Aye. STATED MEETING 65 11/3/2022 11/3/22 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. The ayes are 13; the nays are zero. A majority of members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, 220658.
An ordinance to amend Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising certain provisions of Chapter 14-500, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts," by creating the "/NBO, Nelson Brown People's Village Overlay District." STATED MEETING 66 11/3/2022 11/3/22 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones for an amendment to Bill No. 220658.
Thank you, Mr. President. On your behalf, I would like to offer an amendment to Bill No. 220658. A copy of that amendment has been circulated to all members, and I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. All those in favor of the motion will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Bill No. 220658 has been amended, and Bill No. 220658, as amended, will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our STATED MEETING 67 11/3/2022 11/3/22 - STATED - 2ND READING next session of Council. Mr. Decker, please read the title of Bill No. 220662.
An ordinance to amend Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising certain provisions of Chapter 14-500, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts," by creating the "/NHO, Nehemiah Homes Overlay District."
Thank you. The Chair again recognizes Councilman Jones for an amendment to Bill No. 220662.
Thank you again, Mr. President. On your behalf, I would like to offer an amendment to Bill No. 220662. A copy of that amendment has been circulated to all members of Council, and I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. All in favor of the motion STATED MEETING 68 11/3/2022 11/3/22 - STATED - 2ND READING will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Bill No. 220662 has been amended, and Bill No. 220662, as amended, will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. Mr. Decker, 220813.
An ordinance amending Bill No. 220051-A, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-4116 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled '2021 Public Health Emergency Leave,' to establish additional leave time under certain circumstance, modify existing provisions concerning the paid sick leave, and make technical changes," to clarify the modifications to The Philadelphia Code intended to be made by the Bill, and make technical changes. STATED MEETING 69 11/3/2022 11/3/22 - STATED - 2ND READING
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 STATED MEETING 70 11/3/2022 11/3/22 - STATED - 2ND READING Johnson.
Aye. The ayes are 13; 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? STATED MEETING 71 11/3/2022 11/3/22 - STATED - 2ND READING
A resolution honoring and congratulating Champion of the Week, the Imhotep Institute Charter School STEM students and faculty, for their heroic work in providing 3D printed water filters to residents of Jackson, Mississippi, in a water quality crisis, introduced today by Councilman Thomas.
Thank you, Council President. I think that their testimony --
Thomas. I'm sorry. I think I said Councilman Johnson. The Chair recognizes Councilman Thomas. I'm sorry. My fault.
Thank you, Council President. I think their testimony moved all of us, and I'm glad they're here today and we appreciate the work, and I move for the adoption of the resolution. STATED MEETING 72 11/3/2022 11/3/22 - STATED - 2ND READING (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
And a resolution recognizing and honoring November as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Month in Philadelphia and honoring organizations, advocates, and City workers for their work supporting Philadelphia's most vulnerable, introduced today by Councilwoman Bass.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of this resolution. STATED MEETING 73 11/3/2022 11/3/22 - STATED - 2ND READING (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
And a resolution recognizing the month of November as Financial Awareness Month in the City of Philadelphia, 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. STATED MEETING 74 11/3/2022 by saying aye. (Aye.)
There are no other resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. It is time for speeches, and are there any speeches on behalf of the minority? (No response.)
Speeches on behalf of the majority? The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Gauthier.
Thank you, Council President. I wanted to start by publicly STATED MEETING 75 11/3/2022 my colleague, Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson, for his victory. I am so ecstatic for you and your family, and I'm glad to have you back in Council. (Applause.)
Next I'd like to speak about Tiffany Fletcher, the community member and Parks and Recreation staffer who -(New microphone given to Councilwoman Gauthier.)
Thank you very much. Thank you. I'd like to speak on Tiffany Fletcher, the community member and Parks and Rec staffer who tragically lost her life after being caught in a shootout at the Mill Creek Recreation Center. I want to once again extend my sincere condolences to Tiffany Fletcher's family. I am just so sorry for their STATED MEETING 76 11/3/2022 happened in September, I've spoken to many people who knew and loved Tiffany, and one thing that everyone could agree on was how big her heart was. That big heart was a big part of the reason that she took on the role with Parks and Recreation maintaining the pool at the Mill Creek Recreation Center. It was important to her that the kids and her community had a clean and safe playground all year round and access to a pool so that they could cool off and have fun during the summer. Because she spent so much of her time supporting her community, this Council recognized Tiffany for her work with Parks and Rec and the impact that that work had on the larger community with a citation at her funeral service. Today I also introduced a bill to rename the Mill Creek Recreation Center to the Tiffany Fletcher Recreation Center in her honor. It seemed fitting to do this as a STATED MEETING 77 11/3/2022 woman with the big heart who dedicated her time and her career to investing in our children. It is my job as a Councilmember and the job of this entire body as elected officials, along with other elected officials in Philadelphia, to stop the gun violence in this city that took Tiffany's life and has taken 416 other lives so far in 2022. And I know that there is nothing that I could say or that anyone can say that would take away the pain that Tiffany's family and so many others are feeling as a result of the senseless violence that's going on in our communities, but by renaming the Mill Creek Recreation Center in her honor, it's my hope that this center will stand as a permanent reminder of the love that Tiffany had for her community and that her life mattered. I'd also like to thank and recognize all of our hard-working staff at Philadelphia Parks and Recreation for STATED MEETING 78 11/3/2022 on an everyday basis to make public spaces safe for children and families in Philadelphia. So thank you so much.
