Yes, Mr. President. I can understand the need for some members to continue to, you know, discuss this bill. But I would like to make clear for the record I think right now the public are the ones that are suffering by the fact that we don't have a tight, tough law out there. So I hope we will move quirkly to get this passed, and then to get it actually, the regulations done, and get it implemented. Because I know some of these laws it then takes another year before they ever get enforced. So I think we need to move with speed, because right now it is the public suffering.
Councilwoman, I agree with that. And on the basis of that 123 BILL 970403 recommendation, I suggest that those public agencies that have to be, that will be, responsible for drafting the regulations can begin to do so. I mean, they don't have to wait until we, Council, finally approves a version of the bill. It just seems to me that on the basis of this discussion, there are significant questions that people have, but most of them will be able to be handled in the form of some kind of amendments. We intend to try to move this process along. As a matter of fact, I have spoken to Councilman DiCicco, who is one of the prime sponsors of this bill. And he and I, and of course Councilman Nutter as District Councilpeople that have geographic areas of the city that will be directly impacted by all of this, are very concerned about getting something done. And we would like to have this committee stand in recess until 9 o'clock on Thursday morning, with a view toward between now and then trying to get as much of this resolved. And if we can, we would like to be in 124 BILL 970403 a position to do something with the bill. So if there are no objections or any other questions or comments, then this committee will stand in recess until o'clock a.m. on 6 Thursday morning. 7 The Chair recognizes Councilman 8 Nutter. 9
Just one quick point of order. I think it is important that the President also point out that if that is going to happen, that somewhere between today and Thursday morning, it is incumbent upon both the members who have a concern or who have raised questions and the Parking Authority, and the other agencies, to meet in serious discussion, negotiation, and get answers to many of the questions that were raised, and some that were not raised for time reasons, that I just want to make sure that we are all in accord that somewhere in the next to 36 hours we are going to 22 have to have a pretty serious meeting if we are 23 going to come in here on Thursday in the Committee 24 of the Whole and put forward new amendments to address some of the issues that were raised by the 125 BILL 970403 bill. And I don't know that for the moment we have that commitment.
Is there any question that this is what needs to happen? Representatives of the Parking Authority are here and L & I. I think everybody is of the same mind here. I mean, we want to get something done, and we will work towards that end. This committee stands in recess until 9 o'clock a.m. on Thursday morning. (Hearing adjourned at 3:45 p.m.) - - - 126 C E R T I F I C A T I O N I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing proceedings of the Council of the City of Philadelphia of Tuesday, April 28, 1998, were reported fully and accurately by me, and that this is a correct transcript of same. RE: COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE _____________________________________ DEBRA A. WHITEHEAD, RPR