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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 12-3-2020
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A
Thank
you
and
good
morning.
I
understand
that
the
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
instructions
for
how
the
public
may
view
the
meeting
and
offer
public
comment
are
included.
In
the
stated
meeting
notice,
it
was
published
in
the
daily
news,
enquirer
legal
intelligencer
prior
to
the
meeting
and
can
also
be
found
on
phl
council
dot
com.
A
A
A
D
A
D
A
A
B
A
By
way
of
a
reminder,
we're
asking
that
all
resolutions,
including
privilege
resolution
to
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
in
the
appropriate
opportunity
for
public
comment.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
very
much
in
advance
for
your
anticipated
cooperation
and
mr
decker.
Would
you
please
read
the
titles
of
the
legislation
that
is
being
offered
today
by
the
members.
B
Councilwoman
parker
offers
four
resolutions
entitled
a
resolution.
Congratulating
and
honoring
state
representative
joanna
mcclinton,
191st
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.
B
A
D
B
K
G
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
want
to
speak
briefly
about
this.
This
was
introduced
by
myself,
councilmember
johnson,
councilmember,
esquila,
councilmember,
heenan,
co-sponsored
by
many
council
members,
gilmore
richardson,
o'neill,
kim
o
bass,
jones
and
gautier,
and
I
think
I
speak
on
behalf
of
almost
all
of
our
colleagues.
Everyone
in
the
administration
and
you
council,
president,
that
there
wasn't
actually
an
editorial
today
in
the
inquiry
saying
that
we're
not
doing
enough
for
businesses
and
for
help
to
help
people
this
resolution,
the
work
we
have
been
doing.
G
Maybe
people
are
not
aware
of
it,
but
we've
been
working
very
diligently
behind
the
scenes
trying
to
help
businesses,
and
I
want
to
speak
to
that
issue.
You
know,
as
we
continue
to
adhere
to
all
the
health
and
safety
guidelines
which
are
important
to
protect
everyone
from
the
virus.
We
must
also
work
with
businesses
and
help
them
survive
through
this
pandemic,
and
a
major
part
of
that
needs
to
be
a
conversation
about
transparency
and
process
regarding
how
we
make
our
decisions
and
communicate
them
to
business
owners
who
are
bearing
an
unsustainable
strain
during
this
pandemic.
G
G
Their
doors
are
closing
and
in
too
many
cases,
they're
closing
permanently
so
much
so
that
the
inquirer
has
now
been
posting
a
list
of
closures
and
it
continues
to
grow,
which
is
heartbreaking.
Our
once
healthy
and
growing
job
market
for
local
residents
is
contracting
quickly.
We
must
keep
in
mind
that
the
overwhelming
majority
of
philadelphia's
businesses
are
small
businesses.
Small
operations
that
employ
two
three
four
five
or
ten
people,
and
our
people
can't
afford
the
job
losses.
G
Many
of
us
in
this
body
have
been
focused
on
building
these
supports,
as
I
mentioned
since
the
virus
hit,
and
I
appreciate
my
colleagues
especially
and
most
recently
council
member
quinona
sanchez.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
leadership
yesterday
and
the
world
should
know
this,
especially
the
city.
20
million
dollars
was
found
by
the
council
member
canon
sanchez
in
that
appropriations
hearing
to
support
this
group
during
the
appropriation
process.
Phenomenal.
G
That's
a
lot
happening
right
now
in
the
wake
of
covet,
but
we
have
to
stay
on
top
of
the
big
picture
and
continue
to
bring
these
issues
forward.
We
do
care
about
the
restaurant
businesses,
we
do
care
about
hotels,
we
care
about
cultural
industries,
we
care
about
every
business
in
the
city
and
the
residents.
G
A
K
Most
recently,
we
came
with
additional
funding
to
support
individuals
who
are
running
so
they
will
not
be
evicted.
We're
working
on
a
400
million
dollar
plan
to
stop
the
issue
of
gentrification
throughout
the
city
of
philadelphia
to
help
people
stay
inside
their
homes.
So
I
just
want
to
state
that
for
the
record
and
acknowledge
my
colleagues
for
the
work
that
they
are
doing
to
protect
people
as
much
as
we
can
doing
this
covet
19
pandemic.
B
Thanks
for
the
calendar,
doctor
mitscola
offers
one
bill
and
one
resolution
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
department
of
public
property
to
acquire
on
behalf
of
the
city
and
easement
in
the
area
bounded
by
chestnut
street
12th
street
market
street
and
11th
street.
For
the
committee
and
a
resolution
also
naming
reed
street
between
12th
street
and
13th
street
as
mario
lanza
way.
B
And
free
resolutions
entitled
a
resolution
for
claiming
january
13.
2021
is
korean-american
day
in
philadelphia
to
celebrate
and
commemorate
the
proud
heritage
of
korean
americans
and
their
invaluable
contributions
to
enhancing
the
city's
culture
economy
and
the
founding
ideals
of
independence
and
democracy.
M
B
Division
of
housing
and
community
development
in
order
to
support
equitable
neighborhood
development
by
constructing
affordable
housing,
including
units
for
sale
or
rent,
providing
assistance
to
philadelphia's
who
desire
to
become
homeowners,
providing
opportunities
for
workforce
development
and
apprenticeship
and
requiring
mwdbe
participation
goals,
including
monitoring
and
enforcement,
and
bill
number
two:
zero
zero.
Six
five
three
encountered:
an
ordinance
chapter,
19
1300
of
the
philadelphia
code
inside
of
real
estate
taxes.
By
modifying
the
amount
of
certain
tax,
abatements,
respectfully
reports,
it
is
considered
the
same.
I'm
returning
to
the
touch
ballistic
council
with
a
favorable
recommendation.
B
M
A
Thank
you.
It's
been
more
than
property,
second,
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended,
so
has
been
first
meeting
this
day
of
bills,
number
two:
zero:
zero:
three,
six:
six:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
five:
six:
two:
zero:
zero;
six:
five:
three
all
those
in
paper
indicate
by
saying
aye
aye
those
opposed
eyes,
and
these
bills
will
be
placed
on
our
first
meeting
calendar
today.
K
B
Look
at
the
gun
rules,
which
is
referred
bill
number
two:
zero
zero;
five
one
six
entitled
the
norton
submitting
title.
Fourteen
of
the
philosophy
code
entitled
zoning
and
planning
by
creating
an
overlay
district
entitled
wyn,
winfield,
overlaid
district
include
certain
areas
of
land
within
the
area,
bounded
by
city,
avenue,
landmark
avenue,
parkside
avenue,
53rd
street
jefferson,
street
upland
way
and
drexel
road
and
bill
number
zero.
Zero.
B
Zoning
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designation
to
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
chestnut
street
30th
street
walnut
street
and
31st
street
31st
lower
level
street
and
bill
number
200604,
entitled
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
pull
up
his
own
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designations
of
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
byberry
road
woodhaven,
road,
the
potestan,
creek
and
adjacent
land,
south
of
franklin
mills
circle
and
build
number.
Two:
zero:
zero.
B
K
A
Second,
thank
you
has
been
moved
in
property,
second,
that
the
rules
accounts
will
be
suspended
so
as
a
permit.
First
meeting
this
day
of
bills,
number
two:
zero:
zero;
five
one:
six:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
seven
one:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
seven:
six:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
seven:
seven:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
nine:
two:
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
six:
zero
one:
two:
zero:
zero:
six:
zero:
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
six:
zero:
four:
two:
zero:
zero;
six
one:
three
and
two:
zero
zero.
A
I
I
I
M
A
Thank
you,
it
has
been.
We
will
probably
second,
that
the
rule
of
accounts
will
be
suspended.
So
that's
amendment.
First,
feeding
this
day
of
bills,
number
two:
zero:
zero,
five,
seven
three
and
two
zero
zero.
Six,
two
four,
all
those
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
aye,
those
opposed
eyes
have
it,
and
these
bills
will
be
placed
on
our
first
meeting
calendar
today.
Chair
now
recognizes
councilwoman,
fiona
sanchez
for
report
from
the
committee
on.
C
B
Certain
laws
to
the
office
department's
boards
and
commissions
and
bill
number
two:
zero:
zero,
six,
two
one
entitled
an
audience
authorizing
transfers
and
appropriations
for
fiscal
year,
2020
from
the
general
fund,
the
grants,
revenue
fund
and
the
water
fund.
