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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 4-22-2021
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A
Good
morning,
good
morning
we're
going
to
get
started.
I
understand
that
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
council
session.
Due
to
the
current
public
health
crisis
city
council
is
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
microsoft
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,
the
inquirer,
the
legal
intelligencer
prior
to
the
meeting,
and
can
also
be
found
on
phl
council
dot
com.
A
I
now
note
that
the
hours
come
the
clerk
will
please
call
the
roll
to
take
attendance.
Members
that
are
in
attendance
will
please
indicate
that
they
are
present
or
whatever
they
may
so
choose.
Also
we
want
to
make
sure
that
your
image
will
be
displayed
on
the
screen.
When
you
speak,
mr
decker,
can
you
please
call
the
roll.
C
F
H
K
A
And
good
morning,
and
today's
a
brown
day
for
me
and
brown
as
in
the
earth
is
where
it
all
started
good
morning
to
all
we
have
established
aquarium
and
we'll
now
come
to
order
to
give
our
vacation.
This
morning
the
chair
recognizes
iman
idris
abdul's
out
here
of
the
mastula
is
here
today
as
the
guest
of
councilwoman
parker.
I
would
ask
all
members
and
guests
to
please
bow
your
heads
for
the
invocation.
L
In
the
name
of
god,
the
most
compassionate,
the
most
merciful,
all
praise
is
due
to
god,
lord
of
all,
the
worlds.
Lord
of
all,
that
is
in
the
heavens
and
in
the
earth.
We
turn
to
you
for
guidance
and
turn
to
you
for
aid.
We
invoke
your
blessing
on
this
assembly
on
this
day
in
this
holy
month
of
ramadan.
L
We
offer
our
thanks
and
gratitude
for
each
member
of
this
assembly,
and
we
further
offer
our
thanks
and
gratitude
for
the
opportunity
that
we
all
have
today
to
come
together
to
work
for
the
benefit
of
the
citizens
of
this
great
city.
We
ask
that
you
bless
our
efforts
and
help
us
to
be
present
with
one
another,
mindful
of
our
purpose,
true
to
the
trust
bestowed
upon
us,
regardless
in
how
we
carry
out
our
duties
and
conscious
of
your
ultimate
judgment
of
all
that
we
do.
L
Lord,
we
ask
for
healing
over
our
city
for
justice
to
continue
to
prevail,
for
safety
and
security
to
be
restored
and
for
prosperity
and
abundance
for
all
who
seek
it.
We
know
a
great
city
is
a
compassionate
city
that
cares
for
the
most
vulnerable
amongst
us.
So
lord,
we
especially
pray
for
the
salvation
of
our
youth.
Forgive
us
if
we
have
been
neglectful
of
them.
L
M
A
K
A
Thank
you.
It
has
been
moved
on
property.
Second,
at
the
journal
of
the
meeting
of
thursday
april
15
2021
stan
approve
all
in
favor,
indicate
by
saying
aye
aye
aye.
Those
opposed
guys,
headed
and
our
journal
is
approved
in
our
next
order
of
business
is
request
for
leave
of
absence,
and
the
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
parker
thank.
B
These
convey
entitled
to
certain
properties
located
in
the
first
councilmanic
district
and
a
resolution
authorizing
the
philanthropy
of
redevelopment
authority
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
philippine
land
bank
needs
conveying
tablets
to
certain
properties
located
in
the
fifth
councilmanic
district
and
a
resolution
authorizing
the
philadelphia
redevelopment
authority
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
philadelphia
land
bank.
These
conveying
titles,
with
certain
properties
located
in
the
fifth
council
manage
district
and
a
resolution
authorizing
the
philadelphia
redevelopment
authority
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
philadelphia
land
bank.
B
These
can
be
entitled
to
certain
properties
located
in
the
eighth
councilmanic
district
at
an
audience
authorizing
the
revision
of
lines
and
grades
on
the
portion
of
city
plan
number
152
by
striking
from
the
city
plan
67th
street
from
upland
street
to
his
terminus.
Northwest
would
be
there
from
and
reserving
and
placing
on
the
city
plan
a
right-of-way
for
public
utility
purposes
within
the
lines
of
67th
street
being
stricken
and
annoyed.
