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COUNCI L OF THE CI TY OF PHI LADELPHI A
COMMI TTEE ON LAW AND GOVERNMENT
Room 400, Ci t y Hal l Phi l adel phi a, Pennsyl vani a Monday, Apr i l 28, 2014 10: 10 a. m.
PRESENT: COUNCI LMAN WI LLI AM K. GREENLEE, CHAI R COUNCI LMAN BOBBY HENON COUNCI LMAN CURTI S J ONES, J R. COUNCI LMAN DENNI S O' BRI EN COUNCI LWOMAN BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN
BI LLS 130878, 140014, 140015, and 140131RESOLUTI ONS 130884 and 140035
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2 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Good
3 mor ni ng, ever yone. Thi s i s t he Commi t t ee
4 on Law and Gover nment .
5 We have est abl i shed a quor um
6 wi t h Counci l man Henon, Counci l man
7 O' Br i en, and Counci l woman Reynol ds Br own,
8 who has been appoi nt ed t o t he Commi t t ee
9 t oday.
10 Ms. Marconi , i f you coul d
11 pl ease r ead t he t i t l e of t he f i r st bi l l
12 bef ore us t oday.
13 THE CLERK: Bi l l No. 140131, an
14 or di nance amendi ng Chapt er 21- 1700 of The
15 Phi l adel phi a Code, ent i t l ed "Publ i cat i on
16 of Not i ces by Ci t y, " by revi si ng
17 pr ovi si ons concer ni ng how not i ces of
18 r egul at i ons pr oposed by depar t ment s,
19 boar ds and commi ssi ons shal l be publ i shed
20 and adver t i sed; al l under cer t ai n t er ms
21 and condi t i ons.
22 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
23 you. Our f i r s t wi t ness?
24 THE CLERK: J oan Decker .
25 ( Wi t nesses appr oached wi t ness
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2 cor r ect .
3 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: - - t o
4 make t echni cal changes?
5 COMMI SSI ONER DECKER: That ' s
6 cor r ect .
7 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: And I
8 shoul d have ment i oned i n t he begi nni ng,
9 Counci l woman Sanchez - - and her st at ement
10 wi l l be made par t of t he r ecor d - - has
11 gi ven a st at ement obvi ousl y i n suppor t of
12 t he bi l l , sayi ng i t woul d, as t he
13 Commi ssi oner sai d, br i ng our met hod of
14 get t i ng adver t i si ng out onl i ne and i t ' s,
15 as she says, a commonsense updat e t o our
16 pr ocedur es t hat wi l l cr eat e mi ni mal
17 admi ni st r at i ve burden whi l e s i gni f i cant l y
18 benef i t i ng t he publ i c, and her st at ement
19 wi l l be made par t of t he r ecor d al so.
20 Any quest i ons f or Commi ssi oner
21 Decker on t hi s bi l l ?
22 ( No r esponse. )
23 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Seei ng
24 none, can' t get any qui cker t han t hat ,
25 Commi ssi oner .
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2 COMMI SSI ONER DECKER: That ' s
3 r i ght . Thank you ver y much.
4 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE:
5 Ms. Mar coni , why don' t you cal l t he ot her
6 t wo at l east t hat we have.
7 THE CLERK: Rober t Bal l enger
8 and Amy Laur a Cahn.
9 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: I f you
10 coul d bot h come up.
11 ( Wi t nesses appr oached wi t ness
12 t abl e. )
13 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Mr .
14 Bal l enger , we have your wr i t t en
15 t est i mony, so i f you coul d j ust
16 summar i ze, I ' d appreci at e i t .
17 MR. BALLENGER: Yes. Thank
18 you. Thank you, Counci l man Gr eenl ee.
19 Good mor ni ng, Counci l man and
20 members of t he Commi t t ee on Law and
21 Gover nment . My name i s Rober t
22 Bal l enger - -
23 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: A l i t t l e
24 cl oser t o t he mi c, pl ease.
25 MR. BALLENGER: Sur e. My name
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2 i s Rober t Bal l enger . I ' m an at t orney at
3 Communi t y Legal Ser vi ces i n t he Ener gy
4 Uni t . I do have occasi on t o r evi ew t he
5 pr i nt publ i cat i on of regul at i ons every
6 day, of proposed regul at i ons, so t hi s i s
7 an ar ea I have some exper i ence i n.
8 I f ul l y suppor t t hi s bi l l .
9 Thi s bi l l woul d provi de si gni f i cant
10 addi t i onal assur ance t hat t he publ i c has
11 an oppor t uni t y t o be i nf or med about and
12 part i ci pat e i n t he regul at ory process f or
13 Ci t y depar t ment s. Commi ssi oner Decker
14 has expl ai ned i n her t est i mony t he
15 cur r ent process. I won' t r evi si t that .
16 Thi s woul d suppl ement t he
17 cur r ent pr i nt publ i cat i on wi t h onl i ne
18 publ i cat i on. Thi s i s the f orm i n whi ch
19 many member s of t he publ i c now expect t o
20 r ecei ve not i ce. So I t hi nk i t ' s an
21 i mpor t ant t hi ng t o do.
22 I j ust want ed t o cl ose wi t h I
23 t hi nk an i mpor t ant st at ement f r om t he
24 annot at i ons of Sect i on 8- 407 of t he
25 Phi l adel phi a Home Rul e Char t er wher e t hi s
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2 r equi r ement or i gi nat es. The annot at i on
3 t hat I ' d l i ke t o r ead i s I t hi nk apt i n
4 t hi s ci r cumst ance.
5 I t s tat es, Si nce members of t he
6 publ i c wi l l be t he ones who wi l l be
7 af f ect ed by regul at i ons, f ai rness t o t hem
8 pr ompt s t he r equi r ement t hat t hey be
9 af f orded, as a rul e, an opport uni t y t o be
10 hear d on pr oposed r egul at i ons. Such
11 hear i ngs ar e i nt ended t o pr ot ect per sons
12 who wi l l be af f ect ed f rom arbi t rary
13 admi ni str at i ve act i on. They shoul d al so
14 serve t o br i ng t o t he at t ent i on of
15 admi ni s t rat i ve of f i ci al s f act s necessary
16 f or t he exer ci se of i nf or med j udgment i n
17 t he pr omul gat i on of r egul at i ons.
18 So pr ovi di ng not i ce i s a
19 t wo- way st r eet . I t ' s an i mport ant t hi ng
20 bot h f or t he publ i c and f or t hose who set
21 regul at i ons , and I thi nk t hi s i s a great
22 bi l l t o advance openness and t r anspar ency
23 i n Ci t y government .
24 Thank you. I ' m happy t o answer
25 any quest i ons you may have.
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2 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
3 you, Mr . Bal l enger .
4 Ms. Cahn, and t hen i f t here' s
5 any quest i ons.
6 MS. CAHN: Thank you ver y much.
7 You have my wr i t t en t est i mony. I ' m j ust
8 goi ng t o sum up ver y qui ckl y, and t hank
9 you f or t he oppor t uni t y t o t est i f y.
10 My name i s Amy Laur a Cahn. I ' m
11 her e as a staf f at t or ney on behal f of t he
12 Publ i c I nt erest Law Cent er of
13 Phi l adel phi a. I work on our
14 envi ronment al j ust i ce work, but I ' m here
15 on behal f of al l of our at t or neys who
16 wor k on a r ange of i ssues, i ncl udi ng
17 hous i ng, educat i on, di sabi l i t y r i ght s ,
18 vot i ng, empl oyment di scri mi nat i on, and we
19 al l agr ee t hat we are i n suppor t of t hi s
20 bi l l . We wor k wi t h r esi dent s t hr oughout
21 Phi l adel phi a who st r uggl e t o part i ci pat e
22 i n gover nment , who st r uggl e t o under st and
23 how gover nment wor ks, and we t hi nk t hi s
24 i s an excel l ent step i n enhanci ng
25 t r anspar ency.
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2 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
3 you, Ms. Cahn.
4 Any quest i ons f r om t he
5 Commi t t ee f or Mr . Bal l enger or Ms. Cahn?
6 ( No r esponse. )
7 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Seei ng
8 none, t hank you bot h ver y much.
9 I s t here anyone el se here t o
10 t est i f y on Bi l l No. 140131?
11 ( No r esponse. )
12 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Seei ng
13 none, Ms. Mar coni , wi l l you pl ease r ead
14 t he t i t l e of t he next t wo bi l l s and t he
15 resol ut i on bef ore us, pl ease.
16 THE CLERK: Bi l l No. 140014, an
17 or di nance amendi ng Ti t l e 2 of The
18 Phi l adel phi a Code t o pr ovi de f or t he
19 power s and dut i es of t he Depar t ment of
20 Pr i sons creat ed under Secti on 3- 100 of
21 t he Home Rul e Char t er ; and f ur t her
22 amendi ng Ti t l e 20 of The Phi l adel phi a
23 Code t o pr ovi de f or t he sal ar y of t he
24 Commi ssi oner of Pr i sons, al l under
25 cer t ai n t er ms and condi t i ons.
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2 Bi l l No. 140015, an ordi nance
3 provi di ng f or t he submi ssi on t o t he
4 qual i f i ed el ect or s of t he Ci t y of
5 Phi l adel phi a of t he proposal set f or t h i n
6 a Resol ut i on appr oved by Counci l
7 pr oposi ng an amendment t o The
8 Phi l adel phi a Home Rul e Char t er t o
9 t ransf er the f unct i ons of cer t ai n Ci t y
10 agenci es wi t h r espect t o penal ,
11 r ef ormat ory and corr ect i onal i nst i t ut i ons
12 t o a newl y- creat ed Depar t ment of Pr i sons
13 and Boar d of Tr ust ees of Phi l adel phi a
14 Pr i sons and add cer t ai n dut i es t o such
15 depar t ment ; and aut hor i zi ng t he
16 appropr i at e of f i cers t o publ i sh not i ce
17 and t o make ar r angement s f or t he speci al
18 el ect i on; al l under cert ai n t er ms and
19 condi t i ons.
