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I would like to call to order the

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council meeting for Tuesday September

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3rd of 2019 if we could all please stand

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for a moment of silence in the Pledge of

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Allegiance

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Madam Secretary may I please have roll

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call Olivia Brady Mallory Scott Cooper

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Akeem Jones Derrick Perry Rebecca Smith

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Heather Lewis Sonya Sanders here but a

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member of council like to make a motion

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to approve the council work session

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minutes from August 20th of 2019

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all in favor the ice havoc council

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workshop minute meetings are approved

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earlier this evening we did not have an

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executive session our next order of

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business we have is the presentations

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beginning with the National League of Cities with mr. Tim

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Evans to present good afternoon everyone

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good afternoon thank you all very much

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for allowing me to be here again my name

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is Timothy Evans

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I represent the Northeast mid-atlantic

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region

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I do membership for the National League

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of Cities you all have been an engaged

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and longtime partner this is an

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effective partner within the National

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League of Cities and have played a key

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role but what I want to do first is to

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kind of share with you all some of the

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things that members such as yourself are

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talking about the National League of

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Cities and the impact that it can have

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within a municipality so without further

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ado I'm going to play a video up here

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NLC brings together local elected

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officials from across the country we

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come together United to protect our

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local residents make sure that we're

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learning from our council colleagues

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that's how we respond to national issues

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locally one of the things I share with

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my citizens in Union City if I'm gonna

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make a promise to you it's gonna be a

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promise cap if I can't do that I won't

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promise it to you so we got to make sure

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that the federal government realizes

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that because not only did we but our

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citizens they also sent them to

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Washington to be able to do a job when

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we argue for better policies at a

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federal level that's only going to

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enhance what happens for mayors and City

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Council's at every level it doesn't

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matter if you're a small city a towel a

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hamlet when we get together it just

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sends a strong message the National

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League of Cities provides cities with

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resources and tools to educate the

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elected officials best practices and how

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you communicate policies that affect

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your communities with federal leaders so

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it's a wonderful way of doing that they

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provide the tools and the Nexus to the

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White House which essential for elected

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leaders in municipalities throughout

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United

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States city government affect

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everybody's lives and when local leaders

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are stronger those cities are better by

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coming to NLC by being engaged with the

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various committees that provide the

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resources whether it's on how do you go

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about engaging your citizen toward the

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substance of what you can do to help

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people NLC is there with the solutions

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that local leaders can really use in

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2014 I was selected for a scholarship to

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attend a city summit with a lot of other

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leaders from around the country and it's

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made me a stronger but also a much more

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thoughtful leader in my community and

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I'll see makes it easier for us at the

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local level to advocate for our

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constituents by helping us understand

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what's happening in other cities I can

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learn from folks in LA what they're

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doing to address the homelessness crisis

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I can learn from people in DC about how

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they made sure that tenants have the

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first opportunity to purchase their

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apartments if they go to sales and

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without NLC I'm not sure I would have

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learned about the activities happening

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in DC and Los Angeles it's bringing

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together folks it's bringing together

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minds and it's really helping our

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constituents I'm proud to be an NL se

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member because it provides a great value

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and helps us advocate for change there's

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so much that our country needs to do

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better to support our cities when we

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advocate for that change it makes our

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work so much stronger in the cities

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[Music]

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okay okay so as you can see you know the

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National League of Cities the National

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League of Cities is definitely a

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platform for not just your large

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municipalities but also your

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medium-sized and small municipalities

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across the country and one of the key

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things that they talked about in that

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video and what we share with communities

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across the country

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is that it's really important to

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understand that one there's a strong

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network of individuals that you as a

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municipality can be able to tap into -

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you can think about also what are some

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of the things that not only that you all

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can benefit from as municipal leaders

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and you as a municipality but also what

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your residents can benefit from and so

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one of the things that I'll do within

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this presentation quickly is kind of

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just share with you some of the things

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that we can definitely see that we want

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to make sure that you all are taking the

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most I'll give you the most out of in

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your membership with the National League

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of Cities so who we are again we are a

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organization that represents cities

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towns villages boroughs Hamlet's

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whatever that whatever the term is but

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we represent municipalities across the

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country representing more than 2 million

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people in various communities nationally

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and within the US territories such as

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Puerto Rico we really focus on three

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areas one we want to be able to

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strengthen your local leadership

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thinking about how look at what best

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practices can you all take from other

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municipalities from across the country

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what are some of the trainings and

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expertise that you can kind of think

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about that you can bring back to your

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local community we think about our

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federal advocacy as well thinking about

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local like what are the issues here

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within the state that are so important

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that maybe your that actually are even

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just just as important at the federal

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level that can bring resources and

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information back to your communities and

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then the final one is thinking about

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innovation what are some of those things

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whether it be thinking about the future

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of work whether it

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where they'll be looking at housing what

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does housing look like in our ears

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communities and what are some of the

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challenges but also solutions that are

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coming out so within the federal

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advocacy space you know as you can see

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some of the things that we have done so

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are we have one of our convenience which

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is our congressional City conference

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that happens in DC during March of each

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year and the point of that conference is

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to bring you all together with your

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other people with your peers from across

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the state and the nation to look at what

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are those federal things what are those

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things that we can be advocating for

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that actually help to support your own

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individual communities and so one of the

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things I will point out as well within

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the space is that we are always trying

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to push for more representation as it

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relates to the Northeast minute lanta

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cree j'en within our organization we

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represent first of all over 2000

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municipalities of those municipalities

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more than 80% of them are under 50

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thousands are in the populations or have

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populations of under 50,000 which means

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that the key point there is that it

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hopefully can dissuade or help to show

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that the National Agency is not just a

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large city group or a large city space

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but also a small medium community space

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that everybody has a role to play in

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this in this organization but then on

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top of that as a relation our federal

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agnus advocacy we have several different

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policy committees of which we really

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struggle as an organization to have the

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representation from the Northeast and

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what that really means is that when

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policy gets developed and when policy

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gets written about what the nationalist

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National League of Cities advocates for

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then where the represent where's that

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representation from the Northeast and

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thinking about whether that deals with

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housing whether that deals with

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infrastructure and some of the key

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things that are important to the various

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communities in the Northeast those are

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some of the things we want to make sure

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we continue to do so one of the things I

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will ask as you all have been members

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and continue to be members one of the

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things I'll ask is that there there's a

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greater focus on the federal advocacy

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and maybe think about we can talk later

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about what that means um

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the solutions for sea

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our key four key areas here there are

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other ones as well but I want to just

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make sure thinking about I said not only

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do we represent and not only do we

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provide resources for you all as council

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members but we also provide resources

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for you all as a municipality so

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starting today or starting even tomorrow

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morning if you give me a call one of the

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things that we do as part of your

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membership is provided prescription drug

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discount program for your residents they

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will receive a card that um that will be

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shipped to you while a carts will be

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shipped to you as a municipality and

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they can be distributed throughout the

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community in order to make sure that

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when your residents are going to get

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those prescription drugs on average they

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can get around 24 to 25 percent off of

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their prescription drugs which is

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definitely something that we've learned

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and found that a lot of communities can

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use um you all actually have the service

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line warranty program and I can talk

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about that a little bit more the other

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one that's another easy one that's

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already a part of your membership grant

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access so what we do is we have a

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platform that we actually provide to you

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all through your membership that will

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provide you all access to federal state

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local Foundation grants that you all can

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be able to source to make sure that

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ultimately you may not have to go to

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several different web sites in order to

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get those those grants and opportunities

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and then technical assistance finally

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I'm thinking about like what are some of

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the best practices that you all can lead

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on moving forward and I think those are

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some of the key areas that I was want to

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quickly mention now on top of that I

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mentioned some of the solutions for

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municipalities so I'll keep here some of

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the different reports that we've written

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whether it went whether it be within

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city solutions and/or thinking about our

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Institute for youth education and

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Families but I want to bring your

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attention to the local tools for

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addressing housing affordability that

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was one of our most recent ones that we

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really focused on like by state by state

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what are some of the areas that are

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really important to you all is local

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elected officials that you all can take

