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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 2-11-2021
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A
If
you
have
a
standard
performed,
we
will
now
come
to
water.
So,
despite
the
great
need
there
will
be
no
invocation
today.
We
will,
however,
observe
a
very
brief
moment
of
silent
prayer
for
our
city,
its
leaders
and
the
citizens
during
the
current
public
health
crisis.
Let's
please
observe
a
moment
of
silence.
A
G
A
A
A
Thank
you,
mr
decker,
and
our
next
sort
of
business
is
the
introduction
and
bills
and
resolutions,
and
by
way
of
a
reminder,
we
are
asking
that
all
resolutions,
including
privilege
resolutions,
be
placed
on
the
final
passes
calendar
for
the
next
session
of
council
unless
they
are
being
referred
to
committee
and
in
our
current
remote
environment.
This
procedure
will
provide
an
appropriate
opportunity
for
public
comment.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
in
advance
for
your
anticipated
cooperation.
B
A
B
B
Councilwoman
kim
offers
one
resolution
entitled
a
resolution
authorizing
the
committee
on
children
and
youth
to
hold
hearings
concerning
recommendations
to
establish
an
independent
youth
services.
Ombudsman
person
on
buds
person
office
to
receive
investigate
and
report
on
concerns
from
youth
and
families,
about
safety
or
services
for
young
people
and
congregate
care,
secure
or
other
forms
of
detention
or
any
institutional
facility.
J
J
This
hearing
has
has
been
a
journey
overall
when
we
first
came
into
city
council
or
when
I
first
came
into
city
council
in
2015.
I
want
to
thank
the
council
president
for
establishing
a
committee
on
children
and
youth
that
would
take
a
look
specifically
at
issues
that
impacted
them
and
one
of
the
areas
that
we
took
on
as
a
committee
very
seriously
was
the
issue
of
thousands
of
philadelphia
children
who
are
mandated
to
live
in
state,
operated
or
private
residential
placements,
either
by
the
courts
or
through
the
department
of
human
services.
J
These
facilities
annually
cost
the
city
and
the
school
district
over
175
million
dollars
in
public
funding
every
year.
That
number
was
significantly
higher
when
we
first
started
youth.
The
city
of
philadelphia
has
made
significant
strides
in
strengthening
its
oversight
and
reducing
the
use
of
congregate
and
institutional
facilities
for
children
over
the
past
five
years,
in
particular,
residential
placement
rates
have
dropped
by
71
since
2015
and
there's
been
a
long-standing
commitment
to
see
further
reductions
and
to
improve
the
quality
and
safety
of
residential
placements
across
all
these
systems.
J
There
have
been
short-term
recommendations
such
as
guides
that
are
now
available
to
youth
and
families
that
include
information
about
their
rights.
We're
publishing
the
the
city
is
publishing
the
first
summary
assessment
of
congregant
care
facilities,
there's
more
proactive
training.
That's
been
provided
to
our
providers
on
evidence-based
strategies.
J
It
feels
like
now
is
a
good
time
to
come
back
to
council
to
establish,
what's
been
done
and
what
still
yet
needs
to
be
done
in
the
final
task
force
report
that
was
released.
There
was
a
recommendation
to
create
a
youth
services
ombudsperson
as
a
centralized,
accessible
and
independent
means
to
investigate
concerns
from
youth
and
families
about
safety
and
services.
While
they
are
in
these
facilities.
J
This
recommendation
was
driven
from
the
voices
of
young
people
themselves,
who
said
that
they
did
not
feel
safe
to
report
mistreatment,
while
in
placement,
and
there
was
a
recognition
that
there
isn't
really
a
single
point
of
contact
with
the
resources,
even
at
the
state
level,
to
address
multiple
concerns
about
services
for
youth
and
residential
placement
across
multiple
systems.
Across
regulators
we
have
young
people
who
are
paid
pennies
on
the
dollar
that
are
forced
to
work
to
repay,
mandatory
fines
and
fees
or
restitution
they're
kept
in
placement
facilities
longer.
J
These
are
things
that
are
of
great
concern
and,
of
course,
many
of
us
on
this
council
body
have
been
deeply
active
and
and
vocal
on
the
abuses
that
have
been
suffered,
whether
it
was
david
hess
at
wordsworth
in
2016,
which
has
driven
my
work
personally,
as
well
as
the
transformation.
I
think
we've
seen
city-wide
whether
it
was
what
happened
at
glenn
mills
or,
more
recently
as
devereaux.
J
Our
hope
is,
is
that
this
hearing
will
allow
us
to
show
this
council
body
and
the
public
great
strides
that
the
city
has
achieved
and
the
significant
needs
that
we
have
going
forward.
42
other
states
have
youth
on
bus
persons,
offices,
the
city.
The
municipality
of
dc
also
has
a
youth
on
bus
person
office.
It
feels
like
the
time
is
now
and
I
look
forward
to
that
hearing.
Thank
you
very
much
council
president.
B
Councilman
heenan
offers
one
bill
and
one
resolution
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
chapter
9
3700
of
the
philippi
code,
entitled
bouncers
by
revising
definitions
of
covered
establishments
and
personnel
for
the
committee
at
a
resolution,
honoring
and
recognizing
russell
collins
for
his
dedication
to
philadelphia
through
his
extensive
work
in
security
and
risk
management
and
for
his
efforts
to
improve
the
safety
and
security
of
philadelphia's
bars.
Restaurants
and
nightclubs
through
advocacy
and
training.