20 And Resol ut i on 140035,
21 r esol ut i on pr oposi ng an amendment t o The
22 Phi l adel phi a Home Rul e Char t er t o creat e
23 t he Depar t ment of Pr i sons, t o t r ansf er
24 t he f unct i ons of cer t ai n Ci t y agenci es
25 wi t h r espect t o penal , r ef or mat or y and
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2 cor r ect i onal i nst i t ut i ons t o a
3 newl y- creat ed Depar t ment of Pr i sons and
4 Boar d of Tr ustees of Phi l adel phi a
5 Pr i sons, and t o provi de f or addi t i onal
6 dut i es of t he Depar t ment , and pr ovi di ng
7 f or t he submi ssi on of t he amendment t o
8 t he el ect or s of Phi l adel phi a.
9 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
10 you. Our f i r s t wi t nesses on - -
11 Counci l man J ones, di d you want t o say
12 anyt hi ng?
13 COUNCI LMAN J ONES: Thank you,
14 Mr . Chai r man. I ' l l hol d my comment s
15 unt i l af t er pr esent at i ons.
16 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Sur e.
17 Our f i r s t wi tnesses, Ms.
18 Mar coni ?
19 THE CLERK: Mi chael Resni ck and
20 Loui s Gi or l a.
21 ( Wi t nesses appr oached wi t ness
22 t abl e. )
23 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Good
24 morni ng to al l of you.
25 MR. RESNI CK: Good mor ni ng,
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2 Counci l man.
3 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Whoever
4 woul d l i ke t o st ar t , pl ease i dent i f y
5 yoursel f and proceed.
6 MR. RESNI CK: Sur e. My name i s
7 Mi chael Resni ck. I ' m Di rector of Publ i c
8 Saf ety f or the Ci t y of Phi l adel phi a.
9 Bei ng mi ndf ul of t he cal endar and t he
10 number of wi t nesses you have, I ' l l t r y t o
11 be br i ef . I know you have our pr epar ed
12 t est i mony.
13 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Yes.
14 MR. RESNI CK: The bi l l s and
15 r esol ut i ons bef or e you ar e pr oposed by
16 t he Admi ni st r at i on and wer e sponsor ed by
17 Counci l man J ones. We' d l i ke t o t hank hi m
18 f or t hat . Ther e ar e t wo par agr aphs f r om
19 t he pr epar ed t est i mony t hat I j ust woul d
20 l i ke t o r ead.
21 We' r e al l f ami l i ar wi t h t he
22 bi l l s and t he resol ut i on and t hat t hey
23 wi l l , i n a sense, have t he Char t er
24 ref l ect what ' s goi ng on pract i cal l y i n
25 pr act i ce t oday. The Depar t ment of
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2 Pr i sons wi l l be cr eat ed. I t wi l l no
3 l onger be under t he Depar t ment of Human
4 Servi ces. So as a pr act i cal mat t er , t he
5 Pr i sons has been oper at i ng as i f t hey
6 wer e an i ndependent depar t ment f or 26
7 years . Thi s pract i ce was f ormal l y
8 i ni t i at ed by Mayor Goode by Execut i ve
9 Or der i n Apr i l 6t h, 1988. The f avor abl e
10 passage of t hi s l egi s l at i on package wi l l
11 f or mal l y est abl i sh t he Depar t ment of
12 Pr i sons t hr ough The Phi l adel phi a Code and
13 Char t er and wi l l ensur e t he cont i nuat i on
14 of cr i t i cal rei nt egrat i on servi ces beyond
15 t hi s Admi ni st r at i on and Counci l .
16 I t i s i mpor t ant t o note that by
17 maki ng t hi s change, we wi l l not i ncur any
18 addi t i onal costs and t he shi f t wi l l not
19 i mpact pr i son operat i ons. I t wi l l ,
20 however , el evat e t he Pr i sons Commi ssi oner
21 t o t he same l evel as Pol i ce and Fi r e and
22 ot her Commi ssi oners . I t wi l l af f ord t he
23 Commi ssi oner t he needed l eeway i n
24 managi ng t he pr i son oper at i ons and,
25 i mpor t ant l y, i t wi l l pl ace the Of f i ce of
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2 Ri se, Rei nt egrat i on Servi ces f or
3 Ex- Of f ender s, wi t hi n t he Pr i son System
4 and ensur e t hat t hat i mpor t ant wor k l ast s
5 beyond t hi s Admi ni str at i on and t hi s
6 Counci l .
7 That concl udes t he t est i mony.
8 We' l l be avai l abl e f or quest i ons.
9 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
10 you.
11 Commi ssi oner , di d you want t o
12 add somet hi ng?
13 COMMI SSI ONER GI ORLA:
14 Counci l man, good mor ni ng. Lou Gi or l a,
15 Pr i son Commi ssi oner . As Mr . Resni ck
16 sai d, t hi s ref l ect s t he real i t y of t oday.
17 The Pr i sons cont r act s f or t hei r own
18 ser vi ces. We handl e our own i nt er nal
19 di sci pl i ne. We handl e our own hi r i ng.
20 Ever y ot her aspect t hat ref l ect s an
21 oper at i ng depar t ment i s conduct ed by t he
22 Pr i sons. Our r el at i onshi p wi t h DHS,
23 whi ch Char t er - wi se we' r e under , i s mer el y
24 a r el at i onshi p on paper . Ther e ar e no
25 budget ar y t i es or anyt hi ng t hat causes us
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2 t o be subj ect to thei r di rect i on.
3 Thank you.
4 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
5 you.
6 Di d you want t o add somet hi ng?
7 MR. HART: Counci l man, t hank
8 you. I don' t have pr epar ed t est i mony,
9 but to suppor t what - -
10 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: J ust
11 i dent i f y yoursel f f or the record.
12 MR. HART: Bi l l Har t , the
13 Execut i ve Di r ect or - -
14 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: We know
15 you, but . . .
16 MR. HART: - - f or reent ry
17 i ni t i at i ves.
18 Essent i al l y, I ' l l say some of
19 t he benef i t s of movi ng t hi s l egi sl at i on
20 f or war d and havi ng RI SE par t i cul ar l y
21 under neat h t he pur vi ew of t he Pr i sons,
22 cl ear l y t here' s an oppor t uni t y t o star t
23 maxi mi zi ng some of t he ef f i ci enci es of
24 combi ni ng r esour ces wi t h bot h our st af f
25 and what t he Pr i sons does. Ear l y
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2 i nt ervent i on as best pract i ces woul d
3 suggest i s i dent i f yi ng chal l enges and
4 needs ear l y, addr essi ng t hem whi l e our
5 guys ar e i n det ent i on and havi ng t he,
6 I ' l l say, t he benef i t s of combi ned
7 assessment , combi ned pr ogr ammi ng and what
8 we' r e doi ng wi t h f at her hood, wi t h f ami l y
9 r euni f i cat i on behi nd t he wal l s , and t he
10 cont i nui t y of t hat car e wi t h bot h pr e and
11 post det ent i on, t hat , al ong wi t h t he
12 seaml ess del i very of ser vi ces.
13 The pr oj ect t hat we' r e wor ki ng
14 on now, i t ' s st i l l i n i t s i nf ancy st age,
15 but t o be abl e t o i dent i f y cl i ent s t hat
16 ar e on t he ment al heal t h, t he act i ve
17 ment al heal t h r oster , assess t hem ear l y,
18 ensure there' s a cont i nui ty of , I ' l l say,
19 i nsur ance car e, so upon r el ease, t hey' r e
20 mai nl y moved i nt o car e t o f aci l i t at e t hat
21 pr ocess so we can, I ' l l say, mi ni mi ze t he
22 f requent f l yer s t hat are i ncarcerat ed,
23 not necessar i l y because of cr i mi nal i t y
24 but because of behavi or and ment al heal t h
25 chal l enges.
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2 Mr . Chai r man.
3 Good morni ng.
4 ( Good morni ng. )
5 COUNCI LMAN HENON: And t hank
6 you f or comi ng i n. J ust a coupl e qui ck
7 quest i ons. You t ouched on most of i t .
8 Char t er changes ar e ver y
9 ser i ous - -
10 MR. RESNI CK: Yes, t hey ar e.
11 COUNCI LMAN HENON: - - her e i n
12 t he Ci t y of Phi l adel phi a, and t here' s al l
13 di f f er ent ki nds of opi ni ons whet her we
14 shoul d have Char t er changes or not or
15 make execut i ve di scr et i ons wi t h cer t ai n
16 i ni t i at i ves t hat we' re t ryi ng t o do. How
17 does - - and, agai n, a l i t t l e more
18 speci f i cal l y, how does, f or no pun
19 i nt ended, how does t hi s handcuf f you
20 bei ng wher e you ar e now as opposed t o
21 separ at i ng and havi ng your own
22 depar t ment?
23 MR. RESNI CK: I ' l l l et t he
24 Commi ssi oner t al k a l i t t l e bi t mor e
25 ext ensi ve about t hat , but bot t om l i ne i s ,
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2 because t he Pr i son i s not i t s own
3 depar t ment wi t h a - - a Char t er depar t ment
4 wi t h a char t er ed Commi ssi oner , he does
5 not have t he abi l i t y under Ci vi l Servi ce
6 t o appoi nt hi s exempt t op deput i es, hi s
7 management t eam.