B
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker,
and
our
national
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
passes
calendar
for
our
next
session
of
council
unless
they
are
being
referred
to
committee
and
our
current
remote
environment,
this
procedure
will
provide
the
appropriate
opportunity
for
public
comment.
I
would
like
to
thank
you
very
much
in
your
anticipated
cooperation.
B
Next
week's
calendar
and
a
resolution
congratulating
the
st
hubert's
cheerleading
team
for
winning
the
2021,
pia
competitive
spirit,
state
championship,
next
week's
calendar
and
a
resolution
recognizing
tariq
khan's,
incredible
leadership
and
contributions
to
the
health
and
well-being
of
philadelphians
and
extending
appreciation
and
admiration
for
his
efforts
to
vaccinate
philadelphia
residents
against
covert
19..
Next
week's.
A
H
During
a
committee
hearing
on
gun,
violence
chaired
by
councilmember
johnson,
one
of
the
things
that
was
brought
up
and
that
we
talked
about
was
the
fact
during
these
70s
when
the
house
himoja
used
to
be
a
part
of
a
anti-violence
reduction
effort.
Peace
treaties
between
warring
gangs
were
negotiated.
H
So
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
get
us
to
discuss
how
we
could
implement
that
with
credible
messengers,
whether
from
religious
institutions,
mosque,
churches
whatever,
but
to
get
credible
messengers
with
some
of
the
actors
at
a
table
to
get
young
people
to
shake
hands
and
agree,
not
to
kill
each
other
novel
concept.
That
needs
to
be
revisited.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
B
B
Thanks
for
your
calendar,
councilman
squibble
offers
one
bill
entitled
an
ordinance.
Many
sect
title
14
to
the
philadelphia
code,
entitled
zoning
and
planning
by
amending
certain
provisions
of
chapter
14,
502
entitled
ctr's
center
city
overlay
district
to
create
the
mid
walnut
street
area
for
the
committee.
D
C
Yes,
thank
you
very
much.
Mr
president,
today
I
introduced
a
bill
that
will
require
libraries,
recreation,
centers
and
district
health
centers
to
provide
free,
feminine
hygiene
products
to
individuals
using
these
facilities.
This
bill
is
a
major
step
towards
addressing
period
poverty,
which
in
part
refers
to
the
inadequate
access
to
menstrual
products
period.
C
Poverty
affects
women
across
the
group
across
the
globe,
forcing
them
to
resort
to
socks,
stuffed
animals
and
other
makeshift
menstrual
products
in
the
u.s
women
struggling
with
having
adequate
menstrual
hygiene
because
of
a
lack
of
access
and
a
lack
of
income
still
exists:
students,
low-income
women
and
homeless
women
and
girls
in
particular
face
period
poverty.
The
pink
tax
also
adds
to
period
poverty
because
the
united
states
taxes
period
products
as
non-essential
items.
I
don't
see
how
that
is
happening
at
the
same
time,
men's
grooming,
products
and
erectile
dysfunction.
Medication
are
not
tax.
C
Food
stamps
also
don't
cover
menstrual
products.
Feminine
hygiene
products
are
essential
and
period.
Poverty
is
a
human
rights
issue
period.
Poverty
is
something
we
can
fix
and
we
can
fix
it
now
and
I
believe
it
starts
here
in
philadelphia
with
making
these
products
available
at
these
facilities.
Thank
you,
mr
president,.
A
D
B
B
B
K
D
K
A
J
A
A
And
these
bills
will
be
placed
on
our
first
reading
calendar
for
today,
resolution
number
two
one
zero
two
one
five
will
be
placed
on.
Our
final
pass
account
at
our
next
session
with
counselors.
That
concludes
our
reports
on
committee
and
our
next
one
of
the
businesses,
the
consideration
of
the
calendar.
I
note
that
the
bills
just
reported
from
committee
with
the
suspension
of
the
rules
have
been
deemed
that
had
a
first
reading.
A
These
bills
will
be
placed
on
our
second
reading
and
final
passage
calendar
at
our
next
session
of
council,
as
they
know
our
additional
bills.
On
the
first
reading
calendar,
the
chair
recognizes
councilmember
parker
for
the
purpose
of
calling
up
resolutions
and
bills
on
the
final
passes
calendar
today.
