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From YouTube: PICA testimony before Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation 2 27 2017
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Harvey Rice, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority testifies before Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation on the potential impact loss of funding to the City of Philadelphia relating to its sanctuary city status.
The hearing took place on Monday, February 27, 2017.
A
And
before
we
get
to
our
actual
third
panel,
I
carve
mr.
rice
was
I
want
to
I.
Want
you
to
go
first,
because
it's
a
kind
of
a
continuing
of
the
conversation
on
our
last
panel
and
then
we
will
start
with
art
or
next
figures.
So
if
you
stick
your
name
for
the
record
and
proceed
with
your
testimony,
please
Harvey.
B
1700
38
relaying
the
federal
and
state
funding
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia
Michael
is
created
by
the
Commonwealth
in
1991,
as
an
independent
authority
to
oversee
the
finances
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
create
a
long-term
financial
planning
process
and
assist
the
city
of
a
financial
crisis
through
a
1
billion
dollar
bond
issuance,
while
Pike
abundant
bonds
remain
outstanding.
Pyka
exercises
and
oversight
and
advisory
role
on
the
fiscal
and
budgetary
affairs
of
the
city.
B
B
The
resolution
at
hand
seeks
to
assess
the
financial
impact
of
state
and
federal
funding
on
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
based
on
immigration
policies
and
others
at
both
levels
of
government.
Unfortunately,
pyka
does
not
have
sufficient
details
or
specifications
on
how
the
federal
or
state
governments
intend
to
pursue
the
proposed
actions
of
withholding
funding
from
the
city.
Pike
is
only
aware
that
an
executive
order
at
the
federal
level
and
a
proposed
bill,
passed
by
only
one
house
of
the
Commonwealth
legislature
seek
generally
to
limit
funding
to
the
city
based
on
broad
policies,
including
immigration.
B
The
assessment
of
the
exact
amount
of
funding
that
either
the
state
or
the
federal
government
may
withhold
is
a
complex
question
that
will
require
input
and
clarification.
First
on
the
part
of
federal
and
state
officials
followed
by
legal
consultations
regarding
the
requirements
of
each
grant
in
question
to
determine
what
funding
may
be
withheld.
To
date,
there
has
been
very
limited
information
communicated
by
government
officials,
disclosing
which
grants
may
be
affected
as
a
result.
B
However,
pyka
advocates
of
the
city
convened
finance
and
budgetary
professionals,
as
they
have
previously
done
on
other
fiscal
matters,
to
regularly
assess
the
potential
financial
impact
as
federal
and
state
actions
develop
and
to
create
a
contingency
plan
as
needed
in
the
event
of
a
financial
variance
or
a
material
change
such
as
such
as
loss
of
revenue.
Mica
would
require
the
city
to
plan.
Accordingly,
it's
a
net
budgetary
action
plan
that
would
restore
the
city's
overall
compliance
with
the
five-year
financial
plan.
This
concludes
my
testimony
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Thank.
A
C
So
much
mr.
rice
and
I
appreciate
pikas
work
in
particular,
you
know
I
himself
at
it,
it's
been
an
important
asset
for
pikas
to
be
not
only
helping
the
city
of
philadelphia
become
more
financially
responsible,
but
also
to
be
a
conduit
about
our
finances
out
to
the
broader
public
in
particularly
to
the
state.
C
I
think
you
heard
me,
though,
speak
earlier
to
concerns
about
SB,
ten
in
particular,
and
about
the
federal
government
and
in
particular
what
I
think
is
important
for
pike
it
to
do
it's
not
simply
to
punt
on
an
issue
that
is
too
vague.
I
actually
think
that
there
are
things
that
are
happening
within
the
bill
that
are
absolutely
unprecedented
in
terms
of
opening
up
municipality
to
unprecedented
wave
civil
lawsuits
that
simply
make
it
impossible
for
any
municipality
to
actually
consider
itself
to
be
even
remotely
financially
viable,
as
those
were
to
go
through
and
in
part.
C
It
has
been
really
big
areas
where
you
know.
People
who
become
victims
of
any
kind
of
crime
could
then
see
the
municipality
in
with
that
crime
took
place,
including
the
fact
that
we
already
have
president
at
the
federal
level
in
which
people
who
are
held
without
retainers
are
able
to
been
through
the
county
and
the
municipality
for
punitive
damages
incurred,
as
at
the
cost
of
unconstitutional
detention
and
illegal
I.
C
C
So
I
am
wondering
why
why
not
say
things
like
that
and
make
that
clear
to
the
state
that
this
is
particularly
dangerous
to
Philadelphia's
financial
health
and
as
a
steward
of
the
state
you
need
to
let
the
state
know
that
this
kind
of
exposure
simply
is
unprecedented
and
and
and
exposes
us
to
a
level
of
civil
litigation
that
we
cannot
really.
You
know
we
can't.
We
can't
protect
ourselves
from
the
central,
no.
B
That's
a
fair
question:
I
I,
don't
know
if
you
realize
Councilman
Jim,
that
councilman
game
that
Micah
has
been
concerned
not
on
on
on
this
issue
of
civil
lawsuits,
but
on
the
rise
of
the
city's
exposure
over
the
years
and
indemnification
and
lawsuits.
So
this
is
something
that
we
should
look
at.
We
will
look
at
and
because
it's
just
an
extension
of
our
concern
hat
those
costs
have
been
rising
and
how
that
money
to
pay
for
them
is
taken
from
other
services
and.
C
I
think
you've
been
particularly
good
on
that
and
that's
why
I
would
ask
if
you
could
in
particular
take
a
look
at
those
elements
of
SB
10
that
exposed
municipalities
to
that
concern,
because
you
have
been
good
on
that
in
other
areas.
I
was
surprised
that
that
would
not
be
included,
but
if
you
could
take
a
look
at
that,
I
think
that
that
would
be
appreciated
and.