The next speaker is Lucia Dimascia. (Witness approached podium.)
Hello. Good afternoon. My name is Lucia Dimascia. I was born, raised, raised a child, and I still live in the Harrowgate section of Philadelphia. I also want to let you know that I've worked at overdose sites, I've worked at shelters, and I also walk the streets of Kensington, and what I see is just horrible. You cannot live. We cannot walk the streets without seeing uncapped needles, children watching this in the developmental years and thinking Stated Meeting 95 9/14/2023 that it's normal. I was trying to make my way to the library, McPherson Square, and I had to walk in the street in Kensington Avenue. I was told to walk in the street by people that were living on the sidewalk. I am empathetic, I am sympathetic, but I stand with my neighborhood and say that we have had enough, that our quality of life needs to be restored. I am for recovery. I am for people getting help, but Kensington-Harrowgate is not the place to have a safe injection site. I'm not for safe injection sites. I see how -- I saw how inappropriately the organization that I worked for was run. I have facts. I've been there, I lived it, and I know that it's not run properly. So I stand in passing Lozada's bill. Thank you. Stated Meeting 96 9/14/2023 (Applause and booing.)
The next speaker is Catherine Chill. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. Thank you so much for giving me a few moments to speak on behalf of Chill Moody and the Mann Center. I'm Catherine Cahill. I am President and CEO of the Mann Center, and we are thrilled to be here with you today in honoring Chill Moody. We created at the Mann our first-ever Community Artist-in-Residence program and invited Chill to become our first community artist-in-residence due to his impeccable career, his leadership, and being one of Philadelphia's proudest Stated Meeting 97 9/14/2023 hip-hop artists, of who we salute and honor today. We asked Chill to be our first-ever community artist-in-residence to help us with educating our young people, so many who are anxious to learn and to create, and Chill happily said yes to this invitation, and for the last year, we've been working in partnership with Chill, and you'll hear more from him about his role at the Mann Center. But most recently he has been serving in our Music Industry's Training Program at Overbrook High School, where he is a graduate. He's been helping us to curate our free HBCU Festival, the first ever done by the Mann in May. He has curated our Young People's Concert, a free series for our young people as well. He also led and curated our Voices of Hope Celebration on the eve of Juneteenth to celebrate Black excellence, and also he is an award-winning composer, Darin Atwater, who Chill worked with to create Stated Meeting 98 9/14/2023 a new work to celebrate hip-hop at the Mann, and that composition and that work was free. It was sold out to our community, and it made it to the top cover of both the Daily News and the Inquirer, if you saw that recently, something we're very proud of. Chill is an amazing artist, a great collaborator, a friend of the Mann, and we join you in celebrating him and recognizing his artistry and importance to Philadelphia. Thank you, Isaiah Thomas. Thank you to our wonderful Councilman, Curtis Jones, and to all of the Council for your support of both the Mann Center, the importance of arts in education, and what we do for our community. And, Chill, we're so proud of you. Chill.
The next speaker is Chill Moody. Stated Meeting 99 9/14/2023 (Applause.)
Good afternoon. Good afternoon, everybody. How y'all feeling? Y'all good? First and foremost, I want to say thank you to Councilman Isaiah Thomas and Donna Miller [sic] and the whole staff and the whole City Council. It hit a little different when the City is behind you. I can honestly say that. I really appreciate, you know, this proclamation today. As Catherine was telling you, we've been doing amazing work over at the Mann Center all year and throughout the West Philadelphia community as well. Our work with PHL, Juneteenth, working with the students at my alma mater, Overbrook High School. I usually get a little applause Stated Meeting 100 9/14/2023 when I say that. (Applause.)
Working at my alma mater, Overbrook High School, with the Music Industry Training Program, as well as connecting with the Philadelphia Orchestra and world-class composer Darin Atwater for a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration of Black metropolis. I'm honored to be here today. I'm blessed to have this light shined on me. I don't know. I just feel -- it feels really good that the City continues to amplify my message and empower my mission. I don't take any of this lightly. I just want to say thank you all, and hopefully I can, you know, stand here as an inspiration for anybody trying to make a dream become a reality. I always just stand as a message to remember we still got time. Stated Meeting 101 9/14/2023 Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you for your testimony and thank you for your work.
The next speaker is Alfred Klosterman, commenting on 230410. (Witness approached podium.)