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back to your communities and kind of

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think what are what are the best

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practice that we can move forward on and

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on top that we just released our housing

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task force report which is called

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homeward bound and what that does is we

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actually spit

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a better part of six months really

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working with a cohort of local elected

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officials across the country small

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medium and large to think about what are

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some of the challenges that are

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impacting communities across the country

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and what are some of the solutions as

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well that can be very important to

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helping support them and so I definitely

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will send out a link that can that you

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all can be able to take intellectually

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look at those resources to help make

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some better to think about what other

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decisions that you all can make within

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your communities around housing

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affordability and then the last one I'll

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say is the 2020 census which is

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something that we find consistently is a

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big factor in a lot of our communities

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and making sure the count is right when

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we talk about leadership development and

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training one of the key things as well

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is that our conferences and even some of

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our other smaller convenience we do a

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lot of training and development for

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local elected officials because we

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understand that educate that local

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elected officials that have the tools

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resources and also the insights and

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networks to bake the bit to be able to

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make better decisions are a key thing to

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making sure a community is thriving and

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in supportive by their own not only the

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residents but also by their colleagues

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as well networking as we talked about

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before

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not only just at our convenience ID of

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our convenient thinking about some of

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the best practices that you can actually

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bring to bear within your communities

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just by having a conversation with you

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know another municipality from across

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the country or even just a municipality

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somewhere maybe not it may be that in

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Pennsylvania but in Delaware those are

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some of the key things that you know

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what we understand that sharing those

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best practices across the country our

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great resource for you all looking into

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the future

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lastly I'll just mention that our city

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summit is going to be happening in San

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Antonio Texas and what you can expect

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from our city summit again one is

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networking that's one of the critical

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things that we have found to be

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successful and being in bringing back

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solutions and I know that council member

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Scott Cooper and then also I know

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councilmember haire there at Perry and

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then also the council president has been

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and I think they're couple people have

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yep

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councilmember Smith have you gone this

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well okay you have not gone but the key

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thing is that I want to just make sure

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that there is a there's

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Tootie's to help make sure that you all

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are bringing not just what you all have

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learned locally from your peers within

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the state of within the state of

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Pennsylvania but also you can bring to

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bear what's going on across the nation

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into your own municipality to help make

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better decisions and to ultimately think

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about what can help to make your

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communities better the final note that I

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will mention is that the final note that

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I'll mention is that we also have one of

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our peers in the room one of our

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advocates in the room and definitely

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what I mentioned council member Derek

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green from Philadelphia came to be some

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represent and also just to be a part of

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this conversation so I want to thank you

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all very much for your time and open it

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up for questions about the National

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League of Cities

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so once again thank you for the

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presentation

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it's not the first time that we probably

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said this a million times so our

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colleagues about going to the National

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Lisa cities and understanding the

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dynamics of other communities and what

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they go through but also what we can do

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to bring back policies back to NARS town

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which we have been doing but the thing

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I'm gonna say once again is that we

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there's like twenty thirty classes and

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we can't make them all so I mean when

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we're looking at the book and we're like

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oh my gosh

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I would love to go to this one but this

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one is better than the next one all of

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us can't make it so and the networking

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is great obviously

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councilman green has been a great

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advocate to me as we you know we're

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talking get together but also the

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diversity of the National League's the

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city also very big diverse and

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everybody's trying to do something great

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for the communities we should be next

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we're behind you know we can't keep

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saying the same old thing and doing the

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same old thing we do got to make changes

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and people are not gonna like it but

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let's keep moving forward councilman

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Scott Cooper

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Thank You Timothy for coming out and

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sharing your knowledge of what the NLC

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can do for us and this is more of a

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testimony than anything else you know as

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a board member of the NL C I can contest

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to the fact that what councilman Perry

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just said number one which is a real

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major issue when you get one or two

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council members attending these events

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and there's maybe 10 different classes

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going on at the same time you have to

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try and pick and choose which one you

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feel may be more beneficial to bring

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back home I would like to encourage all

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of our council members to attend at

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least once a year to give not only me a

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break but also to see the value in

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attending networking you know you hear

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of networking happening more and more

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today than ever before when I was young

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what was networking who knows it may

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have been just talking to a friend but

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today in this in this world we need to

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hear from the minds of other people who

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have experienced things that we have it

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who have been into situations that we

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haven't who can help us and give us

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ideas on what we can do to improve this

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municipality so again thank you for

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coming here

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I truly appreciate it I'm sure all of us

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do and we look forward to seeing more of

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North Town Council at some of these

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conventions thank you councilman Scott

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Cooper councilman Jones hey good evening

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thanks for your presentation one of the

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highlights of my experience in with the

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NLC just so happened to be going down to

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Birmingham Alabama

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small town of Bessemer Alabama one of

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the lowest household median incomes in

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the country but just seeing the things

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that they were able to accomplish for

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their community was was inspirational

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and things like that you can bring back

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to your community so I agree with my

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colleagues the networking was definitely you know a great thing but

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taking some of the positive highlights

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that we're seeing around the country it

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really opened opened my eyes you know we

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think of the history of the south and

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that the discrimination and the

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challenges if if they can move and get

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things done with the limited resources

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that they have there's no reason why we

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shouldn't be able to do the same things

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up here so that was definitely a

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highlight of my experience um thank you

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very much I really appreciate you for

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mentioning that I think the other thing

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can I'm just gonna add to what you were

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saying you know there's this sense

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sometimes that when we are doing well we

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don't need to communicate with other

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people you know we have it on our own

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but then what happens is that when

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something hits us or when something

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follows up you know so when our

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community falls prey to some issue some

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challenge some economic challenge then

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we're scrambling to try to figure out

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what should we be doing who should we

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talk to the National League of Cities

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provides you that platform before

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anything happens and that's what's the

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key thing about thinking about well

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thinking more toward the future what are

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some of the things that we can be

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thinking about ahead of time to make

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sure that the networks to make sure that

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the best practices are already in place

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so that when it does occur we know who

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to contact we know what resources to go

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after in order to make sure that when it comes you're already

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prepared and I can tell you this from

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just my own personal experience as a

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taxpayer of Baltimore City they are a

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part of the National League of Cities

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but I always challenge not only them but

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also I will challenge you all as members

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as current members

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really make sure that you are leveraging

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these various things that you all are

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part of because ultimately as a resident

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as a taxpayer of Baltimore City I am

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going to ask my councilmember how are

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you taking advantage of that and how are

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you bringing those resources back to the

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communities that you serve and so I

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think that's one of the things that's

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really important as well and so to that

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point I definitely agree that ultimately

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those are some of the great things and I

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continue to actually to continue to

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think about ways you can engage whether

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that be through federal advocacy

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committees whether that be through I had

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a couple things here first here suburbs

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so thinking about you on the outskirts

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of Philadelphia maybe some of those

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things that could be great I mean I

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think one of the key things that the

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first year suburbs did this year was

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actually host a competition focused on

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housing right so they had someone who

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actually had a company that was willing

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to provide economic development taa for

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free for municipalities for a group with

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municipalities who applied ultimately

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they actually wound up in Kansas but

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ultimately I think the key thing was

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that those are some of the resources

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that are just happening in some of our

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various councils whether that be large

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cities small cities first tier suburbs

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these are some of the spaces that really

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are going to benefit hopefully your

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municipality moving forward mr. Jones

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Madam President thank you I just wanted

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to for the sake of citizens who might I

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know that councils involvement in the

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National League of Cities has nationally

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the cities has already paid dividends in

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terms of actual grant rewards to the

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municipality that we would not have

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received because they were NOC targeted

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programs and from councilmembers who

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brought that back so we've received over

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at three hundred thousand dollars in

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grants in in our year so involvement

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with it we did the sustainability grant

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as a result of council members attending

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a conference we also had to enter in

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financial stability grant

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over 250,000 dollars as a result of our

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involvement with the NRC and we also got

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national recognition for our diversity

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program particularly out of the police

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00:22:33,809 --> 00:22:36,599
department was nationally recognized at

