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A
E
D
G
H
I
E
E
B
E
A
B
A
You
yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you
mike
appreciate
you,
okay,
we've
established
a
farm
and
now
we're
going
to
get
to
the
business
at
hand.
Let's
start
out
with
an
invocation
this
morning
for
my
good
friend,
a
very
good
friend
of
the
reverend,
dr
herbert
h,
lust
ii,
a
pastor
of
greater
exodus,
baptist
church,
here's
today,
he
is
here
today
as
my
guest,
and
I
would
ask
all
members
and
guests
to
please
bow
your
head
for
the
invitation.
I.
A
E
Please
let
good
morning
everyone
and
let
us
pray,
our
god
and
father.
We
do
thank
you
for
these
moments
these
times
that
we
have,
even
though
they're
trying
times
we
pray
o
god
that
you
would
bless
this
body
with
the
wisdom
and
understanding
that
can
effectively
make
change
in
such
a
way
that
it
bless
citizens
of
our
city
with
all
the
challenges
that
are
before
us,
politically,
economically,
socially
senseless
death
and
blind
and
unbridled
violence.
E
You
would
bless,
oh
god,
congress
and
senate
this
united
states
of
america
that
you
bless
our
president,
then,
oh
god,
we
pray
that
you
would
bless
the
citizens
of
our
city
and
then
lord.
We
bless
you
before
we
leave
from
the
rising
of
the
sun
to
the
going
down
of
the
same.
Your
name
is
worthy
to
be
praised,
so
we
praise
you
when
we
bless
you.
E
C
A
A
A
C
C
C
A
A
B
In
the
first
year
of
the
neighborhood
preservation
initiative
program
and
approving
a
substantial
amendment
to
the
annual
action
plan
2021
through
2022,
the
city's
consolidated
housing
and
housing
related
expenditures
plan
to
incorporate
the
program
statement
and
budget
into
the
action
plan
and
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
city
treasurer
on
behalf
of
the
city,
to
enter
into
an
amendment
to
an
agreement
with
citizens.
Bank
of
pennsylvania,
for
provision
of
payroll
banking
services
to
the
city.
A
Thank
you,
mr
decker,
and
our
next
order
of
business
is
the
introduction
of
bills
and
resolutions,
and,
by
way
of
a
reminder,
we
are
asking
that
all
resolutions,
including
privilege
resolution,
be
placed
on
a
final
passes
calendar
for
the
next
session
of
counsel
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
in
advance
for
your
anticipated
cooperation.
B
Councilwoman
parker
offers
four
bills
and
three
resolutions
on
behalf
of
council
president
clark,
an
ordinance
amending
chapter
section,
amending
section,
14
529
of
the
philippi
code
entitled
vdo
fifth
district
overlay
district
to
prohibit
certain
bonuses
and
an
ordinance
amending
section
14504
to
fill
philippine
code.
It's
out
of
nco
neighborhood
conservation
overlay
district
by
expanding
the
existing
strawberry
mansion
nco
area
to
include
an
area
bounded
by
lehigh
avenue,
29th
street
sinclair
and
sedgley
avenue,
and
an
ordinance
providing
for
the
submission
of
the
qualified
electors
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
B
The
proposal
set
forth
on
a
resolution
approved
by
council
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
philippine
home
rule
charter
to
revise
the
composition
of
the
zoning
vote
of
adjustment
by
increasing
the
number
of
appointees
for
writing
for
confirmation
by
council
of
appointees
and
specified
qualifications
that
appointees
must
possess
and,
on
her
own
behalf,
an
ordinance
many
chapter.
950
100
of
the
philippi
code
entitled
food
delivery
services
to
modify
the
limitation
on
fees
charged
to
food
service
establishments.
B
On
behalf
of
council
president
clark,
councilwoman
parker
offers
a
resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
fall
of
your
homeland
charter
to
revise
the
composition
of
the
zoning
board
of
adjustment
by
increasing
the
number
of
appointees,
providing
for
confirmation
by
council
of
appointees
and
specifying
qualifications.
That
appointees
must
possess.
A
A
E
B
Thank
you.
Mr
president,
councilwoman
kim
offers
two
resolutions
entitled
a
resolution
denouncing
attacks
on
efforts
to
address
systemic
racism
in
the
united
states
and
urging
the
pennsylvania
house
of
representatives
to
reject
house
bill
1532,
which
aims
to
prohibit
instruction
on
the
history
of
racial
oppression
and
the
examination
of
how
racism
functions
in
our
law,
policy
and
society.
H
Thank
you
so
much
council
president
today,
I,
along
with
10
co-sponsors,
calls
upon
our
city
and
our
city
council
body
to
substantively
tackle
the
crisis
of
our
school
facilities
as
the
after
the
most
difficult
school
year
in
recent
history,
it's
more
clear
than
ever
that
ensuring
safe
and
supportive
learning
environments
is
the
most
crucial
work
that
we
can
do
amid
tragic
gun,
violence,
economic
hardship
and
coven.
Our
schools
play
a
critical
role
in
helping
young
people
rebuild
their
lives
in
uncertain
and
difficult
times.
H
H
Students
were
expected
to
use
porta-potties
for
the
majority
of
the
school
year,
if
not
for
parent
action.
