STATED MEETING 1 12/1/2022 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA STATED MEETING City Hall, Room 400 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Thursday, December 1, 2022 10:34 a.m. PRESENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL L. CLARKE COUNCILWOMAN CINDY BASS COUNCILWOMAN KENDRA BROOKS COUNCILMAN MICHAEL DRISCOLL COUNCILWOMAN JAMIE GAUTHIER COUNCILWOMAN KATHERINE GILMORE RICHARDSON COUNCILMAN JIM HARRITY COUNCILMAN KENYATTA JOHNSON COUNCILMAN CURTIS JONES, JR. COUNCILWOMAN QUETCY LOZADA COUNCILMAN DAVID OH COUNCILMAN BRIAN J. O'NEILL COUNCILMAN ANTHONY PHILLIPS COUNCILMAN MARK SQUILLA COUNCILMAN ISAIAH THOMAS COUNCILWOMAN SHARON VAUGHN MICHAEL A. DECKER, CHIEF CLERK STATED MEETING 2 12/1/2022
Good morning. We're going to get started. I'd like to ask if members can take their seats and if our guests and visitors please retire behind the rail. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Again, good morning to everyone. Thank you so much for being here today. We really appreciate you coming down to witness your government in action. We're going to get started now. We have established our quorum. So to give our invocation this morning, the Chair recognizes Archbishop Mary Floyd Palmer of the Philadelphia Council of Clergy, Incorporated. She is here today as the guest of Councilman Johnson. I would ask all guests, visitors, and members to please rise. (Councilmembers, guests, and visitors rise.) ARCHBISHOP PALMER: Good morning, President Council. STATED MEETING 3 12/1/2022
Good morning. ARCHBISHOP PALMER: And Councilmembers, guests. Certainly I would love to lead this invocation as well as our memory of one who has transitioned, T. Milton Street, a longtime family friend. Our gracious heavenly Father, it is because of your mercies that we are not consumed. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. We bow in humble submission to you today to thank you for allowing us to see this day, the first day of December of this year, 2022. We are grateful, God, that you have kept us through seen and unseen dangers for us to congregate together yet one more time. We are grateful for the august body of those elected officials that have chosen the opportunity to serve our people, our citizens, the best and the STATED MEETING 4 12/1/2022 grateful, God, that they are able to stand and will continue to serve with fidelity and integrity. We bless the new Councilmembers that have joined this body, and we pray strength for their journey as well as those that have continued to do so with the joy and the enlightenment of helping others. We can't help but say thank you just one more time for your protection, for your grace, for your love, for your mercy. And most of all, God, we pray for your peace, your peace in our homes, our peace in this body, and peace, God, in the streets. Now cover and keep us. Guide every conversation. Help those who we trust to make good decisions, not just for the part, God, but for the whole. And at the end of the matter, we will say it is well with our souls and we will give you the honor, we will sure enough STATED MEETING 5 12/1/2022 glory, and we can't help but give you the praise and consider it to be done. In the name that I know to be above every name, Jesus the Christ, is my prayer. Amen, amen, and amen. God bless you. (Amen.)
Thank you, Archbishop, so much. We really appreciate your spiritual guidance this morning. Council will be at ease. (Council at ease.)
Thank you again, Archbishop. Thank you so much. We appreciate it. Thank you. Before we start our agenda today, the Chair recognizes Councilman Thomas, who would like to make a brief statement.
Good STATED MEETING 6 12/1/2022 morning, Council President. Good morning, colleagues. I just wanted to take a moment to recognize a special guest that's in the back. In December -- in June of this year, we recognized this young man as the youngest author in the City of Philadelphia. He considers himself a kidpreneur, right? He has a book that I'm blessed enough to have with me that's called I Can Read So I Can Lead. He's also a friend of Councilmember Johnson as well, so he probably has some South Philadelphia relationships. Can we all give a round of applause to Mr. Asil Greer. Asil, can you raise your hand real quick. (Applause.)
Asil was our Champion of the Week in June, and STATED MEETING 7 12/1/2022 scheduling, we couldn't get him into City Council until today. So we want to welcome Asil, his family, and hope that his work inspires the next young person to follow their dream and to use their talent for the greater good of the City of Philadelphia. Thank you, Council President. Thank you, colleagues.
Thank you, Councilman, and thank you. And thank you for being here today. We appreciate it. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Kathy Gilmore Richardson.
Thank you, Council President. I wanted to also recognize some very important, special guests that we have with us today. They are the students of the Philadelphia High School for Girls, my alma mater, in the district of our colleague Councilmember Bass. I wanted to recognize the young STATED MEETING 8 12/1/2022 compelling public safety presentation when I visited with Girls' High a few months ago. They are the Girls' High Students Advocating for Everyone initiative. They are Anne, Patricia, Jaylin, Ayia, Mondae, Alexandria, Corrine, Sage, Sanay, Yaseen, Mamonah, Falisade, Meg Graham, their community partner coordinator, and Principal Lisa Mesi. Welcome the students of the Philadelphia High School for Girls to Philadelphia City Council.
And I wanted to note, Council President, that it's important for them to be here today, because like them, I started here when I was 15 years old with Councilmember Blondell Reynolds Brown, who was the STATED MEETING 9 12/1/2022 214 at Girls' High. And also Archbishop Mary Floyd Palmer, who is here with us today, she is also a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Girls. And, lastly, I wanted to recognize guests that you all know are very important to me and to the Philadelphia community and across the world. They are the members of the blue and white family, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. You will hear from them later during public comment, but I wanted to recognize the members of Beta Delta Zeta Chapter, their President, Dana Moore, who is here with us. Also the members of Phi Beta Sigma Nu Sigma Chapter, of which my husband, David Richardson, is now the President. They are here with Rashon Howard, Jay Broadnax, and Howard Sid Lucas. And also again wanted to recognize Archbishop Mary Floyd Palmer, who is a member of Zeta, and our very own STATED MEETING 10 12/1/2022 Shearlds, who works with Councilmember Gauthier, and she's also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. Thank you. Thank you, Council President.