My name is Alfred Klosterman from Harrowgate. I'm here to speak in favor of the legislation restricting so-called safe injection sites. In speaking with my neighbors, we agree that these sites will be another insult to our long-suffering community. For too long, Kensington-Harrowgate has been used as containment areas for the City and region's opioids addicts. We didn't ask for this, and we suffer daily for the decisions made by others. Now Stated Meeting 102 9/14/2023 some people want to add injection sites to this mess. Along with the primary issue of addicts living on our sidewalks, we have a serious secondary issue of service providers for the addicts. Along with the needle giveaways, we have mobile providers feeding, comforting, and otherwise supporting the addicts, leaving us with mountains of trash, these services and attraction drawing yet more addicts to our community. We don't want any more. The City allowing these services for the addicts led to the destruction of the residents' quality of life. Most of these addicts come from elsewhere in the City and beyond. Kensington is seen as a place to allow these activities because we're the City's poorest community as well as one of the most diverse. To a lot of people, we don't matter. Enough is enough. We're tired Stated Meeting 103 9/14/2023 of being a dumping ground for this behavior. We certainly don't want any more drug users attracted by the injection sites. We call on the City to end this tragic situation and send these addicts home from our streets. In closing, proponents of these sites who are not our community members simply have no right to insist we take on this added burden. Only we community members can decide what's best for our own community. We don't want your addicts or your injection sites. We are not your damn colony. (Applause and booing.)
The next speaker is Neyda Rios, commenting on 230410. (Witness approached podium.)
Thank you, everyone. I thank God first for allowing me to be Stated Meeting 104 9/14/2023 here today. I had suffered two minor strokes without knowing it, and I just give him the glory, the honor, and the praise for allowing me to be here today. I thank our Councilmembers for also giving us the opportunity to speak as a community and to support us. I'm here representing the Friends of McPherson, Friends of McPherson Library group and also Harrowgate, as I live in Harrowgate, but also I'm on the Advisory Board of the Friends of McPherson group. On a daily basis, we have to deal with different situations, and I'm going to testify as far -- we're not against, we are not against safe injection sites. We are against our rights are being taken away, our rights to be able to make the decision of having to deal with things, of having things pushed on top of us. We are not here to say, no, we don't believe these people should get Stated Meeting 105 9/14/2023 help. Yes, they should get help, but also we shouldn't be objectified, we shouldn't be forced to deal with the needles and deal with the trash and deal with having people steal our things that we so work hard for. The other day, I think it was Tuesday, we went to the Advisory Board McPherson meeting. On the way as I was driving from the library, I look over and I see a squirrel walking on top of two gentlemen. I immediately told my daughter, who was with me, no, something is wrong, let me hurry up and get around there. I got into the -- parked on the grass and reached up to the library to send Narcan down, and immediately we started the life-saving necessity of giving -- of calling 911 and also having the Narcan ready in hand, doing the first aid procedures first, and it was administered. The person after a while finally did wake up. 911 got there Stated Meeting 106 9/14/2023 afterwards. So -- yes. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate everybody for -- I just wanted to say we're not against it. We're just against things being pushed on us. Thank you.
The next speaker is Ed Baker. (Witnesses approached podium.)
We're from the Pennsylvania Innocence Project and we're here to plead our case. My name is Walter J. Ogrod. I spent 28 years, the last 24 years, on Stated Meeting 107 9/14/2023 death row for a false conviction of killing a child. I was released June 5th, 2020.
Hello. My name is Alfredo Domavitch (ph). I was convicted for homicide and I served 18 years in prison.
I'm Ed Baker. I got out 1999. I did 27 years for a crime that I did not commit.
My name is Lance Felder and I was convicted for a murder that I did not commit and I did 17 years in prison.
My name is John Moore. I served 27 years in prison for a crime I did not commit. And together we served a combined number of 117 years of incarceration for something that we did not commit.
