The ayes have it, and this bill will be placed on our First Reading Calendar today. The Chair now recognizes Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown for a report from the Committee on the Environment.
Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on the Environment reports one bill with a favorable recommendation.
The Committee on the Environment, to which was referred Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 190378, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 9-3400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Energy Conservation,' to establish a Solar Panel Incentive Program, all under certain terms and conditions," respectfully reports it has considered and amended the same and returns the attached bill to Council with a favorable recommendation.
Thank you. The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill No. 190378. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill No. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 190378. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and this bill will be placed on our First Reading Calendar today. That concludes our reports from committee, and our next order of business is the consideration of the Calendar. I note that the bills just reported from committee with suspension of the rules have been deemed to have had a first reading. These bills will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. The Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee at this time for a motion regarding Bill No. 190444.
Thank Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit an amendment to be offered to Bill No. 190444 at this time. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. All those in favor of the motion will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. And, again, the Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee.
Thank you, Mr. President. On your behalf, I would like to offer an amendment to Bill No. 190444. A copy of the amendment has been circulated to all members of Council, and I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.) Stated Meeting June 13, 2019
All those in favor of the motion will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Bill No. 190444 has been amended. Bill No. 190444, as amended, will be placed on our Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. As there are no additional bills on the First Reading Calendar, the Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee for a motion concerning the bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the following bills on the Second Reading Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 Final Passage Calendars: Nos. 190152, 190153, 190155, 190317, 190182, 190206, 190207, 190208, 190310, 181004, 190098, 190119, 190185, 190211, 190252, 190287, 190288, 190289, 190304, 190307, 190309, 190320, 190321, 190354, 190355, 190363, 190364, 190365, 190379, 190381, 190404, 190410, 190411, 190434, 190445, 190450, 190453, 190456, 190463, 190464, 190465, 190469, and 190438. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and seconded that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the bills just read by Councilman Greenlee. All in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 2ND READING ayes have it, the motion carries, and we will consider the Consent Agenda shortly. The Chair again recognizes Councilman Greenlee for the purpose of calling up bills and resolutions on the regular Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Mr. President. In addition to the bills being considered on the Consent Agenda, the following resolutions and bills are being called up from the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars today: Nos. 190074, 190389, 190479, 190513, 190514, 190519, 190529, 190530, 190299, 181063-A, 190099-A, 190154, 190290, 190413, 190457, 190458, 190462, 190468, and 190449. All other bills and resolutions are being held.
Thank you, Councilman. Before considering these bills and resolutions on our Final Passage Calendar today, we will have our public Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 comment session. During our public comment session, your name will be called. When your name is called, you will go to the middle of the Council Chamber, where there's a podium. There's a device on that podium. When the light turns green, you will be given actually two minutes, because we're going to have to alter the timeframe given the level of individuals who have expressed an interest. So I want you all to be cognizant of that. I ask that people who have written testimony, to alter your testimony to reflect the two-minute timeframe, because we want to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to speak on the list. When the light turns yellow, you will have 30 seconds to conclude your comments, and when the light turns red, we ask that you please conclude your remarks and adhere to our guidelines. I want to thank you very much for your anticipated cooperation. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 And as soon as Mr. Decker calls the first name. Mr. Decker, please call the first name on the list.
Dr. Marilyn Howarth, commenting on 180936. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. Good morning. My name is Dr. Marilyn Howarth and I'm an occupational and environmental medicine physician working in Philadelphia for the last 25 years. I'd like to thank Philadelphia City Council for the opportunity to submit these comments in support of the lead remediation funding in the budget Bill 190154. The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, one of the oldest and respected medical organizations in the country, has submitted in writing an Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 issue brief supporting the need to take action to protect children from lead. My testimony today is on behalf of the College of Physicians and the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. Thousands of research articles on lead exposure document its health effects on children in the first few years of life. Lead kills nerves in the brain and leaves others impaired, interfering with thinking and behavior. Researchers at our center have found that early life exposure to lead results in lasting sleep deprivation. Having a good night's sleep is very important and is actually essential to health, well-being, and learning. Our researchers have documented decreased IQ and behavior problems in lead-exposed children. Every year in Philadelphia, about 2,400 children have blood lead Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 levels over five micrograms per deciliter. These children have been robbed of their full academic potential with lifelong consequences. Every day children in Philadelphia are being poisoned. That is why your action to approve this bill can't wait. Physicians in Philadelphia want you to know that there is no effective treatment once a child has been exposed to lead. The damage is permanent. Primary prevention that this bill offers eliminates the primary source of lead, and this strategy has been found to be the best way to protect children. In Philadelphia, the majority of children with elevated blood lead levels were exposed in rental properties, mainly in poor African American neighborhoods. This is an environmental injustice. We urge City Council to enact this bill now to protect the most vulnerable. The data tells us that a delay in passing of the lead-safe Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 certification of all rental properties even by two to three months --
-- would result in hundreds of children harmed in Philadelphia.
Thank you for your testimony. Again, I just wanted to remind you all, we have to alter the timeframe, so please alter your testimony to reflect the two minutes today. We got a lot of people that want to testify, and we want to make sure everybody has an opportunity. Thank you. Mr. Decker, please call the next name.