Thank you, Councilwoman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Gilmore Richardson.
Thank you, Council President. I too want to welcome back my big brother, Kenyatta Johnson, welcome you back to Chambers, and I want you to know that your test is just a testimony to show many what happens when you put and you keep God first. I also wanted to make the announcement that this week, two of our new Community Evening Resource Centers have opened and are servicing youth in the City of Philadelphia. The Community Evening Resource Centers have expanded to now four sites, and these centers were made possible by all of you, colleagues, STATED MEETING 79 11/3/2022 we have with DHS in the Philadelphia Police Department. The centers are a community-based prevention tool to help keep youth engaged from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., and the evening programming includes homework support, yoga classes, sports, cooking instructions, movie nights, drone classes, financial literacy classes, and peer mediation. Programs also emphasize conflict resolution, violence prevention, mentoring, and service linkages for the young people and their families. The sites that are now servicing youth in the City of Philadelphia, and I'll name them with their respective police divisions, are the Juvenile Justice Center in the 8th Council District, 100 West Coulter Street, 19144. We also have IDAAY, which is the Institute for the Development of African American Youth in your Council district, Council President, located at STATED MEETING 80 11/3/2022 2305 North Broad Street, 19132. And as always, we have our first two Community Evening Resource Centers, Dixon House at Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance, formerly known as Diversified Community Services in Councilmember Johnson's district, and then also Community of Compassion at 62nd and Cedar in Councilmember Gauthier's district. So we now have four Community Evening Resource Centers open to service youth who can go voluntarily and some who will go involuntarily, and my goal is to have a center in every single police division here in the City of Philadelphia. So thank you, colleagues. Thank you for your support, and please spread the word about a positive, safe space and resource for young people and their families. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Good job. STATED MEETING 81 11/3/2022 Johnson.
Yeah. Thank you, Council President. First, I just wanted to acknowledge I have some supporters and community leaders who showed up -- I didn't expect to see them -- here today who spent the last couple weeks with me, and I just want to thank them personally for taking time out of y'all's schedule and joining me here today. And I just want to also personally take a moment and thank each and every one of my colleagues personally today for your text messages, your calls, your words of encouragement, your prayers, and just want to personally say it feels good to be back in this beautiful, magnificent body and to work toward pushing the City of Philadelphia forward and just wanted to personally say thank you to everyone. Thank you. STATED MEETING 82 11/3/2022 (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you, Councilman, not just as a Councilman, as a true friend. The Chair recognizes Councilman Thomas.
Thank you, Council President. And like everybody else said, welcome back, Member Johnson. I did want to just elaborate a little bit on the NIL bill that I introduced earlier. First of all, I want to take a moment to thank all of my colleagues who co-sponsored it, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Driscoll, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Brooks, Councilmember Gauthier, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Gilmore Richardson, as well as Councilmember Squilla. Leading up to this bill, we did STATED MEETING 83 11/3/2022 relates to the impact that we feel like this could have on young people, and when you look at three major sports right now, two of our teams are playing tonight, with the Eagles as well as the Phillies in the World Series, and then when you add basketball to that, we were able to identify over 40 athletes who started off as students in the City of Philadelphia. Most recently, last night the San Antonio Spurs allowed, I believe, Jordan Hall, who is a Philadelphia native, to enter his first NBA game and to play his first NBA game as he was called up. The reason that this is important, and we talked about it yesterday when we had the press conference, is that a young person without the proper support could sign a contract at the age of 15, 16, or 17 that could give somebody the legal rights to their image for 5, 10, 20 years or the STATED MEETING 84 11/3/2022 This Council body is stepping up as the first legislative body in the entire country to make sure that every child has the resources that they need to put themself in the position to be able to sign a quality contract, to understand the fiscal responsibilities, and to make sure that they're not signing their self away to something that might -- that they might end up regretting later on. Some of these athletes include Kahleah Copper, who was the WNBA finals MVP, who this body recognized. If you went back and looked at Kahleah in high school, everybody couldn't predict that that's where she would be. If you look at a guy like Will Parks, who is playing for the New York Jets right now, when he was in high school, everybody didn't know that he was going to be a professional football player. So I just wanted to reiterate STATED MEETING 85 11/3/2022 bill, the importance of the protection of our youth and young people. When we give young people the support, the resources, and the protection that they need, the students who testified here today have shown us that our children are not only the future, but they can blow us away right now with the work that they're doing. So I wanted to, again, thank all of my colleagues for your support with the NIL bill. We are very proud of what we are doing as it relates to fighting for our children, as it relates to leading the nation with this conversation, and we look forward to continuing the work to make sure that our young people have every platform and every opportunity to be their best self and to maximize their potential. Thank you again, colleagues, and thank you, Council President.
STATED MEETING 86 11/3/2022 so much, Councilman. That completes our speeches for today and our Calendar, and I'd like to take a moment to wish Councilwoman Bass a happy birthday a little early. (Applause.)
Wow, you're younger than I thought. I thought you were 22.
There you go. Claim it. Claim it. Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman STATED MEETING 87 11/3/2022 to adjourn.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, November 17th, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been seconded that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, November 17, 2022, 10:00 a.m. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
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