And the Chair recognizes Councilman Oh for a motion.
Thank you, Council President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Mr. Decker, read the title of Bill No. 210636-A.
An ordinance amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to clarify the appropriate methods and circumstances of enforcement of traffic violations in order to provide for the fair and transparent administration of traffic violations, prevent racial disparities, and protect public safety, and making certain technical changes.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Thomas.
Thank you, Council President. I just want to make a few remarks before we go ahead and vote on this bill. First of all, I just want to talk about the data and the problem a little bit, and I appreciate everyone's input and testimony today. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING In a 12-month period looking at the year 2018, Philadelphia Police found illegal drugs or guns in less than one percent of traffic stops, as Black drivers were 34 percent less likely than White drivers to be carrying anything illegal but significantly more likely to be pulled over than our White counterpart. The data showed that 72 percent of Black Philadelphians have been pulled over, while 90 percent of driving stops are for code violations that don't even warrant a ticket. We are in a position right now where we are seeing a disproportionate number of people being pulled over, 300,000 people specifically at the year we looked at, and when you found that less than one percent of those stops led to some type of contraband and/or a weapon, we see that there's an issue there. Now, I know a lot of folks are talking about this issue around public Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING safety and impacting public safety. The seven different violations that we are looking at are not violations that impact public safety. I also want people to keep in mind over the last two, four, six or so years that we've been seeing an increase in crimes as it relates to the City of Philadelphia, the current practices were already in place. So I don't see any way that this bill would have a negative impact on public safety here in the City of Philadelphia. The driving equality agenda is something that what we've classified certain Motor Vehicle Code violations as a primary violation, which allows an officer to conduct a traffic stop and essentially name them now secondary violations, which traffic stops will no longer be used as the primary means of enforcement. These are not things that impact public safety. So we're not looking at things like running a stop Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING sign. We're not looking at things like speeding. (Background noise.)
That's my good friend. I give him a pass. Municipalities across the country are developing police reform legislation, and it's been an honor for us to essentially work with a number of different partners. So in the midst of crafting this legislation, I don't want folks to think that this was a one-off initiative. This was a bill that was introduced nearly a year ago. My team worked with law enforcement, along with the Mayor's Office and the Managing Director's Office, to put together a working group to decide exactly what we felt like we can do effectively once we all agreed that this was a significant issue that disproportionately impact people of color. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Similar to the daily consent decree, the driving equality agenda will require police to collect and report information as it relates to traffic stops. The Police Department will maintain digital records of who has conducted the stop, who was stopped, where the driver was stopped, the reason for the stop, and whether or not police action was taken and if contraband or a weapon was discovered. This information will be published on a regular basis and searchable for everybody. So not only will the bill look to address some of the disproportionate number of stops we see in people of color, the bill will also have a transparency component that's going to require a certain level of communication with myself, with other members of Council, and with the general public. The reason I think that that's significantly important is because what we are trying to do is show that we are Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING attempting to do things a little different. This is 2021. We can't do things the same way we did in the past. We have to be more innovative. We have to continue to reinvent ourself, and we have to continue to put ourself in a position where we're listening to the constituents that elected us all and responding to the concerns that's been communicated to us and moving in a way that's data driven. So I want to thank all of my colleagues for your support throughout the course of this process. I've talked to many of you throughout the course of the last couple months. I would love to have your vote for this bill, and I think this is something that is historic that can put us in a position where we're addressing a systemic issue that's been plaguing Black communities not just in Philadelphia but all across the country. Thank you, Council President.
Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Thank you, Councilman. I believe Councilman Oh had some comment. The Chair recognizes Councilman Oh.
