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B
B
Mr
decker
will
please
call
the
roll
to
take
attendance,
and
the
members
obviously
can
say
a
couple
of
words
to
make
sure
that
you
will
be
image
will
be
displayed
on
the
screen.
Thank
you.
G
Council
president,
good
morning
colleague,
glad
to
see
you
all
this
morning
as
we
are
now
into
the
fall
season.
I
A
C
B
A
B
B
A
B
C
C
And
I
respect
your
request
and
submit
for
the
consideration
of
your
honorable
body,
a
resolution
authorizing
the
commissioner
of
public
property
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
philippine
redevelopment
authority.
These
conveying
fees,
simple
title
to
certain
city
owned
lots
of
pieces
of
ground
with
the
buildings
and
improvements
iran
situated
in
the
first
councilmanic
district
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
presented
to
section
16405
of
the
philadelphia
code
and
a
resolution
authorizing
the
philadelphia
redevelopment
authority
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
philippian
land
bank.
Deeds.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker,
and
our
next
order
of
business
is
the
introduction
of
bills
and
resolutions,
and
by
way
of
a
reminder,
we
are
asking
that
all
resolutions,
including
privilege
resolution,
be
placed
on
the
final
passage
calendar
for
the
next
session
of
counsel
unless
they
are
being
referred
to
a
committee
in
our
current
remote
environment.
This
procedure
will
provide
an
appropriate
opportunity
for
public
comment,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
very
much
in
advance
for
your
cooperation.
C
Councilman
dom
offers
two
bills
and
two
resolutions
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
bill
number
two:
zero
zero.
Three
five
one
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
operation
of
sidewalk
to
phase
during
the
cover
19
emergency
until
december
31
2020
in
areas
of
the
city
where
such
activity
currently
must
be
otherwise
authorized
by
special
ordinance
and
allowing
expanded
activity
by
currently
licensed
sidewalk
cafe
operations
to
extend
the
date
bill,
number
200351
will
remain
in
effect,.
C
And
an
ordinance
amending
bill
number
two:
zero
zero:
three:
five:
two
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
chapter,
11
100
of
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
general
provisions
to
authorize
the
streets
department
to
promote
closure
of
the
public
right
of
way
to
extend
the
date
bill.
Number
200-352
will
remain
in
effect
and
a
resolution
honoring
richard
m
englert
upon
his
retirement
as
temple
university's
president
and
his
contributions
to
temple
and
philadelphia,
and
that
will
be
on
next
week's.
C
And
a
resolution
honoring
the
life
and
legacy
of
united
states
supreme
court
justice,
ruth
bader
ginsburg
for
her
instrumental
legal
career
service
to
the
united
states
of
america
and
her
relentless
work
to
challenge
gender
discrimination
and
ensure
equal
protections
for
all
americans.
She
recognized
councilman.
E
E
E
Justice
ginsburg
died
last
friday,
as
jews
across
america
were
ushering
in
the
jewish
holiday
rosh
hashanah
the
jewish
new
year.
Jewish
teaching
says
that
those
who
die
just
before
rosh
hashanah
are
the
ones
god
has
held
back
until
the
last
moment,
because
they
were
needed
the
most
and
were
the
most
righteous
exotic
in
the
hebrew
language.
E
I
share
in
the
sadness
of
everyone
here
for
the
loss
of
such
an
enduring
leader
and
at
such
a
tumultuous
time
in
our
country,
but
the
more
we
tell
her
story,
the
more
we
can
hope
others
will
follow
in
her
footsteps.
I
hope
philadelphians
and
communities
everywhere
will
take
the
time
to
learn
more
about
justice
ginsburg
and
continue
to
tell
her
story.
She
is
truly
someone
to
cherish
in
our
nation's
history.
E
So
thank
you
again
to
all
of
you
all
my
colleagues
for
your
support
and
honoring
supreme
court
justice,
ruth
bader
ginsburg,
and
to
the
viewing
public
watch
rbg.
It's
a
phenomenal
documentary.
I've
probably
seen
it
now
three
or
four
times
it
tells
a
great
story,
and
every
time
I
watch
it,
I
learned
something
new.
Thank
you,
council
president.