Certain
oil
city
offices,
department,
supports
and
commissions
to
general
fund,
the
water
fund
and
the
water
fund.
C
A
Thank
you.
It
has
been
within
property
second,
that
the
rules
accounts
will
be
suspended.
So
that's
amendment.
First
reading
this
data
bill's
number
two
zero,
zero;
six,
two!
Oh
two:
zero,
zero!
Six,
two
one:
two:
zero:
zero:
six:
two
two
and
two:
zero
zero.
Six,
two:
three:
all
the
paper
will
indicate
by
saying
aye.
D
N
A
B
Fifty
four
hundred
of
the
philadelphia
code
and
type
of
retention
of
hotel
workers
to
require
that
hotel
employees
receive
notice
of
changes
in
hotel
ownership
or
control
and
providing
related
employment
protections
and
bill
number
two:
zero:
zero.
Six
one
four
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
section:
nine,
eleven
thirty
of
the
philippine
code
entitled
unlawful
credit
screening
practices
in
employment
by
revising
conditions
on
the
use
of
credit
information
or
adverse
employment
actions
respectful
reports.
It
is
considered
the
same
and
returns
the
attached
post
to
council
with
a
favorable
recommendation.
M
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
move
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
so
as
to
permit
first
reading
this
day
of
bill
zero
numbers,
one
three:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
four
one:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
five:
seven:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
five:
nine:
two:
zero:
zero;
five:
six
and
two
zero
zero
six
one.
Four.
A
Second,
thank
you.
It's
been
moved
in
property,
second,
that
the
rules
accounts
will
be
suspended,
so
that's
permit.
First,
meeting
this
day
of
bills,
number
two:
zero
zero;
four
one:
three:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
four
one:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
five:
seven:
two:
zero:
zero:
five:
five:
nine:
two:
zero:
zero;
five;
six
three
and
two
zero
zero;
six
one.
Four
all
the
table
will
indicate
by
saying
aye.
D
A
J
A
D
A
B
Eight
and
touted
audience
authorizing
the
provision
of
lines
and
grades
on
a
portion
of
city
plan
number
forty
six
s
by
striking
from
the
city
plan
and
vacating
penrose
ferry
road
from
penrose
avenue
towards
terminus
north
eastwardly,
they're
from
and
reserving
and
placing
on
the
city
plan
for
various
public
utility
purposes,
within
the
lines
of
penrose
ferry
roads
being
stricken
and
build
over
two
zero:
zero.
Five,
nine
five
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
revision
of
lines
of
graves
under
portion
of
city
plan
numbers,
32s,
33s,
40s,
47s,
48s
and
53s.
B
Six:
two
six
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
provision
of
lines
of
grades
in
a
portion
of
city
plan
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.
For
said,
christopher
columbus
boulevard
from
washington
avenue
to
christian
street
and
by
the
way
2606.57
inside
of
the
lord
and
submitting
bill
number
010267
entitled
an
audience
establishing
a
no
truck
parking
regulation
on
lancaster
avenue
from
52nd
street
to
63rd
street.
B
Both
sides
to
include
and
establish
tow
away
regulations
for
trucks
on
lancaster
avenue
from
52nd
street
263rd
street.
Both
sides
and
bill
number
20658
entitled
an
audience,
authorized
the
installation
of
a
traffic
signal
at
the
intersection
of
upland
way
and
burke
street
and
bill
number
200659
and
taught
in
an
ordinance
this
option.
You
know
truck
parking
regulation
on
parkside
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
his
terminus
and
49th
street.
B
Both
sides
from
parkside
avenue
to
jefferson
street
and
bill
number
zero.
Six,
six
zero
entitled
an
ordinance
establishing
a
no
truck
parking
regulation
on
henry
avenue.
Both
sides
from
allegheny
avenue
to
abbotsford
avenue
at
bill
number
two:
zero
zero
six
six
months
out
of
an
ordinance
authorizing
encroachments
in
the
nature
of
structural
artwork
consisting
of
metal
manhole
covers
and
traffic
signs
located
in
the
vicinity
of
6200
osc
avenue
and
bill
number
two:
zero:
zero.
M
A
D
A
B
L
A
D
A
C
A
Here's
one
second:
it
has
been
moved
in
property,
second,
that
the
rules
accounts
will
be
suspended
so
as
to
permit
first
feeding
this
day
of
bills.
Number
two:
zero
zero,
six
one.
Six
all
those
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
aye,
aye,
aye
aye,
not
opposed
this
bill
will
be
placed
on
our
first
meeting
calendar
today.
A
That
concludes
our
reports
on
committee
and
our
next
order
of
business
is
the
consideration
of
the
calendar.
I
note
that
the
bills
just
reported
on
the
committee,
with
suspension
of
the
rules
have
been
deemed
to
have
had
a
first
reading.
These
bills
will
be
placed
on
our
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendar
at
our
next
session
of
council,
as
there
are
no
additional
bills
on
the
first
being
accounted
today.
The
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
parker
for
the
purpose
of
calling
up
resolutions
and
bills
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes.
Calendar.
M
M
A
You
thank
you
very
much
councilwoman
before
we
proceed
with
the
consideration
of
the
public
comment.
We're
gonna
take
a
brief
five,
maybe
five
to
ten
minute
recess,
to
give
our
technology
professionals
some
time
to
connect
the
speakers
that
we
have
for
today,
so
we'll
take
a
brief
break
until
that
gets.
A
A
J
J
J
J
P
A
A
The
public
comment
must
concern
matters
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passage:
calendar
for
possible
action
at
a
session
of
counsel,
a
speaker
on
any
of
those
matters
must
sign
up.
In
order
to
testify,
you
must
call
215
686
3406
by
5
pm
the
day
before
the
session,
to
sign
up
for
public
comment.
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
that
should
add
you
to
the
list.
A
We
will
then
telephone
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting
now
under
ideal
circumstances.
They
will
each
have
three
minutes
to
speak.
However,
this
time
limit
may
vary
from
time
to
time.
Today
we
have
a
significant
amount
of
individuals
on
the
list
so
to
ensure
that
everyone
has
an
opportunity,
we're
going
to
have
a
two
minute
limit,
so
please
adjust
your
testimony
to
meet
that
timeline.
A
In
order
to
be
fair,
I
want
to
say
that
I
will
tend
to
hold
on
faithfully
to
the
established
time
limit
once
invited
to
the
meeting.
You're
asked
to
begin
your
testimony.
A
timer
will
be
started
and
we
will
monitor
your
remaining
time
throughout
your
testimony
and
when
there
are
30
seconds
remaining
at
that
time
you
will
be
reminded,
and
once
your
time
a
lot
of
time
has
passed,
you
will
be
asked
to
conclude
your
remarks
and
shortly
thereafter
you
will
be
muted
and
disconnected
from
the
remote
sessions.
A
So
you
must
also
please
be
aware
that
this
public
meeting
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
would
ask
the
chief
clerk
to
please
read
the
name
of
our
first
speaker
today.
F
F
200-588-200-589-200-5900
collectively
known
as
the
dr
walter
p
lomax
junior
transparency
and
business
act,
these
bills
will
disclose
the
demographics
in
the
labor
pool
the
executive
team,
staffing,
demographic
and
families
of
contractors
on
city
contracts.
I
am
in
support
of
these
bills.
I
agree
with
with
councilwoman
parker
that
we
have
a
right
to
know
this
information
that
the
contractor
the
contract
and
the
labor
pool
information
have
traditionally
and
currently
not
been
disclosed
to
the
public.
As
pointed
out
by
councilwoman,
parker
philadelphia
has
majority
minority
community.
F
However,
this
majority
of
these
minority
portion
of
the
wealthy
youth
contract
generated
these
legislative
bills
are
named
in
honor
of
a
distinguished
african-american.
Dr
walter
peter
lomax
jr
will
provide
transparency
of
the
city's
business
to
african
american
and
other
large
minority
communities.
This
transparency
will
reveal
the
discrepancies
we
face
in
the
awarding
of
contracts,
executive
position
and
staffing
on
city
contracts.
It
will
be
another
tool
to
dismantle
and
remove
the
systemic
racism
from
from
the
ground
in
the
city
contracts.
