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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 3-11-2021
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A
A
I
understand
that
the
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
council
sessions.
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
city
council
is
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
microsoft's
teams
to
make
this
remote
meeting
possible
instructions
for
how
the
public
may
view
the
meeting
and
offer
public
comment
are
included
in
the
stated
meeting
notice
that
was
published
in
the
daily
news,
inquirer
the
legal
intelligencer
prior
to
the
meeting,
and
can
also
be
found
on
phl
council
dot
com.
A
A
E
B
H
M
Good
morning,
mr
president,
good
morning,
colleagues
in
philadelphia
and,
mr
president,
having
some
technical
difficulties,
I
can't
turn
on
my
screen,
or
else
I'll
lose
my
sound.
So
I'm
gonna
keep
the
sound
on.
Thank.
E
I
I
A
President
clark,
good
morning
to
all
we
have
established
a
quorum,
so
we're
now
going
to
come
to
order
to
give
our
invocation.
This
morning
the
chair
will
recognize
archbishop
mary
floyd
palmer
of
heavenly
hall
church.
She
is
here
today
as
the
guest
of
councilwoman
gauthiere.
O
Good
morning
president
clark
majority
leader,
parker
minardi
leader
o'neill
fellow
council
members
and
the
particular
councilwoman
gartier
for
this
invitation.
Let
us
pray,
oh
god,
I
hope
in
ages
past
our
hope
for
years
to
come
a
shelter
from
the
stormy
blast
and
our
eternal
home,
heavenly
father.
We
are
so
grateful
that
your
finger
of
love
touched
us
this
morning
to
awaken
us
and
get
the
activity
of
not
just
our
spirits
but
our
minds,
our
hearts
and
our
bodies.
O
O
In
the
city
that
we
love
so
much
so
that
lord
trust
will
never
be
abused,
integrity
will
never
be
compromised
and
the
wisdom
that
only
comes
from
you
will
forever
be
endowed
to
these
our
servants,
your
servants,
in
their
continued
care
for
all
people
in
this
city
of
brotherly
love
and
sisterly
affection.
This
is
my
humble
prayer.
Your
servant.
We
ask
in
the
name
that
is
above
every
name:
jesus
the
christ.
We
do
pray,
amen,
amen
and
amen.
A
A
Thank
you.
It's
the
movie
property.
Second,
at
the
journal
of
the
meeting
of
thursday
march
4th
2021
stand
approve
all
in
favor,
indicate
by
saying
aye
aye
aye,
aye,
aye
aye
always
have
it
and
that
journal
is
approved
and
our
next
order
of
business
is
request
for
legal
adaptations,
and
the
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
parker.
B
B
Bill
numbers
two:
one:
zero:
zero,
zero,
two:
two
one:
zero:
zero:
seven:
five:
two:
one:
zero:
zero:
seven,
six:
two
one:
zero:
zero,
seven,
eight
and
two
one:
zero
zero,
eight
one-
and
I
am
pleased
to
advise
you
that
on
march
10
2021,
I
signed
the
following
bill,
which
was
passed
by
council
at
a
session
on
february.
25
2021
bill
number,
two:
zero,
zero,
six
one
seven
and
then
on
march
10
2021.
I
signed
the
following
bills,
which
were
passed
by
council
edit
session
on
march
4
2021
bill
number
is.
A
Thank
you
and
our
next
order
of
business
is
introduction
of
bills
and
resolutions,
and
just
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
in
our
current
remote
environment.
This
procedure
will
provide
an
appropriate
opportunity
for
public
comment.
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
in
advance
for
your
anticipated
cooperation.
A
Said
hold
on
a
second
before
we
move
on
to
the
next
resolution.
Let
me
recognize
councilwoman
kim.
D
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
council
president.
I
have
to.
I
Leave
this
meeting
for
official
council
business
and
would
like
to
request.
D
A
B
B
B
D
Thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
be
clear
for
the
record
that
the
bird
safe
resolution
was
co-introduced
by
my
colleague,
council
member
kenyatta,
johnson
and
the
for
the
people
resolution
was
a
co-introduced
by
my
colleague,
councilmember
maria
quinona
sanchez.
Thank
you
very
much
council
president
record
shall.
B
Councilman
jones
offers
one
bill
instead
of
an
ordinance
amending
chapter,
nine
of
subcode
pm,
the
philadelphia
property
maintenance
code
of
title
four
that
fell
off
the
code
and
totaled
additional
special
requirements
to
establish
a
program
in
which
the
city
may
perform
certain
urgent
repairs
and
bill.
The
property
owner
for
the
committee,
councilman
johnson
offers
two
resolutions
entitled
a
resolution:
honoring
amanda
gorman,
the
first
national
youth
poet
laureate
for
becoming
the
youngest
poet
to
ever
speak
at
a
u.s
presidential
inauguration.
K
Yes,
yes,
sir
well,
thank
you.
Council
president.
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
the
purpose
of
this
resolution.
Just
honoring
the
great
work
of
this
young
lady
amanda
gorman,
who
was
the
first
national
poet
lorette,
but
also
the
youngest
inaugural
poet,
who
spoke
at
our
president
president
biden's
inauguration.
Will
fire
poem
the
hill
we
climb,
calling
on
for
unity
and
healing
on
the
united
states.
K
K
She
talked
about
how
one
day
she
was
an
icon
but
another
day,
being
racially
profiled
and
that's
what
we
deal
with
every
day
here
in
america,
particularly
as
black
people,
ever
regardless
of
our
status
and
or
positioning.
So
this
resolution
is
an
honor
and
supporting
her
great
efforts
and
encourage
this
gentleman
to
keep
on
keeping
on
doing
this
women's
history
month.
Thank
you,
council
president.
K
Council
president,
we
knew
he
hails
from
norfolk
to
the
fifth
councilmanic
district,
but
when
we
talk
about
the
boxing
culture
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
you
know
I
I've
taken
live
to
my
colleague,
councilman
curtis
jones
who's,
always
on
the
front
line
on
promoting
boxing
tournaments
and
encouraging
young
people
to
put
down
the
guns
and
put
and
pick
up
the
gloves,
and
we
think
about
the
rich
boxing
culture,
the
history
that
we
have
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
K
Philadelphia
has
a
shining
king
of
boxing,
which
is
our
former
heavyweight
champion
smoking,
joe
frazier,
who
put
muhammad
ali
down
in
the
15th
round
with
a
mighty
left,
hook,
also
giving
him
his
first
first
defeat,
and
so
it
is
great
pleasure
to
honor
that
introduce
this
resolution
because,
as
philadelphia's
that's-
and
that
was
a
particular
moment
in
the
history
that
I
look
back
on-
that
I'm
proud
of
that
put
our
city
on
the
map
we
should.
K
We
should
always
continue
to
celebrate
those
who
are
representing
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
the
best
and
brightest
way,
and
so
I
enthusiastically
introduce
this
resolution.
I'm
an
honor
honoring,
the
life
of
legacy,
philadelphia,
great
heavyweight
champion
smoking,
joe
frazier
honoring,
his
victory
over
muhammad
ali
during
the
fight
of
the
century.
Thank
you
very
much.
Council
president.
Thank.
A
B
B
A
You
also
refer
to
committee
hold
on
a
second,
mr
decker
councilman
haynen
did
you
want
to
be
recognized
now.
J
Thank
you,
council
president.
It
was
on
the
previous
introduction
of
the
you
know
that
councilman
johnson
had
introduced
a
resolution
recognizing
the
legacy
of
our
rich
boxing
history
with
with
joe
fraser
and
the
fraser
family.
I
you
know
I
just
wanted
to.
You
know
point
to
personal
privilege
that
you
know
a
lot
of
people.
J
I
mean
look
at
50
years
ago
and
we're
still
talking
about
you
know
how
proud
we
are
of
the
city
of
first
and
proud
of
our
family
and
our
roots
and
our
and
our
ability
to
really
gather
around
each
other
for
public
safety,
education
and
having
these
stars
and
starlight
power
given
back
to
to
the
community.
You
know
through
the
whole
entire.
You
know
fraser
family,
but
they
also
brought
people
up
with
them
all
right.
They
also
brought
people
up
in
the
neighborhoods.
They
educated
them
they
connected
with
the
job.
J
They
did.
Job
trainings,
they
you
know,
were
helping
with
again
with
our
public
safety.
Trying
to
you
know,
put
people
make
sure
that
people
who
you
know
fell
in
hard
times
be
shown
the
right
path.
They
also
had
you
know,
good
supplier,
network
and
and
folks
in
promotion.
I
know
johan,
junior
or
johan
promotions.
It
was
cloverly,
then,
at
the
time,
was
the
promoter
they're
also
celebrating
50
years.
So
I
want
to
congratulate
them
in
in
their
tenure
and
and
looking
after
philadelphians
in
many
many
ways.
J
That's
that
still
continue
today,
you
know
with
their
legacy.
So
it's
it's
more
than
a
fight,
it's
more
than
a
family,
all
right,
it's
all
of
the
city
together
rallying
around
one
of
its
own,
as
we
do
all
right.
We
take
care
of
each
other.
J
We
don't
let
anybody
pick
on
us
all
right,
we're
very
protective
of
each
other
and
what
we
do
so
I
just
want
to
you
know
thank
councilman
johnson
for
recognizing
the
50-year
anniversary,
but
it,
but
it's
much
deeper
than
that-
and
you
know
I'm
proud
to
be
a
part
of
it.
Just
like
everybody
has
been
for
the
last
50
years.
K
Yeah,
can
I
have
a
small
point
of
privilege,
just
acknowledging
my
colleague
kendra
brooks
as
she
introduced
the
resolution.
K
Honoring
a
young
man
named
sean
wilson
who
had
an
organization
called
vets
in
the
hood
and
he'd,
been
down
in
city
council
on
several
different,
several
different
occasions,
advocating
and
fighting
for
resources
for
our
most
prized
individuals
who
have
served
our
country,
which
are
our
veterans,
and
so
I
just
want
to
commend
her
and
also
councilman
catherine
gilmore
richardson,
just
making
sure
that
we
acknowledge
individuals
who
are
really
on
the
ground,
doing
the
work
and
council
president.
We
know
as
the
leader
of
this
body.
K
K
And
he
had
a
a
word
that
said:
love
on
purpose,
particularly
around
this
issue
of
gun,
violence
that
we're
seeing
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
he
had
a
spirit
of
just
reaching
out
to
young
people
and
helping
them
change
their
lives
and
really
talking
about
really
what
it
is
to
love
on
purpose.
And
so
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
for
the
record
and
my
heart
and
prayers
goes
out
to
his
family
and
also
the
knightstown
community
as
well.
B
B
N
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
appreciate
it.
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
first
of
all
thank
my
colleague,
councilmember
bobby
heanen
for
co-introducing
the
legislation
with
me
as
far
as
recognizing
judge
as
the
champion
of
the
week-
and
I
also
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
all
of
my
colleagues
who
co-sponsored
my
resolution
around
looking
at
black
institutions.
N
Black-Led
institutions
specifically
give
a
shout
out
to
my
colleague,
councilmember
jones,
who
had
six
black
lead
institutions
in
his
district
alone,
and
he
is
one
of
the
co-sponsors
of
this
legislation.