C
C
C
Councilwoman
bass
offers
one
resolution
entitled
a
resolution
recognizing
and
honoring
boys,
latin
of
philadelphia
charter,
school
drexel
university
and
the
center
for
black
educator
development
for
the
launch
of
the
boys.
Latin
teaching
fellowship
a
partnership
that
seeks
to
create
a
pipeline
for
of
male
teachers
of
color
in
philadelphia.
C
B
C
South
street
and
8th
street
and
bill
number
200144
entitled
an
ordinance
to
amendment
for
representing
maps
by
changing
designing
designations
of
certain
portions
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
oxford
street
19th
street
poplar
street
and
27th
street,
and
bill
number
two:
zero
zero
one:
six
zero
entitled
an
ordinance
section:
14
203
of
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
definitions
by
adding
a
definition
for
site
clearing
further
amending
section,
14704
entitled
open
space
and
natural
resources
by
making
technical
changes
to
regulations
regarding
development
on
steep
slopes
and
bill
number
two:
zero:
zero
one;
six
one
entitled
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
philippines
on
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designations
of
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
main
street
ridge
avenue,
whistling
creek
luscoco,
river
and
osborne
street
extended
and,
though
number
two
zero
zero.
C
Two:
six:
zero
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
title:
four
sub
code:
a
of
the
philadelphia
building
code
to
revise
certain
provisions
of
chapter
three
permits
and
amending
title
14
of
the
philadelphia
code
until
the
zoning
and
planning
to
revise
certain
provisions
of
chapter
14
300.
Instead
of
administration
and
procedures
by
amending
the
terms
and
conditions
of
administrative
review
respectively,
reports
that
is
considered
the
same
and
returns
the
attached
ballistic
council
with
a
favorable
recommendation.
B
Thank
you.
It
has
been
moving
properly.
Second,
that
the
rules
of
council
will
be
suspended
so
has
to
admit
first
meeting
this
day
of
bills,
number
two:
zero:
zero,
zero
one:
eight
two:
zero:
zero:
zero;
nine
four:
two:
zero:
zero:
zero;
nine
five:
two:
zero
zero
one:
four:
four:
two:
zero:
zero
one:
six:
zero:
two:
zero
zero
one;
six
one
and
two:
zero
zero:
two:
six
zero:
all
those
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
hi
those
opposed
eyes
have
it,
and
these
bills
will
be
placed
on
our
first
meeting
calendar
or
today.
B
That
concludes
our
reports
from
committee
and
the
next
order
of
business
is
the
consideration
of
the
calendar.
I
note
that
the
bills
just
reported
from
committee
with
the
suspension
of
the
rules
have
been
deemed
to
have
had
a
first
reading.
These
bills
will
be
placed
on
our
second
reading
and
final
passage
calendar
at
our
next
session
of
council,
as
there
are
no
additional
bills.
On
the
first
meeting
calendar,
the
chair
recognizes
compliment
parker
for
the
purpose
of
calling
up
resolutions
and
bills
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
challenges.
K
Thank
you,
mr
president.
The
following
resolutions
and
bills
are
being
called
up
from
the
second
reading
and
final
passage
calendars.
Today
they
are
numbers:
two:
zero:
zero:
three,
nine:
three:
two:
zero:
zero;
four:
eight:
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
four:
eight:
three:
two:
zero:
zero:
four:
eight:
four:
two:
zero:
zero:
four:
eight:
six:
two:
zero:
zero:
four:
eight:
nine:
two:
zero:
zero;
four
nine
one
and
two
zero
zero;
four
nine
two
all
of
the
bills
and
resolutions
are
being
held.
B
Thank
you
councilwoman.
Before
considering
these
resolutions
and
bills,
we
will
consider
public
comment
as
follows.
Public
comment
must
concern
matters
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendars
for
possible
action
at
a
session
of
counsel,
a
speaker
on
any
of
these
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.
B
When
you
call
we
will
take
your
name
phone
number,
the
number,
the
legislative
item
you
are
commenting
on
and
whether
you
are
in
support
or
against
the
legislation
and
add
it
to
the
list.
We
will
now
telephone
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting
under
ideal
circumstances.