B
B
Councilwoman
quinones
sanchez
offers,
on
behalf
of
council
president
clark,
two
bills
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
transfers
and
appropriations
for
fiscal
year,
2021
from
the
general
fund,
the
council
to
the
general
fund,
certain
of
all
city
offices,
departments,
boards
and
commissions,
and
thereby
implementing
council's
new
normal
jobs
initiative
committee
and
an
ordinance
authorizing
transfers
and
appropriations
for
fiscal
year.
2021
from
the
grants
revenue
fund,
the
director
of
finance
provision
for
other
grants
to
the
general
fund.
The
managing
director
committee.
B
B
Councilwoman
brooks
offers
one
bill
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
section,
9
4116
of
the
philadelphia
code
inside
of
public
health.
Emergency
leave
to
establish
leave
time
for
public
health
emergencies
and
modify
existing
provisions
concerning
the
paid
sick
leave
and
make
technical
changes.
Bernie
committee.
B
That's
what
mcgarty
offers
one
resolution
inside
of
the
resolution
calling
on
president
joseph
r
biden
jr
and
the
117th
united
states
congress
to
immediately
implement
president
biden's
plan
to
end
the
gun,
violence
epidemic
in
cities
and
begin
to
appropriate
the
900
million
dollars
in
funds.
President
biden
pledged
to
cities
with
the
highest
rates
of
homicides.
A
M
F
B
To
the
president
and
members
of
the
council
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
the
committee
of
the
hold,
which
is
referred,
resolution,
number
two:
zero
zero.
Seven
one
five
entitled
a
resolution
appointing
james
arose
jr
to
the
position
of
chief
assessment
officer
of
the
office
of
property
assessment
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero,
seven
one
six
until
the
resolution
confirming
the
appointment
of
diana
p,
cortez
esquire
as
the
city
solicitor
and
resolution
number,
two
one:
zero
zero.
A
Those
resolutions
number
two
zero
zero
sum:
one:
five:
two:
zero:
zero;
seven
one;
six:
two:
zero
one:
two:
zero;
sorry,
two
one:
zero
o
thirty
one:
two
one:
zero,
o
thirty,
two
and
two
one:
zero,
o
thirty
three
will
be
placed
on
our
final
fastest
calendar
at
our
next
session
of
council.
Chair
now
recognizes
councilman
green
will
report
from
the
committee
on
finance.
H
H
A
D
A
D
B
The
committee
on
public
property
and
public
works,
which
is
referred
bill
number
two:
zero
zero;
six;
five
six
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
commissioner
of
public
property,
on
behalf
of
the
city,
to
acquire
free,
simple
title
or
a
lesser
interest
in
real
estate
by
purchase
dedication,
donation,
condemnation
in
agreement
in
lieu
of
condemnation
or
otherwise
in
parcels
of
land
along
the
schuylkill
river
and
the
wissa
hicken
creek
for
public
recreational
purposes,
respectfully
reports
it
as
considered
the
same,
I'm
attorneys.
You
touch
bill
to
counsel
with
a
favorable
recommendation.
A
D
M
A
A
That
concludes
our
reports
from
committee
and
our
next
one
of
business
is
the
consideration
of
the
calendar.
I
noted
the
bills
just
reported
from
committee,
with
the
suspension
of
the
rules
have
been
deemed
to
have
had
a
first
reading.
These
bills
will
be
placed
on
our
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendar
for
our
next
session
of
council,
as
there
are
no
additional
bills.
On
the
first
reading
calendar,
the
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
parker
for
the
purpose
of
calling
up
resolutions
and
bills
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes.
Calendar.
M
M
Today
they
are
numbers:
two:
zero,
zero;
five,
eight
zero,
two
one:
zero,
zero;
eight
four:
two:
one:
zero:
zero:
eight,
six,
two
one:
zero:
zero;
eight,
seven:
two:
one:
zero:
zero;
eight,
eight:
two:
one:
zero:
zero:
nine:
two:
two:
one:
zero:
zero:
nine:
three:
two:
one:
zero:
zero:
nine:
four:
two:
one:
zero:
zero:
nine;
six:
two:
one:
zero:
zero:
nine;
seven:
two
one:
zero
one:
zero:
four:
two:
one:
zero
one:
zero:
five
and
two
one:
zero
one:
zero
six!
Mr
president,
all
other
resolutions
and
bills
are
being
held.
A
D
D
A
A
Public
comment
must
concern
matters
when
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendars
for
possible
action
at
assessment
of
counsel,
a
speaker
on
any
of
those
matters
must
sign
up.
In
order
to
testify,
you
must
call
215
686
3406
by
3
pm
the
day
before
the
session,
to
sign
up
for
public
comment.
When
you
call
we
will
take
your
name,
your
phone
number,
the
number
of
the
legislative
item
you
are
commenting
on
and
whether
you
are
in
support
or
against
the
legislation
and
adds
you
to
our
list.
A
You
will
have
three
minutes
to
speak
and
today
it
appears
to
be
an
ideal
circumstances,
so
you
will
have
three
minutes
to
speak
in
order
to
be
fair,
I
just
want
to
say
for
the
record
all
those
looking
to
speak.
I
intend
to
hold
it
faithfully,
established
time
limit
and
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
for
your
time,
you
will
be
reminded
of
this.
A
Once
your
lighter
time
has
passed.
You
will
be
asked
to
conclude
your
remarks
and
shortly
thereafter
you
will
be
muted
and
disconnected
from
the
remote
meeting,
also
reserve
the
right
limit.
