The Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities, to which was referred Bill No. 180554, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 13 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Water and Sewer,' by amending Section 13-306, entitled 'Water Pipes Laid by Property Owners,' and by amending Section 13-406, entitled 'Sewers Constructed by Property Owners,' by revising certain provisions to allow for private water and sewer services to be constructed to serve units in planned communities and condominiums," Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 considered and amended the same and returns the attached bill to Council with a favorable recommendation.
Thank you. The Chair again recognizes Councilman Johnson.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill No. 180554. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill No. 180554. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 (No response.)
The ayes have it, and this bill will be placed on our First Reading Calendar today. That concludes our reports from committee. And our next order of business is the consideration of the Calendar. I note that the bills just reported from committee with a suspension of the rules have been deemed to have had a first reading. These bills will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session. There are no additional bills on the First Reading Calendar, so the Chair now recognizes Councilman Henon for a motion concerning the resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars today: 180346-A, 180557-A, 180599-A, 180001-A, 180 -excuse me. Excuse me, Mr. President. I want to go over with moving that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the Consent Agenda to consider the following resolutions on the Final Passage Calendars today, and the resolution numbers are 180652, 180653, 180654, 180655, 180656, 180659, 180660, 180662, 180666, 180670, 180671, 180676, 180403, 180470, 180471, 180578, and 180579. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and seconded that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the resolutions just read by Councilman Henon. All in favor please indicate by saying aye. (Aye.) Stated Meeting June 21, 2018
The ayes have it, the motion carries, and we will consider the Resolution Consent Agenda shortly. The Chair again recognizes Councilman Henon for a motion concerning the bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Mr. President. I now move that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda on consideration of the following bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars today; that is, Bill Nos. 180346-A, 180557-A, 180599-A, 180001-A, 180015-A, 180286-A, 180261-A, 180163-A, 180428-A, 180512-A, 180514-A, 180234-A, 180162, 180423, 180424, 180426, 180427, 180451, 180454, 180451, 180463, 180496, 180498, 180501, 180503, 180505, 180506, 180507, 180519, Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 180367, 180453, 180544, 180456, 180462, 180508, 180236, 180348, 180464, 180521, and 180459. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and seconded that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda -- go ahead, Councilman.
Thank you. Welcome to the last day of Council. My apology on behalf of those who don't understand the process, but I want to thank you, Mr. President, and I move that the rules of Council again be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the following bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars; that is, Bill Nos. 180346-A, 180557-A, 180599-A, 180001-A, 180015-A, 180286-A, 180261-A, 180163-A, 180428-A, 180512-A, 180514-A, 180234-A, 180162, 180423, 180424, 180426, 180427, 180451, 180454, 180463, 180496, 180498, 180501, Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 180503, 180505, 180506, 180507, 180509, 180510, 180517, 180518, 180519, 180367, 180453, 180455, 180456, 180462, 180508, 180236, 180348, 180464, 180521, and 180459. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you, Councilman. Folks, can I ask you all just hold your voices down a little bit, please. It's getting a little chatty in here. Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the bills just read by Councilman Henon. All in favor please indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 2ND READING ayes have it, the motion carries, and we will consider the Consent Agenda shortly. The Chair again recognizes Councilman Henon for the purpose of calling up bills and resolutions on the regular Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar today.
Thank you, Mr. President. In addition to the resolutions and bills that are being considered on the Consent Agenda, the following resolutions and bills are being called up for the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars today. They are Bill Nos. 180661, 180663, 180668, 170678-A, 180164-A, 180295, 180347-A, 180351-A, 160007, 180430, 180100, 180511, and 170673. All other bills and resolutions are being held.
Councilman, just one correction. Bill No. 180100 will be held at the request of the sponsor, which is myself. (Applause.) Stated Meeting June 21, 2018
Thank you. So there's like a little too much going on in here today. So I'm going to ask people please hold your voices down, or if you need to talk, go outside, and if you have any cell phones or any other electronic devices that make noise, would you please turn them off. Thank you. We will now move to our public comment session. Before considering any bills or resolutions on the Calendar, I'll give you the guidelines for the public comment session. If you are interested in testifying on a bill or resolution on today's Final Passage Calendar, if you have not already done so, you can 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, and on that podium there's a device. When the light Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 turns green on that device, 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'd ask that you please adhere to our guidelines and conclude your remarks. I would appreciate your adherence to our guidelines, and thank you very much for your cooperation. There is one note. There's a significant number of witnesses today, some testifying on a particular bill. The rules associated with public comment do authorize me, the Chair, to cut off public comment if it's redundant on a particular bill or resolution. I want to thank you very much for your cooperation and I appreciate you. Mr. Decker, please call the first name on the list.
Gladys Lackey, commenting on 180430. (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning, Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Council. Thank you for inviting me. I would like to thank Councilperson Oh, Domb, Blackwell, and a few others for coming out to my house. My name is Gladys Lackey. I've lived in the Germantown area since 1956.
Ma'am, hold on a second. Folks, can you all please stop talking so we can hear the witness. Thank you. Ma'am, go ahead. Please proceed, ma'am. I'm sorry.
I've lived in the Germantown section since 1956 when my parents first bought their first home. I am a senior citizen of 70 years of age. After purchasing and building -- after purchasing building materials I needed to renovate my house, I went to check on the house, and to my amazement, a fence had been erected, and the fencing was part of the materials that I had purchased and put inside. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 After further investigation, I found out that squatters had taken over my property and the materials inside. Once I found out squatters was in my property, I immediately called the police district, and that's when my nightmare began. I was bombarded with court fees. Nothing seemed to come close to closure. In order to get assistance with the procedure, I visited and made phone calls to various elected officials so they could advocate and place calls and letters on my behalf. One squatter happened to be a school teacher of ten years, still working the system. The other claimed to be a contractor of 20 years. The school teacher owns a property valued at $178,000. During the six months, I have called upon Police and Sheriff Department several times during this ordeal. When all was final, I was left with a shell, ten windows gone, doors gone, radiators Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 gone, plumbing and electric gone inside and out, house destroyed and trashed. At that time, I was handed a letter from the Sheriff Department signed by the Mayor. Up until now, no one has been held accountable for my loss. No one. I am appalled. I'm outraged. This is a travesty. My purpose for being here today is to help approve a bill in order that no one should ever have to go through what I've experienced and what I've gone through and with the expenses that I have incurred. I thank you so much. (Applause.)
Camille Yamrich, commenting on 180430. (Witness approached podium.)
Hello. Thank you for having me here today. I appreciate it. My story resonates with many others. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 My father died in May of 2017, and within two weeks, the trespasser had broken into his home. The police would do nothing, and I was unable to engage legal counsel for several weeks, as I was waiting to be appointed administratrix for my father's estate. So the original complaint for ejectment was not filed until mid June, with the initial hearing occurring in July. The trespasser did not respond to the complaint, was not represented by counsel, and did not attend the hearing. So I was awarded a default judgment. You think it would have ended there, but it didn't. Despite this, I was not granted legal possession until this past February, seven months later. By the time I was able to enter the property, all of my father's valuables were gone. All that was left was her trash, rotten food and maggots in the refrigerator, fecal matter, and a cockroach infestation. Nothing was Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 salvageable. Aside from the obvious financial implications, the legal fees, the clean-out costs and repairs, and the brazenly run-up utilities, her presence precluded my ability to perform my administrative estate duties. There was nothing of value left to inventory, and I was unable to prepare the inheritance tax return in a timely manner. All the while I exhausted every avenue I could think of to have her removed as expeditiously, to no avail. In my case, the entire process took nine months from the filing of the complaint to being awarded possession. In reality, any amount of time, whether it's one year or one day, is too long for a trespasser to be in a home. It's not just a house but a family's entire world that's impacted. They have complete control of a family's sacred space, their personal files and information, all valuables and mementos. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 The cost to the family goes way beyond just financial. It's far more emotional. You're left to feel frustrated, angry, hopeless and, most of all, abandoned by the very entities you believe are in a position to help protect and serve. In closing, I'll say that legislation that serves to address the criminal trespasser issue and save a family such grief should be supported. In my opinion, opposing such legislation is irresponsible. You need to be able to put yourselves in the victim's place. What if it happened in your family? Just try to imagine the feeling and then multiply that feeling exponentially. Victimizing the victims has got to stop. Thank you for hearing me out. (Applause.)