That
would
have
been
the
reality
for
hundreds
of
students
at
one
of
the
city's
premier
magnet
schools.
Bieber
is
the
12th
school
in
the
past
two
years
to
experience
closure
due
to
asbestos
remediation,
which
has
interrupted
student
learning
and
is
disrupting
the
start
of
the
most
important
school
year
on
in
recent
memory,
and
we
all
know
it's
not
just
bieber,
even
as
schools
open
their
doors
to
welcome
our
children.
H
Parents
at
school
after
school
in
this
city
have
been
ringing
the
alarm
on
the
deplorable
conditions
of
our
school
buildings
leaking
roofs,
95
degree
classrooms,
non-existent
ventilation,
contouring
flaking,
lead
paint
asbestos
remediation.
All
of
us
know
the
list
goes
on
and
on
and
that's
why?
I'm
glad
that
our
council
bodies
are
coming
together
to
talk
about
what
it
would
look
like
to
fund
a
comprehensive
remediation
and
modernization
process
for
our
city's
public
school
buildings.
There
is
no
question.
The
school
district
of
philadelphia
has
put
forward.
H
H
Many
of
my
colleagues,
including
council
member
kim
jones
sanchez,
has
has
highlighted
the
important
issue
of
school
feeder
patterns
that
have
long
been
antiquated
and
are
built
for
city
for
a
city
of
decades
ago,
and
it's
clear
that
this
is
not
the
school
district's
responsibility,
actually
that
this
is
not
what
major
cities
that
are
embarking
on
this
work.
They
don't
put
it
all
on
the
school
district.
H
H
We
can
now,
more
than
ever,
we've
got
billions
potentially
of
dollars,
unspent
at
the
state
level,
that
the
biden
infrastructure
plan
that
all
of
us
are
pushing
hard
for,
opens
up
more
opportunities
and
that
our
city
has
a
chance
to
lead
on
this
issue
and
that
the
leadership
actually
doesn't
come
from
harrisburg
or
from
washington
dc.
The
leadership
is
already
in
our
communities
among
parents
who
are
already
activated
and
and
organized
for
change
and
justice
and
from
young
people
themselves
who
deserve
so
much
better
than
what
they
have
right
now.
I
Council
president,
may
I
be
recognized
this
is
councilman.
She
recognizes.
Thank
you.
I'd
like
to
be
recognized
on
the
specific
resolution
calling
on
the
committee
of
license
and
inspections
to
hold
hearings
over
the
summer,
a
construction
work
on
the
job
site,
another
job
site
by
the
way
that
is
happening
all
too
frequent
near
judy
adam
park,
was
buried
by
several
tons
of
unstable,
unsecured
dirt
on
an
amazon
construction
site.
I
The
philadelphia
fire
department
personnel
were
able
to
extract
this
worker
and
transport
him
to
a
trauma
center,
but
he
died
short
time
after
it
is
clear
that
job
site
safety
standards,
the
standards
in
philadelphia,
pennsylvania
and
international
codes
were
not
met,
not
met.
The
failure
of
the
site
owner
amazon,
the
general
contractor
and
the
subcontractors
to
demand
and
enforce
safety
protocols
on
that
site
is
illegal
and
it
is,
and
it
cost
this
man
his
life.
I
I
I
For
several
years,
I've
advocated
for
a
dramatic
increase
in
the
number
of
l
inspectors
to
enhance
training
and
continuing
education,
resources
for
inspectors
and
improved
working
conditions
for
inspectors,
proactive,
thorough
and
routine
inspections
of
construction
sites
and
strict
adherence
to
all
capital
a-l-l.
All
requirements
of
the
code
will
save
lives
and
prevent
unnecessary
injuries.
I
The
city
of
philadelphia
is
failing
workers;
they
are
failing
the
public
by
neglecting
to
enforce
the
law
and
invest
resources
into
the
department
of
illinois,
and
I
am
introducing
this
resolution
today,
because
I've
been
talking
about
these
issues
for
3,
500
and
days
as
I've
served
as
a
member
of
city
council.
I
am
tired
of
talking
about
it.
It's
time
that
this
administration
makes
job
safety
a
real
priority
to
its
people,
to
its
property,
to
the
businesses
and
to
the
future
and
enforce
the
law
that
we
have
that
exists
on
our
books.
I
A
B
Councilwoman
gilmore
richardson
offers
on
behalf
of
councilman
jones
four
bills
and
three
resolutions
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
title
for
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
to
philadelphia,
building
construction
and
occupancy
code
by
modifying
when
notice
must
be
given
regarding
demolitions
and
an
ordinance
of
amen,
establishing
parking
regulations
in
the
vicinity
of
allen's
lane
in
whistling
avenue
and
an
ordinance
amending
section
9203
of
the
philippine
code
inside
our
street
vendors
by
permitting
vending
on
certain
sections
of
49th
street
and
an
ordinance
amending
section.
21
1203
of
the
philippine
code
entitled
appointments
to
citizen
police
oversight.
B
And
a
resolution
supporting
the
national
minority
business
development
agency
and
recognizing
october
4th
through
october
8
2021
as
philadelphia
minority
enterprise
development
med
week,
which
provides
critical
information,
resources,
opportunities
and
inspiration
to
the
minority
business
community.
