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The Committee on Finance of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, May 16, 2016 to hear testimony on the following item:
160248
An Ordinance amending Section 19-1806 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Realty Use and Occupancy Tax," by adding an exclusion from the tax for certain new businesses, all under certain terms and conditions.
Chair: Jannie Blackwell (3rd District)
A
B
You,
madam
chair,
and
it
just
want
to
make
a
brief
statement
before
we
bring
up
the
panel
for
for
questions
in
2015,
two
large
commercial
bakeries,
emarosa
at
Mondelez,
left
Philadelphia
and
left
nearly
450
people
out
of
a
job.
These
are
experienced
men
and
women
with
women
with
specialized
background
in
food
manufacturing
individuals
who
will
be
ready
to
qualified
to
fill
jobs,
should
a
new
manufacturing
open
the
door
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
But
the
question
is:
how
can
we
attract
commercial
food
manufacturers
to
Philadelphia?
We
have
the
workforce,
but
we
need
more.
B
That
is
the
goal
might
propose
you
a
no
tax
break
to
create
and
incentivize
and
incentive
for
food,
commercial,
commercial,
food
manufacturing
to
move
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia
into
employee
Philadelphia
residence
for
manufacturing.
This
side
of
this
tax
break
is
attractive
because
of
its
predictability.
It
can
be
easily
calculated
based
on
the
assessed
value
of
the
property.
The
exemption
is
for
new
business
were
with
councilwoman's
Parker
amendment
expanding
business.
It
is
an
investment
in
a
growing
local
economy.
B
These
are
the
kinds
of
family,
sustaining
jobs
that
build
a
better
and
bigger
and
more
diverse
middle
class,
and
as
a
city,
we
must
be
willing
to
find
ways
to
get
them
and
to
keep
them
right.
Here
in
our
city,
we
have
had
a
difficult
time
supporting
existing
manufacturing
companies
and
attracting
new
ones.
I
will
continue
to
work
and
I
will
continue
to
work
finish.
B
The
work
that
we
started
together
under
the
previous
administration,
with
the
manufacturing
task
force,
the
mayor's
office
of
industry
manufacturing,
the
Commerce,
Department
and
other
economic
development
partners
to
ensure
that
we
are
doing
everything
we
can
to
make
Philadelphia
location
of
choice
and
a
place
to
grow
companies
that
provide
jobs
with
family,
sustaining
wages.
I
know
that
we
have
some
changes
to
make
and
good
work
to
do,
but
I
know
we
can
get
there.
So,
madam
chair,
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
A
Is
anyone
else
I'll
have
any
statement
to
make
before
we
call
them
our
panel
seeing
none?
We
call
forth
the
Commerce
director
Harold
T
Epps.
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr.
Epps
I'm
glad
you
came
right
before
our
budget
process,
because
we
really
we
really
get
our
money's
worth
and
certainly
we're
happy
to
have
you
and
thank
you
very
much
about.
C
Councilwoman
brockville
is
always
good
to
come
before
this
body,
as
I
continue
to
learn
how
government
works
and
good
afternoon
to
you,
council,
on
here,
henan
and
other
members
of
the
Finance
Committee.
That
stated
before
my
name
is
Harold.
Eps
I
am
the
director
of
Commerce,
and
I'm
here
today
to
testify
on
bill
160
248
introduced
by
Councilman
henan,
which
would
provide
an
exclusion
from
the
use
and
occupancy
tax
for
certain
bakeries
and
related
confectionery
product
of
manufacturing
companies.
C
C
Food
manufacturers
like
bakeries,
that
require
expensive
equipment
investments
to
remain
competitive
too
often
make
the
decision
to
move
out
of
our
city,
taking
hundreds
of
jobs
with
them.
As
stated
earlier
in
the
last
path
in
the
last
year,
two
bakeries
have
moved
out
of
the
city
taking
jobs
with
them,
but
we
share
the
sponsors
view
that
it
doesn't
necessarily
have
to
be
this
way.