The
number
of
speakers
with
repetitious
comments
are
being
made
on
the
same
matter
and
to
limit
the
scope
of
testimony
to
only
certain
items
on
the
agenda
during
the
emergency
which
could
affect
callbacks
for
the
public
comments
at
the
meeting.
A
Please
be
aware
just
for
the
record
that
you,
this
is
a
public
meeting
and
it's
being
recorded
and
because
the
meeting
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
as
privacy.
So,
by
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
I'll
ask
now.
I
asked
mr
decker
to
please
read
the
name
of
our
first
speaker.
N
And
good
morning,
to
good
morning
to
you,
president
city,
council
and
all
members
of
all
the
members
of
city
council,
I
am
speaking
today
in
reference
to
resolution
bill
two
one:
zero
zero
one,
zero
and
I
want
to
respect
and
appreciate
this
bill
being
offered
by
gilmore
richardson,
adopting
an
environmental,
social
governance
criteria
and
disclose
climate
risk
information
from
all
relevant
parties.
So
I'm
going
to
identify
myself
as
one
of
the
relevant
parties
and
disclosing
the
climate
risk.
N
The
fitting
tires
in
these
lots,
the
waist
of
those
tires,
send
off
methane
gas
into
the
air
hargens
into
the
air
that
we
breathe
and
I'm
trying
to
understand,
although
I
appreciate
this
bill,
but
writing
this
bill.
What
are
you
going
to
do?
Disclosing
the
climate
risk?
I
want
you
to
write
a
bill
on
how
we
are
going
to
actively
remove
these
environmental
client
climate
risks
from
our
community.
N
N
So
I
am
a
party
disclosing
one
of
the
client
just
this
is
just
one
of
the
climate
risks
in
our
community
oversaturated
with
these
tires
and
the
entire
business
higher
businesses
right
next
door
to
living.
If
that
that's
not
a
climate
and
a
risk,
nothing
else
is
there.
Should
I
want
there
to
be
which
I'm
searching
for
a
policy
or
law
that
speaks
on
entire
business
being
right
next
door
set
up
to
a
residential
house
and
community?
N
I
am
real
tired
of
44
from
belmont
and
gerard
of
the
tire
business
there
that
I
am
now
walking
out
in
the
street
because
of
all
the
tires
that's
on
the
payment
they
have
cords
running
from
the
inside
of
the
business
out
to
the
curb
and
I'm
stepping
over
that's
a
safety
hatchet.
It's
a
safety,
health
and
environmental
risk,
another
business
or
what's
it
called
new
to
you
or
whatever
his
business,
is
set
up
right
next
to
a
residential
home.
N
We
have
to
walk
out
in
the
feet
on
belmont
avenue,
because
all
of
the
trucks
are
on
the
payment
extended
all
the
way
back
to
compa
for
content
storage.
This
is
not
a
good
look
and
this
environment
in
west,
philadelphia
and
south
west
philadelphia
is
totally
environmentally
polluted.
It's
like
a
unflushed
toilet
overflowing
with
trash
litter
and
toxins,
and
that's
environmental
risk.
Help
me
with
this.
Thank.
H
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A
J
J
J
He
led
a
campaign
to
ensure
that
there
would
be
pedestrian
access
to
the
two
schuylkill
banks,
and
today,
schuylkill
banks
is
a
testament
to
what
neighborhoods
and
communities
can
do
to
revitalize
our
waterways,
to
create
life
and
vitality
and
a
place
for
community
he's
gone
and
done
so
much
more.
Whether
it's
been
philadelphia
bike
share
and
his
commitment
to
that
to
just
celebrating
what
it
means
to
be
a
neighbor
of
the
highest
degree.
J
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B
I
A
B
M
A
M
H
H
This
is
an
issue
that
we
have
needed
to
do
for
some
time,
and
administration
has
shown
leadership
on
getting
us
to
this
point,
but
we
have
so
much
more
work
to
do,
and
so
this
hearing
is
the
opportunity
to
provide
additional
information
regarding
transition
plan
and
address
some
of
the
ableist
issues
that
we
have
in
our
society
and
really
make
the
city
of
philadelphia
a
city.
That's
going
to
be
open
to
all
people,
regardless
of
your
physical
learning
difference.
H
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D
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker,
prior
to
recognizing
members
of
regarding
speeches.
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft's
team
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
that
particular
purpose.
With
that
said,
are
there
speeches
on
behalf
of
the
minority,
and
the
chair
recognizes
councilmember,
brooks.
C
Thank
you
so
much
council
president.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
the
11
co-sponsors
of
my
2021
public
health
emergency
leave
bill
that
I
introduced
today.
This
bill
reinstates
many
of
the
protections
from
last
year's
public
health
emergency
leave
bill
and
make
some
improvements
to
the
law.
As
we
approach
the
one-year
anniversary
of
the
pandemic,
the
cumulative
effect
of
inconsistent
work-
food
scarcity,
isolation,
trauma
loss.
B
D
C
As
families
grapple
with
this
severe
financial
strain,
we
must
continue
to
provide
them
with
the
protections
they
need
to
keep
themselves
their
families
and
our
cities.
Safe
though
there
are
hopeful
signs
as
covet
19
cases
decline
and
as
cities
and
states
work
swiftly
to
vaccinate
the
public,
we
must
remain
vigilant
with
the
new
strain
of
covet
19
circulating
and
with
the
opening
of
indoor
dining.
