Good afternoon everyone.

My name is Mary Kay Harris, and we are right now in the urban redevelopment and review planning committee.

Today he is two to the uh scene.

Yes.

Yes.

Madam Clerk, please call the role.

Chairwoman Harris.

Present.

Vice Chair Basardo.

Present.

Councilman Gonzals is absent.

Councilman Graves.

President.

Councilman Vargas.

We have four present and one absent.

We have a quorum.

You have to recognize the show that we also have Council immediately joining us and Council Woman Davidson joining us here tonight at the meeting.

And also, before we get started, I also like to welcome my new tech person, John.

John, wait at the people so the MLU.

So welcome.

Madam Clark, uh, could you uh please let me know where I can stop about legal representation?

She just wants to talk about it.

Oh my um, so we're just waiting to hear back from the city solicitor to see who will be having trouble here.

So we will be um waiting for a response from Jade Dana, which is the city solicitor to see who was supposed to be coming to this meeting.

So do I have a right to start this meeting?

Yes, you do.

Okay, thank you, Madam Clara.

Madam Claire, could you please read the first item to the uh record?

Resolution creating essence Tyler Christy Memorial Square.

Um at this moment, I entertain a motion to enter into the record a drafting um directly, please.

Great, and second that council violence, chairman of the child.

Madam Clerk, could you please read what that item is?

Okay, this is dated.

Um this is from Nate Erso managing engineer traffic engineering.

Um the Department of Public Works Traffic Engineering Division has reviewed the resolution creating Essence Tyler Christelle Memorial Square.

We researched available data and determined that no other memorial square designations exist on Burnett Street.

We concur with the ceremonial designation.

We will make and install the appropriate sign once the resolution is finally approved and further information on the number and location of signs is determined.

So we have a motion on the second all in favor.

Okay.

Um councilman, um, our councilman escalol.

I think this uh is one of the policies from his board.

And right now we're gonna ask uh our policy Aaron Gardner to speak on behalf.

You have something that council would like me to say.

Yes, just um could you please finish and put a right to see mail?

Should I be each?

All right, good.

Okay.

It's up to the clerks.

If you're going to turn in the nice fine too.

Would you like me to turn him in?

Yes, yes.

If you guess your number one, please.

I don't have much to say, but you're right.

I did.

Can you please say your name and say the public record?

Aaron East Gardner, Deputy Chief of Staff of the City Council.

So thank you.

I just so I spoke with you know the majority leader a couple of hours ago.

He had something that you know came up and he was unable to attend, which is unfortunate because he really did you know want to join, and he's very, very you know, supportive of this resolution.

Um he just wanted me you know to share a message with you know SNO Diana's here.

However, um, he just wanted to say that you know he understands clearly that you know a child, you know, can never be replaced.

And you know, as a parent, you know, he has an understanding of how profound you know such a loss can be.

Um and he also you know understands that when things like this happen, having you know some type of memorial or plaque, you know, can be so helpful in the relief and you know, bringing back some of the positive memories.

Um, and additionally, you know, he just sends the message that you know gun violence is not the answer, and that you know, as a city, we need to do everything that we can to you know mitigate and you know, reach out to the community um with all organizations, police department, et cetera.

And one thing that he also wanted to say that he was very, very, very you know, appreciative to see you know, Diana over the years actually take the leave in you know, speaking about you know, gun violence.

And additionally, you know, recently, especially in this term, the council, you know, she actually was appointed to the pathway to end gun violence advisory council, which is a ward um that is under the city council that gives advice um in advisory um opinions and what have you to um um the administration to the council and anybody else who would be you know interested.

Um so that's the only message that I had.

He just wanted me to say this, you know, one point you can write it.

He just wanted to you know have that on the record um to share.

So that's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Very well said, thank you so much.

Um this time we'll open up the committee, uh, council one crazy.

I just want to say um, I knew this both sides of the family very well.

Can you speak up for the term?

I knew both sides of this family very well.

Um I grew up with Randy Cooper, um, his sister was one of my best friends.

Um as for the downs, we're cousins by marriage type thing.

So I know all of the comments, you know.

Very kind.

Yeah, so yes.

So um, and I know what it's like to lose so many people, and um Randy lost several children quite.

And I know Diana is went through a lot of, but she took that um that came and she you know to help other people to help them get through what is you know, the acting that lose and child brings.

Um she's been a fighter to try to get law to try to alleviate this happening to somebody else's child.

