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The Joint Committees on Finance & Commerce and Economic Development of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 9:30 AM to hear testimony on the following items:
200336
Resolution authorizing the Committees on Finance and on Commerce & Economic Development to hold joint hearings regarding Philadelphia’s safe, equitable, and robust economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
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A
A
As
chair
of
the
commerce
and
economic
development
committee,
I
understand
that
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
filing
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
public
hearing
as
follows.
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
city
council
engineers
are
currently
meeting
remotely
we're
using
microsoft
teams
to
make
these
remote
hearings
possible
instruction
for
how
the
public
may
view
and
offer
public
testimony
at
public
hearings
of
council
committees
are
included
in
the
public
hearing,
notices
that
are
published
in
the
daily
news,
enquirer
and
legal
intelligence
here
prior
to
the
hearing.
A
It
can
also
be
found
on
phl
counsel,
dot
com,
and
with
that
I
note
that
the
hour
has
come.
Mr
ainslie,
will
you
please
call
the
role
to
take
attendance
members
that
are
in
attendance?
Will
please
indicate
that
you
are
present,
while
your
name
is
called
also,
please
say
a
few
brief
words
when
responding
so
that
your
image
will
be
displayed
on
screen
when
you.
B
D
E
I
don't
know
whether
I'm
having
audio
issues
or,
if
that's
everyone,
but
I'm
going
to
continue
council
member
dom.
H
K
E
And
I
just
want
to
make
sure
at
the
top
that
I
got
the
right.
We
saw
council
member
brooks
on
the
screen,
but
I
could
not
hear
her.
Can
she
try
again.
L
A
Thank
you,
mr
inuzi.
Aquaman
of
the
committees
is
present
and
this
hearing
is
now
called
to
order.
This
is
a
public
turn
on
the
joint
committees
on
finance
and
commerce.
Economic
development
regarding
bill
number
two:
zero.
Zero
excuse.
Me
resolution
number:
two:
zero:
zero.
Three,
three
six,
mr!
I
knew
that.
Will
you
read
the
title
of
the
resolution.
A
Thank
you,
mr
inuzi,
before
we
begin
to
hear
testimony
from
the
witnesses
we
have
here
for
today,
everyone
who
has
been
invited
to
the
meeting
to
testify
should
be
aware
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded.
The
causing
hearing
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
By
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
my
co-chair
for
any
comments
or
comments
that
you
may
have.
A
I
will
know
for
a
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft
teams
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
purpose
before
I
call
all
what
we
call
the
first
panel
I'd
like
to
recognize
the
chair
of
the
commerce
economic
development
committee.
E
Council
member
mark
zwillin
would
like
to
make
any
opening
comments.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
also
noticed
that
council
member
jones
was
president.
I
don't
know
if
he
had
did
a
mic
check
so
that
we're
all
there
can
you
hear
councilmember
jones.
E
All
right,
you
sound
good.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you,
mr
chair
yeah.
Yes,
as
we
participate
in
this
hearing,
how
important
it
is
to
look
at
a
smart,
safe,
restart
of
our
economy,
how
we,
as
the
city
partner
with
our
local
businesses
and
residents,
to
understand
not
only
the
challenges
of
this
pandemic
and
what
it
has
done
to
our
our
communities
and
businesses,
but
how
we
as
a
city,
can
help
these
businesses
and
the
residents
come
back
to
some
type
of
a
normality.
E
We
know
that
would
be
the
same
as
it
was
previously,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
work
together
to
understand
the
challenges
of
each
individual
operation
and
business
that's
out
there
and
how
we
can
partner
with
them
to
make
sure
it's
safely
and
smartly
restarting
of
our
economy
is
done
in
a
way
that
gets
people
back
to
work
but
understands
the
safety,
is
utmost
importance
and
that
we
take
all
into
consideration
as
we
move
forward.
E
So
I
think
this
hearing
is
very
important
and
I
think
it's
a
I
know
it's
a
challenge,
but
I
know
as
a
city
of
first
class
philadelphia,
we
are
prepared
to
move
forward
looking
forward
to
working
together
with
our
business
partners
and
our
community
members
to
getting
back
to
business,
and
I
think
this
is
a
challenge,
but
I
think
we're
all
for
it
and
looking
forward
to
a
great
hearing.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
council
members
willa,
also
this
being
the
first
hearing
since
the
tragic
news
that
we
learned
and
I'm
looking
at
councilmember
jones.
I
know
he's
been
deeply
involved
in
this
issue,
like
many
others
throughout
the
city
and
the
loss
of
life
from
the
same
seven-year-old
samara
jones.
A
You
know,
poverty
is
also
a
crisis
in
our
city
and
when
people
don't
have
the
opportunity
to
earn
a
living
to
do
better
for
the
family
and
others,
the
issues
of
gun,
violence
and
crime
and
poverty
are
intertwined,
and
we
have
to
do
all
that
we
can
to
address
all
of
these
issues
and
covet.
19
has
also
been
a
crisis.
A
It's
a
pandemic,
but
it's
also
been
an
economic
calamity
in
our
city,
and
so,
although
it's
a
crisis,
it's
also
an
opportunity,
and
I
look
forward
to
hearing
from
our
representatives
from
the
executive
branch,
the
greater
philadelphia
chamber
of
commerce
who
are
going
to
be
to
have
a
task
force
on
a
recharge
and
recovery
and
all
the
other
witnesses.
Talking
about
what
they're
trying
to
do
to
address
this
crisis
and
I'm
going
to
spotlight
one
individual
who's
going
to
testify.
Today.
A
He
is
an
entrepreneur
who
has
really
for
my
observation
flourished
in
this
unfortunate
situation.
I'm
thinking
about
david
sims,
who
has
relocated
to
the
ninth
council
member
district,
the
ninth
district
on
wyseworth
avenue.
I
give
a
little
shout
out
to
my
colleague,
councilmember
parker,
but
I
remember
david
when
he
first
started
his
business.
A
When
my
wife
and
I
had
our
ladies
shoe
store
in
mount
airy-
and
he
was
one
of
the
first
people
that
we
worked
with
when
we
were
having
these
shoe
affairs
in
the
store
and
seeing
how
he's
been
able
to
grow
his
business
from
ridge
avenue
to
wadsworth
avenue
and
in
spite
of
kova
19,
he's
been
able
to
re-engineer
his
business
and
continue
to
flourish
in
outstanding
ways,
and
I
think
that's
what
gives
me
some
hope
about
how
we
can
come
out
of
this
crisis
in
a
better
way,
in
a
way
that
we
provide
more
economic
opportunities,
more
opportunities
for
entrepreneurs
to
flourish
like
david
sims
and
also
create
the
better
life
for
people
in
our
city.
A
So
we
can
celebrate
the
success
of
the
david
sims
and
I
have
to
mourn
the
death
of
zamar
jones.
So
with
that
members
of
council,
we
will
start
the
hearing.
Mr
inuzi,
can
you
introduce
the
first
panel.
A
If
anyone
that
is
here
at
microsoft
teams,
please
put
your
microphone
on
mute
until
you're
called
to
testify.
Thank
you.
M
M
Thank
you
for
having
me
here
today
to
provide
testimony
on
resolution
number
200336
regarding
philadelphia's,
safe,
equitable
and
robust
economic
recovery
from
the
coven
19
pandemic.
The
covet
19
pandemic
is
a
public
health
crisis
which
has
precipitated
an
economic
crisis.
That
is,
unlike
anything,
we've
seen
in
our
lifetimes.
M
The
response
from
the
federal
government
to
support
small
business
owners
and
workers
will
be
critical
to
every
city's
recovery,
but
here
in
philadelphia
we
must
take
additional
measures
to
ensure
that
we
emerge
with
an
economy
that
is
more
resilient,
more
inclusive
and
more
equitable
than
ever
before
it
if
we
focus
our
collective
energy
and
effort
into
capitalizing
on
our
city's
natural
assets
and
strengths.
This
crisis
presents
us
with
an
opportunity
to
reimagine
philadelphia's
economic
future
and
ensure
long-term
prosperity
for
all
the
commerce
department
and
our
partner
economic
development
agencies.
M
Pidc
and
philadelphia
works
have
been
approaching
our
economic
recovery
work
within
a
4.4
phase
framework
as
we
work
to
inspire
our
communities
and
stakeholders
to
truly
reimagine
philadelphia's
future
economy.
We
call
this
framework.
The
four
r's
respond,
restart
recharge
and
reimagine.
Examples
of
our
response.
Work
include
deploying
13.3
million
to
shore
up
local
small
neighborhood
businesses
and
retain
jobs
through
the
covet
19
small
business
relief
fund.
They
give
you
a
sense
of
the
types
of
businesses
we
were
able
to
support.
M
66
were
minority
owned
and
83
had
less
than
half
a
million
dollars
in
annual
revenue
to
restart
our
economy.
The
commerce
department
is
working
closely
with
public
health
leaders
to
get
updated
and
accurate
information
and
guidance
out
to
businesses
and
to
support
them
to
reopen
with
care
when
it
is
safe
to
do
so,
and
we
are
working
with
city
council
to
distribute
personal
protective
equipment,
ppe
starter
kits
to
give
small
businesses
some
supplies
that
still
need
to
reopen
safely
to
recharge
local
businesses.
With
new
opportunities.
M
We
are
working
with
a
larger
group
of
stakeholders
which
includes
community
development,
finance
institutions,
business
chambers
and
associations
and
leaders
throughout
the
community.
Examples
of
our
partnerships-
around
recovery
planning
and
actions
include
the
chambers,
regional,
recharge
and
recovery
task
force,
the
equitable
entrepreneurship
assessment
and
strategy
led
by
the
united
way
of
southeastern
southern
new
jersey
and
the
workforce
respond
and
recharge
plan
with
philadelphia
works.
M
It
is
incumbent
upon
all
of
us
to
reimagine
our
economic
future
in
bold
new
ways
to
ensure
that
philadelphia
is
positioned
for
long-term
growth
and
that
this
growth
is
shared
equitably
by
our
residents.
While
we
work
at
the
local
level
to
deliver
important
supports
to
small
businesses,
we're
also
working
to
connect
these
businesses
to
supports
at
the
state
and
federal
level.
M
Recently,
governor
wolf
announced
a
225
million
statewide
grant
program
and
we
are
working
hand-in-hand
with
local
cdfis
to
help
businesses
learn
about
this
program
and
apply
we're
also
working
to
get
information
on
the
streets
about
federal
programs
such
as
the
payroll
protection
program,
the
main
street
lending
program
and
the
economic
injury
disaster
loan.
While
support
for
small
businesses
is
important,
the
other
critical
piece
is
support
for
our
most
vulnerable
workers.
M
Once
again,
we
know
we
need
wide
scale
actions
from
the
federal
level
to
ensure
that
people
can
meet
their
basic
needs
and
support
their
families
during
this
crisis.
But
we
also
must
take
action
locally,
ensure
that
we
invest
in
our
residents
and
rebuild
our
workforce
to
be
stronger
and
more
resilient
than
ever
before.
M
Since
the
onset
of
this
crisis,
more
than
197
thousand
philadelphians
have
filed
initial
unemployment
claims.
69
of
these
claims
were
filed
by
people
without
a
high
school
or
equivalent
diploma,
and
there
have
been
a
continuous.
There
has
been
a
continuous
30
point,
disparity
between
black
and
white
claimants,
in
addition
to
launching
the
career
connected
learning
initiative
in
partnership
with
the
school
district
and
local
employers,
as
well
as
continuing
to
improve
the
fair
chance
hiring
initiative
for
returning
citizens.
M
We're
launching
a
one
million
dollar
call
for
ideas
to
scale
up
successful
programs
and
to
identify
new
and
innovative
ways
to
connect
opportunity
seekers
to
meaningful
work.
Experiences
like
so
many
other
places
around
the
world.
The
kova
19
pandemic
has
had
a
devastating
economic
impact
on
philadelphia,
we've
seen
some
businesses
close
are
once
vibrant
commercial
corridors
are
struggling
and
we've
seen
too
many
families,
especially
black
and
brown
families,
lose
their
employment
and
livelihoods.
M
Yet
we
all
know
that
philadelphia
and
philadelphians
are
resilient
by
nature.
Working
together,
philadelphia
can
emerge
into
a
post-coven
19
world
with
a
more
inclusive,
robust
economy
that
will
help
ensure
long-term
prosperity.
For
all,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have
for
me.
Thank
you.
A
N
Good
morning,
good
morning,
chairperson,
green
and
chairperson
squilla,
as
well
as
to
all
the
members
of
city
council
in
attendance
today,
my
name
is
anne
bovaird
nevins,
and
I
thank
you
very
much
for
inviting
me
to
testify
on
behalf
of
pidc.
N
Pidc's
restart
action
plan
is
focused
on
how
we
are
adapting
our
three
existing
core
strategies
to
meet
philadelphia's
needs
at
this
critical
time.
Those
three
core
strategies
are
number
one:
support,
growth
and
resilience
of
businesses.
N
These
are
the
types
of
resources
that
can
help
generate
wealth,
build
equity
and
ownership,
create
and
sustain
jobs
and
stabilize
neighborhoods
number
two.
We
invest
in
high
impact
community.
Revitalization
pidc
invests
in
real
estate
projects
that
create
good
jobs,
provide
essential
goods
and
services
and
stimulate
additional
investment
in
our
neighborhoods.
N
These
projects
increase
economic
activity,
improve
the
quality
of
life
and
strengthen
communities
throughout
philadelphia
and
number
three.
We
catalyze
opportunities
for
inclusive
growth,
pidc
repositions,
underutilized
land
and
buildings
into
productive
uses
and
capitalizes
on
new
market
opportunities
that
will
foster
a
growing
diversified
and
inclusive
economy
in
philadelphia.
A
N
Thank
you,
sir.
Our
restart
action
plan
is
published
online
at
the
address
provided
in
my
written
testimony,
and
we
also
plan
to
report
out
on
the
specific
action
steps
taken
against
this
plan
via
our
pidc
monthly
newsletter,
social
media
channels
and
our
blog
three
specific
examples
of
the
action
items
in
our
restart
plan
include
number
one:
pidc's
participation
in
the
pennsylvania,
cdfi
network
and
the
statewide
grant
program
for
small
businesses
and
for
which
it
will
be
announced
today
that
the
second
and
final
round
of
applications
will
be
opening
up
on
august.
N
A
Thank
you
for
your
testimony
this
morning,
I
see
we
have
a
couple
members
that
would
like
to
ask
questions
and
they'll
go
in
this
order
of
council
member
jones
majority
leader,
parker
councilmember
maria
sanchez
and
council
member
jamie
gautier.
I
just
have
a
quick
question
before
my
colleagues
ask
their
question.
A
Both
of
you
are
somewhat
new
in
your
position,
although
you're
not
new
to
your
organizations
and
with
all
of
the
unrest
that
has
occurred
due
to
the
tragic
killings
of
george
floyd
brianna,
taylor
and
obama,
all
very
which
have
only
exposed
the
issues
that
have
been
historically
in
our
nation
and,
I
would
say,
in
our
city
basis,
based
on
systemic
racism,
what
new
ideas
or
policies
are
you
envisioning
as
new
members
in
these
leadership
roles,
especially
dealing
with
a
pandemic
that
we've
never
seen
before?
A
I
asked
a
question
because,
from
my
perspective,
we
have
not
provided
the
resources
historically
in
commerce,
especially
in
how
we
grow
jobs
in
our
city
and
considering
that
you
are
both
somewhat
new
in
your
position.
You
have
new
ideas,
new
thoughts,
new
perspectives,
but
you've
also
worked
in
both
of
those
organizations.
A
So
you
understand
some
of
the
challenges,
both
commerce
and
pids.
That
pidc
has
so.
I
know
you
both
use
the
response.
M
Sure,
I
guess
and
I'll
go
first,
if
that's
okay,
so
I
I
mean
yeah.
This
is
definitely
a
completely
unprecedented
moment
in
time
and
I
think
one
of
the
things
in
sort
of
doing
our
own
reckoning
in
terms
of
what
you
know
what
commerce
has
been
doing
and
what
we
can
do
better.
M
We
have
looked
at
the
the
way
we've
normally
done:
business
attraction
and
retention,
which
has
often
been
more
about
competing
with
other
cities
and
providing
you
know
some
type
of
incentive,
and
sometimes
that's
that
has
to
be
the
case,
but
instead
of
looking
at
in
terms
of
sort
of
these
transactional
ways
we're
starting
to
look
at
it
more
as
building
a
foundation
that
will
create
long-term
prosperity
and
and
attractiveness
for
companies.
M
So,
for
example,
we're
looking
at
using
some
of
the
dollars
that
would
have
been
for
maybe
a
forgivable
loan
or
an
incentive
to
invest
in.
We
have
a
gold
making
philadelphia,
the
most
diverse
tech
city
and
so
we're
looking
at.
How
do
we
actually
invest
in
that?
And
how
do
we
build
direct
pipelines
both
through
retaining
black
and
brown
students
that
come
here
to
study
in
colleges
and
universities,
building
supporting
our
incumbent
talent
pipeline,
our
future
town
pipeline
in
the
schools?
M
Looking
at
how
we
support
black
and
brown
or
underrepresented
startups,
with
grants
and
through
an
accelerator,
that's
targeting
those
communities,
so
we're
looking
at
those
types
of
things
so
that
when
a
company
comes-
and
they
say
why
should
I
come
to
philadelphia?
What
can
you
do
for
me?
We
say
we're
investing
in
the
community
where
your
employees
are
going
to
live
where
your
kids
are,
their
kids
are
going
to
go
to
school
and
and
we're
investing
in
your
future
talent
pipeline.
M
So
that's
that's
one
of
the
ways
we're
looking
at
things
a
little
bit
differently.
The
other
piece
is
with
the
workforce
division
now
consolidated
under
the
commerce
department.
You
know
jobs
are
directly
linked
to
employers
and
commerce
works
with
employers
every
single
day.
