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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 4-2-2020
Description
Amended Remote Stated Meeting due to COVID-19.
Agenda Limited to Bill No. 200258
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2020 from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants, to the General Fund, the Managing Director and to the General Fund, to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
B
A
C
A
We
have
established
a
formal
counsel
and
will
now
come
to
order,
despite
the
need
there
will
be
no
invocation
today.
We
will,
however,
observe
her
a
very
brief
moment
of
silent
reflection
or
prayer
for
our
city,
its
leaders
and
its
citizens.
During
the
current
public
health
crisis,
we
will
have
a
brief
moment
of
silence.
A
Before
we
begin
conducting
the
business
we
have
for
today,
I
would
like
to
offer
a
brief
statement
regarding
the
scope
of
the
council
sessions
and
public
comment
at
our
sessions
during
the
kovat
19
pandemic.
As
we
all
know,
Philadelphia
is
currently
operating
under
a
declaration
of
emergency
related
to
the
corona
virus
issued
by
both
governor
wolf
and
mayor
Kenney,
social
distancing
rules
implemented
under
the
emergency
declaration
prevent
city
council
from
conducting
the
meetings
in
person.
A
As
a
result,
it
is
impossible
to
comply
fully
with
the
state
Sunshine
Act,
which
includes
the
requirements
for
public
comment
under
normal
circumstances.
If
council
could
not
comply
with
the
Sunshine
Act
as
it
relates
to
the
public
comment,
Council
would
not
act
on
any
legislation
at
all.
These
are
not
normal
times,
however,
so
in
an
emergency
such
as
Cova
19,
the
law
allows
city
council
to
meet
and
take
necessary
actions
to
address
the
emergency
and
to
support
essential
governmental
functions
without
strict
adherence
to
the
Sunshine
Act.
A
This
limited
power
to
act
lasts
until
the
governor
and
the
mayor
declare
that
the
emergency
has
ended.
We
are
not
eliminating
public
comment.
Instead,
we
are
implementing
a
different
approach
which
I
will
describe
later
in
the
session
with
that
said,
council
is
taking
action
today,
solely
in
order
to
speed
process
of
appropriating
money
to
agencies
and
people
fighting
to
keep
our
city
safe.
We
have
made
every
effort,
under
these
difficult
circumstances,
to
ensure
that
this
meeting
is
disseminated
widely
to
the
public
and
that
your
comments
will
be
heard.
A
I
want
to
thank
you
our
orders
of
business
today.
If
there
are
no
objections,
I
propose
to
dispense
with
the
regular
world
of
business,
accept
approval
of
the
journal
request
for
leaves
of
absence,
communications,
consideration
of
the
calendar
and
the
German.
Are
there
any
objections
to
this
process?
A
A
D
A
A
D
A
C
A
Session
of
council,
in
our
first
test
of
a
new
approach
to
public
comment
today,
a
streamlined
version
of
our
typical
council
session,
and
we
are
only
going
to
consider
one
item
of
business
bill
number:
two:
zero:
zero,
two
five
eight,
which
will
give
the
administration
additional
funding
authority
to
respond
to
the
corona
virus
epidemic.
Today.
Your
public
comment
must
concern
that
bill
and
that
bill
alone
in
future
remote
sessions
and
after
the
emergency
declaration
has
ended.
A
Your
public
comment
may
concern
any
matters
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendar
for
possible
action
at
those
council
sessions.
As
we
announced
earlier
in
the
press
release
in
social
media
and
on
our
website.
All
speakers
must
sign
up
in
order
to
testify
for
the
duration
of
this
health
crisis.
You
must
call
two
one:
five,
six,
eight
six,
three:
four,
oh
six
by
5:00
p.m.
the
day
before
the
session
to
sign
up
for
public
comment.
A
We
will
take
your
name
phone
number,
the
number
of
the
legislative
item
you
are
commenting
on
and
whether
you
are
in
support
or
against
the
legislation.
We
will
telephone
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session.
In
order
in
which
they
were
added
to
the
list
and
will
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting,
they
will
have
three
minutes
to
speak.
In
addition,
we
could
conceivably
limit
the
number
of
speakers
to
a
total
of
ten
if
it's
on
one
particular
bill.
A
C
E
E
Increasingly,
we
as
a
residents
and
voters,
still
a
lack
of
trust
with
government
I'd
like
to
know
how
can
taxpayers
be
guaranteed,
which
we
all
rightfully
deserve
transparency
of
how
the
eighty
million
dollars
will
be
allocated.
We
all
know
it's
the
frontline
workers
who
are
underpaid
and
overworked
and
who
not
only
risk
their
lives
every
day,
what
they
risk
the
lives
of
their
loved
ones
when
they
return
home,
small
businesses
are
taking
hits
and
owners.
Don't
know
where
to
go.
E
The
digital
divide
is
ever
more
clear
and
growing
I'd
like
to
know
what
efforts
are
also
being
made
to
reach
out
to
residents
who
do
not
have
access
to
communicate
their
real
needs
to
their
council
people
I
just
I'd
like
to
say
I.
Thank
you
all
for
your
hard
work
and
showing
true
leadership
in
such
a
dire
time
and
will-
and
my
comment.