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Stated Meeting, May 12, 2022

Philadelphia City CouncilMay 12, 2022

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Council President Clarke

Those opposed? (No response.)

Council President Clarke

The ayes have it, and Bill No. 210685-A has been amended. Bill No. 210658-A, as STATED MEETING 63 5/12/2022 5/12/22 - STATED - 2ND READING amended, will be placed on our Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. Mr. Decker, please read the title of Bill No. 220186.

Chief Clerk

An ordinance amending Chapter 21-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Community Development," by adding new provisions related to workforce housing programs, amending the applicability period, and making other technical changes.

Council President Clarke

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.

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Councilwoman Bass.

Councilwoman Bass

Aye.

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Councilwoman Brooks.

Councilwoman Brooks

Aye. STATED MEETING 64 5/12/2022 5/12/22 - STATED - 2ND READING

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Councilman Domb.

Councilman Domb

Aye.

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Councilwoman Gauthier.

Councilwoman Gauthier

Aye.

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Councilwoman Gilmore Richardson.

Councilwoman Richardson

Aye.

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Councilman Green.

Councilman Green

Aye.

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Councilwoman Gym.

Councilwoman Gym

Aye.

Chief Clerk

Councilman Johnson is voting aye. Councilman Jones.

Councilman Jones

Aye.

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Councilman Oh.

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Councilman O'Neill.

Councilman O'Neill

Aye.

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Councilwoman Parker.

Councilwoman Parker

Aye. STATED MEETING 65 5/12/2022 5/12/22 - STATED - 2ND READING

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Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.

Councilwoman Sanchez

Aye.

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Councilman Squilla.

Councilman Squilla

Aye.

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Councilman Thomas.

Councilman Thomas

Aye.

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Council President Clarke.

Council President Clarke

Aye. The ayes are 17 [sic]; the nays are zero. A majority of all members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 220261.

Chief Clerk

An ordinance amending Section 20-101 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Residence Requirements," by clarifying that temporary residents outside the City, including for military service or STATED MEETING 66 5/12/2022 5/12/22 - STATED - 2ND READING educational purposes, does not prevent a person, including a police recruit, from meeting the Residence Requirement.

Council President Clarke

This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, call the roll.

Chief Clerk

Councilwoman Bass.

Councilwoman Bass

Aye.

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Councilwoman Brooks.

Councilwoman Brooks

Aye.

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Councilman Domb.

Councilman Domb

Aye.

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Councilwoman Gauthier.

Councilwoman Gauthier

Aye.

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Councilwoman Gilmore Richardson.

Councilwoman Richardson

Aye.

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Councilman Green.

Councilman Green

Aye. STATED MEETING 67 5/12/2022 5/12/22 - STATED - 2ND READING

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Councilwoman Gym.

Councilwoman Gym

Aye.

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Councilman Johnson is voting aye. Councilman Jones.

Councilman Jones

Aye.

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Councilman Oh.

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Councilman O'Neill.

Councilman O'Neill

Aye.

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Councilwoman Parker.

Councilwoman Parker

Aye.

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Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.

Councilwoman Sanchez

Aye.

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Councilman Squilla.

Councilman Squilla

Aye.

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Councilman Thomas.

Councilman Thomas

Aye.

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Council President STATED MEETING 68 5/12/2022 5/12/22 - STATED - 2ND READING Clarke.

Council President Clarke

Aye. The ayes are 17 [sic]; 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?

Chief Clerk

I do, Mr. President. A resolution authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to examine the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on professional services, specifically barbershops and beauty salons; to assess the impact of the SABER grants administered by the Commerce Department; and to explore the creation of a new specialized grant program for barbershops and beauty salons, introduced today by Councilwoman Parker.

Council President Clarke

The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Parker. STATED MEETING 69 5/12/2022 5/12/22 - STATED - 2ND READING

Councilwoman Parker

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)

Council President Clarke

It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)

Council President Clarke

Those opposed? (No response.)

Council President Clarke

The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.

Chief Clerk

And a resolution recognizing May 14, 2022 as "Letter Carriers Food Collection Day" in the City of Philadelphia in Honor of their annual "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive, introduced today by Councilwoman Parker.

Council President Clarke

The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Parker. STATED MEETING 70 5/12/2022 5/12/22 - STATED - 2ND READING

Councilwoman Parker

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)

Council President Clarke

It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)

Council President Clarke

Those opposed? (No response.)

Council President Clarke

The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.