Donna Cooper, commenting on 190154. (Witness approached podium.) Stated Meeting June 13, 2019
Good afternoon. I want to thank Councilmembers for enacting a budget today that increases our funds for our libraries. Great move. You're also increasing the funds for summer youth employment programs. Great move. I really appreciate that. Twelve of you signed a letter earlier this week asking the School District to increase its investments to remove mold, asbestos, and lead from its school buildings. You're making an enormous transfer of City revenues to the School District, and that ask is the minimum of what they need to do. An additional $30 million should be spent for that out of the School District's fund balance, which is very significant. So great move on the part of City Council. Bad move, today the lead bill was delayed. We began work on this bill with the great Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown on October 25th, 2018, 240 Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 days ago. In that period, working on the assumption that an average of six children are poisoned by lead every single day, 1,440 children poisoned by lead likely since the beginning when we started working on this bill. The time to act is now. We know that this Council has enough votes to act on behalf of children. You're showing you're doing that today with the budget. You showed you did that with your letter to the School District. We're asking you to show you can do that again and act on this lead bill before you recess for this summer. Our children are depending on you. (Applause.)
Erin Blair, commenting on 190154. (Witness approached podium.)
Hi. My name is Erin Blair. I'm here today -- I know we're speaking to the budget, and I am also here as a public health nurse speaking about the consequences of delaying this bill for the passage of lead. I appreciate that funding for moving forward with legislation is a big part as well, and I hope to see in the budget that some of the allocations towards housing might go towards assisting landlords in remediating lead that are unable to afford to do so by themselves. But every day we delay this bill, six children may be poisoned. I'm waiting on every single phone call I'm going to receive between now and the passage of this bill for another mom that's been unfairly discriminated against for her housing, for another mom calling crying in tears because she found out her baby has a lead level of five, a lead level of seven, a Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 lead level of ten, a lead level of 15. Permanent brain damage. That happens in homes in Philadelphia every single day. People are profiting off poisoning children. We need to fix that. Thank you.
Caitlyn Kubiak, commenting on 190154. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. My name is Caitlyn and I am the parent of a beautiful baby boy. When I was almost eight months pregnant with my son, my landlord told me that he would not be renewing my lease when it was up, as he does not rent out to people under the age of five. This is because of the lead that was possibly in the building and he didn't want to be held liable. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 Upset about this, I reached out to the property manager, and he confirmed that they would not renew my lease in two months, the exact time my son was due. He told me they didn't know if my apartment had lead problems and that they were not obligated to test for it, because I was already living in the building. I lived in this apartment for a while. It was my home. The property manager even told me that I was one of his best tenants because I never caused any problems and I always paid my rent on time, but that they would still not be renewing my lease. This didn't seem right to me, so I called the nurse who was caring for me during my pregnancy, and she spoke with the lawyers at her office that helped with housing laws. It turned out my landlord shouldn't have been kicking me out because I was pregnant and would soon have a baby living with me, but the lawyer also said my landlord was not Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 obligated to test my unit. My landlord said I could pay for the lead test, but that if the test came back positive, he didn't have to fix it and wouldn't renew my lease. It was such an awful time. I had been a really great tenant there, and I had done nothing wrong. At this point, I decided it wasn't worth fighting to try to stay. It was really hard to move at eight months pregnant, and if I hadn't found a place, I had no idea where I could have gone, where would I have put all my stuff. Packing and moving was exhausting. I wasn't even able to lift any heavy stuff, so I had to get help. It was so stressful, which worried me, because I know stress isn't good for a baby during pregnancy. I also had to spend the money that I had saved up for my unpaid maternity leave. I had to spend that to find a new house. The lead law needs to be Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 changed in Philadelphia to protect moms and babies right now so they don't have to go through the same thing I did. I urge you all to act now before break to prevent the next baby like mine from being harmed. Thank you. (Applause.)
Lisa Quattlebaum, commenting on 190154. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. My name is Lisa Quattlebaum. I'm a former educator, community leader, environmental justice advocate, Food and Health Policy Advisory Board member, and parent at Powel Elementary School. I'm here to testify on Bill 190154. In this year's budget, this Council once again committed the revenue to our schools that our young people deserve. I'm here to thank Council for its demonstrated commitment to our schools and to challenge you to continue Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 to do so and to show your service to the community by pushing the School District to allocate a small portion of its fund balance to funding urgent facility repairs. My philosophy of education is rooted in the conviction that excellence in education means scholarship, character development, and citizenship expressed through to service to self, family, and community, the environment, the world. While the School District and newly formed Board of Education has placed much-needed emphasis on comprehensive teaching and learning standards, parent engagement, inclusive and equitable best practices, it has neglected the physical structures and spaces where inquiry, discovery, and mastery takes place. The learning environment, the classroom, the playground, the schools and facilities, as well as the communities' resources, including parks Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 in neighborhoods, must encourage students to consider and respect the variety of perspectives, including their own. Yet this is virtually impossible when students face worn and hazardous spaces that distract from learning and, quite frankly, place in critical harm. Having lived and worked abroad for more than a decade, I've seen incredible interpretations of school. This is not the school that my hometown should have. Thank you. (Applause.)