555
00:22:36,599 --> 00:22:40,289
an NLC conference as well so council

556
00:22:40,289 --> 00:22:42,629
members who have attended have been very

557
00:22:42,629 --> 00:22:45,059
engaged in making sure that information

558
00:22:45,059 --> 00:22:47,399
gets back to the staff and challenging

559
00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:53,190
us to get those applications in and and do the work to get involved and

560
00:22:53,190 --> 00:22:55,019
we're really appreciative of the support

561
00:22:55,019 --> 00:22:57,089
from an administration that we've gotten

562
00:22:57,089 --> 00:23:00,259
both from Council than the NOC in

563
00:23:00,259 --> 00:23:03,389
getting our applications and projects on

564
00:23:03,389 --> 00:23:09,349
the table Thank You mr. Jones

565
00:23:09,349 --> 00:23:13,499
council any other questions mr. Evans do

566
00:23:13,499 --> 00:23:15,329
you have anything else to add to your

567
00:23:15,329 --> 00:23:16,889
great presentation

568
00:23:16,889 --> 00:23:18,899
no but thank you all very much for

569
00:23:18,899 --> 00:23:20,999
taking the time to hear and then more

570
00:23:20,999 --> 00:23:22,289
importantly I look forward to

571
00:23:22,289 --> 00:23:24,929
continuously working with you all in the

572
00:23:24,929 --> 00:23:28,499
future thank you thank you and thanks

573
00:23:28,499 --> 00:23:30,299
again for the presence of councilman

574
00:23:30,299 --> 00:23:32,579
Derrick green it's good to have you good

575
00:23:32,579 --> 00:23:34,859
to see you in ours town we normally do

576
00:23:34,859 --> 00:23:37,049
see councilman green as mentioned at the

577
00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:39,779
various conferences and again it is also

578
00:23:39,779 --> 00:23:43,440
a great opportunity to to network and to

579
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,079
find out what other municipalities are

580
00:23:46,079 --> 00:23:47,969
struggling with because as you begin to

581
00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:50,249
network you realize that you may have

582
00:23:50,249 --> 00:23:51,690
something in common and someone has

583
00:23:51,690 --> 00:23:53,459
already experienced that and you could

584
00:23:53,459 --> 00:23:55,679
take that experience back home and share

585
00:23:55,679 --> 00:23:57,419
that experience and then turn that

586
00:23:57,419 --> 00:23:59,039
experience into a resolution or

587
00:23:59,039 --> 00:24:02,339
ordinance in the north down so we thank

588
00:24:02,339 --> 00:24:08,180
you each

589
00:24:08,190 --> 00:24:11,910
okay so our next order of business we

590
00:24:11,910 --> 00:24:19,110
have are the announcements thank you

591
00:24:19,110 --> 00:24:20,600
madam president

592
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,130
so we would like to wish all Norristown

593
00:24:23,130 --> 00:24:25,200
area school students a successful school

594
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,470
year this being the first day of school

595
00:24:27,470 --> 00:24:29,700
arts in the park will be held this

596
00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:32,940
Saturday September 7th from 2 p.m. to 6

597
00:24:32,940 --> 00:24:35,610
p.m. at Elmwood Park vendors live music

598
00:24:35,610 --> 00:24:39,560
art and beer garden it's a free event

599
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,970
Norristown Recreation is offering a free

600
00:24:41,970 --> 00:24:45,120
soccer clinic on Saturday September 28th

601
00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:48,750
for ages 3 to 9 for more information

602
00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:51,180
please email recreation at Norristown

603
00:24:51,180 --> 00:24:56,040
org Gospelfest will be held on September

604
00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,520
15th from 7 to 9 p.m. at Elmwood Park an

605
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,890
array of performances special guests

606
00:25:01,890 --> 00:25:04,140
vendors and much more that's also a free

607
00:25:04,140 --> 00:25:07,410
event the citizens Leadership Academy is

608
00:25:07,410 --> 00:25:09,810
now open for registration applications

609
00:25:09,810 --> 00:25:13,320
are available online or by email at Pio

610
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:18,840
at Norristown org and the rock the block

611
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,820
which is an annual event for the Habitat

612
00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:23,190
for Humanity will be held on Saturday

613
00:25:23,190 --> 00:25:27,060
October 5th registration at 8 p.m. the

614
00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:29,880
events going to be running from 8 p.m. 8

615
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,600
a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cherry Street Park in

616
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,000
Norristown a number of blocks have been

617
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,940
targeted for various different projects

618
00:25:38,940 --> 00:25:41,610
throughout the day such as George Feeny

619
00:25:41,610 --> 00:25:44,160
and light carpentry work yard cleanups

620
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,350
and even some small repairs here and

621
00:25:46,350 --> 00:25:48,630
there the letters have been going out

622
00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:51,390
for residents to notify them of this and

623
00:25:51,390 --> 00:25:52,980
the following blocks are currently

624
00:25:52,980 --> 00:25:55,500
accepting applications the five hundred

625
00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:57,690
ten hundred fifty eight block of Cherry

626
00:25:57,690 --> 00:26:02,640
Street 111 to 136 Wayne 19 to 29 West

627
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:07,710
chestnut 14 to 157 West Elm one thousand

628
00:26:07,710 --> 00:26:11,220
to ten eighty nine Powell ten hundred to

629
00:26:11,220 --> 00:26:13,800
ten eighty to Willow ten hundred to ten

630
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,230
ninety six sweet twenty five to twenty

631
00:26:16,230 --> 00:26:19,320
nine East Spurs to two to ninety eight

632
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:19,929
West

633
00:26:19,929 --> 00:26:25,179
spruce to 238 east basin and 1/2 to 99

634
00:26:25,179 --> 00:26:30,159
West basin if you want to have a project

635
00:26:30,159 --> 00:26:33,009
on in your block please the the deadline

636
00:26:33,009 --> 00:26:35,440
for submitting the required forms is by

637
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,519
from Friday September 13th 2019 and you

638
00:26:39,519 --> 00:26:44,649
need to email shreddy that's SCH ett or

639
00:26:44,649 --> 00:26:50,649
i at habitat del habitat mod Codelco org

640
00:26:50,649 --> 00:26:53,740
or you can call them at six one zero two

641
00:26:53,740 --> 00:26:55,679
seven eight seven seven one zero

642
00:26:55,679 --> 00:26:58,570
extension one zero seven as they're all

643
00:26:58,570 --> 00:27:04,360
the announcements I have council members

644
00:27:04,360 --> 00:27:07,580
do we have any other announcements

645
00:27:07,590 --> 00:27:12,340
councilman Jones as we all know it's

646
00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:14,169
football season so I just wanted to

647
00:27:14,169 --> 00:27:16,570
share some information for North town

648
00:27:16,570 --> 00:27:19,990
high school they will be traveling to PW

649
00:27:19,990 --> 00:27:23,019
this weekend a Friday night 7:00 p.m. at

650
00:27:23,019 --> 00:27:27,220
PW the following weekend September 13th

651
00:27:27,220 --> 00:27:29,860
Norrish town will have its first Friday

652
00:27:29,860 --> 00:27:31,690
night game ever at the high school

653
00:27:31,690 --> 00:27:34,299
complex it will also be the first night

654
00:27:34,299 --> 00:27:37,179
game since 2010 when Roosevelt closed

655
00:27:37,179 --> 00:27:40,179
down so just anybody that's looking that

656
00:27:40,179 --> 00:27:42,879
support the local football program they

657
00:27:42,879 --> 00:27:44,440
have two games in the over the next two

658
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:44,919
weeks

659
00:27:44,919 --> 00:27:50,409
thanks Thank You councilman Jones seeing

660
00:27:50,409 --> 00:27:51,429
that there are no other announcements

661
00:27:51,429 --> 00:27:54,249
Madam Secretary I'm sorry Council on the

662
00:27:54,249 --> 00:27:58,370
Scott Cooper

663
00:27:58,380 --> 00:28:01,990
for them

664
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,450
okay this coming Thursday September the

665
00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:10,550
fifth there will be a gun violence Town

666
00:28:10,550 --> 00:28:14,270
Hall at the George Washington Carver

667
00:28:14,270 --> 00:28:19,060
Community Center from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and

