My name is Medina Rashid and I'm here in support of Resolution No. 180669 introduced by Councilwoman Parker calling for the creation and erection of a statue honoring Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. Although the resolution is being held, I want to ensure that all Councilmembers know that there is Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 community support for this initiative. I really want to speak in the meantime on her support of the Philly pre-K program as well as her support in the Muslim community in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia. We love you, Councilwoman Cherelle Parker, for all of the work that you have done and the efforts that you have made in our Muslim community. Thank you so much.
Jennifer Storm, commenting on 190258. (Witness approached podium.)
Hi. My name is Jennifer Storm. I am the Victim Advocate for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I want to first acknowledge the resolution condemning the cowardly and hateful acts Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 that occurred during the swearing-in ceremony of Movita Johnson Harrell. I was on the floor with Movita and her family, as she is one of my dearest friends, and I was absolutely appalled that her historic day was hindered by bigotry and ignorance. So I want to thank you for acknowledging that. (Applause.)
She is also a fierce victim advocate, so I am also here on behalf of the resolution for Marsy's Law. I want to once again thank this body for taking time to acknowledge crime victims. This is the second resolution that you have passed during National Crime Victims' Rights Week. We do have good victims' rights in Pennsylvania. The problem is is that we have rights without recourses. So when a crime victim's right is violated, there's nothing they can do legally to amend that right. I would ask you that if you Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 have a right but you have no recourse, do you really have a right? I want to thank this body specifically for always standing up for crime victims, for helping us in our efforts to amend the Constitution to ensure that every single right that a crime victim has in Pennsylvania is afforded at the highest level of law. You are truly champions today for acknowledging this effort, and we appreciate it very much. Thank you.
Hello. My name is Curt Krouse and I'm joined by Lindsay Frei, and we represent the Eastern Pennsylvania Hemophilia Foundation. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 We're here to support and thank Councilman Johnson for the resolution that recognizes Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 as World Hemophilia Day. World Hemophilia Day is an international awareness day for hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. The whole bleeding disorders community comes together to celebrate the continuous advances in treatment, while raising awareness and bringing understanding and attention to the issues related to proper care into the wider public. The bleeding disorders community in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia area is blessed with four outstanding hemophilia treatment centers at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is also home to Spark Therapeutics, a world leader in Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 gene therapy research for the hemophilia community. Eastern Pennsylvania Hemophilia Foundation would like to show our support for the bleeding disorders community in the United States and around the world on World Hemophilia Day. The dome of the State Capitol will be lit in red, and in Philadelphia, Boathouse Row, FMC Tower, and the Cira Centre will also be lit in red. Now with this resolution, Philadelphia will once again let the world know that we are a loving and compassionate city that truly cares. So thank you for this opportunity.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019
My name is Emmanuel Bussie. I'm speaking on Bill No -- in support of 190027. Ready to start my timer? Are you ready? All right. So I just want to start first by saying thank you, Council. I really do. You worked with us over the past year and a half, and I'm happy to say that now we've come to some consensus on a lot of issues. I want to thank you guys. But I need you also to know that we do this public a disservice when we only tell half of the truth, when we only tell half of the story. It's like we praising Cherelle Parker as a Councilperson. Let's say she owned a grocery store and I want to make some soup, and Cherelle and her grocery store sell me great carrots and she sell me great stock and celery, but then she sell Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 me bad meat. So I'm praising her because she sells the kids and children great vegetables but selling this bad meat. We all know that the Kenney Administration is wrong for taking that $22 million contract from that black-owned company in Philadelphia and giving it to a Chicago-based white company just because they couldn't give it to Elliott-Lewis. We all know that Bobby Henon, that Rich Lazer, and Johnny Doc cut the deals to give it to Elliott-Lewis before Jim Kenney was even elected Mayor. This body and this City Council cannot stand for that. They lost that contract or were disqualified from that contract over the submission of two pages? So they submitted a 327-page proposal for a contract they had for over 17 years and was disqualified for two pages electronically filed that the City just implemented just for the first time. So they implement a process for the first Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 time. The contractor that had the contract for 17 years applying to it for the first time. They omit two pages and they get disqualified, because you want to give it to Elliott-Lewis, a white company? City Council can't put up with that. It can't stand for that. Cherelle, you can't be a hero and a champion for black people some of the time. We need you to be a hero all of the time. You can't make -
Mr. Bussie, speak to the issue, not to the person.