I've
been
in
some
interesting
meetings
as
a
member
of
the
education
committee
and
I've
been
a
part
of
a
lot
of
dialogue,
as
it
relates
to
how
black
institutions
specifically
are
treated,
and
what
I
don't
want
to
happen
is
for
this
conversation
to
be
hijacked
and
it
turned
into
a
conversation
around
charter
schools.
This
is
not
about
charter
schools
at
all.
N
This
is
about
black,
led
institutions
and
how
black
institutions
are
treated
significantly
different
than
their
white
counterparts.
For
me,
personally
again,
I've
been
a
part
of
some
dialogues
and
I've
heard
some
things
that
I
feel
like
are
really
troubling,
and
I
think
that
our
best
steps
moving
forward,
because
I
think
that
there's
some
perception
issues
around
black
institutions,
black
educators,
black
children
and
black
families.
I
think
that
the
most
important
thing
for
us
moving
forward
is
to
move
this
conversation
to
a
public
forum.
N
So
we
can
ensure
that
the
dialogue
is
one,
that's
transparent,
it's
informative,
it's
factual
and
it's
one.
That's
looked
at
through
a
lens
of
equity
as
well
as
justice,
I
believe
in
african-centered
education.
I
come
from
a
space
of
african-centered,
pedagogy,
I'm
very
familiar
with
a
lot
of
different
initiatives
that
take
place
when
you're
dealing
with
african
centered
pedagogy.
Sometimes
we
start
our
day
with
harambe,
which
is
the
key
swahili
term.
That
means
let's
pull
together
young
people,
they
even
count
using
different
languages
and
terms.
N
I
listen
to
my
son
in
harambe
and
when
they're
ready
to
start,
they
don't
say
one
two,
three,
they
say
moji
and
bili
tattoo
and
that's
teaching
the
young
people
numbers
in
a
totally
different
language.
I
asked
my
son
this
morning,
son,
what
is
your
principle
of
the
month
and
he
has
a
different
principle
of
the
month:
that's
based
on
the
the
the
principles
of
kwanzaa,
and
so
when
you're
talking
about
ujima
and
and
all
the
other
principles,
my
my
son
is
learning
those
things
at
an
early
stage.
N
When
I
get
the
opportunity
to
ask
him
about
historical
illusions,
his
his
perception
of
of
of
of
great
black
folks
is
not
just
limited
to
martin
luther
king
or
malcolm
x
and
he's
in
third
grade.
I
had
an
opportunity
to
listen
to
him,
recite
a
speech
by
langston
hughes
that
he
actually
memorized
and
in
this
speech
right
my
three.
N
My
third
grade,
eight-year-old
son,
was
able
to
articulate
in
his
speech
the
difference
between
when
you
are
a
person
of
color
and
when
you
are
a
person
of
color
being
forced
to
go
in
the
kitchen
and
eat
when
there's
company.
So
in
the
spirit
of
langston
hughes
and
in
the
spirit
of
my
son,
I
do
not
want
our
black
institutions
to
have
to
go
in
the
kitchen
anymore.
N
I
want
them
to
be
able
to
have
the
same
access
to
resources,
the
same
treatment
and
the
same
privileges
as
their
white
counterparts,
and
so
in
the
spirit
of
black
equity
right
and
only
in
the
spirit
of
black
equity.
I
emphatically
I
invaded
introduced
this
resolution
today.
Thank
you,
council
president.
Thank
you,
colleagues,.
B
Calendar
councilman,
heenan,
councilman
o'neill,
offers
one
bill
entitled
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
philosophies
on
their
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designations
of
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
cotman
avenue.
The
montgomery
county
line,
the
bucks
county
line,
interstate
95,
grant
avenue
and
roosevelt
boulevard
for
the.
B
Councilwoman
bass
offers
two
resolutions
and
started
a
resolution
recognizing
march
2021
as
brain
injury
awareness
month
to
increase
understanding
of
chronic
brain
injury,
reduce
stigma,
showcase
the
diversity
of
injury,
injury
across
demographics
and
improve
care
and
support
next
week's
calendar
and
a
resolution
recognizing
march
2021
is
national
nutrition
month
to
educate
philadelphians
on
how
to
make
informed
food
choices
and
develop
healthy
eating
and
physical
activity
habits.
While
raising
awareness
of
the
need
for
accessible,
nutritious
food.
B
A
K
B
To
the
president
and
members
of
the
council
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
the
committee
on
rules,
which
is
deferred
bill,
number
two:
zero
zero,
six,
two
eight
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
title,
14
of
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
zoning
and
planning
by
revising
and
clarifying
certain
provisions
and
making
technical
changes
and
bill
number
two:
one:
zero:
zero.
Seven:
five
inside
of
down
the
wooden
cementing
title
14
of
the
philippine
code
entitled
zoning
and
planning,
are
revising
and
clarifying
certain
provisions
and
making
technical
changes
and
bill
number
two:
one:
zero:
zero,
seven,
eight
entitled
an
ordinance.
K
A
Thank
you,
there's
the
mood
and
property
second
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
so,
as
we
met
first
using
the
state
of
bills,
number
two:
zero:
zero:
six:
two
eight
two:
zero:
two
one:
zero:
zero,
seven,
five
and
two
one:
zero:
zero;
seven,
eight
all
those
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
aye
aye
those
opposed
eyes.
Heaven
these
bills
will
be
placed
in
our
first
week
founder
today.
Chair
now
recognizes
councilwoman
sanchez
or
report
from
the
committee
on
appropriations.
E
A
A
All
right
and
bill
will
be
placing
our
first
reading
calendar
today.
That
concludes
our
reports
on
committee
and
our
next
one
of
business
is
consideration
of
the
calendar.
I
note
that
those
bills
just
reported
from
committee
with
suspension
of
the
rules
have
been
deemed
to
have
had
a
first
reading,
and
these
bills
will
be
placed
on
our
second
reading
and
final
passes,
calendar
and
the
next
session
of
council.
Is
there
no
additional
bill
on
the
first
beat
encounter?
M
M
Today
they
are
numbers
two
one:
zero,
one,
eight,
three,
two
one:
zero
one,
eight
four,
two
one:
zero
one,
eight
five,
two
one:
zero
one,
eight
six,
two
one:
zero
one,
eight,
seven,
two
one:
zero
one:
eight
eight,
two,
one:
zero
one:
eight,
nine,
two,
one:
zero
one:
nine
zero,
two
one:
zero
one:
nine
two,
two
one:
zero
one:
nine
four,
two
one:
zero
one:
nine
six,
two
one:
zero:
two:
zero:
zero:
two:
zero
zero;
six,
one
eight
and
two
one
zero
one,
two
two
all
other
bills
and
resolutions
are
being
held.
Mr
president,.
A
Thank
you
very
much
councilwoman
before
we
proceed
with
our
calendar,
we'll
have
our
public
comment
session,
so
we're
gonna,
take
a
few
minutes
five
to
ten
minutes
of
recess,
to
give
our
technology
professionals
some
time
to
connect
with
the
speakers
for
today.
So
we'll
take
a
brief
moment.
Brief.
A
P
I
I
I
I
I
D
D
A
A
Thank
you,
we're
gonna
get
started
now
that
everyone
is
connected
to
the
meeting
and
before
considering
the
resolution
and
bills
we
have
to
be
forced.
Today
we
will
consider
the
public
comment
and
will
go
as
follows.
Public
comment
must
concern
matters
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendars
for
possible
action
at
assessment
of
counsel.
A
speaker
on
any
of
these
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.
A
When
you
call
we
will
take
your
name
phone
number,
the
number
of
the
legislative
item
you
are
commenting
on
and
whether
you
are
in
support
of
or
against
the
legislation
and
add
you
to
the
list.
We
will
telephone
each
person
on
the
list
during
a
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting
now
under
ideal
circumstances.
They
will
each
have
three
minutes,
but
today,
given
the
volume
we're
going
to
ask
you
to
limit
your
testimony
to
two
minutes,
thank
you.
A
I
Thank
you
so
much
city
council.
It
truly
means
so
much
to
not
only
me,
but
our
entire
team
and
our
families
to
be
recognized
in
resolution
210187.
I
I
R
Q
R
I
S
Sponsor
council
member,
katherine
gilmer,
richardson
members
of
philadelphia
city
council,
thank
you
for
considering
this
important
resolution
about
the
women's
march
on
philadelphia
during
women's
history
month.
My
name
is
beth
shin
and
I
am
one
of
the
co-founders
of
the
women's
march
on
philadelphia
and
the
president
of
the
pennsylvania
chapter
of
the
national
organization
for
women.
I
live
in
the
society
hill
section
of
philadelphia
when
we
started
planning
the
first
women's
march
on
philadelphia
in
late
2016.
S
We
did
not
have
any
idea
what
the
event
would
become
here
at
home
around
the
country
and
around
the
world.
We
would
have
considered
the
event
a
success
if
a
few
hundred
people
had
shown
up
on
the
ben
franklin
parkway
to
march
in
solidarity
with
us
and
our
allies
in
washington
dc,
we
were
truly
fortunate
that
our
partners
in
the
city's
department
of
parks
and
rec
and
office
of
special
events
knew
better
what
to
expect
bob
allen.
S
Doug
robinson
giselle
jones
and
all
of
their
colleagues
across
countless
departments
were
instrumental
in
making
sure
that
each
of
the
four
women's
marches
on
philadelphia
were
peaceful,
safe
and
successful
without
their
expertise.
The
60,
000
marchers
would
not
have
been
able
to
gather
exercise
their
first
amendment
right
of
peaceful
protest
and
strengthen
each
other
for
the
hard
work
we
knew
was
ahead
of
us
following
the
2016
presidential
election,
though
the
challenges
facing
women
did
not
start
with
that
election
and
they
haven't
been
magically
solved
by
our
most
current
president.
S
The
2016
election
served
as
a
catalyst
for
many
americans
to
start
to
claim
their
voices
as
citizens.
This
is
the
most
powerful
promise
of
our
democracy.
The
first
women's
march
was
an
opportunity
for
ordinary
people
to
jumpstart
their
activism.
It
led
to
people
demanding
their
rights
guaranteed
in
our
constitution,
to
constituents
expecting
more
from
their
elected
officials
and
to
record
numbers
of
women
people
of
color,
lgbtq
people
and
underrepresented
groups
running
for
office.
S
There
is
still
so
much
more
work
to
do
to
guarantee
that
women
are
paid
equitably
for
the
work
that
we
do,
that
women
have
autonomy
over
our
own
health
and
bodies
that
the
burden
of
maintaining
a
household
and
caring
for
our
children
doesn't
fall
solely
on
our
shoulders
that
violence
against
women,
especially
domestic
violence,
is
taken
as
seriously
as
other
kinds
of
violence
and
that
women
are
represented
equally
in
all
places
where
decisions
are
being
made.
The
passage
of
this
resolution
by
this
council
shows
the
commitment
of
the
city
of
philadelphia
to
these
ideals.
R
I'm
I
just
I'm
in
agreement
to
resolution
two
one
zero
one,
eight
seven
and
I
wanted
to
thank,
of
course,
for
introducing
councilwoman
richardson,
along
with
councilwoman
parker
councilman
canones,
as
sanchez
councilwoman
gum,
councilmember,
gautier
councilwoman
brooks
councilman
hernan,
as
well
as
willa,
councilman,
greene,
councilman,
johnson
and
councilman
dom.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everyone
again.