Gretchen Walker, commenting on 190154. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. My name is Gretchen Walker. I am also a parent at Powel School and I am the Home and School President there. I am here to testify on Bill 190154. I'd like to thank Council and especially Council President for your Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 commitment to invest in our City schools for our children and for our city's future. This year, the School District has a surplus. It's been mentioned now twice in testimony. I am asking for you to continue to push the School District to allocate a small portion of its fund balance to funding urgent facilities repairs, specifically $30 million. A majority of Council has already signed on to a letter -- Donna Cooper mentioned it -- to the School District with this ask, and basically I'm preaching to the choir and just hoping the rest of you will start to sing harmony on this matter. And if in fact the burden of the school to fix all the repairs is what COO Danielle Floyd has stated last fall as 4 billion, why, you may ask, why $30 million right now? Because each child's needs are priceless. Facilities' needs cascade and compound losses for every child affected. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 So $30 million repairs can make a big improvement for a lot of children's lives. Part of this 30 million will go to asthma control or remediation of mold that produces asthma reactions. Just this year, more needed to be remediated in a music facility at Powel, which means instruction was interrupted for six months. That's one child times 30 in a classroom, times two classrooms, times five grades did not get an opportunity. These opportunities lost do not get regained. Please do the $30 million right now to support children. (Applause.)
Audra Wolfe, commenting on 181063-A. (Witness approached podium.)
My name is Audra Wolfe and I'm a member of POWER, Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower, and Rebuild. I'm here to Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 testify on Bill 181063 authorizing construction of a liquefied natural gas facility. Most of you are familiar with POWER and are aware that we represent more than 30,000 people. We fight for racial, economic, and environmental justice. POWER is also a member of the No LNG Coalition, a group that includes 30 organizations across the City. You've heard from us and our allies over the past few weeks on the need for the City to plan for a just transition to use renewable energy to heat buildings across Philadelphia. We're grateful to City Councilpersons Helen Gym and Curtis Jones for committing to vote no on the LNG project. We need that kind of leadership in a time of climate emergency. We hope that other members of Council will join them. The question of whether we as a city should be investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure should no longer be Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 subject to debate. The conversation should instead and must be about how we equitably, justly, and quickly transition away from fossil fuels to ensure that our city, our children, and our future have healthy air and water, a liveable climate, and sacred land to live upon. The conversation must move away from pitting labor against the health and well-being of humanity and instead rethink how we respond to the climate crisis together. The climate crisis is exacerbating racial inequality and already harming our communities. To quote Reverend Holston, we are bringing a watering can to a house fire. We need a comprehensive and urgent approach to this problem, and we need it now. Transitions are always painful, but they can also create opportunities to re-envision our future. And we don't have to just dream. We can look at other cities that have done it. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019
Commit to this conversation. You'll be hearing from us more in the future, and please oppose this facility. Thank you. (Applause.)
I think it's important that I amplify and underscore the request made very graciously of President Clarke. Everybody has a voice. Everyone will have their say. Let's be fair with the two minutes that he has requested of all of us. Chief Clerk.
Thank you. I thank City Council for allowing me to be here today. My name is Mark Clincy, a member of Philly Thrive and a resident of South Philadelphia. Some of you have already heard what I had to say, but you haven't listened, which is why I'm back Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 here today. This is a very important issue. We don't want the LNG plant in South Philadelphia. Many of you may know that there is a polluting oil refinery in South Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Energy Solutions. This LNG plant may not pollute as much as the refinery, but adding additional pollution in the area is way too much. Like the refinery, the LNG plant will contribute to climate change. We already see the greenhouse effect at play with hotter summer days and worse air quality, which makes it hard for many in Philly and beyond. South Philly has been forced to shoulder the burden of fossil fuel infrastructure in this city, and we're getting the short end of the stick. We shouldn't have to take on the impacts of another facility. This doesn't mean we can't have jobs. We want well-paying green jobs for Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 all, not jobs that contribute to climate change. A lot of jobs have moved away from the City to the suburbs, and my community has been left behind. PGW needs to transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This transition of PGW must include a plan to protect current jobs and create new jobs for people in my community who can't find work. An important piece of this conversation is cost of utilities. I know PGW wants to keep it affordable for ratepayers, but natural gas and fossil fuels is not the solution to this.
We want to thank you for your comprehensive assessment of the issue. Your two minutes are up. We need to move on.
Also commenting on 181063-A, in this order, please approach the podium: Marta Guttenberg, Lisa Hastings, Nate Holt, Danny Bauder, Craig White, Ryan Boyer, and Greg Holston. Marta Guttenberg will be first. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. Like the people with me and standing behind me, I'm here to ask City Council to do its job and protect the people who live and breathe in Philadelphia. (Applause.)
Some of you may have heard the news today from Washington that the first responders to 9/11, who had to live and breathe the destruction of the Twin Towers, are over these decades getting sick and not being cared for. I want to suggest to you that the experience that we have living and Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 breathing here in Philadelphia as more and more things are burned that shouldn't be burned is a kind of 9/11 first responder experience in slow motion. Washington stepped up and said, yup, we'll find some money to take care of you guys. I'm hoping that City Council will step up and say, right, first we're going to not harm you further, and we're going to oppose the LNG plant, and we're going to fund your care. Thank you. (Applause.)
Good afternoon. I'm Lisa Hastings. I oppose the LNG deal because the very valid environmental concerns and for some other reasons. As was the case when I opposed selling PGW a few years ago, I want the City to retain full control over the direction of PGW and our Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 city's future. This includes retaining the ability to make improvements without being hampered by inflexible long-term agreements with private parties. My belief then and now is that public elected officials like you would be much more likely to make decisions for PGW and the rest of us based on the entire public interest rather than on short-term profits. You have the chance to make such a decision now by voting this project down. The LNG bill would commit the City to increase the commercial fossil fuel footprint in Philadelphia for 25 years, even if much better, much cleaner, and more lucrative alternatives become possible. The City -- there's no escape clause in this deal, so the City is stuck with it for 25 years. With the ever-increasing rate of technological innovation and the urgency of climate change, 25 years is a very long time. If you approve this Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 project, you will also be inhibiting PGW and the City's ability to adopt new energy sources when they come available. Thank you. (Applause.)