All right. You can't make passionate speeches and disguise fancy passion and rhetoric for intelligence and caring when you actually discrediting the black community and black and brown people by allowing Jim Kenney to do the things he do up in our community. You got to tell the whole truth, Cherelle. You got to tell the Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 whole truth, not just some of the time, but all of the time. You can't be a champion and Johnny Doc give you permission. You got to be a champion for us all the time. Thank you.
Paul Singly, commenting on 170408. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon, Council President Clarke and members of City Council. My name is Paul Singh, and with fellow business owners Edward Bonilla, 5th Supermarket; Joselito Vinas, Eight Brothers; Eunice Ali, Mediterra Grill; Latifa Chung Salivi; Manzoor Chughtai, 7-Eleven owner, who has closed one store; Samir Saber Kababish; Denny Dong, Riley Deli; Morhaf Yousef, Quick Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 Stop, we are in support of 170408 curbing the suspension of elementary-aged students. I support increasing educational funding for our children, but do not think that the Philadelphia beverage tax is the right way. I own International Foods and Spices located in Councilwoman Blackwell's district. I have owned this business for 31 years. We specialize in importing hard-to-find foods from many cultures. The beverage tax has impacted the sales of my business and I only order a quarter of the amount of products, beverage drinks, that we originally sold. Just an example, a case of juice that we used to sell for 14.99 with the tax now added $6 and the cost has risen to $21, and nobody wants to pay a 30 percent markup on a product. The beverage tax has driven customers away. The taxes and fees for operating business in the City of Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 Philadelphia are increasing, but the profits are decreasing due to misplaced taxes like the beverage tax. Tracking the tax is also expensive. My accountant is charging more for his services for the effort of tracking these new costs, and I can't blame him for that. He's doing extra work. My distributors are not large and sophisticated enough to track the extra expenses, so if I want their product, I have to figure out the tax on my own. So please repeal this tax and help us stay and do business in the City of Philadelphia. Thank you. (Applause.)
So I see the next three people are here to talk about school suspension. The next three names on the list, I really would like you to kind of like at a minimum start talking about school suspension Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 before we get into beverage tax or any other issue. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. We're here to talk about school suspension?
My name is Mohar Yousef and I'm here to support Resolution 170408 prohibiting the suspension of the elementary-aged student. I support increased education funding for our children, but I'm not -but I do not think the Philadelphia beverages taxes is the right way. I own Quick Stop located in Council Squilla district. I have owned the store for almost 25 years. My current gross sales almost decreased by 50 percent. Before the taxes, I have -- before the beverage taxes, I have almost 14 employees. After Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 the taxes now, maybe I have nine, sometimes seven, depends on that week. Sometimes I thought I'm doing something wrong as businessman. Sometimes I think there's something wrong. Then when I talk to my supplier sometimes coming to the store to give us supplies, they say it's all over the City. It's not only in my store. I'm here just -- I just -please, I just here just to tell you please repeal that tax so maybe we can continue our businesses.
If you want to talk about -- if anybody wants to talk about the beverage tax, Monday 4:30 is the public testimony for anything relating to the City's budget. So just for everybody who wants to talk about anything related to the City's budget, 4:30 is public testimony here. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 So you can speak extensively about the beverage tax or any other tax in the City of Philadelphia, just for the record. Thank you, sir.
Denny Dong, commenting on 170408. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. My name is Denny Dong. I am in support of 170408 for prevention of suspension of elementary-aged kids. I'm here representing my mom's little shop, Riley Deli. We're located in District Nine. As much as I'd like to see all the extra help to help our kids, our young generation growing up, I'm also Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 against the uses of the Philadelphia beverage tax. I'd like to increase educational funds, but I don't like the way it's being done, especially since we're in a store two blocks away from another county, affecting our business 25 percent of our beverage. We're just a small eatery, a small ma-and-pa shop. I'm not trying to do much other than, please, Councilpeople, can you relook at it, see what else you could do. It's just hurting us. We're working very hard for just a small shop. Thank you, and I hope you guys have a nice one.
My name is Fernando Suarez. I represent The Small Business Union. We just saw a few people here that are small business owners, but I represent 1,000 of them. There's about 2,300 grocery stores in the City of Philadelphia.
Are you going to talk about the school suspension?
