COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA COMMITTEE ON STREETS AND SERVICES Remote location using Microsoft® Teams Tuesday, December 5, 2023 10:10 a.m. PRESENT: COUNCILMAN ISAIAH THOMAS, CHAIR COUNCILMAN MARK SQUILLA, VICE-CHAIR COUNCILWOMAN CINDY BASS COUNCILWOMAN KENDRA BROOKS COUNCILWOMAN KATHERINE GILMORE RICHARDSON
230763, 230769, 230772, 230775, 230777, 230781, 230784, 230828, 230834, 230836, 230841, 230842, 230843, 230848, 230849, 230850, 230852, 230853, 230856, 230860, 230861, 230862, 230863 RESOLUTION: 230602 - - -
Good morning, everybody. Sorry for the delay. But today is Tuesday, December 5th and this is the Committee of Streets and Services. I understand that state law currently requires that the following Committee announcement be made at the beginning of every remote hearing as follows: Due to the current public health emergency, City Council Committees are currently meeting remotely. We are using Microsoft Teams to make these remote hearings possible. Instructions for how the public may view or offer public testimony at any public hearing of Council Committees are included in the public hearing notices that are published in the Daily News, Inquirer and Legal Intelligencer prior to the hearings and can also be found on PHLCouncil.com. I now note that the hour has come. Ms. Golden, can you please call the roll to take attendance. Members that are in attendance, will you please indicate you're present when your name is called. And also, please say a few brief remarks so you're displayed on the screen.
Good morning, Mr. Chair. Good morning, colleagues. I am present.
Councilman Johnson is present. Excuse me. I had phone difficulties.
For the record, please note that Councilmember Johnson is present. A quorum of the Committee is present and this hearing is now called to order. This is the public hearing on the Committee of Streets and Services regarding Bill 6 Nos. 230602, 230784, 230856, 230763, 230842, 230843, 230834, 230836, 230860, 230861, 230862, 230863, 230848, 230849, 230853, 230772, 230775, 230777, 230769, 230828, 230781, 230852, 230841 and 230850. Ms. Golden, will you please read the titles of the bills that we will be discussing today.
Bill No. 17 230602, a resolution calling on the Committee of Streets and Services to hold hearings regarding traffic calming measures in the City of Philadelphia and the status of implementation of speed cushions, bike lanes, delineators and other tools to decrease pedestrian injuries and fatalities as well as property damage. Bill No. 230784, an ordinance amending Chapter 11-708 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Calming Measures for Schools," by authorizing the Department of Streets to additionally install traffic calming measures in the vicinity of senior housing; all under certain terms and conditions. Bill 230856, an ordinance 13 amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by designating a neighborhood business district in the 6th Councilmanic District for authorized sidewalk vending and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions. Bill No. 230764 -- I'm sorry, Bill No. 230763, an ordinance establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of Warnock Street and Nedro Avenue; North 11th Street and Champlost Avenue; North 13th Street and Chew Avenue; and North 13th Street and Nedro Avenue. Bill 230842, an ordinance 7 establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of Ellsworth Street and South 16th Street to South 20th Street; Latona Street and South 16th Street to South 20th Street; South 20th Street and Federal Street to Dickinson Street; South 21st Street and Annin Street; Mole Street and South Dickinson Street. 230843, an ordinance 17 establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of South 64th Street and Woodland Avenue; Cormorant Place and 66th Street; 65th Street and Woodland Avenue; 58th Street and Woodland Avenue. Bill 230834, an ordinance 24 establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of Crease Street and Wildey street; Lawrence Street and George Street; North 3rd Street to Fairmount avenue; North 3rd Street to George Street; North 6th Street and Brown Street; Wildey Street and Marlborough Street. Bill No. 230836, an ordinance authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 4317 Fleming St, Philadelphia, Pa 19128, under certain terms and conditions. Bill 230860, an ordinance 14 repealing an Ordinance Bill No. 15 230486, entitled "Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. " Bill No. 230861, an ordinance authorizing the encroachment in the nature of a staircase in the vicinity of 1446 South 8th Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19147, under certain terms and conditions. Bill No. 230862, an ordinance authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 2620 East Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa 19134, under certain terms and conditions. Bill No. 230863, an ordinance authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 2636 East Ann Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19134, under certain terms and conditions. Bill No. 230848, an ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on portions of City Plan Nos. 98 and 130, in the area lying north of Market Street and Powelton Avenue and west of 42nd Street, by placing on the City Plan Melville Street from Mandela Way to Holden Street, Holden Street from Melville Street to 45th Street, Nehemiah Way from Melville Street to Powelton Avenue, Busti Street from Nehemiah Way to Haverford Avenue, Mandela Way from Melville Street to Busti Street, 45th Street from Mandela Way to Holden Street, and St. Malachy’s Way from Melville Street to Busti Street, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City of beds of said streets being placed. Bill No. 230849, an ordinance authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 3231 Powelton Ave, Philadelphia, Pa 19104, under certain conditions -- certain terms and conditions. Bill No. 230853, an ordinance authorizing the striking of Plan Nos.
98 and 130 and vacating of Busti Street, extending northwardly from Holden Street to a cul-de-sac, and Holden Street, extending westwardly from Powelton Avenue to a cul-de-sac, under certain terms and conditions. Bill 230772, an ordinance 14 authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 15S by placing on the City Plan Alter Street from 15th Street to 16th Street in order to conform more closely with existing conditions. Bill 230775, an ordinance 22 authorizing the plotting upon City Plan Nos. 157 and 226 of two certain drainage areas, located on either side of Erie Avenue between 3rd Street and Lawrence Street, and the relocation of portions of the curblines of said Erie Avenue, all in order to conform with conditions established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 230769, an ordinance 8 authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 63 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Carlton Street from 20th Street to its terminus eastwardly therefrom, striking from the City Plan a right-of-way for public utility purposes extending from the said terminus of Carlton Street eastwardly to 19th Street, and striking from the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of former Wood Street from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street, all under certain terms and conditions. 230828, an ordinance 3 authorizing the opening of the northerly 10 feet wide portion of Vine Street from 18th Street to 19th Street and from 19th Street to 20th Street, being land owned by the City. Bill No. 230781, an ordinance authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 743 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19147, under certain terms and conditions. Bill No. 230852, an ordinance authorizing the paving of Melville Street from Mandela Way to Holden Street, Holden Street from Melville Street to 45th Street, Nehemiah Way from Melville Street to Powelton Avenue, Busti Street from Nehemiah Way to Haverford Avenue, Mandela Way from Melville Street to Busti Street, 45th Street from Mandela Way to Holden Street, and St. Malachy’s Way from Melville Street to Busti Street, under certain terms and conditions. Bill 230841, an ordinance 5 authorizing encroachments in the nature of projecting canopies in the vicinity of 200 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19102. And 230850, an ordinance 10 authorizing the revision of lines and grades on portions of City Plan Nos. 98 and 130 by relocating the existing curblines and houselines at the intersection of Powelton Avenue and Nehemiah Way, at the intersection of Busti Street and Haverford Avenue to accommodate various intersection improvements, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication of the City of beds -- the City of the beds of all portions of the aforementioned streets being placed on the City Plan. Please be advised that Bill 2 No. 230850 is being held at the sponsor's request, will not be heard today. Additionally, we will hear -- we will be hearing Resolution 230602 introduced by Councilwoman Bass before running all other bills as usual.
Thank you, Madam Clerk. Before we begin to hear testimony from witnesses we have today, everyone who has been invited to the meeting to testify should be aware that the public hearing is being recorded. Because the hearing is public, participants and viewers have no reasonable expectation of privacy. By continuing to be in the meeting, you are considered to being recorded. Additionally, prior to recognizing Members for questions or comments they have for the witnesses, I will note for the record at this time that we will be using the chat feature to signal that you would like to be recognized. In order to comply with the Sunshine Act, that is the only thing the chat feature can be used for. Ms. Golden, will you please call the first set of bills and witnesses to testify this morning.
The first is the resolution introduced by Councilwoman Bass, 230602. And the first testifier is Richard Montanez.
Good morning. Please state your name for the record and you may begin. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MONTANEZ: Good morning. I'm Richard Montanez, the Deputy Commissioner --
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Before you go, Deputy Commissioner, Councilmember Bass did you want to make any remarks around this resolution 4 before we hear from the panel today?
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll wait to offer my comments after hearing from the testifiers. Thank you so much for the opportunity.
