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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 4-15-2021
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A
Thank
you
good
morning.
Everyone
we're
gonna,
get
started.
Hope
today
is
a
great
day.
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.
A
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
published
in
the
daily
news,
inquirer
legal
intelligence
prior
to
the
meeting
and
can
be
also
found
on
phl
council
dot
com.
I
now
note
that
the
hours
come
the
clerk
will
please
call
the
roll
to
take
attendance
and
members
that
are
in
attendance.
A
B
A
H
D
D
D
E
A
Morning
to
everyone,
we
have
established
a
quorum
and
council
will
now
come
to
order
to
give
our
invocation.
This
morning
the
chair
recognizes
pastor
larry
carroll
of
crosswords
evangelistic
church
he's
here
today
as
the
guest
of
councilwoman
bass.
I
would
ask
all
members
and
guests
to
please
bow
your
head
for
the
invocation
pastor.
Please
proceed.
N
Yes,
sir,
I'm
connected
now.
Thank
you
very
much.
Sorry,
sorry,
we
got
disconnected
please
proceed
past
it.
Yes,
sir,
thank
you
all
for
allowing
me
to
be
with
you
all
today
and
thank
you
especially
to
councilwoman
cindy
bass
for
inviting
me
at
this
time.
I'll
just
like
for
us
to
look
to
the
lord
father.
We
do
thank
you
for
who
you
are,
and
we
thank
you.
Oh
god,
because
you
told
us,
except
you
build
the
city,
those
that
labor
labor
in
vain.
N
So
lord,
we
come
to
you
as
a
privilege
today
thanking
you
for
this
occasion,
thanking
you
father,
because
you
have
said
to
us:
do
not
forsake
your
law
but
to
keep
your
laws
in
our
hearts
and
that's
what
we
desire
to
do
today.
We
do
not
want
your
mercy
and
your
grace
to
ever
depart
from
us.
We
are
mindful
of
how
much
we
need
you,
and
so
we
come
today
thanking
you
thanking
you,
father
that
you,
you
promised
your
favor
upon
us
as
we
seek
your
face.
N
N
We
acknowledge
lord,
that
you
are
our
sole
provider.
We
acknowledge
you,
lord,
during
these
physical
times
of
of
upheaval,
god
we
we
acknowledge,
oh
god,
that
many
have
suffered
the
loss
of
loved
ones
through
covet
and
other
diseases,
and
so
we
acknowledge
you
as
our
great
physician
that
you
are.
We
acknowledge
you,
o
god,
that
we
need
you,
intellectually,
oh
god,
you
said,
oh
god,
that
your
word
would
be
a
lamp
unto
our
feet
and
a
light
unto
our
pathway.
You
are
the
wisdom
of
all
the
ages,
so
we
come
to
you.
N
We
also
acknowledge
you,
lord,
for
relationships
you
have
declared,
oh
god,
that
we
are
to
love
you
with
all
our
hearts,
all
our
souls,
all
our
minds,
o
god,
and
even
with
all
our
strength,
but
also
to
love
our
neighbors,
even
as
we
love
ourselves,
and
so
lord,
we
ask
lord
in
jesus
name,
lord,
we
ask
that
you
would
be
our
prince
of
peace.
We
asked
lord
that
you
would
build
the
relationships
with
our
cities.
Oh
god,
we
acknowledge
you
spiritually
our
father.
N
We
acknowledge,
oh
god,
that
if
your
people,
which
are
called
by
your
name,
will
humble
ourselves
and
pray
and
seek
your
face,
you
promised,
oh
god,
that
you
would
heal
our
land,
forgive
our
sins.
So
thank
you
now
for
this
time.
Thank
you
for
the
wisdom
that
you've
given
city
council.
Thank
you
for
the
wisdom
that
you've
given
to
our
mayor
father.
Thank
you
for
the
promised
lord
that
you
promised
to
fill
us
with
every
good
and
perfect
gift.
N
A
B
A
A
A
D
D
D
Instead
of
waging
the
profits
tax
by
revising
certain
tax
rates
and
an
ordinance
authorizing
transfers
and
appropriations
for
fiscal
year,
2021
from
the
general
fund,
the
grants,
revenue
fund
and
the
community
development
fund,
certainly
all
city
offices,
departments,
boards
and
commissions
to
the
general
fund
and
the
community
development
fund.
Certain
walls
of
the
offices
department's
boards
and
commissions,
all
under
certain
terms
and
conditions.
A
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
privileged
resolutions,
be
placed
on
the
final
passage
calendar
for
our
next
session
of
council
unless
they
are
being
referred
to
committee
in
our
current
remote
environment.
This
procedure
will
provide
any
appropriate
opportunity
for
public
comment.
I
would
like
to
thank
you
very
much
in
advance
for
your
anticipated
cooperation.
D
A
D
Councilwoman
kendrick
sanchez
offers,
on
behalf
of
council
president
clark,
one
bill
entitled
an
audience
authorizing
transfers
and
appropriations
for
fiscal
year,
2021
from
the
general
fund,
certain
or
all
city
offices,
departments,
boards
and
commissions,
the
grants,
revenue
funds,
certain
all
city
offices,
department's
boards
and
commissions,
and
the
community
development
fund,
certain
of
all
city
offices,
department's
boards
and
commissions
to
the
general
funds,
certainly
city
office's
department's
boards
and
commissions,
and
the
community
development
funds.
Certain
all
city
offices,
department's
boards
and
commissions.
D
B
F
The
la
superior
volcano,
which
had
been
dormant
for
40
years,
began
showing
signs
of
activity
back
in
december
on
friday
of
last
week.
It
erupted
and
has
been
erupting
regularly
since
releasing
massive
amounts
of
smoke
and
ash
into
the
air
experts
warn
that
these
explosions
could
continue
for
days
and
possibly
weeks.
This
is
creating
massive
challenges
for
the
country.
F
Crops
are
being
wiped
out,
which
leads
to
both
economic
and
food
availability
concerns.
Electricity
is
limited,
water
and
medical
supplies
are
running
low
at
a
time
when
hospitals
are
already
straining
from
the
burden
of
covet
19,
they
are
now
also
receiving
an
influx
of
patients
who
are
suffering
from
the
effects
of
smoke
and
ash
inhalation.
F
This
is
personal
for
me,
and
my
family,
my
mother
and
her
siblings,
were
born
and
raised
in
saint
vincent
and
immigrated
to
the
u.s
as
teenagers
and
young
adults.
This
is
also
personal
for
the
over
74
000,
caribbean
immigrants
living
in
philadelphia.
Today,
all
of
us
are
concerned
about
our
relatives
and
loved
ones
in
our
home
countries,
and
we
want
to
see
them
remain.
Healthy
and
safe.
F
Government
officials
have
been
working
hard
to
evacuate
residents
from
the
most
dangerous
areas
surrounding
the
volcano,
but
there
are
still
many
thousands
of
people
who
remain
at
risk.
Neighboring
countries
and
international
entities
like
the
world
bank
have
stepped
up
and
stepped
in
to
support
the
relief
effort,
and
I
also
want
to
let
philadelphians
know
that
there
are
a
variety
of
ways
that
you
can
support
too,
whether
by
donating
money,
sending
supplies
or
sharing
information
on
this
disaster
with
family
and
friends
through
your
networks.
F
D
Yes,
mr
president,
councilman
thomas
offers
one
bill
and
one
resolution
entitled
an
ordinance
submitting
title
six
of
the
philadelphia
code,
the
health
code
to
add
a
section
establishing
reporting
require
reporting
and
employment
requirements
related
to
changes
in
ownership
or
of
the
license
holder
of
long-term
care
facilities
and
hospitals,
and
a
resolution
honoring
and
congratulating
them.
Hotep
charter
boys,
basketball,
team
on
their
successful
2020,
2021
season
and
overall
undefeated
record
in
the
philadelphia
public
league
boys
basketball
championships.
D
E
E
What
we
are
trying
to
do,
what
we
feel
like
we're
trying
to
do
is
something
that's
significant,
not
just
to
the
industry
but
to
the
constituents
of
philadelphia
who
rely
on
this
industry
to
provide
a
quality
living
for
themselves
and
their
family
in
the
midst
of
the
economy
that
we're
in
right
now
and
the
levels
of
uncertainties
that
we're
seeing.
We
need
to
put
ourselves
in
a
position
where
we
are
protecting
our
most
vulnerable,
so
this
is
what
we
are
trying
to
do
with
this
legislation.
E
B
D
Calendar
councilman
sculla
offers
three
bills
entitled
an
ordinance.
