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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 2-10-2022
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A
Thank
you
and
good
morning
to
everyone
we're
going
to
get
started
now,
but
before
we
begin
the
council
session
today,
I'd
like
to
make
the
following
announcement
due
to
the
continuing
threat
to
public
health
from
covet
19
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
pd
and
offer
public
comment
are
included
in
the
stated
meeting
notice
that
was
published
in
the
daily
news,
enquirer
and
legal
intelligence
prior
to
the
meeting
and
can
also
be
found
on
phl
phlosal.com.
A
B
A
J
K
Oh
good
morning,
council
president
good
morning,
colleagues
and
good
morning,
mother
jesse,
thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
today.
B
B
A
And
good
morning
to
you
all
and
we're
going
to
get
started,
we've
established
our
quorum
and
to
give
our
invocation.
This
morning
the
chair
recognizes
the
reverend
madre
jesse
alejandro
of
the
church
of
the
crucifixion.
She
is
here
today
as
the
guest
of
councilman.
Oh,
I
would
ask
all
members
and
guests
to
please
bow
your
head
for
the
invocation.
M
Good
morning-
and
god
bless
you
all,
let
us
pray
today.
We
pray
for
hope
for
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
for
our
leadership,
no
matter
what
our
circumstances
are,
no
matter
how
frightful
or
desperate
lord.
Today
we
pray
for
our
leaders
and
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Some
of
us
has
gone
weary.
Some
of
us
have
lost
hope.
M
We
have
lost
our
ways,
but
as
we
come
together
in
one
accord
to
ask
you
for
help,
we
ask
for
this
city
in
such
a
time
where
we
find
ourselves
thinking
about
how
do
we
bring
peace
and
love
to
a
city
whom
is
in
pain
for
so
much
anguish
and
violence?
We
pray
our
lord
that
you
restore
this
city
that
we
serve
with
hope
and
change
that
you
will
fulfill
the
hearts
with
your
spirit
and
give
strength
and
courage
to
make
the
right
decision
for
those
whom
you
have
instructor
to
be
leaders
in
the
city.
M
M
Just
like
you
send
your
son
jesus
christ
to
serve.
We
pray
that
you
also
help
us
to
be
able
to
serve
with
a
pure
heart.
We
pray
o
lord,
that
if
we
have
forgotten
our
ways,
because
of
our
distractions
in
our
life,
that
you
bring
us
back
to
serving
dignity
with
compassion
and
help
help
us
to
discern
right
from
wrong.
We
pray
for
a
true
spirit
of
faithfulness
to
do
what
is
right
and
just
for
this
city.
M
Let
our
hearts
souls
and
might
be
renewed
and
fulfilled
us
with
the
hope
and
unity
for
the
city
and
for
the
leadership
that
you
have
appointed
in
office.
Keep
us
from
harm
and
teach
us
to
be
humble
and
restored
us
wherever
we
are
lacking.
Let
us
remember
your
teaching
and
your
faithfulness
so
that
everyone
whom
you
have
called
by
name
remember
your
love
for
your
children.
We
ask
you
lord,
to
give
the
litters
of
the
the
tools
that
they
may
need
to
come
together
in
agreement
to
meet
the
needs
of
this
city.
M
We
thank
your
lord
for
giving
us
another
morning,
another
day
to
be
able
to
breathe
life,
and
we
ask
your
lord
that
you
breathe
life
again
if
we
have
forgotten
how
precious
our
life
are.
We
thank
you
for
your
grace
and
mercy
upon
our
lives
and
upon
the
lives
of
each
and
every
one
present
today.
Let
us
give
hope
and
bring
hope
to
all
those
who
may
need
it.
Let
us
never
forget
how
we
made
it
where
we
are
because
of
your
loving
grace
upon
our
life.
A
I
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
It
has
been
moved
in
property
second,
that
the
journal
of
the
meeting
on
thursday
february
3rd
2022
stand
approve
all
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
those
opposed
eyes
have
it
and
the
journal
is
approved,
and
our
next
sort
of
business
is
request
for
leave
of
absence
in
his
chair
recognizes
councilwoman.
L
L
L
A
A
B
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
decker.
That
concludes
our
communications,
and
our
next
sort
of
business
is
the
introduction
and
bills
and
resolutions.
So,
by
way
of
a
reminder,
we're
asking
that
all
resolutions,
including
privilege
resolution,
be
placed
on
the
final
passes
calendar
for
the
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.
Thank
you
very
much
in
advance
for
your
anticipated
cooperation.
Mr
decker,
please
read
the
titles
of
the
legislation
that's
being
offered
today
by
our
members.
A
A
I'm
sorry
we're
actually
going
to
refer
to
the
committee.
B
L
B
No
problem
councilman
jones
offers
four
bills
entitled
an
ordinance
amending
section,
a303
of
the
philadelphia
code
entitled
demolition
and
relocation
of
structures
to
add
additional
requirements
for
the
issuance
of
demolition
permits
for
structures
currently
or
previously
used
as
religious
facilities
and
an
ordinance
amending
section.
9
215
of
the
philippine
code
entitled
streeters
to
revise
and
add
additional
permitted
locations
and
an
ordinance
adopting
an
amendment
to
the
articles
of
incorporation
of
the
manny
young
special
services
district
in
philadelphia
to
extend
the
term
of
that
authority
and
an
ordinance
approving
a
new
plan.
A
Those
four
bills
will
be
referred
to
the
appropriate
committee,
mr
decker,
on
the
resolution
that
councilwoman
parker
introduced
on
my
behalf
with
the
energy
authority
we're
going
to
put
that
on
the
calendar.
The
next
session
council.
