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From YouTube: Philadelphia City Council Stated Meeting 2-4-2016
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The Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held on Thursday, February 4, 2016.
A
Good
morning,
everyone
we
have
a
quorum,
ask
the
guests
and
visitors
to
please
retire
behind
the
rail
and
we
will
get
started
to
give
my
application.
This
morning
the
chair
recognizes
rabbi
friedman
of
the
Temple
Beth
Zion,
Beth
Israel.
He
is
here
today
as
the
guest
of
councilman
Alan,
Dom
I
would
ask
all
members
and
guests
to
please
rise.
C
C
B
A
C
A
Thank
you.
It's
been
more
than
probably
second
that
the
Journal
of
the
meaning
of
jet
Thursday,
January,
20
2016,
stand
approve.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye,
those
opposed
eyes
had
it
and
the
journal
is
approved.
The
next
order
of
business
is
request
for
leaves
of
absence
in
the
chair,
recognizes
council,
woman.
B
A
You
too
thanks
to
gentlemen.
This
time
I
would
like
to
dispense
with
the
red
Lord
of
business
and
I
would
like
to
thank
everyone
who
was
taking
time
out
of
their
day
to
come
down
and
witness
your
government
in
action.
We
actually
really
appreciate
seeing
you
on
every
Thursday.
We
hope
that
you
enjoyed
so
much
the
data
to
come
back
next,
thurs
e.
So
again
we
really
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
for
coming
down
this
time.
A
D
D
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
one
of
my
absolutely
positively
favorite
experiences
of
every
year
is
the
african-american
children's
book
project
this
year
celebrating
his
24th
anniversary
and
I
want
to
first
applaud
and
salute
the
vision
and
what
I
call
stick-to-itiveness
and
its
leader
Vanessa
Lord
scum
body,
who
every
year
mounts
this
initiative
against
great
odds,
but
given
her
love
for
books
and
their
the
supreme
value,
they
have
in
the
lives
of
African
American
children.
She
makes
it
happen.
D
I
will
also
say
that
I
look
with
envy
and
I'm,
often
all
struck
by
the
discipline
of
those
who
take
pen
to
paper
over
a
sustained
period
of
time
and
ultimately
come
up
with
a
work
product.
Please
pay
attention
to
the
two
books
on
your
desk:
compliments
of
Vanessa
Lords
combined
and
the
24th
African
American
children's
book
project,
and
we
thank
her
publicly
for
that.
A
couple
of
facts
of
the
entire
population
of
the
United
States,
thirty-seven
percent
of
people
identified
themselves
as
a
person
of
color.
D
F
One
of
the
most
important
reasons
to
encourage
reading
and
our
children
is
that
studies
show
that
the
more
are
you
three,
the
more
likely
they
are
to
make
a
positive
lifestyle
decisions
as
they
grow
older
and
whereas
strictly
judging
by
the
attendance.
This
fair
is
a
tremendous
success
as
well
as
as
well
over
3,500
people
attend
the
fair
in
these
past
years
and
whereas
rich
or
poor,
no
one
leaves
empty-handed
as
the
books
themselves
are
priced
at
a
level
where
they
are
more
affordable
and
posters.
G
Whereas
two
of
the
esteemed
participants
will
be
weighed
and
Cheryl
Hudson,
the
Hudsons
were
two
parents
on
a
desperate
search
for
children's
books
that
address
black
history,
black
heritage
and
black
experiences,
disappointed
by
the
limited
number
and
they're
unreliable
availability.
The
couple
embarked
upon
a
mission
to
produce
the
kind
of
positive,
vibrant
black
interest
books
that
they
wanted
for
their
own
two
children
and
whereas
in
1988
the
Hudson
started
just
us
books
inc
with
wade
serving
as
company
president
and
head
of
marketing
and
Cheryl
leading
the
editorial
in
art
departments.
H
Whereas
the
Hudson's
trailblazing
efforts
and
contribution
to
children's
literature
and
book
publishing
have
been
right
have
been
recognized
widely,
they
have
received
the
ida
b
wells
institution
of
builders
award
presented
by
the
national
black
writers
conference,
the
madam
CJ
walker
at
Legacy,
Award
for
entrepreneurship,
given
by
the
Hearst
and
right
foundation
and
the
small
business
pioneer
of
the
year
of
the
year
distinction
from
Incan
opportunities
magazine,
among
others,
the
books
they
have
published
have
enabled
children
of
color.
Everywhere
you
see,
characters
who
look
like
themselves
in
the
books.
I
Whereas
after
27
years,
justice
books
is
still
one
of
only
a
handful
of
black
down
publishing
companies
in
the
nation
and
one
of
several
exclusively
dedicated
to
producing
black
interests
and
multicultural
books
for
children
and
young
adults,
and
whereas
to
additional
individuals
being
honored
for
being
champions
of
literacy.
In
Philadelphia.
Our
Sharon
pal
senior,
director
of
government
and
regulatory
affairs
for
comcast
corporation
and
Tiffany
Tabarez
corporate
relations
for
Pico
and.
J
Whereas
the
fair
is
also
lucky
to
host
terrific
sponsors
and
partners
such
as
NBC
10,
pico,
Wells,
Fargo,
I,
Heart,
Radio,
Health,
Partners
foundation,
Councilwoman
blondo,
Reynolds,
Brown
and
Councilman
Kenyatta
Johnson,
all
whom
had
been
instrumental
in
keeping
the
literary
flames
ablaze
for
our
children
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
through
tireless
contributions
to
the
african-american
children's
book
project.
The
financial
contributions
have
enabled
the
book
fair
to
give
away
is
a
brand
new
books
to
of
guest
authors
in
illustrators
participating
in
the
event.
For
many
children
it
is
the
first
time
they
owned
a
book
and.
K
Whereas
the
24th
annual
african-american
book
fair
will
be
held
free
of
charge
on
Saturday
februari
64
1
2
3
p.m.
at
the
gymnasium
of
the
Community
College
of
Philadelphia,
located
at
17th
and
spring
garden
streets.
