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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 12-16-2021
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B
Thank
you
and
good
morning
to
everyone.
Let's
get
started,
but
before
we
begin
the
council
session,
I'm
just
going
to
make
a
couple
of
announcements
due
to
the
continuing
threat
to
public
health
from
the
cobra
19,
the
delta
variant
city
council
is
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
microsoft's
teams
to
make
this
remote
meeting
possible
instruction
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.
B
B
D
A
B
B
K
B
E
B
M
O
A
B
O
O
O
There
are
elements
of
the
liturgy
found
in
all
three
services,
with
the
core
being
a
collection
of
19
blessings
whereby
we
pray
to
god
for
healing
for
those
who
are
ill
and
forgiveness.
For
sin,
for
example,
what
is
the
most
telling
is
what
the
final
blessing
seeks
of
all
the
possible
final
blessings.
O
O
Most
of
you
might
be
familiar
with
the
hebrew
word
for
peace
shalom.
The
interesting
thing
about
this
word
is
that
it's
root.
The
source
of
the
word
does
not
mean
peace;
rather,
it
means
wholeness
or
completeness.
So
how
do
we
get
from
wholeness
or
completeness
to
peace
simply
put
when
you
feel
whole
and
complete?
O
O
O
N
C
B
B
L
B
D
C
The
mayor
to
the
president
and
members
of
the
council
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
pursuant
to
sections
4604
and
2307
of
the
homeworld
charter,
I
am
today
transmitting
to
the
council.
The
recommendation
of
the
city
planning
commission
on
the
following
bills.
Call
number
is
210-922-210-926-2109-30-210-931-219-329-3333.
C
And
210-957
and
I'm
pleased
to
advise
you
that
on
december
10
and
december
15
2021,
I
signed
the
remaining
bills
that
were
passed
by
council
at
a
session
on
december
2
2021,
except
bill
number
210808,
which
I
am
returning
without
my
signature
and
then
on
december
15
2021.
I
signed
bill
numbers,
210771,
210901a,
210924
and
210925,
which
will
pass
by
council-edited
session
on
december
9
2021,
and
I
am
transmitting
for
the
consideration
of
your
honorable
body,
a
resolution
authorizing
the
commissioner
of
public
property
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
full
degree
of
redevelopment
authority.
C
These
convey
free,
simple
title
to
city,
on
lots
of
pieces
of
ground
with
the
buildings
and
improvements
iran
situated
in
the
fifth
councilmanic
district
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
further
authorizing
the
philadelphia
redevelopment
authority
to
transfer
to
the
philadelphia
land
bank
fee,
simple
title
to
such
properties
and
a
resolution
to
proving
the
appointment
of
seth
bluestein
as
city
commissioner
to
fill
out
the
unexpired
term
of
a
vacancy
in
the
office
of
the
city.
Commissioners,
all
under
certain
terms
and
conditions.
B
Thank
you,
mr
decker.
Our
next
order
of
business
is
the
introduction
of
bills
and
resolutions
and,
by
way
of
a
reminder,
we're
asking
that
all
resolutions,
including
privileged
resolutions,
be
placed
on
the
final
passage
calendar
for
our
next
session
of
council
unless
they
are
being
referred
to
committee
in
our
current
remote
environment.
This
procedure
will
provide
the
appropriate
opportunity
for
public
comment.
I
want
to
thank
you
in
advance
for
your
anticipated
cooperation.
L
G
B
G
E
B
C
Fantasy
councilman
jones
offers
one
bill
entitled
an
ordinance
establishing
no
truck
or
trailer
parking
regulations
on
north
60th
street
between
west
oxford
street
and
and
clifford
terrace.
Both
sides
north
61st
street,
between
west
oxford
street
and
clifford
terrace,
both
sides
and
west
columbia,
avenue
between
north
60th
street
and
north
61st
street.
Both
sides.
C
Councilman
johnson
offers
one
bill
and
three
resolutions
entitled
an
ordinance
authorizing
encroachments
in
the
nature
of
a
sidewalk
cafe
in
the
vicinity
of
762,
south
10th
street
committee
and
a
resolution
and
on
behalf
of
council
president
clark,
a
resolution
urging
the
biden
administration
and
the
united
states
department
of
justice
to
finalize
a
proposed
rule
that
will
close
a
regulatory
loophole
and
require
ghost
gun.
Kit
makers
to
include
serial
numbers
in
firearm
kits
and
require
federally
licensed
firearms.
Dealers
to
conduct
background
checks
prior
to
the
sale
of
these
firearm
kits.
H
M
E
E
B
H
C
H
B
You
there's
been
more
than
probably
second
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended,
so
that's
what
we
met
first,
with
instead
of
bills,
number
two
one:
zero:
nine,
five,
six
all
in
favor
and
the
gate
by
saying
aye,
aye
aye
those
opposed
eyes
have
it.
This
bill
will
be
placed
on
the
first
reading
calendar
today
and
our
next
sort
of
business
is
consideration
of
the
calendar.
Noted
the
bills
jeff.
B
The
bill
just
reported
from
committee
with
suspension
of
the
rules
has
been
deemed
to
have
had
his
first
reading
will
be
on
his
final
passage
that
our
next
session
of
council,
as
there
are
no
additional
bills
on
the
first
video
calendar.
The
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
parker
for
motion
concerning
the
resolutions
on
the
final
passage
calendar.
L
J
B
J
B
L
L
B
Thank
you
just
been
moved
in
probably
second,
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
to
permit
the
use
of
a
consent
agenda
to
consider
the
bills
just
read
by
councilman
parker,
all
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
aye,
aye
aye
who's
opposed
eyes.
Headed
motion
carries
and
we
will
consider
the
consent
agenda
shortly
to
chair
one
more
time
recognizes
councilman
parker
for
the
purpose
of
calling
up
bills
and
resolutions
on
the
regular
second
reading
and
final
passage.
L
Thank
you,
mr
president,
in
addition
to
the
resolutions
and
bills
being
considered
on
the
consent,
agendas,
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,
nine,
two,
two
one:
zero,
six,
three,
three,
a
two
one:
zero:
nine
one:
seven
eight,
two
one:
zero:
six,
six,
nine
and
two
one:
zero,
nine
two
three,
mr
president,
all
other
bills
and
resolutions
are
being
held.
B
E
E
P
P
M
M
B
Thank
you
and
good
afternoon,
good
morning
again
we
are
back
we're
going
to
start
our
public
comment
session.
So
now
that
everyone
is
connected
to
the
meeting
and
before
considering
the
resolutions
and
bills
we
have
before
us
today,
we
will
consider
our
public
comment
session.
It
will
go
as
follows.
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.
B
You
must
call
215-686-3406
by
3
pm
the
day
before
the
session,
to
sign
up
for
public
comment.
When
you
call
we
take
your
name
phone
number,
the
number
of
the
legislative
item
you
are
commenting
on
and
whether
you
are
in
support
of
or
against
the
legislation
and
adds
your
name
to
the
list,
we'll
then
telephone,
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting
today
we
will
have
two
minutes
to
speak,
so
please
suggest
your
testimony
reflect
that.
B
We
have
a
significant
volume
of
people
today
and
we
want
to
make
sure
everyone
has
an
opportunity
to
be
on
in
order
to
be
fair.
All
those
wishing
to
speak,
I
intend
to
hold
faithfully
to
the
established
time
limit
so
once
invited
to
the
meeting
you're
asked
to
begin
your
testimony
and
time
it
will
be
started.
B
We
traditionally
reserve
the
right
to
limit
the
number
of
speakers
where
repetitious
comments
are
being
made
on
the
same
subject
matter,
which
could
affect
call
backs
for
public
comment
at
the
meeting.
Please
be
aware
that
the
public
meeting
is
being
recorded
so
because
the
meeting
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
prophecy.
So,
by
continuing
to
be
in
a
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded.
Now.
Ask
mr
decker
to
please
read
the
name
of
our
first
speaker.
A
B
Q
My
name
is
rita
hawk
and
I'm
here
to
speak
on
resolution
number
210995
recognizing
my
organization,
philadelphia,
vip
for
its
work,
expanding
access
to
justice
for
40
years
in
a
city
with
a
robust
private
legal
sector,
but
also
one
where
an
overwhelming
percentage
of
the
population
lives
at
or
near
the
poverty
level.
Vip
offers
a
solution
by
leveraging
the
city's
private
legal
sector
for
over
40
years.
Recruiting
and
training
attorneys
who
volunteer
to
represent
philadelphians
free
of
charge.
Q
Vip
has
secured
over
9
000
volunteer
attorneys
to
benefit
over
23
000
philadelphians
and
their
families
during
pivotal
life
moments.
This
is
a
mission
of
empowerment.
We
support
our
volunteer
community
in
empowering
their
neighbors
and
fighting
back
against
legal
threats
to
their
incomes,
their
housing,
both
rented
and
owned
their
family
stability
and
their
hard-earned
small
businesses.
On
behalf
of
our
board
and
staff
team,
I
want
to
express
my
gratitude
to
the
community,
including
council,
members
and
staff,
on
this
call
who
enabled
this
mission
to
continue
today.
B
Q
Q
Q
If
anyone
has
read
the
text
of
the
resolution,
they
will
see
what
a
wonderful
storied
big
life
has
lived,
and
I
think
the
most
amazing
work
that
he's
done
has
actually
been
as
a
mentor
and
a
friend
to
so
many
younger
organizers
and
activists
who
are
just
trying
to
understand
how
the
world
works
and
how
to
change
it.
Myself
included
earlier
this
year,
ron
got
into
a
very,
very
bad
bike
accident
and
for
a
short
while
it
was
not
clear
what
his
recovery
would
look
like,
and
it
was
so
scary.
Q
Obviously,
for
a
number
of
reasons,
a
friend
being
sick
is
obviously
very
bad,
but
also
the
knowledge
and
wisdom
and
kindness.
The
potential
for
that
to
be
lost
was
just
too
much
to
bear,
and
so
I
think
so
many
of
us
are
so
happy
and
grateful
that
he
is
doing
so
well
and
really
grateful
to
council
member
brooks
for
putting
this
resolution
forward.
So
I
urge
all
of
city
council
to
support
this
bill.
Q
A
Good
morning
to
all
I
hope
everybody
is
doing
well
to
the
council
president
to
the
members
of
the
council,
the
council
members
in
particular
to
those
that
sponsored
resolution,
two
one:
zero,
nine
six
one
zero
zero.
