A privileged resolution Recognizing and Honoring the 2017 Winners of PHL LIVE Center Stage.
And a privileged resolution Recognizing and Honoring Brennon Jones for his "Haircuts 4 the Homeless" Mission and Sean Johnson for Donating a Barbershop, Now Called Phenomenon Perfection Hair Studio, to Keep the Mission Alive.
And a privileged resolution Recognizing and Honoring Rob Schwartz for his Pioneering Multimedia Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 2ND READING Career.
And that will also be on this week's Calendar. And that concludes our introduction of bills and resolutions. We have no reports from committee today, so I would now like to recognize the next order of business is the consideration of the Calendar. There being no bills on the First Reading Calendar today, the Chair recognizes Councilman Henon for the purpose of calling up bills and resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar today.
Thank you, Mr. President. The following resolutions and bills are being called up for Second Reading and Final Passage on today's Calendars: Bill Nos. 171135, 171136, 171140, 170850-A, 170961, 170955, 170997. All other resolutions and bills are being held at this time.
Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 Thank you, Councilman. Before considering these resolutions and bills, we will have our public comment session. Our public comment session will go as follows: If you have an interest in testifying on a bill or resolution on today's Final Passage Calendar, if you have not already done so, you may sign up at the table to my left. When your name is called, you will go to the middle of the Council Chambers. There's a podium. There's a device on that podium. When the light turns green, it will be your time to speak. When the light turns yellow, you will have 30 seconds to conclude your remarks. When the light turns red, we would ask you to please adhere to our guidelines and conclude your remarks. You will have three minutes to testify. Thank you very much for your anticipated cooperation. Mr. Decker, please call the Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 first name.
Jerome Dorsey, commenting on 171138. (Witness approached podium.)
Good day, everyone, Council President Clarke and City Council members and everyone else in attendance. In October of last year, I was arrested by the Philadelphia Police Department, actually with no evidence. A warrant was sent out from the District Attorney's Office. No evidence. This is in reference to Curtis Jones' resolution to reform bail here in the City of Philadelphia. So that occurred. I didn't think much of it. I said okay, all right. I'll get an opportunity to prove my innocence that had nothing to do with Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 anything. However, I was given an excessive bail. You know, when you get locked up, I don't know if anybody -- how many people have been locked up. That was actually my first time. They take your cell phone. You can't remember a number. The only number I could remember was my mother's number. She called a friend of mine, and they got in touch with the Community Bail Fund. I mean, a $30,000 bail, that's a lot of money. And particularly I couldn't get in contact with anybody. But I'd just like to read something, current initiatives to reform bail in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, State Senator Daylin Leach, Minority Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has announced his intention to introduce legislation to end pretrial detention for failure to pay bail. We are enclosing his co-sponsorship memos. New Philadelphia Mayor Jim Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 Kenney has said that his committee to reform Philadelphia's bail system and holding fewer people for pretrial, the City of Philadelphia has recently awarded a $3.5 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation to find ways to reduce the county jail population by 34 percent over the next three years, and ending cash bail will be essential in reaching and hopefully exceeding his goal. Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony. Clerk, would you please read our next person to testify today.
Joshua Glenn, commenting on 171138. (Witness approached podium.)