8 COMMI SSI ONER GI ORLA: Yeah.
9 Good mor ni ng, Counci l man. Commi ssi oner
10 Gi or l a f r om t he Pr i sons.
11 The Char t er change and
12 subsequent creat i on of t he Depar t ment of
13 Pr i sons wi l l gi ve, at t he mi ni mum, mysel f
14 or my successor s t he abi l i t y t o appoi nt
15 exempt deput i es . I bel i eve i t af f ords
16 t en deput i es t o each oper at i ng
17 depar t ment , al t hough I don' t t hi nk t he
18 Pr i sons woul d need t en. I t woul d gi ve
19 t he Commi ssi oner t he l egal di scr et i on t o
20 ei t her r each wi t hi n t he depar t ment f or
21 qual i f i ed i ndi vi dual s or sel ect f r om
22 out si de t he depar t ment . I t woul d al so, I
23 bel i eve, accel erat e t he process f or
24 appoi nt i ng hi gh- r anki ng deput i es . I t
25 woul dn' t requi re t he t i mel i ne t hat Ci vi l
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2 Servi ce may requi re.
3 Whenever one of t hese posi t i ons
4 sust ai ns a vacancy, as we' r e goi ng t o see
5 i n t he next coupl e year s wi t h t he DROP
6 program, i t ' s a cr i t i cal vacancy. I t has
7 an ext r emel y, ext r emel y wi de i mpact on
8 oper at i ons, and f ul f i l l i ng - - or f i l l i ng
9 t hose i s somet hi ng t hat ' s r eal l y wher e
10 t i me i s of t he essence and wher e you want
11 t he most qual i f i ed i ndi vi dual s t o step i n
12 as qui ckl y as possi bl e.
13 COUNCI LMAN HENON: So i t gi ves
14 you t he abi l i t y t o r eact i n an emer gency
15 basi s i n a mor e t i mel y f ashi on t hat ' s
16 appr opr i at e f or you t o manage t he syst em;
17 i s t hat cor r ect ?
18 COMMI SSI ONER GI ORLA: Yes, si r .
19 COUNCI LMAN HENON: Your
20 empl oyees, woul d i t change whi ch
21 empl oyees ar e r epr esent ed asi de f r om some
22 of t he st af f t hat you have ar ound you?
23 They woul d st i l l al l be represent ed
24 empl oyees?
25 COMMI SSI ONER GI ORLA: Yes.
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2 Ther e' l l be no change i n t he empl oyee
3 r epr esent at i on. The cor rect i onal
4 of f i cers , sergeant s, and l i eut enant s are
5 r epr esent ed by Di str i ct Counci l 33, Local
6 159. Our t r eat ment pr of essi onal s -
7 psychol ogi s ts , soci al workers , soci al
8 wor k super vi sor s - ar e r epr esent ed by
9 Di st r i ct Counci l 47. Capt ai ns and
10 above - capt ai ns, deput y war dens,
11 war dens, and deput y commi ssi oner s - ar e
12 non- r epr esent ed empl oyees, and our soci al
13 wor k admi ni st r at or s ar e non- r epr esent ed
14 empl oyees.
15 COUNCI LMAN HENON: And
16 t echni cal l y your budget i s your budget
17 anyway as pr oposed by t he Ci t y of
18 Phi l adel phi a. So t hat woul d not change,
19 cor r ect ?
20 COMMI SSI ONER GI ORLA: No, si r .
21 Budget pr epar at i on, budget t est i mony,
22 budget appr oval , and budget moni t or i ng
23 al l t ake pl ace wi t hi n t he depar t ment .
24 COUNCI LMAN HENON: How about
25 now under t he Depar t ment of Wel f ar e, i s
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2 your cont r act s and vendor s t hat you deal
3 wi t h, woul d t hey be under Ci t y
4 pr ocur ement or st at e pr ocur ement ?
5 COMMI SSI ONER GI ORLA: No. Al l
6 of our cont r acts ar e moni t or ed by Ci t y
7 pr ocur ement , and we don' t have any
8 cont r acts t o st r addl e bot h depar t ment s.
9 Al l of our cont ract s are uni que t o t he
10 Pr i sons.
11 COUNCI LMAN HENON: And your
12 budget , i s t hat a par t of t he Depar t ment
13 of Heal t h' s budget or i s i t separat e?
14 COMMI SSI ONER GI ORLA: We get a
15 par t i al subsi dy f r om t he Depar t ment of
16 Publ i c Heal t h, not DHS, t o hel p i n ment al
17 heal t h t r eat ment . Appr oxi mat el y 30
18 per cent of our ment al heal t h t r eat ment
19 cont r act i s subsi di zed by t he Depar t ment
20 of Publ i c Heal t h.
21 COUNCI LMAN HENON: And t hat
22 woul d cont i nue, I woul d i magi ne so?
23 COMMI SSI ONER GI ORLA: Yes, si r .
24 COUNCI LMAN HENON: Okay.
25 Gr eat .
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2 Thank you. I have no f ur t her
3 quest i ons.
4 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
5 you, Counci l man.
6 Any ot her quest i ons?
7 Counci l man O' Br i en.
8 COUNCI LMAN O' BRI EN: I ' m
9 f ami l i ar wi t h RI SE. Coul d you pl ease
10 expl ai n t o me, Mr . Resni ck, t he f or mal i t y
11 t hat you want t o accompl i sh i n t hi s
12 l egi sl at i on and wher e I can r ead t hat
13 l anguage? I ' m havi ng t r oubl e i dent i f yi ng
14 t hat .
15 MR. RESNI CK: I t hi nk t he
16 f ormal i t y, Counci l man, RI SE exi sts
17 cur r ent l y under a Mayor ' s Execut i ve
18 Or der . So t hat may not and does not
19 necessar i l y have t o per pet uat e beyond
20 t hi s Admi ni st r at i on, because as mayor s
21 come, mayor s can change execut i ve or der s.
22 But what t hi s l egi s l at i on pr oposes t o do
23 i s move t he r eent r y ser vi ces t hat RI SE
24 provi des i nt o t he Pr i son, f ormal i ze t hat ,
25 and make t hat par t of Pr i son oper at i ons,
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2 so t hat f ut ure mayors , f ut ure
3 admi ni st r at i ons may do away wi t h t he
4 Execut i ve Order , but t he work st i l l
5 mai nt ai ns and i t ' s done out of t he Pr i son
6 Depar t ment .
7 COUNCI LMAN O' BRI EN: Can you
8 di r ect me wher e t hat l anguage i s
9 i ncor por at ed i n t oday' s consi der at i on and
10 del i ber at i ons?
11 MR. RESNI CK: I know i t ' s i n
12 her e, Counci l man. I don' t want t o t ake
13 up your t i me. I can f i nd i t and show i t
14 t o you af t er t he hear i ng.
15 COUNCI LMAN O' BRI EN: Thank you.
16 MR. RESNI CK: Okay.
17 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
18 you.
19 Counci l man J ones.
20 COUNCI LMAN J ONES: Thank you,
21 Mr . Chai r man, and t hank you, member s of
22 t he Commi t t ee. These ar e t he exact
23 quest i ons t hat I asked when asked t o
24 i nt r oduce t he l egi s l at i on. I know your
25 concer n, Counci l man Henon. Those
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2 i ndependent depar t ment under t he Ci t y
3 Char t er , same pr ocur ement , same wor k
4 r ul es t hat appl y t o ot her muni ci pal
5 depar t ment s .
6 Thank you, Mr . Chai r man.
7 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
8 you, Counci l man.
9 Any ot her quest i ons or
10 comment s?
11 ( No r esponse. )
12 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank al l
13 t hr ee of you ver y much.
14 COMMI SSI ONER GI ORLA: Thank
15 you, Mr . Chai r man.
16 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Ms.
17 Mar coni , how about our next t wo
18 wi t nesses.
19 THE CLERK: Wayne J acobs and
20 Pat r i ck Chr i st mas.
21 ( Wi t ness appr oached wi t ness
22 t abl e. )
23 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: I s
24 Mr . Chr i st mas or anyone - - t her e he i s.
25 Okay.
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4 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Good
5 mor ni ng t o you bot h.
6 Mr . J acobs, why don' t you
7 st ar t . Pl ease i dent i f y your sel f f or t he
8 r ecord and proceed.
9 MR. J ACOBS: Yes. Good
10 mor ni ng. Wayne J acobs, co- f ounder and
11 Execut i ve Di r ect or of X- Of f ender s f or
12 Communi t y Empowerment .
13 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Go ahead.
14 MR. J ACOBS: Wel l , I suppor t
15 t hi s move f or one r eason, and my concer n
16 i s t he f ol ks t hat ' s bei ng r el eased and
17 gi vi ng RI SE t he abi l i t y t o be abl e t o
18 best servi ce t hose f ol ks t hat ' s bei ng
19 r el eased f r om pr i son.
20 The l ast t wo budget s t hat t he
21 Mayor passed, t hey had cut RI SE' s budget ,
22 and t hat means - - cut t i ng RI SE' s budget
23 means cut t i ng ser vi ces t o f ol ks t hat
24 needs t hem. And so by movi ng t he pr i son
25 out of the DHS and pl aci ng t hem as an
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2 i ndependent body and i ncl udi ng RI SE, t hat
3 wi l l gi ve RI SE the abi l i t y to be abl e to
4 go out and r ai se pr i vat e f undi ng whenever
5 t he Ci t y deci des t o cut t hei r budget . So
6 t hat ' s my reason f or suppor t i ng i t , i s
7 because t hey gi ve RI SE t he abi l i t y t o
8 r ai se money t o ser vi ce t he popul at i on
9 t hat I ' m i nt er est ed i n.
10 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
11 you.
