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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 3-18-2021
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B
Going
to
get
started,
I
understand
that
the
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
council
session.
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
city
council
is
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
microsoft
teams
to
make
this
remote
meeting
possible
instructions
for
how
the
public
may
view
the
meeting
and
offer
public
comment
are
included
in
the
stated
meeting
notice
that
was
published
in
the
daily
news,
inquirer
and
illegal
intelligencer
prior
to
the
meeting
and
can
also
be
found
on
phl
council
dot
com.
B
I
now
note
that
the
hours
come
the
clerk
will
please
call
the
roll
to
take
attendance
and
members
that
are
in
attendance
will
please
indicate
that
you
are
present
or
anything
that
you
may
so
wish
to
activate
your
screen.
Mr
decker.
F
B
A
A
B
In
the
tennis
will
please
indicate
that
you
are
present
or
anything
that
you
may
so
wish
to
activate
your
screen.
Mr
decker.
F
A
L
Good
morning,
mr
president,
colleagues,
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
B
Good
morning,
everyone
we've
established
a
quorum
and
we
will
now
come
to
order
to
give
our
invocation.
This
morning
the
chair
recognizes
pastor
garth
giddings
of
cavalry
baptist
church
he's
here
today
as
the
guest
of
councilman
jones.
I
would
ask
all
members
and
guests
to
please
bow
our
heads
for
the
invocation
pastor.
B
A
E
Looks
like
the
pastor
is,
his
connection
is
frozen.
B
B
Amen,
amen,
what's
needed
invocation.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
pastor,
giddings,
for
those
inspiring
words,
although
being
abbreviated,
you
can
truly
feel
the
spirit.
Thank
you
so
much.
F
From
the
mayor
to
the
president
and
members
of
the
council
of
the
city
of
philadelphia,
I
am
pleased
to
advise
you
that
on
march
17
2021,
I
signed
the
following
bill,
which
was
passed
by
council
at
a
session
on
march
4
2021.,
bill
number
21082
and
then
on
march,
17
2021.
I
signed
the
following
bill,
which
was
passed
by
council
at
a
session
on
march
11
2021.
B
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker,
and
our
next
sort
of
business
is
the
introduction
bills
and
resolutions,
and
I
just
want
to
say
by
way
of
a
reminder.
We
are
asking
that
all
resolutions,
including
privilege
resolution
to
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
for
your
anticipated
cooperation.
F
E
A
A
B
B
Thank
you
and
mr
decker.
Can
you
pick
up
back
up
on
councilwoman
jim's
resolution?
I'm
not
sure
that
was
caught.
F
Councilwoman
kim
offers
one
resolution
recognizing
the
week
of
march
21
through
march
27
2021
as
national
safe
place
week
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
calling
for
a
city-wide
effort
to
create
havens
for
young
people
from
physical
and
emotional
abuse,
neglect,
violence
and
trauma
through
mentoring,
counseling
and
community
support.
Thank.
F
Councilman
jones
offers
two
resolutions
entitled
resolution
recognizing
and
honoring
the
defender
association
of
philadelphia
for
their
tireless
pursuit
of
justice
for
our
indigent
population
and
designated
in
may
of
march.
18
2021
is
public
defense
day
in
the
city
of
palapia
next
week
calendar.
Mr
president,
the
gentleman
from
the
fourth
district
would
like
to
be
recognized
for
our
request
on
this
resolution.
J
A
A
F
F
F
Councilman
scola
offers
two
bills
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
chapter,
9
600
of
the
philosophy
code
entitled
service
and
other
businesses
to
revise
the
rules
and
requirements
pertaining
to
tobacco,
retailers
and
tobacco.
Retailer
permits
to
allow
transfers
of
retailer
permits
to
new
locations,
perfect
committee
and
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
full
episode
of
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designations
of
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
spruce
street
5th
street
south
street
and
8th
street.
F
Councilman
o
offers
one
bill
and
two
resolutions
entitled
an
ordinance
providing
for
the
submission
of
the
qualified
electors
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Of
the
proposal
set
forth
in
a
resolution
approved
by
councils
by
city
council.
Proposing
an
amendment
to
the
educational
supplement
to
the
philadelphia
home
or
charter
relating
to
the
eligibility.
Selection
and
removal
of
the
members
of
the
board
of
education
relating
to
the
board
of
education's
responsibility
for
the
administration
of
the
school
district
and
authorizing
the
appropriate
officers
to
publish
notice
and
make
arrangements
for
the
special
election
committee.
E
President,
mr
decker
just
wanted
to
make
another
announcement.
The
channel
64
feed
is
down
once
more,
unfortunately,
we're
working
on.
E
B
Thank
you
thank
you
and
good
afternoon
before
we
proceed
with
the
session.
I
just
would
like
to
offer
our
sincere
apologies.
We
had
a
technical
glitch
that
took
us
offline.
B
B
We
are
going
to
ask
for
a
the
chief
clerk
to
do
a
roll
call
just
to
ensure
that
we
have
established
a
farm
in
a
very
transparent
way.
Mr
decker,
if
you
can
just
call
the
roll
real,
quick.
F
B
Great
we're
going
to
get
started,
we're
going
to
start
with
the
resolution
that
is
being
offered
today
by
councilman.
Oh,
mr
decker,
you
can
please
read
that
legislation
at
resolution.
F
Councilman
o
offers
two
resolutions
entitled
a
resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
educational
supplement
of
the
philadelphia
hormone
charter
relating
to
the
eligibility,
selection
and
removal
of
the
members
of
the
board
of
education
relating
to
the
board
of
education's
responsibility
for
the
administration
of
the
school
district
and
providing
for
the
submission
of
the
amendment
to
the
electors
of
philadelphia.
G
Thank
you
very
much
council
president
there's
a
bill
attached
to
that.
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
explain.
Of
course
everyone
is
concerned
about
education,
public
schools,
and
there
are
other
issues
that
arise.
G
What
I
have
done
is
I've
introduced
the
concept
of
dividing
the
school
district
into
five
regions
of
two
contiguous
or
connected
adjoining
council
districts,
making
one
region
five
regions
whereby
the
voters,
the
people,
the
parents,
their
their
their
children
residents,
can
elect
a
regional
school
board
member
to
represent
them
and
their
needs
in
a
way
more
tailored
to
what
they
to
what
they
want.
I
believe
that
would
in
improve
equity,
quality,
transparency
and
accountability.
G
F
Councilman,
oh
also
introduces
an
ordinance
providing
for
the
submission
of
the
qualified
electors
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
The
proposal
set
forth
in
a
resolution
approved
by
city
council,
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
educational
supplement
to
develop
a
hormone
charter
relating
to
the
eligibility,
selection
and
removal
of
members
of
the
board
of
education
relating
to
the
board
of
education's
responsibility
for
the
administration
of
the
school
district
and
authorizing
the
appropriate
officers
to
publish
notice
to
make
arrangements
for
the
special
election.
F
B
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker.
That
concludes
our
introduction
to
bills
and
resolutions.
Today
we
have
no
reports
from
committee,
so
we
will
move
on
to
the
consideration
of
the
calendar.
There
have
been
no
bills
on
the
first
week
encounter.
The
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
parker
for
the
purpose
of
calling
resolutions
and
bills
on
the
final
passage
calendar
today.
L
Thank
you.
Mr
president.
The
following
resolutions
and
bills
are
being
called
up
from
the
second
reading
and
final
passage
calendars.
Today
they
are
numbers
two
one:
zero,
two,
zero,
nine,
two,
one:
zero,
two
one:
zero,
two
one:
zero,
two
one,
one,
two
one:
zero,
two
one,
two,
two
one:
zero,
two
one,
three,
two
one:
zero,
two
one,
four,
two
one:
zero,
two
one,
six,
two
one:
zero,
two
one,
seven,
two
one:
zero,
two,
one:
nine
two,
one:
zero,
two:
two:
zero,
two
one:
zero
one,
two
two
dash
a
two.
B
Thank
you
councilman.
Before
we
proceed
with
the
consideration
of
our
calendar,
we
will
have
our
public
comment
session.