B
Councilwoman
sanchez
offers
two
bills
and
one
resolution
entitled
in
ordinance
on
behalf
of
council
president
clark
an
ordinance
authorizing
transfers
and
appropriations
for
fiscal
year,
2022
from
the
general
fund,
certain
royal
city
offices,
department's
boards
and
commissions,
and
the
grants
revenue
fund,
certain
all
city
offices,
department,
board,
department's
boards
and
commissions
to
the
general
fund,
certain
wall
city
offices,
department's
boys
and
commissions,
the
water
fund
and
the
aviation
fund.
Certain
laws
of
the
offices
department's
boards
and
commissions.
B
Is
that
that's
an
ordinance,
mr
president,.
B
Councilman
dom
offers
one
billion
one
resolution
entitled
annoyed
is
providing
for
the
submission
of
the
qualified
electives
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
The
proposal
set
forth
on
a
resolution
approved
by
council
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
philadelphia
home
or
charter
to
provide
that
council
members
shall
not
be
eligible
for
election
for
more
than
four
terms
of
office
committee
and
a
resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
philippine
home
or
charter
to
provide
for
a
limitation
of
council
members
terms
in
office
to
no
more
than
four
terms.
F
Speak,
yes,
please,
council
president.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
today
to
speak
on
this
bill,
I'm
introducing
which
would
restrict
city
council
members
to
serve
no
more
than
four
terms
but
starting
january
of
2024,
and
I
believe
that,
if
we're
truly
going
to
be
a
progressive
city
council,
we
owe
it
to
everyone.
We
represent
in
this
city
to
finally
adopt
term
limits.
Elections
are
really
not
term
limits,
especially
when
we
see
15
to
25
percent
of
the
people
vote.
F
So
I
urge
my
colleagues
to
support
and
quickly
pass
this
legislation,
so
we
can
place
it
on
the
ballot
for
the
may
2022
primary
election,
which
will
allow
the
citizens
of
the
city
to
make
the
final
decision.
I
want
to
thank
my
co-sponsors
council
members,
squealer
brooks
green,
kim
and
gautier
look
forward
to
discussing
this
in
council.
Thank
you,
council
president
committee
you're
welcome.
B
B
And
a
resolution
authorizing
the
philadelphia
city
council
committee
on
commerce
and
economic
development
to
hold
hearings
to
better
understand
the
local
purchasing
goals
set
by
the
administration
in
response
to
council
member
thomas's.
Keep
it
local
bill
to
assess
the
program
progress
made
toward
that
goal
and
to
offer
a
forum
to
discuss
best
practices
in
this
space,
going
forward
to
ensure
that
the
city
of
philadelphia
always
looks
first
to
forward
its
homegrown
small
and
medium-sized
businesses
when
making
purchasing
decisions.
Mr.
A
B
B
Councilwoman
bass
offers
one
bill
and
two
resolutions
entitled
an
ordinance
continuing
the
mount
airy
business
improvement
district
beyond
his
termination
date
in
an
area
that
generally
includes
both
sides
of
germantown
avenue
from
6300
to
7631
and
certain
blocks
of
streets
that
intersect.
That
portion
of
germantown
avenue
and
for
which
the
mount
airy
improvement.
B
District
incorporated
a
pennsylvania
non-profit
corporation
is
the
neighborhood
neighborhood
improvement
district
management
association
for
the
district
committee
and
a
resolution
initiating
action
to
continue
the
mount
airy
business
improvement
district
beyond
his
termination
date
in
an
area
that
generally
includes
both
sides
of
germantown
avenue
from
6300
to
7631
and
certain
blocks
of
streets
that
intersect.
That
portion
of
germantown
avenue,
for
which
mount
airy
improvement.
District
incorporated
a
pennsylvania,
nonprofit
corporation
corporation,
serves
as
a
neighborhood
improvement
district
management
association
for
the
district.
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
president.
Sickle
cell
disease
is
a
disease
in
which
a
person's
body
produces
abnormally
shaped
red
blood
cells
that
resemble
a
crescent
or
a
sickle
that
abnormal
abnormal
shape
causes
the
cells
to
get
stuck
in
blood
vessels,
blocking
blood
flow
and
causing
pain
and
organ
damage.
Recent
studies
suggest
that
30
percent
of
sickle
cell
patients
experience
premature
death
with
an
estimated
life
expectancy
of
just
54
years
of
age.
Unfortunately,
a
disportionate
number
of
sickle
cell
patients
are
african-american
and
hispanic.
C
I
am
introducing
this
resolution
to
make
clear
the
seriousness
of
sickle
cell
disease.
Knowledge
is
power
and
too
few
people
know
about
this
disease,
so
every
chance
we
get.
We
must
promote
awareness
of
it.
On
top
of
promoting
awareness,
federal
lawmakers
must
do
their
part
and
fight
for
all
people
to
have
access
to
quality
health
care,
not
leaving
behind
those
with
lesser
known
ailments
like
sickle
cell
disease,
and
they
must
ensure
that
all
people,
no
matter
their
race
or
form
of
health
insurance,
have
access
to
the
necessary
medications,
therapies
and
treatments
for
sickle
cell
disease.
C
This
resolution
formally
urges
them
to
do
just
that,
and
finally,
I
want
to
thank
council
members,
parker,
dom
kim
garthier
brooks
gilmore
richardson
jones,
squilla
sanchez
and
green
for
co-sponsoring
this
resolution
and
joining
the
call
for
equal
access
to
quality
health
care
for
sickle
cell
patients.
Thank
you,
mr
president,.
A
Thank
you,
councilwoman
next
week's
calendar.
O
Yes,
could
I
could
I
be
mark
president,
it's
councilman
o'neill.
A
Absolutely
thank
you
reflect
councilman
o'neill
as
president,
and
that
concludes
our
introduction
bills
and
resolutions.