Rodney Little, commenting on 180430. (Witness approached podium.)
I'm here on behalf of my mother-in-law, Anashel Ingram, who owns a property in West Philadelphia. As a retired police officer and Fraternal Order of Police Union President, I urge Council who is sitting on this bill to pass this bill on behalf of tenants who own property in the City of Philadelphia where you call the Police Department. She's 89 years old. She just left the emergency room. She's trying to go back to her dwelling, but we have individuals who are occupying that dwelling, who do not have a lease. When we notified the Police Department, the Police Department came to try to do their job. They asked Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 the individual if he resides there. He says, yes, he was paroled there 15 years ago. Unfortunately, it's a relative, which is not true. So what I'm saying is that individuals who have no lease, they have no mail, and when police ran him through NCIC, PCIC, the individual had no identification whatsoever, and they said that we could not evict these individuals. And I'm saying this lady is 89 years old. She wants to go back to her house where she can reside and, God forbid, God calls her home, she can live in peace. So I urge you here in Council to please vote yes and pass this bill. Thank you. (Applause.)
Good morning, sir. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018
-- for hearing me out on Bill 180430. I'm a real estate attorney and I represent many homeowners who have -- or homebuyers who have faced squatters in their properties and wanted to bring your attention to CP 1960. For two years, it took two years after the property was purchased in order to have the person removed from the property, even after the order was entered by the Court. He filed a motion pro se, meaning without an attorney, to have the ejectment stayed, and after 60 days, the Court asked him, why haven't you moved, and he asked for additional time. This is after two years of being in the property. This person had a full-time job, works for the City of Philadelphia, and had alternative places to move to in two years. This property was cited by License and Inspection with a collapsed roof as well as a collapsed wall, yet the police could do nothing to have the Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 squatter removed, and my client was receiving notices from the City, threatening to sue him because of the collapsed roof, and there was no way that he could enter the property. This is the kind of jeopardy that buyers have been put in, and it was a legitimate sale from the estate of the owner who couldn't afford to make the repairs to the property in order for it to be up to code. So I ask that you pass 180430 and reduce the amount of time that homebuyers are required or contractors are required to spend before they can actually access the property, which is their right under the titles that are given to them. Thank you. (Applause.)
Martin Ward, commenting on 180430. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. Thank you for this opportunity. My name is Martin Ward. I grew up in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia in my parents' home. After my parents passed away, as their only child, I became the executor of their estate and caretaker for their now vacant home. I was preparing the home for sale and showing it to an interested buyer on the evening of August 22nd, 2017 when I realized the house was occupied and I was not able to gain access to the property. So here's my story. It's one of many you as Councilmembers have likely been hearing with increasing frequency. On that date last year in 2017, unable to gain access to the property, I contacted the police. The police arrived. I provided them with evidence of ownership. With my permission, the Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 police breached the rear door and entered the property. On entering the property, the police found three occupants that included two adults and one minor child. The police questioned the adult occupants, who produced a two-page lease agreement and asserted that they were renting the property. The lease was not signed by me, nor anyone I knew. For the record, even to an uninformed layperson, the lease agreement looked fairly deficient. For the more educated in rental matters, the lease agreement did not even remotely contain all the necessary clauses to lease property in the City of Philadelphia. Moreover, the occupants could not even provide the full name and a contact address and phone number for the landlord, the alleged landlord. The police instructed me and one of the occupants to basically travel to the local police district and file a report, which we did. Despite my Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 mother's deed and my proof of ownership, the police felt there was nothing more they could do about the illegal trespass into my parents' house and said to pursue it as a civil matter through the court system. Because the couple broke in unexpectedly, I was not able to turn off the utilities. Moreover, the utilities would not be willing to shut off for any reason at that point. By the time the couple left, over seven months later and only after receiving formal court notice from the Sheriff's Department in March of 2018, I incurred or the estate incurred in excess of $4,400 in expenses. In addition, the couple left the house a mess, and they certainly didn't leave me with a forwarding address. I have no way to contact them, nor do I have any way to file a claim in the courts or seek any restitution against them. So there currently is nothing Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 in place to effectively address this issue timely and comprehensively, thereby allowing harm to continue unchecked. As an analogy, the problem is akin to a cancer and it's plaguing the occupants, the homeowners, and the citizens of this city. Similar to spreading cancer, the condition is rampant and epidemic, needs to be taken -- there's an action that needs to be taken, and basically the remedy is this ordinance or this bill that you're being considered. In closing, I appreciate the collective efforts of the Council at this point. I urge you not to let the ordinance stall because of its perceived flaws, but rather to give this ordinance an opportunity to work as it was intended. This ordinance will allow the legal and rightful owners, your constituents, to expeditiously take possession of their properties fairly and without unnecessary delays and to seek Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 restitution for the harm that has already occurred and will continue to occur. Thank you. (Applause.)
Maria Vicente, commenting on 180430. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon, Council. Maria Vicente for Bill 180430. Councilman Oh, thank you again for inviting me back. I am a property manager in the City of Philadelphia for the last 18 years. Over the last seven months, I have had five squatters go into vacant properties. I've been knocked down a flight of steps by a squatter, and even at that point when the police came and I explained that the person knocked me down the steps and was still in the house, Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 they most certainly adamantly assured me that there was nothing they can do, and that if I have been doing this for 18 years, I should know that I should exercise the eviction process. First of all, it is not an eviction. It is an ejectment, because they are not legally my tenant. However, when you do go to Municipal Court and you try to use the eviction process, if you've offered the person a lease, if you're unable to give them a rental suitability or a partner for good housing, you cannot even remove them from the property using an eviction process. When you call the police, they tell you that it's not considered breaking and entering because they change the locks to get in. Well, if I didn't give you a key, that's breaking and entering. If I go to anyone's home and I go in and I'm not supposed to be there, I guarantee that I'm probably going to be arrested on the spot. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 So we have now started the process of every vacant property of screwing the door shut. Screwing the door shut, because if they break the door to get in, at that point it is considered breaking and entering, which means that I can no longer spontaneously go out to show a property when I have interested prospective tenants without having a maintenance man, someone that I must pay, to go and unscrew a door to let me into the property, because I am unable physically to do so myself. Please, I urge you for the greatness of our city that we live in, please pass Bill 180430. Let's get this on the record. They are illegally committing a crime. They are in a property that no one has authorized them to be in. That is breaking the law. If I take your car without your permission, I have now committed robbery. If I come into your store and I take things without paying for them, I have now committed Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 robbery. It is no different if someone takes over someone's property without their permission. It is at the point now where my family fears for my safety when I go out to show a property, because they don't know if I'm going to encounter a dangerous situation, like when I got knocked down a flight of steps because I didn't know somebody was in the property. I had walked through the entire downstairs, and upstairs he was hiding in the closet. Thank you again for hearing me out. Please help us make it so that our city can be safe and I can do my job without threat to my safety. Thank you again. (Applause.)
Patrick Russell, Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 commenting on 180430. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon, Council President and Councilmembers. I want to thank you for this opportunity and privilege to testify before this body in support of criminal and defiant trespassers bill. My name is Patrick Russell, age 65. Although I have been a resident renter in Philadelphia for the greater part of my life, in 2012 I decided to make a commitment to Philadelphia as a resident. But what good is a commitment -- but what good is it for me to make such a commitment to the City when I stand in jeopardy every day to become homeless for six months or longer because a City failure to procure my safety by allowing a situation to persist that allows my rights as a homeowner to be given to a trespasser who claims that he or she is renting my property. I have a friend whose mother, Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Mrs. Fleming, which was selling her property when trespassers broke in. Rather than being able to have them arrested for trespassing, she had to go through the process of ejection. After six months, the trespassers finally were removed, but the property was trashed and the value of the property decreased. About a year later, trespassers again broke into the house, and Mrs. Fleming found herself in the same situation. The frustration and anxiety that this senior citizen experienced was not because she didn't know the procedures, but that real justice was not served. My second friend, Jacqueline Wilson, whose mother passed away in 2017, was in the process of selling her mother's house. Shortly after the mother's death, a trespasser got into the property. When Jackie called the police, the police came out to the property. The trespasser said she wasn't leaving, that Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 she was claiming squatters' rights. Not realizing that there was no such right, the officer was a bit confused, gave Jackie the information to get an ejection notice. After six months and five unanswered summons were served to the trespasser, the house was trashed. Her mother's identification was now known to the trespassers. To add salt to the wound, eventually this property was sold at Sheriff Sale. There are some who would like to see this bill fail, but I urge City Council to resist any pressure that they may incur to say no to this bill. Therefore, I urge this Council to protect people like Ms. Lackey, Ms. Fleming, Jackie Wilson, and myself and passing the criminal and defiant trespassers bill. Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony, sir. (Applause.) Stated Meeting June 21, 2018
George Gould, commenting on 180430. (Witness approached podium.)