J
J
Three
four:
two
one:
zero,
three,
four
one,
two
one:
zero,
three,
four,
two,
two
one:
zero
three,
four,
three,
two
one:
zero,
three,
four:
five,
two
one:
zero
three,
four,
six,
two
one:
zero,
three,
four,
seven,
two
one:
zero
three,
four,
eight,
two
one:
zero
one:
three,
five
dash
a
two:
zero
zero;
six,
two
five
and
two
one:
zero,
two,
two,
six,
all
other
resolutions
and
bills
are
being
held.
Mr
president,.
A
Thank
you
councilwoman.
We
will
now
move
to
our
public
comment
session,
but
before
we
proceed
with
the
consideration
of
the
public
comment,
we'll
take
a
brief
five
to
ten
minute
recess,
to
give
our
technology
professionals
some
time
to
connect
the
speakers
that
we
have
for
today.
I
will
take
a
brief.
A
A
M
M
A
A
A
Public
comment
must
concern
matters
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendar
for
possible
action
at
a
session
of
counsel,
a
speaker
on
any
of
those
matters
must
sign
up.
In
order
to
testify,
you
must
call
215
686
3406
by
3
pm
the
day
before
the
session,
to
sign
up
for
public
comment.
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
of
or
against
the
legislation
and
add
you
to
the
list.
A
We
will
tell
upon
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting
under
ideal
circumstances,
and
I
think
today
we're
going
to
actually
have
three
minutes
to
speak.
However,
you
know
from
time
to
time
you
must
know
that
the
time
limit
may
vary
based
on
the
volume
of
individuals.
A
In
order
to
be
fair,
though,
all
those
wishing
to
speak,
I
intend
to
hold
faithfully
to
the
established
time
limit
of
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
your
time,
you
will
be
reminded
of
this.
Once
your
allotted
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
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.
I
will
now
ask
the
chief
clerk
to
please
read
the
name
of
our
first
speaker.
N
I
am
an
employee
of
solar
state,
the
philadelphia-based
solar
installation
and
training
company,
and
we
have
been
a
partner
with
the
philadelphia
energy
authority
on
the
solar
savings
grant
program
for
the
last
four
years
as
we
helped
develop
the
program
and
eventually
implement
it.
It
has
been
a
rewarding
process
to
participate
in
this
program,
which
is
making
solar
more
affordable
through
a
grant
to
individuals
in
eligible
low
and
moderate
income
households.
N
I
think
affordability
is
so
important
when
it
comes
to
the
clean
energy
transition,
because
for
many
philadelphians
solar
is
still
out
of
reach
because
of
the
high
cost
and
the
challenges
with
acquiring
capital
and
loans.
With
the
solar
savings
grant
program,
the
cost
of
solar
is
reduced
dramatically.
N
What
we
see
when
we
change
the
economics
of
clean
energy,
we
can
also
change
the
demographics
and
the
neighborhood
geographics
of
where
solar
is
being
deployed.
We've
seen
through
this
program
we've
been
able
to
provide
solar
for
people
of
all
ages,
ethnicities
backgrounds,
and
it's
been
a
real
joy
to
be
a
part
of
this
program.
Over
50
participants
have
been
able
to
get
solar
through
this
program
and
we've
already
installed
several
of
them.
N
This
is
a
big
part
of
our
mission
as
a
local
philadelphia-based,
solar
installer,
and
we
hope
to
continue
to
partner
with
city
council
on
great
innovative
programs
like
the
solar
savings
grant
program.
So
we
can
continue
to
provide
solar
at
an
affordable
and
accessible
rate
for
people
across
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
O
Giving
honor
to
god
in
this
assembly
of
council,
women
and
men.
I
thank
you
for
this
honor
to
speak.
For
my
husband,
frank,
stevens
and
his
accomplishment,
frank
was
a
very
humble
person.
He
enjoyed
his
38
years
with
the
free
library
of
philadelphia.
During
his
time.
He
exhibited
many
well-known
artists
and
writers.
They
included
marion
anderson
and
maurice
sendak
with
mary
and
miss
anderson.
He
visited
her
home.