How y'all doing? My name is Joshua Glenn. I'm a member of the No215Jail Coalition. I'm also a member of the Coalition for a Just District Attorney, also the co-founder of the Youth Art and Self-Empowerment Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 Project, and I'm also a member of the Philadelphia Reentry Think Tank. I was signed up to speak on the Bill 171138, but I actually want to speak on the bill or the resolution that Curtis Jones is producing about ending cash bail in Philadelphia. And I also see ways that in the cash bail, it's kind of connected to the mental health stuff too. I believe that if people aren't held pretrial on cash bails, then they won't be in prison and they won't have to deal with their mental health issues in prison. Especially I don't think they should have to deal with them in there, because the prisons aren't really fit to deal with the mental health issues. I think they should be in mental health facilities. But to go into my story, at the age of 16, I was locked up and charged as an adult and I was held in adult prison pretrial for 18 months until my case was eventually dismissed due to lack of Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 evidence. When I got out, I mean, there were so many barriers in my way for me to get back on track. So when I got out, one, I couldn't get a job. Even though I wasn't convicted of the crime, I couldn't get a job, because every time I would try to go and try to apply for a job, it would come up that I was arrested and charged as an adult. So that would stop me from getting employment. Also the 18 months that I was locked up, my family split up. I ended up having to go into a foster home, and it was a really hard process for me. The only reason I'm here today and the only reason I'm here and representing all these organizations in doing such amazing work is because of the support that I had, and I think that we need to shift the culture of what punishment means. We need to create more programs that help people change their lives upon their release. We need to create more programs that support people during their Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 incarceration and after their incarceration so that they can change their lives. One, we need to end cash bail. Cash bail has been used as a tool to hold people in jail for long periods of time and to get them to plea out. To tell the story about my situation again, I mean, on my trial date, my public defender came in and told me, he said, Look, you're going to lose this case. He said, They're giving you time served. You can get out today. I think you should take this deal. I didn't take the deal, you know. I said, No. I didn't do it. I'm not taking the deal, and then I ended up beating the case. And standing right next to me, the same attorney that just lied to me and said I was going to lose, it's hard, and that happens to people every day because this cash bail system. Also, it's not fair. You know, it doesn't have anything to do with Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 public safety. It doesn't make our public any more safer. If a person can afford to get out, they can get out and it doesn't make our community any more safe. And so we need to really end cash bail and we need to figure out a way to create programs that address the root causes of why people are committing crimes in the first place. Thank you. That's my time. I can still talk, but that's my time.
Cara Tratner, commenting on 171138. (Witness approached podium.)
Hi. Good morning, everyone. My name is Cara Tratner. I'm here to speak on the same bill and same issue as Josh Glenn and also Jerome Dorsey who started. I'm from Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 the No215Jail Coalition and the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund. I feel lucky to be one of the organizers of the Community Bail Fund because I'm one of the people who has the opportunity to go into the jails and speak with the folks who we're able to post bail for. So as the Community Bail Fund, we pay bail for people who can't afford bail because they and their families don't have the means to afford it. And in those conversations -- so I'm here to speak about the resolution that Councilman Jones is putting forward today as well about ending cash bail in Philadelphia. And I just wanted to share a little of my experience with the Bail Fund, because in those meetings when I go and meet with individuals, when we go to let them know the decision that we're able to post their bail, often what happens is I am holding someone's hand and they're crying with me and telling me, I never thought I was going to go home. I had no idea how Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 I was going to get home. My family didn't have the money to pay. And Jerome is an example, the first man who spoke today. He wouldn't be here today to speak with you all if we weren't able to post his bail, because he would still be in jail, because he's still awaiting trial. So there's another individual who we posted bail for by the name of Carlette, who was sitting in jail for 14 months, over a year, just waiting for court. Never met -- she never even saw her attorney's face in that entire 14 months that she was sitting in jail because of an unaffordable bail until we posted her bail. So these are just a couple examples. We've bailed out 30 people now in this way. But as proud as I am of the work we're doing, I'm also infuriated that we need to exist. It shouldn't be on the hands of volunteers like myself who are raising money from our own Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 communities and from communities in this city to pay unaffordable bail to give people their freedom. And right now bail is being used in a way that not only we know is unconstitutional and illegal, even by the rules of the own FJD and by the Supreme Court hearing, which says detention should be a carefully limited exception, and right now detention is the rule in this city. Detention is the default that's being used, and unaffordable bail is a strategy that's being used to keep people in jail and to detain them before trial. So we're here to urge City Council to support the resolution, that we applaud Councilman Jones for putting forward this resolution, and we believe that Council has some power in this. We know that it's a statewide change that would need to be made to eliminate bail, but we also know that budget hearings are coming up and we know that there's ways that City Council can work with the FJD, Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 can put pressure on the First Judicial District and the DA's Office to make changes that would actually end the money bail system and, importantly to us, would stop holding people pretrial, not just on money but for no means, would actually make detention a last resort. So we thank you for your time. (Applause.)