Um fighting for years now, it's done it, and they have any practice.

It's there's still more fighting to be done, but I think she is an excellent leader.

I think she um people can look at her and tell that she really is.

They can look at her and see someone that really trying to help save other children, and also they can look at her and see that someone cares that their child is gone, just like she cares about her, she cares about the end.

So um I think this uh um triggered that's wrong overdue.

Um unfortunately, we shouldn't have to do these type of things at all.

But anybody's time you know, you should your child should be safe.

And it's sad that I children up, you know, gun violence and all these other things.

I take it too many of them away.

Um and saying I'm sorry, and oh, this is terrible after it's happened.

Let's not bring that child back.

You know, and um I think this fight has to stop the bottom half of the ever and ever and ever we have to get the people at the top to stop talking and stuff and start going through and doing what it takes to get these guns and stuff off.

And I think I give her a lot of kudos because she has been fighting a long fight, and I hope that she continues, and I hope that this job is over when things so I don't have to sense support this.

Um I think like I said, I just think I think it's sad, like we have to follow something like this.

I think it's sad that we have to commercial rights advice to have a brand new stream and I say thank you.

Um Vice Chairman, thank you to the chair uh violence impacts, uh community families, and all of us in the south problems we lost a young 21 years old.

Um essence uh uh crystal.

She was only 21 years old.

It was uh right there on the south side of Brown Street.

Uh we all are in fact whether there is a defineline uh which uh council person uh represents or what's end.

Um too many young people that are lost to gun violence over the years.

Um such as uh that of Jennifer Rivetta.

of uh essence uh uh crystal uh she was only 21 years old it was uh right there on the south side of wrong street who times uh we all are in fact whether there is a definite line uh which uh council person uh represents and what's end um too many young people that are lost to gun violence over the years um such as uh that of jennifer this is uh a mother way of honoring that's the title crystal uh because it impacted our lives most importantly also impacted the life of uh family her mom from that point on uh her mother uh diana became a true champion um for young people she's always been true champion but uh so because she found it a uh a movement uh to educate and form uh both around and to end violence she created a a uh program after uh essence and uh it continues to uh impact the lives of so many young people throughout the state of Rhode Island particularly also province and so um I think this is uh fitting uh to not only mark uh the presence of essence that would never leave us in in uh city province but also to remind us that the fight that we're counselling um put ourselves forward is to end that violence in young people and these sensors uh times uh um that of so much uh using our community so um our second yeah as that's also with my colleagues council members i mean it's fine and the robot that's yeah interpreter is by when you lose some um when you lose somebody you feel you know you die to because you know you lose they gave you missing something just is like good i remember in new york uh one friends he um organized organization to role violence and they give it soy to gone so people give it gun and then we can give it so and that's the let that last if we want i hope that we can do the same thing in here and we both we can go forward thank you council um let the record also show that we have um interpreter um gonna mess with mommy um singer the singer um who is interpreting for our students here so please try to speak of our I never needed a mic ever so I expect everybody to have the same face in their voice as I have so thank you any more um councilwoman please thank you I would love to add my sentiments and support to this uh resolution um essence's mother Diana is a ward um constituent in ward 14 and she's also a member of my war committee um Diana is probably second to none in making sure that the the essence of her daughter for lack of a better word is consistently um memorialized and and remembered um Diana has done just in a wonderful wonderful job of making sure that a tragedy turned into something extremely positive for the city of Providence and I can't commend her enough um for all the work that she's done um not just not just in the South side but she has the bowling tournament and um that collects and fundraises so that they she can then give back to the community again um to does the lack of arms um in Lockwood if I'm not mistaken um I mean that's just those are just very few things um in spite of a numerous amount of other things that she does um in an effort to bring some positivity and some good um support to the the the situation that happened the tragedy in her family um essence's mom Diana is also an established author um if anybody ever has a chance to read the book uh regarding essence um please do so it's available at all of our libraries in the city of province um and it's just um a wonderful reminder of what we have as an opportunity locally to support not only um neighbors but also um a chance to like I said before um bring some positivity in light of the tragedy so I absolutely support this I think it's a wonderful job and it's a wonderful opportunity it's a long time coming I just counseling thank you Carolyn I just you know I know Diana personally and also am grateful to be able to lift up her efforts to as council haters that turned tragedy and to into light for our city and you know we're a small state and we're a small city we can't afford to lose any one of us and I'm glad we are doing what we can to remember somebody who was special and who was you know cut short and who should be with us now.