Now
in
for
be
resolved
by
the
council
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
that
we
hereby
honor
to
african-american
children's
book
project
on
the
occasion
of
the
24th
annual
after
American
children's
book
fair
and
that
februari
6
is
the
kickoff
of
the
national
literacy
initiative.
Preserve
a
legacy,
buy
a
book
and.
H
Further
resolved
that
an
engrossed
copy
of
the
citation
be
presented
to
representatives
of
the
African
American
children's
book
project,
Wade
in
Sherrill,
Hudson,
Sharon,
pal
and
Tiffany
Tavarez
for
their
hard
work
and
efforts
in
the
promotion
of
children's
literacy.
As
evidence
of
the
sisir
sentiments
of
this
legislative
body,.
L
You
so
very
very
much.
You
know
every
time
I
come
into
chambers
I'm
overwhelmed,
because
when
I'm
surround
about
all
of
these
people,
who
can
read
but
I
know
most
of
them
from
when
they
got
their
start
and
reading
is
power
and
I
can't
impress
upon
you
what
this
book
fair
means
to
our
children.
Last
year
a
young
woman
came
up
to
me
and
she
said
here's
a
book.
I
got
from
the
NBC
10
telemundo
reading
circle
ten
years
ago
and
she
said
we
were
homeless,
but
every
year
we
came
to
this
book
fair.
L
She
said
this
was
the
only
thing
I
owned.
She
said
I'm
in
college
now
and
I
have
a
daughter
and
a
husband
reading
his
power
and
I
can't
impress
upon
you,
councilman
kenyatta,
Johnson,
said
to
me.
He
called
me
up
in
her.
He
was
in
a
bookstore
looking
for
books
for
his
son
and
he
said,
there's
no
books.
Here
we
live
in
a
city,
that's
over
forty
percent
African
American
African
American
children's
books,
but
we
live
in
a
city.
That's
over
forty
percent,
some
odd
numbers
of
African
American.
L
This
should
not
be
happening
and
unfortunately,
I
did
not
follow
the
proper
protocol.
I
have
to
acknowledge
councilman
Clark,
president
Clark
members
of
council,
and
you
are
guests,
but
the
these
people,
just
overwhelming
and
I,
want
to
thank
Wade,
ensure
Hudson,
because
they
are
the
stars
of
the
children's
book
world
being
able
to
produce
the
wonderful
books
that
they
do.
L
But
it
is
the
corporate
partners
that
allow
me
also
to
give
away
brand-new
books
to
educators
and
educator
can
walk
out
of
there
with
over
five
books
almost
worth
a
hundred
dollars
because
of
the
corporate
partnerships
that
I've
arranged
and
people
like
Pico
you'll
meet
Tiffany,
Tavares
later
and
Ramona
wisco
who's
here.
Also,
who
really
got
this
ball
started
in
Melanie
Lassiter,
Wells,
Fargo,
Health,
Partners
plants,
our
partners
foundation
always
best
care,
Kenyatta,
Johnson
and
Janie
blackwell.
She
wasn't
mentioned
in
the
citation
with
JD
comes
every
year,
I'm
getting
familiar,
but
Janie's
there.
L
Every
year
she
came
on
board
as
a
sponsor,
which
enabled
us
to
do
more
things
and
also
tyranny
and
Councilwoman
Marion
be
tasco
before
she
left
these
halls.
She
had
sent
me
a
check
for
the
children's
book
fair,
so
I'm
really
grateful
for
all
of
that.
I
encourage
you
to
come
and
new
members
of
council
trust
me
trust
me.
This
is
an
event
you
need
to
support,
need
to
come
out
and
you'll
meet
a
constituency,
that's
not
normally
reflected
in
newspapers
and
on
television.
L
H
Good
morning
and
thank
you
so
much
for
this
great
honor,
wait
and
I
have
been
in
the
trenches
with
children's
books
really
for
40
years,
but
our
company
is
28
years
old
this
year
and
we
are
in
the
business
of
providing
great
books
for
all
children,
but
african-american
children
are
the
center's
and
the
stars
of
our
books.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
this
great
honor
and
I.
C
H
Good
morning,
I'm
Sharon
pals
senior
director
for
comcast
I
want
to
thank
vaness
for
the
extraordinary
work
that
she
and
her
team
do
throughout
the
year
and
every
year,
I
am
proud
and
honored
to
be
a
part
of
promoting
literacy
and
digital
literacy
in
our
communities
through
comcast
internet
essentials.
I
especially
want
to
thank
Charisse,
lily
and
Kathleen
Sullivan
for
their
ongoing
support
and
all
members
of
council
when
we
hope
to
see
you
this
saturday.
Thank
you.
H
I
warned
Vanessa
that
had
this
included
access
to
a
microphone,
this
may
take
a
minute
so,
first
and
foremost,
the
work
that
I
do
cannot
be
done
alone,
and
that
requires
a
team
and
a
solid
team
at
that.
So
I'd
like
to
thank
the
Pico
corporate
relations
team,
which
is
represented
today
here
by
Ramona,
risco,
Benson
and
Michelle
Garrity
and,
of
course,
the
force
of
nature
that
is
known
as
Vanessa
lloyds,
come
body
and,
of
course,
council.
H
A
A
M
M
An
ordinance
establishing
a
no
truck
parking
regulation
on
both
sides
of
torres
del
avenue
from
ashburner
street
to
the
pennypack
creek
referred
to
committee,
and
an
ordinance
establishing
a
no
tractor
trailer
parking
regulation
on
both
sides
of
torresdale
avenue
from
ron
street
to
the
pennypack
creek
also
referred
to
committee.
Chair.
J
A
M
You
councilman
a
non-privileged
resolution
appointing
members
to
the
special
committee
on
criminal
justice
reform,
who
will
conduct
public
hearings
examining
the
Philadelphia
criminal
justice
system
for
the
impact
of
current
policies
and
offer
recommended
strategies
for
reform
that
are
in
the
best
interest
of
Public
Safety
and
the
public
good.
Thank
you
yet.