C
We
believe
that
in
combination
with
low-cost
financing
and
other
incentives,
targeted
tax
relief
can
be
intimate,
can
be
an
integral
part
of
our
strategy
to
stabilize
and
grow
our
food
manufacturing
sector.
A
use
of
occupancy
approach
presents
one
option
among
several
and
we
look
to
weigh
those
more
closely
in
the
coming
weeks
and
months.
We
stand
ready
to
work
with
the
sponsor
to
develop
the
best
possible
tax
legislation
to
support
his
crucial
goal
of
providing
relief
and
incentive
to
the
sector.
C
In
closing,
I
would
like
to
recognize
and
thank
councilman
Heenan
for
his
tireless
support
for
the
manufacturing
sector
through
his
leadership
of
the
manufacture
of
the
mayor's
manufacturing
task
force,
his
countless
relationships
in
the
Philadelphians
manufacturing
sector
and
his
continued
partnership
with
the
Commerce
Department
councilman
Henan
has
been
one
of
the
city's
strongest
champions
for
keeping
and
Ingram
and
growing
jobs
in
the
manufacturing
sector.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
today
and
I
would
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
E
D
D
E
So
one
thing
that's
important
to
remember
about
the
use
and
occupancy
tax
is
that
it's
typically
paid
by
the
landlord
of
the
building
of
the
owner
of
the
building,
not
necessarily
the
tenant,
so
that
will
come
into
play,
but
my
understanding
is
drafted.
This
is
just
targeted
for
new,
not
the
existing,
so
their
tax
bills
would
remain
the
same
and.
E
So
what
I'm?
It
is
a
tax
on
the
commercial
use
of
an
occupancy
of
real
estate.
One
of
the
features
of
the
Pennsylvania
Constitution
is
something
called
the
uniformity
clause
that
requires
us
to
have
the
same
tax
rate
for
all
classes
of
real
estate.
So
you
know
without
getting
into
the
history
that
it
is
something
that
sort
of
is
a
tax
that
is
just
on
a
certain
category
at
the
use
of
a
certain
category
of
real
estate.
So.
A
B
C
F
C
As
the
council
in
state
and
my
testimony
stated
that
we
will
work
together
over
the
summit
to
finalize
the
bill,
so
it's
not
final
yet,
and
we
have
to
sort
out
where
that
balance
is.
But
we,
the
intent,
is.
We
need
to
be
more
strategic
and
intentional
and
aggressive
about
recruiting
and
retaining
manufacturing
jobs.
But
if
all
that
we've
got
such
an
abundance
of
our
population
that
do
not
have
the
educational
attainment
to
participate
in
the
higher
education
economy
that
we're
building.
C
F
F
F
Yes,
yes,
yes,
so
I
joined
members
of
this
committee
who
will
remain
interested
and
what
that
ultimate
equation
looks
like
and
that
it
would
be
asked
by
the
sponsor
of
the
Builder
that
would
be
shared
with
members
of
the
committee.
As
you
go
down
this
road,
we
concur.
Okay.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you,
madam
chairwoman.
Thank.
G
E
G
A
E
You
my
chair,
real
quickly.
It
following
up
to
council
and
Reynolds
Browns
question.
I,
guess
is:
is
it
fair
to
say
another
way
of
looking
at
this
since
its
new
businesses
that
will
be
given
this
waiver
that
right
now
the
school
district?
Is
it
wouldn't
lose
anything
from
what
they
have,
because
right
now,
they're
not
getting
that
funds.
E
F
B
F
B
You
know,
work
between
offering
early
retirement
and
job
placement
in
other
sectors
of
the
field
or
training
to
be
placed
in
other
job
sectors.
Ok,
so
what
those
numbers
actually
are
at
this
point,
I,
don't
know,
but
I
know
that
there
was
a
team
of
the
you
know
with
the
Commerce
Department
and
the
State
working
together
to
try
to
you
know
place
them
in
there
in
no
programs
that
currently
exists
in
the
busy
existing
with
the
with
the
common
welfare.
