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I THINK WE'RE READY TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, SIR.
[CALL TO ORDER:]
ALL, LET US GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.WE WOULD, UH, MIGHT HAVE A SHORT MEETING JUST TO DISCUSS TWO SHORT ITEMS. UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL DENTAL NAME.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GLOBAL PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, KENDRICK.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN HERE AND COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK.
[Proclamation of Local Emergency, and order of Curfew and Curfew Regulations]
ALRIGHT.UM, GRAHAM, WOULD YOU, UH, EXPLAIN THE FIRST ITEM FOR US THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, THE STATE OF MERGE? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF THE CIVIL UNREST THAT'S OCCURRED IN OUR COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY TO THE COMMUNITY JUST WEST OF US, THE CITY OF LAMESA, UM, THERE'S A OPPORTUNITY OR INTERESTS STAFF RECOMMENDED.
WE DO SOMETHING PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY, LOOTING, RIGHT.
UM, CIVIL UNREST, THE SLEEPING AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UH, THE COUNTY EARLIER TODAY DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THEY ISSUED A CURFEW ORDER.
UM, THAT ORDER ONLY APPLIES TO UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA ADOPT SOMETHING SIMILAR, UM, THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO ITEMS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING TONIGHT.
ONE IS DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY, WHICH IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO UM, PUT INTO PLACE A CURFEW ORDER.
WE THINK THAT, UM, I'LL JUST KIND OF TOUCH ON BOTH AGENDA ITEMS RIGHT NOW.
CAN I INTERRUPT YOU FOR ONE SECOND? BEFORE YOU DO THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND OFFER UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE OKAY.
IT'S DELAYED BY A FEW MINUTES.
UM, ERICA WAS, YOU EXPLAINED TO PEOPLE HOW THEY COULD MAKE IT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THEY CAN LOG ON TO THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA, UM, WEBSITE AND WHERE THE AGENDA IS POSTED, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO CLICK ON THE BUTTON AND SEND SOME COMMENTS.
AND AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE NO COMMENTS.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS RIGHT NOW.
AND IN THE MEANTIME I WILL GO BACK TO GRAHAM AND ASK HIM TO FINISH EXPLAINING.
WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE OR THIS, UM, CURFEW ORDER IS TO ESTABLISH THE TIMES THAT THE CURFEW FROM 7:00 PM THIS EVENING, MAY 31ST THROUGH 6:00 AM ON JUNE 1ST, WHICH IS TOMORROW.
JUST SO A ONE ONE EVENING CURFEW UNTIL WE SEE WHAT PANS OUT OVER THE EVENING AND WHETHER THERE'S A NEED TO EXTEND, UM, WE THINK IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK.
UH, IT DOES GET, THE SUN DOES GO DOWN AT SEVEN 51 IN SAN DIEGO.
UM, BY THE TIME 6:00 AM ROLLS AROUND, MOST PEOPLE ARE UP IN GETTING TO WORK.
THIS, UH, STATE OF, UH, OR STAT CURFEW ORDER DOES EXEMPT PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS.
IT ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTS THE MEDIA AND IT EXEMPTS INDIVIDUALS DIRECTLY TRAVELING TO AND FROM THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
UM, USUALLY YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY OF LAMESA JUST ADOPTED A CURFEW OR THERE TIMES ARE FROM 7:00 AM TO SEVEN OR 7:00 PM TO 7:00 AM AND WE BELIEVE THAT LEMON GROVE IS IN PROCESS OF ADOPTING ONE AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT STAFF HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, MR FULLY DRAFTED THE DOCUMENTS SO HE CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE, THE STATE OR THE CURFEWS ONLY FOR THE ONE EVENING.
UM, IF IT NEEDED TO GO ON SEVERAL EVENINGS WHERE WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR EACH ONE OR COULD WE GIVE US SOME ROOM IN THIS MEETING TO GIVE YOU SOME DISCRETION FOR THE SAY THE NEXT FIVE DAYS? WELL, UNDER OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, UM, AS THE EMERGENCY, UM, MORGAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT'S MY OTHER TITLE, THE UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES OFFICER.