I want to talk about this liquefied natural gas plant. If you approve this project and you vote for this bill, that is a direct attack on this city's desire for a green new deal. (Applause.)
City Councilmembers talk a lot about addressing poverty and creating jobs, and nothing does that better than a green new deal. (Applause.)
If you're not for a green new deal, stop talking about how you want to create jobs. Stop. No matter what the carbon footprint of the LNG plant is itself, the extraction of the gas that it processes Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 and the burning of it after it is sold off will produce millions of tons of greenhouse gases that will pollute our environment. It was rainy a bit this morning and it will be rainy later tonight, and there's four days of rain in next week's forecast. 2018 was the second rainiest year in Philadelphia's history. Three of the four rainiest years in Philadelphia history have been in the last eight years. If you don't believe climate change is real, then your eyes are not open. (Applause.)
When in 25 years or 30 years we look at our children, our grandchildren, we need to ask ourselves whether we did everything we could to help them, as food systems collapse all over the world and as a billion refugees need to be relocated due to the horrors of climate change that scientists tell us will happen. And you can say I hope it Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 won't happen or it's all a bunch of noise, it's all clickbait, but when this many scientists tell you all over the world, it's like worrying about whether the sun is going to set tonight or rise this morning. It's real. It's going to happen. History will reflect your record today. Please vote no. (Applause.)
Good afternoon. I'm Danny Bauder and I am very proud to serve the 150,000 union members in Philadelphia as Campaign Manager of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO. Council President and members of Council, I'm here in support of Bill No. 181063-A introduced by Councilmember Green. Our city is very, very fortunate to own, to wholly own, an asset like the Philadelphia Gas Works. Not many cities can say that they have an Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 asset like PGW that the City and the citizens own themselves. It's one of the things that makes Philadelphia so unique and so great. Unfortunately, this is an asset that requires a great deal of investment for maintenance and repair. Thankfully, we have an opportunity today to make an investment in maintenance, to make an investment in infrastructure, to make an investment in those repairs by supporting 181063-A. This project to export liquid natural gas is a win-win for our city. We're able to export a much-needed product and in return raise revenue for infrastructure repair and for the maintenance of PGW, our asset. The addition of a solar array at the Passyunk project site makes this the perfect public-private partnership that will be entirely carbon neutral. I want to thank all of the members of Council who have supported Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 this project from the jump. To those members of the Gas Commission who already voted in favor of it and to those voting today for the first time, I implore you to support this bill, support an investment in infrastructure, and support good union jobs. Thank you. (Applause.)
Good morning. My name is Craig White. I'm President and CEO of the Philadelphia Gas Works, and I want to thank Council President and members of Council for giving me this opportunity today to discuss our project. Certainly we heard you loud and clear five years ago when the company was not sold and the decision was made to retain Philadelphia Gas Works, and the message that we received was that we had to do more with that asset. We had to create revenue streams that could support Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 our growing low-income population. As you all know, we're the largest city, we're the only city with a population over a million that has as many poor families as we do. And this LNG project is a tremendous project in that it is a public-private partnership. It has, as the last gentleman said, it has very few carbon emissions. To equate that to something that's more understandable, it's equivalent to about seven homes in the City of Philadelphia. So you build seven new homes, you have the equivalent amount of emissions as this LNG facility. And we are budgeted -- we have budgeted and we filed with the Philadelphia Gas Commission for a solar array that would make carbon emissions at that facility a net zero. In addition to that, we're not talking about work that Philadelphia Gas Works has not done. We've been doing this for over 50 years. Matter of fact, the gentlemen sitting over here to my Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 right, many of them have over 30 years, 35 years at our LNG plants, working this facility, and providing this asset to not only citizens of Philadelphia but citizens around the region. So anyway, the red light has come on. I want to thank you very much for your positive vote. Thank you. (Applause.)
My name is Reverend Gregory Holston. I'm the Executive Director of POWER. POWER is 83 congregations across the City of Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. POWER has stand and has stood Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 with workers around this city over the last ten years. We have gotten arrested. We have marched in snow, sleet, and rain to make sure that workers had rights, to support the rights of workers and support them to have more and more jobs in the City. So when POWER stands up and says to all of you here, this is about the health of our city and not about jobs, we have a jobs record to stand on. (Applause.)
As a pastor in the City, I've been in South Philadelphia. I started my career there. I grew up in South Philadelphia. For years they told us that plant in South Philadelphia, that refinery, was only emitting steam. For years they told us there was no carbon emissions. For years they told us our health was not in danger. Yet over and over, cancer after cancer after cancer can be found in that same community. How long are you going Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 to rely on the natural gas people to tell you that it is carbon neutral when they've had a history of not sharing that or not really doing that? It's been exactly the opposite in this city. How many children -- we've talked about it already. How many children, how many families, how many children are going to have asthma? How many children are going to have disease? How many children, how many people are going to suffer weird cancers and have to be buried again by the pastor in the community, wondering what's happening to their people? I'm here to tell you to vote no. Vote no because you don't know. (Applause.)