Thank you all for being here. We really appreciate it. I'd like to take a moment to recognize our newest members of our City Council family, Councilwoman Lozada. (Applause.)
Councilwoman Vaughn. (Applause.) STATED MEETING 11 12/1/2022
Councilman Harrity got a head start last night. He was at a community meeting with me last night over in Fishtown. It was pretty lively. And Councilman Phillips. (Applause.)
Thank you all. Thank you for being here. We really appreciate your addition. We know that you're going to be awesome, awesome Councilmembers, and we look forward to continuing to service the people of the City of Philadelphia. Okay. Thank you. Our next order of business is the approval of the STATED MEETING 12 12/1/2022 the meeting of Thursday, November 17th, 2022, and the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Bass.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Journal of the meeting of Thursday, November 17th, 2022 be approved. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the Journal of the meeting of Thursday, November 17th, 2022 stand approved. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. The Journal is approved. And our next order of business is requests for leave of absence, and the Chair recognizes Councilman Jones. STATED MEETING 13 12/1/2022
Thank you, Mr. President. On behalf of members of Council, there are no requests for leaves of absence today.
Thank you. The Chair thanks the gentleman. And the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Bass for a motion concerning certain legislative matters that may arise during the course of today's session of Council and that were not listed on the Calendar prior to today's session.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that any of the following matters, if considered today, may be added to the agenda for this session of Council and, as required by law, subsequently published on an amended agenda after the consideration of those matters: resolutions authorizing hearings, amendments to bills on first reading, the reconsideration of a bill STATED MEETING 14 12/1/2022 or re-called from the Mayor, amendments to bills re-called from the Mayor, resolutions taking substantive action to be voted on in this session, a motion to withdraw a bill or resolution that is not on the Calendar, and a motion placing a bill or resolution on or returning a bill or resolution from the Suspension Calendar that is not listed on today's Calendar. The purpose of this motion is to provide the public with notice concerning possible actions by Council that arose too late to be included on the Calendar that was published prior to today's session. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the legislative matters stated by Councilwoman Bass may be added to the agenda for today, should those matters arise during the course of this Council session. STATED MEETING 15 12/1/2022 by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. The motion passes. And our next order of business is communications, and I would ask the Clerk to please read the messages from the Mayor and any additional communications that he may have in his possession today.
To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Sections 4-604 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission on the following bills: Bill Nos. 220843, 220866, 220867, and 220904; and I am pleased to advise you that on November 30, 2022, I signed all of the STATED MEETING 16 12/1/2022 by Council at its session on November 17, 2022; and I am transmitting for the consideration of your honorable body a resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3418, 3420, and 3422 Kensington Avenue located in the 7th Councilmanic District; and A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 239 North Paxon Street located in the 3rd Councilmanic District; and A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1834, 1837, 1840, 1846, and 1848 South Allison Street; 5517 Paschall Avenue; 5804 Hazel Avenue located in the 3rd Councilmanic District; and An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 167 by relocating the curblines and a portion of the southerly houseline of Arch Street, between Sixty-Third Street and Gross Street, in STATED MEETING 17 12/1/2022 order to conform more closely with existing conditions, and by striking from the City Plan Arch Street from Gross Street to Sixty-Fourth Street and authorizing the opening of the area being added to the bed of Arch Street, being land owned by the City, all under certain terms and conditions.
Thank you very much, Mr. Decker. And our next order of business is the introduction of bills and resolutions, and I would ask that the Clerk please read the titles of the bills and resolutions that are being offered by our members today.
Councilwoman Gilmore Richardson offers two resolutions, a privileged resolution recognizing, honoring and congratulating Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated on its 103rd Founders' Day.
And a privileged resolution recognizing, honoring and congratulating Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated on its 109th Founders' Day.
Councilman Jones offers four bills and four resolutions, entitled "An ordinance establishing a no truck parking regulation on both sides of 63rd Street between Malvern Avenue and Wynnewood Road"; and An ordinance continuing the Roxborough Neighborhood Improvement District beyond its termination date in an area that generally includes both of Ridge Avenue from Main Street beginning with 5122 Ridge Avenue to 7220 Ridge Avenue and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Ridge Avenue; continuing the designation of the Roxborough Development Corporation, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District STATED MEETING 19 12/1/2022 Management Association for the District; and An ordinance approving a new plan, estimated costs and proposed method of charges of the City Avenue Special Services District for and concerning business improvements and administrative services to portions of the City Avenue area of the City and Philadelphia and Township of Lower Merion; and An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Parkside Avenue, 49th Street, Jefferson Street, and 48th Street (extended).
Those four bills will be referred to the appropriate committee.
And on behalf of Council President Clarke, a resolution approving -- a non-privileged resolution approving the 2022-2023 Neighborhood Preservation Initiative Program Statement STATED MEETING 20 12/1/2022 and Budget, which addresses the expenditure of $100 million by various agencies in the second year of the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative Program.
And on his own behalf, a privileged resolution celebrating, honoring, and recognizing Sereena Quick on being selected as the operator of the new 4040 City Ave Chick-fil-A.
And a non-privileged resolution naming the 600 block of North 66th Street as "John Skief Way."
And a non-privileged resolution initiating action to continue the Roxborough STATED MEETING 21 12/1/2022 Neighborhood Improvement District beyond its termination date in an area that generally includes both sides of Ridge Avenue from Main Street beginning with 5122 Ridge Avenue to 7220 Ridge Avenue and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Ridge Avenue; continuing the designation of the Roxborough Development Corporation as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District.