We
have
no
reports
from
the
committee
today,
so
our
next
sort
of
business
is
consideration
of
the
calendar
there
being
no
bills.
On
the
first
reading
calendar.
The
chair
recognizes
councilwoman
parker
for
motion
concerning
the
resolutions
on
the
final
passes,
calendar.
L
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
move
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
to
permit
the
use
of
a
consent
agenda
to
consider
the
following
resolutions
on
the
final
passage
calendar
today
they
are
resolution
numbers
two:
two:
zero,
zero
one:
two,
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
eight
four:
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
eight:
five:
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
eight:
six:
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
eight:
seven:
two:
two:
zero:
zero;
eight:
eight:
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
eight:
nine:
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
nine;
two:
two:
two:
zero:
zero:
nine
five
and
two:
two:
zero:
zero;
nine.
Six.
Second.
A
G
A
G
A
L
Thank
you,
mr
president,
in
addition
to
the
resolutions
being
considered
on
the
consent
agenda,
the
following
resolutions
and
bills
are
being
called
up
from
the
second
reading
and
final
passage
calendars.
Today
they
are
numbers
two,
two:
zero:
zero:
nine,
zero,
two:
two:
zero:
zero,
nine
three
and
two:
two:
zero:
zero,
zero.
Three
all
the
bills
and
resolutions
are
being
held.
Mr
president,.
A
Thank
you
very
much
councilwoman.
We
will
move
towards
our
public
comment
session,
but
before
we
take
up
our
public
comment,
we're
going
to
give
our
technology
professional
five
ten
minutes
to
connect
all
our
speakers
we'll
take
a
brief
break.
Thank
you
very
much,
we'll
be
right
back.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
G
So
much
council
president,
I
have
urgent
council
business
that
takes
me
out
and
would
like
to
be.
A
A
Welcome
mr
decker,
please
read
the
first
name
on
our
list.
Oh
I'm
sorry.
A
Give
you
folks
the
script
so
now
that
everyone's
connected
to
the
meeting
before
considering
the
resolution
bill
we
have
before
us
today
we're
going
to
consider
public
comment.
I'd
like
to
tell
the
speakers
what
the
lay
of
the
land
is.
So
our
public
comment
must
concern
matters
on
the
second
reading
and
final
fastest
calendars
for
possible
action
at
the
session
of
councils,
a
speaker
on
any
of
those
matters
must
sign
up.
In
order
to
testify.
A
A
In
order
to
be
fair,
all
those
wishing
to
speak,
I
intend
to
hold
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
to
your
time,
you
will
be
reminded
of
this
and
once
you're
a
lot
of
time
has
passed.
A
You
will
be
asked
to
conclude
your
remarks
and
shortly
thereafter
you
will
be
disconnected
and
muted,
also
reserve
the
right
to
limit
the
number
of
speakers
where
repetitious
comments
are
being
made
in
the
same
subject
matter
which
could
affect
callbacks
and
our
public
comment
session,
and
please
be
aware,
this
public
meeting
is
being
recorded
and
because
the
meeting
is
public,
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
prophecy.
So,
by
continuing
to
be
in
a
meeting,
you
are
considering
the
being
recorded.
P
P
The
council
recognizes
severe
ongoing
health
equity
issues
for
people
of
color
in
this
country,
this
region
and
this
city.
According
to
the
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services
office
of
minority
health,
the
number
of
organ
transplants
performed
on
african
americans
in
2019
was
25.8
percent
of
the
number
of
african-americans
currently
waiting
for
a
transplant.
P
B
O
Q
Q
I
am
a
member
of
the
philadelphia
public
banking
coalition
in
2012.
I
attended
the
first
national
public
banking
conference
here
in
philadelphia,
and
I've
been
working
ever
since
promote
the
idea
of
public
banking.
French
frankly,
in
philadelphia,
first
promoted
the
idea
of
public
banking
and
made
philadelphia
the
financial
center
of
the
colonies.
Q
Q
The
credit
union
became
the
west
philadelphia
branch
of
the
philadelphia
federal
credit
union,
which
now
recycles
over
one
billion
dollars
into
the
philadelphia
community.
I
am
proud
of
the
impact
we
had
on
cedar
park.
Neighborhood
we
were
able
to
build
a
strong,
vibrant,
integrated
community.
One
of
the
benefits
of
giving
credit
to
a
community
is.
It
also
gives
the
community
hope
that
we
can
have
a
brighter
future.
Q
Q
After
almost
30
years,
this
bank
has
40
branches,
200
000
members
and
recycles
about
100
million
dollars
in
the
haitian
economy.
Father
joseph
who
founded
this
bank,
is
now
building
wealth
in
rural
haiti.
Brother
joseph
is
coming
to
stay
with
me
in
philadelphia
and
I
hope
to
show
him
that
we
in
philadelphia
can
also
build
wealth
in
philadelphia.
Q
E
E
Why,
in
the
aftermath
of
a
disaster,
confidence
in
the
capacities
of
the
community
has
been
shaken.
Uncertainty
about
the
future
leads
to
the
perception
of
risks
as
being
high.
Caution
results
in
a
wait
and
see
attitude
just
at
a
time
when
bold
action
is
needed,
the
financial
authority
can
reassure
lenders
and
the
community
that
recovery
financing
will
be
available.
E
E
E
E
E
E
N
I'm
tiffany
green
and
yes
on
this
pill,
because
this
is
more
city
properties
being
transferred
into
to
the
philadelphia
land
bank
without
any
unknown
future.
As
student
usage,
we
would
like
to
call
on
new
legislation
for
public
hearings
on
public
city
properties
being
transferred
into
the
philippine
land
bank,
so
that
the
community
can
have
advanced
notice
as
to
these
properties
will
be
used
for
market
rate
or
community
usage.