C
So
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
their
strong
support
and
clear
dedication
to
this
issue,
and
I
want
to
thank
all
our
health
care
professionals,
nursing
home
aides,
gig
economy,
workers,
food
service
workers,
sanitation
workers,
grocery
store
employees
and
all
others
who
continue
to
keep
our
communities
safe
and
our
city
running.
Thank
you.
So
much
council
president.
K
K
K
K
This
is
an
ongoing
battle.
But
but
when
I
went
to
meet
stuart
greenleaf,
I
was
not
sure
what
to
expect.
He
was
the
chair
of
the
senate
judiciary
committee.
I
did
a
quick
review
after
I
got
the
appointment
and,
to
my
amazement,
found
all
the
work
he
done.
20
bills,
20
bills
he
had
done
and
he
said
to
me
right
away.
He
will
help
and
work
on
this
and
he
did
unfortunately
for
me
and
I
think,
for
a
lot
of
people.
K
He
would
have
been
re-elected
and
he
could
work
on
this,
but
after
he
retired
we
did
recognize
him
and-
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
he
was
a-
he
was
a
person
who
initially
started
out
as
a
very
tough
on
crime
person,
and
I
personally
don't
have
a
problem
with
tough
on
crime,
but
I
do
have
a
problem
with
being
in
just
unfair
and
discriminatory
and
he
was
a
champion
of
changing
that
in
the
system.
So
I
thank
him
my
condolences
to
his
family
and
his
loved
ones.
Thank
you
guys,
president.
E
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
have
a
bit
of
a
long
speech
today.
Three
years
ago,
the
philippi
eagles
showed
the
world
how
teamwork
leadership,
imagination
could
overcome
insurmountable
odds
and
make
history
a
running
back,
takes
the
snap.
A
tight
end
becomes
a
quarterback,
a
quarterback
becomes
a
wide
receiver
and
the
eagles
defeat
tom
brady
to
win
the
super
bowl.
It's
amazing
teamwork,
leadership
and
imagination.
E
E
E
As
all
of
you
know,
yesterday
I
and
a
few
of
my
colleagues
on
council
called
upon
the
mayor
to
get
behind
operation.
Philly
special
council
members,
bass,
gilmore
richardson,
green
squilla
stood
in
solidarity
with
me
on
behalf
of
our
residents.
Councilman
johnson
and
oh,
were
also
supportive.
Before
I
address
the
mayor's
public
response
to
operation
philly
special.
Let
me
first
address
his
private
response.
E
E
E
I've
asked
senator
sharif
street
to
lead
the
effort
to
provide
a
national
guard
staffing
at
each
one
of
our
mass
vaccination
sites
to
ensure
that
only
philadelphia
residents
get
philadelphia
vaccines.
It's
my
understanding.
The
governor
is
fast
tracking
hb
326
to
allow
the
national
guard
to
do
just
this,
and
that
is
how
we
will
deal
with
the
mayor's
words
white,
privileged
suburban
residents
and,
as
a
point
of
clarification,
I
ask
this.
What
current
vaccination
program
in
either
a
hospital
health
system
or
pharmacy
does
not
ask
for
identification.
E
So
let
me
now
address
what
happened
last
week
when
health
committee
chair
cindy
bass
called
a
hearing
to
investigate
the
philly
fighting
covet
debacle.
Last
week,
I
listened
to
the
testimony
for
five
hours
about
the
city's
plan
for
vaccine
distribution.
I
have
read
all
10
pages
of
the
plan
to
members
of
city
council.
E
The
plan
was
to
outsource
vaccine
distribution
to
all
of
the
pre-pandemic
vaccine
distribution
channels
without
any
real
control
of
the
vaccines
once
they
left
the
administration's
hands
and
if
you're,
going
to
outsource
vaccine
distribution
through
pre-pandemic
channels
and
place
all
of
your
trust
in
these
for-profit
institutions
to
equitably
distribute
these
public
vaccines
so
that
communities
of
color
are
not
left
behind.
Then
you
must
first
set
up
a
unified
information
platform
across
all
these
distribution
channels
to
register
and
schedule
vaccination
appointments,
and
you
must
create
a
unified
information
platform
to
track
who
gets
these
vaccines?
E
You
do
it
this
way.
So
the
health
department
knows
the
mayor
knows
this
body
knows,
and
so
the
general
public
is
confident.
We
are
doing
this
the
right
way.
We
do
this,
so
we're
able
to
target
who
we
need
to
target.
We
do
this,
so
we
see
problems.
We
can
move
fast
enough
to
address
them
and
now
is
the
time
to
be
transparent,
inclusive,
honest
and
determined
we
now.
E
We're
discovering
these
problems,
because
conscientious
citizens
who
saw
these
diversions
stepped
up
and
sounded
the
alarm
we
can
do
better
with
more
people
at
the
table.
Up
until
last
week,
we
had
no
real
plan
to
deal
with
teachers
and
reopen
schools
safely.
We
have
a
stunning
failure
here
to
plan
in
a
collaborative
manner.
E
Finally,
when
you
fail
to
build
equity
into
your
distribution
plan
on
the
front
end,
you
choose
to
outsource
it
to
primarily
white
owned
channels.
Without
controls,
you
have
lost
the
battle
for
equity
on
the
front
end
and
now
forced
to
scramble
to
get
it
on
the
back
end,
and
that
is
precisely
what
the
city
has
done
and
is
doing.