Many
title:
nine
of
the
philadelphia
code
by
amending
section,
9203
related
to
street
vendors
by
prohibiting
street
vending
on
certain
portions
of
east
pacific
avenue
and
surrounding
areas,
and
an
ordinance
establishing
park,
regulations
in
the
vicinity
of
greenwood
street
and
2nd
street
reed
street
and
south
port
street,
where
mancing
avenue
on
wharton
street
and
an
ordinance
establishing
parking
regulations
in
the
vicinity
of
moore
street
and
south
second
street.
D
A
A
D
A
That
concludes
our
reinforcement
committee
and
our
next
sort
of
business
is
consideration
of
the
calendar.
I
note
that
the
bill
just
reported
from
committee
with
suspension
of
the
rules
has
been
deemed
to
have
had
a
first
reading.
This
bill
will
be
placed
on
our
second
meeting
and
final
passes
calendar
at
our
next
session
of
council,
as
there
are
no
additional
bills.
On
the
first
meeting
calendar,
the
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
parker
for
a
motion
concerning
new
resolutions
on
the
final
passes,
calendar.
L
H
A
Thank
you
councilman
as
a
part
of
the
consent
agenda
process
without
consent
that
is
removed
from
the
consent
agenda.
Without
objection,
thank
you
that
shall
be
on
the
final
passes
regular
session
today.
Thank
you,
councilman.
Thank
you.
There
was
a
motion
and
it
was
seconded
that
the
world's
accounts
be
suspended
to
permit
the
use
of
a
consensus
gender
to
consider
the
resolutions
just
read
by
councilmember
parker,
all
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
aye.
H
A
I
Thank
you,
mr
president,
in
addition
to
the
resolutions
being
considered
on
the
consent
agenda,
the
following
resolutions
and
bills
are
being
called
up
from
the
second
reading
and
final
passage
calendars.
Today
they
are
numbers
two
one:
zero,
two,
nine,
nine,
two,
one:
zero
zero,
seven,
eight
dash
a
two
one:
zero
one:
three,
five
dash
a
two:
zero
zero
one;
eight
nine
and
two
one
zero
one:
three,
nine
all
other
bills
and
resolutions
are
being
held.
Mr
president,.
I
A
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We're
back
live
so
now
that
everyone
is
connected
to
the
meeting
and
before
considering
the
resolutions
and
bills
we
have
before
us
today,
we
will
consider
public
comment
and
it
will
go
as
follows.
The
public
comment
must
concern
matters
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passage:
calendars
for
possible
action
at
assessment
council,
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
council
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
a
support
or
against
the
legislation
and
add
your
name
to
the
list.
We
will
then
telephone
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting.
On
the
ideal
circumstances,
we
will
have
three
minutes,
but
we
have
a
relatively
lengthy
list
of
individuals
testifying
today.
So
today's
time
limit
will
be
two
minutes,
so
please
adjust
your
testimony
to
reflect
the
time
issue.
A
In
order
to
be
fair,
all
those
wishing
to
speak,
I
intend
to
hold
faithfully
to
the
established
time
once
invited
to
the
meeting
and
asked
to
begin
your
testimony.
A
time
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
meetings.
I
also
reserve
the
right
to
res
to
limit.
A
The
number
of
speakers
were
repetitious
comments
being
made
on
the
same
subject
matter
and
to
limit
the
scope
of
the
testimony
to
only
certain
items
on
the
agenda
during
the
emergency,
which
could
affect
call
back
for
public
comment
at
the
meeting,
and
please
be
aware
that
this
is
a
public
meeting
and
is
being
recorded,
because
the
meeting
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
on
privacy.
So,
by
continuing
to
be
in
this
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded.
A
O
Can
okay
great,
I
want
to
oppose
bill
2107.8
this
30
page
zoning
bill,
I'm
asking
for
the
residents
that
I
have
worked
with
and
represent
that
we've
been
exempt
from
this
bill
this
this
is.
The
removal
of
our
rights
is
a
rezoning
bill.
That's
had
no
community
meetings,
no
community
information
on
the
effects
of
this
bill
and
which
will
have,
we
feel,
will
have
a
detrimental
impact
on
our
community.
This
rezoning
turns
into
a
buy
right,
which
means
the
developer
can
bypass
the
community.
O
That
means
there's
no
community
process
and
we
feel
that
this
is
totally
cutting
out
the
community.
Although
this
still
only
touches
on
the
ninth
district
and
the
fifth
district
in
the
eighth
district,
I
have
called
some
of
my
colleagues
and
sisters.
They
know
nothing
about
this
bill
and
in
the
rsa
5
district
in
this
field,
and
I'm
saying
the
city
council.
O
How
can
you
do
this
to
philadelphia
citizens
you're
saying
that
if
someone
has
a
14,
40
square
foot
property
that
you're
allowing
developers
to
put
two
dwellings
on
one
property,
that
means
the
developer
will
charge
they've
already
done
it
in
our
area.
Once
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
one
building
and
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
another
building,
that's
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
will
increase
the
rents
in
the
area.
It
will
increase
the
tax
assessment.
It
will
take
away
the
character
of
the
block
philadelphia.
O
Citizens
have
the
right
to
have
a
community
process
and
have
a
say
you're
by
using
this
in
the
ninth
and
eighth
district
and
I'm
sure
I'm
not
sure
if
it's
in
our
district,
because
the
bill
was
confusing
but
you're
saying
to
us
that
we
should
not
have
a
community
process
and
a
vote
on
this.
Also,
you
have
to
hear
about
the
setbacks
from
eight
feet,
to
five
feet
and
also
about
the
solar.
O
We're
saying
at
this
particular
point
that
this
rezoning
bill
is
turning
into
a
jim
crow
type
of
bill,
you're
putting
us
on
the
back
of
the
bus
and
you're
taking
us
and
you're
saying
that
we
don't
count,
and
because
of
that,
we
can
no
longer
continue
on
to
have
you
rezoning
these
bills
and
that
removing
the
community
process.
We
are
entitled
to
a
vote
and
a
community
process
and
city
council
for
between
majority
african-american.
How
can
you
do
this
to
the
black
community?
O
How
can
you
sit
up
here
and
put
us
on
the
back
of
the
bus
and
say
we
should
not
have
a
vote
and
have
a
developer
come
to
the
community
and
vote
on
the
process.
If
you
vote
on
this
bill,
you
are
removing
the
rights
of
philadelphia
citizens.
That
means
health
care
workers,
retail
workers,
hotel
workers
working
for
people,
you're
saying
they
don't
have
a
right
to
come
to
the
table
and
vote
on
a
development
in
their
community.
Do
the
right
thing
and
I'll
vote
this
bill
through.
A
O
Morning,
my
name
is
joseph
pierce.
Thank
you.
Council
president,
I'm
director
of
government
relations
and
advocacy
for
mental
health
partnerships
based
in
philadelphia,
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
our
president
and
ceo,
dr
adriana
torres
o'connor,
I'd
like
to
thank
councilman,
derek
green
for
his
ongoing
support
and
mental
health
partnerships
and
for
city
council's
recognition
about
70
years
of
service
to
the
greater
philadelphia
area.
In
the
span
of
our
70
year.
O
History,
muslim
partnerships
has
touched
and
transformed
the
lives
of
over
half
a
million
individuals
struggling
with
mental
health
and
addiction
challenges
in
the
city.
Not
only
individuals,
but
families
have
been
touched,
not
only
families
but
communities
have
been
affected.
Our
staff
are
amazingly
dedicated
people
that
are
passionate
about
the
work
and
about
our
participants.
O
A
P
I
believe
it
is
our
civic
and
professional
duty
to
support
the
lives
of
black
birthing
women
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
We
know
that
black
women
are
2.5
more
times
likely
to
die
after
pregnancy,
related
complications
and
african-american.
Women
such
as
myself
are
50
more
likely
to
deliver
their
babies
prematurely
compared
to
their
white
counterparts.
P
G
I
am
the
founder
and
ceo
of
reclaimed:
black
motherhood,
a
birth,
doula,
lactation,
counselor,
birth
worker
trainer
and
mentor
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
I'm
the
mother
of
a
three-year-old
child.
I
experienced
a
traumatic
birth
experience
and
was
prompted
to
do
this
work
to
respond
to
the
black
maternal
health
crisis
that
black
women
face
nationwide,
and
particularly
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
It's
no
question.
G
It
is
a
privilege
and
a
right
to
be
able
to
birth
and
build
your
family
without
the
concern
of
of
death,
of
racist
practices
and
of
being
treated
with
harm
and
neglect,
while
having
the
most
beautiful
experience
that
one
should
have.
So
I
stand
in
full
support
of
not
only
recognition
but
financial
support
movement
building
around
black
maternal
health
week.
G
So
birth
workers
can
be
placed
in
positions
to
support
black
families
through
this
process,
so
that
families
can
have
the
financial
right
and
obligation
to
quality
health
care
from
black
providers
and
also
so
that
those
in
the
medical
system
can
be
trained
and
forewarned
about
practices
of
bias
and
racism
in
this
city
and
nationwide.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
P
P
We
have
the
right
to
have
the
support
that
is
needed.