Vote no because you don't really know what the truth is. Vote no for a safer Philadelphia. Vote no for the 21st century that we really want for this city. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019
Good afternoon. LNG, new contracts with gas. Have you heard the stories? I think it's clear you haven't. The stories of those living near LNG, the people being affected, the kids. If you did, the bill, would it ever have been dropped? Think about the kids when you vote. Not only in this decision that shouldn't have come to this point but to any legislation. Think about the most vulnerable. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 Gas plants, lead buildings, burning trash, underfunded libraries and schools, where does your moral compass lie? I hope the deal hasn't already been made. No LNG, no lead buildings, no burning trash, fully fund the libraries, 15 million. Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you. My name is George Gould. I'm an attorney at Community Legal Services. I'm here to discuss Bill No. 180936. It's an extremely important bill, which would amend the lead-safe ordinance in Philadelphia. We had been told this bill got out of committee, and we have been told that this bill was going to come up for a vote today for final passage. We were Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 very excited about it, but instead we have been told by the Councilwoman Reynolds Brown's office there are a variety of reasons why this is indefinitely delayed. The first, we're told we want to reach a middle ground. Lead poisoning, you cannot reach a middle ground. Twenty-two hundred kids every year in this city get lead poisoned. The problem with the existing bill, it's not effective. The bill that is up for final vote in City Council is effective and it needs to get passed. We're also told there needs to be more discussions. There have been 18 months of discussions. We have talked endlessly about this bill and the need for it. Today we get a memo saying that there needs to be some type of meeting in July about enforcement of the new provisions. Well, when this bill got passed, I personally talked to the Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 Commissioner Perri of L&I and Commissioner Farley of the Health Department, and they both agreed to a procedure that would clearly enforce this bill. Interesting, over a million dollars has been allocated to landlords that will abate lead-based paint, but nothing is happening to help the actual tenants. Finally, I'd like to thank Helen Gym for getting passed in the budget 1.5 million in the legal defense fund. Thank you. (Applause.)
The remaining five speakers on the public comment list, in this order, please approach the podium: Ogbonna Hagins. (No response.)
Ruth Vincent, Meenal Raval, Tiffany Green, and Joe Danihel. Ogbonna Hagins will be first. (No response.)
Good afternoon, all. My name is Pastor Ruth Vincent-Washington. I stand before you representing the First Haitian Church of God and our Haitian community. This vote passing is important because we've been in existence now for 40 years and have been a strong support to our fellow Haitian community as well as the community itself. We've been able to support our community emotionally, spiritually, financially, and socially. We've created a sense of self and self-validation in a world that is so judgmental for our people. If I can quote a verse, I would Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 like to say what Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature. The old has gone. The new has come. Knowing our position in Christ solves all identity issues. This creature remains evident for us, because First Haitian assists our people in filling a sense of belong, a sense of self, giving them the self-confidence that they need to understand that they can do all things and anything is possible in a society where we are looked upon in such a negative lens. They're empowered by knowing that all things are possible as long as they believe. Within our congregation and our community, we have such greatness that comes from it. For example, we have pastors, doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, entrepreneurs from a Haitian community, if I can name a few. Our church has not only been able to service our Haitian people, but we are now and Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 have become a liaison for the community to help all different ethnicities. Please consider this and keep us in mind as you make your decision today knowing that we as Haitian people, we contribute to the brotherly love that this city exemplifies and talks about. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. (Applause.)
Good afternoon. I am Meenal Raval and I'm giving up my right to speak for a moment to Sabirah Mahmud, a 16-year-old. (Witness approached podium.)
Hello. My name is Sabirah Mahmud and I'm speaking on the Bill 181063-A. I'm a 16-year-old student, activist, and community member here in Philadelphia; more specifically, in University City. Today my friend, Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 Enya, and I represent the U.S. Youth Climate Strike and the youth of this country and this city. As we gather here today to vote on these bills and discover whether or not we should vote yes to the LNG plant, the communities I represent strongly oppose to this. This is because of the fact we are in a state of a climate emergency and this bill introduced by Councilmember Green takes us into the wrong direction. The reason I say this is because us, the youth of this country, are going to experience terrible consequences of this plant. I want to tell you all a story. I have a classmate of mine who runs. As my school is in South Philly, where this plant is to be put, he runs around the area along with his Students Run Philly Style group. However, as he suffers from asthma, he almost lost his life from running in this area where we lack the air quality we strongly deserve and need. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 The fact this plant is even in discussion puts us, the youth, in risk of life-threatening situations, as my classmate was in. If you are in this room, think of your children, your nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. This LNG plant will affect them as well. I have a six-year-old sister and I would not want her to be affected in this way. If you are in favor for the future of the City and this country, please vote no. And to those who have committed to voting no, I thank you for voting in favor of our children. Our students and children do not deserve to have this plant. They do not deserve the air quality to be at risk. They deserve a clean future. Thank you. (Applause.)
I just want to Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 speak on two other bills. (Witness approached podium.)