I want to talk about the impact of us. I don't want to say me. I want to say us, the impact of us being incarcerated for a crime that we Stated Meeting 108 9/14/2023 did not commit. It was trying for me, the brothers, everybody, the sisters that, you know -- it was hard on us and our families. When I came home, I had to live with my sister because I ain't have nowhere to go at. My mom passed away, so I didn't have nowhere to go at. And my sister, she had kids, so the rooms was limited, so I had to sleep on the couch sometimes. I had to make sure that I did not, you know, eat all the food, because, you know, the kids had to eat too. You know, and the bills is piling up, so I really couldn't help my sister with the bills. So when I finally had got a job, I had tried to get an apartment on my own and I got denied because I had a criminal charge. They didn't have no idea that I got exonerated. So, you know, it's hard. It's really hard, the struggles that we had to go through on coming home, you know. We Stated Meeting 109 9/14/2023 got people that been paroled. They get housed at halfway houses or, you know, they find them jobs. Us guys, we come home, they just kick us right out and we, you know, out here fighting for ourself. Like this brother right here did how much, 27 years, and you just kicked him out to this world and we're just out here lost. We're just asking, you know, that everyone help us pass this bill and, you know -- I can't -- I can't talk right now. I'm sorry. (Applause.)
Thank you all for your testimony, and you have our support. Thank you. (Thank you.)
There are no other speakers, Mr. President. Stated Meeting 110 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING
That concludes today's public comment. We will now consider the bills and resolutions on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. I would ask Mr. Decker, please read the title of Resolution No. 230432.
A resolution calling on Safehouse, the United States Department of Justice, and the Mayor to halt implementation of supervised injection sites in the City of Philadelphia, to involve community groups and other branches of city government with differing views to participate in settlement negotiations, and to enforce the previous holding from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Harrity for a motion on the resolution.
I'm sorry. I move for the adoption of the Stated Meeting 111 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted. Mr. Decker, 230186-A.
Hold on. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Brooks.
I just would like to be recorded as voting nay on the resolution.
Councilwoman, thank you. Your vote shall Stated Meeting 112 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING be recorded. Thank you.
Bill No. 230186-A, an ordinance authorizing an increase in the non-electoral indebtedness of the City within the Pennsylvania constitutional limit; authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes.
Thank you. This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, call the roll.
Councilman Driscoll. Stated Meeting 113 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. Stated Meeting 114 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. The ayes are 14; the nays are zero. A majority of members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, please read the title of Bill No. 230410.
An ordinance amending Chapter 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts," to add an overlay zoning district pertaining to injection sites for narcotics.
Thank Stated Meeting 115 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING you, Council President. I will be voting no on this proposed overlay to ban overdose prevention centers. In the mix of an overdose crisis that is destroying families and communities, we should not be banning a tool that could save lives. We should make decisions based on evidence-based public health research, tools that have been proven to be effective, and lived experience. As many of you know, my support for overdose preventions comes from my own life experience. I have watched addiction take hold of people I love. I have been through the trauma and devastation that comes with it. In my family, we have suffered violence, cruelty, and loss caused by addiction. We have raised children of addicted parents who are absent or in prison or we have mourned loved ones who died early deaths. And I know from experience that people with addictions Stated Meeting 116 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING are not easy to live with and they're not easy to love, but when it's your family, you don't have a choice. You keep loving them, you keep rooting for them, and you keep hoping that they will live long enough to make it to recovery. According to research, a third of Americans fear that someone in their family will die of an opioid overdose, and I live with that fear every day, and I know many of you do too. It's an important reminder that this crisis does not just impact people who use drugs. It impacts the entire family. I've seen people I love make it to the other side of their addiction, and it takes courage, faith, support, and time, sometimes a lot of time. But for thousands of people in Philadelphia with addictions and for the millions of people who love them, time is running out. The rise of the drugs like fentanyl and xylazine are cutting lives short at an Stated Meeting 117 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING alarming rate. The number one cause of death for people under 40 in Pennsylvania is accidental overdose. Nationally this rate has skyrocketed over the past five years, and the devastation is accelerating in Black and brown communities. In 2021, Philly had twice the number of overdose deaths than homicides. I'm going to repeat that again. Philly had twice the number of overdose deaths than homicides. And our city is finally treating the gun violence crisis with the urgency this deserves, and why are we failing to treat the opioid crisis with the same urgencies? These are preventable deaths that we are failing to prevent. Across the country, the overdose crisis is getting worse, and many of the approaches we've tried, from declaring war on drugs to locking up millions of Black men, have all failed Stated Meeting 118 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING and what we are doing is not working, and this ban does nothing to address the overdose crisis and it offers no hope for the countless people who are praying for their loved ones to live long enough to make it to recovery. With the crisis this daily, my focus is finding -- my focus is on finding the strategies that will prevent people from dying, and I can't support permanently banning a tool that is proven to save lives. Thank you so much, Council President. (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Lozada.
