Resolution 240143
Authorizing and ratifying the designation of Councilmember Jeffery Young, Jr., as Council’s representative in connection with an appeal of the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment with respect to 1451 North Broad Street and all litigation related thereto.
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“Hello, City Council, Council President Johnson. Two weeks in a row. Wow. All right. I'm here talking against Bill 240143, 225 apartments on North Broad Street that were passed by the ZBA on October 13th, 2021, 225 apartments that you are now giving the authority of Councilmember Jeffery Young to sue, appeal, go against. How can anybody in this room be for affordable housing if you're using taxpayer dollars and resour…”
Mr. Blatstein · Stated Meeting, March 7, 2024 · Mar 7, 2024 · official transcript, this passage
“The ayes have it, and the motion has been adopted. Will the Clerk please read the title of Bill No. 240143.”
Council President Johnson · Stated Meeting, March 7, 2024 · Mar 7, 2024 · official transcript, this passage
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- Feb 29, 2024Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL
- Mar 7, 2024ADOPTED · CITY COUNCIL
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..Title Authorizing and ratifying the designation of Councilmember Jeffery Young, Jr., as Council's representative in connection with an appeal of the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment with respect to 1451 North Broad Street and all litigation related thereto. ..Body HEREAS, Pursuant to Resolution No. 200064, Council President Darrell L. Clarke filed an appeal, on behalf of and as representative of City Council, of the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment with respect to 1451 North Broad Street, docketed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County at February Term, 2022, No. 00430; and WHEREAS, The Court of Common Pleas ruled that Council President Clarke did not have sufficiently specific authorization from Council to file such appeal; and WHEREAS, On March 9, 2023, Council adopted Resolution No. 230169, which reaffirmed that the Council President, the elected represented of Council from the Fifth Council District (the District tin which 1451 N. Broad Street is located), was authorized to represent Council and has full authority to file and prosecute, on behalf of and as representative of Council, in all aspects of that matter; and WHEREAS, Former Council President Clarke chose not to run for reelection in 2023; and WHEREAS, the Hon. Jeffery Young, Jr., having been duly sworn in as the current Councilmember for the Fifth Council District, has been authorized by letter of the President of Council (pursuant to Council Resolution No. 240049, adopted February 21, 2024) to continue to represent Council in that matter, including with respect to an appeal to the Commonwealth Court; and WHEREAS The Council wishes to reaffirm that authorization and, further, to ratify that the Fifth Council District's elected representative, Hon. Jeffery Young, Jr., is Council's authorized representative in all matters related to the 1451 N. Broad St. zoning appeal; now, therefore, be it: RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That Hon. Jeffery Young, Jr., Councilmember for the Fifth Council District, has full authority on behalf and as representative of this Council in connection with all aspects of the appeal of the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment with respect to 1451 North Broad Street, docketed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County at February Term, 2022, No. 00430, and in the Commonwealth Court, No. 249 CD 2023, and any other litigation pertaining to this matter. ..End