Good
morning.
All
my
name
is
j.r
reeds.
I
am
proud
to
serve
as
the
27th
eastern
regional
director
of
the
mighty
eastern
region
of
the
men
of
phi
beta,
sigma
fraternity
incorporated.
A
We
represent,
we
represent
the
over
3
500
members
of
the
mighty
eastern
region.
We
have
membership
representing
the
northeastern
corridor,
the
mid-atlantic
corridor,
as
far
away
as
the
caribbean
and
the
virgin
islands,
europe,
as
well
as
in
the
motherland,
in
accra,
ghana,
in
africa.
We
are
pleased
that
we
are
bringing
our
eastern
regional
conference
to
the
city
of
brotherly
love
to
philadelphia
that
will
take
place
march
31st
through
april
3rd
2022
in
downtown
philadelphia.
N
This
is
brian
bashara,
I'm
calling
about
bill
number
210922,
I'm
the
owner
of
fountain
street,
auto
it's
the
corner
of
ridge
and
fountain
street.
The
councilman,
who
I
respect-
and
I
understand
where
he's
coming
from
the
over
development
in
roxboro,
he's
proposing
to
change
the
zoning
here
and
I
feel
like
that,
we're
being
targeted-
and
I
don't
think
this
is
fair.
There
is
going
to
be
a
development
next
door
to
our
building.
That
is
on
a
lot.
N
The
same
exact
square,
footage
and
they're,
going
to
they're
proposed
already
passed
through
zoning
to
build
a
six-story
building
and
they
want
to
decrease
our
zoning
from
cm
2.5
to
cx
ca1.
We
are
an
auto
repair
shop.
Ca1
is
not
included
for
auto
repair
in
that
business
we
would
be
grandfathered
in,
but
we
don't
think
it's
fair
for
our
ourselves
and
my
family
that
has
developed
this
business
for
the
last
20
years
in
philadelphia
that
we
won't
be
able
to
sell
it
and
it'll
decrease
the
value
of
the
business.
N
Due
to
that
reason,
we
also
can
only
develop
60
percent
of
the
property
when
before
we
could
develop
75
percent.
So
it's
a
major
decrease
and
if
we
ever
want
to
expand
the
business
or
make
it
bigger,
we
would
have
to
go
to
zoning
and
cost
us
a
lot
more
money
and
variance
problems.
We're
trying
to
avoid
that.
N
We
just
don't
understand
the
theory
here.
We
thought
we
wanted
more
affordable
housing
for
oxbow,
and
this
seems
to
be
kind
of
contradicting
that.
That
bill
would
stop
that.
If
we're
looking
for
more
affordable
housing,
I
don't
understand
why
we
want
to
stop
the
building
and
and-
and
you
know,
cut
down
businesses.
We
got
a
lot
of
businesses
that
are
affected
by
this
they're,
all
a
lot
of
older
businesses,
a
few
of
them
been
here
since
the
60s
and
they
were
getting
their
zoning
changed.
Also,
I
don't
agree
with
the
bill.
N
Q
Good
morning,
council
president
clark
and
council
members,
my
name
is
renee
chenoult
fattah
and
I'm
here
to
speak
on
resolution
210
996,
and
I
want
to
thank
council
member
shirelle
parker
for
introducing
this
resolution.
Recognizing
the
10th
anniversary
of
philadelphia
lawyers
for
social
equity
or
pulse,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
pulse
and
while
I'm
new
to
the
organization
pulse
is
not
new.
In
the
arena
of
social
justice
and
equity
pulse
was
founded
a
decade
ago
by
civil
rights
attorneys.
Q
Many
of
you
in
the
room
know
mike
lee
and
ryan
hancock,
who
went
into
communities,
heard
general
consensus
on
the
challenge
that
people
were
facing
around
criminal
records.
These
are
our
friends,
our
co-workers.
Our
neighbors
people,
who
did
something
maybe
5
10
15
years
ago,
went
to
prison,
served
their
time,
didn't
have
any
more
problems
with
the
law,
but
we're
still
being
kept
back
from
job
and
education
opportunities
because
of
a
criminal
record.
Q
This
resolution
that
your
hopefully
will
pass
today
helps
us
spread
the
word
so
on
behalf
of
all
of
us
at
pulse
on
behalf
of
the
justice
involved
community,
of
which
I'm
a
member.
Thank
you
for
acknowledging
our
work
know
that
we
support
and
lift
the
important
work
you're
doing
every
day
have
a
safe
and
happy
holiday
and
again,
thank
you.
N
I
am
not
a
special
interest
or
anything,
I'm
private
citizen
from
district
five,
and
I
pose
this
ordinance
because
for
it's
one
number
one,
it's
non-specific
establishing
parking
regulations
in
the
vicinity
of
it
should
be
establishing
parking
regulations
as
necessary
in
the
vicinity
of
these.
These
things
handicap
parking
regulation,
I
think,
is
fine,
but
there's
already
too
much
parking
regulation
in
the
city
to
begin
with
and
number
two,
I'm
not
confident
that
the
money
accrued
from
parking
meters,
electronic
meters
or
parking
violations,
for
example,
will
be
reinvested
into
improving
the
quality
of
life
for
philadelphia.
N
Q
D
Q
B
Q
Q
I'm
opposed
to
the
term
bipoc
being
used
in
that
bill,
because
the
term
p
poc
people
of
color
was
a
phrase
chosen
by
black
latinos
and
native
americans
and
asian
and
pacific
islanders
activists
in
the
90s
to
actively
decenter
whiteness.
It
came
to
replace
the
terms,
non-white
and
minorities
that
carried
with
them.
The
idea
that
we
were
less
than
but
the
substitution
of
bypoc
just
doesn't
accomplish
the
same
goal
beyond
the
confusion
of
what
it
stands
for.
When
you
insist
on
naming
black
people
from
other
people
of
color
bypoc
does
as
bipac
does.
Q
N
Hi
good
morning
this
is
abraham
ray
espardo,
I'm
the
director
of
housing
at
the
urban
league
of
philadelphia,
a
hud
approved
housing,
counseling
agency,
I'm
part
of
a
team
of
seven
hot
approved
housing,
counselors
dedicated
to
provide
guidance
for
tenants
participating
in
the
eviction
diversion
program.
Today,
I'm
here
to
support
bill
number
210920
back
in
september
of
2020,
the
urban
league
of
philadelphia
was
prompted
to
answer
the
call
from
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
join
the
then
emerging
eviction
diversion
program.
N
Here
we
are
almost
15
months
and
thousands
of
cases
later
to
say
that
the
coalition
of
agencies
led
by
the
city
has
made
a
very
has
made.
This
a
very
successful
program
will
be
an
understatement.
Many
of
the
cases
entering
the
process
have
been
resolved
or
discontinued.
Before
the
schedule
hearing,
we
shall,
which
also
means
less
stress,
added
onto
an
already
overloaded
court
system.
N
In
addition
to
providing
safe
space
safe
space
for
to
review
these
cases
in
detail,
the
existence
of
this
program
has
allowed
us
to
look
closer
at
and
address
some
of
the
current
fair
housing
violations
that
otherwise
will
have
gone
on
unreported
part
of
the
cost.
Being
the
dynamic
between
landlords
and
tenants,
some
tenants
can
choose
to
forego
basic
living
conditions
in
fear
of
retaliation
in
the
form
of
excessive
fees
or
an
eviction
filing
with
a
handful
of
theorems
of
law
firms
handling
or
filing
the
vast
majority
of
these
cases.
N
The
program
helps
us
to
identify
areas
for
collaboration.
We
continue
to
learn
from
each
other's
perspective
having
the
concerns
of
tenants
and
landlords
at
stake.
If
the
collected
data
has
proven
anything
is
that
many
of
these
cases
do
not
belong
in
court,
particularly
referring
to
disputes
involving
significantly
small
balances.
That
could
be
easily
satisfied
through
a
repayment
plan.
The
urban
league
of
philadelphia
supports
the
continuation
of
the
eviction
diversion
program
and
will
continue
to
advocate
for
under-resourced
and
struggling
tenants.
Thank
you.
N
Good
morning
and
thank
you
for
taking
yes,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
I'm
sorry
go
ahead,
oh
yes,
good
morning,
and
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
consider
this
important
issue
our
city
is
facing.
My
name
is
jacob
speidel
and
I'm
the
director
of
tenant
rights
at
senior
law
center,
I'm
here
to
support
passage
of
bill
number
210920
at
senior
law
center.
N
We
see
justice
for
older
adults,
we're
the
only
non-profit
organization
in
pennsylvania
whose
mission
is
dedicated
solely
to
providing
legal
services
to
seniors,
while
families
and
individuals
across
philadelphia
have
been
devastated
by
the
cuban
19
pandemic.
Older
philadelphians
have
been
hardest
hit,
they've
been
the
most
at
risk
for
the
virus
and
the
most
likely
to
have
severe
health
consequences
and
the
most
likely
to
die.
Housing
has
never
been
more
crucial.
N
N
We
support
today's
legislation
to
continue
philadelphia's
highly
successful
eviction.
Diversion
program,
the
philadelphia
municipal
court's
authority,
to
continue
to
extend
the
requirement
for
landlord
participation
is
ending
at
the
end
of
this
month.
Today's
legislation
is
needed
to
extend
the
successful
eviction
diversion
program.
Philadelphia's
eviction.
Diversion
program
is
a
pre-filing
program
that
has
been
operational
for
over
a
year
now
and
has
received
local
state
and
national
attention.
Governor
wolf
has
called
philadelphia's
program
a
national
model
and
the
doj
has
held
out
philadelphia's
program
as
a
national
model.
N
Philadelphia's
eviction
diversion
program
benefits
both
landlords
and
tenants
for
landlords.
The
program
connects
them
to
mediators,
who
can
improve
communication
with
tenants
and
resolve
problems
while
giving
courts
the
capacity
to
schedule
speedy
hearings
for
the
landlords
that
need
court
hearings.
Unlike
most
legal
services,
organizations
senior
law
center
represents
both
low
income,
older
landlords
and
tenants.
We've
seen
firsthand
how
these
programs
benefit
landlords
and
tenants
the
philadelphia
diversion
program
has
been
enormously
successful.
N
A
Facebook,
okay,
good
morning,
president
and
members
of
city
council,
my
name
is
bonita
cummings
and
I'm
the
director
of
straight
mental
community
concern
and
a
member
of
the
citywide
rto
coalition
of
philadelphia.