Yes, I do. Thank you very much, Council President. And I do want to commend my colleague Councilmember Isaiah Thomas for his innovative efforts. I do not agree with him and I will be voting against the bill. I do want to explain, however, my reasons, particularly addressing our District Attorney's Office, which I am very troubled by their statements. Let me say first that the bill is most likely preempted by state law. Secondly, is probably an illegal bill. And particularly the Motor Vehicle Code, as articulated in a letter to this body July 13th by State Representative Martina White citing the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, which states in its provisions that the Code shall be applicable and uniform throughout the Commonwealth and in all Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING political subdivisions in this Commonwealth, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance on a matter covered by the provisions of this title, unless expressly authorized. And this body is not authorized. The next thing is that this bill makes secondary violations out of, for example, driving without a current registration for up to 60 days because -it's not making it legal. It's still illegal. It's preventing the police from stopping a vehicle and effectively even ticketing that vehicle for up to 60 days. It also prevents the police from stopping a vehicle that is driving without emissions or inspection stickers and other things. And it does not -- it's for all vehicles - trucks, cars, buses. It has nothing to do with the race of the person. The person could be White, Black, Asian, Hispanic. The police are, according to this bill, unable to stop Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING those vehicles. And even if they have insurance, their insurance is ineffective. So if they hit someone, if they get into an accident, if they hit someone on a bicycle or a child, they effectively have no coverage. That is something that would harm the driver as well as the person who is hit. I do think for public safety it's important that our police be able to safeguard our public highways and roads by stopping vehicles that are a danger to the public because they are not inspected, not registered, and not effectively covered by insurance. The final thing I want to say, particularly because of what the District Attorney's Office has said, I oppose and I have outspokenly said I am against improper use of stop and frisk. That's unconstitutional. It's racially oriented. Stop and frisk has a legitimate purpose, provided there is reasonable suspicion, articulable Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING suspicion that a crime has been committed and that the person is armed and dangerous. Then the police have an ability to stop the person and pat them down, not for a -- just to see if there's a weapon. However, police departments, including in Philadelphia, have used stop and frisk unconstitutionally and improperly to simply stop people in neighborhoods, pat them down for drugs, for contraband, for weapons, whatever they want. That is a gross misuse. It's unconstitutional. I oppose it. Everyone should. However, stopping vehicles that are violating the state traffic code is not that. They are stopping vehicles. If there is a disproportionate stopping of vehicles that are not in violation of the driving code, that would be improper. That is as illegal as any other thing. But if they are properly stopping vehicles that are in violation of the Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING driving code, there's nothing wrong with that. And if the insinuation or if the implication is that there are police officers falsely stopping vehicles and using traffic code violations as an excuse, we should know about that and we should correct that. However, a police officer who's intent on stopping something wrongfully could simply say they're driving recklessly.
I think what we want to do is to make the public safe by enforcing the laws. We don't want to pass illegal bills and certainly don't want to subject people in our poorest of neighborhoods to being hit by a vehicle that is uninsured. For that reason, I will be voting against the bill. Thank you very much.
Council President, may I be -- Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING
Hold on. Councilwoman Bass had a question. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Bass.
Thank you, Mr. President. I do want to, number one, I want to thank the author, the sponsor of this bill, Councilmember Thomas, because I know that in all things that he does, his heart is certainly in the right place and he's really trying to make a difference for the citizens of Philadelphia and particularly for those who have had the unfortunate experience of being stopped but really without cause. I overall support this piece of legislation, but I did have a question that I would like for the sponsor to clarify, particularly around the registration. And so I did check in with my own insurance agent prior to this vote now to ask specifically about the Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING insurance effect on registration, and Councilman Thomas, you are indeed right. I was told by my insurance provider that the registration, it is a requirement, but it would not affect the coverage if you are actually in an accident. However, my question is, can you give us some additional detail about the idea that this is -- basically if you're operating your car without a valid registration, you're operating a motor vehicle illegally. And so can you talk to us about the idea that you are operating a vehicle that is not properly registered and is, therefore, operating illegally on the streets within the City of Philadelphia. I was hoping that you could address that.