Councilman Johnson offers eight bills and two resolutions, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the paving of 34th Street from Maiden Lane to Jackson Street, Forten Way from Maiden Lane to Jackson Street, and Jackson Street from 34th Street to Vare Avenue"; and An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 24-S, 25-S, and 32-S by STATED MEETING 22 12/1/2022 relocating the existing curblines and houselines along the western side of Vare Avenue from Maiden Lane to 28th Street, along the southern side of Maiden Lane from 34th Street to Vare Avenue, and at the intersection of Vare Avenue and Maiden Lane to accommodate the widening of certain streets and various intersection improvements; and An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 25-S and 32-S by placing on the City Plan 34th Street from Maiden Lane to Jackson Street, Forten Way from Maiden Lane to Jackson Street, and Jackson Street from 34th Street to Vare Avenue; and An ordinance authorizing the striking from City Plan Nos. 25-S and 32-S and abandonment of a certain right-of-way reserved for sewer and drainage purposes, located along the former Jackson Street, west of Vare Avenue, and extending westwardly STATED MEETING 23 12/1/2022 therefrom to 34th Street; and An ordinance authorizing the paving of Frances Harper Drive from Passyunk Avenue to Penrose Avenue, Hartranft Street from 26th Street to Schuylkill Avenue, Schuylkill Avenue from Passyunk Avenue to Penrose Avenue, and an extension of Passyunk Avenue Service Road (also known as Frontage Road) from its current terminus to Schuylkill Avenue; and An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 32-S, 33-S, 39-S, 40-S, 46-S, 47-S, and 53-S by relocating the existing curblines and houselines along the southern side of Passyunk Avenue at its intersections with South 28th Street and Passyunk Avenue Service Road (also known as Frontage Road), along both sides of Passyunk Avenue Service Road (also known as Frontage Road) at its intersections with Frances Harper Drive and Passyunk Avenue, along the western STATED MEETING 24 12/1/2022 side of 26th Street and center median of South 26th Street at its intersections with Passyunk Avenue, Hartranft Street and Penrose Avenue; and An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 32-S, 33-S, 40-S, 47-S, 48-S, 53-S, and 56-S by placing on the City Plan Frances Harper Drive from Passyunk Avenue to Penrose Avenue, Hartranft Street to 26th Street to Schuylkill Avenue, Schuylkill Avenue from Passyunk Avenue to Penrose Avenue, and an extension of Passyunk Avenue Service Road (also known as Frontage Road) to Schuylkill Avenue; and An ordinance authorizing the striking from City Plan Nos. 40-S, 47-S, 48-S, 53-S, and 56-S and abandonment of certain rights-of-way reserved for water and gas main purposes, located along the former Lanier Avenue from Penrose Avenue to former Schuylkill Avenue and located along the former Schuylkill Avenue from STATED MEETING 25 12/1/2022 Lanier Avenue to Passyunk Avenue.
Those bills just read by the Chief Clerk will be referred to the appropriate committee.
And a privileged resolution honoring Wallo267 and Gillie Da King for their community-oriented activism and philanthropy, including four million dollars in grants for minority led businesses and social service organizations.
And a non-privileged resolution approving the action of the Boards of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to sell a property at 7411 Holstein Avenue in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area - Stage "A" Industrial, containing approximately Three Acres, to Olivieri and Associates, Incorporated. STATED MEETING 26 12/1/2022
Councilman Squilla offers one bill and two resolutions, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Director of Commerce and the Director of Finance to enter into amendments to multiyear agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, formerly known as the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, and other parties as necessary concerning the parking garage project constructed as part of the overall Market Street East - Gallery II Redevelopment Project."
And a non-privileged resolution authorizing the creation of the Philadelphia Opioid Response Task Force.
Next STATED MEETING 27 12/1/2022 week's Calendar.
And a non-privileged resolution approving the First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Parking Garage Development Agreement and Lease and Estoppel of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Market Street East Urban Renewal Area.
Councilwoman Bass offers one resolution, a privileged resolution declaring December as World AIDS Day in the City of Philadelphia.
There are no other bills or resolutions being offered today by the members, Mr. President.
Thank you very much, Mr. Decker. That concludes our introduction STATED MEETING 28 12/1/2022 And our next order of business is reports from committees, and the Chair recognizes Councilman Driscoll for a report from the Committee on License and Inspection.
Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Licenses and Inspections reports out two bills with a favorable recommendation.
Thank you. Mr. Decker, please read that report.
To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, the Committee on Licenses and Inspections, to which was referred Bill No. 220638, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code,' by adopting the 2018 edition of the 'International Residential Code' as STATED MEETING 29 12/1/2022 Code Council, including maintenance of previously adopted amendments to the 2015 International Residential Code, as adopted under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Act"; and Bill No. 220666, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 9-3300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Use and Inspection of Tower and Mobile Cranes in Construction,' to require breaks for operators," respectfully reports it has considered the same and returns the attached bills to Council with a favorable recommendation.
Thank you. The Chair again recognizes Councilman Driscoll.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bills No. 220638 and 220666. STATED MEETING 30 12/1/2022 (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bills No. 220638 and 220666. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and these bills will be placed on our First Reading Calendar today. That concludes our reports from committee, and our next order of business is consideration of the Calendar. I note that the bills just reported from committee with suspension of the rules have been deemed to have had a first reading. They will be on our STATED MEETING 31 12/1/2022 2ND READING Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. As there are no additional bills on the First Reading Calendar, the Chair recognizes Councilman Jones for the purpose of calling up resolutions and bills on the Final Passage Calendar today.
Thank you, Mr. President. The following bills and resolutions are being called up from Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars today: Nos. 220929, 220930, 220931, 220932, 220654-A, 220737-A, 220738-A, 220739-A, 220740-A, 220829, 220776, 220866, 220867, 220868, 220869, 220656, and 220665. All other bills and resolutions are being held.
Thank you very much, Councilman. Before we go to our public comment session, I want to take a point of personal privilege. I would like to have a moment of silence for a person STATED MEETING 32 12/1/2022 that was known for their public comment both in and out of office. So I'd like to ask for us to have a moment of silence for all of our friend, good friend, Brother T. Milton Street, former Senator, former advocate, person who actually invented advocacy in the modern world. Can we please have a moment of silence, please. Members, please stand. (Moment of silence.)
