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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 2-18-2021
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A
Thank
you
and
good
morning.
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's
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.
That
was
publicized
in
the
daily
news,
inquirer
and
legal
intelligencer
prior
to
the
meeting
and
can
also
be
found
on
phlcouncil.com.
A
A
A
A
D
A
A
B
How
the
public
employees
retirement
code
by
creating
an
early
retirement
program
for
certain
employees
working
in
or
with
the
department
of
commerce,
aviation
division
and
an
ordinance
submitting
chapter
19
500
of
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
taxes
and
rents
general
by
adding
required
conditions
and
information
for
reporting.
Adjustments
to
taxable
income.
A
Thank
you,
mr
decker,
in
our
next
load
of
business
is
the
introduction
of
bills
and
resolutions,
and,
by
way
of
a
reminder,
we
are
asking
that
all
resolutions,
including
privileged
resolutions,
be
placed
on
the
final
passage
calendar
for
the
next
season
of
council
session
of
council
unless
they
are
being
referred
to
committee
in
our
current
remote
environment.
This
procedure
will
provide
an
appropriate
opportunity
for
public
comment.
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
in
advance
for
your
anticipated
cooperation.
D
B
Councilman
green
offers
two
bills
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
chapter,
9
800
to
the
philadelphia
code
inside
of
landlord
and
tenant
to
address
matters
related
to
the
landlord
and
tenant
relationship
during
the
naval
coronavirus
of
2019
pandemic,
including
providing
for
alternative
methods
for
tenants
to
meet
their
obligation
to
make
security
deposits
further
committee
and
an
ordinance
embedding
chapter
in
19500
of
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
taxes
and
rents
general
by
adding
required
conditions
and
information
for
reporting.
Adjustments
to
taxable.
B
E
L
D
A
B
A
B
A
B
That
report
to
the
president
and
members
of
the
council
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
the
committee
on
licenses
and
inspections,
so
which
is
referred
bill
number
two:
zero
zero.
Six
one
eight
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
chapter
nine.
Forty
two
hundred
in
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
donation
bins
to
modify
the
locations
at
which
donation
bins
shall
be
permitted,
respectfully
reports.
It
is
considered
the
same.
Our
returns.
You
attach
bill
to
council
with
a
favorable
recommendation.
D
A
You
to
the
moving
property,
second,
that
the
rules
accounts
will
be
suspended
so
as
a
permit.
First
meeting
this
day
of
bills,
number
two:
zero:
zero,
six
one,
eight
all
those
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
aye,
aye
aye,
those
opposed
eyes
headed
and
this
bill
will
be
placed
on
our
first
viewing
calendar.
Today.
The
chair
now
recognizes
councilwoman
pass
for
a
report
from
the
committee
on
parks,
recreation
and
cultural
affairs.
C
B
The
committee
on
parks,
recreation
and
cultural
affairs,
the
witcher's,
deferred,
element
two
zero
zero
six
one,
seven
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
an
initial
ten-year
conversion
of
the
current
term,
with
up
to
two
five-year
renewal
terms
for
a
lease
agreement.
The
city
has
entered
into
with
the
first
tea
of
greater
philadelphia
for
operating,
managing
and
maintaining
the
john
f
byrne
golf
course
respectfully
reports.
It
is
considered
the
same
and
returns
the
attached
bill
to
council
with
a
favorable
recommendation.
C
A
Thank
you,
the
mood
and
property
second
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended.
So
that's
first
reading
this
day
of
bills,
number
two
zero
zero,
six
one,
seven
all
those
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
aye,
aye,
aye
aye,
those
opposed
all
right
and
this
bill
will
be
placed
on
our
first
reading
calendar
today.
A
That
concludes
our
reports
on
committee
and
our
next
order
of
business
is
consideration
of
the
calendar.
I
note
that
the
bill
just
reported
from
committee
with
the
suspension
of
the
rule
have
been
deemed
to
have
had
a
first
reading.
These
bills
will
be
on
place
in
our
second
reading
and
final
passage
calendar
at
our
next
session
of
council.
If
there's
no
additional
bills
on
the
first
minute
account.
The
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
apartments
for
the
purpose
of
pulling
up
resolution
bill
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendar
today.
L
L
H
A
A
D
A
Thank
you
we'll
proceed
with
our
public
comment
session
now
now
that
everyone
is
connected
to
the
meeting
and
before
considering
the
resolutions
and
bills
we
have
for
us
today,
we
will
consider
public
comment.
We'll
go
as
follows.
Public
comment
must
concern
matters
of
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendar
for
the
possible
action.
As
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
3
pm
the
day
before
the
session,
to
sign
up
for
public
comment.
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
you
are
against
the
legislation
and
add
your
name
to
the
list.
We
will
telephone
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meetings.
B
A
A
O
O
I'm
here
today
to
support
resolution
210-133
recognizing
this
month
as
love
your
library
month,
libraries
provide
social
services
and
access
to
information
for
community
members
all
over
our
city.
It
is
time
that
our
public
libraries
are
acknowledged
for
the
wealth
of
services
that
we
provide,
while
working
with
little
to
no
resources.
O
O
I
hope
that
loving
your
library
month
means
fighting
for
equitable
resources
for
community
members.
I
hope
that
loving
your
library
month
means
that
black
and
brown
community
members
are
invested
in
and
not
just
given
the
usual
political
lip
service.
I
want
to
thank
council
member
bass
for
supporting
concerned
black
workers
and
for
thinking
of
black
and
brown
community
members
who
visit
our
libraries.
You
have
been
our
champion
and
we
very
much
appreciate
you.
The
concerned.
O
A
A
M
B
A
G
Green.
Thank
you.
Council
president.
Many
of
my
colleagues
and
many
philadelphians
are
very
familiar
with
the
work
of
coach
chaney
at
temple
university,
as
well
as
his
work
at
cheney,
state,
university
or
channel
university
and
winning
a
national
championship
at
cheney.
Some
people
may
not
be
as
familiar.
G
The
fact
that
he
was
you
know
also
was
at
simon
gretz
and
sarah
junior
high
school
as
well
brother
cheney,
as
factually
known,
because
he's
a
member
of
kappa
alpha
fraternity,
incorporated
where
he
plays
at
the
gamma
theta
chapter
between
cookman
in
1953,
but
also
he
was
a
resident
mount
airy.
I
used
to
see
him
frequent
one
of
our
favorite
seafood
restaurants,
which
are
no
longer
here,
grobans
on
germanton
avenue,
often
on
a
friday
afternoon,
leaving
from
city
hall.
G
I
would
go
there
to
pick
up
some
seafood
and
I
would
often
run
into
brother
cheney
at
groban's
and
also
coming
seeing
him
come
to
vote
at,
especially
when
we
had
our
voting
place
at
the
mattering
playground.
So
brother
cheney
was
not
only
a
molder
of
men
at
the
collegiate
level
at
the
high
school
level,
but
also
as
an
outstanding
man
and
outstanding
part
of
our
community.
So
with
that
council
president,
like
to
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution
exactly
to
take
a
moment
of
silence.
After
the
passage
of
the
resolution.
G
A
K
H
A
B
A
resolution
calling
on
president
president
joseph
r
biden
jr
and
the
117th
united
states
congress
to
immediately
implement
president
biden's
plan
to
end
the
gun,
violence
epidemic
in
cities
and
begin
to
appropriate
the
900
million
dollars
in
funds.
President
biden
pledged
to
cities
with
the
highest
rates
of
homicides
still
recognizing.
A
N
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Today
the
city
council
will
be
voting
on
a
resolution.
I
introduced
that
recognizes
february
as
love
your
library
month.