I support the Bill 170408. Definitely we need to educate, educate, educate, especially our children. Our city is taught by that, but with the beverage tax, the sugar tax, I do not agree that that's how it should be funded. If we take these 1,000 stores that I represent -- and I'm here during tax season. This is my heaviest time. These business owners cannot be here Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 right now. They used to have employees, and I'm doing their tax returns this year. I see they are reporting less employees, less sales by about a general 30 to 40 percent less. We are a billion-dollar industry, just these 1,000 stores. If you multiply a billion dollars by 30 percent, start taking a look at the tax dollars that we're losing as a city. This year alone, there was reports from the Inquirer there was hundreds of millions of dollars misallocated here in the City of Philadelphia. I want you to take a look at the numbers on the big scale, not just one store at a time. If we added all the store owners that really should be here, it would be 1,000 or 50 or 60 or 70 more, but they can't. They're employing less people and they're sitting behind their cash register. They can't be here today. I want you to understand, they would be here today, and that's what I Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 represent. Please take a look at the numbers all added up together. The City of Philadelphia is decreasing its revenue just because of this. It's not increasing it. It's really coming down. I support the education. I support the preschools. We all need that. We need to take care of our children, but it's affecting our economy here in the City of Philadelphia. Thank you.
Good afternoon. My name is Manuel Joquez. I have been a store owner for since 1996. I'm also here to see if we could repeal the City tax of Philadelphia. I'm here for school education. Actually on my way here, I Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 actually call back home, one of the center back home, because I'm concerned on the education of my country, but here we need to repeal the City tax, ax the tax so we can help the business owner. I'm also here with Fernando Suarez in unison. Please repeal the tax. Thank you.
Edward Bonilla, commenting on 170408. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. My name is Joselito Vinas. I support the Resolution 170408. I support increasing educational funding for our children, but do not think that the Philadelphia beverage tax is the right one. My family, we own several store called the Eight Brothers in the City of Philadelphia. The beverage tax has caused a drop down sale of 30 to 40 percent of business, beverage sale tax. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 I'm also concerned about all the businesses being able to survive. Philadelphia, West Philly shop closed down and all the business have closed down because this tax is really, really hurting us. And not only the stores, it's also hurting the community because (unintelligible), it's the citizens of Philadelphia who pay the taxes. It's really hurting -- like every day I see 30 or 40 or 50 kids come into my store to buy lunch for their school, and I see every one of them kids buy a sugar drink and they have to pay -- I say I gonna have to collect the 30 cent on a bottled product -- they have to pay 30 cent more than what they should really be paying. I think that you guys need to look at that, and I need you guys to really look and repeal that tax. Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony. (Applause.) Stated Meeting April 11, 2019
Meenal Raval, commenting on 181063. (Witness approached podium.)
Hi. My name is Meenal Raval here today speaking on Bill No. 181063 known as PGW's public-private partnership for an LNG project. I'm here to remind you again that many, many groups are still opposed to this project. We remain opposed to this project from a public health perspective. People unable to breathe the air in their neighborhoods, air fowled by fossil fuel emissions. We also remain opposed to this project from a climate perspective, that physics demands that we must not invest in any new fossil fuel project. We remain opposed to this project from a financial perspective as well. It does not appear that it will be making as much money as advertised. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 Just a reminder, this project is not needed to heat our homes. This project is not needed. We, therefore, recommend that we cancel this project and ask that each of you vote no on Bill No. 181063. I ask that we focus our energy on transitioning PGW to a more sustainable entity, one that does not require it to sell more and more gas to remain viable. I also wanted to share with Councilmember Reynolds Brown that Chicago passed a Ready for 100 resolution this week. Chicago. What is keeping you, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, from introducing a similar resolution for Philadelphia? When can we meet with you about this?
Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. (Applause.)
Joe Danihel, commenting on 190195, 190240-A, 190238, Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 190262, 190260, 190265, and 190264. (Witness approached podium.)
This is an official decree of the people in writ of mandamus quo warranto and, as such, requires immediate action and remedy. Every week, Council, Mayor, Governor, and others transfer private property to the government, probably illegally. If God created man and gave man undeniable and inviolable rights, can public servants refuse their sworn duty to God? According to President Lincoln, the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution, just like Council every week. Can a servant steal God-given rights from their master? Clearly, Black's Law must change its definition of master and servant. When bonded officials violate Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 secure houses, persons, and effects, their bonds are forfeited. Attorney General McSwain stated, failure to perform a known duty or task is illegal. No attorney people know this action as treason. If committing one crime one time would land normal people in jail, why has the Attorney General Shapiro refused to prosecute? The constitutions require immediate remedy of this breach of law, breach of close, breach of fiduciary duty. Your oath of office requires you to act or face prison. 42 USC 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 18 USC 241, 242, 2381, 2384, PA Constitution, Article I, Sections 1 through 28, 26 PA CSA 703, 705, 708, 709, 711, 712, 713, 716, 902, and other laws listed in SCOTUS 15-8965, 14-1330, 14-4056 appear violated. I call on the federal and Commonwealth governments to perform their constitutional obligation to investigate Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 and prosecute all involved in the theft and illegal deed transfer of my home, 1038 West Wyoming Avenue. The denial of God-given 42 USC 1982 property rights for 25 years is egregious, extraordinary, oath-violating, and requires immediate remedy. A just government --
This color of law government must have its Charter to govern revoked --
-- until a constitutionally compliant government is installed. And the State of Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth gives you five minutes Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 to speak.