Quite
time
very
well
just.
H
It's
called
a
Warren
notice,
they
give
it
to
the
city
and
they
give
it
to
the
Commonwealth,
and
when
we
receive
those
two
notices
as
we
do
with
all
others,
we
immediately
contact
the
fellow
if
you
fell
if
he
works
the
local
workforce
development,
as
well
as
send
a
copy
to
the
state
rapid
response
team.
Those
are
the
two
groups
that
in
fact
will
then
immediately
mobilize
to
help
those
impacted
employees
who
are
at
that
point
scheduled
to
lose
their
jobs
within
60
days
to
help
them
to
find
employment.
F
And
so
then
does
this
Commerce
Department
Commerce
Department,
then
circle
back
to
see
what
what
the
real
tangible
yield
has
been
of
that
effort.
I
mean
where's
the
loot
clothes
on
those
450
in
this
case
450
employees.
Is
there
some
mechanism
in
place
in
the
department
that
tells
you
x,
number
of
people
were
laid
off.
X
number
of
people
were
trained.
Excellent,
a
number
of
people
remain
unemployed.
H
D
H
We
understood
that
and
we've
worked
with
mro
so
for
for
several
years,
while
one
of
the
primary
issues
that
that
the
company
had
was
they
were
their
existing
facility
was
they
were
unable
to
expand
it
because
they
were
on
all
sides,
basically
surrounded
by
neighborhood
and
couldn't
identify
a
new
location
that
met
their
sort
of
requirements.
They
I
would
sort
of,
say
ultimately
got
an
offer.
They
couldn't
refuse
in
New
Jersey.
So
so
there
was
an
incentive
package
that
they
received
that
serve
probably
was
the
primary
reason
for
the
move.
So.
D
B
H
Yes,
we
with
in
the
case
of
amoroso,
we
worked
with
the
company
of
family
owned
business
for
years
to
find
them
alternate
sites
and
to
actually
work
with
them
one.
Could
they
expand
internally
in
the
on
the
site
that
they
already
owned
and
in
the
case
of
Mondelez,
the
city
and
the
state
worked
together
with
the
company,
but
we
had.
We
had
very
little
notice
that
they
were
making
alternate
plans
where
they
told
us
that
they
were
choosing
between
Philadelphia
and
two
other
mid-atlantic
locations
existing
locations,
and
so
the
decision
was
made
very
shortly
thereafter.
H
B
H
They
always
sort
of
make
sure
they
were
aware
what
services
we
can
provide
and
to
solicit
really
on
one-on-one
meetings
in
many
cases,
whether
they
have
any
issues
that
would
that
we
could
help
with,
which
is
maybe
the
indicator
that
they're
thinking
about
something
else.
Often,
though,
what
is
happening
with
some
of
these
manufacturers
is
that
they
are
no
longer
like
fell
off
you
based
and
family-owned
businesses.
They
are
in
fact,
large
consolidations
and
so
Mondelez
acquiring
craft
and
then
consolidating
actually
globally
their
facilities.
H
B
So
we
now
recently
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
created
an
office
of
manufacturing
this
year
changing
some
of
the
the
priorities
around
a
little
bit
more
and
refining
it's
you
know
we
have
the
office
of
industry
and
manufacturing,
which
is
broader,
which
captures
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
industry
as
well.
Are
there
any
other,
similar
situations
that
are
in
horizon
right
now,
and
how
can
we
help.
C
So
I
would
say
that
you're
correcting
the
manufactured
task
force.
Another
task,
forcibly
we
are
put
it
in
place-
have
to
be
able
externally
focus
to
do
the
outreach
to
ensure
that
we
are
ahead
of
the
game
and
we're
also
looking
at
all
the
data
that
we
can
to
predict
and
forecast.
What's
going
to
come
up
as
possibilities
that
we
need
to
consider.
C
Make
no
mistake
about
it:
states
and
cities,
I
get
it
increasingly
competitive
about
recruiting
and
retention,
and
we've
got
a
up
our
game
if
you
will
to
make
sure
that
we
are
we're
on
top
of
it.
