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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 12-10-2020
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A
Thank
you
and
good
morning,
everyone.
Let
me
get
started.
I
understand
that
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
council
session.
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
city
council
is
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
microsoft
teams
to
make
this
remote
meeting
possible
instruction
for
how
the
public
may
view
the
meeting
and
offer
public
comment
are
included
in
the
stated
meeting
notice
that
was
published
in
the
daily
news,
inquirer
legal
intelligence
prior
to
the
meeting
and
can
also
be
found
on
phl
council
dot
com.
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C
B
A
B
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F
A
President
clark
and
good
morning,
everyone
thank
you.
A
quorum
of
the
council
is
present.
We
will
now
come
to
order,
despite
the
great
need
there
will
be
no
invocation
today.
We
will,
however,
observe
a
very
brief
moment
of
silent
prayer
for
our
city,
its
leaders
and
its
citizens.
During
the
current
public
health
crisis.
Can
we
now
observe
a
brief
moment
of
silence.
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D
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B
And
I
am
pleased
to
advise
you
that
on
december
9
2020,
I
signed
the
following
bill,
which
was
passed
by
council
at
a
session
on
december
3
2020
bill
number
200574a
and
I'm
submitting
here
with
for
the
consideration
of
your
honorable
body,
a
resolution
appointing
james
arrows
jr
to
the
position
of
chief
assessment
officer
of
the
office
of
property
assessment
and
a
resolution
confirming
the
appointment
of
diana
p.
Cortez
esquire
as
the
city
solicitor.
A
Thanks
very
much,
mr
decker
and
our
next
order
of
business
is
the
introduction
of
bills
and
resolutions.
By
way
of
a
reminder,
we're
asking
that
all
resolutions,
including
privileged
resolution,
be
placed
on
the
final
passes
calendar
for
the
next
session
of
council
unless
they
are
being
referred
to
committee
in
our
current
remote
environment.
This
procedure
will
provide
an
appropriate
opportunity
for
public
comments.
I
want
to
thank
you
in
advance
for
your
cooperation.
B
A
And
seeing
that
I
don't
know
if
everybody's
familiar,
that
our
good
friend
and
colleague
will
be
retiring,
never
thought
he
was
old
enough
to
do
that.
I'm
going
to
ask
the
majority
leader
if
we
can
ask
that
that
can
also
be
real
suspension,
so
he
can
receive
his
honor
while
he
is
still
a
member
of
the
city
council
team.
I
A
B
On
a
resolution
recognizing
and
honoring
rue
for
her
incredibly
impactful
work
as
executive
director
of
both
the
philadelphia
commission
on
human
relations
and
fair
housing
commission
and
congratulating
her
on
her
new
career
in
academia.
As
the
bec
professor
at
temple,
university,
beasley,
school
of
law.
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B
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H
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B
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A
When
you
call
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
and
add
you
to
the
list.
We
will
then
telephone
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting
under
ideal
circumstances.
A
We
would
have
about
three
minutes
to
speak,
but
today
we
must
have
a
time
limit.
That
is
two
minutes.
We
have
a
significant
number
of
individuals
testifying
so
in
order
to
ensure
that
everybody
has
a
chance
to
testify
we're
going
to
do
two
minutes,
I
want
to
be
fair,
so
I
tend
to
hold
faithfully
to
the
established
time
limit
and
once
invited
to
the
meeting
and
asked
to
begin
your
testimony.
The
timer
will
be
started.
We
will
monitor
your
remaining
time
throughout
your.
A
So
please
be
aware:
this
is
a
public
meeting
and
is
being
recorded
so
because
the
meeting
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
So,
by
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded.
I
will
now
ask
the
chief
clerk
to
please
read
the
name
of
our
first
speaker.
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J
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D
Okay,
yes,
my
name
is
benjamin.
She
last
name
s-h-e,
I'm
speaking
against
the
bill,
200-613
about
the
strawberry-manson
neighborhood
conservation
overlay.
A
few
days
ago,
there
was
another
planning
commission
meeting,
giving
more
details
on
proposed
nco
and
strawberry
mansion,
with
some
more
technical
details
on
applicability
and
regulations
on
development
it
can
entail.
D
Specifically,
the
criteria
for
the
nco
itself
is
not
sound
in
my
opinion,
because
the
number
of
parcels
it
applies
to
goes
far
far
beyond
the
stipulated
25
block
limits
in
ncos
and
the
the
criteria
for
being
architecturally
architecturally
consistent
across
the
across
the
whole
neighborhood
does
not
apply
here
because
of
the
of
the
huge
variance
in
porches.
You
know
several
houses
with
and
without
fortune.
D
In
our
opinion,
also,
the
public
outreach
process
for
this
nco
was
rushed
and
compressed
due
to
the
endemic.
This
was
an
emission
from
plankton
itself
and
and
in
total
it
does
feel
like
a
step
backwards
from
the
country
has
filled
up
the
2035
planning
process
done
in
2012-2018,
and
this
will
only
entail
more
bespoke
neighborhood
regulations
that
has
marginalized
coi
goals
and
could
be
towards
more
contentious
building
processing.
D
D
D
Our
coalition
was
able
to
put
this
overlay
together,
as
I
understand
that
the
overall
goal
of
the
conservation
district
is
to
make
sure
that
a
neighborhood
keeps
its
visual
character,
and
that
is
what
we
are
trying
to
accomplish
in
just
about
every
neighborhood
people
have
a
sense
of
civic
pride
and
all
agree
that
there
is
something
distinctive
about
where
they
live
and
their
communities
older
buildings
and
parks
have
to
define
the
neighborhood
surrey.
Mansion
is
one
of
those
neighborhoods.
Only
a
few
buildings
have
lost
the
entire
interrogate
integrity
of
strawberry
mansion.
D
Therefore,
maintaining
sight
lines
and
building
heights
will
help
preserve
the
architectural
heritage
and
continuity
in
a
neighborhood.
We
wanted
to
preserve
the
overall
character
when
rehabbing
old
structures
and
building
new
ones.
Recently,
we
have
been
inundated
with
developers
coming
into
the
neighborhood,
putting
up
structures
because
they
have
the
buy
right
privilege
they
put
up
buildings
that
don't
align
with
the
visual
character
of
the
neighborhood.
They
also
don't
find
it
necessary
to
inform
the
community
of
their
plans.
Therefore,
members
of
city
council
there's
an
urgent
need
for
this
overlay.
D
I
have
lived
in
story
mansion
for
over
65
years
and
by
right
I
should
have
a
stay
in
what
happens
in
my
neighborhood
and
not
allow
the
developers
to
come
in
and
tell
us
what
we
need.
No
one
knows
the
need
better
than
those
who
live
in
the
neighborhood,
I'm
not
against
development,
but
development
seems
to
be
set
against
me.
I'm
asking
this
council
to
listen
to
the
testimonies
given
today
in
support
of
this
bill,
hear
what
we
have
to
say
hear
what
we're
saying
to
you:
here's,
what
we're
attempting
to
do
for
our
neighborhood.
D
B
D
D
D
Do
we,
as
the
citizens
of
strawberry
mansion,
have
a
right
to
request
an
overlay?
Yes,
we
do.
Yes,
we
do,
but
with
every
right
comes
responsibility.
Just
to
say
this,
these
developers
were
invited
to
our
community
nti.
The
demolition
program
brought
them
into
the
community
via
a
demolition
derby
and
made
strawberry
mansion
a
prototype
area.
D
Now
we
are
asking
for
investors
to
come
under
an
overlay
and
that's
a
good
thing,
but
I
without
any
government
stop
gap
measures
or
any
stipulations
investors
were
invited
into
the
community.
So
we
wonder
how
we
got
here.
We
got
here
through
a
governmental
process
giving
land
to
developers
inviting
them
in
letting
them
know
that
we're
open
for
business.
I
look
at
fairmont
park
down
the
reclamation
area.
Now
I
understand
what
that
meant
in
the
nti.
D
D
Good
morning
my
name
is
walter
berlin
and
I'm
calling
in
from
georgia,
where
I'm
knocking
on
doors
with
my
fellow
union
members
to
make
sure
we
turn
the
senate
blue.
But
I'm
here
today
to
speak
to
you
about
the
black
work
matters,
economic
recovery
act.
I've
spent
more
than
20
years
as
a
cook
in
the
hospitality
industry
and
for
the
last
five
years
at
the
sheraton,
downtown
philadelphia.
D
D
I
know
that
the
economic
impact
of
the
pandemic
has
been
hard
on
everyone,
but
for
people
with
so
many
years
and
it
has
been
really
brutal-
I
have
seven
grandchildren,
one
great-grandchild.
They
have
always
looked
to
me
for
direction
and
guidance
has
been
really
emotionally
challenging
to
have
to
depend
on
them
for
financial
help.
I
didn't
get
my
first
unemployment
in
check
until
june.
It
has
been
really
hard.
My
savings
have
been
depleted
and
that's
a
scary
thing.
D
I
raised
my
kids
to
be
independent
and
the
last
thing
I
want
to
do
is
be
a
burden
on
them.
Knowing
that
I
would
have
a
job
when
this
pandemic
ends
would
be
a
game
changer
for
me
financially,
it
would
help
me
save
some
security
and
feel
like
I
could
retire
securely
and
help
my
family
the
way
I've
always
had,
but
it's
more
than
just
financial.
It's
all
about
the
relationship
you
foster
over
the
decades
of
working
in
this
industry,
the
friends
you
make
the
contributions
you
make
to
the
city.
D
E
D
Good
morning
my
name
is
rosslyn
wichinick
and
I'm
the
president
of
unite
here:
local
274,
philadelphia,
hospitality
and
food
service
workers
union.
I'm
thrilled
to
be
here
today
with
many
members
of
our
union
who
are
watching
online
to
testify
in
full
support
of
bill's
number
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
five,
seven
zero.
D
This
legislation
in
a
sense
is
very
simple:
it's
just
ensuring
that
hospitality
workers
in
our
city
will
be
able
to
return
to
their
jobs
when
those
jobs
return,
but
that
protection
and
that
promise
is
historic
and
it's
essential.
We
are
deeply
thankful
to
the
sponsors
of
this
legislation-
council,
members,
jim
johnson
and
thomas,
thank
you
to
all
the
co-sponsors
of
the
legislation
and
thank
you
to
all
the
members
of
the
long
government
committee
who
voted
it
unanimously
out
of
committee.
D
There
are
certainly
many
employers
who
have
and
will
do
the
right
thing
by
making
sure
their
employees
are
offered
their
jobs
back
when
business
resumes.
Unfortunately,
there
are
some
who
will
not.
This
legislation
protects
our
industry's
workers
from
any
unscrupulous
employers
who
might
dare
to
use
this
pandemic
to
further
their
financial
interest
and
it
protects
against
those
who
would
do
so
at
the
expense
of
long-term
employees
who
are
overwhelmingly
black
and
overwhelmingly
female.
D
We
are
proud
to
have
been
part
of
city
council's
collaborative
process
with
stakeholders
to
craft
legislation
that
addresses
the
industry's
concerns,
while
protecting
workers
in
bill
number
two:
zero,
zero,
five,
five
seven.
We
are
also
proud
to
stand
with
you
today
to
expand
existing
protections
in
the
philadelphia
code
through
bill's
number:
two:
zero:
zero,
five,
six
three
and
two
zero
zero:
five:
five.
Nine.
Your
support
for
these
bills
today
is
a
victory
for
worker
justice,
racial
justice,
gender
justice
in
philadelphia.
D
D
All
right,
my
name,
is
charles
patton.
I
am
a
cook
and
I've
worked
at
the
philadelphia
international
airport
for
seven
years.
I'm
testifying
in
support
of
bills,
two
zero
zero,
five,
seven,
seven:
two:
zero
zero,
five,
five,
nine
and
two
zero
zero.
Five
six
three
together
we
call
this
the
black
workers
matter:
economic
recovery
package.
D
D
I
think
that
everybody
in
my
position
should
have
the
right
to
return
to
their
job,
no
matter
how
long
it
takes
because
nobody
lost
their
job
because
of
something
they
did
at
the
airport.
We
worked
hard
to
make
these
jobs
good
enough
to
support
our
families
on,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
everybody
has
a
right
to
go
back
to
those
jobs
and
when
the
echo,
when
the
economy
recovers,
I
don't
know
how
long
that's
going
to
take.
D
D
It
has
been
harder
to
line
up
help
from
home
health
care
providers
because
of
the
pandemic,
making
it
even
more
difficult
to
figure
out
everything
at
the
beginning
of
the
month
I
did
at
the
beginning
of
november.
I
did
decide
that
I
was
ready
to
go
back
to
work
and
was
asked
to
be
put
back
on
the
schedule.
D
I
was
planning
to
return,
but
my
company
decided
it
wasn't
profitable
enough
for
me
to
come
back
to
work
yes
and
now
with
indoor
dining
ban.
In
effect,
again,
I
don't
know
when
I'll
get
back
to
work.
I
have
a
union
job
with
recall
rights
and
an
employer
who's
working
with
us.
I
can
imagine
I
can't
imagine
what
workers
who
don't
have
some
of
the
basic
predictions
that
I
have
are
going
through
right
now,
so
I
urge
you
to
pass
the
black
work
matters:
economic
recovery
package.
D
A
B
D
Thank
you.
My
name
is
katie
grant.
I
am
a
member
of
the
women's
community,
revitalization
project,
a
concerned
citizen,
a
former
philadelphia
school
district
teacher
and
a
former
teacher
with
philadelphia's
opportunity
network,
I'm
here
to
speak
on
the
importance
of
passing
the
impact
tax
bill
200-556.
D
As
a
former
teacher
within
the
opportunity
network,
I
face
many
challenges
teaching
in
an
alternative
high
school.
I
was
tasked
with
pulling
out
the
potential
from
students
who
face
many
social
and
economic
issues,
including
students
who
have
been
kicked
out
of
multiple
schools,
students
who
were
ankle
races
and
students
that
require
health
visits
just
to
get
them
to
come
to
school,
one
particular
student
shined.
Above
the
rest,
he
showed
up
to
school
early,
just
10
minutes
after
the
teachers
arrived,
he
ate
the
package
breakfast
and
lunch
with
no
complaints.
D
Unlike
his
peers,
he
would
stay
in
the
student
lounge
to
complete
his
assignments
until
the
last
school
employee
left.
He
was
to
the
average
eye
a
star
student,
but
every
teacher
knows
our
job
is
to
see
the
child,
not
just
the
student
and
learn
the
why,
behind
every
behavior,
good
or
bad,
I
learned
the
student
arrived
early
every
morning
because
he
had
to
be
out
of
the
shelter
early.
He
ate
the
school
breakfast
and
lunch,
so
he
wouldn't
have
to
take
food
out
of
the
mouths
of
his
siblings.
D
He
stayed
late,
so
he
could
finish
assignments
because
he
had
to
go
to
work
every
night
to
help
his
mom
and
five
other
siblings.
They
were
trying
to
save
up
money
to
find
a
place
to
stay.
You
see
after
his
grandma
died.
They
couldn't
afford
to
keep
up,
repairs
and
pay
the
increased
taxes
on
the
house.
Even
though
the
house
was
paid
off,
they
struggled
to
find
rent
that
they
can
afford.
He
said
for
now
they
were
in
the
shelter,
but
he
promised
his
mom.
D
It
will
only
be
temporary
because
he
would
do
whatever
it
takes
to
get
them
into
a
place
of
their
own.
He
was
supposed
to
graduate
last
june
but
being
in
a
shelter
made
it
impossible
for
him
to
log
into
virtual
school.
I
checked
up
on
him
a
few
months
ago
and
he
was
worried
about
his
siblings
not
being
able
to
physically
attend
school.
He
said
virtual
learning
from
home
is
impossible
when
you
are
homeless.
D
This
is
just
one
story,
but
it
reflects
the
reality
of
hundreds
of
students
across
philadelphia,
so
many
vulnerable
philadelphians
need
you
to
pass
this
bill.
This
bill
will
bring
affordable
housing
such
as
more
affordable
rental
units,
and
I
don't
mean
affordable.
According
to
hud's
law
definition,
they
define
affordable
as
earning
more
than
48
000
per
year
for
a
family
of
four,
nearly
half
of
philadelphians
earn
less
than
48
000
a
year.
D
Good
morning,
council,
president,
good
morning,
my
name
is
beth
mcconnell,
I'm
the
policy
director
of
the
philadelphia
association
of
cdc's.
We
urge
council
to
pass
bills,
five,
five
six
and
two
zero
zero.
Three
six.
Six
today
is
the
legislative
package
to
invest
in
affordable
homes,
community
economic
development
and
job
creation.
D
Philadelphia
desperately
needs
action
to
stimulate
economic
activity
to
recover
from
the
devastating
impact
of
covid
on
our
local
economy.