I'm sorry, Commissioner -- Deputy Commissioner. Please state your name for the record and you may begin your testimony. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MONTANEZ: Sure. Richard Montanez, Deputy Commissioner of Streets. Excuse me, Jackie. I thought Lilly was going to do the PowerPoint presentation first. Then I was going to testify.
Okay. That's fine. I wasn't sure who was showing the PowerPoint. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MONTANEZ: Yes. It will be -- Lily Reynolds will be doing a PowerPoint presentation and then I'll provide testimony afterwards.
Excellent. Modesto, could we connect Lily to have access to share please?
Good morning. Can everyone see the presentation properly? DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MONTANEZ: Yes.
Okay. Great. Good morning, Chairman Thomas and Committee. My name is Lily Reynolds. I'm the Director of Federal Infrastructure Strategy for the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability. Thank you for the opportunity to provide this presentation today with my colleagues Commissioner Williams and Deputy Commissioner Montanez. I'm going to provide an update on the traffic calming program and some work we've been doing together with Streets over the last months so I'll get into the presentation now. This presentation has been distributed I believe with the Committee prior to today's hearing. So traffic safety is an urgent problem in Philadelphia. And we know that speed is one of the top contributing factors, especially in severe crashes. This year up until the end of August 2023, 84 people were killed on Philadelphia streets so far and that number has continued to rise. And last year in 2022, 59 people were killed while they were walking on Philadelphia streets and that number has increased from previous years. So speed cushions really has been proven to slow speeds and reduce crashes. Also, it's a cost-effective method for calming traffic and reducing vehicle speeds. And compared to other tools, it's relatively a quick design which is partly why Streets has really been using this tool more and more in recent years. It's an essential part of the City's Vision Zero strategy. And in 2023, following the City Council (inaudible) action by Councilmember Phillips, Streets has increased installation of these speed cushions, especially around schools, so this action included installation of speed cushions around 50 public, private and charter schools in Philadelphia that were identified as high-needed areas. Prior to that actually starting in 2022, Streets and oTIS had partnered together to review the resident request program for traffic calming and were successful in obtaining a $300,000 grant from the Operations Transformation Fund which is administered by the Chief Administrator's Office. And this grant was used to really look at existing programs and proposed program updates. We've been working on this over the last two years and have included in our Project Team 311, Office of Information and Technology, especially those teams within Streets Department. We did a best practice review of peer cities and we also had interviews with Council and staff. So when we spoke with Council we heard some feedback about the current program, especially related to resident requests. So residents do not feel informed throughout the process and that was an area for opportunity for improvement. The eligibility requirement of which residents could request speed cushions on was not always easily understood and there was also sometimes confusion with the speed threshold and the mismatch of what resulted in a speed study versus public perception of acceptable speeds on those streets. At the time in 2022, there was more demand for this program and capacity and that continues to be the case, and then there was also discussion about a need for a program to install other types of traffic calming, not just speed cushions, and just really thinking through the resident request process and streamlining the resident request process. Speaking with staff, staff had indicated that rubber speed cushions were less effective than asphalt speed cushions and needed more maintenance over time. They also indicated that speed studies were sometimes completed for streets that were ineligible because speed studies were completed for all streets as they were requested, and that sometimes speed studies were repeated in the same location. For example, if a speed study was completed and the resident said, well, you didn't come at the time that school let out or you didn't come on a Saturday morning, sometimes those speed studies would be repeated. So all of this was just opportunities for us to look at ways to streamline using one sort of request process.
So the existing program, we found that there was residents that didn't have a way to track their request once they made the request. Again, there was lack of clarity about what was eligible. Requests were reviewed by the City on a first-come first-serve basis. A petition from neighbors was required at the time of submission, which is time-sensitive for residents to go speak with all the neighbors and get petition signatures, especially if the requests would later be denied. And a speed study was conducted for all streets which was time- intensive for City staff. So we've been working together on some updates to this program just to make it easier to follow as a resident and easier for staff to prioritize requests knowing that we have more demand than we can meet. So this program is proposed to operate through Philly311. Residents can submit and track requests through that platform and would receive updates as the request moves through the process. The Philly311 team is prepared to have their staff be trained on the new program that would respond to requests. And that would be through both the mobile app, through the web browser and through receiving phone calls through 311. We have a map that can be published for eligible neighborhood streets just providing more transparency so folks can see before they submit their request if this location is even eligible for the program. And if someone does submit a request on an ineligible street, they would receive a not that it was ineligible and the request was closed. Locations would be prioritized using safety data that we have using our crash data that we currently have for all streets in the City as well as data on things like community places, those pedestrian generators like schools, we have data on that that can indicate higher priority locations. We've proposed to change the order that a petition is requested from the resident so that once the location has passed through staff review and has been sort of given the green light as a priority location, at that time then the requester would receive notification and be asked to submit a petition for the location to advance to construction. And then finally, Streets Department will determine the need for speed studies on the locations and conduct them as-needed. So this is the new process. gov. They would submit and track the request of 311. The street, block, location would receive a preliminary score based on existing data. Streets Department staff reviews those highest scoring street blocks score for physical capability. At that point, would reach out to the resident requesting the speed cushion for petition. And upon completion and receipt of the completed petition, would work to design and install the speed cushions and also record these new locations in the City's GIS system. So I want to be clear, there are many more requests for speed cushions than Streets Department has the ability to handle, and that has been true for several years and continues to be true now. So this program is really scalable, which can allow Streets Department based on resources that are available to either review and install more requests if there's more resources or review and install fewer requests based on those resources. So for example, if there's 50 locations each year, staff can use the prioritization score to look at the top 50 locations and work to evaluate and process those locations or if those locations are -- or if capacity is for 11 locations per year or 100 locations 12 per year depending on resources, 13 the program can be scaled and 14 residents can still make the 15 request on a rolling basis 16 throughout the course of the year. 17 So the Hearing docket item 18 also mentioned some other 19 components of traffic calming. I 20 just wanted touch on two slides related to how else the City is advancing Vision Zero besides speed cushions and resident request program.
So as I mentioned at the top, pedestrian fatalities are up and speeding is a common factor. Drivers hit children who are walking every week in Philadelphia. Five times five children are hit every week. So we know that this is a serious issue. And the good news is that we've made progress on advancing safety improvements across the highest injury streets. We did an analysis this year of locations where Complete Streets projects have been installed, and we've seen on those locations a 34 percent decrease in severe crashes compared to similar streets. We also have over $200 million for grants for the City's High Injury Network, so more projects are in the queue. Also, there was mention in the docket item about bicycle lane infrastructure. So I wanted to mention that we have been working over recent years on installing safe bike infrastructure. And so, you can see on the bottom right the blue is number of miles each year and the green is the accumulative miles overall. So far we have 27 miles of City streets with separated bike lanes, and we've done analysis of these facilities and we show that they are effective at reducing injury crashes by percent across 12 all modes. So even if you're 13 someone walking or you're in a 14 vehicle, these facilities reduce 15 crashes. 16 But this year is important 17 to note that it's the highest year 18 in the last 20 years of people who 19 have been killed while biking. 10 20 people have been killed so far in 2023. We're noticing this in peer cities as well, so there's research ongoing to understand more about these trends. And that's the end of my presentation. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak today.
Thank you for your presentation. Are there any questions from members of the Committee about the presentation that we've just listened to?
Good -- well, good afternoon just about and thank you for that outstanding presentation. I think it really gave us a lot of information in terms of exactly what is happening now around traffic calming and how the Streets Department is taking that lead. And we thank Commissioner Carlton Williams who we do a considerable amount of work through him with your guys. And of course, Rich, thank you so much for all of your work and responsiveness over the years. A couple of questions though: The first is that can you give us more detail in terms of where those traffic fatalities are actually occurring? Can you list them by Council District or zip code or sections of the City just so we can have some sort of a sense of -- I was startled when I saw five children are hit. Was that every day in the City of Philadelphia?
Every week. Okay. So what neighborhoods are those traffic occurrences happening?
Thank you for that question. So I would like to point you to the annual report that we released earlier this year for Vision Zero and I can provide that following the meeting today. We do every year an analysis of the crash data and we look at all different types of crashes. We look at those crashes that result in someone being killed and someone seriously injured. We look at whether you're outside a car walking, you're inside a car, you're a passenger. And all of that really helps us on where we prioritize, for instance, around traffic safety. With regard to the locations, the High Injury Network is in every Council District across the City, so those are the streets that have the highest rate of traffic crashes. But we do know that there are hotspots within our City. And we also did an analysis in 2020 to look at the colocation of demographic factors, including locations where most residents are on low incomes or most residents are people of color, and we see that there is great colocation of traffic crashes that are severe with those locations. And I'm happy to provide the heat map that really shows the lit-up zones, in particular in North Philly and those areas. But they're really -- it's a problem throughout the City and there are heat spots throughout the City that also show up on that map.