A
J
A
M
M
An
ordinance
providing
for
the
submission
of
the
qualified
electors
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
of
the
proposal
set
forth
in
a
resolution
approved
by
council,
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
fill
up,
your
home
or
charter,
to
provide
for
the
creation,
appointment,
powers
and
duties
of
a
commission
on
youth
gun
violence.
The.
M
G
M
E
M
Non-Privileged
resolution
calling
on
the
federal
housing
finance
agency,
Freddie
Mac,
Fannie
Mae
and
the
US
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
to
reform
their
programs
for
the
sale
of
distressed
mortgage
notes
in
order
to
better
protect
homeowners
from
foreclosure
and
facilitate
community
redevelopment.
In.
A
M
A
M
And
would
instrumental
14
of
the
fellow
freako
tantaros,
owning
and
planning
by
establishing
the
Broad
Street
area
mid-south
within
the
center
city
overlay
district
and
an
ordinance
amending
section
9
to
13
the
Phillippe
code
on
silent
farmers
markets
by
adding
a
permissible
location
and
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
full
of
rezoning
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designations
of
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
cypress
street
watch,
Street
pine
street
and
broad
stream.
Those.
M
A
non-public
resolution
authorizing
the
Committee
on
the
commissioner
of
public
property
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
Philip
Redevelopment
Authority
without
consideration,
DS
convey
a
conditional
fee,
simple
fighters
of
sitting
on
lots
of
pieces
of
ground
with
the
buildings
and
improvements
Iran
situated
in
the
25th
and
30.
First
words
at
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and.
C
M
A
privileged
resolution
authorizing
a
joint
public
hearing
between
councils,
Committee
on
streets
and
services
and
Committee
on
education
to
investigate
the
allocation
of
funds
from
the
revenues
generated
by
the
red
light
camera
enforcement
program
and
the
parking
meter
rate
increase
that
took
effect
in
2014,
as
well
as
the
costs
associated
with
administering
those
programs.
Now.
A
We'll
be
on
this
week's
final
pastors
calendar
and
thank
you
very
much.
That
concludes
the
introduction
of
bills
and
resolution.
The
next
order
of
business
is
committee
reports.
We
do
not
have
any
reports
on
committee
today,
so
we
will
move
to
our
special
business
and
the
special
business
will
reference
a
motion
to
withdraw
bill
number
16
0016
and
at
this
time
the
chair
recognizes
councilman
slow,
Thank.
P
You,
mr.
president,
before
I
move
forward
with
the
the
motion
I
like
to
thank
all
the
leaders
of
the
music
industry
and
the
people
have
worked
with
me
on
them
on
this
bill,
we
decided
to
move
forward
with
withdrawal
because
we're
going
to
amend
it,
but
there
was
so
much
confusion
and
misinformation
out
there.
We
thought
working
with
industry.
The
best
way
to
go
would
be
to
withdrawal
this
bill,
so
I
want
to
thank
them
for
their
help
and
looking
forward
to
working
them
in
crafting
new
legislation
that
we
could
reintroduce.
P
A
P
A
You
it's
been
moved
and
properly
seconded
bill
number
16
0016
be
withdrawn.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye,
those
opposed
eyes
have.
It
motion
passes
a
bill
number
160
16
it
was
drawn.
We
will
now
move
to
our
consideration
of
the
calendar
there
being
no
bills
on
the
first
reading
calendar.
The
chair
now
recognizes
councilman
henan
for
the
purpose
of
pulling
up
bills
and
resolutions
on
the
second
reading
at
50
passes,
calendar.
N
A
You
councilman,
before
considering
these
bills
and
resolutions
on
a
final
passes
calendar
today
we
will
have
our
public
comment
session.
The
public
comment
session
will
go
as
follows:
if
you
are
interested
in
testifying
or
a
bill
or
resolution
that
is
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendar
today,
if
you
have
not
already
done
so
I'd
ask
if
you
sign
up
to
the
table
to
my
left,
when
your
name
is
called,
you
will
go
to
the
podium
in
the
middle
of
the
council
chambers,
there's
a
device
on
that
podium.
When
the
light
turns
green.
A
It
will
be
your
time
to
speak
when
the
light
turns
yellow.
You
will
be
given
30
seconds
to
conclude
your
remarks
when
the
light
turns
red
we'd.
Ask
that
you
please
adhere
to
the
guidelines
and
conclude
your
remarks.
You
will
be
given
three
minutes
to
testify
on
a
bill
or
resolution.
Mr.
Decker,
please
call
the
first
day
Joe
Danna.
B
Good
morning,
well,
if
it
was
a
good
morning
than
somebody
would
have
contacted
me,
how
many
months
have
I
got
to
come
this
body
and
ask
that
the
sea
respond
to
stealing
my
house
at
this
time.
I
am
without
my
home
at
ten
thirty,
eight
wat
west
wyoming
dude,
the
egregious
actions
and
inactions
of
this
legislative
body.
Recently,
you
passed
a
resolution
to
not
marginalize
muslims
by
giving
them
public
acknowledgment
of
their
holiday.
I
feel
more
july's
james
Duprey
felt
marginalized.
B
Dr.
Turner
felt
marginalized,
so
may
others
felt
marginalized,
but
have
failed
to
come
forward
and
speak.
How
can
you
not
feel
marginalized
when
all
you
work
for
has
been
stripped
from
you
and
given
to
another?
This
is
a
clear
violation
of
42
USC
1982,
which
I've
read
the
previous
meet
meetings
and
the
US
Constitution
Philadelphia
should
hang
its
head,
I
like
dr.
B
These
articles
and
previous
submissions
require
immediate
defunding
investigation.
The
Philadelphia
read
authority
before
more
halls,
as
in
above
and
previously
mentioned,
are
violated
by
you,
the
agents
and
agencies
of
the
government
and
are
now
Bowie
notified
since
December
third
2015.
You
are
in
this
member
of
the
people's
opinion
accessories.
After
the
fact,
I
quote,
walter
williams,
no
matter
how
worthy
the
cause
is.
Robert
fat
and
injustice
to
confiscate
the
property
of
one
person
give
it
to
another
to
whom
does
ball
you're,
taking
an
oath
the
support,
obey
and
defend
the
Constitution
walls?
