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From YouTube: Committee on Public Safety 6-14-2021
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The Committee on Public Safety of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, June 14, 2021, at 10:00 AM, in a remote manner using Microsoft® Teams to hear testimony on the following item:
210503 An Ordinance amending Chapter 10 300, entitled “Minors,” to revise the evening curfew hours, modify the provisions for enforcement and penalties, and make technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
A
A
A
Thank
you
before
we
begin
to
hear
testimony
from
the
witnesses
we
have
for
today.
Everyone
who
has
been
invited
to
the
meeting
to
testify
should
be
aware
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded,
because
the
hearing
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
to
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
A
By
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
members
for
the
questions
or
comments
they
have
for
witnesses.
I
will
know
for
the
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.
F
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
chair
and
good
morning.
Colleagues,
thank
you
all
very,
very
much
for
being
here
today,
particularly
under
these
circumstances,
but
this
committee,
under
the
leadership
of
councilmember
jones
and
with
strong
support
from
council
member
johnson,
has
worked
diligently
to
address
some
of
the
most
important
issues
that
are
facing
our
city
today
and
that
would
include
police
reform,
criminal
justice
reform
and
violence
prevention.
So
I
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
your
work
on
the
public
safety
committee.
F
Today
we
will
hear
testimony
on
bill
210503,
which
will
reform
philadelphia's,
minor
curfew
law.
This
law
is
something
that
I'm
very
very
familiar
with.
As
I
worked
on
the
last
iteration
of
the
curfew
bill
before
the
the
sunset
provision,
the
last
bill
that
was
heard
in
council
about
a
decade
ago
as
a
legislative
aide
for
former
council
member
blondel
reynolds
brown,
but
as
I
stated
that
bill
had
a
sunset
provision.
F
C
F
Who
is
really
impacting
when
we
are
facing
soaring
rates
of
gun
violence,
especially
especially
among
young
people?
We
have
clear
laws
that
can
be
easily
enforced
fairly
and
consistently,
but
we
also
are
all
working
to
ensure
that
we
address
systematic
inequities
in
our
city
and
policing
and
criminal
justice
that
disproportionately
impact
communities
of
color
and
low-income
communities.
F
So
that's
why
I
wanted
to
remove
the
fines
and
change
the
language
around
where
young
people
are
taken
for
curfew
violations.
We
need
to
be
providing
community-based
resources
for
people
who
are
in
need,
or
at
risk
of
getting
caught
up
in
dangerous
situations.
This
bill
in
the
new
evening,
resource
centers
will
help
us
do
just
that.
So
I
wanted
to
to
first.
Thank
the
members
of
the
committee
who
have
co-sponsored
the
legislation
council
member
brooks
councilmember,
green
councilmember,
gim,
councilmember,
johnson
and
councilmember
thomas.
F
Thank
you
very,
very
much
for
answering
the
call
and
for
meeting
with
councilmember
johnson
and
I,
over
the
last
several
months
and
commissioner
kimberly
ali
deputy
commissioner,
joel
dales,
deputy
managing
director,
vanessa,
garrett,
harley
and
erica
atwood
for
the
time
you've
put
into
this
effort
and
for
your
continued
partnership
to
councilmember
kim
for
the
youth
and
young
people.
Conversations
that
you
hosted.
F
They
were
very
very
helpful,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
today's
committee
chair,
my
colleague
and
friend
councilmember
johnson,
for
your
tireless
work
to
make
our
city
safer
and
more
equitable
and
for
all
the
support
you
have
given
me
throughout
this
entire
process.
I
thank
you
very,
very
much
for
your
leadership
and
for
your
work
on
this
issue.
Long
before
you
were
a
member
of
philadelphia
city
council
pushing
us
to
create
a
special
committee
on
gun
violence
and
looking
at
the
issues
that
are
impacting
young
people
on
a
daily
basis.
F
You
were
talking
about
this
before
it
was
popular.
So
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
steadfast
leadership
and
for
your
support
and
ensuring
that
we
can
create
a
network
around
our
city
that
provides
the
needed
resources
to
young
people
so
that
they're
not
caught
up
in
these
unfortunate
situations.