That
action
also
must
be
equitable
and
center
recovery
strategies
on
attacking
the
inequality
that
has
led
to
people
of
color
in
philadelphia
being
the
hardest
hit
by
shutdowns
job
losses
and
the
health
crisis
of
covid.
D
While
some
may
tell
you
that
the
development
impact
tax
will
hurt
economic
activity,
you
must
remember
that
the
activities
these
funds
will
support
will
create
economic
activity
for
the
people
and
places
that
have
been
hurt,
the
most
by
covid
and
its
impacts.
The
work
that
cdc's
across
philadelphia
do
on
these
activities
and
have
done
over
the
last
28
years
has
led
to
a
5.4
billion
dollar
economic
impact
in
philadelphia,
including
an
added
18
million
dollars
every
single
year
for
our
schools.
D
This
included,
building
new,
affordable
homes,
repairing
and
preserving
existing
affordable
homes,
improving
our
neighborhood
commercial
corridors
and
supporting
small
businesses.
These
investments
build
wealth
and
opportunity
for
neighborhood
residents
again,
particularly
people
of
color
that
have
too
long
been
denied
access
to
these
critical
opportunities.
D
We
continue
to
call
on
council
to
dedicate
at
least
a
quarter
of
those
funds
to
support
our
corridor
at
the
other.
Affordable
homes
create
an
advisory
committee
with
community
representation
and
work
with
the
building
trade
unions
to
bring
down
the
cost
of
construction
for
projects
funded
with
these
and
other
public
subsidies.
We
applaud
council
for
taking
this
bold
move
to
support
our
communities
during
this
unprecedented
crisis.
Nothing
less
than
bold
is
necessary
to
create
a
more
equitable
philadelphia.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify.
D
D
I
hope
there
is
a
common
determination
to
do
this,
as
so
many
of
you
are
also
aging
and
will
find
that.
However,
generous
your
salaries
are,
your
purchasing
ability
during
the
retirement
will
continue
to
dwindle.
All
the
days
of
your
lives,
you
will
not
be
able
to
compete
with
the
higher
salaries
of
youthful
workers
that
will
be
when
you'll
see
the
quality
of
your
life
eroded.
Please
do
not
pass
these
bills
and
generate
other
bills
that
ensure
homeowners,
the
stability
for
all
ages
of
residents.
Thank
you
and
I
appreciate
your
attention.
D
Yes,
my
name
is
zachary
lewis,
hello,
everyone.
I
am
executive
director
of
disabled
announcement,
a
local
grassroots
advocacy
group
run
and
controlled
by
people
with
disabilities
and
allies.
I'm
a
proud,
motivated
organizer
with
adapt,
adapt
for
just
about
15
years,
or
so
I'm
also
a
consumer
who
receives
home
and
community-based
services
through
the
department
of
health
and
human
services,
which
allows
me
to
live
independently
in
the
community,
and
thank
god
for
that.
I
know
and
understand
that
I've
just
named
a
bunch
of
different
titles
and
I
get
it.
I
wear
a
lot
of
hats.
D
H
D
This
equals
to
about
14
000
a
year
or
less
most
of
the
disability
community
lives
on
18
of
the
average
median
income,
which
is
extremely
low
income.
These
various
government
funded
income
streams
are
critical
for
people
that
look
like
me
being
a
part
of
philadelphia
coalition
for
affordable
communities
with
something
delight
really
into.
I
believe
the
same
goes
their
strength
and
numbers.
D
With
this
tremendous
amount
of
support.
Together,
we
have
developed
a
strong,
philadelphia
housing
trust
fund,
I'm
here
to
testify
in
favor
for
the
bill.
Two:
zero
zero
five,
five
six
with
this
ordinance,
it
would
allow
for
the
philadelphia
housing
trust
fund
to
receive
a
one
percent
tax
on
all
construction
in
philadelphia.
I
am
in
favor
of
detecting
because
it
allows
for
development
without
displacement
throughout
neighborhoods
in
philadelphia.
D
This
newly
generated
fund
would
allow
the
philadelphia
housing
trust
fund
the
ability
to
for
accessible,
affordable,
integrated
housing.
This
is
an
option
for
renters
and
the
sale
of
housing
units
in
philadelphia,
two
philadelphians
who
desire
to
become
homeowners,
the
one
percent
construction
tax,
but
also
fund
people
that
are
dying
in
nursing
facilities.
People
that
are
in
nursing
facilities
are
lacking.
The
resources
needed
to
transition
out
into
the
community
and
these
disabled
people
are
in
need
of
home
modification
and
accessible
equipment
that
would
allow
them
to
gain
their
independence
and
live
in
the
community.
Listen.
A
D
D
D
I
am
here
as
the
senior
advisor
for
the
district
attorney
on
policy
and
galaxy
and
I'm
reading
a
statement
from
him
good
morning.
Council
members,
I'm
here
today
to
stand
in
support
of
the
black
worker
banner
bill
package:
two:
zero,
zero,
five,
five:
seven:
two:
zero:
zero,
five,
five,
nine
and
two
zero
zero.
Five
six.
Three.
D
I
stand
with
you
not
only
because
these
bills
are
anti-poverty
measures,
but
they're
also
gun
violence,
prevention,
members
measures,
the
dao
believes
the
best
way
to
fight
for
to
fight
crime
is
more
jobs,
economic
opportunity,
education,
summer
programs,
building
communities
and
rec
centers.
We
believe
that
the
best
gun,
violence
prevention
measures
are
measures
that
send
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
back
to
the
community
each
year
to
build
up
the
things
that
give
you
hope
and
make
them
believe
that
they
have
a
future.
D
F
D
Highest
levels
of
gun,
violence
in
our
city
are
the
poorest
sections
of
philadelphia.
We
are
still
the
poorest
big
city
in
this
country,
with
nearly
four
hundred
thousand
people
living
in
poverty
and
about
two
hundred
thousand
living
in
deep
poverty.
If
we
reduce
poverty
and
reduce
gun
violence
and
the
movement,
hello,
the
efforts
and
the
movements,
the
efforts
of
the
movement
for
change-
have
have
taken
workers
as
little
as
2.50
an
hour
and
have
increased
their
salaries
as
much
as
15
to
20
to
20
an
hour.
D
It
is
during
this
cold
cobit
time
that
all
of
these
workers,
most
of
these
workers,
have
suffered
great
job
loss.
I
applaud
the
sponsors,
the
council,
members
gin,
johnson,
thomas
and
co-sponsors
parker
henan
jones,
gilmore
richardson,
brooks
gaultier,
keone
sanchez
and
clark
on
these
bills
and
making
preventive
strikes
and
telling
are
these
financial
institutions
these
hedge
funds?
You
can't
undermine
our
work
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
D
B
D
My
name
is
dominique
howe
and
I
am
an
independent
living
specialist
at
liberty
resources,
the
leading
center
for
independent
living
in
philadelphia
liberty
resources
is
also
a
member
of
the
philadelphia
coalition
for
affordable
communities.
Early
resources
has
existed
for
nearly
four
decades
and
is
run
by
people
with
disabilities.
We
advocate
for
people
with
disabilities
to
have
equal
and
affordable
accessible
housing
in
philadelphia.
D
We
have
been
working
on
making
the
housing
trust
fund,
one
that
meets
our
city
needs
for
over
20
years.
We
live
in
a
city
where
half
of
this
residents
are
renters,
where
16
percent
of
people
are
disabled
and
many
are
on
fixed
incomes,
making
anywhere
between
738
and
1200
a
month.
This
equals
to
14
000
a
year
or
less
as
the
population
grows.
They
continue
to
be
understand.
Our
coalition
and
our
members
organizations
continue
to
fight
for
affordable
housing
for
this
growing
population.
D
A
D
Morning,
yes,
good
morning,
chairman
clark,
members
of
council,
my
name
is
brendan
lynch,
I'm
an
attorney
with
the
employment
unit
at
community
legal
services.
I'm
testifying
today
to
urge
you
to
support
bill
200-479,
to
amend
the
fair
criminal
records,
screening
standards
ordinance
and
our
in
my
work
in
my
college
work
we've
seen
the
need
were
improvements
to
the
law
and
this
bill.
This
amendment
would
make
two
important
changes
number
one.
It
would
expand
the
law
from
covering
only
job
applicants
to
covering
current
employees.
D
There
are
many
many
situations
where
people
come
to
us,
because
they've
been
thrown
out
of
a
job
that
they
had
already
shown.
They
have
the
ability
to
do
because
a
new
background
check
was
done
after
they
had
started
the
job.
The
current
text
of
the
ordinance
does
not
cover
them,
but
with
this
amendment
it
would
cover
people
in
that
situation
and
they
would,
as
they
ought
to
receive,
would
receive
the
same
protections
as
people
applying
initially
to
get
a
job.
The
bill
would
also
expand
the
law
to
cover
independent
contractors
and
gig
workers.
D
This
is
a
huge
and
growing
sector
of
the
economy.
For
our
fellow
philadelphians
and
many
people
are
finding
that
they
are
being
excluded
from
these
jobs
due
to
their
records,
including
old
or
minor
records.
The
ban,
the
box
ordinance
as
as
the
ordinance
is
known,
has
always
served
to
try
to
weed
out
some
very
common
forms
of
bias.
First
of
all,
the
results
of
the
criminal
justice
system
are
not
neutral.
D
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
we
have
not
heard
in
the
nine
years
that
van
the
box
has
been
on
the
law
and
philadelphia.
We
haven't
heard
any
important
problems
with
the
bill.
If
those
people
conclusions
about
the
bill
would
come
forward
with
evidence
of
problems.
This
amendment
would
be
the
third
amendment
in
nine
years.
There
can
be
a
fourth,
if
necessary.
D
If
people
come
forward
with
actual
evidence,
that's
causing
problems,
we
certainly
would
not
want
to
see
any
concerns
about
safety
or
employee
suitability
and
philadelphia,
but
we
have
not
heard
those
problems
and
our
office
is
confident
that
we
will
not
with
these
amendments
until
we
urge
city
council
to
adopt
them.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for.
D
I
am
leonard
bennett,
the
pennsylvania
state
director
of
phi
beta
sigma
tunnel
corporation
on
behalf
of
the
international
president,
michael
crystal
and
eastern
regional
director,
joe
ruiz.
I
would
like
to
thank
city
council
for
considering
this
resolution.
I
appreciate
the
actions
of
council
member
silver,
catherine
gilmore
richardson,
dear
green.
D
Recognizing
and
honoring,
and
congratulating
five
days
fraternity,
incorporated
on
his
107th
founders
day,
fire
battery
similar
fraternity
was
founded
at
howard
university
on
january
9,
1914
by
honorable,
a
langston
keller,
lynette
morrison,
charge
brown.
This
means
five
data.
Sigma
just
says
our
sister
organization,
zeta
phi
beta,
had
a
philadelphia
as
one
of
his
founding
members
founder
charles
guy
brown,
lived
and
worked
in
the
philadelphia
until
his
death
in
1981.,
our
motter.
D
Jordan,
harris
judge,
virgil,
walker
from
germany,
county,
the
philadelphia,
philly
and
howard.
These
are
members
of
pennsylvania.
I
mean
these
are
certain
members
of
five
beta
sigma
that
you
might
know
of
so
on
behalf
of
all
cygnus
and
the
state
of
pennsylvania,
from
indiana
university
from
pennsylvania
university
from
pittsburgh.
D
A
D
D
A
D
D
A
B
D
This
is
madeline
chacumba,
I'm
representing
north
of
washington
avenue,
and
I'm
talking
about
bill
number
two:
zero,
zero.
Three,
six,
six
on
the
abatement
deal.
Okay,
can
I
finish?
Yeah?
Okay,
I
want
you
to.
I
want
the
people
to
philadelphia.
Remember
these
names.
These
are
the
city
council,
people
who
are
supporting
this
bill
and
are
against
the
full
funding
of
our
education
for
our
children,
councilman
clark,
henan
field
base
baskets
parker,
o
johnson
jones
and
councilman.
D
Oh,
they
voted
in
committee
hearing
to
continue
the
gentrification
of
our
neighborhood,
the
continued
underfunding
of
our
school,
the
education
of
our
children.
Today
they
lump
all
the
bills
together,
forcing
members
to
ascend
to
approval,
even
though
many
in
committee
have
expressed
opposition
to
this
bill,
stop
abatements
and
restore
full
education
funding
to
our
schools.
We
beg
city
council,
not
prepare
200-366,
and
this
is
parents.
We
beg
the
marriage
of
veto,
stop
destroying
our
children.
Mental
develop,
provide
good
education
decent
building.
Yes,
I'm
on
the
phone
and
teaches
to
our
children.
D
Our
children
are
entitled
to
this
hello
and
starter
baby's,
a
full
funding
of
education.
This
is
predominantly
composed
of
people
of
color.
For
the
past
20
years,
who
have
supported
abatement
and
underfunded,
killing
the
education
of
children
who
are
predominantly
children
of
color,
we
beg
the
city
to
support
our
children
and
the
people
of
this
city,
who
are
predominantly
people
of
color.
Our
schools
are
deteriorating,
our
children,
like
books
and
other
needed
supplies
teachers
are
don't
have
to
go
in
their
pocket
to
pay
for
it.
D
Many
of
the
parents
have
to
rejoin
their
skilled
kids
from
public
schools
and
place
them
in
charter
schools
and
if
they
can
afford
it,
they
put
them
in
private
schools.
Coastline
has
added
another
layer
of
destruction
in
our
education,
and
yet
our
city
council
sit
up
there
ready
to
pass
an
abatement
bill
to
suddenly
deny
the
education
of
money
for
our
children
and
in
2017
they
passed
a
sugar
attack,
putting
an
extra
burden
on
the
poor
to
pay
for
peace,
kids,
okay,
education
for
their
children,
why
we
have
abatement
money?
D
Okay,
remember,
city,
council
members
already
mentioned,
because
in
2023
we
need
to
have
an
election
year,
and
would
you
throw
these
people
out
if
they
vote
for
this
bill,
we
cannot
dazzle
and
continue
to
de-educate.
Our
children
and
to
support
developers
who
are
in
the
process
of
gentrifying
is
that
what
city
council
is
trying
to
do
gentrify
us
out
of
our
homes
and
reduce
the
education
of
our
children,
the
jobs
that
were
created,
our
children
can't
even
afford
to
get
because
they
are
under
educated
and
they
do
not
qualify.
D
A
D
Go
ahead.
Okay,
I
believe
that
this
bill
the
bateman
bill.
This
is
about
favoring
developers,
okay
and
and
you're-
really
manipulating
the
community
with
this,
because
the
reality
is,
if
you
go
to
and
I'd
like
the
public
to
go
to
civic
design
review
which
is
taking
place
today,
you
have
over
eight
projects
trolling
over
3
51
residential
unions
coming
in.
We
have
one
being
held
today
at
1100
market
rate
units
at
broader
washington
avenue.
We
have
another
one
at
1100
at
on
hancock
street
for
1100.
D
We
are
being
out
bill
at
this
particular
point.
Do
you
think
that
these
developers,
who
are
building
large
development
like
this,
should
get
a
10-year
tax
debate
a
full?
Or
should
they
start
should
they
get
one
at
all?
We're
saying
do
not
vote
for
this
they're,
not
talking
about
the
small
developer.
These
are
large
developers
coming
in
building
400
units
300
units.
D
Then
you
want
to
cover
this
up
with
trickery,
with
the
1
construction
tax,
we're
being
out
bill,
we
need
an
inclusionary
bill.
If
you're
going
to
shop
mixed
income
housing
to
us,
then
let's
be
mixed:
income
housing.
If
you're
doing
something
for
1100
1100
units,
then
400
should
be
for
a
lot
of
for
affordable
units.
Okay.
By
trying
to
get
that
money
for
construction
tax.
D
By
the
time
you
go
through
the
two-year
process
of
trying
to
build
a
house
or
build
affordable
housing,
we
will
be
out
there
and
at
this
point
we
have
more
market
rate
than
we
have
affordable.
This
is
when
these
bills
are
not
where
they're
at,
and
we
ask
you
to
vote.
No,
I'm
asking
councilman
johnson
for
his
area
to
vote
no
and
counselor.
Oh
okay,
and
then,
when
the
land
bank
wanted
one
to
sell
your
properties
at
195,
the
250
found
out
and
call
it
affordable,
that's
not
affordable!
D
D
D
Homeless
and
protection
for
low-income,
renters
and
homeowners,
certainly
jobs,
including
construction
jobs,
need
to
be
a
priority
as
well,
but
this
can
be
addressed
by
robust
investment
in
public
infrastructure
in
schools,
green
energy
and
affordable
housing,
investments
that
will
benefit
working
people.
This
is
in
stark
contrast
to
the
model
of
economic
development
embedded
in
the
10-year
abatement,
subsidize
corporations
and
rich
white
people
and
soak
and
hope
some
wealth
will
trickle
down
to
the
rest
of
us.
Please
vote
now
on
bill,
200
366..