I'm going to make this quick. Tiffany Green. I'm speaking on Bill 190449, I believe it is, regarding the balconies. We asked for -- this bill was inside our housing conformity bill to stop the three-story houses in our community, and because a developer said that if they ban the three-story bill, three-story mansions that's being built in our community, then construction would shut down. How dare you pull our bill, Councilman Johnson, off the list because a certain developer made this warning? At this point that -- I want to talk about the treatment of black community. This is plantation politics. I don't have time for plantation politics no more. The thing about this at this point -- and then when it comes to new development, you're putting the black community on the back. It's okay for a Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 developer -- I mean, for a shopping center to take millions of dollars from the black community and continue support, but when it comes down to meetings regarding discussing the details of the zoning, we're left out on the plantation. You don't feel that we're worthy enough, intelligent enough to deal with this. This is not right. You're not going to continue treating the black community like this. We want our bill. Now that you pull our bill off the list, we have to go through the rest of the year or the rest of the summer like lambs being slaughtered while they go to our blocks and build these five-story mansions. How could you sit there, City Council, and allow them to do this? Councilwoman Blondell, Councilwoman Bass, all of you talk about you are champions for children, but nobody asked what happened to the community. We talk about jobs and about new development. Do you ask how many Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 low-income families will be displaced? Did you ask how many seniors will be harassed to be moved out of a senior citizen complex? Did you ask how many people will become homeless because of this development you want to put in the middle of our shopping center? You have not asked those questions, but yet you sat here and voted for a bill and passed it through for a luxury complex. You know that's a luxury complex being put in our shopping center. And the reality is, we deserve our five-story -- stop them five-story mansions. Since June 2012, we have asked for that bill, and we have not gotten it. It is now June 2019 and we're still being bombarded with these three-story mansions. This is plantation politics. (Microphone turned off.)
Ms. Green, thank you. Thank you for your testimony. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 (Applause.)
Thank you. (Ms. Green talking without microphone on.)
This is an official decree of the people in writ of mandamus quo warranto and, as such, requires immediate action and remedy. Every week, Council, Mayor, Governor, and others transfer private property to the government, probably illegally. Consent of the Governor is required to be proved before you act. Did the Governor ask you to deny or restrict public comment at City Council meetings? Did the Governor approve theft of my home, theft of my just compensation? Did the Governor approve Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 your unanimous votes to spend upwards of 120 million federal HUD money to build a mall on top of my stolen home? If you do not want to perform your known duty or task, why do you run for reelection? Failure to perform your known duty or task is known by military people as treason. Why hasn't the Attorney General investigated and prosecuted my numerous complaints? The constitutions require immediate remedy of this breach of law, breach of close, breach of fiduciary duty. Your oath of office requires you to act or face prison. 42 USC 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987; 18 USC 241, 242, 2381, 2384; PA Constitution, Sections 1 through 28; 26 PA CSA 703, 705, 708, 709, 711, 712, 713, 716, 902, and other laws listed in SCOTUS 15-8965, 14-1330, 14-4056 appear violated. I call on the federal and Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 Commonwealth governments to perform their constitutional obligation to investigate and prosecute all involved in the theft and illegal deed transfer of my home, 1038 West Wyoming Avenue. The denial of God-given 42 USC 1982 property rights for 25 years is egregious, extraordinary, oath-violating, and requires immediate remedy. A just government must obey the rule of law. This color of law government must have its Charter to govern revoked --
-- until a constitutionally compliant government is installed.
I remind Council, it takes a lot of cooperation to create and allow your weekly violation of all the documents we hold sacred and this Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 monumental corruption.
There are no other speakers on the public comment list, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. We will now consider the bills and resolutions -
We will now consider today's Bill Consent Agenda. (Audience members yelling out.) (Pause.) (Witness approached podium.)
I'm Matt Walker. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 I'm the Advocacy Director with Clean Air Council. Clean Air Council has testified a number of times before various committees of Philadelphia City Council raising a number of issues with Liberty Energy Trust's proposed LNG plant. Those issues have still not been addressed and, therefore, the Council must again urge members of City Council to complete their due diligence before voting on the PGW LNG plant. City Council should determine how this LNG plant will advance the City's climate goals, of reducing greenhouse gases by 80 percent by 2050. In addition, before voting on this LNG plant, City Council must evaluate whether it will conform to the long-term sustainability plan for PGW. It is clear that neither Councilmembers nor the public have all the information necessary to make a well-informed decision. So this vote should not occur until after City Council Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 has complete answers to the following: One, an accounting of the diesel exhaust reductions claimed by the LNG plant, including the locations of sites that currently use diesel fuel that would switch to the natural gas. Two, analysis of the climate change impacts from leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from additional equipment and additional throughput at the plant. Three, an analysis of non-fossil fuel alternatives to achieve similar economic and jobs goals. Four, benefits to low-income ratepayers. Five, benefits to the environmental justice community being asked to host this facility. Six, analysis of upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions. It is disingenuous for PGW to claim that this facility will have net zero emissions when it has not received Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 funding for the solar array to power the operations. It's also disingenuous that PGW would claim that the equipment would not emit methane emissions. No plant like this would plan to emit methane on purpose, but it would leak methane. Even with leak protection monitors in place, it would still leak or boil off -
-- vaporizer, trucking loading equipment, or other connections of the site.
That seemed like it was faster than two minutes to me. And there hasn't been any attempt to estimate the methane leaks or address them.
I just want to say one last thing. It would be irresponsible for City Council to vote on Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 this today -(Microphone turned off.)
Thank you. (Applause.) (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning. Good afternoon now. I'm Judith Robinson. I'm here to speak on Bill No. 180729. It is an environmental justice issue as we relate to short dumping and debris and dumping in our community. Please move forward quickly with all of the zero waste recommendations, such as higher fines, et cetera. But I want you to be clear, evictions -- 70 percent of the yearly evictions, or about over 20,000, are black women being evicted out of Philadelphia as we gentrify. So I want to make sure some of that $800,000 that you increase for the homeless bill goes directly towards black women who are Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 being evicted out of the City with their children, by the way. In addition, you have a violence reduction committee. I want to make sure that we're dealing with this violence reduction. As we gentrify this community increasing housing costs tremendously, that we check. 350 black young men are killed each year with illegal guns. Just recently after a long time of having short -- I'm sorry; lost and stolen guns documentation law on the books, you just recently decide to start to enforce it. Why don't you move forward in that regard quickly as possible. Every area of our land in Philadelphia is being monetized, our Fairmount Park. Whoever is the head of that committee, check. It's being monetized. I enjoy our city. I'm a native of this city. I enjoy all the good things, but I cannot discount all of the Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 affecting my community up in North Philly in the Fifth District, which the Council President represents. We're catching hell. We're catching hell up in North Philadelphia with all the increase in taxes, increase in value of properties. Thank you very much. I appreciate you allowing me to speak, but freedom of speech is a right. It's not something you can take away. Thank you very much.