12 Mr . Chr i st mas.
13 MR. CHRI STMAS: Good mor ni ng.
14 I ' m Pat r i ck Chr i s tmas, t he Seni or Pol i cy
15 Anal yst at t he Commi t t ee of Sevent y. We
16 al so suppor t t hi s pr oposal . We appl aud
17 Counci l man J ones and Ci t y Counci l f or
18 t aki ng up t hi s i ssue.
19 I di d submi t wr i t t en t est i mony,
20 but I ' l l st r i p i t down t o t he bare bones
21 her e.
22 We suppor t t hi s pr oposal f or
23 t hree r easons. Fi rst , t he Pr i son System
24 i s t he l argest Ci t y agency t hat i s not
25 i t s own depar t ment . I t ' s l arge. I t ' s
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2 compl ex. The gravi t y of i t s work i s
3 ser i ous, and i t ' s not i t s own depar t ment .
4 Secondl y, ki nd of t ouch on a
5 poi nt t hat was al r eady made. The f act
6 t hat t he Pr i sons Commi ssi oner does not
7 have t he abi l i t y t o appoi nt hi s own
8 deput i es exempt f rom Ci vi l Servi ce
9 r egul at i ons i s a ser i ous manager i al
10 constr ai nt . Thi s pr oposal woul d gr ant
11 hi m t hat abi l i t y. The Pol i ce Depart ment
12 has seven of t hese exempt i ons, Fi r e has
13 f i ve, and DHS has ni ne. So even i f t he
14 DHS Commi ssi oner want ed t o appoi nt some
15 deput i es f or t he Pr i son Syst em, t hey' ve
16 al ready eat en out of t hei r t en.
17 Last l y, al so as was al ready
18 sai d, t he Pr i son Syst em i s al ready
19 f unct i oni ng i ndependent l y as a moder n
20 pr i son syst em, and t hi s Char t er amendment
21 woul d r ef l ect r eal i t y.
22 Thank you.
23 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank you
24 bot h.
25 Any quest i ons?
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3 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank you
4 bot h very much.
5 Ms. Mar coni , I t hi nk we have
6 t wo mor e peopl e at l east l i s ted.
7 THE CLERK: Li sa Shel t on and
8 Margaret Rober t son.
9 ( Wi t nesses appr oached wi t ness
10 t abl e. )
11 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Ma' am,
12 were you l i sted t oo?
13 MS. ROBERTSON: Yes, but I can
14 wai t .
15 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Whoever
16 woul d l i ke to star t , pl ease i dent i f y
17 your sel f f or t he r ecor d and pr oceed.
18 MS. SHELTON: Good morni ng. My
19 name i s Li sa Shel t on and I wi l l be
20 r eadi ng t he st at ement on behal f of
21 Lor enzo Nor t h, Local 159 Pr esi dent .
22 Good mor ni ng. I ' ve been t he
23 Pr esi dent of Local 159 of AFSCME Di st r i ct
24 Counci l 33 and I am char ged wi t h
25 r epr esent i ng t he t housands of Ci t y
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2 empl oyees who exer ci se car e, cust ody, and
3 cont rol over i nmat es i n t he Ci t y' s Pr i son
4 Syst em.
5 I woul d l i ke t o t hank t he
6 Chai r , Wi l l i am Greenl ee; Vi ce Chai r ,
7 J ames Kenney; and member s of t he Law and
8 Gover nment Commi t t ee f or t he oppor t uni t y
9 t o pr ovi de t he vi ews of Local 159 i n
10 connect i on wi t h Bi l l No. 140015 and
11 Resol ut i on 140035.
12 As you know, Ci t y cor r ecti onal
13 of f i cer s wor k i n danger ous condi t i ons t o
14 deal wi t h some of t he most vi ol ent
15 i nmat es i n t he St at e of Pennsyl vani a.
16 Not wi t hstandi ng t he r i sks we wi l l i ngl y
17 accept i n per f or mi ng t hese dut i es, yet
18 danger ous, yet essent i al dut i es, we have
19 consi stent l y r ecei ved no respect f rom t he
20 management i n t he Ci t y of Phi l adel phi a.
21 I n t he l ast year , we have had of f i cer s
22 r ecei ve maj or i nj ur i es by at t acks f rom
23 i nmat es. A f emal e cor r ect i onal of f i cer
24 r ecei ved i nj ur i es t o her eye socket af t er
25 bei ng at t acked by an i nmat e, and t wo
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2 ot her of f i cers recei ved maj or f aci al
3 i nj ur i es af t er bei ng at t acked by i nmat es.
4 These ar e j ust a f ew exampl es
5 and, sadl y, ar e t he norm i nstead of bei ng
6 i sol at ed i nci dent s. These i nci dent s do
7 not make headl i nes nor even get r epor t ed
8 i n t he news. Cer t ai nl y t hey ar e not
9 gi ven t he same amount of at t ent i on t hat
10 t ragedi es bef al l i ng our brot hers i n
11 publ i c saf et y, t he Pol i ce and Fi re,
12 r ecei ve. But we ar e not l ooki ng f or
13 publ i ci t y or publ i c sympat hy. However ,
14 we do demand t hat our Commi ssi oner and
15 management of f i ci al s wi t hi n t he Pr i son
16 r ecogni ze t he danger ous wor k we per f or m
17 and t r eat us wi t h t he r espect we deser ve.
18 Thi s i s an i ssue t hat t he uni on
19 and management ar e pr esent l y wor ki ng on,
20 and al t hough t her e i s a l ot of wor k t o be
21 done, I see progress.
22 Concer ni ng Bi l l No. 140015 and
23 Resol ut i on 140035, Local 159 and I ask
24 t hi s Commi t t ee t o gi ve appr oval t o bot h
25 i t ems wi t h t he suppor t of Local 159.
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2 Agai n, my name i s Li sa Shel t on.
3 I al so am a cor r ect i onal of f i cer of 27
4 year s.
5 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
6 you. Thank you f or al l t he har d wor k you
7 do, and gi ve our r egar ds t o Mr . Nor t h.
8 Whoever woul d l i ke t o go next .
9 MS. LEAKE: J enni f er Leake,
10 Vi ce Pr es i dent of Local 159.
11 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: You don' t
12 have anyt hi ng el se?
13 MS. LEAKE: No.
14 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Al l
15 r i ght . Appr eci at e i t .
16 Si r , do you have anyt hi ng?
17 MR. NEWLI N: Cl ai bor ne S.
18 Newl i n - -
19 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: You' ve
20 got t o speak i n t he mi crophone.
21 MR. NEWLI N: Cl ai bor ne S.
22 Newl i n. I ' m t he at t orney f or Local 159.
23 I ' m her e i n support t o ai d i n answer i ng
24 any quest i ons you mi ght have.
25 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
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2 you.
3 Any quest i ons?
4 ( No r esponse. )
5 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Seei ng
6 none, agai n, thank you al l f or t he wor k
7 you do. Thank you.
8 Ma' am, i f you' d l i ke t o come
9 up, pl ease.
10 ( Wi t ness appr oached wi t ness
11 t abl e. )
12 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Good
13 morni ng. Pl ease i dent i f y yoursel f f or
14 t he r ecor d and pr oceed.
15 Let me ask, i s t her e anyone
16 el se here t o t est i f y on these bi l l s or
17 r esol ut i ons?
18 ( No r esponse. )
19 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Pl ease.
20 MS. ROBERTSON: My name i s
21 Mar gar et Rober t son and I ' m her e as an
22 i ndi vi dual who has a f ami l y member i n t he
23 corr ect i on system, and I ' m here t o
24 t est i f y r egar di ng my exper i ences.
25 I suppor t t hi s l egi sl at i on, but
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2 I ' m al so her e t o r equest t hat when you
3 est abl i sh t he new Boar d of Tr ust ees,
4 t her e shoul d be pl aces on t hat Boar d f or
5 ret urni ng ci t i zens and f ami l y and
6 communi t y, because we ar e ver y much
7 af f ect ed by al l t he pol i ci es of t he
8 Depart ment of Pr i sons, speci f i cal l y t he
9 vi si t i ng pol i ci es and t he educat i onal
10 t r ai ni ng and heal t hcar e, because when
11 f ami l y member s come back, i f t hey have
12 pr obl ems t hat have not been addr essed,
13 t hey' re br i ngi ng t hem back i n our
14 communi t i es and t hey' r e br i ngi ng t hem
15 back wi t hout sol ut i ons.
16 I n addi t i on, I am r equest i ng
17 t hat Phi l adel phi a ser i ous l y consi der t he
18 posi t i on of an ombudsman f or f ami l y
19 member s, and t he r eason i s - - because I ' m
20 her e t oday because I real l y don' t know
21 any ot her way t o addr ess you. I don' t
22 know who t o go t o wi t h my pr obl ems or my
23 concer ns, and we have appr oxi mat el y
24 20, 000 peopl e i n cor r ect i on syst ems,
25 8, 000 her e i n t he Ci t y, and we r eal l y
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3 hear d. And we ar e concer ned - - at l east
4 I am - - t hat at t he end of a per i od of
5 i ncarcerat i on, peopl e ret ur n t o our
6 communi t i es unabl e t o suppor t t hemsel ves.
7 I know RI SE i s a new pr ogr am, and I hope
8 i t becomes even mor e est abl i shed t han i t
9 i s . But at pr esent , peopl e who ar e
10 l eavi ng pr i sons are real l y suf f er i ng.
11 They' r e unabl e t o suppor t t hemsel ves and
12 even t o f i nd hous i ng.