D
D
D
D
Lifelong
residents
do
not
want
no
more
than
the
developers
and
the
newcomers
moving
in,
but
we
don't
want
less
equality
either.
I
implore
you,
in
the
interest
of
the
many
citizens
of
the
city,
to
unite
together
to
fairly
and
equally
support
the
hard-working
common
residents
who
have
supported
you
versus
the
privileged
drew.
D
D
My
name
is
tana
holiday
and
I'm
a
resident
of
west
philadelphia
and
a
former
educator.
I'm
speaking
to
you
today
to
ask
you
all
to
vote
no
on
bill.
200
366.
this
bill
would
delay
reforms
to
the
abatement
right
at
a
time
when
we
need
funds.
The
most
this
past
wednesday,
we
learned
that
federal
covid
released
funds
that
otherwise
would
have
gone
to
the
school
district
of
philadelphia
were
denied
to
us.
D
Due
to
the
republican
design
distribution
plan,
philly
should
have
received
330
million,
more
federal
dollars
of
school
funding,
and
then,
just
last
week,
teachers
and
staff
members
of
the
school
district
received
an
email
indicating
that
there
could
be
layoffs
in
the
future
board.
Members
have
mentioned
school
closures.
Schools
are
not
even
safe
to
have
students
and
teachers
back
in
them.
In
light
of
all
that
is
going
on
and
all
of
the
funds
that
we
need
and
have
not
yet
received
for
our
public
schools.
D
The
question
I
have
for
the
council
is:
if
you
will
act
to
support
students
and
teachers
over
developers
and
corporations.
You
have
likely
heard
that
development
developers
and
corporations
say
starting
reforms
now
is
harmful.
Due
to
the
unexpected
losses
they
have
experienced
because
of
covid,
these
are
large
developers
and
corporations.
So
I
would
ask
what
their
profits
were
in
previous
years
and
why
they
cannot
draw
from
the
profits
they
have
accrued
over
the
years
of
not
having
to
pay
taxes.
D
D
D
You
are
here
because
the
neighborhoods
and
the
districts
chose
you
to
help
them
fulfill
the
dreams
of
what
their
communities
can
do
to
stay
safe
and
inviting
collectively
you
have
agreed
to
work
as
a
body
to
do
for
them
and
the
rest
of
the
city.
East
park
and
west
park
are
the
front
yards
of
all
of
strawberry
mansion,
with
the
facing
historical,
significant
houses
on
33rd,
north
33rd
street
and
the
architectural
and
cultural
heritage
in
the
back
streets.
D
D
Now
we
remember
the
large
billboards
posted
in
bury
town
by
developers
announcing
boldly
it's
our
turn
now,
referring
to
the
new
arrivals
to
the
north
philadelphia
neighborhood,
I
say
to
you:
we
never
got
our
turn
to
rebuild
our
community.
Now
the
philadelphia
city
planning
commission
gives
the
recommendation
for
you
to
move
this
bill
forward.
Thank
you
for
them.
D
D
A
D
E
E
Yes,
thank
you.
We're
we're
asking
you
to
try
to
keep
my
remarks
brief.
We're
asking
you
to
pass
bill.
Two:
zero,
zero,
five,
five
six,
the
one
percent
construction
impact
tax,
as
it
will
infuse
our
housing
trust
fund
with
millions
of
dollars
that
our
community
desperately
needs
for
the
development
of
affordable
housing.
E
We
know
that
the
economic
impact
of
this
pandemic
will
be
felt
for
by
our
most
vulnerable
communities
for
many
years.
It
will
be
a
long
time
before
our
city
recovers
economically,
but
this
bill
and
the
infusion
of
cash
into
the
housing
trust
fund
will
help
cushion
the
impact
of
ours
for
our
city's
low-wage
workers,
seniors
living
in
unsafe
conditions
and
and
moderate-income
families
that
want
to
stay
in
the
city
and
pay
their
fair
share
of
property
and
wage
taxes.
E
E
Of
workers
as
one
of
the
causes
of
unpaid
employer
wage
tax
and
therefore
one
of
the
barriers
to
various
tax
exemptions
that
this
language
unfairly
targets,
unoperated
immigrants
for
exclusion
from
jobs
that
they
already
hold
and
from
economic
opportunity.
We
sympathize
and
agree
with
the
council's
effort
to
combat
the
scourge
of
non
non-tax,
paying
developers
who
are
making
big
bucks
at
the
expense
of
our
city.
However,
this
bill
would
have
the
unintended
effect
of
scapegoating
immigrant
workers,
contrary
to
popular
belief.
E
These
folks
contribute
mightily
to
the
city's
well-being
since
2006
sava
alone
and
we're
a
small
organization
have
prepared,
helped
prepare
more
than
2
000
tax
returns
for
taxpayers
with
items
resulting
in
millions
of
dollars
paid
in
federal
state
and
local
income
taxes.
These
folks
are
more
than
willing
to
pay
their
fair
share,
even
when
they
are
being
paid
cash
or
as
independent
contractors,
because
it
is
the
right
thing
to
do.
Please
reconsider
the
wording
of
this
bill.
Thank
you
for
your
attention.
Thank
you.
So.
D
Diane
wilson,
I
am
the
state
director
for
the
commonwealth
of
pennsylvania
of
zeta
phi
beta
sorority,
incorporated
on
behalf
of
our
international
president,
regional
director,
the
members
of
the
commonwealth
of
pennsylvania
and
especially
all
the
members
in
philadelphia.
I
come
to
speak
on
behalf
of
resolution
200-685,
the
resolution
recognizing
honoring
and
congratulating
zeta
phi
beta
sorority,
incorporated
on
its
101st
founders
day.
You
can
read
the
history
and
accomplishments
of
our
organization,
as
expressed
in
the
resolution,
but
I
am
an
educator
by
trade,
so
I'm
naturally
inquisitive.
D
So
I
ask
myself
what
is
so
special
about
the
number
101
well
in
college.
101
represents
beginning
in
any
area.
101
courses
teach
all
the
basic
principles
and
concepts
that
are
expected
in
a
particular
field.
Just
like
the
101
courses.
Zeta
has
stayed
true
to
our
basic
principles
of
scholarship,
service,
sisterhood
and
finer
womanhoods
and
mathematics.
D
101
is
the
26th
prime
number,
as
we
all
remember,
from
elementary
school.
Prime
numbers
are
natural
numbers
that
cannot
be
broken
down
into
smaller
numbers.
Just
like
prime
numbers.
Zeta
phi
beta,
sorority
incorporated,
has
stood
strong
and
never
broken
through
depression,
jim
crow
segregation
and
today's
racial
unrest
in
english
101
is
a
palindrome,
which
means
it
reads
the
same
backwards
as
forward
zeta.
Five
beta
sorority
incorporated
holds
on
to
our
traditions.
D
I
D
D
The
philadelphia
graduate
chapter
wishes
to
thank
our
star
wars,
catherine
gilmore
richardson,
sponsor
of
this
bill,
our
councilman
kenyatta,
johnson,
council
members,
barry
green
and
sorel
parker
co-sponsors
and
all
members
of
council
for
allowing
us
to
be
a
service
to
your
constituents
and
for
consideration
of
this
resolution.
Thank
you.
B
D
Thank
you.
My
name
is
daniel
trubman
t-r-u-p-m-a-n,
and
I'm
calling
today
to
testify
against
two
zero
zero
six
one,
three,
the
overlay
legislation
for
strawberry
mansion.
I
thought
my
colleague
ben.
She
made
a
lot
of
great
points,
but
I
just
wanted
to
testify
and
reiterate
two
points.
The
first
being
a
conservation
district
by
definition,
should
focus
on
maintaining
what
already
exists
and
and
emphasize
continuity.
D
But
when
we
look
at
the
micromanagement
requirements
of
this
new
nco,
we
see
that
their
requirements
are
so
strict
that
scores
and
scores
of
houses
within
the
district
would
actually
not
meet
those
requirements.
So
I
would
ask
council
what
does
continuity
really
mean
if
many
of
the
houses
within
the
district
would
not
actually
meet
those
requirements?
This
isn't
about
continuity,
but
actually
forcing
new
requirements.
D
There
are
scores
of
buildings
that
would
not
meet
because
they
don't
have
porches
or
they
have
the
wrong
type
of
porches
or
their
houses
are
slightly
too
high
or
they
have
slightly
wrong
kind
of
materials.
So
this
isn't
really
a
conservation
district.
This
is
just
a
down
zoning
bill
which
gets
me
to
my
other
point.
I
would
ask
council
to
realize
that
the
best
way
the
city
can
set
these
development
standards
is
through
a
citywide
process.
This
is
a
comprehensive
plan.
D
D
My
name
is
jihad
ali.
I
want
to
give
testimony
on
bill
two
zero,
zero.
Six
one,
three,
I'm
asking
council
to
support,
approve
this
bill.
I
support
the
council
president
in
presenting
this
bill,
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
the
hard
work
of
the
strawberry
mansion
council
in
putting
this
coalition
and
bringing
this
bill
forward,
as
some
of
the
neighbors
have
testified.
D
This
has
been
an
ongoing
fight
to
maintain
this
area.
This
is
one
of
the
hardest
areas
impact
by
gentrification.
We
never
mentioned
that.
So
I
think
that
this
is
a
great
step
in
the
right
direction.
This
is
one
of
several
once
this
has
passed.
This
will
be
one
of
several
overlay
districts
throughout
philadelphia,
but
I
think
this
is
the
first
one
in
an
african-american,
predominantly
community.
So
I
would-
and
I
would
ask
all
you
council
members-
to
support
the
council
president
and
and
respect
the
people
in
that
neighborhood.
D
I
also
like
to
testify
and
bill
number
two:
zero
zero.
Five.
Five
six
on
the
one
percent
tax.
I
think
that's
a
great
bill.
I
think
it'll
do
a
lot
to
increase
the
aggressive
expansion
of
opportunities
for
minorities
and
workers
and
business.
I
think
it'll
do
thousands
of
units
on
affordable
housing.
I
think
the
caution
is
that
we
make
like
you
said:
council
councilwoman
parker.
We
can't
wait
for
other
people
to
do
anything
for
us.
D
We
have
to
do
it
for
ourselves,
but
we
also
have
to
ensure
that
we're
protected
and
we
receive
the
benefit
from
this
stuff.
Too
often,
even
you
as
council,
you
make
the
assumption
that
all
the
work
go
to
workers
from
philadelphia
union
union
workers
philadelphia,
but
that's
not
the
case.
What
we
found
out
is
punjab,
predominantly
outside
the
area,
so
we
need
to
make
sure
that
philadelphians
participate
in
this
and
particularly
african
american,
particularly
to
participate,
including
african-american
developers.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
C
D
My
name
is
benita
cummings
and
I
am
the
director
of
the
mansion
community
concerned,
testifying
on
bill
number
200
613.
to
further
support
strawberry
mansion
stands
and
our
concerns.
I
would
like
this
body
to
listen
basically
to
the
following
contest:
in
1988,
elliot
jaspin,
author
of
the
book
buried
in
the
bitter
waters,
the
hidden
history
of
racial
cleansing
in
america
was
visiting
berryville
arkansas
when
he
realized
that,
after
several
days
of
being
there,
he
had
not
seen
one
african-american
while
touring
about
and
visiting
the
town's
museum.
D
Jaspin
came
upon
the
will
of
a
farmer
who
owned
slaves
during
the
period
right
before
the
civil
war
wedged
in
between
the
lines
for
livestock
and
land
were
five
slaves
to
be
given
away.
Surely
this
was
an
indication
that
there
should
be
a
present-day
black
african-american
population
in
that
town.
However,
there
were
no
black
people
in
sight.
D
So
the
question
remains:
will
this
body
of
city
council
support
the
residential
store
every
mansion
with
not
only
being
allowed
to
have
a
voice
in
shaping
their
own
communities,
but
also
and
not
allowing
the
process
of
racial
cleansing
to
start
sprouting
its
roots
in
this
historical
area?
If
gone
unchecked,
the
african-american
population,
the
strawberry
mansion,
will
have
declined
by
50
to
60
percent
and
a
few
short
years
under
the
guise
of
development.
D
The
process
of
buy
right
expulsion
of
residential
recreational
cleansing
of
neighborhoods
must
stop,
and
this
bill
does
a
good
job
of
addressing
and
negating
some
of
the
strategies
and
tactics
that
are
consistently
being
used
to
affect
force
migration
and
racial
cleansing.
So
we
appreciate
your
support
of
bill
number
200
six
months
away.
A
D
That
character
is
currently
under
assault
with
the
by-right
zoning
options
that
afford
developers
the
right
to
build
with
little
to
no
input
from
the
community
as
the
strawberry
mansion
community
development
corporation
aims
to
preserve
our
neighborhood
and
what
we
know
as
strawberry
mansion.
We
worked
diligently
with
a
coalition
of
block
captains,
rtos
long-term
concerned
residents
and
community-based
organizations
to
see
we
seek
relief
to
preserve
the
character
of
our
community.
D
It's
imperative
that
the
by-right
plans
of
developers
who
have
admittedly
devised
neighborhood
plans
without
the
neighborhood
be
disrupted.
Now
we
did
the
work.
Now
we
ask
for
your
support
to
strengthen
our
voice
by
passing
the
strawberry
mansion
nco
bill
number:
two:
zero:
zero,
six
one:
three!
Thank
you!
Councilwoman
parker
for
introducing
this
bill
on
behalf
of
city
council
president
donald
clark,
who
we
especially
thank
for
his
commitment
to
honor
our
work
and
supporting
our
goal
to
preserve
strawberry
mansion.
D
A
D
D
Your
support
in
requesting
that
the
archdiocese
of
philadelphia
speak
with
the
board
and
alumni,
as
well
as
student
families
and
all
stakeholders.
Regarding
the
recent
announcement
of
closures
of
john
w
hallahan
catholic
girls,
high
school
and
bishop
mcdevitt
high
school
during
the
time
of
covet,
it
is
the
disgrace
for
the
archdiocese
to
make
these
decisions
without
consultation
from
those
in
the
school
community.
D
I
ask
that
you
support
this
bill,
which
has
been
brought
forth
by
councilwoman,
richardson
and
all
supporters,
because
we
need
to
support
our
students,
as
this
impacts
the
students
of
the
philadelphia,
especially
the
northwest
regions
in
reference
to
bishop
mcdevitt,
as
well
as
other
areas
of
philadelphia
reference
to
holland.
Thank
you.
A
A
D
A
proud
board
member
and
a
proud
alum
of
1987.,
my
catholic
education
contin
continued
from
bachelor's
master's
and
phd
in
all
catholic
universities.
My
daughter
is
a
graduate
of
class
of
2010
and
is
also
working
on
a
phd
in
engineering.
My
daughter
and
I
were
able
to
increase
our
level
of
education
due
to
hallahan's
educational
foundation.
D
Halahan
has
always
offered
a
stellar
education.
My
daughter
received
450
000
worth
of
scholarships
for
her
endeavors.
As
a
single
mother,
I
could
have
never
afforded
the
universities
my
daughter
attended.
It
was
because
of
halahan
that
my
daughter
felt
the
sisterhood
that
she
could
focus
on
her
study.
D
D
They
are
overwhelmingly
male
and
caucasian.
They
do
not
look
like
the
women
they
abandoned
and
cast
aside
in
the
midst
of
the
national
reckoning
on
race
and
gender
equity,
the
archdiocese
has
made
its
own
death
decision
to
cut
off
an
accessible
all-girls
educational
option
which
attracts
girls
of
every
race,
socioeconomic
status,
ethnicity
and
creed.
A
D
A
D
Night
kelly,
sorry,
I'm
zoe
kelly,
I'm
here
for
resolution,
200
683,
I'm
a
senior
at
john
w,
hallihan
and
also
student
council
class.
President
callahan
was
the
first
catholic
school
in
the
country
and
has
been
a
second
home
for
girls
all
across
the
city
of
philadelphia
for
over
100
years
school.
I'm
sorry!
For
over
100
years.
The
school
is
a
melting
pot
of
diversity
and
does
not
deserve
to
be
shut
down.
D
D
D
D
How
can
I
stress
the
impact
that
my
halahan
education
has
had
on
my
life
and
the
lives
of
over
40
000
women
from
every
zip
code
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
for
more
than
20
years?
120
years,
callahan
continues
its
tradition
of
educating
women
alumni
of
this
great
institution
leave
with
a
solid
christian
foundation,
grounded
in
faith
so
necessary
in
these
unprecedented
times
opportunity
for
social
mobility.
John
w
halligan
prepares
women
to
enter
higher
education
with
scholarships
or
careers,
fully
armed
for
success,
empowered
to
change
locally,
nationally
or
global
issues.
D
My
career
spans,
35
plus
years
in
higher
education.
I
currently
provide
access
and
affordability
to
higher
education
at
lincoln
university.
I
owe
part
of
my
success
to
the
solid
foundation
of
a
christian
education
generally
and
john
w
hallahan.