One
things
that
you
all
can
do
is,
though
it's
been
done.
This
year
is
next
year.
Of
course,
we
could
use
more
resources.
Well,.
B
H
C
International
business
development
officer
for
the
sake
of
it
and
her
task
is
to
work
with
the
officer
manufacturing
to
get
a
higher
level
of
interest
of
those
manufacturers
to
export
my
little
slogans
that
we
could
exploit
a
basket
ism.
That's
it
who's
ice
cream
is.
If
we
get
an
export
bestest
ice
cream,
we
can
exploit
other
things
that
we're
only
exporting
one
percent
of
our
possibility.
So
that's
one
opportunity.
C
B
So
it
may
be
a
direction
that
you
know
we
can
outreach
to
and
see
if
they
want
to
take
a
look
at
the
opportunities
that
we
have
here
in
city
in
philadelphia
and
whatever
you
know
we
come
up
with
your
working
throughout
the
summer.
You
know
it
might
be
something
that
we
can
ascent
avise
and
attract
new
business
with
new
employees
or
actually
new
employees
and
philadelphia
employees
that
you
know
we
can.
You
know,
put
on
our
more
roles
and
add
to
our
wage
tax
and.
C
It's
not
direct
manufacture,
but
there's
also
increased
opportunity
in
logistics
and
distribution.
There
are
a
number
of
companies
that
find
Philadelphia
advantageous
for
their
mid-atlantic
and
northeast
distribution
warehousing
because
we
are
at
the
center
of
the
transportation
node
for
the
Northeast
solo.
We
already
see
some
of
those
things
that
are
coming
at
us
and
some
of
those
that
we
are
pursuing
Thank
You.
F
Well,
you
know,
I
just
have
a
question,
a
quick
question
and
I
think
you
answered
some
of
it
through
councilman
Heenan's
questions,
but
I
was
wondering
in
terms
of
when
you
know
you
said
the
projection
of
the
forecast
was
that
you
know
you
know
the
New
Jersey's
Governor
was
going
to
try
to
steal
some
of
our
businesses.
Are
we
trying
to
steal
some
of
the
percept?
Guess?
Is
my
passion
and
would
it
more
you
know,
but
put
a
little
bit
differently?
F
C
Let
me
just
balance
the
scale
solely
when
you
talk
New
Jersey,
you
gotta
talk
Pennsylvania,
because
what
they're
bringing
are
there
bring
an
entire
estate
portfolio
of
resources.
So
we
work
very
closely
with
us
with
the
Commonwealth
to
make
sure
that
we
bring
in
there
in
to
our
benefit
package,
but
it
you
know,
I
mean
if,
sometime
last
year
during
the
last
administration
of
the
governor
of
Florida,
came
to
Pennsylvania.
You
know
when
basically
said
come
on
the
Florida
I'll.
C
C
75
billion
dollars
for
20
jobs
or
30
jobs,
that's
just
not
good
business,
and
so
it
one
of
those
come
along.
We're
gonna
say
let
it
go.
Okay,
so
sometimes
you
gotta
just
say
it's
not
good
financial
sense.
We
will.
We
will
be
aggressive
about
those
that
make
the
financial
sense
and
we
won't
be
with
those
that
irresponsible
and
Camden
is
such
in
such
dire
straight
that
sometimes
they're
going
to
make
something
that
we
deem
to
be
not
in
our
best
interest
for
the
state
of
felicity,
because
it's.
F
C
D
Thank
you
mount
your
honor
chairwoman,
another
question
the
New
Jersey
issue,
which
is
everyone's
talking
about
it.
Do
we
have
like
a
effort
to
make
sure
that
we
win
versus
losing
because
I
will
say
this
in
business?
There's
one
thing
about
the
economics
there's
also
about
the
marketing
and
the
image
and
the
message
that
it
sends,
and
I
will
say,
like
you
know,
I
was
saying
that
we
didn't
get
the
forbes
30
under
30.