N
Currently,
we
have
no
indoor
recreation
amenities.
The
neighbors
would
like
to
see
this
property.
We
feel
we
need
this
property
for
recreational
activity.
This
property
was
a
taxpayer
property
that
was
disposed
for
recreational
usage.
N
N
N
Many
of
our
parents
feel
that
children
should
not
have
to
walk
five
to
eight
blocks
for
an
indoor
recreation
facility
that
is
very
unsafe
and
for
our
youth
in
the
community
we
have.
We
are
very
densely
populated
area
and
indoor
recreation
center
would
be
ideal
for
the
immediate
area.
N
We
at
this
point
again,
we
would
like
to
say
we
would
like
to
request
to
complete
our
meeting
with
councilman
johnson
regarding
the
land
bank
transaction
for
property,
1622-40
point
three's
avenue
and
the
nearby
neighbors
will
be
reaching
out
again,
and
we
would
like
for
him
to
grant
us
that
meeting.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
mr
decker
is
ruth.
Wilson
is
not
connected
or
speaking.
A
Now
consider
today's
resolution
consent
agenda
I'll
answer,
mr
decker,
to
read
the
titles
of
all
the
resolutions
on
the
consent
agenda
after
each
title
is
read.
Any
member
may
object
to
the
inclusion
of
the
resolution
on
the
resolution
consent
agenda
upon
such
an
objection
and
without
debate.
The
resolution
will
be
immediately
removed
from
the
resolution
consent
agenda
and
placed
on
today's
regular,
regular
final
passage
calendar.
Mr
decker,
please
read
the
titles
of
the
resolutions
on
the
resolution.
Consent
agenda.
A
L
A
Thank
you.
It
has
been
moving
second,
that
each
of
the
resolutions
on
the
resolution
consent
agenda
be
adopted
all
in
favor
indicate
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed
eyes
have
it
and
the
consent
agenda
has
been
adopted.
We
will
now
consider
the
bills
and
resolutions
on
the
regular
second
reading
and
final
passage
calendar.
B
G
Thank
you,
council
president,
before
I
call
for
the
adoption
I
wanted
to
make
a
few
remarks.
If
that's
okay,.
G
Okay,
good
morning,
council
colleagues,
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
last
week,
council
member
jones
and
I
introduced
a
resolution
to
honor
the
life
and
legacy
of
a
true
titan
and
community
leader
imam
assam
abdul
rasheed,
imam
abdur
rasheed
was
a
religious
scholar
and
dedicated
his
entire
adult
life
to
bettering
the
lives
of
those
around
him.
As
the
quran
called
him
to
as
imam
of
west
philadelphia's
masjid
for
more
than
35
years,
he
served
as
a
counselor
mediator
and
steadfast
public
servant,
who
showed
love
and
compassion
to
the
members
of
his
community.
G
In
addition
to
being
a
fierce
advocate
against
the
violence
in
the
city
to
which
he
dedicated
his
life.
This
past
summer,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
hear
the
imam
speak
at
a
community
event
held
in
the
wake
of
a
tragic
mass
shooting
on
60th
street
and
saw
firsthand
how
people
believed,
in
his
words
and
in
his
mission
of
peace
and
prosperity
for
all
of
our
city's
residents,
but
especially
our
children.
G
G
The
imam
leaves
behind
a
decades-long
legacy
of
unwavering
worship
and
service,
for
which
he
will
forever
be
remembered,
not
only
by
his
wife,
jamila
and
20
children,
but
by
the
entire
city
of
philadelphia,
and
so
I
wanted
to
take
this
time
to
honor
the
imam
for
his
faithful
dedication
to
his
community,
and
I
also
wanted
to
if
it's
okay.
I
wanted
to
offer
an
opportunity
for
council
member
jones
to
to
say
anything
that
he'd
like
to
offer.
J
Thank
you.
Member
email
awesome
was
the
type
of
leader
that
was
a
humble
man.
J
He
could
have
walked
around
with
his
title
and
not
connected
to
people,
but
the
way
I
actually
council
president
was
at
33rd
street
when
he
had
the
stable
there
and
he
provided
young
people
an
opportunity
to
experience,
horse
life
and
breaking
the
horses
and
cleaning
of
horses
and
all
of
those
good
things
that
you
couldn't
huckleberry
finn
couldn't
have
had
a
better
childhood
than
some
of
the
young
men
and
women
that
came
out
of
that
area.
J
Secondly,
he
loved
animals,
he
loved
dogs,
he
loved
horses,
but
he
did
not
love
my
horse.
My
horse
was
a
troubled
horse
and
e-man
awesome
used
to
shoe
horses
and
that's
one
of
the
things.
A
lot
of
people
don't
know,
and
quite
frankly,
he
punched
my
horse
in
the
face
and
the
horse
deserved
it,
but
because
he
kept
kicking
and
bucking.
But
I
say
that
to
say
he
was
strong,
yet
gentle
he
was
connected
yet
a
leader.
J
He
used
to
always
offer
prayer
at
our
iftars
in
city
hall
and
did
it
in
a
way
that
did
not
alienate
other
religions.
It
brought
people
together,
so
he
will
surely
be
missed
and
may
god
allah
be
pleased
with
his
works
and
his
soul.
G
Thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you,
council
president
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
this
resolution
and
with
that
I
call
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
Second.
A
I
Thank
you,
mr
president,
I'd
like
to
say
a
few
words,
I'm
not
obviously
a
speaker
on
a
lot
of
these
resolutions,
but
I
think
this
is
important
to
say
a
few
words
just
before
we
move
this
for
adoption.
I
So
mcbride
was
a
person
who
worked
throughout
the
city
of
philadelphia
working
for
pico.