Specifically,
therefore,
I
am
in
full
support
of
resolution
200
683
to
keep
john
w
hallingham
catholic
girls
high
school
open.
D
D
Hello,
hello,
council,
president
clark
and
council
members:
my
name
is
mary
beth
driscoll
and
I'm
speaking
in
support
of
resolution,
two
zero
zero,
six,
eight
three.
We
very
much
appreciate
councilwoman
richardson's
sponsorship
and
all
of
your
support,
I'm
a
proud
alum
and
I've
served
on
the
board
of
bishop
mcdevitt
for
nine
years.
We,
the
board
and
the
entire
school
community,
were
shocked
by
the
sudden
announcement
by
the
archdiocese
of
philadelphia
and
faith
in
the
future
foundation.
We
were
completely
blindsided
and
there
was
zero
transparency
in
this
process.
D
D
We
ask
archbishop
perez
the
archdiocese
of
philadelphia
and
faith
in
the
future
to
reverse
this
wrong-headed
and
short-sighted
decision,
because
we
all
have
to
ask
which
catholic
high
school
is.
Next
again,
we
appreciate
council
support
of
this
extremely
important
resolution.
200
683.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
D
Hi,
my
name
is
kylie
monahan,
a
proud
member
of
the
class
of
2022
at
john
w
halligan.
Thank
you
for
hearing
me
out
today
and
especially
thank
you
to
councilwoman
catherine
gilmore
richardson
for
bringing
resolution
200-683
before
you,
I'm
involved
with
a
variety
of
different
clubs
and
activities.
I'm
a
part
of
the
golf
team
where
we
won
the
pcl
and
the
district
title
in
2018,
the
cheer
team,
the
book
and
film
club
and
ambassadors,
where
we
work
together
as
a
community
to
bring
girls
to
our
amazing
school.
D
My
proudest
achievement
at
john
w
halligan
is
being
one
of
the
pilot
students
for
the
100
step
program.
The
joint
program
with
the
community
college
of
philadelphia
allows
me,
as
well
as
eight
of
my
peers
in
the
junior
class
to
graduate
hallian
with
our
associate's
degree
in
hand.
By
taking
away
our
school.
You
are
not
only
separating
our
family,
but
making
us
lose
out
on
an
amazing
opportunity
for
multiple
students
now,
but
for
more
students
to
come
by
not
graduating
from
halian
me
and
other
ccp.
D
Girls
will
not
be
able
to
complete
the
program
and
obtain
our
associate's
degree
that
we
have
worked
so
hard
to
earn.
We
are
just
a
couple
of
credits
away
from
graduation
and
this
can't
be
the
end
you're
making
this
hard
for
everyone,
especially
the
junior
class.
You
are
erasing
everything
we
have
worked
so
hard
for.
In
the
past
three
years,
we
have
evolved
to
proper
young
women,
and
you
are
now
closing
the
doors
to
a
world
of
tradition
and
sisterhood.
D
Our
tradition
stayed
all
the
way
back
to
1950
when
walt
disney
himself
wrote
a
letter
giving
us
permission
to
use
mickey
mouse
as
our
mascot
in
1969,
the
first
ever
iconic
fountain
jump
was
born.
We
also
have
an
amazing
calhoun
bay
that
continues
to
grow
every
year
and
brightens
up
the
atmosphere.
Callahan
is
a
family
that
continues
to
grow,
we'll
be
able
to
follow
in
my
footsteps
and
make
mickey
proud.
Thank
you.
D
Yes,
good
afternoon
good
morning,
my
name
is
tim
spies
of
sighted.
I
am
the
board
chair
of
fisher
mcdevitt,
high
school
and
they've
served
in
this
capacity
for
nearly
30
years.
As
mary
beth
pointed
out,
this
announcement
by
the
archdiocese
was
very
sudden,
abrupt,
unexpected
and
also
occurred.
As
we
were
in
the
process.
We
just
concluded,
bringing
on
an
additional
nine
board
members
to
help
manage
and
run
our
school
and
to
bring
it
forward,
which
gave
us
a
full
complement
of
nearly
19
board
members.
D
D
Our
school
has
been
in
existence
in
the
community
since
1958,
which
represents
62
years
of
educating
families,
children
of
faith,
and
we
view
that
as
our
mission
and
we
want
to
continue
that
mission.
We
also
recognize
hallahan
here
with
us.
Today,
john
w
hallahan
they've
been
in
existence
for
120
years.
D
These
two
schools
collectively
have
nearly
200
years
of
service
and
want
to
continue.
As
such
a
couple
of
other
points.
We've
invested
much
in
our
school.
We
have
a
functioning
science
lab
stem
lab.
We've
done
a
lot
to
invest
in
the
curriculum,
we're
also
looking
at
a
joint
venture
presently
as
a
part
of
the
announcement
with
arcadia
university
and
we're
looking
for
time
to
reinvigorate
the
school.
D
A
D
A
I
would
ask
mr
decker
to
please
read
the
titles
of
all
the
resolutions
on
the
consent
agenda
after
each
title
is
read.
Any
member
may
object
to
the
conclusion
of
the
resolution
on
the
resolution
consent
agenda
upon
such
an
objection
without
debate.
The
resolution
will
be
immediately
removed
from
the
resolution
consent
agenda
and
placed
on
today's
regular
final
passes
calendar.
B
Resolution
number:
two:
zero:
zero:
six:
seven:
nine
inside
of
the
resolution
recognizing
congratulating
and
honoring
state
representative
joanna
mcclinton,
194th
state
house
district
on
being
elected
by
her
peers
to
serve
as
the
democratic
caucus
leader
making
her
the
house
minority
leader,
as
well
as
the
first
woman
of
any
race
or
ethnicity,
to
serve
in
this
capacity
in
the
general
assembly
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero,
six,
eight
zero.
I
touted
a
resolution
declaring
each
friday
in
december
of
2020
as
shop
black
business
friday
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
B
Six:
eight
two
inside
of
the
resolution
approving
the
appointment
of
ishmael
shaheed
as
a
board
of
the
board
of
commissioners
of
the
philippia
housing
authority
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
Six,
eight
four
inside
of
resolution
recognizing
honoring
and
congratulating
phi
beta,
sigma
fraternity,
incorporated
on
its
107th
founder's
day
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero:
six,
eight
five
and
total
of
resolution
recognizing
honoring
and
congratulating
zeta
phi
beta
sorority,
incorporated
on
its
101st
father's
day
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
B
Six:
eight
six
inside
of
the
resolution
honoring
the
life
and
legacy
of
philadelphia,
labor
leader
james
moran
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
Six,
eight
nine
inside
of
our
solution
to
proving
the
redevelopment
contract
of
the
philadelphia
redevelopment
authority
for
the
redevelopment
of
urban
manual
of
a
portion
of
the
west
parkside
urban
renewal
area
identified
by
house
number
and
street
address
as
1728
north
51st
street
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
B
Six
nine
one
inside
of
the
resolution
also
naming
24th
street
between
wharton
street
and
reed
street's
dorothy
allen
way
to
honor
the
life
and
legacy
of
dorothy
d
allen
on
resolution
number:
two:
zero:
zero:
six:
nine
two
inside
of
the
resolution
also
naming
the
eighteen
hundred
block
of
wharton
street
as
walter
p,
lomax,
jr
md
way
to
recognize
honor
and
celebrate
dr
walter
p
lomax
jr
for
his
leadership.
Dedication,
philanthropy
and
support
of
black
philanthropies
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
B
A
I
C
A
Thank
you,
second,
that
each
of
the
resolutions
on
the
consent
agenda
be
adopted
all
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
aye,
aye
aye
aye,
those
opposed
eyes
have
it,
and
each
of
the
resolutions
on
the
resolution
consent
agenda
has
been
adopted.
We
will
now
consider
today's
bill
consent
agenda.
I
would
ask
the
clerk
to
read
the
titles
of
all
the
bills
on
the
consent
agenda
and
after
each
title
is
read.
Any
member
may
object
to
the
inclusion
of
the
bill
on
the
consent
agenda.
A
B
Bill
number:
two:
zero:
zero.
Three,
eight
nine
I'm
taught
that
an
ordinance
continuing
the
mayfair
business
improvement
district
beyond
the
determination
date,
an
area
that
generally
includes
both
sides
of
frankfort
avenue
from
the
north
side
of
harveston
avenue
to
the
south
side
of
sheffield
street.
A
certain
box
of
streets
that
intersect
that
portion
of
frankfort
avenue,
for
which
the
mayfair
business
improvement
district
incorporated
a
pennsylvania
nonprofit
corporation,
is
the
neighborhood
improvement
district
management
association
for
the
district
and
both
number
two
zero
zero.
B
By
embedding
certain
provisions
of
chapter
14,
500
entitled
overlays
on
new
districts
by
creating
the
hvo
haverford
village
overlay
district
and
amending
the
philanthropies
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designations
of
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
wallace
street
36th
street,
mount
vernon
street
and
37th
street
and
build
number
two
zero.
Zero.
B
Funding
bill
number
two:
zero:
zero;
four
one:
three,
until
the
northern
submitting
section,
nine,
eleven
thirty
of
the
philippi
code
entitled
unlawful
credit
screening
practices
and
employment
by
revising
restrictions
and
bill
number
two:
zero:
zero,
five,
four
one
entitled
in
order
in
cementing
chapter
twenty
one:
fifteen
hundred
of
the
philadelphia
boards
and
commissions
public
deliberations
to
require
recording
up
or
transcription
of
certain
meetings
and
provisions.
The
public
have
access
to
such
recordings
and
transcriptions
and
bug
number
two:
zero:
zero;
six
one
four
and
cited
an
ordinance
amending
section:
nine.
B
My
number
two:
zero
zero
zero
eight
five
times
the
norton
is
establishing
a
no
parking
regulation
on
king
sessing
avenue
from
cemetery
avenue
to
south
62nd
street
and
the
number
two
zero
zero
zero.
Eight
six
inside
of
an
ordinance
establishing
a
no
parking
regulation
in
the
vicinity
of
cemetery.
King
session
avenues,
phone
number.
B
Number
number:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
seven
eight
inside
of
the
northeast,
authorizing
the
revision
of
lines
and
grades
in
a
portion
of
city
plan
number
4746s
by
striking
from
the
city
plan
and
vacating
penrose
ferry
road
from
penrose
avenue
to
its
terminus.
North
east
would
leave
their
problem
and
reserving
and
placing
on
the
city
planet
right
away
for
various
public
utility
purposes
within
the
lines
of
pen
and
rose
ferry
road
being
stricken
and
build
number
two:
zero.
B
Road
uptime
rose
avenue,
also
known
as
lanier
avenue
along
the
northern
side
of
penrose
avenue
and
center
median
at
penn
rose
avenue
at
its
intersection
of
the
northwesterly
service.
Road
uptown
roads
avenue,
also
known
as
lanier
avenue
and
26th
street
to
accommodate
various
intersection
improvements
above
number,
two:
zero,
zero,
five,
nine,
seven
and
thousand
annoyed
is
authorizing
the
paving
of
francis
harper
drive
from
pasadena
cabinet
to
pembrokes
avenue
pollock
street
from
south
2016
to
francis
harper,
drive
schuylkill
avenue
from
passenger
cabin
you're,
extending
northwesterly
and
northeasterly
to
a
cul-de-sac
and
fortune
way
from
bear
avenue.
B
Extending
southwesterly
to
a
cul-de-sac,
number
number:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
nine
eight
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
striking
city
plan,
numbers
40,
40
s,
47
s
and
48
s;
an
abandonment
of
a
certain
right
of
way
reserved
for
drainage
purposes,
located
along
the
former
hartford
street
west
of
26th
street
and
extending
westwardly
their
farm
to
the
schuylkill
river
and
build
number
two
zero
zero.
Six
two
six
and
started
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
region
of
lines
of
grades
on
a
portion
of
city
decline.
B
Number
238
by
relocating
the
southeasterly
house
line
and
curb
line
of
christopher
columbus
boulevard
from
washington
avenue
to
christian
street,
thereby
creating
a
more
uniform
right-of-way
width
and
continuous
footwear
area
or
said
christopher
columbus
boulevard
from
washington
avenue
to
christian
street
emblem
two:
zero:
zero;
six,
five
seven
and
taught
in
an
ordinance
amending
bill
number
zero
one:
zero.
Two:
six:
seven
entitled
an
ordinance
establishing
a
no
truck
market
regulation
on
lancaster
avenue
from
52nd
street
to
the
63rd
street.
B
Both
sides
to
include
an
established
tow
away
regulations,
four
trucks
on
lancaster
ave
from
52nd
street
to
63rd
street
both
sides
and
bill
number:
two:
zero:
zero;
six:
five:
nine
entitled
an
ordinance
establishing
a
no
truck
parking
regulation
on
top
side
avenue.
Both
sides
from
50th
street
to
belmont
avenue,
50th
street;
both
sides
from
parkside
avenue
to
jefferson
street
jefferson
street,
both
sides
from
50th
street
to
its
terminus
and
49th
street
boats
from
parkside
avenue
to
jefferson
street
and
build
number
two:
zero:
zero.
B
Six:
six
zero
inside
of
importance
establishing
a
no
truck
parking
regulation
on
henry
avenue.
Both
sides
from
allegheny
avenue
to
abbotsford
avenue
number
number:
two:
zero:
zero.
Six
six
one
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
encroachments
in
the
nature
of
structural
artwork
consisting
of
metal
manhole
covers
and
traffic
signs
located
in
the
vicinity
of
6200
osage
avenue.
A
A
A
G
Yes,
thank
you,
council
president,
plenty
of
information
actually
there's
a
point
of
inquiry.
Council
member.
Oh
in
your
resolution,
you
referenced
to
a
western
district
case,
I
believe,
was
county
of
butler
versus
thomas
wolfe,
governor
at
all,
who
were
the
other
plaintiffs
in
that
matter.
You
referencing
your
resolution.
G
E
G
Well,
I
just
made
reference
to
that
because
you
pointed
reference
to
that
case
as
one
of
the,
whereas
clauses
for
your
resolution.
I
definitely
understand
the
concern
in
reference
to
the
balance
of
two
branches
of
government
executive
branch
and
legislative
branch.
I've
been
critical
of
the
kennedy
administration
in
reference
to
their
outreach
to
restaurants
or
small
businesses,
as
new
measures
have
come
on
board
to
protect
their
health.
I
just
want
to
provide
information
to
my
colleagues
that
part
of
the
support
for
your
resolution
of
the
plaintiffs.
G
In
that
federal
district
case,
one
was
congressman
mike
kelly.
The
other
was
state
representative
darrell
metcalf.
I
just
want
to
let
my
colleagues
know
that
they
were
two
of
the
plaintiffs
to
that
lawsuit.
I
think
many
of
us
are
familiar
with
some
of
their
recent
litigation
that
they've
undertaken
against
the
electoral
process
in
the
commonwealth
pennsylvania.
Thank
you,
council
president.
G
E
You
very
much
council
member,
derek
green,
please
don't
interpret
anything
I
said
is
disrespectful.
I
I
respect
and
appreciate
all
your
commentary,
insights
and
perspectives.
Having
said
that,
like
you
know,
whoever
hasn't
you
know,
anyone
who's
not
comfortable,
for
whatever
reason
please
vote
against
it.
J
Yes,
thank
you
very
much.
Council
president.
I
will
be
one
of
those
council
member,
oh
who
will
be
voting
no
on
this
resolution.
This
resolution
has
gone
through
multiple
iterations,
but
the
main
thrust
of
its
argument
still
remains
the
same.
As
was
stated
two
weeks
ago.
It
continues
to
root
its
logic
in
the
now
state
ruling
out
of
the
western
district
court
that
lasted
not
even
two
weeks
before
the
third
circuit
court
of
appeals
reinstated
governor
wolf's,
coveted
executive
orders
on
october
1st.
J
It
continues
to
assert
that
when
a
pandemic
is
in
play
when
a
9
11's
worth
of
citizenry
of
our
people
are
dying
each
day
in
this
country
that
somehow
the
individual
who
is
in
charge
here,
whether
it's
the
governor
or
the
mayor,
has
no
right
to
issue
temporary
and
necessary
orders
to
protect
the
public
health.
The
council,
sponsor
has
chosen
not
only
just
believe
this
as
a
matter
of
words
and
language,
but
to
double
down
on
this
overreach
with
a
bill.
J
And
while
I
understand
our
colleagues
frustrations
again,
I
cannot
support
a
resolution
that
uses
that
frustration
as
a
pretext
to
advance
failed
and
flawed
logic
of
irresponsible
lawsuits
and
proposed
bills,
which
would
endanger
our
city
and
state,
and
they
are
perpetuated
by
gop
legislators
who
have
routinely
flaunted
covid
rules
themselves
and
have
failed
to
do
their
duty
in
harrisburg
over
a
billion
dollars.