ArJun Malik, commenting on 171138. (Witness approached podium.)
I'm also here to speak about the resolution that Councilman Jones put forward. Thank you, Councilman Jones, for your resolution on ending cash bail. My name is ArJun Malik. I'm speaking on behalf of the Philadelphia Bail Fund, which has a similar goal to the Community Bail Fund. We post bail for people who cannot afford Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 it, and our goal is to vigorously advocate for the end of cash bail in Philadelphia. Bail funds can only do so much, but we need structural change in the City, and I have three points on that today. So the first is if Council is serious about ending money bail in the City, it needs to put pressure on the FJD and the Municipal Court. Oftentimes the discussion on bail reform focuses on the State Legislature, and that's great, but the Municipal Court in Philadelphia has great power, discretionary power, over setting people's bail. The state legislation, as it stands today, it provides multiple options for release on one's own recognizance, on non-monetary conditions, on unsecured money bail. So, in other words, it provides all of these options that do not require people to pay for their pretrial freedom. So it is completely up to the discretion of the Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 Municipal Court to decide on what options will be selected in different cases. So if the majority of the Municipal Court judges and the President Judge of the Municipal Court committed to a set of guidelines that reduced or eliminated the use of cash bail, they would be implemented almost immediately. So Philadelphia does not need to wait for the Legislature to act on this issue. The City can do so itself through the Municipal Court. The second point I wanted to make was on the early bail review program, which many people have heard of, which has been implemented through the MacArthur program. The program is a step in the right direction, but I want to point out two major flaws that Council should focus on. First, early bail review hearings only happen five days after someone is arraigned. Five days is far too long. Five days in pretrial detention, especially for people in Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 poverty, means the loss of employment, means the loss of housing, and even the loss of custody over children. And studies have found that just three days in pretrial detention cause high rates of recidivism and high rates of failure to appear. Second, early bail review today only covers a small subset of the cases that come before the court. Council needs to work towards expanding EBR hearings and making sure they happen in a much more timely manner. And, finally, I want to make the point that Philadelphia's -- well, I'm out of time, but Philadelphia's regime of pretrial detention violates some basic constitutional principles that we need to look to, including the right to have legal counsel. Thank you.
Clerk, could Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 you please read the name of our next speaker, please.
Wayne Jacobs, commenting on 171138. (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning, Council, and thank you for giving me this opportunity. I know Council is going to do the right thing in terms of passing this initiative, and I'd like for Council to look at this initiative as not so much as making money but saving money. You know, we can finally do something to save money and possibly put people back to work. You know, when looking at the no bail thing, you have to also look at the fact that now we have people that is accused of crimes, that we can save $135 a day and still maintain public safety. You know, once that person is arrested, we can still maintain that public safety. Because why? We can now suggest to these individuals that they can go and Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 participate in different things that is available for them while they're waiting for court. We can also look at ways of providing housing for folks who doesn't have addresses because of the fact that they've been arrested and doesn't have a place to live. So I'm just -- I'm looking at this initiative as a way that the City of Philadelphia can save money and use that money in other areas. Thank you.
Thank you. Clerk, our next speaker, please. (Applause.)
Robert Burdge, commenting on 170678. (Witness approached podium.)