Thank you, Council President. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Thank you, colleagues, for your questions, and thank you for this dialogue. Councilmember Bass specifically, we've been having this conversation for some time, so I appreciate you bringing it to the floor, because the same questions you have, other constituents in the City of Philadelphia asked. As far as the valid registration, you're absolutely right. When someone does not have a registration, it does not have a negative impact on their insurance, and something can still be done as it relates to incidents take place, insurance can still be covered. Under this legislation, I just want to be very clear. If someone is driving and they do not have registration and their registration has expired, they can still be ticketed, right? Often your registration is ticketed by the Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Philadelphia Parking Authority. Often your registration is ticketed by law enforcement officers who might be foot patrol officers, who might have just walked past your car. You also can look at registration being something that's enforced as it relates to the violation once someone has been pulled over. So similar to a seatbelt, no one is saying that it's not legal to drive around without a seatbelt, but when you look at the type of enforcement, all we're asking the City of Philadelphia to do is to look at the enforcement mechanisms as it relates to these different traffic violations. Now, if someone has committed a crime and there is some type of reasonable cause to be able to pull someone over, none of that would be impacted by this bill. So the idea that public safety will be directly impacted would suggest that our best means of Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING fighting crime is to randomly pull people over and hope that we're lucky to be able to find some type of weapon or contraband. I think that it would be naive of us in the year of 2021 with all the technology and different means and mechanisms that we have to be able to say that our best means of impacting public safety is to randomly pull people over because they might have committed a traffic violation and their skin is a certain color. We know that there are other counterparts. And I want to move into addressing some of the things that Councilmember Oh said. Councilmember Oh talked about the idea that people who are being pulled over are people who committed violations. I wouldn't argue that, but my argument would be when you look at the percentage of people in the City of Philadelphia and you look at the people who commit violations based on Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Councilmember Oh's logic, he's basically suggesting that only Black people break the law, because only Black people are being pulled over. And if you talk to White folks in the City of Philadelphia, which I've talked to plenty of them, their registration expires. Their emission stickers expire. They just don't have the same negative interaction with law enforcement that their Black counterparts do. I want to address a couple other things that Councilmember Oh talked about. He brought up a letter that was sent from a state legislator that was actually dated January 13th, like he said, but that letter was actually sent to Council today. So I want to be clear for the record that that letter was sent to Council today while it was dated January 13th. I also want to be clear for the record that the letter was inaccurate. It talked about nine different violations Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING that we were looking to move from primary reasons to secondary reasons, and that's just not true. There aren't nine violations. There were never nine violations, and the information in that letter, again, is not accurate.
On top of that, the letter also suggests that the City would lose revenue based on finding and feeing poor people and people of color. The Department of Justice looked at what took place in Ferguson and actually said that what was happening in Ferguson was wrong. It was a civil rights violation, and it was something that should be addressed. So for that letter to insinuate that we should continue to fine poor people and people of color to generate revenue for the City of Philadelphia is the exact type of institutional racism that we essentially do not want to have in the City, and it's extremely disappointing that my colleague would say in one breath that he feels like stop and Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING frisk is a significant problem and the exact same breath encourage us to be able to generate revenue off of the backs of poor people and people of color. I want to say again thank you to all of my colleagues for your support throughout the course of this process. I want to be very clear that I've had dialogue with my colleagues, some who communicated they can vote for it, some who communicated they can't vote for it, and others who communicated their concern, but I do want to make sure that we're having authentic dialogue as it relates to what we're doing and we're not playing politics on an issue that violates people's civil rights. I will be more than willing to have a conversation with any state legislator who feels like that this bill is illegal. We've talked to a number of different lawyers, including the Public Defender's Office, the City Solicitor's Office, as well as multiple attorneys, Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING who do say that the City of Philadelphia has our own right as a county to determine how we enforce Motor Vehicle Code violations. This bill will not change the law. This bill will not say that something is no longer illegal. This bill will only communicate how we as a municipality enforce these things that are essentially illegal. Thank you, Council President. I appreciate it. And I'm here to answer any other questions that my colleagues may have before we look to vote on this bill.
Council President, I had an earlier point of information.
I just wanted to say, number one, I wanted to Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING thank the Councilmember for his explanation. I still have some reservations, but the Councilmember has provided detailed statistics in terms of the issue that I'm most concerned about, which is the invalid registration, expired registration, and in those statistics it states that about seven percent of these stops are connected to a registration. So it's not the biggest issue, but still nonetheless, it is an important issue to me. I am going to support the bill today, but only with the agreement. Councilmember Thomas did say that he would continue to monitor the registration numbers and pay attention, and we will revisit this after we have enough data to see if this is a significant problem that we really need to address in a more robust way. So I am going to stand in support of where the Councilmember is today, but with reservations, and he has Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING agreed to work with me on those reservations in the future. So thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Green, you had a point of order? Sorry.
