Thank you Madam President. And good morning to everyone and to all residents who are even joining us virtually. As you know I chair the disability task force and this week is a great week. Now, personally, this is disability voting rights week. And so we wanted to take the opportunity today to recognize that from the council table, my office is putting forth a resolution for consideration of the entire body to recognize September 11 through the 15th of 2023 as disability voting rights week, I can tell you as a chair of the disability Task Force, it has been a tremendous honor. I have come to learn a lot about issues and barriers and the plight of a lot of our disabled residents. The City of Detroit currently has over 130,000 disabled residents that is a significant percentage of our population here in the city of Detroit. That being said oftentimes although we have great acts like the American Disabilities Act, to put policies in place to ensure fair practices, as well as accessibility for our disabled residents. We have to be mindful and keep in mind that we have a long way to go. One of those barriers that exists often is dealing with voting, which is a right that everyone should have the ability to exercise. And so a lot of discussion has happened through our disability Task Force about what voting rights look like for disabled residents, what accessibility looks like for disabled residents and through the task force. There have been conversations, even with the clerk's office to ensure that we are doing everything possible as a city to ensure access for our disabled residents when it comes time to vote and to make it painless for them to do so. So I will read this resolution into the record and then again, I appreciate you Madam President for allowing that. This is a resolution to recognize September 11 through September 15 As this disability voting rights week, whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, one in four US adults has a disability. And whereas the US Census Bureau estimates 20% of Detroit's population is disabled higher than the statewide average of 13%. And there are roughly 113,000 or more disabled Detroiters who are a voting age and whereas the disability community is diverse and disabilities may affect a person's vision, movement thinking remembering, learning, communicating Hearing, Mental Health and Social relationships. And whereas both Michigan and federal law established requirements for polling places which are meant to ensure that voting process is accessible to disabled voters, and whereas despite legal requirements, surveys of disabled voters in Michigan and across the US consistently identified physical and architectural barriers and polling places, technological barriers with voting systems and attitudinal barriers of barriers from poll workers. And whereas Michigan's largest voting district the city of Detroit has a duty to do everything possible to ensure that polling places are accessible to disabled voters who have the right to cast their votes privately and independent. And whereas the detours clerk's office has made efforts to accommodate accommodate disabled voters such as prioritizing the placement of polling places and buildings that are already ADA accessible and providing the option for curbside voting at polling places. And whereas disability rights activists have recommended further measures to expand voting access, including improved coordination mechanisms between local clerks and the Secretary of State so that the state can allocate appropriate resources clear labeling of assessable pathways at polling places, more training for poll workers on accessibility, and accessible voting booths at all polling locations that allow for private and independent voting. And whereas with the passage of proposal two and 2022, Michigan expanded voter access for all voters by among other things, providing early voting sites, expanding access to absentee voting, and providing ballot boxes across voting jurisdictions for voters to deposit their ballots. And whereas the Detroit cities clerk's office should consider ways to specifically reach out to the disabled community regarding the recent increased access to absentee voting as it is an effective and reasonably affordable method of accommodating many disabled voters. And whereas disability voting rights week is a time to recognize and protect the rights of people with disabilities to fully participate in the democratic process equally alongside non disabled people. Now therefore, be it resolved at the Detroit City Council hereby recognizes September 11 through 15th 2023 as disability voting rights week is passed through our committee, and I appreciate it again the time Madam President, and for all our disabled residents listening today and members of the disability Task Force thank you for your advocacy and helping to push the issues forward here in our city of Detroit to ensure that all of our residents have access. Thank you, Madam President.