F
We
have
to
understand
that
the
model
that
was
in
play
when
the
curfew
bills
were
being
talked
about,
heavy
that
model
and
that
infrastructure
and
that
community
based
network
that
no
longer
exists.
So
we
have
to
work
together
so
that
we
can
create
and
recreate
that
community-based
model
that
we
know
will
be
helpful
to
young
people
and
all
the
community-based
organizations
that
help
us
with
that
work.
So
with
that,
mr
chair,
I
pass
it
to
you,
so
we
can
begin
the
hearing.
F
A
All
jones
you're
welcome,
and
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
you
for
your
hard
work
around
this
particular
issue.
For
me,
it's
all
about
the
short
term
and
the
long
term,
and
I
believe
when
it
comes
to
saving
our
youth,
we
have
to
look
at
all
the
strategies
that
are
available
when
it
comes
to
providing
them
positive
outlet
outlets
to
become
productive
members
of
our
society,
and
that
starts
with
supporting
them
supporting
their
parents,
and
this
type
of
initiative
that
you
are
working
on
will
allow
them
to
receive
the
type
of
support
that
they
deserve.
A
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
cynthia
and
her
team,
as
well
as
well
as
comedy
ali
for
working
in
partnership
with
us
to
come
up
with
strategies
and
solutions
to
address
the
census,
gun
violence,
that's
pervading
our
city
right
now,
but
most
importantly
having
an
impact
on
our
young
people
and
how
we
can
address
it
from
a
non-punitive
approach.
And
so
again
I
just
want
to
thank
say
thank
you,
councilwoman
catherine
gilmore
richardson,
for
your
leadership.
Will
the
clerk
please
call
the
first
panel.
B
G
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
this
morning.
We
appreciate
the
collaboration
our
office
had
with
council
member
catherine
gilmore,
richardson
and
councilmember
kenyatta
johnson
on
developing
a
strategy
to
engage
at-risk
youth.
Dhs
is
charged
with
providing
a
full
array
of
prevention
and
diversion
services
such
as
intensive
prevention
services
designed
to
prevent
entry
and
further
penetration
until
both
the
child,
welfare
and
juvenile
justice
systems.
We
are
fully
committed
to
partnering
with
city
council,
the
managing
director's
office
and
the
philadelphia
police
department
to
provide
safe
options
for
at
risk
youth
found
violating
curfew.
G
One
dhs
strategy
is
to
pilot
evening
resource
centers,
which
are
designed
to
support
police
operations
by
offering
a
safe
place
to
bring
youth
after
curfew,
the
centers
will
offer
site-based
services
and
structured
activities
to
engage
young
people.
Additionally,
youth
will
also
be
linked
to
other
prevention
services
offered
by
dhs
and
other
city
agencies.
G
F
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
mr
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
commissioner
ali
for
her
work
in
partnership
and
the
meetings
that
we've
had
and
we're
con
we're
committed
to
continuing
to
work
with
you
all
to
really
build
out
a
community-based
model
that
will
be
advantageous
for
youth.
Thank
you
very,
very
much.
A
I
Yes,
good
morning,
mr
chair,
my
name
is
catherine
parker
and
good
morning,
members
of
the
public
safety
committee,
I'm
an
attorney
with
the
defender
association
of
philadelphia.
I
serve
as
the
agency's
director
of
policy
and
practice
and,
on
behalf
of
defender,
I'm
very
thankful
for
the
opportunity
for
you
to
hear
our
testimony
today
and
consider
our
perspective.
I
I'd
like
to
thank
councilwoman,
gilmore,
richardson
and
all
of
the
co-sponsors
of
bill
210503
for
your
efforts
today
to
eliminate
some
of
the
draconian
financial
penalties
currently
imposed
by
our
code
for
youth
curfew
violations
and
for
your
work
to
really
decriminalize,
or
at
least
remove
the
indicia
of
criminalization
for
behavior.
That,
for
many
children
is
just
ordinary
youthful
conduct.
I
We
support
these
efforts.
We
also
encourage
this
committee
and
council
to
consider
even
further
repeals
of
section
10-300
in
your
upcoming
sessions.
