

Another thing I want to real quick.

So I really I want to do a Freedom of Information Act to find out how many Detroiters who are homeowners who are duplex owners are actually getting the service.

And I'm going to demand that very shortly.

Another thing I want to say we have early voting.

I would like for churches to have an early because we start on Saturdays on the Saturday, and then Sunday after church, come out and vote.

You don't have to come out, you can they will come to your car, so you don't have to get out if you have issues.

Also, another thing about property lines for the alleys, who's responsible for cleaning them and taxes, and also I represent coalition of senior Detroit homeowners who are not at that level.

And also, I say, I don't care who says what, I say no to mushrooms.

We have a candidate that's running for higher state um state office.

Thank you who wants mushrooms.

I say no.

Okay, thank you so much.

No mushrooms.

On the state level.

On the state level.

You already got mushrooms local.

Good evening.

Good evening.

My name is Gregory Palawski.

I'm a former Detroit City Planning Commissioner for District 2.

I served from 2017 to the end of 2020.

Uh, the reason why I'm here today is to invite the city council members, their staffs, as well as the mayor's office and administration offices to a conference that is coming to the city of Detroit.

It's a semi-annual event through the drug policy alliance.

We all have been touched by folks that we know with the opioid addiction crisis.

This organization is a series of international, national activists, policymakers, and decision makers regarding this particular topic.

This year's coordinated effort is regarding harm reduction models.

The city of Detroit has a serious issue regarding health concerns, and this is just one of them.

I invite all of you to attend, if not you, your staffs.

It is usually customary for the city administrations for these cities to welcome the international community to the city.

I welcome your engagement.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, honorable city council.

My name is Victoria Camille, and I am a resident of District 7.

First, I would like to share that a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of a ride along with Brother Cunningham, and I encourage all sitting elected officials and those running for office to ride the bus and speak with people.

The insights from the riders and drivers about their service experience and safety concerns are invaluable to ensure that decisions are made that meet the needs of some of our most vulnerable community members.

Second, I'd like to highlight that the Board of Police Commissioners Policy Committee and the Detroit Police Department take the time to sit down with the Coalition for Police Transparency and Accountability and other community members to discuss policies line by line so that they can understand our intent behind certain language and we can understand their intent behind certain language.

Now CPTA has spent countless hours over many months researching and going through multiple edits and drafts to develop the video release ordinance that was presented to this city council a year ago.

We've asked repeatedly to sit down with the council to discuss the ordinance and come to some understandings of what all parties are trying to accomplish.

That sit down has not happened, and now the ordinance that you are considering is nowhere near what was presented to you.

Have you reached such a status that you can't sit down with everyday Detroiters to discuss a matter that is so important?

I'm asking this council not to move forward with the version given to you by the law department and to instead pause and speak with the Detroit residents who volunteered tireless hours to draft this ordinance and give it due consideration.

You've listened to the law department, the police department, the police unions now listen to the constituents that you've been elected to serve.

Good evening, sister.

City council members.

This has been a pleasure to come.

I appreciate being here, and I wish you were representing my district three.

Then I wouldn't have to be a candidate for city council on that ballot.

I would like to say that in Detroit, we are proliferated with liquor stores.

We're only supposed to be service 214, but we have 384.

We talk about how our young people are not thriving, but the programs that you put in place are only for short term.

No one's tracking the progress.

No one's pushing them forward.

And we have over 15 abandoned buildings and schools closed in district three.

And those can be learning hubs.

We have alleys that's overwhelmed with brush and shrubs that our residents, our seniors, are trying to clean up.

Where is the service in that?

We had someone transferred 13,500 parcels, waiving all the fees and the penalties, but yet still we can't give our residents, city retired workers, a break on home repairs after we took their pension.

If you have 60 million dollars in surplus for future debt, you have money to make them whole.

Thank you so much.

I live in Southwest Detroit.

I'm with Detroiters for Tax Justice.

Um here tonight in solidarity with CPTA and their continued demand around the body cam ordinance.

I also want to hammer down on this rain tax case again.

Um a rash of small businesses and churches getting seized for backwater bills.

Uh that's a disaster to our local community that we don't to our local economy that we don't need.

But it's one that a city council looking to be re-elected could certainly save us from.

Uh you must instruct the general council to hold off on foreclosing and seizing properties that are in jeopardy because of this illegal tax.