I
thought,
even
if
it
was
two
million
dollars.
D
We
should
have
done
that
because
it
sends
the
right
message:
the
sixers
going
to
South
Jersey.
Now
the
economics
are
bad
but
sends
the
wrong
message.
So
sometimes
it's
not
just
the
money.
It's
also
the
messaging
that
about
our
region
are
in
our
city.
So
I
know
that
you
like
to
win
I.
Do
you
did
so
I'd
like
you
to
think
about
this?
Maybe
come
back
to
us
with
what
do
we
have
to
do
to
make
sure
we
blow
their
doors
off
because
I
don't
want
to
lose
these
companies
in
the
city,
I.
G
You
very
much
chairwoman,
so
I
do
appreciate.
You
know
the
the
challenges
that
our
city
faces
and
under
the
new
leadership
of
the
mayor
and
yourself
as
Commerce
director.
You
know
the
the
the
challenges
I
think
are
that
we
have
to
come
up
with
a
overall
plan
for
this
administration
of
how
we're
going
to
approach
business.
What
I
mean
is
that
there
are
a
lot
of
very
good
competing
interests.
G
Sometimes
there
they
are
in
conflict
with
one
another
and
and
that's
fine
as
long
as
we
understand
what
we
way
with
the
way
in
balance
of
what
we,
what
we
gain
and
what
we
lose,
but
at
least
in
my
meetings
with
nabisco
manga
lease
which
were
in
part
I.
Think
I
when
attended
at
least
one
meeting
arranged
by
Councilman
Bobby
Heenan.
They
said
that
they
were
reducing
their
lines
of
production
and
would
further
reduce
in
response
to
what
the
city
was
doing.
G
Particularly
looking
at
I
think
benefits
wages
and
if
any
product
taxes
were
going
to
be
introduced,
meaning
the
soda
tax,
meaning
that
you
know
they
make
a
decision
in
all
50
states
and
overseas.
Where
is
the
best
place
for
them
to
be?
We
we
have
the
weight
of
it
because
they're
here,
but
they
increase
or
decrease
their
lines
of
production.
At
least
that's
my
recollection.
People
may
have
heard
something
different,
but
you
know
my
concern
now
is
how
does
it
fit
within
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
terms
of
jobs?
G
C
Let
me
start
by
saying:
I
am
very
encouraged
and
optimistic
about
the
ability
for
Philadelphia
to
be
proactive,
strategic
and
intentional
about
recruiting
new
businesses,
the
Philadelphia
retaining
the
majority
of
our
businesses.
We
are
talking
about
the
one
or
two
that
are
at
risk
where
we
got
a
list
of
at
least
a
dozen
right
now
that
we're
in
done
dialogue
in
conversations
that
are
hundreds
in
some
cases,
you
know
high
hundreds,
maybe
even
a
thousand
jobs
that
are
high
potential
that
are
in
various
phases
of
negotiation.
C
We
also
saying
too
many
of
our
suburban
employers
because
of
the
way
in
which
talent
wants
to
the
house
today
in
cities
rather
than
suburbs,
that
they
don't
have
a
Philadelphia
branch
or
a
satellite
office,
they
need
to
open
one,
and
we
find
an
increasing
number
of
companies
that
want
to
do
that.
That's
part
of
our
strategic
initiatives
that
we're
working
on
as
it
relates
to
your
question
about
the
beverage
manufacturers.
C
Well,
probably,
would
not
be
a
surprise
to
you
that
they
are
outrageously
opposed
to
the
soda
times
as
much
about
Philadelphia
is
about
the
nation,
because
the
Philadelphia
girls,
others
are
likely
to
follow
and
those
between
Pepsi
and
Coke.
Probably
I
don't
know
it's
fourteen
fifty
hundred
jobs,
it's
not
about
right
that
if
the
tax
are
in
a
part
of
it
passes,
they're
probably
threaten
a
night
on
the
name.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
good
afternoon,
to
each
of
you.
