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Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 (215 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 1 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Room 400, City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monday, April 15, 2019 10:22 a.m. PRESENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL L. CLARKE COUNCILWOMAN CINDY BASS COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE L. BLACKWELL COUNCILMAN ALLAN DOMB COUNCILMAN DEREK S. GREEN COUNCILMAN WILLIAM K. GREENLEE COUNCILWOMAN HELEN GYM COUNCILMAN BOBBY HENON COUNCILMAN KENYATTA JOHNSON COUNCILWOMAN BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN COUNCILMAN AL TAUBENBERGER BILLS 190152, 190153, and 190154 RESOLUTION 190164 - - - STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 2 1 4/15/19 - WHOLE - BILL 190152, ETC. 2 COUNCILMAN GREENLEE: We're 3 going to start the hearing. Members will 4 be coming down. Sorry for the delay. 5 If I could have everybody's 6 attention, please. 7 Good morning. This hearing is 8 called to order. This is the public 9 hearing of the Committee of the Whole 10 regarding Bill Nos. 190152, 190153, 11 190154, and Resolution No. 190164. 12 Mr. Stitt, please read the 13 titles of the bills and the resolution. 14 THE CLERK: Bill No. 190152, an 15 ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for 16 the six Fiscal Years 2020 through 2025 17 inclusive. 18 Bill No. 190153, an ordinance 19 to adopt a Fiscal 2020 Capital Budget. 20 Bill No. 190154, an ordinance 21 adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal 22 Year 2020. 23 Resolution No. 190164, 24 resolution providing for the approval by 25 the Council of the City of Philadelphia STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 3 1 4/15/19 - WHOLE - BILL 190152, ETC. 2 of a Revised Five Year Financial Plan for 3 the City of Philadelphia covering Fiscal 4 Years 2020 through 2024, and 5 incorporating proposed changes with 6 respect to Fiscal Year 2019, which is to 7 be submitted by the Mayor to the 8 Pennsylvania Intergovernmental 9 Cooperation Authority (the "Authority") 10 pursuant to the Intergovernmental 11 Cooperation Agreement, authorized by an 12 ordinance of this Council approved by the 13 Mayor on January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 14 1563-A), by and between the City and the 15 Authority. 16 COUNCILMAN GREENLEE: Thank 17 you. 18 Today we continue the public 19 hearing of the Committee of the Whole to 20 consider the bills read by Mr. Stitt that 21 constitute proposed operating and capital 22 spending measures for Fiscal Year 2020, a 23 Capital Program, and a forward-looking 24 Capital Plan for Fiscal Year 2020 through 25 Fiscal Year 2025. STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 4 1 4/15/19 - WHOLE - BILL 190152, ETC. 2 Today we will hear testimony 3 from the following City departments: The 4 Free Library, Mural Arts, City 5 Representative, Parks and Recreation, and 6 then later this afternoon there is public 7 testimony. 8 Mr. Stitt, the first person or 9 people to testify today are? 10 THE CLERK: Siobhan Reardon. 11 COUNCILMAN GREENLEE: Good 12 morning. We have your written testimony. 13 I know you know the way it goes here. If 14 you could give us a briefing. Thank you. 15 MS. REARDON: Good morning, 16 Councilman Greenlee and members of City 17 Council. I'm Siobhan Reardon, President 18 and Director of the Free Library of 19 Philadelphia, and I'm joined this morning 20 by my Board Chair -- with my Board Chair 21 of the Board of Trustees, Judge Pamela 22 Dembe, who will also make some comments. 23 I'd like to begin by extending 24 our appreciation to Mayor Kenney for 25 proposing a $2 and a half million STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 5 1 4/15/19 - WHOLE - BILL 190152, ETC. 2 increase to the Free Library's budget. 3 We all share the same goal - to open more 4 of our libraries for more hours and more 5 days and to ensure that all of 6 Philadelphia's residents have maximum 7 access to our resources and services. 8 The additional 2 and a half 9 million has been allocated in two 10 tranches. Two million, along with the 11 million dollars in Library state funds, 12 will be used to open all neighborhood 13 libraries for six days of service a week 14 during the school year, and then half a 15 million in maintenance support will be 16 dedicated to emergency repairs to prevent 17 closures. 