O
O
He
was
a
deacon
at
zion,
baptist
church,
where
many
years,
reverend
sullivan
and
mrs
sullivan
was
head
of
to
church,
and
when
mrs
sullivan
started
the
miniversity,
he
did
all
of
her
publishing
work
for
her
and
helped
her
get
her
anniversary
on
ground
and
starting.
He
also
visited
the
white
house
while
he
was
at
the
library
and
his
job,
he
loved
his
family,
and
it
was
wonderful.
O
O
He
also
enjoyed
doing
his
artwork
at
home.
The
home
is
filled
with
his
artwork
and
he
had
a
major
exhibit
with
zillinova
and
many
other
other
major
institutions.
Frank,
was
during
his
89
years
of
life.
He
accomplished
a
lot
and
we
are
so
very
proud
of
his
accomplishment,
and
we
are
just
so
happy
that
you
have
given
us
this
honor
to
speak
with
him,
and
we
thank
you
for
your
resolution.
D
B
P
P
First,
while
we
saw
the
visible
inequalities
and
weight
rooms
for
athletes
and
swag
bags
at
the
men's
tournament
versus
the
women's
basketball
tournament,
the
issues
in
basketball
run
much
deeper,
for
example,
media
contracts
and
the
difference
in
value
the
ncaa
governance
structure,
the
branding
of
the
events
for,
for
example,
women,
do
not
use
march
madness
and
then
attendance
women's
tournaments
are
in
nba
arenas
versus
the
men's
tournaments,
which
are
often
in
domes
and
there's.
Then
there's
the
case
of
the
men's
basketball
unit,
which
is
distributed
throughout
the
conferences
and
there's
no
units
for
women's
basketball.
P
For
example,
if
you're
looking
at
pro
and
national
teams,
the
wnba
rookie
salary
coming
out
is
40
57
000,
as
opposed
to
an
nba
rookie
salary,
which
starts
at
3.4
million,
with
a
guaranteed
three-year
contract,
and
then
there's
the
u.s
women's
national
soccer
team
versus
the
men's
national
team.
Megan
rapino,
who
is
a
advocate
for
equal
pay,
said
men
are
often
compensated
on
potentially
on
the
potential
that
they
show
not
necessarily
what
they
have
done,
and
women
are
so
often
paid
on
what
they
have
actually
done,
which
normally
they
outperform
their
contract.
P
Maybe
more
importantly,
the
media
and
the
same
media
to
blame.
The
ncaa
can
often
go
a
day
without
mentioning
women's
sports
in
their
atlas,
espn
and
newspapers,
unless
coaching
is
another
disparity
which
way,
which
may
be
one
of
the
most
notable
forms
of
sex
discrimination
in
employment,
where
women
have
that
almost
a
zero
percent
chance
of
coaching
men,
but
men
have
a
50
or
greater
chance
of
coaching
women.
P
A
Q
Community
gardens
serve
an
essential
function
in
our
city,
they've
been
shown
to
support
mental
and
physical
health
and
to
reduce
neighborhood
violence.
They
provide
opportunities
for
residents
to
grow,
healthy,
affordable
food
and
to
spend
time
de-stressing
in
nature.
They
reduce
urban
heat
and
they're
a
vehicle
for
community
building
and
for
self-determination.
Q
Just
this
week,
I
learned
of
another
west
philadelphia
garden
that
was
lost
at
sheriff's
sale,
which
is
heartbreaking.
We
need
to
continue
to
work
together
to
make
the
future
of
these
shared
growing
spaces
a
priority.
A
well-funded
and
high
capacity
prioritizes
open
space,
as
well
as
resolving
the
city's
situation
with
u.s
bank
leans,
is
critical.
M
Good
morning
my
name
is
elizabeth
waring
and
I've
been
managing
the
holly
street
garden.
I'm
in
support
of
the
resolution
for
the
garden
to
be
a
living
memorial
to
winnie
harris
who
was
neighbors
friends
and
other
gardeners
brought
to
the
garden
in
2005,
and
her
mission
was
for
to
build
community
around
greening
education
and
gardening.
M
M
I
We
look
forward
to
continuing
to
support
philadelphia's
low-income
population
by
continuing
to
be
a
partner
on
this
program,
and
I
am
grateful
to
council
member
gilmore
richardson
for
introducing
this
resolution.