13 I n addi t i on, I woul d ask you t o
14 real l y ser i ous l y cons i der t he f act t hat
15 Phi l adel phi ans i n pr i sons ar e count ed f or
16 congr essi onal pur poses i n t he count i es
17 wher e t he pr i sons ar e l ocat ed, not as
18 Phi l adel phi ans f or our congr essi onal
19 represent at i on. I t hi nk t hat ' s a probl em
20 t hat real l y needs t o be rect i f i ed. Why
21 shoul d we be gi vi ng vot es t o ot her
22 count i es? Ther e ar e about ei ght count i es
23 now t hat have congr essi onal
24 r epr esent at i on based on t he number s i n
25 pr i sons l ocat ed i n t hose count i es . I
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2 don' t have any pr i nt ed i nf or mat i on f or
3 you. I ' d be happy t o send i t t o you.
4 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Okay.
5 MS. ROBERTSON: Thank you ver y
6 much.
7 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: I
8 appreci at e t hat . I f I coul d j ust suggest
9 t hat maybe you t al k t o Mr . Har t f r om
10 RI SE, because he i s ext r emel y aggr essi ve
11 and wor ks ver y har d on t hi s i ssue.
12 Al l r i ght . Thank you. Thank
13 you ver y much.
14 Anyone el se here t o t est i f y on
15 Bi l l 140014, 140015 or Resol ut i on 140035?
16 ( No r esponse. )
17 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Seei ng
18 none, Ms. Marconi , our l ast bi l l and
19 resol ut i on bef ore us, pl ease.
20 THE CLERK: Bi l l No. 130878, an
21 or di nance pr ovi di ng f or t he submi ssi on t o
22 t he qual i f i ed el ect ors of t he Ci t y of
23 Phi l adel phi a of an amendment t o The
24 Phi l adel phi a Home Rul e Char t er
25 est abl i shi ng and def i ni ng t he
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2 r esponsi bi l i t i es of t he Of f i ce of
3 Sust ai nabi l i t y; f i xi ng t he dat e of a
4 speci al el ect i on f or such purpose;
5 prescr i bi ng t he f orm of bal l ot quest i ons
6 t o be vot ed on; and aut hor i z i ng t he
7 appropr i at e of f i cers t o publ i sh not i ce
8 and t o make ar r angement s f or t he speci al
9 el ect i on.
10 And Resol ut i on 130884,
11 r esol ut i on pr oposi ng an amendment t o The
12 Phi l adel phi a Home Rul e Char t er t o pr ovi de
13 f or t he creat i on of an Of f i ce of
14 Sustai nabi l i t y, t o pr ovi de f or t he power s
15 and dut i es of such Of f i ce, and t o
16 ot her wi se pr ovi de f or i ncor por at i on of
17 t he Of f i ce i nt o t he Ci t y gover nment ; and
18 pr ovi di ng f or t he submi ssi on of t he
19 amendment t o t he el ect or s of
20 Phi l adel phi a.
21 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Why don' t
22 you cal l our f i r s t wi t ness, and I ' l l be
23 r ecogni zi ng Counci l woman Reynol ds Br own.
24 THE CLERK: Kat her i ne Gaj ewski .
25 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
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2 you.
3 The Chai r recogni zes t he
4 sponsor of t he bi l l and resol ut i on,
5 Counci l woman Reynol ds Br own.
6 COUNCI LWOMAN BROWN: Thank you,
7 Mr . Chai r man.
8 On November 21st , 2013, I
9 i nt r oduced Bi l l No. 130878 and Resol ut i on
10 No. 130884, whi ch was co- sponsor ed by
11 Counci l member J ames Kenney. Bi l l No.
12 130878 and Resol ut i on No. 130884 seek t o
13 make t he Of f i ce of Sustai nabi l i t y a
14 per manent par t of Ci t y gover nment .
15 Si nce t he Of f i ce' s i ncept i on i n
16 2008, t he Ci t y has become a l eader i n
17 envi ronment al responsi bi l i t y and
18 sust ai nabi l i t y ef f or t s i n t he regi on.
19 The Of f i ce of Sustai nabi l i t y has t aken a
20 l ead i n i mpl ement i ng Gr eenwor ks, a l i vi ng
21 document whi ch ai ms t o make Phi l adel phi a
22 t he gr eenest ci t y i n Amer i ca.
23 Over 120 ci t i es and count i es
24 acr oss t he count r y have est abl i shed
25 sust ai nabi l i t y of f i ces and posi t i ons.
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2 Phi l adel phi a woul d j oi n other ci t i es l i ke
3 New Yor k, Bost on, Seat t l e, San Fr anci sco
4 and more who have moved t o make t hese
5 of f i ces a per manent f unct i on of l ocal
6 government .
7 Our Of f i ce of Sust ai nabi l i t y
8 has been i nstr ument al i n secur i ng
9 addi t i onal grant s revenue f or t he Ci t y,
10 coordi nat i ng sust ai nabi l i t y ef f or t s
11 amongst Ci t y depar t ment s, and wor ki ng
12 ver y cl osel y wi t h our envi r onment al
13 sust ai nabi l i t y communi t i es t o achi eve a
14 mor e t han 80 per cent compl i ance r at e f or
15 t he i mpl ement at i on of ener gy benchmar ki ng
16 l egi sl at i on, whi ch r equi r es commer ci al
17 bui l di ng owner s t o r epor t t hei r ener gy
18 usage t o t he Ci t y. And I ' d al so l i ke t o
19 sal ut e BOMA f or bei ng r eal par t ner s
20 t owards t hat end.
21 Dur i ng thi s hear i ng, I pl an to
22 of f er sever al t echni cal amendment s t hat
23 wer e ci r cul at ed i n advance. They i ncl ude
24 t he f ol l owi ng:
25 Cur r ent l y, the date of el ect i on
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2 set f or t he pr oposal i s t he May 2014
3 el ecti on. We ar e past t hat poi nt when
4 Char t er changes can be put on t he May
5 bal l ot . Ther ef or e, t he dat e has been set
6 f or November 2014.
7 Cur r ent l y, t he r esol ut i on
8 st at es t he change woul d become ef f ect i ve
9 J ul y 1, 2014. That wi l l have t o be
10 changed t o J ul y 1, 2015.
11 Last l y, t he adver t i si ng
12 pr ocedur es i n t he or di nance have been
13 changed t o compl y wi t h cur r ent
14 adver t i si ng procedures. Thi s l egi sl at i on
15 i s anot her st ep i n t he r i ght di rect i on t o
16 ensure that our ci t y' s l ong- term
17 commi t ment t o pr ot ect i ng t he pl anet f or
18 our young peopl e i s i ndeed r eal .
19 For t hat reason and more, I ' m
20 aski ng f or t he suppor t of member s t oday.
21 Agai n, I want t o t hank my staf f , t he
22 Admi ni st r at i on, and t he co- sponsor of
23 t hi s bi l l , Counci l man Kenney, f or t he
24 needed work on t hi s bi l l .
25 Thank you, Mr . Chai r man.
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2 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
3 you, Counci l woman.
4 Ms. Gaj ewski , bef ore you
5 pr oceed, I j ust want t o r epeat what I
6 sai d ear l i er . I f you have wr i t t en
7 t est i mony, I ' d appr eci at e you summar i zi ng
8 t hat t est i mony, as ot her wi t nesses have
9 done, because we do have a l ong l i st of
10 peopl e who had asked t o t est i f y.
11 So wi th that , pl ease.
12 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Good mor ni ng,
13 and t hank you, Counci l man Gr eenl ee and
14 member s of t he Commi t t ee. I ' m Kat her i ne
15 Gaj ewski . I serve as t he Di rect or of
16 Sust ai nabi l i t y f or t he Ci t y of
17 Phi l adel phi a and I ' m her e t o support Bi l l
18 No. 130878 and Resol ut i on No. 130884,
19 i nt r oduced by Counci l woman Bl ondel l
20 Reynol ds Br own. Thi s l egi sl at i on woul d
21 make t he Of f i ce of Sustai nabi l i t y
22 per manent wi t hi n Ci t y gover nment .
23 I want t o br i ef l y recogni ze and
24 t hank Counci l woman Reynol ds Br own and
25 Counci l man Kenney f or t hei r ongoi ng
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2 l eader shi p. Bot h of t hem have been gr eat
3 part ner s t o our of f i ce over t he years .
4 We' ve al so been f or t unat e t o wor k wi t h
5 ot her Counci l member s who have t aken an
6 i nt er est i n sust ai nabi l i t y- r el at ed i ssues
7 and have i nt roduced l egi s l at i on of t hei r
8 own.
9 I wi l l keep my t est i mony br i ef ,
10 but i f anyone want s t o t al k about t hi s at
11 gr eat er l engt h, I coul d spend ei ght ,
12 ni ne, t en hour s t al ki ng about t hi s , but
13 I ' l l keep i t t o a mi nut e or t wo t oday.
14 I was appoi nt ed t o t he Di r ect or
15 of Sustai nabi l i t y pos i t i on i n 2009 and
16 have hel d t hat posi t i on f or t he l ast f i ve
17 year s, dur i ng whi ch t i me we' ve seen
18 t r emendous suppor t bot h wi t hi n Ci t y
19 gover nment and beyond Ci t y gover nment f or
20 sust ai nabi l i t y pr i nci pl es and i ni t i at i ves
21 i n Phi l adel phi a.
22 The of f i ce was establ i shed i n
23 r esponse t o a publ i c ef f or t back i n 2008.
24 We saw a ver y or gani zed const i t uency i n
25 Phi l adel phi a t hat want ed t o see Ci t y
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2 i nf or mat i on ver y t r anspar ent on a r egul ar
3 basi s, what we' r e doi ng, wher e we' r e
4 seei ng oppor t uni t i es, wher e we' r e
5 encount er i ng pr obl ems, and we make sur e
6 t hat we' r e movi ng f or war d.