We
have
the
right
to
be
heard
and
and
a
lot
of
the
medical
facilities.
We
see
a
lack
there
with
communication
and
with
the
right
to
have
all
of
the
support
that
we
need,
although
the
resources
that
we
need
in
our
community
even
to
the
extent
of
postpartum,
there's
a
lot
of
needs,
and
I
feel
that
supporting
this
will
be
beneficial
to
the
community
and
the
moms
that
are.
B
J
Yes,
good
morning,
my
name
is
eugene
the
shatnik,
I'm
president
of
the
bellavista
neighbors
association,
and
I
apologize
for
going
out
of
order.
I
couldn't
get
on
earlier,
I'm
here
to
testify
in
support
of
bill
number
two
one:
zero
one:
three,
five
aside
from
a
few
pop-up
performances
in
our
parks.
The
curtain
has
remained
largely
closed
on
our
arts
and
entertainment
sector,
which
is
continuing
to
suffer
one
of
the
more
prolonged
impacts
of
this
pandemic.
J
We've
heard
time
again,
time
and
time
again
from
dr
farley
and
others
that,
if
we
gather
do
it
outdoors,
the
risk
of
spread
is
much
lower.
That
is
the
rationale
for
expanding
aldo
dining
and
today
I
wanted
to
just
applaud
the
efforts
of
the
bill:
sponsors,
council,
member
gilmore,
richardson
and
others
to
extend
this
lifetime
lifeline
to
additional
sectors,
help
restaurants,
attract
patrons
and
provide
a
much
needed
cultural
experience
to
our
to
our
residents,
which
can
enrich
and
uplift
us
during
this
difficult
time
here
in
the
in
the
in
bellavista
and
nine
street
market.
J
We
have
some
great
interest
already
among
local
artists,
such
as
michelle,
angela
ortiz,
to
produce
our
markets,
a
multi-layered
performance
with
classical
music
and
the
images
of
immigrants
in
the
market
and
honoring.
Those
who
have
passed
away
due
to
covet
and
performances
like
this
are
only
possible
thanks
to
having
the
space
be
available
and
having
this
be
available
to
additional
sectors
as
well.
J
P
Good
morning
michelle
his
stand,
I
am
the
deputy
director
of
ready
set
philly,
which
is
a
collaborative
initiative
between
the
city
of
philadelphia,
the
chamber
of
commerce
for
greater
philadelphia
and
a
broad
and
diverse
coalition
of
organizations
working
together
to
provide
information
and
direction
to
encourage
the
safe
return
to
philadelphia
for
work
and
play
as
vaccines
roll
out.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today
on
behalf
of
restaurants
and
businesses
in
the
downtown
core
which
continue
to
struggle
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic.
P
The
future
of
many
of
the
restaurants
relies
on
people
coming
back
to
the
city
and
part
of
ready
set.
Philly's
role
is
to
identify
ways
to
attract
workers
back
to
their
philadelphia
workplaces.
So
we
are
in
support
of
bill
number
210135,
because
we
believe
the
city
should
keep
straighteries
and
enhanced
outdoor
dining
as
long-term
futures.
Outdoor
dining
will
continue
to
be
essential
to
the
financial
viability
of
restaurants,
reducing
restrictions
and
fast
tracking,
permitting
on
sidewalk,
cafes,
streeters
and
outdoor
dining
shelleys
is
imperative
to
their
survival.
P
Additional
investment
in
outdoor
attractions
and
entertainment
create
buzz,
drawing
residents,
those
thinking
of
transitioning
back
to
the
workplace
and
visitors
to
the
city.
Before
the
pandemic,
our
food
scene
was
having
a
moment
we
were
named
among
the
best
in
gq
forbes,
food
of
mine,
travel
and
leisure
esquire,
as
we
start
to
rebuild.
We
believe
that
through
initiatives
like
those
outlined
in
the
outdoor
entertainment
bill,
businesses
and
elected
leaders
can
work
together
to
ensure
the
city's
restaurants,
regain
their
roles
and
our
vibrant
community
and
serve
as
a
catalyst
to
help
jump
start
commerce.
P
J
Thank
you.
My
name
is
michael
newman,
chief
of
staff
at
visit
philadelphia
on
behalf
of
visit
philadelphia,
I'm
so
pleased
to
support
the
outdoor
entertainment
bill.
210135
this
bill
will
help
our
restaurant
industry
recover
from
the
economic
crisis.
This
creative
solution
will
empower
restaurants
to
drive
sales
and
support
jobs
for
philadelphians
prior
to
covet
philadelphia
had
more
than
54
000
workers
employed
by
food
and
beverage
establishments.
J
J
It's
going
to
increase
consumer
foot
traffic,
supporting
nearby
retail
shops
attractions
and
other
adjacent
neighborhood
businesses
throughout
commercial
corridors
in
each
of
our
in
each
of
our
neighborhoods
philadelphia's
hospitality
industry
continues
to
be
one
of
the
hardest
sectors
by
the
pandemic.
We
want
to
thank
council,
member
richardson
and
others
for
their
vision
and
introducing
this
bill
and
council
president
clark
and
members
of
council.
We
all
thank
you
for
your
time
and
your
leadership.
J
A
A
I
we
asked
mr
decker
to
please
read
the
titles
of
all
the
resolutions
on
the
consent
agenda.
After
each
title
is
read.
Any
member
may
object
to
the
inclusion
of
the
resolution
on
the
resolution
consent
agenda
upon
such
an
objection
without
debate.
The
resolution
will
be
immediately
removed
from
the
resolution
consent
agenda
and
placed
on
today's
regular
and
final
passes
calendar.
Mr
decker,
we
please
now
read
the
titles
of
the
resolutions
on
a
resolution.
Consent.
P
D
As
president
and
chief
operating
officer
of
the
philadelphia
museum
of
art
resolution
number
two:
one:
zero:
three:
zero
four
and
started
a
resolution
council
calls
on
the
pennsylvania,
state,
senate
and
house
of
representatives
to
grant
philadelphia
the
ability
to
provide
needed
regulatory
relief
to
local
bars,
restaurants
and
other
legal
liquor.
Licensees
regulatory
relief
in
the
form
of
extended
bar
hours
and
increased
happy
hours
will
allow
establishments
hit
hard
by
state
and
local
coronavirus.
D
These
conveying
p
simple
title
to
certain
city
on
lots
of
pieces
of
ground
with
the
buildings
and
improvements
iran
situated
in
the
eighth
councilmanic
district
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
further
authorizing
the
philadelphia
redevelopment
authority
to
transfer
to
the
philippine
land
bank
feast
simple
title
to
such
properties.
Pursuant
to
section
16
405
of
the
philadelphia
code
and
resolution
number
two
one:
zero.
Three
one:
two
entitled
a
resolution
calling
on
the
school
district
of
philadelphia
to
help
combat
asian
hate
by
providing
asian
american
history.
B
A
I
A
A
L
L
She
has
taken
a
good
organization
which
is
the
defender's
association
and
enlightened
us
and
risen
its
profile
to
a
degree
where
we
can't
ignore
it,
and
now
all
too
soon
she's
spreading
her
wings
and
going
into
the
private
sector,
where
she
will,
god
willing,
be
successful,
and
with
that
with
some
hesitation
and
reservation,
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
this
farewell
resolution.
Second,.
A
E
Yes,
thank
you,
council
president.
I
appreciate
it.
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
first
of
all
thank
the
sponsor
of
this
resolution,
because
I
know
him
and
kiera
have
been
working
together.
For
years
I
mean
you're
talking
about
issues
of
criminal
justice
reform
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
They
have
partnered
and
been
doing
the
work
long
before
it
was
a
thing
that
pulled
high
or
was
the
popular
thing
to
do.
E
I
often
refer
to
keira
bradford
gray
as
the
mother
of
the
modern
day,
criminal
justice
reform
movement
that
we
see
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
because
when
I
I
know
for
me
a
lot
of
the
terms
and
different
initiatives
that
we've
seen
whether
we're
talking
about
cash
bill
or
other
initiatives
that
we
now
see
have
changed
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
They
were
first
introduced
to
me
by
her,
as
I
had
never
heard,
of
of
such
practices
in
theory.
E
So
I
just
appreciate
her
service
to
the
city
of
philadelphia.
I
appreciate
her
mentorship
and
leadership
and
I
look
forward
to
supporting
her
and
whatever
next
steps
that
she
takes,
because
I
know
it
will
benefit
us
as
a
city.