Thank you. My name is George Gould. I'm a Senior Attorney at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia and I've worked in housing for many, many years. There clearly is a serious problem with criminal trespass in this city. However, we and others believe that this bill is not the appropriate way to go. First off, City Council cannot mandate what the courts can do and what the police can do, and I think the passage of this bill in fact would give a false impression that something is getting done when in fact it's not. There are also problems within the bill. It doesn't deal with people Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 who have dealt with owners who are fraudulent and enter into leases with tenants who have no idea that's the case. These tenants could be defined as criminal trespassers. Tenants with oral leases may not be able to prove they actually have a right to live in the property. Homeowners who have lost their home to a tax foreclosure sale or Sheriff Sale have a right to live in the property during the period of redemption. The purchaser of that property could go to court immediately, file an affidavit, and that person would be liable as a criminal trespasser. The federal legislation has recently been enacted -- reenacted which protects tenants after there has been a mortgage foreclosure sale on a property, and if a tenant is in that property, they have a right after the Sheriff Sale and after the property has been purchased by a new owner to remain in the property and Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 continue until their lease ends. There's nothing in this bill which protects those tenants. There is also enacted actually yesterday change in the adverse possession law. Where it used to be 21 years, now it's ten years. Also, as many of you are aware, there are heirs that live in property throughout this city who don't have title to the property. These folks could clearly be labeled defiant criminal trespassers. Again, we urge this Council -by the way, there has also been through Councilwoman Cherelle Parker a task force created and it met a couple days ago, and it was a very effective meeting. The police were there, the District Attorney was there and representatives from realtors, owners, advocates, City Council, the purpose of which is to come up with a solution to this problem, which we urge people to vote no on this and let Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 the task force act. Thank you.
Chuck Bode, commenting on 180430. (Witness approached podium.)
Thank you. My name is Chuck Bode from the West Powelton/Saunders Park RCO. We thank all the Councilmembers who have worked to introduce Bill 180430, without taking the time to enumerate them all. The bill is important to all Philadelphia property owners. We have had two instances in our territory where this has happened, but I will skip the details of reading them all. None of these instances should have occurred. No homeowner in Philadelphia should have to live in fear Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 of returning home to find their home occupied or, even worse, to find that they have lost use of their home to an illegal occupant. It is significant, and everyone in this room could discover when they go home that they are homeless. There were several specific issues that need to be considered. First, how long will mortgages be available to purchase homes in Philadelphia while trespassers have more rights than homeowners? Second, how long will homeowners insurance be available in Philadelphia while trespassers have more rights than homeowners? And, third, a home that cannot be used by the owner has no value to the owner. What happens to the tax revenue when property values go down because trespassers have more rights than homeowners? We urge City Council to quickly pass Bill 180430 to give Philadelphians Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 peace of mind and the security of their homes. Thank you. (Applause.)
Jackie Martinez, commenting on 180676. (Witness approached podium.)
Hi. My name is Jackie Martinez. I am the face that this country hates. I am a Native American, and everybody here is an immigrant. This country was founded on murder, greed, and hate. We don't get a voice here in this country, and what I want people here to know today and people, if you even call them a person, No. 45, he stands for everything that is evil. Okay? What I want people to understand is that these people that you Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 call immigrants, they forget that we were all one nation, many tribes. The people in Mexico -- Mexico is named after a Native American word. It's called Mexica. They were a tribe. Now, the thing that people don't understand about Mexico is is that it is not a race. It's a nationality. There are more Native American Indian people in Mexico than there is anywhere else in the world, in this continent of the Americas. Right now there's 68 indigenous languages still spoken in Mexico and beyond north of Mexico. There are Indian people still there trying to hang on to their ways. But with this agenda that we're under, it's impossible. It's impossible. We will never have our rights. We will never, never, no one will hear our voices. I didn't grow up with history books. It was before the Internet. You know how I know my history? Not by Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 reading books that talked about George Washington and Lincoln, who everybody says freed the slaves. He killed Indians. He killed African Americans, okay, under his regime. They're not great people. They're rapists, they're murderers. Now, the thing is, you know, these immigrants that 45 calls rapists, murderers, thieves, he's describing the white agenda, this white supremacy. We're not murderers. We're not thieves. This was our land, and I'm just tired of this. I speak two languages, English and Spanish, and neither is the language I'm supposed to speak. Neither of them. I'm now one person who doesn't know my own language. Now, I'm here to try and speak up, because I am the lesser heard voice. Even in the native communities, people don't talk about this. This country and colonialism has stripped native people of Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 their identity. These terms like Latin, Latin America, Hispanic, Hispanic is a made-up word to lump over people. I have to cut this short.
But my point is is that it should be called South America, not Latin America, because we're native first. We've been relabeled Spanish and have Spanish names and Spanish languages now. It's not our language. Anyway, I'm here for Carmela. Let's get her a Green Card. Let her family be safe. We're native people. Thank you.
The biggest problem facing the City is the lack of housing resources. If I don't have a home, I don't keep my job, I don't send my kids to school. And if I live in a nursing home and can't get out because the lack of housing, I don't pay taxes. The disabled community, most of which make less than 20,000 a year, have been working for decades to get housing resources, especially for new housing units, so people don't need to remain in institutions like nursing homes or live in inaccessible homes or live in cars or shelters or street corners. Why does our City Council do next to nothing? I know that listening to what the constituents want is not your priority, but listening to what the Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 funders want and what the powers in Council want is more important. We have worked on campaigns to increase housing resources for the last 20 years. Sometimes we win, sort of, but most times our efforts are highjacked. I believe the democratic process, and I participate in it, but City Council does not. No matter what we say or do, they've already made up their minds before the hearing begins. It's simply a formality. You actually seem proud to be the city with the highest poverty rate of the top ten cities. This is not something to be proud of, but something you should want to change immediately, but that is not happening. I know you're not going to do the right thing, but I hope you take a long look at what decisions you're making and for whom and why and amend the bill so that you can receive services for people that make 30 percent or below of Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 AMI. (Applause.)
Good afternoon. Thank you, Council and everyone. My name is German Parodi. I'm the President of Disabled in Action. I'm here to testify on Bill 180347-A and 180351-A. You heard Nancy Salandra. You've been hearing us for years now. We ask you to do the right thing. We say the right thing is to fund all people, all Philadelphians. Right now you're looking at bringing in $20 million new to the Housing Trust Fund, and that money you plan to only use for people earning under $4,000 plus a year, family of four. That is not Philadelphia. That is not who votes any of you in. That may be who Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 fills your coffers. That is not who elects you. We ask of you today that either you vote no if there are no amendments to the Housing Trust Fund bill and if you're not giving any of this new construction impact money to people earning less than 30 percent of AMI. We're talking about people earning at least $34,000 or less. People with disabilities, those on fixed incomes earn less than $1,500 a month. That is not who you want to house? I understand that you're looking at Temple graduates. I understand that is who you're looking at to keep in Philadelphia. So are you looking to put the rest of us out on the streets? Are you looking at putting people in nursing homes more inside? (Applause.)
Because if you vote for this, that is what you're doing. Clarke, you are part of one of the sponsors. I expect you to lead your Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Council to vote no today on these bills. Thank you. (Applause.)