18 Once the doors are open, the 19 Library offers a plethora of services to 20 our customers. Children's literacy is 21 particularly important and is manifest 22 through our new Play-and-Learn spaces at 23 our Cecil B. Moore, Whitman, and Wyoming 24 Libraries; our work in infusing literacy 25 in STAR 1 and 2 childcare facilities in STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 6 1 4/15/19 - WHOLE - BILL 190152, ETC. 2 the Logan and Kingsessing neighborhood; 3 and the Library's leadership of the Read 4 by 4th. 5 Workforce development is also a 6 service much in demand. We have 7 partnered with CareerLink to place 8 workforce navigators in 20 neighborhood 9 libraries, including Bustleton, Northeast 10 Regional, and Nicetown, providing classes 11 and one-on-one assistance to those who 12 are looking for work. 13 In Paschalville, the Library is 14 leading a multi-partner, multi-year 15 collaboration focused on meeting the 16 needs of the unemployed in that 17 neighborhood. Skills building and resume 18 preparation are offered specifically for 19 teens at our Haddington Library. 20 I know many of you have heard 21 about bias and discrimination at the 22 Library, which we all find disturbing and 23 intolerable. I applaud the staff that 24 stepped forward and raised the issue and 25 want to assure you that I and the Board STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 7 1 4/15/19 - WHOLE - BILL 190152, ETC. 2 take these concerns seriously. 3 I have made a statement to all 4 Library employees about my commitment to 5 addressing racial bias, homophobia, 6 Islamophobia and other issues, and have 7 named an internal diversity and inclusion 8 officer. Her charge includes the 9 creation of a committee to review Library 10 policies, examine hiring and promotional 11 practices, job descriptions, civil 12 service exams but, most importantly, to 13 research and define best practices for 14 the entire Free Library organization. 15 This body will also hear staff concerns 16 through the establishment of employee 17 relation groups and be integrally 18 involved in developing responses that are 19 timely, meaningful, impactful, and 20 sensitive. 21 I readily acknowledge that 22 these first steps are small. Creating a 23 bias-free workplace is a significant 24 undertaking and not something that can be 25 achieved in short order or if ever, STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 8 1 4/15/19 - WHOLE - BILL 190152, ETC. 2 realistically. This is not meant as an 3 excuse, but rather as a recognition of 4 the enormity of what we are trying to do. 5 And thank you, as always, for 6 your support of the Free Library. 7 Judge Dembe. 8 COUNCILMAN GREENLEE: Your 9 Honor, how are you? 10 JUDGE DEMBE: Good morning, and 11 good morning, Councilmembers. 12 COUNCILMAN GREENLEE: A little 13 more into the microphone, please. 14 JUDGE DEMBE: It's rare that 15 people can't hear me. 16 I hope some of you got back to 17 sleep after your phones all went off at 18 3:22 this morning. 19 I just want to add a couple 20 more points to what Siobhan said. 21 The first thing is that we 22 really have taken the claims of a lack of 23 diversity or discrimination quite 24 seriously. I've put together a board 25 committee which will be overseeing and STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 9 1 4/15/19 - WHOLE - BILL 190152, ETC. 2 recommending things for the executive 3 staff of the Library to move forward on. 4 We all are -- we're saddened that we 5 spent so much of the last several years 6 working on making an incredible customer 7 experience for all the citizens and kind 8 of forgot to take care of our own 9 perhaps. So we are on it. 10 After a dozen years, we finally 11 finished the first big stage of 12 renovating the Central Library, and if 13 you haven't been there, come see it. And 14 the opening to the public was on Friday, 15 and the new Teen Center was packed. So 16 the citizens are appreciating what you 17 have helped to bring about, and we're 18 going to be doing revamps to teen spaces 19 in other branches. 20 One of the many, many programs 21 that -- and I don't want to put you all 22 to sleep by reciting them, but one of 23 them that has been a really big hit and 24 it was put together by a librarian, not 25 something that came down from the top, STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee of the Whole April 15, 2019 Page 10 1 4/15/19 - WHOLE - BILL 190152, ETC.
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