In
cares
act.
J
So,
at
a
time
when
irresponsible
political
rhetoric
has
resulted
in
everything,
from
open
defiance
of
public
safety,
orders
to
kidnapping
plots
armed
demonstrations
outside
of
state
capitals
and
threats
of
physical
violence
and
transphobic
hate
directed
our
pennsylvania
health
director,
dr
rachel
levine,
who
is
in
your
last
resolution
for
no
possible
reason
at
all?
We
cannot
risk
feeding
into
this.
There
is
an
alternative.
J
This
council
has
requested
dialogue
between
the
mayor's
administration
and
council
members,
and
they
should
continue.
The
administration
can
and
must
do
better
and
we
will
incur
keep
encouraging
them
to
do
so.
If
the
council
sponsor
wants
to
issue
a
statement
to
this
effect,
he
should
do
so,
but
not
invoking
the
lawsuits
of
extremists
when
there
is
no
consensus
on
this
body
and
support,
and
that
is
why
I'll
be
voting
now.
E
E
Three
branches
of
government,
an
executive
has
to
be
checked
and
balanced
by
the
legislative
branch.
Responsibility
is
to
meet
our
duties
if
any
council
member,
knowing
the
met
the
the
matrix
looking
at
the
science
and
the
data
looking
at
reports
from
this
city
as
to
the
effectiveness
of
the
restrictions
agrees
with
them,
supports
them.
Then,
after
60
days,
when
the
administration-
well,
that
is
the
bill
comes
to
council
council
can
approve
it.
E
They
have
a
duty
to
put
their
signature
and
their
vote
behind
it
to
say,
yes,
keep
keep
doing
what
you're
doing
it
is
irresponsible,
not
to
take
up
a
position
of
participation,
which
is
the
basis
of
our
democracy,
checks
and
balances.
Whether
it
is
the
president
of
the
united
states,
the
governor
of
any
state,
the
city
of
any
municipality.
E
E
We
can
try
to
amend,
we
can
criticize
we
can
complement
whatever
it
is
that
that
the
executive
orders
are
so
the
reason
that
I
cite
the
the
case
is
regardless
of
party
or
who's
involved.
There
was
a
decision,
it
has
been
stayed
and
there
are
other
decisions
that
that
go
to
this
issue.
But
of
course,
every
council
person
will
look
at
this
the
way
they
do.
E
I
simply
say
that
we
owe
it
to
the
residents
and
the
constituents
of
this
city
to
make
sure
that
we
let
the
mayor
know
as
a
body
that
when
it
comes
to
planning
the
reopening
or
when
it
comes
to
restrictions
to,
let
us
know
ahead
of
time
and
to
have
us
involved
and
beyond
that.
Yes,
I
do
have
a
bill
as
well.
Thank
you.
D
C
D
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I
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B
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J
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B
D
A
B
An
ordinance
amending
chapter,
17,
100
entitled
procurement
contracts
by
adding
requirements
related
to
the
provision
of
information
regarding
the
demographic
characteristics
of
employees
of
and
the
labor
force
used
by
city
contractors
and
subcontractors
in
the
performance
of
work
under
certain
city
contracts
for
competitively
bid
services.
This.
A
D
E
B
A
A
B
D
A
A
F
J
D
B
A
A
J
A
A
C
C
J
B
A
A
D
D
F
D
D
A
A
F
B
A
A
D
F
D
A
B
A
D
D
E
A
E
Thank
you,
council
president.
You
know,
I
hope
everybody
has
a
little
patience
with
me
here,
because
this
is
a
an
important
issue
that
deserves
some
some
clarity.
So
members
of
the
finance
committee
will
remember
that
we
had,
in
that
committee
a
very
lively
conversation
about
this
building
and
I'm
seeing
final
passage
here
today
in
this
legislation.
E
As
I
said
in
the
committee,
misclassification
of
workers
is
an
unlawful
practice.
It
is
already
against
the
law
on
local
state
and
federal
level,
but
it
is
happening
in
philadelphia
all
the
time
it
occurs
in
the
construction
sector,
but
it
is
most
common
in
ride
sharing
services,
health
care,
child
care
and
domestic
work.
Simply
put
the
misclassification
of
workers
is
an
unlawful
practice
practice
of
labeling
a
worker
as
an
independent
contractor
instead
of
employees.
E
These
are
not
arbitrary
terms.
These
are
defined
through
the
fair
labor
standards
act,
the
economic
realities,
test
and
years
of
case
law.
In
order
to
be
classified
as
an
independent
contractor.
The
person
performing
the
work
must
have
the
right
to
control
and
direct
the
work
that
they
have
and
how
it
is
done.
If
a
worker
is
under
the
direction,
supervision
or
control
of
another
person
or
entity,
they
are
an
employee,
not
an
independent
contractor.
E
I
want
to
reiterate
why
this
matters
it
matters
for
a
lot
of
reasons,
because
there
are
two
issues
I
want
to
address
today,
especially
one
when
working
people
are
misclassified,
the
city
absolutely
loses
tax
revenue
that
are
due,
so
it
in
turn
it
generates
revenue.
We
don't
collect
it,
especially
in
the
times
that
we
are
seeing
right
now
through
the
pandemic.
E
We
are
having
major
loss
of
revenue
and
it
affects
every
part
of
our
city,
every
household
and
every
person
in
our
city
where
that
lack
of
revenue
or
it
cuts
stewart
our
schools,
small
businesses,
programs,
programs
in
rent,
assist,
affordable
housing
and
programs.
That
alike
number
two.
When
working
people
are
misclassified,
they
are
not
entitled
to
the
protections
afforded
to
an
employee.
E
These
protections
include
everything
from
workers,
compensation
to
unemployment
benefits,
to
raising
our
laws,
which
we've
all
had
in
this
body
and
now
sits
in
our
labor
department
of
labor
in
our
mayor's
office.
This
city
council
has
made
a
new
player
as
being
a
for
working
people
through
countless
pieces
of
legislation.
E
Just
this
year
alone.
We
care
about
working
people.
We
cannot
over
look
what
is
staring
us
right
in
the
face.
Thousands
of
people
who
are
taking
advantage
of
it
are
left
behind
because
they're
classified
by
companies
who
are
trying
to
cut
costs,
because
this
still
applies
the
requirements
that
wage
tax
be
remitted
before
property
tax
abatement
is
issued.
This
bill
applies
to
construction
sites,
construction
sites
only
with
the
tax
abatement
and,
in
other
case
construction
sites.
E
If
the
construction
worker
is
working
at
the
direction
of
a
supervisor
for
a
construction
company,
he
must
be
classified
again
as
an
employee
for
those
who
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
conversation
who
were
part
of
the
conversation
in
the
committee,
you
know
that
I
am
committed
to
having
the
conversation
with
the
administration,
which
I
had
specifically
the
department
of
revenue
about
how
to
ensure
that
this
legislation
does
not
negatively
impact
undocumented
workers.
First,
I
want
to
make
clear
that
undocumented
workers
can
and
do
have
ways
to
pay
taxes
that
are
owed.
E
In
fact,
nationally.
Undocumented
workers
contribute
billions
of
dollars
in
taxes
every
single
year,
as
many
as
75
of
undocumented
workers
are
regularly
remitting
taxes.
They're
able
to
do
so,
because
immigration
status
does
not
prohibit
a
resident
from
paying
taxes,
they
obtain
an
itin.
That's
an
individual
taxpayer.
Id
number
a
worker
who
has
an
item
is
remitting.
Taxes
owed
is
considered
tax
compliant,
regardless
of
the
decision
of
an
employer
to
misclassify
them.
E
Secondly,
the
misclassification
of
workers
is
a
violation
of
law
perpetrated
by
employers,
not
the
employees,
I'm
going
to
say
that
again,
it's
from
it's
perpetrated
by
the
employers,
not
the
employees,
meaning
the
workers,
so
any
enforcement
actions
will
be
taken
will
be
against
the
employers.
Only.
E
The
pilot
program
will
focus
specifically
on
the
property
tax
abatement
and
the
enforcement
of
requirements
related
to
the
wage
tax.
The
commissioner
is
committed
to
designing
this
pilot
program
that
aims
to
protect
workers
and
we'll
be
in
communication
with
council
member
sanchez
and
myself
about
the
design
and
implementation
of
that
pilot.
The
commissioner
is
clear
that
the
pilot
needs
to
be
designed
in
a
way
that
is
congruent
with
our
collective
concerns
about
undocumented
workers
and
our
desire
to
focus
in
on
tax
collections.
E
That's
revenue
for
the
program
that
and
health
and
support
that
we
that
our
citizens
need.
So
I
hope
this
resolves
any
of
the
outstanding
concerns
raised
by
my
colleagues
in
the
committee,
and
I
appreciate
that
this
decision
around
these
issues
and
respectfully
ask
my
colleague
to
support
me
for
this
legislation.
Thank
you,
president.
C
C
It
is
illegal
for
someone
who
is
not
an
employee
to
be
on
the
work
site,
but
he
also
acknowledges
that
the
pathway
there
is
complicated
and
over
the
last
four
years,
even
more
complicated
for
folks
to
be
able
to
do
what
they
want
to
do,
which
is
pay
taxes.
So
then,
when
a
pathway
to
immigration
is
provided,
they
have
a
record
for
serving
and
showing
that
they're
contributing
citizens.
I
support
a
pilot
that
demonstrates
that
the
target
is
the
contractors,
because
this
work
is
being
done
across
the
country.
C
What
I
don't
support
is
a
bill
where
we
have
had
many
public
discussions
on
without
drafts
of
regulations,
and
yes,
normally
regulations
are
drafted
afterwards
but,
as
was
stated
in
in
the
council
hearing
the
bill
sponsor
told
all
of
us
and
it's
in
the
script
regulations
will
be
drafted
before
he
calls
for
a
final
vote
and
then
the
following
week.
The
final
vote
is
called.
I
don't
think
we're
saying
different
things.
C
This
is
the
same
language
that
trump
uses
when
he
says
he
can
put
kids
in
cages
because
their
parents
are
illegal
in
the
united
states.
The
nuances
and
the
lack
of
federal
guidance
creates
a
space
where
cities
and
cities
have
rejected
language
that
that
puts
immigrant
and
undocumented
workers
in
harm's
way.
C
So
I
support
the
intent
of
collecting
any
money
and
limiting
any
exploitation
and
making
sure
that
job
sites
are
safe
and
I
believe
the
revenue
department
can
demonstrate
this
through
a
pilot
without
us
getting
in
a
space
that
we've
rejected
time
and
time
again
through
our
sanctuary
status
and
what
we
say
and
what
we've
done
just
today,
we're
approving
a
package
of
bills
that
affirms
and
confirms
our
commitment
to
to
workers
the
most
vulnerable
workers.
So
I
will
continue
to
disagree.
C
I
will,
and
I
will
ask
everyone
to
look
and
monitor
as
this
gets
rolled
out
and
ensure
that
I
will
make
sure
that
if
anybody
right
non-union
contractors
who
work
with
undocumented,
if
anybody
uses
this
bill
to
weaponize
a
department
against
vulnerable
communities,
I'm
going
to
shout
it
out
and
I'm
going
to
remain
firm
in
my
position
that
this
is
a
space
we
don't
need
to
be
in.
Thank
you.
So
much
council
president.
E
Councilmember
sanchez,
I
appreciate
your
work
on
these
issues,
not
just
your
13
years
here
in
city
council,
but
your
entire
life.
You
go
up
in
in
neighborhoods
and
you
see
it
firsthand.
So
I
look
forward
to
with
working
working
with
you
and
revenue
department
to
make
sure
that
nobody
gets
exploited
and
nobody
takes
advantage
or
weaponizes
undocumented
workers,
because
that's
not
who
we
are
as
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
you
know,
look
forward
to
ongoing
conversation
as
we
can
hopefully
hopefully
come
to
a
common
ground.
E
C
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
just
really
wanted
to
weigh
in
for
a
brief
minute
here.
I
intend
to
vote
for
the
bill
today,
but
I
am,
I
do
want
to
make
it
absolutely
clear
that
I
understand
councilwoman
maria
canyones
sanchez's
concerns
and
I
am
absolutely
prepared
to
revisit
this
bill
if
it
has
the
unintended
consequence,
a
consequence
of
disenfranchising
workers
who
are
undocumented.
C
So
I
have
every
intention
to
do
what
we
do
as
members
of
council,
which
is
to
pay
attention
to
the
bills
once
we
pass
them
and
make
sure
that
folks
are
not
being
hurt
by
something
that
we're
doing.
That
has
some
sort
of
unattended
consequence.
So
I
just
wanted
to
be
on
the
record
for
that
that
I
will
be
voting
for
the
bill,
but
we'll
also
and
prepare
to
revisit
this
matter
in
the
future.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Mr
president.
D
E
E
A
Thank
you
just
for
the
record.
The
bill
will
not
be
returned
to
council
either
approved
or
disapproved
by
the
mayor
until
we
come
off
of
recess
in
january,
so
that
will
give
the
department
time,
along
with
members
of
council,
to
start
the
process
of
working
on
regulations.
So
hopefully,
if
we
want
to
expedite
this
process,
we
can
have
that
done
in
a
meaningful
way
before
the
bill
actually
comes
back.
G
Council
any
information,
counseling
agreement
yeah
this
is
either
council
members
henan
or
dom.
In
your
conversations
with
the
revenue,
commissioner,
did
he
give
you
some
context
and
reference
to
the
pilot
in
reference
to
the
time
frame
when
maybe
moving
forward
implementation,
I'm
also
with
the
new
administration
coming
in?
I'm
not
sure
if
there's
any
other
connections
at
the
federal
level
that
may
need
some
additional
guidance
kind
of
council
member
sanchez
raised
that
both
in
today's
points,
as
well
as
in
violence
committee
hearing.
E
I
could
answer
that.
Council
president,
this
is
councilman
council
member
green.
In
the
conversation,
several
conversations
with
with
the
revenue
department,
as
some
other
members
had
also-
and
I
appreciate
their
interest
in
making
sure
that
there
are-
you
know
no
one
and
the
consequences
as
soon
as
the
bill
is
signed
becomes
law.
They
are
eager
to
to
work
on
this
and
not
wait
to
have
regulations
in
place.
So
I
think
now
they
are
on
their
end.
E
E
Thank
you,
councilmember
green.
Let
me
share
with
you
an
email
I
received
from
the
revenue
department
on
this
issue
because
we're
all
concerned
it
just
said
to
follow
up
on
your
question.
We
received
the
opinion
from
the
law
department
that
we
can't
hold
up
an
abatement
approval
at
the
subcontractor
level.
A
B
D
B
An
ordinance
authorizing
transfers
and
appropriations
for
fiscal
year,
2021
from
the
general
fund,
certain
all
city
offices,
department,
boards
and
commissions,
the
grants
revenue
fund,
certainly
also
the
officers
department
reports,
these
commissions,
the
aviation
funds
for
all
city
offices,
departments,
boards
and
commissions,
community
development
funds,
and
also
the
office
of
department,
supports
and
commissions
and
the
housing
trust
fund.
Also,
the
office
department
supports
that
commission's
two,
the
general
fund,
certainly
the
office
of
department,
supporters
and
commissioners.
The
water
residual
fund
certainly
also
the
office
of
departments,
employees
and
commissions.
B
The
aviation
fund
certainly
also
the
opposite.
Department's
boards
and
commissions,
the
grants
revenue
fund,
certainly
finance
boards
and
commissions,
the
community
development
fund,
certainly
the
office
of
employees
and
commissions
and
the
housing
trump
trust
fund.
Certain
all
city
offices,
department,
courts
and
commissions.
I
D
C
H
J
B
D
I
B
An
ordinance
authorizing
transfers
and
appropriations
for
fiscal
year
2020
from
the
general
fund,
certainly
the
offices
department's
voids
and
commissions
the
grants,
revenue
funds,
certain
all
city
offices,
department's
boards
and
commissions,
and
the
water
funds.
Certainly
all
city
offices,
department,
employees
and
commissions,
two,
the
general
funds,
certainly
officers
department's
boys
and
commissions,
and
the
water
fund
from
certain
city
offices,
department,
supports
and
commissions.
I
F
I
G
B
B
D
A
A
A
B
D
B
A
A
B
C
D
D
J
J
J
A
B
J
Recognized
councilwoman,
thank
you
so
much.
Council
president.
I
am
proud
today
to
present
to
this
body,
along
with
my
co-sponsors
council,
members,
johnson
and
thomas,
as
well
as
a
broad
majority
of
city
council,
to
present
and
request
a
vote
on
the
black
workers
matter,
economic
recovery
package
for
thousands
of
philadelphia,
hospitality,
tourism
and
airport
workers.
J
Quite
frankly,
and
very
clearly
stating
there
are
no
hotels
or
stadiums
or
philadelphia
international
airport.
Without
these
people
they
are
the
backbone
of
our
local
economy.