Chief Clerk

And a resolution authorizing the Committee on Children and Youth to hold hearings addressing the findings of the Enough is Enough Students Against Gun Violence Campaigns survey which aims to address the experiences of Philadelphia high school students surrounding gun violence in the city, introduced today by Councilman Thomas. STATED MEETING 71 5/12/2022 5/12/22 - STATED - 2ND READING

Council President Clarke

The Chair recognizes Councilman Thomas.

Councilman Thomas

Thank you, Council President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)

Council President Clarke

It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)

Council President Clarke

Those opposed? (No response.)

Council President Clarke

The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.

Chief Clerk

There are no other resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar, Mr. President.

Council President Clarke

Thank you very much. That concludes our Calendar for today, and we will now move to our STATED MEETING 72 5/12/2022 the minority. (No response.)

Council President Clarke

Being none, speeches on behalf of the majority?

Councilman Oh

I have a speech on behalf of the minority, Council President.

Council President Clarke

I'm sorry.

Councilwoman Brooks

So do I, Council President, but Councilmember Oh was first.

Council President Clarke

Sorry, Councilman.

Councilman Oh

No problem. We're still in the minority, Council President.

Council President Clarke

It's a good minority, though, you know. There's minority and then there's a good minority. You all are good minority. The Chair recognizes Councilman Oh. STATED MEETING 73 5/12/2022

Councilman Oh

Thank you very much, Council President. I've been on Council, I think, ten years. I think so. And every year it's been a mystery to me how we arrive at our assessments. Sometimes it's not that big a deal, and other times it's a huge deal. I remember when our city went to like 10 percent increase of assessments. That was pretty shocking. Some homes went up 200 percent. It was hard to explain, because we looked block by block at identical houses on the same block, the identical land, and the assessments were so very different in unexplained ways. Bigger homes were lower assessments, smaller homes larger assessments, homes that were assessed way beyond what they appeared they were worth, other homes that were purchased at very high sale prices were assessed lower than the sale price on the same block. I actually published a picture STATED MEETING 74 5/12/2022 to each other, both assessed at like $100,000, and then the following year, one assessment went down and the other assessment went up to like $300,000. Nobody is going to pay for these homes for $300,000. No way. They're not in a location, a geographic location, where that would make sense. They're right next to each other. They're rather run down. There's no amenities like a great school district. You know, it's high crime, all that type of stuff. It does not make sense. I believe as people receive their assessments and for a whole bunch of other people when they get their tax bill, they're going to start looking at the other houses on their block and find incredible differences, unbelievable differences. You know, we did an audit, Council did, and the audit came back that the methodology was below industry standards. OPA says they did an RFP, got STATED MEETING 75 5/12/2022 audit, and now they're above industry standard. I find that to be very difficult to accept. I think it would be a third party in a system of checks and balances, like City Council, that would authorize an audit, and if the audit came back, it was above industry standard, okay, then that's something that I could accept. At this point in time, I have no confidence in this process. I find it to be a continuing problem, and I will say that I am drafting a letter to the City Controller. I am asking her to examine this process, to look at how OPA arrived at its values. The methodology is one thing, but what's the actual process, what is the evidence. I want to see the math. I want to see the paperwork that shows what this is. It is astounding that when we look at the rates of increase, it is the STATED MEETING 76 5/12/2022 neighborhoods, the most crime-ridden neighborhoods that have some of the highest increases in values, over 50 percent. Now, the median household income in the City is about $40,000, but in many of our neighborhoods, people are not making 30 or even 25, and to double their taxes, it's a huge amount. And it is incumbent on the Office of Property Assessment to come and show and prove that these assessments are accurate. I hear from them assessments, which to me are based on the idea that certain people will pay a maximum rate for a home, but that's not everybody, and that cannot be used universally. If someone is going to benefit from living in that house, then they are willing to pay more than that house is worth, but that house is only worth a certain amount, because it has to be universal to anybody. It's not just to some people who will benefit because of the job they STATED MEETING 77 5/12/2022 they have. It has to be that that is the actual value of the property.