Do you have any of those maps available that you can show us now?
Sure. And while you're pulling that up, I do want to call your attention, the department's attention, that there were three fatalities on North Broad Street I believe in a three-month period around the Broad and Lehigh, the 2700 block of Broad Street. I believe that they were all there this year. And I believe that that occurs -- and I just happen to be familiar with that part of the neighborhood, but it's sort of like a hump when you're coming northbound traveling on Broad Street when you come from I guess it's Cumberland, the block before, when you come to Lehigh as you're traveling north, there is -- basically you can't -- there's almost like a cliff, like you can't see over the hump. And if someone is walking or crossing the street against the light, then they are in grave jeopardy, especially if you are speeding because there's really no opportunity for you to slow down or to take note that, oh, somebody's in the street really before it's too late because you can't see before you approach. And I'm wondering because I noticed there's no speed bumps on Broad Street. Is that something that's a possibility?
I'll pass this question to Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner in a moment. But with Broad Street as an arterial street, also a PennDOT state route, those are sort of different treatments than the neighborhood resident request which is what I presented on earlier today. But Streets Department and PennDOT have been working together on installing that type of speed bump or we call them sort of a speed table --
-- like Cobbs Creek Parkway, so that's an example of an arterial street that has had that type of vertical deflection installed. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Good morning, Councilmember Bass. This is Commissioner Carlton Williams.
Good morning. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: I'm here with Deputy Commissioner Montanez. And, yes, we are very aware of that unfortunate tragedy that continues to happen at that location. It is a state highway as Lily had stated earlier, and we do work closely with PennDOT to come up with multiple traffic calming measures. Not only just speed cushions, there's also rumble strips. There's better striping that we could put as bump-outs. So I think we need to do an assessment and to come give you -- let you know about those recommendations of what can be done along that major corridor coming into the City. We do have to consider both congestion and ultimately the high volume of traffic and pedestrians who walk across that very large intersection. It's almost six lanes and some lanes when it's coming into the City, it's restricted for parking. So there's a lot of concerns in reference to residents being able to cross the street. As you know, Deputy Commissioner Montanez has put in place countdown timers to help residents understand where they are in the street crossing process so that they don't linger in the streets too long. But ultimately, we do more and I think we need to take a look at some other recommendations that we can take to PennDOT to try to stop this type of activity so that we can save lives.
Well, thank you, Commissioner. I'm glad to hear that. I'm hopeful that we can get a plan from your office in the next few months, and I know that these things take time, these studies take time. But I do think that there should be a sense of urgency just because I think three fatalities in three months really is sending a signal to us that something is really wrong here, something is happening. And that's not counting other people who may have been injured. Those are the three that I know about that's not -- I'm sure that's not everything in terms of what's happening along that particular corridor. So if we can get a commitment from your office to have a speed study done and really a plan of action within the next few months. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Absolutely. We will sit back and meet with PennDOT and have that discussion and ultimately give you our recommendations to what we can place at that location, throughout all up and down that major corridor.
Great. Great. I also introduced a bill to call for speed cushions in front of senior housing facilities. And I know that we haven't moved on that just yet. But can you tell me are there currently, do you know if there are any speed cushions that are in front of senior housing or senior centers, because again this is another vulnerable population that really can't in many cases move as quickly as the traffic flow is coming. Do we have any sense of that? COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Rich, do you have any idea if we have -- I know we didn't specifically -- if they are near senior centers, it's not there because we specifically designated it. It's because the street was recommended for that. But that is something just like we did with schools and we want to do with recreation centers, those high volume locations where people are constantly traveling are locations and why we wanted to put this process in place where we didn't have to do the long tenuous studies. It just makes commonsense that because they're vulnerable populations, elderly at the park across the street, children constantly playing around parks and recreation centers, and of course the number of people that travel to and from schools for our safe routes, these things should just be automatically done. So that is one of the things that we should also take a look at as well. I'll let Deputy Commissioner Montanez also follow up with his comments. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MONTANEZ: Thank you, Commissioner. Richard Montanez, Deputy Commissioner of Streets. Yes, Councilmember, there are some speed cushions around senior center living. However, it just happens to be that they coincide with our some of our school initiatives and that's why they're in areas --
I see. Okay. All right. Can you just briefly touch on, and I don't know if you can do it this briefly, what makes a street eligible? People are always asking me, you know, is my street eligible, how can my street become eligible for getting speed bumps, speed cushions, any sort of traffic calming measures. Is there any sort of quick and easy formula or sheet that we could have or graphic we could pass out to our constituents to help them get a better understanding of what is eligible, what is ineligible and even though it's eligible it's not overnight? Is there any sort of an infographic that you think you can provide that would help the public get a better understanding? COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Sure. I'll pass it over to Lily. I think the purpose of us to try to streamline this process will help people understand how to apply for speed cushions in their neighborhood. So we wanted to make it easier for them to understand what it takes prior to that as you know, Councilmember, because I know you were frustrated with the time it takes for us to be able to respond back to a speed study, although it is effective because it does measure the volume and the speed of cars that's coming through a particular neighborhood at a specific time and if it exceeded by a certain limit above and beyond what the speed limit was, then it became eligible. But then ultimately, people didn't know where to go and at what time it was going to get installed, what was the schedule. I think what we're trying to do with this process is to make that much more transparent and easier for people to be able to understand how to apply and if they're automatically eligible by being on one of those High Injury Network places, that they would see where they are in terms of a timeline and scheduled to be placed on the list for doing so. So I think that's one of our goals, the purpose of our hearing being able to testify today. Thank you again for bringing this up for the residents to understand to be able to make a process that's much more easier for people to follow.
I think that that will be fantastic. Lilly, did you have that information in terms of --
Yes. I'll share my screen in just a moment with the map you requested and to your request about a communication packet of some easily digestible information for your offices to be able to hand out to residents, we're working on that right now and we can definitely distribute that, and then we'll also have the eligibility map available on the website and that way people can actually click on and see what the eligibility status is of those locations. And I think that there will still be many more requests than Streets Department can do in one year, and that's why the Commissioner was saying that using the data or like a pedestrian generator location will be used to prioritize those locations. So let me just pull up -- I'll show two different maps. This is a map that we published in 2022 that shows five-year crash data on City streets. And the heat map you can see of the higher density of these locations really in the highest sort of density is on North Broad and along the Boulevard.
I was going to say that looks like Broad Street. So that yellow which is the highest density, that's North Broad Street?
So exactly to my point about the safety issue there and specific so --
This is a year ago, this report. But in the most recent report like every year, we do show all of the locations where there has been someone killed in red or seriously injured with that sort of orange dot. And underneath it, you can see in the streets that are highlighted, that's the City's High Injury Network, so that's kind of the analysis we've done over a couple of years to identify just the corridors themselves that are most likely to be dangerous because we don't want to be kind of chasing after individual crashes so much as using the data to understand where is sort of the trend of the problem.
And where we can predict, in fact, like prevent future crashes in places that are similar to where we see those issues on the corridor or in the future.
Yeah. I would say that if we know where the higher likelihood of crashes occurring is and whether it's a death or a serious injury, I think that we as a city have a level of liability and responsibility to address those specific corridors. If it keeps happening in the same spot and we know it keeps happening in the same spot, right, so we're liable, we're responsible and this could be very litigious and put the City in a very precarious financial situation based on information and data that we know and that we have but we haven't effectively done anything about. So I just really want to urge -- well, I guess it wouldn't as much be the Streets Department because I know that you all are on board with this. But I would say with the incoming Mayoral Administration that this has to be a priority and funded appropriately through Council. So I think this is something that together we have to do our due diligence and make sure that we address this sooner rather than later, especially since we have all of the data that we need. Mr. Chairman, I believe that's it for me. I think that they answered all of my questions, so thank you very much.
Thank you, Councilwoman. I appreciate it. Are there any other --
Thank you to the Commissioner and his crew. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Thank you, Councilmember. Really appreciate your support.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Thank you for your leadership. Commissioner, thank you and your team for being here to answer any questions. Are there any questions from other members of the Committee for this particular panel around this bill?
Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Good morning.