M
So
we're
making
a
lot
more
connectivity
when,
when
one
of
our
members
of
our
team
is
working
with
a
business
and
they
say
we're
growing
or
we
want
to
come
and
bring
this
many
jobs,
we
immediately
connect
to
the
workforce
division
and
look
at
how
we
can
make
sure
that
those
jobs
are
linked
to
opportunities
through
some
of
our
partners
that
do
workforce
development
and
before
that,
wasn't
that
that
linkage
wasn't
so
direct
I'll.
Stop
there
and
I'm
sure
ann
has
some
great
ideas
to
share
as
well.
N
Thanks
sylvie
and
thanks
councilman
for
the
question,
it
is
definitely
something
that
we
have
been
thinking
a
lot
about
at
pidc,
and
I
think
you
said
something
councilman
earlier
in
terms
of
how
do
we.
I
don't
know
if
we
want
to
say
the
word
opportunity
in
terms
of
of
things
coming
out
of
the
you
know
the
pandemic
and
the
terrible
situation
that
so
many
philadelphians
find
themselves
facing.
N
But
I
do
think
that
if
there
is
an
opportunity,
it's
for
us
to
relook
at
what
we
do
and
how
we
do
it,
and
we
had
a
session
with
all
of
our
staff
last
month
as
part
of
a
monthly
town
hall,
that
we
do
where
we
watched
a
documentary.
Film
called
a
dream
deferred
that
actually
features
a
couple
members
of
this
council
and
talked
about
the
impact
of
redlining
and
some
of
the
historic
decisions
about
how
development
happens
in
philadelphia.
N
And
what
do
we
need
to
be
doing
and
thinking
about
differently
moving
forward?
One
of
my
colleagues,
I
think,
put
it
really
well
when
she
said
you
know,
I've
been
thinking
a
lot
about
the
ways
in
which
we've
been
able
to
sort
of
toss
out
the
rule
book
so
to
speak
in
light
of
the
covet
19
pandemic.
N
So
one
of
the
specific
things
that
we
are
doing,
I
think
differently
now
is
not
just
sort
of
letting
the
chips
fall
where
they
may,
with
respect
to
our
lending
activities
or
our
development
activities
and
then
trying
to
track
and
report
out
after
the
fact,
I
think
that's
important.
You
need
to
track
the
outcomes
and
you
need
to
track
and
we're
going
to
need
to
continue
to
track
what
we're
actually
doing
when
it
comes
to
lending
to
minority-owned
businesses
or
investing
in
low-income
communities.
N
However,
now
I
think
we
are
being
much
more
intentional
about
putting
that
at
the
front
end.
So,
as
I
mentioned
in
my
testimony
with
our
restart
philadelphia
loan
fund,
we
have
said
from
the
outset
that
not
only
are
we
prioritizing
making
loans
to
businesses
that
are
located
in
high
poverty
communities,
but
that,
within
that
we
are
specifically
committing
that
at
least
50
of
the
funds,
and
I
think
it
will
be
significantly
higher.
N
But
we
have
said
that
it
will
be
at
least
50
of
those
funds
in
that
loan
program
will
go
to
historically
disadvantaged
businesses,
with
the
definition
that
I
gave
before
and
that
at
least
to
my
knowledge
of
of
you
know,
being
at
pidc
is
not
something
that
we
have
ever
explicitly
done
in
the
past.
A
O
Sure
excuse
me
good
morning,
everybody
good
morning,
chairperson
squirrela,
chairperson,
green
and
members
of
the
committees
on
finance
and
commerce
and
economic
development.
My
name
is
anne
fedor
and
I
am
the
director
of
planning
and
development
for
the
city
of
philadelphia.
O
I
am
pleased
to
be
here
today
to
present
testimony
on
resolution
number
20036
and
on
our
efforts
to
promote
a
safe,
equitable
and
robust
economic
recovery
from
the
colbig-19
pandemic.
As
you
know,
the
department
of
planning
and
development
has
a
broad
mandate
to
plan,
prepare
and
develop
successful
neighborhoods
for
all
philadelphians.
O
We
provide
support
to
developers
looking
to
navigate
the
development
process.
We
review
plans
developed
by
businesses
and
residents.
We
help
residents
address
their
housing
needs
and
we
support
neighborhood
improvement
initiatives.
All
those
tasks
have
become
more
challenging
because
of
kobit
19.
beginning
in
march.
Our
boards
and
commissions
could
no
longer
meet
in
person.
O
Staff
could
not
meet
with
applicants
to
review
plans.
Contractors
could
not
go
into
homes
to
make
repairs.
We
can
no
longer
meet
with
clients
needing
housing
support.
I
am
pleased
to
report
that
most
planning
and
development
functions
are
back
up
and
running.
Those
are
not
those
that
are
not
yet
operational
will
be
so
soon
when
the
closures
first
began.
Our
development
services
unit
was
a
critical
link,
as
developers
attempted
to
navigate
the
partially
open
government.
O
It
provided
information
to
the
development
community
on
what
was
working
and
what
wasn't
and
delivered
feedback
from
that
community
to
relevant
city
agency
development
services
helped
keep
affordable,
housing,
commercial
and
market
rate
residential
developments
moving
forward
and
even
helped.
The
hospital
of
the
university
of
pennsylvania
get
approval
for
its
temporary
covid
beds.
The
boards
and
commissions
that
review
projects
are
all
meeting
remotely.
O
If
you
have
a
project
that
must
go
before
the
zoning
board
of
adjustment,
city
planning,
commission,
civic
design,
review
the
historical
commission
or
the
art
commission,
your
project
will
get
a
hearing.
We
are
also
meeting
more
frequently,
so
the
applicants
waiting
for
our
decisions
won't
have
to
wait
as
long
zba
is
holding
eight
to
ten
meetings
a
month
instead
of
the
usual
four
and
cdr
is
holding
two
meetings
a
month.
Instead
of
one
we
know,
developers
and
their
construction
workers
are
anxious
to
get
to
work
and
we
are
working
hard
to
help
them.
O
Community
members
are
critical
to
these
processes.
We
have
set
up
an
rco
help
desk
where
staff
will
answer
both
technical
and
process.
Questions
rcos
may
have
about
hosting
virtual
meetings.
Staff
at
the
art,
historical
and
planning
commissions
are
reviewing
applicant
plans
remotely
and
we
are
developing
protocols
that
will
enable
us
to
review
paper
plans
safely.
O
Staff
is
responding
to
applicant
inquiry.
If
you
email
us
a
question
or
send
us
a
plan,
you
will
get
an
answer.
The
economic
effects
of
colgan
19
have
placed
unprecedented
pressure
on
homeowners
and
renters
and
we
are
supporting
them.
We
have
offered
two
phases
of
rental
assistance
that
will
benefit
both
tenants
and
landlords.
To
date,
we
have
made
more
than
2.3
million
dollars
in
rent
payments.
We
expect
to
help
more
than
10
000
tenants
remain
in
their
homes.
O
For
homeowners
to
save
your
philly
phone,
save
your
home
philly
hotline
continues
to
operate,
connecting
homeowners
facing
foreclosure
to
resources
to
prevent
it.
The
restore
repair.
Renew
program
remained
open
so
that
homeowners
could
get
low
interest
home
improvement,
loans
and
contractors
to
get
home
improvement
work.
We
continue
to
process
philly
first
home
applications
so
that
low
and
moderate
income
first
time
home
buyers
can
purchase
their
first
home
when
construction
was
shut
down,
phdc
provided
documentation
so
that
work
on
more
than
1200,
affordable
homes
and
nearly
30
projects
could
continue.
O
Phdc
has
issued
rfps
to
create
new,
affordable
housing
on
vacant
land
in
kensington
and
staff
continues
to
move
projects
totaling
more
than
2100,
affordable
homes
through
the
development
pipeline.
Phdc
has
reworked
reworked
its
hotline
and
client
intake
system
so
that
its
home
improvement
programs
can
serve.
Clients,
contractors
began
making
home
repairs
some
time
ago
and
we
expect
to
resume
taking
bsrp
an
adaptive
modifications
applications
next
week.
We
continue
to
support
neighborhood
improvement
when
it
met
remotely.
O
It
has
been
a
challenge
to
transition
to
completely
know
what
new
way
of
operating,
but
I
am
pleased
that
we
are
supporting
programs
and
projects
that
improve
neighborhoods,
create
jobs
and
serve
and
protect
the
most
vulnerable
of
our
residents.
I
want
to
publicly
thank
the
staff
at
the
department
of
planning
and
development
and
the
philadelphia
housing
development
corporation
for
their
work
to
help
philadelphians
and
its
residents
persevere
through
this
pandemic.
O
A
For
your
testimony
in
this
order,
we'll
have
councilman
jones
majority,
leader,
parker
and
councilmember
maria
cuna
sanchez.
J
You,
mr
chairman,
and
particularly
thank
you
for
your
comments
about
the
tragedy
on
north
simpson
street
and
the
senseless
loss
of
life.
Other
members
have
texted
me
in
that
regard,
and
those
comments
are
are
heartfelt
by
me
and
members
of
my
community
and
having
the
foresight
to
see
how
this
hearing
is
connected
to
that
tragedy.
J
J
These
kinds
of
conversations
we're
having
today
as
much
as
I
love
retired,
welcome
lestio,
who
first
hired
me
these
aren't
that
wasn't
the
top
of
the
agenda
back
then,
and
I
I
can
see
how
we've
been
involved.
So
I'm
thankful
for
that
saturday.
J
You
were
out
there
putting
together
for
over
100
commercial
parts
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
I
am
truly
thankful
for
that.
So,
with
my
questions,
com
come
this.
J
First,
there
are
over
100
commercial
carters
in
the
city,
restaurants,
barbershops
beauty,
salons
have
been
the
most
hard
hit
sectors
of
small
business,
a.
How
are
we
doing
on
the
media,
township
of
media
style,
street
closures,
which
will
allow
open
air
dining,
not
in
weather
like
today,
but
in
non-inclement
weather,
where
we
want
those
kinds
of
street
closures
going
forward.
M
So
councilman,
thank
you
for
the
question
we
have
been
working
on
that
for
months
and
I
think
that
it's
been
really
a
true
partnership
between
streets
and
l.
I
health
commerce
and
I
think
it's
going
pretty
well
honestly.
So
you
know
we
have
the
there's
sort
of
three
formats
in
terms
of
utilization
of
the
sidewalks
or
the
streets,
and
I
know
that
there
have
been.
M
I
don't
have
the
numbers
on
off
hand,
but
I
can
get
them
to
you,
but
at
least
a
couple
hundred
applications
for
new
new
permits
for
use
of
the
streets
and
there's
even
been
some
safe
closures
of
streets,
we're
now
looking
at
the
fall
and
the
possibility
of
heat
lamps
and
that
type
of
thing
so
this
this
has
just
been
honestly.
I
have
colleagues
and
they
invited
me
to
this
everyday
8
30
a.m.
M
J
So
I'm
appreciative
of
that,
but
the
specifics
of
how
one
applies.
What
are
the?
What
is
the
criteria
I'd
like
you
to
provide
to
the
chair
who
could
then
give
to
members
so
that,
when
we're
asked
by
those
respective
wise
worth
avenues
and
past
young
avenues
and
others,
how
do
I
get
in
line
for
this?
We
can
answer
them
clearly,.
M
J
So
specifically,
barbershop's
beauty,
salons
and
daycares
have
begun,
organizing
because
of
the
impacts
of
the
pandemic.
How
are
you
specifically
working
with
those
small
businesses
that
occupy
our
commercial
carters
and
disproportionately
are
in
impacted
neighborhoods
in
our
black
and
brown
business
owners.
M
So,
through
a
number
of
ways
we
have,
we
have
regular
phone
calls
with
the
bids
and
the
cdc's
who
you
know
that
we
support
through
the
corridor
managers
as
well
as
other
types
of
support.
So
you
know
through
those
partners
we
are.
We
are
reaching
out
to
those
businesses
as
well
and
and
getting
information
about
what
the
the
needs
there
and
getting
information
about
our
programs
out
to
those
businesses.
M
We
also
are
working
through
our
office
of
business
services
that
I
have
had
people
that
have
been
in
the
office
on
the
floor
since
the
very
beginning
answering
calls
supporting
those
businesses
we
are.
We
have
had
conversations
about
the
businesses
that
couldn't
open
and
tell
the
green
and,
of
course,
we're
not
in
a
full
green
mode,
yet
being
the
hardest
impacted,
because
even
those
the
personal
services
that
you
speak
of
nail
salons,
barber
shops
and
you
know
also
restaurants.
M
They
can't
open
fully,
even
when
they're
open,
and
so
we
know
it's
very
hard
for
them
to
stay
alive,
so
we're
we
are
looking
at
potentially
if
the
resources
permit
a
grant
program
for
those
businesses.
But
we
we're
looking
at
other
things
like
how
we
support
them
with
the
ppe
potentially
with
fit
outs.
That
type
of
thing.
J
So
if
I
know
I
need
plexiglas
and
I
need
distancing,
I
can
make
those
conscious
decisions
the
earlier,
the
better,
with
with
the
clock
not
working
in
their
favor,
because
the
rent
or
the
mortgage
is
still
due.
So
that's
incredible,
that's
important.
Finally,
I
saw
a
read
article
yesterday
about
even
with
the
pandemic,
there
are
certain
streets
and
corridors
in
philadelphia
that
are
hot,
like
fishermen,
they
are
on
fire
in
development,
more
permits.
J
I
think
the
director
of
planning
talked
about
opening
back
up
and
zoning
opportunities,
and
that
is
good
news
in
some
respects,
but
it
is
bad
news
impact-wise
for
others.
Is
there
a
corresponding
traffic
study
being
done
that
not
only
deals
with
the
actual
box
of
center
city
but
tributaries,
like
ridge
avenue
in
my
district
main
street,
in
my
district
germantown
avenue
in
both
the
9th
and
8th
that
are
saying?
How
do
we
get
more
people
quicker
to
places
without
having
the
traffic
and
parking
impact.
O
My
reflexes
aren't
what
they
used
to
be.
You
know,
so
I
think
those
are
all
the
concerns
that
folks
are
are
talking
about,
and
I
don't
think
we
have
anybody
from
the
office
of
transportation,
infrastructure
and
sustainability
on
the
call,
but
I
think
those
are
things
that
are
being
looked
at.
I
do
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
doing,
particularly
in
the
in
the
planning
department
and
planning
commission,
is
we're
really
getting
ready
to
take
a
look
at
how
we
approach
our
next
comprehensive
plan
right.
O
O
This
has
been
obviously
a
tragedy
of
unprecedented
proportions
on
so
many
fronts
and
I
think
there's
some
kind
of
standard
planning
principles
that
would,
in
the
past
have
been
applied
to
not
a
situation
like
this
because
we
haven't
been
through
it,
but
just
sort
of
things
that
we
would
have
done
immediately.
O
Like
oh
well,
you
know
this
allows
us
to
cut
cut
down
traffic
or
we
could
close
streets
because
cars
aren't
running
or
add
in
bike
lanes,
but
I
think
you
know
we
are
realizing
that
some
of
that
sort
of
traditional
planning
practice
is
not
based
in
equity
and
so
rather
than
sort
of
quickly
saying.
Let's
just
go
to
kind
of
planning
one-on-one.
O
We
are
taking
a
little
bit
of
time
and
thinking
through
that
and
trying
to
address
exactly
some
of
the
things
that
you
raise
councilman
jones,
which
is,
when
you're
shutting
down
a
street
to
allow
businesses
to
reopen
that's
advantageous
to
some
but
disadvantages
to
others
right
because
others
are
dependent
on
buses.
O
They
don't
have
another
means
to
get
to
where
they
need
to
get
to
to
go
to
work
or
we've
seen
you
know
even
before
the
pandemic,
how
difficult
it
was
with
someone
who
may
have
a
little
bit
more
difficulty
getting
around
from
a
physical
aspect
than
others.
When
you
know
sidewalks
are
covered
with
tables,
and
things
like
that.
O
So
I
think
how
we
look
at
that
equitably,
unfortunately,
doesn't
mean
we
have
a
quick
answer,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
we
have
the
best
answer
that
that
works
as
best
as
possible
for
all-
and
I
think
that's
the
conversation-
that's
happening
right
now.
J
So
that's
the
micro.
I
want
the
macro
which
is
I
have
in
my
district,
and
I
want
to
applaud
pidc's
work
on
both
the
navy
yard
and
commerce
on
the
navy
yard
and
your
refinery.
J
That
process
is
big
picture
thing,
and
I
want
more
of
that,
but
we
are
are
getting
out
and
evaluating
opportunities
and
selecting
developers.
J
You
only
get
to
choose
one
like
it
was
number
two
and
it
was
number
three
that
didn't
get
in
my
district,
not
in
south
philly
vice
chair
squilla,
but
in
the
fourth
district
there
is
31
acres
on
the
paper.
J
It
is
also
a
waterfront
property
that
I
want
the
number
two
person
or
applicant
number
three
applicant
to
take
a
ride
up
there,
because
when
we
start
talking
about
recovery,
the
micro
is
important
and
how
to
do
street
closures
and
restaurants
and
barbershop
beauty
salons.
But
when
you
start
talking
about
thousands
of
job
opportunities,
the
next
mayor,
whoever
that
should
be,
he
or
she
has
to
have
your
imprint
on
that
idea
so
that
they
can
implement
it
now.
E
E
K
K
Respond
restart
recharge
and
reimagine,
but
ensure
that
it
is
being
done
in
a
way
that
includes
everybody
and
listen
councilman,
chairman
green,
when
I
hear
people
use
that
term
inclusiveness,
inclusive
growth,
I
don't
want
inclusive
anything,
that's
not
done
equitable
right.
It
includes
for
the
people
who
get
90
and
I
don't
get
access
to
10..
That's
not
inclusive
enough
for
me
with.
K
That
being
said,
let
me
also
just
start
by
saying
to
sylvie
to
ann
and
ann
one,
a
special
thanks
to
each
of
you
for
the
work
that
you've
done
during
this
time.
K
Sylvie
councilman
green
noted
that
both
you
and
ann
are
fairly
new
in
your
roles,
but
the
manner
and
the
swiftness
with
which
your
team
was
able
to
put
together
a
response
relative
to
the
the
13.3
million
that
first
went
out
to
help
our
small
businesses,
along
with
what
we
just
did
saturday
councilman
jones
and
councilmember
gaultier.