Michael Smith, commenting on 180669. (Witness approached podium.)
State your name for the record. Just state your name for the record.
Michael Smith. I was trying to reach out to you for a long while now. I finally got here, thank God. The thing I would just say about this lady -- I don't really know this lady, but I support it if I know the whole record, but I don't really know her record, what she did good and bad, you Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 know what I mean, in her histories, but I don't have no problem supporting people if she did the right thing. But I have also other things to say at this moment too. Philadelphia politics, past and present, I have some things to say. Fairness must be constantly demonstrated regardless of stats. Too many old wounds and policies don't equate to these modern-day problems. Racial equality has to be addressed in all institutions, levels of government -- all levels of government federal, state, and local. Police reform, judicial system, parole requires addressing past and present corruption. It needs to be addressed in this presidential election. Confront our past leaders to be held accountable, like Governor Rendell, who has a safe house. He wants to be on both sides of the law where how can he -- you trying to eat on this side of the law now when you -- some of your instances he was Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 fair, but some of the instances he wasn't. I know a guy they call Wiggins, still in prison right now. Y'all talking about prison reform. March 14 you had a celebration, but it's incomplete. You know what I'm saying? I got ideas. I been there. I've been on both sides with y'all for ten years with the party. Where the party have to be right now? Imma say this: The media is the problem right now too, because the media not covering the stories, like Brother Bussie said. They're not covering the stories properly. They're telling your side. Now the police call -- now, I got in a situation before I told you about. The media was there. ABC was there. How come they cut apart the part about me when the cop assaulted me? See, this is what the problem is. You can't -- y'all can't keep saying you're for the law, but then you don't show up when it ain't convenient. That's Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 what the problem is. Be fair all the way around. See what I'm saying? My brother, he tried to tell him on that 22nd.
I know good people on all jobs. I'm not mad at the police. There's good people and bad people.
But all these institutions, like some of your offices, some of y'all got to do overviews more.
S. Muhammad, commenting on 180669. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. Yeah. Again, all I want to say is is that we got rich Muslims and we got poor Muslims. We got rich people. We got poor people. And rich people don't feel the blunt like poor people do. Philadelphia is the poorest biggest city in the country. Forty-five percent of the people living below the poverty level. Four murders every night. Highest murder rate in ten years. Twenty-six cranes in the City. One percent of the contracts, five percent of the jobs. Just came out this morning that the City will be raising taxes in 2020. The Mayor said that the Office of Property Assessment messed up on the assessment of properties in poor neighborhoods, but yet they haven't stopped the Sheriff Sales. It's just unfair and unbelievable. I think we acted within Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 our rights last time we were down here testifying at the hearing, because we are fighting for our lives and we're fighting for our homes. You're taking our homes. You're just doing everything. People are being murdered in the City every night. Nobody is doing nothing about it. All you hear is no suspects, no motive. It's unacceptable. People are getting murdered. Our children are being murdered. Just had a little child commit suicide just because he was being bullied in school, 11 years old. Nobody is addressing the real problems. You're talking about across the street with those business owners underground. What Philadelphia does is, they put their poor people underground, and it's unacceptable. And the same thing that we were saying, only thing what we're saying is the same thing even with Councilman Domb, we don't want his salary for our children. We want him to pay his share of real estate taxes, just Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 like you want us to pay our share. You give $140,000 a year to our children in salary. We don't want no 140,000. We want the $5 million that you own in property taxes. Pay your taxes and we'll be able to keep our schools open. All that about pre-K and all that, everything they're talking about poor -- making poor people pay for rich people for their children to go to pre-K, making us buy soda and sugar to pay for our children to go to pre-K, it's unacceptable when this City has a $360 million surplus. Spend that money. Spend that money. Spend that money. In other words, spend the money and just straighten all this mess out and stop running this city on the backs of poor people.
They say that we acting -- that we acted wrong and then says Councilwoman Cherelle Parker is Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING unfit for City Council. And her anger and everything else, the way that she acts, her unprofessionalism, every time I come down here the way that she's acting up down here on the floor --
There are no other speakers on the public comment list, Mr. President.
