COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC MEETING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON RULES - - - Room 400, City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, May 17, 2000 10:05 a.m. - - - RESOLUTION 000324 - (HELD) A resolution approving the revision of the University of Pennsylvania Institutional Development District Master Plan -- Chancellor Walk and 33rd Street. PRESENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANNA C. VERNA, Chair COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE BLACKWELL, Vice Chair COUNCILMAN DARRELL L. CLARKE COUNCILMAN FRANK J. DICICCO COUNCILMAN JAMES F. KENNEY COUNCILMAN MICHAEL A. NUTTER COUNCILMAN BRIAN J. O'NEILL - - - VINCENT VARALLO ASSOCIATES, INC. Registered Professional Reporters Eleven Penn Center, Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 561-2220 2 5/17/00 - RULES COMMITTEE - RES. 000324 P R O C E E D I N G S
Good morning. This is the Committee on Rules Public Hearing, I would ask Mr. Mezzaroba to please read the title of Resolution 324.
A resolution approving the revision of the University of Pennsylvania Institutional Development District Master Plan -- Chancellor Walk and 33rd Street.
Witnesses come forward. (Witness comes forward.)
Good morning. Kindly identify yourself for the record and proceed with your testimony.
Good morning, Madam Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Richard Lombardo, Chief of Project Planning, Planning Commissioner, here to speak on behalf of Resolution 324. This is an amendment to the University of Pennsylvania Institutional Development District. As the Council knows, any amendment to the Master Plan requires both Planning Commission 3 5/17/00 - RULES COMMITTEE - RES. 000324 and Council approval. This particular amendment is a 43,470 square foot addition. The building will -- it's actually an interior block addition to an existing building. It will provide lab, offices, auditorium, conference rooms, and a cyber lounge. The building will connect two existing -- the Towne Building and the graduate research wing. It requires a small demolition of those buildings in order to accommodate the new building, which will be known as "The Levine Building." The Planning Commission, at its meeting April of 20, 2000, approved the revisions to the Master Plan and recommended that Council also adopt those revisions. If anybody on the committee has any questions, I'm here to answer those questions.
Are there any questions from members of the committee? The Chair recognizes Blackwell.
Thank you, Madam President. We would ask the committee to certainly approve this. We've met with the University of Pennsylvania. It is an expansion and an addition 4 5/17/00 - RULES COMMITTEE - RES. 000324 to one of their buildings on the Penn campus. We have Mr. Glynn Bryan here, one of the vice presidents, who's here to give you any detail you might want about the project, but the -- we have no problems with it, the community doesn't, and certainly, we hope that the committee will support it.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Do we have anyone else testify on this resolution? (No response.)
Seeing none, I would ask that the title of Bill No. 167 be read.
An ordinance amending Section 12-1120 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Abandoned Vehicles," by amending the time that an abandoned automobile may remain on the street prior to removal and allowing notice of removal to be made by means of a sticker in the event the abandoned automobile is not properly registered or has no vehicle registration number, all under certain terms and conditions. 5 5/17/00 RULES COMMITTEE PUB. MEETING
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I ask that this bill be held at this time.
Thank you. This concludes our public hearing. We will now go into our public meeting and the Chair recognizes Councilman, and the Chair recognizes Councilman Kenney regarding Resolution 12 No. 324.
Madam Chair, I move that Resolution No. 324 be approved. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that Resolution No. 324 be reported out of committee with a favorable recommendation. All in favor will signify by saying aye. Those opposed? The ayes have it and the motion is carried. This concludes the public meting of the 6 5/17/00 RULES COMMITTEE PUB. MEETING Rules Committee. And very shortly, we will go into the Committee of the Whole regarding several TIFs. (Adjourned at 10:07 a.m.) - - - 7 C E R T I F I C A T E I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing proceedings of the Council of the City of Philadelphia of Wednesday, May 2000, were 8 reported fully and accurately by me, and that this 9 is a correct transcript of same. 10 11 12 RE: COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON RULES 13 RESOLUTION NO. 000324 14 BILL NO. 000167 (Held) 15 16 17 __________________________________, JOSEPHINE CARDILLO, Registered Professional Reporter