Thank you so much. So we will now move to our public comment session. So before considering these resolutions, I want to say a couple of things with respect to your public comment. It must concern matters on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar today. All speakers must sign up in order to testify. If you have not STATED MEETING 33 12/1/2022 already signed up for today's session, please now do so by giving your name to the Sergeant-At-Arms at the table set up outside the Chambers in the hallway. Once you have signed up, you will be called in the order in which your name appears on the sign-up sheet, and under ideal circumstances, which we have today, you will be given three minutes to speak. In order to be fair, though, we want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to speak, so we intend to hold faithfully to the established time limit. When you begin speaking, you will see a green light on the podium, and when there are 30 seconds remaining to your time, the light on the podium will turn yellow, and when it turns red, we ask that you please comply with our guidelines and conclude your remarks. We also reserve the right pursuant to our rules of Council to limit STATED MEETING 34 12/1/2022 repetitious comments on the same subject matter. Mr. Decker, I would ask for you to please read the first name on the list today.
The first speaker today, Mr. President, is Patricia Wilson Aden. (No response.)
My name is Patricia Wilson Aden and I'm President and CEO of STATED MEETING 35 12/1/2022 the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Last May, the arts and culture community rallied outside City Hall calling on Mayor Jim Kenney and City Council to increase arts funding in the 2023 City budget. Using our diverse, passionate voice, we spoke to how increased public funding would allow the Philadelphia Cultural Fund to maximize its impact on our neighborhoods. We also spoke to the necessity of the City living up to its responsibility of supporting City-owned arts and cultural institutions, especially those that reside in and serve Black and brown communities. In the proposed 2022 midyear transfer, Mayor Kenney and City Council have done exactly that by appropriating more than $20 million for arts and culture. This is unprecedented. And so today I come before you to simply say thank you. Thank you for STATED MEETING 36 12/1/2022 investing in arts and culture as the invaluable asset it is to the City of Philadelphia. Thank you for acknowledging arts and culture as an essential economic driver. Thank you for recognizing the power of our collective voice. With this midyear transfer, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund is now slated to be funded at 5.5 million, benefiting hundreds of arts organizations across the City. (Applause.)
And ensuring critical equity within the arts. City institutions, including the African American Museum in Philadelphia, the Mann Center, Mural Arts Philadelphia, Please Touch Museum, and the Dell will receive infusions of significant support, and visionary projects like Calder Gardens will be STATED MEETING 37 12/1/2022 heralded with further support in the midyear transfer. The Cultural Alliance has always believed that the arts in Philadelphia are an undervalued and underleveraged asset that deserves investment. This midyear transfer shows that Mayor Kenney and City Council believe that too. Thank you.
Thank you so much. It was our pleasure. (Applause.)
The next speaker is Jane Golden, commenting on 220869. (Speaker approached podium.)
My name is Jane Golden and I'm the Executive Director of the Mural Arts Program. Good morning, everybody. Yay arts. Go arts. Thank you, Patty. So my name is Jane Golden and STATED MEETING 38 12/1/2022 I'm Executive Director of Mural Arts and I'm here today to express my deep gratitude for the additional funding Mural Arts will receive in the midyear transfer ordinance. I'm so excited. Mural Arts has served Philadelphia for 35 years, beautifying our neighborhoods, over 4,300 murals, everybody, and engaging communities through meaningful programming rooted in human dignity and social justice. Our city is always changing and evolving, and we at Mural Arts have continued to be on the move as well. Why? So we can constantly respond to whatever the needs of the City are. We want to offer our creative and organizational resources in the service of citizens across Philadelphia. Yet, in spite of this movement and evolution, we remain steadfast about our mission. That has remained unchanged. Public art has the power to inspire and ignite change. This is why STATED MEETING 39 12/1/2022 I'm so excited to be here today with my esteemed colleagues from the arts -yay -- to say thank you. Thank you for investing in Mural Arts. With this additional investment, we will expand the work of the Guild, a paid apprenticeship program that gives justice-impacted young people 18 to 26 the opportunity to develop marketable job skills and reconnect with their communities, and our Restorative Justice Program. We work at SCI Phoenix, the county jail, and with people coming home as well as those on probation. We have a guild program, a women's reentry program, and the foundational Guild Program. We serve 150 young people a year and we have an astonishingly low recidivism rate of 8 percent. Yes. These invaluable funds will help us continue our Advanced Guild Program and will allow us to build our program out so we can teach additional STATED MEETING 40 12/1/2022 skills, certifications, and continue to prepare young people so they can take these skills that they're learning at Mural Arts to jobs with the City of Philadelphia and far beyond. There is genius everywhere. It's our job to find it and channel it. I'd like to thank Councilman Thomas for his vision, leadership, and support of this important work. Additionally, additionally, we're so excited to start two new public art projects at the Chew Playground and at Martin Luther King Rec Center. Thank you to Council President Clarke and Councilmember Johnson for the opportunity to create beautiful public spaces that will activate communities, represent people through public art for many years to come. These will be beacons. In closing, I want you to know we never, ever take the support from the City and City Council for granted. I am grateful to each and every one of the STATED MEETING 41 12/1/2022 members of City Council and Mayor Kenney for this support. You inherently, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, you inherently understand the catalytic power of art and beauty, and that is huge. Please know we stand by your side in service ready to create, ready to partner, ready to respond. I am confident that together we will continue to ignite change and make our city more beautiful, more resilient, more hopeful for years to come. Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you, Ms. Golden. It's good to see your patented hop in person. We missed that when we were virtual. We really needed to see it in person to get the real effect. Thank you.
The next speaker STATED MEETING 42 12/1/2022 is Michael Newmius, commenting on 220869. (Speaker approached podium.)