Nearly
a
quarter
of
our
philadelphians
are
living
in
poverty.
About
60
of
our
philadelphians
are
people
of
color,
one
in
seven
of
our
residents
are
immigrants
and
one
in
eight
of
us.
Our
students
of
the
philadelphia
school
district
are
english
learner.
Language
learners.
C
Libraries
are
particularly
play.
They
particularly
play
a
special
role
in
the
lives
of
african
americans,
communities
of
color
and
other
immigrant
and
english
learning
communities.
Libraries
provide
key
resources
necessary
for
philadelphians
to
have
access
to,
especially
during
the
covet
19
global
pandemic.
Libraries
serve
as
places
to
learn
new
job
skills
explore
new
digital
technologies.
People
may
not
have
access
to
and
provide
services
directly
to
the
community.
C
Libraries
have
also
proven
to
be
an
important
and
finding
health
information,
debunking
health
misinformation
and
closing
the
digital
divide.
Almost
70
percent
of
library
jobs
are
in
industries
impacted
by
covet
19..
The
free
library
reports
that
one
in
three
of
its
visitors
are
seeking
jobs
throughout
the
pandemic.
C
I
hope
that
we
will
all
take
some
time
to
engage
with
our
libraries
in
person
or
virtually,
and
I
encourage
our
library
system
to
continue
to
find
creative
ways
to
reach
philadelphians
that
we
may
not
be
reaching
at
this
time
and
with
all
that
being
said,
mr
president,
I
call
for
the
adoptions
for
the
resolution's
adoption.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
L
D
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A
A
M
D
A
B
An
ordinance
authorizing
and
approving
the
execution
and
delivery
of
a
service
agreement
between
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
the
philadelphia
authority
for
industrial
development
relating
to
the
refunding
of
certain
bonds
previously
issued
to
finance
and
or
refinance
alternative
funding
mechanisms
for
a
portion
of
the
unfunded
actuarial.
Accrued
liability
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
retirement
system
implemented.
Pursuant
to
the
municipal
pension
plan.
B
Funding
standard
and
recovery
act
approving
the
issuance
by
the
philadelphia
authorities
from
the
doctors
of
alumni
funds
and
to
other
evidences
of
indebtedness
in
one
or
more
series
to
refund
such
bonds
authorizing
and
improving
the
city's
obligation
to
pay
in
full.
When
due
the
service
fee
and
other
amounts
payable.
Under
the
service
agreement.
A
C
D
M
D
F
H
D
D
A
A
D
D
F
H
A
A
D
O
D
D
H
D
A
A
B
And
a
resolution
calling
on
mayor
james
f
kennedy
to
establish
and
implement
a
kobit
19
operation,
philly
special
mass
vaccination
using
the
philadelphia,
eagles
lincoln
financial
field
over
19
religious
institutions,
philadelphia
colleges
and
universities
and
other
facility
locations
identified
to
provide
new
residents
and
workers
introduced
by
councilman.
I'm
dom.
D
E
E
E
E
Colleagues,
a
few
days
ago,
the
philly
special
coalition
released
information
regarding
how
other
big
cities
and
fema
are
working
to
solve
the
problem:
big
city
mass
vaccinations
in
both
the
quickest
and
most
equitable
manner.
Here's
what
we
found
they're
all
now
deploying
or
have
completed
plans
to
deploy
their
stadiums
as
mass
vaccination,
drive-through
and
walk-up
sites.
E
All
of
these
cities
are
suffering
the
same
shortage
of
vaccines
as
we
are
yet
none
of
them,
not
one.
Not
one,
has
decided
to
use
this
shortage
as
an
excuse
for
failing
to
plan
for
the
future
mass
drive-through
sites
and
walk-up
vaccination
sites
are
happening
at
their
stadiums
of
the
biggest
cities
in
america,
those
of
a
million
population
or
more
new
york.
La
chicago
houston,
philadelphia,
phoenix,
san
antonio,
san,
diego
and
dallas.
E
Only
one
has
no
plans
currently
in
place
to
use
its
stadium,
and
that
is
philadelphia.
Chicago
stands,
ready.
Dallas
is
now
building
out
two
stadium
sites
at
18,
t
in
the
old
cotton
bowl
with
federal
money
and
support
from
fema,
but
I
want
to
take
a
minute
to
single
out
what
took
place
at
state
farm
stadium
recently.
E
First,
this
is
a
stadium
set
outside
of
the
city
of
phoenix
arizona.
It
sits
in
glendale,
arizona,
a
white,
suburban
area
outside
the
city
limits.
President
biden
and
vice
president
kamala
harris
chose
to
announce
their
plan
to
vaccinate
america
at
this
stadium.
Despite
the
racial
makeup
of
the
city
of
phoenix
and
the
location
of
the
stadium,
they
chose
this
site
because
they
know
something
that
should
be
important
to
all
of
us
in
philadelphia.
E
Today,
stadiums
like
state
farm
outside
of
phoenix
fedex
field
in
the
suburbs
of
washington,
dc
and
m
t
stadium
in
baltimore
are
being
used
right
now
to
rectify
the
very
inequities
our
mayor
believes
they
symbolize.
Here's
why?
Our
mayor
believes
that
the
only
way
to
achieve
vaccine
equity
is
to
put
more
small
vaccination
sites
in
underserved
neighborhoods.
E
Right
now
is
to
control
distribution
at
mass
vaccination
sites
and
bring
communities
of
color
to
them.
In
partnership
with
trusted
entities,
that's
why
the
president
can
speak
of
equity
at
a
stadium
in
a
white
suburb
serving
a
very
large
latino
population,
because
they
all
understand
that
no
big
city
in
america
will
ever
have
the
capacity
or
the
resources
to
vaccinate
fifty
to
a
hundred
thousand
people
a
week
using
normal
neighborhood-based
channels
alone,
and
they
certainly
won't
hit
immunity
levels
fast
enough.
If
we
focus
solely
on
building
new
channels
in
underserved
neighborhoods,
don't
get
me
wrong.
E
They
all
understand
that
it
would
be
better
if
we
could
vaccinate
folks
in
the
health
deserts
where
they
live.
Do
you
think
black
mayors
around
the
country
don't
want
to
vaccinate
communities
of
color
in
their
neighborhoods?
Of
course
they
do.
They
all
have
mobile
vaccine
units
and
community
center
programs
in
their
plans
as
well,
but
that
doesn't
stop
these
mayors
and
their
council
members
from
using
stadiums
as
a
means
to
achieving
both
speed
and
racial
equity
in
vaccine
distribution.
E
E
They
all
see
that
stadiums
distributing
a
controlled
supply
chain
of
vaccines
are
a
critical
component
to
achieving
speed
and
equity
instead
of
excuses.
They
are
building
up
their
transportation
systems
right
now
to
carry
their
residents
living
in
health
deserts
to
where
the
vaccines
are
using
transportation
systems
as
tools
in
the
fight
to
achieve
vaccine
equity,
where
in
any
mayoral
briefing
on
covet
has
septa
been
mentioned.
E
E
President
clark
and
my
colleagues,
we
can't
continue
to
watch
from
the
sideline,
as
every
big
city
in
america
moves
to
achieve
racial
equity
through
the
use
of
stadiums.
Alongside
community-based
approaches,
we
cannot
watch
fema
resources
be
put
to
use
at
a
smaller
location
that
has
its
own
logistical
challenges
to
overcome,
not
when
we're
staring
at
a
vacant,
stadium,
location,
fit
for
use
and,
in
fact,
being
promoted
across
the
united
states
as
a
model
for
mass
vaccine
distribution.