B
Q
Good
morning
up
good
morning,
the
City
Council,
it's
been
a
long
time
since
I've
seen
many
of
you.
How
do
I
want
to
speak
to
this
bore
1600
83.
According
to
many
reports,
Philadelphia
has
one
of
the
highest
poverty
rates
in
the
country.
This
is
a
stain
on
Philadelphia
because
for
the
past
four
years
many
other
boils
the
Zoning
Board
epic
pass
have
been
given
preferential
treatment
to
developers,
and
we
talked
about.
Q
We've
come
down
at
Tom
and
Tom
since
2012
to
talk
about
the
Jenna
fication
and
like
this
gentleman
here,
feel
like
it's
being
disregarded.
Well,
Jim,
ification!
Let's
talk
about
that
because
the
reality
is
that
gentrification
is
an
intentional
attack
or
low-income
and
minority
communities
for
removal,
and
the
problem
is,
is
that
our
city
properties
are
constantly
being
sold
to
developers
without
any
kind
of
count
ability
without
anything
in
place
to
state
that
they
need
to
build
no
affordable.
Q
What
I
want
to
do
today
is
I
want
you
quit
put
in
some
new
terminology
to
roy's
this
land
banking,
which
is
no
wage
low,
affordable
housing,
because
there
are
certain
terms
being
concocted
in
certain
offices
regarding
workforce
development,
workforce
development,
housing,
which
is
right
now
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
according
to
certain
officials.
Well,
at
this
time
we
had
1300
block
of
booby
air
show,
16
houses,
aight
went
toward
workforce
development,
the
other
one
high
in
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
200,000.
Q
On
the
other
end,
that
is
not
going
to
help
a
commuter
city
who
has
one
of
the
highest
poverty
rates.
Yet
at
the
same
time,
we
don't
seem
to
beginning
what
we
need
to
do
for
to
sustain
our
communities.
We
had
blocks
that
used
to
be
full
of
people
of
color.
Now
you
go
back
months
later
and
they're,
not
there
anymore.
These
people
are
being
pushed
out
and
it's
not
being
addressed.
Q
We're
asking
the
new
city
council
members
in
this
new
class
with
a
new
attitude
and
a
new
focus
on
addressing
the
highest
poverty
rate
in
the
country.
That
is
embarrassing.
Really
it
is
embarrassing
and
if
I
with
the
city,
councillors
or
electric
I
would
feel
really
embarrassed
that
this
is
on
us
higher
than
New,
York
and
California.
That
means
something
is
wrong
in
Denmark,
and
that
means
that
you
need
to
address
this
issue
now.
Regarding
these
properties,
you
want
to
vote
on
the
properties
that
have
three
pages
of
properties.
Q
We're
asking
that
right
now
point
breeze
has
not
received
the
300,
affordable
houses
that
was
to
promise
to
us
by
council
president
and
art
on
radio,
and
the
theme
is
we
want
these
property
address
for
low-wage
low-wage
mean
less
than
between
eight
and
fifteen
dollars
an
hour
okay,
because
at
this
particular
point
companies
only
one,
if
you
have
people
working
at
the
airport
who
are
not
going
to
get
paid
you
a
little
bit
more
than
minimum
wage.
How
do
you
want
you?
Have
you
to
look
in
the
paper?
Q
You
can't
even
find
apartment
for
six
hundred
and
fifty
dollars.
Now
we
need
your
address
the
poverty
rate
and
Philadelphia.
We
can't
say
we
want
to
do
the
healthiest
cup,
the
healthiest
city,
we're
going
to
be
the
most
sustainable
City,
and
yet
we've
had
the
highest
poverty
rate
in
the
country.
There's
something
wrong
with
this.
This
is
not
a
proper
to
fight,
otherwise
I
would
be
standing
up
there
taking
pictures,
but
you
are
but
I'm
not
about
popularity,
I'm
about
humping,
the
poor
and
maintaining
our
communities.
Q
We
check
our
african-american
communities,
we
mean
we
want
these
properties
address
for
low-wage,
no
football.
If
you
want
to
follow
me,
York
well,
the
new
term
in
New
York
is
low
wage
housing.
We
want
this
low
wage
housing
and
we're
asking
that.
Even
though
it's
going
to
go
through
the
process,
we
don't
want
to
play
games,
we
don't
want
no
word
games
or
anything.
We
want
these
street
pages
of
houses
to
be
dick
designated
for
low-wage
housing
because
answered
now.
A
M
Resolution
authorizing
the
commissioner
of
public
property
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
foot
of
rehab
Redevelopment
Authority,
with
a
consideration
DS,
conveying
conditional
fee,
simple
title
so
sitting
on
lots
of
pieces
of
ground
with
the
Billings
and
approve
mr.
on
situating
the
37th
and
43rd
words
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and.
A
M
A
A
M
Resolution
authorizing
the
commissioner
of
public
property
to
execute
Enda
liberty
to
put
up
your
every
government
authority
without
consideration,
disc
brake
additional
fee,
simple
title
sitting
on
lots
of
pieces
of
ground
with
the
buildings
and
improvements
are
on
said
she
with
in
the
36th
ward
of
the
city
of
fallopian.
One.
A
M
C
A
M
I
M
And
a
resolution
appointing
members
to
the
special
committee
on
criminal
justice
reform,
who
will
conduct
public
hearings,
can
examining
the
Philadelphia
criminal
justice
system
for
the
impact
of
current
policies
and
also
recommended
strategies
for
reform
that
are
in
the
best
interest
of
Public
Safety
and
the
public
good
introduced
by
Councilman
Jones
on
behalf
of
council
president
Clark.
Thank.
A
G
You,
mr.
president,
mr.
president,
before
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution,
I
just
wanted
to
note
for
the
record
that
soon
after
the
November
general
election,
I
received
a
congratulatory
call
from
a
friend
and
after
he
got
through
his
niceties.
He
asked
me
with
the
issue
of
economic
growth
and
Neighborhood
Stabilization
in
mind.
