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On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, the City’s Special Committee on Regulatory Review and Reform, co-chaired by Councilmember Derek S. Green (At-Large), held a press conference – just ahead of their Quarterly Meeting – to report on its ongoing efforts, as well as recap certain policy and process improvements made over the past 18 months, to make Philadelphia a more business-friendly environment.
More information: http://phlcouncil.com/special-committee-on-regulatory-review-and-reform-shares-progress-discusses-future-for-better-business-in-philly/
A
First,
the
foremost
I
want
to
commend
council
president
Dale
Clark
for
his
leadership
in
working
together
and
having
me
co-sponsor
the
resolution
he
introduced
that
we
introduced
back
in
February
2017
to
really
put
together
this
special
committee
of
regulatory
review
and
reform
together
for
too
long
when
you
think
about
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
people
have
not
always
thought
that
Philadelphia
was
open
for
business.
I.
A
A
true
public-private
partnership
from
the
public
sector,
both
from
the
city
council
and
the
administration
from
the
private
sector,
the
chamber
of
commerce
and
businesses
from
all
around
the
city
of
Philadelphia
in
the
region,
as
well
as
institutions
like
the
University
of
Pennsylvania,
all
coming
together
to
really
help
to
change
the
environment
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
To
really
demonstrate
that
we're
open
for
business
since
2010
and
we've
added
about
50,000
new
jobs
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
A
But
we
know
we
can
do
more
and
I
think
by
doing
the
work
of
this
committee
and
really
tackling
some
of
the
challenges
and
dynamics
that
we've
had
over
the
years
really
helped
to
demonstrate
what
we're
doing
going
forward
to
really
attract
businesses
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
So
when
we
look
at
this
progress
report
on
that's
coming
out
today
and
today's
hearing
you'll
get
a
chance
to
hear
from
the
various
subcommittees
who
are
cover
all
different
aspects
of
the
business
community
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
really
provides
an
opportunity
to
know.
A
I
talked
about
some
of
the
work
we've
done
from
both
initiatives
by
getting
rid
of
16
bills.
In
our
code,
talking
about
a
number
different
regulations,
developing
a
better
working
environment
between
the
business
community
and
the
public
sector
regarding
regulations
and
issues
and
concerns,
but
also
starting
to
address
some
of
our
small
and
medium
term
challenges
and
some
of
the
long-term
challenges.
We
have
to
really
move
forward
and
push
the
city
forward
as
an
as
a
city
that
really
promotes
and
supports
growth
in
our
region
and
in
the
nation.
A
As
many
of
you
know
that
one
of
our
number
one
issues
is
poverty.
We
have
the
largest
largest
big
city
with
the
highest
level
of
poverty
and
helping
to
grow
jobs
at
the
small
business
level.
The
medium-size
level
and
the
large
corporation
level
really
helps
with
just
popping
our
city
and
I.
Think
the
work
of
this
special
committee
through
all
of
the
members
of
special
committee,
the
co-chairs
and
all
the
people
who
really
invest
in
this
process
over
the
past
18
months,
really
helped
us
find
a
way
to
address
poverty
in
our
city.
A
B
Good
morning
and
thank
you,
councilman
green
and
the
other
try
chairman
Rob.
What
early
who
you
here
from
from
a
minute,
but
it's
kind
of
reflected
for
me.
I,
moved
to
Philadelphia
about
11
years
ago
and
got
very
involved
in
the
chamber
when
I
was
in
the
private
sector
and
began
to
get
an
appreciation
of
some
of
the
frustrations
that
businesses
of
all
sizes
were
confronted
with
in
doing
business
in
the
city.
Upon
accepting
the
position
of
Director
commerce.
B
Two
and
a
half
years
ago,
I
was
happy
to
work
with
Councilman
green
and
Clark
to
kind
of
get
this
initiative
off
the
ground
and
have
learned
from
it
that
there's
a
balance.
The
balance
between
the
need
to
regulate
and
abet
about,
and
the
balance
of
needing
to
be
open
to
do
business
and
our
job
is
to
make
sure
that
we
try
to
strike
that
common
ground
to
advance.
Philadelphia.
Make
no
mistake
about
it
that
we
can
better
than
we're
doing,
and
some
of
the
work
that
we've
already
done
reinforces
that.