I
I
add
on
to
all
the
comments
that
both
my
fellow
organizers
as
a
black
woman,
one
of
two
black
women
were
three
black
women
who
helped
to
put
on
the
march.
R
We
found
that
there
was
even
a
lot
of
opposition
within
our
own
community
with
being
a
part
of
this
march,
but
I'm
so
glad
that
there
was
a
sisterhood
built
out
of
it.
I
was
so
glad
that
we
had
a
platform
that
we
were
not
able
to
talk
together
in
unity
about
all
of
us
being
a
woman,
but
so
many
minority
communities
were
also
represented
during
this
time.
R
I
am
so
honored
that
we
were
not
only
a
part
of
this
woman
in
march,
but
we
were
part
of
a
continued
movement
that
created
such
an
impact
across
the
world.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
participated,
including
our
mayor
and
several
of
our
council
women,
who
are
on
the
line.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
men
who
were
our
partnerships
and
friends
along
with
this
march,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
the
council
for
recognizing.
R
We
had
one
of
the
largest
consistent
marches
and
there
were
only
not
only
the
65
000
that
started
today
that
day,
but
there
were
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
that
came
through
the
snow
through
the
rain
through
the
cold
just
to
to
put
forth
a
movement
that
will
be
written
into
legacy
for
the
rest
of
our
lives,
and
I
am
so
honored
today
that
philadelphia
has
not
only
acknowledged
it,
but
it
will
also
be
in
the
records
for
the
rest
of
our
lives
that
our
generations
down
the
line
can
also
open
to
read
as
they
follow
this
bill.
R
P
I
am
the
director
of
education
and
training
and
outreach
services
for
war
philadelphia
center
against
sexual
violence.
For
the
past
21
years,
I
have
dedicated
my
life
to
educating
individuals
and
families
how
to
prevent
harm
to
children,
youth,
the
elderly,
people
with
disabilities
and
women
war.
The
philadelphia
center
against
sexual
violence,
formerly
known
as
women
organized
against
rape,
was
founded
by
women
to
support
victims
of
rape
and
other
forms
of
sexual
violence.
P
What
we
now
know
is
sexual
violence
is
an
issue
as
it
is
a
societal
plague
and
is
often
is
used
as
a
weapon
of
war.
We
know
that
sexual
violence
knows
no
gender
or
orientation;
it
doesn't
care
about
religion,
race
or
socio-economic
level.
War
was
the
first
rape
crisis
center
in
pennsylvania
and
as
a
result
of
the
leadership
of
women
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
there
are
now
50
centers
in
pennsylvania,
one
in
every
county
that
provides
treatment
for
victims
of
sexual
violence
and
promotes
prevention,
education,
city,
council,
support
for
resolution.
P
210
200
will
be
an
acknowledgment
of
the
vital
work
conducted
by
women
in
philadelphia
and
around
the
world,
and
the
importance
of
leadership
of
women
and
the
support
for
this
resolution
will
continue
to
show
council
support
and
efforts
to
eliminate
adverse
oppression
and
inequities
faced
by
women,
both
in
our
city
and
around
the
world.
Thank
you,
council
for
this
opportunity
to
address
you
today.
B
D
Greetings
as
president
and
ceo
of
the
philadelphia
june
teen
family
incorporated,
I
want
to
thank
you,
councilman
johnson,
and
your
coup
sponsors
for
supporting
the
national
juneteenth
day
of
observance
bill
and
encourage
all
of
you
to
send
letters
to
our
congress
representatives
supporting
asking
for
their
support.
The
philadelphia
june
teens
family
was
founded
in
2018.
D
Our
core
foundation
was
built
on
four
pillows
spiritual,
cultural,
education
and
political.
Each
of
these
pillars
represent
areas
that
impact
african
american
communities.
Our
goal
is
to
research
plan
and
organize
initiatives
that
will
improve
challenges
that
we
face.
Today
we
are
dedicated
to
raising
cultural
awareness,
cross-cultural
exchange
and
interest
in
the
african
diasporas
agenda.
We
worked
hardly
to
help
the
juneteenth
become
the
46th
state,
recognized
holidays,
along
with
others
across
the
city
and
state,
resulting
in
a
delegation
going
to
harrisburg
to
witness
the
signing
by
governor
wilson.
D
We
are
thankful
that
mayor
kenny
has
made
juneteenth
holiday,
recognized
until
2023
by
executive
order.
I
leave
you
with
this.
A
lot
more
work
needs
to
be
done
so
join
the
family.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
council
and
I
hope
we
can
continue
counting
on
you
all
support
as
we
move
forward.
Thank
you.
T
I
want
to
thank
councilman,
johnson
and
city
council,
president
and
city
council
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
this
morning.
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
specifically
to
councilman
johnson
for
his
courage
and
his
moving
the
resolution
forward
to
shine
light
on
june
keith.
T
Our
community
needs
heroes
that
they
can
touch
and
johnson
responded
to
the
urgency
from
our
city
council
from
our
juneteenth
president
tamara
staley,
when
she
called
him
out
of
urgency,
because
juneteenth
was
not
on
the
calendar
for
the
city
that
he
leaped
into
action
like
a
superhero
like
the
hero,
we
could
touch
and
he
contacted
his
constituencies
and
other
city
council
people.
And
lo
and
behold
the
juneteenth
was
back
on
the
calendar.
And
we
thank
him
for
that.
T
And
thank
him
for
his
courage
to
be
able
to
put
the
resolution
to
move
forward.
Our
struggle
as
it
relates
to
juneteenth
and
also
to
be
able
to
join
us
in
us
and
our
movement
in
order
to
make
juneteenth
a
celebration
in
every
household
that
it
becomes
a
stable
name
when,
when
our
communities
say
juneteenth,
they
understand
the
struggles
and
the
sacrifices
of
those
who
came
before
us.
T
D
B
T
Good
morning,
council
president
clark
and
members
of
city
council,
my
name
is
mark
harrell
on
behalf
of
the
board
of
the
philadelphia
journal
team
family.
I
want
to
thank
councilman
kenyatta
johnson
as
well,
and
his
colleagues
on
city
council
for
introducing
a
resolution
on
thursday
march
4th
urging
the
u.s
congress
to
designate
juneteenth
of
national
holiday.
T
T
We
can't
let
the
swelling
support
just
simply
disappear
until
the
summer
rolls
around
again.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
congress
follows
through
with
a
commitment
to
honor
the
lives
of
those
who
came
before
us
our
goal
with
her
petition,
which
currently
has
over
1.5
million
signatures
and
we're
aiming
for
3
million
and
her
walk,
is
to
show
congress
and
the
president
that
she
is
not
alone
in
her
and
the
philadelphia
agility's
family
desire
to
see
national
recognition
of
a
day
to
celebrate
freedom
for
all.
T
T
My
name
is
albert
esta
andrews
iii
and
I'm
here
to
comment
on
resolution
two
one:
zero,
zero,
eight
three
one
bernard
w
smalley
senior
bernie
smalley,
and
I
grew
up
in
west
philly
directly
across
the
alleyway
from
each
other,
his
bedroom
window.
Faced
my
bedroom
window,
we
would
yell
at
each
other
through
the
windows
we
would
meet
at
the
back
fence
at
the
corner
store
at
the
g
bus
across
the
street
from
bus
stop
across
the
street
from
this
house
at
the
15
trolley
stop
down
the
street
from
this
house.
T
T
T
I
do
not
believe
that
there
is
anyone
living
who
cares
more
about
the
children,
the
administrators,
the
teachers
and
the
staff
at
gerrard
college
and
bernie
smalley.
I
do
not
believe
there
is
anyone
living
who
cares
more
about
the
miracles
to
take
place
and
the
doctors,
nurses
and
administrators
and
staff
at
will's
eye
hospital
in
bernie.
I
do
not
believe
that
there's
anyone
living
who
cares
more
about
the
charitable
entities
that
help
the
citizens
of
philadelphia
than
bernie
smalley.
Q
Thomas,
my
name
is
yes
me
abbott,
and
it
was
imperative
to
send
my
children
to
a
black
owned
and
operated
school
to
receive
their
education.
It
wasn't
a
question
black
schools
matter
and
attending
universal
institute
charter
school
from
2011
to
2020,
provided
a
strong
academic
rigor
while
having
constant
black
empowerment
daily.
Q
Raising
black
girls
is
already
challenging
in
america
having
them
receive
education
where
academic
excellence
is
exemplified
was
also
imperative.
Having
them
see,
educated
black
representations
of
themselves
daily
helped
shape
their
confidence
in
who
they
are
for
nine
years
of
their
lives
going
to
school
from
k,
kindergarten
to
eighth
grade.
It
also
helped
increase
their
social
and
emotional
wellness
having
a
safe
place
to
be
educated
public
unapologetically.
Q
They
strive
for
a
higher
education
attending
hvcus
and
the
importance
of
being
strong,
productive
black
citizens
in
society,
making
a
difference
every
day
having
the
choice
to
choose
that
for
educational
platform.
For
my
black
girls
helped
me
raise
them
without
stress,
worry
and
fear
that
I
already
faced
as
a
black
mother
in
america.
Q
T
Thank
you,
councilman,
thomas
and
his
colleagues
for
the
support
and
leadership
of
calling
for
this
critical
important
hearing.
I
chose
to
send
my
child
to
a
black
founded
black
led
charter
school
because
they
put
the
kids
first.
They
don't
look
at
what
the
neighborhood
is
or
where
they
come
from.
They
don't
look
at
how
much
money
we
make.
They
show
kids
the
love
and
support,
no
matter
where
they
come
from
every
day
they
put
the
kids
first
for
the
last
three
years,
I
have
been
a
proud
parent
of
westfield
lane
charter
school.
T
The
reason
why,
because
my
kid
comes
first
in
every
decision
I
make
from
the
hurt
the
pain
and
suffering
that
our
kids
go
through
on
a
daily
basis.
It
is
great
to
know
that
we
have
charter
schools
like
west
oakland
in
the
community
that
is
willing
to
take
forth
and
give
little
love
and
care
to
our
kids.
T
I
chose
this
school
if
that
choice
is
taken
from
me,
it's
not
only
going
to
hurt
me.
My
child,
but
the
neighborhood
as
well,
please
counsel,
take
forth
the
effort
that
councilman
thomas
has
put
forth
in
front
of
you
to
support
the
black
charter
schools
in
the
community,
black
schools
matter,
our
kids
matter,
their
lives
matter
to
us.
Please.
T
R
R
Here
we
are
in
2021,
still
fighting
for
our
freedom
and
fighting
for
equity
when
it
comes
to
public
education,
west
and
southwest
philadelphia
has
very
limited
options
when
it
comes
to
high
quality
public
schools,
not
every
neighborhood
in
our
city
has
a
central,
a
mastermind
or
a
girls
high.
Not
to
mention
these
are
special
admissions
schools
that
require
certain
criteria
to
be
admitted.
R
We
look
forward
to
the
opportunity
to
share
our
stories
and
challenges
when
it
comes
to
maintaining
our
right
as
parents
and
guardians
to
attend
a
school
of
our
choice
and
exposing
the
double
standards
and
inequitable
process.
This
district
has
implemented
when
it
comes
to
evaluation
of
black
founded
and
led
schools.
Our
children
are
public
school
students
and
the
black
schools
matter
and
must
be
evaluated
by
a
fair
and
equitable
process.