E
Link
alone
can
vaccinate
more
than
twice
the
number
of
people
vaccinated
through
every
current
site
in
the
city.
On
the
best
vaccination
week,
we've
seen
while
bringing
the
link
online
work
with
the
men's
center,
our
partnering
black
churches
and
parking
lots
in
every
neighborhood
of
the
city
to
do
the
same
second
commit
the
vaccine
resources
to
these
sites
to
fulfill
scheduled
appointments.
Third
work
with
septa
to
establish
a
comprehensive
system
and
schedule
for
trolleys
buses
and
subways
targeting
underserved
communities
to
bring
them
to
our
philly
special
sites.
E
Fourth,
build
one
uniform
web
platform
and
telephone
hotline
not
five
months
from
now,
but
five
weeks
from
now
that
allows
people
to
register
and
schedule
an
appointment
at
a
philly
special
vaccinations
site
scheduling
to
be
based
upon
cdc,
prioritization
and
zip
code.
Algorithms,
ensuring
equity
bear
kenny.
If
you
have
a
better
strategy
than
operation,
is
really
special
for
vaccinating
philadelphians
in
a
faster
and
more
equitable
way,
then
we
need
to
see
it
to
date.
E
E
Mr
president,
members
of
city
council,
it
wasn't
the
exes
and
the
o's
of
that
philly
special
play
that
led
us
to
the
super
bowl
52
and
the
lombardi
trophy:
what's:
imagination,
imagination,
teamwork
and
leadership
to
fight
and
win
against
all
odds.
We
are
in
a
battle
for
so
much
more
today.
This
is.
A
E
Lives
at
stake.
We
can
beat
this
pandemic
if
we
work
together.
I
ask
for
your
support
on
this
resolution
and
I
beg
mayor
kennedy,
beg
mayor
kenny
to
start
a
positive
dialogue
with
this
body.
There
are
17
willing
leaders
on
this
team's
meeting.
We
all
all
of
us
want
to
help.
Let
us
show
the
nation
that
we
as
a
city
have
not
forgotten
what
it
takes
to
make
philly
special.
L
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
councilwoman,
madam
chair.
So
let
me
start
by
saying
that
my
primary
focus
as
a
council
president
is
to
support
the
members.
That's
what
I've
always
done
and
that's
what
I
will
always
continue
to
do
above
and
beyond,
sometimes
being
criticized.
I
don't
care
right.
I'm
gonna
always
do
that.
A
So
last
week
since
the
council
councilman
brought
it
up,
I
asked
the
councilman
to
hold
off
on
the
resolution,
so
we
can
start
the
process
of
us.
Working
together
talked
a
number.
Some
members
about
you
know
make
sure
that
their
perspectives
on
all
of
this
were
captured
in
that
conversation
started
a
conversation
with
the
administration
afforded
a
document
that
reflected
some
of
the
issues
that
were
brought
up
and
trust
me.
A
I
have
had
many
many
disputes
with
this
administration
more
than
anybody
ever
knows
right
on
a
number
of
issues
that
we
didn't
see
eye
to
eye
and
that's
just
the
nature
of
the
business,
but
when
last
week,
what
I
did
say
is
that
one
thing
we
can't
do,
because
this
is
about
the
people
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
not
about
me
councilman,
dom
jim
kenny
or
anything
and
the
personalization
of
this
issue.
I
just
don't
think,
is
productive.
That's
just
my
perspective
as
a
person
that's
not
residing
as
a
council
president.
A
We
may
need
to
make
sure
that
when
we
do
mass
vaccination
sites,
I
don't.
I
hope
that
nobody
believes
that
we
shouldn't
be
doing
that
at
some
point,
because
we
do
need
to
accelerate
the
pace.
Although
we've
had
some
hiccups
in
washington
in
terms
of
being
able
to
give
us
a
timeline
that
reflects
our
ability
to
do
that
and
the
expeditions
matter,
but
we
have
to
work
together.
I'm
gonna
say
it
again.
A
You
know
we
have
to
work
together,
because
this
is
too
important
for
us
to
get
into
this
back
and
forth.
I
don't
like
some
of
the
things
that
comes
out
of
the
administration,
spokesperson's
mouth
or
whomever
right,
because
I'm
a
member
of
counsel
right
right.
I
make
that
very
clear
right,
but
I
don't
like
us
going
down
this
path.
It
is
back
and
forth
because
we
have
to
figure
this
out
and
we
have
to
figure
this
out
together.
A
I
have
been
told
that
there
is
a
willingness
to
work
together.
We
will
see,
because
I've
been
told
a
lot
of
things
in
the
past
and
it
didn't
materialize
right.
I'm
not
that
naive
to
think
that,
just
because
somebody
said
something
that
it
will
actually
happen,
but
moving
ahead
starting
tomorrow,
we
need
to
be
able
to
talk
through
this.
A
There
are
issues
with
respect
to
mass
vaccination
sites,
smaller
sites,
mid-level
site
and
the
one
thing
that
we
need
to
do
as
it,
the
representatives
of
the
city
to
make
sure
that
the
access
to
those
sites
is
maximized
based
on
our
knowledge
and
council
members.
We
have
with
all
due
respective
mayors
council
members,
have
the
basic
knowledge
of
neighborhoods
like
marriage.
Just
don't
right,
that's
just
the
simple
reality.
A
A
Have
everybody
have
the
appropriate
input,
have
proper
representation
on
whatever
committees
and
other
types
of
advisory
groups
that
are
currently
in
place?
Have
the
appropriate
checks
and
balances
in
terms
of
transparency,
all
those
things
that
you
all
have
indicated
that
need
to
happen,
and
I'm
just
going
to
be
optimistic
and
suggest
that
they
will
in
fact
happen.
A
We
we're
gonna
have
a
whole
lot
of
time
to
do
that
when
the
budget
season
comes
up,
trust
me
and
other
initiatives,
but
just
like
the
issue
that
we
talked
about
before
with
the
gun
violence
in
the
city,
we
talked
about
working
together.
We
only
have
to
do
that
on
this
one,
so
our
councilwoman
madam
chair,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
step
down
virtually
from
the
podium
for
a
moment,
I'll
step
back
up
and
I'll
I'll
stop
talking.
D
H
H
First
of
all,
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
passion
of
the
you
know:
investment,
the
undoubted
frustration
that
all
of
us
on
councils
share
and
are
reflected
by
the
remarks
made
by
the
council
sponsor
the
the
resolution
sponsor
you
know
again.
I
think
that,
as
mentioned,
one
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
figure
out
is
how
to
move
forward
and
to
have
some
clarity
about
the
issue.
H
H
So
I'm
not
comfortable
voting
for
a
resolution
on
the
same
day
that
it's
introduced,
especially
when
it
has
to
do
with
some
serious
issues
around
public
confidence
and
trust,
and
then
the
last
thing
I'll
say
is
that
you
know
I
know
one.
I
appreciate
the
council
sponsor
noting
the
other
sites
that
are
extremely
important,
but
the
resolution
does
primarily
focus
in
on
the
stadium
and
while
I
understand
that
we
do
need
multiple
different
types
of
sites,
once
vaccines
come
into
play,
you
know
dodge.
L
H
You
very
much
thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair,
so
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that
dodger
stadium,
for
example,
has
had
to
close
in
part
because
stadiums
while
being
important
places
or
could
form
important
places,
mass
vaccinations
can
only
be
working
if
we
have
mass
vaccines,
and
so
we
want
to
just
make
a
match,
and
I
think
you
know
part
of
the
appeal
is
to
just
think
this
through
I'm
your
partner
on
all
of
this.