Thank you, Carolyn.

I just, you know, I know Diana personally, and also am grateful to be able to lift up her efforts too as councilcaters since that turn tragedy and to into light for our city.

And you know, we're a small state and we're a small city.

We can't afford to lose any one of us.

And I'm glad we are doing what we can to remember somebody who was special and who was you know cut short and who should be with us now.

So I'm just I will look forward to supporting this when it is in front of the full body.

Thank you.

Yeah, if there's no other speakers from the floor, I would like to close it out by just building my sentiment to my relationship with Diana herself, mom of essence.

Once around the globe, I had the opportunity to uh be a youth organizer at uh organization called here the right action for rights and equality.

So I had the opportunity of having leaders, young leaders who were beginning to change um build change in um society around the things that they were doing within the organization.

So years ago, I seen in Diana as a young person uh the leadership that we hope and we um um push for every day that our young people begin to organize into and she's a prime example.

So many great things have been said around this table today about Diana and everything I want to say that I approve, and I say that I agree 100%.

Thank you for sharing your relationship and the leadership that Diane have given to our community here in Providence.

So I appreciate that.

At this time, I would like to take a motion to pass this out of the work committee.

Um council.

Um may I have a motion to pass it.

Second, okay, I have a motion, Councilman Graves, um, second by Councilman and Vlogas, all in favor, aye.

So this will go before the whole council for a vote.

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Howlson.

Councillor, could you please read item two into direct?

Resolution officially renaming the street known as Corless Park to Jeannie Flippett Circle.

Okay, at this time I'll have Jenny.

Jenny.

Jenny Clippett Circle.

Okay, yeah, I said there's a second.

Also have an item to enter into the record is motion to into the letter approved from the full scholars, which we've been waiting for.

Um may I have a motion to enter it.

So councilwonder vice chairman Travis, second back to one in favor, aye.

Um clerk, would you please read this just a small good afternoon, Tina?

So we need to make sure we have it in the this is a letter from uh the post office addressed to Tina, the city clerk, saying that they checked with the delivery unit and our address management team regarding your street name change request.

Since there is only one delivery point on the street, currently known as one for this part or down school for the deaf, changing the street names would not cause any issues with mail delivery.

Please let me know if the effective date once the change is approved so I can inform AMS in the delivery unit.

Thank you.

Awesome.

We're proud of that.

That is official.

It is real.

Councilwoman Peterson, I'm gonna start out with this.

We are so excited.

Thank you.

I'm very organizing.

Yeah.

Oh, I cannot tell you how excited I am to be presenting this.

Um, and I'm very thankful for the opportunity.

Um at the beginning of this year, I was invited to the Rhode Island School of the Deaf to come in and uh listen to a presentation.

And I was invited by some of the guests that are here today to learn a little bit about um the history of the school and a very specific need that they had.

And uh in the meeting, I it was myself and our communications director Katie who went and kind of just partook in this opportunity to really learn a little bit more about the Rhode Island School of the Deaf.

Um, and we happened to hear a little bit about how there was an um a pretty immediate need to change the address.

So the city of Providence has two coreuses Policy Director, it's two core lists, right?

Yes, correct, yes, thank you.

Um, and uh Corless Park happens to be also the name of a park that's local to Ward 14, but it's also a budding um the Rhode Island School of the Deaf, and so when people GPS to come to the school, sometimes the issue is that they get to um the other Coreless Street, which is on the east side, um can get very confusing, but it's always been that way for a really really long time, and um we had the benefit of having some very proactive students um say we kind of want to change this, and so they have gone through the entire process of getting together all of the history um of choosing a name and commemorating the name change that they're choosing um and attaching the entire history behind it.

This all is happening right at the same time.

Um students, please forgive me if I don't know, it's 150 years, it's the celebration is for 150 years this year, 150, right?

150 years.

So it is the anniversary, the 150th anniversary of uh the Rhode Island School of the Deaf, and how better to commemorate it than by changing the name to the original um the original student uh uh by the name of Jenny Lippitz or Jenny Lippett, and they're gonna change it into Jenny Lippett Circle, or the request is to change it to Jenny Lippitt Circle.

Um, I am not going to give any more information because there's an entire wonderful presentation attached that the students are going to provide us.