Okay. We're going to proceed with our Calendar. Mr. Decker, 190240-A.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 2511 North Orkney Street located in the Seventh Councilmanic District. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones -- I'm sorry. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for its adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190240-A is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190258.
A resolution urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to pass Marsy's Law, which will enable Pennsylvania voters to codify the rights of crime victims and their families in the Pennsylvania Constitution. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown.
Yes, Mr. President. Co-sponsored by Councilwoman Parker. We've been working on this for 18 months. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Resolution 190258 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190259. (Applause.)
A resolution opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Engineers' proposed revised definition of "Waters of the United States" and urging the Agencies to preserve the 2015 Clean Water Rule, which includes wetlands, headwaters, and intermittent and ephemeral streams in the definition of "Waters of the United States."
The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190259 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190262.
A resolution Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 614 West Allegheny Avenue located in the Fifth Councilmanic District.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190262 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190236.
A resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2224 through 2238 North Tenth Street.
The Chair again recognizes Councilman Greenlee.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190263 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190264.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 2831 West Harold Street Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING located in the Fifth Councilmanic District.
The Chair again recognizes Councilman Greenlee.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190264 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190265.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1235 West Cambria Street located in the Fifth Councilmanic District. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190265 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190268.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3411 North 7th Street, 3247 Tampa Street, 3133 Hurley Street, 2727 Waterloo Street, and 2518 North Hope Street located in the Seventh Councilmanic District.
The Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Chair recognizes Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.
Thank you, Council President. I move for its adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190268 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190275.
A resolution also naming Broad Street from Venango Street to Butler Street as "Reverend Dr. Leon Sullivan Way" to honor the ministry of Reverend Dr. Leon H. Sullivan and his legacy of social and economic justice in Philadelphia.
The Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Chair recognizes Councilwoman Bass.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for its adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190275 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190277.
A resolution urging the Community College of Philadelphia's administration, faculty, and support staff to quickly resolve their contract dispute to ensure the best possible education for their students.
Thank you very much. I move for the adoption of the Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190277 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190038.
A resolution appointing Betsy Oliphant Ross to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190038 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190039.
A resolution reappointing Richard Goldberg to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
The Chair one more time recognizes Councilman Squilla.
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 say aye. (Aye.)
Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Those opposed? (No response.)
The ayes have it. 190039 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190221.
A resolution reappointing Michael Woodward to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190221 is adopted. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Mr. Decker, call 190083.
An ordinance amending Chapter 20-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Political Contributions and Expenditures," to add and make changes to provisions regarding campaign contributions; contributions to transition and inauguration committees; and campaign finance disclosures.
Thank you, Mr. President. I offer an amendment to Bill No. 190083. A copy of the amendment has been circulated to all members of the Council, and I thank Councilmember Green for his collaboration on it. I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. The amendment to 190083 has been moved and seconded. All those in favor of said amendment. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190083 has been amended. It will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. Mr. Decker, do you have any additional resolutions?
A resolution Celebrating Lindsey Harding for Her Historic Appointment as the First Woman to Coach for the Philadelphia 76ers, introduced by Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
Thank you, Mr. President. Philadelphia has broken the glass ceiling in sports. I move for the adoption. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and the ceiling is broken. (Applause.)
And a resolution recognizing April 2019 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Celebrating the Extraordinary Efforts of WOAR Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence, introduced by Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.) Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution remembering and celebrating the life of Audrey Johnson Thornton, introduced by Councilman Jones. Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you, Mr. President. Before I call for the adoption of this resolution, my good friend and colleague Councilwoman Reynolds Brown and I almost wrestled in the hallway to figure out who should adopt this, and it was -- and you were on it too. You defer it to the District Councilman. I appreciate it. But it would have been truly appropriate for Councilwoman Reynolds Brown to introduce and move this through all of the members of Council, but particularly the female members of Council. Ms. Thornton was in a class by herself. She sat upon the top of the Belmont Plateau in the Belmont Mansion and gave a whole nother level of professionalism, advocacy for history in the City of Philadelphia and a passion to restore an otherwise less than loved Stated Meeting April 11, 2019 4/11/19 - STATED - 2ND READING building. She spent a great deal of her life fighting for that property, also recognizing its role in bringing to the forefront our history in this city. She will be missed. She could never be duplicated, but there is a group of young ladies she gave birth to that are going to do a yeoperson's job of trying to carry on her legacy. So with that, Mr. President, I call for a standing acknowledgment of the passing of this resolution. (All Councilmembers standing.)