Doing
anything,
less
is
only
not
only
discriminatory,
but
it
also
further
hurts
children
and
families
like
mine.
R
We
know
doing
what
is
right,
doesn't
always
mean
that
it
is
popular,
but
to
remain
silent
on
this.
Very
critical
issue
is
to
be
complicit
while
our
civil
rights
are
being
violated,
and
that
is
not
okay.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
again
for
your
leadership,
councilman
thomas
and
your
willingness
to
address
this
very
critical
issue.
A
D
Of
west
philadelphia
achievement
charter
school
for
the
past
10
years,
three
of
my
sons,
benny,
nigel
and
dylan
swine-
have
all
attended
the
school.
This
school
has
been
magnificent
for
them.
It
has
helped
my
children
go
into
college.
One
of
my
sons
is
now
attending
college.
One
of
my
sons
is
now
going
over
to
william
penn
charter.
School
he's
just
been
accepted,
with
almost
a
full
scholarship.
This
school
has
meant
a
lot
to
me
as
a
mother
of
four
boys.
It
has
really
increased
the
culture
of
the
community
of
black
lives
matter
movement.
D
D
They
have
care
for
my
children
throughout
their
own
educational
experiences.
Here
it
has
been
the
best
thing
I've
ever
did
for
my
children
putting
them
into
school.
It
has
also
helped
continue
the
legacy
of
their
grandfather,
benny,
jules
schweins,
jr
who's,
the
philadelphia
legend
gang
war
hero,
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
kind
of
leave
with
before
I
leave
this
on
phone
conversation
and
representation
of
how
great
this
school
has
been.
D
For
my
children,
my
family
is
that
every
child
deserves
a
champion,
an
adult
who
will
never
give
up
on
them,
who
understands
the
power
of
connection
and
assists
that
they
become
the
best
that
they
can
be,
and
this
school
has
been
there
and
more.
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
the
school
and
the
west
philadelphia
community
for
all
black
lives
and
the
whole
entire
environment
that
the
school
has
touched
and
the
children
and
the
people
and
the
and
the
faces
of
the
black
community.
A
B
Q
Good
morning,
my
name
is
nicole
brown,
and
thank
you
all
for
having
me.
I
want
to
thank
councilman,
thomas
and
city
council
for
this
initiative
and
bringing
light
to
this
vital
topic.
When
I
think
of
black
founded
and
led
schools,
it
is
very
reminiscent
of
the
establishment
of
historically
black
colleges
and
universities.
Q
Q
For
this
reason,
I
celebrate
and
support
blacklet
schools
such
as
universal
institute
charter
school
for
their
overwhelming
drive
to
ensure
that
our
children
have
what
they
need.
They
provide
successful
images
of
what
it
means
to
be
black
and
successful.
They
provide
successful
images
that
black
people
can
excel.
Despite
any
disparities,
black
black
led
schools
are
vital
to
our
children's
success
because
they
foster
a
positive
sense
of
community
culture
and
high
academic
standards.
I
Yes,
good
morning,
council
president
clark
and
members
of
the
city
council,
my
name
is
sakim
baby
and
I'm
the
co-executive
director
of
the
count
up
the
action
center
and
race
in
the
economy
or
acre.
Thank
you
to
council
member
kendra
brooks
for
inviting
me
here
to
speak
and
for
her
leadership
on
the
council
wall
street
resolution.
I
That's
ultimately
about
winning
more
money
to
invest
in
public
services
and
stopping
wall
street
and
profiting
from
our
communities
strongly.
I
strongly
support
this
resolution
across
the
country.
Wall
street
needs
161
billion
dollars
in
interest
payments
of
municipal
debt.
Here
in
philadelphia
every
year
the
city
spends
more
than
245
million
dollars
a
year
in
interest
payments
to
wall
street
investors
and
the
school
district
spends
145
million
dollars
a
year.
I
Furthermore,
cities
with
higher
concentrations,
people
of
color,
like
philadelphia,
are
forced
to
pay
even
more
banks
already
make
money
by
discriminating
against
us
for
closing
on
us,
nickel
and
diming
us
from
fees
investing
in
private
prisons
to
lock
us
up,
financing
fossil
fuel
infrastructure,
thus
polluting
our
communities
and
selling
us
predatory
products.
They
shouldn't
be
able
to
profit
from
redlining
our
state
and
local
governments
too.
I
I
L
M
L
L
F
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
and
we
had
a
slight
technical
glitch,
but
we
are
live
on
live.
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
for
your
patience.
So,
mr
decker,
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
start
over
by
reading
resolution
number
210
183.
B
M
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Mr
president,
before
I
call
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution,
I
just
wanted
to
note
for
the
record
that
in
1990,
when
I
was
in
high
school,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
intern
with
my
mother
mentor,
councilwoman
marion
tasco
and
my
other
mother
mentor,
councilwoman
augusta
clark,
and
I
was
telling
someone
the
other
day.
M
It
was
only
because
they,
let
me
be
around
that
I
had
an
opportunity
to
meet
some
of
the
really
historic
game
changers
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
from
all
walks
of
life,
but
particularly
in
the
african
american
community,
and
when
I
think
about
some
of
the
legal
beagles,
you
know,
I
think,
about
the
late
great
charles
bowser.
I
think
about
the
late,
great
oprah,
canoda
and,
of
course,
our
very
own
bernard
smalley,
bernie
smalley
is
he
is
affectionately
called
by
all
of
us
now.
M
I
do
have
to
note
for
the
record
that
when
we
had
our
technical
difficulties,
you
know
our
whip
from
the
mighty
mighty
fourth
councilman
district
representing
west
philadelphia.
You
know
reminded
us
that
you
know
charles
bowser
and
bernard
smalley
hail
from
west
philadelphia,
all
credit
and
humble
respect.
M
Given
whip
jones
in
over
canotal
hell
from
our
mount
airy,
but
it
is
with
this
spirit
in
mind
that
we
just
wanted
to
take
an
opportunity
to
congratulate
you
bernie,
to
tell
you
that
we
appreciate
all
that
you
have
contributed
to
the
philadelphia
community
over
the
years,
and
that
is
because
people
like
you,
charles
bowser
and
oprah
kanoto,
sought
to
share
some
of
your
legal
prowess
and
success
in
trying
to
motivate
inspire,
encourage
young
people
and
to
close
the
gap
between
the
halves
and
the
have
nots
that
we
are
a
much
better
city
forward
and
and
to
jackie,
smallie
jackie.
M
Thank
you
for
sharing
bernie
with
us
all,
and
it's
with
that
spirit
in
mind.
Mr
president,
that
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
President.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
The
chair
recognizes
councilman
green,
shall
I
say
to
newt
one
of
the
newest
members
of
the
border
city,
trust.
H
Yes,
in,
in
conjunction
with
my
colleague,
councilmember
mark
squillas,
also
part
of
the
board
of
city,
trust
and
west
philadelphians,
proud,
both
councilmembers,
gilmore,
richardson
and
councilman
jones,
who
always
says
west,
is
best.
I
like
the
second
councilmember
parker's
resolution.
Thank
you.
I
E
A
Thank
you
councilman.
I
do
believe
we
have
an
amendment
also
coming
up
on
the
calendar
today.
Just
want
to
be
recorded.
Our
own
amendment.
R
A
Okay,
thank
you
councilwoman.
Thank
you
that
the
record
reflected
councilwoman's
leaves
of
absence.
She
has
left
her
both
an
eye
on
all
bills,
resolutions
and
amendments.
Thank
you,
councilwoman,
mr
decker.
M
Thank
you,
mr
president
and
mr
president,
before
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
this
resolution,
I
formally
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity
to
congratulate
mike
hand,
who
is
a
35
year.
Member
of
the
united
brotherhood
of
carpenters
and
joiners
of
america.
M
I
met
mike
hand,
formerly,
mr
president,
in
my
role
here
in
city
council
as
a
legislator,
so
it
was
sort
of
legislated
just
interacting
with
a
member
of
labor.
M
I
would
argue
to
you
to
you,
mr
president,
and
our
colleagues
in
the
public
that
out
of
that
grew
a
friendship
when
mike
hand
began
to
talk
about
what
life
was
like
growing
up
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
in
a
fish
town,
the
working
class
fishtown
community
that
he
was
reared
in
and
for
those
of
you
who
really
know
philadelphia
mike,
would
call
it
flatiron
and-
and
you
know
what
that
means,
and
so
he
would
call
it
flatiron
and
I
said
wow.
M
We
talked
about
mansion,
mr
president,
in
31st
and
york,
11th
and
indiana
top
side,
west
oakland,
19th
and
shelton
ham.
But
we
also
had
tough
conversations
about
the
history
in
some
of
those
communities
and
who
was
allowed
to
go
where
you
know
and
do
and
do
what
and
then
we
talked
about
the
beauty
in
those
neighborhoods
and
the
the
sense
of
community
and
that
residents
and
neighbors
took
care
of
each
other
and
of
the
power
of
little
leagues
and
all
of
those
athletic
associations
and
how
folks
were
just
neighborly.
M
It's
with
that
spirit
in
mind,
and
I
want
to
say
to
you
mike
hand,
thank
you
for
your
contributions
to
our
city.
Now
that
you
will
be
formally
retired
from
your
carpenter
duties.
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
will
continue
to
rely
on
you
for
our
grassroots
community
activism
and
organizing.
M
Mr
president,
what
people
don't
see
behind
the
scenes
is
that
when
we
council
members
get
calls
from
constituents
to
do
things
like
put
a
ramp
up
for
someone
who
is
physically
disabled,
but
they
don't
have
the
money
to
do
it
themselves
to
go
fix
something
you
know
in
someone's
house
and
they
don't
have
homeowners
insurance
and
you
need
it
done.
Every
time
we've
called
on
you
mike
hand,
you've
always
responded
in
the
affirmative.
M
I
don't
care
if
it
was
vernon
road,
olegs
avenue,
you've
been
there
and
we
will
continue
to
rely
on
you
to
help
us
solve
many
of
the
challenges
facing
our
communities
and
thank
you
for
being
authentic.
While
doing
it
and
everything
you
did.
No
one
saw
most
of
it
on
social
media
because
you
would
simply
give
the
word
to
get
the
work
done
and
the
next
thing
people
would
know
the
work
would
fix.
M
A
You,
okay,
and
we
should
call
for
the
question
yeah,
but
council.
J
President,
our
guys,
yes,
thank
you,
council,
president
I'd,
like
I'd
like
to
add
a
little
bit.
What
council?
Our
majority
leader,
council
council
member
park,
had
just
stated
on
michael
hands
contributions
to
philadelphia,
michael
hands
character
as
a
an
individual
I've
known
mike
for
25
almost
30
years.
J
I
guess
that
should
start
to
show
my
age,
so
he
has
been
nothing
but
a
contributor,
a
fighter
and
a
defender
all
right
for
people
in
this
city
emerging
contractors,
making
sure
that
the
carpenters
union
are
reflective
of
the
city
philadelphia
in
every
aspect,
at
every
level,
giving
people
the
opportunities
giving
people
the
chance
to
have
a
career,
giving
people
the
chance
by
leadership
in
giving
back
to
the
communities
as
council
member
parker
was
talking
about
or
whether
it's
veterans,
whether
it's
people
of
one
week
on
people
who
who
suffered
a
tragic
situation
with
with
rebuilding
parts
of
their
house
and
accommodated
for
handicap,
accessible
ramps
and
accommodations
in
their
homes.