I
want
to
underscore
that
nothing
about
this.
H
E
Thank
you,
council.
President.
First
of
all
I
want
to.
I
appreciate
your
leadership.
I
really
do.
I
just
want
everyone
to
be
aware
that
I
want
to
do
this
in
a
positive
way.
I
want
to
do
this
the
right
way
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
that
happening,
so
whatever
you
could
do
to
help
us
make
that
happen.
I
really
would
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
A
Yeah,
I
mean
that's
what
I'm
supposed
to
do
clear,
clearly
understand
my
function
and
my
role
and
fortunately
being
able
to
be
a
part
of
this
body
and
working
with
these
awesome
members
has
given
me
an
opportunity
to
work
with
this
group
and
move
things
forward.
I
think
that
everybody
has
the
ultimate
goal
in
mind.
A
The
question
is
the
participation
and
everybody
being
able
to
have
an
input,
everybody
being
in
a
position
to
move
the
needle
forward
and
no
pun
intended
as
it
relates
to
getting
this
done.
I
just
I'm
just
optimistic
as
usual,
as
I
say,
I'm
a
glass
half
full
kind
of
guy
and
I
think
it's
just
too
important
to
not
be
successful.
But
again
I
just
you
know
we
need
to
keep
it
focused
on
the
citizens.
You
know
all
the
back
and
forth.
We
can
do
that
at
another
time.
A
A
I
know
in
my
district,
a
site
that
could
accommodate
a
mass
and
outdoor
mass
vaccination
site,
I'm
sure
a
lot
of
other
council
members,
both
district
and
at
large.
That
should
and
will
be
a
part
of
the
conversation.
So,
but
we
got
to
stay
focused.
We
can
get
into
this
back
and
forth
because
there
are
people
who
rather
see
us
have
a
food
fight
on
the
floor
of
council
to
see
us
achieve
our
main
goal,
which
is
taking
care
of
our
citizens.
A
A
C
A
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker.
Prior
to
that
concludes
our
calendar.
For
today,
I'm
prior
to
recognizing
members
regarding
speeches.
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
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.
With
that
said
already,
any
species
on
behalf
of
the
minority
and
chair
recognizes
councilman.
Oh.
K
K
K
K
There's
a
story
about
a
police
officer
who
trained
in
case
a
gun
was
pulled
on
him
and
he
would
have
his
son
surprising
in
the
house
wherever
and
he
would
snatch
the
gun
from
his
son
and
give
it
back
to
his
son
and
then
one
day
in
a
mall
when
he
was
off
duty,
a
robber
came
out,
pulled
the
gun
on
him.
He
snatched
it
away
and
gave
it
back
to
the
robber.
K
Law
enforcement
to
have
options
under
stress
to
not
use
force
when
it's
not
necessary
to
use
the
least
amount
of
force
needed
when
it
is
required
under
stress-
and
I
just
have
to
emphasize
just
like
people
sound
great
in
the
shower
or
they
play
tremendous
sports
when
nobody's
guarding
them.
When
stress
comes
it's
a
whole
other
thing
and
when
your
life
is
in
danger,
there's
a
whole
other
thing
going
on.
K
I
want
to
recognize
bucks
county
district
attorney,
matt
weintraub
for
being
the
first
in
our
region,
to
examine
instituting
minimum
force,
training
to
train
law
enforcement
on
how
to
have
the
confidence
and
knowledge
to
perceive
things
in
a
manner
under
stress
where
they
may
decide.
They
do
not
need
to
use
any
force
or,
if
force
is
necessary,
how
to
use
force
that
will
do
the
least
amount
of
harm.
The
least
amount
of
unintentional
harm
possible
when
it
is
required.
A
K
Okay-
I
I
see
that
so
so
I
want
to
say
that
on
monday
february,
22nd
there'll
be
a
demonstration
discussion
in
langhorne,
because
that's
that's
in
bucks
county.
I
I
would
hope
that
here
in
philadelphia,
we
would
undertake
this
type
of
training
to
invest
in
our
officers
to
make
sure
that's
something
they
can
do.
I
will
also
say
that
there
is
a
group
that
that
will
be
represented,
and
that
is
our
african-american
martial
arts
community,
and
that
is
a
separate
community
that
arose
during
the
civil
rights
movement.
K
L
L
In
broad
daylight,
there
was
a
mass
shooting
at
broad
and
almi,
which
is
represented
here
in
the
city
by
both
council
member
bass
and
myself.
Eight
people
were
shot
near
the
omni
transportation
center.
The
victims
were
two
females,
ages,
36
and
17,
as
well
as
five
men
ages,
21
22,
48,
53,
70
and
71.
L
L
You
know
about
attempting
to
control
my
pitch
right
now,
but,
but
I,
like
all
members
of
this
body
and
the
the
conversation
that
we
had
before
we
we
all
went
live
today,
a
very
angry
and
and
frustrated
about
seeing
this
continue
to
happen
in
our
city.
In
the
midst
of
this,
mr
president,
I
know
it
sounds
pretty
perverse,
but
you
know,
thank
god.
L
We
were
and
are
in
the
midst
of
this
pandemic
at
this
time,
and
schools
are
currently
closed
because
those
of
us
again
like
we
talked
about
early
on
you
know
again
not
because
we
read
white
papers,
but
because
those
of
us
who
are
even
members
of
this
body,
we
know
we
travel
through
that
corridor
to
get
to
school
to
get
home.
You
know
to
get
to
work.
If
schools
have
been
open,
mr
president,
things
could
have
been
so
much
worse.
L
L
We
also
know
that
there
are
people
in
this
area
who
need
mental
health
services,
drug
rehabilitation,
services
and
permanent
housing,
and
while
we
know
that
we
can
arrest
our
way
out
of
this
problem,
let's
be
really
clear
that
my
telephone
was
ringing
and
I'm
sure
councilwoman
basses
was
at
the
same
time
with
people
saying
we
deserve
to
be
safe
in
our
neighborhood
and
right
now
we
don't
feel
safe
even
coming
near
that
commercial
corridor.
Unfortunately,
this
area,
again
it's
been
a
drug
and
an
economic
crime
hub.
L
You
know
in
recent
years
and
while
we
know
people
need
help,
we
do
need
public
safety
and
we
don't
just
want
to
focus
on
criminal
records.
But
let's
be
clear:
our
people
need
the
support
of
the
police
department
in
that
area,
doing
their
first
job,
which
is
to
protect
and
serve
our
community.
I
also
want
to
state
for
the
record
that
we
know
that
there
are
folks
who
need
wrap
around
services,
the
mental
health
services,
the
substance,
abuse,
resources,
education
and
workforce
training.
L
In
essence,
mr
president,
we
need
a
resource
hub
located
directly
at
roy
and
island.
You
know
a
one-stop
shop
where
people
can
get
help
and
get
access
to
assistance
that
they
need
and
for
the
record
for
the
benefit
of
the
people
who
are
listening
and
particularly
those
who
live
in
that
community.
I
want
you
to
know
that
before
this
mass
shooting
occurred
yesterday,
my
office
just
met
with
d-biz
and
they
are
planning
on
deploying
their
street
team
to
the
area
working
with
the
office
of
homeless
services.
L
At
the
same
time,
we
know
we
need
those
street
teams.
We
need
people
working
with
the
folks
who
live
and
work
in
that
community
to
find
solutions
that
work
for
that
neighborhood.
We
all
know
we're
in
a
public
health
crisis
with
this
pandemic
and
as
council
member
jones
and
johnson
yourself.
Mr
president,
councilwoman
gautier
have
noted
this
gun.