I just want to voice my support for these traffic calming measures, especially in those most dangerous corridors. So I want to thank Councilmember Bass for introducing it and all of the work that you guys are already doing because we know that saving lives from traffic calming crashes is -- we have to get this done. We have to deliver the improvements so we have the safety for Philadelphia families. And as I travel around the City, this is one of the number one things parents and community members, our seniors are always talking about, traffic calming. We've known that the traffic deaths in Philadelphia are at a 20-year high and more people are reaching out daily. So I just want to thank you so much on behalf of parents that constantly comment about people driving too fast, everyone is driving too fast in neighborhoods. And I also want to give some recognition for a pilot program that you guys are doing with the Roosevelt Boulevard with the speed cameras and how it's been reducing the speeding violations by 90 percent, right, and being able to save an estimated 36 lives since 2020, so thank you so much for the work that you're already doing. And I realize that a hearing on this issue will help us determine which measures are most effective and what we can do to expedite this process so we can get more remedies into the neighborhoods that need them. So thanks again. Thank you, Councilmember Bass, and everyone for moving this forward. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS: Thank you, Councilmember Brooks. We really appreciate it and certainly look forward to continue working with you, and we agree 100 percent with you. Speed cameras save lives. The most important graphic is that they saw a 40-percent reduction on the number of people that was actually tragically killed as a result of a crash as a result of those cameras. So we certainly support your efforts to hold hearings and we look forward to working with you as you continue to push that for the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you, Councilmember Brooks. Appreciate your remarks and appreciate your advocacy on this particular issue as well as Councilmember Bass. Are there any other questions for this particular witness on this bill? (No response.)
Hearing none, I want to say thank you everybody for your questions. Thank you to our Commissioner for your remarks on this particular bill, and we will move on to the next legislation and the next bill. Madam Clerk, will you please read the next bill that we will be discussing today as well as the next panel for our conversation and --
Yes. We have two additional testifiers for this Bill 230602, Richard Montanez and Dr. Sharon Ovast(ph).
Okay. Please state your name for the record and you may begin with your testimony.
Good morning, Chairman and Councilwoman and other Councilmembers present. I am Reverend Dr. Sharon Ovast. I'm the Committee person for Ward 17, Division 7. I'd like to preface my comments and request today with the fact that the Department of Streets has already designated the Limekiln Pike corridor from Medary Avenue to Haines Street as a high accident, high fatality thoroughfare by their own standards in their Vision Zero report traffic deaths from (inaudible). So we know that traffic and safety is a monumental quality-of-life issue. In all types of motor vehicles that were intended to improve access for people to live the American dream have become danger weapons to other drivers, passengers and pedestrians. The Limekiln Pike corridor is rightfully designated as a very dangerous thoroughfare. Limekiln is a popular thoroughfare because a high number of vehicles pass from one county to another along this route. The speed limit sign is posted at miles per hour on 17 Limekiln Pike at the intersection 18 of Chelten Avenue and Limekiln Pike 19 also known as the 6300 block of 20 Limekiln Pike. 21 This 25-mile-per-hour speed 22 limit is very often ignored as cars 23 travel up and down Limekiln at a 24 very high rate of speed. If cars 25 are waiting at the light, sometimes cars will go into the lane of oncoming traffic to speed around the car that's in the proper line. I'm speaking on behalf of (inaudible) that I was personally (inaudible) my car in an incoming lane stopped and waiting for a light to change when a car sped out of the opposite lane and came dashing toward me in the lane as I was waiting to turn. It would have been a head-on collision with speed. Thankfully at the last minute a driver (inaudible) and asked that car to get over into the proper lane. This happened at Limekiln Pike and Stenton Avenue, which is a part of the high accident, high fatality corridor that has been listed in Vision Zero, one block from my home. Along this corridor not only is Limekiln Pike well-traveled, but the intersection -- intersecting streets, Chelten Avenue, Stenton Avenue, at the 6300 block of Limekiln Pike and 6200 and 6300 block of East Haines Street are well-known heavily traveled dangerous intersections. We are very much in need of speed cushions and any other means of slowing these vehicles down as soon as possible. We have people crossing the street who are toddlers, school-aged children, senior adults with limited mobility with and without assisted devices. Some people using walkers look for a place to cross the street, but they can't walk that fast so they need time and the speed of these cars is fearful. Some cars (inaudible) so fast and rapidly that they can't possibly know whether they will encounter a pedestrian or another vehicle around that corner. People face emotional trauma while simply walking through their own neighborhood. The young people from Building once known as the 5 Kinsey School stand on the 6 dangerous corner of Limekiln Pike 7 and Chelten Avenue to wait for the 8 bus to go home on Limekiln Pike 9 corridor. 10 We are here today because 11 we all know that we can't put 12 material value on life. 13 (Inaudible) may be seen, recorded 14 by us but they are (inaudible) the 15 pain one day and it goes away the 16 next. I know I'm here today 17 because you've already established 18 that you know there's a problem and 19 you know that there are some things 20 that can be done to tackle this 21 problem. We need those speed cushions as soon as possible. I am grateful not only attention is being given to this matter, but many of us like myself will be even more grateful when we see the action, the result of these meetings as speed cushions on our street in the neighborhood become a reality. Visually (inaudible) cares about their lives and families, neighborhoods and friends. People who live along Limekiln Pike have had other cars crash into their cars while parked.
Some of their cars were deemed a total loss and this was mentioned at the meeting that we had with Vision Zero. You may think one or two people had crashed cars. Not so. Many people, including myself. Four cars crashed right in front of my door. Two of them were mine. This is a grave economic loss to people who already may be living in economic disparity. This is their means of transportation to and from work. Their jobs, their careers, their financial stability is at stake. They never thought that getting to the doctor or the grocery store could be so difficult. The emotion of people doesn't stop there. Their insurance is affected. The stress of having to try to recover and get another vehicle while they still may owe money on the wrecked vehicle is all at stake. Some people work in areas where they need a car because public transportation is not available. They could lose their jobs. In front of my door I mentioned four cars were hit. Life is precious. Quality of life, we already know and we already (inaudible) I'm sure is important. Fatality to human injury, economic loss, long-term trauma that result from traffic problems safety issues are a sad reality. Traffic and safety is a matter of life and death. We want people to -- we don't know people who have the privilege to drive vehicles and do so in a reckless manner of thinking. In spite of that, we know they are interested in doing something and I believe they will do something. Please put speed cushions on the Limekiln Pike corridor as soon as possible. As I close, I'd like to state that we are faced with a situation that we can clearly say is not if there will be another accident, we just had another accident on November 4th at this intersection of Limekiln and Chelten Avenue that I know of. So it's not if we have another accident. It is when. After that, the question is how much property damage will occur. Then the question is how much injury may be suffered. And then the most devastating question is will it be fatal, will there be another loss of life. So I ask that and respectfully ask that providing speed cushions (inaudible) for Limekiln Pike and Chelten and Limekiln Pike and Stenton Avenue and my division is also a part of Medary Avenue. And we ask that you estimate the time frames for the speed cushions in our area. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. And if you have any questions. I will be willing to answer them. I just want to mention that I received from Vision Zero last that within this three-block radius we have fatality, 15 motor vehicle accidents, 4 crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists. So that's just in the three-block radius. So I understand that we are dealing with an area that I believe and I hope that you believe that the escalation of time frames for the speed cushions would be highly considered. If you have any questions, I'd like to ask if you would cite me your questions.
Thank you for your testimony. Are there any questions from members of this Committee for this particular witness? (No response.)
Hearing none, thank you for your testimony. Thank you for your advocacy and your volunteer efforts as it relates to making Philadelphia a better place, Reverend Doctor. We definitely appreciate it. Madam Clerk, will you please call the next witness and the next --
Thank you. Will you please call the next witness and next set of bills to be heard before the Committee today.
Just to note, Richard Montanez has submitted written testimony for this bill as well as for the next Bill 230784, and there are no other testifiers for that bill. So we'll move on to 230856. And the first testifier --
Hold on, Madam Clerk. As it relates to the written testimony that was submitted and the previous bill 18 just mentioned, do any members of the Committee have any questions as it relates to the written testimony that was submitted to all Members in the bill that was just read into the record by the Clerk? (No response.)
All right. Hearing none, Madam Clerk, you can proceed.
The next bill 4 is 230856. And the first and only testifier is Sarah Adamo.