Yes. My name is Robert Burdge. Mr. Curtis, how are you, sir? I'm talking about this Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 mixed-income housing project that you guys have been avoiding, and it's really important because I've been on your -I'm trying to get housing right now. This is something very -- I've been on your list for six years now, gentlemen and ladies. This is really getting to be really tight. This is something that works in other cities. I've been -- I've not been a part of it, but I've been working for the contractor to have it. It works in other cities. Do not be afraid that people won't build houses here in Philadelphia. Just it works, and it works in other cities and it's just something that I think that we need affordable housing here in Philadelphia. I'm really stressed right now. I'm in a shelter that -- I've been in the shelter for nine months and I've been going to all my housing projects, and it's going to take me another year before I can get housing, and that's because Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 there's no affordable housing available. If we let the people that are building new projects take part of this -- how it works is that they will put 30 percent -well, that's what New York City does. Every building that -- because I worked for -- if you build a housing project in a city, they make you do 30 percent of it has to be for low-income people, and that's what it is. And if you want more information, you can get a hold of me. You know how to do that. You can get more information and I can tell you how it works in other cities. Thank you.
Hiro Nishikawa, commenting on Fred Korematsu Day resolution introduced by Councilwoman Gym today. (Witness approached podium.) Stated Meeting January 25, 2018
Members of City Council, it is a great honor that I testify on behalf of the Philadelphia JACL, with the Japanese American Citizens League, to support the resolution to declare January 30, 2018 as Korematsu Day in our City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love. Our Chapter was founded in 1947, and it's part of the national civil rights organization established in 1929 with headquarters now in San Fran and Washington, DC. During and after World War II, Quakers based in Philadelphia helped rescue hundreds of Japanese Americans from the war relocation of 30 camps and brought them to this region for jobs and attending schools. Many of these folks later on were involved in the formation of the Philadelphia JACL. One Chapter member, William Marutani, was the first Asian American to present an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967 to halt Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 state anti-discrimination laws in the case of Loving versus Virginia. This result finally struck down laws preventing mixed-race marriages throughout the United States. Marutani later became the first Asian American judge. Guess where? Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia in 1975. This is a major city of east of the Mississippi. He was also a member of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, a commission established by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 to gather information on the Japanese American incarceration during World War II. A book, Personal Justice Denied, was the first final report which gave grounding to two major developments. The first was the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which provided redress to Japanese Americans for their loss of constitutional rights during World War II. This congressional campaign was led by Grace Uyehara, who is now deceased, a Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 founding member of the Philadelphia JACL. This act was profound in that the United States government admitted a wrong based on racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and lack of political leadership. The other result of this study was the coram nobis cases in 1983 where Fred Korematsu in California was finally vindicated for his personal refusal to be incarcerated in WRA camps during World War II and then losing his civil rights in a decision all the way up to the Supreme Court in 1944. But with the coram nobis cases, his name is being cleared and Korematsu began to speak on civil rights issues with renewed energy. Following 9/11, he even filed amicus briefs on behalf of prisoners in Guantanamo being held indefinitely without due process. He warned the Supreme Court not to repeat the mistakes foisted on Japanese Americans after new, quote, enemy faces. He also urged others to protest, but not with violence, and Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 don't be afraid to speak up. One person can make a difference, even if it takes 40 years. His spirits continue to inspire us. Thank you. (Applause.)
Catherine Blunt, commenting on 170954. (Witness approached podium.)