We're
gonna,
take
a
brief
five
to
ten
minute
recess.
We
will
be
back
in
five
to
ten
minutes
this
time
to
give
our
give
our
technology
people
an
opportunity
to
connect
with
our
speakers
today.
A
N
K
K
Okay
to
our
callers,
we
are
now
connected
to
the
live
meeting
again,
if
you're
watching
tv
or
listening
to
the
live
stream.
Please
turn
that
down
you'll
be
able
to
hear
the
meeting
and
follow
along
here
on
your
phone.
When
your
name
is
called,
I
will
unmute
you.
You
do
not
need
to
do
anything
to
unmute.
You
will
hear
a
loud
beep
to
know
that
you'll
be
unmuted
and
then
you'll
be
able
to
state
your
name
and
provide
testimony.
K
So
once
we
go
live,
please
listen
to
the
council
president's
direction
and
please
listen
for
the
clerk
to
call
your
name
came
modesto.
We
are
ready
and
chief
clerk
just
won't,
let
you
know
we
have
people
who
are
still
calling
back
in
so
as
they
call
in.
We
will,
as
you
call
their
name,
if
they're
here,
we'll
let
you
know,
if
not
we'll,
let
you
know
as
well,
because
we
totally
want
to
call
back
in
between
12
and
12
12,
30
and
12
45..
Okay,.
F
K
K
I
Thank
you,
lonnie
council
president.
E
We're
ready
to
proceed
whenever
you're
ready.
I
can
coordinate
with
channel.
E
B
B
Thank
you
before
we
do
our
public
comment
session.
I'd
like
to
recognize
councilman
about
the
air.
B
B
I
B
Press
were
you
calling
me
no,
I
was
trying
to
find
councilwoman
got
the
air.
I
think
almost
she
had
to
leave
when
she
wanted
to
leave
her
all.
B
Yeah
she
wanted
to
just
leave
a
the
leave
of
that
wanted
to
be
recorded
in
voting
eye
on
all
bills
and
resolutions.
O
B
It's
my
context
or
she
can
just
call
in
okay
we're
going
to
start
now.
Mr
decker,
you
want
to
call
the
first
name
on
the
list.
Oh
wait
a
minute
hold
on.
Let
me
get
you
know
public
comment,
conversation
discombobulated
today
because
of
the
timeline.
B
B
Public
comment
must
concern
matters
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendars
for
the
possible
action
at
a
session
of
counsel,
a
speaker
on
any
of
those
matters
must
sign
up.
In
order
to
testify.
You
must
call
215
686
3406
by
3
pm
the
day
before
the
session,
to
sign
up
for
public
comment.
When
you
call
you
take
your
name,
your
phone
number,
the
number,
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.
B
We
will
telephone
each
person
on
the
list
during
the
council
session
and
invite
them
to
our
remote
meeting
now
under
ideal
circumstances.
We
will
could
offer
as
much
as
three
minutes
today,
however,
we
have
an
extensive
list
and
there
will
be
two
minutes,
but
we
ask
you
to
please
adjust
your
testimony
reflected
two-minute
time.
A
B
In
order
to
be
fair,
all
those
wishing
speakers
told
faithfully
to
the
established
time
limit
and
once
invited
to
the
meeting
and
asked
to
begin
your
testimony,
a
timer
will
be
started.
We
will
monitor
your
remaining
time
throughout
your
testimony
and
when
there
are
30
seconds
remaining,
you
will
be
mining
of
this
and
once
your
time,
a
lot
of
time
has
passed.
You
will
be
asked
to
conclude
your
remarks
shortly.
Thereafter,
you
will
be
muted
and
disconnected
from
the
remote
meeting,
also
reserved
right
the
limited
number
of
speakers
on
repetitious
comments
that
are
being
made.
B
We
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
an
opportunity
to
speak
on
the
legislation
that
is
before
us
today,
please
to
be
aware
that
this
public
meeting
is
also
being
recorded
and
because
the
meeting
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
So,
by
continuing
to
be
any
meeting
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded.
I
will
now
ask
that
the
chief,
please
call
the
name
first
name
on
our
list
today.
Mr
decker
excuse
me.
B
Thank
you
councilwoman.
It
shall
be
reflected.
The
councilwoman
is
leaving
on
official
business.
She
will
be
recording
as
voting
out
on
all
bills
and
resolutions.
Thank
you.
Councilwoman.
N
Yes,
hello
good
afternoon,
I
am
barbara
silly,
the
executive
director
of
the
philadelphia
cultural
fund
and
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
and
support
a
bill
number
two
one:
zero
one:
six
zero
and
this
infusion
of
funds
to
philadelphia's
art
sector,
which
continues
to
be
devastated
by
coven
19,
and
many
sincere
thanks
to
the
council
members
for
recognizing
the
urgency
of
this
moment.
It's
encouraging
to
see
these
emergency
funds
coming
to
phillies
arts
and
arts
organizations.
N
I
should
say
the
artists
and
arts
organizations.
It's
critical
as
the
city
recovers.
It's
so
very
important
that
the
city's
support
of
the
arts
continue
beyond
this
moment
and
be
reflected
in
the
cultural
funds
fiscal
year.
22
allocation
and
beyond
the
cultural
fund
on
behalf
of
the
city
has
been
partnering
with
and
providing
funding
to
the
city's
arts
and
culture
nonprofits
for
over
25
years.
N
K
Here,
council
president,
I
submitted
written
testimony
and
there's
some
pictures
attached.
That
would
be
helpful
to
look
at.
While
I
give
my
testimony.
K
Okay,
dear
council,
president
city
council
members,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
express
my
strong
support
for
bill
210075
and
his
mixed
income
housing
bonus
amendment.
I
am
a
democratic
committee
person
sauce
and
a
zoning
committee
member
long-term
191
19146
homeowner
past
streets
department,
engineer
a
strong
supporter
of
development
without
displacement
that
honors
facades,
front,
porches
and
cornish
lines
and
activists
and
preservation
preservationists.
As
stated
in
a
recent
inquire
article
in
which
I
was
quoted,
the
existing
mixed
income
housing
bonus
was
intended
to
increase
availability
of
affordable
housing.
K
Unfortunately,
it
allows
a
developer
to
meet
the
requirement
by
contributing
to
a
housing
trust
fund.
One
inquire
article
makes
clear
that
the
mixed
income
housing
bonus,
coupled
with
other
economic
forces,
is
having
the
opposite
effect,
most
likely
continuing
the
documented
gentrification
in
the
graduate
hospital
area
in
track.
19
african-american
population
decreased
32
percent
between
2009
and
2016.
K
in
the
past
nine
months.
I'm
excuse
me.
In
the
past
three
months,
nine
historic
row
houses
have
been
demolished
without
providing
any
affordable
units
at
all.
Instead,
five
luxurious
condos
are
going
to
be
built
on
each
of
these
greater
than
1700
square
feet.
Rm1
zone
lots
752,
754,
south
16th
street
1621,
1623
bainbridge
street
20.
K
30
seconds,
okay,
the
the
nine
properties
bill
21075
and
its
mixed
income
housing
bonus
amendment
would
fix
this
loophole
by
requiring
developers
to
actually
build
an
affordable
unit
at
each
of
these
19146
building
sites.
K
I
urge
so
please,
council,
president
and
city
council
members
unanimously
support
councilman
johnson's
bill
21075
and
its
common
sense
amendment
to
the
mixed
income
housing
bonus,
just
as
the
rules
committee
did
last
week,
respectfully
richard
gleniac
and
please
read
my
written
testimony
because
there's
a
lot
I
had
to
say-
and
I
didn't
have
the
time.
K
B
B
Good
afternoon,
just
state
your
name
for
the
record.
Please
proceed
with
your
testimony.
K
John
de
santo
and
I'm
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
resolution,
210214
honoring
joe
frazier,
so
hello,
everyone.
I
am.
I
thank
you
all
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
As
I
said,
my
name
is
john
de
santo
and
I'm
the
founder
of
nonprofit
organization
and
the
website
phillyboxinghistory.com,
and
I
remember
the
night
of
march
8
1971
very
well
the
night
that
ali
and
frazier
fought
for
the
first
time.