I BELIEVE I ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY
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TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER, BUT IT HAS TO BE RATIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU JUST ADOPT A, UH, UM, UH, ORDER FOR JUST TONIGHT IF WE THINK THERE'S A NEED THEN, UM, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE ME SOME DISCRETION THAT I COULD EXTEND THAT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND RATIFY THAT BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR GRAHAM AT THIS TIME? UH, ANY, UH, ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICE SOMEWHERE ON MAIN STREET, THERE'S CARS ARE LINED UP ON THE, ON THE FRONT OF IT.
IS THERE MAYBE PROTESTS? W WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE NEWS OF THAT.
WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES AROUND THE COUNTY ARE POISED TO DEPLOY IF NEED BE.
UM, IN FACT, WE'VE HEARD RUMORS THAT THERE WERE PROTESTERS IN MASS AT PARKWAY PLAZA LAST NIGHT, BUT IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE STAGING AT PARKWAY PLAZA READY TO GEAR UP FOR, FOR, UM, ANY ISSUES OF LAMESA.
SO, SO SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE OR HEAR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THERE'S PROTESTERS OR VIOLENCE OCCURRING IN THAT AREA.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OF GRAHAM OR THE CITY ATTORNEY? YEAH, I DO.
UH, IF WE GIVE YOU AN EXTENDED, UH, I JUST HOPE THAT THE IMPACT ON LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO JUST RECENTLY OPENED FOR DIAMOND SERVICES CONSIDERED, WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO TAKE AN ACCOUNT.
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY IMPACTED IN ANY KIND OF, UH, A CURFEW THAT WE DO.
I MEAN THAT THAT IS A DOWNSIDE OF IMPLEMENTING A CURFEW.
YOU DO LIMIT THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE JUST GETTING OPEN.
I THINK THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING TO COUNCIL HALF THE WAY, WHETHER THERE'S SOME VALUE IN THAT.
I DO KNOW ANECDOTALLY THAT THERE ARE RESTAURANTS AROUND THE COUNTY THAT ARE CLOSING EARLY TONIGHT WITH OR WITHOUT A CURFEW JUST BECAUSE, UM, OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, IF I MIGHT ADD, I WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE MACY'S DOWNTOWN THIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY WERE ALREADY BOARDING UP RESTAURANTS THERE IN LAMESA ON THEIR OWN.
LET ME JUST SEE IF STEVE, I THINK STEVE HAD TWO QUESTIONS.
DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO YOU? NO, THAT WAS IT.
PHIL, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? JUST I WANT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON ENFORCEMENT AND MAYBE CHIEF CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHAT'S THIS GONNA LOOK LIKE TO OUR RESIDENTS IN A CLOCK? OBVIOUSLY ANYONE WALKING AROUND, THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPROACHED BY AN OFFICER, BUT SOMEONE DRIVING HOME ARE YOU GONNA BE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE PRACTICALLY? MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT.
CHIEF MOLTED, CAN YOU, CAN YOU RESPOND TO, UH, THE PRACTICALITY OF ENFORCEMENT? IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE A STAY AT HOME OWNERS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.
I THINK IT WOULD BE AN EDUCATION FIRST TYPE TYPE DEAL.
OR WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS IT GIVES US A TOOL TO, TO STOP MASS GATHERING BEFORE IT STARTS.
SO IF WE STARTED TO SEE SMALL GROUPS GATHERING, WE CAN ADDRESS THEM THERE AS A VIOLATION OF THE CURFEW ORDER VERSUS LETTING THOSE GROUPS GROW TO BEING UNCONTROLLABLE SIZE.
UM, ANGELA STACKING CARDS ON THE STREET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT NECESSARILY? WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER WE SAW, I'LL GIVE YOU LAST NIGHT FOR EXAMPLE, WE SAW SEVERAL CARS DRIVE TO PARKWAY PLAZA.