Councilman Oh

I will finally say that I intend to introduce a bill, and I certainly encourage my colleagues to consider the same or working together, but I think this is such a critical issue that it's not something that we can just adjust some of the LOOP and some other things and only help a certain number of people. I think the result of this assessment is going to drive people out of their homes, and that's not something we want to do. But I look at my own neighborhood where we're in the second highest assessment increase. Not even the first highest. I mean, we're talking about North Philly. We're talking about these locations for the highest, but within Southwest Philly, some of the blocks are up almost 90 percent, 90 percent, and they don't have great STATED MEETING 78 5/12/2022 schools, they have murder, they have high crime. People can't come out of their homes. They don't have any amenities. They have dumping. They have all kinds of problems. I live right there. And while I can afford to pay twice my real estate taxes, they cannot. That is a huge percentage of their annual income, annual income. It would have to be proven to me that this is the actual value of the home, that someone will actually give them $300,000, $400,000 for the house, because I wouldn't pay for it. I don't know who would. What I do think is that when they go into sheriff sale, someone will purchase that home for a lot less than that, put a lot of money into it, and sell it for a million dollars. That's not what assessments should be. I don't know what is going to happen here, but I just want to let the Administration know and the City know STATED MEETING 79 5/12/2022 I don't believe it. I have no confidence in it. I tremendously doubt it. And I think for the sake of our residents, we're going to have to fight this thing. We're going to have to, in my opinion, just my opinion, really lower, lower the tax rate to offset the damage that this assessment is going to do to families and vulnerable people and seniors and single mothers and people trying to recover from this pandemic. We're really going to have to lower this tax rate to offset the tremendous harm, and talk about the increase in gun violence, frustration, domestic abuse, drug addiction. Every bad thing that is going to harm this city is going to come from the resulting taxes. And if our goal is to just replace our citizens with wealthy people, this is a good way to do it. Thank you very much.

Council President Clarke

STATED MEETING 80 5/12/2022 you, Councilman. Before I call on Councilwoman Brooks, I just want to make one correction. I guess I was anticipating next week's election where we would -after which we would have a full complement of Councilmembers. I referred to the vote count as 17; 0. We are still at 16; 0. Shortly we will be at 17; 0 after the next week's municipal election, just for the record. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Brooks.

Councilwoman Brooks

Thank you, Council President. I want to take a brief moment to thank my Council colleagues for their support on the two resolutions that passed today recognizing the life and work of Shakeda Gaines as well as the 125th anniversary of Philadelphia Home and School Council. As someone who came out of education organizing, I know firsthand STATED MEETING 81 5/12/2022 school associations can be in force fostering parent engagement, empowering school communities, and giving families a voice in their children's education. This is especially important in communities that have for generations been harmed, toxic schools, over-policing, over-funding, privatization, and lack of consideration in the decisions that shape their students' lives. And I know firsthand that Shakeda is a force to be reckoned with in fighting back against these harmful systems to ensure parents have a seat at the table. Her commitment to Philly students and families and to the principles of social justice are unparalleled, and her work has left a permanent mark on Philadelphia school communities. And at a time when integrity of school curriculum is being attacked across the country and at a time STATED MEETING 82 5/12/2022 again threaten to destabilize our marginalized communities, we have -- we are fortunate to have people like Shakeda at institutions like Philadelphia Home and School Councils advocating for the best interests of our young people, their families, and our schools. So thank you, Council President, and thank you, colleagues.

Council President Clarke

Thank you, Councilwoman. Keep up the good work. On behalf of the majority, the Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.

Councilman Jones

Thank you, Mr. President. Right now I'm thinking of great names of people like Georgie Woods, C. Delores Tucker, Bill Gray, David Cohen, other people who came before us and raised the issue of voter participation. I remember one hero who has a mural up on Germantown Avenue. Nine out STATED MEETING 83 5/12/2022 walk by it couldn't even tell you who he was. And for those who don't know, Google him. But what I remember him telling me as a younger person, he said voting is not enough. Voter participation without voter education is like giving the keys to someone without giving them driving lessons. I don't care what party you're from. I don't care what philosophy -- I do, but I don't, but I want you to participate this Tuesday in the electoral process. I would only remind you of what if. What if you didn't and what kind of budget discussions, colleagues, would we be having right now had we not gotten relief from the federal government, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress to come to rescue our city. We would be -- we argue enough when we have a surplus. When we have a deficit, it is a life and death struggle for many. STATED MEETING 84 5/12/2022 that you don't have to look backwards. You can look forward to the fact that we are actually having a conversation about women's reproductive rights right now. Voter participation without voter education is like giving the keys to someone who does not know how to drive. I encourage you to listen to WURD, to listen to KYW, to read the paper cover to cover to make your determination -- or listen to City Council, because we offer some positive public policy, but make decisions about people you want to represent you this Tuesday. I say that because every vote does count. You start looking at how this country is split and how divisive the issues are. It's not -- it's very little gray area. It's black and white, and people are rigidly tied to their doctrines. STATED MEETING 85 5/12/2022 about something, vote about something. Tuesday is Election Day. Please come out and participate. Thank you, colleagues. Thank you, Mr. President.

Council President Clarke

Thank you, Councilman. PHLCouncil.com. The Chair recognizes Councilman Green.