668
00:28:19,060 --> 00:28:23,320
that's at 249 Jacobi Street Norristown

669
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,120
congresswoman Madeline Dean invites you

670
00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:29,840
to attend as you will be able to not

671
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,840
only have a dialogue on gun violence and

672
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,620
what Congress is trying to do about it

673
00:28:36,620 --> 00:28:39,230
but they're also trying to get some more

674
00:28:39,230 --> 00:28:42,560
ideas she's open to more ideas from the

675
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,230
community so she's asking that everyone

676
00:28:45,230 --> 00:28:48,650
attend bring a neighbor bring a friend

677
00:28:48,650 --> 00:28:52,640
and let's see how we can keep North town

678
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:59,930
safe as our chief is doing now Thank You

679
00:28:59,930 --> 00:29:02,420
councilman Scott Cooper are there any

680
00:29:02,420 --> 00:29:05,690
other announcements seeing none Madam

681
00:29:05,690 --> 00:29:07,580
Secretary do we have any public comments

682
00:29:07,580 --> 00:29:15,970
this evening yes we do Dalbert Harrison

683
00:29:15,980 --> 00:29:18,929
even console good evening could you

684
00:29:18,929 --> 00:29:21,299
please state your address I'm here to

685
00:29:21,299 --> 00:29:25,259
see the to ask Council your dress too

686
00:29:25,259 --> 00:29:30,889
long you can't hear me Oh Norristown PA

687
00:29:30,889 --> 00:29:34,950
I'm here this evening to ask council to

688
00:29:34,950 --> 00:29:38,549
look into this problem because according

689
00:29:38,549 --> 00:29:41,279
to the commissioners I spoke to them

690
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:44,820
this weekend it's a municipal problem

691
00:29:44,820 --> 00:29:48,419
two years ago you guys awarded a

692
00:29:48,419 --> 00:29:51,450
contract to a kenny excavation for

693
00:29:51,450 --> 00:29:54,539
grading of the soccer field at simmons

694
00:29:54,539 --> 00:30:00,690
park the park was not graded the dirt

695
00:30:00,690 --> 00:30:04,320
dumped on it was on it for a year and a

696
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,149
half and the grass wouldn't grow when I

697
00:30:06,149 --> 00:30:11,149
contact Crandall and Cathy last August

698
00:30:11,149 --> 00:30:14,100
they told me it was the dirt where they

699
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:16,019
told it they told the DEP because I

700
00:30:16,019 --> 00:30:17,940
asked a DEP to look at it me and couple

701
00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:19,470
of residents say well that dirt is

702
00:30:19,470 --> 00:30:21,179
contaminated because the grass is not

703
00:30:21,179 --> 00:30:23,909
growing on it Crandall told the DEP the

704
00:30:23,909 --> 00:30:26,399
dirt was from there the dirt was not

705
00:30:26,399 --> 00:30:28,289
from the I stand there and watched him I

706
00:30:28,289 --> 00:30:31,259
have a 2 3 bar employees who would

707
00:30:31,259 --> 00:30:33,419
testify in court that the dirt was not

708
00:30:33,419 --> 00:30:35,399
from there I will testify in court

709
00:30:35,399 --> 00:30:36,929
because I stood there and watch them

710
00:30:36,929 --> 00:30:39,169
dump that dirt on there Larry Powell

711
00:30:39,169 --> 00:30:43,230
from local 135 or testified that that

712
00:30:43,230 --> 00:30:45,000
dirt was brought from over here and

713
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,820
dumped on it all they did was covered a

714
00:30:47,820 --> 00:30:50,309
stone with the dirt but it was not

715
00:30:50,309 --> 00:30:53,460
grated for you guys around here it's

716
00:30:53,460 --> 00:30:55,799
been 2 years and there has not been a

717
00:30:55,799 --> 00:30:58,679
fully match on there if you play on

718
00:30:58,679 --> 00:31:00,750
there the Mexicans would be all over it

719
00:31:00,750 --> 00:31:02,399
you can't play on there because the

720
00:31:02,399 --> 00:31:04,950
field is like this it's worse than when

721
00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:09,360
they did it it's not level the

722
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,100
commissioners can't do nothing about it

723
00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:13,259
because the municipal problem you guys

724
00:31:13,259 --> 00:31:16,230
ran on town people for Norrish down

725
00:31:16,230 --> 00:31:18,000
first here's your chance to fix

726
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,590
something you can't let kragle come here

727
00:31:19,590 --> 00:31:25,010
and just dump dirt on our kids like that is not that is not the dirt

728
00:31:25,010 --> 00:31:27,020
is from if it's from over here back

729
00:31:27,020 --> 00:31:29,870
that's all like that that Greece and and

730
00:31:29,870 --> 00:31:32,210
gasoline running from from over Angeles

731
00:31:32,210 --> 00:31:34,340
to a run down a bit that's why the grass

732
00:31:34,340 --> 00:31:37,460
wouldn't growth we have to do something

733
00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:38,060
about it

734
00:31:38,060 --> 00:31:40,880
there's to you wasn't you walked on the

735
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,530
fuel I saw you walking on the field

736
00:31:42,530 --> 00:31:44,540
Sunday how you tell them how we look I

737
00:31:44,540 --> 00:31:45,890
saw you walking on the field and

738
00:31:45,890 --> 00:31:48,200
checking it out me eval me mister I went

739
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,540
over there and looked at it also it is

740
00:31:50,540 --> 00:31:53,420
not graded it has not been graded all he

741
00:31:53,420 --> 00:31:55,190
did was dump the dirt on it to cover the

742
00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:56,930
stones at the truck drive if you go down

743
00:31:56,930 --> 00:31:59,570
a foot and a half from from where the

744
00:31:59,570 --> 00:32:03,920
front that old goalpost is it's not what

745
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:05,960
stones on and eat it and the dirt that's

746
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,300
on there is stones we never had stones

747
00:32:08,300 --> 00:32:10,040
around it's football season like you

748
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:13,040
said mine I have two nephews one with a

749
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,900
computer science degree from temple the

750
00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:17,570
other one is in Harlem teaching seven

751
00:32:17,570 --> 00:32:20,060
eighth grade science they all came out

752
00:32:20,060 --> 00:32:22,880
Oak Street Park you have a cousin

753
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,280
Brianna I talked to her mom last night

754
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,370
Oak Street Park played a major partner

755
00:32:28,370 --> 00:32:29,900
skill development

756
00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:31,430
she got a college to college to

757
00:32:31,430 --> 00:32:33,410
scholarships to Scott there's a numerous

758
00:32:33,410 --> 00:32:36,260
amount of kids that that that that that

759
00:32:36,260 --> 00:32:40,820
part has benefited we like you guys to

760
00:32:40,820 --> 00:32:43,100
do something about it the old gold posts

761
00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:46,070
they brought two old gold soccer goal

762
00:32:46,070 --> 00:32:48,560
reject go we don't need them down there

763
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,840
permission to move them because the

764
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,970
Puerto Rican League has their own goal

765
00:32:52,970 --> 00:32:55,130
that you're makings have their own goal

766
00:32:55,130 --> 00:32:57,080
and the Mexicans have their own goal

767
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,750
those gold if you if you if you play

768
00:32:59,750 --> 00:33:01,610
with those go to score be a hundred one

769
00:33:01,610 --> 00:33:03,260
hundred and fifty because you can't stop

770
00:33:03,260 --> 00:33:04,970
it the goal is wide from there to there

771
00:33:04,970 --> 00:33:07,400
anybody could kick a ball to that those

772
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,650
all reject goal from wherever you guys

773
00:33:09,650 --> 00:33:13,700
brought them for a little token make it

774
00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:15,620
look like you're doing something for ya

775
00:33:15,620 --> 00:33:17,450
we don't need them for me if you give me

776
00:33:17,450 --> 00:33:19,100
permission I'll cut it up and jump and

777
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:21,860
myself or to borrow or you guys can move