Let
me
just
start
for
the
record
and
no
I'm
really
sort
of
just
want
to
provide
some
context
to
John
Lissa's
testimony
that
will
here
in
a
few
seconds
from
the
owner
of
Michael's
bakery,
but
I
want
to
just
start
by
thanking
councilman
henan
for
introducing
the
legislation
to
create
jobs
and
stem
you
and
stimulate
workforce
development,
but
Councilwoman
Reynolds,
ground
I.
J
Think
when
you
spoke
earlier,
and
you
asked
your
infamous
question
that
I'm
always
prepared
to
hear
you
acts
that
always
makes
good
sense,
and
that
is
you
know
who
the
winners
and
who
are
the
losers
and
as
as
as
councilman
Heenan
denied.
You
know
talk
some
time
ago
when
he
talked
about
this
legislation
and
I
knew
he
was
working
on
it
to
give
new
commercial
bakeries,
an
exemption
from
the
use
and
occupancy
tax
for
a
ten
year
period.
I
said
to
myself:
you
know
what
about
Michaels
bakery
Michaels
bakery
is
located
in
the
ninth.
J
It
was
founded
in
1898,
it
has
a
hundred
and
fifty
employees
and
its
family
owned
and
managed.
So
how
do
we
find
a
way
to
ensure
that
existing
companies
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
that
are
a
building
new
facilities,
building
new
facilities
and
or
acquiring
facilities?
And
now
we
think
about
our
neighborhood
commercial
quarters
acquiring
new
facilities
that
have
been
unoccupied
for
at
least
a
year?
J
So
I
was
thankful
to
you
to
our
commerce
director
eps,
for
just
noting
that
this
legislation
is
something
that
Commerce
Department,
the
administration
and
legislative
body
will
work
on
specifying
the
details
in
the
future.
But
when
I
thought
about
our
neighborhoods
and
in
bakeries
like
Michaels,
that's
growing
in
you
know
full
disclosure
and
here's
my
bias
council,
lady
I,
think
about
Denise's
all
the
time
you
know
and
I
wanted
to
see.
Denise's
expand
and
I
wanted
one.
J
You
know
why
it's
worth
and
even
Germantown
and
broad
street,
and
they
could
never
aside
from
the
crisis
that
we
know
they
endured,
they
could
never
sort
of
get
the
incentives
necessary
in
order
for
them
to
expand,
and
so
when
councilman,
Heenan
and
I
talked
about
this.
That
was
something
that
was
of
concern.
What
about
existing
companies
that
are
growing?
You
know
like
how
do
we
find
a
way
to
incentivize
their
growth
and
retaining
them
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia?
J
So
one
I
just
wanted
to
give
some
comments
before
he
comes
up
to
testify,
because
it
is,
you
know,
is
a
very
interesting
issue,
but
when
we
think
about
them
building
new
facilities,
that
is,
the
creation
of
new
jobs.
So
it's
kind
of
like
the
old
town
Philadelphians
who
stayed
here
during
the
lead
years.
You
know
feeling
like
all
of
these
incentives
that
are
being
produced
and
offered,
as
we
think
about
economic
development
includes
the
future.
I
Okay,
my
name
is
john
lewis
and
I'm
the
president
and
owner
of
michael's
bakery
and
I'm
here
to
support
council
and
parker's
amendment
to
councilman
kenansville,
providing
for
tax
relief.
Specifically,
you
know:
tax
relief,
exemptions
for
commercial
and
industrial
bakeries,
michael's
bakery
currently
has
plans
and
his
reviewing
plans
to
expand
its
current
facility
and
feel
that
we
should
have
the
same
benefits
as
others.
In
terms
of
tax
relief.
Brief
history,
Michael's
bakery,
is
established
in
1898.
I
It's
been
family
owned
since
by
family,
since
nineteen
forty
eight
and
the
factory
is
located
on
rising
sun
Avenue
in
the
Northeast,
we
provide
employment
for
nearly
two
hundred
people,
we've
hired
approximately
thirty
new
employees.