K
K
I
K
Who
it
won
when
I
was
eight
years
old?
I
fell
asleep,
but
I
do
remember
the
event
all
the
excitement-
and
I
remember
the
newspaper
the
next
day-
those
photos
of
from
the
fight
with
ali
down
in
the
15th
round
and
both
their
faces
marked
from
the
battle,
and
this
is
the
very
first
memory
of
boxing
in
my
in
my
life,
and
I
think
my
love
of
the
sport
started
right
then,
and
there
and
I've
become
really
interested
in
the
sport
and
in
2004
I
created
philly
boxing
history.
K
So
it's
this
50th
anniversary
of
this
great
fight
approach.
I
thought
about
it
quite
a
bit
and
I
really
believe
that
this
was
the
greatest
single
moment
in
philadelphia's
boxing
history.
There
are
a
lot
of
great
moments,
but
no
fight
was
ever
bigger
before
or
after
it
was
the
fight
of
the
century.
So
on
this
50th
anniversary,
the
one
thing
I'm
sure
of
is
that
50
years
from
now,
the
100th
anniversary
of
this
fight
will
be
celebrated
too
and
probably
won't
be
us
celebrating.
K
But
the
memory
of
these
guys,
frasier
and
ali
will
still
be
alive
and
well
so
I
think
it's
important
that
we
do
things
right
now,
including
this
resolution,
to
ensure
that
everyone
who
comes
after
us
continues
to
remember
and
honor
joe
frazier
and
ali
and
everything
they
did,
and
I
believe
that
this
resolution
honors
them
and
sets
in
the
record
this
this
milestone,
and
I
think
it
will
help
to
do
that.
So
thank
you.
D
Hi
good
afternoon
city
council,
my
name
is
janetta
fraser
gibson.
I
am
a
philadelphia
resident
and
one
of
the
11
children
of
the
late
great
heavyweight
champion
of
the
world.
At
that
time
it
was
three
years
old.
D
He
really
really
enjoyed
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
the
people
that
he
helped
in
the
community,
such
as
training
the
kids,
even
taking
some
kids
to
school
in
the
morning,
helping
financially
and
putting
clothes
on
the
backs
of
some
people
who
couldn't
afford
clothes
and
housing
young
men
at
the
joe
frazier's
gym.
So
again,
I
just
wanted
to
thank
the
city
council
and
support
the
resolution
and
the
famine
thanks
you
all
for
honoring
our
dad
smoke,
our
dad
padre,
our
daddy.
Thank
you.
B
P
P
I
want
to
thank
the
city
of
philadelphia,
councilman,
johnson
and
the
president
council,
and
all
that
you
guys
have
been
doing
to
recognize
joe
frazier
and
his
great
accomplishment.
50
years
later,
with
him
and
muhammad
ali
was
one
of
the
greatest
sports
members
in
history
and
he
was
from
philadelphia.
So
that's
what
makes
it
so
good
that
we
have
a
philadelphia,
a
real
champion
here
in
philadelphia
50
years
later,
we're
still
we're
still
excited
about
it.
P
Joe
fridge,
as
you
guys
know,
had
a
gym
at
2917
north
broad
street
for
50
years,
and
he
was
one
of
the
guys
who
provided
the
safe
haven
for
people
who
had
nowhere
else
to
go.
He
spent
this
money
out
of
his
own
pocket.
You
know
he
didn't
make
any
money
out
their
gym.
There
was
no
no
money
for
the
government.
It
was
no
no
endowment
or
anything
like
that
with
all
his
money
and
he
lived
here.
He
put
his
money
here
he's
he
died
here.
He
raised
his
children
here.
P
He
raised
people
inside
and
outside
the
ring
as
champions
physically
and
mentally,
and
this
is
what
we're
missing
today.
We
miss
those
kind
of
situations.
Now
we
just
want
to
thank
again
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Who
would
be
doing
all
this?
You
know
all
the
different
things,
you're
going
to
say,
philadelphia,
statues.
P
And
I
just
have
to
say
that
you
know
champions
come
to
go
the
legends
never
never
died
and
for
the
council.
President
clark,
I
have
one
question
for
you:
what
do
you
call
the
man
who
beat
the
greatest
smoking
joe
frazier.
B
Thank
you.
I
was
actually
going
to
say
the
greatest.
P
O
Good
afternoon
I
want
to
thank
the
city,
council
and
all
and
all
officers
for
giving
this
opportunity
to
represent
smoking,
joe
frazier
and
honoring
him
for
being
the
champion.
He
was
inside
the
ring
and
outside
the
ring
he
was
definitely
a
pillar
to
the
to
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
he
like
and
philadelphia,
was
definitely
a
pillar
to
smoking,
joe
frazier
as
well.
O
He
being
the
champion
that
he
was.
O
You
know
he
always
loved
working
with
the
youth
and
all
the
all
the
helping
out
helping
out
those
who
couldn't
help
themselves,
but
mainly
like
to
work
with
the
youth,
and
you
tried
to
do
something
representing
that
gymnasium
they're
in
north
philadelphia.
So
they
could
have
something
to
do.
Keep
them
out
of
trouble,
keep
them
out
of
the
way,
and
he
did
that
for
over
40
45
50
years,
and
now
it
no
longer
stands.
O
I
was
the
first
to
witness
the
scene
in
center
city
on
october,
2nd
on
my
routine
bird
collision
monitoring
run,
but
something
was
very
different
that
day
and
I,
when
I
ran
out
of
supplies,
I
called
keith
russell
urban
conservation,
mid-atlantic,
water
bomb
birds
were
dying
everywhere.
I
could
not
keep
up
and
bag
each
individual
bird
people
strangers
on
the
streets
were
asking
me
what
was
happening.
A
woman
told
me.
She
walked
from
city
hall
to
18th
street
and
said
the
streets
were
covered
with
dead
and
dying
birds.
O
My
life
has
been
forever
changed
by
that
catastrophic
mass
casualty
event.
Please
take
this
first
step
in
dealing
with
the
universal
problem
of
bird
window
structure,
pass
the
lights
out
resolution
and
show
that
the
world
show
the
world
that
philadelphia
is
not
only
the
city
of
brotherly
love,
sisterly
affection,
but
is
also
bird
friendly.
Thank
you.
Q
Thank
you
for
the
invitation
to
speak.
I
too
am
speaking
on
behalf
of
resolution
210210.
My
name
is
robert
peck,
I'm
a
lifelong
resident
of
philadelphia
and
I'm
senior
fellow
at
the
academy
of
natural
sciences
of
drexel
university.
Since
1812
scientists
associated
with
the
academy
have
been
studying
birds
and
other
subjects
relating
to
the
natural
world.
Q
Q
As
you
know,
each
tens
of
millions
of
birds
pass
through
philadelphia
during
their
spring
and
fall
migration
between
their
breeding
and
wintering
grounds.
We
have
bird
specimens
in
our
collection
at
the
academy
that
were
killed
when
they
collided
with
the
newly
illuminated
windows
of
city
hall.
As
far
back
as
1896
as
part
of
the
lights
out
philly
program
that
was
announced
last
week,
property
managers
and
their
tenants
are
being
asked
to
voluntarily
switch
off
unnecessary
lights,
both
inside
and
outside
of
their
buildings
between
midnight
and
6am
during
the
birds
spring
and
fall
migration.
Q
This
will
not
only
help
protect
the
birds,
but
will
save
energy,
reduce
individual
building
costs
and
reduce
our
carbon
footprint.
As
a
city
comcast,
which
owns
the
two
tallest
buildings
in
the
city,
brandywine
realty
trust
the
city's
largest
landlord
and
a
dozen
other
building,
operators
and
owners
have
already
pledged
their
support
of
this
effort.
Q
This
is
not
a
political
issue
and
is
certainly
not
a
partisan
one.
It's
about
doing
the
right
thing
for
life
on
earth,
helping
to
reduce
our
carbon
footprint
and
saving
countless
thousands
of
migrating
birds
each
year
as
a
lifelong
philadelphian,
represented
by
council
member
cindy
bass
and
as
a
representative
of
drexel
university.