7 Gr eenwor ks was est abl i shed i n
8 2009, as t he Counci l woman ment i oned, and
9 set f or t h 15 t ar get ed goal s and over 166
10 i ndi vi dual i ni t i at i ves whi ch we' ve been
11 wor ki ng t o i mpl ement . I n our 2013
12 pr ogr ess r epor t , we' r e happy t o r epor t
13 t hat over 90 percent of t hose i ni t i at i ves
14 ar e ei t her under way or compl et e. And
15 we' ve r eal l y seen depar t ment s embr ace
16 sust ai nabi l i t y. We' ve seen t hem star t t o
17 br i ng i t i nt o t he wor k t hat t hey do, and
18 we t hi nk t her e' s a l ot mor e t hat we can
19 be doi ng i n t he comi ng year s, and f or
20 t hat reason, we t hi nk t hat t hi s
21 l egi s l at i on i s i mport ant i n memor i al i z i ng
22 sust ai nabi l i t y as a core f unct i on wi t hi n
23 Ci t y government .
24 I n t he comi ng years , I t hi nk
25 t her e' s a number of chal l enges and
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2 s t rat egi c oppor t uni t i es t hat t he Ci t y can
3 t ake hol d of , and havi ng an Of f i ce of
4 Sust ai nabi l i t y i n pl ace and provi di ng
5 l eadershi p on t hese i ssues wi l l hel p t o
6 ensur e t hat we' r e movi ng f or war d as a
7 ci t y i n t he r i ght di r ect i on and st ar t i ng
8 t o t hi nk about how we can do mor e i n t he
9 f ace of cl i mat e change and ot her ser i ous
10 i ssues.
11 So wi t h t hat , I wi l l concl ude
12 my t est i mony and be happy t o r espond t o
13 any quest i ons t hat you may have.
14 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
15 you.
16 Any quest i ons, comment s?
17 Counci l woman Reynol ds Br own and
18 t hen Counci l man Henon.
19 COUNCI LWOMAN BROWN: Gi ven t he
20 wor k t hat ' s been done si nce 2008, coul d
21 you speak br i ef l y t o why ot her
22 muni ci pal i t i es have moved i n t hi s
23 di r ect i on as wel l .
24 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Sur e. So i n t he
25 f i ve years that I ' ve been i n thi s
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2 posi t i on, we' ve seen r eal gr owt h wi t hi n
3 t he f i el d of ur ban sust ai nabi l i t y. So
4 now I thi nk over 250 ci t i es acr oss t he
5 Uni t ed St at es now have Of f i ces of
6 Sust ai nabi l i t y and/ or Di rector of
7 Sust ai nabi l i t y posi t i ons. I t hi nk i t ' s
8 spoken - - especi al l y comi ng out of t he
9 r ecessi on wher e we' ve needed t o do mor e
10 wi t h l ess, I t hi nk t hat sust ai nabi l i t y
11 has r eal l y spoken t o Ci t y gover nment
12 l ooki ng at ar eas wher e we can be mor e
13 ef f i ci ent i n our oper at i ons and wher e we
14 can begi n t o i nt egr at e i ssues t hat have
15 of t en f al l en al ong si l oed depar t ment s.
16 So I t hi nk t hat sust ai nabi l i t y
17 has not onl y moved t o i ncrease ef f i ci ency
18 wi t hi n Ci t y gover nment , but i t ' s al so
19 begun t o addr ess some of t he
20 qual i t y- of - l i f e i ssues i n a way that I
21 t hi nk i s rel evant t o t he i ssue of our
22 t i me.
23 So we' ve seen r eal gr owt h i n
24 t he f i el d, and I thi nk t hat wi l l cont i nue
25 as we l ook mor e at t he ext r eme weat her
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2 t hat ' s happeni ng, changes i n ener gy
3 market s , so on and so f or t h. I t hi nk
4 t hat t hi s i s somet hi ng t hat ' s not j us t a
5 passi ng f ad, but i s r eal l y becomi ng
6 r el evant t o t he cor e of gover nment .
7 COUNCI LWOMAN BROWN: Of t en i t ' s
8 sai d t hat sust ai nabi l i t y i s t he f ut ur e
9 and i t wi l l br i ng green j obs. Can you
10 speak t o how t he Ci t y has moved i n t hat
11 di rect i on as wel l as a resul t of
12 l egi sl at i on i n t hi s ar ea.
13 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Sur e. As some
14 of t he ot her f ol ks who ar e her e t o
15 t est i f y can speak t o wi t h mor e exper t i se,
16 we have seen t hat t he commi t ment s t hat
17 t he gover nment has made i n t er ms of bot h
18 pol i cy and pr ogr ams have i ncreased
19 conf i dence i n busi nesses t hat have come
20 t o l ocat e i n Phi l adel phi a wi t h busi nesses
21 i n t he sustai nabi l i t y and ener gy sect or s,
22 and al so we' ve been abl e t o at t r act t ens
23 of mi l l i ons of dol l ar s of state and
24 f eder al compet i t i ve f unds t o advance
25 pr oj ect s. SEPTA wi l l speak t o t hat as an
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2 exampl e. So we' ve been abl e t o br i ng
3 mor e dol l ar s t o t he l ocal economy t hat
4 have r esul t ed i n busi ness and j ob
5 oppor t uni t i es.
6 COUNCI LWOMAN BROWN: I see.
7 Okay, t hen. Thank you ver y much.
8 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
9 you, Counci l woman.
10 Counci l man Henon.
11 COUNCI LMAN HENON: Thank you,
12 Mr . Chai rman.
13 Good mor ni ng.
14 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Good mor ni ng.
15 COUNCI LMAN HENON: Kat her i ne,
16 t hank you f or comi ng i n. I ' m goi ng t o
17 say j ust as I opened up wi t h t he Pr i son,
18 a Char t er change i s ver y ser i ous her e i n
19 t he Ci t y of Phi l adel phi a, and I t hi nk
20 ever y member r eal l y t akes al l of t he
21 pr oper st akehol der i nput and gover nment
22 coor di nat i on ext r emel y ser i ous.
23 You wer e aski ng - - not you wer e
24 aski ng. You are, of course, i n f avor of ,
25 but we' r e asked t o put a r ef er endum on
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2 t he bal l ot est abl i shi ng an Of f i ce of
3 Sust ai nabi l i t y, l i ke ot her ci t i es, whi ch
4 i s commendabl e, and I thi nk t he ef f or t s
5 are great f rom your perspect i ve.
6 What i s your cur r ent budget f or
7 t he Of f i ce of Sust ai nabi l i t y?
8 MS. GAJ EWSKI : We have a modest
9 Gener al Fund budget of appr oxi mat el y
10 $750, 000. The maj or i t y of our f undi ng
11 has come f r om f eder al gr ant s over t he
12 year s and pr i vat e f oundat i ons.
13 COUNCI LMAN HENON: What i s your
14 over al l budget ? What i s your over al l
15 budget wi t h some of t he out si de sour ces
16 i n addi t i on t o t he Gener al Fund?
17 MS. GAJ EWSKI : So we' ve br ought
18 i n, i n addi t i on t o t hat , about $41
19 mi l l i on i n out s i de f unds over t he l ast
20 f i ve years , 41 to 42 mi l l i on.
21 COUNCI LMAN HENON: And how has
22 i t been - - because your t est i mony i s ver y
23 i nf ormat i ve. I mean, i t seems l i ke - -
24 how many st af f do you have? Thr ee?
25 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Ther e' s f i ve.
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2 COUNCI LMAN HENON: So i t seems
3 l i ke you' ve done a l ot wi t h a l i mi t ed
4 st af f .
5 How has i t been coor di nat i ng?
6 Because I know i t ' s been an i ssue t hat
7 I ' ve seen wi t h ot her depar t ment s and
8 ot her i ssues, I ' m goi ng t o say
9 manuf act ur i ng, because I t hi nk t her e' s a
10 nat ur al t i e wi t h manuf actur i ng and
11 possi bl y the Of f i ce of Sust ai nabi l i t y
12 wi t h new mar ket emer gi ngs i n t he
13 t echnol ogy i ndustr y. I t hi nk t hey shoul d
14 be wor ki ng hand i n hand, especi al l y si nce
15 t her e' s been a new of f i ce creat ed f or
16 manuf act ur i ng and i ndustr y. So I ' d l i ke
17 t o see a l i t t l e more coordi nat i on wi t h
18 t hat i n t he f ut ur e once t hey get up and
19 r unni ng.
20 How have you been abl e t o
21 manage a l ot of t he good t hat some of t he
22 non- pr of i t and busi ness wor l ds and t he
23 pr i vat e sect or has been f r om your of f i ce,
24 how have you been coor di nat i ng and
25 managi ng t hat ? Because t her e i s a l ot
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2 goi ng on t her e. Have you not i ced a l ot
3 of dupl i ci t y? Ar e you abl e t o manage
4 some of t hat f or some of t he Ci t y' s
5 pr i or i t i es?
6 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Yeah. I woul d
7 say t hat t he r eason we' ve been abl e t o be
8 successf ul as a ver y smal l staf f wor ki ng
9 across a l arge por t f ol i o and a l arge
10 ar r ay of par t ners i s that at the
11 begi nni ng of our t enur e, we put out
12 Gr eenwor ks as a pl an, and we ver y l oyal l y
13 f ol l owed t he pl an over t he cour se of t he
14 l ast f i ve year s. We' ve made changes and
15 we' ve document ed al l of t hose f or our
16 annual r epor t i ng pr ocess, but we
17 devel oped t he pl an r eal l y i n par t ner shi p
18 bot h wi t h Ci t y agenci es. We di dn' t go
19 and say, You need t o do t hi s. We r eal l y
20 opened up and t r i ed t o have t hem br i ng
21 t hei r i deas t o t he t abl e, di d best
22 pr act i ce scans t o see what ot her ci t i es
23 wer e doi ng t hat made sense f or
24 Phi l adel phi a, and we di d t he same wi t h a
25 number of ext er nal st akehol der s. So I
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2 l i ke t o bel i eve t hat we had str ong buy- i n
3 f r om t he begi nni ng, and we wer e abl e t o
4 make t hese goal s r el evant t o goal s t hat
5 t he Ci t y hel d i n ot her ar eas. That made
6 sense not j ust f r om a sust ai nabi l i t y
7 per spect i ve but f or ot her r easons as
8 wel l .