Violence
is
a
public
health
crisis
as
well
so
far,
270
people
have
been
shot
so
far
here
in
2021
and
that's
the
average.
L
Mr
president
of
5.5
people
a
day,
that's
a
66
increase
in
gun
violence
over
a
last
year's
pace
with
a
48
increase
in
homicides,
and
it's
no
surprise
that
these
shootings
are
happening
in
predominantly
black
and
brown
communities.
Just
like
these
same
sad
communities
have
been
the
most
negatively
impacted
by
covet.
19
they've
also
been
the
most
negatively
impacted
by
the
this
level
of
gun
violence.
I
know
we
need
a
proven
evidence
based
on
the
ground.
You
know
set
of
programs
to
be
implemented
in
our
hard
neighborhoods.
L
We
need
to
measure
these
programs
effectiveness.
I
know,
there's
been
an
increase
in
gun
violence
around
the
country.
Councilman
jones
talked
about
that
earlier
in
our
conversation,
and
we
need
to
be
paying
attention
to
what
other
cities
are
doing
right
now.
That
may
be
better
than
us
and
so
councilwoman
gautier.
I'm
looking
forward
to
your
role
in
leadership
on
that
national
league
of
cities,
task
force
and
committee
to
reimagine
a
public
safety.
I
know
we
don't
have
to
reinvent
the
will.
L
We
can
learn
from
other
cities
and
you
know
other
countries
best
practices
and
implement
the
most
effective
solutions.
Now
there
is
no
silver
bullet
to
solving
the
scourge
of
gun
violence,
but
I
know
that
what
we
are
currently
doing
is
not
enough.
In
addition
to
that.
Mr
president,
I've
got
to
open
up
a
text
message
here
and
state
this.
L
In
addition
to
that,
we
funded
initiatives
from
ruscom
to
godfrey
on
broad
and
installed
over
10
security
cameras
in
that
area.
We've
employed
our
phl
tcb
in
that
program.
To
give
people
you
know,
access
the
resources
so
that
they
can
clean
up
the
corridor.
But,
mr
president,
all
of
that
has
not
been
enough.
We
have
work
to
do
in
the
short
term
focusing
on
people.
In
the
medium
term,
we
have
to
focus
on
the
quarter,
our
neighborhood,
our
assets
and
the
anchor
institutions,
but
we
must
walk
and
chew
gum.
L
At
the
same
time,
you
talked
about
mr
president,
council
working
together
to
address
this
issue,
but
I
know
in
this
area
here
at
broad
nominee,
council
member,
cindy
bass,
councilman
state,
senator
art,
haywood
who's,
been
extremely
helpful
in
funding.
Many
of
the
programs
that
I
just
announced
to
you
all
that
we
have
already
ensured
that
they
were
active
in
that
area
and
all
of
the
elected
officials.
L
H
Thank
you
very
much
council
president
last
night.
I
just
want
to
thank
the
committees
on
children
and
youth
and
education
for
a
marathon
public
session
on
the
school
on
the
potential
reopening
of
school.
As
we
know,
yesterday,
the
school
district
of
philadelphia
announced
that
it
would
be
delaying
the
reopening
of
school,
basically
for
another
week
until
around
march
1st,
but
last
night
we
had
a
chance
to
hear
significantly
from
the
public.
Many
of
us
have
gotten
the
emails.
H
We
certainly
gotten
phone
calls
talking
about
concerns
that
have
been
raised,
but
I
wanted
to
go
through
a
little
bit
about
why
it
mattered.
Last
night
there
were
more
than
50
testifiers.
We
had
over
300
respondents
to
a
survey.
There
was
three
hours
of
questions
from
council
members
to
chop
policy
labs.
H
It
was
fundamentally
about
what
we
heard
last
night,
more
than
anything
else,
the
importance
of
communication
and
trust
and
the
need
to
really
build
for
a
full
reopening
of
schools,
no
matter
what
would
have
happened
either.
On
february
22nd
or
march
1st,
more
than
90
percent
of
philadelphia
students
will
still
remain
at
home
in
remote
learning
and
less
than
seven
percent
of
students
would
be
in
a
hybrid
environment
going
two
days
a
week.
H
First
and
foremost,
I
just
really
want
to
express
gratitude
for
all
the
parents,
educators,
school
staff,
principals
and
community
members,
some
of
whom
had
waited
hours
to
testify.
There
was
incredibly
passionate
testimony
from
individuals
from
comments
from
principals
who
are
deeply
confused
about
basic
protocols
that
the
district
was
promoting.
H
You
know,
classrooms
that
are
filled
with
junk,
basically
to
make
his
work
easier.
There
were
so
many
teachers
who
testified,
I'm
thinking
about
kiara
coleman,
a
single
mother,
who's
who
who's
a
food
service
worker
who
contracted
kovid
but
continued
afterwards
and
beforehand
to
keep
working,
because
she
must
and
making
sure
that
she
really
loved
her
job
and
taking
care
of
young
people.
I'm
also
thinking
about
parents
like
september
fish
or
many
others,
who've
reached
their
wit's
end.
H
There's
no
question
that
virtual
learning
has
been
frustrating
for
many
of
us
on
council
who
are
who
are
parents
as
well
with
children
learning
in
the
household.
We
understand
that
and
other
folks,
like
anna
purng
and
mara
mcinerney,
reminding
us
that
there's
so
much
to
do
with
special
attention
to
children
with
special
needs,
immigrant
youth
and
virtual
learning
at
home.
H
You
know
what
we
heard
was
the
immense
amount
of
stress
and
burden
that
everyone
has
been
under
students
and
families,
teachers,
school
staff,
administrators,
and
how
incredibly
grateful
again
that
we
are
to
everybody
for
their
service
because
they
have
been
educating
and
taking
care
of
our
young
people
during
these
last
360
some
days
or
340.
Some
days,
and
I
think,
on
behalf
of
our
council.
We
wanted
to
convey
to
them
once
again
how
grateful
we
are
for
their
service
through
a
very
very
difficult
time.
H
H
Our
ultimate
goal
has
to
be
about
bringing
our
young
people,
our
school
staff
and
our
communities
back
to
schools
that
are
safer,
that
are
healthier
and
that
are
better
equipped
to
support
our
young
people
more
than
they
they
ever
were
before.
No
public
health
protection
is
delivered
through
a
website,
a
mandate
or
press
conference.
It's
actually
co-created
on
the
ground.
H
I
I
was
up
last
evening
just
reflecting
about
you
know
the
work
that
I'm
doing,
there's
no
different
in
in
past
years,
as
we
address
the
surge
of
gun
violence.
That
has
an
impact
not
only
on
us
as
elected
officials,
but
me
as
an
african-american
young
man
who
grew
up
in
this
city
who
are
raising
two
african-american
young
men
who
are
also
living
inside
this
city,
and
I
know
during
this
upcoming
budget
session.
I
If
we
go
on
the
same
trajectory
that
we're
doing
right
now,
and
so
I
wanted
to
put
that
out
there
as
it
relates
to
the
work
that
we
are
doing.
I
look
forward
to
all
of
us
wrapping
our
heads
around.
How
do
we
address
this
issue
comprehensively
from
a
policing
standpoint
and
how
our
philadelphia
police
department
are
engaging
and
building
the
bridges
of
trust
with
our
residents
looking
at
on
a
deeper
level
of
how
are
we
providing
social
services
to
our
most
vulnerable
populations?
I
Yesterday
I
mean
I
had
a
16
year
old
shot,
I'm
in
my
district
on
the
southwest
last
night
outside
7-eleven,
but
I
also
had
a
15-year-old
murdered
last
week
in
graves
ferry,
and
so
it
only
makes
my
resolve
stronger.