Good afternoon, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. My name is Sarah Adamo and I'm the Legislative Affairs Manager for the Department of Licenses & Inspections. Today I'm here to provide testimony on Bill 14 No. 230856 introduced by Councilmember Driscoll, which if enacted will amend Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by designating a neighborhood business district in the 6th Councilmanic District for authorized sidewalk vending and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions. The bill would amend the Code to create the Northeast District for sidewalk vending. This vending district will consist of the south side of Cottman Avenue between Bustleton Avenue and Bradford Street and the east side of Bustleton Avenue between Cottman Avenue and St. Vincent Street. Within this area, four sidewalk vending locations will be permitted on the south side of Cottman Avenue between Bustleton Avenue and Bradford Street. And four sidewalk vending locations will be permitted on the east side of Bustleton Avenue and St. Vincent Street. The department has no 19 objection to this bill and is prepared to enforce its provision should it become law. Thank you for the opportunity to provide the department's testimony. I am happy to answer any questions at this time.
Thank you for your testimony. Are there any questions from members of this Committee for this particular witness around this legislation? (No response.)
Thank you. Madam Clerk, will you please call the next witness and the next bill to be heard before this Committee.
The next witness is Deputy Mayor of the Pennsylvania Parking -- Philadelphia Parking Authority Dionne Bracley. She will be testifying on 230763, 230842 and 230843 and 230834.
Thank you. Please state your name for the record and you can proceed with your testimony consecutively. (No response.)
I'm sorry. I was on mute. Good day, Council. My name is Dionne Bracley, Deputy Manager for the Philadelphia Parking Authority. Thank you for allowing me to testify before Council regarding Ordinances 230763, 230834, 230842, and 230843 establishing parking regulations. The Philadelphia Parking Authority has no objection to the ordinances previously read before Council and recommends favorable consideration. Thank you again for your time and I will be happy to respond to any questions at this time.
That was good. So that was her testimony for all of the bills?
Are there any questions from members of this Committee for this particular witness over this set of bills? (No response.)
Hearing none, thank you for your work. Thank you for your services. It's very much appreciated. Madam Clerk, can you please read the name of the next witness and set of bills to be heard before the Committee today.
The next witnesses are Noelle Marconi and Sarah Chiu testifying on 230836, 230860, 230861, 230862, 230863, 230848, 230849, 230853, 230772, 230775, 230777, 230769, 230828, 230781, 230852 and 230841.
That's what I've been waiting for. The gang is all back together. I think this is our last time, our last go-round, right, Noelle and Sarah? It's been a great four years. It's been a pleasure to work with you both and I'm happy that we're able to close out with a bang. So please whoever wants to go first state your name for the record, proceed with your testimony and then whoever, the other person, can go second, so your choice.
Thank you. Would you like me to read all the testimony together at once?
Okay. Good morning, Chairperson and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi, and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill No. 230836 introduced by Councilmember Jones. This bill authorizes Redux Development LLC or subsequent owner, the owner, to install, own and maintain encroachments at Twisted Gingers in the nature of a sidewalk café at 4317 Fleming Street, all under certain terms and conditions. The sidewalk café will consist of four tables and eight seats which will be adjacent to the building of 4317 Fleming Street. The Department of Streets is not opposed to this proposed sidewalk café as it will maintain 5 feet of passable sidewalk space as listed in The Philadelphia Code Section 9-208 (6)(b). This concludes my testimony. I'm pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 5 No. 230860 introduced by Councilmember Bass on behalf of Councilmember Squilla. The purpose of this proposed ordinance is to repeal an ordinance, Bill No. 230486, enacted on November 13, 2023. Bill No. 12 230486, authorizing the striking from the City Plan and vacating of Addison Street from a point of approximately 80 feet east of 5th Street to its terminus approximately feet further 18 eastwardly therefrom. The bill 19 also reserves and place on a City 20 Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes within the lines of the portion of Addison Street proposed to be stricken. This proposed action was requested by an adjacent property owner in order to better secure the area against elicit activities. If approved, Bill No. 230860 will repeal the authorization contained in Bill No. 230486. Bill No. 6 230486 was forwarded for introduction by the Department of Streets at the request of a private party. This proposed repeal of Bill No. 230486 will have no harm to the Department of Streets with respect to City Plan. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. I'm pleased to answer any questions. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs from the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 23 No. 230861 introduced by Councilmember Bass on behalf of Councilmember Squilla. This bill authorizes Farag Frangie and Souad Frangie or subsequent owner, the owner, to install, own and maintain encroachments at 1446 South 8th Street in the nature of a staircase, all under certain terms and conditions. This encroachment includes a staircase located adjacent to the building of 1446 South 8th Street and will encroach a distance of approximately 3 feet towards the south along the north footway of Dickinson Street. The Department of Streets is not opposed to this bill as it will maintain the 6 feet of passable sidewalk which meets the Complete Streets minimum width. This concludes my testimony. I'm pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 5 230862 introduced by Councilmember Bass on behalf of Councilmember Squilla. This bill authorizes Prezemyslaw Respond and Dorota Respond or subsequent owner, the owner, to install, own and maintain encroachments at La Roma in the nature of a sidewalk café at 2720 East Allegheny Avenue, under certain terms and conditions. Under the proposed amendment the sidewalk will consist of 14 tables and 28 seats adjacent to the building of 2724 East Allegheny Avenue.
The Department of Streets is not opposed to this proposed sidewalk café as it will maintain 6 feet 2 inches of passable sidewalk space which meets the required minimum, Complete Streets minimum width. This concludes my testimony. I'm pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 12 No. 230863 introduced by Councilmember Bass on behalf of Councilmember Squilla. This bill authorizes Nemi Properties LLC or subsequent owner, the owner, to install, own and maintain encroachments at Nemi Restaurant in the nature of a sidewalk café at 2636 East Ann Street, under certain terms and conditions. This sidewalk café will consist of tables and 52 24 seats and will be located along the 25 west sidewalk of Ann Street along the property line of 2636 East Ann Street and the north sidewalk of East Thompson Street along the property line of 2636 East Ann Street. The Department of Streets is not proposed to this proposed sidewalk café as it will maintain 5 feet of passable sidewalk space as listed in The Philadelphia Code Section 9-208 (6)(b). This concludes my testimony. I'm pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 22 No. 230848 introduced by Councilmember Gauthier. This is not an Administration bill but an ordinance requested by Matthew McClure of Ballard Spahr LLP, 1735 Market Street, 51st Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19103 representing the Philadelphia Housing Authority. This bill will authorize the placing on the City Plan new streets as part of the redevelopment of PHA's West Park site in the area lying north of Market Street and Powelton Avenue and west of 42nd Street. This bill was submitted to Council by the development team's attorney and has been reviewed by the Department of Streets. While details designed for the entire site is not complete, the development planning is far enough along to improve the proposed general street layout. The design and construction of the proposed new street will be subject to the department's standard specifications and requirements and will be subject to the normal review process. As an amendment to this bill has been submitted by the City Planning Commission subject to the adoption of the proposed amendment, the Department of Streets has no 8 objection to this bill and recommends it to the Committee for favorable action. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 21 No. 230849 introduced by Councilmember Gauthier. This bill authorizes Ngo Phuc Thien and Vo Thi Thu or a subsequent owner, the owner, to install, own and maintain encroachments at Poke Burri, University City in the nature of a sidewalk café at 3231 Powelton Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions. The sidewalk will consist of 4 tables and seats and will 9 be adjacent to the curbline of 3231 10 Powelton Avenue. The Department of Streets is not opposed to this proposed sidewalk café as it will maintain 9 feet of passable sidewalk space which meets the Complete Streets minimum width. This concludes my testimony. I'm pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here to offer testimony on Bill No.