The
need
for
resolution
number
two
10
692
and
bill
number.
Two
ten
six,
six
nine
appealing
to
the
electors
is
due
to
the
overzealous
change
of
the
philadelphia
zoning
code
in
2011
and
becoming
effective
in
2012.
A
I
revered
civil
rights
leader
martin
luther
king
jr
was
desecrated
and
his
body
laid
shattered
on
the
sidewalk
for
days
with
his
arm
being
left
behind
the
wall
of
a
huge
new
development.
All
our
holy
books
tell
us
that
life
is
in
the
spirit
and
therefore
the
spirit
of
these
great
leaders
who
sacrifice
for
the
world
were
treated
by
developers
with
their
conglomerate
of
investors.
Banks
and
desire
companies
like
trash.
These
agreements
must
be
rectified,
so
this
legislation
is
one
aspect
of
correction
to
what
is
wrong
with
the
development
of
vulnerable
communities.
A
In
addition,
council
must
take
an
overhaul
approach
to
our
zoning
code
now,
so
we
ask
that
our
at
large
members
with
their
district
council
members
pause
this
trauma
on
neighborhoods
call
for
some
town
hall
meetings
and
let
the
residents
have
a
say
most
times
when
the
neighborhoods
are
hearing
about
the
changes
for
their
neighborhood.
It
is
too
late
or
they
can't
make
council
hearings
or
meetings
and
sit
all
day
due
to
me
for
work
for
survival
of
their
family.
Last.
A
Our
presence
zoning
process
led
to
an
increase
led
to
an
increase
in
white
wealth
as
compared
to
black
and
brown
walls.
10
of
100
apartment
units
is
10
units,
no
matter
how
you
cut
it:
mixed
income,
housing,
etc.
The
90
is
wealth
and
the
10
is
wealth
to
the
same
owner,
because
affordable
is
subsidized
at
market
rate
rent.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
to
them.
D
Hello:
everyone,
my
name,
is
odessa,
tate
of
all
in
a
family,
cdc
and
strawberry
mansion,
and
I'm
also
a
member
of
the
citywide
rco
coalition.
I'm
in
support
of
bill
number
210
669
resolution
210-692
of
the
dba
reform
democracy
is
for
the
people
and
the
leaders
of
the
city
have
a
great
responsibility
to
his
residence
to
ensure
security,
protection
and
fairness.
The
city
zone
and
code
impacts
all
the
philadelphians
through
land
use
and
is
pivotal
in
the
long-term
impact
of
our
microcosm
socially
and
economically.
D
The
zva
is
critical
in
the
city's
survival
with
land
use
impact.
Having
the
power
to
grant
variances
does
not
only
impact
development
changes,
but
can
also
contribute
to
mental
emotional
and
environmental
stressors.
For
individuals
having
adequate
representation
to
make
informed
and
well-rounded
decisions
can
help
the
city's
credibility
with
people
and
development.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
D
Thank
you
for
considering
making
these
appropriate
changes
to
ensure
support
for
the
zba
to
help
them
best,
support
the
people
and
eradicate
and
development
challenges.
The
message
from
many
people
and
communities
throughout
the
metropolis
are
clear.
There
are
more
conducive
ways
to
create
opportunities
for
larger
mid-sized
multi-unit
development.
It's
been
mentioned
before
about
the
use
of
old
factories,
warehouses
and
even
commercial
buildings
to
accommodate
such
living.
Some
areas
are
more
appropriate
than
others
to
create
multi-family
usage
or
larger
scale.
D
Developments
for
the
zva,
having
someone
represented
with
demonstrated
sensitivity
to
community
concerns
regarding
development
and
the
protection
of
the
character
of
philadelphia's,
neighborhood
balances,
expertise
and
objectives,
and
each
community
and
economic
development
plans,
and
it
should
include
decent
housing
opportunities
for
low-income
accessibility
and
accessibility
for
the
community's
economic
health.
We
need
teachers,
firefighters,
police
officers,
municipal
employees,
health
care
workers
and
people
of
other
professions
to
have
access
to
safe,
affordable
housing.
We
also
cannot
disregard
the
elderly,
demographic
on
a
fixed
income
and
people
starting
out
in
careers
with
student
loan
debt.
D
We
need
communities
with
age
and
income,
diversity,
not
ballooning,
incidences
of
individuals,
spending
the
majority
of
their
earnings
on
higher
rent
mortgages
and
property
taxes.
We
have
many
issues
within
our
communities
and
displacement
should
not
add
to
them.
We
need
to
achieve
a
healthy
balance
to
build
sustainable
communities.
D
D
A
A
This
is
gremlin
ma'am
glad
to
see
you
all.
I
want
to
say
thank
god
for
this
opportunity,
I'm
the
president
founder
of
the
chewing
bellfield
naval
organization
since
1981,
and
I'm
also
a
supporter
and
a
partner
in
the
citywide
rco
coalition.
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you,
president
of
city
council,
for
writing
up
this
resolution.
A
A
We
like
to
say
also,
I
pray
that
each
and
every
one
of
you
continue
praying
for
god
to
give
you
wisdom
that
you
can
understand
the
significance
of
the
importance
of
community
to
have
a
voice.
We
were
organizing
rcos
to
have
a
voice
to
represent
the
community.
Please
don't
take
that
from
us.
We
also
like
to
say,
as
we
see
new
developments
are
coming
in
and
trying
to
build
buildings
three
and
four
stories
high
in
a
commercial
in
a
residential
area
where
there's
family
owning
their
property.
A
We
pray
that
you
do
not
overlook
what
we've
come
to
in
the
past.
We
do
not
need
projects
anymore,
and
these
buildings
to
me
and
others
are
looking,
though
they're
building
them
high
enough
to
bring
back
those
structures,
just
a
different
face
to
save
and
to
look
as
a
project.
People
don't
need
to
be
cattle
in
no
more,
they
don't
need
cattle
up
on
top
of
each
other.
A
They
need
space
to
live
and
to
breathe
and
to
think
we
asking
you
help
us
not
to
let
this
go
into
a
structured
building,
that
we
look
up
and
philadelphia
of
the
all-over
city
having
buildings,
structured
and
stacking
people.
On
top
of
that
looks
like
the
old-fashioned
project,
but
back
to
the
old
way.
We
congratulate
you
on
this
and
we
pray
the
next
steps
go
forth
to
help
to
reorganize
the
zbz
even
more
and
more
and
more
and
also
restructure.
A
E
N
Q
Is
chris,
my
name
is
crystal
morris,
president
of
the
winfield
residents
association
and
I'm
reading
a
statement
of
the
46th
ward
democratic
rco,
along
with
other
city-wide
rco
coalition
members
that
I
will
identify
later.
We
support
council
president
clark's
vba
reform
referendum
to
change
the
composition
of
the
zba
and
allow
for
city
council's
advice
and
consent
regarding
the
mayor's
appointments
to
the
body
with
the
present
cba,
we
have
continually
experienced
one-sidedness
both
in
decisions
and
also
the
way
meetings
are
being
run.
Q
In
fact,
an
astounding
92
percent
of
recent
vba
decisions
have
gone
in
favor
of
the
applicant,
despite
sometimes
explicit
rules
in
the
philadelphia
code
governing
vba
decisions,
community
leaders
and
members
have
been
subject
to
interruption
and
disrespect
when
testifying
many
philadelphians.
Your
constituents
are
disappointed
and
frustrated
with
the
present
situation
and
need
to
be
better
served.
We
feel
that
a
more
professional
approach
will
benefit
all
involved.
A
more
diverse
and
qualified
board
will
help
to
increase
community
trust
of
this
important
city
institution.
Q
When
outcomes
are
based
on
application
of
the
law,
costs
may
actually
go
down.
We
believe
that
city,
council's
advice
and
consent
would
be
an
important
check
and
balance
to
help
ensure
that
the
best
people
are
appointed
and
that
appointees
will
be
judicious
and
respectful
of
city
code
and
city
residents.
Q
We're
asking
you
to
please
support
vba
reform
and
vote
for
the
referendum.
Sincerely
catherine
blunt
from
the
46th
ward
democratic
rco
mark
harris
from
cathedral
park
cdc
crystal
morris,
one
winfield
resident
reverend
chester
williams
from
shu
and
bellefield
neighbors
club
and
eloise
young
on
behalf
of
hmc
squared
community
association.
Also
communities
are
being
decimated
by
aggressive
development.
We
desperately
need
council
members
to
stand
with
us
and,
more
importantly,
for
us
we
understand
this
will
not
solve
all
problems,
but
passing
this
bill
in
resolution
will
be
a
great
start.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
C
N
Q
N
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
bill
number
210920.
That's
right!
This
bill
will
extend
the
requirement
that
landlords
participate
in
the
philadelphia
eviction
diversion
program,
which
has
been
an
enormous
success
before
the
pandemic.
Philadelphia
had
over
19
000
eviction
filings
per
year
in
2021.
Thanks
to
the
success
of
the
conversion
program,
there
have
been
just
over
six
thousand
division
volumes.
N
N
This
is
because
of
a
huge
backlog
of
cases
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic.
Now
because
of
the
diversion
program
and
the
requirement
that
landlords
participate
in
that
program,
the
wait
time
has
dropped
to
be
about
30
days
without
the
diversion
requirement.
Philadelphia
risks
overwhelming
the
court
system
with
cases
that
could
easily
be
resolved
through
mediation.
N
P
Good
morning,
I'm
I'm
val
ross,
co-founder
of
citywide
rco
coalition
of
philadelphia
and
of
rco
wp3p
here
to
speak
in
strong
support
of
the
bill
and
resolution
for
zba
reform
and
to
thank
you,
president
clark
and
council
members
who
put
it
forward.
Our
coalition
resulted
from
rcos
across
the
city
recognizing
that
the
zba
badly
needed
reform
unqualified
out
of
control.
It's
turned
its
back
on
participatory
democracy,
the
heart
of
urban
planning
and
city
government.
P
The
trial
of
former
zba
chair,
john
dougherty
has
fully
displayed
the
dangers
of
allowing
a
mayor
to
hand-pick
members
of
this
powerful
board,
giving
private
interest
control
over
public
matters.
The
mayor
then
replaced
mr
dougherty
with
frank
tachicho,
a
developers
consultant
contemptuous
of
any
who
interfered
with
developers,
interests
jovially
joining
with
developers,
attorneys
to
silence,
rebuke
and
ridicule
community
members
and
rcos
protesting
appeals.
