Good evening, everyone.

It is six fifty-nine.

I'm gonna ask if we can take our seats and all elected officials make your way to the dais so we can gavel in.

Good evening.

The meeting of the Myanmar City Commission is now called to order.

An opportunity was given to the public to register to participate or email the city clerk twenty-four hours prior to the commission meeting with any questions, comments, concerns on items, we will hear on this evening's agenda.

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As of May twenty first, twenty twenty-five at three thirty PM.

No members of the public has registered to participate virtually in this meeting.

If someone has registered later than this time and would like to speak, they can raise their hand and at the appropriate time our IT staff will unmute their mic to allow them to speak.

Please be sure to mention your name and address for the record prior to addressing the commission.

At the time, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

If there are any members from the public watching virtually or present here in the chambers, that item number eight has been withdrawn and will not be heard at tonight's meeting.

Do have a few proclamations, and I invite at this time EMS Division Chief Jamie Torres and any other colleagues to the dais to receive the proclamation and observance of Emergency Medical Services Week.

Proclamation, Emergency Medical Services Week, we care for everyone, May 18th through the 24th, 2025.

Whereas emergency medical services is a vital public service, and whereas the members of medical medical emergency medical services teams are ready to provide life-saving care to those in need twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

And whereas access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury.

And whereas emergency medical services teams consist of emergency physicians, emergency nurses, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, educators, administrators, and others.

And whereas the members of emergency medical services teams, whether career or volunteer, engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their life-saving skills.

And whereas Americans benefit daily from the knowledge and skills of these highly trained individuals.

And whereas it is appropriate to recognize the value and the accomplishments of emergency medical services providers by designating emergency medical services week.

Now, therefore, I wanna mess them by virtue of the power vested in me as mayor of the city of Miramore and on behalf of the City Commission, do hereby proclaim the week of May 18th through 24th, 2025 as emergency medical services week.

And I encourage our broader community to take time out to visit our website in the City of Myanmar for our fire rescue services, where you can see all of the valuable resources that is available to the community that could perhaps save a loved one life or your own life.

So we'd like to give a round of applause to our fire rescue team, emergency medical services for all that they do in our community.

All right, this time I invite the members of the Mirmar Commission forward for a few community proclamations.

And our next proclamation was requested by Vice Mayor Colburn.

And we invite the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Proclamation.

Representatives Ed Mercado and Ren Zoo and others who may be joining the delegation as well.

Let's give them a round of applause.

If others would like to come, you're all invited if you would like to come forward.

Yeah, come on up.

One big family.

Great to see so many familiar faces.

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 2025.

Whereas this month we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we recognize their contributions to every aspect of our society, from businesses, from business and politics to literature and the arts.

And whereas during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we celebrate the indelible mark these individuals have left on our culture and pay tribute to the Maraud ways in which they continue to strengthen our city and country.

Whereas the origin of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month dates to 197 when five joint resolutions were introduced proposing that a week in May be designated to commemorate the accomplishments of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

And whereas it is therefore appropriate to acknowledge and promote awareness of the invaluable contributions of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the city of Miramar and across the country and extend to them the respect and camaraderie every American deserves.

And whereas the rich and unparalleled diversity of its residents, the city of Miramar takes great pride in supporting the vast diversity of languages, religions, and cultural traditions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders continue to strengthen our nation through their achievements in all of all of all walk of life.

And whereas there are 13,603 Asian American and Pacific Islander residents in the city of Myanmar, and we acknowledge their continued contributions to our city.

And on behalf of Vice Mayor Yvette Colburn and the City Commission do hereby proclaim May 2025 as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Let's give our neighbors a big round of applause.

We'll take our photo and then I'll present to Vice Mayor Chambers to Vice Vice Mayor, Vice Mayor Yvette Coburn to introduce our guests and to have a few words.

And these are the individuals who have been behind us when it comes to the Asian American month and the Asian Pacific Islander event that we hosted in the city of Myanmar and that we've been hosted for I think we have three four years.

So I just want to say thank you so much for for that.

Thank you so much for your contribution.

But also thank you so much for for coming out today in numbers for the proclamation.

Appreciate you.

Thank you.

Would you like to say good evening, everyone?

First, I want to thank you, um, Mayor Yvette Colburn.

Uh, on behalf of Asian Post and Border Asian American Pacific Islander Community of South Florida, I'm humbled and honored to accept the proclamation of AAPI Heritage Month.

Tonight recognition that's not just symbolic, it's a deeply meaningful, meaningful, it tells us this history of our cultures and contribution of being seen or acknowledged and valued.

Asian Anupost is proud to serve a voice in the community, and a voice uh is not a story it's in its many.

Um it says the story of Filipino Americans carried toward pioneers Maria Barabeda, who founded Busopino News 1986, Florida, first Asian woman whole newspaper.

Uh, this is this uh story of Vietnamese American who have rebuilt flourish with grace.

It's uh story of Native Americans whose ancestral ties in the land of remind us of deeper roots and includes Jewish, Asian, uh, Palestinian Americans, Middle Eastern Americans, mixed race, Asian Americans, and those of many not always feel they have placed to a platform, but whose voice are matter profoundly.

Also, the last thing is that just last month we marked 132 of second anniversary of Chinese Merchant Association and remind us that the presidency is not new, it's enduring and it's evolving.

I want to thank you again.

So as you continue to celebrate the month of May, we know that your contributions is 365 days a year, but we just pause in May as a country to record to recognize the many controversies.