778
00:33:21,860 --> 00:33:23,930
them the public works we don't need them

779
00:33:23,930 --> 00:33:26,150
we need to feel right now to put a guy

780
00:33:26,150 --> 00:33:28,850
that's practicing football to run up and

781
00:33:28,850 --> 00:33:30,980
down it even if it's not even it's not

782
00:33:30,980 --> 00:33:33,350
right but they can still practice

783
00:33:33,350 --> 00:33:37,320
football on it the courts itself

784
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,900
the basketball course itself there was a

785
00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:41,370
10 year contract

786
00:33:41,370 --> 00:33:44,040
Jane will tell you I was the one that

787
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,930
let her know there was a grant for that

788
00:33:45,930 --> 00:33:49,650
contract her and then borrow municipal

789
00:33:49,650 --> 00:33:54,540
that straight miss named David oh I

790
00:33:54,540 --> 00:33:57,870
forgot his name but anyway I notify her

791
00:33:57,870 --> 00:33:59,730
I let him know because they didn't know

792
00:33:59,730 --> 00:34:01,170
there was a grant for that part it

793
00:34:01,170 --> 00:34:02,820
wouldn't be no courts there if I didn't

794
00:34:02,820 --> 00:34:05,130
tell them about it mr. Harris excuse me

795
00:34:05,130 --> 00:34:07,590
but your three minutes are up and okay

796
00:34:07,590 --> 00:34:09,540
well it's my understanding though that

797
00:34:09,540 --> 00:34:11,570
you are here at the last council meeting

798
00:34:11,570 --> 00:34:14,669
I'm not sure public works at the time to

799
00:34:14,669 --> 00:34:16,860
address your issues or concerns or not

800
00:34:16,860 --> 00:34:19,830
but we will continue to look at it mr.

801
00:34:19,830 --> 00:34:23,700
Jones do you have anything okay thank

802
00:34:23,700 --> 00:34:28,290
you I will at madam president

803
00:34:28,290 --> 00:34:31,440
as far as any comments that mr. Harris

804
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,690
made attributed to me I wasn't aware

805
00:34:33,690 --> 00:34:37,290
that I made those comments I will also

806
00:34:37,290 --> 00:34:39,570
iterate reiterate as I shared with

807
00:34:39,570 --> 00:34:44,870
Council that because of mr. Harris's

808
00:34:44,870 --> 00:34:50,100
inquiry with the ep we did respond our

809
00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:53,159
municipal engineer did have Penn State

810
00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:57,630
University analysis oil analysis test

811
00:34:57,630 --> 00:35:01,110
done they provided us with the results

812
00:35:01,110 --> 00:35:04,170
of that test we shared that those

813
00:35:04,170 --> 00:35:06,720
results I have copies of this those

814
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:10,290
results that out be happy to place here

815
00:35:10,290 --> 00:35:14,280
for anybody's in about his purview the

816
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,500
soil that was installed out there was

817
00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:20,340
not toxic it was alone soil and it was

818
00:35:20,340 --> 00:35:26,160
rated as optimum to above optimum long

819
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:30,510
soil which which makes it fine for those

820
00:35:30,510 --> 00:35:32,880
who might not know loam soil is a

821
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,340
mixture of soil that is ideal for plant

822
00:35:35,340 --> 00:35:37,160
growth for plant as a plant growing

823
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,050
mediums and actually a combination of

824
00:35:40,050 --> 00:35:43,500
soil normally equal parts clay silt and

825
00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:46,410
sand which gives a benefit of each with

826
00:35:46,410 --> 00:35:48,880
a few with few other disadvantages

827
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,640
by combining all these three types of

828
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:53,430
soil loan gives you the best

829
00:35:53,430 --> 00:35:55,869
characteristics of all three this

830
00:35:55,869 --> 00:35:57,640
enables you to grow almost any type of

831
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,710
plant without having to add much too

832
00:35:59,710 --> 00:36:02,650
much to the soil the challenges that we

833
00:36:02,650 --> 00:36:10,979
had and we did go back at least once and deal with the challenges that we had

834
00:36:10,979 --> 00:36:15,099
with with that field had to do with when

835
00:36:15,099 --> 00:36:17,559
the field was initially graded and grass

836
00:36:17,559 --> 00:36:20,079
was initially planet people started

837
00:36:20,079 --> 00:36:22,180
walking and even parking on that field

838
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,609
almost immediately after it was made

839
00:36:24,609 --> 00:36:28,569
available so but as far as toxicity is

840
00:36:28,569 --> 00:36:31,029
concerned it does not exist it was a

841
00:36:31,029 --> 00:36:34,210
third party that did two tests not the

842
00:36:34,210 --> 00:36:36,819
municipality not municipal engineer we

843
00:36:36,819 --> 00:36:39,099
just had them commissioned two tests

844
00:36:39,099 --> 00:36:41,259
from Penn State University thank you

845
00:36:41,259 --> 00:36:44,259
that was done was done on the other part

846
00:36:44,259 --> 00:36:46,299
of the original part of the dirt not the

847
00:36:46,299 --> 00:36:49,950
dirt that was there discussion further

848
00:36:49,950 --> 00:36:53,200
because this is actually not here you

849
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,380
got a Western in answer at this time so

850
00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:57,940
thank you we heard you and we will

851
00:36:57,940 --> 00:37:03,309
address it Madam Secretary do we have

852
00:37:03,309 --> 00:37:05,890
any other comments thank you madam

853
00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:07,630
secretary do we have any communication

854
00:37:07,630 --> 00:37:09,880
this evening thank you

855
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,859
so our next order of business we have

856
00:37:11,859 --> 00:37:15,519
will be the appointments for PML mr.

857
00:37:15,519 --> 00:37:17,079
Jones if you could just give us a brief

858
00:37:17,079 --> 00:37:21,099
summary of PML certainly thank you madam

859
00:37:21,099 --> 00:37:22,299
president

860
00:37:22,299 --> 00:37:24,579
council as you know the municipality has

861
00:37:24,579 --> 00:37:26,489
been a member of the Pennsylvania

862
00:37:26,489 --> 00:37:30,249
Municipal League for a few years now

863
00:37:30,249 --> 00:37:33,279
when Sylvania Municipal League is

864
00:37:33,279 --> 00:37:36,309
actually the official official affiliate

865
00:37:36,309 --> 00:37:39,119
with the National League of Cities and

866
00:37:39,119 --> 00:37:41,950
council has since its membership

867
00:37:41,950 --> 00:37:45,069
annually appointed a voting delegate and

868
00:37:45,069 --> 00:37:48,640
an alternate voting delegate to their

869
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:51,940
annual meeting policy meeting where

870
00:37:51,940 --> 00:37:53,920
a lot of the decisions are made and the

871
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,940
platform's have put together for policy

872
00:37:56,940 --> 00:38:01,120
related to advocacy at at the state

873
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:06,270
assembly in Harrisburg currently

874
00:38:06,270 --> 00:38:10,300
councilmember Perry is is the voting

875
00:38:10,300 --> 00:38:12,910
delegate of the Pennsylvania Municipal

876
00:38:12,910 --> 00:38:16,500
League and annually they send a ballot

877
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:19,930
and and request that council make a

878
00:38:19,930 --> 00:38:24,580
decision regarding who that the voting

879
00:38:24,580 --> 00:38:26,590
and altitude Ellicott would be and this

880
00:38:26,590 --> 00:38:29,500
is that time we need to have councils

881
00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:32,830
select those two positions and so that

882
00:38:32,830 --> 00:38:36,580
we can submit the forms to the PML and

883
00:38:36,580 --> 00:38:38,200
the forms are due this Friday

884
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,370
thank you ma'am Thank You mr. Jones

885
00:38:42,370 --> 00:38:44,500
Council do we have any questions or

886
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:48,100
comments in terms of the appointments

887
00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:49,540
that we're going to councilman Scott

888
00:38:49,540 --> 00:38:53,160
Cooper yeah I just have a comment and I

889
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,590
think it's important that we keep in

890
00:38:56,590 --> 00:38:59,680
mind when we make our choice of

891
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,440
delegates to attend that they need to be

892
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:07,600
available to attend so that if one

893
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,850
cannot make it the other one will so we