P
He
allowed
developers
attorneys
to
control
zoom
screens,
speakers
and
speech,
and
he
and
his
fellow
board
members
went
along
rubber,
stamping,
92
percent
of
all
appeals,
a
rigged
game,
developer,
attorneys
and
lobbyists,
larded
hearings
with
sketches
and
talks
of
design
density
parking
and
meanwhile,
residents
and
rcos
objecting
to
these
same
things.
We're
told
their
remarks
were
irrelevant.
P
Our
coalition
was
shocked
at
how
unqualified
and
riddled
with
conflicts
of
interest.
Our
zba
is
and
how
unusual
that
such
a
powerful
organization
undergoes
no
oversight
and
has
no
qualifications
required.
To
quote
a
california
judge.
The
power
to
rezone
is
the
power
to
create
great
wealth
and
using
that
power
wrongfully
is
just
as
bad
as
stealing
public
money.
The
zba
decisions
have
harmed
our
city's
most
vulnerable,
neighborhoods,
wiping
out
affordable
housing,
jacking
up
prices,
destroying
coherent
neighborhoods
and
pushing
out
small
businesses
and
long-term
residents,
including
30
000
black
residents.
P
In
the
last
10
years,
the
zba
ignores
the
only
legal
grounds
for
granting
an
appeal
demonstrating
unnecessary
hardship
because,
frankly,
they
don't
have
the
the
credentials
to
do
so,
even
if
they
have
the
will,
our
city
needs
and
deserves
a
qualified
vetted.
Forward-Thinking,
va
capable
of
applying
the
zoning
code
and
grasping
how
thoughtless
decisions,
promote
environmental,
infrastructural,
economic
damage,
social
and
racial
injustice,
crime,
despair
and
homelessness.
P
Q
Sorry,
my
name
is
eloise
young,
I'm
a
facilitator
for
the
hmc
square
rco
in
west
philly,
and
I'm
also
a
member
of
the
citywide
rco
coalition.
I'm
also
a
long
time.
A
lifelong
philadelphia
resident
hmc
square
supports
bill
number
210,
669
and
resolution
number
210
692
for
the
reasons
outlined
in
the
letters
to
city
council
from
the
city-wide
rco
coalition,
as
well
as
the
letter
by
the
46th
ward
democratic.
Q
R
R
The
movement
of
some,
but
not
all,
policy
makers,
developers
and
active
political
action
groups
are
the
absolute
smallest
percentage
that
make
up
for
the
overall
population
of
the
city
versus
the
over
60
percent,
black
and
brown
community
that
make
up
for
the
city
as
a
city
ecosystem.
The
people
entrust
our
policymakers
to
uphold
the
integrity
of
the
principles,
values
and
culture
that
make
our
city
unique.
Campaigns
may
be
funded
by
dollars,
but
our
elected
officials
are
powered
by
the
people.
R
Perhaps
we've
been
somewhat
absent
from
these
kinds
of
conversations
on
this
level
due
to
the
fact
that
all
of
our
time
is
consumed
by
attending
balloon
race,
balloon
releases,
candlelight,
vigils
playing
and
cooking
for
block
parties
and
community
cookouts
attending
to
block
captain
duties,
creating
programming
from
scratch
for
our
children
serving
on
advisory
councils
in
our
over
157
rec
centers
tending
to
our
community
gardens
applying
for
grants
and
so
much
more.
This
is
philadelphia.
R
This
public
statement
is
a
full
circle
of
how
our
housing
landscape
is
a
direct
reflection
of
our
culture
where
we
live
and
what
those
homes
look
like
and
to
what
density
they
exist
matter.
The
90
plus
percent
of
the
variances
we
have
seen
past
just
in
the
past
four
years
with
now
the
former
chairman
is
enough
to
show
for
in
three
short
minutes.
R
We
couldn't
express
our
deep
understanding
for
housing
trends,
the
rising
cost
of
construction
costs
in
philadelphia
that
is,
topping
300
dollars
per
square
growth
fee,
which
is
a
direct
result
of
the
noticeable
uptick
in
half
million
price
dollar
homes.
In
the
midst
of
100
000
average
comps
price
neighborhoods,
this
updated
legislation
is
necessary
in
order
to
protect
the
thresholds.
We've
been
compromising
basic
principalities
of
sharing
and
quality
of
life
for
the
name
of
pure
profit.
C
N
A
Hello
good
morning,
my
name
is
mark
zachary,
I'm
a
resident
of
west
kensington,
the
7th
council
medic.
You
know
this
is
I'm
going
to
have
a
different
opinion.
This
is
obviously
a
transparent
power
grab
to
wrest
control
of
the
vba
from
the
mayor's
office,
and
it's
being
done
because
certain
members
of
the
council
and
some
short-sighted
individuals
think
that
the
vba
approves
building
that
are
too
tall
and
too
dense
and
that
that
reduces
affordability
and
increases
overall
prices
in
the
neighborhoods,
and
you
couldn't
be
farther
from
the
truth
you
couldn't
be.
A
You
couldn't
be
more
wrong
about
that.
The
fact
is:
is
that
members
use
down
zoning
bills
as
a
weapon
to
force
developers
to
come
to
the
community
and
beg
council
persons
to
help
slide
their
development
through,
and
all
this
bill
is
going
to
do
is
exponentially
increase
the
politic,
the
politization
of
that
process,
and
if
areas
were
zoned
properly
in
the
first
place,
there
would
be
less
need
for
the
zba
american
street,
for
example,
front
street
under
the
l,
kensington
ave
west
gerard
ave
a
few
to
come
to
my
mind
now.
A
A
You
know
the
bottom
line
is:
is
that
especially
along
major
transit
corridors,
like
gerard
under
the
ale
second
street
american
street
buildings
should
be
much
taller
by
right
and
need
to
be
more
dense.
This
is
the
way
that
you
will
increase
affordability,
along
with
the
mixed
income,
housing
overlay-
that
has
the
affordability
requirement
built
in
this
is
the
way,
the
way
that
you
want
to
do
it
and
the
way
that
everybody
else
is
thinking
it's
going
to
get
done,
it's
going
to
have
the
exact
opposite
effect.
A
Now
you
know
the
council
members
have
also
used
these
overlays
to
disallow
bonuses
for
affordable
units.
We
should
be
looking
forward
not
backward
to
exclusionary,
suburban
outlooks
on
zoning
that
went
out
of
fashion
in
the
50s
and
60s,
but
for
some
reason,
are
coming
back
these.
These
exclusionary
policies
have
roots
in
classism
and
racism.
Building
silence
with
an
affordability
requirement
is
the
best
way
to
manage
affordability,
ensure
that
we
can
continue
to
grow.
A
N
Hi,
my
name
is
chris
hinkley
and
I'm
speaking
in
opposition
to
bill
two
one:
zero,
six,
six,
nine
and
resolution
two
one:
zero,
six,
nine
two.
I
think
the
proposal
will
have
negative
impacts
for
philadelphia
and
I
think
its
passage
should
be
delayed
with
the
news.
Eba
chair
things
have
changed
and
the
legislation
needs
to
be
slowed
down.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
I'll,
just
just
for
the
record.
This
must
be
voted
on
by
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
so
this
could
not
be
enacted
unless
there
is
a
positive
vote
in
the
may
primary
election.
So
this
is
a
ballot
referendum,
so
there
will
be
time
from
the
installation
of
the
new
zoning
board
chair
and
the
time
that
citizens
actually
get
to
vote.
B
N
N
The
legislative
process
behind
the
spill
and
resolution
is
being
rushed
and
should
be
slowed
down
until
we
fully
understand
its
impact
city
council
controls.
What's
in
the
zoning
code,
city
council
controls
how
properties
are
zoned
in
the
zoning
maps,
city
council
controls,
zoning
overlays
in
various
neighborhoods
city
council
controls
policies
like
the
expiring
tax
abatement
and
the
new
construction
tax,
and
now
city
council
wants
to
control
the
makeup
of
the
zva
itself.
N
N
Despite
pacific
design,
reviews
requests
if
they
go
back
to
the
drawing
board,
this
developer
can
legally
build
320
studios,
regardless
of
what
is
appropriate
for
the
neighborhood.
This
legislation
would
not
prevent
that
development
from
happening,
and
I
fear
that
the
legislation
will
actually
make
this
type
of
bad
development
happen
more
regularly.
A
Everyone
I
want
to
speak
on,
since
we
had
a
lot
of
talk
on
669.
Let's
skip
that
210
633,
more
city
of
our
more
of
our
city
properties,
are
being
transferred
from
public
property
into
rda
and
there
has
not
been
any
community
process.
We
should
have
a
community
process
right
now.
Most
of
the
properties
that
have
been
transferred
are
being
sold
at
185
and
195
000
and
that's
not
fair
to
us.
A
I
spoke
to
an
industry
professional
and
he
laughed
when
he
thought
about
15
and
I
was
going
to
be
able
to
sustain
185
000
home.
That
is
not
right.
We
need
to
find
community
developers
who
can
build
at
a
much
lower
price
and
have
why
not
have
the
people
buy
a
home
at
125
000
and
invest
the
rest
in
college
unit,
college
scholarships
and
generation
wealth?
Why
try
to
push
that
185?
A
I'm
asking
that
we
have
a
community
meeting
regarding
these
properties
to
find
out
if
we're
going
to
have
low
wage
housing.
Finally,
I
want
to
talk
about
this
bonus
card
bill.
It
is
the
most
detrimental
bill.
I've
ever
seen
in
my
activism
career.
This
bill
is
not
right.
You
give
the
impression
that
you're
giving
affordable
housing
but
you're,
not
the
theme
is
that
you
allow
the
garbage
to
get
seven
feet
in
height
and
11
mini
bonus
units
more
than
we're
getting
for
affordable,
and
then
you
make
it
a
fight
right.
A
It
is
not
right
to
sit
here
and
tell
the
community
that
it's
a
vibe
right
and
there's
nothing
you
can
do
about
it.
That
is
not
true,
and
god
knows
the
truth,
and
you
know
the
truth.
Why
not?
Why
is
it
fair
and
I'm
saying
the
council
president,
why
are
you
not
making
this
prohibited
require
a
community,
a
community
process
for
all
of
the
city?