Okay. Thank you all. We will now consider today's Bill Consent Agenda. Mr. Decker, I'm going to ask you to read the titles of all the bills on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read, any member may object to the inclusion of the bill on the Consent Agenda. Upon such an Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 debate -Councilman Johnson, did you want to speak prior to us taking a vote?
You're good? Okay. Any member may object to the inclusion of the bill on the Consent Agenda. Upon such an objection and without debate, the bill will immediately be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on our regular Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, if you will now read the titles of the bills on the Consent Agenda.
Bill No. 190152, entitled "An ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2020 through 2025 inclusive"; and Bill No. 190153, entitled "An ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2020 Capital Budget"; and Bill No. 190155, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Wage and Net Profits Tax,' by revising certain tax rates"; and Bill No. 1 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Homestead Exclusion,' to increase the amount of homestead exclusion"; and Bill No. 190182, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity,' and Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Finance, Taxes and Collections,' to impose liability and provide for the revocation of licenses for certain persons who permit human trafficking, involuntary servitude, or related unlawful activity to occur on a property or in connection with a business"; and Bill No. 190206, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 enter into an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the PRA to act as the City's agent for the marketing, competitive bidding, sale and development, as applicable, of certain City-owned properties"; and Bill No. 190207, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to convey to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, all or a portion of a parcel or parcels of land in and about the area bounded by Tacony Street, Levick Street, Milnor Street and Barnett Street"; and Bill No. 190208, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire fee simple title, or a lesser interest in real estate, by purchase, dedication, donation, condemnation, agreement in lieu of condemnation, or otherwise, to parcels of land along the Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 in the bed of the former Kensington & Tacony Railroad"; and Bill No. 190310, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a sublease agreement with The Philadelphia Municipal Authority, for use by the City of a portion of the premises located at 804 North Broad Street"; and Bill No. 181004, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions,' by amending Chapter 9-200, entitled 'Commercial Activities on Streets,' by revising certain provisions related to street vendors and sidewalk sales to prohibit the sale of fireworks by such vendors"; and Bill No. 190098, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on 13th Street, west side, Master Street to Jefferson Street"; and Bill No. 190119, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 parking regulation on 22nd Street, west side, Aspen Street to Brown Street"; and Bill No. 190185, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Bicycle Lanes,' by authorizing the Department of Streets to designate a bicycle lane and to remove a travel lane on Market Street and on John F. Kennedy Boulevard, all between North 15th Street and North 20th Street"; and Bill No. 190211, entitled "An ordinance establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: South 13th Street and Dickinson Street; Federal Street and South 7th Street; Federal Street and South 10th Street; Annin Street and South 9th Street; Iseminger Street and Morris Street; Cross Street and Marshall Street; South 13th Street and Reed Street"; and Bill No.
190252, entitled "An ordinance authorizing The Pennsylvania Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 Higher Education, doing business as Temple University, C/O Kenneth Kaiser & Thomas McCreesh, to install, own, and maintain non-standard lights in the Public Right-of-Way at 1901 through 47 North Park Avenue"; and Bill No. 190287, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Noel Karasanyi, doing business as The Barn, to install, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 4901 Catherine Street"; and Bill No. 190288, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Matthew Hopkins, AIMCO Development, to install, own, and maintain various encroachments at 3900 Chestnut Street"; and Bill No. 190289, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Yishai Kedar to own and maintain an existing exterior stairway in the public Right-of-Way at 1501 North Front Street"; and Bill No. 190304, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 106 by establishing a curved corner at the intersection of the westerly side of Thirty-Fourth Street and the northeasterly side of Mantua Avenue and establishing a curb bump-out extending along the northeasterly curbline of said Mantua Avenue from Thirty-Fourth Street to a point northwestwardly therefrom"; and Bill No. 190307, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by placing on the City Plan a cut-back area at the northwest corner of Second Street and Germantown Avenue"; and Bill No. 190309, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Street Vendors,' by prohibiting vending along certain portions of Spring Garden Street"; and Bill No. 190320, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-213 of The Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 Code, entitled 'Farmers' Markets,' by adding a permissible location"; and Bill No. 1, entitled 'Parking for Flexible-Park Auto Sharing Organizations,' to provide for exemption from certain parking regulations for flexible-park auto sharing organizations"; and Bill No. 190354, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 180285) approved June 6, 2018, entitled 'An ordinance authorizing the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to own and maintain various encroachments at 1 Convention Avenue,' by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein"; and Bill No. 190355, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Designation of Bicycle Lanes,' to authorize bicycle lanes on Richmond Street from Lewis Street to Berkshire Street"; and Bill No. 190363, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Designation of Bicycle Lanes,' to authorize bicycle lanes in the First Councilmanic District on North 10th Street, from Buttonwood Street to Callowhill Street, and on Columbus Boulevard from Dilworth Street to Swanson Street"; and Bill No. 190364, entitled "An ordinance establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: Camac Street and Moyamensing Avenue; McKean Street and South 10th Street; Snyder Avenue and South 10th Street; Sartain Street and Mifflin Street; South Juniper Street and Jackson Street; Hoffman Street and South 7th Street; Wolf Street and South 11th Street"; and Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 190365, entitled "An ordinance establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: South 12th Street and Passyunk Avenue; Emily Street and South 8th Street; Dudley Street and South 7th Street through South 9th Street; Winton Street and South 11th Street; South 9th Street and McKean Street; South 13th Street and Morris Street"; and Bill No.