Um, but I did want to just advocate and give my full support and hopefully ask for your support as well.

I did just also want to thank um the clerk's office for doing all of this legwork to confirm with the postmaster that there is no issue, and also our policy team for doing um the resolution.

It's um a long time coming, and we really appreciate that support.

So I'd like to invite the students Councilman I before we uh um I want to enter into Red Presentations, the motion is a presentation into the right of the two move vice chairman, second by uh councilman Vogas.

Um all in favor, I okay, and I'm gonna call after you the young people have this still give her this.

Oh, sure, okay, great.

So I'm excited.

So we are welcoming yes, um, the entire team, it's the student body government over at Rhode Island School of the Deaf is gonna do a presentation for us um on behalf of uh the entire student body to uh make the request the official request to change the street name.

We welcome you and uh Madam Clerk, would you just uh I do how we will display the presentation on the screen?

Okay, very good.

So we're gonna be displaying the presentation on the screen so that everybody has an opportunity to review it.

And if I could just ask the students or whoever's presenting to just come up and come closer to the table so we can hear from you guys or see okay.

So you guys thank you.

Um just give me a moment today since you're gonna absolutely madam flour alone with the interpreter.

Yes, could you please name some of the students into the rank?

Yes, one by one.

Um should I have them like yeah, okay, to write their names on it's a hate card.

I I think the interpreting would have been able to tell us their names.

No, they will be okay.

Thank you.

This is the youngest committee has a lot of organizing project.

We signed it.

Yeah, okay.

Did you want this to come in?

So we have Andrew Shaley.

I'm saying it right.

Eli Salazar and Jacob Clark.

O'Leal.

Oh, I'm sorry, Aeleo.

Salazar.

Aeleel.

Okay.

And Jacob Clark.

Thank you so much.

And names have been ready to write.

And you made the C for having us here.

We really appreciate your time.

So we're going to go ahead with the presentation.

So this is really just the three of us on top.

I'm going to be a sophomore next year, and I'm vice president.

And I am Clark.

I am a freshman.

And I am the second chair.

Andrew is adding that he is also.

So we're here to uh present the name change for our road.

Our street currently is called one correless park.

And we would like to change it to Jenny Lippitt Circle.

And we'll explain a little bit more as the presentation goes on.

So that is our proposal today.

And this is a more in-depth explanation of that change.

So just a short history lesson to understand why we would like to change the name to Jenny Lipitt.

It has a lot of history behind it.

And that is what we know today is our last school for that.

And now this is allele.

So very end down into school.

And the governor Henry Lith supported the transition in the state with investing.

And made it access.

So this is why we want to rename.

And it creates the opportunity for education programming with uh the Road Admiral School for the Death.

The Bitcoin Museum.

Organization for the deaf in the state and this local organization.

Building this as a meaningful landmark that connects the school's past, present, and future.

And it provides opportunities for our students to learn about the history of the school that includes energy for the future of the school.

So now this is where we're going to go a little bit more in depth as to why we want to change the name.

So this is where our school is over our street.

This is one more.

And our school is called Park.

So just to clarify one more time.

Our school is called one four list park.

But there is also in the post office, they have another address called one four list street.

And when people put it into their GPS, for example, if they were to order something or you know have food delivered or something, they may put in the wrong address, and it happens all the time, and they will go to Corridor Street instead of Holland's park.

This mistake happens regularly.

So to avoid that.

Um this is the reason.

Um so we we want to really avoid that by changing the name to make it very clear.

Um we need your approval and then uh city of providence approval uh to change the name.

This may include state representatives and senators from a ward or the district for 911 and emergency systems, we would also need coordination with these other programs, Google Hacks, USDS, utilities, school administrative offices, community partners also include the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, um the commission for the deaf park hearing within Rhode Island, the Liverpool Museum, the alumni association or the Red House for the Deaf, and the Rhode Island Association of the Deaf.

This may cost um this includes cost for signage, traffic updates, uh a dedication ceremony, etc.

And if we decide to change the name, uh we would like to have uh assigned put up within our school to honor uh you can do this.

So we just want to have our own uh statute built as well.

So this statute is of the deaf child, uh, who was the recent house because the deck was founded.

This is Jenny Liphead.

Um we would like this to be placed next to the entrance so when people come in, they can see who exactly Jenny Lip is and who the street is named after.

Uh this is also through support and uh advocate uh for death education.