Okay,
we
have
the
right
to
address
trash
materials,
types
of
units,
rental
threat,
prices,
parking
requirements
and
everything
at
this
point.
This
is
real.
A
This
bill
at
this
point
is
really
a
detrimental
to
us.
We
have
99
units
coming
through
our
community
and
we
have
practically
no
say
if
you
say
you
care
about
your
your
constituents
and
you
respect
us,
then
why
not
put
a
community
process
in
here?
Why
allow
developer
and
a
plan
examiner
at
illinois
to
make
all
the
decisions
for
a
multi-family
unit?
You
quote
like
90
units
100
units-
that's
not
fair
to
us.
A
I
just
want
people
to
know,
buy
right
means
bypass,
the
community
buy
right,
means,
bypass
the
community
and
know
this,
and
I'm
not
being
smart.
The
turkey
that
you
give
will
have
more
community
process
and
community
input
than
you
do.
This
is
not
right,
stop
the
buy
right
process
and
and
get
put
a
community
process
in
this
bonus
bar
bill.
B
B
I
would
ask
mr
decker
to
please
read
the
titles
of
all
the
resolutions
on
the
concentration
after
each
title
is
any
member
may
object
to
the
inclusion
of
the
resolution
on
the
resolution
consent
agenda
upon
such
an
objection
without
debate.
The
resolution
will
be
immediately
removed
from
the
resolution
consent
agenda
and
placed
on
today's
regular
final
passage
calendar.
Mr
decker,
will
you
please
now
read
the
titles
on
the
resolution.
Consent.
C
Agenda
resolution
number
21096
entitled
a
resolution
recognizing
honoring
and
congratulating
zeta
five
beta
sorority,
incorporated
on
its
102nd
founders
day
and
the
upcoming
international
convention
being
held
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
july
18
through
july
24
2022
and
resolution
number
two
went
on
961
and
started
a
resolution
recognizing
honoring
congratulating
five
beta
sigma's
fraternity,
incorporated
on
its
108th
founders
day
and
the
upcoming
eastern
region
conference
being
held
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
march
31
through
march
through
april
3.
2022.
C
As
president
and
chief
executive
officer
of
the
committee
of
seventy
and
resolution
number,
two
one:
one:
zero:
zero,
eight
and
cited
a
resolution
calling
on
the
general
assembly
to
prohibit
the
use
of
deadly
force
to
make
a
citizen's
arrest
and
resolution
number
two
one:
one:
zero:
zero.
Nine
conservative
resolution
authorizing
the
commissioner
of
public
property
to
execute
and
deliver
to
the
philadelphia
redevelopment
authority.
These
conveying
feasible
titles
of
1306,
1308,
1310,
1312
and
1329
south
21st
street
1303,
south
23rd
street
1306,
south
28th
street
1213,
south
bonsault
street
1148,
south
cleveland
street
2632.
B
L
B
B
Don't
ask
mr
decker,
please
read
the
titles
of
all
the
bills
on
the
consent
agenda
after
each
title
is
read.
Any
member
may
object
to
the
inclusion
of
the
bill
on
the
consent
agenda
upon
such
an
objection
without
debate,
the
bill
will
be
immediately
removed
from
the
consent
agenda
and
placed
on
a
regular
and
second
reading
final
passage
calendar
today,
mr
decker,
now
please
read
the
titles
of
the
bills
on
the
consent
agenda.
C
Bill
number
one:
zero:
six,
eight
nine
entitled
in
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
thought
presenting
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designations
of
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
old
york,
road,
broad
street
and
sixty
fifth
avenue
and
the
number
two
one:
zero.
Eight
nine
nine
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
chapter.
Fourteen
one
thousand
of
the
philippi
code
entitled
historic
preservation
to
establish
a
temporary
demolition
moratorium
with
respect
to
properties
in
the
area
bounded
by
henry
avenue,
roxborough
avenue,
silverwood
street
and
fountain
street,
and
the
number
two
one:
zero.
C
C
C
B
Thank
you
all
right.
These
bills
haven't
been
read
on
two
different
days.
The
question
for
each
bill
now
is:
shall
the
bill
pass.
Finally,
mr
decker
called
a
roll
and,
upon
being
called
each
council
member,
shall
vote
eye
on
each
of
the
bills:
nail
needs
of
the
bills
or
indicate
those
bills
for
which
the
member
is
voting.
I
and
those
bills
for
which
voting,
nay,.
L
F
I
C
B
C
A
resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
philadelphia
home
rule
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
and
providing
for
the
submission
of
the
amendment
of
the
electors
of
philadelphia.
J
B
D
E
E
Q
E
B
Hi
guys
we're
16,
the
nays
are
zero.
The
resolution,
two-thirds
of
all
members
of
council
voting
from
the
resolution
number
two
one
zero
six.
Ninety
two
has
been
adopted.
Thank
you,
mr
decker.
We
read
the
title
of
bill
number
two,
one
zero.
You
know
what
mr
deb
bill
number
two
one:
zero,
six,
three,
three,
a
I'm!
Sorry.
C
An
ordinance
amending
title
14
of
the
philippi
code
by
amending
certain
provisions
of
chapter
14,
500
entitled
overlay
zoning
districts
by
creating
the
mih
mixed
income.
Neighborhoods
overlay
district
by
revising
certain
provisions
of
chapter
set,
14
702
until
the
floor
area,
height
and
dwelling
unit
density
bonuses
and
by
making
related
changes.
B
C
C
E
E
B
C
B
D
E
E
L
E
B
C
B
C
An
ordinance
providing
for
the
submission
of
the
qualified
electors
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
The
proposal
set
forth
in
a
resolution
approved
by
council
opposing
an
amendment
to
the
philadelphia
charter
to
revise
the
composition
of
his
learning
board
of
adjustment
by
increasing
the
number
of
appointees
book,
providing
for
confirmation
by
council
of
appointees
and
specifying
qualifications,
and
that
appointees
must
possess
and
authorizing
the
appropriate
officers
to
publish
notice
and
to
make
arrangements
for
the
special
election.
B
G
I
C
E
E
B
B
D
B
G
B
C
B
B
I
Did
not
plan
to
speak?
I
was
wondering
I
was.
I
wasn't
expecting
to
speak
today,
but
I
you
know.
I
especially
want
to
thank
the
co-sponsors
of
this
bill.
Council
member
thomas
gautier
brooks
members
of
the
housing
committee
and
certainly
all
members
of
city
council
who,
in
last
month,
signed
on
to
a
letter
to
the
pennsylvania
supreme
court,
urging
an
extension
of
philadelphia's
historic
eviction
diversion
program.
I
You
know,
philadelphia's
eviction
diversion
program
was
created
in
an
emergency
in
crisis.
It
happened
before
we
had
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
rent
assist
coming
through.
It
happened
before
we
knew
how
long
the
kovic
crisis
would
last,
but
I
think
what
this
council
body
ultimately
understood
was
that
kovid
exposed
existing
breaks
and
crises
within
a
system.
I
It
didn't
just
create
them,
and
one
of
the
crises
that
we
have
in
philadelphia,
the
poorest
large
city
in
the
country,
is
that
poverty
is
a
lived
experience
and
one
of
the
lived
experiences
comes
through.
Evictions.
Philadelphia
was
the
fourth
highest
evicting
city
in
the
nation.
Pre-Pandemic
almost
22
000
evictions
were
processed
and
filed
annually
every
single
year
since
the
pandemic.
We
have
this
council
body.
I
There
can
be
solutions
that
result
in
helping
us
distribute
rent
assistance.
Almost
230
million
dollars
in
rent
assistance
has
gone
to
four,
almost
nearly
40
000
philadelphia
households
to
keep
them
housing
stable
and
to
ensure
that
landlords
are
paid
in
the
process,
and
it's
it's
made
sure
that
we
have
due
process
in
our
courts.
Prior
to
the
pandemic.
There
was
an
almost
90
day,
wait
in
municipal
court
when
filing
for
an
eviction
that
weight
is
now
30
days.
I
My
hope
is
is
that
this
program
will
continue
to
evolve
and
grow
and
that
our
council
body
and
our
city
will
continue
to
evolve
and
grow
in
our
responses
to
a
complicated,
complicated
situation,
but
one
that
has
been
devastating
to
a
number
of
to
thousands
of
philadelphians
and
again.
I
want
to
thank
this
council
body
for
being
dedicated
again.
I
want
to
thank
every
single
person
on
this
city
council
who
signed
off
on
that
letter
to
the
supreme
court.
I
I
We
will
have
our
landlord
and
our
renter
advocates
at
the
table,
as
we
look
forward
to
a
new
era
that
takes
us
out
of
an
emergency
and
into
a
permanent
approach
towards
scene
evictions
as
a
course
of
last
resort,
and
not
the
first
and
default
option
that
that
landlords
and
tenants
have
to
have
to
see
through.
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
that,
and
I
look
forward
to
the
vote.
Thank
you
very
much,
council
president.
I
B
E
C
E
E
E
B
E
C
A
resolution
urging
the
biden
administration
and
the
united
states
department
of
justice
to
finalize
a
proposed
rule
that
would
close
a
regulatory
loophole
and
require
ghost
gun
kit
makers
to
include
serial
numbers
and
firearm
kits
and
require
federally
licensed
firearms
dealers
to
to
conduct
background
checks
prior
to
the
sale
of
these
firearm
kits
introduced
by
councilman
johnson.
On
behalf
of
council
president
clark.
B
C
B
H
H
B
B
B
B
B
K
K
I
think,
in
summary,
at
least
from
what
I
understand
and
I
invite
the
public
to
look
at
the
video
of
the
hearing.
I
will
warn
you
it's
about
four
and
a
half
hours.
However,
you
can
skip
around
and-
and
you
will
see
a
lot
of
very
impressive
learned
people
as
well
as
excellent
representatives
providing
expert
testimony
and
important
testimony,
but
what
I
believe
is
revealed
is
that
the
philadelphia
board
of
education
has
already
implemented
they're,
not
planning
to
implement
this.
K
K
K
K
I
do
think
that,
as
many
of
my
colleagues
have
stated
that
whatever
the
good
intentions
that
this
process
was
not
well
thought
out
was
not
available
to
the
public
was
not
inclusive
and
part
of
the
problems
also
raise
legal
issues.
For
example,
the
process
of
selection
is
extremely
detrimental
to
children
with
intellectual
and
emotional
disabilities.
K
K
Philadelphia
is
ranked
597th
out
of
707
school
districts
in
the
state.