894
00:39:09,850 --> 00:39:12,400
have to make sure that those who want to

895
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:19,010
be a delegate are able to attend

896
00:39:19,020 --> 00:39:22,980
Thank You Councilwoman Scott Cooper

897
00:39:22,980 --> 00:39:26,470
counsel do we have any appointments for

898
00:39:26,470 --> 00:39:42,590
the voting delegate for PML for 2019

899
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:51,290
I vote that Derrick Perry be our

900
00:39:51,290 --> 00:39:55,650
representative just so that I can

901
00:39:55,650 --> 00:39:58,530
clarify the voting delegates Madam

902
00:39:58,530 --> 00:40:00,440
Secretary may I please have roll call

903
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:04,050
Olivia Brady Mary Scott Cooper Akeem

904
00:40:04,050 --> 00:40:07,290
Jones Gerry Perry Rebecca Smith

905
00:40:07,290 --> 00:40:11,400
Sonja Sanders aye Derrick Perry is a

906
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:15,920
2019 PML voting delegates at this time

907
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,100
what a member of council like to

908
00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:21,680
[Music]

909
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:40,269
nominate the alternate voting delegates

910
00:40:40,279 --> 00:40:44,999
you're going to get it I vote that Sonia

911
00:40:44,999 --> 00:40:51,900
Sanders be the alternate Madam Secretary

912
00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:54,029
may I please have roll call Olivia Brady

913
00:40:54,029 --> 00:40:57,630
Henry Scott Cooper Akeem Jones Derrick

914
00:40:57,630 --> 00:40:59,279
Perry Rebecca Smith

915
00:40:59,279 --> 00:41:03,809
Sonja Sanders I will be the alternate

916
00:41:03,809 --> 00:41:08,910
for PML 2019 voting delegates Thank You

917
00:41:08,910 --> 00:41:11,369
council members next order of business

918
00:41:11,369 --> 00:41:13,199
we have is planning a municipal

919
00:41:13,199 --> 00:41:29,489
development miss Musante came before

920
00:41:29,489 --> 00:41:32,989
council at the last meeting seeking

921
00:41:32,989 --> 00:41:36,959
preliminary and final land development

922
00:41:36,959 --> 00:41:39,109
approval we have representatives from

923
00:41:39,109 --> 00:41:41,579
their waste of money here tonight and we

924
00:41:41,579 --> 00:41:46,499
also have fire from Penn Oni who will be

925
00:41:46,499 --> 00:41:48,420
able to elaborate any issues pertaining

926
00:41:48,420 --> 00:41:54,469
to do waivers just for a recap the

927
00:41:54,469 --> 00:41:56,130
improvements to the Waste Authority

928
00:41:56,130 --> 00:41:59,059
include internal circulation driveways

929
00:41:59,059 --> 00:42:00,989
creating additional tests from

930
00:42:00,989 --> 00:42:03,599
Washington Street demolition of two

931
00:42:03,599 --> 00:42:06,209
buildings and a building overhang as

932
00:42:06,209 --> 00:42:07,799
well as a coalition of a one-story

933
00:42:07,799 --> 00:42:11,069
building construction for 567 square

934
00:42:11,069 --> 00:42:15,569
foot structure for chlorine and a 1200

935
00:42:15,569 --> 00:42:18,569
square foot lower building striping of

936
00:42:18,569 --> 00:42:21,569
22 parking spaces at the eastern end of

937
00:42:21,569 --> 00:42:24,630
the parcel and side preparation

938
00:42:24,630 --> 00:42:26,640
of an existent wooded area for the

939
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:28,730
construction of a 4,000 square-foot

940
00:42:28,730 --> 00:42:31,050
maintenance building and rain gardens

941
00:42:31,050 --> 00:42:33,930
and related improvements as council will

942
00:42:33,930 --> 00:42:37,140
recall I had informed you that the

943
00:42:37,140 --> 00:42:38,490
applicant had been granted a special

944
00:42:38,490 --> 00:42:40,890
exception from the zoning hearing board

945
00:42:40,890 --> 00:42:46,830
on August 8 2019 because of the section

946
00:42:46,830 --> 00:42:48,360
of Zoning they were required actually to

947
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,580
go to the design review for therefore

948
00:42:50,580 --> 00:42:51,780
you are unable to ask them this

949
00:42:51,780 --> 00:42:54,210
application at the last meeting and

950
00:42:54,210 --> 00:42:57,930
since then the applicant has gone to the

951
00:42:57,930 --> 00:43:00,090
design review board and I believe they

952
00:43:00,090 --> 00:43:02,340
appeared in front of the 2n review on

953
00:43:02,340 --> 00:43:05,460
August 28th and I placed on the desk

954
00:43:05,460 --> 00:43:07,710
this evening the recommendation that

955
00:43:07,710 --> 00:43:09,810
came from the design review board which

956
00:43:09,810 --> 00:43:12,210
is the recommendation for approval with

957
00:43:12,210 --> 00:43:16,320
the condition that the waivers that are

958
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:19,340
going to be granted taken to account the

959
00:43:19,340 --> 00:43:22,950
sidewalk improvements I have placed that

960
00:43:22,950 --> 00:43:24,810
information in front of you near deaths

961
00:43:24,810 --> 00:43:28,470
there's an existing rendering of the

962
00:43:28,470 --> 00:43:32,910
facility as the first image and the

963
00:43:32,910 --> 00:43:35,700
second image is the proposed image of

964
00:43:35,700 --> 00:43:38,670
the screening that we're asking council

965
00:43:38,670 --> 00:43:41,970
put as a condition on the approval for

966
00:43:41,970 --> 00:43:56,430
this land development

967
00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:05,010
it's a solicitor there there we go

968
00:44:05,020 --> 00:44:07,450
that is correct mr. moose Anya there are

969
00:44:07,450 --> 00:44:10,420
12 waiver requests I understand at the

970
00:44:10,420 --> 00:44:12,160
workshop meeting there might have been a

971
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,020
mishap that one of the waiver requests

972
00:44:14,020 --> 00:44:15,490
was missing but that has been corrected

973
00:44:15,490 --> 00:44:17,710
for tonight so from the last meeting

974
00:44:17,710 --> 00:44:20,140
waiver requests per the resolution in

975
00:44:20,140 --> 00:44:21,580
front of you tonight are the same one

976
00:44:21,580 --> 00:44:24,160
through 11 the addition is number 12

977
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:28,060
which is a waiver from the requiring of

978
00:44:28,060 --> 00:44:30,370
preparing a separate existing resource

979
00:44:30,370 --> 00:44:33,510
in site analysis map also known as an e

980
00:44:33,510 --> 00:44:37,000
rsam when that same information is

981
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,940
included on the existing features plans

982
00:44:39,940 --> 00:44:41,680
set that has already been submitted

983
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,990
I believe miss I believe that Pannonia

984
00:44:43,990 --> 00:44:45,430
has already reviewed that request

985
00:44:45,430 --> 00:44:47,110
they have no objection to that request

986
00:44:47,110 --> 00:44:49,330
and I believe that an existing features

987
00:44:49,330 --> 00:44:50,830
map has already been prepared showing

988
00:44:50,830 --> 00:44:52,450
all that information so there are

989
00:44:52,450 --> 00:44:53,680
technically already in compliance

990
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:57,100
assuming that the waiver is granted if

991
00:44:57,100 --> 00:44:58,720
counsel once we could certainly go

992
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:00,510
through all the other 11 requests

993
00:45:00,510 --> 00:45:02,770
however again I believe this was done at

994
00:45:02,770 --> 00:45:04,690
the last meeting so I'm not sure it's

995
00:45:04,690 --> 00:45:06,520
necessary the only thing I would note

996
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,280
with counsel is if there are if there is

997
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:10,330
going to be a vote tonight which

998
00:45:10,330 --> 00:45:11,320
hopefully there will be on this

999
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:13,300
resolution I would please ask that the

1000
00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:15,640
motion reflect whether or not you are

1001
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:17,980
recommending approval or not approval of