WE THINK THEIR INTENT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO PARKWAY PLAZA, BUT WE HAD A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE THERE.
SO IF WE SAW CARS CIRCLING AROUND OR PROBING AREAS SUCH AS THAT, WE WOULD STOP THEM.
BUT I MEAN, JUST AROUND THE CITY STREETS, UH, SINGLE CARS PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AN INDICATION.
PROBABLY NOT SIR, AS I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT TIME PARKWAY PLAZA CLOSES TONIGHT? THINK SEVEN O'CLOCK.
THAT WAS THEIR ORIGINAL INTENT, WHICH IS CLOSED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
I'M LOOKING THAT UP RIGHT NOW.
IT SAYS IT CLOSES AT 6:00 PM OKAY.
SO THERE'S NO GOOD REASON WHY SOMEBODY SHOULD BE MOLINA AND AROUND A CLOTHES SHOPPING MALL TONIGHT.
NO, LET'S ASK ANGELA IF ANYBODY HAS SENT ANY QUESTIONS IN, YOU HAVE NO COMMENT, SIR.
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AM I REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN? NO, THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING.SO YOU CAN JUST MOVE ON TO ADOPTING THE PROCLAMATION, WHICH INCLUDES APPROVAL OF THE ORDER FOR CURFEW.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE JUST THAT THEN.
MAYOR WELLS, YOUR VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
SO DO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE STATE OF EMERGENCY? WAS THAT ALSO THEN AS PART OF THAT MOTION? YEAH, IT ACTUALLY WAS INCLUDED IN THAT YOU PROCLAIMED THE STATE OF DIRE EMERGENCY AND THEN IS IT PART OF THAT PROCLAMATION? YOU'VE ORDERED THE AMPUTATION OF CURFEW DURING THOSE HOURS AS WELL AS ADOPTING THE CURFEW REGULATIONS.
YOU CAN SIGN BOTH THOUGH MIRROR WELLS AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO SIGN BOTH OF THOSE DOCUMENTS SO THAT WE WILL HAVE THEM IN THE FILE.
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T ANY, ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAD CALLED IN OR TRIED TO GET A HOLD OF US TO MAKE COMMENT? NO COMMENT SIR.
IF ANYBODY CALLS US INDIVIDUALLY AND ASKED WHAT WORDS AT AUTHORITY, I WONDER IF WE SHOULD HAVE AN EMAILED COPY OF THAT ON OUR EMAIL SO THAT WE COULD SEND IT TO THEM.
SOMEBODY CALLS AN WE HAVE RELEASE READY TO GO.
UM, AND SO WOULD THAT PRESS RELEASE INCLUDES A COPY OF THE ORDER.
WE WILL GET YOU A COPY OF THE PRESS RELEASE WITH THAT ORDER.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT MR. TRUMP.
IF YOU JUST EMAIL IT, THAT'D BE FINE BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT CALL WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, YOU KNOW? YEP.
AND THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT IT BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM TOO.
AND MAYBE THE POLICE OFFICER TO HAVE ONE IN THEIR CAR OR SOMETHING SO THEY CAN SHOW IT TO CITIZENS.
SO I'D LIKE
THE INTENT IS TO HAVE THEM CEASE TROLLEY SERVICES AT CURFEW AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT WILL HELP IN THAT IN BASING THE COOPERATIVE AT THIS POINT BEFORE WE END, I WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAD OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE DONE.
AND UH, WE UH, SAS SPECIAL PRAYER FOR YOUR SAFETY TONIGHT AND THE SAFETY OF FIRST RESPONDERS ALL OVER AMERICA.
RIGHT BEFORE WE END, IS THERE ANYBODY INVOLVED TONIGHT THAT NEEDS TO DISCUSS ANYTHING ELSE OR HAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WISH TO BRING OUT? LET'S SEE, DALLAS TO KNOW THEM AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THIS SPECIAL MEETING.
COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.