230853 introduced by Councilmember Gauthier. This is not an Administration bill, but an ordinance requested by Matthew McClure, Esquire of Ballard Spahr, 1735 Market Street, 51st Floor, Philadelphia representing the Philadelphia Housing Authority. This bill will authorize the striking from the City Plan and vacating any portions of Busti Street and Holden Street as part of the redevelopment of PHA's West Park site. This bill also authorizes the temporary authorization of rights-of-way for various public utility purposes within the lines of areas being stricken where such public utility facilities are required to remain in place and active until replacement infrastructure and rights are provided. An amendment to this bill 1 has been submitted by the City Planning Commission. Subject to the adoption of the proposed amendment, the Department of Streets has no objection to this bill and recommends it to the Committee for favorable action. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I will be happy to answer any questions. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 18 No. 230772 introduced by Councilmember Johnson. This is not an Administration ordinance -- or excuse me, this is an Administration ordinance requested by the Department of Streets. The purpose of this bill is to authorize the placing on the City Plan of Alter Street from 15th Street to 16th Street. The street has been open and in use by the public and maintained and serviced by the Streets Department for many years but was not previously platted on the City Plan. The purpose of this action is to clarify the status of Alter Street as a city street in order to provide for proper zoning enforcement and permitting and ensure the continuance of City services at this location. The Department of Streets has no 17 objection to this bill and recommends it to the Committee for favorable action. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I will be happy to answer any questions. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 5 No. 230775 introduced by Councilmember Lozada. This is an Administration ordinance requested by the Department of Streets. The purpose of this bill is to authorize the platting on the City Plan of two drainage areas located on either side of Eerie Avenue between 3rd Street and Lawrence Street and the relocation of portions of the curbline of Eerie Avenue. PennDOT has undertaken a project at this location to remove an existing bridge which carries Eerie Avenue over a former railroad line. The space underneath the bridge will be filled in and the roadway reconstructed. The authorization will allow the Streets Department to revise the City Plan to conform with conditions being established with PennDOT. The Department of Streets supports this bill and recommends it to the Committee for favorable action. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 18 No. 230777 introduced by Councilmember Lozada. This is an Administration ordinance requested by the Department of Streets. The purpose of this proposed ordinance is to authorize the placing on the City Plan of an irregularly-shaped area along the easterly side of 5th Street between Hunting Park Avenue and Bristol Street.
The Department of Transportation, PennDOT, has undertaken a project at this location to remove an existing bridge which carries 5th Street over a former railroad line. The space underneath this bridge will be filled in and the roadway reconstructed. This authorization will allow the Streets Department to revise the City Plan to conform with the conditions being established by PennDOT. The Department of Streets supports this bill and recommends it to the Committee for favorable action. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 6 No. 230769 introduced by Councilmember Jones on behalf of Council President Clarke. This is not an Administration ordinance but an ordinance requested by Ronald Patterson of Kler Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP representing National Real Estate Development. The purpose of this bill is to authorize the striking from the City Plan and vacating of Carlton Street from 20th Street to a terminus eastwardly therefrom and the striking from the City Plan of two rights-of-way for various public utility purposes all within the block bounded by 19th by 20th and Callowhill Streets. The purpose of this action is to clear land and facilitate a redevelopment project which will include renovation of the Central Free Library building and the former Family Court building. Construction for a new building for the African American Museum and the construction of two additional new buildings, residential and office use. The Department of Streets has no objections to this bill and recommends it to the Committee for a favorable action. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I am the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill No. 230828 introduced by Councilmember Jones on behalf of Council President Clarke. This is an Administration ordinance requested by the Department of Streets. The purpose of this bill is to authorize the opening of the northerly feet 8 wide portions of Vine Street from 9 18th Street to 19th Street and from 10 19th Street to 20th Street. These areas are platted on the City Plan and have been approved and in use by the public for many years, but there is no record of there ever having been officially legally open. These 10-feet wide areas extend along the frontage use of the former Family Court building and the Central Free Library building and are owned by the City. Both of these properties are in the planning stages of proposed renovation and redevelopment and is desirable to clarify the status of these portions of Vine Street as being part of the legally open public right-of-way. The Department of Streets supports this bill and recommends it to the Committee for favorable action. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 18 No. 230781 introduced by Councilmember Squilla. This bill authorizes Fly Properties LLC or subsequent owner, the owner, to install, own and maintain encroachments at Fitz on 4th in the nature of a sidewalk café at 743 South 4th Street, all under certain terms and conditions. Under the proposed amendment, the sidewalk café will consist of 4 tables and 8 seats and 2 benches adjacent to the building of 743 South 4th Street.
The Department of Streets is not opposed to this proposed sidewalk café as it will maintain the minimum 6 feet of passable sidewalk space which meets the required Complete Streets minimum width. This concludes my testimony. I'm pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here to offer testimony on Bill No. 230852 introduced by Councilmember Gauthier. This is not an Administration bill, but an ordinance requested by Matthew McClure of Ballard Spahr representing the Philadelphia Housing Authority. This bill will authorize the paving of new streets to be constructed as part of the redevelopment of PHA's West Park site. This bill was submitted to Council by the development team's attorney and has been reviewed by the Department of Streets. The design and construction of the proposed new streets will be subject to the department's standards, specifications and requirements and will be subject to the normal review process. Te Department of Streets has no 20 objection to this bill and recommends it to the Committee for favorable action. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have. Good morning, Chairperson Thomas and members of the Streets and Services Committee. My name is Noelle Marconi and I'm the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Streets. I'm here today to offer testimony on Bill 8 No. 230841 introduced by Councilmember Johnson. This bill authorizes the 200 South Broad owner or subsequent owner, the owner, to install, own and maintain encroachments at The Bellevue in the nature of projecting canopies, all under certain terms and conditions. These encroachments include a total of two columns projecting canopies, one building access ramp and two planters to be located along the west sidewalk of South Broad Street along the property line of 200 South Broad Street. The Department of Streets is not opposed to these proposed encroachments, as they will maintain the necessary amount of passable sidewalk space which meets the required Complete Streets minimal width. This will conclude my testimony and I'm pleased to answer any questions you may have.
Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230836 which was introduced by Councilmember Jones on November 16, 2023. This bill will allow an open air sidewalk café at 4317 Fleming Street. The Planning Commission staff has the following concerns about this legislation: The existing onstreet parking is on the side of the street with a proposed sidewalk café when maintaining the minimal furnishing zone to allow passengers to get out of the vehicles. There will be insufficient space for pedestrians if the tables and chairs are placed on the sidewalk. This proposal does not meet the Complete Streets policy. The Planning Commission is scheduled to consider this bill at its meeting on December 7th with a staff recommendation not for approval. I'll be happy to answer any questions that you have. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members on the Committee of Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230860 which was introduced by Councilmember Bass for Councilmember Squilla on November 16, 2023. Bill No. 230860 will repeal Bill No. 230486 which was approved by the Council on October 26, 2023. The rear-end of feet of Addison 6 Street was proposed to be stricken 7 under Bill No. 230486. Bill No. 8 230860 won't repeal the previous 9 action and keep Addison Street's 10 current condition unchanged. 11 The Planning Commission is 12 scheduled to consider this bill at 13 its meeting on December 7, 2023 14 with a staff recommendation for 15 approval. I'll be happy to answer 16 any questions. 17 Good afternoon, Chairmember 18 Thomas and members of the Committee 19 on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah 20 Chiu, City Planner with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230861 which was introduced by Councilmember Squilla on November 16, 2023. This bill will allow a staircase at 1446 South 8th Street encroachment. A minimum of feet 4 of clear sidewalk space is to 5 remain on Dickinson Street after 6 the installation. The Planning Commission is scheduled to consider this bill at its meeting on December 7, 2023 with a staff recommendation for approval. I will be happy to answer any questions. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230862, which was introduced by Councilmember Bass for Councilmember Squilla on November 16, 2023. This bill will allow an open air sidewalk café at 2620 East Allegheny Avenue. A minimum of 15 feet of clear sidewalk space is to remain on Allegheny Avenue after the installation. The Planning Commission is scheduled to consider this bill at its meeting on December 7, 2023 with a staff recommendation for approval. I'll be happy to answer any questions. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner, with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230863, which was introduced by Councilmember Bass for Councilmember Squilla on November 16, 2023. This bill will allow an open air sidewalk café at 2636 East Ann Street. Planning Commission staff has the following concern: There's an existing row of tables and chairs as well as a large canopy and support columns on Thompson Street sidewalk. And this proposal will double the tables and seating area, thus creating (inaudible) points that are less than 5 feet for pedestrians. This proposal does not meet the Complete Streets policy standard. The Planning Commission is scheduled to consider this bill at its meeting on December 7, 2023 with a staff recommendation for not approval. I'll be happy to answer questions.
Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230848, 230853 which were introduced by Councilmember Gauthier on November 16, 2023. The Philadelphia Housing Authority and the development partners are seeking to redevelop the existing 10-acre West Park site at 46th and Market Streets into a mixed-use mixed-income neighborhood for a total number of 1,000 residential units. This Streets bill package will entitle the new streets network for multi-purpose development. The staff at the Planning Commission are supportive of the development of this former super block into a more accessible and mixed-use mixed-income property. In working with other City agencies, we have the following recommended amendments: Number one, for Bill No. 230848 we recommend that the time frame for compliance in this bill package be the City's standard of two years, not 10 years as proposed. A two-year period provides appropriate check-in points for City staff to track progress on the development and to reauthorize via time extensions or make revisions as necessary. Since this will be a faced project over a number of years, conditions may require that require update. Additionally, it will give the public more opportunity to participate. Number two, for Bill No. 10 230853 we recommend revising the water and sewer right-of-way tax to reflect the City's standard language. The City's Planning Commission is scheduled to consider these bills at its meeting on November 7, 2023 with a staff recommendation with amendments mentioned above. I'll be happy to answer any questions. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner, with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230849, which was introduced by Councilmember Gauthier on November 16, 2023. This bill will allow an open air sidewalk café at 3231 Powelton Avenue. A minimum of 7 feet of clear sidewalk space is to 8 remain on Powelton Avenue after 9 installation. The Planning Commission is scheduled to consider this bill on December 7, 2023 with staff recommendation for approval. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner, with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230772, which was introduced by Councilmember Johnson on November 2, 2023. This bill will place on the City Plan and legally open the 1500 block of Alter Street in South Philadelphia as proposed by the Philadelphia Streets Department. The street has been physically open, in use by the public and maintained and serviced by the Streets Department for many years but was not previously plotted on the City Plan. This action will testify -- no, this action will clarify the status of Alter Street as a City street to provide proper zoning enforcement and permitting to ensure the continuing of City service at this location. The properties abutting 1500 block of Alter Street are proposed for IRMX rezoning in the Philadelphia 2035 South District Plan by the Planning Commission in 2015. Recognizing the street on the City Plan will help facilitate the desired development by removing obstacles to zoning permits. The Planning Commission at its meeting on November 16, 2023 recommended Bill No. 230772 for approval. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner, with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230775, which was introduced by Councilmember Lozada on November 2, 2023. This bill 11 will authorize the placement of two drainage areas on the City Plan located on either side of Eerie Avenue between 3rd and Lawrence Street and the relocation of portions of curblines of Eerie.
PennDOT has completed a project at this location to remove existing bridge that carries Eerie Avenue over a former railroad line. The space underneath the bridge was filled in and a railway was reconstructed. This authorization will allow the Streets Department to revise the City Plan to conform with the conditions established by PennDOT. The City Planning Commission at its meeting on November 16, 2023 recommended Bill 5 No. 230775 for approval. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner, with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230777, which was introduced by Councilmember Lozada on November 2, 2023. This bill will authorize the placement of an irregular-shaped area along easterly side of 5th Street between Hunting Park Avenue and Bristol Street on City Plan. PennDOT has undertaken the project at this location to remove the existing bridge that carries 5th Street over a former railroad line. The space underneath the bridge will be filled in and the railway will be reconstructed. This authorization will allow the Streets Department to revise the City Plan to conform with the new physical conditions established by PennDOT. The Planning Commission at its meeting on November 16, 2023 recommended Bill No. 230777 for approval. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner, with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230769, which was introduced by Councilmember Jones for Council President Clarke on November 2, 2023. This bill is a part of a package of legislation that will allow the redevelopment of 1801 Vine Street, the former Family Court building, and 1901 Wood Street, the lot behind Parkway Central branch of the Philadelphia Free Library. These properties are subject to an RFQ, RFP process for redevelopment. The redevelopment project will include an expansion of Free Library to house the Children and Family Center, a new home for the African American Museum of Philadelphia, a hotel in the former Family Court building, a mixed-use development, underground parking and a public plaza. Bill No. 230769 strikes and vacates Carlton streets and strikes abandoned Wood Street between 19th and 20th Streets to effectuate the redevelopment of 1901 Wood Street. The City Planning Commission at its meeting on November 16, 2023 recommended Bill No. 230769 for approval. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner, with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230828, which was introduced by Councilmember Jones for Council President Clarke on November 16, 2023. Bill No. 230828 will authorize the opening of a northerly 10-foot wide portion of Vine Street from 18th Street to 19th Street and from 19th Street to 20th Street. These areas are currently used as public streets and public sidewalk spaces. This bill is a part of a package of legislation that will allow the redevelopment of the former Family Court building and the lot behind Parkway Central branch of the Free Library. The Planning Commission is scheduled to consider this bill at its meeting on November 7, 2023 with a staff recommendation for approval. Good afternoon, Chairmember Thomas and members of the Committee on Streets and Services. I'm Sarah Chiu, City Planner, with the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. I'm here to testify on Bill No. 230781, which was introduced by Councilmember Squilla on November 7, 2023. This bill will allow an open air sidewalk at 743 South 4th Street. A minimum of 6 feet of clear sidewalk space will remain after the installation. The Planning Commission at its meeting on November 16, 2023 recommended Bill No. 230781 for approval. I'll be happy to answer any questions at this time. And this concludes all of my testimonies. Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony. Are there any questions from members of this Committee for this particular witness about this set of bills? (No response.)
Hearing none, I want to say thank you again to you both. It's been a pleasure working with you over the last four years and I really appreciate the service to the City of Philadelphia as this is our last Committee hearing of my term. So thank you.
Jackie, Madam Clerk, can you please call the next bill and the next set of witnesses to testify.
The next testifiers are Ron Patterson and William McDowell. They'll be testifying on 230769 and 230852.
Please state your name for the record and you may begin with your testimony.
Hi. Good afternoon. My name's Ronald Patterson. I'm an attorney at Kler Harrison law firm in Philadelphia. I represent National Real Estate Advisors and Frontier Development. We're here to answer any questions there may be on this bill, not really to make a presentation. But we felt we would make ourselves available. Mr. McDowell is here with National Real Estate Advisors. MR. McDOWELL: Good afternoon, Councilman and members of the Committee. I'm William McDowell. I'm with National Real Estate Development and here to answer any questions regarding this exciting project.
Thank you both for your presence. Members of the Committee, are there any questions for these particular witnesses around this bill? (No response.)
Hearing none, I want to say thank you for your testimony. It's very much appreciated. Madam Clerk, will you please call --
No, thank you for your presence here today. It's very much appreciated. Madam Clerk, will you --
Thank you. Thank you both. Madam Clerk, will you please call the next witness and next set of bills to be heard before the Committee today.
Team, 4 are we ready for that? 5 COUNCIL TECH SUPPORT: Yes, 6 we are, Mr. Chair. 7
Okay. 8 We're on standby. We'll follow 9 your lead. 10
You can go 21 ahead and state your testimony 22 right now. Please state your name 23 at the beginning. 24
Okay. My name 25 is James Wood. I live on the 400 block of East Ashmead Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19144. We're having a lot of problems on my block with the speeding, mostly coming out of the townhouses at the end of the block. We live on a dead-end street. With the drug dealers speeding up and down the street, it's been two real bad accidents. The last one was a five-car accident that was really bad coming out of my street and somebody coming around the corner. Also, the dirt bikes up and down the street. So it's been a real problem. It's only a matter of time that one of the children get hit. We have a lot of children on our block. What I've been doing as block captain, I've been trying to keep the street clean. And I posted signs but they're ripping them down. You know, so one of the things that I did notice even though I'm asking for the speed bumps, our street probably needs to be repaved first because there's a big hump in the middle of the street. Some of the neighbors had their I guess gas turned off and they left it a mess on our street, so I looked at that also. So it's been a real issue on our block with the speeding. It's been going on for a couple of years now, so I've been complaining for like three years and this is the first I've been able to get a meeting, you know. I spoke to Richard Montanez, the Commissioner of the Streets and highways, I think. He was going to put them in May. Then he changed his mind and said July. I spoke to his office about a month ago and he said, oh, I'm still working on it. He wouldn't even get on the phone and speak to me, so he's just been stringing me along. So I don't know what else I can do, but our street is very bad with the speeding. I guess the accidents are recorded from the 14th District. That's what the police officer said. You know, he told me that I could use that as a report. So I guess I'm wondering about fatalities of little kids or anything because there's only a matter of time before somebody gets hit. So that's all I have right now.
Thank you for your testimony. Madam Clerk, will you please call our next witness to testify today.
The next witness is Patrick Monahan from the Bicycle Coalition.
Patrick, thank you for being here. Please state your name for the record and you may proceed with your testimony.
I'm not sure the bill number, but I live at 6101 Morris Street in Germantown in Cindy Bass's District.