Thank you, Council President. As I stated earlier this Stated Meeting 119 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING morning, I will not apologize for making the voice of the people who live in my community a priority. I was elected to represent them. If we were paying attention as we were hearing public testimony, the majority of the individuals who were in support of the bill do not live in the Kensington-Harrowgate community. (Applause.)
It is disturbing to me that those voices, the voices of the people who don't have to deal with the day-to-day trauma that our children and our community have to deal with, it is disturbing to me that they think that their voices should be heard louder than those who walk those streets every day. (Applause.) Stated Meeting 120 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING
I want to thank the people in the Kensington-Harrowgate community who came out today, who continue to stand up, who continue to be compassionate and empathetic to those who are suffering in addiction. It is -- I want to say thank you to you, and I want to apologize to you, because as a government, we have allowed that. And we together, together will find a solution to improve the quality of life for all of us, because we all matter. We all matter. We are all important. (Applause.) (Audience members yelling out.)
I want to thank my colleagues, I want to thank my colleagues for making a very difficult decision.
Yo, Stated Meeting 121 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING we're not having that. If you want to speak, you had your opportunity to speak. Just respect the people speaking. That's all we ask. Councilwoman, please.
Thank you. I want to thank my colleagues for making a very difficult, unpopular decision to co-sponsor my bill. I'm grateful for all of the support that I have received from each one of you in my short time here. I respect, I respect people's opinions. Councilwoman Brooks and I have had conversations about this, and although we don't agree, we are respectful to one another. I would like for those of you who don't live in the Kensington community to be respectful of those individuals who are raising their families there and who experience and are impacted by what they go through every Stated Meeting 122 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING day. Thank you, Council President.
Thank you. We're going to call the vote. Thank you. Mr. Decker, you have read the title of the bill. This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, please call the roll.
Councilman Driscoll. Stated Meeting 123 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. Stated Meeting 124 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. The ayes are 13; the nays are one. A majority of members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you all for your participation. Mr. Decker, do you have any additional resolutions?
A resolution recognizing the week of September 18 through 24 as "Diaper Need Awareness Stated Meeting 125 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING Week" in Philadelphia, introduced today by Councilman Phillips and Councilman Harrity.
I just want to simply say that we need to do the best we can do to ensure that women and children have the opportunity to have -just families, diapers and so forth and the importance of supporting this initiative. So I want to thank all the colleagues for making this happen. Thank you. I motion -- excuse me. I motion for the passage of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.) Stated Meeting 126 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution honoring and congratulating the Champion of the Week, Chill Moody, a West Philadelphia born Hip Hop Artist and entrepreneur for being the first Community Artist in Residence at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, introduced today by Councilman Thomas and Councilman Jones.
Yeah. Council President, I want to also echo the sentiments of my colleague Councilman Isaiah Thomas in honoring an extraordinary rap artist, Chill Moody, who represents the City of Philadelphia in the finest of matters. Stated Meeting 127 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING He also has been a guest of the Point Breeze Community Appreciation Day, but I also was proud to watch him become a, I guess you call it, a rap curator at the Mann Music Center. And so these congratulations and this honoring of him is very, very well deserved. And, most importantly, Council President, he's a well -- as a young man, he conducts himself like a very, very fine young man, like how he carry himself, how he go about his business. And he also has his own beverage drink called Nice Things. So for those that like -- y'all that like to drink beer, I want to encourage you to get a copy of Nice Things. Thank you, Council President.
Thank you. Councilman Thomas, call for a motion.
Thank you, Council President. Stated Meeting 128 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING Thank you, colleagues. I move for the adoption of the resolution. And I want to thank my co-introducer of the bill, the District Councilperson, Councilman Jones. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution supporting the National Minority Business Development Agency by recognizing October 2 through October 6, 2023 as Philadelphia Minority Enterprise Stated Meeting 129 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING Development Week, which provides critical information, resources, opportunities, and inspiration to the minority business community, introduced today by Councilman Jones.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution authorizing the City Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings Stated Meeting 130 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING examining "three strikes you're out laws" and to understand their potential impact on retail theft in Philadelphia, introduced today by Councilman Jones.
Thank you again, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Councilman Johnson, did you need to speak?