Next.
B
Councilman
greene
offers
five
bills
and
three
resolutions
on
behalf
of
council
president
clark,
councilman
green
offers
an
ordinance
approving
the
2021-2022
neighborhood
preservation
initiative,
program,
statement
and
budget
which
addresses
the
expenditure
of
100
million
dollars
by
various
agencies.
In
the
first
year
of
the
neighborhood
preservation
initiative
program
and
approving
a
substantial
amendment
to
the
annual
action
plan,
2021-2022.
B
Also,
on
behalf
of
council
president
clark,
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
city
treasurer
on
behalf
of
the
city,
to
enter
into
an
amendment
to
an
agreement
with
citizens,
bank
of
pennsylvania
for
provision
of
payroll
banking
services
to
the
city
committee
on
his
own
behalf,
councilman
greene
offers
an
ordinance
continuing
the
philadelphia,
hospitality
improvement
levy,
district,
a
business
improvement
district
encompassing
certain
existing
and
future
hotel
properties
within
the
boundaries
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
continuing
the
philadelphia
hospitality
improvement
levy
district
corporation
to
serve
as
a
neighborhood
improvement.
District
management
association
for
the
district.
G
Councilman
green.
Thank
you.
Council
president.
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
who
have
co-sponsored
this
still:
council
members,
gim
brook
squilla,
hannan
bass
and
gilmore
richardson.
I
also
want
to
thank
some
of
the
comments
that
were
made
earlier
by
councilmember
mcginn,
as
well
as
councilmember
sanchez's
chair
to
education
committee.
Who's
also
been
working
on
this
issue
in
reference
to
our
school
buildings.
G
G
I've
talked
about
this
in
many
ways
about
my
mother
teaching
in
the
school
district
for
31
years,
26
years
at
ali
high
school,
and
I
think
about
the
time
that
she
has
dealt
with
asbestos
at
army
and
I
think
about
the
teacher
who
was
diagnosed
with
mesothelioma.
What
about
her
children?
What
about
her
loved
ones?
What
about
our
own
children,
who
are
in
our
school
buildings,
who
are
also
dealing
with
asbestos?
My
son,
at
his
school?
G
G
To
make
sure
the
city
is
doing
what
we
need
to
do
to
make
sure
that
these
school
buildings
do
not
have
asbestos
and
we're
providing
information
that
parents
and
teachers
and
employees
and
anyone's
in
any
of
our
school
buildings
have
the
information
that
they
need
that
these
school
buildings
are
safe
and
it's
time
that
we
have
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
to
take
that
action.
And
I
want
to
thank
all
of
my
colleagues
for
being
involved
in
this
issue
for
your
work
on
this
issue.
G
I
look
forward
to
seeing
all
of
you
at
our
press
conference
at
one
o'clock
with
all
of
the
various
partners
as
part
of
our
fund,
our
facilities
coalition,
and
this
is
the
issue
that
we
can
unfortunately,
no
longer
trust
the
school
district
to
do
what
needs
to
be
done
and
we
as
a
city,
need
to
be
actively
engaged
and
address
this
issue.
Thank
you,
council
president.
B
I
had
a
resolution
calling
upon
the
congress
of
the
united
states
to
enact
the
able
a
able
age
adjustment
act
offered
by
senator
bob
casey,
which
would
increase
26
to
from
26
to
46
the
age
threshold
which
individuals
with
disabilities
could
could
save
into
tax.
Favored
accounts
to
pay
for
disability
related
expenses.
A
B
Councilwoman
brooks
offers
one
resolution
inside
of
the
resolution
urging
the
u.s
congress
to
pass
joint
resolution,
21
known
as
the
abolition
amendment,
to
strike
the
slavery
clause
from
the
13th
amendment
and
end
the
loophole
in
the
u.s
constitution.
That
allows
forced
labor
to
continue
in
united
states
prisons
as
a
punishment
for
crime.
B
Councilman's
quota
offers
three
bills
and
two
resolutions,
instead
of
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
full
of
resulting
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designation
to
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
walnut
street
9th
street
local
street
and
10th
street,
and
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
philippines
under
mass
by
changing
design
and
designations
of
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
trenton
avenue,
cambridge
street
tulip
street
and
william
street,
and
an
ordinance
to
amend
section
14502
inside
the
ctr
center
city.
Overlay
district.
B
12
is
the
philippi
code
and
title
traffic
code
by
creating
a
new
chapter,
12
3600
entitled
tractor
trailer
parking
ban
to
prohibit
the
parking
of
tractor
trailers
on
public
streets
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
referred
to
committee
and
a
resolution
observing
the
20th
anniversary
of
the
attacks
on
the
world
trade
center
and
the
pentagon
on
september.
11
2001.
B
B
B
B
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker.
We
have
no
reports
from
committee
today,
so
our
next
order
of
business
is
consideration
of
the
calendar
there
being
no
bills
on
the
first
reading
calendar.
The
share
recognizes
councilwoman
parker
for
the
purpose
of
calling
up
resolutions
and
bills
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes.
Calendar.
C
Thank
you,
mr
president,
the
following
resolutions
and
bills
are
being
called
up
from
the
second
reading
and
final
passage
calendars.