Okay. Well, good morning, everyone. I'm calling on behalf of the residents here at the 6101 Morris Street. It's a senior facility, senior building and we have a serious problem with traffic in this area. It's on Walnut Lane and Morris in the section of Walnut Lane and Morris Street. Most recently on November 23rd, November 25th there were two different accidents. One where a truck overjumped the curb right at the bus stop where the seniors wait for buses. It went down an embankment towards the Tulpehocken Station. No one was injured except perhaps a driver. I'm not sure, but none of the residents were injured on that occasion. I've lived here three years and there's been at least or 8 accidents since I've been here. 9 One of our residents was struck by 10 a car, senior resident, and broke 11 his back and had to be 12 hospitalized. And he cannot walk 13 without support. 14 This is a very dangerous 15 intersection because coming from 16 Wayne Avenue and if you're coming 17 from the other direction, which is 18 from Wissahickon Avenue, it's a bit 19 of a hill as well as a curb at the 20 same time. So the seniors are trying to cross the street and the cars zooming back and forth, the seniors can't be seen and it takes them a little longer to cross the street. One of the problems here is that you have to hit the button in order to get the light to change from red to green so you can cross, so that residents or people who travel this road all the time see the light always green. I lived here for about three years and I've never had to stop at that light. That's how constantly it is green for the traffic as opposed to changing intermittently. There have been accidents because the bus stop right on the corner of Morris and Walnut Lane, it's an area where you can't see around the bus to come out of Morris Street to turn. And even if you did because of the hill, the traffic in the other direction can't see you and the traveling cars from Wissahickon are coming at such a rate that they can't stop in time when you're trying to get out of there. There's also a problem that there's no bus shelters. We talked to SEPTA about trying to get bus shelters in there and because they had been -- they put them up, but they said they've been knocked down three or four times because of the accident so they're not putting them back up there. Even if the bus shelters were there, there's nothing to stop a car from careening out of control and striking the seniors who are waiting there for a bus either to try to get home or to try to get to the supermarket. So this is a real serious problem that we've been faced with here and it has people so afraid to even travel on SEPTA that they stay in their apartments. People are food insecure sometimes. They don't go grocery shopping because they're afraid just to get out there and cross the street to catch a bus to go to the grocery store. So the Tenant Council here, we work with residents. We try to help feed them sometimes when we can but it's just a difficult problem. And because it's a senior facility, we think that it should be designated as such. Speed bumps change to a normal traffic light, put up signs that indicate this is a senior area. This is a major, major problem. People have been living here 15, years or more and have 15 told me about numerous accidents 16 that have occurred. Like I said, 17 I've only been here for three 18 years, but there's been, oh, God, 19 double digit car accidents. And I 20 know one particular incident where the gentleman like I said was hit by a car and broke his back. So we're asking for not just the routine assessment evaluation, but this is sort of a crisis situation because you have 300 seniors in this building and many of whom rely on SEPTA to cross the street to get to grocery stores, to go visit family members, and it's just a challenge.
The other thing is that traffic light doesn't give seniors enough time or wheelchairs or walkers time to get across the street because it changes so quickly. And again, the drivers who are driving that way always see that the light is green so they don't even slow down in anticipation that it will change to red for them, so it creates more of a hazard and a problem for the residents that live here. And we think this is an emergency situation that has to be taken into consideration for the people who --
Sir, we need you to wrap up your testimony. I apologize. We have another hearing that was supposed to start minutes ago. 6
Okay. So 7 bottom line, the traffic situation 8 here is because it's a hill again 9 and a curb at the same time and 10 it's very, very dangerous for the 11 residents that live here. So we 12 need to have something done immediately.
Thank you, sir. I want you to know that we heard your testimony. I do apologize for having to condense our conversation here today, but there's another set of bills that needs to be heard by the public. And we do appreciate your volunteer effort, your advocacy, and we understand your concern around the traffic calming issues. And we'll do our due diligence as a Committee to continue to advocate for the things that the constituents of Philadelphia are saying they need. So thank you for your testimony today. Madam Clerk, are there any other witnesses to testify here today?
Two additional. Patrick Monahan from the Bicycle Coalition and Queen Judith Robinson.
Okay. I'm going to apologize to you both before you even start your testimony, but I just want to let you know that we are running late in our hearing today and the next hearing needs to start pretty soon. So both witnesses, if you can state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony. That will be very appreciated if you can be as efficient as possible. Madam Clerk, can you call --
Hi, Patrick. Could you state your name and begin your testimony.
Yes. Good morning all -- good afternoon all. My name is Patrick Monahan. I'm the Regional Organizer for the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. I'm testifying today for Resolution No. 230602. We at the Bicycle Coalition believe that there are a set of administrative barriers that dramatically lengthen the time it takes to start to eliminate traffic calming in (inaudible) projects. In the case of removing a travel lane or changing parking lanes for bike lane or other traffic calming measures, currently the Traffic Code requires that the District Councilperson introduce an ordinance permitting such an action. This gives the Councilmember the ability to halt or delay a safety project regarding community engagement, traffic study or funding that may exist. They can provide a June 15, 2011 letter in the (inaudible) from the Nutter Administration that states, unequivocally the Home Rule Charter, The Philadelphia Code and (inaudible) Vehicle Code together authorize the City to the Streets Department to establish bike lanes on City streets and to place bike lane markings on the street. We believe City Council approval in this process delays and adds cost to the process, including safety on City streets. We recommend that in order to improve the time it takes to finish traffic calming in City projects that City Council could repeal the bike lane ordinance which has passed in 2012. 2023 has been a terrible year for people on bikes and people have been killed by drivers, which is the most fatalities in Philadelphia's record of reported history. In a recent report from the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability, roads with Complete Streets project show a 34 percent reduction in fatal and serious injury crashes and percent reduction in all 14 injury crashes. 15 By halting and delaying 16 safety projects, Council is 17 severely impacting the neighborhood 18 (inaudible) of these streets. We 19 hope that the Streets and Services 20 Committee and other Councilmembers consider repealing Bike Lane Ordinance or Street Section 23 12-2602. Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony. Madam Clerk, can you please call the next testifier.
The last public comment is Judith Robinson. (Background interruption.)
Good afternoon. Please state your name for the record. If you're not testifying, please mute yourself.
Modesto, any luck connecting Judith Robinson? COUNCIL TECH SUPPORT: Sorry, we received her voicemail.
Thank you. Are there any other questions or comments from members of the Committee as it relates to this particular bill? (No response.)
There being no other questions or comments from members of the Committee and no other witnesses to testify here today, I will ask if there is anyone present in this hearing whose name has been failed to call that wishes to testify, would you please speak now? (No response.)
Hearing none, I want to thank all panels and witnesses for their participation today. We value your opinions. Now, I invite all panels and witnesses to please disconnect from the meeting before we go into our public meeting. We will now pause proceedings briefly to allow multiple people to disconnect. This concludes the public hearing of the Committee and we will now go into the public meeting to consider the action to be taken today on the bills that were just discussed. Ms. Golden, will you please call the roll to take attendance. Members that are in attendance, will you please indicate that you are present by saying aye and please give a few brief remarks so your picture is displayed on screen.
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and colleagues. I am present.
Present. Thank you. A quorum of the Committee is present --
Good -- I apologize. I didn't hear my name called. This is Councilwoman Bass. I am present still.
Member Bass is present for the record, Madam Clerk. The Chair recognizes Councilmember Brooks for a single motion to approve the amendments to the bills that are being considered today.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I offer an amendment to Bill Nos. 230862, 230848, 230853, and 230781. A copy of amendments have been circulated to all members of the Committee, and I move that these amendments be approved.
Thank you. It's been moved and properly seconded that the amendments to the bills just read by Councilmember Brooks be approved. All those in favor will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The motion carries. The Chair again recognizes Councilmember Brooks for a single motion on the bills that are being considered today.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that Bill Nos. 230602, 230784, 230856, 230763, 230842, 230843, 230834, 230836, 230860, 230861, 230862, 230862, 230863, 230848, 230849, 230853, 230772, 230775, 230777, 230769, 230828, 230781, 230852 and 230841, including any amendments that have been just approved be approved by this Committee with a favorable recommendation and further move that the rules of Council be suspended to permit first reading of these bills at the next session of Council.
It's been moved and properly seconded that the bills just read by Councilmember Brooks including the amendments that have been approved today be reported from this Committee with a favorable recommendation and further move that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the first reading of these bills at the next session of Council. All those in favor will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. The motion carries. This concludes our Committee on Streets and Services for your patience. Thank you colleagues for your patience, and thank you to the listening public for your participation in today's Street Committee. Have a good day everybody. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. (Committee on Streets and Services concluded at 11:59 a.m.) C E R T I F I C A T I O N I, hereby certify that the proceedings and evidence noted are contained fully and accurately in the stenographic notes taken by me in the foregoing matter, and that this is a correct transcript of the same. __________________________________ TANEHA CARROLL