This
is
the
conclusion
of
my
testimony.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'm
happy
to
take
them
at
this
time.
Thank
you.
G
It's
really
important
to
make
sure
that
solar
states
is
able
to
service
these
communities
because
at
the
lowest
end
of
the
spectrum,
it's
really
important
for
wide
adapt
adoption
to
make
sure
that
we
can
actually
turn
around
some
of
the
things
that
are
damaging
our
planet
environmentally
and
for
climate
change.
Just
to
make
sure
that
again,
at
that
level,
we
can
make
sure
that
people
are
being
serviced.
G
R
Good
morning,
honorable
council
members,
I'm
marvis
elias
with
the
philadelphia
energy
authority,
I'm
speaking
to
support
the
resolution.
Honoring,
the
solar
savings
grant
program
resolution
number
two
one
zero
three,
four,
two,
the
philadelphia
energy
authority,
also
known
as
pea,
is
an
independent
municipal
authority
created
in
2010
to
advance
energy
affordability
and
sustainability
for
philadelphia.
R
Pea
has
facilitated
over
167
million
dollars
in
clean
energy
projects
since
launching
the
philadelphia
energy
campaign
in
2016
creating
more
than
1700
jobs.
I'm
really
excited
to
be
joining
the
city
council
today
to
celebrate
earth
day
and
to
announce
the
outcomes
of
our
solar
savings
grant
program.
R
R
We
designed
this
program
to
address
barriers
preventing
low
and
moderate
income
households
to
go
solar,
knowing
that
these
households
would
benefit
the
most
from
electric
bill
savings
and
local
job
creation.
Lmi
households
and
people
of
color
often
lack
access
to
affordable
energy
provided
by
rooftop
solar
through
the
pilot
phase
of
the
program
pea
facilitated.
R
50
low
and
margin
income
households
to
go
solar
from
across
26
city,
zip
codes
with
household
incomes,
less
than
80
of
the
area
median
income.
The
program
delivers
bill
savings
starting
in
year.
One
I'd
really
like
to
thank
our
program
partners
who
made
this
initiative
possible,
including
the
pennsylvania,
housing,
finance
agency,
solar
states,
centennial
parkside,
community
development
corporation,
the
william
penn
foundation,
spark
therapeutics
and
the
national
energy
improvement
fund.
Thank
you
so
much
councilwoman,
katherine
gilmore
richardson,
for
introducing
the
resolution
to
celebrate
the
city's
first
lmi
solar
initiative.
R
The
philadelphia
energy
authority
is
committed
to
supporting
philadelphia
to
transition
to
clean
energy
at
the
pace
required
by
climate
crisis
in
a
way
that
benefits
are
shared
equitably
in
the
city's
low
and
moderate
income
communities.
Our
goal
is
to
support
ten
thousand
lmi
households
to
go
solar
by
2026..
R
I
wanted
to
mention
that
the
solar
ceilings
grant
program
is
a
part
of
solarize
philly,
the
largest
initiative
of
its
kind
in
the
country.
Since
the
launch
of
the
program
in
2017
over
750
homes
have
come
solar,
we
will
be
opening
solarize
philly
for
its
fifth
phase,
soon
with
offering
for
lmi
households.
So
I
look
forward
to
collaborating
with
the
city
council
to
spread
the
word
about
the
program.
Thank
you
so
much
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
A
A
E
A
A
E
A
E
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
president,
and
I
quickly
wanted
to
take
this
time
to
thank
you
for
your
foresight
and
insight
and
establishing
pea
to
emily
and
their
entire
team
for
their
steadfast
hard
work
on
the
solar
savings
grant
program,
and
with
that.
Mr
president,
I
moved
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
A
B
A
E
A
F
A
B
A
resolution
recognizing
and
honoring
one
million
black
women,
an
initiative
launched
by
goldman
sachs
black
women,
led
organizations
and
other
partners
which
will
commit
10
billion
dollars
in
direct
investment,
capital
and
100
million
dollars
in
philanthropic,
support
to
address
gender
and
racial
biases.
Black
women
have
faced
for
generations
chair.