Today
they
are
numbers
two
one:
zero,
six,
four,
two,
two
one:
zero,
six,
four,
five,
two
one:
zero:
six,
five,
six
and
two
one:
zero
six,
five,
eight
all
other
resolutions
and
bills
are
being
helped.
Mr
president,.
A
A
A
Public
comment
must
concern
matters
on
the
second
meeting
and
file
past
his
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
p.m.
The
day
before
the
session
to
sign
up
for
public
comment,
when
you
call
you
will
take
your
name
phone
number,
the
number
of
your
legislative
item
that
you
are
commenting
on
and
whether
you
are
in
support
of
or
against
the
legislation
and
add
your
name
to
the
list.
A
We
will
then
telephone
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting.
Today
we
will
have
three
minutes
for
you
to
speak,
but
just
for
purposes
of
making
a
note
from
time
to
time.
We
may
adjust
that
based
on
the
volume
of
callers,
but
we
will
have
three
minutes
today.
A
In
order
to
be
fair,
though,
all
those
wishing
to
speak,
I
intend
to
hold
faithfully
to
the
established
time
limit
once
invited
to
the
meeting
and
asked
to
begin
your
testimony.
A
timer
will
be
started.
We
will
monitor
your
remaining
time
throughout
your
testimony
and
when
there
are
30
seconds
remaining
to
your
time,
you
will
be
reminded
of
that
and
once
your
time
your
a
lot
of
time
has
passed.
You
will
be
asked
to
conclude
your
remarks
and
shortly
thereafter
you
will
be
muted
and
disconnected
from
the
remote
meeting.
A
I
also
reserve
the
right
to
limit
the
number
of
speakers
where
repetitious
comments
are
being
made
on
the
same
subject
matter
and
to
limit
the
scope
of
testimony
to
only
certain
items
on
the
agenda
during
the
emergency,
which
could
affect
call
backs
for
public
comment
at
the
meeting.
Please
be
aware
that
this
public
meeting
is
being
recorded
and
because
the
meeting
is
public,
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
So,
by
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded.
B
G
C
C
Welcome
back
council
members,
I
just
want
to
preface
my
statement
by
saying
freedom
of
speech
is
very
important
to
me,
so
I
just
want
to
put
a
plug
in
for
making
certain
that
everyone
who's
interested
in
speaking
in
this
virtual
pandemic
environment
has
an
opportunity.
I
understand
the
challenges
that
we
face
with
technology
etc,
but
I
just
want
to
make
certain
that
we
make
every
effort
to
get
anyone
on
everyone
on
who
wants
to
speak,
as
relates
to
bill
two
one:
zero,
two,
zero.
Five,
I
think
there's
a
great
opportunity.
C
I
support
that
bill.
Unfortunately,
folks
don't
have
resources
sometimes
to
repair
their
homes.
As
we
all
know,
we
live
in
the
city
of
older
homes.
In
that
regard,
I
want
to
shine
a
light
on
2908
west
diamond
street.
That's
the
home
of
henry
osawa
or
former
home.
I
should
say
a
former
of
art
artist,
world
famous
artist.
Henry
osawatana
also
has
a
lot
of
history
with
his
niece
sadie
tana
mozelle
alexander,
also
her
husband,
raven
pace.
C
C
We
all
know
the
damaged
water
can
do
to
a
property,
so
I
would
like
to
just
put
a
focus
on
that
property
as
it
relates
to
this
bill
and
maybe
doing
repairs,
there
is
a
license
and
inspection
violation
signed
on
the
property
and
I'm
very
much
concerned
of
the
damage
that
water
will
bring.
So
with
that,
I
just
want
to
shout
out
and
put
a
shine
on
that
building,
and
hopefully
I
can
get
some
feedback.
Someone
is
willing
to
help.
A
L
L
B
A
L
B
I
E
E
L
L
L
L
N
It's
time
for
us
to
end
these
bonuses
and
abatements
for
rich
people,
one
of
the
wealthiest
industries
in
the
world.
They
don't
need
the
help.
The
rest
of
us
do.
One
out
of
six
homes
purchased
are
now
by
real
estate
investors
and
that's
going
up
by
the
minute
we're
in
the
midst
of
a
land
grab
and
the
market
needs
to
be
disciplined,
not
incentivized.
N
Our
neighborhoods
are
not
the
investment
portfolios
and
tax
shelters
of
the
rich
we'd
like
to
see
the
bill
amended
so
that
it
protects
rather
than
incentivizes
our
vulnerable
communities
and
our
naturally
affordable
housing.
The
sb50
amendment
that
they
have
put
forward
in
california
is
a
good
starting
point
for
thinking
about
what
we
might
do
here
and
perhaps
amending
the
bill.
Accordingly,
we've
we've
already
lost
30
000
black
people
in
philadelphia
in
the
last
10
years.
N
M
N
A
huge
housing
crisis
with
60
000
people
in
need
of
a
place
to
live
or
nearing
homelessness,
private
developers
can't
save
us.