Now
I
had
the
opportunity
to
join
with
council
president
in
that
distribution
of
ppe
to
ensure
that
those
kits
will
get
distributed
to
neighborhoods
across
the
city
right.
K
So
so,
no
one
feels
that
I
am
less
or
my
region
is
less
important
than
those
those
areas
that
you
talked
about:
councilman
jones,
that
navy
yard
that
sunoco,
but
small
businesses
and
neighborhoods
are
able
to
benefit
it's
with.
That
being
said,
sylvie
that
you
in
particular,
because
as
we
get
through
this
health
pandemic
right
via
code
it
and
we
think
about
civil
unrest
and
we
think
about
black
lives
matter.
I've
been
talking
to
a
lot
of
people
in
my
community
who
are
saying
sherelle.
K
It's
been
nice
to
hear
partners
put
up
their
fists
and
march
and
talk
about
you
know
making
you
know,
adjustments
and
addressing
police
brutality
and
restorative
justice.
Those
things
are
critically
important,
but
we
want
to
see
how
much
black
lives
matter
when
we
talk
about
access
to
opportunities,
economic
opportunity
so
sylvie
when
you
talk
about
those
fit
outs
that
need
to
be
done
in
neighborhoods,
where
these
small
businesses
really
don't
have
access
to
dollars.
K
They
have
to
reconstruct
their
not
just
their
storefronts,
but
even
inside
they
have
to
develop
lines
outside
now,
just
a
new,
innovative
and
creative
manner
to
try
to
provide
their
service,
and
so
tell
me
you
know,
if
you
will,
are
you
thinking
about
now,
you
don't
have
to
go
into
too
many
details.
K
How
can
we
work
with
the
commerce
department,
similar
to
the
partnership
that
we
did
working
with
our
tech
staff
kudos
to
council
president
clark,
john
christmas
for
working
with
commerce
under
the
guise
of
our
new
normal
budget
request
that
council
made
in
our
action?
But
are
we
thinking
about
that?
Because
when
people
start
thinking
about
black
lives
mattering,
if
they
look
and
see
work
being
done
in
their
neighborhoods,
but
the
people
who
are
benefiting
from
the
opportunity
to
do
the
work
are
not
a
part
of
that
reconstruction.
K
This
going
to
be
a
problem,
because
now
I
can't
believe
what
you
say
about
black
lives
matter,
because
I
see
what
you
do.
What
you're,
thinking
about
that
sylvie
that
you
can
talk
to
us
about
you
know,
does
commerce
have
a
focus
on
that
right
now
as
you're
thinking
about
the
supports
that
these
small
businesses
need
absolutely.
M
Yeah,
so
you
know
when
we
did
the
grant
program,
the
restore
and
reopen
program
for
the
businesses
that
were
impacted.
You
know
we
started.
We
really.
We
tried
just
like
the
other
grand
program.
We
tried
to
to
get
it
up
and
and
launched
very
very
quickly,
so
we
could
get
the
dollars
these
businesses,
because
it's
that
that,
in
that
period,
overlapped
with
the
reopening
going
into
the
green
and
so
a
lot
of
the
businesses
were,
they
were
ready
to
reopen,
and
then
you
know,
and
then
they
were
damaged
and
they
couldn't.
M
And
so
what
we
did,
as
an
initial
starting
point
was
provide
a
list
of
businesses
from
the
oeo
registry
and
from
phdc
the
businesses
that
work
and
the
business,
the
basic
systems,
repair
programs,
a
lot
of
minority
and
small
local
businesses.
M
And
it's
also
in
some
cases
supporting
local
minority-owned
businesses
that
provide
those
types
of
services.
So
we're
looking
at.
How
can
we
go
beyond
because
you
know
the
dollars
that
we
put
out
just
like
the
last
time?
It's
a
pebble
in
the
ocean.
They
were
larger
size
grants
than
where
they
were.
They
were
about
ten
thousand
dollars
grant
so
for
some
businesses
that
gets
them
some
of
the
way
there,
but
some
of
them
had
no
insurance.
M
Some
of
them
had
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
of
damage,
and
so
they're
going
to
need
more
help.
So
we're
looking
at
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
a
tremendous
amount
of
detail,
but
we're
looking
at
how
we
can
do
something
like
the
taking
care
of
business
program
where
we
can
get
local
folks
opportunities
to
jobs
and
that
construction
as
those
as
those
rehabs
happen.
K
Well,
sylvie,
listen,
I
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you.
I
know.
Council
president
clark
has
been
laser
focused
on
creating
access
to
opportunity
immediately
right,
so
we're
talking
about
projects,
we
usually
say
we
want
to
support
we're
shovel
ready.
We
want
opportunities
that
give
people
access
and
remove
barriers
to
entry
immediately.
K
Finally,
I
want
to
say
this:
the
intergovernmental
cooperation
and
planning
that
council
engaged
in
with
our
local
state
and
federal
partners
together
in
the
midst
of
this
all,
I
think
that
too
has
been
unprecedented,
and
so
we
can't
not
acknowledge
the
work
that
state
senator
our
appropriations
chair,
vincent
hughes,
when
we
talk
about
that
225
million
dollar
statewide
grant
program-
that's
you
know
specifically
geared
to
those
barber
shops
and
salons
that
councilman
jones
talked
about
that
doesn't
happen
without
an
intentional
on
the
ground
advocacy
from
our
senate
and
our
house
delegation.
K
In
addition
to
that,
let
me
say
this,
and
I'm
gonna
close
with
this
commerce
and
planning
are
essential
to
ensuring
that
neighborhoods
across
the
city
get
access
to
the
opportunity
to
thrive
as
we
reimagine
and
restart
councilman
jones.
How
we're
working
on
development
and
every
neighborhood
needs
to
see
that
it
is
valued
enough.
K
So
that
means,
as
we
wait
anxiously
for
the
response
from
the
federal
government
and
councils
waiting
anxiously
right,
because
we
closed
that
740
million
dollar
hole,
but
at
the
same
time
we
can't
expect
departments
like
commerce
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
when
we
haven't
shored
you
up
to
have
the
appropriate
staff.
So
I
want
to
put
that
in
councilman
green.
I
want
to
say
to
you,
because
I
know
this
is
something
that
you've
also
been
very
interested
in.
K
We
need
to
pay
attention
to
this,
because
we
can't
expect
a
department
to
do
the
work
when
we
have
not
been
able
to.
You
know
make
some
new
hard
ads
to
dollars
to
get
the
staff
that
we
need
to
do
the
work
on
the
ground
so
I'll
be
watching
that
very
very
carefully.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
for
your
time.
A
Thank
you.
Our
next
councilman
speak
is
councilmember
maria
sanchez,
followed
by
councilmember,
jamie
gautier
and
councilmember
allen,
downs.
L
Thank
you.
Let
me
just
echo
some
of
the
sentiments
of
my
colleagues
around
the
type
of
work
and
every
commitment
that
we
all
have
and
being
more
focused
and
intentional
about
the
building
a
more
equitable
philadelphia,
and
for
that
it's
really
important
that
we
acknowledge
some
of
the
institutional
challenges
that
have
been
there
and
that
we're
going
to
call
ourselves
on
it
and
really
check
ourselves
on
it.
L
That
said,
last
week,
I
released
a
call
to
action
for
businesses
where
I
outlined
some
very
specific
steps
and
to
the
three
of
you
who
are
in
a
position
to
make
decisions
around
investing
in
businesses
or
in
some
of
the
work,
that's
being
done,
how
many
of
those
businesses
would
qualify
or
would
be
successful
in
the
pledge,
and
the
call
out
that
I
did
you
know
from
board
of
directors
to
officers
to
how
they
purchase
and
their
commitment
to
providing
family
sustaining
jobs.
L
How
are
those
values
being
reflected
in
your
decision
making,
because
you're
saying
50
of
the
money
will
go
to
historically
marginalized
business,
but
how
are
we
holding
the
mainstream
businesses
that
benefit
from
all
our
tax
incentives?
All
of
our
infrastructure
to
a
standard,
you
know
how
many
of
the
businesses
that
we
work
with
could
take
that
pledge
and
are
you
as
an
organization
willing
to
take
that
pledge
and
said
we're
going
to
hold
the
majority
businesses
accountable
to
some
values
and
to
some
of
the
focus
that
we're
all
pledging
today?
N
Thank
you
councilmember
for
that
question,
and
I
think
we
absolutely
are
you
know
I.
I
will
read
the
details
and
make
sure
that
I
fully
understand
the
pledge,
but
I
think,
based
on
the
question,
I
I
believe
the
answer
is
certainly
you
know
yes
for
our
organization
in
terms
of
holding
ourselves
accountable
and
looking
at
our
own
board
and
staff,
as
we
focus
on
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
N
Not
just
you
know
internally
but
externally
as
well,
and
I
think,
with
respect
to
the
to
the
question
about
the
funding
you
know,
I
do
anticipate
that
the
vast
majority
of
the
loans
that
will
be
made
through
this
restart
philadelphia
loan
fund
are
going
to
small
businesses
that
that
may
not
have.
You
know
that
may
not
have
boards
of
directors,
but
we're
certainly
very
happy
to
you
know
to
look
at
that
with
them
as
well.
N
In
terms
of
the
we
received
about
300
inquiries
for
the
restart
philadelphia
loan
fund
during
the
two-week
period
that
we
had,
the
inquiry
phase
open
we're
now
working
through
a
first
pool
of
applications
for
a
round
one,
and
that
again
is
based
on
the
stated
priorities
for
businesses
that
are
located
in
high
poverty
areas
and
then
businesses
that
are
historically
disadvantaged.
N
So
we've
invited
about
50
of
the
businesses
that
submitted
an
inquiry
to
move
forward
with
a
full
application
and
of
those
businesses
that
we
had
invited
to
apply
in
round.
One
55
of
the
businesses
are
black
owned,
15
percent
are
hispanic-owned
and
15
are
asian
or
asian-american-owned,
and-
and
we
will
continue
to
prioritize
both
the
the
business
location
in
a
high-poverty
community,
as
well
as
the
focus
on
historically
disadvantaged
businesses
with
those
funds.
M
M
We
have
also
through
workforce.
M
We
identified
a
number
of
employers
that
that
basically
were
able
to
they
took
sort
of
a
quiz
of
sorts
and
were
able
to
attest
to
the
fact
that
they
meet
a
certain
standard
in
terms
of
workforce
opportunities
and
their
practices
when
it
comes
to
workforce.
But
I
would
say
I
I
mean
I
certainly
feel
that
you
know
there's.
M
I
think
that
when
you
talk
about
a
pledge,
that's
the
first
step
to
action
right
and
action
actions
be
slighter
than
words,
and
so
in
working
and
I'm
sure
you'll
hear
from
the
chamber
and
working
with
the
chamber
on
the
recharge
and
recovery
process.
A
pledge
came
up
a
lot
in
different
conversations,
and
I
I
sat
on
a
lot
of
the
different
calls
of
the
different
committees
and
I
heard
a
lot
of
businesses
speaking
to
a
real
commitment
or
a
desire
to
make
a
better
commitment.
M
M
We
have
to
elevate
the
issue
and
we
will
elevate
the
issue
we
do
pledge
to
do
that
when
we
see
that
there
is
a
lack
of
diversity,
either
at
the
ceo
level
at
the
staff
level
at
the
board
level,
we
will
elevate
that,
and
we
have
done
that-
and
we
have
said
you
know,
tell
us
about
your
diversity
and
when
we
see
it
before
we
say
you've
got
to
do
better
than
this.
M
We
can't
really
invest
in
in
you
if
you're,
if
you're,
not
if
this
is
this
is
this
is
what
the
faces
look
like.
It's
clear,
you're,
not
trying
hard
enough
so
we've
had
those
conversations.
I
think
that
what
we'll
see,
because
I
think
there
will
be
pledges
out
there-
is
that
some
companies
will
be
at
the
beginning
of
that
life
cycle
and
they
will
need
to
learn.
How
do
I
actually
do
supplier
diversity?
M
How
do
I
even
measure
my
participation
rate
and
there
will
be
other
companies
that
already
have
a
person
and
they're
sophisticated
and
they'll
have
a
goal
to
double
it
or
you
know,
increase
it,
and
I
think
we'll
be
there
to
support
and
always-
and
I
know
that
ayola
we've
had
this
conversation
ayola
from
oeo
is
ready
to
be
out
there,
not
just
in
government
in
terms
of
participation
but
out
in
the
private
sector,
supporting.
O
Sort
of
have
them
cooperatively
work,
together
with
some
of
our
small
minority
developers
that
we're
seeing
come
through
through
some
of
our
land
bank
and
redevelopment
authority
developments
and
we're
having
hosting
round
tables
amongst
the
developers
and
the
contractors.
To
have
that
conversation
and
to
inform
us
about
what
products
they
would
need
from
us
in
order
to
be
able
to
grow
their
capacity.
O
And
then
we've
also
been
talking
closely
with
the
bia
who's
actually
going
through
the
oeo
list
to
ensure
that
the
contractors
that
are
on
there
are
what
they
say.
They
are
and
then
to
promote
those
contractors
amongst
their
developers
as
well.
And
then
I
would
just
say
one
of
the
things
we're
looking
at
across
the
board
is:
how
do
we
ensure
that
any
of
our
programs
policies
whatever
it
is
that
we're
offering?
O
You
know
we
put
out
social
impacts?
I
want
to
say
about
three
or
four
years
ago,
as
a
piece
of
everything
we're
doing
and
we're
looking
at
trying
to
shift
that
to
ensuring
that
whatever
we
are
involved
in
is
actually
returning
wealth
to
communities
and
we're
we're
talking
through
that
trying
to
figure
out
what
that
means.
We'll
be
doing
outreach
around
that.
But
I
think
we
want
to
shift
it's
not
just.
Are
you
doing
social
impact?
L
Thank
you
and
again,
the
the
pledges
to
me
is
real,
simple
and
to
sylvia's
point
words
make
you
feel
good
actions
say
a
lot
more
about
where
your
values
are.
When
you
see
a
pepsi
nationally
say
I'm
gonna
put
500
million
dollars
and
we're
going
to
do
a
self-reflection
or
you
see
a
netflix
saying
you
know
our
numbers
are
shitty
and
we're
gonna
have
to
own
it,
but
making
pledges
that
we.
L
We
should
not
be
investing
lending
supporting
mainstream
businesses
who
don't
make
pledges
to
help
us
grow
some
of
those
businesses
where
they
buy
how
they
shop,
whether
it's
locally.
Even
if
we
look
at
this
restaurant
industry,
you
know
quaint
restaurants.
Downtown
are
maybe
a
thing
of
the
past,
but
we
should
be
aggressively
pursuing
those
businesses
to
move
to
neighborhoods
and
other
places,
and
that's
not
going
to
happen
by
itself,
and
I'm
really
concerned
that
you
know
once
this
wave
is
over.
L
People
do
not
commit,
or
are
you
know,
will
not
do
the
things
that
we
all
know
need
to
be
done,
and
I
expect
government
we
need
to
hold
ourselves
accountable,
but
we
absolutely
need
to
do
it
and,
as
we've
reimagining
reimagining
redistributing
recognizing
the
historical
shifts
and
disparities
that
that
have
have
existed.
So
I
look
forward
to
to
the
conversation
again.
L
I
think
that
people
need
to
pledge
people
just
need
to
say
I
don't
want
any
business
in
my
district
to
come
to
me
and
ask
me
for
any
incentive
until
they
tell
me
where
they
fall
in
on
in
those
categories,
because
I
think
that's
where
we
have
to
go.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Thank
you
to
everyone.
A
Okay,
catherine
mcgodier
councilor,
madame
and
councilmember.
G
Okay
good
morning,
everyone,
my
first
question,
is
for
commerce
and
pidc.
I've
been
touring
the
commercial
corridors
in
my
district,
and
I
also
just
held
a
virtual
town
hall
on
small
business
recovery
resources.
Last
week,
pidc
and
commerce
were
two
of
the
local
agencies
who
first
came
out
with
assistance
programs
when
the
pandemic
started.
G
I'm
interested
in
knowing
what
you've
learned
through
these
few
months
in
terms
of
what
our
small
businesses
need
most
in
terms
of
recovery
and
how
will
commerce
and
pidc
work
to
meet
those
needs.
N
Absolutely
and
thank
you,
council,
member
for
the
question.
It
is
definitely
one
that
we
have
been
very
focused
on
and
taking
what
are
the
things
that
we
learned
from
starting
very
early
on
with
the
initial
small
business
relief
fund
and
partnership
with
the
commerce
department.
And
how
can
we
take
what
worked
well
and
also
what
we
learned
that
didn't
work
well
or
that
didn't
have
the
outcomes
that
we
wanted
to
kind
of
shift
that
and
change
that
for
next
phases
of
what
we
do.
N
So
I
would
say
that
some
of
the
key
learnings
that
we've
now
been
able
to
help
apply
as
part
of
the
pennsylvania
cdfi
network
that
is
working
for
the
distribution
of
that
200
million
dollars
from
the
commonwealth
of
pennsylvania,
as
well
as
in
our
restart
philadelphia.
Loan
fund
was
again
kind
of
almost
flipping
the
the
process
where
I
think
in
the
at
the
you
know,
beginning
of
the
small
business
relief
fund
we
set
out.
You
know
quite
a
number
of
criteria
that
we
wanted
to
focus
on.
N
It
was
a
lot
of
focus
on
the
businesses
in
industries
that
were
the
hardest
hit
as
well.
As
you
know,
businesses,
maybe
that
employed-
you
know
that
had
that
employed
a
good
number
of
people
with
the
aim
of
trying
to
keep
as
many
people
connected
to
their
jobs.
N
And
so
I
think,
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
learned
you
know
and
now
applied
coming
out
of
that
in
the
next
phases,
is
to
the
need
to
be
really
intentional
and
have
a
specific
commitment
about
reaching
black
and
brown
owned
businesses
in
particular.