F
Q
Thank
you
to
council,
member
richardson
and
others
for
sponsoring
this
resolution.
However,
we
need
much
more
to
ensure
that
our
city
receives
the
green
recovery
it
needs.
Many
working
philadelphians
are
struggling
with
covid
and
the
city
state
and
federal
government,
and
let
them
down
time
and
time
again
where
the
90
percent
of
workers
in
unite
here
lost
their
jobs.
Workers
have
struggled
to
access
entirely
insufficient
unemployment
and
other
public
benefit
programs,
sanitation
and
health
care
workers
were
asked
to
go
back
without
proper
ppe.
Q
The
district
provided
a
chaotic
reopening
process
for
teachers
and
students
and
had
to
reverse
their
clearly
unsafe
plan.
Septa
workers
have
gotten
sick
and
died
and
have
been
denied
hazard,
pay
or
death
benefits
we
need.
We
now
need
investment
in
green
infrastructure
to
support
our
workers
and
to
make
our
city
healthier
and
safer.
We
can
rebuild
our
toxic
schools
to
protect
our
children
and
teachers
and
create
green
jobs
for
electricians
and
other
building
trades
septa
face
is
a
massive
massive
budget
shortfall
and
funds
can
help
keep
our
city
connected.
Q
Our
parks,
pools,
libraries,
museums
and
other
public
spaces
can
be
made
into
vibrant
community
centers.
These
are
just
a
few
examples
of
how
covert
recovery
funds
can
kick
off
a
greener
deal
for
philadelphia,
and
I
hope
that
there's
community
consultation
to
determine
how
these
funds
are
used
for
green
recovery,
while
federal
coveted
funds
will
help
the
city
needs
to
get
serious
about
its
own
budget
as
it
is
facing
enormous
shortfalls
in
the
coming
years.
The
philadelphia
police
department
is
a
huge
train
on
resources
and
these
funds.
Q
These
funds
should
go
towards
other
social
services
millionaires
and
wealthy
corporations
should
pay
their
fair
share.
We
should
end
the
tax
abatement
and
force
wealthy
non-profit
in
quotes
organizations
like
universities
and
hospitals
to
pay
pilots.
We
can't
rely
only
on
the
federal
government
to
rebuild
the
green
philadelphia
that
we
need.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
O
20066.
good
morning,
council
members,
my
name
is
timothy
leonard
good
morning.
My
name
is
timothy
leonard,
a
resident
of
ward
21
speaking
in
support
of
the
green
recovery
resolution
number
20066,
I'd
like
to
thank
councilman,
richardson
and
all
others
sponsoring
this
resolution,
starting
sometime
around
the
second
or
third
week
of
the
pandemic.
Back
in
march,
it
became
fashionable
to
describe
our
conditions
as
the
new
normal.
O
200-666
is
a
start
to
creating
a
new
new
normal
one
that
values
the
well-being
of
everybody.
However,
it
is
only
a
start,
while
councilman
richardson
recognizes
the
solution
to
our
current
situation
is
forward.
That
covet
has
shown
us
how
our
environment
is
inextricably
linked
to
our
health
and
economic
security
and
how
systemic
racism
exacerbates
even
those
further.
As
outlined
in
the
resolution.
O
I
encourage
the
council
to
pursue
an
even
bolder
vision
for
the
city.
The
resolution
being
considered
today
lays
the
groundwork
for
easing
the
financial
toll.
The
pandemic
has
had
on
your
constituents
by
creating
good
green
jobs
and
affordable
housing,
but
it
should
also
lay
the
groundwork
for
more
democratic
control
over
the
local
environment
and
democratic
ownership
over
the
the
recovery
should
aggressively
pursue
public
investment
in
green
infrastructure
and
give
its
constituents
a
voice
in
directing
that
investment.
O
D
P
We
saw
flooding
in
eastwick
in
a
summer
with
22
degree
temperature
differences
in
historically
redlined
communities,
a
phenomenon
known
as
the
urban
heat
island
effect.
Meanwhile,
the
only
way
to
stay
safe
from
the
pandemic
was
to
stay
home.
That's
why
the
green
recovery
resolution
is
so
important.
Philadelphia
needs
to
prioritize
climate
action
and
environmental
justice
in
the
city's
ongoing
coca-19
recovery
efforts.
P
One
strategy
for
green
recovery
among
many
is
to
rebuild
and
grow
our
economy
through
investments
in
green
space.
Philadelphia
has
been
a
has
seen
success
in
creating
green
space
with
our
green
city
clean
waters
program,
it's
an
innovative
approach
to
storm
water
management,
investing
in
historically
neglected
communities
and
increasing
access
to
green
space.
It's
creating
jobs
and
economic
opportunities
for
philadelphians
and
reducing
blight
and
improving
crazies.
P
Q
Q
Q
Of
overreaction
and
escalation,
it's
been
featured
in
the
new
york
times
in
the
washington
post.
They
gassed
peaceful
protesters,
they
murdered
walter
wallace
jr.
They
smashed
repeated,
young's
van
and
posed
with
her
baby
on
social
media,
as
if
they
were
saviors.
There's
no
excuse
to
continue
funding
millions
of
dollars
of
overtime
pay
for
officers
who
have
become
a
national
disgrace.
So
if
you
really
intend
to
prioritize
climate
action
and
environmental
justice,
you
have
to
stand
up
to
the
bullies
at
the
fop
and
defund
the
police
developers.
Pockets
are
loaded.
Q
New
construction
is
still
booming
across
the
city.
We
have
to
end
the
10
year
tax
abatement
and
we
have
to
do
it
now.
Advocates
have
been
demanding
this
for
years.
It's
not
time
to
wait,
it's
time
to
do
it
now
and
city
council
to
prove
that
you
really
represent
the
people
and
not
the
developers
and
by
the
way
alan
dom
must
recuse
himself
from
any
vote
regarding
the
tax
abatement
due
to
his
clear
conflict
of
interest
as
a
real
estate
developer,
and
then
there
are
the
nonprofits
in
name
only.
Q
The
university
of
pennsylvania,
my
alma
mater,
made
headlines
when
they
promised
100
million
dollars,
but
their
endowment
is
15
billion
dollars
and
amy.
Goodman's
salary
is
3.6
million
dollars,
penn
must
pay
more
and
so
must
drexel
and
jefferson
and
all
the
other
non-profits
in
name
only.
Thank
you
very
much
for
my
time.
P
Good
morning,
councilmember
catherine
gilmore,
richardson
and
all
council
members
in
this
meeting.
This
is
lynn,
robinson
speaking,
I'm
the
director
of
neighbors
forget
plants
and
a
regulator,
I'm
speaking
in
support
of
green
recovery
resolution
206,
but
I
also
do
support
the
health
spaces
bill.
This
resident
provides
the
clear,
high
road
to
a
healthier
economy,
while
improving
public
health
beginning
right
now.
Cova
19
recovery
in
its
in
itself
is
a
short-term
goal,
but
a
green
recovery
will
have
long-term
effects.
P
Hopefully
we'll
no
longer
have
to
accept
philadelphia
as
normal
as
the
nation's
large
cities,
cancer
and
asthma
capital.
One
gem
in
the
resolution
is
the
promotion
of
a
circular
economy
which
honors
the
dignity
of
all
involved.
A
circular
economy
which
builds
environmental
justice
and
climate
action
will
better
protect
people
from
falling
through
the
cracks
and
becoming
part
of
what
we
politely
have
been
calling
the
most
vulnerable.
P
An
environmental
priority
will
begin
to
lift
health
burdens
from
certain
zip
codes
in
our
city,
where
lower
average
life
expectancy
was
widely
publicized
and
accepted
as
inevitable
before
the
pandemic
began.
Covid
as
a
threat
of
contagion
has
forced
the
general
public
to
admit
who
suffers
the
most
from
chronic
diseases.
P
Now
we
have
to
see
that
our
city
and
nation's
health
is
only
as
strong
as
our
weakest
link.
It's
not
a
trickle-down
theory
resolution.
It's
just
the
city's
official
perception
away
from
the
idea
that
the
salvation
and
backbone
of
our
city
relies
on
an
influx
of
high-income
residents
and
comes
to
terms
with
the
reality
that
our
future,
while
including
new
people,
rests
on
the
diverse
population
whose
ancestor
decades
to
centuries
ago
and
includes
with
equity
the
23.3
under
the
federal
poverty
line.