He
was
a
shining
lake
to
all
us,
not
only
representatives
here
in
city
council,
but
all
residents
of
the
city.
He
always
stood
up
for
what
was
needed.
He
was
a
person
that
was
always
there,
whether
you
needed
pico
to
be
a
part
of
the
community
event
or
whether
it
was
a
problem
with
the
electrical
outlets
or
whatever.
That
was
necessary.
I
He
is
somebody,
who'll
be
surely
missed,
but
one
thing
about
ed
that
he
did
was.
He
knew
when
he
was
moving
up
through
the
ranks
and
moving
to
different
positions.
He
was
always
able
to
get
somebody
in
his
place
to
be
able
to
teach
them
the
ropes
and
show
them
what
was
so
important
to
us,
as
only
not
only
elected
officials,
but
residents
of
the
city
of
philadelphia.
I
He
he
was
somewhat
something
that
we
as
city
of
philadelphia,
should
cherish.
He
is
a
person
who
took
philadelphia
through
the
hard
times
and
was
always
able
to
make
people
smile.
I
want
to
say
that
knowing
him
made
me
a
better
person
and
I'm
so
happy,
I
got
a
chance
to
work
with
him
during
these
years
and
thank
his
family
for
allowing
him
to
be
a
part
of
philadelphia
and
the
growth
of
our
city.
I
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
president,
I'll
be
brief,
but
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
echo
for
council
folks
who
come
get
when
you
first
get
elected
and
you
have
to
start
working
with
all
of
the
inter-departmental
agencies
and
the
external
ones.
You
know
those
of
us
who
worked
in
council,
I've
known
ed
for
20
plus
years.
You
know
just
a
gentleman
I'm
always
in
looking
to
do
service.
C
He
was
his
own
elected
official
back
home,
served
on
his
own
county,
so
was
always
available
during
storms
during
just
really
trying
times,
and
you
know
never
lost
the
school,
always
looked
for
a
way
to
facilitate
and
served
the
residents
of
philadelphia
and
the
region
because
once
he
got
promoted
it
was
around
the
region.
You
know
my
husband
worked
at
pico
for
some
time
and
the
folks
at
pico
are
amazing
and
ed
was
just
you
know,
just
a
great
gentleman
and
to
his
family.
C
I
also
want
to
say
thank,
you
was
always
available
to
provide
advice
and
guidance
on
anything
and,
and
we
should
all
aspire
to
be
someone
like
ed,
mcbride
and
and
to
the
pico
family.
You
know
we
just
say
to
all
of
you
and
thank
you
for
allowing
ed's
who
have
been
part
of
council
for
so
so
so
many
years.
So
thank
you
very
much
council
president
and
council
member
sculla
for
putting
forth
this
resolution.
H
H
He's
always
been
a
consummate
professional
has
been
a
wonderful
teacher
not
only
for
me
but
for
his
colleagues
at
pico,
where
they
called
him,
mr
mayor
at
pico,
and
he
was
always
just
a
teacher
and
helping
us
learn
the
ropes
and
learning
the
ins
and
outs
of
providing
a
good
quality
service
to
our
constituents
and
really
navigating
city
government
and
working
with
other
agencies
to
get
the
job
done
on
behalf
of
the
people
we
serve.
H
So
I
had
to
arise
in
support
of
this
resolution
and
remembering
ed
and
just
give
a
shout
out
to
his
wife,
kathy
his
daughters
and
his
entire
family.
Thank
you
for
lending
ed
to
us
for
all
of
these
years.
We
will
certainly
miss
him,
but
his
legacy
will
continue
in
the
work
that
we
all
seek
to
do
on
behalf
of
the
people
we
serve.
So
thank
you
so
much,
mr
president,
and
thank
you
to
my
colleague,
councilmember
squilla,
for
this
resolution.
F
Bank
accounts
brandon
I'll,
be
very
brief.
I
also
send
my
condolences
to
all
of
us
to
the
mcbride
family.
Ed
is
someone
that
we
all
got
to
know
the
fact
that
he
was
at
pico
for
52
years.
F
We're
never
going
to
see
that
type
of
commitment
I
think
again
and
type
of
relationship
we
had
with
so
many
people,
and
I
mean
I
saw
how
he
interacted
with
his
colleagues
and
and
so
many
and
no
matter
what
level
or
station
in
life.
Everyone
had
an
ed
mcbride
story,
because
it
was
that
type
of
person
and
I'm
sure
many
of
us
have
multiple
stories
and
have
we
had
constituents
or
other
issues.
F
We've
called
him
on
a
cell
phone
and
he'll
always
I'll
get
right
back
to
you
and
you
always
got
the
issue
resolved
and
the
fact
that
type
of
dedication
or
service
is
something
that's
going
to
be
missed
and
that
we
no
longer
have
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
it
should
truly
embody
the
type
of
public
private
partnership.
We
need
to
get
things
done
in
our
city
and
he
will
be
missed
by
all
of
us
and
councils.
So
many
members
and
people
around
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Thank
you,
council
president.
Thank.
F
Yeah,
thank
you.
Council
president.
I
just
want
to
echo
the
sentiments
of
my
colleagues
giving
honor
and
blessings
and
support
to
the
family
at
mcbride.
Ed
mcbride
was
just
a
he's,
just
a
genuine
stand-up
guy.
I
spent
many
a
days
down
in
south
philadelphia
at
a
variety
of
different
events
such
as
the
south
philadelphia
business
association
on
the
saint
patty's
day
parade
and
a
couple
different
events.
F
In
my
time
in
council
hanging
out
with
edward
bryan
he's
just
one
of
those
people
who
wears
his
hearts
on
his
sleeves
and
is
an
all-around
good
guy
and
in
our
profession
we
meet
a
whole
lot
of
people.