So
I
think
again,
you
see
it
in
both
the
state
program,
as
well
as
in
pidc's
restart
loan
program,
where
there's
a
specific
minimum
commitment
in
terms
of
the
dollars
that
are
going
to
go
to
historically
disadvantaged
businesses,
and
then,
I
would
say,
also
location
wise.
N
N
If
we
know
already
from
looking
at
the
data
about
philadelphia's
business
community
that
our
black
and
brown-owned
businesses
are
less
likely
either
to
be
employer
businesses
or
to
have
larger
numbers
of
employees,
if
we're
prioritizing
the
businesses
where
the
job
creation
or
the
job
retention
impact,
is
the
highest
that's
going
to
automatically
kind
of
skew
in
a
different
way
than
I
think
we
would
would
be
intending
in
terms
of
focusing
on
black
and
brown
businesses
or,
specifically,
historically
disadvantaged
owned
businesses.
N
So
those
are
some
of
the
lessons
that
we've
learned
and
kind
of
how
we
try
to
apply
those,
and
we
will
keep
learning.
We
won't
get
it
exactly
right,
this
time
either.
But
I
think
that
we
are
committed
to
recognizing
what
are
things
that
we've
done,
that
have
not
worked
like
we've
intended
and
fixing
those
for
as
best
as
we
can,
for
you
know,
for
next
rounds
of
relief
efforts.
D
M
Just
just
a
couple
additional
things
that
I
think
we've
learned
well
certainly
the
first
program
that
pic
and
commerce
partnered
on
was
very
administratively
burdensome.
It
was
very
challenging,
so
we've
learned
a
lot
and
come
a
long
way.
M
I
think,
even
with
our
restore
and
reopen,
we
got
to
a
much
more
streamlined
place,
but
I
think
some
of
the
things
we
definitely
have
seen
is
access
to
information
is,
is
just
continuously
a
challenge
and
we
we
try
to
work
with
all
of
our
partners,
cdfis
cdc's
community
organizations,
to
make
sure
that
businesses
are
aware
that
the
opportunity
exists
and
then
and
then
also
the
process,
we've
gotten
better
at
even
simplifying
the
application
more
than
than
even
the
first
time
around
tax
compliance
is
continues
to
be
a
challenge,
and
I
think
also
we
learned
that
certain
communities
definitely
have
better
access
than
others.
M
We,
even
though
the
first
program
with
gdc
we
made
the
application
available
in
spanish
in
chinese
and
in
english
we
did
not
get
very
many
applications
in
spanish
and
we
had
a
really
hard
time
reach
getting
linux
business
applicants
to
apply.
So
that's
something
that
we're
looking
at.
More
deeply
to
see
what
obstacles
exist
there
and
how
do
we
really
meet
those
needs,
but
I
think
what
anne
spoke
to
in
terms
of
criteria
focusing
on
on
high
poverty
areas,
low
income
census
tracts?
Is
you
know
it
really?
N
And
if
I
might
add
just
one
more
thing,
councilwork
one
lesson
that
we're
learning
now
from
the
first
round
of
the
grant
the
statewide
grant
program
is
that
one
of
the
key
barriers
when
sylvie
talked
about
access
is
physical
access
to
a
computer
and
the
interpersonal
assistants
of
helping
people
be
able
to
convert
documents
to
pdfs
and
upload
them.
So
that
is
absolutely
a
barrier
that
we're
trying
to
figure
out
now.
How
can
we
address
that
in
the
second
round
for
the
grant
program?
N
That's
going
to
open
up
on
august
10th,
and
so,
if
there's
any
opportunity
to
partner
with
the
council
offices
on
that,
we
would
we
would
love
to
do
so.
L
G
Would
love
to
partner
on
that
as
a
follow-up,
I'm
very
concerned
about
speculators
using
this
crisis
to
accumulate
properties
on
commercial
corridors
that
are
home
to
large
amounts
of
black
and
brown
businesses?
N
As
a
you
know,
as
a
product,
in
addition
to
some
of
the
more
coded
related
working
capital
needs
for
businesses,
we
are
open
for
business
on
that
front
as
well
and
want
to
work
with
folks
both
in
terms
of
the
capital
that
they
need,
but
also,
I
think,
the
the
technical
assistance
to
support
people
transitioning
from
becoming
from
being
a
renter
into
being
an
owner.
There's
a
lot
of
other
things
that
need
to
be
considered,
and
so
I
think
that
combination
of
the
capital,
but
also
the
technical
assistance,
is
really
important.
G
Thank
you.
Do
you
have
anything
to
add
from
commerce's
standpoint.
G
M
There's
other
panels,
so
just
we
all
sourced
in
that
space
we
have,
we
did
provide.
We
had
a
product
that
we
put
out
last
year,
that
is
for
basically
for
cdcs
to
acquire
properties
in
order
to
ensure
that
they
can,
then
you
know,
resell
them
to
businesses
and
also
for
businesses
to
acquire
property
so
to
really
for
wealth
creation
and
communities
and
and
to
avoid
just
replacement.
G
My
last
question
is
for
anne
frazier,
and
you
talked
earlier
about
the
2.3
million
dollars
in
rental.
Assistance
that
has
been
paid
out
I
wanted
to
know
is
that
2.3
million
related
to
the
first
round
of
rental
assistance,
and
if
so,
how
long
will
it
take
to
get
the
remainder
of
the
first
round
of
rental
assistance
on
the
street.
O
Yeah,
so
that
is
actually
combined
with
both
the
first
round
and
the
second
round.
I
think
we
have
greg
heller
on
if
he
has
something
that
he
can
add
in
advance.
We
are
currently
working
through
applications
as
quickly
as
possible.
I
just
see
greg
came
on
so
I'm
gonna
turf
it
over
to
him
because
he's
probably
got
more
detailed
information
than
I
do.
O
B
Okay,
great
so
that
2.3
million
is
actually
just
phase
one.
E
Two,
we
just
got
our
money
from.
C
Phfa
late
last
week,
so
we
can
finally
start
processing
applications
for
phase
two.
We
have
1668
that
are
ready
to
be
processed
representing
just
over
six
million
dollars.
But
again
we
just.
G
And
from
a
timing
perspective,
how
long
will
it
take
to
get
the
remainder
of
those
funds
onto
the
street.
C
For
phase
one,
our
goal
is
end
of
september
for
phase
two.
The
funding
has
to
be
all
spent
by
the
end
of
november.
According
to
the
the
state
statute,.
A
Okay,
thank
you
next
week,
council
member,
dom
councilmember
bass,
councilmember
and
councilmember
again.
F
M
I
don't,
I
don't
think
we
know
the
number
at
this
point.
To
be
honest,
I
just
don't
think
anybody
actually
has
that
number.
What
we've
heard
is
that
on
commercial
corridors
it
could
be
up
to
a
third
that
could
close
and
I
think
nationally,
I've
heard
20
percent
have
closed
and
of
african-american
firms
or
companies
40
have
closed,
but
I
don't
think
we
have
the
numbers
for
philadelphia
at
this
point.
M
Well
so
it
looks
like
I
think
we've
had,
I
think
in
my
testimony
said:
170
000
unemployment
claims
197
000
unemployment
claims.
So
you
know,
of
course
not
all
those
will
be
permanent
losses,
but
we
anticipate
that
a
lot
of
jobs
will
not
be
coming
back
or
we'll
be
very
slow
to
come
back
or
we'll
be
become
automated.
So
you
know
your
guess
is
as
good
as
mine
in
terms
of
that,
but
it's
going
to
be
a
high
number.
F
So
and
then,
in
that
light,
is
there
an
overall
plan
from
the
administration
on
how
we
can
revive
smartly,
restart
our
economy
and
specific
industries
like
hospitality
and
others,
and
also
how
do
we
grow
our
economy
in
this
environment
equitably
across
the
board
for
the
city?
Is
there
a
written
plan,
tactics
and
strategies
that
tell
us
how
we
can
go
about
doing
this.
M
M
But
we
have
not,
you
know,
created
a
big
document
or
anything
of
that
sort,
but
plans
are
certainly
underway
and
some
of
the
strategies
that
I
mentioned
in
my
testimony,
like
the
equitable
entrepreneurship
plan
that
we're
working
on
that
will
be
ready
by
about
the
end
of
the
year
and
we
have
a
workforce,
respond,
recharge
planning
process,
that's
happening
and
that
too
there'll
be
a
shorter
term
response.
M
Sort
of
it
won't
be
a
final
draft,
but
there'll
be
a
part
of
that
plan
and
then
there'll
be
a
longer
term
strategy.
So
those
are
all
things
that
are
underway.
F
Because
my
experience
is,
we
do
a
lot
of
projects,
but
we
need
to
set
down
that
vision
and
then
work
from
the
vision
to
get
the
strategies
and
tactics
to
complete
different
projects
in
every
area.
We
should
have
a
plan
now.
How
is
hospitality
going
to
survive
like
what's
going
to
happen
september
1st?
How
does
a
restaurant
survive?
How
does
a
hotel
survive?
What
is
the
plan
for
us
to
get
back
to
this
economy
back
on
track?
F
Because
we
need
to
do
this
because
everything's
connected
and
council,
the
chairman
of
green,
said
violence
economy,
it
all
connects-
and
this
is
like
really
crucial.
I
will
end
on
a
happy
note,
though
I
gave
a
call
to
I
think
I
think,
or
maybe
silva
you
were
involved
with
this
oatly
that's
relocating
into
the
kensington
area.
I
gotta
love
that
company
a
new
company
hiring
a
bunch
of
people
coming
into
philadelphia
at
this
time.
Hiring.
I
don't
know
how
many
people
they're
gonna,
have
a
huge
expansion
there
and
I
asked
them
why'd.
F
You
pick
philadelphia
and
they
said
close
to
all
the
major
cities:
much
less
expensive,
cheaper.
You
know
rents
and
so
forth,
and
so
in
that
light
like,
how
do
we
support
them?
We
should
be
all
over
them
saying
how
do
we
help
you
grow
to
every
one
of
the
businesses
that
are
coming
here
and
that
are
here?
How
do
we
put
those
supports
in
place,
and
I
know
majority
leader
parker
had
a
very
good
point.
You
know:
we've
slashed
your
budgets.
F
F
So
whatever
we
can
do
to
do
that
I'll
be
a
supporter.
M
L
So
I
have
a
just
a
couple
of
statements
and
questions.
Some
of
my
questions
were
answered
earlier,
but
just
to
follow
up
on
council
member
dom's
statement.
L
I
just
really
can't
emphasize
enough
that
that
there
is
no
overall
plan
for
how
we're
going
to
attack
or
or
ensure
that
businesses
are
coming
back
to
philadelphia
and
particularly
for
african-american
businesses,
which
we
know
was
something
like
two
or
three
percent
of
the
overall
economy
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
to
not
have
a
plan,
you
know,
what's
the
old
saying,
is
you
know
when
you
fail
to
plan
you
plan
to
fail,
and
so,
if
we
don't
have
a
plan
of
action
in
terms
of
how
this
is
going
to
happen,
then
it's
going
to
be
the
same
old
same.
L
Oh
and
I'm
you
know
very
much
concerned
about
that.
I
think
all
of
my
colleagues
were
very
much
the
same.
We
don't
want
to
go
back
to
what
we
have.
We
don't
want
to
go
back
to
the
same
old
same
old,
so
you
know
I
just
really
want
to
encourage
that.
You
know
all
these.
You
know,
folks
whether
it's
ecommerce
or
pidc,
or
you
know
after
dueling's
group
like
like
that
everyone
is
working
together.
I
know
so.
Let's
work
together
on
a
plan.
O
To
move
this
city
forward
in
a
significant
what
a
significant
way.
L
Especially
for
people
who
have
been
traditionally
underserved
and
not
included
in
the
allocation
of
resources,
so
that's
one
thing
I
just
wanted
to
say
the
other
is
that,
as
I
you
know,
canvas
my
commercial
corridors.
L
I
am
greatly
concerned
about
the
fact
that
you
know
we've
had
the
riots
we've
had
all
of
these
things
that
have
happened
in
the
pandemic,
which
was
brutal
to
the
economy
by
itself.
You
know,
we've
had
a
lot
of
destruction
on
our
commercial
corridors.
L
We
have
a
lot
of
trash
now
on
our
commercial
corridors,
because
we
know
that
you
know
the
streets
department
has
been
hit
hard
by
the
pandemic
and
and
their.
L
So
I
guess
what
I'm
asking
is:
when
can
the
people
of
philadelphia,
particularly
those
who
shop
along
our
commercial
corridors?
When
can
we
expect
to
see
some
of
the
work
that
has
been
done
through
planning
through
commerce
through
pi
dc?
I
know,
we've
talked
about
it
and
we
had
a
great
call
with
some
of
my
merchants.
L
You
know
from
from
my
district
and
throughout
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
I
thank
anne
and
sylvie
for
being
a
part
of
that
call.
But
you
know
the
fact
remains
that
a
lot
of
people
still
feel
you
know
upset.
When
is
it
happening?
When's
it
gonna
come
you
know.
L
Even
just
yesterday,
one
of
my
constituent
services
folks
was
out
canvassing
and
encountered
a
small
business
owner
who
felt
abandoned
by
the
city,
and
so-
and
this
is
a
district
where
we
have
you-
know:
retail
managers,
commercial
managers
that
are
funded
through
commerce,
but
they
you
know
they
haven't
seen
anything
they
haven't
heard
anything.
So
I
just
want
to
express
you
know
the
sense
of
urgency.
I
think
that
that
we
all
feel
around
this
issue.
Thank.
M
You
thank
you.
Thank
you
councilman.
If
I
can
just
clarify
I
would.
I
would
say
that
that
between
pidc
and
philadelphia
works
and
the
work
we've
been
doing
in
the
chamber,
that
I
think
that
we
really
do
have
a
plan
we're
working
within
this
framework,
and
I
think
that
we
each
have
our
own
six
to
twelve
month
plan
what
we
don't
have
as
a
document.
M
L
I'm
sorry
enough
to
cut
you
off,
but
I
think
as
an
as
an
elected
representative
that
having
access
to
that
plan
is
critical
because
people,
I
don't
know
how
many
people
are
asking
you
but
they're
asking
me
like
crazy.
You
know
I'm
confidently
hearing
from
my
business
owners
that
they
want
to
know
and
because
there's
a
plan,
but
I
don't
have
access
to
the
plan.
It
doesn't
work.
M
Yeah-
and
I
think
you
know-
I
think
it's
fair-
that
a
lot
of
businesses
despite
you
know
everything
that
we've
tried
to
do
with
the
grants
with
the
ppe
kits.
You
know
our
programs
that
we
already
had
that
are
ongoing,
that
the
need
out
there
is
so
tremendously
vast,
and
our
resources
are
so
limited
that
I'm
not
surprised
a
lot
of
people
do
feel
abandoned,
we're
doing
everything
that
we
can.
But
the
need
is
just
tremendous.
N
And
council
member,
if
I
might
also
add
one
of
the
you
mentioned
in
terms
of
that
disconnect
of
reaching
people,
one
of
the
things
that
came
up
on
the
discussion
with
that
call
that
you
had
organized
was
the
idea
of
trying
to
reach
people
through
text
messaging
instead
of
relying
solely
on
emails
or
social
media,
and
so
we
do
have
a
follow-up
meeting
this
week
with
the
us
digital
response
team
to
talk
about
moving
forward
with
a
text
message
based
platform
that
could
perhaps
try
to
help
bridge
some
of
that
communications
gap.
L
Okay,
well,
thank
you
very
much
for
staying
on
top
of
that
stay.
On
top
of
these
issues,
and
I
know
that
you,
you
know,
listen,
I
know
you're
working,
we're
all
working
we're
working
very,
very
hard,
but
you
know
what
it
is.
People
want
to
see
the
results.
People
want
to
see
some
action,
and
so
you
know
folks
are
you
know
I
have
been
patient,
I
believe,
but
the
sooner
we
can
show
them
what
we've
been
up
to.
I
think
the.
A
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
I
know
that
we're
short
on
time
here,
so
I'm
gonna
be
real
direct.
E
We
we
heard
everybody
talk
what
the
concerns
are,
but
I
think
what
we're
missing
here
here
is
that
part
of
our
conversation
includes
the
health
department-
and
I
know
they're
not
here
today,
but
a
lot
of
the
ideas
and
how
we
open
up
and
the
way
we
open
up
goes
through
the
health
department
to
review
the
openings,
and
I
think
one
of
the
concerns
from
the
the
business
owners
and
even
some
of
the
residents
is,
it
seems
like
we're
going
in
one
direction
that
we
stopped
we're
going
another
direction
that
we
stopped.
E
So
we
need
to
have
to
be,
I
think,
clearer,
on
where
we're
going
and
how
we're
getting
there
and
the
safe
way
to
do
that.
These
these
starts
and
fits,
and
whether
it's
indoor,
dining
or
catering
and
other
businesses
that
are
still
haven't
been
able
to
generate
a
way
to
open
up
safely,
I
think,
is,
is
driving
the
idea
of
the
anxiety
that's
going
on
and
what
we're
missing
here
is
part
of
not
doing
things
and
hurts
with
mental
health.
It
hurts
with
your
physical
health.
E
It
hurts
with
anxiety
levels
and
all
these
things
add
to
what
we
talked
about
crime
and
other
things
that
are
associated
with
this.
So
we
hear
all
that,
but
we
need
to
have
the
health
department
involved
in
these
conversations
with
commerce
and
pidc
to
make
sure
we
understand
not
only
the
health
ramifications
but
a
way
to
find
it
to
do
it
safely.
A
A
Thank
you
so
much
council
member
gaming
council
member
brooks
and
then
we're
going
to
start
our
next
panel
because
we're
running.
I
Very
short
on
time,
thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman,
so
I
think
you
know
many
of
my
colleagues
have
spoken
about
the
urgency
of
really
focusing
on
small
and
local
business
and
the
importance
of
really
establishing
a
strategy
around
that.
But
both
commerce
and
podc
have
also
been
involved
with
large-scale
efforts
to
attract
large
businesses.
I
The
city
of
philadelphia
is
struggling
around
tax
revenue.