Yes, Council President. Last comment for the Stated Meeting 131 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING day. I do want to commend my colleague for this resolution, because part of the strategy and why we're talking about the issue of addiction and we talk about safe injection sites is because part of the failed policies that enable individuals to steal up to a certain amount of dollars before they're actually held accountable is why we see the continuously of stores being robbed pretty much day in and day out. And so hopefully this will be an opportunity for us to force the issue on -- I mean, you know, my approach is the carrot and the stick. If you don't want to get into a treatment program, right, it should be mandatory, right? That's how you get long-term treatment as opposed to allowing the situation to fester, right? And I'm speaking from just -- I mean, we all grew up in Philadelphia, so we all had somebody in our families or somebody -- seven degrees Stated Meeting 132 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING of relationships that we've seen either pass away, deal with addiction. And so it's not new to us. This didn't just all the sudden happen. I come from a generation of the crack epidemic, right, and we didn't have safe crack houses, just to be quite frank with you, and we lost a generation of young people to that epidemic. But this all goes toward how this next train that we're going to have around retail theft and enabling individuals who go on in the store, need to get their fix, so I'm going to keep robbing you so I'm going to continue to get high, and part of that is based upon that policy that says you can steal up to a certain amount before you will be held accountable. That has to go. So thank you, Chairman Jones, for introducing that resolution, and we look forward to a robust conversation around how we address that issue. Thank you. Stated Meeting 133 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Brooks.
Mr. President, I would like to be excused for Council business, and I vote aye on all bills and resolutions.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Let the record reflect Councilwoman Brooks has been granted leave and is voting aye on all bills and resolutions. Mr. Decker, go ahead.
And a resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, honoring the lives of those lost, and recognizing the Reverend Arthur Price Jr., Philadelphia native and pastor at 16th Street Baptist, for his continued work on behalf of the community, introduced today by Councilman Stated Meeting 134 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING Johnson.
Thank you, Council President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution authorizing the Committee on People with Disabilities and Special Needs to hold hearings regarding the issues, challenges, and misdiagnoses for children and their families dealing with Stated Meeting 135 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, introduced today by Councilwoman Vaughn.
Mr. President, I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution authorizing the Committee on Neighborhood Services to hold hearings regarding the use of ZIP Codes as a proxy for discriminatory actions by businesses and Stated Meeting 136 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING other service providers, introduced today by Councilman Harrity.
I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution authorizing and ratifying Councilmember O'Neill's appeal, on behalf of and as representative of City Council, of the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment with respect to 2901 Grant Stated Meeting 137 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING Avenue, introduced today by Councilman O'Neill.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution honoring Rafael Villamil for his outstanding work and advocacy regarding art in various forms, representing his childhood in Santurce, Puerto Rico and his adopted hometown of Philadelphia, Stated Meeting 138 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING Pennsylvania, where he lives and continues this important work around the importance of Latino art, introduced today by Councilwoman Bass.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution calling on the Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings regarding traffic calming measures in the City of Stated Meeting 139 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING Philadelphia and the status of the implementation of speed cushions, bike lanes, delineators and other tools to decrease pedestrian injuries and fatalities, as well as property damage, introduced today by Councilwoman Bass.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
There are no Stated Meeting 140 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING other resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar, Mr. President.
Thank you very much, Mr. Decker. That concludes our -- almost concludes our Calendar for today. We will now move to our special business, also known as a veto override of Bill No. 230448. We will proceed with the consideration of Bill No. 230448, which was passed by Council at its June 22nd, 2023 session, which was returned disapproved by the Mayor at today's session. The Chief Clerk will please read the title of Bill No. 230448.
An ordinance amending Chapter 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts," by amending Section 14-514, entitled /FNE, Far Northeast Overlay District, Section 14-515, entitled Northeast Overlay District, and Stated Meeting 141 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING Section 14-524, entitled Fourth District Overlay District, by creating regulations for Medical Marijuana.
Thank you. This bill having been read on two different days -- Councilman Jones, did you -
Okay. This bill having been read on -did you want to be recognized?
First day back. This bill having been read on two different days was duly approved by City Council on June 22nd, 2023 and was returned to Council by the Mayor disapproved at today's session. The question is shall Bill No. 230448 pass notwithstanding the Mayor's disapproval. Please note that a vote of aye Stated Meeting 142 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING is a vote to override the Mayor's veto. A vote of nay is a vote to sustain the Mayor's veto. And, Mr. Decker, please call the roll.
Aye. Stated Meeting 143 9/14/2023 9/14/23 - STATED - 2ND READING