I
know
that
that
folks
have
copies
of
our
written
testimony.
I
don't
want
to
belabor
the
point
of
the
history
of
youth
curfew
laws,
both
in
our
city
and
in
municipalities
across
the
country
or
the
acknowledgement
now
that
they
might
not
necessarily
be
effective
in
actually
reducing
juvenile
delinquency
or
in
preventing
youth
from
becoming
victims
of
crime.
I
What
our
bill
and
our
code
currently
is
effective
at
is
imposing
financial
burdens
on
some
of
the
most
economically
marginalized
people
and
families
in
our
community
and
in
our
city,
and
so
we're
very
grateful
that
this
bill
removes
those
draconian
penalties
and
creates
in
its
place
opportunities
for
law
enforcement
to
actually
provide
meaningful
interventions
and
supports
for
children
and
families
who
might
need
them.
As
you
all
are
aware,
the
current
bill
does
not
permit
law
enforcement
with
a
lot
of
different
options
or
a
lot
of
discretions
about
referring
children
to
community
supports
and
services.
I
Their
hands
are,
in
large
part
tied
about
what
they
are
allowed
to
do
with
children
who
they
observe
unsupervised
in
late
night
hours
throughout
the
city,
and
this
bill
remedies
that
challenge
in
terms
of
the
impact.
This
is
an
issue
that
impacts
dozens
of
philadelphians
and
their
families.
Every
week,
from
2014
until
the
first
quarter
of
2021
philadelphia
police
officers,
reportedly
investigated
13
970
people
for
alleged
curfew
violations
in
our
written
materials
that
we've
submitted
to
council.
I
968
of
them
were
actually
adults
aged
18
to
21,
and
so
these
different
supports
available
in
the
way
that
we're
shifting
the
way
that
we
treat
curfew
violations
should
really
limit
unnecessary
contact
between
communities
of
color
and
law
enforcement.
In
this
city,
most
of
the
people
who
were
stopped
were
african-american
mostly
in
west
philadelphia,
and
so
this
is
not
an
issue
that's
evenly
shared
throughout
the
city.
I
There's
currently,
no
provisions
that
contemplate
or
permit
officers
to
refer
children
to
community
resource
centers
or
create
other
safe
neighborhood-based
spaces
for
unsupervised,
children
or
their
families
to
receive
support,
and
so
we
do
support
the
work.
That's
being
done
here,
I
believe,
I'd
be
completely.
Remiss
is
the
largest
provider
of
injured
defense
in
the
commonwealth.
A
F
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
chair.
I
wanted
to
thank
kate
for
her
testimony
and
for
all
of
her
work.
We
have
been
working
with
her
very
very
closely
and
just
for
all
of
the
information
and
data
provided.
I
did
want
to
ask
a
question,
because
we
asked
this
question
of
our
city's
law
department
relative
to
further
next
steps.
We
can
take
beyond
this
legislation
relative
to
who
can
interact
and
interface
with
young
people
on
the
street
outside
of
the
philadelphia
police
department.
I
So
in
terms-
and
if
I
understand
the
council
member's
question,
it's
that
these
community-based
resource
centers
that
would
be
available
for
police
to
drop
children
off
to
it
actually
would
be
deeply
rooted
agencies
in
the
community.
And
so
we
could
get
back
to
a
time
where
neighbors
and
residents
who
observe
children
who
are
unsupervised
are
able
to
make
those
recommendations
themselves
as
well,
and
we
don't
necessarily
need
law
enforcement
to
be
the
sole
intervene.
Intervention
point
for
kids,
who
maybe
need
some
additional
helps
and
supports.
I
F
I
Councilwoman,
I
would
have
to
do
a
little
more
research
on
that
before.
I
stated
that
with
absolute
certainty,
but
I
don't
see
any
reason
other
than
the
fact
of
the
youthfulness
for
say:
public
safety
officers,
other
members
from
health
and
human
services
to
make
these
sorts
of
transports
so
long
as
there's
effective
policies
in
place
when
a
guardian
or
a
parent
cannot
necessarily
be
reached
to
give
consent.
D
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
so
much.