Yeah. Well, a point of information. I just wanted to follow up on a couple things, and I'm going to make sure that my understanding of the bill is correct. In looking at the bill, which is the most recent amendment that I see, I see both the enforcement of primary violations, which allows a law enforcement officer may initiate a vehicle stop and at the discretion cite a driver for a violation, and then enforcement of a secondary violation. It provides information where an officer may initiate a motor vehicle stop for a secondary violation observed within the City of Philadelphia. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING My understanding, and Councilmember Thomas, if you can correct me, that you worked very closely with the Police Department in reference to drafting this legislation. And so my understanding based on your work with the Police Department as well as the City Solicitor's Office, it was deemed that this draft that is before us today is legal from their perspective, both from the Police Department and them saying that this will not impact their ability to enforce the law in the City of Philadelphia based on how this law has been amended, as well as the City Solicitor's Office. Am I correct in that perspective?
Councilmember Green is absolutely correct Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING in his analysis of the legislation and the work that's been done to lead up to this point.
Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Oh, I think you wanted to be recognized again.
Yes. Thank you very much, Council President. I'd like to make a clarification. When I said effectively covered, an insurance policy is a contract between, for example, me and my insurance company. There are conditions to the coverage. So if I get on the road in violation of state law with a car while I have expired registration, expired -- I haven't gotten an inspection, things like that, I have coverage. However, if I get into an accident and the insurance company finds that I was driving with those violations, they can choose to not cover me for violating our agreement that my car and I Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING were not supposed to be on the road. That's effectively the lack of coverage. So while it is technically correct to say, you can say that you still have an insurance policy and you have coverage, that coverage is at risk. And for those who don't believe that insurance companies are eager to give up money, you're taking a great risk and I would say on the greater side of not being covered because your car was in violation of the state motor vehicle code and you were not supposed to be driving it. Therefore, they have a right and ability to deny coverage to you. That's just my clarification. And with that, I think we all understand what's at stake and we're all ready to vote. Thank you very much.
One more point of clarity, Council President. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING
I just want to say again thank you to my colleagues, and I respectfully disagree with Councilmember Oh's perspective of this particular issue, and I also want to just for the record and for public consumption communicate that I'm very accessible. We've had multiple dialogues with a lot of our colleagues who felt like the bill was problematic and had questions and concerns around the bill, and most of my colleagues decided to have that conversation before we came for a vote today. So I feel like if Councilmember Oh as well as other people who he communicated communicated to us and if they had legit concerns about the bill and they really felt like that this was something that would impact the public safety of the citizens of Philadelphia, it's probably not best to wait until the Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING day of when we're actually going to vote for it to be able to have that conversation. So all of these questions could have been answered. We could have put Councilmember Oh in a position where we could have had this conversation so he understands what we're trying to do as well as -- or what we're not trying to do as well as any other letter that might be referenced here today. So thank you, Council President. I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to provide a moment of point of clarity. Thank you.
Thank you. Reading through the bill once again, Councilmember Thomas in his Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING legislation makes reference to various matters under the state code, and my understanding -- I just want to make sure I understand this fully -- that at no point is a police officer in the City of Philadelphia prohibited from enforcing the state code within the City of Philadelphia. They are doing enforcement for a primary violation through a citation or they're doing an enforcement of a secondary violation, which may enable that officer to initiate a motor vehicle stop for a secondary violation. So my understanding, my reading of the legislation is that officers within the City of Philadelphia have the full ability to enforce all of the traffic laws within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the City of Philadelphia. The difference is doing an enforcement by way of a citation as opposed to a vehicle stop. Am I correct in that reading?
Councilmember Green again is correct, and Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING we are as a Council body continuing to work on different innovative ways of enforcement of Motor Vehicle Code violations, such as addressing noise ordinances and other issues that constituents in Philadelphia have communicated to us as a concern. So thank you, Councilmember Green, for the clarity. And thank you, Council President, for allowing us to address this issue in depth. We appreciate it.
Absolutely. The people's house always has a very transparent public conversation about these matters. It's very important for us to do this. Okay. Mr. Decker, read the title of the bill again just for the public.
Bill No. 210636-A is an ordinance amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to clarify the appropriate methods Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING and circumstances of enforcement of traffic violations in order to provide for the fair and transparent administration of traffic violations, prevent racial disparities, and protect public safety, and making certain technical changes.
Thank you. This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, please call the roll.
Councilwoman Gauthier. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. The ayes are 15; the nays are two. A majority of all members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, please read the title of Bill No. 210635.