J
So
they
can
live
and
remain
in
their
in
their
place
of
domicile
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Yes,
he
is.
We
were
an
alum
of
the
same
high
school
he's
from
fishtown.
They
call
it
now
all
right.
Port
fishington
in
in
some
location
would
drive
him
crazy.
All
right
because
we
are
a
city
of
neighborhoods
and
fish
town
is
facedown
and
that's
how
he
is,
and
he
doesn't
forget
his
roots
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
but
he
has
represented
people
for
his
entire
career.
J
So
I
want
to
thank
him
for
for
doing
so.
Wish
him
the
best
of
luck
and
continued
success
as
a
former
employee
of
the
carpenters,
but
as
a
as
a
person
of
the
city
philadelphia
who
constantly
give
back-
and
I
want
to
thank
councilmember
parker
for
allowing
me
to
share
in
his
honor
here
with
this
resolution,
so
michael
hand.
Congratulations
and
thank
you
for
all
your
work.
A
D
A
D
Thank
you,
mr
president,
before
I
offer
the
motion
I
wanted
to
again
thank
you
and
all
of
my
colleagues
who
co-sponsored
this
resolution
recognizing
the
tireless
efforts
of
the
women
who
organized
the
women's
march
here
in
philadelphia
for
four
years
from
2017
through
2020,
and
I
just
wanted
to
call
them
and
mention
them
by
name.
D
I
think
it's
important
to
speak
their
names
and
all
the
work
they
have
done
over
the
last
few
years
on
the
march
so
nikki
bagby,
beth,
finn,
amy,
martin,
deja,
lynn,
alvarez,
laura
alli,
arter,
selena,
suswell,
sarita,
lewis,
bridget
gill
and
vicki
landers.
On
behalf
of
my
colleagues,
and
I
we
say
thank
you
for
your
tireless
efforts
and
with
that
council
president.
We
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
D
A
A
A
B
A
M
I
I
I
Thank
you,
mr
president,
adoption
resolution.
L
T
M
I'm
sorry,
I'm
sorry.
No!
No
problem.
Councilman
squilla,
chair,
recognizes
councilman
thomas
for
a
motion
on
the
resolution.
M
K
M
B
I
I
move
the
adoption
and
resolution.
M
Second,
it
has
been
moved
and
properly
seconded
that
the
resolution
be
adopted.
All
those
in
favor
will
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
those
opposed
the
eyes
have
it
and
the
resolution
is
adopted.
Will
the
clerk
please
read
the
title
of
resolution
number
two:
one:
zero:
two:
zero
zero.
C
M
M
A
Yeah,
thank
you,
councilwoman.
That's
what
I
get
for
talking
about
conspiracy.
I
will
never
say
that
again
councilwoman.
What
did
you
give
me.
M
A
Okay,
thank
you,
councilwoman.
Thank
you
leader,
mr
decker.
Please
read
the
title
of
bill
number
two:
zero
zero
six
one
eight.
A
Thank
you.
This
bill
has
been
read
on
two
different
days.
The
question
now
shall
the
bill
pass.
Finally,
mr
decker
call
the
roll.
B
I
A
F
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
do
have
three
questions
for
the
sponsor
councilmember
brooks
about
the
amendments
and
this
bill
for
clarity
of
the
rep
for
the
record,
so
I'll
just
go
through
each
question
one
at
a
time.
So
can
you
explain
why
you
included
and
then
removed
the
language
that
allows
employers
who
are
eligible
for
federal
tax
reimbursements
when
providing
the
emergency
leave?
That's
called
for
in
this
legislation?
E
Thank
you,
councilmember.
Council
president.
I
would
like
to
address
the
amendments
that
I
sent
around
today
and
the
clarification
that
I
sent
around
this
morning
at
the
beginning
of
council
sessions
and
hopefully
they'll
answer
council
member
dom's
questions
and
if
not,
I
will
proceed
to
answer
his
questions
following
that.
F
The
other
question
I
had
was
the
rationale
for
the
160
hour
threshold
for
paid
time
off
pto,
so
I've
heard
various
iterations
of
120
160
180
days
that
were
quoted.
So
I'm
just
wondering
what
the
conversations
were
among
the
various
groups.
You
spoke
to
what
the
advantages
or
disadvantages
are
for
the
various
number
of
hours.
F
Can
you
walk
through
the
thought
process
on
this
and
the
cost
for
some
of
these
types
of
growing
businesses?
And
the
last
question
was:
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
correctly
that
the
city
is
subject
to
the
requirements
of
this
bill,
and
I
wanted
to
get
a
confirmation
on
that.
That
would
be
good
thanks.
I
E
So
the
tax
credits,
just
as
our
previous
version
of
the
public
health
emergency
leave,
if
a
business
with
fewer
than
500
employees
provides
leave
for
the
reasons
listed
in
our
bill,
they
will
qualify
for
tax
credit
from
the
federal
government.
E
We
cannot
require
essential
workers
to
use
all
of
their
vacation
time
for
the
year,
so
we
negotiate
it
with
several
stakeholders.
A
reasonable
number
and
160
is
the
number
that
we
came
with.
Finally,
everyone
may
not
agree
with
this,
but
we
were
in
those
negotiations
with
multiple
stakeholders
and
what
else
will
the
city
fall
under
this
legislation?
Yes,
the
city,
like
all
employers
with
more
than
50
employees,
will
have
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
this
bill
and
we've
been
in
discussion
with
administration
about
that.
D
D
E
Okay,
the
generation
here
aligned
with
what
was
expected
for
the
time
off
for
the
city
city's
employees
are
got
included.
I
H
On
the
green
point
of
information
yeah,
I
just
want
to
get
some
perspective
and
make
sure
I
clearly
understand
your
response
to
council
member
dom
so
you're
saying
that
by
taking
out
the
the
amendment
that
you
put
in
for
small
business
supports
that
does
not
create
a
conflict
with
the
legislation
at
the
federal
level.
My
understanding
is
that
I
mean.
Maybe
let
me
step
back.
What
was
the
reason
of
putting
in
the
small
business
supports
initially
in
the
first
amendment
that
you
circulated.
E
The
first
set
of
amendments
that
were
sent
out,
we
send
it
out
prematurely
and
we
had
not
finalized
that
that
was
going
to
be
amendment.
That's
why
we
sent
the
second
version
as
well
as
the
exclamation
along
this
morning.
We
were
in
consideration
of
it,
but
the
fact
that
we
were
already
left
hanging
by
creating
a
sunset
on
the
initial
page.
E
Public
health
emergency
leave
a
bill
and
we
did
not
want
to
have
to
go
through
a
third
round
of
creating
this
public
health
emergency
lead.
So
we
decided
to
leave
it
out,
but
wouldn't
there
be.
H
A
so
there's
not
a
conflict
between
the
federal
law
and
what's
proposed
under
this
law
under
the
time
period,
that
the
tax
credits
are
available,
I
believe
under
the
federal
law
it
talks
about
10
days
as
opposed
to
80
hours.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
both
employees,
as
well
as
employers,
have
clarity
in
reference
to
what
applies.
E
Well,
it
talks
about
a
two
two
work
weeks,
which
could
be
either
classified
as
10
days
or
80
hours.
One
work
week
for
the
hours,
so
we
classified
it
together.
So
I'm
not
really
understanding,
but
I
did
double
check
when
I
saw
the
10
week
I
mean
I'm
sorry
the
10
days
it
kind
of
threw
me
off
as
well,
but
then
the
realization
that
the
language
talks
about
10
weeks,
I'm
sorry
10
days
and
80
hours
all
equivalent
to
a
two
week
work
week,
so
they
will
still
be
included.
H
So
that
said,
american
rescue
plan
language
says
80
hours
or
10
days.
H
I
think
just
trying
to
make
sure
that
both
employees
and
employers
have
proper
guidance.
Mind
is
concerned
making
sure
that
the
language
as
an
american
rescue
plan
we're
mirroring
that
here
at
the
local
level,
so
that,
if
I
am
an
employer
or
employee,
I
know
I'm
basing
it
on
10
days
or
80
hours,
because
that
could
possibly
be
different.
And
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you're
saying
that
under
the
american
rescue
plan,
it's
saying
one
or
the
other.
E
No,
and
so
there
shouldn't
be
a
conflict
between
this
bill
and
the
federal
legislation.
It
says
up
to
two
weeks
or
80
hours
and
we
got
that
information
around
the
information
we
sent
links
to
the
irs
classification,
which
provides
two
weeks
or
at
80
hours,
language
as
well,
and
it's
also
listed
in
the
language
that
was
in
the
email
sent
early
right.
But
I
guess
my
my
question
is
why.
H
Can't
we
just
use
the
exact
same
language
from
the
american
rescue
plan,
so
that
way,
there's
no
confusion
for
employees
or
employers.
In
reference
to
do
I
receive
80
hours
and
or
10
days,
and
if
I'm
an
employer,
I
can
get
tax
credit
for
that
exact
same
amount.
I
mean
we're
just
just
for
the
ease
of
simplicity,
considering
that
we're
dealing
with
a
lot
of
information,
a
lot
of
changes,
I'm
still
just
trying
to
digest
all
the
information
american
rescue
plan
each
day,
I'm
learning
more
information.
H
I
just
think
for
an
ease
of
getting
information
out
for
employers
and
employees.
We
use
a
similar
language.
That's
an
american
rescue
plan.
Also,
I'm
not
sure
if
there's
any
regulations
that
need
to
be
adopted
to
implement
on
this
proposed
legislation,
because
there
was
regulations
that
were
needed
in
last
year's
bill
that
expired.
That's
why
this
legislation
is
important
to
protect
both
employees
and
also
employers.
E
So
from
my
understanding,
the
language
is
the
same.
We
just
don't
have
an
explicit
reference
to
the
tax
credit,
for
the
reason
that
I
stated
earlier,
and
that
is
the
only
difference,
and
I
believe
that
I
don't
I'm
just
I
don't
I'm
not
really
sure
what
else
to
say
about
that.
The
language
is
the
same.
I
just
did
not
include
the
piece
of
reference
directly
to
the
tax
credit,
but
it
is
the
same
and
it
has
been
verified
with
legal.
H
It
seems
like
the
amendment
is
just
further
clarifying
that
those
who
are
eligible
for
reimbursement
to
the
federal
tax
credits
are
eligible
for
that
which
kind
of
goes
in
context
with
your
7a
in
reference
to
requiring
to
extend
the
federal
state
laws
require
employers
to
provide
paid
or
paid
leave
or
paid
sick
leave
later
cover
19,
they
can
substitute
under
federal
or
state
law,
enforce
obligations
in
reference
to
and
what
coincides
the
relevant
federal
state
laws.
H
So
I
just
was
I
because
I
thought
the
amendment
was
from
clarity
perspective
to
make
sure
that
people
understood
both
employees
and
employers,
that
you
can
receive
federal
tax
credits,
so
I'm
just
trying
I'm
still
just
trying
to
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
the
same
language,
which
is
an
american
rescue
plan
here
at
the
local
level.
So
that
way,
everything's
consistent
and
there's
not
a
lot
of
confusion
and
concern,
and
so
you're.
I
just
make
sure
I
understand
you're
saying
that
the
language
is.
It
is
exactly
the
same
on
the
american
rescue
plan.