People
come
and
go
mark.
I
mean
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
and
so
I've
been
very,
very
acute
at
judging
people's
character
right,
and
this
is
a
guy
who
is
as
genuine
as
they
can
come
and
so
mark.
F
Thank
you
for
honoring
him
and
and
he's
definitely
going
to
be
missed,
because
he
was
one
of
the
people
that
just
brought
a
a
a
good
aspect
of
of
life
and
appreciation
of
life
to
all
he
encountered.
And
so
god
bless
you
ed
mcbride
and
thank
you
for
all
the
things
you've
done
for
the
city
of
philadelphia.
L
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
want
to
concur
with
all
of
our
colleagues
and
saying
a
special
thank
you
to
council
member
squirler
for
introducing
this
resolution
honoring
and
celebrating
the
life
of
ed
mcbride.
I
met,
mr
president,
ed
mcbride
in
1990
when
I
was
17
years
old
and
I
was
interning
in
the
office
of
councilwoman,
marion
tasco
and
my
first
constituent
services
issue
that
I
had
to
resolve.
L
One
was
water,
but
it
was
also
electric
and
the
person
told
us
that
they
needed
an
agreement
and
sometimes
when
people
call
you
might
not
get
all
of
the
information
accurate
the
first
time
because
they
may
not
give
you
all
of
the
information
and
so
ed
mcbride.
His
number
and
name
was
up
on
on
the
wall
to
call,
and
I
called
him-
and
he
said
well,
this
person
has
already
had
three
agreements
and,
but
guess
what
we
are
going
to
we
are
going
to
work.
I
didn't
know
what
to
do.
L
I
said
wait,
he
said,
don't
worry
about
it.
Let
me
let
me
go
to
work
and
he
did
exactly
that
so
special.
Thank
you
and,
and
then
on
the
weekend.
L
Somebody
said
that,
because
we
go
out,
people
see
us
everywhere,
they
call
us
all
of
the
time
and
when
they
call
us
in
the
middle
of
a
crisis,
they
don't
want
to
hear
from
us
that
we
can't
get
it
done,
but
we
couldn't
have
got
it
done
as
it
related
to
pico,
without
working
with
ed
mcbride,
so
special
thanks
to
his
family
and
to
all
members
of
the
peak
family.
I
know
they
are
having
a
tough
time,
but
his
legacy
will
live
on.
C
Well,
thank
you,
mr
president.
I
want
to
join
with
my
colleagues
and
I'm
you
know
just
think
what
else
can
be
said
about
ed
mcbride,
because
I
think
so
many
wonderful
things
have
been
said
and
about
how
much
of
an
impact
that
he
had
on
all
of
us
and
his
involvement
with
this
council
and
with
with
other
councils
as
well,
but
I
really
wanted
to
just
thank
his
family
for
sharing
ed
with
us,
because
he
was
someone
who
was.
C
O
Thank
you,
mr
president.
I
got
to
know
ed
my
first
year
on
council,
so
I've
known
him
over
four
decades
and
he
was
incredible.
I
one
of
a
kind.
I
don't
know
how
to
describe
it.
I
everyone.
I
agree
with
what
everyone
said
and
I
had
the
good
fortune
to
work
with
them
longer
than
anyone
else
there
is.
There
is
something
to
be
said
for
getting
reelected.
When
you
have
people
like
ed,
you
can.
You
can
work
with.
O
I
got
to
know
him
personally,
socially,
his
wife,
kathy
and
and
and-
and
he
were
just
the
perfect
couple-
they
were
as
natural
with
each
other,
as
can
be,
they
got
each
other.
He
got
her.
She
got
him.
Ed
could
tell
you
stories
about
his
brother
and
the
building
of
the
of
the
of
the
baseball.
You
know
the
citizens
bank
building.
He
was
a
trades,
a
trades
member.
I
think
it
was
a
roofer,
but
I'm
not
sure,
but
he
had
stories
would
just
make.
O
You
laugh
like
crazy,
got
to
have
dinner
with
them
several
times
with
our
wives
and
was
ready
to
do
it
in
the
spring.
We
talked
about
it
about
a
month
ago,
and
ed
could
take
an
issue
like
there
that
pico
was
trying
and
exelon
were
trying
to
buy
a
a
electric
company
in
new
jersey,
or
there
was
a
deregulation
issue
or
something
like
he
knew
that
that
material
that
subject
matter
as
much
as
he
knew
how
to
call
the
guy
down
at
the
bottom.
O
That
would
come
out
and
do
the
work
on
your
project
that
you
need.
It
done
quickly.
His
breadth
of
of
experience,
knowledge
and
how
the
pico
member
population
reacted
to
him
when
he
called
no
matter
what
it
was
and
his
his
last
meant
t
that
he
mentored
jose
aguerry.
O
He
told
me
when
jose-
and
he
probably
told
other
members
that
don't
worry,
he's
solid
and
it
will
just
keep
if
you
got
a
problem.
Just
call
me
because
it
we
work
together.
This
this
young
man
is
is
terrific
and
you
know
what
jose
was
fantastic.
O
He
just
got
promoted
and
somebody's
got
to
fill
his
shoes,
but
ed
was
as
good
a
person
and
as
good
a
husband
and
father
as
he
was
a
member
of
the
pico
family
that
all
of
us
relied
on
and
relied
on,
because
we
knew
we
were
going
to
get
a
result
and
he's
going
to
get
back
to
us
and
old
school
new
school.
It
doesn't
matter,
ed
could
handle
it
and
it's
just
sad
that
he
didn't
get
to
enjoy
his
retirement
with
kathy
and
but
you
know,
he's
he's
in
a
good
place.