Thank
you,
council
president,
and
thank
you
council,
member
jones,
not
just
for
sponsoring
a
resolution,
but
for
your
continued
working
advocacy
as
it
relates
to
the
criminal
justice
reform
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
A
H
A
O
B
D
A
A
A
D
I
know:
wouldn't
it
submitting
chapter
16
chapter
6,
1100
of
the
philosophy
code
inside
of
nuisance
health
establishments
by
adding
a
definition
for
supervised
injection
sites,
creating
a
presumption
that
they
are.
They
are
nuisance,
health
establishments
and
establishing
criteria
to
obtain
the
support
of
the
community.
By
requiring
a
here
before
a
hearing
before
city
council.
B
L
I
B
H
A
H
Greene,
thank
you,
council
president,
and
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
allowing
me
to
make
this
motion
regarding
this
outstanding
organization.
Mental
health
partnerships
for
their
seventh
anniversary,
as
many
know,
this
month
of
april,
is
also
autism
acceptance
and
awareness
month
and
one
of
the
outstanding
initiatives
that
mental
health
partnerships
has
helped
to
steer.
Is
the
community
autism
peer
specialist
program?
It's
a
program
that
allows
those
on
autism
spectrum
to
actually
earn
a
wage
and
income.
H
At
the
same
time,
mentoring,
younger
people
on
the
autism
spectrum
and
mental
health
partnerships
has
been
able
to
partner
with
the
philadelphia
autism
project,
community
behavioral
health
and
our
city's
department
being
able
to
help
the
intellectual
disability
services.
So
this
caps
program
has
been
a
phenomenal
program.
H
I
started
because
it's
now
becoming
an
international
model
for
a
number
of
different
jurisdictions,
looking
at
how
they
can
provide
real
opportunities
for
those
on
the
autism
spectrum
not
only
to
receive
gainful
employment,
but
also
help
the
next
generation
of
those
on
autism
spectrum
to
become
self-advocates,
and
I
think
this
is
very
outstanding
example
of
the
great
work
that
mental
health
partnerships
has
done
over
their
70
years
and
with
that
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
Second,.
A
H
A
A
A
The
philadelphia
home
recharter
states
that
the
mayor
shall
submit
to
council
no
later
than
90
days
before
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year,
his
operating
budget
message
and
proposed
operating
budget
ordinance
for
the
ensuing
fiscal
year.
At
the
same
time,
the
mayor
shall
submit
the
council's
recommended
capital
program
and
capital
budget,
as
received
from
the
city
planning
commission
to
the
extent
approved
by
the
mayor.
A
M
M
We've
experienced
a
great
deal
of
loss,
we
lost
loved
ones,
many
lost
their
jobs
and
others
lost
businesses.
They
worked
years
to
build,
but
I,
for
one
have
never
lost
hope,
hope
for
our
city's
ability
to
rebound
hope
for
our
capacity
to
overcome
and
hope
for
an
eventual
return
to
all
that
makes
philadelphia
great.
M
I
base
this
optimism
on
the
strength
and
dedication
I
witnessed
from
the
thousands
of
first
responders
and
city
of
philadelphia
employees.
Over
the
last
year
we
fed
students
and
residents
at
hundreds
of
meal
sites.
We
distribute
ppe
to
front-line
and
essential
workers.
We
kept
residents
from
losing
their
homes.
We
opened
our
parks
for
record
use
of
safe
recreation.
M
M
This
plan
builds
on
all
these
efforts
so
that
philadelphians
in
every
neighborhood
can
benefit
from
a
strong
inclusive
recovery.
Over
the
next
five
years,
we
will
move
philadelphia
forward
by
providing
core
services
that
people
depend
on
accelerating
inclusive
economic
growth,
maintaining
the
city's
long-term
fiscal
health
and
reducing
racial
disparities.
M
The
american
rescue
plan
will
help
fill
a
gap
this
fiscal
year
and
our
projected
budget
deficit
resulting
from
the
pandemic
for
the
first
four
years
of
the
plan
equally
important.
It
allows
us
to
act
on
the
harsh
lessons
from
this
crisis.
For
example,
we
know
now
more
than
ever,
that
we
must
plan
for
future
disruptions
and
build
a
resilient
fund
balance.
M
The
american
rescue
plan
funds
will
certainly
have
a
positive
impact
on
jump,
jump-starting
philadelphia's
economy,
but
I
think
we
can
agree
that
it's
not
enough
to
simply
recover.
We
need
to
rebuild
equitably
while
ensuring
growth
that
benefits
all
every
industry
has
felt
the
brunt
of
the
pandemic,
and
far
too
many
of
our
businesses
are
still
struggling
to
survive.
M
M
I'm
proud
to
report
that
this
plan
proposes
no
tax
or
fee
increases.
In
fact,
we'll
help
businesses
and
residents
by
providing
tax
relief,
we'll
enact
wage
tax
reductions
to
the
lowest
level
in
50
years
and
achieve
the
biggest
wage
tax
rate
cut
in
more
than
a
decade,
with
a
deeper
cut
that
was
even
included
in
the
pre-pandemic
plan
for
fiscal
year
22..
M
We
must
continue
to
work
together
to
lobby
harrisburg
for
changes
while
continuing
to
improve.
What's
within
our
control,
to
support
local
business
to
help
our
commercial
corridors,
we
will
provide
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
increased
funding
for
storefront
improvement
and
security
grants
and
four
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
phl
taking
care
of
business
carder
cleaning
program.
M
M
We're
committed
to
closing
the
opportunity
gap
experienced
by
minority
immigrant
and
women-owned
businesses
that
have
been
disproportionately
impacted
by
covert
19.,
for
instance,
we'll
increase
opportunities
for
entrepreneurs
by
engaging
minority
women
in
disabled,
owned
business
in
significant
business
with
the
city,
investing
in
technical
assistance
and
capacity
building
to
help
businesses
grow
actively
advancing
public
and
private
sector
procurement
reform
and
by
establishing
establishing
an
entrepreneur
industry
partnership
and
to
increase
opportunities
for
small
business.
The
city,
thanks
to
leadership
of
council
member
green,
streamlined
the
application
process
for
small
contracts.
M
M
While
we
focus
on
business,
we
cannot
forget
our
workforce.
We
include
three
million
dollars
to
the
office
of
workforce
development.
Two
million
dollars
for
a
transitional
jobs
program,
150
000
for
the
color
me
back
same
day,
pay
program,
almost
1.5
million
dollars
in
adult
education
programs
and
170
000
for
digital
equity
initiatives.
M
Together
these
investments
on
our
black
and
brown
entrepreneurs
and
workforce,
better
position
philadelphia
to
be
more
adaptable
and
agile
to
the
future
of
work.
It
will
help
us
stay
ahead
and
reap
the
benefits
from
rapid
changes
of
technology,
e-commerce,
remote
work
and
automation,
which
have
been
accelerated
by
the
pandemic.
M
Additionally,
in
the
capital
program,
we've
earmarked
20
million
dollars
towards
economic
development
projects
like
the
I-95
cap,
schuylkill,
river
development,
corporation's
christian
to
crescent
and
east
market
and
neighborhood
commercial
center
improvement
projects.
Fortunately,
the
american
rescue
plan
is
not
just
helping
relieve
pressure
on
the
city
budget.
It
will
do
the
same
on
household
budgets
and
bring
federally
funded
benefits
to
more
than
a
million
philadelphians.
M
M
Out
of
poverty
this
year
and
could
cut
the
rate
of
children
in
deep
poverty
in
philadelphia
this
year
by
half,
but
to
make
the
promise
of
these
new
benefits
a
reality.
Philadelphians
will
have
to
take
action
and
file
tax
returns,
even
if
they
have
not
done
so
in
prior
years
or
do
not
owe
any
taxes.
So
we
are
committed
to
connecting
philadelphians
with
the
tax
refunds
they
are
entitled
to,
and
we
will
be
urging
congress
to
make
these
one-year
changes
permanent
so
that
our
families
get
out
and
stab
a
poverty
for
good.
M
Over
the
last
few
years,
we
have
worked
to
reverse
old
practices
of
balancing
our
budget
based
on
fines
and
fees
that
mostly
impact
those
who
can
least
afford
to
pay.
So
I'm
pleased
to
continue
our
elimination
of
the
fines
and
fees
that
disproportionately
burden
black
and
brown
philadelphians
with
our
partners.
We've
eliminated
bail
fees,
library,
fines
and
now
we
will
eliminate
fees
that
burden
families
with
individuals
incarcerated
in
our
prisons.
M
I'm
pleased
to
also
increase
funding
for
the
arts
by
1.35
million
dollars,
including
doubling
the
cultural
fund.
Not
only
is
the
arts
community
part
of
the
fabric
that
makes
our
city
great,
but
we
also
view
the
creative
economy
as
a
core
sector
for
recovery,
one
whose
reinvestment
will
pay
dividends
in
the
future.