B
B
In
order
to
be
fair,
all
those
wishing
to
speak,
I
intend
to
hold
faithfully
to
the
established
time
limit
once
invited
to
the
meeting
and
asked
to
begin
your
testimony.
A
timer
will
be
started.
We
will
monitor
your
remaining
time
throughout
your
testimony
and
when
there
are
30
seconds
remaining
to
your
time,
you
will
be
reminded
of
this
once
your
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
meeting.
B
B
We're
going
to
ask
that
you
limit
your
scope
of
your
testimony.
Only
those
certain
items
that
are
on
the
agenda,
which
could
affect
call
backs
from
public
comment
session,
so
please
be
aware
that
this
public
meeting
is
being
recorded
and
because
the
meeting
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
By
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded.
B
B
We
have
yeah,
mr
decker.
We
must
find
a
provision
when,
in
the
event
that
there
are
no
speakers,
I
do
not
have
to
read
all
of
that
into
the
record,
but
apparently
under
the
under
the
rules
that
we
are
operating
in
as
a
result
of
covet,
I
apparently
have
to
read
it
all,
but
thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker.
B
B
B
A
B
C
A
resolution
urging
senator
pat
toomey
and
senate
leadership
to
take
up
an
act
on
the
heroes
act,
the
helping
homes
act
and
the
moving
forward
act,
sweeping
and
transformational
resolutions
to
address
the
ongoing
economic
crisis,
co-sponsored
by
congressman
dwight
evans
and
the
philadelphia
congressional
delegation.
Thank.
B
C
A
resolution
commemorating
the
life
of
legal
aid
giant
and
former
pennsylvania
secretary
of
education,
thomas
gilroy,
a
founding
figure
for
community
legal
services,
education,
equity
and
the
rights
of
the
disabled
and
the
poor
who
led
a
rollicking
life
in
pursuit
of
law
and
justice
through
eight
decades
of
philadelphia.
History.
H
Thank
you
very
much
council
president,
and
with
eternal
gratitude
to
thomas
gilhole
and
and
his
family.
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
Second,
second.
B
C
F
B
L
Thank
you
council
president.
I
moved
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
B
C
J
B
Thank
you
so
peace
for
the
record
two
zero
zero.
Four
nine
one
will
be
held
for
this
particular
session.
J
Councilman,
thank
you
very
much.
Council
president.
I
wanted
to
let
everyone
know
that
I
did
receive
a
response
from
secretary
olexiac
secretary
of
labor
and
industry,
and
I
appreciate
that,
and
he
did
explain
what
he
is
trying
to
do
during
this
difficult
time
to
address
the
fact
that
many
people
in
pennsylvania,
including
many
philadelphians,
have
not
received
their
unemployment
compensation
check
in
months
and
have
been
unable
to
get
a
response
from
the
department,
and
I
did
distribute
that
to
council
members
and
staff.
J
I
wanted
to
thank
him
publicly
for
responding
to
to
us.
Nonetheless,
I
do
think
it's
important
to
move
forward
this
resolution.
I
think
they
are
responding
in
part
because
of
pressure
being
put
upon
them
to
to
raise
this
issue
as
a
priority,
as
there
are
many
desperate
people
who
have
not
received
their
check
in
months,
and
with
that,
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
B
Man,
it
was
too
quick
to
come
up
with
something
else
prior
to
recognizing
members.
Regarding
speeches,
I
will
know
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft's
teams
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.
B
A
I'd
like
to
be
mark
president,
that's
a
good
thing.
I
got
here
about
five
minutes
late,
because
I've
attended,
probably
thousands
of.
J
Council
meetings
and
council
sessions
and
there's
nothing
close.
A
To
this
one,
so
there
is
some
good
coming
out
of
covet.
I
guess
I
don't
know,
but
thank
you
and
good
morning.
Everyone.
L
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
my
colleagues,
council
member
catherine
gilmore
richardson,
my
co-chair
in
the
disadvantaged
communities
task
force
as
well
as
council
member.
Oh
the
chair
of
the
global
and
creative
economy
committee
on
city
council,
as
well
as
council
member
brooks
together
working
with
them.