If
I
had
obtained
any
income
demographic
research,
specifically
about
the
people
who
make
up
this
new
ninth
district
constituency,
that
I
was
about
to
serve.
G
And
then
we
started
talking
about
the
state
of
retirement
security
for
residents
in
the
district,
and
he
began
asking
me
a
number
of
questions.
He
asked
me
if
I
knew
the
number
of
residents
who
were
currently
of
retirement
age,
the
rate
at
which
others
were
quickly
approaching
retirement
age
and
of
those
mr.,
so
that
he
wanted
to
know
how
many
were
home
owners
and
of
those
home
owners.
How
many
depended
on
social
security?
Is
there
only
income
stream?
G
How
many
of
them
had
access
to
a
short
monthly
income
via
what
we
know
as
a
guaranteed
retirement
pension
versus
some
other
form
of
retirement
savings,
or
how
many
of
them
were?
Even
fortunate
enough
to
have
both
social
security
and
some
form
of
a
supplemental
retirement
income,
as
the
conversation
continued,
he
wanted
to
know
if
and
I
have
received,
a
detailed
account
of
how
many
of
these
residents
worked,
and
both
the
private
and
the
public
sector
and
of
the
private
sector
industries
that
are
demonstrating
the
most
growth
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
G
How
many
of
them
offered
some
form
of
retirement
benefits
to
employees?
Well,
when
I
realized
that
I
did
not
have
the
answers
to
these
very
basic
questions
about
this
constituency.
I
was
about
to
serve
and
that
it
was
very
possible
that
quite
a
few
of
them
were
already
or
would
soon
be
facing
a
precarious
financial
future.
It
was
then
that
I
decided
that
an
informational
fact-finding
hearing
regarding
the
state
of
retirement
security
could
help
inform
our
decision
making
and
not
only
for
the
benefit
of
the
ninth
district,
but
for
the
city
as
a
whole.
G
Now,
while
I
had
hope,
I'm,
mr.
president,
that
we
would
have
been
one
of
the
leading
cities
to
begin
studying
this
issue,
but
unfortunately,
the
Big
Apple
beat
us
to
the
punch
when
conducting
my
own
research.
I
learned
that
we
wouldn't
be
the
only
city
that
New
York
had
just
produced
a
report
in
June
of
2015,
highlighting
the
need
for
municipal
government
to
explore
ways
that
it
can
help,
and
I
quote,
provide
a
path
towards
retirement
security
for
its
residents.
G
So
while
we
like
every
city
and
state
in
this
nation
are
grappling
with
the
challenge
of
coming
up
with
real
time,
solutions
to
address
the
fiscal
realities
regarding
our
municipal
pension
fund
and
I
want
to
thank
mayor
Kenny
for
the
record
for
taking
the
lead
in
fostering
a
spirit
of
a
collaborative
approach
in
the
development
of
potential
remedies
to
address
this
issue.
I
also
think
that
it
is
equally
important
that
we
have
some
sense
of
the
overall
state
of
retirement
security
for
both
the
private
and
public
sector
workers
in
our
city.
G
So
it
is
my
hope
that
this
public
hearing
will
add
value
to
the
conversation
by
serving
as
a
data
gathering
vehicle
to
one
explore
the
broad
range
of
ideas
aimed
at
ensuring
retirement
security
for
the
benefit
of
all
of
Philadelphia's
workforce,
both
private
and
public,
and
to
identify
innovative
and
successful
tools
for
creating
financial
security
for
retirees
from
a
survey
of
research
findings
regarding
the
efficacy
of
national
state
and
regional
policy
options
already
tested
and
those
being
explored
around
the
nation
and
its
with
this
spirit
in
mind.
Mr.
president,
that
I
explore
an
affirmative
vote.
G
A
M
C
You,
mr.
president,
I
think
it's
a
great
thing
with
an
authority
that
works
for
the
city
of
fellow
if
it
comes
up
with
the
most
modern
technology
to
be
able
to
pay
your
parking
meter
by
telephone
and
by
cell
phone.
But
what
is
really
special
about
this
is
when
you
have
an
employee
who
comes
up
with
a
marketing
idea
of
calling
it
meter
up,
and
that
should
be
acknowledged,
and
that
was
what
I
do
with
that
resolution
and
mr.
president
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
Thank.
A
M
A
A
C
Oh,
thank
you
very
much.
Council
president
I'd
like
to
note
that
number
is
quiet
today.
It's
quiet
because
councilman
Squealer
exercise
great
leadership
and
reasonableness
in
meeting
with
the
leaders
of
the
music
industry
and
in
speaking
with
them,
you
know
he
heard
them
and
he
acted
in
the
democratic
process
and
today
shows
how
much
they
believe
in
his
sincerity
and
and
they
understand
that
he's
trying
to
do
a
good
thing
and
they
understand
that
he
will
continue
forward.
But
with
their
input
and
I'd
like
to
really
express
to
him.
C
N
You
know,
because
you
know
the
sale
of
these
distressed
mortgages
are
extremely
concerning.
You
know
the
social
and
dresses
they
the
adverse
impact
that
they
have
in
our
neighborhoods,
and
you
know
when
these
mortgages
are
sold.
You
know
people
fail
to
realize
that
these
homeowners,
not
only
are
they
forced
out
that
the
commuter
you're,
not
only
are
they
losing
neighbors
they're,
losing
friends
or
losing
family
members,
but
it
ends
up
with
a
vacant
house
that
also
goes
often
unmaintained
and
into
sailed.
N
Easter
stress,
mortgages
breeds
blyton,
the
possibility
of
crime
and
the
lowers
of
property
values,
and
we
have
all
the
data
that
supports.
You
know:
property
maintenance
violations
and
you
know
all
of
the
other
violations
that
decreases
the
property
value
near
twenty
percent
in
our
neighborhood,
and
that
is
the
start
of
the
window
theory
or
the
broken
window
theory
and
where
you
know
it
just
brings
everything
else
down
and
invites
to
the
crime
in
our
neighborhood.
N
So
and
if
you
think
about
what
what
an
investment
property
looks
like
and
most
of
the
banks
and
the
hedge
funds,
or
you
know
the
investment
owners,
they
don't
live
near
the
property
and
when
it
remains
vacant
all
right,
here's
what
happens.