Good afternoon. As a member of Philly ADAPT, as a board member of Liberty Resources, we demand that at least half of any of the monies from the Housing Trust Fund go to homeowners earning 30 percent of AMI or less, to amend the construction impact tax to include at least half of all the collected fees to allow people earning also 30 percent of AMI or less, and if no amendments are made, all Councilmembers vote no. I'd like to remind everyone Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 here that last time we brought this up, there were two particular agencies that were to me very surprising that were supporting this effort, both the -- I'm going to say the agencies' full name wrong, but basically the realtors and the people who deal with construction, which I find quite hypocritical knowing the history of redlining in this city and redlining in our country. And this is actually an amendment to fix what has happened in our history to keep people out of neighborhoods, and we should all come together and vote yes on the amendments or vote no on these bills until we do the right thing. And as a member -- or as Councilman Squilla is my person who is -- I'm living in his district, I would hope that he would hear that there are many houses in our district that are in need of this funding so we can have a more inclusive neighborhood and not a neighborhood that is outsiders and not true Philadelphians. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Thank you.
Joe Danihel, commenting on 180653, 180660, 180671, 180661, 180662, 180676, 180445, 180456, 180462, and 180508. (Witness approached podium.)
Okay. I too am a stolen home victim, except my perpetrator is the government. 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 government, probably illegally. Is Council, Mayor, and others selling tangled title deeds in Cindy Bass' Bill 180676? In 1776, in this very city, sovereign people stated clearly, Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 obstructing the administration of justice and depriving us of the benefits of trial by jury are not allowed. Furthermore, it is the people's God-given right and their duty to throw off any government that attempts these acts. Franklin stated, we need a revolution every 200 years because government becomes corrupt. If rights are truly inalienable and inviolable and Dr. King stated, he who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who perpetrates it, why has no prosecution of oath, Constitution, and law violations occurred? Why has the Attorney General not acted on the numerous complaints filed by me? Do Council, Mayor, Governor, and others oppose several trials by jury? Was my home and my just compensation stolen? The constitutions require immediate remedy of this breach of law, breach of close, breach of fiduciary Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 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 701, 703, 705, 708, 709, 712, 713, 716, and other laws listed in SCOTUS 15-8965, 14-1330, 14-4056, 14-6880 appear violated. I call for the federal and Commonwealth governments to perform their constitutional obligations to investigate and prosecute all involved in the 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 government must have its Charter to govern revoked until a constitutionally compliant government is installed. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Public servants cannot refuse their sworn duty to act any more than a fireman can refuse to fight a fire. The sovereign people require oath, Constitution, and laws be enforced, and jail is required for all who violate oath, Constitution, and laws.
-- it takes a lot of cooperation to create and allow monumental corruption.
Commenting on Councilwoman Gym's resolution calling on the Governor to close the Berks County Residential Center. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 (Witness approached podium.)
Thank you, Councilmembers and Council President, for having us here today. Thank Councilwoman Gym for calling the resolution on Governor Wolf to shut down the Berks County ICE Detention Center. (Applause.)
This is our country. This is our America. Ask yourself, what makes our country beautiful besides the beautiful landscape all across the nation. It's the people that make our country beautiful, the makeup of the different ethnicities from all around the world. There is a reason why people seek to come here from all around the globe. But right now here in our time, in our time, we're watching one of the Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 most atrocious violations of human rights that we've ever seen. We're actually seeing images of children and families kept in cages like animals, and we have to answer to our children why this is happening. I had to have an hour conversation last night with my teens as to why this is happening and what can be done to stop it. Around the nation we have three ICE detention centers, two in Texas and one right here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We have a moral obligation. We have a responsibility. We can call on Governor Wolf to issue an emergency removal and shut down this facility that houses young children, their moms and dads. The Department of Health and Human Services, they have a moral obligation to protect people against abuse. Right now abuse is an understatement. We're watching neglect in education, neglect in medical Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 services. We're watching children being ripped from their parents' arms right before our very eyes. Not only is this horrific, but this is the continued criminalization that this country has always displayed of black and brown bodies. (Applause.)
Generations and generations down the road when all of you are silver and gray, your grandchildren and your great-grandchildren will ask you, what did you do. So today ask yourself, what can you do to shut down this facility in the Commonwealth. Thank you. (Applause.) (Audience members chanting.)
Commenting on Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Councilwoman Gym's resolution calling on the Governor to close the Berks County Residential Center. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Brenda Hernandez. I come from Philadelphia. I'm a DACA recipient. I'm just here to talk about shutting down Berks facilities. Berks Resident Center is the prison for immigrant families. It is a shame that I have to be standing here before y'all and talk about something that we've been talking for years about shutting down. It is a shame that it has to be an English speaker, also a Mexican native to talk to you about incarcerating kids and families. It is really a shame to have babies in the facility in cages, guys. Seriously? Imagine having your children around that and having families being detained for years without having good resources of like healthcare or anything like that. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 I'm here on behalf of my own family. It's really sad to hear my own five-year-old niece and nephew talking about having their moms being taken away. I want to make sure that Philadelphia keeps a really good sanctuary city, not only for immigrants but all black and brown folks. (Applause.)
And make sure that everyone is being respected the way that this America has to be, which is the freedom of living in their own thoughts and dreams. (Applause.)
Karla Rojas, commenting on Councilwoman Gym's resolution introduced today calling on the Governor to close the Berks County Residential Center.
My name is Karla Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Rojas and I am undocumented. I am here today -(Applause.)
I am here today to be the voice of the families inside Berks Detention Center. At the age of seven, coming to this country left me traumatized for many years. I know what these children feel. They feel scared. They feel overwhelmed, overwhelmed from coming to a country and getting rejected, getting treated like they are criminals for wanting safety and a better life. (Applause.)
On top of that, these children have been separated from their parents, only comfortable what they come into a new environment. I can only imagine the emotional being down in their life. That is not going to last just today or tomorrow; it's going to last a lifetime. It's inhumane that the State of Pennsylvania is locking up families and Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 their kids. How can you go to sleep knowing you're taking away the children's childhood? It's time to put yourself in their shoes. If your child was being attacked, would you run away too? We need to end family separation and (unintelligible) to those who are seeking refugee in our country. This call of abusing families, abusing their legal rights, the physical abuse, the mental abuse, this is inhumane. This is illegal. This is absolutely un-American. I see how my own community has been attacked for many years and been separated from their families. I see my community shed tears from not knowing when they will see their family again. We are not taking any more excuses, because we have been waiting for a long time. The time is now. We need to order an evacuation of Berks County and let the families live a stable life without fear. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 (Applause.)
I will continue to fight for no family separation, no family detention, and not one more deportation. Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you. Mr. Decker, our next one. (Audience members chanting.)
Gretchen Dahlkemper, commenting on 180668. (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning. Thank you for allowing me to speak. Good Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 morning to my Councilman, Mr. Johnson. I am standing here today as a member of Nebinger Elementary School's Advisory Council in support of Resolution 180668 introduced by Councilman Green, Taubenberger, and Councilwoman Parker. As a children's environmental health advocate but, most importantly, as a parent of two and soon to be three children attending Philadelphia public schools, I support this resolution to provide new capital funding for the School District of Philadelphia, and perhaps for the first time in the eight years I've lived here, I applaud the PPA for helping fund or taking the fees that they take from all of us to fund our public schools. I can do a lot as a parent to make sure that my children are protected. I send my daughter to school with her asthma inhaler. I send my son to school with an Epipen, but what I cannot control is what my children are encountering with Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 environmental hazards once they are in school. For far too long, our schools have been left crumbling. We mandate by law that our children attend 180 days a year, but we do not mandate like we do with housing that our children have a safe and healthy environment in which to learn. Since January, I have been working with the School District and the Philadelphia Healthy Schools Initiative to develop a comprehensive lead stabilization plan that protects the health and safety of our students, our teachers, and the staff that learn and work in our public schools all year long. For far too long, they have fallen victim to the cuts in public education, and our children have been exposed on a daily basis to serious health and safety concerns. The city, state, and federal governments must come together to find Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 funding to fully -- to find a solution to fully fund these capital improvements for the District. Only with full and adequate funding can all parents feel confident that the school buildings they send their children to is healthy and safe and that improvements are determined by risk and need and not by zip code or those who yell the loudest. Resolution 180668 is a creative approach to start funding the District's outstanding capital improvements and needs. It is a good first step, but we need full and adequate funding to fix these huge problems. I urge both City Council and Governor Wolf to support this resolution to protect the health and safety of our state's most precious resource, our children. Thank you very much.