So maybe around winter time, um we decided to uh put out a proposal or a survey for this to see who supported the name change, students, staff, teachers, outside of school, alumni, community members uh around state of Rhode Island, you know, close to the death school class.

So um it was over 90% approval rate, and really only two just out of maybe 70 people who responded to this 70 people 68 people uh who are in support of this name change.

So now what we need your support for um is so we need your support for the street meeting.

Um so we want to say thank you and to the family, friends, and staff who have come here to watch us present this and be open to any questions, comments and so if this is not going to open it up to the committee if there's any questions or we want to bring up it on there.

Great presentation.

I love can you um speak up to uh some deaf people if you're we just need to shift folks even here thank you?

Okay, go ahead.

Councilman Braves.

I think it was a great presentation.

I love that you gave us the options and history.

I am and I did not know all of this.

Um it's always good to learn things that you did not know, and I can understand the frustration of people not being able to get stuff when they're ordering it or not being able to be able to go to whatever programs you may be having and get in a car, go somewhere else and say, Okay, I don't know where I'm at.

So I applaud all of you.

I think you did an excellent job.

So there are no more comments with council and bias.

Speaker that's almost made crying because when I went to when I was when I went to the director of the program, I had a people could that so I have to put everybody to learn how the way we can communicate that presentation, and also when you make it fit and get the information, and the issue does we have to, you know.

Um Google Math always keeping us to put in different addict you now affecting.

For example, we had a school department, the school departments in private, and then people go to Ocean.

So sometimes you know this is very good presentation.

I give it in my heart because this is so good for everyone that came.

So much helpful to do the giving me to do, and I support that.

I'm gonna say our vice chairman.

Thank you, President.

Uh great presentation.

Should be proud of yourself, and well representing you, you uh represent uh the student body very well and advocating on the issues that would matter to you and your community uh to bring this level of presentation to us as city council.

Uh it is truly uh impactful for us to have you here and and demonstrate what are the needs.

Uh as you mentioned that uh you uh advocate or have already been at the state level in the state representative state senator.

It's also very important to continue your advocacy uh during and after you uh graduate from uh the high school.

Uh I had uh the privilege at one time uh being a state senator and visiting your school when it was old, and then when it was uh uh rebuilt new, and so uh you bring the next level of advocacy and voice, and you will continue to inspire other students uh to make sure that one day you'll probably be here in the city council.

So thank you.

All right, council things.

Uh so yeah, I just thank you, uh Cheryl.

So I just I really appreciate the education you gave us, and especially how you took what was our problem, like the logistical matter problem, and turn it into such a wonderful opportunity to educate our community, like that is terrific.

You did more than just solve a problem, you actually have created education and learning from it, and I think we're a role model not only to young people but all of us.

We all should take that from so and we wanted to thank you for the education you gave us here tonight and sharing your thought process, and I'm really excited to see this happen, and I would love to come visit your school today.

Thank you.

Okay.

All right, if there's anyone else that is uh definitely please post the table, state your name for the record.

All right, if there's anyone else that is uh definitely please post the table, state your name for the record of my name is Kathy Saunders, and I am the director of Lippett House Museum, and uh Mary Ann and Henry Lippett and their daughter Jenny Lippett lived at 199 Pope Street, which is the Lippitt House Museum today, and they lived uh in that house when they did the advocacy for public education for the deaf, and when Henry was governor, uh, and when Mary Ann founded the Providence Day School for the Deaf, and we were completely blown away and impressed with the students' uh idea and presentation that they came up with it all on their own and came to us with it, and we fully endorse and I think as counsel and uh Davis Davidson said that uh not only is it an educational opportunity uh that honors deaf history and Rhode Island history, um, but it is an elegant solution to logistical problem.

So just wanted to know we are fully behind it.

Thank you so much.

Thank you for being here tonight.

Yes, is there anyone else that I want to stop anyone from the audience from us?

Thank you very much.

Um I have to tell you that I am very honored that I was able to present this to the council for approval or to the committee for approval.

Um oftentimes we see our neighbors advocate for things that happen in their neighborhood to be able to allow us the opportunity to solve a problem for them.

And what I think is the most remarkable is the exact thing that you said, Councilwoman Davidson, is that you took a situation and you and you found the solution and you offered it to us and did all the advocacy and all the work behind it was done by US students.

So imagine what you'll do as adults in your neighborhoods advocating the things that your neighborhoods need as well.