The
weeds
grow,
the
yards
get
on
cap,
people
dump
things,
the
roof
caves
in
the
windows
are
broke
and
the
storms
caused
all
kinds
of
other.
N
You
know
property
maintenance
that
you
know
with
sewage
pipes
and
the
the
pavements,
so
they
don't
maintain
the
properties
and
I
have
held
hearings
along
with
this
council
body
several
times
in
the
past,
dealing
with
bad
investors,
bad
neighbors,
bad
actors
when
it
comes
to
absentee
landlords
and
I
plan
on
doing
the
same
and
I
think
this
is,
you
know
a
perfect
opportunity
to
talk
about
the
effect
that
it
has
on
the
social
injustice
of
the
cause
on
what
we're
left
waiting
our
neighborhood
and
I.
Think
it's
it's
time.
N
You
know
that
we
continue
to
look
deeper
into
this
and
take
it
to
the
neighborhood,
so
I'll
be
holding
hearings.
You
know
joint
hearing
with
Public
Safety
and
L
and
I,
as
we
had
done
before.
You
know,
subpoena
in
landlord,
subpoena
property
managers
subpoena
and
banks
and
foreclosures
on
the
unsold
properties,
unkept
properties,
especially
now.
In
light
of
this,
you
know
with
the
great
work
I
think
this
council
is
going
to
do
with
the
concerns
that
we
have
here
on
their
predatory
lending
and
mortgage
crisis
that
we
have
all
right.
N
E
You
very
much
council
president
clark
and
thank
you
very
much
to
my
colleague
bobby
heenan
for
framing
up
the
the
issue.
I
especially
want
to
thank
all
my
colleagues
on
council,
my
co-sponsors
and
those
who
signed
on
to
this
bill
to
support
today's
resolution
that
talks
about
how
we
are
going
to
craft
a
message
to
our
federal
housing
agencies
to
change
the
way
they
restructure.
The
sale
of
distress.
E
Mortgage
notes
today
across
the
country,
locally
elected
officials
and
community
organizations
are
calling
upon
all
of
our
federal
housing
and
agencies
to
end
this
process
of
mass
auctions
for
distressed
mortgages
to
Wall
Street
speculators
and
instead
to
prioritize
the
bulk
sale
of
delinquent
mortgage
pools
to
local
nonprofit
housing
agencies.
Since
2012,
the
federal
agencies,
HUD
Fannie,
Mae
and
Freddie
Mac
have
auctioned
off
nearly
200,000
delinquent
mortgages
over.
Ninety
percent
of
these
mortgages
have
been
sold
to
hedge
funds
and
private
equity
firms.
E
A
national
investigation
by
the
New
York
Times
revealed
that
a
shocking
number
of
these
resales
move
quickly
into
foreclosure
and
then
are
snapped
up
by
developers
in
January.
Fannie
Mae
announced
that
it
will
conduct
its
largest
sale.
Yet
a
thousands
of
delinquent
mortgages
that
will
take
place
in
coming
weeks.
This
is
why
I
am
proud
to
be
part
of
Philadelphia
City
Council,
which
is
pushing
back
against
such
practices
and
standing
up
for
the
public
interest.
We
are
not
going
to
be
alone.
E
Last
september's
I'd
joined,
senator
Elizabeth,
Warren
and
municipal
officials
across
the
country
to
demand
an
end
to
this
practice
and
uphold
our
councils,
responsibility
to
preserve
home
ownership
and
create
more
affordable
housing.
We
have
plenty
of
solutions
at
our
hands.
We
have
CDFIs
Community
Development
financial
institutions
which
could
buy
these
delinquent
mortgages
and
work
to
save
homes
from
foreclosure,
their
best
practice
involved,
involving
our
own
municipal
land
bank,
that
are
preferable
to
math
auctions
to
Wall
Street
agencies.
E
That
outlines
our
concerns
and
helps
figure
out
a
local
solution
that
protects
our
families
and
rebuilds
our
communities.
I
see
this
as
a
partnership
among
all
of
us,
and
our
office
is
always
open
to
discussing
this
issue
with
you
with
a
broader
public
and
I
look
forward
to
it.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
K
Similarly,
to
complement
your
efforts,
I
introduced
today
a
bill
to
seeking
a
charter
change
to
establish
a
commission
on
you've
come
violence.
This
issue
has
always
been
a
passion
of
mine,
and
earlier
this
week,
I
had
to
visit
a
friend
that
I've
grown
up
with
who
some
was
murdered
in
the
streets
of
Philadelphia,
which
is
company,
come
all
too
often
the
norm.
Young
man
shot
on
more
than
30
times,
and
you
know
this
has
been
a
similar
act
of
senseless
gun
violence.
K
They
have
taken
place
I'm
on
a
regular
basis
on
day
in
and
day
out,
and
so
my
sole
focus
and
effort
is
to
begin,
collaborating
and
working
a
partnership
with
our
council
members,
the
new
administration,
to
make
sure
that
we
make
sure
that
this
issue
is
the
number
one
issue
that
we
are
addressing
specifically
as
relates
to
I'm
saving
our
young
people,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
never
going
to
move
forward
as
a
progressive
city.
If
the
city
isn't
safe,
my
son
won't
grew
up
in
the
neighborhood
free
from
violence.
K
Thank
you
again
for
the
appointment
and
I
look
forward
and
making
sure
that
we
make
this
commission
one
that
will
really
change
the
face
of
how
we
approach
you've
combined
specifically
to
get
you
at
you've
gone
with
gun
violence,
and
then
how
has
an
impact
on
our
surrounding
community
I'm?
Similarly,
I'll
call
for
hearings
today
on
the
issue
of
youth
employment.
I
know,
oftentimes.
K
Youth
employment
fairs
over
the
city
of
Philadelphia
has
actually
seen,
and
so
I
believe
that
those
type
of
initiatives
can
be
duplicated
city,
while
I'm
gonna
be
working
partnership
with
the
administration,
but
most
important,
a
private
sector
making
sure
that
organizations
such
a
greater
philadelphia
Chamber
of
Commerce
pidc.