We
can't
wait
for
white
saviors
from
new
york
city
to
come
in
and
flood
us
with
money,
it's
time
to
look
to
our
own
house
treasure
and
cultivate
our
unique
historical
city
of
neighborhoods,
and
if
we
do
that,
we'll
attract
tourists
and
newcomers
alike
ouch.
N
Just
one
last
thing,
I'd
like
to
thank
president
clark
on
behalf
of
the
coalition
for
introducing
the
referendum
for
much
needed
reform
of
the
zba
and
we're
really
looking
to
our
city
council
members
to
support
it
as
well.
Thank
you
so
much
happy
birthday.
Thank
you
for
the
great
work
that
you're
doing
bye.
C
B
C
Everyone
welcome
back
welcome
back.
This
is
tiffany
green
from
conservatives
at
0.3
rco,
and
I
just
want
to
follow
up
with
my
fellow
rco
colleagues.
We
are
opposing
bill,
410
210
474a
one
because
it
lacks
the
community
process.
Community
engagement
process,
which
is
extremely
important,
like
my
colleague,
says
that
the
similar
to
that
the
bonus,
far
and
other
features
of
the
proposed
bill
are
increasing
market
rate
housing
as
a
buy
right
in
both
residential
and
local
communities.
C
Okay
requirement
of
a
community
engagement
process
would
allow
for
foster
accountability,
decision
making
and
allow
communities
to
be
a
part
of
this
to
not
have
a
community
process.
I'm
not,
and
I
have
a
community
process.
It's
really
going
down
what
I
consider
a
jim
crow
urban
process,
the
removal
of
public
participation,
public
meetings,
public
votes
and
not
allowing
community
residents
to
discuss
dialogue
and
delivery
with
the
developer
in
the
community.
It's
a
real
concern
that
civil
design
review
this
past
week.
C
They
had
over
close
to
2
000
units
out
of
nine
projects,
and
I'm
wondering
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
really
go
through
to
see
how
many
decided
to
pay
and
live
when
we
talk
about
a
new
and
housing
trust
fund.
Well,
look
at
us
and
not
to
try
to,
but
we
have
to
look
at
the
reality.
We
had
a
project
of
30
houses,
rentals
and
it's
2016.
C
C
A
O
O
O
Not
only
has
has
there
been
the
recent
collapse
on
north
front
street,
where
two
people
were
pulled
from
the
rubble
by
a
good
samaritan,
but
I'm
consistently
seeing
in
my
volunteer
work
situations
where
your
constituents
are
being
bullied
by
neighbor
neighboring
development
projects
pressured
to
make
decisions
about
the
safety
of
their
homes
and
safety
of
their
families
urgently
without
time
to
be
properly
informed
of
their
rights.
Nor
of
the
logistics
of
the
situation.
O
There
was
already
legislation
introduced
in
the
state
senate
by
state
senators,
boscola
and
ferneze
last
year
and
in
the
state
house
by
state
rep
hohenstein
very
recently.
Their
bills
have
already
gone
through
the
legal
checkpoints
to
be
introduced,
but
they
have
an
uphill
battle
in
a
combative,
republican-controlled
legislature.
O
The
state
senate
bill
hasn't
gotten
to
the
floor.
After
more
than
a
year
now,
philly
council
doesn't
have
that
hurdle.
You
can
introduce
pass
and
over
rule
the
mayor,
if
necessary,
to
make
this
law
in
philadelphia.
Your
constituents
need
you.
We
need
your
support.
Please
stand
up
for
us.
Please
oppose
bill
2104
and
any
similar
bills
until
you
have
enshrined
your
commitment
to
your
constituents
with
a
neighbor's
bill
of
rights
becoming
law
in
philadelphia.
A
M
M
I
oppose
the
bill
because
I
think
we
shouldn't
encourage
development
even
further
until
the
city
can
guarantee
that
all
the
developments
already
taking
place
is
safe.
All
the
construction
is
safe
and
until
the
city
can
pass
a
neighbor's
bill
of
rights
to
make
sure
that
neighbors
actually
have
rights
when
it
comes
to
their
property
or
their
lives
being
damaged
by
unsafe
construction
practices
so
unsafe,
like
wild
west
style,
construction
practices
are
endemic
in
my
neighborhood,
where
there's
two
or
three
projects
on
every
block
and
across
the
city
too.
M
So
I
lived
next
to
the
buildings
that
collapsed
on
front
street
on
september,
2nd
the
building
next
to
me
was
undergoing
excavation
on
the
foundation
without
a
permit
on
the
day
on
the
day
of
the
collapse.
In
the
days
before,
on
the
day
of
the
collapse
on
front
street,
my
across
the
street
neighbor
actually
warned
the
contractors
that,
if
they
kept
digging
that
they
would
cause
a
collapse
and
we've
seen
this
because
we've
seen
these
practices
before
in
our
neighborhood.
M
So
the
contractors
doug
brought
us
outlined
but
didn't,
pin
the
foundation
property
they
left
properly.
They
left
a
building
without
a
foundation
for
several
days
and
when
the
rain
came
with
disabled
destabilize,
the
neighboring
buildings,
causing
them
to
collapse
with
my
two
elderly
neighbors
inside
who
miraculously
were
survived
with
relatively
minor
injuries,
but
they
lost
everything
in
their
house
when
their
house
collapsed.