E
Yes,
the
link
the
language
is
the
same,
and
the
links
to
the
track
to
tax
credit
means
that
we
would
the
leave
could
expire,
and
that
has
happened
once
and
we
don't
want
to
happen
again.
That
is
the
reason
I
did
not
and
do
not
want
to
explicitly
link
the
federal
legislation,
but
the
language
is
to
say,
and
everyone
who
provides
public
health,
emergency
leave
and
qualifies
for
tax
credits
will
receive
the
tax
credit.
H
Okay,
so
if
it's
the
same
language,
why
didn't
we
just
stick
with
the
original
amendment,
because
the
original
amendment
provides
additional
clarity
about
federal
tax
credits
that
in
7a
does
not?
So
if
it's
the
same
language,
I
think
that's.
I
was
my
assumption
that
the
purpose
of
the
amendment
that
you
circulate
yesterday
was
to
make
sure
that
the
language
is
mirroring
the
federal
law
to
make
sure
that
both
employees
and
employers
understood
what
they're
able
to
receive
under
this
public
health
emergency
lead.
E
Due
to
cover
19.
the
reason
we
didn't
we
didn't
do,
it
is
because
the
tax
credits
will
expire
now
in
terms
of
understanding
the
language,
I'm
certain
that
most
employers
have
folks
that
can
help
them
understand
this
language.
Very
clearly,
my
concern
was
to
make
sure
that
working
folks
have
access
to
paid
sick
emergency
leave
at
160
hours
and
that
it
happens
as
soon
as
possible,
because
people
were
left
out
for
three
months
left
out
nicole,
because
of
legislation
that
was
requested
for
us
to
put
a
sunset
on
this.
As
of
december
31st.
E
Now
we
have
philadelphians
in
the
peak
of
the
pandemic
that
were
out
of
paid
sick
legislation
that
we
have
left
hanging.
So
I
will
not
link
the
federal
legislation
to
this,
because
I
do
not
want
to
go
through
a
third
round
of
public
health
emergency
leave.
If
this
were
to
aspire.
We
are
on
the
uptick.
Vaccination
is
available
and
we
need
to
protect
our
citizens.
H
You
know
I
clearly
support
and
that's
why
I
voted
for
this
to
get
out
of
committee,
because
the
legislation
that
was
that
you
introduced
last
year
expired
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
employees
are
covered
during
the
pandemic,
which
is
still
going
on.
H
I
was
just
trying
to
get
clarity
in
reference
to
the
tax
credit
issue,
because
I
saw
the
amendment
and
then
I
saw
the
new
amendment
and
I
was
just
trying
to
get
some
perspective
on,
because
the
clue
that
it
was
a
reason
why
you
put
it
in,
and
I
thought
it
was
for
the
clarity
of
making
sure
that
the
american
rescue
plan
coincided
with
this
legislation
to
make
sure
employees
and
employers
knew
all
the
perspectives.
That's
why
I
asked
the
question
trying
to
get
that
understanding.
H
I
mean
I
I
mean
I
got
a
better
perspective
from
you
in
reference
to
the
amendment.
I
will
look
at
this
again.
I
think
you
did
say
there
was
some
additional,
an
email
that
you
provided.
We
had
some
reference
to.
The
american
rescue
plan
did
not
get
a
chance
to
click
onto
that
link
because
I
was
just
looking
at
both
amendments.
So
thank
you,
council
president.
H
A
You
thank
you
councilman
and
is
that
it
before
I
call
for
the
councilwoman
for
emotional,
her
amendment.
I
just
want
to
put
a
record
on
two
zero
zero.
Six
one
eight
account,
I
don't
believe
the
councilman.
Oh,
was
he
recording
that.
N
B
Yes,
mr
president,
I
have
him
as
voting
live,
so
it
was.
A
Okay,
so
the
17.
okay
just
want
to
make
sure
I
got
a
got.
A
note
sent
to
me
about
councilman.
Okay,
chair,
recognizes,
councilmember
brooks
for
an
amendment
emotionally.
I
E
M
A
Thank
you
all.
This
paper
of
the
motion
will
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
and
bill
number
two
one
zero.
One.
Two
two
has
been
amended
bill
number
two,
one
zero
one,
two
two
as
amended,
will
be
placed
on
the
final
passes
calendar
for
our
next
session
council.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker.
B
B
A
resolution
authorizing
the
committee
on
education
to
hold
hearings
to
identify
and
examine
potential
systemic
biases
and
oversight
that
created
the
inequalities
between
black
and
white-led
schools,
resulting
in
poor
resources
or
support
for
black
founded
and
led
institutions
introduced
by
councilman.
Thomas
chair
recognizes.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker.
That
completes
our
calendar
for
the
day
prior
to
recognizing
members
of
her
speeches.
I
will
know
for
the
record
at
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,
and
the
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
particular
purpose.
A
E
Thank
you
councilmember.
I
mean
council
president.
I
want
to
thank
every
member
of
council
for
voting
to
pass
the
resolution
I
introduced
last
week
calling
on
the
federal
reserve
to
offer
zero
interest
low,
long-term
loans
to
municipalities.
E
Currently
philadelphia
pays
over
245
million
dollars
in
rent
interest
fees
to
wall
street
banks
each
year,
while
the
school
district
of
philadelphia
pays
over
145
million
every
year
as
the
poorest
city
in
the
country,
it
is
unthinkable
that
we
are
hemorrhaging
this
amount
of
money
just
to
line
the
pockets
of
wealthy
and
the
money
should
be
spent
as
needed
on
our
own
city
services.
E
E
E
A
Thank
you,
councilwoman.
Thank
you
very
much.
Speeches
on
behalf
of
the
majority
chair
recognizes
councilwoman.
C
Thank
you.
Mr
president,
today
I
introduced
two
resolute
resolutions
that
raise
awareness
of
two
very
important
health
issues
for
the
month
of
march
nutrition
and
brain
injury.
According
to
the
center
for
disease
control
and
prevention,
chronic
diseases
such
as
heart,
disease,
cancer
and
diabetes
are
the
leading
causes
of
death
and
disability
in
the
united
states.
In
fact,
six
out
of
every
ten
adults
has
a
chronic
disease
and
four
out
of
every
ten
has
multiple
chronic
diseases.
C
C
Organizations
like
phil
abundance,
the
black
women's
health
alliance,
the
coalition
against
hunger,
north
philly
peace
park
and
weaver's
way
are
all
examples
of
leaders
in
philadelphia
working
to
increase
access
to
fresh
food
and
health
wellness
and
nutrition
education
every
day.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
in
reducing
health
disparities
in
our
city
and
working
towards
promoting
a
healthier,
more
equitable
philadelphia.
C
On
another
note,
it
is
important
to
increase
understanding
of
chronic
brain
injury.
More
than
210
000
children
and
adults
in
pennsylvania
are
living
with
a
disability
due
to
due
to
traumatic
brain
injury,
which
is
just
one
example
of
a
chronic
brain
injury.
This
year's
theme
for
brain
injury
awareness
month
is
hashtag
more
than
my
brain
injury
to
help
educate
others
on
what
it's
like
to
live
with
a
brain
injury
and
reduce
stigma.
C
The
covet
19
pandemic
has
presented
unique
challenges
for
students
suffering
from
brain
injuries.
The
coalition
or
the
collaboration
required
between
teachers
and
families
is
inhibited
by
distance
learning
and
lack
of
daily
structure
that
can
cause
increased
dysregulation
and
negative
behaviors
further,
resulting
in
stress
on
the
student
and
the
adult.
C
Additionally,
too
much
screen
time
results
in
eye
strain,
increased
fatigue
and
other
symptoms
that
are
amplified
and
persons
with
brain
injuries.
Groups
like
the
brain
injury,
association
of
pennsylvania,
mcgee,
rehab,
hospital
of
jefferson,
health
and
penn
medicine
are
dedicated
to
improving
the
quality
of
life
of
those
affected
by
brain
injuries
and
their
families.
C
F
Thank
you,
council
president.
Yesterday,
he
recognized,
I
believe,
the
one
year
anniversary
of
the
first
cover
diagnosis
in
our
city.
F
F
F
F
On
february
22nd,
the
cdc
allocated
a
total
of
63
690,
first
and
second
doses,
combined
on
march
1st
cdc
upped
its
allocation
to
a
total
of
68
640,
first
and
second
doses
combined
on
march
8,
the
cdc
once
again
upped
its
allocation
to
a
total
of
70
980,
first
and
second
doses.
Combined
three
days
ago,
the
health
department
informed
us
that
during
the
week
of
february
22nd
the
city
administered
51
hundred
first
and
second
doses.
F
They
told
us
the
following
week
week
of
march
second,
we
administered
over
ninety
thousand
doses,
which
included
the
fema
site
allocation
for
forty
two
thousand
doses
that
week
so
the
city
basically
dosed.
Fifty
thousand
people,
given
that
the
city
has
received
over
two
hundred
thousand
doses
from
the
sea
over
the
past
three
weeks,
has
only
had
the
capacity
to
deliver
150
000
of
these
doses.
F
F
If
we
need
to
vaccinate-
let's
just
say:
1.2
million
philadelphians
and
two-thirds
of
these
vaccinations
require
two
doses
of
either
the
pfizer
or
moderna
dose.
We
will
need
to
administer
1.6
million
doses
of
visor
from
modern
vaccines
and
400
000
of
the
johnson
johnson
doses,
which
is
one
shot
for
a
total
2
billion
doses.
F
F
F
Earlier
this
week
the
health
department
told
us
we
don't
have
the
capacity
to
dramatically
scale
up
our
vaccination
efforts
limited
by
the
number
of
providers
have,
in
addition
to
the
providers
place.
Now,
the
health
department
is
ramping
up
six
sites
which
can
do
400
to
500
shots
per
day,
but
these
sites
are
only
open
one
day
a
week,
so
they
collectively
only
add
3
000
doses
to
our
distribution
totals
per
week.
F
According
to
my
calculations,
if
we
vaccinate
at
our
current
pace,
we'll
be
at
her
third
immunity
in
maybe
seven
months,
depending
on
how
long
fema
sticks
around
that's
not
the
worst
case,
look
at
what
we're
being
allocated
and
what
we're
able
to
distribute
in
about
three
weeks
we'll
have
to
preserve
all
our
doses
for
those
who
need
a
second
dose
example.
Is
the
convention
center.
As
of
march
23rd,
no
more
first
doses
there
they're
going
to
switch
the
second
doses.
F
F
H
F
When
we
put
our
biggest
vaccination
site
in
a
white
neighborhood
and
use
an
invitation
list,
that's
overwhelmingly
white,
it
seems
we're
set
up
to
fail
on
equity.
When
we
first
announced
the
philly
special
plan,
I
and
others
said
this-
is
the
best
plan
for
scaling
up
our
vaccination
capacity
and
achieving
racial
effort.
Today
I
say
that
this
is
not
just
the
best
plan.
It
may
only
be
the
only
plan
we
have
to
get
the
job
done
at
this
point.
F
Our
role
here
is
to
ensure
the
administration
meets
our
expectations
and
the
public's
expectations
on
the
delivery
of
this
vaccination
in
the
last
week
was
going
to
discover
a
lot
of
details
about
what
we're
doing,
and
it's
not
looking
great
and
we
have
to
fix
it.