Beth McConnell, commenting on 170678, 180347, and 180361. (Witness approached podium.) MS. McCONNELL: Good afternoon. My name is Beth McConnell. I'm the Policy Director at the Philadelphia Association of CDCs here to testify in support of Bills 170678, 180347, and 180351 that create a construction impact tax, a new Housing Trust Fund sub-fund, and a voluntary mixed-income housing program. Over the last four years, PACDC and dozens of our members have begged this Council to do more to address our large and growing housing affordability crisis. We've worked closely with Councilmembers and their staff exploring a range of policies and revenue-generating ideas. We've testified at more than half a dozen committee hearings. The package of bills that we're seeing today is the result of years of work and together will more than Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 double dedicated revenue to the Housing Trust Fund. Since 2006, the Trust Fund has invested in the housing security of more than 40,000 households. The need is so much greater. The bills will allow Philadelphia to create more mixed-income communities where low- and moderate-income families can live in neighborhoods that offer great quality of life. It will make the dream of homeownership possible for working-class households that deserve a shot at building family wealth from the City's strengthening housing market. It will preserve and repair existing affordable homes so that owners and renters don't get displaced, and it will create new rental homes for our neighbors that struggle with homelessness, housing instability, lack of accessible homes, and overwhelming housing cost burdens. And it will support households at anywhere from zero percent AMI up to 120 Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 percent AMI. If the bill doesn't pass, we have zero new dollars available for households who need the most support. We hope that Council will commit to working with PACDC to ensure that affordable housing developers that have to pay the tax will get adequate subsidies from the Trust Fund to offset the cost serving low-income renters. PACDC is grateful for the support and leadership of Council President Clarke, Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez, and Councilman Squilla in championing these bills, and Councilmembers Parker and Blackwell, Reynolds Brown, Greenlee, and Bass for your votes in committee. We hope that we can count on all of your yes votes today for final passage to show folks that City Council is committed to creating a more equitable Philadelphia. Thank you for the opportunity to testify. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018
Gabriella Nolan, commenting on 180261. (Witness approached podium.)
Firstly, I demand Council get some heat up in here. It is too cold. (Applause.)
But seriously, good afternoon. My name is Gabriella Nolan and I'm with the North 5th Street Revitalization Project in the Olney section of Philadelphia. I'm testifying in support of Bill 180261 on behalf of my organization, PACDC, South Street Headhouse District, Germantown United, Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Project, and the African Cultural Alliance of North America. This bill will create five new Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 slots in the CDC tax credit program unless the Administration certifies each year that half a million dollars in new grant funds are made available to CDCs that engage in economic development. Eighty-four percent of the businesses in Philadelphia have 20 or fewer employees. They invest in our neighborhoods, provide jobs to our residents, and offer needed goods and services. This bill represents a modest but very impactful investment in the capacity of non-profit CDCs that are doing vital work in our neighborhoods supporting these businesses, making streetscape and storefront improvements, filling vacant storefronts, running job training programs and more. We are grateful to the support of Councilmen Henon and Green in shaping the legislation and for the support of the Finance Committee members, especially Councilwoman Cherelle Parker, that recommended the bill for your final Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 approval today. We hope you will vote yes. Thank you for the opportunity.
Renee McKenzie, commenting on 180671. (Witness approached podium.) REVEREND McKENZIE: Good morning. Good afternoon. I stand before you today to encourage the passage of Bill 180671, which was introduced by Councilwoman Gym and co-sponsored by Councilmembers Green, Reynolds Brown, Quinones-Sanchez, Domb, Greenlee, Jones, and Council President Clarke. My name is Reverend Renee McKenzie and I am the Pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Advocate located in North Philadelphia, which is the home of the Stadium Stompers. (Applause.) REVEREND McKENZIE: Our Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 community is honored to be able to provide sanctuary to Carmela Hernandez and her four children. It's an honor because loving the neighbor and seeking justice are part of our sacred responsibility spelled out in our baptismal covenant. We found encouragement for our response to seeing the City of Philadelphia standing tall as a sanctuary city. Your strength in owning this sanctuary city status shows to those supporting the actions of providing sanctuary that we have a shared value in the sanctity of human life and human -- I forget the word. In this time as we witness the tragic and trauma-filled separation of children from asylum-seeking parents, the choice that Carmela made in seeking sanctuary was the only viable option available to her that offers a strong probability that her children will mature into adult life relatively free from Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 violence and will learn to contribute to the greater good of society. If nothing else, this experience has taught these children that they must advocate for themselves and that Philadelphia is full of people who see their humanity, who will affirm their dignity, and who will work with them on their behalf. In this way, Philadelphia lives into its moniker of the City of Brotherly Love and the City of Sisterly Affection. The resolution you have before you this morning resolves that the Council of the City of Philadelphia urges the United States House of Representatives to pass H.R. 5623, providing for the relief of Carmela Hernandez and her four children, Fidel, Keyri, Yoselin, and Edwin, due to the extraordinary services of persecution, and urging the exercise of prosecutorial discretion to stay the family's removal and join a motion to reopen the Hernandez family's case for asylum. These Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 children, all children, deserve a safe home. We urge you to approve this bill to send a clear message of support for the Apolonio Hernandez family at this crucial moment. We would also ask that you, with whatever measure of personal influence you have, encourage Senator Bob Casey to introduce a companion bill for the United States Senate so that the family can reside safely in this country and continue to advocate for themselves and for others. Thank you. (Applause.)
Claire Yoo and Keyri Artillero. (Witnesses approached podium.)
Good afternoon. I'm Claire Yoo, member of Sanctuary Advocate Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Coalition and Stadium Stompers housed at Church of the Advocate. (Applause.)
I will read the testimony of Carmela Apolonio Hernandez. Good morning. My name is Carmela Apolonio Hernandez. I would have liked to share these words in person, but it's impossible, as I am living in sanctuary at the Church of the Advocate with my four children. We are resisting a deportation order that will put my family in immediate danger. I ask that you please vote in favor of the resolution introduced by City Councilmember Gym and co-sponsored by Councilmembers Green, Reynolds Brown, Quinones-Sanchez, Domb, Greenlee, Jones, and Council President Clarke. I ask that you commit to supporting private bills on behalf of my family, both in the House of Representatives and in Congress, as they are our main hope for obtaining a stay of deportation and reopening our asylum Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 case. Deportation to Mexico is not an option for us. It is not an option for most immigrant families who come to the United States after our countries have been made nearly unlivable by high levels of violence and poverty, which are a direct result of U.S. foreign policy. (Applause.)
If you approve this resolution, you'll be joining cities like Austin, Texas and Columbus, Ohio that have also come out in support of sanctuary leaders and the millions of undocumented people we represent. It is important to take action now and to put an end to the suffering of asylum seekers at the border. I lived through firsthand what many of these people are experiencing when my family arrived to the U.S. almost three years ago seeking asylum. My 12-year-old son, Fidel, was taken from my side and put in a room with adult men Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 because the agents claim that he looked like a grown man. He later told me that they had him and others sleep without blankets in freezing temperatures. They were not allowed to take showers. Guards would beat men for the smallest mistakes. The desperation in the center was so high that adult men would fight each other over food and pick on the younger men or the children who were placed in that room. This is what happens when you put people in cages and treat them as less than human beings. It is a shame that the men were put through this abuse, and it is also unjust for children to bear witness to it and to receive similar treatment. It leaves everyone traumatized. That is why I also support the effort to close down the Berks concentration camp and to stop the construction of cages for immigrants. Detention centers inflict trauma in our community, but the trauma continues even when we are not locked up. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 The threat of deportation weighs heavy on our souls. In a sense, it's as if I had never left the detention center, because I still have to wear the ankle monitor they placed on me at the border. It tracks my every move and is a form of torture. I know that the purpose of this device is to keep us caged psychologically and to live in constant fear. I do not want to live in fear anymore, and that is why I am being public about my case. I do it to claim the right of human beings for all immigrants. We thank you for your support, and we ask that you keep fighting with my family and many other families. We ask that you use your influence with other elected officials to put an end to the criminalization of immigrant people and people of color. We ask that you encourage Senator Bob Casey to take a similar stance in support of immigrant people by introducing a companion bill in Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 the Senate for me and my family. Thank you for your support.
