Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
There are no other resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. That concludes our Calendar. And at this time, I would ask if there are any speeches on the part of the minority. The Chair recognizes Councilman Oh.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. I just wanted to give a last request that anybody who believes they are musically talented, whether they are a professional musician or someone who is just hoping to be a musician one day, you have until next week, September 30th, to submit on our website, www.phllive.org, your music video. It can be simply something you cell phone, but you can win $1,000, perform in front of 6,000 people, thanks to the Dell Music Center, free studio recording time and other prizes. So please don't miss this opportunity. It's all about the creative economy in Philadelphia. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilman. I refuse to respond to that, sir. I had something really funny to say, but I'm not going to go there today. I'm not going to go there today. The Chair recognizes -- any speeches on the part of the majority? And the Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.
Thank you, Mr. President. Very quickly, two announcements. One, tonight we will be honoring the new President-elect of the American Bar Association, Paulette Brown. It will be in Conversation Hall tonight 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Many Councilmembers will be joining us. This is a big thing and a first for the Bar Association. The second announcement is that many members of Council will be participating in MED Week in various workshops, including yourself, but Councilman Oh and I are co-venturing on a not red state, not blue state but a green state of inclusion for all companies. He's been all around the world and now he's back, and we will be dealing with the opportunities at the Commonwealth level for small businesses. The title of the workshop is the Commonwealth As Your Partner, and we will be on Tuesday, September 30th, 6 o'clock at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, 200 South Broad Street, 7th floor, and we would like all to come out to hear about what opportunities are available and what opportunities are proposed at the state level. you, Mr. President.
Thank you very much, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
Thank you, Mr. President. As a followup to Councilman Oh's exciting talent venture, I'm going to make a public appeal that next year when you do this, you will include different genres of dance so that that performing arts as well can be celebrated. I have two announcements. In 2010, Mr. President, my office and I took a closer look at the disposal of prescription drugs, and the reason why we did this was our discovery that every year 2.1 million children ages 12 to 17 report prescription drug abuse. Further, we learned that in 24 metropolitan cities, including Philadelphia when our water was tested, drinking water, 56 different pharmaceuticals were found in so the good news is that Councilman Denny O'Brien joined us and raised the bar on this again, and as a partner with him, we want to remind our listeners and our viewers that this Saturday, September 27th, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. is National Drug Abuse Disposal Prescription Day, and we're asking everyone and, most notably parents who have children, that they seek to dispose drugs in a way that's proper and correct. And then, secondly, in keeping with MED Week, for the sixth consecutive year my office will be joining with PIDC to bring together about three dozen small business people down at the Navy Shipyard, which still offers enormous opportunity, and we'll be giving a full-panel presentation followed by a tour of that fabulous economic engine down there. Thank you, Mr. President.
you, Councilwoman. And the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.
Thank you, Mr. President. Later this afternoon the Special Commission established by the Mayor will be publicly releasing a report. There's been already much discussion about this. I personally want to thank all the members of the Commission who represented both from the academic world, the building trades, and the contractors for spending countless hours in the discussion about how do we improve the public safety of the City of Philadelphia. The report has many items that are synergetic to what the task force, led by this Council, established by you, Council President, discussed and provides some insights on some potential other ideas and national best practices. I look forward to working with the Administration and my Council colleagues briefing. Many Council folks post the task force, our City Council task force, has been working on many issues, Councilman O'Brien and Councilman Henon, and some of the Commission reports will support some of the work that's been ongoing and will highlight others. The most important piece is that this Council in the last budget cycle recognized that ultimately it is about priorities and resources, and I believe that the additional resources given to L&I have allowed the Commissioner to establish some reforms that have also led to much progress. Can more be done? Absolutely. I think that this report and the work that's been done by this Council will continue to keep in the forefront the enormous task that we have in terms of the public safety as it relates to construction sites. So today's report and recommendations will be well received, and I look forward to a process that we them, dialogue them, and implement further reforms in addition to providing additional resources for the Department of Licenses and Inspections. So thank you.
Thank you, Councilwoman. That concludes our speeches on behalf of the minority and the majority, and the Chair now recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown for a motion to adjourn.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and seconded that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 10:00. All those in favor? (Aye.)
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