M
I
am
pleased
to
continue
investments
in
our
shared
public
spaces,
including
2.9
million
dollars,
to
restore
five-day
service,
after-school
programs
and
other
services
at
the
libraries
and
6.9
million
dollars
to
restore
recreation
programs
and
reopen
pools
summer
2021
will
be
exciting
and
enriching
full
of
opportunities
for
learning
and
fun
for
youth
of
all
ages.
We
have
our
school
district
partnership
for
summer.
Academic
and
enrichment
camps
play
streets
parks
and
rec
summer
camps
city
out
of
school
time,
summer
camps
in
the
community,
as
well
as
summer,
work
ready
for
older
youth.
M
M
The
capital
program
includes
a
historic
317
million
dollars
over
six
years
in
street,
paving
and
ada
curb
ramps
with
132
million
in
fiscal
year
22.
This
is
the
largest
single
year
investment
in
the
city's
history
and
will
help
workers,
residents
and
visitors
access
destinations,
reliably
and
safely,
something.
I
know
that's
important
to
council
member
thomas
finally
to
foster
clean
and
safe
communities.
We'll
invest
62
million
dollars
over
five
years
to
expand
mechanical
street,
sweeping
with
a
focus
on
black
and
brown
communities
that
are
often
hit
the
hardest
by
illegal
dumping.
M
And
yes,
like
I
mentioned
during
last
year's
budget
address
before
the
pandemic
struck,
we
will
be
asking
residents
to
move
their
cars
to
sweep
our
streets.
We
know
now
more
than
ever.
Creating
a
thriving
city
truly
depends
on
the
health
of
all
communities.
We
must
work
to
eliminate
health
disparities
and
safeguard
residents
from
threats
that
cause
disease
and
injury.
Therefore,
we're
investing
250
000
to
build
on
existing
efforts
to
produce
a
plan
to
improve
racial
equity
in
health
outcomes.
M
M
We'll
also
invest
1
million
dollars
for
air
management
to
improve
air
pollution
oversight.
Air
pollution,
like
that
emitted
by
boilers
and
generators,
contributes
to
health
problems
like
heart,
disease,
asthma,
lung
disease
and
respiratory
tract
infections.
The
concern
is
greatest
amongst
adults
with
other
health
problems,
children
and
the
elderly,
and
results
in
significant
racial
disparities,
because
our
fight
against
coba
19
is
far
from
over.
The
plan
sets
aside
50
million
dollars
for
coveted
containment
as
part
of
a
75
million
dollar
reopening
and
recession
reserve.
This
is
in
addition
to
over
220
million
in
targeted
grant
funding.
M
To
date,
we
have
deployed
over
140
million
dollars
for
the
public
health
and
safety
response
to
purchase.
Ppe,
establish
a
surge
medical
hospital,
distribute
meals
to
vulnerable
populations
across
the
city,
stand-up
hotels,
where
people
can
safely
quarantine
and
isolate,
improve
the
safety
of
our
shelter
system
and
much
more.
M
In
fact,
across
all
the
funds
we
administer,
investments
in
the
department
of
behavioral
health
and
intellectual
disability
services
are
more
than
1.6
billion
dollars
in
philadelphia,
more
than
double
the
police
department's
budget.
We
also
make
a
strong
commitment
to
fighting
the
opioid
crisis.
Significant
progress
has
been
made
in
saving
lives
by
reducing
overdose
deaths,
but
since
march
of
the
last
year,
covet
19
has
prompted
an
increase
in
fatal
drug
overdoses,
particularly
in
black
and
brown
communities.
M
The
supply
chains
for
help
and
support
have
been
broken.
Drug
related
violence
is
sort
equally
important.
This
past
year
demonstrated
a
vital
need
to
center
racial
and
social
equity
in
our
opioid
response,
so
the
plan
allocates
400
thousand
dollars
for
opioid
treatment
and
500
thousand
dollars
for
the
opioid
response
unit.
Our
multi-departmental
effort
to
address
the
opioid
epidemic
and
later
this
month,
the
opioid
response
unit
will
unveil
its
new
action
plan,
an
overview
of
both
how
far
philadelphia
has
come
and
how
far
we
still
must
go
in
the
fight
against
opioid
use
disorder.
M
I'm
incredibly
proud
of
the
work
being
done,
but
these
are
just
the
first
steps
of
many.
Our
efforts
will
not
end
until
once
again,
there
is
a
healthy
population
and
safe
and
thriving
communities
untainted
by
the
scourge
of
opioids,
while
containing
the
pandemic,
is
among
our
most
pressing
priorities.
We
know
that
in
some
ways
it
pales
in
comparison
to
our
other
long-standing
public
health
crisis,
gun
violence
in
2020,
philadelphia
lost,
402
people
to
gun
violence,
the
most
gun
related
homicides
in
30
years,
with
more
than
140
people
killed.
M
Since
the
start
of
this
year,
2021
is
on
track
to
be
the
worst
year
on
record.
Solutions
must
expand
to
match
the
scale
of
the
problem.
As
a
result,
a
total
of
18.7
million
dollars
of
additional
funding
in
fy
22
on
anti-violence
efforts
for
a
total
of
35.5
million
of
investment
over
the
life
of
the
fy
22
through
fy26
five-year
plan.
This
is
an
additional
investment
of
70
million
dollars.
M
This
includes
new
investments
such
as
1.3
million
to
expand,
proven
violence
and
eruption.
Programs
like
community
crisis,
intervention
programs
and
group
violence,
intervention,
two
million
dollars
in
the
transitional
jobs
program.
I
mentioned
earlier
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
expansion
of
targeted
community
investment,
grants
for
violence
prevention
programs
run
by
our
community
partners
and
1.35
million
for
community
improvements,
including
graffiti
cleanup
vacant,
lot,
remediation,
clean
and
seal
efforts
and
improve
lighting
and
visibility
in
key
neighborhoods.
M
We
must
then,
the
tide
of
gun
violence,
while
also
addressing
the
systemic
racism
and
policing
that
impacts
black
and
brown
philadelphians.
We've
heard
from
the
public
and
leaders
in
our
communities
that
we
must
reimagine
our
approach
to
policing
to
create
the
safety.
All
philadelphians
have
a
right
to
to
improve
police
response
to
people
calling
9-1-1
in
behavioral
health
crises.
M
M
Until
we
address
the
availability
and
access
to
firearms,
we
will
always
be
fighting
an
uphill
battle.
We
need
the
ability
to
adopt
proven
gun
policies
that
will
save
lives.
We
know
from
firsthand
experience
how
invaluable
local
control
can
be.
We
saw
it
over
the
last
year
when
it
comes
to
our
public
education
system.
The
city's
coast,
partnership
and
alignment
with
the
school
district
during
the
pandemic
are
how
we
were
able
to
step
up
to
serve
our
students
most
pressing
needs
over
the
last
year.
M
M
The
five-year
plan
envisions
a
return
of
teachers
and
students
to
classrooms
with
1.38
billion
dollars
in
funding
for
the
school
district
of
philadelphia
over
the
plan.
This
is
on
top
of
the
1.3
billion
that
the
district
will
receive
through
the
american
rescue
plan
and
we'll
invest
a
quarter
of
a
billion
dollars
in
the
community
college
of
philadelphia,
with
54
million
dollars
dedicated
to
the
octavius
caddo
scholarship.
M
This
initiative
will
enable
5,
000,
first-time
students
to
attend
college
tuition-free
and
with
the
supports
they
need,
like
food
books
and
transportation
stipends
to
successfully
earn
their
degree.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
some
of
our
caddo
scholars
earlier
this
year
and
cannot
understate
how
inspiring
they
are.
Students
like
chelsea
hammond
of
holzberg,
who
previously
struggled
with
addiction,
is
now
on
a
path
to
becoming
a
paralegal
or
daryl
claiborne
of
germantown
aims
to
provide
a
better
life
for
his
two
sons
by
earning
his
associate's
degree
at
ccp,
then
continuing
continuing
his
nursing
studies
at
temple.
M
These
are
two
examples
of
how
this
transformational
program
will
improve
philadelphians
lives
on
a
macro
level.
We
know
that
ccp
is
an
economic
driver
for
our
city.
Increasing
the
number
of
philadelphians
with
two
and
four-year
degrees
is
a
key
component
of
our
inclusive
growth
strategy
and
we're
even
using
the
caddo
scholarship
as
a
catalyst
to
advance
our
other
equity
and
labor-related
goals.
M
In
addition,
phl
pre-k
will
grow
with
700
new
slots
and
will
add
case
management,
support
to
community
schools,
we're
committed
to
funding
education
from
pre-k
to
college,
because
it's
the
key
to
lifting
philadelphians
out
of
poverty.
It's
the
key
to
our
long-term
growth
and
it's
how
we'll
ultimately
attract
enterprise,
because
we'll
have
the
homegrown
talent
ready
for
the
future
of
work.