I
hope
all
of
you
will
stand
with
me
to
encourage
the
mayor
to
open
up
lincoln
financial
field
and
other
large-scale
sites
with
a
plan.
F
H
Thank
you
council.
President.
No
last
week
we
adopted
a
resolution
to
acknowledge
and
memorialize
those
who
had
lost
so
much
due
to
on
this
pandemic.
In
today's
council
session,
we've
heard
a
number
of
our
colleagues
talking
about
cover
19,
in
fact
the
world
health
organization
march
11th.
H
One
year
ago
today
I
identified
cover
19
or
the
novel
coronavirus
as
a
global
pandemic,
and
as
I
reflect
on
last
year,
I
was
actually
attending
national
league
city's
conference
in
dc.
That
was
actually
the
last
conference
I
attended
and
that's
when
we
were
just
really
starting
to
get
a
sense
of
this
pandemic
and
the
impact
it
was
starting
to
have.
H
But
then
we
had
no
idea
the
impact
it
would
have
throughout
the
entire
globe,
and
so,
as
we
moved
into
2021,
things
are
definitely
looking
up,
but
I
think
we
get
so
caught
up
in
all
the
issues
of
the
day
and
all
the
news.
Sometimes
we
don't
really
reflect
on
the
impact
of
a
piece
of
legislation.
H
Yesterday,
in
d.c,
the
american
rescue
plan
act
of
2021
was
passed,
and
I
know
the
various
papers
and
other
outlets
have
covered
some
of
the
information
in
this
plan.
People
are
familiar
with
the
1400
dollar
checks
for
individuals,
but
this
plan
is
revolutionary
in
a
lot
of
ways.
We
have
not
seen
this
type
of
impact
at
the
local
level
at
a
state
level
at
the
federal
level.
H
In
decades,
this
plan
is
going
to
expand
child
tax
credit
by
300
a
month
provides
about
1.8
million
in
dollars
for
snap
benefits
it's
going
to
provide.
You
know
significant
amount
of
money
for
our
school
districts.
School
district
philadelphia
is
looking
to
receive
over
a
billion
dollars.
H
It
increases
health
insurance
and
extends
unemployment
benefits
due
to
the
pandemic
and
has
opportunity
for
pension
assistance,
as
well
as
helping
those
that
have
been
entrepreneurs
that
have
you
know
racial
ethnic
background
that
have
experienced
systemic
discrimination
with
aid
to
a
15
billion
dollar
in
economic
injury
disaster
loans.
It
expands
the
paycheck
protection
program,
providing
additional
eligibility
and
additional
funding
for
that
program
for
restaurants,
food
and
beverage
establishments.
H
We're
looking
at
28.6
billion
dollars,
25
billion,
specifically
in
one
area,
about
1.25
billion
for
shuttered
venues,
then
just
locally
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Our
transportation
authority,
which
has
been
decimated
by
this
pandemic,
expected
to
receive
that
615
million
dollars,
airport
115
million
dollars
and
here
locally
as
a
city,
we
anticipate
receiving
over
a
billion
dollars
by
half
we'll
be
able
to
receive
within
two
months
and
then
the
other
half
will
be
able
to
draw
down
next
year.
H
So
when
we
think
about
the
american
rescue
plan,
not
only
is
it
providing
billions
of
dollars
for
states
and
19
000
municipalities
around
the
country
are
going
to
benefit
just
like
here
in
philadelphia,
a
lot
of
money
in
reference
to
trying
to
make
sure
the
vaccination
effort
gets
done
in
jurisdictions
around
the
country.
But
it's
also
going
to
really
impact
poverty.
H
Because,
president,
in
your
statement,
the
other
day
talked
about
how
this
is
going
to
drastically
drastically
reduce
child
poverty.
For
a
city
that
has
a
25
poverty
rate,
the
impact
of
the
american
rescue
plan
is
not
only
a
way
we
come
back
out
of
this
pandemic,
but
it's
also
how
we
truly
address
poverty.
To
me,
this
is
the
closest
thing
we've
had
to
the
war
in
poverty
from
president
johnson.
H
It's
going
to
have
ripple
effects
throughout
this
nation
in
many
ways,
and
I
just
wanted
to
bring
some
of
those
things
to
our
attention
because
we
get
so
busy
with
all
the
different
issues
that
we're
trying
to
deal
with
that.
Sometimes,
when
we
have
real
positive
legislation,
that's
really
going
to
make
an
impact
in
citizens
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
H
We
don't
spend
some
time.
I
think
enough
time
to
really
talking
about
that.
So
in
the
coming
days
and
weeks
and
months
we'll
be
getting
more
details
of
the
specific
details
of
the
american
rescue
plan
and
how
it's
going
to
impact
citizens
in
our
city,
who've
really
been
struggling
for
so
long
and
to
me
what
this
really
does
is
demonstrates
why
voting
matters?
You
know
we
went
through
a
campaign
last
year
and
you
know
some
people
will
say
well.
Why
should
I
participate?
H
Why
should
I
vote?
This
is
an
example
of
why
voting
matters,
the
fact
that
we've
been
able
to
change
an
administration
and
bring
the
president
that
was
able
to
get
the
american
rescue
plan
passed.
In
addition
by
having
voters
in
another
state
like
georgia,
I,
like
two
state
senators,
that's
how
that
impacts
us
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
So
I
hope
that,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
and
get
more
information
regarding
the
american
rescue
plan,
people
make
that
connection
that
tie.
H
Why
voting
is
important
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
not
just
in
one
election
but
every
election,
and
how
this
is
a
really.
As
that
time,
vice
president
biden
said
bfd,
this
is
really
a
bfd
for
the
city
of
philadelphia.
So
thank
you,
council
president.
A
G
Thank
you,
council,
president
and
good
afternoon,
everyone.
As
several
members
have
noted.
Yesterday,
the
american
rescue
plan
was
passed
by
the
u.s
house
of
representatives.
The
legislation
will
go
to
president
biden's
desk
for
a
final
signature
tomorrow.
This
is
the
most
significant
national
stimulus
effort
since
the
new
deal.
G
It
can't
be
overstated
how
important
this
is
and
what
a
transformational
impact
it
will
have
on
towns
and
cities
across
the
country,
including
philadelphia,
in
addition
to
another
round
of
direct
payments
for
many
americans,
an
extension
of
unemployment
benefits
and
billions
of
dollars
for
vaccine
distribution,
schools,
transit
agencies
and
housing
assistance.
The
plan
will
provide
flexible
funding
to
states
and
cities
that
can
be
used
to
support
a
wide
range
of
initiatives.
G
G
The
number
of
miners
who
have
lost
their
lives
is
up
200
percent
from
this
time
last
year,
and
a
large
portion
of
this
loss
is
taking
place
in
my
district
and
baba
mingastaba
a
15
year
old
resident
of
west
philly
died
last
week
after
being
shot
in
the
head.
This
past
tuesday
night
another
15
year
old,
antonio
walker,
jr,
was
fatally
shot
and
a
16-year-old
who
had
been
shot
in
october
died
as
a
result
of
his
injuries
on
tuesday
night
as
well.
G
The
loss
of
these
children
is
tragic
and
traumatic,
not
just
for
their
family
and
friends,
but
for
our
entire
community.
Experts
are
attributing
this
disturbing
spike
in
violence
to
the
pandemic
and
similar
to
the
pandemic.
We
need
to
treat
gun,
gun
violence
crisis
like
the
public
health
crisis,
that
it
is.
G
This
means
implementing
evidence-based
programs
that
focus
on
prevention,
intervention
and
victim
services,
because
also
like
covid
gun,
violence
is
contagious.
Research
suggests
that
even
just
witnessing
a
shooting
can
increase
the
probability
that
a
young
person
will
be
involved
in
violence
within
the
next
two
years.
G
G
I
hope
that
we
use
this
infusion
of
funds
as
an
opportunity
to
reflect
the
fact
that
eradicating
gun
violence
is
a
public
safety
priority,
a
public
health
priority
and
a
racial
justice
priority
all
wrapped
up
in
one.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
my
council
colleagues
and
with
the
kenney
administration
to
see
what
we
can
do
to
move
resources
towards
this
issue
immediately.
M
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Mr
president,
I
just
have
a
quick
two
issues
that
I
want
to
address,
and
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
both
council
members,
green
and
council
member
gaultier
for
their
comments
regarding
president
biden's
historic
game-changing.
1.9
trillion
dollar
american
rescue
plan
covet
19
stimulus
bill.
Mr
president,
I
want
to
note
for
the
record
that
councilwoman
gautier
councilmember
gautier
she
hit
the
nail
on
the
head
when
she
talked
about
the
flexible
funding
available
for
cities
and
states
that
is
included
in
this
package.
M
It
is
important
for
philadelphians
to
know
because
they
are
thinking
about,
cares
and
the
other
2020
related
stimulus
dollars
that
have
been
distributed.
M
You
know
from
washington
dc,
but
what
philadelphia
should
know
is
that
when
we
had
to
close
a
750
million
dollar
budget
gap
last
year
and
people
couldn't
understand
why
certain
cuts
were
made
when
we
received
funding
from
the
states,
I'm
not
sure
that
people
understood
the
help
that
came
from
washington
didn't
give
philadelphia
to
flexibility,
to
use
that
money
to
replace
revenue
that
we
lost
as
a
result
of
covid.
It's
with
that
spirit
and
intent
in
mind
of
mr
president
that
I
want
to
say
a
huge
thank
you.
M
M
You
know
all
members
of
the
philadelphia
delegation
and
our
u.s
senator
casey
for
his
support
of
this
bill
and
to
also
say
that
we
look
forward
to
under
your
leadership,
mr
president,
engaging
with
our
mayor,
jim
kinney,
along
with
our
philadelphia
congressional
delegation,
boyle
evans
and
mary
gay
scanlon,
along
with
our
state
legislative
leaders,
that
is
vincent
hughes
and
williams,
along
with
a
leader
mcclinton,
with
harrison
all
members
of
the
philadelphia
delegation
in
both
chambers
in
harrisburg,
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
robust
intergovernmental
discussion
and
strategy
for
how
we
will
employ
the
use
of
these
dollars
as
we
move
forward.
M
I
also,
mr
president,
need
to
say
thank
you
to
you
and
mayor
kenny,
because
you
know
I
sometimes
I
think
it's
only
a
story
and
people
think
that
we
are
at
each
other's
throats.
But
I
thank
you,
mr
president,
and
mayor
kenny,
for
working
together
to
come
up
with
the
strategy
to
move
philadelphia's
budget
process.
M
The
budget
address
which
would
trigger
the
budget
hearings
for
moving
them
further
down
the
line,
giving
us
an
opportunity
for
this
federal
legislation
to
be
passed
so
that
some
of
the
you
know
terrible
decisions
that
we
would
have
had
to
be
considering
you
know
with
the
potential
450
million
dollar
you
know,
budget
hold
that
we
had.
M
We
can
now
start
from
a
true
space,
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
with
all
of
our
colleagues
in
an
intergovernmental
way
to
address
this
issue
now
for
the
good
stuff.
Mr
president,
last
night
I
had
the
great
opportunity
of
zooming
with,
and
I
want
to
make
sure
I
get
this
right-
the
philadelphia
chapter
of
the
coalition
of
labor
union
women
here
as
they
honored
some
of
philadelphia
trailblazers.