P
P
R
R
Kovitz
19
has
pushed
the
pause
button
for
us
and
shown
us
who
is
affected
by
the
virus,
who
is
the
most
vulnerable
and
who
is
the
most
essential
amongst
us,
I'm
talking
about
the
young
and
the
old
and
the
essential
workers
who
cannot
work
from
home
like
most
of
us.
Kogit
19
has
also
shown
us
that
the
safest
spaces
are
outdoors.
R
R
These
are
just
some
examples.
Overall,
we
need
to
ensure
that
we
do
not
approve
any
new
fossil
fuel
projects,
no
matter
how
tempting
they're
bad
for
children
and
other
living
beings.
No
new
fossil
fuel
projects
is
an
international
call
and
it
means
no
new
combined
heat
and
power
plants
like
the
septa
gas
plants,
no
new,
liquefied
natural
gas
facilities,
no
lng
export
terminals
for
plastic
manufacturing
elsewhere,
and
no
new
gas
hookups
our
guiding
mantra.
Should
we
electrify
everything
and
power
it
all
with
clean
energy.
R
P
We
also
believe
that
the
city
should
invest
in
workforce
training
and
placement
for
millions
of
construction
manufacturing
and
maintenance
jobs
that
support
climate
resilient
infrastructure.
We
should
invest
in
restoring
and
strengthening
local
food
systems,
a
known
growth
industry
for
our
region
and,
of
course,
prioritize
small
business
development.
Given
our
members
deep
commitment
to
rebuilding
our
economy
with
strong
focus
of
folk
on
localism
equity
and
climate
resilience,
we
look
forward
to
working
closely
with
council
member
gilmore,
richardson
and
the
rest
of
council,
as
well
as
the
administration,
to
bring
this
resolution
into
action.
P
Q
Thank
you.
My
name
is
julian
boggs,
I'm
a
resident
of
philadelphia.
I
wanted
to
speak
up
today,
as
others
have
in
in
favor
of
resolution
200
666
by
council
member
gilmore
richardson.
I
want
to
echo
what
a
lot
of
the
previous
speakers
have
said,
and
so
I
will
just
briefly
say:
maybe
a
couple
additional
pieces.
Q
Q
Q
Those
are
the
real
questions
and
I
urge
you
to
not
just
let
this
be
money
words
on
a
page
but
commit
real
dollars.
Following
up
on
council
presidents,
clark,
clean
energy
campaign,
pledge
commitment
of
a
billion
dollars
and
and
continue
to
invest
in
real
dollars
in
the
transition,
so
that
all
the
philadelphians
benefit.
H
H
For
many
years
I
helped
with
native
plant
restoration
and
removed
invasive
plants.
I
saw
supposedly
safe
herbicides
cause
unexpected
damage,
killing
mature
trees.
I
saw
how
invasive
plants
came
back
again
and
again,
even
after
being
sprayed
with
glyphosate,
a
safer
approach
is
needed.
Currently,
there
is
no
policy
to
reduce
herbicide
use
in
philadelphia.
H
It
is
sprayed
around
basketball
courts
and
tennis
courts
where
people
put
their
backpacks
and
water
bottles
it
sprayed
along
forbidden
dries
to
kill
invasive
plants
as
children
and
families
walk
by
with
no
warning
it
is
sprayed
on
poison
ivy.
While
school
children
stand
downwind
without
your
leadership
to
mandate
change,
the
city
would
continue
to
apply
these
toxins
and
jeopardize
our
health.
H
H
Critics
may
be
nervous
about
changing
their
landscape
practices
because
they
may
not
know
another
way,
but
there
is
another
way
with
organic.
Land
management
works,
it's
working
all
across
the
country,
it's
effective
and
it
creates
safe
jobs.
A
waiver
process
with
public
oversight
can
accommodate
rare
instances
when
pesticide
use
may
be
necessary.
H
H
D
D
O
H
I
am
also
a
13th
ward
committee
person,
a
member
of
neighbors
against
the
gas
plants,
a
community
liaison
for
philadelphia
job
corps,
co-block
casting
for
west
average
for
avenue
and
a
wife
and
mother
of
three,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
our
community
is
in
support
of
the
healthy
outdoor
public
spaces
bill
introduced
by
councilwoman
cindy
bass.
I
have
lived
across
the
street
from
the
front
hill
park
for
the
last
17
years.
The
park
is
a
green
space
used
by
not
just
our
community,
but
the
community
at
large.
H
It
is
located
in
the
southwest
germantown
section
of
philadelphia,
so
it's
used
by
those
neighbors
as
well
as
east
falls
neighbors
nice
town
neighbors,
and
by
the
john
b
kelly
elementary
school,
the
wilson
hicken
charter
school,
which
uses
the
park
on
a
regular
basis
for
reassessed,
physical
education
and
as
a
conducive
resource
for
the
students,
emotional,
physical
development.
They
also
help
with
part
cleanup,
I'm
here
today
to
ask
you
to
please
consider
a
non-toxic
non-toxic
method
to
treat
our
parks
and
green
spaces.
Pesticides
are
of
a
very
serious
concern.
H
The
children
of
our
knights
town
community
have
the
highest
asthma
rate
in
the
entire
city
of
philadelphia
and
they
rank
within
the
top
10
of
our
countries.
Unfortunately,
when
pesticides
are
used,
they
don't
just
stay
in
place
and
even
if
they
did
our
children,
don't
these
chemicals
spread
with
the
wind
to
become
a
part
of
the
air
we
breathe,
awarded
we
drink
and
they
are
trapped
into
our
homes
and
they
cover
our
children's
hands
and
feet.
H
Q
Q
Q
Q
P
Francine
good
morning,
my
name
is
dr
francie
rubin,
I'm
speaking
in
favor
of
eliminating
herbicides
and
fungicides
from
philadelphia's
public
green
spaces,
I'm
a
veterinarian
and
owner
of
the
rockledge
veterinary
clinic
located
just
outside
of
northeast
philadelphia.
I've
been
a
veterinarian
for
31
years.
My
veterinary
association,
the
avma
reports
that
one
in
four
dogs
dies
with
cancer.
Every
year,
almost
one
in
two
dogs
over
the
age
of
10
develops
cancer.
These
are
alarming
statistics.
P
R
P
Lawn,
I
often
experience
burning,
in
my
eyes
a
nose
and
a
sore
throat
during
these
walks.
These
little
signs,
often
inconspicuous,
will
say,
don't
walk
on
on
this
area
until
until
dry,
who
are
they
kidding?
Do
they
think
the
dogs
won't
absorb
the
chemicals
through
their
foot
pads
or
inside
their
noses
when
they
sniff
the
lawn
once
it's
dry
dog's
feet
are
the
only
part
of
the
body,
that's
sweat,
the
pads
are
porous,
and
that
means
that
all
kinds
of
molecules
can
be
easily
absorbed
through
their
feet,
wet
or
dry.
P
In
addition,
dogs
lick
their
food,
thereby
increasing
their
exposure
by
ingesting
more
toxic
product.
Most
of
the
chemicals
in
these
lawn
applications
have
not
been
evaluated
for
their
long-term
health
effects.
With
our
dog's
life
expectancies
being
shorter
than
ours,
they
are
guinea
pigs,
as
their
cancer
rate
increases.
We
need
to
ask
ourselves
hard
questions.
Why
is
this
happening?
P
What
are
the
causes?
I
can
tell
you
it's
not
because
they
live
longer
more
younger
pets
to
come.
We
live
in
a
toxic
world,
better
life
through
chemistry,
I'm
not
so
sure.
I
hope
that
you
will
vote
in
favor
of
banning
all
all
the
potentially
dangerous
chemicals
in
our
public
spaces
instead
of
precedent,
so
that
I
can
start
a
movement
in
my
own
community.
Our
children,
our
pets,
helpless
beings
deserve
our
efforts
to
protect
them
from
these
dangerous
chemicals.
Thank
you.
D
R
A
R
Testimony
I
support
the
healthy
outdoor
public
spaces
bill
to
stop
the
city
from
using
toxins
in
public
places,
but
I'm
here
today
to
read
the
comments
of
another
philadelphia
citizen.