E
E
We
need
him
with
us
we're
on
the
verge
of
receiving
massive
quantities
of
vaccines,
perhaps
50
000
doses
per
week
or
more,
and
we
are
told
by
the
mayor
that
we
do
not
need
mass
vaccination
sites
because
the
system
they
have
set
up
a
system
that
can
barely
handle
the
doses
we
do
have
can
do
the
job.
What
the
mayor
calls
his
mass
vaccination
sites
in
the
report
or,
in
reality,
the
gym
of
a
charter
school
two
small
churches,
the
common
room
of
adult
care
center
and
a
building
on
the
campus
of
one
university
building.
E
E
E
Even
after
having
my
motives
question,
I
continue
to
pay
for
his
support
and
collaboration.
So
let
me
be
as
clear
as
I
can
be
today.
The
time
to
act
is
right
now,
mr
president,
as
you
know,
I
sent
a
letter
to
commissioner
foreign
asking
for
a
mass
vaccination
plan
incorporating
these
ideas
by
february
12th.
That's
tomorrow.
E
A
Thank
you
councilman.
Thank
you
so
much
as
always,
I
reference
myself
as
being
the
uncle,
I
kind
of
joked
about
being
potentially
the
crazy
uncle,
but
I
understand
my
role
has
grown
into
a
person
that
tries
to
bring
people
together.
We
are
all
focused
on
getting
vaccines
in
people's
arms
and
I'm
just
a
firm
believer
as
a
glass
half
full
kind
of
guy.
A
We
can
work
together
and
we
can
get
this
done.
I
mean
we
have
to
get
this
done.
I
mean
the
eyes
are
on
us
across
the
nation
as
a
result
of
some
missteps
that
happened
earlier
in
this
whole
process,
and
I
just
we
gotta
figure
this
out
one
way
or
another,
because
we
got
this
there's
too
many
people
I
mean
I
don't
think,
there's
a
person
on
this
call
or
just
watching
this,
this
broadcast
that
doesn't
know
somebody.
A
Obviously
that
has
had
the
vaccine
for
somebody
that
has
died.
I'm
sorry
from
from
the
coca-19
disease
I
mean
this
is
this
is
a
real
deal,
so
you
know
we'll
take
a
few
days
to
try
to
pull
this
together
and
I'm
just.
I
just
believe
that
like-minded
people
more
like-minded
people
in
this
particular
incident.
This
issue
we'll
get
it
together
and
I
know
there
are
some
things
in
the
works
on
all
sides,
but
you
know
we
got
to
stay
focused.
We
cannot.
A
A
K
Yeah
yeah
I
do
and
and
I'll
be
disruptive
you
know
talk
is
cheap
and
we
have
been
talking
and
talking
and
talking
about
this,
but
we
have
powers
that
we
have
to
use
and
I
have
a
bill
and
the
bill
is
that
the
health
department
cannot
continue
to
simply
act
on
its
own.
Without
the
oversight
of
counsel,
they
are
restricted
there.
The
law
department
is
saying
they're,
not
that
is
not
my
reading
of
the
code.
I
have
spoken
to
the
state,
but
they're
saying
they
are
not
restricted
by
this
council.
K
They
are,
but
to
be
clear,
I've
introduced
a
bill
that
they
have
60
days
of
emergency
power
and
they
have
to
come
before
this
body
to
justify
and
explain
in
detail
what
they're
doing
to
answer
our
questions
to
all
do
all
of
that
or
they
shall
be
shut
down,
and
this
is
ridiculous
and-
and
it
is
beyond
ridiculous,
that
this
body
tolerates
this
nonsense
and
I'm
sorry
councilman
dom.
But
you
voted
against
a
resolution
that
I
introduced,
calling
on
the
mayor
to
work
more
closely
with
council.
K
K
A
I
I
You
know
these
are
the
kind
of
things
that
we
just
can't
happen
and
they
continue
to
happen
over
and
over
and
over
again.
You
know,
like
I
said
right
before,
that
we
had
just
finished
the
hearing.
A
six-hour
hearing
on
philly
fighting
covet
and
the
lack
of
information,
the
lack
of
transparency
was
really
just
outrageous,
and
so,
while
I
always
want
to
work
with
the
administration
first
and
foremost,
I
think
we've
got
to
move
on
at
some
point.
I
I
I
Just
last
night
I
was
speaking
to
a
friend
of
mine
who
lives
in
montgomery
county
who
told
me
about
how
she
signed
up
for
a
vaccine
in
montgomery
county
and
all
of
the
information,
the
level
of
detail
that
was
provided
in
terms
of
what
she
would
expect
when
she
would
expect
to
hear
it,
how
she
would
be
contacted
all
of
those
things.
This
is
not
rocket
science.
I
This
is
something
that
should
be
easily
figured
out
and
you
know
maybe
that
they
they
figured
if
they
put
it
in
the
hand
of
you
know
a
group
of
kids
from
recent
graduates
from
drexel
university.
Maybe
they
figured
you
know
that
was
the
best
way
to
do
it.
Obviously,
we
have
some
serious
doubts
and
concerns
about
their
ideology
around
how
to
get
this
done.
I
I
know
people
close
to
me
who
have
passed
away
from
covet.
You
know,
I'm
outraged
that
you
know
people
still
won't
wear
masks.
I
still
go
by
people
in
some
neighborhoods
who
still
aren't
wearing
man
still
not
doing
what
we're
supposed
to
do
and
even
though
the
numbers
are
starting
to
look
better,
we
can
see
that
things
are.