1002
00:45:17,980 --> 00:45:20,140
the 12 waiver requests we can certainly

1003
00:45:20,140 --> 00:45:21,310
go through each waiver request

1004
00:45:21,310 --> 00:45:23,500
individually if Council would prefer but

1005
00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:24,910
you could certainly vote to approve the

1006
00:45:24,910 --> 00:45:26,590
resolution I would just ask that you

1007
00:45:26,590 --> 00:45:28,000
make a notation whether that includes

1008
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:33,070
approval of all 12 waiver requests not

1009
00:45:33,070 --> 00:45:34,330
sure the applicant is here tonight

1010
00:45:34,330 --> 00:45:36,250
represented by counsel as well as our

1011
00:45:36,250 --> 00:45:37,180
engineer I'm not sure if there's

1012
00:45:37,180 --> 00:45:38,500
anything further they would like to add

1013
00:45:38,500 --> 00:45:40,840
beyond what I've stated or misma Sonia

1014
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:45,660
stated

1015
00:45:45,670 --> 00:45:47,799
and again I did have a chance to speak

1016
00:45:47,799 --> 00:45:50,440
with counsel before tonight just to

1017
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,539
confirm again you'll see a number of the

1018
00:45:52,539 --> 00:45:55,890
waiver requests relate to plantings

1019
00:45:55,890 --> 00:45:58,930
while that is true I would also note

1020
00:45:58,930 --> 00:46:01,089
that as one of the conditions of

1021
00:46:01,089 --> 00:46:04,749
approval is let me find it here number

1022
00:46:04,749 --> 00:46:07,479
for preparation and submission of a

1023
00:46:07,479 --> 00:46:09,999
landscaping screening buffering plan

1024
00:46:09,999 --> 00:46:12,940
post construction to be approved by the

1025
00:46:12,940 --> 00:46:14,559
municipality that will provide the

1026
00:46:14,559 --> 00:46:16,569
maximum amount of additional buffering

1027
00:46:16,569 --> 00:46:18,279
and beautification that can be

1028
00:46:18,279 --> 00:46:19,779
implemented at the property for

1029
00:46:19,779 --> 00:46:21,880
screening purposes so essentially what

1030
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:23,259
the applicant here is proposing is

1031
00:46:23,259 --> 00:46:25,569
requesting waivers as per the saldo

1032
00:46:25,569 --> 00:46:27,489
however they're agreeing that post

1033
00:46:27,489 --> 00:46:29,349
construction they want to put in green

1034
00:46:29,349 --> 00:46:31,630
greenery they just not sure how it's

1035
00:46:31,630 --> 00:46:32,799
going to look and how they can best

1036
00:46:32,799 --> 00:46:34,690
maximize it at this time and therefore

1037
00:46:34,690 --> 00:46:36,069
they're agreeing that at a future date

1038
00:46:36,069 --> 00:46:37,690
after construction is completed they're

1039
00:46:37,690 --> 00:46:39,130
going to prepare a plan and the

1040
00:46:39,130 --> 00:46:40,690
municipality has to approve that plan

1041
00:46:40,690 --> 00:46:43,089
with regard to the greenery so in some

1042
00:46:43,089 --> 00:46:44,140
ways they're really not getting out of

1043
00:46:44,140 --> 00:46:45,969
the greenery requirement we just not

1044
00:46:45,969 --> 00:46:46,989
sure what it's going to look like at

1045
00:46:46,989 --> 00:46:49,170
this time we'll know after construction

1046
00:46:49,170 --> 00:46:51,400
did I accurately reflect that at least

1047
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:53,880
for your understanding

1048
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,440
so mr. solicitor I have a question then

1049
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,380
so the design that we have in front of

1050
00:46:59,380 --> 00:47:03,039
us then on the second page are we

1051
00:47:03,039 --> 00:47:07,660
looking to go for that look so yeah and

1052
00:47:07,660 --> 00:47:09,099
maybe the engineer could speak to this

1053
00:47:09,099 --> 00:47:10,749
having prepared it as I understand this

1054
00:47:10,749 --> 00:47:13,059
was basically a a rendering that was

1055
00:47:13,059 --> 00:47:14,619
provided for purposes of the design

1056
00:47:14,619 --> 00:47:17,709
review board perhaps ideally this is

1057
00:47:17,709 --> 00:47:20,019
what what they may want to envision at

1058
00:47:20,019 --> 00:47:21,339
some point following post construction

1059
00:47:21,339 --> 00:47:23,469
but this is not the plan that has been

1060
00:47:23,469 --> 00:47:25,599
approved the plan has not yet been

1061
00:47:25,599 --> 00:47:27,849
submitted yet and we will certainly

1062
00:47:27,849 --> 00:47:30,059
review it and vet it along with Pannonia

1063
00:47:30,059 --> 00:47:33,160
and we will make sure that it provides

1064
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:37,089
as it stated in there the maximum the

1065
00:47:37,089 --> 00:47:39,099
maximum amount of additional buffering

1066
00:47:39,099 --> 00:47:40,359
and beautification that can be

1067
00:47:40,359 --> 00:47:44,910
implemented Thank You mr. solicitor

1068
00:47:44,910 --> 00:48:24,890
that's a woman although be a breeding

1069
00:48:24,900 --> 00:48:42,570
here

1070
00:48:42,580 --> 00:48:44,190
thank you for the explanation

1071
00:48:44,190 --> 00:48:46,720
Councilwoman Brady councils do we have

1072
00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:48,340
any other questions or comments

1073
00:48:48,340 --> 00:48:52,450
and again Thank You mr. solicitor what a

1074
00:48:52,450 --> 00:48:54,510
member of Council like to make a motion

1075
00:48:54,510 --> 00:48:57,370
to consider resolution nineteen dash one

1076
00:48:57,370 --> 00:48:59,470
four zero which would grant preliminary

1077
00:48:59,470 --> 00:49:01,420
and final plan approval for NARS town

1078
00:49:01,420 --> 00:49:03,790
municipal waste authority recommending

1079
00:49:03,790 --> 00:49:09,530
12 over 12 waiver requests as listed

1080
00:49:09,540 --> 00:49:11,920
Madame secretary Bagley several called

1081
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:15,370
olivia Brady Mary Scott Cooper Akeem

1082
00:49:15,370 --> 00:49:18,460
Jones Derry Carrie Rebecca Smith

1083
00:49:18,460 --> 00:49:22,360
Sonia Sanders I the ice habit resolution

1084
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:25,290
19-1 four zero is approved and passed

1085
00:49:25,290 --> 00:49:27,880
thank you you're welcome miss miss

1086
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:30,190
onyang next order of business we have is

1087
00:49:30,190 --> 00:49:33,910
from the administration in terms of

1088
00:49:33,910 --> 00:49:36,040
resolution 19-1 four or five for the

1089
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:39,520
reinstatement of the fourth thank you

1090
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:40,570
madam president

1091
00:49:40,570 --> 00:49:43,870
council this resolution is actually a

1092
00:49:43,870 --> 00:49:46,740
housekeeping matter for some time the

1093
00:49:46,740 --> 00:49:53,260
municipality has maintained a 457 plan B

1094
00:49:53,260 --> 00:49:56,680
plan on behalf of a handful of now a

1095
00:49:56,680 --> 00:50:02,050
handful of employees and that plan used

1096
00:50:02,050 --> 00:50:05,020
to be under a master plan by the

1097
00:50:05,020 --> 00:50:07,830
Pennsylvania Association of barrels

1098
00:50:07,830 --> 00:50:10,000
Pennsylvania Association of boroughs

1099
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,480
notified us as well as other

1100
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,920
municipalities who were operating under

1101
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,410
that master plan that they would no

1102
00:50:17,410 --> 00:50:20,710
longer continue to hold the master plan

1103
00:50:20,710 --> 00:50:24,340
and ask that each member who still had

1104
00:50:24,340 --> 00:50:27,100
employees within that plan of members

1105
00:50:27,100 --> 00:50:30,460
within that plan would actually enact a

1106
00:50:30,460 --> 00:50:33,270
resolution where they would reinstate

1107
00:50:33,270 --> 00:50:37,950
the miss municipalities plan and take

1108
00:50:37,950 --> 00:50:41,200
Pennsylvania Association of boroughs out

1109
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:44,170
of the master plan status the

1110
00:50:44,170 --> 00:50:47,140
solicitor's office specifically mr.