M
M
We
recognize
the
importance
of
modernizing
service
delivery,
so
we're
investing
5
million
dollars
for
the
operations
transformation
fund
to
redesign
city
operations
and
services
to
efficiently
serve
businesses
and
residents,
and
will
invest
in
major
tools
needed
to
deliver
city
services,
including
I.t
systems,
trash
trucks
and
major
infrastructure
investments
and
across
every
investment.
In
this
plan
we
will
target
our
dollars
and
our
policy
change
to
reverse
the
impacts
of
structural
racism
and
to
make
concrete
improvements
in
the
lives
of
black
and
brown
philadelphians
in
their
safety,
their
health
and
their
economic
well-being.
M
Our
office
of
diversity,
equity
inclusion,
is
helping
departments
complete
racial
equity
assessment
and
action
plans
to
reduce
racial
disparities
across
many
indicators
for
success,
education,
criminal
justice,
jobs,
housing,
health
and
more.
I'm
proud
that
we
can
avoid
layoffs
in
fiscal
year
22,
but
we
had
to
enact
five
percent
budget
cuts
to
most
back
office
functions.
M
The
fiscal
year
2022
budget
represents
5.25
billion
general
fund
revenues
and
a
5.17
billion
dollars
in
general
fund
expenditures.
This
leaves
us
with
the
general
fund
balance
of
109
million
dollars,
which
is
two
percent
of
revenues,
far
below
national
standards
of
70
percent
or
two
months
of
spending.
M
M
Yes,
I've
covered
a
lot
today
and
there's
even
more
in
these
budget
documents.
In
hundreds
of
pages
of
numbers,
pros
and
charts,
the
operating
budget,
capital
program
and
five-year
plan
serve
as
blueprints
for
the
city's
reopening
in
the
wake
of
the
pandemic.
This
framework
also
represents
what
we
heard
from
the
community.
This
year,
we
established
a
multilingual
online
survey
and
held
a
dozen
focus
groups
and
meetings
which
gave
13
000
people
a
way
to
share
their
recommendations
on
the
city's
revenue
sources
and
spending
decisions.
M
This
is
just
a
start.
We
will
make
improvements
on
this
engagement
process
year
to
year
until
it's
truly
representative
and
inclusive.
I
look
forward
to
further
engagement
through
hearings
and
discussions
with
all
city
council
members,
as
you
fulfill
your
vital
responsibility
to
debate
and
vote
on
the
proposals
in
the
coming
weeks.
M
As
you
review,
please
know
that
this
budget
was
created
with
one
guiding
vision.
The
philadelphians
in
every
neighborhood
can
and
must
benefit
from
what
I
believe
will
be
a
strong
recovery,
every
neighborhood.
That
vision
is
what
guides
me
every
single
day
and
what
keeps
me
going?
It's
a
vision.
I
wrote
about
last
april
in
an
open
letter
to
all
philadelphians.
M
I
looked
ahead
to
a
time
when
the
pandemic
would
be
past
history
and
I
predicted.
When
that
day
comes,
we
will
watch
our
children
head
off
to
school,
play
on
the
sidewalks
and
even
share
snacks
and
hugs,
and
we'll
know
that
when
it
mattered
most,
we
stepped
up.
We
cared
for
one
another
and
we
did
what
was
right
and
we
endured
a
year
later.
I've
seen
firsthand
how
we
have
stepped
up,
how
we
have
cared
for
each
other
and
how
we
have
endured.
M
A
And
we
have
our
work
to
do.
We
will
be
sending
out
our
budget
schedule
shortly
and
we
will
start
doing
the
business
for
the
people
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
with
an
extremely
as
best
possible,
transparent
process.
We're
probably
doing
a
little
bit
differently
this
time
around
having
a
little
more
remote
public
hearings,
so
to
speak,
but
we'll
talk
to
you
all
about
that
process
as
we
move
ahead
time
to
tee
up
speeches.
L
L
L
I
cite
that
when
I
say
that
out
of
the
19
percent
minority
charter,
schools
85
have
been
impacted
through
non-renewal
19
of
the
population
85
of
the
negative
actions,
and
do
I
believe
that
maybe
the
school
district
is
racist,
not
necessarily
do
I
believe
that
the
impact
has
racist
impact.
Absolutely
second,
definition
that
I'd
like
to
bring
forth
is
arbitrary
and
capricious.
L
My
lawyer
colleague,
councilman
green,
knows
what
this
is,
but
I'll
give
you
a
common
sense
definition,
arbitrary
and
capricious
when
I'm
sitting
at
the
dinner
table
with
all
my
kids
and
one
of
them
gets
to
go
out
and
do
their
thing
after
curfew
and
the
other
does
not
get
to
do
it
and
they
said
well,
wait
a
minute
you
just
let
my
brother,
my
sister
go
out
and
it
might
be
because
they
have
better
grades.
It
may
be
because
they
clean
their
room,
but
there
is
no
factual
relationship
to
my
decision.
L
It
is
arbitrary
and
capricious
unless
I
put
the
intent
of
why
I
made
the
decision.
Often
too
often
the
decisions
that
are
made
to
close
charter
schools,
many
of
them
in
my
district.
That's
why
I
rise
today
are
arbitrary
and
capricious
and
do
not
have
a
apples
to
apples
comparison
of
why
you
choose
one
school,
not
to
renew
versus
others
other
than
possibly
race.
L
It
bothers
me
to
say
it,
but
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna,
call
it
like.
I
see
it
and
the
final
issue.
You
know
I
used
to
tell
my
kids.
You
know
when
I
made
those
arbitrary
and
capricious
rulings.
I
said
because
I
said
so,
but
that
doesn't
get
it
when
you
are
dealing
with
the
education
of
our
children
and,
I
believe,
has
risen
to
the
occasion
of
a
civil
rights
issue.
L
So
I
raise
these
issues
today
out
of
caution
out
of
concern
and
to
say
that
me
and
my
colleagues
during
this
budget
process
we'll
be
looking
and
we
will
be
watching,
and
we
would
recommend
that
you
take
no
further
action
until
we
figure
out
whether
or
not
this
system
is
unfair
to
minorities,
and
so
without.
Without
that
transparency,
I
would
be
reluctant
to
want
to
support
anything
that
has
that
kind
of
disparate
impact
among
a
group
of
individuals
that
are
trying
to
educate
our
children.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
L
K
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
want
to
provide
a
level
of
brief
remarks
regarding
this
upcoming
budget
process,
and
I
want
to
start
off
by
thanking
and
giving
credit
on
the
mayor,
jim
kenning,
for
making
core
budget
priorities
out
of
gun,
violence
and
police
reform
equivalent.
19
is
not
the
only
public
crisis
that
has
swept
across
our
city.
Over
the
past
year,
thousands
of
philadelphians
have
been
shot
at
work
at
school,
at
rec
centers
at
bus
stops
and
even
in
their
homes
hundreds
have
died.
They
include
elders,
pregnant
women
and
children.
K
Just
last
night
a
six-year-old
was
shot
and
his
father
was
murdered
in
southwest
philadelphia.
Our
communities
are
bloody,
our
communities
are
traumatized,
our
communities
feel
hopeless.
In
recent
weeks,
I
have
been
in
the
streets
calling
for
foot
dolphins
to
call
to
action,
but,
as
we
ask
our
community
to
step
up,
we
in
government
must
also
step
up.
We
must
do
for
gun
violence.
What
what
we
have
done
for
covet
19.?
K
We
must
be
bolder
and
more
aggressive.
We
must
move
quickly
and
decisively.
We
have
agreed
that
this
is
a
crisis,
but
our
actions
must
match
our
words.
For
that
reason,
I
will
continue
to
be
laser
focused
during
this
budget
season
on
gun
violence.
As
I
have
been
in
the
past,
I
will
push
to
make
sure
that
we
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is.
We
have
at
least
1.5
trillion
in
federal
relief
dollars
on
the
table.
K
Yes,
our
revenue
is
down,
and
yes,
our
economic
recovery
will
be
long,
but
as
long
as
gun
violence
remain
out
of
control,
our
economic
recovery
will
be
weak
and
slow
gun
violence.
Prevention
is
not
just
a
moral
necessity.
It
is
an
economic
necessity.
We
must
invest
now
in
a
safer,
more
equitable
city.
We
have
a
once-in-a-lifetime
in
this
generation
of
opportunity
to
do
so.
K
This
is
my
mission,
as
all
of
us
has
continuously
addressed
this
issue
as
members
of
city
council.
I
look
forward
to
working
closely
with
all
my
council
members,
as
well
as
your
leadership
council
president,
to
make
sure
we
consistently
make
sure
that
gun,
violence
and
gun
violence
prevention
is
a
key
priority
as
we
embark
upon
this
upcoming
budget
discussion.
Thank
you
very
much
comes
from
president.
