Aye. The ayes are 15, the nays are 2. A majority of all members of Council having voted in the affirmative, this bill passes. (Applause.)
The clerk will please read the title of Bill No. 000724.
An ordinance amending an ordinance approved April 11, 2000 (Bill 000004), relating to the Fiscal 2001 Capital Budget by adding a project and an amount in the Department of Public Property.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The clerk will please call the roll. SECOND READING - BILL 000724
Aye. The ayes are 15, the nays are 2. A majority of all members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. (Applause.) The clerk will please read the title of Bill No. 000725.
An ordinance authorizing Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to file an application and enter into a grant agreement with the Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Capital Redevelopment Assistance Program to provide SECOND READING - BILL 000725 partial funding to assist in the development of a professional baseball stadium and a professional football stadium and training facility in the City of Philadelphia ("City"); and making certain related assurances.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The clerk will call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 15, the nays are 2. A majority of all members of Council having voted in the affirmative, this bill passes. SECOND READING - BILL 000725 (Applause.)
The clerk will please read the title of Bill No. 000728.
An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps, by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Packer Avenue, Tenth Street, Pattison Avenue, 11th Street, the Delaware (I-95) Expressway, and Lawrence Street.
This bill having been read two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 15, the nays are 2. A majority of all members of Council -- I'm sorry. Oh, you voted -- well, with all the noise in here, it's very difficult to hear. Both you and Councilman Ortiz voted aye?
Yes, please do, because it's very difficult to hear with all of the noise in here. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, this bill passes. (Applause.)
The clerk will please read the title of Bill No. 000729.
An ordinance authorizing Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to inquire by amicable negotiations or by condemnation, fee simple title to a certain parcel of real estate with the improvements situated thereon (and any covenance, SECOND READING - BILL 000729 restrictions, easements, and other matters that burden said parcel of real estate and/or the improvements thereon) located on the southerly side of Pattison Avenue between Eleventh Street and Darien Street and extending southwardly to the Delaware (I-95) Expressway of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally. The clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 15, the nays are 0. A SECOND READING - BILL 000729 majority of all members Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. (Applause.)
The clerk will please read the title of Bill No. 000730.
An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to acquire by amicable negotiations or by condemnation, fee simple title to a certain parcel of real estate with the improvement situated thereon (and any covenance, restrictions, easements, and other matters that burden said parcel of real estate and/or the improvements thereon) located on the easterly side of Darien Street south of Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and to transfer that parcel to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development in fee for a nominal consideration.
Madam Chair, thank you. I'm going to be abstaining on this Bill 730. The law firm with which I am associated represents SECOND READING - BILL 000730 the condemnee in this matter, and I am not taking part in any deliberations or discussions of this -- the contents of this bill. Thank you.
Thank you. This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The clerk will please call the roll.