-- City Council. I applaud the intent and spirit of Ordinance 170954 regarding the Philadelphia School District's transition to local control as encouraged by that March 2015 vote in which the majority of voters in this city voted against the SRC. Abraham Lincoln called for a government of, by, and for the people. Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 This ordinance allows for a Philadelphia School Board that is more democratically appointed with the involvement of City Council in the process. I am here with Dr. Palmer, who is the Administrative Assistant of W. Curtis Thomas, and I am now going to read you some of his concerns. Three months have gone by in this race to take control of the School District, yet no school transition team study is in place. No comprehensive plan has been put before the public as of now. Under PA Right to Know law, the public has a right to know what the process was used to appoint 13 members to the nominating committee. Representative Thomas wants to know why the Black Clergy weren't involved, why was there not an African American organization involved, particularly since the overwhelming majority of students in the School District are African American. He says City Council should Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 also question why birth dates and other personal identifying information is required on forms to nominate School Board candidates. This blocked many submitting forms on behalf of candidates and so, therefore, an accurate number of candidates cannot be ascertained. Finally, what additional supports will there be for low-performing schools? Will this new School Board have independent fiscal authority? Will it be able to make final decisions about spending needs? Will teachers be able to teach in their areas of competency? Will the interior and exterior of school campuses be safe? And will the infrastructure, books, supplies, and technology materials, be available in safe and secure environments? These are why the City must create a comprehensive and well-documented, thought-out plan regarding the process of building a School Board. And he says he would like Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 it to be -- and he thinks you would too. He would like it to be a fair and equitable process for all students regardless of zip code. He says it is our duty. Thank you. (Applause.)
Ruth Birchett, commenting on 160007. (Witness approached podium.)
Thank you. Good morning, everyone. I would like to begin just very briefly by stating my appreciation to Councilwomen Brown and Gym for the bill of 170408. As an elder who has volunteered in an elementary school in my neighborhood, Frederick Douglass School, I have gotten to call many homes in reference to our children and their difficulties in school, and I Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 would tell you very clearly that our children are challenged by the impact of violence in our communities, and a lot of times their behaviors exhibited in school cause them to end up being suspended from school, and it compromises their education. I've seen it over and over again. I am here, though, right now to speak to Bill 160007 and express my approval of this bill being repealed. I would tell you that this bill brings to mind what's happening right now with Temple University's efforts to build a stadium in our community and their desire to close North 15th Street, which is the only street west of Broad Street other than 20th Street and 22nd that goes all -- comes all the way to Center City. I would tell you that I'm disappointed that neither Temple University nor our Councilman has thought enough of our community to have a community meeting so that you can hear Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 what the larger community -- how the larger community feels about this plan. It is disruptive. We're asking that over the next week, that Temple University as well as Council President Clarke, if you all would agree to have a community meeting at the High School for Engineering and Science, my former elementary school, so that we can discuss these plans -- the plans for them to do a special service district as well, which I believe is a neighborhood improvement district in disguise, as well as talk about the closure of North 15th Street as well. Please do not, this Council, please do not entertain any bill coming before this Council to close North 15th Street without our community having an opportunity to give our views. Please do not disrespect us in that way. It's simply not fair. It is not democratic. (Applause.)
Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 Thank you for your testimony.
Fiona Cavanaugh, commenting on 171145. (Witness approached podium.)
I hope y'all are doing well. I will be brief. So in this bill, the neighborhood improvement district as outlined in this bill looks like it would benefit the community and help keep it clean, because it was planned in partnership with the community. Meanwhile it brings concern to mind for me Temple University has proposed somewhat similar development plans, but these plans have not been done openly, honestly or in partnership with community. I want to be clear that we do not want this Council to entertain any Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 bill proposing a special services district or a neighborhood improvement district by Temple University. There has been no communication with the surrounding North Philadelphia community about such changes. Temple University is accelerating its efforts to build a football stadium in our North Philadelphia residential community. Council President Clarke and Temple University President Englert have ignored and even refused requests to meet with our community about the stadium. Therefore, as a former Temple University student and as a community resident and as a Stadium Stomper, we ask the City Council to reject consideration of any bill that proposes the permanent closure of the 1800 and 1900 blocks of North 15th Street. It is a major thoroughfare from North Philadelphia to Center City. Council President Clarke, again, we request that you and Temple Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 University President Englert attend a public meeting at the GW Carver High School for Engineering and Science hosted by Stadium Stompers. We expect to be contacting about scheduling this meeting within one week. Thank you.
Joe Danihel, commenting on 171135 and 171136. (Witness approached podium.)