Um it was invented to put political pressure on the ecumenical ecumenical um ecumenical community in this city.

Uh Detroit cannot suffer another wave of foreclosures.

There'll be no winners in this situation.

I ask that you take action on this.

Thanks.

All right, thank you.

Good evening.

Um, good evening through the um president.

Glad to be out there, young dollars with me.

But I want to just speak real quick.

Um, the Bible says Rome was not built in the day.

And I wanted to just speak on legislators.

Legislative body is the important body that deals with the framework and the building processes.

Um, it also says with all charity, I am nothing.

So I can speak well and do all these other things with all charity, I'm nothing.

That's our first acknowledged any and everything I'm able to do is because somebody believed in me, somebody was charitable, somebody loved me without any expectations of reciprocation.

And so, as a father of a daughter and the father, foster father and godfather of youth.

I welcome the women's commission for the future of our young ladies.

And district one Java House has been doing a really good job at community building.

District three been doing more recently, implementing new courts and new things in our in our city.

District 4, IOS been doing a much better job in prevention and risk management.

District 6, where I really appreciate Miss Santiago Romero withstand a lot of derogatory comments that come through free speech and continue to advocate for policies for all.

District 7, a good sport despite losing the primary, continues to build in District 7 and budget and still continue to be an example.

All right, large members, Miss Waters.

Uh so far it looked like she may be the uh number one at large.

So that's a testament to responding to the community and the community responding back to you.

Mr.

Young, been very great.

Opportunities for community allowing them to express themselves in non-traditional positive fashions.

And so I say all these things is because this is just the start of the building process.

Council president's been doing very well speaking out and advocating and doing what the council president is supposed to do from those stance.

But you know, I don't do these things for grants, money, or anything else.

The reward I get come 10 or 20 years from now when these kids graduate and say thank you for making a better way.

And we all need to pick up on that.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Good evening.

Good evening.

First and foremost, I always like to give honor to God who's head of my life.

I'd like to thank him for giving me and each and everyone in this room another day.

District 2, how you doing?

Yeah, yeah.

I am Roy McAllister Jr.

And as we move forward to 2026, we have to consider what is going on with us.

We have to make sure that crime it comes under parent.

We have to make sure that taxes not only lowering of taxes, but also where your tax dollars are going.

We also have to look at working with our state representatives as far as getting this insurance to go down.

We have to make sure that job opportunities, affordable housing is there.

Mental health, we have to look sure that mental health is going forward.

We have to go forward.

We have to make sure that mental health is an area where we look into and where we make sure that everybody is taken care of.

Family, we have to move forward with vision.

It is about hope.

It is about housing, opportunity, prosperity, and economic growth.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am Roy McAllister, your designated representative for District 2, and I love you so much and bless you.

God bless you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, we will now go to those those who have joined us virtually.

We do have virtual public comment.

Uh good evening, madam president.

There are five hands raised uh on Zoom before you cut off public comment.

And the first caller is iPhone.

All right, iPhone.

Good evening to all within the sound of my voice.

I'm Betty A.

Varner, President of the Soda Elsboard Block Association, aka Diva.

We have been in existence for nine years in District 7.

We have made some remarkable accomplishments and our neighborhood slash community with the help of our honorable council member Durha, his staff, especially Mrs.

Lazan Davis, who was attending our meetings in year 2016 when we first started because of the redistricting starting January 2026.

DEBA will be part of District 2.

I pray we have a smooth transition, and we will be able to continue to do the work to improve our neighborhood slash community, and we pray we will receive the support from District 2 council, the mayor, and the district two residents.

We are looking forward to starting our journey in District 2.

If there's anyone within the sound of my voice, seniors, people who are disabled, who need assistance in your home, please contact DAA at 313 446, 444.

They have a program there called Choice Waiver.

Choice waiver is the program.

It is a program that will assist you with whatever it needs in your home to keep you in your home and out of a nursing home.

It's a wonderful program.

I'm in it.

Please share this information.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Thank you, Ms.

Verner as well.

There we go.

All right.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is Frank Hammer.

Mr.

Hammer, the floor is yours.

Two minutes.

General public comment.

Thank you.

I'm Frank Hammer.

President of District Two.

And also as a co-chair of my public hearing for the City Paragon's Development Coalition.