But
we
have
to
aggressively
get
to
the
bottom
of
making
sure
that
my
young
people
aren't
picking
up
guns.
Most
importantly,
people
feel
safe
and
right
now
it
doesn't
feel
safe.
I'm
have
residence
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
when
we
go
in
and
out
of
our
houses.
I
On
another
note
happy
note,
I
would
acknowledge
on
our
majority
leader,
in
her
new
position
as
the
first
african-american
woman
serving
as
chair
of
the
delaware
river
port
authority,
and
so
I
want
to
acknowledge
her.
That's
the
great
position
to
hold,
as
we
look
at
on
the
economic
development
progress
of
moving
the
city
of
philadelphia
in
this
region.
So
I
just
want
to
state
that
for
the
record
and
congratulate
our
majority
leader.
Thank
you
very
much,
council
president.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
as
well.
A
N
N
I
was
at
broad
nominee
with
several
of
my
colleagues
a
little
while
back
when
we
seen
some
civil
unrest
and
we
were
out
there
cleaning
up
and
kind
of
reminiscing
about
different
stories
being
somebody
who's
born
and
raised
in
the
northwest.
We
call
it
uptown
I've
spent
years
of
my
life,
I'm
traveling
through
and
at
broad
nominee,
and
a
lot
of
my
contemporaries
that
I
grew
up
with
can
say
the
same
thing.
So
yes
ditto
what
everyone
has
said.
We
really
have
to
do
something
about
this
gun
violence
thing.
N
We
have
to
address
it
right
away,
but
then
we
also
have
to
think
about
it
from
a
systematic
perspective.
If
we're
serious
about
addressing
the
issue
of
gun
violence,
it
starts
with
looking
at
our
schools.
We
really
have
to
look
at
how
our
schools
are
governed
council.
Member
kim
talked
about
the
hearing
that
took
place
this
week,
and
you
know
just
during
my
one
year
in
council.
N
I
think
that
that's
a
big
concern
that
we
have
and
that
we
need
to
look
at
as
it
relates
to
education
and
the
accountability
of
who's
responsible
for
the
education
of
our
children
and
that's
starting
with
our
schools
of
government,
but
is
also
looking
at
climate.
Culture
and
curriculum
council
talks
all
the
time
about
the
poverty
issue
and.
N
Issue
and
those
issues-
and
we
have
to
continue
to
address
those
issues
if
we're
serious
again
about
addressing
gun
violence,
but
there's
a
couple
other
things
in
our
hearing
yesterday
we
asked
a
little
bit
about
the
mental
health
support.
We
know
that
we
had
record
numbers
of
gun
violence
last
year,
but
we
also
had
significant
trauma
across
the
board,
and
I
can
give
a
whole
dissertation
about
the
levels
of
trauma
that
we've
seen
last
year
and
we
need
more
mental
health
support.
We
need
to
also
fund
the
grassroots
organizations.
N
I
think
we
have
a
number
of
organizations
and
I
use
unity
and
community
and
front
line
desks
as
examples
all
the
time.
Who've
been
quote-unquote
grassroots
for
10
years,
and
when
do
they
get
to
be
in
a
position
where
they're
actually
a
part
of
our
our
our
budget
as
it
relates
to
addressing
addressing
issues
of
public
health
and
of
course
we
have
to
make
sure
that
our
young
people
time
is
occupied
in
a
positive
way.
N
So,
looking
at
how
we
have
this
conversation
around
ost
and,
like
you
say,
council,
president
budget
time
is
right
around
the
corner.
So,
if
we're
serious
about
all
these
things
systematically,
I
think
that
that
we
have
to
address
them
piece
by
piece
and
of
course,
council
is
going
to
step
up
to
the
plate
to
do
that,
and
it's
going
to
require
us
to
work
in
teams
and
sectors
to
be
able
to
to
pull
that
off
outside
of
the
gun.
Violence
emergency.
N
I
do
think
that
in
the
corona
virus
emergency,
I
do
think
that
there
are
several
other
emergencies
that
are
not
getting
the
attention
they
deserve,
and
one
of
them
is
the
hit
and
run
crisis
that
we
have
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
In
the
year
2020
we
see
more
car
accidents
in
accidents
that
led
to
fatalities
than
what
we've
seen
in
nearly
over
a
decade,
and
so
next
week
as
the
chair
of
streets
and
services,
we're
going
to
have
a
hearing
next
wednesday
at
10
a.m.
M
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
I
want
to
just
acknowledge
some
of
the
work
that's
being
done
around
all
of
this
and
just
really
want
to
highlight
that.
That
is
why
it's
important.
You
know-
and
I
appreciate
you
council
president,
getting
to
the
floor
and
saying
this.
You
know
we
have
to
acknowledge
the
challenges
we
have,
but
we
also
have
to
assure
the
residents
that
we
are
working
towards
this
in
a
way
that
reassures
them
we're
going
to
work
through
this
stuff
right
and
so
what
we
say
matters
and
what
we
do
matters.
M
And
so
I
appreciate
you
know
the
passion
by
which
councilman
dom
wants
to
work
at
this
vaccination
plan,
because
it's
not
an
either
or
it's
an
and
an
end
and
an
and
there's
many
many
many
things
that
we
have
to
do
and
violence
into
trauma.
People
are
outraged,
outraged
about.
What's
going
on
with
that,
and-
and
I
appreciate
council,
member
parker
and
bass
acknowledging
those
challenges
but
then
saying
look
we're
working
towards
this
stuff
right,
we're
gonna,
do
a
we're!
M
Gonna,
do
b
we're
gonna
do
c
and
and
if
abc,
doesn't
work,
we're
going
to
do
d
e
and
f
like
we're
we're
aggressively
tackling
this,
and-
and
I
appreciate
the
sensitivity
as
we
talk
about
school
reopenings
right.
There
is
a
lot
of
distrust
and
that's
why
it's
important
that
we
acknowledge
that
distrust,
but
we
don't
feel
it
right
that
we
say
to
folks
we're
going
to
hold
people
accountable,
because
that's
what
you
elect
us
to
do.
I
don't
want
folks
to
be
scared
about
the
the
the
challenges
in
front
of
us.
M
I
want
them
to
voice
their
concerns
and
be
respected,
but
I
want
to
be
for
them
that
we're
working
in
that
direction
and
we
don't
always
agree
with
the
administration
and
we
don't
always
agree
with
their
messaging
and
and
and
how
they
how
they
deal
with
this.
But
we
talk
through
it.
We
debate
it
and
then
we
move
forward
and
there's
no
other
line
item
more
important
than
when
we
talk
about
budget
and
financing
and
we
talk
about
how
we're
going
to
help
people
recover
and
that's
for
me.
You
know
it
comes
with
that.
M
I
appreciate,
as
chair
of
appropriations,
the
flexibility
you've
given
me
to
work
with
you
around
this
budget.
You
know
it
really
concerns
me
when
the
administration
puts
out
a
message
that
we
have
a
500
million
deficit
and
then
we're
going
to
cut
people
if
we're
saying
that
we're
not
going
back
to
the
old
normal
and
that
the
new
normal
is
going
to
be
better
putting
fear
and
people
around
what
we're
going
to
do
around
our
most
vulnerable
citizens
during
this
time
around
gun,
violence
and
others
is
not
reassuring.
M
It's
just
not
reassuring.
We
don't
know
what
the
feds
are
going
to
give
us
and
but
what
we
do
know
and
what
this
council
has
demonstrated,
at
least
in
the
13
years.