Thank you for your testimony. (Applause.) MISS ARTILLERO APOLONIO (through interpreter): Hello. My name is Keyri Artillero Apolonio and this is my brother. I am a person who at my short age has gone through the experience of living in sanctuary as well as having gone through a detention center when my family came seeking asylum in this country. It's not easy to live under a sanctuary because you can't easily go out and you can't even breathe fresh air or leave without the fear of deportation. I live the same experience that many children are experiencing right in this moment in centers of detention. As my mom told you, my brother was taken away from us, which had never been -which had never happened. We had always Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 been together. And so the first day that they took him away from us, the rest of us were very scared, and we asked our mom, where they have taken him to, and she tried to reassure us. She told us that he was okay, that he would be back with us. And the next day we saw him through a window walking through one of the hallways with his hands raised over his head, and it gave us such sadness to see him like that. Even though me and my brothers -- my other siblings were with my mother, we also suffered because we also slept on the floor and suffered a lot of cold. The toilet was in the same room where the rest of us were, and we could smell everything that was happening in the bathroom. And then there were a lot of people gathered in the same room together. My mom hardly slept because agents would call roll every two or three hours. I got to meet a girl who was Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 ten years old, who was the same age as I was at that time. She had two siblings, a little brother and a little sister. And she hardly slept because the agents would call roll and she had to stay awake to be able to give the names of her brother and sibling so that they could sleep. Her mom and her father had been killed in her country, and she cried whenever she talked about her father who had passed away. She only slept one night with us and the next day she was gone. After watching the news and seeing what's happening with other families on the border, I feel so sad because we went through the same thing ourselves. If you can find a way to support them, please do it. Please fight to prohibit the encaging of children and immigrant families. And you can also by helping us put a private bill in the Senate. Bob Casey has already done his Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 part by putting something in Congress. We ask that Senator Bob Casey also supports us with a private bill this time in the Senate. Thank you so much for your time, and I hope that you help us.
Thank you so much for your testimony. (Applause.)
Greetings, Council President Clarke and members of City Council.
I am here to speak on or provide some comments on Bill 170673, the Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation. I come before you today to provide a voice to many golfers who use the golf courses owned by the City of Philadelphia. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 I'm kind of upset. This is like nothing compared to what we just heard. Recently we learned that in an article in the June 13th, 2018 Philadelphia Inquirer about the plans for Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation to enter into an agreement to improve and manage the Cobbs Creek and Karakung Golf Courses and the City Line Sports Center. On Tuesday, June 19th, 2018, I was able to get a copy of the relevant document called Community Benefits Statement, which I shared with a number of golfers who play on several of the City-owned golf courses, as I do. I'm fortunate enough to be retired from the City and I play golf every day, all year. A meeting was called with several golfers from the City to discuss the plans that we had read about in the Inquirer. We recognize we are extremely late getting into the process involving Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 this proposal. However, we appreciate the opportunity you're providing today to give consideration to a suggestion from these golfers. It is related to Section 2, Paragraph B in the Community Benefits Statement. Specifically we ask that an Advisory Committee on Golf be created, made up of the golfers in the City, who play on the City golf courses. Further, we ask that the Recreation Department consult with the Advisory Committee on Golf on matters related to fee schedules and access to playing time for golfers. This is a key concern for the golfers who play daily on the City golf courses, a large number of whom are retirees, unable to afford the rates charged on privately owned public courses. In closing, we regret we did not have more of an opportunity to participate in the development of the proposal. Many of the components have our wholehearted support. It is our hope Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 that the creation of the Advisory Committee on Golf will provide an opportunity for more communications with the golfers and lead to an increase in rounds played on the City courses and in particular provides some protection for the young people who come along behind us old folks. And in closing, I'd like to add another point. I was able to discuss with the members of the Foundation today and share with them a document, printed version of what I just mentioned, and John Burnes, the Executive Secretary, has indicated that he supports this request from the golfers of the City of Philadelphia. I thank you for your time.
Emmanuel Bussie, commenting on 180351. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon, Councilman Clarke, members of City Council. I'm commenting on 180351. I just want to start by saying that I hope that the closed circuit cameras get a chance to take a look at Council while we're up here testifying. And I know that you guys control what angles and what you see, but me sitting here and watching a 70-year-old, what remind me of my mom, testifying, shaking, trying to hold back tears, and you pushing the button three and four different times to give it a red signal that she got to get off, I think as a suggestion -- I don't want to criticize you guys, but a suggestion, you might want to moderate that behavior, because we waited two hours for you to even come Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 into the Chambers, two extra hours for you to come into the Chambers to get started. And I think that when you have -- and I appreciate you when the young people were testifying, you didn't do that to them, and I really appreciated that. But I also noticed that while that young person was testifying, shaking, tears, crying, some Councilmembers were on their phone, they were chatting, texting, Facebooking. If you want us to regard you and respect you and you told us a number of times can you keep it down, can you keep it down, but a lot of the chatter come from our Councilmembers. So Albert Einstein said that you can't solve a problem in the same mindset that you were in when you created it. Stephen Covey said most significant break-throughs came with a break with. And I say that to say this to Council: What we're looking from you -and I come up here every time because I Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 try my best not to be critical. I come up here time after time to be encouraging of Council, and what we want from you guys, the most sophisticated and knowledgeable, highly technical Council to ever exist in the second largest city on the East Coast, is for you to give us more, because we expect more. We don't expect you when we come up here for our three minutes after some of us make almost $70 an hour, we pay our parking, we come downtown, leave our jobs to give you our three minutes and you on the phone Tweeting and texting and Facebooking. And if you want us to have the kind of regard and respect for you and our city, then you should lead by example. I came up here to testify about 180351, because you guys know that it is critical that we address the affordable housing problem. With Amazon wanting to come into our city, Apple, and Google, you know that it is actually critical Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 that you address the affordable housing issue. And I actually applaud you guys for having eight sponsors on a bill, because that's what we need you guys to do. We need you guys to work together. That's all we ask. All we ask is that you come together and work together to solve the systemic institutional issues in our city. You know you can't do that by yourself. No matter how great Kenyatta is, no matter how wonderful Cindy is, no matter how intelligent Maria Quinones is, no matter now bright Derek Green is, he can't do it by himself. The only way that you're going to solve these systemic problems that have existed for decades in our city is that you come together. Anything other than that, you're actually wasting time and playing games. We need you to do exactly what you did on Bill No. 180351, though not perfect, because it's supposed to be an affordable housing bill. Somehow it Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 turned into an affordable housing/home improvement bill. We can't let the perfection be the enemy of the good. And I'm going to say to my friend, David Oh, you say that 180351 doesn't provide enough resources to address the real problem. Neither does your $50 million bill.
So don't be hypocritical, because your $50 million you know is not enough to solve the affordable housing bill. So if you want to vote no on that bill, you should vote no on your own bill. So let's be serious and let's stop playing games and let's get some real stuff done, because we got real issues in our city. I thank you. I encourage you guys. I appreciate you guys trying to make bold, aggressive moves to transform our city. Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 (Applause.)
Rochelle Bilal, commenting on 180351. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. I had to check to see was it morning or afternoon. Good afternoon to Council President Clarke, to the Councilmembers here, and everybody here today. I have a list of a lot of bills, because I'm constantly researching every bill that you put up there and pass and list. But I'm going to go to mine that I've been harping on, that 160248 first. Vote no. You keep trying to give away the kitchen sink. Because you want other people to come in here and do business, you're going to give them a break on the occupancy tax and you don't give those that constantly have businesses in the City a break on their Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 occupancy tax. Vote no. Until you give us one, they don't get none. That's 160248. And it ain't got nothing to do with the person that initiated it. 180347 -- I'm staying in my three minutes. You ain't going to have to buzz me off, but I'm going to get them in -- and 180351. Nothing is perfect. Nobody gets everything they want, whether it's a bill, whether it's in life, whether it's the car you want to get. You don't get everything you want in that car, because if I could, I'd get some wings on there and fly around the City instead of in the traffic. No stadium, no deal. That's what that was for. We are saying you don't get everything that you want, but we applaud you that you are trying. Housing in the City is at an all-time high. People can't find any place to live here. And for those who are stuck, there are retirees -- and I'm retired -- that if we pay all these taxes that y'all keep Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 increasing and still talking about more, then we don't have money to fix up our housing. So I see both sides of this, but it is something. If you've been on Council more than 5, 10, 15, 20 years and poverty has increased under your watch, you are not doing your job. (Applause.)