Q
Q
Q
N
Hello,
this
is
I'm
the
director
of
programs
for
the
brain
injury
association
of
pennsylvania,
and
I
wanted
to
talk
about
the
resolution
put
forth
by
council
person,
bass
to
declare
march
brain
injury
awareness
month
and
to
thank
council
person
bass
for
doing
so.
I
just
wanted
to
to
bring
up
a
few
points
to
add
to
what's
in
the
resolution,
and
that
is
that
brain
injury
is
a
chronic
condition.
N
There
is
no
one
face
of
brain
injury.
You
can't
look
at
a
person
always
and
see
it.
It
is
considered
an
invisible
injury
and
in
most
cases
it's
sudden
and
the
person
has
to
adjust
to
a
major
change
in
in
who
they
are
how
their
brain
works,
what
they
can
do,
what
roles
they
used
to
have,
that
they
might
get
back
to
the
ones
that
they
can't,
and
so
it
is
a
huge
adjustment
issue
and
support
is
needed.
N
I
just
wanted
to
bring
to
awareness
two
other
issues
related
to
brain
injury
that
might
be
less
known,
and
one
is
that
that
non-fatal
drug
overdoses
result
in
brain
injury.
We
think
of
those
as
drug
conditions
as
substance
abuse
disorders
and
with
rescue
drugs
like
can
a
person
can
life
can
be
saved,
but
when
they're
brought
back
and
they
start
breathing
again,
there
was
almost
always
a
period
of
time.
The
brain
was
not
getting
oxygen
and
after
two
to
three
minutes
without
oxygen,
there
is
brain
damage
I
wanted
to.
N
K
N
Klein
executive,
I'm
melody,
klein
executive
director
with
the
coalition
against
hunger
and
I'd
like
to
thank
councilwoman
bass
for
sponsoring
the
resolution
recognizing
march's
national
nutrition
month
and
recognizing
our
work
as
a
coalition.
Thank
you
also
to
all
members
of
city
council
for
listening
to
our
input
this
afternoon
about
this
incredibly
important
issue.
N
At
the
coalition
we
take
a
holistic
approach
to
our
work
and
hunger
in
the
philadelphia
region.
We
provide
immediate
relief
through
emergency
food
referrals
and
provide
support
for
local
food,
pantries
and
soup.
Kitchens
research
has
shown
that
food
pantries
improve
the
food
security,
diet,
quality
and
nutritional
habits
of
their
clients,
while
helping
to
minimize
waste
in
the
food
system.
N
Unfortunately,
we
all
know
that
access
to
nutritious
food
was
a
challenge
for
so
many
of
our
residents
from
buildings
prior
and
the
current
crisis
has
only
served
exacerbate
hunger,
particularly
for
communities
of
color
and
families
of
children.
I
cannot
stress
strongly
enough
that
we
need
to
continue
to
work
together,
supported
by
some
of
the
city's
american
recovery
plan
dollars
to
increase
access
to
nutritious
food,
not
just
for
our
time
during
the
pandemics,
but
also
in
the
years
to
come,
as
families
work
together
to
get
back
on
their
feet.
O
Good
afternoon
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
philadelphia
black
women's
health
alliance,
I'd
like
to
thank
councilwoman,
cindy
bass
for
allowing
me
to
testify
on
this
important
issue.
We
at
the
black
women's
health
alliance
support
this
resolution
210220
recognize
recognizing
march
as
national
nutrition
month.
This
resolution
directly
supports
our
mission
to
improve
health
health
care
outcomes
and
eliminate
nr
reduced
health
disparities
of
women
of
color,
their
families
through
advocacy,
education,
research
support
activities,
programs
and
services.
E
O
79
48
decrease
in
hypertension
covet
pulled
back
the
curtain,
not
only
on
the
heightened
vulnerability
of
the
african-american
community
due
to
health
disparity
conditions,
but
also
to
food
and
nutrition
issues.
According
to
dr
der
harris,
bizarron
of
tufts
university
food
is
the
number
one
cause
of
poor
health
in
america.
We
must
leverage
food
as
medicine.
I
have
attached
a
very
informative
food
and
nutrition
are
critical
to
the
current
and
post-covet
19
response.
O
N
N
Abundance
is
a
hunger
relief
organization
serving
philadelphia
and
the
surrounding
region.
Nutritious
food
is
key
to
a
person's
health
and
well-being
for
children.
This
is
particularly
true
and
accessing
nutritious
food,
which
is
often
more
expensive
and
less
healthier.
Choices
can
be
challenging
in
neighborhoods,
without
grocery
stores.
Bill
abundance
seeks
to
fill
the
gap
by
distributing
healthy
food,
especially
fresh
produce,
which
is
distributed
with
the
city
during
cobit,
but
also
through
our
ongoing
healthy
pantry
initiative,
which
provides
nutrition
training
information
about
diet-related
chronic
diseases
and
recipe
cards
through
agencies
across
the
city.
N
D
D
I
have
children,
I
have
grandchildren
and
I'm
a
pretty
nice
person.
I
just
want
something
that
I
feel
as
though
in
our
society,
if
you're
a
hard
worker,
you
should
have
some
type
of
restitution
that
could
take
care
of
you
so
that
you
don't
have
to
put
yourself
into
a
financial
strain
at
the
end
of
the
time.
D
B
I
know
we
had
a
number
of
speakers
to
testify
and
supported
this
bill,
but
unfortunately,
because
the
technology
glitch
did
not
reconnect
so
this
for
the
record
there
were,
I
think
we
had
probably
as
many
as
10,
maybe
more
in
support
of
that
particular
girl.
That's
for
that
prior
to
the
technology,
glitch.
Okay.
That
concludes
our
public
comment
session
for
today,
will
now
consider
the
bills
and
resolutions
on
the
second
reading
and
final
passes
calendar.
B
I
want
to
ask
mr
decker
to
please
read
the
title
of
resolution.
Number
210,
209.
D
D
F
D
B
A
B
I
Thank
you,
council
president,
in
honor
of
women's
history
month,
I
enthusiastically
move
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
Second.
B
B
F
A
resolution
commemorating
the
life
and
legacy
of
community
activist
sean
w
wilson,
whose
tireless
advocacy
against
gun
violence
and
racial
injustice
advanced
community
safety
and
expanded
a
powerful
model
of
neighborhood
engagement
for
former
first
responders
and
veterans
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Chair.
D
Thank
you,
council,
president,
in
the
honor
of
sean
wilson
and
loving
on
purpose.
I
move
for
the
adoption
of
this
resolution.
Second,.
B
You
can
move
in
second
in
honor
of
all
of
those,
as
councilwoman
said,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
resolution.
E
To
those
young
people,
the
families,
as
well
as
the
adults
and
I'll
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
L
B
B
I
it
was
opposed.
B
F
C
B
B
E
D
K
B
C
C
Q
K
B
B
O
M
A
F
K
F
B
B
K
B
F
J
J
J
That
court
case
went
all
the
way
to
the
supreme
court,
where
it
was
cited
that
the
sixth
amendment
of
the
constitution
guarantees
people,
and
particularly
people
that
have
no
financial
means
to
be
represented
in
the
court
of
law.
J
J
I
want
to
further
go
on
and
say
that
since
that
time
they
they
have
represented
individuals
from
the
beginning
of
their
life
to
adulthood
in
various
capacities,
whether
they
are
advocates
for
them
dealing
with
custody
cases
dhs
case
cases
where
they
serve
as
an
advocate
for
young
people
or
public
defenders
on
the
other
side
of
adulthood
where
they
need
representation
in
our
courts.
J
I
want
to
just
say
for
this
year,
just
this
year
alone:
they've
represented
54
000
cases
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and,
like
my
colleagues,
have
stepped
up
to
the
plate
to
talk
about
women's
history
month.
I
want
to
recognize
keir,
bradford
gray,
who
is
the
chief
defender
who
does
an
awesome
job
in
that
capacity,
so
much
so
that
she
is
now
taking
her
talents
elsewhere.
I
regret
to
inform
all
of
my
colleagues
and
for
one
I
will
truly
truly
miss
her
advocacy.