9 And I t hi nk anot her t hi ng t hat
10 we' ve seen i n t he l ast f i ve year s, when I
11 f i r s t t ook t hi s posi t i on, i t was when t he
12 economy was cr ashi ng and we wer e al l
13 t al ki ng about budget cut s, and I t hought
14 t he l ast t hi ng anyone was goi ng t o want
15 t o t al k about or wor k on was
16 sustai nabi l i t y, and we' ve act ual l y seen
17 j ust the opposi te, that thi s i s real l y an
18 ar ea of wor k t hat ' s becomi ng i ncr easi ngl y
19 r el evant i n a number of f i el ds. So my
20 col l eagues when t hey go t o t r anspor t at i on
21 conf er ences or ener gy conf er ences or
22 manuf act ur i ng conf er ences, t hese ar e t he
23 i ssues of our t i me t hat t hey ar e car i ng
24 about , t hat t hei r cal l i ngs across t he
25 count r y and wor l d ar e al so wr angl i ng wi t h
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2 and t r yi ng t o move f or war d on. So we' ve
3 seen i ncreasi ngl y over t he l ast f i ve
4 year s t hat t hi s i s becomi ng mor e cent r al
5 t o a number of f i el ds , i ncl udi ng t he
6 manuf act ur i ng f i el d as a good exampl e.
7 So when we t al k t o busi nesses, when we
8 t al k t o stakehol ders , t hey' re want i ng t o
9 t i e t hi s mor e and mor e t o a number of
10 sect or s and a number of ar eas.
11 And j ust one exampl e t o your
12 poi nt about t he Char t er change, because I
13 do r ecogni ze t he ser i ousness of t he
14 Char t er change. Part of our port f ol i o i s
15 managi ng t he Ci t y' s ener gy use and
16 l ooki ng at oppor t uni t i es t o conser ve and
17 r educe ener gy exposur e. We' ve been
18 payi ng ut i l i t y bi l l s f or as l ong as
19 t here' s been el ect r i ci t y. We' re t he
20 l argest el ect r i ci t y user i n the Ci t y of
21 Phi l adel phi a. That ' s j ust one exampl e of
22 wher e t her e hasn' t been consi st ent
23 l eader shi p or per sonnel str uct ur e wi t hi n
24 Ci t y gover nment over t he decades on t hat
25 part i cul ar i ssue, and wi t hout t hat
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2 l eadershi p, t here' s been real
3 schi zophr eni a i n how we' ve managed t he
4 Ci t y' s energy budget .
5 COUNCI LMAN J ONES: Poi nt of
6 i nf or mat i on.
7 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE:
8 Counci l man J ones.
9 COUNCI LMAN J ONES: Fi f t een
10 hundr ed el ect r i c bi l l account s we' ve had,
11 $60 mi l l i on i n el ect r i c. One of t he
12 r easons why t hi s depar t ment was so
13 i mpor t ant was t hat when our budget t anked
14 i n t he l ast f our year s, we needed t o
15 syst emat i cal l y r educe as an expense our
16 ener gy, and i t woul d be good i f she woul d
17 speak on t hat ef f or t t o over al l r educe
18 t hat ener gy. That ' s why t hat depar t ment
19 was cr i t i cal .
20 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Thank you,
21 Counci l man. Yes. So t o t hat poi nt , a
22 ver y compl ex, ver y l ar ge par t of t he
23 Ci t y' s budget and we have not had
24 consi stent l eader shi p l ooki ng at t hat
25 por t f ol i o, and so I t hi nk havi ng an
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2 Of f i ce of Sust ai nabi l i t y pr ovi des
3 consi stency on par t s of our oper at i on
4 t hat may not have been necessar i l y t hi ngs
5 t hat wer e consi der ed at t he onset of Ci t y
6 gover nment , but have now become
7 i ncreas i ngl y rel evant . So j ust one
8 exampl e of wher e consi st ency i n
9 l eader shi p hasn' t al ways been pl aced by
10 t he Admi ni st r at i on on t o gover nment
11 oper at i ons and wher e I t hi nk we have
12 suf f er ed as a r esul t of i t i s t he
13 government .
14 COUNCI LMAN HENON: Where do you
15 see t he di vi si on? So you woul d be an
16 i ndependent Ci t y agency doi ng t he wor k,
17 ongoi ng cont i nui ng wor k, r educi ng our
18 ener gy cost s t o t he Ci t y. I mean $60
19 mi l l i on i n el ect r i c bi l l s, I ' m sur e t hat
20 t he r at e of ret ur n on some of t he savi ngs
21 t hat you have been abl e t o of f er t he Ci t y
22 i s - - I don' t t hi nk you can - - you may be
23 abl e t o quant i f y t he amount of savi ngs
24 t hat we had so f ar over t he l ast f i ve
25 year s and l ooki ng i n t he f ut ur e. Wher e
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2 do you see - - i ndependent l y wher e do you
3 see t he of f i ce goi ng? What i s t he vi s i on
4 of t he of f i ce asi de f rom some of t he
5 t hi ngs t hat you' r e wor ki ng on? Because
6 i t sounds l i ke you got a l ot done i n a
7 shor t per i od of t i me. What ar e some of
8 t he pi e- i n- t he- sky vi si ons of t he of f i ce
9 and how you see i t commi ngl i ng wi t h some
10 of t he ot her agenci es?
11 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Sur e. I t hi nk
12 t wo t hi ngs. And I r eal l y acknowl edge
13 t hat we' r e at t he ver y begi nni ng of
14 sust ai nabi l i t y pl anni ng wi t hi n Ci t y
15 gover nment . Ther e' s r eal l y a l ot mor e
16 t hat can be done and hopef ul l y wi l l be
17 done.
18 I f eel st r ongl y t he t hi ng t hat
19 we' r e wor ki ng on r i ght now and we' r e
20 r eal l y t hi nki ng about how we make sur e
21 t hat we sust ai n t hi s wor k and do
22 i nf ormat i on t rans fer t o Counci l , t o
23 advocat es, t o f ut ur e Admi ni str at i ons, but
24 I r eal l y see cl i mat e change as t he
25 chal l enge of our t i me. Wi t h t he ext r eme
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2 f oot pr i nt here i n t he Ci t y and regi on - -
3 wel l , we' l l speak f or t he Ci t y. I mean,
4 obvi ous l y i n t he wor l d, i n our count r y,
5 but i n t he Ci t y i s i mpor t ant . I t hi nk
6 i t ' s - - are you as an of f i ce engaged i n
7 some of t he ot her l ong- t erm str at egi c
8 pl anni ng t hat we have wi t h t he Pl anni ng
9 Commi ssi on; mor e i mpor t ant l y, I thi nk t he
10 Wat er Depar t ment and our school s?
11 Because I thi nk i f we' r e headed i n t hi s
12 di r ecti on, I t hi nk what you have done and
13 t he vi si on of an Of f i ce of Sust ai nabi l i t y
14 shoul d cert ai nl y be i ncorporat ed i n
15 l onger t er m pl ans and vi s i ons of what
16 we' r e - - I mean, some of t he
17 i mpl ement at i on t akes a l ong t i me, and I
18 woul d l i ke t o see t he of f i ce be a par t of
19 some of t hose st r at egi c pl anni ng.
20 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Yeah. I agr ee
21 wi t h you ent i r el y. We' ve been abl e t o
22 wr ap t he Gr eenwor ks goal s i nt o t he
23 Phi l adel phi a 2035 l ong- t er m pl an. We
24 i ncor por at ed t he goal s i nt o t he Zoni ng
25 Code. We' ve wor ked wi t h bot h SEPTA and
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2 PHA t o suppor t t hem i n devel opi ng
3 sust ai nabi l i t y pl ans t hat were l argel y
4 model ed of f of Gr eenwor ks. Al so, Cent er
5 Ci t y Di st r i ct , Uni ver si t y Ci t y Di st r i ct ,
6 and ot her or gani zat i ons out si de of
7 gover nment had been al so wor ki ng t o br i ng
8 t he Gr eenwor ks concept s i nt o t hei r pl ans.
9 And I t hi nk t her e' s mor e oppor t uni t y t o
10 do t hat .
11 I t hi nk anot her chal l enge f or
12 al l of us and somet hi ng t hat I hope t o
13 t ake a l ead on i n t he next year i s real l y
14 l ooki ng at , t o your poi nt , gr eenhouse gas
15 emi ssi ons, wher e we ar e as a ci t y and
16 what we woul d need t o do over t he comi ng
17 year s t o r eal l y r each deep r educt i on
18 l evel s, and cer t ai nl y t hat has t o happen
19 i n par t nershi p wi t h not onl y Ci t y
20 depar t ment s but ent i t i es out si de of Ci t y
21 gover nment t o r eal l y have t r ue i mpact
22 t hat we need t o have.
23 COUNCI LMAN HENON: Maybe we
24 shoul d open a sat el l i t e of f i ce i n our
25 Fl eet Depar t ment .
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2 MS. GAJ EWSKI : They' r e maki ng
3 some good pr ogr ess.
4 COUNCI LMAN HENON: You bet .
5 Yes, t hey ar e. Thank you.
6 I have no f ur t her quest i ons .
7 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
8 you, Counci l man.