Because
of
this
unsafe
construction.
M
All
their
belongings,
including
the
ashes
of
their
son,
were
unretrievable
from
the
rebel
of
their
collapsed
home
according
to
the
contractors,
and
the
collapse
also
caused
my
building
to
be
condemned,
which
is
next
door.
So
basically,
four
people
were
rented
homeless
and
also
the
17-year
run
of
a
populist
local
business.
Lucky's
doughnut
was
ended
because
the
building
was
condemned
and
there's
been
no
accountability
or
really
investigation
into
what
was
truly
the
cause
of
this
collapse
or
to
confirm
what
the
cause
of
the
collapse
was.
M
So
the
construction
practices
in
my
neighborhood
and
across
the
city
are
out
of
control.
Neighbors
know
that
it's
a
wild
west
type
situation
and
calling
l,
I
and
being
put
on
a
nine
month
wait
list
doesn't
solve
the
problems
that
we're
facing,
so
whether
it's
being
rendered
homeless,
like
me
and
my
neighbors
property
damage
or
dangerous
lack
of
dust
control
contractors
do
whatever
they
want
with
their
consequences.
M
The
city
should
investigate
the
collapse
on
front
street
and
determine
the
cause
and
hold
those
responsible
accountable
for
making
poor
people
homeless
nearly
killing
two
of
them
and
destroying
the
livelihood
of
a
beloved
small
business,
and
I
also
agree
with
drew's
comment
earlier
about
a
neighbor's
bill
of
rights.
I
think
it's
necessary
to
ensure
the
safety
of
people
in
our
city
when
it
comes
to
construction
practices.
A
A
B
A
resolution
authorizing
the
commissioner
of
public
property
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
philosophy
of
redevelopment
authority.
These
conveying
fee
simple
title:
2,
49,
19,
49,
31,
49,
33,
29,
35,
49,
37,
29,
43,
49,
53,
49,
55,
49,
67,
49,
83,
49,
55,
49,
89
89,
and
a
half
49
91
49
91
and
a
half
29
93
and
a
half
49.95
and
49
97
and
a
half
west
gerard
avenue
and
the
third
councilmanic
district.
A
C
B
I
do,
mr
president,
a
resolution
authorizing
the
committee
on
law
and
government
and
the
committee
on
commerce
and
economic
development,
all
joint
hearings
to
examine
the
relationship
between
public
safety
and
the
economic
vitality
of
neighborhood
commercial
borders
and
further
to
explore
any
and
all
broad-based,
neighborhood-focused
and
inter-governmental
public
safety
initiatives
that
have
worked
in
the
city
in
the
past
and
have
worked
or
are
working
in
other
cities
introduced
by
council.
Parker.
C
A
B
A
resolution
authorizing
the
city
council
committees
on
children
and
youth
and
finance
to
hold
joint
hearings
on
a
plan
to
fund
a
comprehensive
remediation
and
modernization
of
philadelphia's
public
school
buildings
to
address
major
facilities,
flaws,
adapt
to
a
changing
climate
and
ensure
public
school
students
have
the
safe
and
modern
buildings
they
deserve
introduced
by
councilwoman.
Again,
chair
recognizes.
H
H
You're,
muted,
councilwoman
kim.
Thank
you
so
much
majority
leader.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
wanted
to
express
thanks
to
my
co-sponsors
on
this
council
finance
committee,
chair,
derek
green
and
council
members,
bass
brooks
dom
gottier,
gilmore,
richardson,
heenan,
johnson,
squilla
and
thomas,
and
with
that
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
E
B
E
C
A
J
J
425
million
dollars
to
completely
remediate
asbestos
in
philadelphia
schools.
At
the
time
the
federal
government
issued
strict
instructions,
including
a
five
thousand
dollar
per
day,
fine
for
schools
that
did
not
have
a
detailed
plan.
The
school
district
said
it
spent
50
million
dollars,
removing
and
remediating
asbestos.
J
J
A
E
A
Thank
you
very
much
that
completes
our
calendar.
For
today
we
will
move
to
our
speeches
prior
to
recognizing
members.
Regarding
speeches
I
will
know
for
the
record
at
this
time
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
on
microsoft's
team
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
particular
purpose.
With
that
said,
are
there
any
speeches
on
behalf
of
the
minority,
and
I
see
we
have
councilwoman
brooks.
D
D
D
This
loophole
resulted
in
southern
localities
implementing
black
codes
laws
which
criminalized
things
like
loitering
vagrancy
and
allowed
whites
to
continue
to
profit
off
of
unpaid
labor
of
black
americans
over
the
years.
Racist
policies
like
jim
crow,
the
war
on
drugs.
Three
strike
laws
dramatically:
expanded
in
the
u.s
prison
population
and
in
combination
with
severe
plea,
deals
and
harsh
mandatory
minimums.
D
It
is
our
collective
responsibility
to
act
on
this
promise
and
advocate
for
the
basic
rights
of
our
community
members,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
co-sponsoring
council
members,
council
members,
bass,
dom
gautier
gilmore,
richardson,
green
kim
johnson
and
thomas
for
their
commitment
to
this
issue.
Thank
you,
so
much.