M
They
honored
a
lady
by
the
name
of
diana
monty
who
was
the
first
african-american
woman
to
join
the
philadelphia
iron
workers
union
405..
It's
a
coincidence
that
she
gave
our
prayer
today
because
they
also
honored
archbishop
mary
floyd,
floyd,
palmer,
the
first
president
woman
president
of
the
philadelphia
council
of
clergy.
They
honored
a
lady.
I
didn't
I
didn't
know
of
mr
president,
but
they
did
a
video
on
her.
Her
name
is
the
late
great
ann
feeney.
M
She
was
a
wonderful
folk
center,
a
folk
singer
and
a
political
activist
and
the
first
woman
president
of
the
pittsburgh
musicians
union,
and
she
also
honored
a
lady.
We
all
know
well
and
we
love
carl
stoops,
the
first
african-american
woman
elected
as
the
national
conference,
public
employees,
retirement
system
secretary
and
carl,
and
I,
aside
from
her
purple
hair,
that
I
love
we
connected
because
she
was
committed
to
pensions.
You
know
and
retirement
security.
M
It's
with
that
being
said
that
I
want
to
thank
you
clue
for
acknowledging
the
efforts
of
those
women
who
have
been
breaking
through
glass
ceilings
and
knocking
down
vaulted
doors,
to
say
to
generations
to
come
that
they
can
too
have
an
opportunity
to
succeed
and
sit
at
tables
where
they
are
not
currently
represented
so
to
karen
parker.
Who
is
the
president
of
a
clue,
councilmember
jones?
She
is
not
a
resident
of
the
force.
She
lives
in
the
9th
councilmanic
district.
M
Just
so
you
know
to
all
of
the
officers
trustees
executive
board,
members
of
clue
unto
thelma
clements
and
selena
hodges.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
I
also
have
to
put
a
record
note
that
michelle
slay
shashana
brooklyn
vanessa
fields
nina
ahmad
hal
and
sue
rosenthal.
M
They
were
present
with
us
and
I
was
also
proud
to
join,
with
my
saw
roy
judge,
tamika
lane,
my
coalition
sister
cateria
mccabe,
a
judge
and
member
of
alpha
kappa,
alpha,
sorority,
laurie,
dumas
and
judge
maria
mclaughlin.
They
were
all
present
for
this
event
and
it
was
just
nice
to
see
women
from
all
walks
of
life.
Mr
president,
come
together
to
lift
each
other
up
under
the
spirit
and
umbrella
of
solidarity.
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
colleagues.
A
Thank
you,
councilwoman
chair,
recognized,
councilman
jones.
L
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
I
want
to
shout
out
and
thank
my
colleagues
starting
with
remember
thomas
for
his
passionate
defense
of
institutions
of
color
today
that
that
moved
me
and
it
showed
his
commitment
not
only
to
the
education
process,
but
how
committed
he
is
as
a
parent
to
making
sure
that
his
children
and
all
children
get
what
they
deserve
by
way
of
cultural
competence.
L
So
I
want
to
say
that
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
member
greene,
who
put
it
succinctly
as
to
how
important
the
passage
of
that
legislation
was.
Somebody
asked
me
in
a
in
a
discussion.
Some
of
us.
You
know,
government,
junkie,
geeks,
tend
to
get
together
and
talk
about
budgets,
and
they
ask
me
how
bad
is
the
upcoming
budget
and
before
yesterday.
L
I
want
to
shout
out
your
leadership
president,
because
you
can
have
any
old
captain
of
a
ship
during
good
weather
and
sunshine,
and
you
know
everybody's
floating
down
the
delaware,
but
when
the
storms
come,
you
need
a
captain
of
a
ship
that
understands
some
of
the.
As
you
always
say,
the
adult
decisions,
tough
decisions
we
are
paid
to
make
and
we're
prepared
to
make
so
that
rescue
wagon
that
came
from
our
philadelphia
delegation,
the
congress,
the
senate
and
the
white
house
meant
more
than
people
actually
know
that
we
were
we.
L
We
were
on
our
way
to
a
very
bad
place.
I
want
to
thank
a
member
guardian
for
citing
that
in
these
good
times,
not
to
forget
the
systemic
problems
of
of
gun
violence.
So
now
I
raise
one
other
area
of
focus.
L
The
school
district
is
going
to
be
one
of
the
biggest
beneficiaries
of
these
dollars
manner
from
heaven
or
manner
from
washington
right.
Our
children,
who
have
been
at
home
being
educated,
some
in
difficult
circumstances
have
suffered.
L
L
It
is
imperative
over
the
summer
that
all
of
the
support
systems,
whether
it's
credit
recovery
at
the
high
school
level
or
tutoring,
to
play
catch-up
at
the
grade
school
level,
be
employed
this
summer.
If
we
can
afford
it,
we
should
do
it.
In
addition,
we
should
take
this
time
over
the
summer
to
prepare
our
aging
facilities
to
be
able
to
accept
our
young
people
and
teachers
with
modernized
ventilation
systems.
L
We
should
not
waste
this
crisis
to
do
what
needs
to
be
done
not
just
for
today,
but
for
years
to
come.
So,
as
you
said,
you
know,
we
were
afraid
in
our
discussions,
budgetarily,
that
this
was
going
to
be
a
one
time
appropriation
and
that
we
had
one
year
as
a
municipality
to
recover
to
get
people
back
in
restaurants,
people
in
hotels,
people
back
in
business
offices,
but
the
way
this
is
happening
it
will
give
us
more
like
a
two-year
recovery
period
for
which,
as
one
member
of
council,
I
am
grateful.
H
K
Yeah,
thank
you,
council
president.
You
know
I
was
sitting
here,
I'm
kind
of
reflecting
on
my
comments.
I
wasn't
even
prepared
to
make
comments
today,
as
I
was
just
taking
this
dig
in,
but
yesterday
was
a
pretty
rough
day.
K
The
last
couple
of
days
have
been
pretty
rough,
but
this
equity
and
sentiments
of
my
colleague
councilwoman
jamie,
guardia,
like
we
are
really
in
the
state
of
a
crisis
right
now.
We
are
really
losing
too
many
young
people
on
this.
Since
this
gun
violence.
When
I
think
about
the
work
that
we
are
doing
last
week,
you
introduced
legislation
to
create
a
resource
network
around
violence,
resources
for
young
people
and
families.
So
they
don't
have
to
address
this
issue
of
census,
gun
violence
alone
without
resources.
K
I
think
about
the
office
of
victim
advocates,
which
is
going
to
open
up
during
this
spring
to
help
families
who
have
lost
loved
ones.
The
gun
violence,
I
think,
about
catherine
gilmore
richardson,
who
have
pinned
a
letter
to
the
administration
to
make
sure
they're
going
to
doing
this
upcoming
and
budget
session,
that
every
department
has
a
plan
around
how
they're
addressing
gun
violence
if
we're
giving
them
resources.
K
I
think
about
councilwoman,
jamie
gardier,
who
said
that
we
need
to
be
in
a
state
of
emergency
declared
right
now
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
which
is,
we
all
know,
long
overdue,
but
I
think
about
my
constituents
when
I'm
out
and
about
in
the
streets
and-
and
I
looked
at
the
mother
talking
about
how
she
lost
her
son.
This
was
really
a
good
kid
and
it
just
reinforces
how
critically
important
it
is
that
to
those
who
have
lost
loves
one
of
gun.
K
Violence
like
those
families,
deserve
justice
like
we
got
this
whole
concept
inside
our
neighborhoods
that
you
know
when,
when
these
acts
of
violence
happen,
a
lot
of
time
is
quiet,
but
I
I
just
implore
it
to
the
constituents
that
I
represent
those
who
are
listening
that
if
they
see
something,
say
something
right,
because
that
mother,
that
father,
who
are
losing
their
loved
ones,
the
gun,
violence,
that's
a
hole
in
their
hearts.
That's
never
going
to
be
replaced,
and
so
there's
a
level
of
urgency
and
addressing
this
issue.
K
But,
most
importantly,
what
we
don't
always
talk
about
around
this
issue
is
justice
needs
to
be
serve
to
to
those
family
members
who
have
lost
loved
ones,
the
gun
violence.
So
I
look
forward
to
continuously
working
with
my
colleagues
to
figure
out
how
do
we
get
to
the
bottom
of
this
issue?
K
We're
definitely
going
in
the
wrong
direction,
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
so
we're
fighting
two
different
industries
at
one
time,
but
they
kept
me
up
late
last
night,
as
it
has
done
plenty
different
nights,
because
at
some
point
in
time
it's
like
you
know,
we
represent
the
people
and
we're
doing
the
best
that
we
can,
but
around
this
particular
issue,
we're
not
winning
right
now
and
too
many
young
people
are
dying
since
there's
gun
violence,
and
so
you
know
I
employ
the
other
leaders.
K
Law
enforcement
agencies
to
aggressively
stay
on
top
of
those
issues
like
we're
doing
a
city
council
wrap
our
heads
around
how
we
get
to
the
bottom
of
it,
because
we
all
know
when
they
get
hot
outside
on
this
upcoming
summer
right,
we
see
an
uptick
in
gun,
violence,
there's
no
reason
why
that
level
of
urgency.
Actually
it
should
have
started
last
year,
but
we're
not
really
preparing
even
more
aggressively
now
before
this
summer
comes
and
so
I'll
keep
everybody
posted.
K
As
I
continue
working
my
colleagues
around
this
issue,
but
we
got
to
get
to
the
bottom
of
it
because,
if
not
well,
nothing
else.
Matters
I'm
at
all
and
if,
if
anybody
thinks
I'm
wrong
about
that,
just
go:
ask
your
constituents
how
they're
feeling
right
now
about
the
state
of
philadelphia
around
this
issue,
and
it's
totally
just
unacceptable.
K
So
I
just
want
to
put
that
on
the
record
and
I'll
continue
to
work
with
my
colleagues
with
some
concrete
ways
on
how
we
address
it,
but
as
a
community
as
a
whole,
we
got
to
all
step
up
and
make
sure
that
we
call
for
justice
around
a
variety
of
different
issues.
Let's
start
calling
for
justice
for
these
young
people
being
murdered
in
the
streets
of
philadelphia.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councilman.
Yes,
it's
time
to
take
it
to
another
level.
Thank
you.
That
appears
to
be
all
the
speeches
on
behalf
of
the
minority
and
the
majority.
A
L
A
M
Mr,
mr
president,
absolutely
I
know
I
know
I.
M
Then
I
failed
in
my
comments
to
note
for
the
record
that,
as
councilmember
greene
was
going
through
all
of
the
specific
areas
that
will
be
funded
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
via
the
rescue
act
that
our
philadelphia
city
council
technical
team
when
we
find
out
what
those
dollars
actually
mean
for
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Because
I
think
that's
the
question.
A
lot
of
residents,
you
know
are
asking
1.9
trillion
dollars.
But
what
does
it
mean
for
our
region,
except
in
the
school
district?
To
our
gis?
Sir
greg
kingery?
M
A
That's
okay,
yeah
they've
actually
been
in
consultation
with
the
city's
budget
department
and
finance
chair
to
talk
about
the
specifics
and
get
put
the
level
of
specificity
out
there
for
people
in
the
public
and
for
us,
and
we
will
obviously
have
start
having
our
conversations
about
adjusting
our
budget
to
reflect
this
very,
very
significant
resource.
That's
coming
our
way,
thank
you
councilwoman.