You
know
to
the
bill's
sponsor
for
her
work
on
ensuring
that
the
current
regulations
do
not
punish
young
people
through
fines
and
fees
and
other
types
of
punitive
measures,
and
thank
you,
of
course,
the
kate
for
your
tremendous
work
in
this
area
as
well.
I
They
come
from
a
very
90s,
tough
on
crime
approach
that
embraced
the
view
that
some
children
were
quote
unquote
super
predators.
They
were
very
heavy
on
punishment
and
not
very
heavy
on
rehabilitation,
support
or
remodeling
of
good
citizenship,
and
so,
as
council
moves
forward,
we
would
encourage
council
to
to
look
at
the
evidence
as
to
whether
or
not
this
is
an
evidence-based
practice.
I
Are
these?
Do
you
see
decreases
in
victimization
or
in
delinquency,
acts
during
these
curfew
times
or
are
there
other
times
of
the
day?
Really
where
you
see
the
lion's
share
of
engagement
in
behaviors
that
might
require
criminal
justice
response.
When
I
reviewed
some
of
the
recent
studies,
I
think
the
most
recent
one
was
from
2016..
I
It
looked
at
about
12,
different
evaluations
of
various
municipalities,
and
it
found
no
correlation
between
the
juvenile
curfew,
laws
themselves
and
meaningful
reduction
in
criminal,
behavior
or
victimization
of
youth,
and
so
our
position
always
is
that
we
would
encourage
counsel
to
use
data
to
drive
the
policy
itself
and
if
it's
not
working,
be
bold
and
not
fearful
in
supporting
change.
I
want
to
say
no
one
wants
to
create
a
situation
where
children
are
not
receiving
the
supports
that
they
need
and
that
some
of
these
behaviors
may
particularly
kids,
who
are
unsupervised
in
the
early
morning.
I
Hours
may
actually
indicate
a
need
for
this.
Support
could
actually
just
be
a
kid
walking
home
from
from
one
cousin's
house
to
another
right
and
that
the
challenge
that
we
see
is
that
sometimes
children
are
cloaked
really
in
this
presumption
of
suspicion
that
they
don't
deserve
and
that
as
we
move
forward,
it
might
be
worth
continuing
to
pilot
further
repeals
of
the
curfew,
law
and
replacing
them
with
increased
investments
in
community
support.
D
Thank
you
very
much.
I
do
think
that
that
is
certainly
in
our
discussions
has
been
the
bill.
Sponsors
intent,
and
I
know
that
it's
an
area
that
will
continue
to
be
working
very
closely
with
the
defenders
association
on
mr
chair.
Is
it
possible
to
just
ask
a
quick
question
of
commissioner
ali
she's
still
on?
D
Commissioner?
Are
you
available?
Thank
you
so
much.
I
I
know
that
this
bill
isn't
specifically
about.
You,
know
the
the
centers
that,
because
I
know
that
that's
ongoing
work,
but
has
there
been
discussion
about
whether
there
would
be
social
workers,
nurses
and
trained
folks
available
on
site
at
these
at
these
locations
for
24
hours,
because
you
know
working
with
young
people,
especially
if
they
you
know,
because
of
our
as
we're
continuing
to
explore
what
our
options
are
about.
G
Thank
you
for
that
question,
council
member
kim.
So
yes,
there
has
been
discussions
around
having
social
workers
on
site,
as
well
as
peer
mentors
on
site
in
order
to
engage
the
young
people.
We
have
not
had
any
conversations
about
having
nurses
on
site.
However,
certainly
we
can
take
that
back
to
determine
whether
or
not
that
is
actually
a
need.
G
The
reason
why
the
department
is
excited
about
you
know
partnering
with
council,
certainly
would
love
to
have
some
conversations
with
kate
as
well
as
our
community-based
providers
is
because
we
view
this
as
a
pilot,
so
that
we
can
make
the
necessary
adjustments
to
make
sure
that
we
are
providing
the
necessary
support
to
young
people,
to
their
families
and
to
the
communities,
and
so
at
the
point
that
we
are
able
to
stand
these
curfew
centers
up.
Oh
sorry,
evening,
reporting
centers
up.