J
She,
when
president
clark
appointed
her
as
the
co-chair
for
the
criminal
justice
reform
committee,
served
as
my
jiminy
cricket
on
my
shoulder
to
make
sure
that
we
always
kept
the
public's
interest
the
people's
interest.
First,
I
can
just
cite
a
few
things
where
she
has
closed
jails.
The
house
of
correction
is
no
longer
there
because
of
her
and
her
colleagues
efforts.
J
I
can
tell
you
that
she
went
on
to
represent
over
500
close
to
500
individuals
that
were
lifers
juvenile
lifers
that
had
to
be
re-sentenced,
because
it
was
proven
unconstitutional
to
give
each
young
person
an
indefinite
sentence.
She
had
to
go
back
and
open
up
all
cases
to
do
that.
She
stepped
up
to
the
plate
in
a
major
way,
and
many
many
young
people
have
come
home
to
begin
a
fruitful
life
outside
of
incarceration.
J
I
wouldn't
have
known
any
of
this,
but
for
councilman
greenlee
and
councilman
greene,
who
we
spent
the
day
over
in
the
defender's
office,
really
truly
taking
a
deeper
dive
into
what
they
do.
I
will
tell
you
we,
I
don't.
I
can't
speak
for
councilman
green,
but
I
was
shocked
to
know
the
depth
to
which
this
organization,
non-profit
organization
does
its
job.
J
I
want
to
go
on
a
little
bit
and
just
say
that
she
would
be
sorely
missed.
I
don't
say
that
about
everybody.
Sometimes
I
just
vote.
I
politely,
but
this
is
someone
that
we
hope
and
pray
that
she
will
stay
close
to
philadelphia
and
close
to
the
progressive
wing
of
george
prudence
and
I'm
thankful
for
the
time
the
five
years
that
I've
had
opportunity
to
meet
her
and
and
and
find
what
a
quality
individual
philadelphia
has
had
the
opportunity
to
know
and
benefit
from
her
works.
J
And
with
that
you
know
just
one
more
thing:
we've
had
good
directors
of
that
program,
whether
we
talk
about
ellen
greenlee,
whether
we
talk
about
ben
lerner
or
whether
we
talk
about
director
pollock,
but
she
has
separated
herself
to
change
that
organization
forever
and
I'm
thankful
with
that.
I
move
forward.
I
enthusiastically
move
for
the
adoption
of
this
resolution.
It's
important
to
quote,
remember
bass,
resolution
exactly.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
My
script
does
not
have
a
place
for
speeches
today,
so
I
guess
we
won't
have
any
just
kidding
guys
just
kidding
so
prior
to
recognizing
our
speeches
for
today
have
to
read
a
couple
of
housekeeping
notes.
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
the
microsoft
teams
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine.
B
G
Thank
you
very
much.
Council
president.
I
of
course
want
to
note,
as
many
have
read
it
and
seen
about
the
murders
in
atlanta,
eight
were
killed.
Six
asian
women,
one
white
woman,
one
white
man
and
white
hispanic
man
was
wounded
and
I
just
wanted
to
offer
thoughts
and
prayers
to
the
families
and
loved
ones
of
the
eight
murder
victims
and
the
survivor
here
in
philadelphia.
G
I
would
just
like
to
urge
the
mayor
and
and
and
the
district
attorney
and
our
chief
law
enforcement
folks
to
make
available
to
every
neighborhood
that
is
facing
skyrocketing
murder
rates,
shootouts
violent
crimes,
the
level
of
protection
and
service
that
they
need
and
want,
as
we
move
forward
dealing
with
issues
that
arise
in
in
our
country
over
racism,
violent
attacks
and
others.
G
I
just
want
us
to
to
say
that
it
really
helps
us
to
know
each
other
know
our
history
and
not
get
it
through
a
lens
to
get
broad
perspectives
about
who
we
are
and
how
we
interrelate
to
to
each
other.
Asian-American
history
has
been
absent.
G
65
of
the
world
are
not
white
black
or
brown,
but
when
they
arrive
in
the
united
states,
they
fit
into
this
little
category
called
asian
american.
They
probably
don't
think
of
themselves
as
asian
american,
and
if
you
don't
fit
into
a
category,
then
you've
got
to
choose
which
category
you
want
to
belong
to
and
oftentimes.
The
choice
is
asian-american
because
of
that
there
are
underlying
reasons
that
people
have
really
negative
and
incorrect
and
false
stereotypes
about
other
people
and
as
much
as
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
people
want
to
stop
the
asian
hate.
G
If
we
don't
address
the
underlying
reasons
that
people
hate,
we
can
address
the
beatings,
the
shootings,
but
but
we
won't
get
rid
of
that,
and
that
applies
for
everybody
that
that
applies
for
everyone,
including
asian
americans.
We
have
to
to
know
each
other
so
with
that.
I
certainly
want
to
thank
everyone
in
philadelphia
for
their
concern
and
and
and
responses
during
this
time
of
the
national
surge
in
asian,
american
and
asian
hate.
Thank
you,
council
president.
Thank
you.
Councilman.
B
E
Every
time
you
see
these
terrible
hate
crimes,
it
brings
back
memories
for
all
of
us,
terrible
things
that
have.
A
E
Today
I
wanted
to
speak
about
something
that
you
know
I'm
going
to
talk
about,
which
is
vaccination
rates,
and
I
want
to
talk
about
the
vaccination
rates
because
we
seem
to
be
falling
behind
in
our
vaccination
rates
and
we're
clearly
falling
behind
on
the
vaccination
for
racial
equity.
Also,
on
vaccine
rate,
vaccination
rates,
philadelphia
has
a
current
fully
vaccinated
rate.
Going
to
our
website
for
5.7
chicago
is
almost
double
at
10.3.
E
E
The
convention
center
site
was
chosen
in
large
part
because
it
would
help
us
achieve
racial
equity
and
vaccinations
push
back
today.
The
lead
story
on
the
front
page
of
the
philadelphia,
inquirer
states,
racial
gap
and
vaccine
worsens
the
article
analyzes
the
numbers
and
came
to
one
conclusion,
including
our
penis
site
at
the
convention
center
missed
the
mark
on
administration's
goals
of
equity
vaccine
distribution.
E
Be
more
specific.
The
inquirer
said
before
the
female
site
opened.
Two
weeks
ago,
11.9
percent
of
white
residents
had
been
vaccinated
compared
with
6.4
black
residents
in
just
two
weeks
from
that
from
there
that
gap
that
differential
for
5.5
percentage
points
between
white
and
black
has
nearly
doubled
at
10.5.
E
E
E
Six
days
of
racial
equity
of
the
fema
mega
site
doesn't
really
work.
Neither
does
the
administration's
plan
to
put
more
small
scale
sites
in
black
and
brown
neighborhoods.
Over
the
past
three
weeks,
we've
seen
or
put
six
new
sites
in
underserved
neighborhoods,
and
I
think
that's
great,
I'm
a
total
favor
of
that.
But
the
issue
is
that
these
locations
lack
capacity
and
at
this
pace,
people
of
color
in
philadelphia
will
not
catch
up.
We
need
capacity.
E
Let
me
speak
to
the
facts
again
as
to
how
philadelphia
is
doing
compared
to
other
cities
of
our
size
across
america
on
vaccination
rates,
chicago
10.3,
san,
diego
16.7,
phoenix
21
boston
is
at
10
atlanta's
13.4,
and
we
are
at
5.7
to
me
the
hardest,
hitting
facts
here.
How
far
behind
we
are
on
fully
vaccinating
our
people
and
the
racial
equity
for
vaccinations.
E
So
once
again,
I
am
pleading
with
this
administration
to
do
what
every
big
city
in
america
has
done,
whether
it's
the
man
center
or
the
link
or
any
other
mass
site.
We
need
a
fema
mega
site
and
let's
get
started
on
vaccinating
our
residents
and
get
a
win
here
on
equity
and
speed
for
our
residents.
Thank
you,
mr
president.
M
Thank
you
very
much.
Council
president.