His
name
is
john
janak,
he's
owned
good
host
plants
nursery
for
the
past
five
years
and
he's
participated
in
many
public
land,
restoration
efforts
throughout
philadelphia
over
the
past
10
years
and
here's
what
john
says.
I
strongly
support
passage
of
this
bill.
R
I've
designed
and
planted
many
gardens
over
the
years
in
the
city,
most
of
which
first
required
removal
of
invasive
species
and
I've
never
used
herbicides.
I've
always
found
mechanical
removal
to
be
the
most
successful
technique.
Even
the
most
aggressive
invasive
species,
like
japanese
wheat,
can
be
eliminated
using
organic
gardening
techniques.
R
In
october
2019
I
worked
with
about
50
students
and
in
just
two
hours
we
removed
english
ivy
from
an
entire
block
from
the
sidewalk
to
about
50
feet
deep
in
the
woods.
The
students
learned
about
ecology
and
horticulture
and
our
work
allowed
native
species
to
thrive
and
provide
essential
food
for
migrating
birds.
I
recently
moved
to
a
property
in
mount
airy
that
contains
all
of
the
invasive
species
that
are
found
throughout
fairmount
park.
R
O
O
O
We
in
my
opinion,
both
of
these
bills
are
are
this
resolution
and
this
piece
of
legislation
are
no-brainers.
They
should
both
easily
pass
and
I
assume
they
will.
We
have
to
look
towards
the
future.
We've
got
to
protect
our
citizens
in
philadelphia,
pesticides
being
sprayed
in
common
places
where
children
are
playing
and,
as
you
heard
animals
are
wandering,
is
dangerous
for
public
health
and-
and
these
are
simple
things
that
we
should
be
able
to
to
approve
of
as
a
society
to
get
rid
of
these
things.
O
O
We
have
a
goal
in
philadelphia
to
reduce
our
greenhouse
gases
and
one
of
the
best
ways
to
do
that
is
to
ensure
that
our
buildings
are
more
energy
efficient
and
do
not
use
fossil
fuels
to
heat
and
cook
with
and
reducing.
That
is
going
to
take
a
lot
of
guts
from
city
council
and
it's
going
to
be
a
long
term
plan,
probably
20
years
in
the
making.
We
need
to
start
now
by
reducing
new
residential
and
commercial
gas
hookups
in
philadelphia.
O
H
H
H
Councilwoman
jim's
resolution,
which
supports
house
bill
526,
sends
a
strong
message
to
all
of
us
that
you
support
forcing
parents
to
pay
for
access
to
a
public
educational
option
that
many
of
these
families
currently
receive
for
free.
The
only
people
hurt
by
this
are
the
people
who
can't
afford
to
pay
the
bill.
We
all
know
and
agree
that
the
charter,
the
state
charter
school
law,
needs
to
be
revamped,
but
trying
to
have
those
quick
fixes
that
negatively
impact
and
hurt
poor
people
does
not
work.
It's
not
equal
and
it's
not
just.
F
Good
morning
my
name
is
thank
you.
My
name
is
larry
jones
and
I'm
one
of
the
co-founders
of
the
african-american
charter
school
coalition,
based
on
philadelphia
school
district
data.
There
have
been
23
charter,
schools
recommended
for
closure
within
the
past
10
years,
and
20
of
them
were
black-led
or
minority-led
schools
representing
an
87
percent
number
there's
also
a
recent
john
hopkins
study
that
illustrates
that
nationally
charter
school
authorizing
policies
create
disproportionate
barriers
for
african-american
and
hispanic
charter
operators.
F
Our
black
schools
matter
campaign
is
a
new
initiative
to
highlight
the
importance
of
black-led
schools
and
raise
awareness
of
inequities
that
exist
between
black
and
white
led
schools.
Our
goals
are
to
correct
misinformation,
highlight
what
sets
our
schools
apart
from
others,
and
demand
equity
when
it
comes
to
funding
renewal.
M
F
The
charter
office
must
be
revamped
to
ensure
fairness,
transparency
and
equity
when
it
comes
to
evaluation
and
oversight,
the
authorization
outcomes
shouldn't
be
different
for
different
schools.
We
want
to
work
with
the
school
board
and
the
charter
office
to
address
these
issues,
because
we
can
no
longer
be
silent.
Our
voices
matter-
and
we
hope
all
members
of
council
will
support
our
efforts
as
we
continue
to
move
our
black
schools
matter
campaign
forward.
Additionally,
we
know
council
member
jim's
resolution
supporting
house
bill.
F
526
is
non-binding,
but
it
is
symbolic
in
nature
which
sends
the
wrong
message
to
parents
and
working
class
families
who
wish
to
exercise
their
right
to
have
a
free
public
option
where
to
send
their
child
to
school.
This
is
a
right
afforded
to
many
of
you
that
you
are
now
attempting
to
deny
other
families.
This
is
not
fair,
nor
equitable
and
to
suggest
parents
need
to
pay
to
have
their
child
attend
a
public
school
option
that
they
currently
receive
for
free
during
a
global
pandemic
and
job
loss
is
shameful.
F
We
support
the
revamp
of
the
charter
school
law,
but
this
is
not
the
way
to
do
it.
Therefore,
we
are
asking
you
to
please
vote
no
to
councilwoman
jim's
resolution,
also
in
the
future.
Please
consider
reaching
out
to
our
coalition
on
issues
impacting
public
education
or
public
charter
school
policies,
so
we
can
provide
our
valuable
insights.
A
A
A
D
A
L
L
O
A
Those
opposed
eyes
have
it
and
resolution
two
zero
zero.
Four
nine
one
eight
has
been
amended
resolution
number
two:
zero
zero,
four
nine
one,
a
as
the
minute
will
be
placed
on
the
final
passes
calendar
at
our
next
session
of
counseling.
Mr
decker,
please
read
the
title
of
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
Six,
six
four.
B
A
M
D
N
A
A
A
K
A
A
A
A
D
A
B
A
A
A
D
A
C
C
E
H
B
D
D
A
A
P
E
B
R
A
D
C
C
C
We
must
prioritize
the
health
and
safety
of
our
communities,
particularly
our
underserved
communities,
which
have
been
plagued
by
enhanced
exposure
to
environmental
toxins.
We
must
also
re-evaluate
our
approach
to
land
management
as
little
as
0.1
percent
of
an
applied
pesticide
interacts
with
its
targeted
weed
or
pests.
The
remainder
contaminates,
the
soil,
the
air
and
water,
and
can
have
significant
non-target
effects
throughout
the
entire
ecosystem.
C
Reliance
on
these
chemicals
have
disrupted
soil
health.
Residues
of
these
chemicals
have
been
detected
in
our
drinking
water
and
everyday
foods,
and
these
chemicals
are
documented
as
harmful
to
birds,
fish
pets,
aquatic
organisms
and
bees
or
organic
land
care
is
not
simply
about
the
type
of
pesticide
used,
but
rather
a
holistic
practice
that
focuses
on
restoring
and
enhancing
biological
cycles
and
by
involving
soil
microorganisms
plants
and
animals.
C
If
we
learn
to
manage
our
land
through
an
organic
and
regenerative
system,
systems
approach,
the
need
for
chemical
treatment
will
disappear.
Many
organizations
here
in
philadelphia
and
outside
the
city
of
philadelphia
are
already
doing
this
work.
We
have
a
network
of
experienced
professionals
and
national
and
local
organizations
ready
to
partner
with
the
city,
to
assist
with
implementation,
by
developing
a
strategy
and
to
transition
and
organic
land
management
plan
that
is
fiscally
responsible
and
meets
targeted
goals,
providing
staff
and
volunteers
with
education
and
training,
and
will
also
provide
grant
application
assistance
and
grant
funding
in
philadelphia.
C
We
do
what
we
do,
because
that's
always
what
we've
done.
The
long-term
benefits
of
this
legislation
far
outweigh
any
initial
cause.
We
have
the
power
to
promote
clean
green
spaces
that
are
safe
for
philadelphia,
I'm
threatening
to
public
health
and
never
depended
on
any
chemicals
or
toxins.
