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From YouTube: FY2018 Budget - Clarke Asks About Commercial Corridor Investment, Energy Retrofits 3-29-2017
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From the hearing of the Philadelphia City Council Committee of the Whole held on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 regarding the FY2018 City Budget:
Council President Darrell L. Clarke (5th District) asks about timelines of investment in Philadelphia's Commercial Corridors; and energy efficient retrofits for municipal properties.
City Council Budget Center: phlcouncil.com/budget2018
A
A
little
quick
questions
and
starting
out
with
one
of
the
district
council
person's
favorite
project,
convert
neighborhood
commercial
corridors.
In
your
testimony,
you
talk
about
the
capital
programming,
recommending
25
million
in
existing
in
new
funds
for
the
neighborhood
commercial
Carter's,
but
on
page
25
program
proposes
no
new
city
money,
borrow
for
18,
the
fiscal
18
for
commercial
artists
and
only
seven
million
new
city
funds
through
FY
23.
A
B
It's
a
bit
last
part
of
the
question:
I'll
have
someone
from
comments
coming
out
to
that
part,
but
when
we
were
putting
together
the
capital
program
this
year,
we
look
heavily
at
those
departments.
I
had
significant
amounts
of
prior
funding
available
and
that
the
pace
in
which
that
could
be
spent
down
and
the
time
of
the
putting
the
budget
together.
There's
18
million
available
in
in
neighborhood
commercial
corridors
like.
A
B
It,
I
think,
is
in
the
fact
that
everybody
knows
that
there's
limited
resources
and
so
departments
have
typically
kind
of
asked
for
a
little
bit
less
and
waited
until
they
have
a
certain
number
of
years,
and
then
they
can
spend
that
project.
That
amount
we're
trying
to
sort
of
change
that
that
processor
you'll
see.
For
example,
in
fleet,
we
gave
4.5
million
dollars.
B
B
A
A
Now
you
want
to
change
the
structure
or
the
nature
of
cod.
You
make
determinations
on
allocating
capital
dollars
and
we
have
25
stacked
up
the
term.
We
use
kind
of
two
degrees
you
use.
If
there's
the
problem
in
getting
these
programs
implemented,
can
we
change
the
nature
of
our
capital
implementation
process?
I
mean
enough.
I
got
a
recent
commercial
Carter
spending
on
I
think
you
ought
to
evidence
who
did
to
the
new,
but
it's
like
you
get
one
every
three
years
is
there
reason
why
we
can't
do
multiple
or
concurrent
commercial
Carter's.
C
We
do
have
a
number
of
projects
going
on
simultaneously
at
different
stages
and
I
can
run
down
some
of
those
but
understanding
they
do
take
a
long
time,
and
part
of
that
is
because
we
are
trying
to
be
smarter
and
sort
of
get
the
most
bang
for
our
buck.
As
far
as
working
with
streets
and
water
to
collaborate
make
sure
you
know,
a
project
is
getting
the
full
treatment
that
we're
not
going
to
go
back
a
year
later
and
do
something
else:
we're
also
trying
to
leverage
those
funds
and
apply
for
state
fun.
C
A
C
The
state,
through
both
dcd
and
PennDOT,
they
have
a
fun
of
grant
poems
called
the
multimodal
transportation
fund.
There's
also
something
called
green
light.
Go
I'm,
not
the
expert
on
any
of
these.
We
coordinate
with
Otis
and
streets
and
and
figure
out
which
projects
go
for,
which
and
and
we
help
them
submit
the
application,
but.
C
A
Right,
can
you
do
it?
Can
you
do
me
a
favor?
Can
you
get
give
us
because
I'm
think
you're
getting
ready
to
read
off
a
list
of
projects
that
are
occurring
in
the
process?
What
whatever
they
can
you
get
to
us
a
list
of
those
projects
in
the
potential
match
or
likely
match
or
I'm
suggesting
mass
for
those
different
commercial
car.
A
Yeah
absolutely
I'll
be
helpful.
Who's
then
I
can
understand
that
if
we're
waiting
and
I
understand
understand
this
issue
about
these
call
entrenching
of
infrastructure
when
we're
supposed
to
align
the
new
water
sewer,
cable,
all
the
other
things
they
made
files
now
right,
but
it
never
seems
to
work.
Invariably,
we
tear
the
sidewalk
up
much
later.
Somebody
come
back
up
and
I
think
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
on
that
man.
C
A
A
Recently
we
just
had
a
I
believe
councilman
Jones
henan
myself,
along
with
the
school
district
superintendent,
a
number
of
other
people
talked
about
dealing
with
these
school
districts,
capital
project
problem,
four
billion
dollars
were
needed,
capital
improvement
and
a
significant
portion
of
that.
Assuming
that
our
program
gets
implemented,
utilizing
energy
retrofit.
A
A
D
You
doing
good
morning,
good
name
is
Adam
a
Gallic
on
the
energy
manager
for
the
state,
Philadelphia
and
the
office
of
sustainability,
so
the
the
city
is
moving
forward
with
a
couple
of
investments
that
are
outside
of
the
rebuild
program.
Okay
kind
of
the
biggest
one
that
we're
working
on
right
now
is
that
the
Philadelphia
Museum
of
Art
we've
got
an
energy
performance
contract.
We
just
are
reviewing
qualifications.
We
hope
to
have
the
RFP
we,
so
we
didn't
RFQ.
D
D
A
C
A
D
On
I
should
I
should
also
mention:
we've
been
working
with
the
rebuild
team
to
develop
standards
so
that
our
projects
that
are
done
there
also
incorporates
some
base
level
of
energy
efficiency.
We're
also
hoping
that
some
of
those
kind
of
standards
and
guidelines
occupant's
can
be
adopted
by
the
capital
project,
a
capital
program
office,
so
that
kind
of
all
projects
get
that.
D
But
the
answer
your
question
about
kind
of
what
the
strategy
and
plan
is
the
city
and
the
Energy
Office
has
been
leading
a
energy
master
plan
for
municipal
assets
and
that's
going
to
kind
of
provide
a
roadmap
of
the
different
types
of
investments.
We
need
to
make
to
meet
the
mayor's
commitment
around
reducing
carbon
pollution,
as
well
as
to
kind
of
help
out
with
some
of
the
deferred,
maintenance
and
and
kind
of
energy
and
efficiency
issues
that
we
have
in
city.
Buildings,
agree
I'm,.
A
Not
good
good
answer
out
of
you.
The
reason
I'm
very
interested
in
this,
because
I
need
to
but
take
a
standing
upon
the
stage
and
saying
we
won't
create
10,000
jobs
raise
them.
You
know,
mm-hmm
got
a
little
weight
to
go
so
the
soda
we
can
get
this
done
the
better,
but
thanks
to
thank
you
for
your
a
smart.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.