A
C
D
E
E
It's
often
said
by
members
of
congress
who
love
to
repeat
this
quote:
that's
been
attributed
to
otto
von
bismarck.
If
you
like
laws
and
sausages,
you
should
never
watch
either
one
of
them
being
made
so,
in
other
words
the
legislative
process,
though
messy
and
sometimes
unappetizing
can
produce
healthy,
wholesome
results.
E
And
in
that
vein,
I
will
offer
amendments
today
to
the
outdoor
entertainment
bill.
After
much
conversation,
dialogue
and
communication
with
our
colleagues,
the
amendments
will
give
the
streets
department
the
ability
to
change
certain
provisions
of
the
legislation
through
regulation.
If
there
are
concerns
with
health
or
public
safety.
The
first
amendment
will
allow
the
streets
department
to
extend
the
notification
requirement
for
significant
geographic
areas
of
the
city.
The
bill
requires
that
a
business
provide
a
minimum
of
72-hour
notice
to
the
city
before
performance.
E
If
it
becomes
clear
that
a
certain
community
needs
to
be
notified
earlier
in
order
to
better
prepare
prepared
performances,
streets
will
have
the
authority
to
extend
the
minimum
notification
requirement
for
that
area
through
regulation.
The
second
amendment
will
allow
the
streets
department
to
restrict
by
regulation
the
number
of
hours
during
which
a
performance
can
take
place.
For
example,
if
a
certain
area
is
highly
residential
and
performances
that
go
until
10
pm
would
create
issues
with
health
or
public
safety
streets
would
be
able
to
say
that
performances
in
that
area
must
end
by
an
earlier
time.
E
Importantly,
businesses
must
still
adhere
to
all
other
sections
in
the
philadelphia
code
ensuring
that
enforcement
for
noise
violations,
community
disruption
or
unsafe
environments
will
be
shut
down.
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
so
much
for
all
of
your
work
in
collaboration
and
with
that.
Mr
president,
I
moved
for
the
adoption
of
the
amendment
for
bill
number
210135a
and
a
copy
of
the
amendment
has
been
circulated
to
all
members
of
council.
A
A
M
M
E
B
D
I
M
I
A
A
D
I
J
A
C
B
J
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker.
That
completes
our
calendar
for
today
prior
to
recognizing
members
regarding
speeches,
I
will
note
for
the
record
this
time
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft's
team
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
particular
purpose.
With
that
said,
the
speeches
on
behalf
of
the
minority
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
brooks.
C
C
The
permit
does
not
provide
adequate
safety
protections
for
the
communities
through
which
the
rail
cards
will
travel.
Furthermore,
lng,
transport
and
expert
incentivizes
fracking,
which
poses
direct
and
imminent
threat
to
the
human
health
and
the
climate
this
earth
day.
It
is
important
that
we
evaluate
the
environmental
dangers.
We
are
exposing
our
communities
to
and
ask
ourselves.
How
are
we
making
our
city
livable,
not
just
for
this
generation
or
for
generations
to
come?
C
A
H
Accountability
means
that
everybody
every
entity,
whether
you're
talking
about
doctors
who
have
to
go
before
the
medical
boards,
where
they
talk
about
lawyers
who
have
to
deal
with
the
bar
association,
whether
you
talk
about
football
players
who
have
to
deal
with
roger
goodell,
no
one
is
above
the
law,
no
one
should
be
below
the
wall
law
and
that's
what
we
took
away
with
that
word.
The
other
one
is
proportionality.
H
H
F
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
councilmember
jones
for
your
words
and
reference
to
what's
been
such
a
impactful
and
pivotal
week
in
reference
to
equity
and
reform.
I
just
want
to
remind
my
colleagues
that
next
thursday
april
29th
from
9
15
to
10
a.m,
we'll
be
having
a
a
training
regarding
helping
people
with
autism,
minor
and
directly
specifically
focusing
on
constituent
services.
F
I
will
have
dr
wendy
ross
from
his
director
of
the
jefferson
center
for
autism
and
neurodiversity
and
as
well
as
david
townsend,
who
is
the
director
of
operations
for
that
center,
as
well
as
assistant
professor
jane
tobias,
who
I'll
be
on
the
zoom
link
on
for
offices
within
city
hall,
to
be
able
to
have
a
better
understanding
how
to
provide
constituent
services
to
those
who
are
neurodiverse
and
on
the
autism
spectrum.