B
B
We've
got
more
lofty
goals
than
that,
but
I
am
pleased
to
say
that
we
have
outpaced
the
national
average
over
the
last
two
years
in
job
growth.
I
think
we'll
do
that
again
this
year,
but
we
should
not
rest
on
our
laurels.
We
should
continue
to
move
forward
and
the
work
that
that
these
committees
have
done
is
a
critical
part
of
that.
So
with
that,
I
will
pass
it
over
to
the
cleanup
hitter
brought
one-lane,
the
president
and
CEO
of
the
Greater
Philadelphia
Chamber
of
Commerce.
B
C
Since
that's
a
more
optimistic
scenario
in
a
moment,
but
I
want
to
echo
my
fellow
co-chairs
first
to
really
thank
on
behalf
of
this
city
in
this
region's
business
community
council
president
Clark,
whose
leadership
in
all
candor
that
this
process
could
have
never
have
occurred
in
Derrick,
green
and
the
Commerce
director
Epps
began
a
process
in
the
council
president's
office,
and
here
we
are
a
year
later
in
chambers
with
a
report.
I
also
want
to
recognize
a
couple
of
other
members
of
City
Council
that
have
been
faithful
to.
C
This
is
not
an
easy
thing
to
do
when
you
consider
the
demands
of
being
a
local
elected
official
and
that's
Councilwoman,
Sanchez
councilman,
Pavan,
Berger,
councilman,
Heenan
and
councilman
Johnson
and
they're,
very
capable
staff.
So
I
know
on
behalf
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
Greater
Philadelphia.
We
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
engage
with
the
Cady
administration
and
with
our
local
legislative
body.
C
You
know
what
I
would
suggest:
building
an
infrastructure
that
will
ultimately
produce
an
outstanding
outcome
for
existing
enterprises
in
this
city
and
those
from
around
the
world
that
aspire
to
set
up
shop
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
I
also
want
to
take
this
time
to
recognize
a
couple
of
key
chamber
members
that
were
part
of
the
leadership
team
and
building
this
infrastructure
and
really
want
to
thank
Leslie's
PNA,
who
has
been
the
chair
of
our
child
care
subcommittee.
C
My
colleague
from
the
Greater
Philadelphia
Hispanic
Chamber
of
Commerce,
chaired
the
Small
Business
Committee
and
in
representing
our
growing
and
burgeoning
startup
and
tech
sector
was
Lori
Ackman
from
the
University
of
Pennsylvania,
and
she
chaired
that
committee.
So
named
so
again,
these
folks
were
here
volunteering,
their
time,
countless
hours
and,
as
I
said
a
moment
ago,
building
the
infrastructure
I
think
the
results
to
date
have
been
modest.
C
Councilman
represents
15,
heretofore,
outdated
regulations,
repealed
I,
think
they're
on
the
periphery
of
what
matters
most
of
free
enterprise
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
in
the
year
2018
and
in
the
few
years.
But
that's
okay,
because
and
now
to
the
football
analogy.
When
you
assemble
a
team,
you
spend
an
awful
lot
of
time,
building
an
infrastructure
for
success
and
really
I.
Think
the
great
success
that
we've
had
in
this
past
years
are
not
necessarily
the
outdated
regulations
repealed,
but
working
in
good
faith.
C
So
we've
built
through
volunteer
leadership
through
this
great
partnership
at
the
leader
and
staff
level,
with
the
local
government
process
and
infrastructure
to
review
regulations
and
then
make,
as
our
commerce
director
suggested,
thoughtful
choices
that
achieve
the
right
and
proper
balance
between
ensuring
public
health
and
safety
and
welfare
and
eliminating
what
we
think
are
oftentimes,
obsolete
and
illogical
barriers
to
business
and
growth.
And
so
yes,
the
results
on
repeal
of
the
modest
that
also
equally,
if
not
more
so,
the
work
to
date
has
been
absolutely
outstanding.
C
We
have
every
reason
to
believe
going
forward
into
the
next
phase
and
the
phase
and
the
phase
after
that
in
this
journey
that
harlot
is
described,
is
that
it's
going
to
foster
even
more
result.
It's
going
to
foster
results
that
show
greater
collaboration
between
the
Kenya
administration,
City
Council
in
this
city's
business
community.
If
a
lot
of
work
to
do
a
lot
of
work
ahead
of
us
time
is
not
our
friend.