You
know
we're
just
getting
ready
to
see
a
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel,
we're
not
there
yet,
so
we
still
have
work
to
do
so.
I
68
are
black
and
latino,
and,
what's
even
more
concerning
is
the
fact
that
gun
violence
is
the
leading
cause
for
death
for
black
children
and
teens
in
this
country.
Last
year,
our
city
lost
nearly
500
philadelphians
to
gun
violence
and
over
2
000
philadelphians
were
injured
due
to
gun
violence
as
the
end
of
january.
As
of
the
end
of
january
of
this
year,
we
already
have
recorded
38
fatal
and
144
non-fatal
victims.
That
was
just
at
the
end
of
january.
We
know.
Obviously,
that
number
is
significantly
higher.
I
I
The
bashi
transition
to
hope
was
founded
as
the
first
african-american
organization
in
the
u.s
to
address
the
aids
crisis
since
1985,
this
organization
has
focused
on
providing
quality,
health
care,
education
and
social
services,
especially
to
low-income
people
of
color.
Babashi
serves
as
one
of
philadelphia's
largest
hiv
and
aids,
education
and
service
provider
as
a
source
of
free
health
care
food
throughout
the
food
first,
first
food
pantry
and
a
safe
space
for
the
lgbtqai
community.
Through
their
hype
program,
mobashi
was
certified
in
2020
as
a
champion
in
action
in
their
category
of
inclusion
and
equality.
I
A
L
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
and
all
that
passion
this
morning.
Thank
all
of
you.
I
put
my
parents
on
seven
lists.
I
got
a
call
that
maybe
today
they
will
have
access
to
a
covet
vaccine.
This
is
urgent,
it
is
necessary,
and
so
I
want
to
be
as
helpful
to
my
colleagues
and
this
work
council
president
today.
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
charge
that
you
gave
to
me
through
the
co-chairmanship
of
the
special
committee
on
poverty
reduction.
L
L
Community
college
should
be
the
training
arm
for
all
our
city
departments,
as
we
advocated
for
the
pre-k
program
and
still
has
not
happened
in
providing
the
providers
and
their
staff
with
an
opportunity
to
get
their
associate's
degree.
All
things
we
know
will
help
with
their
upward
mobility
will
help
with
their
access
to
more
income
and
opportunities.
L
L
L
Community
college
has
outlined
this
in
their
strategic
plan.
Let's
embrace
it.
Let's
make
it
happen.
We
need
to
advocate
for
higher
education
act
reform
that
includes
allowing
students
to
use
pell
and
federal
grants
for
essential
non-credit
courses
for
job
training
and
retraining
and
to
support
21st
century
jobs,
including
advanced
manufacturing,
ccp's,
west
philadelphia.
Campus
is
absolutely
a
step
in
that
direction.
I
know.
Council
president
you've
been
a
strong
advocate
of
expanding
community
college's
footprint
and
access
throughout
the
city.
L
I've
talked
to
alumni,
congressman
dwight
evans,
who
wholeheartedly
supports
how
we
support
community
college.
We
also
need
to
align
many
of
our
existing
programs
to
ensure
that
ccp
can
work
and
could
collaborate
with
the
philadelphia
workforce,
development
corporation,
the
philadelphia
youth
network
and
again
school-based
cte
programs
throughout
the
city
with
kovic
safety
protocols.
L
Council
president,
we
need
to
go
back
to
our
discussions
about
how
do
we
make
school-based
access
programs
to
community
college,
as
in
the
case
of
dobbins,
with
tremendous
renovations
and
opportunities
so
that
the
parents
of
those
young
people
have
access
to
that
kind
of
training?
Council
president
clark,
I
know
you
support
this.
We
got
to
make
this
happen.
L
We
need
to
expand
language
access
programs,
high
school,
equivalency,
ged
and
esl
instruction.
In
my
formal
life,
when
I
was
at
aspita,
I
ran
a
school
at
edison
in
the
evening
for
300
adults.
Sometimes
moving
forward
is
about
going
back
to
basics
and
and
doing
some
of
the
work
that
we
know
has
been
effective.
J
L
L
We
need
our
state
government
to
drive
more
support
for
state
funding,
to
pay
the
state's
fair
share
of
community
college
funding
and
to
ensure
workforce
development
opportunities
and
funding.
As
we
look
at
our
tough
budget
season,
I
want
us
all
to
urge
us
to
reimagine
the
challenges
we
face
and
the
opportunities
that
these
challenges
create.
For
us,
incremental
steps
are
a
good
start,
but
it's
about
bold
action
and
working
together.
Philadelphia
students
should
be
able
to
go
to
community
college
for
free,
their
parents
should
also
have
access,
and
it's
our
job
to
make
it
happen.
A
H
H
H
Many
people
in
this
body
know
and
others
that
I
serve
in
some
different
roles
and
capacities,
in
addition
to
being
a
member
of
city
council.
So
when
I
learned
about
what
was
happening
in
detroit,
where
they
were
doing
mass
vaccinations,
I
reached
out
to
our
former
president
of
democratic
minister
official
scott
benson
about
what
steps
detroit
was
taking
in
order
to
mass
vaccinations
and
then,
when
my
colleague
councilmember
dom
talked
about
the
initiative
that
he
was
working
on
with
others.
H
I
thought
I
would
join
that
effort
because
with
the
opportunity
to
bring
all
the
resources
together
to
try
to
help
as
many
people
in
the
city
get
vaccinated.
Now
I
was
at
the
press
conference
yesterday.