They
are
the
breadwinners
for
for
their
families,
and
they
are
the
labor
and
civic
leaders
for
colleagues
and
neighbors.
This
bill
is
for
workers
like
aisha
johnson
of
south
philadelphia.
J
She
worked
at
lincoln
financial
field
and
citizens
bank
park
for
over
10
years
in
maintenance
and
concessions
supporting
her
three
sons,
all
of
whom
are
out
of
work
right
now
because
of
covid.
She
told
our
committee
on
long
government
a
few
weeks
ago.
The
covid
has
quote
hit
me
and
my
family
hard.
This
hit
my
co-workers
hard.
It's
like
we
are
on
a
roller
coaster
with
no
end
in
sight.
Unemployment
has
not
been
enough
for
us.
It
makes
us
anxious
about
when
it's
going
to
end
and
when
we
can
return
to
our
jobs.
J
My
co-workers
and
I
get
worried
and
ask
what,
if
aramark's
revenues
don't
come
back
what
if
they
walk
away
from
their
contract
with
the
eagles
or
phillies
or
flyers,
or
what,
if
their
contract,
isn't
even
renewed?
What
will
happen
to
us?
We
need
to
be
protected.
We
didn't
ask
for
this
pandemic
and
we
shouldn't
be
penalized
because
of
it.
My
10
years,
working
at
these
stadiums
should
matter
so
today
we
vote
on
a
legislation
that
sends
this
message
back
to
aisha.
J
Council
stands
with
workers
who
makes
our
hospital
who
make
our
hospitality
economy
what
it
is.
We
vote
on
legislation
that
tells
aisha
and
all
of
her
colleagues
that
her
work
has
mattered
and
her
work
will
continue
to
matter
because
black
workers
matter
here
in
our
city,
the
package
of
bills
before
you
has
come
together
through
a
deeply
engaged
process
with
industry
and
those
most
impacted
by
the
bill's
passage
through
business,
labor,
roundtables
meetings
and
exhaustive
negotiations.
J
We
bring
before
this
body
a
bill
that
reflects
the
spirit
of
the
law
and
careful
attention
to
the
legislative
process
of
compromise
and
negotiation.
I
shared
with
all
of
you
dozens
of
amendments
which
have
been
made
to
the
bills
ensuring
that
industry
has
been
heard
and
that
we
collectively
are
building
towards
philadelphia's
recovery.
J
None
of
the
industries
directly
impacted
by
the
bill
testified
during
committee
hearing.
Nor
are
they
here
today
and
I
think
that
that
speaks
volumes
to
the
work
that
has
been
put
into
amending
the
package
so
that
it
is
fair
and
balanced.
It
ensures
that
we
get
things
right
for
businesses
while
guaranteeing
economic
dignity
for
workers.
We
will,
of
course,
be
equally
attentive
to
the
regulatory
process
as
well.
J
I
want
to
thank
all
the
co-sponsors
of
these
bills:
council
members,
johnson,
thomas
quinones
sanchez,
parker
jones,
henan,
squilla,
gautier,
brooks
gilmore,
richardson
and,
of
course,
to
you
council
president.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
of
power
and
oic
the
original
authors
of
the
2016
black
work
matters
report
which
stays
with
me
just
not
just
in
spirit
but
but
in
action,
and
most
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
the
hundreds
of
people
that
we've
met
over
this
difficult
year
of
2020,
whose
stories
have
driven
us
to
action.
J
I've
walked
the
streets
with
women,
mothers
and
caretakers.
They
are
black
women.
They
are
immigrants
who
have
lost
loved
ones
to
covet
because
they
couldn't
afford
health
insurance.
They
are
single
parents
trying
to
keep
a
roof
over
their
children's
heads.
They
have
never
lost
faith
in
themselves
and
in
the
possibility
of
better
days
ahead,
and
they
understand
their
own
determination
and
faith
to
control
their
own
futures
and
to
organize
like
health
to
make
it
happen
so
for
aisha
for
stephanie
ron,
charles
joanna
cat,
nene,
renee
and
walt
in
georgia.
J
A
J
C
A
A
J
B
A
B
A
B
D
E
B
D
A
B
H
Thank
you,
mr
president
and
colleagues.
I
rise
to
talk
about
bill
number
two:
zero,
zero,
four,
seven,
nine
and
that
speaks
to
fair
criminal
records
standards.
It's
affectionately
known
as
ban
the
box.
It
is
ironic
that
rue
landau
is
leaving
the
city
of
philadelphia's
human
relations
commission
today,
I
recall
her
being
one
of
the
strongest
advocates
for
this
bill,
along
with
wayne
jacobs
from
north
philadelphia,
who
brought
it
to
then
chair
of
public
safety,
donna,
reed
miller,
that's
eight
years
ago.
H
H
My
colleague
came
after
that
remember
again
to
make
it
applicable
to
college
students
to
make
sure
that
that
box
did
not
hinder
their
ability
to
find
their
better
cells.
Today,
what
we
have
before
us
simply
is
a
2.0
of
band-to-box.
Why?
Because
the
individual
applying
for
a
job,
whether
it's
at
that
hotel,
that
we
just
passed
laws
for,
can
come
in
and
realize
the
protection
of
past
legislation
like
the
person
working
in
the
kitchen
who
decided
to
go
back
to
community
college
and
say
I
don't
want
to
work
in
the
kitchen
anymore.
H
Many
people
that
once
again
rose
fear,
not
facts
and
came
back,
and
you
know
we
had
dozens
of
meetings.
I
want
to
applaud
samantha
williams
for
her
patients
and
and
miss
landau
for
her
patients
and
community
legal
services
for
their
patients
working
out
a
lot
of
those
details,
but
they
said
you
know
we
in
the
ride
share.
Business
are
particularly
concerned
about
this
facts,
not
fear.
The
commonwealth
of
pennsylvania
covers
brideshare
that
there
are
certain
types
of
offenses
that
no
matter
what
this
bill
says.
H
They
cannot
be
employed
and
rightfully
so,
and
they
cover
crimes
like
assault,
particularly
on
women,
but
assault
on
anyone,
and
they
cover
these
things.
Naturally,
and
so
I
I
scratched
my
head,
mr
president
and
members
of
this
body
to
say
well,
why
did
they
sneak
back
and
start
to
raise
the
fear?
And
then
I
remember
the
conversation.
H
Three
days,
I
would
say
to
you
and
remind
you:
we
are
the
poorest
big
city
in
the
con
in
the
country.
I
would
remind
you
all
of
the
progressive
legislation
that
we
just
passed
today,
that
this
is
another
arrow
in
our
quiver
to
you
know,
god
gives
and
takes
away
counsel
in
its
own
way,
gives
too
we
give
opportunity
to
people
to
have
a
second
chance,
and
we
take
away
barriers
to
meaningful
employment.
H
I
feel,
and
so
I
encourage
my
colleagues
to
pursue
been
in
the
box
2.0
to
just
cover
the
person
sitting
in
a
cubicle
right
now
saying
that
I
would
go
after
that
job,
but
they
might
run
me
through
the
person.
That's
sitting
in
that
job,
that,
when
the
company
was
bought
by
a
new
owner,
fears
the
fact
that
they
may
do
a
background
check
and
find
out
that
when
I
was
19
years
old,
I
did
something
stupid.
I
will
remind
you
that
every
seven
years
we
change
when
you
were
seven
years
old.
H
H
A
B
D
B
A
A
D
H
E
B
E
A
A
B
A
resolution
recognizing
and
honoring
rue
landau
for
her
incredibly
impactful
work
as
executive
director
of
both
philadelphia
commission
on
human
relations
and
fair
housing
commission
and
congratulating
her
on
her
new
career
in
academia.
As
the
bec
professor
at
temple,
university,
beasley,
school
of
law
and
produced
here
at
councilman.
H
I
ca
and
many
of
them
have
have
distinguished
themselves
in
many
areas,
but
none
like
her.
I
remember
when
we
first
started
in
the
boxing
we
were
going
to
negotiate
with
members
of
the
business
community.
She
we
were,
I
was,
I
was
worn
out.
Mr
president,
hey
I
was
ready
to
concede
certain
aspects
of
the
bill
and
I
was
going
to
go
on
the
floor.
I'll,
never
forget
this
yeah
you,
you
got
to
remember
she's.
H
H
I'm
from
west
philly.
Remember
johnson,
I
I
was
scared
to
death.
I
said
okay
and
I
literally
went
out
my
back
got
a
little
straighter.
We
ran
to
vote
and
it
passed.
I
am
so
thankful
to
have
met
her
and
so
thankful
that
she
has
added
value
to
the
city
of
philadelphia.
I
move
for
the
adoption.
Second.
G
J
Did
you
have
something
to
say?
Yes,
I
just
wanted
to
be
brief.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
the
council
sponsor
for
this
incredible
resolution
to
a
woman
who
has
truly
been
a
leader
in
our
city.
I
think
you
know
there's
very
little
to
add
to
what
what
she
said,
except
that
ru
landau
is
shorter
than
five
foot
six.
J
It's
been
an
honor
to
be
on
team
rue
for
the
last
four
years,
but
I
was
a
fan
long
before
I
came
into
office,
but
she's
been
a
true
hero
and
champion,
and
I
you
know,
will
miss
her
terribly,
but
I
know
she's
very
nearby
and
will
continue
to
do
great
work,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
the
council
sponsor
for
honoring.
Just
a
tremendous
person
in
philadelphia
thank.
C
Thank
you,
president
clark.
I
also
just
you
know,
for
the
record
just
want
to
really
personally,
thank
god
thank
ru
landau
and
her
wife.
These
are
two
amazing
social
justice
warriors
who
use
their
legal
expertise
to
help
the
most
vulnerable
communities
through
the
mortgage
foreclosure.
I
just
they're
very
few
policies
I
can
think
of
they
have
economic
impact
where
one
of
them
wasn't
involved
so
to
rue.
Thank
you
so
so
very
much
for
your
friendship
for
your
leadership
and
I
look
forward
to
many
great
things
from
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
F
F
I
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
rue
as
a
staffer
when
we
worked
on
a
bill
to
give
equal
benefits
to
a
life
partners
of
city
employees,
and
this
was
back
in
in
2011
or
12.,
so
she
has
been
a
long
time
champion
of
the
issues
that
we
have
worked
on,
that
have
been
so
important
to
the
fabric
of
our
city,
and
I
just
wanted
to
wish
her
well
and
thank
her
so
much
for
her
service.
Thank
you
so
much.
Mr
president,.
I
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
as
well
want
to
lend
my
voice
to
the
choir
here
and
say
a
special
thanks
to
rue
for
using
her
intellectual
prowess
as
a
tool,
in
essence,
to
help
us
close
the
gap
between
the
haves
and
the
have
nots
and
to
think
that
she
is
now
going
to
use
that
same
intellectual
prowess
to
teach
and
train.
I
You
know
the
next
generation
of
leaders
in
in
our
quest
for
social
and
economic
justice
right
here
at
one
of
our
universities
is
something
for
us
to
be
proud
of,
and
so
colleagues,
although
she
is
not
going
to
be
here
officially
working
with
us
in
her
capacity
at
the
human
relations
commission,
I
would
argue
that
we
are
about
to
get
a
little
more,
because
we
are
about
to
get
access
to
some
temple
students
who
are
being
trained
and
taught
by
rue
landau,
and
I'm
I'm
putting
my
ass
out
there
right
now.
Roo.
I
I
want
an
intern,
that's
coming
out
of
your
class,
so
look
I
cannot
make
a
ask
right
colleen!
She
needs
to
send
a
cadre
of
them
here
so
that
they
can
place
them
with
us.
Thank
you.
Colleagues,
council
of
member
jones,
thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership
in
this
in
this
effort.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
E
E
You
know
she
has
been
an
incredible
resource
for
advice
and
guidance
through,
like
you
know,
challenges
as
an
elected
official.
You
know
stemming
back
from
you
know,
2011
to
present.
You
know
she
was
a
part,
instrumental
part
in
making
sure
that
you
know
my
office
as
a
council
office.
Mr
council
office
specifically
knows
who
we,
our
constituents
are
all
right
and
understanding
who
they
are
is
a
better
reflection
on
how
we
can
help
serve
them.
E
It
was
an
incredible
resource
when
it
came
to
advising
us
in
the
trainings
that
we
had
the
behavior
mental
health
training
that
the
health
department
gave
out
it.
You
know
helped
with
guidance
in
art,
my
office,
training
and
implicit
bias,
training
and
diversity,
training
from
from
temple
and
drexel.
So
you
know
we
are
absolutely
going
to
miss
you.
You
are
somebody
who
is
one
of
the
most
genuine
real
people,
person
that
I
know,
especially
in
your
quest
and
and
continuing
fight
for
justice
for
all
so
rue.
A
B
I
A
A
By
the
way
guys,
I
think
lunch
should
be
delivered
to
you
all
in
your
individual
location
shortly,
just
want
to
say,
you're
welcome
ahead
of
time,
we're
now
going
to
move
to
our
speeches,
price
and
recognizing
members
regarding
speeches,
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft's
team
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
purpose.
C
The
large
target
targets,
the
people
who
do
the
labor
that
keeps
our
community
safe,
healthy
and
well
fed
we're
talking
about
the
delivery
drivers,
rideshare
drivers,
grocery
store
workers,
healthcare
workers,
pharmacy
workers
and
child
care
providers.
These
jobs
are
disproportionately
low
wage
and
the
majority
are
filled
by
black
and
brown
people,
especially
women.
C
We
know
that
our
workers
desperately
need
protections,
and
we
also
know
that
small
businesses
are
the
lifeblood
of
philadelphia's
economy
and
are
suffering
in
the
absence
of
federal
aid.
The
wage
tax
relief
for
small
and
mid-sized
businesses
included
in
the
f,
f
c
r,
a
is
crucial
to
sustaining
our
local
economy
and
any
paid
sick
leaves.
Legislation
must
go
hand
in
hand
with
the
support
for
these
businesses
once
paid.
Sick
legislation
is
passed
by
congress.
C
This
bill
will
complement
that
legislation
and
ensure
that
no
worker
is
left
behind
in
philadelphia
by
extending
these
critical
protections,
because
we
know
that
when
sick
workers
can
afford
to
stay
home,
our
entire
city
is
healthier
and
safer
for
it.
I
also
want
to
quickly
address
my
reasons
for
voting
no
on
the
transfer
order,
ordinance
that
gives
17
million
dollars
to
the
philadelphia
police
department.
C
As
we
know
this
money
that
has
already
been
spent
on
overtime
and
personnel
in
the
wake
of
protests,
the
protests
emerge
in
response
to
first
george
floyd
and
then
walter
wallace's
murder
to
reject
a
broken
system
that
continues
to
steal
black
people
from
their
families
and
from
their
communities.
The
protests
were
intense
and
I
remember
I
was
on
the
ground
with
council
member
gartier
for
hours
that
night
after
walter
wallace
was
killed
and
that
pain
was
visceral.
C
C
I
have
learned
nearly
as
much
through
the
successes
of
this
year
as
I
had
from
the
challenges
and
it
has
been
tiring,
invigorating
and
it's
time
at
times,
extremely
frustrating
as
I
reflect
back
on
past
council
sessions.
What
has
been
the
most
remarkable
is
the
level
of
community
input
and
engagement.
C
We
have
seen
extraordinary
displays
of
community
organizing
work
with
solidarity,
visionary
activism
and
neighborhood
of
neighborhood
support
across
our
city,
and
the
common
thread
has
been
a
profound
hunger
for
change,
and
we
have
a
choice.
How
we
respond
to
that,
we
can
choose
to
grow
our
legislation
from
the
grassroots
or
make
decisions
behind
closed
doors
and
legislate
from
the
top
down.
C
Philly's
staggering
racial
weapon,
wealth
gap
is
inevitable.
Suffering
is
not
inevitable
and
it
is
always
a
policy
choice
and
the
power
is
in
our
hands
and
although,
as
a
council
body,
we
have
accomplished
a
great
deal
this
past
year,
and
I
know
we
recognize
that,
there's
significantly
more,
that
we
can
do
in
years
to
come.
C
I
hope
that
the
new
year
brings
us
the
courage
we
need
to
meet
this
moment
to
meet
persistent
structural
problems
with
bold
ideas
and
real
transformative
change,
because
we're
not
holding
back
in
2021-
and
I
want
to
thank
you,
council,
president
and
my
colleagues,
and
I
wish
you
all
and
the
viewing
public
a
safe
social
distance,
restful
and
rejuvenating
holiday
season.
Thank
you
all.
G
G
G
I
pledge
that
I
will
not
stop
working
on
solutions
with
my
colleagues
today
we
voted
on
legislation.
I
sponsored
to
cut
off
the
flow
of
ghost
guns
in
our
communities.
This
bill
was
a
direct
result
of
hearings.
I
held
this
fall
at
those
hearings.
Law
enforcement
testified
that
an
increasing
shift
crime
guns
recovered
in
philadelphia.