I
don't
think
there's
any
question
that
this
is
a
very
serious
issue
and,
in
particular,
the
shifting
of
revenue
from
employees
who
formerly
worked
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
out
to
our
surrounding
counties
has
had
a
dramatic
impact
on
our
income
on
this.
I
The
two
questions
I
have
are:
how
is
pidc
evaluating
tax
breaks
and
the
types
of
tax
breaks
that
they
are
offering
or
potentially
offering,
given
the
fact
that
tax
revenue
is
so
precious
to
us,
and
how
can
we
ensure
that
these
tax
breaks
to
large-scale
developments,
not
necessarily
small
businesses,
are
well
spent?
Don't
waste
taxpayer
money,
especially
when
it's
needed
the
most.
N
Sure
so
we
from
a
from
the
pidc
perspective,
don't
have
any
direct
engagement
in
any
tax
products
that
provide
tax
breaks
at
a
local
level.
N
The
primary
product
that
we
offer
that
relates
to
a
tax
credit
is
through
the
federal
new
markets
tax
credit
program
and
that
program
does
specifically
focus
on
projects
that
are
located
in
low-income
communities,
so
that
is
a
primary
criteria
of
eligibility
for
the
program
and
then,
in
addition
to
that,
it
has
to
not
only
be
located
in
a
low-income
community
but
provide
direct
benefit
across
a
range
of
things
in
terms
of
quality,
jobs
or
and
or
goods
and
services.
N
For
the
residents
of
that
community
examples
might
be
a
federally
qualified
health
center
might
be
a
grocery
anchor
neighborhood
shopping
center.
You
know
those
are
the
types
of
projects
that
we
focus
on
with
that
resource.
Unfortunately,
pidc
was
not
selected
for
this
year
to
be
an
allocatee.
There
were
actually
no
organizations
that
just
served
philadelphia
or
pennsylvania
that
were
that
were
selected
for
that.
I
N
I
would
say
typically
not
at
least
certainly
not
in
recent
years.
I
am
not
aware
in
the
last
maybe
five
years
or
so,
of
hotel
projects,
either
here
or
generally
in
the
country
being
a
recipient
of
new
markets,
tax
credits,
I
think,
there's
always
a
question
in
terms
of
you
know
the
hospitality
industry,
because
it
does
create
a
lot
of
jobs
that
could
be
seen
to
have
a
have
the
type
of
benefit
that
the
program
is
intended
to
support.
N
I
And
maybe
I
could
be
more
specific
by
saying
that
sometimes
pidc
does
help
industries
file
for,
like
our
cap
grants
at
the
state
level.
N
Yes,
so,
oh
so
we
have
a
so
our
role
in
the
in
the
redevelopment
assistance
capital
program
is
primarily
focused
on
supporting
the
projects
that,
after
they're
awarded
by
the
commonwealth,
the
funding
comes
essentially
kind
of
comes
through
us,
where
we
play
a
supporting
role,
almost
like
an
intermediary
between
the
commonwealth
and
the
grant
recipient
for
those
grant
recipients
that
are
located
in
philadelphia.
N
There
is
a
round
that
is
open
now,
so
we
are
trying
to
you,
know,
publish
and
promote
that
through
our
networks
and
in
partnership
with
the
city
and
planning
and
development
as
well
to
you
know,
try
to
make
folks
available.
I'm
sorry
make
folks
aware
of
that
opportunity.
At
the
state
level
that
is
available
and.
I
Could
you
just
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
how
you
are
thinking
about
tax
breaks
for
larger
scale
developments,
given
both
city's
need
for
tax
revenue.
N
So
I'm
not
sure
that
I
would
be
the
you
know
the
best
to
speak
with
that.
If
it's
related
to
something
like
the
10-year
abatement
or
koz,
I
feel
like
sylvie
or
or
ann
might
be
better
positioned
to
answer.
I
think,
certainly
you
know
from
the
pidc
perspective.
N
You
know
if
there's
any,
you
know,
if
there's
any
sort
of
specialized
financing
that
we
would
be
looking
at
putting
into
a
project,
we
would
absolutely
be
looking
at
you
know,
criteria
in
terms
of
you
know
what
are
the
jobs
it's
creating?
What
are
the
you
know
impacts
that
a
project
is
going
to
be
having
on
its
surrounding
community
positive
or
or
negative,
and
we
would
absolutely
you
know,
be
considering
those
factors
in
terms
of
any
lending
or
or
resources
that
we
might
be
putting
in.
I
Yeah,
I
know
that
there's
been
some
questions
about
some
of
the
projects
that
have
been
under
consideration
in
the
past.
I
just
would
like
to
urge
pidc
to
stay
in
close
touch
with
council,
because
I
do
think
it's
important
for
us
to
really
be
focusing
as
many
efforts
and
any
dollars
that
pidc
can
draw
down
whether
it's
through
federal
money
through
hud,
that
it
goes
towards
actual
smaller
businesses
in
neighborhoods
and
communities,
and
we
try
to
avoid
situations
like
the
w
hotel,
for
example,
downtown
being
part
of
hud
money,
and
you.
D
I
As
we
go
forward,
I
think
we
want
to
have
a
closer,
more
understanding,
relationship
about
how
pidc
can
best
utilize
city
revenues
and
potential
future
cities,
as
well
as
us
to
grant
money
that
your
control,
but
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
like
say
as
much
over.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
work.
I
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
that
you
did
particularly
around
getting
information
out
to
our
small
businesses
and
to
really
being
a
good
steward
of
making
sure
that
there
is
a
large
diversity
of
businesses
that
were
represented
across
the
spectrum.
So
thanks
for
all
of
that
work,
you
and
I
spoke
briefly
about
some
thoughts
about
the
keystone
opportunity
zone.
How
commerce
may
be
looking
at
it.
I
think
that
there's
been
some
recent
stories
in
the
news
that
we
emphasize
that
the
keystone
opportunity
zone
really
does
need
a
refresh.
I
It's
not
something
that
we
can
do.
Obviously,
it's
a
state
grant
and
a
safe
program.
You
and
I
have
worked
together
to
try
and
just
basically
ascertain
whether
we
can
gather
up
from
self-reporting
jobs
that
were
created
as
a
result,
and
we
struggled
to
get
strong
information.
Even
from
there,
but
I
thought
it
might
be
helpful
just
to
talk
a
little
bit
on
the
record
about
some
of
the
conversation
that
we
had
about
the
keystone
opportunity
zone
and
how
commerce
might
be
thinking
about
it
in
the
future.
M
Sure,
yes,
I
mean,
I
think,
that
we
we
know
that
there
are
some
some
flaws
to
the
program
when
it
comes
to
there's
just
certain
areas
where
we
would
like
to
see
some
changes.
That
would
require
legislative
changes
at
the
state
level.
In
terms
of
so
you
know,
we
all
heard
about
the
situation
with
koz
hopping
as
it's.
M
You
know
that
I
think
we'd
like
to
look
more
closely
at
what's
allowable
there,
as
well
as
not
having
to
reach
out
to.
I
The
state
to
create
a
new
program
ksc's
are
have
been
around
for
over
two
decades.
I
think
we've
been
stuck
within
some
of
its
limitations,
including
the
fact
that
a
contracted
out
cleaner
would
may
have
to
pay
wage
taxes,
but
a
high-level
partner
who
might
be
at
a
law
firm.
There
would
not,
for
example,
have
to
pay
which
taxes,
so
it's
all
it's
a
complicated
area,
and
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
think
about
it,
but
I
think
I
want
to
re-emphasize
that.
I
The
reason
why
I'm
bringing
these
things
up
is
that
we
have
to
recognize
that
some
of
the
larger
scale
development
incentives
have
flaws.
We
want
to
be
thoughtful
about
our
attention
to
them
and
my
real
interest
is
to
redirect
cidc
and
and
we
already
work
with
commerce,
but
on
small
business
development
and
a
real
small
business
effort
and
strategy
in
a
way
that
I
think,
is
desperately
needed
right
now.
So
thank
you.
L
Hear
you,
okay
kind
of
leaning
to
my
colleagues,
comment
markzware
in
terms
of
the
connection
between
mental
health,
I
mean
I'm
sorry
public
health
department
and
economy.
I'm
really
concerned
whether
any
connection
or
collaboration
is
happening
around
housing.
O
Yes,
so
there
there
are
conversations-
and
I
would
say
honestly,
there
are
ongoing
conversations
that
we
were
having
these
conversations
before
all
of
this
anyway,
because
I
think
you
know
it's
been
brought
out
that
there's
a
very
close
nexus
between
health
and
housing.
Unfortunately,
that
was
one
of
the
things
during
the
pandemics
that
that
got
a
little
bit
felt
a
little
bit
to
the
side.
To
be
honest
with
you,
we
were
just
about
to
gear
up
a
full
push
on
our
health
and
housing
work
when
the
pandemic
hit.
O
O
I
think
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
you
know
you
saw
us
jump
on
the
rental
assistance
piece
as
quickly
as
we
did.
We
wish
we
had
a
more
robust
program.
We
wish
we
could
assist
all
the
house.
You
know
all
the
households
that
need
that
assistance,
because
particularly
what
we
saw
you
know
in
the
last
recession-
and
this
is
much
worse-
is
that,
if
we're
not
providing
that
assistance
both
to
keep
tenants
in
their
homes
but
also
to
support
our
small
landlords,
is
those
units
can
get
lost
to
foreclosure?
O
And
what
happened
in
the
last
recession
was
that
then,
when
those
go
into
foreclosure,
banks
do
not
want
to
be
in
the
property,
owning
property
management
business
and
they
tend
to
sell
them
off
in
large
chunks
to
major
investors,
who
are
not
that
interested
in
making
sure
that
they're
taking
care
of
local
residents
as
much
as
they
are
and
maximizing
their
profits.
So
that's
a
real
risk,
which
is
why
we
really
jumped
on
rental
assistance
and
then
also
you
know.
O
We
are
making
sure
that
that,
when
the
forbearance
on
mortgages
period
expires
that
we
are
ready
to
go
and
we've
been
continuing
our
mortgage
diversion
program,
but
we're
also
ready
to
go
to
provide
some
additional
capacity
there.
I
think
the
challenge
continues
to
be
producing
of
housing
that
is
truly
affordable
for
a
couple
reasons:
one.
It
just
costs
too
much,
and
so
I
think
that's
something
that
we're
trying
to
look
at
different
models.
O
I
will
tell
you
that
we're
frustrated
by
all
the
requirements
that
are
put
on
us
by
the
federal
government
for
not
just
the
dollars
that
come
to
us
home
dollars
and
community
development
block
grant
dollars,
but
also
that
come
to
our
sister
agency's
endless
work,
the
housing
authority
and
the
office
of
supportive
housing.
We
continue
to
look
at
innovative
models
and
then,
when
we
go
to
figure
out
how
we
can
fund
them,
we
kind
of
get
crushed
because
there's
some
obscure
rule
that
doesn't
allow
us
to
use
dollars
that
way.
O
But
that
being
said,
we
are
still
trying
to
come
at
it
from
any
way.
We
can-
and
I
think
you
know
really.
This
is
also
very
much
an
income
issue
that
we
need
to
address.
So,
for
example,
you
know
we
know
that
the
median
income
in
our
smsa
is
53
000,
but
in
the
city
it's
43
000..
So
when
we
produce
at
housing
at
80
percent
of
median
in
our
city,
that
is,
you
know
really
at
over
a
hundred
percent.
O
That's
affordable
to
somebody
over
a
hundred
percent
of
our
local
median
income,
and
you
know
if
there's
a,
for
example,
there's
a
a
studio
unit.
That's
rented
at
eighty
percent
of
median.
That
is
a
rent.
That's
a
little
over
a
thousand
dollars
a
month
in
order
to
afford
that
and
not
be
housing
cost
burden,
which
means
not
paying
more
than
30
of
your
income
and
rent.
You
need
to
be
making
19
and
52
cents
an
hour.
O
That's
almost
2.7
times
our
minimum
wage,
and
so
we
really
need
to
come
at
this
from
both
sides
is
we
need
to
produce
more
affordable
housing
and
make
sure
it's
safe
and
quality,
but
we
also
need
to
work
to
get
people's
incomes
up
and
frankly,
that
minimum
wage
is
insulting
and
nobody
can
exist
on
that
minimum
wage,
and
we
really
have
to
come
at
it
from
from
that
side
as
well.
But
we
are
definitely
going
to
be
coming
at
it
from.
L
Thank
you
so
much,
I'm
really
concerned.
I
think
that,
with
the
expectation
of
thousands
of
evictions
coming
at
the
same
time
we're
talking
about
building
a
workforce
if
you're,
homeless
and
mentally
burdened
because
of
being
homeless,
it's
really
hard
to
take
advantage
of
job
opportunities
that
are
popping
up.
So
it's
very
important
that
we
are
focusing
on.
You
know
long-term
effects
of
housing
in
the
city.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
E
E
A
Q
Patience
first,
I
want
to
thank
both
chairs,
derek
green
and
councilman
squirrel
and
the
other
members
of
city
council
to
join
today
we're
having
a
bit
of
a
technical
difficulty.
Our
chair-elect
sue
jacobson
was
to
lead
off
this
testimony.
I'm
sure
many
of
you
have
been
receiving
alerts
on
your
phones
throughout
this
morning
around
a
tornado
and
sheltering
in
place
orders
about
three
minutes
ago.
We
received
a
text
from
sue
that
she
has
lost
power
at
her
location.
Q
Very
good,
thank
you,
chairman
green.
A
A
P
P
P
We
undertook
a
rigorous
process
with
over
145
community
and
civic
leaders
to
develop
recommendations
to
restart
our
economy
and
grow
in
an
equitable
and
inclusive
way,
and
really
this
is
unprecedented
in
anywhere
to
have
this
kind
of
involvement
from
this
many
leaders.
This
is
a
true
differentiator
for
our
city,
and
our
goal
for
this
hearing
is
to
review
that
work
that
was
completed
but
most
important.
P
How
do
we
take
action
immediately
and,
and
you
know,
I've
been
listening
to
council
members
speak,
and
this
obviously,
is
we
get
it
we're
with
you
we
this
is.
This
is
important
crucially
important
to
us
too.
So
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
highlight
our
guiding
principles,
because
I
think
they're
very
important,
and
these
principles
have
informed
that
recommendation,
and
I
I
just
just
again
want
to
spend
a
minute
to
read
this.
P
The
first
of
our
values
is
to
address
the
need
for
greater
social
justice
and
using
the
lens
of
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
As
council
woman
parker
said,
equity
and
inclusion
to
ensure
that
recommendations
benefit
all
citizens,
particularly
focusing
on
people
of
color
and
our
low
income
communities
that
have
been
marginalized
and
eradicate
systematic
racism
that
exists
within
our
businesses
and
institutions
and
consistent
with
the
chamber
of
commerce's
equity
pledge.
P
Our
second
value
is
to
help
the
economy
recover
amid
the
coven
19
pandemic,
and
the
third
is
really
to
work
with
you
and
again.
Thank
you
councilman
for
for
putting
this
together,
because
we
have
to
have
a
true
public-private
partnership
to
get
done.
What
we're
all
talking
about.
We
all
have
those
same.
You
know,
goals
and
and
sense
of
urgency,
and
then
I
just
again
want
to
spend
a
moment
on
our
guiding
principles.
P
Again.
Partnering
with
you
right,
county
governments,
the
state,
but
particularly
with
all
of
you
in
the
private
sector,
to
fund
and
build
capacity
to
ensure
success
and
also
to
defend
our
regional
market
share
and
attain
greater
market
share,
and
I
like
to
call
this-
you
know.
Yes,
we've
got
to
play
defense,
but
let's
play
offense
and
let's
get
greater
market
share.
P
Let's
bring
it
here
to
philadelphia,
let's,
let's
really
move
forward
on
that
and
then
let's
look
for
connections
across
sectors
to
accelerate
recovery
so
and
I'm
going
to
talk
about
those
sectors
in
a
moment
and
growth.
What
differentiates
us
in
philadelphia
and
what
makes
us
great
among
all
of
those
sectors
and
how
do
we
use
those
differentiators
to
really
push
us
forward
and
then,
finally,
this
particular
group?
Our
idea
was:
let's
do
this
quickly,
like
let's
find
short
and
medium
term
actions
that
will
have
clear
measurements
of
success
like
what?
P
What
can
we
do
right
now?
Let's
you
know.
Yes,
there
are
many
things
that
we're
all
working
on
that
you're
all
working
on
that
long-term
implications.
But
what
can
we
do
to
really
drive
change
and
again
play
offense
right
now
on
the
next
slide,
you'll
see
that
the
work
that's
been
completed.
P
We
included
extensive
work
within
the
subcommittees
in
outreach.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
145
leaders
were
officially
engaged
in
this.
Actually
38.6
percent
were
women.
43.3
percent
of
the
leaders
were
people
of
color.
We
it
was.
It
was
just
a
very
exciting
group
of
people
coming
together.
I
have
to
say
you
know,
you
know
how
a
lot
of
leaders
send
surrogates.
There
were
no
surrogates
on
any
of
these
calls.
P
So
those
those
were
the
committees,
those
are
the
chairs
and
then
with
each
of
those
chairs,
as
I
mentioned
with
the
other
leaders
in
those
spaces
who
came
up
with
these
short-term
solutions
that
we
can
implement
right
away,
the
next
slide,
and
just
just
for
a
second
here
just
to
to
give
you
a
sense
of
the
extensive
nature
of
this
eight
subcommittee
meetings
they
were
held.
This
was
all
done.
Obviously,
in
a
short
time
frame,
you
know
that
you
could
just
see
the
slide
it.
There
was
a
huge
impressive.
P
All
around
everybody
wants
to
be
a
part
of
this.
Everybody
wants
to
partner
with
the
city
with
you,
members
on
this
phone.
This
is
something
we
all
want
to
do
together
and
what
I'm
going
to
do
now
is
transition
over
to
rob
wunderling,
as
you
know,
he's
the
ceo
and
president
of
the
chamber
of
commerce
and
he's
going
to
talk
about.
I
mentioned
that
we
really
wanted
to
start
with
six
key
initiatives
to
prioritize
right
away.
What's
that
low-hanging
fruit?