Thank you. I'm Michael Newmius of Visit Philadelphia and today I too am honored to speak on this year's midyear transfer. You know, I first stepped foot in this Chamber nearly a decade ago. I was living in West Philly at the time and working as an assistant downtown in the tourism and hospitality industry. If you had told me then that I would build a career and develop myself from an assistant to a top leader in my field through tourism and hospitality, I wouldn't have believed you, but it happened to me and it's happened to countless other Philadelphia residents whose livelihoods are currently supported by tourism and hospitality. In fact, in every single Council district, more than 6,000 STATED MEETING 43 12/1/2022 Philadelphia residents worked in our industry pre-pandemic, accounting for more than 10 percent of jobs held by residents in every Council district. Now, that data is so significant. That data shows us that it doesn't take one to see a hotel in your neighborhood to know that, like me, one in ten of your neighbors are likely supported by tourism and hospitality. The pandemic's blow to our industry has been significant, but through partnerships with the City of Philadelphia and others, Philadelphia's hospitality sector has actually gone from being down 62 percent of jobs lost to 13 percent today. While that may sound impressive, we're still 10,000 jobs short and, importantly, the jobs that we have recovered still require constant visitor spending and support to remain viable. You know, at Visit Philadelphia, research shows that there's STATED MEETING 44 12/1/2022 still potential to recover and grow our visitation to restore robust demand. So we are so thankful today to the City of Philadelphia for your leadership and your vision and your support and including funding for destination marketing initiatives in this year's midyear transfer, as it will support jobs for residents across every Council district. I want to give a special thank you to Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson for your continued vision and support, Councilmember O'Neill, and to every member of Council, because each of your offices have worked with us in different ways and supported us during what has been the most difficult time for the tourism and hospitality industry over the past two years. We are so grateful for this critical investment. We will continue to forge innovative, research-driven marketing initiatives to support diverse markets, including Black and brown, STATED MEETING 45 12/1/2022 Latinx, Asian arts and culture attractions, commercial corridors, and connect jobseekers with incredible careers and livelihoods in the hospitality sector. Thank you so very much. (Applause.)
Thank you so much for your testimony. We appreciate it.
The next speaker is Ogbonna Hagins, commenting on 220654. (Speaker approached podium.)
Good morning. Ogbonna Hagins. Youth curfews may be looked at as a solution by this body, but it will not make headway in reducing youth crime and violence. The causes of youth violence is STATED MEETING 46 12/1/2022 the structural characteristics of the American economy, racism and the pathology of White supremacy. Asking each household with children to lock their doors at a prescribed time is ignoring the structural sources of youth violence. Is there a political and public interest in our youth getting murdered during the day rather than at night? There are substantial differences in living arrangements of children by race and ethnicity. Most White and Asian children are raised by two married parents, 72 and 82 percent, respectively. Fifty-five percent of Latino children are raised by two parents, but in sharp contrast, only 31 percent of Afro American children are raised by two parents. More than half are being raised by a single parent. That's according to the Pew 2015 research. Had this body done any economic STATED MEETING 47 12/1/2022 analysis of the impact that a curfew will have on the Afro American single-parent household and if this curfew provides equal protection under the law? Decreasing youth violence will require a major redistribution of wealth or policy to build Afro American wealth through reparations. The elephant in the room is the inability of this body to properly assess the problem. Anyone and everyone who can read knows that youth curfews don't work. It is merely a colorful way to get people to accept sundown laws. Anyone who has read the newspapers in the past ten years knows that stop and frisk is a fugitive slave law and it is unconstitutional, and yet these are the solutions this body is offering. Dr. King said, "Only when it's dark enough can you see the stars." We as people have seen and conquered bigger obstacles. We must rise up and be more STATED MEETING 48 12/1/2022 strategic with our actions. We must simultaneously engage an inside fight against hopelessness and an outside fight by forces that block access to opportunities. Philly youth have an inalienable right to be governed by competent policy. They have an inalienable right not to be subjected to old, antiquated, racist, and prejudice solutions. I know you don't want to, but it's time to develop a stomach for empowering the Afro American communities in real terms. Nothing else will decrease violence. (Applause.)
Thank you for your testimony. We appreciate it.
The next speaker is Reverend Jay Broadnax. STATED MEETING 49 12/1/2022 (Speaker approached podium.)
Good morning. My name is Reverend Jay Broadnax and I want to offer testimony in support of the Phi Beta Sigma Founders' Day resolution offered by Councilmember Sorer Katherine Gilmore Richardson. I stand to offer testimony in recognition of one of the most progressive, dynamic, and service-oriented organizations in existence, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, as a representative of its Philadelphia Chapter, historic Nu Sigma Chapter. Phi Beta Sigma was founded by three serious-minded and innovative African American students on the campus of Howard University on January 9th, 1914. Abram Langston Taylor, an innovator, visionary, and entrepreneur; Leonard F. Morse, a scholar, religious leader, and educator; and Charles STATED MEETING 50 12/1/2022 Ignatius Brown, a networker and activist, came together to establish an organization that would be inclusive rather than exclusive, an innovative fraternity for its time that from its beginnings would not judge candidates based upon social status, skin tone, or family background, but upon a quality such as integrity, character, and wisdom. These three founders of Phi Beta Sigma's wondrous band through the principles of brotherhood, scholarship, and service they espoused and through the progress-oriented actions that they undertook and modeled spawned an international movement of Sigma men numbered in the hundreds of thousands throughout its history. Among those who have made the decision to embrace Phi Beta Sigma's progressive, dynamic vision for change and activism are Kwame Nkrumah, former President of Ghana; James Weldon Johnson, composer of Lift Every Voice and Sing; labor leader A. Philip STATED MEETING 51 12/1/2022 Randolph; Black Panther activist Huey P. Newton; good trouble Congressman, John Lewis; and entertainers Harry Belafonte and Ben Vereen. These are but a few of those who have worked to make Phi Beta Sigma one of the greatest organizations for social justice and community uplift ever conceived. Right here in Philadelphia, since the establishment of its Epsilon undergraduate chapter on the campus of Temple University in 1919 and its citywide graduate chapter, Nu Sigma Chapter in 1922, Phi Beta Sigma has been serving Philadelphia and its vicinity through innovative youth programming and ongoing activism through our anchor programs, bigger and better business, education, and social action. Phi Beta Sigma continues to deliver committed service to this city and region. In the words of our fraternity hymn, our cause speeds on its STATED MEETING 52 12/1/2022 way until all violence ceases. Our cause speeds on its way until every child is educated. Our cause speeds on its way until poverty is eradicated. I ask that you support the establishment of the day January 9th as Phi Beta Sigma Founder Day in the City of Philadelphia. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Thank you so much for your testimony. We appreciate it. (Applause.)