O
I'm
sure-
and
I
appreciate
the
time
to
speak-
and
I
appreciate
all
the
comments
from
my
colleagues
because
I
agree
with
all
of
them.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councilman
yeah.
It
was
an
awesome
person
over
the
decades
that
he
worked
at
pico
and
as
staffers
and
as
elected
officials,
we
all
got
to
take
credit
for
getting
the
lights
turned
on
after
hours
of
blackouts
throughout
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
it
was
ed
that
got
it
done,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
thank
him
so
much
and
and
and
all
the
things
that
he's
done
for
all
of
us
in
the
city,
not
recognized
by
the
general
population,
but
he
was
truly
an
awesome
person
before
we
go
to
the
bill.
A
I
I
have
to
call
on
councilwoman
kendrick
brooks
to
talk
about
that
awesome
picture.
Behind
her.
We
were
actually
going
to
have
a
mr
ruth
wilson
was
going
to
call
in,
but
somehow
got
was
not
able
to
be
connected,
and
I
actually
I
didn't
know
who
the
picture
was.
I
thought
councilwoman
brooks
was
sending
the
signals
to
people
about
don't
mess
with
me
right,
but
look
out
for
me
real
real
quick.
Can
you
just
kind
of
briefly
since
we
weren't
able
to
connect
miss
wilson?
Can
you
kind
of
talk.
D
Yes,
so
this
they
call
this
the
black
ruthie
she
proposed
black
rosie's.
She
prefers
to
be
called
ruth,
not
rusi.
She
said
her
grandmother
used
to
call
her
ruthie
and
she's,
not
in
trouble.
I
had
a
conversation
with
her
last
night,
she's
going
to
be
a
hundred
years
old
in
april.
N
D
And
she
was
so
honored
to
know
that
we
were
recognizing
her
work
and
she
said
I
didn't
think
I
was
doing
anything
great.
I
was
just
going
to
work
every
day
and
that's
kind
of
representative
of
all
the
black
women
that
paved
the
way,
I'm
doing
the
difficult
jobs
during
world
war
ii,
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
in
the
honor
of
black
history
month
that
we
honor
her
and
I
have
a
series
of
women
that
I'll
be
honoring.
D
But
it's
just
so
amazing
that
we
have
our
own
right
here
in
philadelphia,
kind
of
excited,
paving
the
way
and
just
being
a
great
example.
As
she
said,
it
doesn't
look
like
her,
but
it's
a
good
resemblance
of
what
she
looks
like
now.
So
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
get
her
a
call
in
next
week
but
yeah.
She
said
thank
you
so
much
to
everyone
for
even
recognizing
her
just
being
a
hard
worker.
So
thank
you.
A
B
Mr
president,
yes
did
we
move
the
adoption
of
the
ed
mcbride
yeah.
A
Yeah
we
we
did
not.
We
got
a
little
still
moved
caught
up
in
recognizing
the
great
gentleman
councilman.
Can
you
move
mr.
I
President,
I
with
a
heavy
heart,
we
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
Second,
second,
second.
A
A
This
bill
had
been
read
on
two
different
days.
The
question
now
shall
the
bill
pass.
Finally,
mr
zechariah
called
the
rule.
D
B
C
I
A
F
Thank
you,
council
president,
as
the
chair
of
the
streets
and
services
committee
and
as
someone
who's
been
enthusiastically
focused
on
the
infrastructure
issues
surrounding
our
city.
I
enthusiastically
move
for
the
adoption
of
the
resolution.
L
B
A
resolution
authorizing
the
philadelphia
city
council
committee
on
commerce
and
economic
development
to
hold
hearings
to
better
understand
the
local
purchasing
goals
set
by
the
administration
in
response
to
council
member
thomas's.
Keep
it
local
bill
to
assess
the
progress
made
toward
that
goal
and
to
offer
a
forum
to
discuss
best
practices
in
this
space,
going
forward
to
ensure
that
the
city
of
philadelphia
always
looks
first
to
forward
its
homegrown
small
and
medium-sized
businesses.
When
making
purchasing
decisions
introduced
today
by
councilman,
thomas
chair
recognizes
councilman
thomas.
A
That
concludes
our
calendar
for
the
day
and
as
we
move
to
our
speeches
prior
to
recognizing
members
regarding,
I
will
note
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.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
particular
purpose,
so
we
now
have
speeches
on
behalf
of
the
minority
and
I
believe
councilman.
Oh.
K
Yes,
thank
you
very
much.
Council
president.
I
have
two
things.
First,
I'd
just
like
to
send
my
condolences
to
the
mcbride
family
and,
of
course,
as
was
said
by
many
and
and
thought
by
everyone
here,
a
wonderful
gentleman
and
certainly
he
has
earned
his
place
in
heaven.
K
Secondly,
is
un
fortunate
thing
to
talk
about,
and-
and
let
me
first
thank
my
colleagues,
council
members,
jones
and
johnson
for
meeting
with
me
and
district
attorney,
larry
krasner
and
the
office
of
the
managing
director
and
others
as
we
dealt
with
the
very
serious
problem,
all
of
us
here
on
council
of
people,
in
this
case
mothers
being
targeted
by
violence
simply
because
they
have
a
child
who
cooperated
with
law
enforcement
and
and
and
and
a
woman
in
particular,
who
did
speak
to
the
news,
was
being
shot
at
not
once
not
twice
shot
at
and
her
daughter
was
being
targeted
as
well,
and
the
failing
of
our
effort
comes
to
this.
K
While
we
did
in
council
approve
a
half
million
dollars
for
the
relocation
of
this
mother
and
her
children,
it
didn't
work
out.
She
was
never
moved
out
of
her
general
neighborhood.