P
What
can
we
do
right
now
to
jumpstart
things,
because
I
want
to
say
one
other
thing.
The
last
time
we
had
an
economic
problem.
Basically,
we
didn't
move
fast
enough
and
we
were
left
behind
and
this
time
we
can't
do
that.
We've
got
to
move
forward.
We've
got
to
find
those
opportunities,
we've
got
to
find
those
differentiators
and
we've
got
to
move
forward.
So
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
I'm
now
going
to
turn
it
over
to
rob.
Q
So,
thank
you
again,
chairman
green
and
chairman
square
and
other
members
of
council.
I
do
want
to
just
amplify
a
couple
of
the
points
and
the
values
before
I
move
on
to
the
next
slide,
and
that
is
we
fully
subscribe
to
the
fact
that
this
recovery
and
as
we
recharge
the
recovery,
has
to
be
all-inclusive
and
through
the
lens
of
social
justice,
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
That's
why
it's
the
number
one
value.
Q
Q
He
offered
many
of
you
and
many
of
you
participated
or
your
staff
participated
in
an
interim
draft
read
out
of
this
work
several
weeks
ago,
a
status
and
an
update,
and,
of
course
the
work
will
continue,
which
I'll
touch
on
the
advocacy
agenda
at
the
conclusion
of
my
brief
remarks,
next
slide,
please.
Q
The
uncertainty
of
the
insidious
virus,
job
losses
that
had
already
been
raised
in
question
was
this
morning
and
those
vulnerable
occupations
to
surveys
comment
to
a
question
earlier
this
morning,
and
so
that
forecast
used
to
inform
the
work
and
how
we
could
recharge
and
recover
as
quickly
as
possible.
Those
eight
subcommittees,
140
plus
individuals,
were
awesome.
Q
We
willed
it
down
to
40
still
way
too
much
for
a
short
amount
of
time
and
we're
now
operationalizing
around
22
short
and
medium
term
recommendations,
and
six
in
particular
that
have
urgency
that
I
think,
has
been
the
spirit
and
phone
of
the
questions
being
in
the
comments
being
offered
by
our
members
of
council.
This
morning
we
define
short
term
as
between
now
and
the
second
quarter
of
next
calendar
year,
2021
and
medium
term
through
the
year
2023.
So
even
the
definitions
of
short
and
medium,
I
think,
are
through
the
lens
of
urgency.
Q
Those
recommendations,
though,
across
the
subcommittees
and
clearly
drove
aspirational
themes,
rallying
cries.
If
you
will
that
we
know
and
very
optimistically
that
we
can
become
by
working
together,
we
can
become
a
top
global
cell
and
gene
therapy
hub
to
create
inclusive
jobs
for
all
of
philadelphians
and
its
residents.
Well
into
the
next
century,
we
can
become
a
new
national
model
to
learn,
apprentice
and
work
in
the
jobs
of
the
future.
Q
We
absolutely
will
be
known
as
a
place
for
investing
in
and
growing
small
black
and
brown
owned
businesses.
We
will
be
a
digital
with
increased
digital
literacy
technology
and
use,
and
this
is
a
paramount
requirement.
The
healthiest
most
livable
community
in
northeastern
united
states
next
slide.
Please.
Q
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we
took
from
60
to
40
to
the
22
operating
recommendations
that
we
won't
go
through
to
today,
but
those
22
short
and
midterm
recommendations,
roll
into
those
eight
verticals
they're
about
playing
offense
and
defense,
whether
it's
for
a
hospitality
sector,
a
life
science
sector
or
a
higher
ed
sector.
Those
22
recommendations
are
embodied
and
we
welcome
the
opportunities.
We
continue
to
move
this
process
to
share
those
with
this
committee
and
council
as
a
whole
at
the
appropriate
and
future
date.
Q
So
we've
got
to
get
to
work
and
we've
already
been
begun
work
quite
candidly
very
quickly,
and
so
these
six
represent
table
stakes.
These
six
very
short-term,
actionable
items
that
require
a
public-private
partnership
must
be
acted
upon
now.
If
we
have
any
hope
of
recharging
our
lost
economy
over
the
last
several
months,
it
doesn't.
E
Q
Whether
you're
a
small
business
in
a
commercial
corridor
or
a
major
hotel
or
a
large,
not-for-profit
prior
institution,
these
are
the
six
that
require
all
of
us
to
work
on
together.
The
first
three
in
particular-
and
I
think
councilman
squilla
touched
on
this
with
his
question-
that
we
need
to
deploy
and
educate
our.
We
need
to
deploy
the
infrastructure
and
educate
our
citizens
and
players
and
employees
and
the
way
to
ongoing
test
and
contact
trace
the
virus.
It's
insidious,
it's
asymptomatic,
it
still
exists
and
will
be
for
some
point
in
time.
Q
Q
We
think
building
out
in
the
city,
working
in
cooperation
with
dr
foley
and
the
county
health
departments
through
the
county
commissioners,
the
infrastructure
necessary
to
conduct
real-time
tests
and
results,
have
the
capacity
and
to
do
contact
tracing
and
to
provide
the
communication
tools
all
around.
That
is
absolutely
number
one
priority.
Q
Our
brothers
and
sisters
in
the
hospital
industry
are
out
first
on
this
and
we're
looking
at
that,
as
well
as
other
pledges
in
the
manufacturing
sector
that
everybody
agrees
to
for
their
place
of
business
city.
Council
chambers
does
not
matter
as
to
agreeing
to
what
we
will
do
to
create
self
safe
and
healthy
places.
For
all.
Q
So
again,
that's
critical
table
stakes
infrastructure,
but
to
the
question,
I
think
it
was
councilman
dom
that
as
soviet
our
commerce
interim
commerce
director,
we
have
a
high
number
of
unemployed
and
a
high
number
of
individuals
that
are
in
vulnerable
application
occupations
as
we
speak
on
a
regional
basis.
Q
That
number
is
about
735
000
individuals
that
have
been
recently
laid
off
due
to
the
pandemic
and
related
economic
shocks
or
according
to
mckinsey,
and
companies
are
in
extremely
vulnerable
population
occupations
that
could
be
eliminated
due
to
the
advancement
of
technology
or
recurring
outbreaks
of
the
virus.
That
cannot
be
contained,
and
so
we're
going
to
get
to
work
immediately.
To
begin
to
reskill
those
individuals
to
move
towards
a
process
of
skills
based
hiring.
The
good
news
here
is
that
there
are
already
opportunities.
Q
Q
So
we
are
going
to
need
to
work
together
to
get
everybody
organized,
get
the
training
they
need
and
get
redeployed.
The
private
sector
is
committed
to
doing
this.
There
are
a
host
of
intermediaries
from
fully
works
to
grassroots
organizations,
for
them
to
do
this,
it's
how
we
scale
and
scale
quickly
and
then.
Q
Finally,
this
is
one
that
we're
very
excited
about,
because
all
it
takes
is
commitment
by
an
individual
business,
whether
a
small
commercial
corridor
shop,
local
in
a
neighborhood
in
our
city
or
a
very
large
anchor
employer,
and
that
is
to
double
down
to
increase
by
a
minimum.
Q
The
doubling
of
local
procurement,
particularly
for
black
and
brown
enterprises,
a
shared
commitment,
an
individual
commitment
to
cure
locally,
and
to
do
so
for
black
and
brown
and
idx
enterprises
can
be
accomplished
in
a
short
amount
of
time.
We
already
know
that
a
number
of
major
employers
and
small
enterprises
are
working
to
determine
the
best
way
for
them
to
honor.
Q
That
commitment,
we'll
have
be
more
to
announce
that,
as
we
turn
the
corner
on
labor
day
and
as
sylvia
gallery,
however,
suggested
that
each
enterprise
is
at
a
different
place
in
learning
how
to
do
this,
and
once
again
we
are
blessed
with
a
host
of
intermediaries
that
can
assist
and
provide
those
points
of
connection
for
brandon
brown.
The
black
and
brown
enterprises
next
slide.
Q
Please
I'm
gonna
skip
this
next
slide,
that's
just
a
summary
of
where
we
are
in
process,
so
I
think
it
was
councilman
sanchez
that
mentioned
metrics
and
a
couple
other
council
members
did.
We
have
metrics
under
design
that
will
measure
our
progress
on
a
quarterly
basis.
Q
They
involve
everything
from
measuring
household
income
and
growth
thereof
over
the
next
couple
years
to
the
redeployment
of
individuals
that
have
been
displaced
to
greater
investment
in
our
life
science
community
we're
building
that
dashboard.
As
I
mentioned
as
we
speak,
however,
I
think
this
graph
tells
it
all
it's
absolutely
stunning
to
all
of
us
that
we
lost
over
eight
percent
of
our
gross
domestic
product
in
one
full
swoop,
with
the
outbreak
of
covet
19..
Q
And
if
you
look
at
the
bottom
line,
if
we
do
nothing,
we
will
have
a
very
slow
recovery
and
by
the
way
it
probably
won't
be
that
inclusive
to
the
theme
and
our
values,
and
in
fact
that
line
is
optimistic,
the
blue
line
and
that
it
might
actually
recover
due
to
macroeconomic
conditions,
but
does
not
factor
in
continued
social
unrest.
A
another
virulent
strain
of
covet,
dare
I
say,
20
versus
19,
and
all
the
uncertainties
that
come
with
the
global
pin
damage.
Q
Q
A
lot
of
planning
is
still
into
organizing
this
initiative,
but
it's
just
the
beginning.
There's
a
lot
of
hard
work
required
going
forward,
and
I
know
I
speak
for
many
in
our
organization
that
we
look
forward
in
this
strong
and
continued
partnership
with
all
of
you,
our
members
of
city
council,
so
with
that
at
the
chairman
green,
let
me
turn
the
discussion
now
to
etiquette
bostic.
That
thief
was
very
active
in
our
group
and
he'll
be
carrying
our
presentation
forward.
Thank
you.
E
Great
thank
you.
Thank
you
rob
good
afternoon,
councilman
greene,
councilman,
squilla
and
members
of
the
joint
committees
of
finance
and
commerce
and
economic
development.
For
those
that
you
know
don't
know
me,
I'm
matif
bostic,
I'm
the
ceo
of
leadership
and
business
and
all
business
consultancy,
any
executive
director
of
uplift
solutions
and
non-profit
focusing
on
workforce
development.
E
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
the
opportunity
to
testify
on
resolution.
Twenty
two:
two:
zero
zero:
three,
three,
six
understanding
the
the
time
that
we
have
I'll
keep
my
comments
fairly
brief.
Over
the
last
few
months,
I've
been
working
very
closely
with
the
recharge
and
recovery
task
force
to
identify
recommendations
to
aid
in
our
economic
recovery
in
order
for
philadelphia's
economy
to
fully
recover
from
the
devastating
impacts
of
kova
19.
Both
the
public
and
private
sector
must
work
together
to
build
an
economy
that
fosters
inclusive
and
equitable
growth.
E
E
With
many
small
businesses
devastated
by
the
pandemic,
we
should
be
hyper
focused
on
helping
them
get
back
on
their
feet
and
ultimately
succeeding
to
achieve
this
goal.
Moving
forward,
we
should
find
ways
to
provide
affordable
technical
assistance
to
small
and
mid-sized
businesses
to
help
them
gain
access
to
the
necessary
capital,
identify
market
opportunities
and
effectively
shift
their
businesses
to
the
changing
environment.
In
my
facility
practice,
I've
found,
while
some
businesses
are
aware
of
funding
opportunities,
they're,
not
prepared
or
understand
how
to
access
them.
E
Equally,
they
don't
have
the
support
to
evaluate
the
environment
and
make
the
necessary
operational
changes.
This
is
especially
true
of
black
and
brown
businesses.
We
also
have
to
ensure
equitable
access
to
capital
for
small
and
mid-sized
businesses
through
both
public
and
private
sources.
This
would
include
the
funding
discussed
by
ann
nevins
with
picc
dc
this
morning.
E
While
we
made
great
strides
in
making
capital
available,
we
need
to
ensure
we
create
awareness
to
those
capital
opportunities
along
with
the
resources
to
access
them.
We
also
have
to
ensure
that
businesses
have
access
to
capable
workforce
through
the
expansion
of
workforce
development,
training
programs
focusing
on
those
high
demand,
jobs
and
in
demand
roles
that
rob
one
billing
just
spoke
about
and
further
incentivized,
the
hiring
of
our
most
vulnerable
populations
to
include
the
formerly
incarcerated
individuals.
E
A
Thank
you.
I
think
we
have
miss
putnam
and
mr
sims
to
testify.
G
Hey
good
morning
I'll
go
ahead
and
jump
in
here,
so
thank
you,
everyone,
I
hope
everyone's
internet
is
holding
up
okay
in
the
storm,
so
I
just
want
to
begin.
My
name
is
ashley
putnam.
I
direct
a
strategic
initiative
at
the
federal
reserve
bank
of
philadelphia.
That's
focused
on
economic
growth
and
mobility,
and
before
I
start
I
do
want
to
note
that
my
views
expressed
here
today
are
mine
alone.
Do
not
represent
the
federal
reserve
bank
of
philadelphia
or
the
federal
reserve
system.
G
I'm
really
pleased
today
to
be
testifying
to
you
about
the
role
we
were
able
to
play
and
the
work
that's
being
done
on
the
recharge
and
recovery
task
force.
My
work
is
focused
on
economic
mobility,
which
is
important
in
times
of
growth,
but
this
need
for
resilient
communities
is
never
more
important
than
this.
We
are
in
and
in
times
of
crisis
as
of
today,
we
know
that
1.9
million
individuals
have
claimed
unemployment
in
the
state
of
pennsylvania
and
even
in
the
philly
camden
livington
metropolitan
area.
G
We
have
at
this
point
in
time
at
least
a
14
unemployment
rate.
The
people
behind
these
numbers
are
our
neighbors.
They.
G
Business
owners
they're
also
consumers,
entrepreneurs,
job
creators
and
really
vital
parts
of
our
regional
economy,
and
that's
why
these
collective
efforts
are
so
important
even
before
the
pandemic.
We
know
that
our
economy
was
not
working
for
everyone.
We
do
some
research
called
the
survey
of
household
economics
and
decision
making
that
found
that
black
and
latino
households
experience
more
economic
insecurity
and
are
less
likely
to
be
able
to
pay
their
monthly
bills
than
other
racial
groups.
These
disparities
and
economical
being
persist
even
in
times
of
growth
and
in
philadelphia.
Our
regional
economy
was
growing.
G
Even
in
2018,
we
saw
some
huge
disparities
in
unemployment
rates
between
black
workers,
nearly
14
percent
compared
with
non-white
hispanic
workers
up
four
percent,
so
we
have
to
acknowledge
if
we're
going
to
build
for
a
better
recovery,
covert
19
and
the
disruptions
we're
experiencing
do
not
affect
us.
G
Our
research
that
we've
done
at
the
fed
from
previous
recessions
shows
that
minority
workers
are
likely
to
experience
greater
employment
losses
at
the
onset
of
a
financial
downturn
and
maybe
slower
to
regain
employment
and
rebuild
assets
during
that
recovery.
This
led
us
to
conduct
some
research
on
the
workers.
Small
businesses
and
neighborhoods,
who
are
going
to
be
especially
impacted
by
shutdowns,
and
we
found
back
in
april,
which
was
very
early
into
the
pandemic.
G
We
were
already
seeing
some
exacerbations
of
those
disparities,
particularly
that
those
who
were
going
to
be
most
affected
were
those
who
were
already
most
average.
Those
are
workers
of
color
individuals
without
a
four-year
degree,
younger
workers
and
those
who
are
economically
secure
and
this
research
for
us
really
emphasizes
why
this
is
an
essential
time
to
take
an
equity
approach
to
recovery
and
why
these
kinds
of
collaborative
efforts
really
really
essential.
G
We
were
really
pleased
to
play
a
part
in
the
recharge
and
recovery
task
force,
and
I
got
to
serve
a
role
on
the
the
workforce
and
talent
development
committee,
and
we
think
this
is
really
critical
to
putting
equity
into
action
to
ensure
workers,
businesses
and
places
that
are
most
impacted
are
prioritized
for
us,
as
equitable
recovery
means
going
back
beyond
that.
Back
to
normal.
A
lot
of
the
conversations
we
had
on
the
task
force
were
about
addressing
underlying
disparities
that
have
perpetuated
the
economic
inequality.
We
are
seeing
amplified
right
now
for
workers.
G
G
A
Thank
you,
miss
putnam,
mr
sims,.
F
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name
is
david
simmons,
I'm
the
art
and
artist
and
proprietor
of
eatable,
delights
catering,
and
I
wanted
to
be
here
today
to
support
the
economic
recovery
recharge
initiative.
I'm
really
here
to
learn
more
about
how
it
is
that
I
can
be
an
asset
to
the
city
of
philadelphia,
just
want
to
say
that
I
have
been
one
that
has
benefited
from
some
of
the
initiatives.
F
I've
worked
with
the
commerce
department,
I've
worked
with
the
city
council,
all
of
the
city
council
members,
I'm
a
very
active
member
in
the
wiseworth
business
community
association.
I
am
one
that
has
benefited
from
the
in-store
grant.
I've
worked
with
the
commerce
department,
I've
worked
with
celine
wilson
and
he's
been
very
helpful,
and
all
the
people
in
city
council
has
been
very
helpful.
I
also
think
that
it's
important
during
these
covert
times
for
people
to
find
their
niche
in
finding
out
how
they
can
partner.
F
I
work
with
a
team
foster
to
utilize
some
of
the
classmates
to
offer
them
employment.
I
work
with
andrea
custis
at
the
urban
league
to
hire
some
of
the
formerly
incarcerated
people
that
has
come
through
her
program,
and
I
just
think
that
it's
this
time
more
than
any
time
is
for
us
to
get
together
as
small
businesses
to
to
formally
and
to
find
out
how
it
is
that
we
can
be
better
together.
I'm
very
happy
to
say
that
down
the
street,
there
is
another
restaurant.
F
Oh
it
escapes
my
name
real
quick,
but
I've
worked
with
other
business
owners
so
that
we
can
get
the
information
out
so
that
I
can
tell
people
about
the
different
initiatives
and
what
the
city
of
philadelphia
has.
