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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, April 20, 2017.
Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez (7th District) leads presentation recognizing, honoring, and celebrating the outstanding career of Belinda Ann Mayo for her devotion and dedication to providing access to low-income housing throughout the City Of Philadelphia.
A
A
B
You
so
much
it
is
quite.
It
is
quite
an
honor
to
to
recognize
what
many
of
us
than
many
of
my
colleagues
to
join
me
this
morning
understand
to
be
one
of
the
pioneers.
You
know
often
time
we
use
a
lot
of
terminology
when
we
talk
about
neighborhoods,
Neighborhood,
Stabilization,
neighborhood,
revitalization,
blight
removal.
All
of
these
things
and
behind
all
of
that
is
actual
work
that
gets
done
in
people
who
move
the
needle
and
push
government
and
bureaucracy.
B
So
with
that
recognizing
and
honoring,
and
celebrating
the
outstanding
career
of
Belinda
and
mayo
for
her
devotion
and
dedication
to
providing
access
to
low-income
housing
throughout
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
whereas
Belinda
and
mayo,
a
seasoned
professional
has
devoted
her
career
to
public
service.
By
emphasizing
research
planning,
coordination
of
programming,
services,
training
and
direction
of
urban
housing
policy
and.
D
Whereas,
as
a
former
assistant
director
for
community
development
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia
office
of
housing
and
community
development,
Belinda
was
responsible
for
the
development
and
implementation
of
technical
assistance.
Programs
for
nonprofit
community
based
corporations
linda
was
also
in
charge
of
disbursement
of
1.5
million
dollar
grants,
which
managed
the
funding
selection
process
in
completing
the
strategic
neighborhood
development
plans
for
15
community-based
development
corporations
and.
G
And
Belinda
is
well
respected
by
superiors
and
colleagues,
as
you
serve
as
a
member
of
the
board
of
directors
for
neighborhoods.
Now,
an
alumnus
of
the
board
of
trustees
for
mercy,
housing,
Inc
in
Denver,
Colorado,
an
alumnus
of
the
board
of
directors
and
executive
committee
of
Philadelphia,
developing
partnerships,
a
member
of
Philadelphia
local
initiative,
support
corporation
local
advisory
board
and
both
co
chair
and
vice-chair
the
board
of
directors,
national,
low-income
housing
coalition.
And
one
other
thing.
G
She
was
there
to
fight
with
with
us
and
for
us
through
our
trials
and
tribulations
that
we've
had
and
she
took
her
job
not
only
seriously
but
as
a
person
who
really
understood
neighborhoods
and
communities,
and
that
is
something
that
has
not
done
often
for
somebody
in
the
city,
through
our
bureaucracy
that
we
have
wien
council
join
in
wishing
Belinda
and
mayo
well
in
any
future
endeavors
and
hope.
Her
retirement
spell
with
happiness,
good
health,
jewy,
jewy,
the
family,
friends
and
I'm
sure
her
travels
and.
B
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
at
the
council
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
recognized
honors
and
celebrates
devotion
and
dedication
of
Belinda
and
mail
to
providing
accessibility
to
low-income
housing
throughout
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
be
it
further
resolved
that
it
in
growth.
Copy
of
this
resolution
will
be
presented
to
our
beloved,
Belinda
and
mayo
as
evidence
of
the
sphere
to
see
a
respect
and
admiration
of
this
legislative
body.
Thank
you
all
so
very
much.
This
was
introduced
by
by
Councilman
Blackwell,
Scola,
Tom,
Bergeron,
myself
and
I.
A
H
Want
to
I
want
to
say
that
my
life
and
my
journey
is
a
testament
to
the
Grace
and
the
blessings
of
god.
I
thank
city
council
for
this
time
for
this
honor
I'm,
very
emotional
right
now,
because
I'm
just
thinking
about
all
the
years
that
have
gone
by
and
all
the
work
that
we've
done
and
for
the
young
people
that
are
here.
You
need
to
understand
that
this
is
a
chamber
of
change.
H
This
is
where
people
step
up
in
government
and
create
change
and
maintain
change
and
ensure
that
everybody,
everybody
is
treated
with
decency
and
respect.
My
first
encounter
with
City
Council
was
in
1981
when
then
Councilman,
John
Anderson,
along
with
myself
and
Eva,
glad
steen,
&,
Mary,
Scullion
and
George
school
community
legal
services
help
to
sponsor
a
bill
called
the
women
and
children.
Still
what
that
bill
did.
Was
it
eliminated
landlords
ability
to
discriminate
against
families
based
on
the
presence
of
children
and
on
on
the
source
of
their
income?
H
Those
o
lad
said
no
kids
and
no
dpa
were
no
longer
an
obstacle
to
people.
We
ain't
in
rental
housing
that
they
could
afford
and
that
they
could
live
in.
It's
gone
on
for
years
after
that,
instead
of
precedent,
a
national
precedent
that
maybe
people
don't
even
know
about
in
this
country.
But
it
is
because
of
what
Philadelphia
did
what
this
chamber
did:
that
women
and
children
had
an
opportunity
to
realize
their
dream
of
a
decent,
safe
sanitary
and
affordable
place
to
live
without
discrimination.
H
H
Think
about
dusty,
Clark,
I
think
about
Joe,
Coleman,
I,
think
about
Marion,
tasco,
I,
think
about
Donna
Reed
Miller,
all
of
whom
were
the
soldiers
who
helped
me.
But
then
I
look
here
and
if,
while
there
are
some
faces
that
I
don't
know,
there
are
others
that
I
knew
from
a
long
time
ago.
Councilman
councilman
jones,
who
wasn't
Oh
HDD
employee
at
one
point,
I
think
about
councilman
street,
who
went
on
to
become
the
mayor,
of
course,
to
work
with
us
to
hold
this
council
for
12
hours.
H
While
we
fought
to
make
sure
that
the
community
development
block
grant
program
benefited
the
people
that
it
was
supposed
to
benefit,
I
think
about
all
those
journeys,
I
think
about
all
those
challenges
and
I
say.
Thank
you.
I
say
thank
you
to
God
I
say
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
having
opportunity
to
do
work
that
I've
done
over
the
years.
H
So
this
girl,
feisty
chica,
standing
beside
me,
who
I
met
at
sixteen
years
and
I,
warned
them
at
the
hunting
park.
Did
you
see
you
better
check
her
because
she
and
she's
turned
out
to
be
a
champion?
She's
turned
out
to
be
my
partner
and
this
morning,
when
she
invited
me
to
come
in
for
breakfast
at
nine
thirty.
H
H
No,
no,
even
though
about
two
months
ago,
I
call,
he
called
me
very
upset
with
me,
which
he
does
on
every
occasion,
even
though
he
tells
people
that
you
got
a
chapel
belinda.
He
called
me
and
wasn't
satisfied
with
my
response
and
he
called
me
a
bureaucrat
so
I
wear
that
badge
proudly
I
followed
the
rules,
because
the
rules
allows
me
to
do
what
I
need
to
do.