Again, taking property and not listening to the people. This is an official decree of the people in writ of mandamus quo warranto and, as such, requires immediate action and remedy. Every week Council, Mayor, and others transfer private property to the government, probably illegally. Do the people receive their rights from God? Are these rights plentoring (ph)? How can agents and Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 agencies deny and defy inalienable, inviolable, God-given rights? If government has deemed itself more powerful than God, then why must officials take an oath to God? How can agents and agencies steal my home without compensation, due process or Seventh Amendment trial by jury? How can government pay a contractor upwards of 100 million, mostly federal taxpayer dollars, to build a mall on my stolen home? How can officials defy oath, Constitution, and laws without required prosecution? I quote Justice Marshall, The very essence of civil liberties certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection. Could any of the officials recently honoring Dr. King look Dr. King in the eye knowing they stole my home? Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 The Constitution and laws require immediate remedy of this breach of law, breach of close, breach of fiduciary duty. Your oath of office requires you to act or face prison. 42 USC 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 18 USC 241, 242, 2381, 2384, PA Constitution, Article I, Sections 1 through 11, 26 PA CSA 703, 705, 708, 709, 712, 713, 716 and other laws listed in SCOTUS 15-8965, 14-1330, 14-4056 appear violated. I call for the federal and Commonwealth governments to perform their constitutional obligations to investigate and prosecute all involved in the illegal theft and illegal deed transfer of my home, 1038 West Wyoming Avenue. The denial of God-given 42 USC 1982 property rights for 24 years is egregious, extraordinary, oath-violating, and requires immediate remedy. A just government must obey the rule of law. This color of law Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING government must have its Charter to govern revoked until a constitutionally compliant government is installed. Public servants cannot refuse their sworn duty to act any more than a fireman can refuse to fight a fire. The sovereign people require the Constitution and laws be enforced. Jail is required for all who violate oath, Constitution or law. I remind Council, it takes a lot of cooperation to create and allow monumental corruption.
There are no other speakers on the public comment list, Mr. President.
Thank you very much, Mr. Decker. We will now consider the bills and resolutions on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, if you can please Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING read the title of 171135.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Forty-Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
Those opposed? (No response.) Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING
The ayes have it. 171135 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 171136.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1443 North Dover Street located in the Fifth Councilmanic District.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 171136 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 171140. Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING
A resolution renaming the 4700 block of Ella Street "Mike McCrea Way" to recognize, honor, celebrate the life and legacy of Mike McCrea for his dedication to Philadelphia Parks and Recreation.
And the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Resolution 171140 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 170850-A.
An ordinance Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING authorizing Ralston Center to install, own and maintain bench encroachments on Spring Garden Street, Brown Street, North 37th Street, North 35th Street, and North 34th Street.
This bill has been heard on two separate occasions -- we're doing an amendment. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell for an amendment.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to offer an amendment to Bill No. 170850. A copy of the amendment has been circulated to all members of Council and I move for its adoption. (Duly seconded.)
The amendment to 170850-A has been moved and voted. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? (No response.) Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING
The ayes have it. Bill No. 170850-A is amended. It will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. Mr. Decker, 170961.
An ordinance authorizing The Bagel Place Shop to install, own and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe at 404 Queen Street.
This bill has been heard on two separate days. The question is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, call the roll.
Councilman Green. Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. The ayes are 16; the nays are zero. A majority of members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 170955.
An ordinance amending Chapter 9-3300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Erection, Use and Inspection of Tower Cranes," by revising requirements related to tower cranes and adding requirements regarding Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING the use and inspection of mobile cranes.
Thank you, Mr. President. I offer an amendment to Bill No. 170955. The amendment has been circulated to all members of Council and I move for its adoption. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded. All in favor of said amendment? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 170955 has been amended. It will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. Mr. Decker, 170997.