They
put
some
level
of
skin
in
the
game.
How
can
we
have
the
greatest
city
when
it
becomes
the
ads
and
meds,
but
we
don't
have
a
pipeline
a
school
to
career
pipeline
with
our
young
people.
K
We
don't
do
pilots,
so
there
should
be
some
level
give
back,
as
relates
to
providing
young
people
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
our
workforce,
and
so
I
just
want
to
thank
all
my
colleagues
for
affirmatively
voting,
particularly
on
that
resolution
and
looking
forward
to
getting
to
work
on
those
two
key
issues.
Thank
you
very
much
and
take
care
council
president
Thank.
J
You,
mr.
president,
II
today
I
rise
to
recognize
the
fact
that
februari
is
Black.
History
Month,
Carter
G
wish
whitson
established
it
on
it
at
first
it
was
only
a
week
and
then
Society
was
generous
enough
to
give
us
a
month.
Names
like
Martin,
Luther,
King,
president
nelson
mandela.
Soon
former
president
obama
will
all
be
a
part
of
future
celebrations
in
classrooms
and
workplaces
to
honor
their
contribution
internationally
and
locally.
There
will
be
stamps
that
will
be
on
calendars.
J
The
way
we
get
on
and
I
never
want
to
be
on
a
moral
ever,
but
the
way
that
you
earn
your
way
on
that
black
history
month,
calendar
is
to
put
in
the
work
on
tough
issues
every
day
and
I'm
really
encouraged
by.
My
colleagues
and
I
got
excited
about
the
retirement
thing
that
you
talked
about
because
I'm
closer
to
that
and
graduation
dates.
You
know,
I'm
answer
is
real.
J
It
is
real
out
there,
but
those
kinds
of
issues
are
what
your
leadership
in
this
body
puts
in
every
day
and
we
are
sometimes
are
on
the
same
time.
Table
as
people
who
have
a
sense
of
urgency,
particularly
when
you're
facing
losing
your
home
and
homelessness,
but
it
is
a
process
by
which
you
make
long-term
change,
sustainable
change.
You
have
to
find
Reese
courses
through
a
budget.
When
we
talk
about
it
today,
you
can't
just
say:
I
want
criminal
justice
to
change.
J
Somebody
said
in
this
chamber
once
yeah:
we
want
to
do
good,
but
we
dug
once
your
better
know
how
much
good
cost
and
as
we
go
through
those
processes,
we
just
hope
that
our
constituents
can
hold
on
just
a
little
long.
While
we
try
to
make
a
real
difference
for
all
of
you
and
that's
how
you
make
history.
Mr.
president,
Thank.
D
You,
mr.
president,
for
the
record
I'd
like
to
remind
my
colleagues
that
annually
we
celebrate
african-american
history
month
and
if
we
could
save
the
date
of
Thursday
februari
25th,
we
will
again
have
a
very
culturally
rich
experience.
My
remarks
go
to
the
universal
pre-k
and
I'm
following
this
issue
closely,
because
you
may
recall,
mr.
D
president,
that
then
councilman
Clark
urged
me
to
negotiate
with
councilman
brian
o'neill
on
my
very
first
bill
here,
which
was
a
zoning
bill
for
child
care
and
that
bill
had
actually
been
attempted
by
former
councilman
john
white
and
dearly
beloved,
happy
fernandez.
But
after
reading
a
testimony
of
a
decade
before
me,
we
were
ultimately
successful
and
winning
and
in
gaining
a
win-win
scenario,
with
my
very
first
child
care
bill.
D
So
this
afternoon,
I'm
speaking
now
about
the
implementation
of
the
universal
pre-kindergarten
program,
we're
all
anticipating
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
as
vice
chair
of
councils,
Committee
on
education,
I
am
I,
was
proud
to
join
councilman,
Janie
Blackwell
and
several
members
of
City
Council
earlier
this
week,
where
the
Commission
on
universal
pre-k
formally
released
its
draft,
and
the
operative
word
here
is
draft
report
to
the
Kennedy
administration
and
to
our
legislative
body.
I
want
to
salute
the
chairs
of
that
Commission
Sharon
easterling
and
a
dr.
D
loretta
swit
jamaat
for
lending
their
brilliant
expertise,
time
and
sacrifice
on
this
matter,
and
the
record
should
reflect
that.
It
was
Councilwoman,
Janie
Blackwell
who
initially,
who
initially
introduced
this
legislation
last
year,
so
that
we
can
closely
examine
this
issue.
It
is
a
fact
that
early
childhood
education
is
indeed
one
puzzle
required
to
end
the
cycle
of
poverty
in
Philadelphia,
and
what
we
know
in
the
words
of
victor
hugo
is
that
he
who
opens
the
club
he
who
opens
a
school
door
closes
a
prison.
D
It's
the
fact
also
that
44
50
states
in
the
united
states
already
have
universal
pre-k
44
out
of
50,
so
philadelphia
is
poised
to
get
in
line
and
make
it
real
for
the
citizens
of
our
city.
As
we
go
down
this
road
to
implement
universal
pre-k,
there
are
a
couple
of
important
issues
that
were
raised
this
week.
That
needs
to
be
underscored
put
in
capital,
letters
and
bold
print.
It
is
crucial
that
we
increase
and
maximize
community
engagement
at
every
step
along
the
way.
D
Anything
less
than
complete
community
engagement
across
all
neighborhoods
in
this
city
is
unacceptable.
I
want
to
thank
council
members.
May
we
are
known
as
Sanchez
and
Helen
Gill,
who
raised
probing
questions
about
ensuring
a
culturally
rich
engagement
process
and
I
want
to
thank
council
members,
Dom
tall
and
burger
and
squalor
for
raising
those
preliminary
questions
around
budget
and
funding
community
engagement
is
the
is
the
concern
making
sure
that
there
are
no
winners.
D
We
want
everyone
at
the
table
early,
we're
asking
council
members
to
respond
to
that
draft
document
and
our
clothes
where
I
started
and
that
he
who
opens
a
screw
door
closes
a
prison.