Council
president.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
each
of
you
to
serve
the
people
in
philadelphia
in
the
months
of
thank
you.
A
J
Thank
you
very
much.
Council
president.
First
I'd
like
to
just
note
that
on
friday
september
24th
we
will
be
hosting
the
third
annual
latin
american
book,
fair
in
the
courtyard
of
city
hall,
and
certainly
everyone
is
invited
to
attend,
and
there
will
be
30
authors,
food
and,
of
course,
books
and
for
the
kids
and
for
the
adults
there
will
be
music
and
dancing
and
all
kinds
of
fun
related
to
literacy
in
both
english
and
spanish.
J
The
other
thing
I
want
to
bring
up
council
president
in
line
with
what
has
been
much
of
the
conversation
today
and
over
the
summer,
is
the
school
district
and
how
it
can
be
held
accountable
to
the
people
of
this
city.
We
have
some
excellent
schools.
We
have
some
excellent
teachers
and
administrators,
no
doubt
about
that.
They
are
award-winning,
but
so
many
of
the
people
of
our
city
are
just
beyond
troubled
they're.
J
They
are
just
looking
at
the
schools
in
their
neighborhoods
and
opting
for
any
way
to
get
out
of
them.
That
has
been
going
on
for
a
long
time
in
this
city.
When
I
look
at
it
historically,
it's
gone
back
into
the
1800s
and
before
that
in
1867,
the
general
assembly
established
the
law
that
the
basically
the
the
controllers
of
the
board
of
education
would
be
appointed
by
the
board
of
judges
and
in
night
in
the
1965.
J
I
have
introduced
a
bill
to
take
the
nine-member
appointed
school
board
and
give
the
people
the
residents
of
this
city
the
opportunity
to
elect
five
of
the
of
the
nine.
The
mayor
can
appoint
four
and
the
people
can
elect
five
and
each
one
of
the
five
is
responsible
for
education
throughout
the
city,
but
they
will
come
in
one
of
five
zones,
so
the
people
know
directly
who
is
responsible
for
the
conditions
of
their
school
in
their
neighborhoods
in
that
zone.
J
We
we
repeatedly
come
back
to
the
fact
that
teachers
are
purchasing
required
school
items
that
children
with
disabilities
are
not
being
provided.
What
is
required
by
law
that
constitutional
requirements
in
education
are
not
being
met
and
we
understand
the
problems
in
education,
yet
we
don't
have
the
records,
there
isn't
a
level
of
transparency,
and
I
do
think
at
this
point
in
time
that
a
change
has
to
occur
where
the
people
have
a
voice.
Thank
you.
J
G
Thank
you.
Council
president,
this
saturday,
at
1pm
from
1
to
4
the
philadelphia
public
banking
coalition,
will
be
having
a
national
visiting
visioning
summit
on
public
banking.
For
those
who
are
watching
this
council
session
and
would
like
to
participate
and
view
the
session
feel
free
feel
free
to
go
to
phillapublicbanking.org.
G
Also
for
members
of
council
and
others
on
the
teams
I
put
in
the
link
for
that
session.
This
has
been
the
work
of
the
philadelphia
bank
coalition
and
I've
been
proud
to
partner
with
them
on
this
initiative,
and
we've
been
working
very
hard
to
create
the
nation's
first
municipal
public
bank,
I'm
going
back
to
the
middle
of
the
spring.
G
We
have
been
meeting
with
both
our
outside
counsel,
holland
and
knight,
as
on
tuesdays
and
meeting
with
the
law
department,
the
church's
office
on
thursdays,
to
go
through
all
the
regulatory
necessities
that
we
need
to
do
in
order
to
create
this
entity,
I'm
looking
forward
to
a
great
conversation
on
saturday.
I
know
right
now.
G
We
already
have
320
attendees
who've,
signed
up
for
the
summit
on
saturday
and
we'll
hear
from
elected
officials
from
san
francisco
and
also
others
from
new
york
and
los
angeles
and
experts
all
around
the
country
regarding
the
public
banking
movement,
both
at
the
federal
state
and
local
level.
So
once
again,
that'll
be
tomorrow
at
1pm,
you
can
go
to
villapublicbanking.org
in
order
to
register
for
the
summit.
I'm
looking
forward
for
a
great
conversation
tomorrow.
Thank
you.
Councilman.
F
Thank
you
so
much
council
president
good
morning,
colleagues
and
the
viewing
public
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
back
in
session
continuing
our
work
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
as
too
many
philadelphians
know
all
too
well.
Our
city's
housing
markets
are
changing
rapidly
and
we
are
contending
with
an
affordability,
crisis,
renters
and
homeowners
alike
are
at
risk
of
displacement
due
to
the
increasing
unaffordability
of
housing
in
our
neighborhoods.
F
It's
unjust
that
so
many
philadelphians
are
finding
themselves
pushed
out
of
the
neighborhoods
and
communities
they
call
home
and
in
many
cases
have
for
generations
as
policy
makers,
it's
our
job
to
develop
solutions
to
challenges
like
this
one.
This
session.
My
focus
is
on
addressing
this
crisis
head
on,
and
I
guess
you
could
say
I'm
hitting
the
ground
running.