The next speaker is Rashon Howard. (Speaker approached podium.)
Good morning. Rashon Maurice Howard. For 109 years, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated has been serving STATED MEETING 53 12/1/2022 America by its motto, culture for service and service for humanity. With over 500 chapters across America and overseas, we have been living by the motto and living by our principles, brotherhood, scholarship, and service. As the 47th and immediate past President of the Philadelphia graduate chapter, Nu Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated who is celebrating this year, and we've been celebrating all year, 100 years of service to this city in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I stand in support of the resolution presented by our sorer, Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson, to recognize and celebrate our Founders' Day on January 9th. Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. STATED MEETING 54 12/1/2022
The next speaker is Howard Sid Lucas. (Speaker approached podium.)
Three for the founders. Good morning. What a moment. I am Howard Sid Lucas, the 40th President of Nu Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. I was educated in this great city and this magnanimous state from Retta's Elementary, which is now The Phoenix, Vaux Junior High School, which is now a high school, an academic leader in Central High School with its first ever female principal, the blue and gold of the University of Pittsburgh, hail to Pitt, and the resounding steadfast leadership of being a Temple University graduate alumni. On behalf of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated and the 48th STATED MEETING 55 12/1/2022 President of Nu Sigma Chapter, David Richardson, this moment would not be this moment without the mention of three great women and one sister whose names need no further introduction than their names, great Dame Marian Tasco, Councilmember at-large Blondell Reynolds Brown, the next phoenix of City government, Cherelle L. Parker, and the sister who brings this moment full circle, Councilmember at-large Katherine Gilmore Richardson. A hearty thank you for your continued support. Among the short of 109 years of commendation for our founders and the institution known as Howard University, the Honorable Abram Langston Taylor, the Honorable Leonard Francis Morse, the Honorable Charles Ignatius Brown, there would be no brotherhood, scholarship, or service. There would be no culture for service and service to humanity. And there would be no 1914 leadership by them for us. STATED MEETING 56 12/1/2022 To the present day in our city and state, our leadership expands east and west, Jordan Harris, Philadelphia, to Aerion Abney, Pittsburgh. From creating, relating, and cultivating to painting the City blue in remembrance of our founders in the word of our current international President, Chris Rey, "believe." We look forward to your endorsement of this Founders' Day resolution and 100 years of presence of Nu Sigma Chapter in Philadelphia. And you know, look out, because we're coming through. We gonna represent magnificent blue. Thank you for this honor. Thank you for this moment. Thank you.
STATED MEETING 57 12/1/2022 Thank you for your testimony.
The next speaker is Dana Moore. (Speaker approached podium.)
Good morning. Good morning. My name is Dana Moore and I bring you greetings on behalf of the Philadelphia graduate chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated where I serve as President, and I come before you today in support of this ordinance which celebrates the 103rd founding of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, but it also solidifies the partnership between Zeta Phi Beta, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, and the City of Philadelphia. The City of Philadelphia is the home and final resting place of not only our triumphant founder, Arizona Cleaver Stemons, who resided at 1915 Federal Street, and her final resting place is at STATED MEETING 58 12/1/2022 Eden's Cemetery, but it is also the final resting place for a founder, the Honorable Brother Charles I. Brown of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. You see, these two organizations truly represent the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection by solidifying our bond of blue and white. We continually together honor our principles in Zeta's scholarship. The Beta Delta Zeta Chapter awards $15,000 annually, and we are the first and only organization that actually has an autism scholarship. We honor service by what we do with the March of Dimes. Currently we have adopted the NICU at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Final womanhood is demonstrated every day by not only our members who are educators, attorneys, and Councilwomen, but the sisterly love we show each other in supporting all of our Divine Nine sisters and our brothers. STATED MEETING 59 12/1/2022 You see, this ordinance is a celebration of each and every one of us. It shows the bond of brotherly and sisterly love. We ask that you support it, and we appreciate everything that you do in Council not only through Councilwoman Gilmore Richardson, my sorer, but also Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, who is the Councilman of the home of our founder, which we currently own and assisted us in the renaming of Federal Street. I ask that you support it, and I thank you for your support, and we look forward to continuing to embrace the extraordinary as we were here in July and were happy to assist the economy as we painted the City royal blue and white, and we will continue to do it with our brothers when they are in the City of Philadelphia, making sure that we maintain the economy and we support our communities. Thank you. STATED MEETING 60 12/1/2022 (Applause.)
Thank you for your testimony. We appreciate it.
Peter Winslow, commenting on 220869. (Speaker approached podium.)
Good morning. My name is Peter Winslow. I speak to you today -- first of all, I'm a Philadelphia resident, and I speak to you today as President of A Smart Collaboration LLC and as a candidate that City Council recommended to Mayor Kenney for appointment to the initial Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority. Special greetings and welcome to the new members of Council. Thank you, President Clarke and STATED MEETING 61 12/1/2022 members of Council, for this opportunity to speak today in opposition to the transfer ordinance, Bill No. 220869. I join with the previous speakers in celebrating the collaboration that exists, the ongoing collaboration that exists, between City Council and the active citizens in this community. I also applaud and thank Councilmember Jones and the Appropriations Committee for the things that are in the transfer ordinance, the support for the Mural Arts Program and for performing arts and for tourism, all things that I support as well. Nevertheless, I urge you not to pass this bill until you make one further amendment, the refusal of Mayor Kenney to implement the ordinance that you passed and became law, Ordinance No. 210956, to form the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority. That refusal, the refusal to honor his oath of office, to engage in a dialogue about the issues, all of these STATED MEETING 62 12/1/2022 things are very disappointing, and it will also be disappointing that City Council were just to walk away and ignore the law that is put on the books and the existence of this opportunity to improve the City. So I urge that you make an amendment to this bill and that that amendment be to allocate one dollar. So it's not about the amount. It's a matter of principle. One dollar allocate from Line 2.5, funds going to the Mayor, to Line 2.1, funds retained by City Council for this purpose. And to get you started, I'll leave my dollar on the public comment podium for Mr. Decker. Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony. We appreciate it. (Applause.)