I'm extremely truly proud of you, and I thank you for the opportunity to come and learn and to be a part of this um little bit of stream that we're about to make in the city of Professor.

Oh, and we hope that you invite us all to the celebration because we would love to all be here.

Thank you.

Thank you, Council.

Um I can't say um enough about this presentation because it is it is an opportunity for us to hear from our young people who have been able to do something so profound, something so warning for us in history.

This is something great for promise altogether.

It is great for all of us to experience what you have been able to do.

You know what your history before us tonight of your school.

You did a great presentation, very clear, very much understandable of what your act is.

You showed pride in your school, and I heard somebody say you took a problem in turning into a solution.

Most of all, you build artists, you know exactly what to do, and for that, we want to say we really are proud that having us here tonight, and we're proud to support you tonight.

I'm gonna take a vote at this time in the committee.

Um, would you want the resolution ready to our request from mom?

Sure, absolutely now if you don't mind reading the resolution that was proposed before the council and what we're passing tonight before body of the council.

Resolution of the city council, whereas Jenny Libett, having been defended, deafened from Harlight Fever at the age of four, lacks an equal and accessible opportunity for a comprehensive education, and whereas Rhode Island had no school for the deaf prior to and following initial demographic and educational reporting on the deaf communities in Rhode Island in 1836, with the state instead subside subsidizing education for deaf students at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Horace Mann School in Boston, Massachusetts, and whereas determined that Jenny learned to speak.

Mary Ann Lippett developed a method of teaching both lit reading and speech for Jenny, with later teachers, including Harriet B.

Rogers, Mary C.

Wheeler, Henry Wadsworth, Longfellow, and Alexander Graham Bell, furthering the education of her daughter.

And whereas, in recognition of the unmet needs of deaf and heart of hearing children in Rhode Island, Mary Ann Lippett founded the Rhode Island School for the Deaf in 1876.

And whereas through the diligent diligent delivery, sorry.

And whereas through the diligence and commitment of Lippet of that and that of her husband, Governor Henry Livett, the Rhode Island School for the Deaf became a state public school the following year.

And whereas the Rhode Island School for the Deaf is a public school providing an expansive bilingual and bicultural education to students from Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts and fostering academic and personal growth from preschool through high school.

And whereas in the 150 years since its founding, the Rhode Island School for the Deaf has incorporated the linguistic pediatric pedagogical and social emotional advancements made by and in support of deaf and hard of hearing people and in furtherance of the empowerment and inclusion of its students and whereas the life of Jenny Lippett and the ensuing work of her mother Mary Ann innovative and progressive education for both deaf and hearing students, generally with Mary C.

Wheeler going on to have going on to found the Wheeler School and Harriet B.

Rogers going on to found what later became the car schools for hearing and speech.

And whereas the Providence City Council wishes to convey its gratitude for the support and abiding institution that has educated empowered deaf and hard of caring children for 150 years.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Providence City Council hereby honors the life and legacy of Jenny Lippett, whose life inspired childless advocacy for the education of deaf and hard of caring people.

And we further resolved that the Providence City Council hereby officially renames the street known as Corliths Park to Jenny Lippett Circle, ensuring the abiding presence of the name and legacy of Jenny Lippett and the continued inspiration toward advocacy for the empowerment and inclusion of all people, and be it further resolved that upon passage, copies of this resolution be transmitted to the family of Jenny Lippett, the Lippett House Museum, the Rhode Island School of the Deaf, the United States Postal Service Postmaster for Providence, the Office of the City of Providence Director of Public Works, Patricia Ed Poinfe, and the Office of the Mayor of Providence, Brett P.

Smiley.

Thank you so much, ma'am.

For before I take the vote, I would like to say counsel please for inviting both myself and I city mayor to visit what the school.

And in our visit, we these three young um leaders here gave us a tour that will tell you I have no problem here to walk from here, the intelligence of uh genuine uh connection to her school.

Very proud talked about the news of their school, showed us so many different um um parts of the school that made them with such great spirit, both eyes of the nine eyes of the table, walking on the air smile like that.

That's what he was doing.

I want to thank all of you for welcoming me to your school and giving me the opportunity to see the overall work that you are doing.

It is not surprising that you will read out of the school and that would be the advocated way that tonight I'm going to ask the council committee to uh she will pass this uh uh list before the council or vote.

I got um grace I will draw council and council vice chairman in my school in favor.