Yesterday
we
had
a
vigil
in
philadelphia
chinatown
with
our
number
of
our
council
colleagues,
members
of
the
community
congressional
representatives.
I
want
to
thank
all
my
colleagues
and
other
people
out
in
the
public.
I
mean
one
of
the
hardest
things
about
an
incident
of
violence
that
occurs
is
what
we
saw
in
georgia
is
that
it
can
often
feel
very
lonely
and
isolating
hate.
M
Violence,
in
particular,
has
an
ability
to
isolate
people
and
drive
them
to
the
margins,
but
it
was
encouraging
that
yesterday
you
know
your
phone
blows
up
with
messages
of
support,
and
you
know
here
locally,
and
it
just
means
a
lot,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
who
took
the
time
to
do
that.
You
know
I
did
want
to
take
a
moment,
and
I
want
to
thank
councilman.
M
Oh,
for
just
you
know,
drawing
out
a
few
of
the
things,
but
I
did
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
was
shared
last
night,
because
it
feels
important
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
anti-asian
hate
and
how
we
deal
with.
It
is
both
similar
too,
but
a
little
bit
distinctive
from
other
forms
of
race
hatred
and
and
and
how
it
exhibits
itself,
and
that's
like
how
we
talk
about
it.
I
mean
at
its
core.
M
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
councilman
has
talked
about
is
the
idea
of
200
percent
increase
in
anti-asian
incidents
that
are
actually
reported.
You
know
here
in
philadelphia.
It
becomes
very
hard
because
many
people
see
these
things
as
being
unrelated,
they're,
an
isolated
incident
here
or
one
over
there
in
a
large
city
like
philadelphia.
How
does
an
attack
on
a
senior-
maybe
in
you
know
in
chinatown,
relate
to
an
attack
or
slurs
on
a
business
owner
or
a
an
attack
on
a
subway
station?
Are
they
related?
M
But
one
of
the
things
that
we
try
to
talk
about-
as
many
of
us
have
often
alluded
to
when
we
talk
about
hate,
is
that
it
is
like
a
virus
it
does
spread.
It
happens
not
only
when
you
have
a
former
president,
using
the
words
but
actual
still
city
members
of
congress,
state
representatives
here
in
pennsylvania,
who
will
blame
the
coronavirus
on
foreign
nations
and
try
to
scapegoat
and
repeatedly
say
from
the
pulpit
and
with
official
seals
behind
them
that
this
is
the
fault
of
somebody
else.
M
It
matters
when
media
platforms
and
we
create
space
and
expand
it
actually
for
race
hatred
for
ignorance,
for
white
supremacy
that
has
been
going
on,
whether
it's
on
national
news
or
even
locally,
and
then
finally,
I
would
say
that
you
know
the
the
anti-asian
language
and
rhetoric
that
we've
heard
has
been
very
targeted.
It
targets
the
most
vulnerable
people,
it
targets
elders,
it
targets
young
people
in
schools,
it
targets
women,
it
targets
immigrants
and
it
targets
even
within
our
sectors,
the
most
vulnerable,
the
most
exploited.
M
The
most
you
know,
subjects
of
you
know:
stereotypes
biases.
You
know
that
range
from
mockery
to
all-out
hatred,
either
in
our
pop
culture
on
mainstream
media,
including
major
movies
and
motion
pictures,
and
all
of
that,
so
you
know
the
women
who
were
killed
yesterday
in
atlanta.
Georgia
were
not
only
asian
we're,
not
only
immigrant,
but
they
also
worked
in
a
in
a
spa,
massage
parlor.
However,
we
want
to
call
it,
but
in
a
in
an
area
of
work
that
many
people
have
mocked
and
turned
their
backs
on.
M
It
calls
us
to
account
that
it's
no
surprise
that
this
gentleman,
who
you
know
frequented
these
areas,
had
a
gendered
hatred.
It
was
very
explicit
towards
women
towards
women
who
are
who
are
seen
as
or
affiliated
with,
potentially
sex
work.
It
means
that
they
become
more
vulnerable,
it
becomes.
It
makes
it
more
apparent
and
important
for
us
to
be
thoughtful
about
policing
and
how
police
are
responsive
to
communities
who
can
then
be
further
exploited,
victimized
or
seen
as
as
as
available
for
for
violence.
M
You
know,
70
percent
of
the
complaints
that
were
reported
were
against
women
in
terms
of
anti-aging
violence,
so
you
know
all
of
us
who's
who
have
experienced
this.
If
you
have
young
asian
american
daughters,
women,
you
know
the
link
between
a
disagreement
even
for
me
when
I
went
through
it
especially
like
if
you
saw
like
the
public
commentary.
Some
of
you
did
around
you
know
a
political
disagreement
say
around
the
rizzo
statue.
M
Finally,
I
want
to
just
talk
briefly
about
the
issue
of
white
supremacy,
which
is
really
at
the
heart
of
what
we
saw
in
georgia
at
the
heart
of
what
we
see
happening
all
over
the
country.
And
you
know
the
yesterday,
I
think
one
of
the
most
traumatic
parts,
as
many
people
understand
this,
especially
in
black
communities
and
communities
of
color,
who
have
witnessed
law
enforcement
repeatedly.
M
Not
acknowledge
recognize
this,
but
you
know
to
have
a
county
sheriff
stand
up
and
say
that
the
mass
shooter
was
fed
up
quote
unquote
had
a
really
bad
day,
and
this
is
what
happened.
Those
were
his
exact
words
and
then
to
go
on
and
explain
even
further,
as
almost
being
a
defense
attorney
for
the
individual
to
say
that
the
man
had
a
sex
addiction
and
that
he
was
seeking
to
stamp
out
his
temptations
as
if
the
stamping
out
of
eight
lives
the
use
of
violence
and
weapons
of
violence.
M
M
This
kind
of
white
supremacy
being
echoed
not
just
by
a
shooter
but
but
ideas
that
are
then
delivered
in
uniform
by
law
enforcement
should
be
something
that
we
could.
We
should
all
stand
up
to
and
identify,
and
in
the
weeks
and
months
ahead
I
hope
that
the
asian
american
community
can
be
better
allies
too,
that
you
know
to
us.
You
know
stomping
out,
you
know,
anti-asian
hate
means
being
in
solidarity
with
all
of
other
organizations,
groups
standing
up
against
violence.
M
I
often
felt
yesterday
like
hate
compounds,
hate
compounds
hate
like
it's
like
piles
and
piles
of
stuff
to
see
so
many
vulnerable
people.
The
fact
that
these
women
were
also
koreans-
and
it
was
very
painful
because
I
think,
even
internally,
within
our
culture
like
we're
ashamed
and
we
don't
talk
about.
You-
know
women
who
are
in
this
business
and
it
felt
very
complicit
on
my
own
end
about
it.
M
But
I
also
felt
like
when
last
night's
vigil
we
stood
alongside
pastors
that
we
walked
with
in
charlottesville
immigrant
rights
groups
that
we
had
stood
with
in
liberating.
You
know:
communities,
lgbtq,
families
that
we
had
stood
with
in
grief,
communities
and
people
all
over
the
city
that
reflected
diversity
and
love.
M
Hate
doesn't
just
compound
hate,
justice
compounds
justice,
and
so
I
hope
what
I'm
saying
here
is
that
the
effort
to
stop
anti-asian
hate
is
means
that
we
stand
in
solidarity
with
black
liberation
and
black
lives
matter.
It
means
we
stand
in
solidarity
with
efforts
to
end
poverty.
It
means
we
stand
in
solidarity
with
our
lgbtq
trans
brothers
and
sisters,
sex
workers
and
others
who
are
in
an
industry
that
needs
to
be
uplifted
with
women
and
trans
folks,
who
need
to
be
elevated
and
to
have
voice
and
visibility.
M
In
this
moment
it
means
that
we
feel
like
we
have
a
more
expansive
view
of
our
own
humanity,
and
I
hope
I
personally
do
better
at
this
with
all
of
you.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
this
body
for
being
supportive
in
this
moment.