I
am
looking
forward
to
having
the
opportunity
to
work
together
with
our
city
and
our
community
members
to
bring
this
legislation
to
fruition,
and
I
urge
my
colleagues
to
vote
for
this
bill.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
A
F
J
D
F
A
A
G
D
E
A
B
An
ordinance
submitting
title
seventeen
under
the
philippine
code
in
terms
of
contracts
and
procurement
by
amending
chapter
17,
100
entitled
procurement
contracts
to
add
disclosure
requirements
related
to
prior
contracting
experience
and
the
demographic
characteristics
of
employees
and
board
members
of
contractors
and
subcontractors
for
city
contracts
for
competitively
bid.
Goods.
A
M
A
M
C
A
B
An
ordinance
submitting
title
17
of
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
contracts
and
procurement
by
many
chapter,
17
100
and
teleprocurement
contracts
and
chapter
17
1400.
Instead
of
nine
competitively
big
contracts,
financial
assistance,
diet,
disclosure
requirements
related
to
prior
contracting
experience
and
the
demographic
characteristics
of
employees,
other
sources
of
labor
and
board
members
or
of
contractors,
and
subcontractors
for
city
contracts
for
public
works,
other
competitively
bid,
services
and
professional
services
and
by
adding
reporting
requirements.
M
A
B
A
resolution
authorizing
the
committee
on
licenses
and
inspections
to
hold
hearings
to
evaluate
current
current
permitting
procedures
and
to
identify
ways
to
safely
simplify
the
construction
permitting
process,
with
the
ultimate
goal
of
accelerating
the
timely
completion
of
commercial
and
residential
projects
introduced
by
councilwoman
parker.
On
behalf
of
council
president
clark.
B
And
a
resolution
authorizing
the
committees
on
public
safety
and
public
health
and
human
services
to
hold
joint
hearings
to
examine
the
city's
preparedness
to
respond
to
hospital
bed.
Needs
of
the
public
during
the
public
health
emergencies
and
to
explore
plan
b
locations
for
temporary
hospital
sites
introduced
by
councilman.
L
A
D
D
A
D
B
The
resolution
authorizing
the
fiscal
stability
and
intergovernmental
cooperation
committee
to
hold
hearings
examining
the
economic
impact
of
the
coronavirus,
related
restrictions
on
philadelphia's,
restaurants
and
other
significantly
affected
businesses
and
to
explore
how
these
actions
will
impact
the
safety
of
our
citizenry
and
the
city
of
philadelphia's
five-year
financial
plan
introduced
by
councilman.
Dom
chair
recognizes.
D
A
Thank
you
very
much
that
completes
our
calendar
for
today
prior
to
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
particular
purpose.
With
that
said,
are
there
any
speeches
on
behalf
of
the
minority
sheena
recognizes
councilman,
o.
L
There's
no
limitation
on
these
orders
compared
to
section
10-8-19,
which
is
state
of
emergency,
which
is
what
I
originally
thought
was
the
authority
of
the
mayor
to
issue
city-wide
restrictions
and
that's
a
well-written
section
that
basically
provides
the
mayor
two
weeks
in
which
he
can
declare
an
emergency
to
shut
down
bars.
Restaurants,
things
like
that
followed
by
another
two
weeks,
but
after
four
weeks
the
mayor
must
get
approval
from
city
council
with
a
written
explanation
of
what
he
is
trying
to
do
and
why
he
needs
to
do
that.
L
L
What
I'm
introducing
very
similar
to
the
section
on
state
of
emergency
is
a
limitation
of
60
days,
after
which,
if
there
is
a
desire
to
continue
with
these
restrictions,
they
have
to
get
approval
from
this
body,
which
I
think
is
proper
being
that
this
is
a
check
and
balance
a
body
that
is
very
accessible
to
the
public,
whereby
we
can
ask
the
health
commissioner,
the
administration,
why
they
want
to
continue
the
restrictions.
Have
they
been
successful?
What
is
their
data?
What
have
they
learned?
L
E
E
Last
week,
a
report
came
out
showing
the
average
winter
temperatures
have
risen,
4.8
degrees
in
philadelphia
since
1970,
and
the
season
has
19
more
days
with
above
normal
temperatures.
This
summer
we
also
had
record-breaking
average
minimum,
which
we
were
also
around
5
degrees
warmer
than
in
the
1960s.
E
We
cannot
wait
any
longer
to
take
action
as
climate
change
worsens.
Entire
swaths
of
the
globe
will
be
uninhabitable,
disrupting
life
as
we
know
it,
and
these
impacts
are
not
felt
equitably
today
in
philadelphia,
your
zip
code
determines
your
life
expectancy
and
that
isn't
an
accident.
Black
and
brown
philadelphians
were
redlined
into
specific
areas,
areas
that
are
more
likely
to
be
near
polluting
industries
and
will
also
see
disproportionate
impacts
from
climate
change
like
urban
heat
islands
and
flooding.
E
I
appreciate
your
willingness
to
stand
with
me
on
this
bold
vision
for
our
city
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
make
this
vision
a
reality.
Second,
I
want
to
address
an
issue
that
feels
deeply
personal
to
me
as
a
graduate
of
the
philadelphia
high
school
for
girls.
I
know
how
impactful
a
high
school
academic
experience
can
be.
E
Every
good
thing
in
my
life
is
a
result
of
the
philadelphia
high
school
for
girls.
Girls
high
gave
me
a
strong
academic
foundation.
Confidence
and
the
support
I
needed
to
thrive
without
girls
high.
I
may
not
be
sitting
here
today
as
a
member
of
philadelphia
city
council.
So
when
I
read
about
john
w
holland,
catholic
girls,
high
school
and
bishop
mcdevitt
high
school,
I
felt
compelled
compelled
to
support
the
respective
boards
alumni
staff
and
students
who
are
fighting
to
keep
their
doors
open.
E
John
w
hallihan
is
the
first
all-girls
catholic
high
school
in
the
country
and
is
on
the
cusp
of
celebrating
their
120th
anniversary.
Hallahan
has
graduated
over
43
000
women
of
all
backgrounds
and
faiths,
many
who
are
industry
leaders
and
public
servants
right
here
in
philadelphia
and
also
in
our
philadelphia
city
council.
E
E
Additionally,
I
do
not
think
it's
a
coincidence
or
a
happenstance,
as
this
information
continues
to
unfold,
that
the
site
adjacent
to
halahan
1801
vine.
What
we've
known
is
family
court
will
go
back
out
to
bid
after
it
was
proposed
as
a
hospitality
site
in
a
black-owned
hotel
to
the
surprise
of
many
of
us
so
more
on
that
at
another
time.
But
if
these
historic
institutions
are
closed,
it
will
not
only
be
a
loss
for
the
students
who
attend
hallahan
and
mcdevitt,
but
it
will
also
be
a
loss
for
our
region
as
a
whole.
E
So
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
who
co-sponsored
this
resolution,
particularly
you
council
president,
as
the
district
council
member,
where
hallahan
is
located
and
our
majority
leader
councilmember
shirelle
l
parker,
who
represents
the
families
of
a
number
of
mcdevitt
students
who
reside
in
the
9th
councilmanic
district
to
all
the
students
and
alumni
of
hallahan
and
bishop
mcdevitt.
Please
know
we
stand
with
you
and
support
you
in
your
efforts.
More
importantly,
we
will
continue
to
work
with
you
to
get
a
meeting
schedule
with
archbishop
perez
archbishop
perez.
E
L
L
To
give
you
some
context
of
how
many
that
is,
it
is
more
deaths
than
what
resulted
in
the
9
11
terrorist
attack
on
the
on
the
twin
towers.
To
give
you
further
context,
we've
reached
over
264
000
deaths.
National.
Give
you
further
context.
If
you
put
world
war,
one
the
vietnam
war,
the
afghanistan
conflict
and
the
iraq
conflict,
combined,
more
people
have
died
of
covet
19
than
all
of
those
all
those
wars
combined.
L
L
You
will
realize
that
we
are
in
the
final
round
of
the
fight
to
defeat
coved
in
our
city
and
for
you
that
are
auto
racing
buffs.
You
don't
take
your
foot
off
the
pedal
until
you
fast
past
the
finish
line,
mr
president,
so
I'm
telling
philadelphians
to
mask
up
during
these
final
days
of
the
coved
19
crisis.