I
know
my
office
sent
out
an
email
to
our
members
of
council
and
their
staff.
F
I
will
send
out
a
reminder,
and
if
there
are
other
offices
within
city
hall
that
would
like
to
participate
in
this
conversation,
this
training,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
my
office.
This
is
another
way
of
continuing
the
conversation
and
dialogue
as
we
come
to
the
soon
close
of
april
and
the
end
of
autism
acceptance
and
awareness
month.
J
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Mr
president,
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
council
member
johnson
whose
work
regarding
gun
violence.
I
learned
about
long
before
he
ever
got
elected
to
public
office
when
he
had
a
tragic
loss
within
his
own
family.
He
founded
the
organization
called
peace,
not
guns
to
our
whip,
councilman
curtis
jones,
whose
life
experience,
along
with
his
leadership
and
partnership
with
the
house.
J
With
that
being
said,
I
want
to
follow
up
on
councilman
jones's
comments
in
noting
that
those
responsible
for
the
death
of
george
floyd
being
held
accountable
in
our
criminal
justice
system
is
just
the
floor.
We
in
no
way
shape
or
form
while
we
were
excited
because,
as
councilmember
jones
stated,
we
know
what
would
have
happened
if,
in
fact
the
verdict
would
have
gone
another
way.
J
But
we
were
many
of
us
pleased
to
see
that
our
criminal
justice
system
brought
some
much-needed
balance
to
the
skills
of
justice.
But
I
would
argue,
mr
president,
that
until
we
focus
on
the
economic
violence
and
the
economic
exclusion
of
black
and
brown
people
in
our
local,
regional
state
and
national
economies,
we
won't
ever
see
a
level
playing
ground
that
will
put
people
on
the
path
to
self-sufficiency
in
their
own
right.
J
So
I
just
want
to
say
to
each
and
every
one
of
our
colleagues
that
I
look
forward
to
working
with
each
of
you
as
it
relates
to
creating
economic
opportunities
like
those
presented
in
the
plan
that
we
introduced
here
in
council
next.
Mr
president,
I
wanted
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
council
member
bass
for
the
legislation
that
she
introduced,
calling
for
hygiene,
feminine
hygiene
products
to
be
available
in
libraries
and
other
public
health
facilities.
J
So
I
consider
them
to
be
the
mother
and
sister
of
the
the
the
issue
of
period
poverty,
particularly
after
them
having
opened
up
a
hub,
which
is
also
located
in
council
member
bass's
district
first
minstrel
hub
in
the
nation.
Now
I
just
want
to
put
on
the
record
that
they
have
had
folks
reach
out
to
them
from
germany
from
brazil
from
you
know,
places
all
throughout
europe
and
across
the
world
asking.
How
can
they
be
supportive
and
how
can
they
come
and
help
them
open
up
a
minstrel
hub?
J
E
Thank
you,
mr
president,
good
afternoon,
colleagues
and
good
afternoon
philadelphia.
I
just
wanted
to
offer
very
brief
remarks
today
on
earth
day.
As
the
chair
of
the
committee
on
the
environment-
and
I
wanted
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
their
support
of
all
the
resolutions
we
offered
in
honor
of
earth
day,
but
also
recognizing
the
hard
work.
Many
philadelphians
do,
each
and
every
day
to
celebrate
and
sustain
our
earth
and
advocate
for
creating
a
climate
resilient,
sustainable,
environmentally,
just
philadelphia.
E
So
as
a
city,
we
have
significant
goals
ahead
of
us,
including
carbon,
neutral
by
2050,
zero
weights
by
2030
vision,
zero
by
2030
and
the
new
transit
plan
we
release.
These
are
all
major
goals
and
they
are
important
and
we
can't
achieve
them
alone.
We
will
need
support
from
the
state
and
federal
government
which
we
hope
is
coming
in
the
american
jobs
plan,
but
we
will
also
need
to
continue
to
elevate
these
issues
to
be
central
to
our
work.