We
will
certainly
look
to
adjust
the
model
if
necessary,.
H
You
know
way
of
looking
at
curfews,
for
children
and
and
for
families,
and
I
think
that's
important.
I
did
want
to
be
on
record
as
saying
that
I
also
agree
with
you
know
a
lot
of
what
was
stated
in
the
defender's
testimony
that
I
think
we
should
be
pushing
even
further
as
a
city
to
rethink
these
laws.
H
First,
it
was
very
striking
to
me
to
see
that
almost
half
of
the
people
stopped
for
curfew.
Violations
were
actually
adults,
so
I
think
it's
important
for
us
as
a
city
to
make
sure
that
having
a
curfew
law
on
the
books
is
not
an
additional
way
for
black
and
brown
people
to
have
increased
interactions
with
police
just
for
being
existing
in
their
communities.
H
Secondly,
I
really
would
like
for
us
to
think
about
if
there
are
other
ways
of
handling
this
than
having
police
pick
up
young
people
to
take
them
to
the
resource
centers.
Can
there
be
a
group
of
civilians
that
handles
this
work?
Since
we
are
talking
about
children
as
we
rethink
public
safety
in
our
city?
Is
there
a
way
to
to
remove
the
law
enforcement
presence
from
these
interactions
and
ideally
to
get
rid
of
these
laws
in
total?
H
I
also
wanted
to
circle
back
to
the
commissioner.
I
know
in
the
line
of
questioning
from
council
member
gim.
She
talked
about
some
of
the
things
that
they
were
thinking
about
with
the
evening
resource
centers,
but
I
just
wanted
a
fuller
description
of
what
would
be
available
at
these
centers,
how
they
would
function
and
where
they
would
be
located.
H
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
my
colleague,
councilmember
gaudier,
for
all
of
her
work
and
for
the
questions
that
she
offered.
I
just
wanted
to
put
on
the
record
to
one
of
her
points
relative
to
police
and
their
interaction
with
young
people
around
the
curfew,
violations
that
we
have
before
that
question
to
our
city's
law
department.
F
We
have
received
an
opinion
back,
so
we
know
that
we
have
further
work
to
do
around
figuring
out
the
best
way
and
the
best
individuals
for
young
people
to
interface
with
the
way
our
laws
are
currently
written.
We're
trying
to
make
this
less
punitive
right
now,
so
that
the
fine
structure
is
eliminated
in
that
we
streamline
the
times.
But
we
know
that
we
have
further
work
to
do
around
the
issue
of
young
people's
interaction
with
police
and
we've
already
started
that
process
with
the
law
department.
F
They
have
given
us
an
opinion,
so
I
just
wanted
to
put
it
on
the
record,
mr
chair,
that
we
are
going
to
continue
to
work
with
the
law
department
and
the
defenders
and
others
around
that
issue,
because
initially
we
were
saying,
could
you
know
we
have
social
workers,
pick
up
the
young
people
and
right
now
the
way
things
are:
that's
not
a
possibility.
So
we
are
going
to
continue
to
do
that.
Work.
A
C
H
G
Yes,
thank
you
for
that
question.
Council
member
guardia
and
so
how
we
envision
this
pilot
of
the
evening
reporting
centers.
We
actually
want
to
start
the
program
around
7
pm
in
the
evening,
and
so
the
programming
will
run
between
7
pm
in
the
evening
up
until
about
2
a.m,
to
3
a.m.
In
the
morning
again,
this
is
a
work
in
progress
because
our
goal
is.
We
do
not
want
this
just
to
be
a
police
intervention.
G
G
What
we
envision
is
that
we
will
roll
out
a
pilot
according
to
the
police
divisions
so
long
term.
We
envision
if
the
pilot
goes
well,
that
we
will
have
six
evening
reporting
centers
that
are
aligned
with
the
police
division.
So
we
are
talking
about
the
east
police
division
southwest
south
north
east
northwest
and
central.
F
G
A
E
It
kind
of
focuses
on
it
gave
background
on
the
knights
town
cdc,
which
a
lot
of
you
may
be
familiar
with
already
in
the
fact
that
we
have
been
conducting
a
neck
program
since
2003,
but
the
supportive
services
and
resources
that
we've
been
doing
all
those
years
are
actually
our
niche
and
directly
connected
to
our
economic
development,
affordable
housing
and
other
activities
that
we're
engaged
in.