190379, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 170086) approved May 22, 2017, entitled 'An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 269 by relocating portions of the houselines and curblines of Convention Avenue, from Thirty-Fourth Street to Health Sciences Drive,' by revising the terms and conditions stated therein and extending the period for compliance therewith"; and Bill No. 190381, entitled "An ordinance establishing parking Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 vicinity of: North 17th Street and Francis Street; Willington Street and Jefferson Street; Thompson Street and North 16th Street; Parrish Street and Taney Street; North 23rd Street and Aspen Street; North 23rd Street and Brown Street"; and Bill No. 190405, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Rene Woodlin to install, own and maintain an existing over-sized balcony in the Public Right-of-Way at 1438 North 29th Street"; and Bill No. 190410, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Farmers' Markets,' by adding a permissible location on South Broad Street"; and Bill No. 190411, entitled "An ordinance regulating the direction of movement of traffic on certain portions of 85th and 86th Streets, Eastwick Avenue, and Harley and Luther Places"; and Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 190434, entitled "An ordinance establishing a no truck parking regulation on Whitby Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets, both sides"; and Bill No. 190445, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Designation of Bicycle Lanes,' to authorize bicycle lanes on Germantown Avenue, from North 2nd Street to Master Street"; and Bill No. 190450, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 15-S by placing on the City Plan Alter Street from Seventeenth Street to Eighteenth Street in order to conform more closely with existing conditions"; and Bill No. 190453, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 12-901 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited at Certain Places,' to permit overnight truck parking on South 11th Street between Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 Webster Street and to establish parking regulations on the same portion of South 11th Street"; and Bill No. 190456, entitled "An ordinance granting permission to Esteban Ginez, owner and operator of Los Potrillos Food Truck located in the right-of-way on the west side of the 4200 block of G Street, to install, use and maintain certain electrical wires, conduits and appurtenances in, under and over the right-of-way on the 4200 block of G Street"; and Bill No. 190463, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Traffic Code,' to revise various provisions related to the on-street parking system"; and Bill No. 190464, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 11-203(3) of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Sewer and Water Pipe and Other Underground Service,' to authorize revision of the Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 during which a permit to maintain a plumber's ditch remains valid"; and Bill No. 190465, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Designation of Bicycle Lanes,' to authorize a bicycle lane on North 2nd Street, from Wood Street to Race Street; and making associated changes to parking regulations within the same limits"; and Bill No.
190469, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Streets Commissioner and Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an Agreement with Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Incorporated pursuant to which Waste Management will receive municipal solid waste to be collected by or on behalf of the City, and transfer and dispose of that municipal solid waste"; and Bill No. "
Thank you, Mr. Decker. These bills having been read on two different days, the question for each bill now is shall the bill pass finally. And, Mr. Decker, can you call the roll. And upon being called, each Councilmember shall vote aye on each of the bills, nay on each of the bills, or indicate those bills for which the member is voting aye and which the member is voting nay. Mr. Decker, please call the roll. Stated Meeting June 13, 2019
Aye on all bills. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative for each of the bills, the bills on the Consent Agenda are passed. We will now consider the bills and resolutions on the regular Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. Councilman, I'm sorry. I didn't see your light.
That's Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 6/13/19 - STATED - 2ND READING okay.
Thank you, Mr. President. In caucus we had previously held Bill No. 190467. For the record, we are amending Bill No. 190467. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilman. Thank you, Councilman. We will now consider the bills and resolutions on the regular Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. And, Mr. Decker, if you can read the title of 190074.
A resolution honoring and recognizing the Boy Scouts of America's 109th Anniversary and celebrating the expansion of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scouts) to welcome girls into its iconic programs.
Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 6/13/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilmember Taubenberger.
I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Resolution 190074 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190389.
A resolution dissolving the Headquarter Hotel Tax Increment Financing District, being the area generally bounded by South Penn Square on the north, Broad Street on the east, 15th Street on the west, and Chestnut Street on the south, pursuant to Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 6/13/19 - STATED - 2ND READING the provisions of the Tax Increment Financing Act.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190389 is adopted. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 190479.
A resolution initiating action to continue a business improvement district encompassing certain existing and future hotel properties within the boundaries of the City of Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 6/13/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Philadelphia, known as the Philadelphia Hospitality Improvement Levy District, and to continue the Philadelphia Hospitality Improvement Levy District Corporation as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Green.
Thank you, Council President. I move that this bill be moved to -- this resolution, I'm sorry, be moved to the Suspension Calendar. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 6/13/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Those opposed? (No response.)
The ayes have it. Resolution 190479 is now on the Suspension Calendar. Mr. Decker, 190513.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1901 through 09 North 33rd Street and 1911 through 15 North 33rd Street located in the Fifth Councilmanic District.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 6/13/19 - STATED - 2ND READING (No response.)
The ayes have it. Resolution 190513 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190514.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Sixteenth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
The Chair again recognizes Councilman Greenlee.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)