B
I
Prosperity
here
in
this
here
in
philadelphia
also
a
part
of
the
black
women's
leadership
council
that
always
speaks
truth
to
power
on
behalf
of
african
american
women,
and
also
this
young
elected
official
former
community
activist,
he's
always
going
to
encourage
the
supporting
of
all
the
work
that
I've
done
not
only
but
also
my
family,
just
to
acknowledge
emma
chappelle
for
all
the
great
things
she
has
done
here
in
the
field.
It's
got
a
beautiful,
beautiful
spirit,
always
going
to
smile.
A
B
A
I
I
thank
the
council
president
on
saturday
at
one
field
at
my
recreation
center
I'll
be
having
a
call
to
act.
Peace
not
done
initiative
with
the
residents
living
the
southwest
part
of
my
district.
I
We
had
a
young
man
who
was
murdered
in
that
recreation
center,
slash,
playground
right,
another
young
always
put
outside
of
7-eleven,
so
this
is
just
an
opportunity
to
lift
up
the
spirits
of
the
residents
who
live
inside
the
neighborhood,
but
also
listen
to
the
ideas,
recommendations
and
solutions,
as
we
make
sure
that
all
of
our
parks,
recreational
facilities
within
the
second
cosmetic
district,
but
also
across
the
city
of
philadelphia,
are
safe
on
this
upcoming
summer
and
the
council
credits
when
acknowledged
your
work,
bringing
together
the
administration.
I
Remember
the
council
around
the
affairs
urgency
of
now,
and
it
comes
with
us
consensus,
gun
violence,
we're
staying
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
I'm
confident.
I
will
watch
this
weekend
possible
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week
to
make
sure
we
don't
reach
600
go
600
target
that
relates
to
this
issue
of
gun
violence,
which
we're
pretty
much
going
to
target
of
going
right
now.
But
I'm
just
confident
that
you
know
our
body
working
together,
most
importantly,
the
public
on
the
public.
I
You
know
people
in
the
neighborhood
when
they
see
something
they
have
to
say
something
they
hear
about
neighborhood
beef,
that's
going
on,
they
have
to
step
up
and
intervene
and
those
be
prior
to
young
men,
picking
up
guns
and
shooting
at
one
another,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
let
my
constituents
know
that
again
we'll
be
having
a
call
to
action
around
the
central
gun,
violence
in
the
southwest
through
it,
after
part
of
my
saturday,
at
1
p.m.
I
Anybody
almost
integrates
coming
and
supporting
or
more
than
welcome,
but
again
the
mission
always
stays
the
same.
Staying
on
top
of
the
questionnaire
senseless
gun,
violence
that
we're
seeing
here,
I'm
going
to
put
up,
but
also
coming
up
with
solutions
in
partnership
with
the
community.
It's
not
community
privilege.
Any
strategy
from
this
put
forth
will
not
be
successful
if
they
have
faculty
input,
partnership
and
collaboration,
and
so
just
want
to
say
that,
for
the
record
council
president
is
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
for
the
comments.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
want
to
echo
the
words
my
colleague
councilmember
kenyatta
johnson,
thank
you
for
putting
together
a
very
timely
conversation,
especially
as
we
prepare
for
on
the
mayor's
budget
address
on
april
15th.
H
We're
going
to
have
to
do
things
differently
than
we've
done
in
the
past
and
use
the
resources
of
the
city
to
try
to
find
new
ways
to
address
the
gun,
violence
epidemic
that
we've
seen
in
our
city
and
so
your
leadership
in
pulling
together
both
the
mayor
members
of
council
district
attorney
police,
commissioner,
to
really
start
having
some
conversations
really
pointed
conversations
and
real
conversations
about
ideas
and
strategies
on
how
to
address
these
issues
and
the
fact
that
many
of
our
our
colleagues,
including
council,
members,
johnson
and
and
jones
and
gaudier
and
all
members
of
council
have
been
also
reaching
out
to
members
of
the
community
for
different
ideas
and
suggestions.
H
Because,
as
we
get
into
the
warmer
months,
there's
definitely
a
great
concern
by
a
number
of
citizens
about
the
increase
in
violence
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
That
we
can't
tolerate
going
forward.
H
Being
the
the
first
woman
to
be
the
vice
president
of
a
major
bank
in
pennsylvania,
the
first
african-american
woman
in
the
united
states
to
create
a
commercial
bank
in
the
united
states,
and
so
she
is
someone
that
known
for
a
very
long
time
and
she
will
definitely
be
be
missed
and
then
just
want
to
echo
the
comments
made
by
council
members,
oh
and
kim,
regarding
what
happened
this
week
and
the
violence.
And
I
agree
with
their
comments
that
violence
continues
to
beget
violence.
H
I
think
it's
also
important
for
us,
especially
people
of
different
perspectives
or
persuasions,
or
ethnicities,
to
speak
in
solidarity
with
those
who
are
being
discriminated
against,
that
hate,
that's
directed
at
one.
Other
group
will
be
directed
at
you
as
well
and
so
important
that
we
continue
to
stand
in
solidarity
with
all
those
that
try
to
bring
race
and
violence
and
racism
to
our
nation,
and
I
think
it's
important
that
this
is
not
a
new
issue.
This
issue
of
violence
against
various
peoples.
H
We
know
about
the
original
sin
to
people
of
african
descent
and
reference
to
slavery,
the
violence
to
native
americans
through
a
trail
of
tears
and
other
dynamics,
violence
that
happened
to
those
of
hispanic
descent
in
this
country,
but
not
not
as
much
as
known
in
reference
to
the
violence
against
those
of
asian
descent,
and
I
had
a
chance
to
reflect
on
something
this
morning
that
why
it's
so
important
for
us
to
talk
about
violence.
H
That's
impacted
your
perspective,
but
also
speak
up
against
violence
and
discrimination
towards
others,
and
I
came
across
a
speech
that
was
made
by
frederick
douglass
in
1869
and
he
spoke
out
against
discrimination
to
chinese
individuals
coming
to
this
country
based
on
immigration.
I'll
just
read
a
brief
part
of
that
very
eloquent
speech
which
we
all
know
frederick
douglass
was
one
to
have.
H
There
are
such
things
in
the
world
as
human
rights,
they
rest
upon
non-conventional
foundation,
but
are
external,
universal
and
indestructible
among
these
is
the
right
of
locomotion,
the
right
of
migration,
the
right
which
bring,
which
belongs
to
no
particular
race,
but
belongs
I
like
to
all
and
to
all
alike.
It
is
a
right
you
assert
by
staying
here,
and
your
father
is
asserted
by
coming
here.
H
B
Thank
you
councilman.
Thank
you.
There's
plenty
of
words.
If
the
recognized
you
recognize
councilwoman
parker,.
L
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
councilmember
johnson,
for
leading
our
effort
to
take
a
moment
of
silence
for
dr
emma
chappelle,
the
trailblazing
trendsetting
black
woman,
who
was
breaking
ceilings
and
knocking
down
glass
doors
in
an
industry
predominantly
dominated
by
men,
made
a
place
for
us
and
told
us
we
belong
there
too.
L
She
was
unapologetic
also
about
acknowledging
that
she
would
make
the
advancement
of
black
women
in
any
and
every
industry
that
you
could
think
of
the
crux
or
the
nucleus
of
her
life's
legacy,
and
she
did
it
and
wasn't
ashamed
about
it.
Dr
emma
chappelle
received
an
honorary
doctorate
during
my
time
at
lincoln
university.
It
was
actually
1993.
L
It
was
during
my
my
senior
year,
dr
niera
sudarkasa,
at
that
time
was
the
first
woman
president
of
lincoln
university,
and
I
don't
know
how
many
of
you
remember
the
ebony
cover
where
they
had
dr
siddarkasa
gloria
scott,
who
was
then
the
president
of
bennett
and
dr
jeanetta
cole,
who
was
the
president
of
of
spelman
and
all
of
those
women
came
to
commencement
that
year
and
dr
chappelle
received
an
honorary
degree.
L
Now
for
all
of
the
people
who
know
what
beaver
college
is
beaver
college
you
know
was
bieber
before
it
became
arcadia.
We
wanted
to
be
able
to
say
that
lincoln
gave
her
her
first
honorary
doctorate,
but
we
didn't.