I've
been
here
is
that
we're
going
to
get
something
done,
and
in
this
time
and
in
this
space
it's
going
to
be
more
equitable
and
that's
why,
for
me-
and
I'm
going
to
use
your
your
word
council
president.
It
is
stunning.
M
It
is
stunning
that
the
water
commissioner
would
go
and
ask
the
what
a
rate
board
that
you
established
council
president
forrest,
almost
17
rate
hike
in
the
middle
of
this
pandemic,
and
this
code
it
is
stunning
and
I'll
put
this
in
writing
is
just
stunning.
You
know
I
have
worked
so
hard
with
the
support
of
this
council
on
the.
L
M
Affordability
program
there's
30
000
people
registered.
We
have
70
000
new
people
who
are
in
delinquency
in
the
water
as
it
relates
to
their
water.
Those
of
us
who
think
water
is
a
right
and
that
the
water
commissioner
will
say
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
where
we're
asking
people
to
shelter
at
home
and
they're
home
more
often
and
part
of
not
contracting
cloven
is
washing
their
hands
and
being
clean
that
we
would
send
this
message
that
we're
going
to
give
them
a
16,
17
percent
hike,
studying
death,
stunning
tone
deaf.
M
I
have
no
words:
the
70
000
new
people
who
have
awarded
that-
and
I
know
council
president,
you
are
a
grateful
speaker
around
benefits
and
enrolling
people.
We
need
to
reach
those
70
000
and
reassure
them.
The
government
won't
be
the
reason
why
they
can't
be
in
their
house
and
that
they
don't
have
access
to
water.
So
I
say
to
say
that
the
next
few
months
in
this
budget
and
as
we
align
the
budget
to
a
the
new
normal,
that's
tone
that
we
want
to
set.
M
You
know
we're
gonna
we're
going
to
not
compromise
on
protecting
the
most
vulnerable
constituencies
and
we're
going
to
demonstrate
to
folks
that
we
have
the
leadership
and
the
political
will
to
do
that,
and
that
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
this
recovery
is
a
different
type
of
recovery
that
is
more
equitable
but
messaging.
What
we
say
what
we
do
is
important
and
I
think
we
can
talk
about
our
challenges
and,
at
the
same
time
reassure
folks
that
we
are
working
on
on
their
behalf.
So
thank
you,
council
president.
M
I
appreciate
you
coming
down
today
and
saying
that
and
reiterating
to
folks
that
we
we've
been
in
this
space
before
and
we've
gotten
through
this
space
before,
but
we
only
do
it
when
you
know
we're
very
clear
around
what
the
goal
is,
what
the
mission
is
and-
and
that
is
the
people
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
C
C
C
C
Since
you
know
ever
since
I've
been
here
in
council,
I
spoke
to
general
manager,
pat
casey,
I
spoke
to
general
manager,
jeff
knurple
and
I
spoke
to
general
manager,
leslie
richards,
all
about
broad
analogy
and
the
help
that
was
needed
to
address
some
of
the
problems
to
stop
this
very
slow
moving,
but
nonetheless,
on
course,
train
wreck
that
we
all
saw
coming.
Broadnally
needs
to
be
safe,
it
needs
to
be
clean
and
it
needs
to
happen
today.
C
C
As
we
put
our
heads
together
and
we
continue
to
come
up
with
solutions,
we
need
scepter
to
be
on
board
with
that
to
help
make
it
happen,
but
as
we
unveil
them,
we
can't
forget
why
people
continue
to
come
to
broaden
alanine
and
that's
because
it's
a
transit
hub.
It's
the
second
busiest
in
the
city,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
and
people
are
going
to
continue
to
be
there
and
those
people
deserve
better.
They
deserve
better
septa
deserves
to
offer
more
acceptance
should
offer
more
to
its
ridership
and
citizens
and
taxpayers
and
writers.
C
Like
I
said
again,
they
they
just
deserve
so
much
better
than
what
is
being
offered
to
them
at
broad
and
irony
right
now.
The
other
thing
I
just
wanted
to
speak
on
just
really
briefly,
if
I
may
is,
I
wanted
to
talk
just
a
little
bit
on
a
more
positive
note
about
black
girl
freedom
week,
and
so
I
saw
something
this
week
about
that,
and
I
just
thought
this
is
very
interesting.
We
should
talk
about
this.
We
should
promote
it.
C
We
should
put
it
out
there
because
this
is
incredibly
important
as
we
talk
about
our
communities
and
our
young
people
who
are
in
danger,
and
we
cannot
forget
about
african-american
girls,
and
so
today
I
introduced
a
resolution
recognizing
the
inaugural
black
girl
freedom
week.
Black
girl
freedom
week
is
a
series
of
empowering
events
from
february
14
to
february
20th
2021,
hosted
by
the
black
girl
freedom
fund.
The
black
girl
freedom
fund
was
first
founded
to
call
for
an
investment
of
1
billion
dollars
and
black
girls
and
their
futures
this
week.
C
The
organization
aims
to
celebrate:
celebrate
black
girls,
black
cis
and
trans
girls,
black
gender
expressive,
youth
and
black
films,
and
the
opportunity
made
possible
to
them
for
which
they
would
be
invested
in
black
girl
freedom
week
has
planned
an
event
each
day
this
week
to
recognize
honor
and
educate
us
on
both
the
challenges
and
power
of
black
girls.
This
past
sunday,
black
girl
freedom
week
recognized
and
demanded
visibility
and
justice
for
indigenous
people,
who
were
taught
who
were
the
target
of
murder,
abduction
and
trafficking.
C
C
C
Chris
rad-
and
I
did
not
know
this,
but
his
a
friend
of
his
is
actually
the
founder
and
conceptualized
the
idea
of
black
girl
freedom
weekend.
Her
name
is
dr
monique
morris
and
she
was
thrilled
that
philadelphia
city
council
is
honoring
and
recognizing
the
work
that
she's
doing
to
highlight
what
is
abundantly
possible
when
you
invest
and
you
believe
in
the
dreams
of
black
girls
and
their
power
and
their
leadership,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
their
support
for
the
resolution.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
E
Thank
you,
council
president,
and
you
know
there
are
two
really
pandemics
and
violence.
Our
number
one
issues
right
now
no
question
about
it,
but
we
do
have
to
take
time
to
celebrate
the
good
things
that
are
happening,
but
boy
we
do.
We
do
need
fun
and
good
things
these
last
11
months,
and
so
one
of
those
I
want
to
join
my
colleagues
council
member
jamie
go
to
congratulations.
E
I
believe
you
joined
the
national
league
of
cities
on
the
task
force.
That's
great!
It's
an
honor,
and
I
think
I
speak
on
behalf
of
all
of
us,
we're
so
proud
that
a
member
of
this
council
gets
to
serve
with
that.
I
know
that
councilmember
green
is
also
very
active
and,
of
course,
our
majority
leader,
shirelle
parker
wow.
That's
amazing,
I
think
not
only
are
the
first
black
woman
that
could
be
the
first
member
of
council
serving
on
the
delaware
river
port
authority.
E
As
the
chair-
and
you
know,
when
I
heard
the
announcement,
the
first
person
I
thought
of
was
langston
and
they
said
wow.
Your
son
has
to
be
so
proud
of
you,
and
these
are
the
times
where
you
really
want
to
embrace
them
and
take
them
into
your
heart
and
congratulations
to
your
majority
leader
parker,
really
very
special.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
president.
Thank
you.
G
G
I
also
want
to
thank
councilman
bass
for
introducing
that
resolution,
bringing
some
positivity
to
this
council
session
and
when
you
think
about
the
issues
that
have
been
discussed
today
from
violence
at
one
army
that
many
colleagues
have
spoken
about.