The
spirit
and
tenor
of
the
press
conference
was.
Here's
an
additional
idea
or
suggestion
to
try
to
help
as
many
people
get
vaccinated
as
possible
throughout
the
press
conference.
The
tenor
was
we
support
and
thank
the
administration
for
the
work
they're
doing
and
here's
an
additional
idea
that
can
help
this
initiative
to
get
as
many
people
vaccinated
as
possible.
H
But
I'm
gonna
take
the
high
road
because
it's
important
that,
even
though
what
has
happened
in
the
past
that
we
work
together
to
address
this
issue
and
I'm
hoping
that
coming
out
of
today's
session,
there's
not
going
to
be
additional
attacks
from
one
side
or
the
other.
Let's
just
come
together
and
try
to
bring
all
the
resources
that
we
have
so
no
matter
what
background
or
perspective
to
try
to
get
as
many
people
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
vaccinated.
H
It's
not
about
alan
dom's
perspective
or
cindy
bass
or
derek
green,
we're
all
the
city
of
philadelphia.
It's
not
mayor
kenny
he's
not
dr
farley
he's
not.
Member
of
the
council.
We
all
are
the
city
of
philadelphia,
so
I'm
hoping
that
coming
out
of
this
conversation,
we're
going
to
move
forward
in
a
collective
way
on
working
together,
meaning
briefings
strategies
on
how
we're
moving
forward,
and
it's
not
that
I
have
the
best
way
versus
your
way.
H
It's
about
how
we
all
can
come
together,
and
so
I'm
hoping
that
coming
out
of
today's
conversation,
we're
going
to
have
that
we're
not
going
to
have
additional
attacks
in
the
media
about
what
this
person
said
or
what
that
person
said
or
we're
going
to
move
forward.
This
is
a
pandemic,
as
I've
said,
and
we've
all
said
that
we've
never
seen
before
people
are
afraid,
they're,
fearful
of
losing
additional
loved
ones,
losing
their
job
losing
their
business.
H
H
This
homicide
issue
we're
gonna,
have
a
very
challenging
budget
process,
so
we
have
to
work
together,
and
that
was
a
spirit
out
of
yesterday's
press
conference
and
for
me,
that's
been
the
spirit
of
this
body
trying
to
work
together
and
not
making
us
verse
them
because
we
are
all
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Thank
you,
council
president.
H
F
Thank
you,
council,
president
and
good
morning,
everyone
earlier
this
week
in
a
span
of
less
than
24
hours,
we
lost
seven
philadelphians
to
gun
violence.
That's
not
just
seven
lives
brought
to
an
untimely
end,
including
a
15
year
old
boy
who
had
his
entire
life
ahead
of
him.
It's
not
just
seven
families
grieving
the
sudden
loss
of
a
loved
one,
its
entire
communities
traumatized
by
the
constant
gunfire
in
their
streets.
It's
kids
distracted
from
their
schoolwork,
it's
adults,
afraid
to
go
to
and
from
their
jobs.
F
It's
small
business
owners
whose
work
is
impeded
by
the
presence
of
violent
crime
and
unfortunately,
this
day
wasn't
an
aberration.
Far
from
it
less
than
two
months
into
2021,
there
have
been
63
homicides
in
philadelphia
and
that's
a
51
increase
from
the
same
time.
Last
year,
let's
be
clear
about
what
that
means.
F
We
are
currently
on
track
to
have
50
percent
more
homicides
than
we
had
in
2020
the
second
most
violent
year
in
our
city's
modern
history,
and
this
violence
is
concentrated
in
black
and
brown
neighborhoods.
It's
a
reflection
of
the
systematic
disinvestment
discrimination
and
disadvantages
that
have
been
forced
upon
our
communities
of
color
for
generations.
F
Clearly,
we
must
devote
more
resources
towards
reducing
gun
violence.
Our
neighbors
living
with
the
reality
of
this
violence
day
in
and
day
out
need
relief
right
now
and
that's
why
today,
along
with
my
co-sponsors
and
long-time
champions
of
combating
gun
violence,
council
member
jones
and
council
member
johnson,
I've
introduced
a
resolution
calling
on
president
joe
biden
and
the
united
states
congress
to
implement
the
president's
proposal
to
end
the
gun
violence
epidemic.
F
President
biden
campaigned
on
an
ambitious
plan
to
address
gun
violence,
including
a
900
million
dollar
initiative
to
fund
evidence-based
violence
interventions
in
the
cities
experiencing
the
highest
number
of
homicides
per
capita.
This
funding
would
save
a
tremendous
number
of
lives.
It
would
fund
the
expansion
of
existing
gun
violence
prevention
programs
and
provide
necessary
resources
to
launch
new
efforts.
F
President
biden's
plan
also
calls
for
reforming.
Sorry,
president
biden's
plan
also
calls
for
reforming
federal
programs
that
serve
communities
affected
by
violence,
to
address
trauma,
increasing
federal
funding
for
trauma-informed
and
culturally
responsive
care
and
creating
a
network
of
trauma
care.
Centers
for
survivors
of
violence,
I
am
deeply
supportive
of
all
these
ideas,
but
it's
time
to
act
in
the
weeks
since
inauguration
day,
there
have
already
been
more
than
a
thousand
lives
lost
to
gun
violence
across
our
country.
F
F
Philadelphians
know
what
an
emergency
is
gun.
Violence
is
an
emergency
people
dying
on
our
streets.