1111
00:50:47,140 --> 00:50:49,480
Hitchens has been working diligently

1112
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:53,530
on this issue for almost a year so it's

1113
00:50:53,530 --> 00:50:56,950
been a kind of a bear to go through just

1114
00:50:56,950 --> 00:50:58,980
solid the iterations of dealing with

1115
00:50:58,980 --> 00:51:03,400
psab and state law etcetera but we've

1116
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:06,130
got it done and this will just provide

1117
00:51:06,130 --> 00:51:09,549
the continuity of a plan for those those

1118
00:51:09,549 --> 00:51:12,069
personnel who are still covered by that

1119
00:51:12,069 --> 00:51:16,980
plan and we have all of the necessary

1120
00:51:16,980 --> 00:51:19,329
administrative support to continue that

1121
00:51:19,329 --> 00:51:23,140
plan it is administered through our HR

1122
00:51:23,140 --> 00:51:25,869
department by HR manager and this is a

1123
00:51:25,869 --> 00:51:31,170
request Council to reinstate the plan

1124
00:51:31,170 --> 00:51:33,790
Thank You mr. Jones Council do we have

1125
00:51:33,790 --> 00:51:37,930
any questions or comments seeing none

1126
00:51:37,930 --> 00:51:39,640
but a member of Council like to make a

1127
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:42,430
motion to consider a resolution 19 - 1 4

1128
00:51:42,430 --> 00:51:44,290
5 which will reinstate the

1129
00:51:44,290 --> 00:51:46,690
municipalities 457b plan for the

1130
00:51:46,690 --> 00:51:52,180
employees madam secretary can apply

1131
00:51:52,180 --> 00:51:54,700
several call Livia Brady Mary Scott

1132
00:51:54,700 --> 00:51:58,630
Cooper Akeem Jones Derrick Perry Rebecca

1133
00:51:58,630 --> 00:52:03,760
Smith Sonja Sanders I the ice habit

1134
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:06,760
resolution 19 - 1 4 or 5 is a program

1135
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:08,520
pass thank you

1136
00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:10,930
next order of business we have is Public

1137
00:52:10,930 --> 00:52:11,380
Safety

1138
00:52:11,380 --> 00:52:15,350
mr. Tobin or should I say chief

1139
00:52:15,350 --> 00:52:22,520
you say whatever you want thank you

1140
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:23,800
madam president

1141
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:28,580
ordinance number 19 - 10 is in regards

1142
00:52:28,580 --> 00:52:30,110
to council considering parking

1143
00:52:30,110 --> 00:52:34,670
restrictions and making changes to

1144
00:52:34,670 --> 00:52:36,470
eliminate parking time limit

1145
00:52:36,470 --> 00:52:39,740
restrictions in the 100 block of East

1146
00:52:39,740 --> 00:52:43,250
for Nance the 100 block of East Frehley

1147
00:52:43,250 --> 00:52:46,130
Street and the 100 block of Summit

1148
00:52:46,130 --> 00:52:49,490
Street these requests came at the

1149
00:52:49,490 --> 00:52:52,850
request of people in the area we studied

1150
00:52:52,850 --> 00:52:55,160
it and found that there were no add any

1151
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:57,950
adverse consequences that came from

1152
00:52:57,950 --> 00:53:00,770
making these changes and we suggest that

1153
00:53:00,770 --> 00:53:03,790
this makes sense

1154
00:53:03,790 --> 00:53:06,380
Thank You chief - how the council's do

1155
00:53:06,380 --> 00:53:10,640
we have any questions or comments seeing

1156
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:12,170
none what a member of council like to

1157
00:53:12,170 --> 00:53:13,010
make a motion

1158
00:53:13,010 --> 00:53:15,380
approving ordinance that I'm sue I'm

1159
00:53:15,380 --> 00:53:18,410
sorry approving ordinance 19 - 10 to

1160
00:53:18,410 --> 00:53:19,970
eliminate parking time limited

1161
00:53:19,970 --> 00:53:21,650
restrictions for the 100 block of East

1162
00:53:21,650 --> 00:53:24,470
14th Street and the 100 block of these

1163
00:53:24,470 --> 00:53:26,300
freely Street and the 100 block of

1164
00:53:26,300 --> 00:53:29,040
Summit Street

1165
00:53:29,050 --> 00:53:31,250
then I'm secretary my police have roll

1166
00:53:31,250 --> 00:53:33,830
call Olivia Brady Mallory Scott Cooper

1167
00:53:33,830 --> 00:53:37,550
Akeem Jones Derrick Perry Rebecca Smith

1168
00:53:37,550 --> 00:53:41,960
Tony Sanders I the ice habit resolution

1169
00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:47,730
19 - 10 is approved and passed

1170
00:53:47,740 --> 00:53:53,480
resolution 19 - 144 is reserved disabled

1171
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:57,680
parking residents at 3:27 west

1172
00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:01,160
Fernan street and 1425 Powell Street

1173
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:04,040
both have medical conditions that impact

1174
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:06,710
their mobility and need this

1175
00:54:06,710 --> 00:54:11,359
accommodation

1176
00:54:11,369 --> 00:54:13,390
counsel do we have any questions or

1177
00:54:13,390 --> 00:54:16,510
comments singing on what a member of

1178
00:54:16,510 --> 00:54:17,829
Council like to make a motion

1179
00:54:17,829 --> 00:54:21,250
approving resolution 19 - 144 which

1180
00:54:21,250 --> 00:54:23,079
would authorize the approval of sign

1181
00:54:23,079 --> 00:54:26,230
installation of 327 what's west Fernan

1182
00:54:26,230 --> 00:54:31,960
street and 1425 Powell Street Madam

1183
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:33,220
Secretary my police have roll call

1184
00:54:33,220 --> 00:54:36,460
Olivia Brady Valerie Scott Couper Akeem

1185
00:54:36,460 --> 00:54:36,970
Jones

1186
00:54:36,970 --> 00:54:40,599
Derrick Perry Becca Smith Sonja Sanders

1187
00:54:40,599 --> 00:54:45,339
I the ice habit resolution 19 - 1 4 4 is

1188
00:54:45,339 --> 00:54:46,390
approved and passed

1189
00:54:46,390 --> 00:54:51,010
Thank You cheese talvik next order

1190
00:54:51,010 --> 00:54:53,140
business we have is Public Works mr.

1191
00:54:53,140 --> 00:55:48,800
Denny bow

1192
00:55:48,810 --> 00:55:51,930
Thank You mr. odden Evo counsel do you

1193
00:55:51,930 --> 00:56:16,140
have any questions or comments mr. Perry

1194
00:56:16,150 --> 00:56:20,420
yes that's it councilman Perry see no

1195
00:56:20,420 --> 00:56:22,310
other questions for a member of Council

1196
00:56:22,310 --> 00:56:23,450
like to make a motion

1197
00:56:23,450 --> 00:56:26,510
approving ordinance 19 - 0-5 which

1198
00:56:26,510 --> 00:56:29,270
amends these the existing surety bond

1199
00:56:29,270 --> 00:56:34,099
amount requirement Madam Secretary may

1200
00:56:34,099 --> 00:56:34,880
please have roll call

1201
00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:38,030
Divya Brady Barry Scott Cooper Akeem

1202
00:56:38,030 --> 00:56:41,180
Jones Derrick Perry Rebecca Smith

1203
00:56:41,180 --> 00:56:45,880
Sonja Sanders I the ice habit ordinance

1204
00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:48,770
1905 is approved and passed Thank You

1205
00:56:48,770 --> 00:56:51,109
mr. Bertoni as any go what a maverick

1206
00:56:51,109 --> 00:56:52,790
council like to make a motion to adjourn

1207
00:56:52,790 --> 00:56:56,130
the meeting

1208
00:56:56,140 --> 00:56:59,780
all in favor meeting is adjourned thank

1209
00:56:59,780 --> 00:57:02,080
you