L
I
deal
with
a
lot
of
people
all
the
time
and
there
are
all
kinds
of
conspiracy
theories
about
how
coved
started
in
a
laboratory
just
to
kill
off
black
and
brown
people,
and
I
get
all
of
that.
I
get
those
same
conspiracy
theories
on
youtube
and
others
on
how
the
vaccine
is
designed
to
do
terrible
things,
but
we
need
to
follow
the
science
I
also
hear
in
barbershops.
L
Often
they
say
I
I
don't
like
wearing
masks,
but
let
me
tell
you
something:
if
you
don't
like
the
mask
you're
going
to
hate
the
ventilator
all
right,
so,
let's
not
lighten
up
philadelphia
massed
up
on
while
we
end
this
thing
and
let's
look
for
better
days
and
and
better
ways,
but
you
stay
massed
up
until
we
cross
this
finish
line.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
You,
council
president,
thank
you,
council,
member
jones,
for
those
comments.
We
definitely
have
some
challenging
weeks
ahead
before
we
get
into
the
new
year
and
we
start
to
receive
that
distribution
of
vaccine
in
our
city,
state
and
nation.
I
want
to
thank
and
give
a
shout
out
to
my
colleague,
councilmember
catherine
gilmore
richton,
who
is
a
proud
graduate
of
girls
high,
along
with
my
wife
and
mother,
who
also
girls
high
grads.
I
They
are
coming
to
the
rescue
the
women
are
leading
and
when
you
talk
about
those
43
000
graduates
of
john
hallahan
high
school
for
girls,
I
would
be
remiss
and
not
talking
about
one
of
those
leaders
in
our
midst
in
city
hall,
my
chief
of
staff
sharon
vaughan
who's
working
with
so
many
other
council
staff
to
help
in
the
fight
to
keep
hallahan
open.
So
thank
you,
councilmember
gilmore
richton,
for
those
comments.
I
just
have
two
other
points.
One
today
is
the
international
day
of
disabled
people.
I
I
The
thrive
aid
really
focuses
on
a
couple:
major
outcomes
to
raise
awareness
and
discussion
about
disabled
people
and
the
pandemic
to
support
disabled
people
all
over
the
world
with
messages
of
strength,
solidarity
and
progress,
anger
with
non-violent
direct
action
to
celebrate
disabled
people
and
their
achievements
and
to
celebrate
disability
arts
globally.
So
I
want
to
make
that
announcement.
I
hope,
as
many
people
that
can
participate,
support,
disability
pride
philadelphia
is
possible
and
the
great
work
that
excuse
me
vicki,
landers
and
her
team
does
with
that
organization.
I
I
And
then
we
also
learned
that
over
the
summer
that
governor
wolf
and
senator
hughes-
and
I
know
councilmember
parker,
our
majority
leader-
helped
pull
together.
A
number
of
us
on
calls
to
talk
about
that
initiative
of
225
million
dollars,
helping
small
businesses
and
we
employ
the
city
to
provide
additional
dollars
to
help.
In
that
regard.
I
When
we
continued
having
hearings
september
30th,
we
heard
from
jim
burnett
and
dan
benecort
many
people
know
jim
burnett
from
the
west,
philadelphia
final
services,
institution
and
dan
bennett
court
is
the
ceo
of
humanity
first
fund
and
they
are
both
part
of
a
cdfi
network
and
what
they
informed
us.
During
that
september,
30th
hearing
there
was
a
joint
finance
and
commerce
economic
development
committee
hearing
is
that
we
needed
to
put
in
additional
money
to
help
small
businesses
to
augment
the
money
that
you
know.
I
Councilmember
parker
told
us
about,
as
well
as
senator
hughes,
to
provide
some
additional
resource
to
help
small
businesses.
Here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
we
learned
that
montgomery
county
put
in
10
million
dollars,
pittsburgh
had
put
in
20
million
dollars
and
we
still
work
just
at
that.
Seven
million
dollar
threshold
and
a
period
later
the
administration
put
in
initially
20
and
then
another
10
million
dollars
of
cares
dollars.
I
How
they've
been
impacted
by
these
issues?
And
then
just
this
week
we
had
a
finance
committee
hearing
and
we
were
having
some
questions
about
relief
measures
and
in
my
office,
frank
inuzi,
and
I
reached
out
to
the
revenue
commissioner,
I'm
asking
what
about
some
relief
on
using
occupancy
tax
and
we
were
set
to
meet
with
the
revenue.
I
Commissioner,
and
then
we
learned
a
few
days
later,
that
the
administration
was
going
to
provide
some
relief
on
using
occupancy,
because
many
of
our
restaurants
are
not
using
all
of
the
space
that
they
are
leasing
because
of
these
measures.
So
I
just
want
to
take
a
few
moments
to
kind
of
give
some
that
perspective
and
thank
this
body
for
the
work
that
you've
been
doing
for
small
businesses
and,
despite
all
the
challenges
that
we
are
seeing.
I
Small
businesses
are
still
opening
this
past
saturday
in
councilmember
bass's
district,
a
young
entrepreneur
by
the
name
of
tina,
dixon
spence,
a
graduate
of
central
high
school
sorry,
kathy,
councilmember,
gilbert
richardson,
but
a
graduate
of
central
high
school
and
spelman
college
opened
up
a
retail
boutique
in
england
and
mount
pleasant
called
buddha.
Babe
and
she's
been
in
business
for
2014,
but
decided
to
open
up
her
storefront
business
on
small
business
saturday,
in
spite
of
all
the
challenges
that
are
going
on
because
of
the
pandemic
and
the
challenges
for
small
businesses.
J
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
too
now
I
appreciate
I
too
want
to
reflect
a
little
bit
on.
You
know
what
this
council
body
has
done
during
the
course
of
the
year.
Councilman
greengrave
gave
a
great
timeline
to
all
the
hard
work
that
members
have
has
been
doing
along
with
you
know,
working
with
the
administration
and
just
sticking
to
the
small
business
conversation
today.
You
know,
particularly
we.
J
We
passed
a
bill
that
I
introduced
with
council
member
bass
and
councilman
again
to
help
stabilize
the
restaurant
industry
prohibiting
the
evictions
of
of
restaurants
meeting
certain
criteria,
also
providing
relief
on
rental
payments
and
limit
and
limiting
late
fees
and
other
penalties,
so
they
can
as
well
survive
during
these
difficult
time
times.
Council
mcgreen
also
noted
some
of
the
hard
work
that
members
have
done.
You
know,
throughout
the
course
of
the
year,
councilman
don
councilman,
dom
and
myself
co-introduced.
J
We
will
continue
to
support
and
we
will
continue
to
find
ways
for
our
small
businesses,
commercial
corridors
to
survive
and
recover
through
these
difficult
old
times.
So
I
want
to
thank
every
member
of
city
council.
I
want
to
thank.
You
know
the
working
groups-
I
want
to
thank
you,
council,
president,
for
guiding
us
and
helping
working
with
the
administration
to
procure
these
funds.
J
So
people
do
not
go
out
of
business.
I
am
getting
a
little
disturbed
and
frightened
about
the
gofundme
pages
for
a
lot
of
our
small
businesses
in
our
neighborhoods
and
that's
why
I
strongly
encourage
everyone
in
philadelphia,
especially
our
members.
We
can
use
our
social
media
outlets
and
phl
council.
J
M
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
join
with
you
and
my
colleagues
and
sending
my
sincere
respect
and
sympathy
to
members
of
the
temple
family,
joey,
temple's,
family.
A
lot
of
people
met
joey
through
politics,
and
a
lot
of
them
met
him.
If
you
were
at
d
a
s
station,
but
I
met
joey
when
I
was
a
young
girl.
M
I
know
I'm
telling
my
age
catching
a
sea
bus
from
19th
and
shelton
ham,
staying
on
it
until
I
got
to
broad
and
lehigh
getting
off
there.
Mr
president,
taking
a
54
bus
and
other
people
may
not
know,
but
you
know
I
was
getting
off
at
31st
and
lehigh
to
go
to
big
merch
house,
where
my
great
grandmother,
my
grandfather's
mother,
lived
and
all
of
my
aunts
and
and
and
uncles,
and
I
have
deep
roots
in
that
strawberry
mansion
community,
and
so
when
I
first
met
joey.
M
It
was
because
he
was
always
at
my
family's
house
when
we
were
having
family
cookouts
and
you
know
people
say
sherrell.