At some point you've got to address the issue, because you can't keep going on and not. I say vote yes. We support you, and we'll do anything that we can to help you and even donate to your campaign. I got a couple dollars. 180430, defiant trespass -- I'm finishing up with my 11 seconds. Yes. I have a friend that is living next to a person who is squatting in the house. She's a homeowner. She lives up in Bass's district, and her name is Mariama Bahador, and she is going through hell because the person next door is tormenting her. She's the homeowner Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 next door to a squatter. Vote yes for 180430. And that lawyer that came up in here talking about what it don't address, well, it is going to address those who go in properties, take people homes because they get sick, especially the elderly and the weak, and take over their property and give them hell, and the police and nobody does anything to support them. Vote yes. Please vote yes. At least they will have something, something to help them fight off people that's just taking over people houses. And watch those that are sending you letters talking about they want to buy your house, because if you don't respond, then they'll go after getting in your house and squatting and you'll have to go through the same thing.
Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Thank you for your testimony. (Applause.)
Tiffany Green, commenting on 180511 and 170678. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. First, I want to say I'm asking City Council to please set up an area for disabled people who are not in wheelchairs, who have canes, on this side, if you can, because I didn't appreciate seeing a blind man escorted upstairs on the second floor when he should have been able to come in and sit right here in this area. So we're asking for those that's not in a wheelchair to have a disabled part. Thank you. (Applause.)
Number two, I want to talk about this mixed housing bill and also the construction tax bill. My concern at this point is that I feel as Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 though these bills are peanuts. We have been coming down here asking you to help us. Now, you're talking about one percent. One percent is not a lot of money at all. I mean, you mean to tell me that you're so concerned with your association that you cannot increase it to and percent? You talk about the mixed housing. You're only talking about 10 percent. I have developers that come with -- they're doing like ten. What you going to get? One unit. Or you're doing 20, you're only going to get two units. You keep the low-income, minority community at a disadvantage there. We need to have balanced reinvestment. You cannot keep ramming down our throats about mixed-income housing, but yet you don't want to put forth the bill for mixed-income housing. Yet you have a get out the neighborhood in this particular bill. You allowed a developer to pay money so he don't have Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 to include affordable housing in his unit. Well, that's keeping it elite and wealthy, and that's not right and that's not fair, because at this particular point, he'll give you $300,000 so he can keep it upscale. He don't have a problem with that. One-time fee? These people are being told that it's up and coming. They feel as though at this point when they buy into this particular complex, that you all or we all going to be out of here in five to eight years. Up and coming means that you're going to be out of here in five to eight years. We have -- over at the ZBA, we have developers coming down here who are doing five units, three units, ten units, and don't want to give you not one affordable housing. You need to have it from the get-go. If you're putting in three, give us one. If you're giving five, give us two. That's the only way you're going to maintain it. Because at Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 this particular point -- and then you have over at the ZBA yesterday I have a developer who already done numerous market rate. He come with three more condos, didn't want to give us one, and kept -- and DiCicco is going to approve him for the project. I have a developer last week who came through with 27 -- last month, 27. Didn't want to give us not one. We asked him for nine affordable. He didn't want to give up not one affordable unit. And then we go down to the ZBA and then DiCicco goes and passes it through. How do you have the person who introduced the ten-year tax abatement bill down there making decisions about affordable housing and about the units? You cannot. You're not going to go against your own policy, and that is where I'm saying you're not doing right by this. We need at this particular point, we need affordable housing. We cannot be going back to blocks -- and I'm Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 saying since I've been doing this -- and I've been coming down a long time -- we have a lot of units coming here, and you have 98 percent no black or brown people going into these houses. We are not here for -- we here for new development. Okay? This has turned into racist development. This is racist development that we are experiencing, and it's not fair to us longtime Philadelphians who have been here for a long time. And I'm saying that these bills need to be amended and you need to talk with the people who are at ground zero.
There are no other speakers on the public comment list, Mr. President.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Decker. We will now consider today's Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Consent Agenda. I would ask Mr. Decker to read the titles of all resolutions on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read -- before I do that, hold on one second. I almost forgot. I just want to announce I have a special guest here today. I just want to call him out. Micah Gold-Markel. So he is actually the winner of the Friends of Adaire Silent Auction, and I want to -(Applause.)
And the winning prize was you got to come down here and be with us today. So I don't know how much you paid, but thank you for your commitment to Adaire School. We appreciate what you've done. Thank you. Let me start over again. Before we do, let me recognize Councilman Squilla. I think he wants a suspension of the rules.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the rules of Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 be suspended to permit the introduction of an additional bill at this time. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
An ordinance legalizing an existing garage extension encroachment at 1815 South 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148.
Thank you, Mr. Decker. That will be referred to the appropriate committee. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 time, I will ask Mr. Decker to read the titles of all the resolutions on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read, any member may object to the inclusion of the resolution on the Resolution Consent Agenda. Upon such an objection and without debate, the resolution will be immediately removed from the Resolution Consent Agenda and placed on today's regular Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, will you please read the titles of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda.
Resolution No. 180652, entitled a "Resolution urging the Pennsylvania Legislature to support House Bill 2132 and Senate Bill 1140, which would commit the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050"; and Resolution No. 180653, entitled a "Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Mantua Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 3721 through 3729 Brandywine Street"; and Resolution No. 180654, entitled a "Resolution also naming West Mantua Avenue between Brown and 36th Streets Herman C. Wrice Way in recognition of his role in creating the Young Great Society in Mantua and his remarkable community activism in mentoring young people and fighting tirelessly against drug violence"; and Resolution No. 180655, entitled a "Resolution also naming North 34th Street between Mantua and Fairmount Avenues 'Tim Spencer Boulevard' in recognition of his role in creating the Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 180656, entitled a "Resolution also naming the 6000 block of Springfield Avenue 'Marcus J. Yates Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Way', in honor of the legacy of Marcus Yates, whose tragic death has helped bring awareness to gun violence all over Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 180659, entitled a "Resolution approving the agreements of sale of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, to convey certain portions of property identified by house number and street address as 1600 through 1636 North Broad Street"; and Resolution No. 180660, entitled a "Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 3101 Cecil B. Moore Avenue"; and Resolution No. 180662, entitled a "Resolution authorizing the Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Bank to dispose of 1106 North Street located in the 5th Councilmanic District"; and Resolution No. 180666, entitled 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 Seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 180670, entitled a "Resolution commending the Pennsylvania General Assembly for working in a bipartisan manner to address victims' rights and declaring support for the enactment of Marsy's Law in Pennsylvania, which seeks to better promote and protect the rights of crime victims and their families through an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution"; and Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 R. 5623, providing for the relief of Carmela Apolonio Hernandez, and her four children, Fidel Artillero Apolonio, Keyri Artillero Apolonio, Yoselin Artillero Apolonio, and Edwin Artillero Apolonio due to extraordinary circumstances of persecution, and calling on the United States Department of Homeland Security to exercise prosecutorial discretion to stay the family's removal and join a motion to reopen the Hernandez family's case for asylum"; and Resolution No.