L
We
were
able
to
put
ourselves
in
a
position
where
we
were
able
to
introduce
a
resolution
for
the
arts
and
culture
task
force
and
the
thought
process
there
is
that
just
listening
to
the
arts
and
culture
community,
there
were
a
number
of
things
that
they
wanted
to
assure
would
happen
as
we
look
at
how
we
recover
from
covet,
not
just
looking
at
how
it
has
physically
impacted
us,
but,
more
importantly,
not
more
importantly,
but
also
how
it
has
financially
impacted
us,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
that
industry
is
at
the
forefront
as
it
relates
to
when
we
return
to
whatever
the
new
norm
is
and
how
we
look
at
what
we
do
to
support
them.
L
So
I
do
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
that.
I
do
appreciate
their
support
and
we
will
be
continuing
to
have
a
robust
conversation
to
nail
down
exactly
what
the
focus
of
the
task
force
will
be
and
what
recommendations
will
take
place
in
order
to
put
ourselves
in
a
position
to
better
serve
the
citizens
of
philadelphia,
because,
as
a
team,
I
know
that
that's
what
we
all
want
to
do.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
my
colleagues,
especially
council
members,
catherine
gilmore,
richardson,
council
member,
oh
and
council
member
books.
B
G
You,
council
president
clark
my
comments:
I'm
going
to
transition
a
little
bit
to
my
planned
comments,
but
I
want
to
thank
councilmember
johnson
for
when
we
started
our
session
during
the
roll
call,
he
made
sure
to
say
her
name,
which
is
brianna
taylor.
This
is
a
very
sad
moment
in
our
country,
just
reflecting
on
what
has
transpired,
especially
when
I
reflect
on
the
fact
that
myself,
being
a
former
prosecutor
and
seeing
a
prosecutor
in
kentucky
of
my
same
ethnic
persuasion
takes
steps
that
I
find
very
troubling.
G
I
I
have
a
lot
of
things
I
can
say
about
that.
I'm
just
going
to
leave
that
for
this
moment
before
I
get
into
a
much
longer
detailed
speech,
but
I
want
to
remind
my
colleagues
regarding
next
week
september
30th
at
9
30
a.m.
We
will
have
continued
hearings
regarding
the
economic
recovery
regarding
covet.
These
are
joint
hearings
through
finance
committee,
as
well
as
commerce
economic
development
chaired
by
our
colleague,
councilmember
mark
squilla,
and
the
purpose
of
these
hearings
to
continue
the
conversation
that
we've
been
having
regarding
covet.
G
We
know
it
has
been
a
global
pandemic,
but
has
also
been
an
economic
crisis,
especially
for
our
small
businesses
that
have
been
devastated
by
this
pandemic.
Not
a
day
goes
by
when
I'm
not
driving
throughout
part
of
the
city.
G
I
see
a
business
that
I
may
have
used
to
go
to
or
seen
that
was
an
operation
as
close
as
doors
because
of
this
pandemic,
and
I
just
want
to
give
some
some
credit
for
the
members
of
this
executive
branch,
those
being
silly
guy,
howard
and
viver
nebbins
from
pidc
and
christian
dunbar
are
who
were
actively
engaged
in
great
in
the
small
business
relief
fund
that
was
prior
to
the
work
that
the
state
was
doing
prior
to
even
the
payroll
protection
program
at
the
federal
level,
and
when
that
program
was
kicked
off.
G
You
know
we
quickly
saw
the
impact
of
covert
to
the
tune
that,
during
that
time
period
of
that
program,
we
received
over
7
000
applications
requesting
146
million
dollars
in
request
for
relief.
In
yesterday's
hearing
chaired
by
councilmember,
dom
in
fiscal
stability,
he
asked
questions
to
our
finance
director
rob
dr
beau.
In
reference
to
what
available
care
styles,
we
have
to
help
small
businesses.
Mr
dubose
stated
this
is
an
urgent
matter.
G
I
look
forward
to
the
urgency
in
them
addressing
this
issue
and
how
we
can
help
our
small
businesses,
which
is
very
important,
and
I
think
councilmember
don
made
a
great
point
about
this-
is
an
investment
in
these
businesses
that
will
help
our
economy
and
help.