Every
day
is
an
emergency
people
feeling
like
their
cries
for
help
are
going
unanswered,
is
an
emergency
so
today,
while
we're
calling
on
the
president
to
take
action
that
doesn't
let
us
off
the
hook
as
a
city
to
do
more
to
bring
peace
and
justice
to
our
communities.
F
A
M
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Mr
president,
I
simply
want
to
make
an
announcement
for
those
philadelphians
who
live
in
zip
codes,
one
nine
one,
five
zero
and
one
nine
one,
three
eight
again,
one
nine
one:
five
zero
and
one
nine
one.
Three
eight.
I
want
to
invite
you
to
attend
our
mount
airy
community
council
virtual
meeting
on
thursday
february
18th
at
6
pm
thursday
february
18th
at
6
pm.
M
M
You
know
acquiring
this
information,
but
the
residents
have
said
like
well,
we
don't
we've
never
heard
of
these
groups
before
but
they're
sort
of
calling
on
us
asking
us
to
participate
in
different
activities,
but
so
that
we
don't
know
who
they
are
with.
That
being
said,
I
want
to
remind
those
of
you
who
are
in
zip
codes,
nine,
one,
five,
zero
and
one
nine
one,
three,
eight,
that
all
of
the
organizations
that
will
be
participating
in
this
meeting
on
thursday
february.
M
The
18th
are
organized
and
run
by
people
who
live
in
these
communities.
The
the
agendas,
the
strategies,
the
methods
being
employed
to
address
issues
in
the
communities
are
not
being
decided
by
people
who
don't
live
there.
Four
residents
in
my
2o
and
2,
6
and
and
other
zip
codes
we're
coming.
You
just
have
to
it's
taken
us
some
time,
but
as
soon
as
we
get
through
this
mount
airy
community
council
meeting,
you
know
we
will
be
moving
forward.
M
Their
their
website
is
mount
airy
community
council
at
gmail.com,
where
the
email
address
mount
airy.
Community
council
gmail.com
number,
two,
six,
seven,
nine,
zero,
eight
three,
eight
two
four!
If
you
wanna
rsvp,
if
you
didn't
get
that,
always
feel
free
to
email
or
call
my
office
heather,
pierce,
heather.pierce,
phillip.gov
or.
G
G
G
Following
the
hearing,
my
team
compiled
a
report
summarizing
all
of
the
testimony
that
was
offered
both
during
the
hearing
and
in
writing,
and
I
wanted
to
stop
and
thank
my
team
for
their
diligent
work,
taylor,
eliza,
santos,
dornell
and
sean.
We
then
use
those
findings
to
develop
additional
recommendations
for
further
action
on
police
reform
at
the
city,
state
and
federal
levels.
As
a
member
of
the
police
reform
working
group,
I
look
forward
to
our
continued
work
on
police
reform
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
G
Today
I
am
publicly
releasing
the
report.
It
was
important
to
me
to
lay
out
very
clearly
what
we
heard
from
the
public
and
to
offer
recommendations
based
on
their
testimony.
This
report
has
been
shared
with
our
deputy
mayor,
rich
laser,
and
I
want
to
thank
him
and
his
team
for
participating
in
the
process.
I
truly
appreciate
how
our
deputy
mayor
always
answers
when
we
call
and
he
works
to
be
responsive,
so
we
can
be
responsive
to
our
constituents.
G
So
thank
you,
deputy
mayor
laser
for
being
a
shiny
example
of
how
to
work
together
when
the
with
the
legislative
branch
of
government.
The
report
is
available
on
our
council
page
at
phl,
council,
dot,
com,
slash,
catherine
gilmore
richardson
and
lastly,
mr
president,
I
also
wanted
to
rise
in
support
of
my
colleagues
call
to
work
together
with
the
administration
to
ensure
we
do
all
we
can
to
get
as
many
philadelphians
vaccinated
as
possible
and
that
we
speak
with
one
voice
for
one
philadelphia.
G
A
Thank
you,
councilwoman.
That
appears
to
be
the
last
speech
on
behalf
of
the
minority
and
majority
before
I
call
for
an
adjournment
just
want
to
say
one
quick
thing:
we
will
figure
this
out.
Okay,
when
it's
time
to
step
up
city
council,
always
steps
up
all
right,
and
I
fully
anticipate
that
we
will
step
up
in
the
most
meaningful
way
we're
going
to
work
together,
one
way
or
another,
because
the
reality
is,
we
all
represent
the
city
of
philadelphia,
we're
the
18
board
of
directors
of
the
city.
A
So
this
doesn't
happen
unless
we
get
engaged,
we
figure
this
out
so
we'll
be
reaching
out
shortly.
There's
some
information
that
should
be
forthcoming
about
what
is
happening
as
it
relates
to
the
relationship
with
the
federal
government,
so
we'll
we'll
reach
out
shortly,
and
hopefully
it
can
start
this
process.
So
we
can
only
have
one
silo,
not
these
multiple
silos
across
the
government
guys.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
as
always
so
much
for
for
your
passion,
your
hard
work
and
your
commitment
to
the
city
of
philadelphia.
A
D
D
It
is
where
do
I
get
my
vaccination,
which
is
so
different
and
tomorrow,
we'll
be
at
57th
and
vine
with
the
testing
van
between
10
and
12.,
all
people
are
welcome
to
come,
get
tested
until
they
can
come
get
vaccinated,
and
with
that,
mr
president,
I
move
that
council
stand
adjourned
until
thursday
february
18th
2021
at
10
a.m.
Second,.