E
Addressing
climate
change
needs
to
become
a
core
part
of
what
every
part
of
our
city
government
does,
and
I
will
continue
advocating
for
this
work
in
this
body
and
working
very
closely
with
the
administration
and
my
colleagues
in
the
committee
on
the
environment
to
create
policy
solutions
that
will
bring
us
closer
to
these
goals.
Additionally,
mr
president,
I
wanted
to
thank
the
members
of
our
environmental
committee,
subgroups
too
many
to
name
over
100,
but
we
have
listed
them
on
our
social
media
today,
so
I'll.
E
So,
thank
you,
mr
president,
and
happy
earth
day
philadelphia
and
thank
you
so
much
council
member
jones
to
the
loads
of
parkside
who
is
giving
out
trees
today,
along
with
all
the
lows
across
the
country
and
we'll
be
picking
up
our
tree
later
this
afternoon,
to
plant
it
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
to
help
us
with
our
tree
canopy
in
the
urban
heat
island
impact
that
we
are
seeing
in
predominantly
black
and
brown
communities.
So,
thank
you
very
very
much,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
all
happy
earth
day.
D
K
You
thank
you,
mr
president,
as
we
look
through
these
trying
times
and
and
understanding
that
you
know,
sometimes
people
lose
faith
in
our
elected
officials
or
the
media.
Maybe
there's
this
opportunity
now
that
we
could
see
that
through
responsibility,
accountability
and
justice
is
possible
if
we
all
work
together
and
and
and
push
people
to
do
the
right
thing,
and
I-
and
I
think
that
you
know
saying
that
you
know
we.
K
We
and
city
council
had
held
hearings
about
standardized
testing
in
schools,
and
you
know
the
concerns
we
had
and
when
I
first
approached
the
subject,
it
was
a
not
a
popular
conversation
to
have
with
some
of
the
people
in
the
school
district,
but
you
know
we
have
the
the
pssa,
the
keystone
exams,
the
nocti
for
cte
students,
access
for
english
learners.
You
know:
are
they
good
tools
to
measure
academic
growth?
You
know
people
have
concerns
some
say
that
it's
a
good
way
to
determine
whether
or
not
students
are
learning
or
learning
at
proper
rate.
K
Others
point
that
you
know:
standardized
tests
are
more
of
a
measure
of
your
economic
status
and
that
there
is
narrowed
the
curriculum,
so
that
so
much
time
is
spent
teaching
to
the
test.
Still
others
say
that
it
widens
the
educational
gap
between
the
has
and
has
not
by
separating
them
and
select
the
schools,
whatever
the
beliefs
are
in
standardized
tests.
Under
the
normal
circumstances,
I
think
we
all
could
agree
that
last
year
has
not
been
a
normal
one
for
our
students
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
K
K
It
should
be
a
time
where
students
reacclimate
themselves
to
learning
in
person,
and
it
should
be
a
time
to
celebrate
some
degree
of
normalcy
and
to
begin
but
to
isolate
that
we
had
in
last
year
and
hopefully
put
that
behind
us,
but
the
state
and
the
school
district
have
decided
or
seemed
to
decide
and
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
and
that
the
pssa
is
more
important
that
our
kids
will
spend
time
in
the
next
two
weeks.
In-Person
learning,
sitting
alone
taking
a
test.
K
I
think
we
as
council
when
we
had
our
hearings
when
I
called
for
the
hearings
several
years
ago.
You
know
really
stepped
up
and
said
that
you
know
in
this
moment
to
prioritize
you
know.
Testing
over
the
needs
of
the
students
is
is
a
challenge.
You
know
we
have
a
very
short
time
this
year
to
be
in
school,
and
this
is
we
know
that
the
emotional
educational
health
of
our
children
are
so
important.
K
I
urge
the
district
and
the
state
to
take
the
past
for
this
year's
for
the
pssa
and
the
keystones
this
spring
and
let's
give
the
children
some
grace
and
then
some
time
to
get
back
to
educating
and
learning
in
a
proper
manner
after
this
tough
year.
So
and
if
we
don't,
if
we
see
that
they're
going
to
continue
to
push
for
these
type
of
testing
with
our
students,
I
think
we
need
it's
time
to
have
another
hearing
and
bring
them
in
discuss
these
challenges.
So
thank
you.