So
many
in
our
city,
especially
when
we
have
a
rate
of
poverty
at
26,
which
I
am
concerned,
will
only
grow
due
to
this
pandemic.
G
B
Thank
you,
councilman
councilman
hannan
did
have
you
missed?
Did
you
miss
any
particular
vote?
I'm
getting
a
note
that
you
wanted
to
be
recorded
as
voting
on.
A
I
I
I
I
similarly
to
councilman
o'neill
just
wanted
to
make
sure
because
of
the
quickness.
C
Of
of
our.
A
Our
vote
today
in
the
agenda,
just
one
wanted
to
make
sure
I
was
recorded
eye
on
all
resolutions.
B
D
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
wanted
to
start
out
by
number
one
thanking
my
colleague
councilman
dom
for
his
resolution
and
honor
of
the
late
great
ruth
bader
ginsburg.
I'm
I'm
rocking
my
ruth
attire
today
and
just
wanted
to
recognize
that
you
know
it
matters
who
we
elect
matters
who
we
have
on
the
supreme
court.
Obviously
matters
when
we
think
about
brianna
taylor.
It
matters
all
of
these
things
matter
and
they
add
up
to
the
importance
of
voting
and
participating
in
our
electoral
system.
D
So
that's
one
thing
I
just
wanted
to
to
just
mention
briefly.
The
second
thing
is:
we
introduced
a
resolution,
a
resolution
this
morning
supporting
boys,
latin
and
their
partners
for
the
work
they're
doing
around
african-american
male
mentorship
and
specifically
around
making
sure
that
they
increase
the
number
of
african-american
male
educators.
It's
so
very
important.
I
can
tell
you,
as
a
public
school
graduate,
I
can
count
the
number
of
african-american
male
teachers
that
I
had
on
one
hand.
Actually
I
can
count
it
with
two
fingers,
so
the
need
is
great.
D
That
need
has
has
been
exasperated
over
the
years.
It
has
not
increased.
It
has
not
gotten
better,
and
so
I
really
wanted
to
just
applaud
them
for
what
they
are
doing
for
making
a
difference
and
making
sure
that
you
know
we
we
work
to
make
this
goal
happen.
Good
things
don't
just
happen.
We
have
to
work
to
make
them
happen,
so
I
just
wanted
to
applaud
them
for
doing
the
work
to
making
that
happen
and
to
reaching
that
goal.
So
thank
you
so
much,
mr
president,
and
to
all
my
colleagues.
B
H
Thank
you
very
much.
Council
president.
I
just
wanted
to
say
very
briefly
that
earlier
this
week
the
municipal
courts
announced
that
they
are
going
to
delay
the
execution
of
evictions
until
october
7th,
which
I
think
we
appreciate,
judge
dugan's
efforts
on
all
of
that.
H
I
know
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
were
deeply
involved
in
communicating
with
the
courts
about
the
urgency
of
finding
common
sense
resolutions,
we're
trying
to
work
it
out,
so
people
get
notification
and
that
they
can
exercise
their
rights,
but
at
the
same
time
as
next
week
comes
and
another
rent
due
date
becomes
clear,
thousands
of
philadelphians
are
still
at
a
point
of
deep
uncertainty
and
and
have
a
tremendous
amount
of
anxiety.
We
said
this
before
the
federal
payments
ran
out
on
july.
H
31St
people
have
not
gotten
checks
in
august
or
september,
and
what
we
are
worried
about
most
of
all
is
that
we
want
to
keep
people
stable.
H
We
learned
in
the
post-pandemic
crisis
from
or
the
post-economic
crash
in
the
2008
2010
when
we
failed
to
keep
people
housing
stable
when
we
didn't
stop
the
foreclosures
from
happening
in
communities
all
of
our
communities
lost,
but
in
particular,
black
wealth
was
lost
and
black
home
ownership
was
lost
in
our
city.
It's
part
of
the
reason
we
went
from
almost
60
home
ownership
to
basically
50
50
renter
homeowner.
We
are
trying
to
keep
people
housing
stable.