We
realized
the
importance
of
collaboration
and
partnership
in
2007
when
we
were
awarded
a
contract
from
the
city
to
operate
a
curfew
center.
E
Past
curfew
and
I
just
want
to
give
an
example
of
one
of
our
curfew-
center
staff,
who
was
the
actually
the
truancy
liaison
from
samurai
grads
high
school,
who
left
work
to
get
a
few
hours
sleep
and
then
to
get
on
post
with
their
job
at
the
curfew
center
from
10
p.m,
to
6
a.m.
In
the
morning,
then,
back
to
grads
in
a
couple
hours,
the
youth
brought
into
our
curfew
center
were
surprised
when
they
saw
her
and
kind
of
embarrassed
to
see
her,
but
they
knew
there
was
genuine
love
and
concern
for
them.
E
E
So
I
I
also
wanted
to
mention,
while
just
jumping
around
off
of
my
written
testimony,
that
the
youth
were
brought
directly
to
the
curfew
centers
they
weren't
taken
to
the
police
station
unless
they
had
committed
a
crime
or
whatever
they
were
brought
directly
to
the
curfew
centers,
and
there
was
an
intake
process
to
basically
determine
where
they
lived
a
lot
of
times.
It
was
determined
that
they
didn't
live
in
the
neighborhood
where
they
were
picked
up
so
and
that
that's
that's
something
that
needs
to
be
paid
attention
to.
E
E
E
Our
youth
and
their
families
are
often
on
survival
mode
and
have
no
knowledge
of,
or
do
not
even
care
about
the
available
resources
until
they
are
in
a
crisis.
Some
may
believe
that
no
one
really
cares
or
can
help.
Many
have
been
seriously
traumatized
by
non-stop
senseless
violence
covet
and
the
problems
I
have
mentioned
in
this
testimony.
E
E
This
bill
would
have
an
immediate
impact
on
improving
the
quality
of
life
and
safety
in
the
communities
that
we
all
serve.
We
realize
that
you
may
not
want
the
proposed
resource
centers
to
result
in
punitive
enforcement,
and
we
suggest
we
strongly
suggest
community
service
mandates
for
the
youth,
as
well
as
the
parents,
if
necessary,
and
also
with
appropriate
funding.
The
nice
town,
cdc
and
a
bunch
of
other
resource-based
organizations
have
the
experience
and
are
fully
prepared
to
hit
the
ground
running
as
resource
as
the
resource
centers.
E
You
need,
and
I
also
want
to
mention
that
we
do.
I
said
we
do
a
lot
of
collaboration
and
partnership
and
we
partner
with
the
black
male
community
council
of
philadelphia,
that's
housed
in
our
facility,
also
men
of
courage,
other
cdcs
and
organizations
in
the
area
that
are
providing
supportive
services
and
activities
for
youth.
So
this
is
a
we
think
this
bill
represents
a
great
opportunity
to
really
pay
attention,
pay
more
attention
to
our
youth
and
address
the
issues
that
may
be
affecting
them
and
causing
them
to
break
curfew.
A
F
F
A
A
A
A
A
A
C
D
C
A
Councilmember,
derek
green
for
the
chair
notes
for
the
record
that
councilmember
derek
green
seconds.
The
motion
that
has
the
move
in
property.
Second,
that
bill
number
two
one:
zero
five
zero
three
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
fable
recommendation
and
further
move
the
rules
accounts
will
be
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
of
this
bill
at
the
next
session
of
council.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
will
signify
by
saying
I
I
I
opposed
eyes,
have
it
and
the
motion
carries.
A
This
concludes
the
meeting
if
there
are
no
additional
remarks.
This
officially
concludes
the
business
before
the
committee
on
public
safety.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
on
the
hard
work
of
councilman
catherine,
gilbert
richardson
and
the
leadership
on
this
issue.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
else
for
their
participation
and
the
attendance
in
this
meeting.
Thank
you
very
much.