You
know
uptown
right
yeah.
I
was
in
west
oakland,
but
we
come
from
north
philly
and
let
me
tell
you
this:
the
best
communal
sort
of
block
parties.
They
were
in
north
philly
on
31st
street,
with
families
coming
together
and
joey
was
there.
M
So
I
want
to
say
to
you
joey
to
mark
temple
autumn,
who
is
bffs
with
my
niece
asia
and
another
one
of
their
family
members
and
curtis
jones.
I
know
you
know
this
name,
because
these
are
the
star
wars
from
the
past
that
some
people
might
think
we
forget,
but
I'm
talking
about
melba
guy,
you
all
will
remember
melva
guy,
that
was
you
know,
joey
joey's
on
and
so
to
that
family
who
has
given
so
much
to
philadelphia.
M
I
want
you
to
know
that
joey
temple
was
a
part
of
us
and
we
send
you
our
respect.
Secondly,
I
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
councilwoman
catherine
gilmore
richardson.
You
know
you
are
a
member
of
this
body
now,
but
councilwoman
richardson
you've
been
educating
me
and
teaching
me
since
you
were
a
staffer
in
this
body.
The
leadership
that
I
just
watched
you
display
regarding
this
green
recovery
resolution
into
members
of
the
public.
M
M
I
was
in,
we
had
saint
a's,
we
had
saint
terres
halligan
was
where
you
look
forward
to
dougherty
was
where
people
went
and,
of
course
there
was
bishop
mcdevitt
and
my
nephew
graduates
this
year,
noah
taniel's,
son
and
councilwoman.
While
you
are
working
and
leading
on
this
effort,
I
hope
you
will
also
look
at
the
desi
family,
eleanor
and
chris,
that
you
know
they've
been
actively
engaged
with
the
diocese
and,
if
there's
anything
I
can
be
doing
councilwoman
to
help.
I
want
you
to
call
on
me.
M
Finally,
I
want
to
mention
that
our
late
governor
bob
casey
and
many
of
us
on
here
we
know
him.
Well,
he
had
a
a
saying
relative
to
elected
officials.
He
said
we
would
all
be
held
accountable
for
and
the
question
was,
what
did
you
do
when
you
had
the
power?
What
did
you
do
when
you
had
the
power?
That's
from
our
late
pennsylvania,
governor
rob
casey.
M
Mr
president,
I
want
to
say
to
you
and
all
members
of
our
legislative
body
that
last
night
I
had
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
community.
Revitalization
awards
celebration.
That
was
sponsored
by
a
group
that
has
a
long
name.
It's
the
affordable,
housing
centers
of
pennsylvania,
but
we
called
them
icopa,
and
I
was
there
with
executive
director,
kevin
b
ghost
and
a
lot
of
lenders
and
realtors,
and
all
they
were
talking
about.
M
They
were
in
our
areas
and,
mr
president,
I've
got
to
say
this
for
the
record.
They
were
not
in
areas
or
in
developments
that
were
simply
new
developments
for
new
houses.
They
talked
about
people
getting
mortgages
in
middle
neighborhoods,
councilman
jones,
where
the
houses
were
built
in
the
50s
and
the
60s,
but
they
only
had
one
bathroom
upstairs
the
electric
was
old.
They
you
know
needed
to
be
modernized,
and
then
they
talked
about
having
access
to
the
loans
from
restore
repair
renew.
M
So
I
just
want
to
say
to
my
colleagues
that
when
you
put
that
work
in
perspective-
and
you
think
about
the
action,
the
legislative
action
that
we
just
took
here
in
this
body-
I
know
you
pennsylvania,
the
late
pennsylvania
governor
bob
casey.
You
would
be
proud
of
this
body
when
you
watched
what
we
just
did
when
we
have
to
answer
the
question:
what
did
you
do
when
you
had
the
power?
M
We
did
this
to
lower
the
number
of
philadelphians,
and
I
want
to
be
clear
for
the
record,
who
are
renters
because
they
decide
to
be
renters
in
their
own
right.
We
will
not
be
happy
in
simply
advocating
for
rental
assistance
to
keep
people
in
a
constant
state
of
paying
1500,
16
1700,
sometimes
two
thousand
dollars
to
rent
a
house
and
for
those
people
who
could
even
afford
rent
right
now.
Some
can
people
don't
believe
this,
because
a
lot
of
people
don't
see
it.
People
are
renting
rooms.
M
Families
are
renting
rooms
because
they
don't
have
access
to
the
dollars
to
actually
either
rent
a
home
or
become
home
homeowners.
So
I'm
not
going
to
be
satisfied,
mr
president,
with
people
talking
about
home
ownership
versus
philadelphians
and
in
philadelphia,
and
it's
almost
at
50
50.,
I
want
us
back
up
to
the
the
numbers
when
we
could
say,
despite
our
high
poverty
rate,
that
philadelphia
had
one
of
the
highest
rates
of
home
ownership.
M
Amongst
all
cities
in
the
nation,
because
we
want
our
people
self-sufficient
and
we
want
them
to
have
the
ability
to
build
wealth.
The
way
people,
like
my
grandmother
with
an
8th
grade
education,
daddy
with
limited
education,
but
having
served
in
the
circus
and
when
they
moved
from
north
philly
on
uptown,
like
the
jeffersons
they
owned,
and
it
shouldn't
just
be
them.
M
Everybody
has
a
right
to
do
it
and
special
thanks
for
us
to
us
for
putting
together
the
plan
and
you,
mr
president,
for
leading
that
and
for
us
having
a
gumption
to
support
it.
So,
thank
you
so
very
much.
Colleagues,
we
may
agree
to
disagree
on
a
whole
lot
of
issues,
but
I
want
to
thank
each
of
you
for
your
work.
M
I
would
put
our
body
of
work
against
any
other
legislative
municipal
legislative
body
in
this
nation
and
more
important
than
that,
the
sausage
making
that
people
don't
see
behind
the
scenes,
and
I
want
the
public
to
know
this.
We
can't
get
anything
done
unless
we
give
each
other
our
words
and
when
we
give
our
words,
we've
got
to
make
our
words
matter.
M
A
D
A
N
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
I,
I
guess
I'll
start
by
echoing
the
sentiments
of
my
colleague,
council
and
and
council
representative
councilmember
parker
when
she
talks
about
the
work
of
his
body.
We've
been
spending
a
lot
of
hours
in
hearings,
and
I
tried
to
listen
to
every
single
piece
of
testimony.
N
Is
you
know
when
you
hear
us
say
these
things
day
in
and
day
out
week
in
and
week
out,
but
you
still
see
folks
suffering
from
the
coronavirus
crisis
and
other
crises
that
we
have
in
the
city.
It's
just
it's
hard
to
appreciate
the
work,
that's
being
done
and
the
things
that's
being
done
behind
the
scene
and
sometimes
our
our
biggest
victory
are
the
things
that
we
prevent
from
ever
happening
to
people
which
is
often
difficult
for
people
to
see,
because
that's
not
something
tangible,
it's
not
something
they
could
touch.
N
So
I
I
do
commend
councilmember
parker
and
I
commend
the
entire
body,
because,
even
when
we
disagree
you
you
see
people's
passion
and
their
in
their
intentions
as
it
relates
to
representing
those
who
put
them
in
office.
I
also
want
to
echo
the
sentiments
of
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
in
talking
about
mr
joey
temple.
N
He
was
one
of
those
people
who
gave
me
that
that
positive
energy
that
I
needed
to
kind
of
continue
to
fight
the
good
fight.
Even
when
I
wasn't
putting
up
the
best
possible
argument
for
myself,
and
so
I
appreciate
and
commend
him
just
learning
all
the
different
things
he's
been
a
part
of
I
know
the
political
scene
is
one,
but
mr
tipple
was
very
instrumental
in
the
basketball
community
as
well
too.
N
The
sunny
hill
league
and
a
lot
of
different
initiatives
coming
up
in
the
basketball
scene
and
I'm
a
big
time
sports
person.
So
I
just
wanted
to
just
put
that
out
there
as
a
part
of
his
legacy.
Also
the
disadvantaged
communities
task
force.
We
will
be
having
our
listening
session
this
evening
with
representatives
from
the
third
councilman
district.