Councilman Green

Thank you, Council President. I want to thank my colleagues for their commentary this morning, all very important in reference to this assessment issue that we're looking at as well as voting and also the great work citizens in our city do, like Ms. Shakeda Gaines in reference to education. And as we are going through this budget process here in City Council, and I was in a meeting earlier this week before our budget hearing, many of my colleagues know I've served as President STATED MEETING 86 5/12/2022 League. So as past President, I still am a member of the executive committee. And so we had a representative from the Governor's Office on our call, and I was asking about the state budget process, because we're going through our process and we know we're debating all the issues that have been talked about this morning and have been talked about for the past number of weeks and also in the budget hearings, and I was reflecting on our conversation I've had with Senator Hughes over the past couple weekends about how much surplus we have at the state level. And each time I run into Senator Hughes, that number is getting higher and higher and higher. 8 billion. 8 billion or about 39 percent over estimates. And this is the most tax revenue ever collected in the history of the Commonwealth in a single month. 5 billion or 12 percent over estimates. And so as we're having these conversations in our local budget process and knowing that the Rainy Day Funds and also the American Rescue Plan dollars that have been allocated must be spent by 2024, it makes you think about all the challenges we have as a city, because the American Rescue Plan dollars are our STATED MEETING 88 5/12/2022 from our tax dollars as citizens in the City of Philadelphia, as elected officials, as small business owners. And when we look at all the challenges we're having in our city in reference to issues that we need to fund and we're fighting to put money back into the Cultural Fund or other groups and we have such a record number of dollars at the state level, and that's our dollars, that's not coming back to the City of Philadelphia, and if we don't have a strong city, if we don't have a strong region, we don't have a strong Commonwealth. And so we've got to make sure we do all that we can to support our fellow members of the General Assembly to get our dollars back here to the City of Philadelphia. Now, we know we have got a real struggling infrastructure, especially in reference to schools. m. m. at Francis Scott Key School, which is 2230 South 8th Street. Now, this school was built in 1889. That's 133 years ago. And we've got record surpluses at the state level, but we can't get the resources needed to make sure that every child in the City of Philadelphia has a great education. And what's really interesting is that in our state Constitution -- and this is part of that legislation and debate and lawsuit that's going on in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution, it's the responsibility of the General Assembly to provide a thorough and efficient system of public education to benefit all the citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. So here we have crumbling school buildings, but we have a surplus STATED MEETING 90 5/12/2022 what's being put in unallocated resources. I don't know what unallocated resources is. I've never seen that at the local level, because every dollar that we get, we allocate, because we know we've got this amount of need and this amount of resources (indicating), but I guess that's not what's happening at the state level.

Councilman Green

So we need to continue to encourage our colleagues, especially those who are up for election on Tuesday who are members of the General Assembly, to make sure that we are doing all that we can locally but, at the same time, pushing Harrisburg to bring back our dollars so we don't have schools that are 133 years old providing education to citizens in the City of Philadelphia. So I look forward to the press conference this afternoon. I know Senator Hughes, or sometimes we'll say Reverend Hughes, we'll make sure he'll STATED MEETING 91 5/12/2022 march, in the rally of how we've got to push forward and make sure that the members of the General Assembly understand that that's our money that should be coming back to our city. Thank you, Council President.

Council President Clarke

Thank you, Councilman. I'm sure we'll see a part of the political playbook after the summer session as it relates to the proposal as to where that surplus will go, and I think you all know what I mean. It won't be going -- it won't be proposed to go to municipalities to help the citizens of the City of Philadelphia. It will be part of a corporate strategy. But anyway, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Parker.