F
I
just
actually
gave
an
application
to
another
business
owner,
a
robert
from
the
breakfast
boutique,
so
that
he
can
capitalize
on
some
of
the
things
that
the
city
has
to
offer
and
just
doing
my
part
to
be
here
to
support
council
to
support
the
chamber
of
commerce,
the
african-american,
as
well
as
the
philadelphia
chamber
of
commerce
of
which
I'm
members
of
both
and
do
whatever
it
is
that
I
can
to
make
philadelphia
a
stronger
city.
A
Thank
you,
mr
simmons,
for
being
here
and
testifying,
as
well
as
all
the
panelists
on
this
panel
for
the
critical
work
that
you're
doing
from
youtube
dave
is
an
entrepreneur
ashley
from
the
work
at
the
federal
reserve
and
then
also
both
for
sue,
rob
and
a
teeth.
The
workers
put
together
this
plan
for
recharge
recovery.
A
My
first
question
for
representatives
from
the
chamber.
My
understanding
is
that
this
work
will
go
into
a
report,
some
type
of
document
that
will
be
released.
You
have
a
general
sense
of
when
that
will
occur.
I
believe
just
what
was
presented
today
and
what
will
come
out
later
can
be
a
hearing
until
itself.
A
We
are
up
against
a
hard
stop
at
12
30
with
the
mayor's
press
conference,
and
so
hopefully,
there'll
be
an
opportunity
to
maybe
come
back
at
a
later
time
once
that
document
is
done
and
we
can
focus
just
on
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
what
additional
information
you've
learned
in
compiling
all
the
work
and
all
the
advocates
you've
brought
together
to
do
this
initial
work.
Q
I'll
answer
that
chairman
green
absolutely,
we
would
welcome
that
opportunity
to
return
not
only
to
talk
about
its
implementation
and
progress
today,
but
the
other
22
recommendations.
We
are
now
scheduling
for
the
morning
of
september,
8th
a
public
event
where
we'll
be
releasing
progress
to
date
on
the
initiative,
which
includes
a
document
that
is
organic,
that
has
the
dashboard
the
metrics
and
progress
to
date.
We
chose
not
to
just
have
a
static
conclusion
to
this
first
phase,
because
there's
so
much
work
being
done
in
real
time.
Q
For
example,
over
the
weekend
we
were
lobbying
the
pennsylvania
general
assembly,
as
they
were,
marking
up
language
for
the
1.2
billion
dollars
of
federal
cares,
act,
funds
that
have
yet
to
be
dispersed
to
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
we
came
in
with
requests
related
to
testing
contact,
tracing
small
business,
minority,
small
business
and
hospitality
and
destination
tourism
relief.
Q
So
our
plan
is
to
use
our
time
wisely
between
now
and
september,
18th,
so
that
when
we
have
that
next
public
gathering,
if
you
will
we'll
not
just
talk
about
the
final
results
of
the
report,
we
will
also
be
able
to
demonstrate
progress
because
of
the
need
to
move
so
quickly.
A
Thank
you
due
to
the
time
because
it
is
12
24.
I
look
forward
to
having
an
ongoing
conversation,
and
so
after
we
conclude
with
this
hearing,
we
hope
to
reconvene
additional
hearing
to
have
a
more
detailed
conversation
regarding
the
work
that
you're
doing,
preferably
in
that
september
time
frame.
I
know
councilmember
jones
has
a
question,
but
due
to
councilmember
jones,
is
it
a
very
quick
question
and
as
you're.
J
Yes,
I
just
want
to
end
on
what
I
started.
Thank
you
that
the
chamber
of
commerce
is
not
our
grandfather's
chamber
of
commerce
and
look
forward
to
the
data
to
be
shared
so
that
we
can
make
better
decisions
in
council,
particularly
about
the
unintended
consequences
of
growth,
particularly
in
regional
traffic
assessments.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
jones.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
witnesses
that
have
already
testified
on
this
morning.
Those
who
have
yet
to
testify.
A
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
patience,
what
we're
going
to
do
because
of
the
technical
difficulties
we
had
at
the
beginning
of
this
hearing
and
the
fact
that
we
do
have
a
hard
stop
at
12
30
with
the
mayor's
press
conference,
I'm
going
to
move
from
a
public
hearing
into
a
public
meeting
and
ask
for
a
motion-
and
I
asked
our
chair
of
the
commerce
economic
development
committee
mark
willa,
to
make
that
motion
to
allow
us
to
reconvene
at
2
15..
A
I
hope
that
all
of
the
people
who
are
still
scheduled
to
testify,
who
have
not
been
able
to
testify
will
be
able
to
come
back
at
2
15,
so
we
can
hear
their
information.
I
appreciate
your
patience.
This
is
a
very
important
issue,
I'm
very
multi-faceted
issue
because
19
has
impacted
every
aspect
of
our
lives
and
you
can
tell
by
the
diversity
of
questions
that
we
have
had
this
morning
into
this
afternoon.
A
E
A
Thank
you
will
now
come
out
of
the
public
meeting
go
back
in
the
public
hearing.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
your
patience
and
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
reconvene
with
all
of
you
at
2
15
to
continue
this
important
conversation.
Thank.
E
E
All
right,
thank
you.
I
see
council
member
green
is
present
if
you
want
to
get
started
and
we
could
go
from
there.
Councilman
greene.
A
Thank
you,
council.
A
E
Welcome
all
as
we
can
start
that
order,
I
guess
to
say
your
name
for
the
record
and
begin
with
your
testimony.
D
Oh
there
we
go.
Thank
you
so
much.
Councilman,
green
and
councilman
squiela
I'll,
be
brief
so
good
afternoon,
and
thank
you
for
hosting
today's
hearing.
I
am
jennifer
rodriguez
president
and
ceo
of
the
greater
philadelphia
hispanic
chamber
of
commerce.
D
For
the
past
three
decades,
gphcc
has
been
the
leading
voice,
developing
promoting
and
advocating
for
hispanic
businesses
in
the
greater
philadelphia
region,
while
encouraging
the
advancement
and
economic
growth
of
the
hispanic
community.
Currently,
as
we
all
know,
we
are
experiencing
an
unprecedented
economic
and
health
crisis
which
is
disproportionately
affecting
communities
of
color.
As
a
result
of
these
effects
of
the
effects
of
covet
19
in
our
economy
and,
in
particular,
our
minority-owned
businesses,
we
at
the
greater
philadelphia
hispanic
chamber
have
developed
a
response
strategy,
titled,
recalibrate,
retool,
restart
or
r.
D
Plus
we
recognize
that
operating
in
the
new
normal
will
take
more
than
simply
turning
on
the
lights.
In
fact,
the
small
scale
of
latino
owned
businesses
and
their
tendency
to
have
low
cash
reserves,
combined
with
the
customer
facing
nature
of
their
operations,
means
that
they
are
being
disproportionately
impacted
by
social
distancing
rules.
Latino
owned
businesses
are
mostly
comprised
of
restaurants,
bolegas
beauty,
salons,
construction
firms,
auto
repair
shops
and
other
services
in
which
working
from
home
is
just
not
feasible.
D
In
fact,
according
to
stanford
university,
a
survey
of
stanford
university
latino
owned
businesses
conducted
early
in
the
crisis.
They
indicated
that
up
to
66
percent
would
be
out
of
business
out
of
business
in
six
months.
If
restrictions
were
to
continue.
D
We
unfortunately,
are
just
a
few
weeks
away
from
that
six
month
mark
in
response
to
these
challenges.
Gphcc
has
realigned
its
programs
and
created
new
ones.
Our
r
plus
campaign
has
several
components.
One
is
the
bilingual
coronavirus
resource
page
where
entrepreneurs
can
find
updated
information
in
spanish
breaking
the
language
barrier
and
ensuring
that
we
are
all
informed.
D
We
have
developed
a
latino
takeout
weekend,
a
social
media
campaign
that
promotes
our
regions
and
our
city's
latino
owned
restaurants,
and
we
have
also
created
a
latinx
small
business
release
fund,
a
grant
program
for
which
we
are
currently
fundraising
at
gphcc.
We're
committed
to
help
latino-owned
businesses
recover
from
the
impact
of
the
coronavirus
positioning
them
for
the
successful
reintegration
into
the
economy
under
the
new
normal.
D
D
Thank
you
so
much
for
holding
today's
hearing
about
this
crucial
topic
and
the
leaders,
staff
and
members
of
gphcc
are
ready
to
work
with
you
to
build
a
stronger
and
safer
philadelphia
cool.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
I
think
we'll
wait
until
everybody
testifies
and
then,
if
you
have
any
questions
by
council
members
franklin
to
read
the
next
testimony,
please.
C
E
E
Yes,
you're
on
your
own
at
the
hearing,
please
mute
yourself
during
while
we're
hearing
testimony.
E
E
E
Thank
you
sorry
about
that
zach.
You
want
to
start
over
and
say
your
name
and
then
continue
with
testimony.
B
No
problem
at
all
good
afternoon
co-chairs
green
and
squilo
council
members
and
the
committees
of
finance
commerce
and
economic
development.
I
am
zach
wilka
executive
director
of
the
independence
business
alliance,
and
I
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today
to
testify
on
behalf
of
the
iba,
which
is
greater
philadelphia's,
lgbtq
plus
chamber
of
commerce.
B
The
iba
serves
more
than
900
professionals
across
325
member
businesses,
and
there
are
more
than
60
certified
lgbt
business
enterprises
in
iba's
footprint,
which
collectively
employ
more
than
500
individuals
and
generate
nearly
half
a
billion
dollars
of
revenue
each
year.
I
echo
much
of
what
people
have
said
before
me
today,
and
especially
jennifer
rodriguez.
B
I
also
want
to
stipulate
that
lgbtq
plus
folks
are
a
vertical
that
run
through
every
other
community
and
has
applied
to
anything.
I
talk
about
today.
Queer
people
who
intersect
with
other
minority
communities
have
had
a
harder
time
through
this
crisis
than
their
counterparts
because
of
intersectional
systematic
oppression
with
classism
racism,
ableism
misogyny
and
sexism.
B
People
of
color
in
philadelphia
are
disproportionately
underbanked
and
underfunded,
as
are
minority
owned
and
disadvantaged
businesses
from
the
lgbtq
plus
space,
the
clothing
19
crisis
and
the
rollout
of
ppp
both
highlighted
and
exacerbated
this
problem,
as
minority
businesses
have
had
difficulty
navigating
the
federal
loan
program
and
competing
with
better
network
companies,
it
makes
sense
for
banks
to
lend
customers
with
whom
they
have
existing
relationships,
of
course,
but
that
system
has
left
innumerable
amounts
of
small
businesses
behind
under
normal
circumstances.
Those
practices
would
be
more
understandable,
but,
as
you
know,
these
are
far
from
normal
times.
B
The
small
businesses
defined
by
the
federal
government
for
ppp
eligibility
are
not
what
local
leaders
understood
to
mean
by
small
companies
with
under
500.
Employees
are
not
the
same
as
solo
on
photography
businesses.
Those
large
companies
have
a
significant
leg
up
on
their
smaller
counterparts
when
it
comes
to
getting
financed.
And,
of
course,
we
have
seen
on
the
news,
so
many
large
businesses
and
religious
institutions
receiving
money
that
we
were
told
would
be
distributed
to
small
businesses.
B
Members
of
the
iba,
when
possible,
have
been
trying
to
pivot
their
businesses
to
the
reality
of
remote
work
and
help
each
other.
By
offering
discounted
services,
we've
created
a
system
of
distributing
information
about
corporate
resources
as
well.
We
continue
holding
network
events
online
that
are
well
attended
and
have
been
able
to
drum
up
business
and
make
connections,
but
we
also
hear
horror
stories
about
what
our
members
have
gone
through.
B
B
Many
folks
rely
on
gatherings
to
make
a
living
in
the
world
of
clothing
19.
However,
large
gatherings
have
been
strictly
and
sensibly
prohibited,
as
it
usually
animated
restaurants
and
bars
for
more
than
four
months
as
philadelphia
digs
its
way
out
of
pandemic
shutdown.
The
restaurant
concepts
now
lean
on
creative
strategies
like
to
go
cocktails
and
modified
outdoor
dining
to
revenue
to
generate
revenue
with
strict
social
distancing
guidelines
and
capacity
reductions
in
place.
B
Historically
lgbtq
spaces
have
served
as
safe
spaces
for
often
marginalized
queer
community,
our
folks,
many
of
whom
may
be
estranged
from
the
biological
families
gathering
business
establishments
with
friends
and
chosen
family
who
accept
and
understand
them.
As
such,
many
of
the
gabriel's
hospitality
business
leaders
say
that
the
concepts
and
philadelphia
lgbt
residents
are
encountering
a
unique
challenge
as
essential
community
spots
navigate
the
new
normal.
B
E
E
I
don't
believe
tiffany,
gilbert
or
nick
chinoy
are
on
the
line.
Okay.
I
know
there
was
a
question
for
that
panel.
If
councilmember
dom,
I
had
a
quick
question
and
then
we
could
go
on
to
the
next
panel.
F
D
So,
from
our
perspective
from
what
we
understand
the
rest,
the
members
have
been
able
to
utilize
the
funding
appropriately.
We
have
not
heard
too
many
problems
in
the
utilization
of
the
funds.
We
did
hear
very
early
on
about
a
lot
of
concerns
related
to
particularly
you
know,
restaurants
being
able
to
use
it,
but
we
find
that
that
we,
you
know
they
those
have
not
materialized.
So
far.
Okay,.
F
So
in
general,
people
are
using
it
they're
not
going
to
have
long-term
debts.
I
mean
coming
out
of
this
is
bad
enough,
but
coming
out
of
this
with
more
debt
from
this
would
be
really
bad.
So
that's
good
news,
and
we
thank
you
both
thanks
for
what
you're
doing
and
thank
you
both
chairman
zuella
and
chairman
green
thank.
F
E
Sorry
about
that.
Thank
you
frank.
I
see
that
mr
christina
is
up
there
to
testify
is.
Is
that
who's?
Next?
There.
E
Yes,
mr
chair
he'll
be
joined
by
beth,
mcconnell
and
kendra
moore
all
right
jeff.
Thank
you.
Thanks
for
being
here,
stay
your
name
for
the
record
and
then
proceed
with
your
testimony
and
then
after
you,
three
are
done.
We'll
have
questions
for
council
members
thanks.
C
Good
afternoon,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
chairman
green
chairman
squilla,
council
members
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
jeff
guarcino,
I'm
president
and
ceo
of
visit,
philadelphia,
the
official
regional
marketing
organization
of
the
five
county
region
for
25
years,
we've
told
the
positive
news
of
philadelphia
and
have
built
the
regional
tourism
economy
here,
and
I
want
to
say
that
I'm
grateful
for
this
opportunity
to
represent
this
industry.
C
On
behalf
of
my
colleagues
from
the
philadelphia
convention
and
visitors,
bureau,
the
convention
center
phl
airport,
the
greater
philadelphia
hotel
association,
and
so
many
others
who
are
grateful
for
this
opportunity
to
talk
to
you
about.
What's
happened
to
our
industry
personally
as
a
resident
of
philadelphia
and
someone
was
born
here.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
all
of
council
for
your
leadership
in
this
time
of
crisis,
and
I
will
say
to
you
that
our
industry
is
here
to
work
with
council.
We
are
partners.
C
We
believe
that
we
can
come
out
of
this
crisis
to
an
even
greater
city
and
an
even
greater
region,
and
if
our
recovery
is
done
correctly,
if
it's
immediate,
if
it's
urgent,
we
actually
believe
we
can
grow
our
market
share
and
we
can
grow
our
industry
over
time
and
we
can
put
more
people
back
to
work
and
so
today,
with
the
opportunity
to
provide
this
testimony.
I'll
be
brief.
We
want
three
points
to
make
to
this
committee
that
are
short-term
return
on
investments
that
are
immediate.
C
The
first
is
jobs
we
need
to
get
our
friends
and
our
family
and
our
neighbors
back
to
work.
The
second.
We
need
to
generate
tax
revenue
for
the
city
of
philadelphia
via
tourism,
to
fund
the
priority
programs
that
are
so
important
to
all
of
us
who
live
here.
Remember
tourists
pay
the
tax
and
45
million
people
came
to
the
greater
philadelphia
region
to
have
fun,
and
the
third
point
is
equity
in
the
recovery,
especially
for
small
businesses
in
our
neighborhood
partners.
C
We
know
that
we
can
support
demand.
We
know
that
we
can
get
people
to
come
here
and
to
support
our
attractions
and
to
most
importantly,
support
the
jobs
that
we
need
to
get
people
back
to
work.
Speaking
of
jobs.
My
first
major
point:
I
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
council
knows
that
69
000
people
who
support
themselves
and
in
their
households
who
live
in
the
philadelphia
county
work
in
our
industry.
C
I
am,
I
am
very
sorry
to
tell
you
that
44
000
people
and
growing
are
currently
out
of
work.
These
are
6
000
residents
per
city
council
district
who
may
live
in
north
philadelphia,
but
may
work
in
south
philadelphia
who
may
live
in
west
philadelphia,
but
may
work
in
old
city
at
these
hotels
and
attractions
and
shops
they
are
out
of
work.
This
is
a
job
crisis
immediately
in
every
single
neighborhood
and
in
our
region.
58
of
hospitality
workers
are
out
of
work.
That's
111,
000
jobs
lost
in
our
region.
C
Just
since
march,
in
the
hospitality
industry
in
the
in
this
country,
more
than
50
percent
of
our
colleagues
are
out
of
work
and
that
will
grow.
That
is
five
times
more
than
the
great
recession.
We
know
that
these
jobs
provide
equitable
access
to
family,
sustaining
careers,
and
we
know
that
tourism
will
rebound
quickly.
C
I'm
very
also
proud
of
our
industry,
of
our
commitment
and
track
record
for
diversity
and
inclusion
at
every
single
level
within
our
industry
and
for
visit
philadelphia.
I'm
very
proud
that
44
of
our
employees
here
are
diverse
and
our
management
team
reflects
the
diversity
of
philadelphia
because
of
covid.