The next speaker STATED MEETING 63 12/1/2022 is Ebony Gardner, commenting on World AIDS Day, Councilwoman Bass's resolution introduced today. (Speakers approached podium.)
Good morning. My name is Ebony Gardner and I'm here with Serilda Jones and Troy. Thank you, Council, for listening today. My name is Ebony Gardner, Clinical Director of One Day At A Time. I ask you today to tune in to this moment of reflection. World AIDS Day is an opportunity to slow down the hustle and bustle of routine and pay specific remembrance of where we have come from and where we're going. Today is a celebration. We have prepped for high-risk negatives, life-sustaining medication for individuals who tested positive for HIV, access to services for low or no income individuals. We no longer have to see STATED MEETING 64 12/1/2022 our family and friends suffer. World AIDS Day helps us to remember. While we have come a long way, we have further to go. Our leaders at the AIDS Activities Coordinating Office help provide us in the City and tri-state like One Day At A Time to forge a path to ending the epidemic here in the City. On this day and every day, we must continue to be intentional about our services and care and education for minority women, men who have sex with men, and persons who use intravenous drugs, as the numbers here are still growing in these communities. Our four pillars of focus are diagnose, treat, prevent, respond, diagnosing all Philadelphians with HIV as early as possible, treating people with HIV quickly and effectively, preventing new transmissions by promoting PrEP, in-pep (ph), and syringe services, and responding quickly to HIV outbreaks. We may have won some battles, STATED MEETING 65 12/1/2022 but not the war. Our small team at ODAAT has collectively over 30 years, educating interns, staff, clients that come in and out of our doors. We have been trained in multiple evidence-based practices. We continue to evolve and meet our community. Here today is Serilda Jones, one of our staff, here to give a little testimony of hers.
Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Good morning, Councilman, everyone that's in their respective places. I'm Serilda Jones. I'm one of the neutral testers at One Day At A Time, and I continue to be an advocate for the people that have no support system, that actually are still dealing with adversity and the different things that's going on with the HIV. People are still continuing to contract. I also came across a couple of new positives and the stigma that they're dealing with not having the family and STATED MEETING 66 12/1/2022 friends and the support. So here I am with One Day At A Time. I'm the support system, their advocate, and I pretty much encourage them and try to help them with their viral and continue on helping the community with this fight. I have one -- I don't know -young man that I've been working with, and he wanted to pretty much tell -- if you don't mind me saying your story, he is one that I found as a new person that just maybe a week ago, and it was such a devastating thing that he wanted to -I'm his support system. He has no family, no friends. So what do we do with the people that are still struggling with this stigma, struggling with, oh, I don't want you eating off my fork, I won't want you using my bathroom because of this. But I'm here to encourage him and to let him know and be empathetic to his well-being. So if you would like to -- is STATED MEETING 67 12/1/2022 it okay for him to...
Hello, everyone, Councilpeople, City of Philadelphia. I came here before y'all not lost but a living man living with a disease from which there's no known cure. But three weeks ago I was facing a dilemma where I felt like I didn't want to live no more, and people reached out for me, and especially with Ms. Ebony and Ms. Serilda. Through they work and they program, within two weeks, within two weeks turned my whole life around. (Applause.)
I come before y'all not scared to admit my disease or not, but I come to y'all to admit the good that's in people heart and stuff that's still out there with ODAAT STATED MEETING 68 12/1/2022 organization. It tremendously like did a 390 on me. So I would like to give them praise. I mean, really. But then there's people still out there that's living with what I'm living with and still in denial. But on the same token, they in so much denial because they have no support system or nothing, whereas this thing they carrying around, it can be carried on to any and everybody, you know, and I don't think that's right, because I got a conscience. But through they help and effort in my life, like I'm still going on. I'm strong through God eyes first. But here and now, like I don't have a mother, father, sister, brother, nothing. She did so much for me. I would like to say -(Applause.)
Is STATED MEETING 69 12/1/2022 that Mr. Thomas?
Yes. Just state your name for the record. I just want to make sure we have you.
Thank you, sir. Thank you for your testimony. (Applause.)
The next speaker is Sabrina Tate. (Speaker approached podium.)
I am following up -my name is Sabrina Tate. I am the Executive Director of Bebashi Transition for Hope. We are an organization that was burst of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 1995. We continue to service people who STATED MEETING 70 12/1/2022 are identified as HIV positive, but we work for people like the gentleman who just spoke. We know that there are tens of thousands of people who are impacted by HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia. They continue to be infected. The number of people that we are testing that test positive is increasing. Despite the fact that we have a pandemic that says that we are supposed to socially distance and cover our faces, we are not educating at the rate that we used to about protecting ourselves sexually and also identifying that we are contracting this through this opioid epidemic, right? So I am here in support of Councilmember Bass's resolution to declare today, December 1st, as World AIDS Day. It is a reminder for many to annually be checked, to be tested, and to make sure that they are educating others about how to remain safe. STATED MEETING 71 12/1/2022 It seems really simplistic. It doesn't take much, but it means a lot to many. So thank you for the opportunity to speak. (Applause.)
Thank you for your testimony. We appreciate it.
The final speaker, Mr. President, is Sue Slawson, commenting on 220869. (Speaker approached podium.)