Councilwoman Parker

Thank you, Mr. President. And let me start by saying a huge thank you to both Councilmembers Jones and Johnson [sic] relative to their comments regarding the importance of STATED MEETING 92 5/12/2022 election and, quite frankly, being educated about the who's and the what's, extremely important, and thank you all for noting that for the record. I want to note that on this evening from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., I will have my first in-person budget briefing and town hall meeting for the Ninth Councilmanic District for residents of Logan, Olney, and East Oak Lane. We will be at the York House Apartments, 5325 Old York Road. For your GPS, that's zip code 19141. A plethora of agencies. We're going to walk through the entire budget as proposed and hear from the people what they think about that process. Next, Mr. President, on today at 3 o'clock -- so we'll be running today -- I am proud to note that at 3 o'clock we will be on Wadsworth Avenue to announce pandemic recovery grants for Black, Brown, and women-owned small STATED MEETING 93 5/12/2022 Squilla, who has been a very strong advocate particularly for those neighborhood-based, commercial corridor-based businesses who while they were trying to keep their businesses open, they had to deal with the cost of overhead, of paying those rents, you know, even though in some instances they weren't able to open because of the pandemic. So we'll do that today at 3 o'clock in front of Uptown Hair Studio at 1519 Wadsworth Avenue, and that's the Comcast RISE program. Next, Mr. President, and this one is bittersweet for me, yesterday we were on our budget hearings, and I'd like to give a shout-out to those agencies and the people who we don't see but who help us. I didn't have my list of our engine numbers, and immediately a young gentleman by the name of Dillon Mahoney, who just joined my team, he was texting STATED MEETING 94 5/12/2022 me, and Dillon is with us now handling zoning and all land use issues for the Ninth Councilmanic District, because Hilary Emerson, my longtime staff attorney who was with me since I was a member of the Pennsylvania House -- Mr. President, I'm trying to be diplomatic here -- was poached by the Zoning Board. And while in one instance it's a good thing, her skill set, I mean, the way she did zoning and land use, she learned from the best, Marion Johnson, worked with her when we were in the state, so when she came here to City Council, she already had some knowledge on it. So, Hilary, congratulations to you in your new role, but I really need to say a special thank you to Councilmember Johnson and Chris Sample. When we were trying to figure out who we would get to fill her shoes, we found out Dillon was going to be graduating from STATED MEETING 95 5/12/2022 Law with his JD, and his graduation is next Thursday. I'm really super proud of that, and welcome, Dillon, to the Ninth Councilmanic District team. That concludes my remarks, Mr. President.

Council President Clarke

Thank you, Councilwoman. You handled that diplomatically, I must say. The Chair recognizes Councilman Domb.

Councilman Domb

Thank you, Council President. I have brief remarks, but I just wanted to share with everyone something I learned this week that I thought very enlightening, and then I'll bring it down to the Philadelphia level. But in 2019, the net income of the United States was $1 trillion. This was before the pandemic. The pandemic hits in 2020. The government gets involved and injects over $4 to STATED MEETING 96 5/12/2022 $5 trillion into our economy. The net income in the United States from 2019 of 1 trillion to 2020 goes to $2.5 trillion of net income. In 2021, it goes back down to 1.9. In 2022, they're forecasting anywhere from 1.2 to 1.5 trillion, and in 2024, 2025 they're forecasting it will probably come back down to between 1.2 and $1 trillion, back to where it was in '19, maybe a little higher. And I say this in this context: I think we had an unusual last two years of inflation, very dramatic inflation, and that's because of the amount of money the government gave to individuals and businesses over that two-year period. Think about it. Four to $5 trillion was injected into this economy. That's huge. And in everything that we're doing, we have to, I think, understand that situation. So let me bring it down to the Philadelphia level. In seven years, this STATED MEETING 97 5/12/2022 has gone up 1.6 billion, seven years. And I can't sit here today and tell you that any -by any chance that we think the City is safer now than seven years ago, that we think it's greener or cleaner or more efficient. And I think what our taxpayers really are demanding from us, besides that they're upset about the assessments, what they're demanding from us is they want to see that what they're paying for, they're getting in services. They don't feel that the value proposition is there. And I think we have to really understand that these increases, maybe we should consider, as I've heard from some of my colleagues, adjusting the rates and providing all the supports to those who can't afford it and making sure they can keep their homes. There's no way someone should lose their home over this. No way. So I'm bringing this up because STATED MEETING 98 5/12/2022 concerned or a lot concerned about where we've been heading and how we can become more efficient, because people have choices today, and last year, as you know, Council President, I think you lost, what, 25,000 residents. We should be gaining 25,000 or 30,000. We shouldn't be losing. So I say this in the line of caution and I say this that -- I didn't realize $4 to $5 trillion went into the economy. I didn't realize the net income of individuals went up 150 percent in one year, and some of these run-ups of real estate and other things were probably caused by those scenarios. What's going to happen when that money stops? What is that going to do to values and cost of goods and services across the board? So I just want us to be cautious of this and be aware of what's going on. We should probably conservatively look at what the 2019 numbers were and base our decisions off STATED MEETING 99 5/12/2022 that, because 2020 and 2021 were definitely inflated by the amount of money the federal government injected into the system. Thank you, Council President.

Council President Clarke

Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. I believe that concludes our speeches on behalf of the minority and the majority today, and that being the case, the Chair recognizes Councilman Jones for a motion to adjourn.

Councilman Jones

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, May 19th, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (Duly seconded.)

Council President Clarke

Thank you. It has been moved and seconded that Council stand adjourned until Thursday May 19, 2022, 10:00 a.m. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.) STATED MEETING 100 5/12/2022

Council President Clarke

Those opposed? (No response.)

Council President Clarke

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