In
the
past
12
months,
ninety-eight
percent
of
our
people
live
in
Philadelphia
and
we're
a
very
diverse
workforce.
I
I
We
invest
in
training
our
people
significantly
because
it's
a
very
important
part
of
food
safety
and
in
today's
manufacturing
environment
we
also
invest
in
equipment
in
our
facility
in
well
in
excess
of
a
million
dollars
a
year
and
unfortunately,
we
have
suffered
losses
during
several
years,
but
we've
found
ways
to
overcome
that
and
we
when
a
steady
pace
right
now.
So
what
has
happened
to
the
industrial
or
commercial
landscape?
I
In
Philadelphia
we
heard
about
amaurosis
bakery
they've
laid
off
over
200
people
and
the
other
jobs
have
even
the
ones
that
were
here
who
weren't
part
of
the
once
we
laid
off
like
the
drivers.
They
just
moved
to
New
Jersey
they're
working
out
new
jersey
new,
so
the
impact
is
really
even
greater,
even
though
they
didn't
lose
their
jobs,
their
the
revenues
going
to
New
Jersey.
There
was
a
baking
company
called
Philadelphia
baking
company,
which
was
on
Grant
Avenue
in
the
Northeast
and
they
closed
up
and
that
cost
about
150
jobs
in
Philadelphia
Nabisco.
I
As
you
know,
300
jobs,
hostess
bakery
you
mentioned,
Drake's
hostess
actually
owns
Drake's
and
they
closed
up
a
few
years
ago,
and
that
was
300
jobs
and
they
were
located
on
bluegrass
road.
Just
as
an
aside
I
guess.
This
is
indicative
of
what's
going
on
in
the
industry,
Stroman
bakery,
which
is
an
aura
stable
right
outside
the
city
and
a
lot
of
their
employees
did
work
in
this
city.
They
recently
closed
up
just
last
year
and
that
was
266
jobs.
I
I
So
I
feel
that
Michaels
bakery
is
a
competitive
disadvantage
and
even
the
case
of
tasty
cake,
I
I'm,
not
certain
and
I
can't
I'm,
not
certainly
not
an
expert
but
they're
located
in
a
keystone
opportunity,
improvement
zone
so
I
believe
they
have
an
abatement
on
business,
privilege
tax,
that's
prop
net
profits,
tax
sales
and
use
tax,
real
property
tax
and
use
use
and
occupancy
tax.
So
I'm
the
only
one,
who's
paying
I
really
feel
and
I've
certainly
heard
live.
I
Questions
asked
here
which
were
very
insightful
that
the
mayor,
City
Council,
the
Commerce
Department,
really
also
needs
to
focus
on
existing
bakeries
in
Philadelphia,
and
you
can't
wait
until
the
businesses
leave
and
then
ask
yourself
what
happened
on
our
watch.
So
in
closing
on
here,
support
both
a
bill
and
the
amendment,
especially
the
amendment
and
that's
that's
really
all
I
have
to
say.
A
Thank
you
very
much
any
questions.
Thank
you
very
much.
Are
there
any
other
comments
or
concerns
for
this
legislation?
All
right
we
will
now
then
I
could
conclude
this
part
of
our
gathering
our
hearing
and
going
to
our
stated
meeting.
The
chair
recognizes
Councilwoman
Parker
for
motion
on
the
amendment
to
build
number
160
to
48.
Thank.
J
A
It
has
been
moved
and
properly
seconded
that
the
amendment
to
build
number
160
248
be
adopted.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
opposed
the
ice.
Abbott
and
Anna
motion
carries
an
amendment
to
bill
number.
160
248
has
been
adopted
that
has
been
moved
and
properly
seconded
that
this
amended
they'll
be
reported
from
this
committee,
with
the
favorable
recommendation
and
further
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
so
as
to
permit
first
reading
at
our
next
session
of
council,
all
those
in
favor
will
say
I
up
close
the
eyes
have
it.