180676, entitled a "Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Logan Redevelopment Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 4715 through 4755 North Marshall Street, 701 through 741 Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 (including 700 through 716 Wyoming Avenue), 901 through 939 Roosevelt Boulevard (including 922 through 940 Courtland Street and 4523 through 4545 North Tenth Street), 4710 through 4750 North Marshall Street (including 4723 through 4767 North Seventh Street), 4714 through 4766 North Seventh Street (including 4715 through 4769 North Franklin Street and 701 through 715 Wyoming Avenue), 4715 through 4765 North Eighth Street (including 4714 through 4768 North Franklin Street and 717 through 731 West Wyoming Avenue), 4700 through 4762 North Eighth Street (including 4701 through 4763 North Ninth Street), 4712 through 4764 North Ninth Street (including 901 through 919 West Wyoming Avenue and 4715 through 4769 North Hutchinson Street), 4715 through 4765 North Tenth Street (including 921 through 939 West Wyoming Avenue and 4714 through 4760 North Hutchinson Street), 4608 through 4626 North Eighth Street Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 (including 800 through 824 West Wyoming Avenue and 4621 through 4647 North Ninth Street), 4600 through 4650 North Ninth Street (including 900 through 918 West Wyoming Avenue and 4601 through 4655 North Hutchinson Street), 4601 through 4655 North Tenth Street (including 920 through 938 West Wyoming Avenue and 4600 through 4650 North Hutchinson Street), 4511 through 4549 North Eleventh Street, 4508 through 4546 North Tenth Street, 4601 through 4655 North Eleventh Street, 4600 through 4654 North Tenth Street, 4711 through 4761 North Eleventh Street and 4712 through 4764 North Tenth Street"; and Resolution No. 180403, entitled a "Resolution approving the appointment of Abby Pozefsky to the Philadelphia Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rate Board"; and Resolution No. 180470, entitled a "Resolution confirming the appointment of Barbara Moore as a member of the Board Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Philadelphia Energy Authority, to serve in the term ending January 1, 2019"; and Resolution No. 180471, entitled a "Resolution confirming the reappointment of Christopher Lewis as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Energy Authority, to serve in the term ending January 1, 2023"; and Resolution No. 180578, entitled a "Resolution confirming the appointment of Michael Kopistansky, as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Energy Authority, to serve in the term ending January 1, 2023"; and Resolution No. "
Thank you, Mr. Decker. The Chair recognizes Councilman Henon for a motion to adopt each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Stated Meeting June 21, 2018
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of each of the resolutions on the Consent Agenda. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and seconded that each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda be adopted. All in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda has been adopted. We will now consider today's Bill Consent Agenda. I will ask Mr. Decker to read the titles of all the bills on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read, any member may object to Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 of the bill on the Consent Agenda. Upon such an objection and without debate, the bill will be immediately removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on our regular and Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, will you please now read the titles of the bills on the Consent Agenda.
Bill No. 180346-A, entitled "An ordinance to amend Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' by revising and clarifying certain provisions"; and Bill No. 180557-A, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Public Employees Retirement Code,' to expand 'Plan 16' to include certain employees, to change contribution rates for certain employees and the City, to amend various provisions relating to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, and to make Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 amendments"; and Bill No. 180599-A, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Public Employees Retirement Code,' to provide for additional members of Plan 16, to change contribution rates and to specify the Stacked Hybrid Cap for certain employees"; and Bill No. 180001-A, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Health Code,' by adding a new Chapter 6-310, entitled 'Sodium Safety Warning Labeling for Chain Restaurants,'"; and Bill No. 180015-A, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the City of Philadelphia to organize an authority to be known as the Callowhill Business Improvement District"; and Bill No. 180286-A, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 an area bounded by Girard Avenue, Broad Street, Fairmount Avenue, and Corinthian Street"; and Bill No. 180261-A, entitled "An ordinance amending Subsection 19-2604(6) of The Philadelphia Code, under which businesses may enter into agreements to make contributions to community development corporations and certain other organizations to receive credits against business income and receipts taxes, by increasing the number of businesses for which the credit shall be made available to"; and Bill No. 180163-A, entitled "An ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2019 Capital Budget"; and Bill No. 180428-A, entitled "An ordinance establishing no truck parking and tow away regulations on Black Lake Place from McNulty Road to its terminus further southwardly therefrom"; and Bill No. 180512-A, entitled "An ordinance revising parking regulations on Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 between South Broad Street and South Front Street"; and Bill No. 180514-A, entitled "An ordinance revising parking regulations on Spruce Street between South Broad Street and South 2nd Street"; and Bill No. 180234-A, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Miscellaneous,' by creating a new Chapter 21-2600, entitled 'Environmental Impact Statements,' to provide for the preparation of such statements in connection with Council legislation"; and Bill No. 180162, entitled "An ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2019 through 2024 inclusive"; and Bill No. 180423, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by the Delaware River, Pennypack Street Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 (extended), State Road, Rhawn Street, Frankford Avenue, Academy Road, and Linden Avenue (extended)"; and Bill No. 180424, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-603 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Use Specific Standards,' by amending the number of curb cuts permitted for certain zoning districts"; and Bill No. 180426, entitled "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, 10th Street, Citizens Bank Way, Pattison Avenue, and Broad Street"; and Bill No.
180427, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Dunks Ferry Road, the Poquessing Creek, Knights Road, Mechanicsville Road, Medford Road, and Lester Road"; and Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 180451, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Master Plan for the University of Pennsylvania, and to approve the proposed addition to 3900 Walnut Street"; and Bill No. 180454, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Grant Avenue, Academy Road, Convent Avenue, Willits Road, and Ashton Road"; and Bill No. 180463, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-604 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Accessory Uses and Structures' by making technical changes to the size and siting of Roof Deck Access Structures"; and Bill No. 180496, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code to revise certain provisions of Chapter 14-600, entitled 'Use Regulations,' by amending exceptions to use tables for green roofs"; and Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 180498, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' to provide for the procedures for the Administrative Review process"; and Bill No. 180501, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Overlay Zoning Districts,' by creating a new overlay entitled /FAO, Frankford Academy Overlay District"; and Bill No. 180503, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Blue Grass Road, Grant Avenue, Ashton Road, Willits Road, Welsh Road, Dewees Street, Revere Street, Tremont Street, Leonard Street, and Welsh Road"; and Bill No. 180505, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Frankford Avenue, Felton Street, Arch Street, and Gross Street"; and Bill No. 180506, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Master Plan for the River Road Residential Mixed-Use Area, bounded by the Montgomery County Line, a Railroad Right-of-Way, Shawmont Avenue, and the Schuylkill River, to approve a subdivision and the construction of a utility project"; and Bill No. 180507, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Conrad Street, Indian Queen Lane, Scotts Lane, and Crawford Street"; and Bill No. 180509, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' by creating a new Wissahickon /NCO, Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 the area generally bounded by Henry Avenue, Hermit Street, Ridge Avenue, and the Wissahickon Creek"; and Bill No. 180510, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Overlay Zoning Districts,' by amending the subsection entitled '/NCA, Ridge Avenue Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay'"; and Bill No. 180517, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Leiper Street, Oxford Avenue, Harrison Street, Oakland Street and Foulkrod Street"; and Bill No.
180518, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Roosevelt Boulevard, Godfrey Avenue, Castor Avenue, and Fillmore Street"; and Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 180519, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Allegheny Avenue, Kensington Avenue, Lehigh Avenue, and 2nd Street"; and Bill No. 180367, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Vacant and Surplus Properties,' to allow property dispositions by the Philadelphia Land Bank"; and Bill No. 180453, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Procurement Commissioner and the Free Library of Philadelphia to enter into a sublease agreement to lease from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority personal computers and associated equipment, and receive related maintenance and other services, for the use of the Free Library of Philadelphia"; and Bill No. 180455, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a lease agreement with Why Partners for use by the City of a portion of the premises located at 1425 Arch Street"; and Bill No. 180456, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire fee simple title or a lesser real estate interest to all or a portion of parcels of land, together with the improvements thereon, located in and about the area bounded by West Huntingdon Street, North 31st Street, West York Street and North Napa Street"; and Bill No. 180462, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into an amendment to sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for the use by the City of premises located at 1101 Market Street"; and Bill No. 180508, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire fee simple title or a lesser real estate interest to all or a portion of a parcel or parcels of land, together with the improvements thereon, located in and about the area bounded by the Schuylkill River, The Schuylkill River Trail, Hagys Mill Road and Port Royal Avenue"; and Bill No. 180236, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by placing on the City Plan an irregularly-shaped area extending along the northerly side of John F. Kennedy Boulevard, from Twenty-Second Street to Twenty-Third Street, in order to conform with the lines established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"; and Bill No. 180348, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code), Subcode PM (The Philadelphia Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Code), by adding requirements regarding the use of dumpsters on private property"; and Bill No. 180464, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, 'The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code,' by amending Subcode 'F' (The Philadelphia Fire Code) and Subcode 'PM' (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), to add sections requiring hard-wired interconnected smoke alarms in boarding homes"; and Bill No. 180521, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code by amending Sections A-503 (entitled 'Prosecution') and A-601 (entitled 'Fines') of The Philadelphia Administrative Code, to provide for assessment of an additional penalty in connection with repeated abatements of unlawful conditions on vacant and exterior properties"; and Bill No. "
Thank you, Mr. Decker. These bills having been read on two different days, the question for each bill now is shall the bill pass finally. The Clerk shall call the roll, and upon being called, each Councilmember shall vote aye on each of the bills, nay on each of the bills or indicate those bills for which the member is voting aye and those bills for which the member is voting nay. Stated Meeting June 21, 2018 Decker, can you please call the roll.