C
Our
industry
is
disproportionately
hurting
a
vulnerable
and
diverse
philadelphians
in
every
single
neighborhood,
and
so
one
of
the
first
things
that
we
could
do
was
launch
visit,
fill
it
up
visit
philly.com
jobs,
which
is
all
the
available
jobs
open
in
the
hospitality
industry,
in
the
attractions
in
the
restaurants
and
in
our
hotels
that
are
open.
Now,
that's
the
first
way
to
give
a
one-stop
shop
to
our
friends
and
neighbors
who
need
to
get
back
to
work.
C
The
second
point
that
I
want
to
make
for
for
this
testimony
is
that
the
hospitality
industry
generates
tax
revenue
for
the
city's
general
fund.
We
are
self-supporting
as
an
industry
through
the
hotel
tax,
the
hotel
tax
is
decimated.
It
would
create
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
for
the
city
for
the
state
for
the
debt
service
in
the
pennsylvania
convention
center
and
to
fund
the
tourism
marketing
promotion.
C
Last
year,
342
million
dollars
to
the
city's
general
fund
came
from
tax
revenue
paid
by
taurus
and
that
funds
our
priority
programs
and
it
funds
the
school
district,
that's
244
million
to
the
general
fund
and
24
million
to
the
school
district.
This
visitors
spend
money
in
our
attractions
and
our
shops
in
hotels
and
buy
the
drink
tax
and
they
support
all
of
us
who
work
to
support
their
visit.
The
third
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
I
will
close
with
this-
is
that
we
can
rebuild
at
this
time
with
equity
and
inclusion
as
our
priority.
C
R
R
I
submitted
longer
written
testimony,
but
I
do
want
to
say
I
I
convened
pacdc's
commercial
corridor
working
group
and
have
for
the
last
several
years,
which
is
a
gathering
of
staff
of
cdc's
and
bids
business
improvement
districts
that
manage
between
20
to
30
of
our
neighborhood
corridors,
and
we
also
partner
very
closely
with
the
commerce
department
and
philadelphia
lisk
in
supporting
quarter
management,
and
I
want
to
just
say
the
last
five
months
have
really
underscored
how
absolutely
vital
our
corridor
managers
are
in
helping
small
businesses
manage
and
recover
from
crises.
R
They
have
been
the
direct
conduit
to
small
businesses
to
ensure
that
they're
informed
about
probit
related
limits
on
business
activity
and
procedures
to
limit
the
virus
spread.
They
made
sure
business
owners
knew
about
grant
and
loan
programs
helped
them
complete
applications
served
as
translators
and
really
help
guide
overwhelmed
business
owners
who
are
seeing
their
whole
lives
slip
away
hand
by
hand
through
this
process.
So
we
have
worked
with
them
to
our
quarter
working
group
to
draft
a
series
of
policy
recommendations
for
getting
through
the
immediate
emergency
of
cobid.
R
You
can
see
our
full
policy
agenda
at
pacdc.org,
but
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
four
recommendations
today,
each
of
which
we
are
actively
working
with
commerce
department
and
lisk
and
other
partners
to
find
the
resources
and
tools
to
to
implement
and
would
love
the
support
of
council
first.
We
really
need
some
support
for
an
enhanced
program
to
help
small
businesses
avoid
eviction,
foreclosure
or
other
legal
action
over
debt.
R
Beginning
this
month,
small
businesses
in
philadelphia
that
have
coveted
related
debts
can
file
with
the
commerce
court,
the
first
judicial
district
to
initiate
a
process
that
would
allow
for
negotiation
with
many
types
of
creditors.
It's
similar
to
the
residential
mortgage
foreclosure,
diversion
program
that
we
have
here
in
philadelphia,
but
with
some
important
differences.
R
But
to
make
the
most
of
that
court's
new
process,
we
also
need
to
wrap
around
services
that
we
have
with
foreclosure
diversion.
We
need
outreach
to
business
owners
to
get
them
to
participate.
Much
like
the
knacks
do
with
homeowners.
We
need
expanded
technical
assistance
to
help
businesses
find
resources
to
address
debt
and
strengthen
their
business.
Much
like
we
do
with
housing
counselors.
R
Second,
we
really
need
to
set
up
a
citywide
data
system
to
know
what
about
our
small
businesses.
We
really
learn
from
this
covid
crisis
that
we
lack
really
critical
data
that
includes
contact
info,
so
we
can
reach
them
when
they're
closed.
What
category
of
not.
R
Target
our
for
assistance,
programs,
evaluate
the
impact
of
these
programs
and
also
serve
unmet
needs,
know
what
they
are.
We
are
making
some
progress
with
this
thanks
to
the
support
of
commerce
and
jpmorgan
chase
for
a
data
management
pilot
program
that
was
launched
on
four
quarters
pre-covered,
we
need
more
resources
and
also
an
assessment
of
what
public
data
is
out
there
that
we
can
rely
on
what
new
data
needs
to
be
collected
through
our
various
public
agencies
and
how
to
make
that
publicly
available
in
useful,
useful
formats.
R
We
also
really
need
to
see
the
land
bank
play
a
larger
role
in
acquisition
and
disposition
of
property
and
quarters.
They
really
do
not
have
the
resources
to
pay
attention
to
commercial
acquisition
and
disposition
as
much
as
we
need
them
to,
and
this
is
a
moment
where
we
really
need
to
have
a
property
on
our
quarters
that
is
owned
by
the
people
and
institutions
that
have
the
greatest
investment
in
its
success
and
build
local
wealth
equitably.
And,
finally,
programs
like
storefront
improvement
and
in-store,
have
been
very
successful
but
new
times
call
for
new
approaches.
R
So
we
need
programs
that
will
have
business
business
owners,
make
critical
health
and
safety
repairs
or
reconfigurations
inside
their
stores
to
address
deferred
maintenance
that
poses
health
and
safety
risks
and
make
changes
that
will
allow
for
social
distancing,
but
in
closing
pacdc,
so
grateful
that
council
and
the
kennedy
administration
have
continued
support
for
corridor
management
programs.
Despite
budget
deficits
that
have
led
to
very
painful
cuts
across
the
city.
R
E
Testify,
thank
you,
vets.
I
appreciate
your
testimony
and
I
think
I
believe
that
kendrick
was
next
to
testify.
S
Great
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
good
afternoon,
council
members,
squilla
and
green
in
particular,
and
other
committee
members.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
talk
to
resolution
200-336.
S
My
name
is
kendra
moore,
I'm
the
government
relations
manager
for
the
sustainable
business
network
of
greater
philadelphia,
as
my
colleagues
have
said
today
and,
as
you
all
know,
coveted
19
is
destroying
our
local
economy
and
reinforcing
racial
disparity
and
marginalization.
S
At
the
same
time,
we
are
also
facing
a
climate
crisis,
and
these
challenges
are
demonstrating
to
us
how
important
our
local
businesses
are
to
our
recovery,
as
well
as
to
our
communities
as
philadelphia,
looks
to
stabilize
and
recover
in
the
coming
months
and
years.
This
is
really
an
unprecedented
time,
an
opportunity
for
us
to
rebuild
better
based
on
our
small
businesses,
as
well
as
climate
resilience
and
equitable
growth
at
sbn.
S
We're
actually
doubling
down
on
these
by
turning
inward,
but
also
engaging
our
members
and
supporting
their
efforts
to
contribute
to
strong
growth
equitability
as
well
as
climate
resilience,
for
example,
we're
transitioning
to
a
new
sliding
scale
dues
membership
model
which
will
allow
us
to
provide
benefits
more
equitably
to
our
members.
S
In
addition,
united
way,
pidc
and
commerce
are
convening
diverse
voices
through
their
small
business
ecosystem
project,
which
will
ensure
that
our
recovery
is
based
on
best
practice,
as
well
as
equitable
and
inclusive
growth
and
moving
forward.
The
city
should
continue
to
build
on
these
efforts
to
advance
equity
and
climate
resilience.
S
Second,
creating
opportunities
for
and
investing
in,
historically
marginalized
communities
and
those
business
owners
and
third,
sparking
innovation
and
long-term
growth
in
green
infrastructure,
as
well
as
our
local
food
systems.
My
written
testimony
provides
more
detail
on
each
of
these,
which
I
hope
to
cover
with
you
in
the
coming
days,
weeks
and
months.
I
do
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
share
these
brief
thoughts
with
you
today
and
look
forward
to
working
with
you,
sbn
members
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
partners
to
build
a
just
green
and
thriving
philadelphia.
E
Thank
you,
kendra.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony
before
we
ask
for
any
other
questions,
frank
is
there.
I
believe
jews
is
on
the
line
testify.
Is
there
anybody
else
on
the
line
to
testify,
I
believe,
miss
robinson
is
the
the
last
person
waiting
to
testify.
Mr
chair,
okay
judith,
if
you're
available.
If
you
want
to
mute
yourself
and
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
receive
your
testimony,
then
we'll
have
questions
from
any.
H
336.,
I
want
to
say
that
no
one
of
us
is
smarter
than
all
of
us.
Taxes
are
paid
by
the
poor,
too
that's
drink
by
the
tax.
Look
about
a
tax
drink,
the
solar
tax
sales
tax.
So
leave
no
one
behind.
H
I
am
here
again
advocating
for
this
unfortunate
situation
that
we
find
black
women
in
this
town,
okay
of
every
ilk.
Okay,
it's
a
disgrace!
What
has
been
going
on
in
our
community
as
it
relates
to
so-called
minorities
is
with
hell
before
corvette
a
covet
and
we
catch
it
hell
after
it.
You
know
we
are
the
worst
in
every
area-
health,
this
that
and
the
other.
H
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you
all
pay
attention
as
you
talk
about
the
new
norm
and
who's
included,
and
all
of
that
we're
supposed
to
have
been
included
for
eons
and
everything,
but
it
didn't
happen-
and
you
all
are
talking
to
some
of
the
same
people
to
yourselves
who
couldn't
get
it
done
before
covet.
But
I
saw
something
very
interesting.
I
want
to
focus
on
a
couple
of
times
with
the
black
doctors.
H
H
You
know
they
were
supposed
to
get
part
of
a
contract,
didn't
get
this
get
and
get
that
and
then
I
sort
of
hustle
and
bustle
around
that
every
business
stands
on
their
own.
Initially,
we
know
that
all
is
true,
but
we're
in
a
pandemic
so
coming
out
of
it.
Let's
think
differently.
Let's
think
of
how
we
really
can
be
inclusive
and
we
want
the
same
gangster
treatment
that
you
all
gave
for
those
doctors
for
the
roof
with
everybody
else.
Okay,
do
that
that
make
that
the
new
norm.
H
Let
me
see
how
you
working
with
that.
Then
I
want
you
all
to
include
apprenticeship,
internships,
everything
you
can
to
get
people
working.
I
heard
someone
with
the
gentleman
with
the
tourism
say:
yes,
jobs,
I'm
part
of
the
tourism
industry,
I'm
a
tour
guide
up
in
north
philly,
wouldn't
think
of
it
up
there,
but
we
want
to
bring
equity.
So
our
youth
can
be
tour
ambassadors
to
the
world
yeah
bring
it
on
back,
but
make
sure
you
include
us
uptown.
H
We
got
more
history,
we
can
write
two
three
history
books,
okay
in
the
name
of
tourism,
uptown,
all
of
that-
and
we
even
have
new
businesses
in
this
crisis.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
encourage
you
all
to
use
your
power
and
show
us
what
you're
working
with,
as
you
include
everybody
in
this
new
normal.
H
I'm
going
to
say
this,
because
I
want
to
just
hit
these
boards
in
commissions
every
boarding
commission,
especially
with
their
mon.
This
money
I
saw
on
earlier.
You
all
had
the
head
of
all
of
the
development,
all
of
that
every
agency,
every
boarding
commission
pull
them
in
and
make
that
money
flow,
make
it
flow
all
around.
Okay
access,
the
capital,
capitalist,
a
major
problem,
access
to
capital,
pra
was
at
the
table.
H
I
was
there
last
august
and
I
know
I'm
gonna
have
to
do
a
right
to
know
to
get
this
information,
but
there
was
a
pilot
program
created
where
they
were
giving
out
money
and
you
didn't
have
to
start
paying
for
30
years.
My
background
was
in
real
estate
financing.
You
all.
You
know
my
ears
perk
right
up,
find
out
about
that,
but
upon
inquiry,
just
a
cursory
inquiry,
I
was
told:
oh
that's
a
pilot
program.
Well,
if
I
wasn't
there
at
that
board
meeting
that
august
last
august,
I
would
have
known
anything
about
it.
H
It
came
and
gone.
Somebody
got
some
of
that
money
find
out
how
many
black
people
got
money.
How
many
black
businesses
got
money?
How
many
loans
are
given
to
black
people
out
of
pra
about
your
money
up
in
their
p
hcc
same
thing,
any
company,
that's
working
for
phdc,
make
them
grow
if
you've
been
having
them
as
part
of
phcc
for
all
these
years.
H
Let
me
see
you
double
up
on
them
and
then
tell
them
to
go
in
the
neighborhood
and
get
some
of
the
these
balls
on
the
corner
and
include
them
who
want
to
work
in
their
expanding
business.
You
claim
we
only
have
two
percent,
let's
double
it
to
ten
percent
by
just
being
inclusive.
Let's
use
our
heads.
Let's
include
our
views,
who
are
here,
let's
not
waste
this
opportunity
in
in
regards.
H
I
just
want
to
close
by
saying:
leave:
no
one
behind
african-american
women
are
definitely
going
to
be
under
the
gun
if
they
were
already
70
of
yearly
evictions,
my
god,
what's
going
to
happen
next,
we're
going
to
have
to
wrap
our
arms
around
them
with
their
women
and
children.
I
live
up
here
near
the
woodstock.
Shelter,
get
the
women
out
of
them
shelters
into
pha
housing
where
they're
supposed
to
be
income
based
housing.
We
can
do
it.
H
You
all
bring
right,
invite
other
people
in
the
room
who
maybe
don't
agree
with
you
all
we're
not
spouting
the
same
thing
over
and
over
again
who
have
expertise.
Okay,
invite
us
all
in
the
room,
because
we
can't
figure
it
out.
We
just
tore
down
the
whole
country.
If
you
hadn't,
listened
long
before
I've
been
down
there
testifying
about
this
mess
for
the
past
25
years,
you
could
have
saved
the
whole
country.
Okay,
now
you
wait
till
they
tip
the
whole
country.
Now
we
got
to
figure
it
out.
H
A
A
A
E
I
have
one
question
before
we
acted
and
I
guess
it
was
from
mr
garcia
if
he's
still
available.
I
know
it's
a
challenge
as
the
travel
industry,
the
hotel
industry
and
you
know,
philadelphia
really
relied
on
a
lot
of
income
based
on
that.
E
Have
you
guys
put
together
a
plan
or
a
plan
to
the
city
of
philadelphia,
the
health
department
of
how
we
could
come
back
safely,
smartly,
by
having
this
industry
back
up
and
running
and
maybe
differently
than
it
was
before,
but
in
a
way
that's
safe,
so
that
we
can
coordinate
together
with
the
health
department
and
the
city
of
philadelphia,
to
show
the
world
that
the
city
of
philadelphia
is
now
getting
to
a
place
where
we
could
start
accepting
visitors
back.
C
To
the
city
of
philadelphia,
thank
you
for
the
question
councilman.
I
I'm
proud
to
report
that
the
tourism
and
hospitality
industry
in
this
city
and
in
this
region,
from
the
airport
to
the
convention
center
to
the
visitor
center
to
visit
philadelphia,
the
philadelphia
convention
business
bureau.
We
are
united.
We
meet
weekly
every
thursday
at
nine
o'clock
to
talk
about
our
challenges,
our
recovery
and
how
to
get
people
back
to
work
and
restart
the
economy.
C
We
have
been
looking
at
and
have
been
deploying
first
and
foremost,
how
do
we
communicate
out
what
the
city
of
philadelphia
has
been
doing
in
our
businesses
to
accommodate
visitors
safely
and
to
accommodate
their
workers
and
to
ensure
that
when
people
come
here
that
they
will
have
a
good,
safe
experience,
I
can
tell
you
that
we
are
leading
the
country
in
terms
of
the
investments
that
the
airport
the
convention
center.
All
of
us
have
been
making,
and
so
that
is
a
story
we
need
to
continue
to
tell
people
are
very
concerned
about
travel.
C
Three
quarters
of
the
traveling
public
are
not
traveling
right
now,
and
that
is
a
major
issue.
We
are
working
through
the
administration
in
terms
of
working
with
the
health
department.
Public
health
is
first
and
foremost.
We
are
concerned
about
the
challenges
of
outdoor
dining
going
into
september
october
november,
in
the
and
the
winter
time
as
you
saw
today,
nothing
could
be
open
because
of
the
storm.
We'll
have
more
than
35
days
of
rain
in
a
typical
fall
most
days
after
october
will
be
under
50
degrees.
C
So
we're
very
concerned
about
how
do
we
support
our
restaurants
and
our
hotels
that
don't
have
outdoor
dining
to
accommodate
the
visitors
who
are
coming
we're
about
30
to
40
occupancy
and
the
city
is
doing
better
than
our
competitive
set
new
york
dc
and
and
boston,
and
so
we
don't
want
to
lose
that
that
momentum,
understanding
that
this
pandemic
is
unpredictable,
uncertain
and
we're
watching
how
other
cities
have
got
it
wrong.
So
we're
really
proud
of
our
health,
commissioner
and
the
state's
health
commissioner.
There
needs
to
be
more
to
be
done.
C
This
is
a
long-term.
This
is
a
long-term
problem.
It's
going
to
take
us
many
many
many
months
and
thus
working
together
to
really
accommodate.
How
do
we
successfully
get
through
this
part
of
the
pandemic
and
then
also
to
the
eventual
god
willing
the
inoculation,
so
that
way
we
can
get
back
to
inclusive
growth.
A
Thank
you
councilman
for
that
all
of
the
witnesses,
the
chest
farmers
we
appreciate
those
times.
Patients
look
forward
to
tasting
conversation.