Are
ghost
guns
made
from
kits
with
simple
tools
from
home
depot
and
tutorial
videos
on
the
internet?
G
This
is
a
follow-up
on
a
series
of
hearings
that
have
started
from
this
summer
and
fall
that
examined
the
reasons
for
our
massive
spike
in
gun.
Violence
topics
would
include
the
new
group,
violence,
intervention
program,
victim
services
and
trauma
counseling
for
affected
communities,
the
homicide
and
non-fatal
shooting
clearance
rate
and
the
conviction
rate
for
shootings
that
result
in
arrests.
G
Another
pressing
issue
facing
our
city
is
the
rapid
spread
of
covet
19
within
philadelphia
jails
and
pennsylvania
prisons,
which
affects
thousands
of
philadelphia's.
Both
inmates
and
staff
join
this
pandemic
jails
and
prisons
happen
at
infection.
Hot
spots
in
philadelphia
is
no
exception.
At
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
there
was
a
significant
and
collaborative
effort
on
the
part
of
city
stakeholders,
including
city
council,
to
limit
the
spread
of
covet
19
within
philadelphia
jails
and
keep
non-bound
offenders
out
of
the
jails.
Now
that
cove
at
19
infection
rates
are
surging,
we
must
renew
these
efforts.
G
Currently,
there
are
over
four
thousand
foot
office
being
housed
by
the
philadelphia
department
of
prisons.
There
are
thousands
more
housed
by
the
pennsylvania
department
of
corrections
and,
of
course,
there
are
thousands
of
corrections,
officers
and
staff.
We
owe
it
to
these
foot
up
fellow
philadelphians
to
address
this
issue.
We
also
owe
it
to
ourselves
if
the
staffers
and
inmates
are
infected
in
our
prisons.
When
they
come
back
into
our
communities,
they
will
bring
coven
19
with
them.
We
cannot
afford
to
ignore
this
issue,
as
the
second
wave
of
this
pandemic
rises.
G
J
J
We
enacted
a
broad-based
eviction
moratorium
through
august,
we
created
in
a
matter
of
weeks,
a
eviction,
a
mandatory
pre-filing
eviction,
diversion
program
and
all
thanks
to
to
our
wonderful
deputy
mayors,
amphidulin
and
eva
gladstein,
to
melissa,
long
and
greg
heller
and
their
shops,
who
made
sure
that
we
got
rent,
assist
and
resources
out
to
both
landlords
and
tenants
and
then
modify
the
programs
all
the
way
through.
But
the
early
results
on
eviction
diversion
should
be
a
point
of
pride
for
this
council
body.
J
This
is
a
city
that
in
2019
evicted
over
19
000
households.
We
rank
fourth
in
the
nation
in
terms
of
evicting
people.
We
know
that
in
the
way
that
a
criminal
record
can
impact
one
in
three
black
men
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
an
eviction
filing
can
be
a
mark
for
so
many
black
women
who
are
seeking
shelter
not
only
for
themselves
but
for
the
children
and
for
the
seniors
and
others
that
they
take
care
of.
J
What
we
saw
through
the
pre-filing
diversion
program
is
that
when
we
have
a
housing,
counselor
sit
down
with
a
landlord
and
tenant
in
a
mediated
discussion.
We
come
out
with
positive
agreements
over
80
percent
of
the
time,
and
actually
only
five
percent
of
the
mediated
agreements
where
both
parties
are
sitting
down
together,
don't
end
up
in
an
agreement.
There's
no
reason
for
us
to
continue
what
we
have
done
before
that
has
been
destructive
to
families
that
have
been
destructive
to
children
that
have
not
resulted
in
better
outcomes
for
landlords
or
tenants.
J
We
want
to
commit
to
make
sure
that
this
is
a
balanced
process
and
in
2021
I
look
forward
to
working
with
our
council
colleagues
to
transfer
the
diversion
program
over,
but
I
do
just
want
to
underscore
that
it's
my
belief
that
the
city
has
started
something
important
extraordinary
and
in
the
way
that
diversion
works
in
the
criminal
justice
system.
It
can
also
work
in
systems
that
are
equally
oppressive,
including
in
landlord-tenant
court.
We've
shown
it,
we've
proved
it.
J
We
eagerly
await
the
announcement
of
hopefully
a
federal
package,
a
bipartisan
package
that
will
once
again
put
money
towards
rent,
assist
and
supports
for
families
and
communities
in
need,
but
this
this
work
needs
to
continue
loudly
into
january.
It's
not
wrong
to
disrupt
processes
that
are
themselves
wrong.
J
We
can
show
that
we
can
break
cycles
of
abuse
exploitation
of
oppression
if
we
put
all
of
our
work
towards
it
and
I'm
really
proud
to
be
part
of
a
council
body
that
has
done
this.
I
also
want
to
thank
just
all
of
the
council
members
who
are
on
here.
I
think
our
power
is
our
diversity
and
the
way
and
the
creative
ways
in
which
we
approach
problems
and
the
way
we
look
at
solutions,
even
if
we
disagree-
and
so
I
am
extremely
grateful
for
all
the
colleagues.
J
Who've
worked
together
to
really
stand
up
on
housing
on
gun,
violence,
issues
on
holding
the
school
district,
accountable
on
holding
many
people
who
have
responsibilities
right
now
accountable
and,
finally,
I
just
want
to
say
a
note
of
gratitude
to
a
number
of
different
people,
some
of
whom
who
are
leaving
the
city.
Roulando
got
a
lot
of
love
and
and
deservedly
so
from
all
of
us,
but
I
will
I
will.
I
will
also
say
gratitude
to
council
president
for
acknowledging
the
work
of
marcel
pratt.
J
Our
city
solicitor,
who's
truly
brought
a
sense
of
dignity,
a
moral
conscience
and
an
uplifting
of
the
morale
over
in
city
government
he's
going
on
to
great
things,
but
it
has
been
an
honor
to
serve
with
him
and
to
see
how
he
executes
his
work
with
such
dignity
and
with
such
a
sense
of
the
public
trust.
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
honoring
the
the
retirement
of
an
inspiring
mentor
for
me,
wilson,
good
junior.
J
He
truly
believes
in
building
out
a
better
world
in
which
policy
ideas
that
are
cared
for
and
done
in
collegial
partnership
with
others
can
actually
transform
the
world.
I
know
this
because
he
started
a
wonderful
organization
called
local
progress
which
has
people
from
all
over
the
country
when
he
first
started.
It
was
just
a
small
number
of
people.
J
I
will
be.
I
will
be
coming
in
in
2021
as
its
new
co-chair,
along
with
a
council
member
from
texas,
austin
texas,
greg
kasar,
and
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
and
thank
councilmember
goode
for
always
believing
and
seeing
possibilities
in
so
many
people
as
well,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
our
council
staff,
michael
decker,
modesto
and
others.
It's
been
a
really
hard
time,
technologically
speaking,
and
it's
been
really
great
and
just
your
work
has
been
really
appreciated.
J
C
Good
afternoon,
thank
you,
mr
president,
thank
you
for
the
recognition
I
want
to
just
first
number,
one
start
out
by
thanking
you
for
your
leadership
and,
for
you
know
all
of
my
colleagues
for
all
of
the
work
that
we
do.
You
know
we
don't
always
agree.
We
clearly
you
know
at
times
we
agree
to
disagree,
but
I
have
no
doubt
whatsoever
that
we
all
have
the
same
mindset,
which
is
that
we
want
to
help
people.
We
want
to
make
a
difference.
C
We
want
to
get
things
done
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
so
I
just
really
wanted
to
start
out
by
saying
that,
and
also
thanking
just
a
couple
of
people
in
particular
and
recognizing
a
few
people,
and
I
want
to
pick
up
where
my
colleague
just
left
off
and
mentioned
w
wilson,
good
junior,
who
is
just
a
great
friend,
a
great
human
being,
most
importantly,
and
someone
who
is
surely
going
to
be
missed
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
when
it
comes
to
public
policy,
I
would
dare
say:
there's
no
one.
Better.
C
Wilson
is
just
incredible,
an
incredible
thinker
and
someone
that
you
can
always
lean
on.
So
I
just
really
wanted
to
give
a
shout
out
to
my
good
friend,
wilson,
good
junior,
and
we
are
really
going
to
miss
you
in
the
building,
even
though
we're
not
in
the
building
right
now,
but
we
are
really
truly
going
to
miss
you.
Also
rue
I've
known
rue
for
well
over
20
years.
C
It
seems
like
just
yesterday
that
we
were
working
together
on
some
campaigns
back
in
the
late
90s
and
early
2000s,
but
I
want
to
say
to
rue
congratulations
on
moving
up
moving
out
doing
some
different
things
and-
and
you
know
we're
gonna
miss
you
as
well,
but
I
we
all
have
your
number
on
speed
dial,
so
we
will
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
you
and
to
be
in
touch.
So
congratulations
to
you
on
your
future.
C
Endeavors
joey
temple,
joey
temple,
you
know,
joey
temple
was
a
great
guy,
he's
going
to
really
be
missed.
He
isn't
someone
who
worked
with
us
on
public
policy,
but
when
you
want
to
talk
about
knowing
the
neighborhood,
knowing
what's
happening
in
the
streets,
knowing
you
know
what
what's
what's
going
on,
joey
temple
was
that
person,
and
so
you
know,
when
I
first
heard
about
his
passing,
I
was
shocked
because
I
didn't
know
he
was.
C
He
was
sick,
but
I
heard
someone
on
wurd
say
on
his
last
show
because
he
had
a
radio
show
on
his
last
show
that
he
came
on
and
he
played
songs
such
as
you
know
my
prerogative
and
frank
sinatra's.
I
did
it
my
way
and
songs
were
that
kind
of
theme,
and
if
you
knew
joey
temple,
then
you
knew
that
he
did
it
his
way
and
he
was
unapologetic
about
being
for
the
neighborhood,
and
so
we
are
really
really
really
going
to
miss
joey
temple.
C
I
didn't
go
to
halahan,
but
everyone
knew
someone
who
went
to
halahan
or
has
a
connection,
and
I
certainly
have
a
connection
with
bishop
mcdevitt,
where
my
nephew
attended
for
a
moment
and
so
dominic
cipolini,
who
many
of
us
know
from
many
different
avenues,
heard
about
what
was
happening
and
just
put
up
some
billboards.
Nobody
asked
him
to
nobody
called
him.
C
C
You
know
for,
for
you
know
your
leadership
for
all
of
council's
leadership
and
for
all
of
my
colleagues
for
the
work
that
you
do
and
as
we
look
forward
to
a
new
year,
which
I
think
we're
all
very
much
looking
forward
to
you
know
it's
just
you
know.
20
20
20
has
really
been
something
quite
unexpected
and
you
know
it's
time
to
move
on
and
what
we
move
on
to.
Nobody
knows
nobody
knew
what
2020
was
going
to
be.
C
Nobody
knows
what
2021
is
going
to
be,
but
we're
looking
forward
to
that
change
and
I
pray
that
everyone
is
safe
and
healthy
and
and
taking
care
of
those
close
to
them
and
their
loved
ones,
and
especially,
let's
look
out
for
our
children
and
our
seniors.
The
only
other
thing
I
need
to
add,
mr
president,
is
that,
for
those
of
us
back
to
work
for
those
of
us
who
have
on
the
health
and
human
services
committee,
we
had
a
hearing
originally
scheduled
for
1
pm.
C
G
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
wanted
to
echo
a
lot
of
the
comments
made
by
my
colleagues
in
this
holiday
season.
2020
has
been
a
year
like
none
other.
We
wish
everyone
who
are
watching
participating
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Merry
christmas,
happy
hanukkah,
happy
kwanzaa.
I
know
it's
a
challenging
time
period
for
many
of
us,
because
we
can't
do
the
things
we
normally
would
do
on
due
to
the
pandemic.
G
In
that
regard,
my
staff
will
be
doing
our
annual
toys
for
tots
drive.
This
saturday
will
be
a
drive-through
toys
and
ties
drive
at
the
wonder
alley:
shopping
center
from
11
a.m
to
1
p.m.
So,
if
you
want
to
pass
on
that
spirit
of
cheer
and
joy
by
dropping
off
a
gift,
please
stop
by
the
one
island
shopping
center,
this
saturday
from
11am
to
1pm,
where
my
staff
will
be
doing
our
annual
toys
for
tots,
drive-thru
and
toy
drive,
and
so
so
many
comments
have
been
made.
G
G
Law
school
me
coming
out
of
either
the
student
bar
association
office
or
the
balsa
or
black
law
student
association
office
and
she's
done
phenomenal
work
in
her
career
as
an
attorney,
I'm
glad
to
see
she's
going
back
to
those
acre
of
diamonds
on
north
broad
street.
As
a
professor
at
temple,
law
school
as
well
as
my
fraternity,
brother
marcel
pratt,
has
done
an
excellent
job
as
a
city
solicitor
now
going
back
into
private
practice,
and
so
you
know
those
are
examples
of
great
public
servants.
G
G
G
G
Some
of
you
may
know
that
we
have
legislation
in
harrisburg
called
act
47,
which
is
for
distressed
cities,
basically
cities
who
are
going
through
some
type
of
like
basic
bankruptcy.
We
have
31
cities
in
act,
47
based
on
the
survey
that
the
pennsylvania
municipal
league
did
23.
Cities
are
seriously
looking
at
going
into
act
47
as
we
go
into
the
new
year.
G
I
think
in
this
council
and
a
lot
of
speeches
on
this
afternoon
about
on
public
service
and
we've
we've
commended
and
lauded
a
lot
of
public
servants.
We've
also
a
lot
of
public
servants.
Who've
done
public
service
in
a
unique
way
like
joey
temple,
but
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
acknowledge
a
gentleman
that
has
been
a
long
time
public
servant
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
that
passed
away,
someone
recently
james
stanley
white.
G
He
was
a
former
executive
vice
president
temple
university,
where
he
served
basically,
as
the
chief
operating
officer
for
temple
university,
he
was
a
retired,
united
states
colonel.
I
was
a
former
commissioner
of
licenses
and
inspection
as
well
as
a
former
managing
director
for
the
city.
Also,
a
former
vice
president
of
private
national
bank
and
also
before
becoming
evp
at
temple,
was
a
former
vice
president
at
temple
university.
G
For
those
of
you
who
go
up
and
down
north
broad
street
and
drive
by
temple
university.
If
you're
going
north,
you
will
notice,
on
your
left
hand,
side
that
you
know
back
in
the
late
90s
as
he
was
retiring
from
temple
university,
the
board
of
trustees,
where
he
served
named
a
residence
hall
after
james
stanley
white.
That
was
his
first
major
construction
project,
while
working
at
temple
university,
and
it
was
named
in
his
honor
as
a
james
stanley,
white
student,
residence
hall
and
jim
white
or
stan
white.
G
If
you,
those
of
you
who
went
to
that
outstanding
university
of
morgan,
state
university,
called
him
stan
white,
he
was
also
board
member
of
the
philadelphia
tribune.
He
was
also
an
outstanding
member
of
my
fraternity.
Kappa
alpha
psi.
Fraternity
incorporated
was
also
a
member
of
the
alpha
boulet,
a
sigma
pi
phi
fraternity
incorporated.
G
So
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
the
life
and
memory
of
james
stanley
white,
a
public
servant,
so
many
public
servants
have
transitioned
in
2020
as
we've
gone
through
this
coveted
19
year,
but
I
think
we
can
lift
up
their
memories
to
encourage
us
to
continue
to
do
the
work.
So
we
will
have
a
better
year
in
2021
as
we
transition
through
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
this
year
with
that
council
president,
I'm
just
asking
if
we
could
have
a
moment
of
silence
in
the
memory
of
james
stanley,
white.
A
D
D
G
E
D
Can
we
do
to
provide
more
and
more
resources
to
help
people
get
through
this
coronavir
coronavirus
pandemic
to
make
sure
we're
good
on
the
other
side?
So
thank
you,
council
president.
Thank
you.
Colleagues.
It's
been
a
roller
coaster
of
a
first
year,
but
I
couldn't
ask
for
a
better
team
to
be
a
part
of.
Thank
you.
C
C
I
appreciate
folks,
particularly
those
who
share
my
values
and
the
work
that
I
do,
but
I
also
highly
respect
those
who
I
disagree
with
and
really
do
honor
and
respect
the
fact
that
we're
all
independent
elected
officials
who
truly
represent
our
constituencies
and
were
brought
here
and
honored
with
people's
vote
to
do
the
people's
work
and
get
to
compromises
and
moving
the
city
forward.
You
have
done
that
this
year
with
significant
legacy
projects,
whether
it's
the
poverty
partnership
to
the
400
million
dollar
bond
council
president.
C
I
want
to
thank
you
and
all
my
colleagues
for
your
leadership.