An ordinance amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to require the maintenance and reporting of certain information related to vehicle stops.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Mr. Decker, call the roll. Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Decker, let me correct that vote. It was 14; two. I forgot that Councilman Henon wasn't here. For the record on Bill No. 210636-A, the vote is 14; two. Thank you. On 210635, this bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, please call the roll.
Councilwoman Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Gilmore Richardson.
Aye. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. The ayes are 15; the nays are one. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, please read the title of Bill 210681.
An ordinance approving the 2021-2022 Neighborhood Preservation Initiative Program Statement and Budget, which addresses the expenditure of $100 million by various agencies in the first year of the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative Program, and approving a Substantial Amendment to the Annual Action Plan 2021 through 2022, the City's consolidated housing and housing-related expenditures plan, to incorporate the Program Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Statement and Budget into the Action Plan.
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.
Aye. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING
Council President Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Clarke.
Aye. The ayes are 16; the nays are zero. A majority of all members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 210682.
An ordinance authorizing the City Treasurer, on behalf of the City, to enter into an amendment to an agreement with Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania for provision of payroll banking services to the City.
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.
Councilwoman Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Brooks.
Councilwoman Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Parker.
Aye. The ayes are 16; the nays are zero. A majority of all members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, please read the title of Bill No. 210684.
An ordinance authorizing, generally, the continued issuance and sale by the City of Philadelphia of Gas Works Revenue Notes Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING of the City, prescribing the form of notes and providing for their execution and payment, pledging certain revenues of the Gas Works as security, adopting a rate covenant and directing the imposition and collection of rates and charges sufficient to comply therewith, prescribing the conditions precedent to the issuance of specific series of notes, including a resolution passed by the Bond Committee providing for establishment of credit support for notes, providing for designation of a fiscal agent and sinking fund depositary, providing for the establishment of a sinking fund and its management, providing for remedies upon default, and providing for amendments and modifications.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, call the roll.
Councilwoman Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING Bass.
Councilman Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING O'Neill.
Aye. The ayes are 16; the nays are zero. A majority of all members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, do you have any additional resolutions?
A resolution Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to conduct hearings to identify barriers and solutions to permanently preserving community gardens and open spaces in the City of Philadelphia, introduced by Councilwoman Brooks.
Thank you, Council President. I want to take a moment to thank my colleagues for supporting my office through the introduction, passage, and now enforcement of the Renters' Access Act, which went into effect in the City of Philadelphia yesterday. I especially want to thank Councilmembers Gauthier, Gym, Henon, and Thomas who co-sponsored this legislation and were early supporters of the bill. And I want to thank the Community Legal Services for their early partnership and expertise in crafting this legislation. Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING The Renters' Access Act regulates the tenant screening and application process so that applicants are given a fair shot at securing housing. It ensures that families are not forced into homelessness or into dangerous living situations solely because of an old eviction filing, low credit score, and an inability to pay bills during COVID-19 emergency period, an inaccurate credit report or another incomplete depiction of an applicant's financial situation. And when there's transparency and accuracy built into the tenant screening process, both renters and landlords have a clear picture of how decisions are being made and why. I see the enforcement of this legislation as an important step towards achieving housing justice and racial justice in Philadelphia. What this law asks landlords to do is engage in a holistic assessment of applicants. This breaks down many of the Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING structural barriers that have kept poor and working-class people of color out of the rental housing market for decades, and now eviction records disproportionately affects and impacts Black women and their families and can make it nearly impossible to obtain private rental housing. This law evens the playing field and gives them a fair shot. My team has been working hard with local stakeholders to create clear guidelines and outreach materials so renters are aware of their rights and landlords have clear information on what is expected of them. We have already begun circulating these guidelines, and it will be uploaded shortly to the L&I, Philadelphia Commission on Health and Relations, and Fair Housing Commission's websites. I want to invite my colleagues and the public to share these resources so that these laws are widely and fairly Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 10/14/21 - STATED - 2ND READING enforced so our constituents are guaranteed clear pathways to securing rental housing. Thank you so much, Council President, and I move for the adoption of this 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 other resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. That concludes our Calendar for Stated Meeting October 14, 2021 today, and prior to recognizing members regarding speeches, I just want to note for the record at this time we will use the Chat feature available in Microsoft Teams to allow members to signify that they wish to be recognized. In order to comply with the Sunshine Act, the Chat feature must only be used for this particular purpose. So with that said, speeches on behalf of the minority? The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Brooks.