9 Counci l man O' Br i en.
10 COUNCI LMAN O' BRI EN: Thank you,
11 Mr . Chai rman.
12 I woul d j ust l i ke to echo t he
13 ot her Counci l per sons' sent i ment s. I t
14 seems l i ke you' r e movi ng mount ai ns wi t h
15 shovel s. Dr awi ng down $42 mi l l i on i n
16 gr ant s i s an ext r aor di nar y achi evement .
17 I woul d l i ke t o gi ve - - and I apol ogi ze
18 t hat Commi ssi oner Gi or l a i s not her e, but
19 I ' d l i ke t o gi ve hi m a shout - out f or what
20 t hey' r e doi ng up at t he Depar t ment of
21 Cor r ect i ons. My st af f has i nt r oduced me
22 t o t he compost i ng t hat t hey' r e doi ng.
23 They' re t aki ng al l t he organi c mat er i al s
24 i n an ext r aor di nar y way. I met wi t h t he
25 cook, and t he i nf r astr uct ur e t hat t hey
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2 bui l t up t here t hat t hey' re l ooki ng t o
3 expand and t he mat er i al i s j ust
4 wonderf ul . I wi sh I coul d use i t at my
5 own r esi dence. But i t pr ovi des not onl y
6 sust enance t o your conver sat i on, but
7 t hey' r e devel opi ng or char ds up t her e.
8 They ar e cooper at i ng wi t h communi t y
9 gar dens and maki ng t hose mat er i al s
10 avai l abl e. They' re connect i ng wi t h
11 ot her s t hat ar e havi ng t r oubl e r ecycl i ng
12 some of t hei r t r ees. I t ' s j ust an
13 ext r aor di nar y ext ensi on and val i dat i on of
14 how i mpor t ant t hi s conver sat i on i s.
15 Thi s i s of f t he wal l . I t ' s
16 t angent i al . I n your resear ch and
17 devel opi ng of gr eenhouse st r at egi es goi ng
18 f or war d, do you have any t hought s on
19 i ssues i nvol vi ng St yr of oam, t he
20 chal l enges t hat i t woul d br i ng or any
21 st r at egi es on how t o deal wi t h t hat
22 mat er i al ?
23 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Yes. So we - -
24 and, act ual l y, we' ve been t al ki ng wi t h a
25 number of Counci l of f i ces about wher e t he
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2 next wave of wast e r educti on ef f or t s
3 mi ght be i n Phi l adel phi a. I ' m cer t ai nl y
4 l ooki ng at St yr of oam and pl ast i c bags as
5 somet hi ng t hat we' r e i nt er ested i n, bot h
6 t hi nki ng about how we change behavi or t o
7 l i mi t use and ul t i mat el y l i t t er of those
8 mat er i al s, but al so we' ve been wor ki ng
9 wi t h our par t ner s i n t he waste i ndustr y
10 as t echnol ogy evol ves. We cur r ent l y can
11 onl y of f er l i mi ted St yrof oam col l ect i on
12 and r ecycl i ng pr ogr ams, but we' r e
13 encour agi ng ki nd of t he l at est t echnol ogy
14 t o see how we mi ght be abl e t o br i ng t hat
15 t o Phi l adel phi a.
16 So I t hi nk t her e ar e
17 pot ent i al l y oppor t uni t i es on t he waste
18 r educt i on s i de of t hi ngs i n t er ms of t he
19 r ecycl i ng of St yr of oam. We' r e wai t i ng
20 and seei ng what mi ght t he next gener at i on
21 be.
22 COUNCI LMAN O' BRI EN: I f you
23 have any t hought s on t hat , coul d you
24 pl ease communi cat e wi t h Mat t Br aden f r om
25 my of f i ce?
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2 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Sur e. Yeah.
3 I ' d be happy t o f ol l ow up.
4 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
5 you, Counci l woman.
6 Any ot her quest i ons f or
7 Ms. Gaj ewski ?
8 ( No r esponse. )
9 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Seei ng
10 none, t hank you ver y much.
11 MS. GAJ EWSKI : Thank you ver y
12 much.
13 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Ms.
14 Marconi , cal l t he t hree. I f we coul d
15 cal l t he next t hr ee wi t nesses, pl ease.
16 THE CLERK: Andr ew Shar p, J ef f
17 Bar t os, and Byr on Comat i .
18 ( Wi t nesses appr oached wi t ness
19 t abl e. )
20 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Good
21 mor ni ng.
22 Mr . Shar p, I t hi nk your name
23 got cal l ed f i r st . Pl ease i dent i f y
24 your sel f f or t he r ecor d and pr oceed.
25 MR. SHARP: Sur e. My name i s
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2 Andr ew Shar p and I am t he Di r ect or of
3 Out r each at PennFut ur e. PennFut ur e i s a
4 st at ewi de envi r onment al advocacy
5 or gani zat i on. We ar e al so t he l ead
6 or gani zat i on behi nd t he Next Gr eat Ci t y
7 Coal i t i on. So we' ve been wor ki ng si nce
8 2005 on t hi s, on br i ngi ng f ol ks t oget her
9 ar ound t hi s i ssue.
10 I ' m here t oday t o urge you t o
11 suppor t t he Char t er change l egi s l at i on
12 obvi ous l y. I n t he past si x years , t he
13 Ci t y has made enor mous pr ogr ess. We have
14 130 new acr es of par k space, 100, 000 new
15 t rees, mi l es of bi ke l anes, a ci t y
16 r econnect i ng wi t h i t s wat er ways, an
17 i ncr ease i n al t er nat i ve energy use f r om 2
18 t o 14 per cent . So we r eal l y made a t on
19 of progress, and real l y most of t hi s
20 woul d have been uni magi nabl e wi t hout t he
21 t i rel ess work of t he Mayor ' s Of f i ce of
22 Sust ai nabi l i t y.
23 We' ve obvi ousl y wor ked cl osel y
24 wi t h t he of f i ce and we' ve seen f i r sthand
25 t he val ue i n havi ng a t r usted par t ner , an
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2 you, Mr . Shar p.
3 Whoever woul d l i ke t o go next ,
4 pl ease i dent i f y your sel f and pr oceed.
5 MR. BARTOS: Good mor ni ng,
6 Counci l man and member s of t he Commi t t ee.
7 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Good
8 mor ni ng.
9 MR. BARTOS: My name i s J ef f
10 Bar t os. I ' m t he CEO of Mar k Gr oup. We
11 ar e an ener gy ef f i ci ency anal ysi s and
12 upgr ade company pr oudl y based at t he Navy
13 Yar d i n Phi l adel phi a. We star t ed her e i n
14 2010 wi t h me and we now empl oy 180 peopl e
15 spread out over s i x of f i ces i n t he
16 r egi on. We coul d have - - not t o
17 par aphr ase Bi l l Cosby - - we coul d have
18 chosen anywher e and we chose
19 Phi l adel phi a. Havi ng an Of f i ce of
20 Sust ai nabi l i t y made an i mpor t ant
21 di f f er ence as we eval uat ed var i ous
22 ci t i es, and havi ng t hat pol i cy push and
23 i ni t i at i ve made i t easi er f or us t o use,
24 and t he Navy Yar d was a per f ect pl ace f or
25 us t o l ocat e. I t made i t easy f or us t o
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2 pi ck Phi l adel phi a. We ar e ver y happy we
3 di d, and we st r ongl y ur ge you t o move
4 t hi s l egi s l at i on f orward, because we
5 t hi nk f or compani es l i ke our s and ot her s
6 i n t he ef f i ci ency and sust ai nabi l i t y
7 space, havi ng t hi s of f i ce and l egi sl at i on
8 support i ng t hi s of f i ce i s i mpor t ant as we
9 grow our bus i nesses.
10 COUNCI LMAN GREENLEE: Thank
11 you, Mr . Bar t os. I appreci ate i t .
12 Si r , pl ease i dent i f y your sel f
13 and proceed.
14 MR. COMATI : Yes. My name i s
15 Byr on Comat i . I ' m wi t h SEPTA. Good
16 mor ni ng, Counci l man Gr eenl ee and member s
17 of t he Commi t t ee on Law and Government .
18 Thanks f or t he oppor t uni t y t o appear
19 t oday on behal f of SEPTA and gi ve you
20 some t est i mony. I t i s obvi ousl y wr i t t en,
21 but I ' d l i ke t o j ust hi ghl i ght a f ew
22 poi nt s.
23 I have a r esponsi bi l i t y f or
24 l ong- r ange pl anni ng, str at egi c pl anni ng,
25 and sust ai nabi l i t y pl anni ng wi t hi n my own
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2 organi zat i on, and t hat ' s very r el evant
3 f or t oday' s di scussi ons and pr esent at i ons
4 f or you t o consi der .
5 We see our sel ves, SEPTA, as a
6 very i nt egr al key par t ner wi t h t he Ci t y
7 of Phi l adel phi a, wi t h Gr eenwor ks
8 Phi l adel phi a vi s i on, and we see our sel ves
9 ver y much par t of t he di al ogue and t he
10 st r at egi c pl anni ng t hat goes i nt o what
11 makes Gr eenwor ks ef f ect i ve. And t hat
12 goes t o t he met r i cs t hat ar e devel oped,
13 t he t ransport at i on, obvi ous l y t he t rans i t
14 el ement s i n part i cul ar l ooki ng at vehi cl e
15 mi l es t r avel ed, how we can r educe t hat
16 ki nd of f oot pr i nt , t he emi ssi ons
17 r educt i ons t hat we obvi ousl y as havi ng
18 aut omobi l es and vehi cl es of t he SEPTA
19 f l eet i n pl ay, how do we i nt er act , how do