An ordinance to Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded on the northeast by the Manayunk Canal, on the southeast by Green Lane, on the southwest by the Schuylkill River, and on the northwest by Leverington Avenue with a straight line extending from Leverington Avenue to the Schuylkill River. Further to approve the Residential Mixed-Use-2 District (RMX-2) Master Plan for the foregoing designated areas of land. Further, to amend certain provisions of Section 14-503 of the Philadelphia Code in connection with the foregoing Master Plan. Further, to amend the Property Maintenance Code to exclude the foregoing Master Plan from certain provisions of said Property Maintenance Code.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to offer an Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING amendment to Bill No. 170997. A copy this amendment has been circulated to all members of Council and I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Bill No. 170997 has been amended. It will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. The Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla.
Thank you, Mr. President. Just in my absence, I would like to be voted aye on all bills and resolutions that I missed. Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you, Councilman. The record shall reflect that the Councilman voted aye on 170961. That vote is now 17-0, and all other resolutions. Mr. Decker, do you have any additional resolutions?
A resolution honoring and recognizing the career of Monica Malpass on the occasion of her 30-year anniversary as a journalist for 6ABC Philadelphia, introduced by Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.) Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING
And a resolution recognizing National Mentoring Month on the Work of Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region to Connect Philadelphia Children to Positive and Dedicated Adult Mentors, introduced by Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING Those opposed? (No response.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution honoring the African American Children's Book Project on the Occasion of the 26th Annual African American Children's Book Fair and the February 3rd Kick Off of the National Literacy Initiative's Preserve a Legacy, Buy a Book Program, introduced by Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING Those opposed? (No response.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution honoring and recognizing Meryl Levitz for Her Pioneering Leadership of VISIT PHILADELPHIA and Her Extraordinary Service to the City of Philadelphia, introduced by Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING (No response.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution recognizing and honoring Lynette Brown-Sow on the occasion of her retirement for her committed service to Community College of Philadelphia and for her many accomplishments that have benefited the city of Philadelphia, introduced by Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING (No response.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution recognizing and honoring Dr. Stephen S. Tang for his work at the University City Science Center and his leadership in technology and innovation in the City of Philadelphia, introduced by Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? (No response.) Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution authorizing the City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings to discuss the public advertising and outreach concerning the implementation for the SEPTA Key Cards and the phasing out of tokens, introduced by Councilwoman Blackwell.
The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING (No response.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution honoring and congratulating Bill "Speedy" Morris on Winning 1,000 Games as a College and High School Basketball Coach, introduced by Councilman Greenlee.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING adopted.
And a resolution authorizing the Philadelphia City Council to hold public hearings to explore establishing Public Safety Officers and alternative code enforcement methods to improve the quality of life throughout the city, introduced by Councilman Greenlee on behalf of Council President Clarke.
The Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee. Really?
I'll move the adoption. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
That's okay. The adoption was made -- the Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING motion was made and seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution recognizing and honoring the Philadelphia Water Department crews and customer service staff for their unprecedented response to water main breaks and emergencies during the freezing cold weather in the Winter of 2017-2018, introduced by Councilman Jones.
It's been moved and properly seconded. Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution honoring and celebrating Philadelphia's Living Legends: George Albert Beach, Joey Temple, Rita R. Smith-Wade-El and Valeria Bullock, who are leaders in the area of civil rights, community activism, education, business and youth mentorship in the Philadelphia area; and further honoring those legends who are no longer with us: Vernon Marks, Charlie "Boo" Burrus, Abdul Malik Muhammad, Carl Moore, and Joe Faulk as part of the commemoration of Black History Month, introduced by Councilman Jones.
The Chair again recognizes Councilman Jones. Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution honoring and recognizing Read by 4th for its dedication to increasing educational attainment in the City of Philadelphia, introduced by Councilman Johnson.
I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's Stated Meeting January 25, 2018 1/25/18 - STATED - 2ND READING been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)