Children
can
simply
go
to
school
in
a
neighborhood
that
they
live
in,
which
is
wealthy.
They
have
a
a
excellent
school.
They
don't
need
to
compete
for
it.
They
don't
need
to
take
tests,
they
don't
need
to
write
essays,
they
just
go
to
their
neighborhood
school.
Other
kids
cannot
go
there
because
they
don't
live
there.
They
don't
have
the
money
to
live
there.
K
I,
I
am
circulating
a
letter,
I'm
just
letting
people
know,
and
I
appreciate
the
council
members
that
are
aware
of
it
that
that
are
signing
on
and
for
those
who
don't
know,
I
will
circulated
just
laying
out
what
happened.
What
was
made
evidence
and
urging
the
school
district
to
to
take
a
pause
in
terms
of
working
with
city
council
to
see
if
there
is
a
way
to
address
this
situation,
the
damage
has
been
done.
K
B
B
D
D
Today's
resolution
with
so
many
of
my
colleagues
were
kind
enough
to
support,
recognizes
my
friend
ron.
Whitehorn
ryan's
life.
Thus
far
is
a
laundry
list
of
hard-fought
campaigns
for
justice
and
equity
ron
was
an
early
supporter
of
the
desegregation
efforts,
civil
rights
and
black
liberation
movements.
He
was
a
leading
voice
in
the
anti-war
activism.
D
This
is
what
this
is
at
the
heart
of
what
makes
him
such
a
great
activist
and
leader.
His
work
has
always
been
about
giving
other
peoples
the
tools
to
realize
justice
for
themselves,
to
sharing
resources
and
knowledge
and
power
building
from
the
ground
up,
and
if
I
remember
the
list,
each
of
the
essential
movement
campaigns
that
he
has
been
a
key
part
of,
we
would
be
here
all
day.
D
Many
of
you
know
him
from
his
work,
his
integrity
and
his
good
heart.
I
know
him
as
a
person
who
paved
the
way
for
my
third
party
election
to
city
council
as
a
person
who
envisioned
an
independent-minded
elected
official
for
years
before
I
even
knew
what
was
possible
and
as
a
person
who
believed
in
and
supported
me
from
the
very
start,
ron
draws
his
strength
from
the
belief
that
change
happens
when
ordinary
people
come
together
and
demand
it.
D
B
M
Thank
you
council
president,
a
couple
things
that
I
think
are
really
important
that
I
want
to
highlight,
as
we
close
out
our
last
council
session
of
the
year.
I
first
want
to
just
take
a
moment
to
say
congratulations
to
the
workers
that
unite
here.
They
were
able
to
put
themselves
in
a
position
where
they
were
going
through
some
tough
negotiations
and
those
workers
who
are
mostly
city
residents
that
we
all
represent
have
been
put
in
a
position
where
they
have
some
level
of
stability.
M
So
I
just
want
to
say
congratulations
to
them.
I
then
I
also
want
to
offer
my
condolences
to
the
staff
and
all
of
the
folks
over
at
alanine
high
school,
this
cove
situation.
This
covert
crisis
is
one
that
we
talk
about,
often
from
an
economic
perspective
from
a
mental
health
perspective,
the
impact
it
has
on
crime,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
virus
itself
is
still
killing
people
and
we're
seeing
a
number
of
different
variants.
M
With
that
being
said,
we
as
a
council
body,
must
assure
that
we
continue
to
do
the
due
diligence
that
we've
stepped
up
to
do
to
make
sure
that
we're,
educating
and
encouraging
people
to
get
vaccinated.
I
I'm
in
a
number
of
different
conversations
where
this
idea
of
being
vaccinated
is
still
something
that
folks
feel
like
is
not
necessary,
whether
you're
talking
about
sports
and
issues
there
or
whether
you're
talking
about
the
new
guidelines
around
restaurants.
M
It
is
a
sad
situation
when
someone
has
to
die
from
this
unfortunate
virus.
While
we
have
vaccinations
available-
and
you
know-
I'm
not
judging
anybody
based
on
how
you
feel
about
a
vaccine
or
what
you
think
should
be
done,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
this
is
a
serious
matter.
It's
a
global
pandemic,
it's
impacting
people
all
across
the
world,
not
just
in
philadelphia.
So
before
folks
come
with
their
conspiracy
theories,
we
got
to
recognize
that
this
is
global.
M
We
take
vaccines
outside
of
just
covet.
We
take
them
for
other
issues
and
other
things
for
our
children
to
attend
schools,
and
for
I
think
about
my
father,
who
is
72
years
old.
He
takes
a
number
of
medicines
and
vaccines
to
assure
that
his
health
stays
up
to
par.
So
I
I
did
want
to
get
long-winded
about
that
part,
because
my
heart
was
broken
when
I
found
out-
and
I
just
want
to
continue
to
push
people
to
get
vaccinated.
M
The
last
thing
for
me
on
my
end
is
just
want
to
communicate
my
disappointment
and
some
of
the
things
that
we're
hearing
as
it
relates
to
student
loan
debt.
One
of
our
colleagues
council
member,
brooks
introduced
a
resolution
a
little
while
back
looking
at
this
issue
around
student
loan
debt,
and
we
know
that
the
federal
government
is
looking
to
have
a
student
loan
payments
resume
sometime
early
next
year.
M
That
is
something
that
is
extremely
unfortunate
when
you
look
at
the
poverty
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
other
urban
areas
all
across
the
country,
one
of
the
things
that
people
really
were
banking
on
is
this
idea
of
some
type
of
initiative
to
address
the
student
loan
debt
that
an
entire
generation
of
people
are
dealing
with.
I
myself
am
a
victim
victim
of
student
loan
debt.
M
We
have
a
catastrophe
in
this
country
as
it
relates
to
the
cost
of
a
quality
education,
and
when
you
look
at
the
amount
of
debt
that
an
entire
generation
is
faced
with,
as
it
relates
to
student
loans,
it
is
crippling
households,
it
will
households
next
year,
the
inflation
that
we're
seeing
not
just
in
philadelphia
but
all
across
the
country
is
significant.
The
stimulus
dollars
that
people
got
seems
like
it
was
years
ago.
M
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
am
really
concerned
about
the
student
loan
debt
issue
that
we
have
as
a
nation,
specifically
the
impact
it
has
on
us
as
folks
who
represent
the
people
of
philadelphia,
and
I
am
challenging
myself
first
and
my
colleagues
to
figure
out
what
can
we
do
to
advocate
to
the
federal
government
to
put
together
some
type
of
program
or
relief
or
initiative
to
be
able
to
deal
with
the
student
loan
crisis
that
we're
facing?
Thank
you,
council
president.
Thank
you,
colleagues.
I
appreciate
your
time.
B
H
Thank
you
council
president
echo,
those
comments
that
you
made
and
thank
you
councilmember,
thomas
for
bringing
this
to
our
attention
and
thank
you,
council,
president,
for
your
leadership
in
getting
us
as
members
of
council
to
do
psas
to
get
people
to
get
their
booster.
Shots
is
so
important
that
we
do
that.
H
As
this
is
our
last
council
session,
I
want
to
wish
all
of
my
colleagues
to
staff
city
employees
and
all
of
philadelphia
a
happy
holiday
season,
it's
important
for
us
to
get
those
booster
shots
and
even
original
shots
so
that
we
can
get
together
during
the
holiday
season.
I
know
this
has
been
a
very
challenging
time
period
and
you
know,
fortunately,
many
of
us
will
be
able
to
get
together
over
the
holidays
and
as
we
prepare
for
the
holiday
season,
we
also
prepare
for
a
new
year.
H
Many
of
us
make
resolutions
to
possibly
eat
less
work
out
more
lose
a
little
weight.
I
know
on
a
personal
level,
I'm
going
to
try
to
not
wait
to
the
last
minute
to
do
some
of
my
honeydew
tasks
that
I
need
to
do
in
a
household,
but
even
though
we
can
make
these
personal
resolutions
to
do
better,
I
think
we
as
a
city
can
also
resolve
to
do
better.
H
H
We
have
to
acknowledge
as
a
gun,
violence
crisis
in
order
to
address
gun
violence,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
our
district
attorney,
larry
krasner,
for
making
that
apology
and
acknowledging
the
gun
crisis
issue
in
our
city
and
there's
an
issue
that
all
of
us
know
has
really
impacted
our
city
in
a
lot
of
different
ways,
and
this
issue
is
not
an
either
or
situation.
And
if
you
listen
to
the
recent
comments
by
san
francisco
mayor
london
breed
it's
not
one
or
the
other,
it's
not
it's,
not
safety
or
justice,
it's
safety
and
justice.
H
It's
not
reform
or
accountability.
It's
reform
and
accountability
and
we
can
applaud
and
also
be
critical.
At
the
same
time,
just
like
I
can
applaud
as
a
former
assistant
district
attorney,
the
da's
office
and
larry
krasner,
and
the
great
work
they're
doing
regarding
the
conviction,
integrity
unit
and
also
making
great
efforts
regarding
bail
reform.
I
can
also
be
critical
of
the
decrease
in
the
gun
case
convictions
in
our
city.
H
I
can
also
applaud
on
the
police
department's
on
a
record
number
of
gun
arrests
in
our
city,
but
our
clearance
rates
for
homicides
are
very,
very
low,
so
we
can
applaud
and
also
be
critical,
and
we
know
we
have
a
gun
crisis
in
this
city,
and
this
body
has
stated
to
the
mayor
and
mayor
kenny.
We
need
a
state
of
emergency
in
our
city.
We
also
as
members
of
city
council,
the
mayor,
the
district
attorney
and
police
commissioner
all
need
to
work
together
collaboratively
to
address
this
issue.
H
Now,
on
tuesday,
there
was
an
announcement
that
we
had
a
decrease
in
shootings
in
the
18th
and
19th
police
district
in
west
philadelphia,
and
that's
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
The
collaboration
between
attorney
general
shapiro
and
commissioner
outlaw
is
a
type
of
collaboration
we
need
going
forward
and
we
need
this
collaboration
at
the
federal
state
and
local
level
if
we're
going
to
address
gun
violence
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
H
B
F
Thank
you,
council,
president
and
good
afternoon,
everyone
as
we
approach
the
end
of
our
last
council
meeting
of
2021.
It
feels
like
an
appropriate
moment
to
look
back
on
what
we've
accomplished
and
what's
to
come
for
one
thing:
it's
hard
to
believe
that
the
freshman
four
are
coming
up
on
two
full
years
in
council.