Good morning. I'm making comment on Ordinance 220869, Mr. President, members of City STATED MEETING 72 12/1/2022 Council, and the Mayor in his absence, and of course Parks and Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell. I'm standing here today to say thank you for including Parks and Recreation. I want to thank Patricia Aden Wilson as well for advocating on our behalf. The Dell Music Center was built in 1924, so we're coming up on 100 years. It serves the City of Philadelphia, not just North Philadelphia, although it's housed there. It serves the tri-state. As a matter of fact, it has grown to serve the country, because people come from all over now to enjoy the Dell Music Center, and as a result of your support -- and I think this is just a great opportunity for me to say -- and I won't call your names, but I will say, Mr. President, because I've gone to a number of you on different occasions when we needed money over and over again, and you've never said no, and I want to say STATED MEETING 73 12/1/2022 thank you for those moments where we were in need and you were willing to say yes. I want to say thank you to those of you that settled that appropriation. I got the call, Councilman Jones, Councilwoman Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Councilmember Isaiah Thomas, those of you that stood up and said we need to make sure that, as you call it, the Grand Old Lady is represented in these numbers. You stood for us. We'll continue to stand for the citizens of Philadelphia, because that's what the Dell Music Center is about. It is about excellence. It is about ensuring that we serve our community and our citizens in the best way possible with the best music, with the best customer service. You know why? Because we represent the City of Philadelphia. So I say thank you, thank you, thank you for your willingness to ensure that we were included in this STATED MEETING 74 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING appropriation and that we will continue to be included. Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you. Thank you for your work. That concludes our public comment session for today. We will now consider the bills and resolutions on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, would you please read the title of Resolution No. 220929.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 2252 Hope Street (also known as Rear of 2251 North Howard Street) in the seventh Councilmanic District.
The STATED MEETING 75 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING Chair recognizes Councilman Johnson.
Thank you, Council President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 220930.
A resolution also naming the 1500 block of Wharton Street "James Mtume Way" to honor the life and legacy of renowned musician, activist, and Philadelphia native James Mtume.
The STATED MEETING 76 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING Chair again recognizes Councilman Johnson for a motion.
Thank you, Council President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted. Mr. Decker, 220931.
A resolution approving the redevelopment contract and the ground lease agreement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the South Central Urban STATED MEETING 77 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 614 through 626 South Thirteenth Street (including 1306 through 1310 Kater Street and 1309 through 1313 Bainbridge Street).
The Chair recognizes Councilman Johnson for a motion.
Thank you, Council President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted. Mr. Decker, 220932. STATED MEETING 78 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING
A resolution unequivocally condemning the rise in antisemitism and all forms of hate in the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, and across the globe.
Thank you, Mr. President. An attack on one faith is an attack on all faiths. According to the Anti-Defamation League, in 2021, 2,717 incidents of harassment, vandalism, or violence targeting Jews. This is the most since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking, and the current CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, does not see any meaningful change in this trend. Four years ago, the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, it was the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history, took place right here in our Commonwealth, claiming the lives of 11 of STATED MEETING 79 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING our Jewish brethren. My colleague in the House of Representatives, Dan Frankel, and I wept that day, and we wept for the 11 casualties, we wept for the members of that congregation, and we wept for humanity. And recently the republican party nominated a candidate for governor actively recruited supporters from the same far right extremist social media platform used by the Tree of Life attacker. Never again is supposed to be never again, but many people, young and old, do not know what the Holocaust was. People do not usually acknowledge that Hitler came to power through democratic means until he dismantled the government and became a totalitarian autocratic genocidal maniac. The attempted erasure of Jewish people began with the boycotting of shops and abandoning of books. Within years, STATED MEETING 80 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING it devolved into the mass imprisonment and extermination of Jewish and other marginalized groups, with the goal to leave one pure White race. We must never forget hatred and evil. When allowed to boil, it can explode. And so, Mr. President, with that, I move for the adoption of this resolution. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It's been moved and seconded the resolution be adopted. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is definitely adopted. Thank you. Mr. Decker, please read the STATED MEETING 81 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING title of Bill No. 220654-A.
An ordinance amending Chapter 10-300, entitled "Minors," to revise the evening curfew hours.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, call the roll. Councilwoman, I'm sorry.
That's okay. Thank you so much, Council President. I just wanted to provide additional clarification prior to the vote on Bill No. 220654-A. I wanted to clarify some of the amendments that were passed by this body last week, including in Chapter 10-303, which further clarifies some of the provisions in the bill around youth who are engaged in gainful, lawful employment at the time of the curfew, that those youth would not be penalized in any way STATED MEETING 82 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING because of them going to and from work. In addition to that, we did meet with the Juvenile Law Center, and we wanted to make additional clarification around there being no penalties for homeless youth who are out after curfew, because many of them need connection to resources and additional services. And also we added reporting requirements to the legislation that would begin on January 1, 2023, which is an additional Section 10-306, which would provide for quarterly reporting to City Council from the Philadelphia Police Department and the Department of Human Services so that we are receiving additional information on the back end around implementation and enforcement, particularly around connecting the young people to the Community Evening Resource Centers now that we have four and we're working towards having six, one in every police division in the City of Philadelphia. STATED MEETING 83 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING So I wanted to get that on the record for the benefit of this body and also for those who are listening to this session. Thank you, Council President. And with that, I turn it over to you.
Thank you, Councilwoman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Phillips.
Council President, I just wanted to rise to echo my support of this particular bill, 220654. As one who has worked with students in Philadelphia, I understand the importance of children not being on the street to have a better life, and I believe this bill increases their likelihood of success and life. One of the things that I just want to mention about this bill is that at a time when it seems there's no outer limit of senseless whirlwind of violence facing teens and young people, I think STATED MEETING 84 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING we're taking a temporary emergency step in the absence of a cure at all. So really in huge support of it.
Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. Mr. Decker, let's read the title over again. We'll start from the beginning.
Bill No. 220654-A, an ordinance amending Chapter 10-300, entitled "Minors," to revise the evening curfew hours, all under certain terms and conditions.
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 now.
Councilwoman STATED MEETING 85 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING Brooks.
Nay. STATED MEETING 86 12/1/2022 12/1/22 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. The ayes are 15; the nays are one. A majority of all members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, 220737-A.