H
We
just
have
come
through
both
passover
and
easter
and
for
those
of
us
in
the
christian
faith,
no
easter
is
a
period
of
lent
and
you
go
through
lent
for
a
period
of
time.
Many
of
us
fast
and
we
go
through
a
period
of
challenge,
and
I
think,
when
I
think
about
ramadan,
passover
and
easter,
we
as
a
globe
have
gone
through
a
lenten
season
for
well.
Over
a
year,
we've
been
dealing
with
this
pandemic,
and
now
it
seems
just
like
ramadan
comes
to
an
end.
H
H
Things
are
starting
to
open
up,
it's
springtime
and
we're
getting
the
sense
that
we
are
coming
out
of
this
lenten
season,
and
we
know
last
year
as
a
city,
we
had
a
very
challenging
budget
process
where
we
had
to
fill
a
750
million
dollar
hole,
and
this
year
we
thought
we
were
going
to
have
to
deal
with
a
450
million
dollar
budget
deficit
on
our
own.
But
we
all
worked
and
used
our
platforms
and
as
president
of
democratic
municipal
officials
and
also
as
president
of
the
pennsylvania
municipal
league.
H
So
with
this
new
infusion
and
I've
been
around
city
council
for
a
little
while,
I
don't
think
I've
seen
in
my
time
in
this
building
this
type
of
infusion
of
new
money.
So
with
that,
I
was,
you
know,
being
very
hopeful
for
today's
budget
address
from
the
mayor.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
his
remarks
and
laying
out
a
lot
of
information
and
dollars
regarding
on
his
perspective
and
his
vision
for
our
city,
but
as
I
think
about
what
councilmember
johnson
said
and
think
about
what
we've
been
going
through
for
the
past
year.
H
We
need
a
bolder
vision
on
how
we're
going
to
use
these
dollars
and
when
I
think
about
vision,
I
have
to
reflect
on
the
conversation
we
had
last
week
in
city
council.
We
were
talking
about
the
philadelphia
movie
concrete
cowboy,
and
I
hope,
hopefully,
many
of
us
had
a
chance
to
watch
on
this
film,
either
over
easter
or
through
passover
or
as
now
those
of
our
muslim
brethren
are
going
through
or
and
sisters
are
going
through
ramadan
and
in
that
film
I'm
not
going
to
focus
on
the
main
character.
H
H
But
what
we
learned
in
the
movie
that
smush
had
a
vision
for
a
better
day.
He
was
saving
his
money
from
the
judging
to
get
into
a
legitimate
business
opportunity
and
use
that
as
seed
capital.
We
also
know
that
he
at
one
point,
was
very
involved
with
the
legislative
cowboys,
but
somehow
got
pulled
away
from
that
positive
activity
into
a
negative
activity
which
was
the
drug
game
and
thinking
that
was
the
only
way
he
could
produce
dollars
and
revenue
to
do
a
legitimate
business
and
build
up
that
seed
capital.
H
And
so
when
we
think
about
this
1.4
billion
dollars
coming
into
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
I
think
the
mayor
provided
a
good
start.
But
we've
got
to
have
a
much
bolder
thought
process
and
bolder
vision
for
the
city
of
philadelphia
in
the
budget.
The
mayor
talks
about
you
know,
target
investment
and
community
grants,
and
you
know
we've
got
to
do
things
differently.
H
How
can
we
spend
much
more
money
for
some
of
the
grassroots
community-based
organizations
that
are
helping
young
people
like
smush,
not
get
involved
in
the
gang
activity?
How
can
we
spend
more
money?
Not
just
on
certification-
and
I
know
the
mayor
talked
a
lot
about
different
investments
for
minority
businesses,
but
how
do
we
help
those
businesses
to
truly
grow,
and
so
young
people
in
our
city
like
smush,
can
see
they
don't
have
to
get
into
gang
activity
to
raise
sea
capital
to
start
a
business?
H
They
can
see
entrepreneurs
in
our
city,
black
and
brown
entrepreneurs
who
are
growing
their
businesses
and
being
successful.
So
we
need
to
have
a
bolder
vision
for
our
city
and
when
we
think
about
the
fact
that
we
had
499
homicides
last
year,
we're
on
a
pace
that
is
going
to
clearly
eclipse
that
this
year,
the
fact
that
six
percent
of
the
businesses
in
the
city
with
employees
are
owned
by
african
americans.
Only
four
percent
of
the
businesses
with
employees
are
owned
by
ireland,
latin
brothers
and
sisters.
H
We
got
to
do
something
different,
and
so
I
I
need
to
challenge
myself
I
need
to.
I
think
we
all
need
to
challenge
ourselves
and
also
challenge
the
mayor
to
work
together
to
have
a
bolder
vision
for
our
city.
I
think
today's
address
was
a
good
start.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
I
think
we
have
a
sense
that
we
need
to
do
more
with
this,
what
I
would
say
once
a
lifetime
investment
of
1.4
billion
dollars
into
our
local
economy.
So
I'm
I'm
gonna
have
to
press
myself
to
do
more.
H
I
think
we're
all
gonna
press
ourselves
to
do
more
and
also
work
with
the
administration
to
do
more,
to
have
a
bolder
vision
for
our
city,
because
we
don't
want
to
be
in
a
situation,
come
2025
or
2026,
and
we
say
what
happened
to
that
140
billion
dollars.
Did
we
really
make
investments
to
really
take
that
vision
of
the
mayor
laid
out
and
make
it
even
bolder
for
the
future
of
our
city?
So
we
don't
have
more
young
people
like
the
characters,
smush
and
concrete
cowboys
lose
their
life
to
gun
violence.
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
join
you,
mr
president,
in
in
your
comments
and
noting
that
I
anxiously
await
the
opportunity
for
us
to
be
engaged
in
our
budget
process.
Thank
the
mayor
for
his
introduction
today,
summary
of
where
he
has
proposed.
We
as
a
city
make
investments,
and
I
look
forward
to
us
working.
You
know,
in
partnership
with
the
administration,
to
negotiate
to
negotiate,
mr
president,
where
those
investments
will
be
and
that's
the
process
that
we
go
through.
I
I
I
let
folks
know
that
the
hearing
will
for
the
resolution
in
the
long
government
committee
was
scheduled
for
april
the
21st
at
one
o'clock
and
to
reach
out
to
my
office
if
they
were
interested
in
testifying
several
of
you,
members
of
the
public
did,
and
we
want
to
say
thank
you,
but
I
do
need
to
let
you
know
that
we
have
a
time
change.
I
want
to
let
people
know
that
the
hearing
has
been
pushed
back
by
24
hours
to
thursday
april
22nd
at
1pm.
I
Again,
that's
thursday
april
22nd
at
1pm.
If
you
look
at
council's
calendar
on
our
website,
it
will
look
to
you
like
long
government
is
beginning
on
april
21st
at
10
a.m,
and
our
plan
is
to
hear
two
bills
during
that
morning,
but
we're
going
to
recess
and
the
hearing
until
april
22nd
after
we
finish
with
those
bills
to
1
pm
and
then
that's
when
we
will
have
our
hearing
on
the
share
of
sales.
If
you
are
still
interested
in
testifying
at
the
hearing
again,
please
reach
out
to
our
office
at.
I
215-686-3454
again,
that's
six
215,
six,
three,
four
five,
four.
The
next
scheduling
issue,
mr
president,
is
that
another
one
of
my
resolutions
is
being
heard
in
the
committee
on
housing,
neighborhood
development
and
the
homeless
on
monday
april,
26
at
10
a.m.
Now
that
hearing
is
going
to
examine
the
race
gap
in
home
appraisals
and
its
impact
on
home
ownership
and
wealth
accumulation
here
in
philadelphia,
the
hearing
is
going
to
look
at
how
race
impacts
home
appraisals
from
three
particular
angles.
I
The
first
is
how
the
race
of
the
homeowner
impacts
the
appraisal.
The
second
is
how
the
overall
rates
of
the
neighborhood
impacts,
the
appraisal
and
the
health
of
the
neighborhood
impacts,
the
appraisal
and
and
finally,
how
the
race
of
the
appraiser
actually
impacts
the
appraisal,
and
if
you
are
again
interested
in
testifying
at
that
hearing,
I
want
you
to
reach
out
to
my
office
again
at.
I
Mr
president,
you
know
have
to
do
with
bringing
people
back
to
work
and
if
you
can't
tangibly
measure
that,
for
me,
you
know,
you
know
we'll
have
some
issues
during
that
discussion
in
addition
to
that,
our
existing
housing
stock.
While
we
hear
a
lot
of
discussion-
and
it
is
a
major
issue
in
our
city-
I
will
continue.
Mr
president,
you
know
to
remain
laser
focused
on
how
we
are
being
as
innovative
as
we
possibly
can
to
do.