The
challenges
in
reopening
our
schools
and
councilmember
johnson
also
spoke
about
our
budget
process.
G
G
When
you
think
about
the
fact
that
last
year
we
had
a
750
million
dollar
deficit
that
we
had
to
solve
and
now
we're
talking
about
a
450
million
dollar
deficit,
we're
hopeful
that
we'll
get
support
from
the
federal
government,
but
that's
not
guaranteed,
and
I
I
make
this
statement.
I've
made
this
statement
in
the
past
that
we
all
are
leaders
who
are
members
of
this
body
and
all
of
us
that
work
in
city
hall,
mayor
kenny,
the
17
members
of
the
council.
G
I'm
just
like
many
of
us
challenge,
dr
height.
In
reference
to
the
school
reopening.
We
also
all
of
us
support
the
work
that
the
school
district
is
trying
to
do
to
educate
children
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
So
I
I
make
the
statement.
I've
made
a
statement
in
the
past
and
I'm
going
to
continue
to
make
this
statement
that,
although
we're
going
to
have
differences
of
opinion
and
perspectives
on
how
to
do
things,
we
have
to
work
together.
G
We
have
some
major
issues
ahead
of
us.
Some
major
challenges,
especially
from
the
budget
prospects
prospect
and
we're
going
to
have
to
make
some
very
difficult
and
challenging
decisions
as
a
body
the
mayor
with
introducing
the
budget
and
us
as
members
of
council,
evaluating
that
and
passing
a
budget,
but
just
because
we
make
hard
decisions
and
ask
questions,
we
still
have
to
work
together.
G
That
does
not
mean
we
need
to
make
this
a
tit-for-tat
going
forward,
because
we
are
all
the
city
of
philadelphia
when
we
step
out
of
city
hall,
we
step
out
of
our
offices
when
they
see
one
of
us.
They
see
us
as
the
city,
and
so
we
need
to
continue
to
ask
our
questions
challenge
each
other
have
disagreements,
but
still
work
collectively,
together
and
I'll
give
and
I'll
leave.
G
One
last
example:
our
colleague
councilmember
maria
cuna
sanchez
just
opened
up
a
satellite
office
in
her
district,
and
she
had
been
very
critical
of
the
administration
on
a
number
of
issues,
but
that
just
demonstrates
that
we
can
be
critical
of
each
other,
but
also
work
together,
because
we
all
represent
the
citizens
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Thank
you,
council
president.
G
F
Thank
you.
Mr
president.
First
I
wanted
to
to
thank
my
colleagues,
council,
members
kim
and
sanchez
for
the
joint
hearing
around
school
reopening
yesterday
from
tonya
edwards,
a
school
district,
employee
and
grandmother
from
winfield
heights
to
mr
acosta,
who
frequently
visited
all
of
us
in
city
hall
and
all
of
his
advocacy
efforts.
We
heard
from
many
families,
teachers
and
others
about
the
importance
of
building
trust
in
the
process.
F
I
want
to
thank
council
member
parker
for
her
remarks
regarding
the
mass
shooting
at
broad
island
yesterday,
a
subway
stop
I
used
for
four
years
as
a
student
at
the
philadelphia
high
school
for
girls.
I
also
wanted
to
highlight,
mr
president,
that
yesterday
mayor
muriel
bowser
of
washington
dc
launched
a
first-of-its-kind
gun
violence
prevention,
emergency
operations
center
as
a
part
of
a
new
comprehensive
gun,
violence
prevention
program
building
blocks.
D.C
the
emergency
operations
center
deploys
a
public
health
approach
to
gun
violence
prevention.
F
The
approach
recognizes
gun
violence
as
a
public
health
crisis.
That
requires
a
whole
government
approach.
Focus
on
people
and
places
in
the
community
building
blocks
dc
will
engage
people
most
at
risk
of
becoming
a
victim
or
perpetrator
of
gun.
Violence
and
focus.
Initial
efforts
on
working
with
individuals
who
have
been
repeatedly
arrested
for
gun,
related
offenses
are
under
active
supervision,
have
been
directly
impacted
by
gun
violence
and
have
experienced
the
ripple
effects
of
gun
violence.
F
And
finally,
mr
president,
I
rise
to
congratulate
our
majority
leader
council
member
sherelle
l
parker
on
her
recent
election
as
chair
of
the
delaware
river
port
authority,
the
first
woman
to
ascend
to
this
position
in
the
history
of
the
organization.
Shel
sandberg
ceo
of
facebook,
said
it
best.
Leadership
is
about
making
others
better
as
a
result
of
your
presence.
Mr
president,
I
know
we
are
all
better
because
of
our
colleagues
presence
kudos
and
congratulations
to
our
met.
A
majority
leader
council
member
sherelle,
l
parker.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
D
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
really
wanted
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
all
of
the
the
congratulations
and
the
recognition.
It
means
a
lot
and
I
also
wanted
to
add
my
congratulations
to
majority
leader
parker
becoming
the
first
black
woman
to
chair
the
drpa,
that's
so
inspiring
to
all
of
us
and
so
powerful.
So
congratulations,
and
also
just
you
know,
sitting
here
and
listening
to
the
speeches
today.
I
was
really
proud
to
be
a
part
of
this
body
and
I
think,
hearing
you
know
all
of
the
council.
D
F
J
Sorry,
mr
president,
to
disappoint
you.
I
did
have
a
few
comments
and
it
was
in.
I
know
that
was
wishful
thinking,
but
I'm
sorry
yesterday,
mr
president,
I
had
opportunity
to
be
a
guest
on
ikey
raw's
show
it's
a
podcast
and
he
is
a
man
of
the
people
and
the
subjects
we're
dealing
with
mothers
who
lost
children
to
gun
violence.
J
J
J
I
am
very
proud
of
my
colleagues
today
because
yes,
broadcasting
was
a
tragedy,
but
we
did
not
put
our
heads
in
the
sand.
We
talked
about
it
had
difficult
conversations
and
are
ready
and
poised
during
the
budget
to
address
it.
Second
part
of
being
on
that
show,
and
I
think
post
mr
raw
is,
there
was
a
young
lady.
Well,
first
of
all,
I
remember
thomas
had
already
been
on
the
show
and
also
a
young
lady.
J
J
J
J
His
one
of
the
things
that
I
feel
responsible
and
let
him
down
the
first
thing
was
I
didn't
get
him
that
job
in
time.
Second
thing
was
when
he
died.
They
announced
it
on
tv.
I
knew
where
it
happened,
but
I
didn't
know
his
real
government
name.
I
knew
his
street
name,
so
I
didn't
know
that
was
him
his
mother,
regina,
let
me
know
who
it
was
in
a
hurt
angry
way
and
we
were
going
to
do
a
block
party
for
him.
J
I
told
him
about
kenyatta
johnson
and
I
often
fearing
to
watch
the
news
because
of
the
locations
these
murders
happen
and
trying
to
figure
out.
Is
this
one
of
those
days
where
I
have
to
hear
our
mothers
cry,
but
I
brag
about
not
just
the
folk
who
are
immediately
impacted
by
it,
but
some
of
the
other
members,
like
you,
remember,
dom
who
care
deeply
about
it
too.
J
So
it's
not
just
those
who
are
in
districts
that
have
high
instances
of
violence,
but
this
entire
body
I
vouch
for
cares
about
the
well-being
of
our
children
and
youth.
So
I'm
very
thankful
to
be
a
member
of
this
body
and
I
hope
and
pray
that
the
folk
that
watch
ikey
raw
watched
us
today.
Thank
you,
mr
president.