Mhm. >> Mhm. >> Mhm. >> But it's also the 10th meeting of community and protective services. I'll start with an land acknowledgement. The city of London is situated on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lenapewik and Attawandaron. We honor and respect the history, languages and culture of the diverse indigenous people who call this territory home. The city of London is currently home to many First [clears throat] Nation, Métis and Inuit today. As representatives of the people of the city of London, we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and live in this territory. With that, we'll move to item one, which is the disclosures of pecuniary interest. Okay, I'm seeing none. And just so people are aware, in chambers I have Mayor Morgan and Councillor Hopkins and myself. And online I have Councillor Pringle, Councillor Pelosa, uh Councillor uh Deputy Mayor Lewis and Councillor Ferreira. Nice to see you all. Okay, with that we'll move to item uh four as we have no consent, no scheduled items. 4.1 is the Byron Springbank Veterans Monument donation to Springbank Park. Uh I will go to Councillor Hopkins to move this item. >> I'll move it. >> Thank you. And Mayor Morgan as the seconder, thank you. And with that I'll look for speakers. I'll go to Councillor Hopkins. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. And uh thank you to staff. I um uh do have a quick uh question through you, Madam Chair, to staff on uh the changes to the amendment that was made here. If um we can have an explanation, that would be great. >> Thank you. I'll go to Ms. Smith. >> Yes, thank you very much. I have um some of my colleagues with me who can speak directly to that. Um the report and the recommendation are the are the same. There were some minor minor amendments to the agreement agreement and I'll look to legal to provide additional information. Thanks. >> Thank you. Please go ahead. >> Through the chair, thank you for the question. Yeah, we learned about some details regarding the the composition of the donor group, which necessitated some changes to the report proposed bylaw and the the agreement. Not significant changes, the substance of the documents remain the same, but some minor amendments were required to be made after learning about those details. >> Councilor Hopkins. >> Yeah, thank you for that and I just want to say my thanks to the monument um consor- consoli- hold on >> consortium >> consortium. Sorry. I I uh you know, want to thank them for their their donation, 100,000 and 200,000 as well for the the maintenance and it's been a long time coming and looking forward hopefully this November for having our service at the at the monument. So, thank you. >> Thank you. I have Deputy Mayor Lewis next. >> Thank you, Madam Chair and through you, I I definitely want to echo Councilor Hopkins comments. This has been a long time coming. I'm so happy to see it here. I do want to thank staff for the work they did to bring this across the finish line. As a member of the the group that has been driving this along with former Mayor Holder and Padre Frank Mance, the group met again with staff on Friday. I had a great phone call with our former Mayor Ed Holder last night and I know that the consortium is is very very happy with where things have landed. Everything has worked out great. Uh And he did ask me to pass along his personal thanks again to Jeff Bruin and some of the other staff that he's been working with over the last 2 weeks to bring this to its finale. So looking forward to supporting this at council and looking forward to seeing the remembrance ceremonies happen in Springbank Park this fall in Ward 9 instead of having to close the street and walk around the fire hall, which I know for Councillor Hopkins residents causes some frustrations and some traffic movement challenges sometimes, but I know it's going to be a great celebration when we open this and I hope every member of council is able to attend when we have the dedication celebration. >> Thank you. I have Councillor Płoszek next. >> Thank you, Madam Chair, and just following up on those words of gratitude as well. It's been definitely a project in the making and a project of dedication and remembrance for sure. Having met with the artist, Mayor Holder, and the Padre too, um, just thank you for their engagement throughout this process making sure that it was smooth and will benefit Londoners in service of remembrance as well. So just thank you for all those involved with this dedication and passion that they brought forward and fulfilled. Thank you. >> Thank you. Looking for other speakers. Mayor Morgan, go ahead. >> Yes, let me add my thanks to to both our staff as well as Padre Frank Manse and former Mayor Ed Holder, but the entire committee and team who have been working on this. I know Nada who formerly of Mayor Holder's office, currently of my office, has provided some consistent support through the the entire process as well as well as many others. I also want to thank the donors, people who actually donated their money to make this happen. It's great that we had the organization team for the city to provide support, but we know these projects don't happen without generous people in our community seeing this as a priority, recognizing our veterans and then creating new monuments that that will last for generations to come. We thank them for them putting their dollars behind this and allowing it to get to this point where we can now proceed with the project with the city's support and do the construction and then of course complete it and then have it maintained by the city in perpetuity. So looking forward to passing this today and then at council and and again thanks to all those involved in such a wonderful project and what will be a wonderful recognition of the work of many. >> Thank you. Looking for other speakers. Okay, seeing none. I'm just going to make a comment from the chair. I just want to say thank you to the those that have donated. What a beautiful recognition this is going to be for those that that made the ultimate sacrifice and veterans in our community. And I just wanted to thank staff as well because I know that this work has been going on for some time. You've had a lot of great support which is wonderful from the community. And this is just an inspiring effort. I think in general reminds us how the power of community can change and make our public spaces. So thank you to everybody involved and I'll go to Ms. Smith. >> Sorry and through the chair. Thank you very much. Just wanted to note that October 3rd, so if you want to put the date in your calendars now, October 3rd is when we're looking for the dedication ceremony for the Byron Springbank Veterans Monument. >> Wonderful and I'm so glad you have that already planned and ready to go. >> [laughter] >> Okay, with that we will open the vote on this item. >> I vote in favor. >> Trussler votes yes. >> Closing the vote, the motion carries 6 to 0. Thank you. We have no different items and no additional business. That takes us to item six, adjournment. Looking for a mover and seconder to adjourn. Councillor Hopkins and myself. And with that, I will uh ask for a hand vote. All in favor of adjourning. Motion carries. Thanks, everyone.