We
were
second
to
to
beaver
college,
but
she
held
dear
that
honorary
doctorate
from
lincoln
university
and
it
was
an
honor
and
a
privilege
to
just
watch
all
of
that
history
unfold
so
to
her
daughter,
tracy
to
joann
bell
to
rita
to
those
who
were
near
and
dear.
L
You
know
in
a
round,
you
know
when
she
was
on
the
radio
or
out
or
when
she
was
in
private.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
lifting
her
up.
While
she
could
still
smell
her
roses
and
acknowledging
the
importance
of
showing
deference
to
those
on
whose
shoulders
that
we
stand,
we
are
waiting
for
an
update
to
her
bio.
We
will
be
getting
that
soon.
L
We
will
be
doing
a
resolution
here
in
council
in
her
honor,
but
we
want
the
family
to
know
that
our
thoughts
and
prayers
are
with
them
now.
Finally,
mr
president,
both
you
and
councilmember
jones
in
particular,
and
our
colleagues
who
were
members
of
this
body
during
the
2016-2019
session,
know
that
I
often
boasted
about
how
proud
I
am
of
the
academic
achievements
realized
by
the
students
of
hill
friedman,
world
academy
in
the
9th
district
led
by
principal
majewski.
L
I
also
often
talked
about
and
and
we
honored
the
school
for
its
unrivaled
music
technology
program.
That
includes
a
state
of
the
art-
and
this
is
where
council
member
jones-
and
I
we
started
jiving
each
other
across
the
floor
because
they
have
this
state-of-the-art
music
recording
studio
that
houses.
Listen
to
this,
not
bad
boy
records,
p
diddy's
label,
but
it
houses
the
hill
freeman
records.
Yes,
the
school
has
its
own
record
label
and
it's
led
by
my
friend
zeke
thurman.
L
Now
you
should
know
that
the
students
have
written
recorded
and
produced
so
many
songs
and
albums
that
I
can't
even
tell
you
how
many,
but
they
even
let
u.s
senator
casey,
and
I
be
on
one
of
these
songs
and
we
were
in
the
studio.
We
were
like
kids
in
the
candy
store.
L
So,
mr
president,
you
know,
while
we
were
on
our
session
earlier,
it
made
my
heart
heavy
this
morning,
when
I
learned
that
the
young
man,
mr
rodney
hargrove,
who
was
gunned
down
and
murdered
in
cold
blood
after
being
released
from
one
of
our
county
prisons,
was
a
former
hill
freeman
world
academy
student,
and
he
was
a
participant
in
the
music
technology
program
now,
both
zeke
thurman
and
the
lady
by
the
name
of
crystal
typewriter.
L
Oliver
she's
a
grammy-nominated,
platinum,
record-selling
artist,
she's
the
vice
president
of
the
philadelphia
chapter
of
the
grammy
committee.
Both
of
them
worked
together
and
they
mentored
rodney
when
he
was
in
the
program.
And
while
we
were
on
this
council
session,
they
informed
me
that
rodney
wrote
and
recorded
a
song.
L
L
Music
can
be
a
powerful
platform
now
councilmember
jones,
before
this
happened,
and-
and
I
told
you
a
little
bit
about
it
this
morning-
but
that
was
even
before
I
knew
about
rodney's
situation.
L
L
We
want
you
to
know
that
our
thoughts
and
prayers
are
with
you
to
mr
majewski
and
zeke
and
crystal
and
all
of
his
teachers,
who
were
at
hill
friedman,
world
academy
and
all
of
his
fellow
students.
Thank
you.
We're
gonna,
lift
you
up
as
well,
but
this
example
of
while
the
program
that
we're
working
on
can
be
helpful.
L
So
I
say
in
anticipation
of
before
we
release
it.
Anyone
who's
saying
that
music
can't
help
that
a
competition
amongst
communities
won't.
Do
anything
don't
tell
us
about
the
power
of
music
because
it
can
help
change
some
lives
and
motivate
and
inspire
others,
and
for
the
veteran
members
of
this
body
it's
only
really
one
councilmember
o'neill
council.
President
clark,
you
were
a
staffer,
I
know
about
the
power
of
giving
young
people
the
ability
to
tell
their
authentic
stories
without
a
filter.
L
Let
me
know
that
I
had
a
voice
that
the
little
black
girl
in
the
1900
block
of
penfield
street,
who
wasn't
connected
to
anybody
or
anything
that
I
had
a
voice
and
that
it
could
it
could
help
empower
somebody
else.
I
don't
know
that
because
I
read
a
white
paper
or
because
somebody
did
quantitative
or
qualitative
analysis.
I
know
it
because
I
lived
it
council.
Colleagues,
there's
no
one
thing:
that's
going
to
fix
it,
but
everything
that
we
are
doing
together
everything
everything
we're
going
to
help
to
change
this
culture
in
philadelphia.
L
B
Thank
you,
councilwoman.
Thank
you.
We
will
do
this
together
and
we
will
do
this
with
every
every
every
breath
in
our
body.
You
know
this
has
to
get
done.
We
have
to
get.
We
have
to
change,
it
change
the
direction
of
our
city
with
our
young
people.
Thank
you,
chair
recognized,
councilwoman
bass,.
C
Well,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
You
know
this
is
a
very
very
hard
time
and
not
just
in
our
city
in
our
nation,
the
the
loss
of
life
among
young
african-american,
males
in
particular,
is
just
it
it
just
there's
no
words
for
the
amount
of
loss
that
we
each
hear
about
every
day,
they're
getting
younger
and
younger
they're
committing
crimes
at
younger
and
younger
ages,
and
something
we
need
a
disruptor
to
break
this
up.
C
We
need
a
major
disrupter,
that's
going
to
change
the
direction
and
what's
happening
with
our
young
people,
and
my
heart
goes
out
to
this
young
man
that
my
colleague
was
just
speaking
of
you
know
to
him
and
to
his
family.
C
Hill
freeman
was
in
the
eighth
district
for
many
years
and
I'm
very
familiar
with
the
school
with
principal
machewski,
and
you
know
it's
just.
This
is
just
completely
heartbreaking,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
echo
my
sentiments
regarding
that
terrible
loss
which
just
should
never
have
happened
and
as
well
the
violence
around
women.
C
What
happened
in
atlanta,
you
know
we
are
reaching
out.
I
know
that
the
commissioner
has
made
a
comment
in
terms
of
making
sure
there's
no
copycat
here
in
philadelphia,
and
so
we
we
thank
her
for
that
and
also
for
her
efforts
here
in
the
city,
around
violence
and
particularly
gun
violence
and
the
just
briefly
last.
I
wanted
to
say
that
emma
chappelle,
you
know,
I
can
only
smile
when
I
think
about
emma
chappelle,
because
I
counted
her
as
a
mentor
to
me
as
well.
C
You
know,
as
someone
who,
like
councilman
green,
I
started
out
actually
in
the
business
field
and
as
a
banker,
and
she
was
a
role
model.
She
was
someone
who
lifted
you
up.
She
wasn't
someone
who
kept
people
apart.
She
was
someone
who
really
pulled
people
together
for
the
good
of
the
city
and
for
the
good
of
the
african-american
community,
so
she'll
really
be
missed.
C
I
will
really
miss
her
and
I
will
smile
when
I
think
about
her
for
all
that
she
gave
to
us
and
gave
to
our
city,
and
so
this
is
a
very
very
challenging
time,
and
I
just
thank
my
colleagues
for
all
the
work
that
they're
doing.
I
know
they're
we're
all
doing
our
work,
we're
all
out
here,
trying
to
hit
the
street
to
make
a
difference.
I
just
really
want
to
thank
everyone
for
all
of
their
hard
work,
and
I
want
to
thank
you,
mr
president,
for
your
leadership.
B
The
commitment
and
the
passion
that
we
have
in
our
body
we're
going
to
figure
out
a
way
to
make
a
difference.
We
have
to.
That
concludes
our
speeches
on
behalf
of
the
minority
and
the
majority
with
that.
I'd
like
to
recognize
councilman
jones
before
a
motion
to
adjourn.