H
If
it
is
a
matter
of
money,
then
we
need
to
negotiate
out
the
terms
of
debt
and
supports
for
communities
who
have
been
able
to
otherwise
you
know
be
able
to
support
themselves
and
the
recognition
again
that
these
are
families.
These
are
single
heads
of
households,
they
are
mostly
women,
they
are
veterans
and
are
seniors
and
it
will
touch
every
district.
So
I
just
wanted
to
express
that.
H
I
have
a
lot
of
gratitude
to
the
courts
for
taking
action,
but
it's
really
not
that
sustainable
and
it
makes
more
sense
to
refocus
our
energies
back
onto
practical
solutions.
We
started
a
diversion
program.
We
need
to
fund
it
making
sure
that
the
state
focuses
in
on
talking
about
rent
subsidies,
home
ownership,
foreclosure
stoppages.
H
H
And
finally,
I
just
wanted
to
let
my
colleagues
know
and
especially
execute
gratitude
to
to
the
members
of
the
children
and
youth
committee.
The
city
of
philadelphia
has
decided
to
remove
all
of
its
philadelphia
students
from
devereaux.
H
This
was
in
the
news,
as
many
of
you
know,
for
shocking
levels
of
abuse
and
sexual
abuse,
in
particular,
of
vulnerable
children
and
families.
What
this
means
this
is
a
very.
I
think
this
was
the
right
decision
by
by
dhs,
but
I
think
what
it
calls
to
account
is
that
we
have
a
state
that
needs
to
take
action
on
oversight
and
reform
of
these
institutions.
H
This
is
not
something
that
county
by
county
we
should
be
subjected
to.
We
should
not
be
reading
about
all
of
these
things
in
the
newspapers
of
what's
happening
across
counties
to
vulnerable
young
people.
These
young
people
are
ours
and
they
do
come
home.
They
come
home
to
us
and
the
most
important
thing
is
they
also.
We
spend
about
192
000
on
average
per
child
per
year
on
these
facilities,
their
families
and
they
and
our
city
deserves
better,
but
this
has
to
start
with
the
state.
H
The
the
last
thing
I'll
just
say
is
that
it
does
also
make
it
incumbent
upon
us
as
a
city,
to
welcome
our
kids
back
home.
Dhs
and
cbh
are
hard
at
work,
creating
alternatives
to
large
institutional
facilities
that
have
functioned
as
too
big
to
fail.
H
H
They
will
recal.
They
will
require
a
conversation
with
district
council
members
to
make
sure
that
they
fit
in
with
communities
and
neighborhoods.
I
want
to
express
gratitude
to
my
former
colleague,
jamie
blackwell,
who
welcomed
one
into
her
west
philadelphia
district
and
to
her
to
her
successor,
council,
member
gautier,
who
will
be
ushering
in
one
of
these
smaller
facilities
in
the
west
philadelphia
community,
we're
trying
to
figure
it
out.
It's
extraordinarily
complicated
and
our
children
need
help
and
they're
crying
out
for
it.
H
But
this
is
where
we
come
in,
because
when
we
talk
about
safety,
when
we
talk
about
families,
when
we
talk
about
healing
and
when
we
talk
about
neighborhoods,
we
have
to
be
that
village
and
it's
really
hard
for
a
lot
of
the
children,
some
of
whom
have
experienced
things
that
you
know,
god
help
us.
None
of
us
should
ever
have
had
to
have
gone
through,
but
we
need
to
know
that
we
were
there
for
them
when
they
needed
us
the
most.
H
So
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
having
those
conversations
with
my
colleagues
and
I
want
to
again
express
gratitude
to
the
committee
for
children
and
youth
for
being
bold
and
brave
in
a
difficult
moment,
but
we're
charting
the
right
course.
Thank
you,
council
president.
F
Jones-
oh
I'm
sorry!
I
didn't,
I
didn't
hear
you
say
jones.
Thank
you
so
much.
Mr
president,
I
want
to
thank
member
greene
for
citing
the
contributions
and
the
impact
of
coved
on
minority,
and
I
want
to
add
female
businesses
we're
getting
ready
to
enter
into
med
week
where
nationally
we
recognize
those
contributions
and,
in
particular,
philadelphia.