So we're gonna go before the whole council with your vote, and I'm sure it's gonna have to do work motion passed.

Thank you, that's what I'm in the moment.

So I'm standing a lot.

Thank you for being here tonight.

Thank you, families too.

Thank you to the families.

Thank you.

Thanks for wonderful interpreter who helped us to speak uh thank you.

Council, that was one twenty-five.

We get it uh madam clerk.

Could you please read into the um into the um resident resolution honoring William Rhodes and ceremonial renaming for next week?

Okay, thank you.

Tonight we have the pleasure of hearing from vice chairman of child as well.

So we know you can get started on that.

Vice Chairman.

Thank you, uh chairwoman.

Uh this resolution is to be established uh wrong one.

Uh the resolution uh to uh call to establish the uh street of next street of Congress Avenue, the William J.

Rose uh Wade and uh William J.

Rose is a gentleman that established the 1976, uh which uh is a behavioral uh services agency uh for uh those who were struggling with uh struggling with uh um uh drug abuse or also support services uh when they came back from uh uh to the community uh with many challenges, especially those who served in the military, but also those who lacked uh the formal education and the support and the resources.

Uh Mr.

Rose is a Vietnam veteran itself when we came back from uh Vietnam War, and uh for all these years, uh Mr.

Rose has uh continuously provided services to the uh Apple City and the City of Clark.

This is a part of my district in the West and South Side.

For me, uh Mr.

Rhodes and his agency created a tremendous impact throughout those years in the 80s and 90s, particularly when it came to providing services during the uh AIDS epidemic, where at that time also was very challenging for uh the community to struggle the most, but eventually everyone to realize that everyone was struggling during the age of that as uh during those times we do not want to relay those lines.

Uh I know that I ran out of the hospital and I uh during that time and uh witness and also uh had the opportunity to uh represent that area as a state senator during that time to provide services and work with uh their staff to ensure that our community um received the adequate funding for other agency.

So Mr.

Rose has continuously provided uh that uh continuous leadership, but also growing uh the needs.

Uh lastly and um Bernett Street uh they run uh one of the few organizations also that they run housing, provide about uh 32 units for uh housing uh mail uh and also a diverse population there uh uh clients uh that provided holistic behavioral uh support uh throughout the years.

And so with that said, uh the central directory nandez who is code CEO and uh second of the record and many of the staff there.

Uh in fact they they were in uh uh this past Saturday in the neighborhood cleanup and matches pickup, they represented a part of the community, and this will be a tremendous honor uh to um uh uh for Mr.

Rhodes and his family in the community uh to name uh this uh Burnet Street.

Uh you know uh William J.

Rose.

So would that say Madam President?

I'm chair, uh thank you very much for this opportunity, and I hope that uh when we do have the the uh ceremony we all can join us to thank you definitely let us know.

And is this real life as well?

Uh yes, it is okay.

This is uh family member very very good.

Thank you.

Anybody else from the committee?

Oh, I remember that one right back then in the 70s, they used to have a book that we have.

It was um blacks meeting.

Okay.

But it has a good legend, but it was really good.

We worked with them, the guys and out of them coming out and they help them as well as from um.

And um a lot of the birds um they really didn't have it, it was the drugs that were really looking at this now.

Um and now some of the stuff that they go to were arrested for they wouldn't arrest that.

So um it was fairly interesting.

We started the book up and a lot of things to have something to do, and they ended up really getting really involved in it.

Um and I thought it was really great because a lot of them said I jumped out with that they said, Wow, I really love this meeting, and even I left.

Um, they were still doing it.

And that's when they open up the restaurant right after that um the overfront.

Yeah, yeah.

Um, they opened that up and it's got that blah blah blah.

I'm a bit there a lot of times.

But um, like I said, I thought it was really, really, really good program.

Um, and I'm glad that it's still doing something in that area.

And I'm working a lot of them have been military.

So they're all happens, you know.

And I don't know what it is.

It's like you got it for now outfits, and then you know, I'm not gonna write and um and I think they really appreciate how many people that came and from out of the community because all of the ones of us that came and gave them different laws like we all had something to give and learn.

But it's always difficult.

You gotta learn something, and uh I have a lot of guys, and um and I really really enjoyed it.

This is the thing on Saturday for me, but um black at it.

So now you want to have a senator.

Yes, yes.

Sure, absolutely.

I just wanted to comment uh bring those memories as you uh uh expand on the uh needs of the community those times.