C
Unfortunately,
in
a
global
economy,
choices
around
capital
and
decisions
are
made
at
a
much
more
faster
pace
that
we
could
ever
have
imagined
before
and
so
a
good
measure
of
our
ability
to
strike
that
balance
is
agility
and
velocity.
How
quickly
can
this
government
do
something
to
remove
barriers
and
support
a
small
enterprise
by
example
and
I?
C
Think
it's
a
low-end
estimate
takes
in
order
between
eight
and
ten
months
right
now
to
get
completely
licensed
and
permitted
if
you're
a
restaurant
entrepreneur
in
this
city
that's
way
too
long
and
I
know
that
we
can
change
that.
I
know
that
we
have
again
the
infrastructure
in
place
to
make
it
so
so
yeah
we're
learning
how
to
snap
the
ball
and
go,
make
a
block
and
hand
it
off
and
maybe
get
three
yards
and
a
cloud
of
dust.
C
A
Thank
you,
rob
I
would
be
remiss
to
not
think
the
outstanding
stand
that
really
helped
put
together
along
with
all
our
co-chairs
and
subcommittee
chairs,
really
helped
put
together.
This
report,
so
I
want
to
thank
all
the
hard
work
done
by
you
know
my
staff,
the
comment
department
staff,
as
well
as
a
Chamber
staff
and
accounts
of
present
staff
to
really
work
cooperatively
together
as
a
team
to
really
help
us
put
together
on
this
report.
As
Rob
stated,
I
have
colleagues
that
have
worked
on
a
special
committee.
A
D
It's
really
when
my
behalf
an
honor
to
be
on
the
committee
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
I
think
what
was
stated
earlier
by
Rob
wondering
that
time
is
not
our
friend.
It's
been
stated.
It
may
been
stated
earlier
because
Howard
Epps
and
I
like
the
China
a
little
bit
and
we're
moving
in
the
right
direction,
except
it's
not
fast
enough
and
quick
enough
and
when
you're,
America's
largest
poorest
city,
now
to
do
something
about
that,
you
have
to
become
friendly
to
business.
D
A
So
as
we
close,
we've
had
a
lot
of
sports
analogies
from
rowing
to
to
football,
but
in
and
when
Robin
speak
he
made
me
think
of
I
was
watching
SportsCenter
the
other
day
and
Marshawn
Lynch.
She
was
running
back
for
the
now
Las
Vegas
Raiders
now
scored
a
touchdown,
but
if
you
notice
how
he
scored
that
touchdown,
he
was
running,
but
his
teammates
came
behind
to
really
push
him
over
the
goal
line
and
I.
Think
that's!
What's
indicative
of
what's
happening
here.
We've
made
some
gains.
A
A
So
those
are
some
of
the
things
we're
trying
to
do
going
forward
to
some
of
the
information
and
discussions
that
come
out
of
the
work
of
this
committee
is
also
pushing
us
forward
as
well.
So
it's
not
just
repealing
regulations
and
repealing
aspects
of
code,
but
also
taking
some
of
the
comments
and
suggestions
and
thoughts
and
the
work
of
this
committee
to
got
to
move
us
forward
and
some
of
those
harder
issues
in
represent
how
we
can
move
things
for
at
the
city.
B
Would
say
it's
a
parallel
process.
It's
really
about
the
city
becoming
best
in
class
as
a
place
to
do
business
and
I.
Don't
see
this
ending
anytime
soon
it's
about
repealing,
eliminating
automating,
it's
all
of
that
in
parallel
and
the
people
you
see
sitting
out
there
who
represent
some
of
the
committee's
will
continue
to
push
us
challenge
us
and
courage
and
make
recommendations
on
reducing
the
barriers
and
the
obstacles
of
doing
business
literally
in
a
parallel
process
across
all
dimensions,
repeal
eliminate
automate,
streamline
whatever
it
takes
for
them
to
say
to
us.
A
And
it's
the
fall
at
that
point:
it's
not
just
about
the
repeal
of
code
and
regulation,
but
also
introducing
legislation
that
also
makes
it
easier
for
businesses
to
operate
in
the
city
of
Adelphia.
So
it's
an
ongoing
process,
real
transition
to
like
an
advisory
board
and
continue
to
have
this
dialogue
and
conversations
and
now
we'll
get
to
some
of
the
more
challenging
aspects
of
what
we
need
to
do
to
move
our
city
forward.