District 2, always been a great political active district, and I'm talking about active residents.

And a part of working association and the Green Acres Burger Central Media Patrol.

And also the old city council, for which McAllister was a member.

We and the city fighters in the city prevailed in the statement that the very cattle burn at the fairgrounds.

We weren't satisfied to leave it at that.

Long after the Douglas team decided to demolish the band show, a public outright.

Got that decision reversed.

As you city council member Angela Calvin pointed out, the new band show is slated for demolition.

Is now at Palymer Park and had its premier performance on August 23rd.

But Detroit is for years to come.

I want to thank Council Callaway and her support.

I want to thank her when she came out in the dead of winter when the threatened Derek Barn to protest and try to protect it.

You were the one who showed up even before you took office.

Again, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

The next caller is phone number ending at 169.

Caller ending in 169.

The floor is yours.

General Public Comment.

Hello, can you guys hear me?

Yes, sir.

Okay, great.

I just want to say what up, Joe, what up, though, what up, Joe.

And thank you for praying for Brother Cunny Ham.

Thank you for my time.

Was that it, sir?

All right.

What up, though, to you too, N.

We'll take that one.

We've definitely taken it.

829 p.m.

What up, though?

Next caller, please.

The next caller is William M.

Davis.

Mr.

William M.

Davis, the floor is yours.

General Public Comment.

Good evening.

Can I be heard?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

I'm not saying the best version of the state of Detroit.

The city of Detroit could be a whole lot better, especially if, at the very least, if you're not gonna eliminate the interest out of the governor on uh liberty cloudback, that you uh retroactively take it back to 2.25 because that's the amount that we had to retroactively pay our caught in our cost of living increase back to a year before you know the other cuts took effect.

That would make a big difference, and that would not be that very, it would not be expensive.

Lord knows it'd be like say a third of which I bought to set aside for a corporations that have to give it away millions and millions of dollars to millionaires and billionaires.

Also, I think something needs to be done and needs to be a better accounting of the rain tax also called well, you know what it's called, still a rain tax, because in the last 12 years, a number of businesses, a number of churches have gone out of business, have been pushed aside because of you know this tax is uh uh unsanctioned, unre unreported, uh untaxed that you know it's like a slush fund for the administration do as they please with no detailed reporting on what and how they spinning.

I know in my area in district seven in the aviation, you know, we regularly we didn't have these floods before he took office.

We didn't have these floods, and I work for the water department.

But you know, infrastructure is not no good if you have people just not knowing what they're doing.

We have you know Great Lake Sword Authority running our facility, supposedly we still own it, but they act like we uh second-class citizens.

So I think the city of Detroit needs to stand up and let us do it and do more to help City Detroit retirees and to help the lower these uh fees that we paying.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next caller, please.

The last caller for public comment is Evan Markarian All right, call if the floor is yours.

You have two minutes to republic comment.

Um my comment is two parts.

Uh I'm a bagley neighborhood resident, district two, and I frequent the Avenue of Fashion and noted a lot of uh illegal parking in our district, especially on Liverno and Wyoming, where bus stops are blocked by parked cars, people are parking on sidewalks, blocking pipelanes and crosswalks.

And I don't know if this is uh municipal parking and the neighborhoods concerned or a police department concern about making sure our neighborhoods are accessible to everyone that bikes uses a wheelchair and walks and uses the bus.

So I just wanted to raise that question and encourage council to look at municipal parking in the neighborhoods, especially here in District 2.

The second part is about uh a DDOP bus user.

So just like as someone who uses the bus um with frequency up to an hour at times for certain routes.

It's um it makes it hard to rely on the service and utilize it and you know recommend it to all.

So I just wanted to mention that as part of my experience, and thank you all for your time.

I'll stop here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, that takes us to the end of our public commenters for this evening.

Takes us actually to the end of our agenda.

So we want to thank you all for being here and hope and wish and pray that you have a safe travel home.

Last voice you'll hear is Member Callaway as she bid you ado.

Yeah, thank you.

Um thank you, Pro Tem Tate, and um we appreciate everybody coming out this evening, spending this evening with us, and um, if you have any questions for me, I'll be in the back.

We still have some department um representatives here.

If you have any questions for DPW, DPD, we're all here for you this evening.

And again, thank you for coming out and thank you for um your support.

God bless you.

God bless you.

Safe travels.