The fact was that war is not pretty as we used to say in the military too.

I also know the history of being when they came back, the services and the support was not there, yeah.

And so service men and women do not like to speak about a lot of the happens in their life, and so times have changed, and drug abuse has changed.

Uh the opiates and uh fentanyl, and even just uh the painkillers that lead to other things, yes, and that's why we have this new property project lover and all this.

And hopefully we can continue to reduce it.

Um it comes back to a circle, right?

Like in the 80s and 90s, it's in 2000, because I was uh during the cleanup, we had uh a circle of men and women talking about how uh those services are still needed.

There's some young people that are transitioning out of uh prison right now, and uh whether they serve 10, 50, 20 years, and even veterans that are young that served four or six years.

And as you know, we are currently in the state of war in our country that we continue and we must continue to provide those housing and also the support for those young families because at the end of the day, families serve man and woman, the mom, their their wives, their children, it's always providing that service for the entire family, and uh uh we uh in this body continue to say we are the voice server, you are seen, and that uh we are continuously reaching out to them.

Yes, thank you.

And at this time, I'm gonna take a minute to say um majority leader pro town and vice chairman of her committee.

I am so um excited to serve with you and the work that you do around the veterans, how you are conscious around people who have served, we have given this country you know the you know their life, their life, and like I said, their families and everything else.

That history should never be erased, and we should never forget, and you have been able to build within our city um you know, legislation or body who actually are really doing just that, bringing that to the line, not putting it on the sideline.

I think if we would give another veterans from the very beginning, knowing history, um the support that they needed, you know, we wouldn't have that.

We wouldn't have projects, I mean a little bit of it would probably exist because of the system how it's built, right?

However, uh I think a lot of it had to do with how you've been able to recognize the needs of the veterans, not only in your own labor book, you have been going around in every part of the city looking for wherever there was a forgotten memorial or something that represents our vets, our veterans, whether they are here or gone, and you always take time to remind us in our body as we serve as city councils that our veterans still exist and we should always be recognizing them.

So uh for that we appreciate you and for that.

I am so excited to entertain the motion around this resolution I know it does because we are too excited.

I would like to uh entertain the first motion to enter this letter from uh name earsa into the record, and just to keep up habit.

I'm gonna have the clerk so reading it's not a resolution for the uh welcome guide and lady.

It's a letter um sent to Tina um from Nate Ursa, the managing engineer traffic engineering.

Um it's it's it was dated June 4th, 2026.

The Department of Public Works Traffic Engineering Division has reviewed the resolution creating William Roseway Memorial Square.

We researched available data and determined that no other memorial square designations exist on Burnett Street.

We concur with the ceremonial designation.

We will make all we will make and install the appropriate signs once the resolution is finally approved and further information on the number and location of signs is determined.

Awesome.

Legally approved already.

Um I entertain a motion, they didn't order a quick question.

So uh the resolution doesn't uh include the J.

Is that something that we have to put on some members uh now or yes?

Okay, that's it.

I make a motion first to uh inject or insert uh J.

We're not William J Rose Rose, okay.

Motion have been made.

Is there a second?

Uh motion made and second by council member all in favor, aye.

So the motion passed.

Um at this time, did you want that resolution read?

I didn't say something like not necessarily, okay.

At this time, I'm gonna entertain a motion to approve.

Oh, that's right, as amended.

And so we'll have to make the motion to enter the letter into the record, and then we will make the motion to first I'll take the motion to enter the letter J into the I think just the letter, just the letter J into the document.

No, we already did the motion for the amend the resolution.

Yes, so is that motion to enter the letter into the letter?

Yes, we probably did that, uh because we'll do that.

Oh no, that because the reading.

You asked Carissa to read into the record, so that's what the conclusion is.

Okay, now we need to um all right.

We have a motion of second, all in favor, aye motion pass.

Now what the work do is I'm so confused.

Motion to uh approve.

Oh, we know now this is the part I've been waiting for.

The motion to approve as amended.

Councilman, uh Vice Chairman, second by councilman Boggins and Councilman Grave's board.

So thank you.

Um in favor, aye.

So the motion passed.

We will send all of these things before our council.

Is there any move?

Is there any vote business before this body?

All right, we have a motion on the floor to second that's more great.

All in favor?

Thank you, Weston.

Did you enjoy us, John?

We like the party over here in the committee.

I like that.