We
want
to
make
universal
pre-k
real
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
is.
It
is
equitable
in
the
distribution
of
those
funds
across
this
city,
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
Thank.
O
You,
mr.
president,
my
like
to
acknowledge
and
thank
Councilwoman
Parker
for
24th
today's
resolution,
which
I
was
proud
to
co-sponsor
to
Kofi
hearings
on
the
state,
a
retirement
security
in
our
city.
There's
no
question
that
retirement
security
is
an
issue
that
requires
the
attention
of
this
honourable
legislative
body
and
the
city's
workforce
and
taxpayers
deserve
our
attention
and,
while
I
look
forward
to
the
potential
hearings
that
will
examine
the
issue
for
both
the
private
and
public
sectors.
O
For
the
moment,
I
like
to
focus
on
the
city
of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
is
approximately
45
to
46
percent,
funded
with
an
unfunded
liability
of
over
five
point:
seven
billion
dollars.
Then
the
last
two
to
three
months
has
grown
another
200
to
250
million
due
to
the
unstable
equity
markets.
It's
probably
close
to
six
billion
dollars.
Rob
d'abo.
Our
finance
director
pointed
out
to
me
that
the
majority
portion
of
our
serious
problem
dates
back
to
nineteen.
Sixty
seven
to
nineteen.
Eighty-Seven
5.1
billion
is
attributed
to
that
period.
O
We
spend
approximately
sixteen
percent
of
our
four
billion
dollar
budget,
640
million
on
pensions,
452
460
on
the
old
problems
each
year.
The
share
increases
on
with
actual
obligations.
All
this
means
is
less
money
for
what
otherwise
we
could
do
as
a
city
for
services
for
education,
classrooms,
health
and
well-being
of
our
citizens.
O
The
list
goes
on,
but
until
we
fix
this
elephant
in
the
room,
the
pension
will
never
have
the
money
in
September,
2015,
Moody's,
Investors
Service
issued
a
report
that
stated
at
Philadelphia
fails
to
fund
the
pension
plan
on
the
sound
basis
moving
forward,
our
bond
ratings
may
go
down.
What
does
this
mean?
Higher
interest
costs
less
put
a
bless
appealing
in
the
marketplace.
We
must
do
what
it
takes
and
make
this
a
major
priority.
O
F
You,
mr.
president,
and
staying
with
the
theme
of
the
African
American
month
in
celebration,
I
want
to
power
phrase
Malcolm
X
when
he
said
that
the
best
anti-poverty
strategy
was
education
and
education
was
about
preparing
for
our
future.
A
few
weeks
ago,
council
president,
you
honored
Community
College
of
Philadelphia
for
their
role
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
the
vital
role
that
they
need
to
play
as
we
retrain
and
provide
opportunities
for
our
returning
citizens
and
for
the
changing
economy.
F
They
are
not
only
the
host
of
the
African
American
book
of
sale
this
week
and
I
encourage
all
of
my
council
colleagues,
particularly
the
new
ones,
to
go
to
the
fair
and
while
you
there
join
me
as
Community
College
of
Philadelphia
hosts
a
Latino
college
day
with
stakeholders
throughout
the
city
of
Philadelphia
community
college
and
its
opportunities
are
vital
as
we
prepare
for
the
future.
As
we
talk
about
pre-k
public
education,
the
kate
is
16
continuum.
F
Community
college
is
a
key
strategic
partner
in
doing
that,
as
we
talk
about
pre-k
in
the
workforce
opportunities
that
it
creates
in
training.
Many
women
who
look
like
me
and
in
an
industry
so
vitally
important
so
I
want
to
invite
all
of
you
come
to
Community
College.
You
can
do
the
Latino
college
day.
You
can
do
the
African
American
book
fair
and
my
colleagues
can
learn
about
the
valuable
work
that
we
still
need
to
do
around.
Educating
our
young
folks
and
cutting
that
pipeline
to
jail.
Thank
you
Thank,
You,.
I
You,
mr.
president,
let
me
acknowledge
all
that
has
been
said
about
black
history
month,
and
maybe
our
young
people
would
do
better
in
school
if
they
felt
that
their
that
the
academic
agenda
was
inclusive.
It
still
isn't,
after
all,
this
time,
we're
still
not
there
and
and
with
regard
to
universal
pre-k.
We
are
excited
about
that
and
we
want
to
make
sure
they're
that
whatever
happens,
that
all
monies
and
programs
are
meted
out
equally
and
we're
concerned,
because
I'm
worried
about
us.
I
Spending
money
on
programs
that
do
not
hit
all
children
or
that
are
specially
programs
and
private
programs
that
we
fund
that's
a
big
issue.
We
need
to
look
at
and
I
want
to
also
commend
the
governor
on
holding
up
these
Keystone
exams.
We
know
our
children
can
pass
them
and
graduate
from
school,
so
I'm
glad
he
postponed
that.
So
that
and
is
studying
that
issue.
I
still
say
anybody
who
does
any
job
or
does
any
has
any
focus
for
12
years
generally
learns
that
job.
I
I
They
tell
me
that
going
back
to
universal
pre-k,
they
want
to
look
in
the
district
and
see
programs
that
don't
work,
cut
them
out
and
deal
with
other
interesting
ways
for
funding,
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
that
we're
going
to
have
hearings
we're
going
to
have
hearings
somehow
between
now
and
June,
to
talk
about
fairness
and
equity
and
equality
when
it
comes
to
education
and
programs.
So
this
would
be
an
important
year.
We
realize
education
is
real
important,
as
I've
said,
even
with
regard
to
Community
Schools,
which
is
a
big
focus.
I
Some
people
would
just
like
to
have
clean
schools
and
and
toilet
paper
in
the
bathrooms
and
a
chance
to
get
something
that
looks
like
other
schools
and
other
neighborhoods.
So
we've
got
a
big
job
to
do
and
we're
committed
to
doing
our
part
to
make
sure
that
we
improve
the
quality
of
life
and
education
and
beyond
happy
Black,
History
Month,
everyone
Thank,
you
Thank.