I'm
grateful
for
the
partnership
of
my
freshman
colleagues,
whose
support
and
friendship
has
been
invaluable
during
this
extremely
unique
time
to
enter
elected
office.
F
This
is
philadelphia's.
First
ever
mandatory
inclusionary
zoning
legislation.
It
will
preserve
affordability
in
some
of
philadelphia's,
most
rapidly
gentrifying
neighborhoods
by
requiring
that
affordable
housing
be
part
of
new
large
development
projects
in
certain
parts
of
the
third
and
seventh
districts.
F
This
is
critically
important
because
of
the
ever
increasing
risk
of
displacement
that
our
low-income,
black
and
brown
communities
are
facing.
To
give
you
a
sense
of
the
kind
of
impact
this
would
have
in
west
and
southwest
philly.
If
we
look
at
data
on
residential
development
just
in
the
third
district
alone,
if
we
look
at
all
the
permits
for
apartment
buildings
with
10
or
more
units
over
the
last
three
years
that
comes
out
to
3
100
new
units
that
have
been
approved,
virtually
none
of
these
units
were
affordable.
F
I
think
I
speak
for
both
councilmember
sanchez
and
myself
when
I
say
that
keeping
our
neighborhoods
affordable
for
the
individuals
and
families
who
have
lived
there
for
generations
is
our
number
one
priority.
Thank
you
councilmember
for
your
partnership
and
for
always
being
such
a
strong
champion
for
affordable
housing
and
sustainable
communities.
F
We
need
to
use
every
tool
at
our
disposal
to
generate
new,
affordable
housing,
and,
with
that
in
mind
today,
I
introduced
a
new
bill
to
encourage
the
use
of
city-owned
vacant
land
for
affordable
housing,
as
well
as
community
gardens
with
each
piece
of
city-owned
land
lost
to
for-profit
development.
The
city
loses
an
opportunity
to
shore
up
affordability
and
community
serving
uses
that
will
have
long-term
benefits.
F
If
passed,
this
bill
would
give
grassroots
community
organizations
a
leg
up
in
the
competition
to
acquire
this
land.
I'm
incredibly
grateful
to
the
philadelphia
coalition
for
affordable
communities
for
their
close
collaboration
on
this
effort
and
for
their
tireless
advocacy
on
behalf
of
philadelphia
residents.
In
addition
to
generating
new
units
of
affordable
housing,
we
need
to
focus
on
preserving
the
ones
that
already
exist.
F
But
the
reality
is
that
the
university
city
townhomes,
are
irreplaceable
dozens
of
three
bedroom
apartments
with
rents
that
are
90
cheaper
than
what
you
can
get
on
the
open
market
in
the
middle
of
some
of
the
hottest
real
estate
in
the
city.
This
is
something
that
can't
be
replicated
in
today's
real
estate
climate.
F
F
Unfortunately,
the
affordable
housing
emergency,
we're
seeing
with
the
town
homes,
isn't
limited
to
this
site.
Hundreds
of
developments
across
philadelphia,
including
dozens
in
my
district,
have
affordability
contracts
with
hud
that
could
potentially
expire
within
the
next
five
years.
Thousands
more
units
in
low-income
housing,
tax
credit
properties
could
also
go
offline,
because
property
values
have
increased
so
much
during
the
course
of
these
contracts.
For-Profit
operators
are
more
and
more
choosing
not
to
continue
offering
affordable
housing
so
that
they
can
maximize
their
profits
and
low-income
families
are
the
ones
who
suffer
the
consequences
of
that.
That's.
F
Why
today,
I
introduce
a
resolution
calling
for
hearings
to
explore
the
issue
of
expiring
affordability
contracts
and
how
those
expirations
will
impact
the
availability
of
affordable
housing
in
our
city.
We
look
forward
to
examining
the
roles
and
responsibilities
of
every
level
of
government
to
stave
off
this
impending
crisis
and
council
president.
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
take
the
time
to
recognize
some
of
the
other
vital
work
this
body
has
done
on
housing.
F
This
session,
in
particular
mpi
the
400
million
dollar
initiative
that
will
strengthen
our
neighborhoods
and
combat
critical
issues
like
housing,
affordability.
This
is
a
historic
investment,
and
these
funds
are
critically
needed
by
our
constituents.
So
thank
you,
council
president,
for
your
leadership
and
your
vision
on
this.
I
also
want
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
my
colleague,
council
member
helen
kim
for
her
groundbreaking
work
on
philadelphia's
eviction,
diversion
program
which
has
become
a
national
model
to
keep
renters
safely
housed.
F
F
Clearly,
we
have
a
lot
to
be
grateful
and
hopeful
for,
but
at
the
same
time
I
can't
help
but
feel
devastated
by
how
how
gun
violence
continues
to
tear
our
communities
apart.
As
we
all
know,
this
has
been
a
record-breaking
year
of
violence.
We're
two
weeks
still
left
to
go
in
2021,
we've
already
lost
dozens
more
philadelphians
to
gun
violence
than
in
2020,
which
also
saw
record
levels
of
gun
violence.
F
F
At
the
same
time,
I
must
point
out
that
the
kennedy
administration
still
has
not
implemented
a
comprehensive
emergency
response
to
this
crisis,
and
I
think
that
many
of
my
colleagues
recognize
this
too.
My
friend
and
colleague
in
the
second
district
council
member
johnson
continues
to
exemplify
this
body's
commitment
to
combating
the
city's
gun
violence
crisis.
He
has
continued
to
lead
the
special
committee
on
gun
violence,
holding
multiple
hearings
this
session
and
continues
to
push
all
of
our
government
partners
to
do
more
to
combat
this
epidemic.
F
F
This
session,
I
partnered
with
the
controller
to
advocate
for
communities
in
these
zip
codes
to
be
flooded
with
resources
and
supports
from
enhanced
rec
center
offerings
to
behavioral
health
services,
to
high
quality
jobs
for
people
most
likely
to
get
caught
in
the
cycle
of
violence,
an
expanded
crisis,
intervention
efforts
and
the
reason
why
we're
pushing
so
hard
on
this
is
because
it's
a
matter
of
racial
justice.
Decades
of
racist
public
policy,
of
disinvestment
in
our
black
neighborhoods,
have
left
people
suffering
in
this
moment
when
our
city
and
country
are
laser
focused
on
ending
racial
oppression.
F
This
should
be
the
moment
that
we
break
this
cycle
of
violence.
We
can't
have
equity
in
our
communities
when
people
are
scared
for
their
lives
and
the
lives
of
their
families
because
of
gun
violence
in
their
neighborhoods,
and
so
we
need
to
intentionally
reinvest
in
these
neighborhoods
to
counteract
the
cumulative
systemic
harm
they've
experienced
and
to
continue
and
that
they
continue
to
experience
right
now.
But
I
also
want
to
be
clear
that
gun
violence
is
a
net
loss
for
every
single
person
in
every
single
corner
of
our
city.
F
G
G
Mr
president,
as
we
conclude
year,
two
of
this
term,
I
wanted
to
pause
and
thank
you
and
all
of
my
colleagues
and
city
council
for
the
work
we
continue
to
do
together
to
really
take
substantial
steps
to
move
philadelphia
forward.
I
truly
am
honored
to
serve
with
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
I
look
forward
to
the
hard
but
necessary
work.
We
will
do
together
ahead
in
the
new
year
and
to
all
the
staffers
and
all
the
team,
members
and
council
from
one
former
staffer
to
another.
G
Thank
you
all
for
the
work
that
you
continue
to
do
to
make
us
look
good,
because
it's
not
us.
It's
really
the
work
that
you
do
so.
Thank
you.
Each
and
every
one
of
you
behind
the
scenes
from
the
tech
team
to
your
team
council
president.
All
of
our
council
staff
members
sergeant-at-arms
everyone.
We
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
G
First,
the
members
of
zeta
will
be
here
for
our
international
executive
board
meeting
january
6th
through
the
8th.
We
have
a
hybrid
model,
some
in
person
and
some
will
be
online
virtually
and
our
brothers
will
be
here
march,
30th
through
april
third
for
their
regional
conference.
And
finally,
mr
president,
the
members
of
zeta
will
be
here
for
our
international
convention.
G
We
call
it
our
boule
in
july,
so
we
are
really
looking
forward
to
welcoming
the
blue
and
white
family
to
the
city
of
brotherly
love,
insistently
effectiveness,
council,
member
green
next
year
we
are
really
going
to
paint
this
city
blue
and
white
all
year
long
next.
Mr
president,
I
wanted
to
thank
my
colleague,
councilmember
jones,
for
the
resolution
recognizing
and
congratulating
mr
donald
hunt
on
his
retirement
from
the
philadelphia
tribune.
He
is
indeed
a
philadelphia
sports
media
legend
and
mr
hunt
once
said.
G
G
Mr
hunt
has
broken
limits
and
inspired
generations
of
journalists
with
his
passion
for
his
field,
from
the
nfl
to
the
nba
and
even
college
sports,
he
became
the
first
african-american
sports
writer
to
enter
the
philadelphia
sports
hall
of
fame.
So
mr
donald
hunt,
I
hope
you're
listening,
thank
you
for
leading
such
a
remarkable
career
and
for
all
you
have
done
for
both
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
the
field
of
sports.
G
And
finally,
mr
president,
I
wanted
to
give
kudos
to
another
sister
in
service,
the
mayor
of
san
francisco,
mayor
london,
breed
who
boldly
declared
that
she
is
leading
the
way
to
improve
public
safety
in
the
city
of
san
francisco.
She
stated
we
are
past
the
point
where
what
we
see
is
even
remotely
acceptable.
G
G
Our
compassion
should
not
be
mistaken
for
weakness
and
indifference.
And
lastly,
mr
president,
she
stated
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
safety
of
the
people
of
san
francisco
is
the
most
important
thing
to
me.
Well,
mr
president,
the
safety
and
well-being
of
the
residents
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
is
the
most
important
thing
to
me
and
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
to
address
the
inequities
and
disinvestment
that
has
happened
over
the
years
and
we
are
doing
that
work
and
I
thank
you.
G
Colleagues
for
supporting
the
work
to
update
our
minor
curfew
law
and
establish
curfew,
centers
that
will
open
in
four
days
four
days,
and
I
thank
you
all
for
making
an
unprecedented
investment
in
gun,
violence,
prevention
and
intervention
in
our
city.