I
What
you
described
is
preserving
the
most
affordable
housing
that
we
have
and
is
that
the
building
up
new,
no,
it's,
preserving
and
modernizing
our
existing
housing
stocks.
So
we're
going
to
be
very
focused
on
that.
In
addition,
it's
ownership
home
ownership,
home
ownership.
You
know
housing
is
a
human
right
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
every
philadelphian,
no
matter
their
race
class
socioeconomic
status
or
zip
code
has
access
to
housing.
But
I
will
remain
unapologetic
in
saying
that
ownership.
Ownership
is
the
path
to
self-sufficiency
and
it's
the
way.
I
People
like
my
grandparents,
you
know
made
it
to
the
working
class
by
owning
the
property
that
they
they
moved
to,
and
that
was
their
their
first
home.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
mr
president,
you
and
and
the
rest
of
my
colleagues
and
I
really
look
forward
to
us
having
a
conversation
about
how
we
put
philadelphians
on
a
path
to
self-sufficiency
and
not
allow
those
people
who
have
simply
attempted
us
attempted
to
encourage
us
to
focus
in
one
particular
area.
I
E
Thank
you,
council
president,
and,
like
many
of
my
colleagues,
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
the
budget
address
today.
It's
a
process
that
we
know
is
going
to
be
very
tedious
and
very
engaging
over
the
next
several
weeks
really
couple
months,
but
I
do
want
to
echo
the
sentiments
of
some
of
my
colleagues
I'll
start
with
council
member
johnson.
E
I
agree
with
councilmember
johnson
when
he
talks
about
on
this
issue
for
of
gun
violence
and
also
agree
with
councilman
greene
when
he
talks
about
us
needing
to
to
be
bolder
and
to
take
things
a
step
further,
and
I
think
again
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
on
council.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
as
we
engage
this
issue,
but
I
do
want
to
reference
something
that
councilmember
jones
talked
about
earlier
and
what
he
talked
about
around
black
institutions.
E
I
think
it's
a
it's
an
important
issue:
that's
not
getting
the
intention
that
it
deserved
a
little
while
back.
We
introduced
a
resolution
to
hold
hearings
around
this
issue
and
some
of
the
practices,
and
since
that
resolution
has
been
introduced,
we've
been
actively
working,
along
with
the
chair
of
the
education
committee
council
member
sanchez,
to
try
our
best
to
put
us
in
a
position
to
be
able
to
address
this
issue
and,
unfortunately,
right
now,
I
just
don't
feel
like
we're
trending
in
a
direction.
E
You
know
and
I'm
not
going
to
communicate
it
as
eloquently
as
councilmember
jones
did,
but
I
just
don't
feel
like
we're
trending
in
a
direction
where
we're
being
consistent
in
saying
that
these,
I
guess
you
could
say
bad
practices
have
happened
in
the
past,
but
then
simultaneously
keeping
those
same
measures
in
place,
we're
making.
I
guess
what
you
can
say:
executive
decisions.
E
It's
very
difficult
to
continue
to
to
to
scream
various
phrases
and
to
say
we
want
to
advocate
for
people
of
color,
but
then
at
the
same
time
not
do
things
that
are
within
our
control
to
be
able
to
be
reflective
of
that
same
feeling.
So
thank
you,
councilmember
jones,
for
your
support
for
highlighting
this
issue.
E
I
know
that
some
of
the
institutions
that
are
in
question
are
in
your
district,
and
some
of
the
institutions
that
have
been
closed
are
in
your
district
and
I
look
forward
to
continuing
engaging
all
parties
as
we
figure
out.
What
are
we
going
to
do
about
this?
This
problem,
that's
disproportionately
impacting
black
people
in
philadelphia.
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
give
lamar.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
Thank
you.
Mr
president,
today
I
introduced
a
resolution
calling
on
the
national
collegiate
athletic
association
to
reevaluate
its
policies
and
practices
to
support
gender
equity.
In
sports.
A
few
weeks
ago,
sedona,
prince
and
oregon
women's
basketball
forward
posted
a
video
exposing
the
evident
differences
and
weight
training
facilities
between
the
men's
and
women's
basketball
teams
competing
in
the
ncaa
championships.
C
C
In
an
interview
on
monday,
prince
emphasized
the
importance
of
supporting
other
student
athletes
and
joining
together
as
a
united
front
against
gender
and
equality,
while
building
a
weight
room
for
the
women's
teams
was
a
step
for
the
ncaa
prince
mentioned
that
she
wanted
to
ensure
that
gender
inequities
did
not
happen
again.
These
recent
events
are
not
new
to
the
ncaa
and
are
fact
deeply
ingrained
in
basketball
culture
in
2013
the
division,
one
basketball,
women's
white
paper
was
compiled
by
al
val
ackerman
reporting,
gender
disparity
concerns
and
recommendations
about
women's
basketball
in
the
ncaa.
C
C
Only
after
many
coaches
criticized
this
setup
that
espn
changed
their
plans
to
broadcast
the
first
two
rounds
of
the
tournament.
The
ncaa
also
provided
practice
courts
placed
over
submit
flooring,
which
is
very
high
risk
for
athletes
and
is
likely
to
cause
injury
additionally
covet
19
protocols,
close
all
locker
rooms,
taking
away
a
private
space
for
female
athletes
to
change
in
uniform
after
warm-ups.
C
We
certainly
hope
they
will
hear
us
on
that,
and
this
will
not
be
the
last
that
we
speak
on
this
particular
issue.
I
also
wanted
to
just
take
a
moment
out
on
the
goldman
sachs
one
million
black
women
initiative
and
that's
another
resolution
that
I
introduced
today.
Mr
president,
recognizing
one
million
black
women
initiative
launched
by
goldman
sachs
black
women's
organizations
and
other
partners
to
invest
in
black
women
and
advance
racial
equity
and
economic
opportunity.
Black
women
are
reported
to
face
a
90
percent
wealth
gap
are
less
likely
to
own
or
inherit
high
return.
C
Assets
are
underbanked
and
have
poor
health
and
shorter
lives
than
those
of
white
women.
By
investing
in
black
women
and
reducing
the
earnings
gap,
it
is
predicted
that
black
women
can
create
1.2
to
1.7
million
jobs
in
the
united
states.
Additionally,
black
women
would
help
increase
the
gdp
of
the
us
by
300
to
450
billion
dollars.
B
B
K
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
wanted
to
join
the
voices
of
council,
member
and
johnson
councilmember
green
and
my
other
colleagues
and
support
of
the
gun,
violence,
more
investment
in
support
of
being
bolder-
and
you
know
winston
churchill
had
a
great
quote:
never
waste
a
good
crisis
and
I
think
we
don't
do
need
to
be
more
strategic
older.
This
is
a
tremendous
opportunity,
it'll,
probably
once
in
our
lifetime,
to
change
the
direction
of
this
city.
K
To
me,
this
indicates
that
what
we've
been
doing
in
the
past
has
not
worked
really
well,
and
we
need
to
dramatically
change
what
we
should
be
doing
going
in
the
economy
and
allowing
more
equity
across
the
board.
It's
just
not
working
many
of
my
colleagues
and
I
heard
many
different
ideas
this
week
in
the
fiscal
committee
meeting.
It
was,
I
think
it
was
two
days
ago
where
we
heard
about
how
black
and
brown
entrepreneurs
yes
they're,
getting
jobs,
but
they're,
not
creating
wealth,
and
that
is
so
important.
K
So
those
are
just
some
of
the
things
I
wanted
to
talk
about.
I
also
want
to
just
briefly
mention
I'm
going
to
talk
about
it
next
week.
I
want
to
extend.
I
want
to
do
this
on
just
on
behalf
of
all
my
colleagues
and
administration,
our
our
deepest
sympathies
to
the
reuben
family
ron
rubin,
who
passed
away
earlier
this
week,
he's
a
philadelphia
icon,
he's
89
years
old.
He
did
the
gallery.
He
did
the
bell
view.
He
was
involved
with
melon
bank
center.
K
A
You
councilman,
thank
you
very
much.
It
appears
that
that
concludes
the
speeches.
Just
real
quick.
I
want
to
say
that
I
know
we
all
have
our
vision,
the
future
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
we
were
in
a
very,
very
aggressive
process
of
laying
it
out
and
hopefully
implementing
it
in
this
thing
called
covet.
A
19
put
an
abrupt
stop
on
on
that,
but
the
reality
is
it's
time
to
recover
it's
time
to
move
forward
and
we
will
be
adopting
all
of
those
great
ideas
and
and
vision
that
city
council
has
had
over
a
number
of
years.
So
we
look
forward
to
our
budget
process
and
I
appreciate
you
all
so
much
for
your
continued
due
diligence
and
your
commitment
to
the
city.
So
with
that,
I'm
going
to
recognize
councilman
jones
for
a
motion
to
adjourn.