F
If
you've
been
following
this
barbershop's
beauty,
salons
were
hit
hard
because
of
their
inability,
sometimes
to
be
recognized
as
contributors
to
small
businesses
in
in
commercial
corridors.
In
particular,
many
of
them
had
trouble
substantiating
their
income
and
therefore
were
bypassed
by
some
of
the
relief
efforts.
I
want
to
cite
the
fact
that
the
state,
through
relief
efforts,
is
pulling
together
a
pool
of
funds
specifically
for
them,
which
we
are
thankful
for
and
during
med
week.
F
We
want
to
also
let
you
know
that
there
are
workshops
that
will
be
dedicated
to
those
contributions
and
to
tho
those
programs
that
it
assist
them
to
stay
in
business
two
weeks
ago,
or
so
we
had
a
offline
conversation
right
before
we
went
into
council
talking
about
the
commercial
corridors
like
germantown
avenue,
like
market
street,
like
ridge
avenue,
where
small
businesses,
often
who
are
underinsured
under
finance,
took
a
hit
during
the
uprising
and
may
never
ever
come
back.
F
But
I
want
to
particularly
give
a
shout
out
and
thanks
to
the
commerce
department,
the
philadelphia
industrial
development
corporation
pidc
and
the
african-american
chamber
and
the
chamber
and
the
hispanic
chamber
of
commerce
cdfi's,
particularly
west
philadelphia,
financial,
fred
barnett.
They
did
a
hell
of
a
job
packaging,
providing
technical
assistance
so
that,
as
many
small
businesses
that
could
be
crowded
onto
that
life
raft
were,
the
news
would
have
been
more
bleak.
F
The
outcomes
more
devastating.
Had
they
not
done
so
so
during
midweek.
I
need
my
colleagues
to
plug
in
go
to
the
website
find
a
a
workshop.
You
can
virtually
zoom
into
in
particular,
put
the
word
out
to
small
businesses
that
can
use
some
of
the
resources
during
med
week,
some
of
the
information
during
midweek
and
some
of
the
financial
relief
funds
that
have
been
gathered.
So
we
should
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is.
F
Why
is
worth
avenue
matters
and
fifth
street
in
maria's
district
matters
marcus
street,
the
main
street?
We
need
to
fight
for
these
small
businesses
so
that
they
can
be
alive.
There's
nothing
worse
than
going
out
of
town
and
going
to
a
mall,
and
all
of
the
stores
are
the
same.
The
mcdonald's
is
the
same
as
the
mcdonald's.
F
The
gap
is
the
same
as
the
gap.
The
the
burger
places,
the
the
small
clothing
stores
are
the
same.
It
is
the
uniqueness
of
our
commercial
corridors
that
makes
philly's
shopping
experience.
Great
ain't
no
other
place,
and
I
know
I
use
broken
english
like
denise's
bakery
none,
and
so
we
need
to
fight
for
those
small
businesses
that
are
unique.
Dev
rose
up
at
overbrook
train
station
had
a
line
going
outside
of
the
parking
lot
down
the
street
just
so
that
people
could
get
authentic
sofa.
We
need
to
fight
for
businesses
like
that.
K
K
Well,
listen!
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Council
president
council.
President.
Now
listen.
I
just
wanted
to
start
by
saying
a
special
thank
you
to
councilman
jones
councilman
jones.
Thank
you
for
keeping
the
legacy
alive
to
work
alive
relative
to
med
week.
It
really
the
work
all
of
the
effort
going
into
what
will
happen
really
chimes
well
with
councilwoman,
maria
canone
and
sanchez
folks.
Don't
remember
when
covets
start.
K
They
remember
the
85
million
dollar
appropriation
that
council
made,
but
they
don't
see
all
of
the
work
that
went
in
behind
the
scenes
that
members
of
this
body,
I'm
thinking
about
those
calls
councilman
greene,
that
when
you
just
read
off
those
stats
about
the
number
of
philadelphia
business
owners
who
responded
and
applied
for
support
from
our
program
when
the
demand
you
know
was
just
through
the
roof,
and
we
knew
we
didn't
have
enough
in
terms
of
revenue
to
support
it.