But
we
must
be
clear
that
lawlessness
in
our
city
cannot
be
tolerated
and
we
must
do
all
we
can
to
ensure
our
city,
our
neighbors
and
our
friends.
Our
visitors
and
others
feel
safe
in
our
city.
So
I
look
forward
to
being
a
part
of
the
solutions
that
lead
to
a
safer
philadelphia.
L
God
gives
the
hardest
jobs
to
his
strongest
soldiers.
It's
with
that
spirit
in
mind,
mr
president,
that
I
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity
to
say
to
you
and
to
all
of
our
colleagues
that
it
is
more
than
an
honor
and
a
privilege
to
serve
our
great
city
with
each
of
you.
Mr
president,
heavy
is
the
head
that
wears
the
crown.
L
Some
people
would
like
to
think
that
this
is
a
dictatorship,
but
they
don't
see
the
behind
the
scenes,
work
that
you
do
when
you
know
you're
pulling
myself
and
whip
jones
and
deputy
whip
squilla
and
all
of
our
members
together.
Everybody
has
a
body
of
work
that
they
work
on
to
get
done
to
contribute
to
this
legislative
body,
and
I
want
each
and
every
one
of
you
to
know
that
I
am
proud
of
our
work
as
a
body.
L
L
Those
who
testified
from
community
development
corporations
from
bids
from
rcos,
who
were
a
very
direct
and
intentional,
mr
president,
about
acknowledging
the
fact
that
we
need
community
policing
that
residents
throughout
the
city
of
philadelphia
have
said
there
is
no
better
way
for
us
to
try
to
mend
and
rebuild
relationships
with
law
enforcement
without
community
policing.
What
does
that
mean?
Beat
officers
in
our
neighborhoods?
Mr
president,
walk
in
the
beat
those
officers
who
were
on
bike
patrol
who
were
going
in
and
out
of
small
businesses,
stopping
at
recreation
centers.
L
L
I
hope
we
will
continue
to
keep
our
ears
to
the
ground
and
listen
to
the
people
and
what
they
are
saying
to
us
in
neighborhoods
across
the
city,
about
our
need
to
have
a
more
safer,
cleaner
and
economically
viable
city
for
all.
That
provides
opportunity
for
all.
In
addition
to
that,
I
wanna
say
this.
Mr.
L
L
I
want
to
thank
you,
councilmember,
thomas,
for
bringing
to
my
attention
the
tragedy
that
occurred
with
the
student
relative
to
covet
at
omni
high
school
and
do
want
to
send
my
condolences
not
only
to
the
students
family
but
to
the
entire
only
high
school
family
now.
Finally,
mr
president,
this
is
something
fun
and
councilmember
green.
L
I
got
a
little
angry
when
you
talked
about
resolutions
about
losing
weight,
because
this
is
food
time,
and
I
am
hoping
that
everybody
everybody
will
find
a
way
to
enjoy
some
time
with
their
family
and
friends
and
don't
take
lightly,
don't
take
lightly
the
importance
of
fellowship
in
any
way
that
we
that
we
possibly
can
and
to
council.
Member
kim,
I
wanted
to
say
this
to
you
councilmember.
I
know
you
said
you
weren't
prepared
to
speak
today,
but
I
want
you
to
know.
You
were
well
prepared.
L
Okay,
you
didn't
attend
doing
it,
but
you
were
prepared
today
and
I
thank
you
for
the
work
you
have
done
on
the
legislation
that
you
acknowledge
again
colleague
special.
Thank
you
to
each
of
you.
Remember.
God
gives
the
hardest
jobs
to
his
strongest
soldiers,
I'm
proud
to
work
with
each
and
every
one
of
you,
your
strong
soldiers
to
all
of
our
staff
to
the
administration.
L
We
can't
get
anything
without
you
done
without
you.
We
can
legislate
all
we
want,
but
when
it
comes
to
implementation,
we
have
to
work
with
the
men
and
women
who
keep
this
city
going
and
to
our
tech
team.
Thank
you
so
very
much
for
making
sure
that
dinosaur
folks,
like
sherelle
parker,
who
can't
seem
to
get
a
grip
and
wrap
to
wrap
our
hands
around
this
technology
that
I
find
a
way
to
make
it
on
here
every
week
and
through
hearings
just
to
get
it
done.
J
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Thank
you,
colleagues,
just
real
quick,
because
I've
heard
some
really
powerful
points
today
about
the
work
we
do
about
the
reason
we
do
it,
and
so
I
don't
need
to
echo
any
of
that,
but
just
say
amen,
but
I
do
want
to
have
three
wishes
and
for
2022
one
of
them
is
to
look
at
that
100
shooter
review,
with
the
goal
towards
no
more
kids
going
to
jail
for
murder
and
no
more
kids
dying
because
of
it.
J
That's
number
one
number,
two
that
we
do
our
redistricting
and
finally,
from
the
federal
level
to
the
state
level
to
the
local
level
level
know
the
areas
that
we
will
serve
going
forward.
That's
number
two
then
number
three
is
voter:
education,
voter
registration
and
I'd.
I
I
linked
the
two
because
a
famous
state
rep,
my
mentor,
said
to
me
david
p,
richardson,
that
to
give
a
voter
registration
card
without
doing
voter
education
is
like
giving
the
keys
to
a
car
without
driving
lessons,
and
I
totally
agree.
J
B
Thank
you,
councilman.
Well
councilman.
I
can
tell
you
on
one
of
those
those
wishes
with
respect
to
redistricting.
That's
going
to
happen
because
one
of
the
probably
only
two
members
here
and
this
current
council
remember
what
it
was
like
not
to
get
paid
when
we
didn't
conclude
our
redistricting
right.
That
was
not
fun,
so
we
will
get
that
done
at
the
appropriate
time.
Kyle.
I
think
that
concludes
our
speeches.
B
Just
real
brief.
You
know
I'm
not
supposed
to
speak
on
the
podium
virtual
as
it
may
be
the
bottom
last
one.
First
of
all
to
say
how
much
I
appreciate
you
know
all
of
you,
you
know,
as
the
council
president,
I
get
to
talk
to
all
of
you
on
a
very
confidential
and
personal
level
and
and
how
much
I
appreciate
those
relationships
right.
You
know
some
of
you
all
make
me
feel
like
the
the
old
uncle
and
some
of
you
all.
B
Some
of
you
all
make
me
feel
like
the
child.
When
I
get
scolded
by
some
of
you
right,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
it's
a
special
kind
of
relationship
that
most
people
don't
see,
and
I
know
you
know
how
much
you
all
care
about
the
city
on
a
very
personal
level,
and
I
just
want
to
say
how
much
I
really
enjoy
having
this
relationship
with
you
all
the
last
two
years
has
been.
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
anybody
you
all
know.
B
Everybody
knows
how
difficult
it
has
been,
but
in
spite
of
it
I
must
say
how
proud
I
am
of
all
of
the
members
of
council
how,
in
spite
of
all
the
things
that
we've
had
to
deal
with,
we
continue
to
work.
We
continue
to
work
hard.
We
didn't
take
a
step
back,
we
didn't
get
cautious,
we
moved
full
steam
ahead.
I
mean
you
think
about
those
issues
that
we
had
to
deal
with
in
this
environment.
Starting
with
covet,
I
mean
we
were
out
there.
B
We
continued
councilman
thomas
reference,
we're
out
here
messaging,
doing
mass
all
those
kind
of
things,
because
colbit
determines
the
direction
of
pretty
much
everything
at
this
point
in
time.
You
know
continuing
to
push
forward
on
jobs
and
education,
just
creative
matters
that
you
ought
to
come
up
with
education.
We
are
involved
in
it
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
sometimes
way
more
than
we
should
be,
but
we
can't
help
ourselves
because
we
understand
how
important
education
is
at
the
end
of
the
day,
this
whole
issue
with
respect
to
gun
violence.
B
B
However,
we
want
to
characterize
it
or
what
we
should
be
doing,
the
terms
that
have
been
used
from
emergency
to
crisis
all
that
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
have
to
agree
on
one
thing:
the
scope
of
what
we're
dealing
with.
So
we
can
truly
work
together
and
everybody
can
take
a
role.
Everybody
can
take
the
responsibility
of
their
role
and
to
take
it
to
the
fullest.
I
mean
finger-pointing
is
not
going
to
get
it
done
right,
just
get
it
done.
B
The
citizens
expect
that
from
us,
our
neighborhood
quality
of
life
on
you
know
the
significant
investments
that
we're
prepared
to
make
both
federal
state
and
local
is
so
important.
So
well,
I
want
to
say
that
how
much
you
all
have
given
and
from
the
heart
from
the
soul
as
part
of
you
as
work,
the
average
citizen
out
there
wants
you
to
take
it
up
to
another
level.
B
I
mean
that's
just
the
simple
reality
is
they're
not
going
to
let
us
pat
ourselves
on
the
back
and
talk
about
how
how
good
we
were
and
all
the
great
we
did.
So
as
we
listened
to
these
speeches
over
the
last
45
half
hour,
45
minutes,
we
have
pretty
much
set
a
threshold
for
us
to
do
a
lot
of
things
and
a
lot
of
good
things,
and
I
know
that
you
all
are
capable
of
it
and
we're
going
to
take
it
to
the
next
level.
B
So
we
ask
all
the
citizens
to
continue
to
lean
on
us
to
continue
to
look
for
us
to
do
better
and
better
things
more
things,
and
because
we
are
truly
the
people's
elected
official.
All
due
respect
for
everybody
else,
we
are
the
front
line
when
they
come
to
politics.
They
see
us
more,
they
have
more
access
to
us
and
their
expectations
rise
based
on
that
ability
to
interact
with
us
and
access
us.
So
I
just
want
to
say
first
and
foremost
guys.
Thank
you
all.
Thank
you
for
the
personal
relationship.
B
Thank
you
for
the
work
you
do
enjoy
the
holiday
because
we
got
to
get
back
to
work
in
january,
so
whatever
you
you
want
to
do
be
prepared
to
take
it
to
the
next
level.
All
of
our
feet
will
be
on
the
pedals.
So
god
bless
you
all.
Thank
you.
So
much
really
appreciate
you
all
and
we
will
continue
to
handle
the
people's
goodness
as
aggressively
as
we
can,
and
with
that
I
will
recognize
whip
councilman
jones
for
a
motion
to
adjourn.