I
also
want
to
thank
marcel
pratt
for
her
service
and
really
just
want
to
end
on
our
good
colleague,
wilson
good
for
those
of
us
continuing
his
work
around
social,
economic
and
justice,
because
that's
what
he
did
here,
a
body
of
work
of
hundreds
of
bills
that
were
impactful
to
how
we
run
business.
C
We
stand
on
his
shoulders.
He
was
the
trailblazer
in
this
space
and
was
unapologetic
in
his
work,
and
so
I
personally
also
want
to
thank
him
for
being
a
friend
for
always
answering
the
call
and
giving
the
advice
around
this
kind,
how
we
want
to
impact
and
do
this
kind
of
work.
So
thank
you,
council,
president,
for
your
patience
and
to
our
leadership
team
and
to
all
the
members
have
a
safe
holiday
season.
C
F
I
still
remember
how
he
would
set
up
his
desk
of
the
items
he
would
have
on
his
desk
in
his
deep
knowledge
of
the
legislative
process
and
our
internal
procedures
of
city
council.
I
wish
him
well
and
truly
thank
him
for
his
continued
work,
and
I
too
am
grateful
for
the
lessons
I've
learned
this
year.
F
As
you
all
know,
I've
worked
in
city
council
for
quite
some
time,
so
I
knew
that
when
I
became
a
member,
there
would
be
lots
of
new
things
to
learn,
but
the
challenges
this
year
made
the
transition
particularly
difficult.
So
I
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
your
support,
whether
we
agreed
or
disagreed.
F
F
It
is
my
sincere
hope
that
we
will
see
support
from
our
state
and
federal
governments,
but
it
is
also
my
hope
that
we
use
this
crisis
to
think
innovatively
about
what
challenges
we
need
to
make
and
take
right
here
in
philadelphia
and
what
changes
we
need
to
continue
to
take.
How
have
our
choices
played
a
role
in
the
city
we
have
today
and
what
should
we
do
differently
to
move
the
needle
on
these
issues?
F
We
have
been
asking
these
tough
questions
since
the
beginning
of
this
year,
and
I
will
say
even
when
it
was
extremely
difficult.
I
learned
from
you,
council,
member,
oh,
and
I
appreciate
you
councilmember
o'neal,
for
pulling
me
aside
after
hearing
one
day.
Your
words
really
help
me
and
I
will
always
always
be
grateful
for
you.
F
I
learned
so
much
from
you
and
your
great
institutional
knowledge,
since
the
onset
of
kovit
we've
been
listening
to
our
small
business
owners
about
their
challenges
and
needs
like
we
did
yesterday
in
the
committee
on
commerce
and
economic
development,
and
I
want
to
thank
our
majority
leader,
councilmember
shirelle
parker,
for
her
laser
focus
on
the
needs
of
our
commercial
corridors.
We
spent
seven
hours
hearing
from
community
members
about
police
reform
over
100
witnesses
and
truly
shedding
light
on
the
contracting
practices
that
tie
up
over
700
million
dollars
of
our
budget
each
and
every
year.
F
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you,
colleagues,
for
your
support
of
the
public
comment.
Bill
of
first
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
we
held
listing
sessions
in
the
community
through
council,
member
quinona,
sanchez's
poverty,
action
task
force
and
the
disadvantaged
communities
task
force
with
council,
member
isaiah,
thomas
and
myself
and
all
the
members
of
council,
and
we
are
finding
new
ways
to
leverage
resources
to
invest
in
those
who
need
it.
Most.
F
We
passed
legislation
to
help
business
owners
and
restaurants
pivot
during
this
pandemic,
under
the
leadership
of
council
member,
dom
and
henan
the
emergency
housing
protection
act
and
the
black
workers
matter,
package
from
council
members
brooks
kim
gautier,
thomas
and
johnson,
and
also
councilmember
johnson,
for
your
focus
on
gun,
violence,
prevention
and
a
bill.
We
also
passed
a
bill
to
help
our
environment
and
our
important
outdoor
spaces.
We
use
more
and
more
during
this
time
by
council
member
bass.
F
We
passed
the
new
normal
budget
act
with
your
leadership
council
president
and
council
members,
parker,
squillette
and
jones,
and
also
our
appropriations,
chair,
councilmember
kinona
sanchez
and
our
finance
chair,
councilmember
green,
to
make
it
abundantly
clear
that
this
body
recognizes
the
disparities
caused
by
generations
of
systematic
racism
and
poverty
and
that
we
are
ready
to
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is.
We
may
not
always
agree,
but
it
is
clear
that
we
are
willing
to
work
together
to
move
closer
to
achieving
those
goals.
Philadelphia.
F
I
ask
you
to
join
us,
tell
us
what
your
vision
is
for
our
great
city
and
please
continue
showing
up
to.
Let
us
hear
from
you.
This
year
you
came
out
to
make
your
voices
heard
in
the
streets
in
our
sessions
in
our
emails
and
at
the
ballot
box,
and
I
want
you
to
know
we
hear
you
and
we
are
working
for
you.
Finally,
I
want
to
say
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
our
essential
workers,
the
doctors
and
nurses,
grocery
store
clerks
postal
carriers,
scepter
drivers
and
first
responders.
F
As
you
all
know,
I'm
a
mom
of
three
and
I
have
a
daughter
in
kindergarten
and
one
in
high
school
and
I've
watched
how
hard
our
teachers
have
worked
to
adapt
to
virtual
school
and
keep
our
kids
engaged
in
their
learning.
This
is
hard
work,
so
I
think
each
and
every
teacher
out
there
special
shout
out
to
all
the
working
parents,
especially
those
of
us,
with
little
people.
F
We
are
making
it
day
by
day
and
if
no
one
told
you
you
are
doing
a
great
job
and
finally
thank
you
to
our
amazing
council
staff,
who
have
worked
extremely
hard
this
year
to
help
us
get
through
this
time
from
our
council
president's
administrative
team.
Our
amazing
council
support
team
and
tech
team
all
of
our
staff
members,
but
especially
our
chief
clerk
mike
decker.
I
remember
seeing
you
eight
and
nine
o'clock
at
night
leaving
city
hall.
Thank
you
so
much
for
helping
us
to
navigate
these
extremely
difficult
times.
F
I
I
Mr
president,
mr
president,
when
we
started
this
team's
work,
you
know
and-
and
I
was
just
learning
how
to
use
it.
If
I
couldn't
see
them-
and
I
just
heard
their
voices,
I
could
not
tell
the
difference
between
modesto
and
lonnie,
and
so
sometimes
I
would
call
lonnie
modesto
and
I
wouldn't
call
me
lonnie,
because
I
I
couldn't
get
it
and
it
was
only
two
minutes
who,
madam
leader,
oh
well.
Thank
you
councilman
johnson.
I
thought
I
was.
I
I
thought
I
was
alone
there,
but
today,
for
the
first
time
when
I
heard
the
two
of
them
communicating
with
each
other
lonnie
said
modesto,
and
I
said,
oh,
my
god
so
now
I
got
it.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
thank
you
to
both
of
them
in
the
spirit
of
acknowledging
council,
a
member
of
wilson,
goode
jr,
and
talking
about
marcel
pratt
and
and
matt
stitt.
I
But
when
you
think
about
our
body
of
work,
you
cannot
not
acknowledge
if
we've
been
pushing
off
support
of
public
education,
the
work
of
augusta
clark
and
janie
blackwell.
When
we've
been
talking
about
housing
and
and
fiscal
supports
for
the
homeless
and
and
those
with
you
know,
mental
health
challenges
and
disabilities.
I
You
can't
without
thinking
about
blackwell,
you
know
I.
I
love
commercial
quarters.
That
was
one
of
the
first
assignments
I
had
when
working
with
council
remember
tasco
my
mother
mentor,
but
I
can't
talk
about
commercial
quarters
without
acknowledging
that
it
was
joan
krajewski
that
developed
the
first
district-wide
neighborhood
commercial
corridor
study
and
after
I
saw
that
I
ran
back
to
the
office
and
said
councilwoman
councilwoman.
We
have
to
do
this,
and
and
and
we
did
that
work
when
we
talk
about
diversity
and
inclusion,
you
can't
have
that
discussion.
I
We
know
without
talking
about
councilman,
wilson,
good,
but
councilman
angel,
ortiz
and
blondel
reynolds
brown,
I'm
also
getting
ready
to
show
my
age
how
rye
howard,
ryde,
howard,
carl
and
ry's
brother.
You
know
I,
when
I
didn't
even
understand
what
it
meant
and
how
we
needed
to
try
to
use
access
to
the
opportunity
to
do
business
with
the
city
as
leverage
you
know
to
get
a
black
and
brown
people
working.
When
we
talk
about
housing.
I
I
can't
I
have
to
think
about
david
cohen,
I'm
talking
about
lake
councilman,
david
cohen.
When
we
talk
about
supports
like
uppers
and
just
giving
people
access
to
payment
plans,
that
was
him
and
he
was
johnny
on
the
spot.
When
we
talk
about
paid
sick
leave,
he's
no
longer
here,
but
a
councilman
greenlee.
If
you're
watching
I'll,
never
forget
that
call.
When
you
found
out
they
were
trying
to
pass
preemption
legislation
on
what
the
work
you
all
were
doing
here
in
council.
I
He
very
quietly,
mr
president,
picked
up
the
phone
and
called
nobody
knew
it
wasn't
like
a
press
conference
or
anything
he
just
said
sharrell.
I
hear
it's
coming
you're
on
that
labor
committee
and
and
let
me
send
you
the
correct
language,
he
said,
don't
call
it
paid
sick
leave.
He
said
you
call
it
earned
paid
sick
leave
and
he
was
very
specific
about
you
know
the
languages.
So
I
used
the
information
that
he
gave
me
to
advocate
in
that
committee.
I
In
addition
to
that,
when
I've
seen
advocates
come
into
council
this
year,
I'm
talking
about
when
we've
been
in
person
and
or
during
public
comment
here,
I
want
to
say
for
the
record
that
I
thought
about
the
women
who
are
no
longer
here,
who
I
learned
a
lot
from,
and
I'm
talking
about
joan,
howe
I'm
talking
about
at
winner
baker,
I'm
talking
about
owner,
weldon
and
audrey,
johnson,
thornton,
merlin,
clyburn
and
flo
burnley
and
donna
blasch.
Those
names
might
not
mean
much
to
you
all.
I
But
again,
when
I
reflect
on
this
work,
I
always
think
of
those
people
who
taught
many
of
us
when
we
didn't
know
what
in
the
world
we
were
doing,
the
only
thing
we
knew
was
that
we
wanted
to
help
with
that
being
said,
mr
president,
I
want
to
encourage
all
philadelphians
to
shop
local
this
year.
I
know
these
are
challenging
times
and
everybody's
on
amazon,
but
if
there
is
any
way
you
can
find
a
way
to
patronize
businesses
that
are
located
here
and
our
city,
please
do.
I
If
you
want
to
visit
some
bakeries,
come
to
catherine's
on
washington,
lane
or
gilben's
on
stenton
avenue,
david
sims
on
wise
word.
Thank
you,
councilwoman
gilbert
richardson
for
leading
advocacy
during
the
thanksgiving
era,
but
listen
they're
all
open
for
business
now
for
christmas,
so
get
your
orders
in
soon.
And
finally,
I
want
to
say
this
to
you.
Mr
president:
there
was
no
road
map
to
navigate
this
fiscal
crisis
and
this
global
health
pandemic,
particularly
for
local
governments.
I
You've
been
the
steady
armed
and
the
steady
mind
we
needed
to
help
to
lead
us
through
this
process.
I
want
to
just
remind
you
and
the
public.
Mr
president,
when
I
was
in
harrisburg,
I
watched
people
use,
divide
and
conquer
against
philadelphia
from
a
legislative
perspective
on
more
occasions
than
I'd
like
to
acknowledge,
but
this
year,
mr
president,
we
had
unprecedented
intergovernmental
cooperation
and
planning
between
local
state
and
federal
governments.
We
worked
and
got
on
the
same
page
with
the
administration.
I
You
know
when
that
was
possible,
so
we
could
advocate
for
what
we
believed
in
and
colleagues,
in
the
name
of
the
late
john
myers,
who
told
me
when
my
grandfather
died,
that
my
problem
was,
I
couldn't
fix
it
and
those
of
us
who
were
elected
to
public
office.
Our
job
is
to
fix
things
and
we
might
not
be
able
to
do
it
all
immediately.
I
E
D
Everybody
and
I'm
going
to
second
the
comments
of
everyone
who's
spoken
in
the
effort
of
time.
I
also
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
my
staff
and
everyone's
staff
and
the
tech
team.
I
mean
I've
learned
a
lot
technology
wise
this
year.
I
want
to
give
the
big
picture
here
in
the
big
picture.
Is
the
vaccines
on
the
horizon
the
vaccines
coming?
We
can
see
that
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel.
Thank
god
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
residents
in
every
small,
medium
business
largely
also
gets
there.
D
We
can't
leave
anyone
behind
so
on
your
leadership.
Council
president
we've
come
through
this
pretty
well,
I
really
enjoyed
that
budget
committee.
We
put
together
you
put
together
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
and,
let's
make
sure
nobody
is
left
behind,
and
we
get
them
all
there
to
that
vaccine
and
get
that
vaccination
done
happy
holidays
to
everybody.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
We
have
stepped
it
up
because
of
the
challenges
that
were
put
before
us,
but
I
must
say
you
know
that
requires
that
we
step
it
up
another
level,
because
the
implementation
stage,
the
monitoring
stage,
making
sure
that
all
those
people
are
in
a
position
to
take
advantage
of
all
of
the
great
things
we've
done
over
the
last
several
months.
It's
real!
So
you
know
I
don't
want
to
come
off
with
a
little
little.
A
All
this
stuff
that
made
and
the
level
of
threshold
that
we've
placed
on
everything
we've
done,
we
got
to
get
it
done.
A
lot
of
people
are
depending
on
want
us
to
get
it
done.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
all
of
you.
So
much
tell
you
how
much
I
appreciate-
and
I
know
sometimes
I
get
a
little
frustrated.
You
know,
try
not
to
show
it,
but
it's
good.
It's
good!
A
It's
good
for
you
to
understand
the
ability
to
listen
to
everybody,
to
learn,
patience
and
I've
gotten
to
be
so
much
more
patient
over
the
years.
So
when
I
first
came
here
and
out
about
god,
god
I
remember
council,
president
vernon
was
like
my
god
like.
Where
are
you
going
to
rush
to?
I
said:
well,
I'm
just
used
to
being
in
a
hurry
right,
but
now,
on
a
serious
note,
I
just
appreciate
you
all
so
much
your
commitment.
Your
passion
is
awesome.
A
So
I
just
want
to
wish
you
all
a
very,
very
happy
holiday,
look
forward
over
the
next
month
of
having
councilman
johnson's
already
announced
a
couple
of
hearings
that
he's
going
to
have,
and
I
anticipate
there
will
be
a
minimum
of
two
or
three
more
over
the
quote-unquote
recess,
so
we
can
be
prepared
to
move
forward
on
the
the
adoption
of
legislation
when
we
get
back
so
again,
everybody.
Thank
you
all.
I
appreciate
you
all
so
much
I
even
just
say
I
love
you.
A
G
I
want
to
give
you
your
props
just
for
your
leadership
and
always
working
with
this
body
as
we
move
forward.
Obviously,
we
all
are
advocating
around
a
variety
of
different,
diverse
issues
for
our
constituency
with
the
overall
common
goal
of
moving
the
city
of
philadelphia
forward,
and
I
want
to
thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
your
staff.
G
I
want
to
thank
the
tech
staff
for
keeping
this
council
moving
forward
because
we
didn't
know
what
the
new
normal
was
going
to
look
like
in
terms
of
how
we
were
going
to
conduct
council
mississippi
in
terms
of
moving
forward.
I'm
special
shout
out
to
kalia
from
your
staff
for
making
sure
those
citations
still
get
done
and
she's
coming
in.
G
A
Thank
you
councilman.
Now
it
takes
the
team
and
the
team
as,
as
we
said
earlier,
it
goes
way
beyond
the
person's
name.
That's
on
the
door
to
the
office,
it
inclusive
of
us
all
and
it
doesn't
happen
without
everybody
engaged.
So
god,
thank
you
all
appreciate
you
and
again
I
say
it
publicly
love.
You
chair
now
recognizes
councilman
jones
promotion
to
a
journey.
H
Before
I
do
that,
I
want
to
say
one
thing
about
wilson:
good,
jew,
okay,
nobody
knew
parliamentary
procedure
and
council
rules
better
than
him,
but
what
I
admired
most
when
I
copied
off
of
him
was
nobody
could
second
emotion
quicker
than
him,
and
I
tried
very
hard
to
imitate
them
in
our
present
body.
That's
something
I
took
from
him
and
with
that
with
that.
Mr
president,
I
move
that
council
stand
adjourned
until
thursday
january
28,
20
21
and
at
10
am
second.