K
So
I
want
to
say
to
councilwoman
sanchez
jones,
green
squealer.
Thank
you
for
working
in
partnership
with
the
commerce
department
with
sylvia
and
her
team,
along
with
pidc,
were
standing
up.
Those
efforts
that
was
the
specs
about
the
whos,
how
we
marketing
to
make
sure
black
and
brown
small
businesses
are
getting
access
to
that
money.
I
mean
you
asked
the
tough
questions
and
when
you
did
that
work,
there
was
no
camera
on
the
zoom
watching
us
or
a
microphone
recording
what
you
did.
K
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
about
that.
Council
president
clark,
I
want
to
say
specifically
to
you,
along
with
the
kenny
administration,
because
it
was
announced,
but
I
just
want
to
be
honest
president
tell
you
that
I
missed
the
announcement
that
was
made
by
the
administration
along
with
phdc,
for
agreeing
to
use,
cares
money
to
double
the
renter
subsidy.
K
It
goes
up
to
fifteen
hundred
dollars
a
month,
and
landlords,
hopefully,
will
be
in
support
of
this
effort
and
it
will
be
a
huge
help
to
renters
and
the
deal
is
done
so
on.
You
know
behalf
of
members
of
our
body,
and
I
think
I
can
say
this,
each
of
us
we
do
work
in
a
lot
of
different
areas,
but
a
whole
lot
of
what
we
do.
You
don't
see
us
with
a
bullhorn.
You
know
shouting
it
out,
saying:
hey
look
at
what
we
just
did.
K
Aren't
we
great
you
know
we're
saviors,
you
elected
us,
and
we
just
we
came
to
rescue
you.
Some
of
us
just
get
the
work
done
and
we
move
on
to
the
next
issue,
because
it's
the
legacy
that
we've
been
working
to
address
some
of
these
tough
issues
for
many
years,
and
I
have
to
say
this
because
I
just
looked
at
a
picture
and
council
president
clark,
the
law
department
is
working
on
something
for
me.
K
I
talked
to
you
very
generally
about
it,
but
we're
going
to
be
rolling
it
out
soon
and
while
it
is
a
continue,
it's
some
work.
That
is
current
that
we're
going
to
do.
I
want
to
be
real
clear
in
noting
that
a
people
without
knowledge
of
his
history
is
like
a
tree
without
its
roots.
Anyone
acting
as
if
any
of
the
work
that
we
are
doing
in
this
body
for
the
diversity
and
inclusion
to
increase
home
ownership
to
address
renters,
to
support
small
businesses,
black
and
brown
and
women.
K
None
of
what
we
are
doing
right
now
is
new.
We
stand
on
the
shoulders
of
some
people
who
did
this
work
long
before
it
was
popular,
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward,
I'm
looking
at
councilman
johnson
and
your
efforts
to
lead
this
body
relative
to
gun,
violence
or
eliminating
it,
and
all
of
that
work
I
mean.
K
How
can
you
talk
about
your
work,
councilman,
johnson,
and
not
lift
up
benny
swan,
not
think
about
james
mills
when
you
talk
about
connecting
people
who
are
in
the
streets
to
access
the
jobs
so
council,
when
we
think
about
the
work
that
we're
doing,
I
hope
that
we
will
continue
to
do
it
as
a
collective
each
of
us
individually.
Lord
knows
we
do
some
dynamic
work
and
I'm
proud
to
be
a
part
of
this
body
that
that
you
remember
what
they
said
about
the
councils
of
the
past.
K
I'm
not
going
to
tell
y'all
what
that
man
said
about
the
council
of
the
past,
but
I'll.
Tell
you
what
there's
not
a
damn
soul
that
can
say
that
about
the
body
of
work
that
this
council
has
I'm
talking
about
each
one
of
you
individually
or
when
they
look
at
our
work
as
a
collective.
Let's
keep
fighting
and
keep
pushing
because
the
people
demand
results.
Thank
you
all.
B
Amen,
thank
you,
council,
lady,
thank
you
and
we
will
continue
to
do
the
people's
business.
It
is
a
awesome
privilege
actually
for
us
to
be
able
to
do
that.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
believe
that
concludes
our
speeches.