K
K
Last
night
I
got
an
emergency
call
because
she
was
arrested
the
mother
with
a
gun.
She
got
a
gun
because
that's
where
she
was
at
at
that
point
in
her
life
and
with
that
four
other
mothers
that
I
was
supposed
to
meet
with
are
not
coming
forward.
K
K
We
cannot
move
the
student
to
a
school
because
the
mother
and
her
other
children
have
not
been
moved
and
it
is
difficult
to
coordinate
all
of
this
around
a
system
that
is
dealing
with
placing
people
temporarily
for
testimony.
There
has
to
be
a
completely
new
system.
It
cannot
be
done
by
the
same
people.
K
It
has
been
a
failure
in
this
city
and
anyway,
this
is
something
that
council
has
addressed.
I
I'm
I'm
I'm
proud
to
say
we
have
addressed
it,
and
I
appreciate
the
district
attorney
and
the
police
and
the
sheriff
and
everyone
getting
together,
but
we're
gonna
have
to
get
back
together
and
come
up
with
something
different
with
some
different
people
that
are
that
understand.
You've
got
to
move
a
family
for
a
year.
K
D
Every
year
I
look
forward
to
black
history
month
because,
as
someone
who
comes
out
of
education
activism,
I
firmly
believe
in
the
power
of
learning
from
our
past
to
build
a
better
future
and
since
our
children
are
our
future,
my
office
has
partnered
with
the
school
district
of
philadelphia,
the
african-american
museum
and
the
mural
arts
project
to
host
the
educational
movie
screening
and
panel
for
philadelphia
students
and
community
members.
Tonight
at
5pm
I
invite
my
colleagues,
their
children
and
the
viewing
public
to
a
virtual
screening
of
the
movie
13th
and
a
panel
discussion.
D
Folks
can
visit
my
social
media
pages
or
visit
the
african
american
museum's
website
to
register
for
free
and
in
the
spirit
of
education.
I
also
want
to
thank
again
my
colleagues
for
joining
me
in
honoring,
the
labor
and
power
of
ruth
wilson,
also
known
as
black
rosie.
This
month.
My
office
is
introducing
a
series
of
resolutions.
Honoring
overlooked
black
philadelphia
women
who
made
an
important
contribution
to
our
city
and
our
country,
ms
roofs
and
600
000.
Black
women
did
essential,
often
difficult
jobs.
D
During
world
war
ii,
they
have
been
dubbed
black
roses
for
their
likeness
to
rosie
the
riveter,
but
the
different
way
they
are
treated
at
the
time
by
history.
Black
roses
were
neglected
by
our
nation's
retelling
of
a
wartime
period,
and
we
were
excluded
from
women's
right
movement.
However,
even
though
they
experiences
low
wages,
racism,
structural
barriers,
they
performed
critical
roles
in
fighting
racism
at
home
nazism
abroad
and
sexism
everywhere.
D
Last
year,
99
year,
old,
ruth
wilson
was
invited
back
to
her
former
work
site
at
the
naval
shipyard
where
she
was
honored
and
given
a
portrait
by
artist,
regina
cook,
in
which
the
iconic
rosie
the
riveter,
was
reimagined.
As
a
black
woman
and
ms
ruth
is
the
face
in
the
campaign
and
also
the
photo
behind
me,
you
can
see
the
powerful
portrait
in
the
background
on
my
team
screen
here.
D
So
today
we
celebrate
all
the
black
rosies
and
give
our
gratitude
to
philadelphia's
own
black
rosie
miss
ruth
wilson,
and
I
want
to
personally
say
thank
you
to
miss
ruth
on
the
behalf
of
the
city
and
know
that
she
is
watching
us
today.
She
intended
to
speak
during
public
comment,
but
was
unfortunately
unable
to
connect
and
we're
going
to
try
to
have
her
comment
next
week.
So
we
can
hear
from
this
trailblazing
black
woman
and
thank
you
so
much
council
president
and
thank
you,
colleagues.
A
Thanks,
thank
you
so
much
councilwoman
speeches
on
behalf
of
the
majority
chair,
recognized
councilman
jones.
J
J
If
there
is
fear
if
there
is
fear
of
retaliation,
if
there
is
fear
of
intimidation
and
brutality
to
your
siblings,
it
does
not
work.
And
so
everybody
has
a
responsibility
to
figure
this
out,
whether
we
utilize
other
municipalities
and
their
public
housing
authorities
to
move
people
from
one
city
to
another,
whether
it
is
using
hud,
rehabbed
properties
in
other
parts
of
pennsylvania
or
other
states
to
do
that.
But
we
just
need
to
figure
it
out.
J
I
I
believe
that
it's
going
to
require
some
federal
dollars
and
or
support,
because
if
we're
using
vouchers,
we
need
to
get
a
pot
pool
of
vouchers
to
be
able
to
move
these
people
readily.
We
we.
We
went
up
to
a
half
a
million
dollars
for
this
effort,
and
I
want
to
thank
member
johnson
and
all
of
council
for
supporting
that.
J
But
when
you
look
at
the
number
of
just
homicides
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
last
year
and
assume
that
everybody
in
every
one
of
those
cases
there
might
be
a
witness,
it
broke
down
to
something
like
300
a
move.
Now
I
don't
know
last
time
it
was,
I
checked
it
was
the
average
rent
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
was
like
eleven
hundred
dollars
first
month
that
last
month,
security
deposits
would
eat
that
up.
J
You
couldn't
even
afford
the
truck
to
move
the
bedding
and
the
furniture
from
a
house,
so
we
have
to
rethink
how
important
witness
protection
is
in
the
pursuit
of
justice,
and
so
thank
you,
member,
oh
for
being
the
vanguard
of
this
issue,
but
we
got
your
back.