F
I
was
glad
to
join
the
philadelphia
philadelphia
coalition
for
affordable
communities
at
a
rally
just
before
our
council
meeting
to
highlight
the
importance
of
putting
land
back
in
community
hands,
the
city
is
sitting
on
a
massively
valuable
asset.
More
than
5
000
parcels
of
surplus
vacant
land
that
could
provide
transformational
impact
to
our
neighborhoods
by
using
this
land
for
purposes
that
are
beneficial
to
community
like
affordable
housing
or
community
gardens.
We
can
ensure
that
neighborhoods
across
philadelphia
will
benefit
from
publicly
held
land
for
generations
to
come.
F
That's
why
I
plan
to
introduce
legislation
that
would
give
grassroots
community
land
trust
a
leg
up
in
the
competition
to
acquire
to
the
own
land.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
the
city
does
its
part
to
put
vacant
land
towards
uses
that
will
truly
prioritize
communities
in
their
best
interest,
rather
than
profit.
F
F
Private
developers
are
building
at
a
breakneck
pace,
but
they
aren't
going
to
create
affordable
housing
out
of
the
kindness
of
their
hearts
and
that's
why
this
policy
intervention
is
so
deeply
important
in
addition
to
housing
legislation.
This
session
I'll
continue
to
focus
on
ending
our
city's
gun
violence
crisis,
while
shootings
have
been
trending
in
the
right
direction.
Recently,
philadelphia
is
still
on
track
to
have
its
most
violent
year
in
modern
history,
and
we
cannot
accept
this
as
a
status
quo.
F
These
blocks
are
located
in
areas
with
overwhelming
amounts
of
poverty
and
blight
and
53
out
of
the
57
are
in
areas
that
were
redlined
decades
ago.
There
couldn't
be
a
clearer
argument
for
an
intensive
and
targeted
approach
to
this
crisis,
one
that
focuses
not
just
on
enforcement,
but
on
investment
and
resources
for
the
people
and
geographic
areas,
most
directly
impacted
by
violence,
and
since
government
created
the
conditions
that
led
to
our
current
gun
violence
crisis.
It's
also
government's
duty
to
rectify
the
harm
caused
by
those
policy
decisions.
F
F
These
programs
are
run
by
trusted
organizations,
they
know
our
kids,
they
know
our
neighborhoods
and
they
know
what
keeps
people
safe
and
out
of
trouble,
and
it's
exciting
that
the
city
is
putting
this
unprecedented
support
behind
them.
I
was
glad
to
advocate
for
this
funding
during
budget
negotiations
and
I'll
do
everything
I
can
to
ensure
that
the
money
gets
to
the
organizations
that
need
it
most.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
every
philadelphia
resident
deserves
to
live
in
a
desirable
neighborhood
that
means
safe
streets.
That
means
affordable
homes.
That
means
good
schools
with
safe
facilities.
F
K
Housing
stability
is
a
key
component
as
we
support
young
people
through
their
trauma,
as
we
support
folks
through
their
addiction,
as
we
support
women
who
are
victims
of
domestic
violence
and
their
children.
A
voucher
to
be
is
a
toolbox
and
ending
poverty.
Intergenerational
poverty
and
I
want
to
you,
know,
urge
the
administration
to
really
be
intentional
and
deliberate
and
transparent
in
their
criteria
for
how
they're
going
to
allocate
863
vouchers
that
have
over
a
15
million
dollar
value
annually.
K
As
we
move
forward,
we
can't
talk
about
housing
prices
and
our
ability
to
develop
and
not
look
at
this
tool
as
another
mechanism
for
us
to
address
housing,
affordability
and,
more
importantly,
housing
access
to
underserved
communities
in
all
parts
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
This
is
the
first
batch.
K
So
I
will
be
introducing
a
resolution
to
have
hearing,
so
we
can
talk
about
this
and
make
sure
that
this
process
is
transparent
and
that
we're
being
efficient
and
how
we're
providing
support
everybody
needs.
Housing
and
housing
should
be
a
right,
but
we
have
different
product
lines
that
are
more
efficient,
more
effective
and
more
impactful,
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
using
those
models
as
part
of
this.
What
we
do
with
mpi
on
new
construction
and
preservation
is
important.
K
What
we
do
around
using
our
land
and
and
the
city
owned
land
is
part
of
that
toolbox,
but
it
has
to
be
together,
and
I
will
not
allow
the
bureaucracy
to
operate
in
silos
and
not
think
together
about
how
we
do
this
and
how
we
leverage
and
maximize
this.
So
I
want
to
reinforce
again
what
the
chairwoman
of
our
housing
committee
has
stated.
I
want
to
thank
you,
council,
president,
and
on
and
our
leadership
team
councilwoman
parker
who
hosted
us.
K
A
Thank
you
so
much
councilwoman.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
I
guarantee
you
that
we're
up
to
the
task,
but
we're
going
to
get
it
done.
That
concludes
our
speeches
today.
Thank
you
all
very
much
welcome
back,
look
forward
to
rocking
and
rolling
in
this
upcoming
session.
A
lot
of
people
are,
depending
on
us
to
continue
very
aggressive
and
unprecedented
level
of
commitment
and
we're
going
to
do
what
we
have
to
do.
So.
Thank
you
so
much
with
that.