And Bill No. 020673 entitled, an ordinance approving the 10th amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Mantua Urban Renewal Area.
And Bill No. 020678 entitled, an ordinance approving the Redevelopment Proposal of the Redevelopment Authority of the City the redevelopment of the 45th and Sansom Urban Renewal Area.
And Bill No. 020679 entitled, an ordinance approving the 1st Amendment of the Redevelopment Proposal for the American Street Industrial Corridor Urban Renewal Area.
And Bill No. 020681 entitled, an ordinance approving the 30th Amendment of the Redevelopment Proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area.
And Bill No. 020682 entitled, an ordinance approving the 9th Amendment of the Redevelopment Proposal for the Whitman Urban Renewal Area.
And Bill No. 020685 entitled, an ordinance approving the 10th Amendment Proposal for the Cecil B. Moore Urban Renewal Area.
And Bill No. 020686 entitled, an ordinance approving the Redevelopment Proposal of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of the Brewerytown Urban Renewal Area.
And Bill No. 020735, entitled an ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriation for Fiscal Year 2003 within the General Fund from the Department of Revenue Sinking Fund Commission to the Director of Finance contribution to the School District.
And Bill No. 020742, entitled an ordinance amending Bill No. 990728, approved December 6, 1999, entitled an ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Redevelopment Authority of the City 1823-35 Callowhill Street, and authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into or execute such other instruments as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the provisions of this ordinance, all under certain terms and conditions, by extending the time for compliance within the conditions until December 1, 2003.
And Bill No. 020474, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Carlisle Street, west side.
And bill No. 020483, entitled an ordinance terminating a parking regulation on Allegheny Avenue, north side.
And Bill No. 020503, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Fairmount Avenue, north side.
And Bill No. 020504, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Fairmount Avenue, south side.
And Bill No. 020505, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Taylor Street, east side.
And Bill No. 020548, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on 43rd Street, both sides.
And Bill No. 020549, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on 47th Street, east side.
And Bill No. 020565, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Hutchinson Street, east side.
And Bill No. 020566, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Christian Street, south side.
And Bill No. 020567, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Montrose Street, north side.
And Bill No. 020568, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on 13th Street, both sides.
And Bill No. 020570, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Camac Street, west side.
And Bill No. 020571, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking Street, north side.
And Bill No. 020572, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on McKean Street, both sides.
And Bill No. 020573, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Carpenter Street, both sides.
And Bill No. 020574, entitled an ordinance revising parking regulations on 10th Street, both sides.
The Chair agrees. THE CLERK; and Bill No. 020575, entitled an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Sixth Street, west side.
And Bill No. 020716, authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 197.
And Bill No. 020739, entitled a ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307, by striking from the City Plan and vacating Commerce Street from 21st Street to 22nd Street.
And Bill No. 020740, entitled an ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Olive Street from Percy Street to 10th Street.
And Bill No. 020741, entitled an ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58, by striking from the City Plan and vacating Warnock Street from Wallace Street to Melon Street.
The Chair 12/12/02 - STATED - 2ND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE agrees. The bills just read by the Clerk will be placed on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar for our next session. That concludes the First Reading Calendar. The Chair now recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell for the purpose of calling bills to be considered on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Madam President. Today Bill Nos. 020729, 020730, 020731 are being called for second reading and final passage. All other bills are being held.
An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriation for Fiscal Year 2002 within the General Fund from certain or all city offices to certain or all city offices, departments, boards, and commissions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally? 12/12/02 - STATED - 2ND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE The Clerk will please call the roll.
Councilman O'Neill. 12/12/02 - STATED - 2ND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all Members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 020730.
An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriation for Fiscal Year 2002 within the Water Fund from certain or all city offices to certain or all city offices, departments, boards and commissions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally? 12/12/02 - STATED - 2ND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE The Clerk will please call the roll.
Councilman O'Neill. 12/12/02 - STATED - 2ND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all Members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 020731.
An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 from the General Fund certain or all city offices and the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance provision for other grants to the General Fund certain or all city offices, departments, boards, and commissions.
This bill 12/12/02 - STATED - 2ND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally? The Clerk will please call the roll.
Councilman Nutter. 12/12/02 - STATED - 2ND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all Members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. That concludes our Calendar at this time. We will stand in recess until noon. Thank you all very much. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Can we address the City Council? Can we address the City Council? UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Are we being ignored here? This is not right. We only to address this Council for a few minutes. We have 12/12/02 - STATED been orderly. We are taxpayers and we are here. If you could give us a few minutes to just speak.
Just a moment please. Just a moment please. We're not going to get out of order here. One person will speak for the group. Now you can designate whoever you would like. Would you identify yourself, please. ) I'm here in the interest of black community since Frank Rizzo, from every Mayor from Frank Rizzo down for a half century, the black and Latino community have suffered being excluded from the construction industry, a multi-billion dollar industry. We took a survey of every construction site in Philadelphia from the airport to City Hall, and every one of them have kept black people in these apprenticeship programs where they go to these programs for three to six months. They come out at the end of the rainbow, they get no work. These are all stall tactics. You got black men and black women like Sister Sahara (ph) who stay on the streets in the rain, in the snow, fighting for 12/12/02 - STATED justice. We have not gotten any justice in this construction industry, which we already know these corporate criminals. Right now in City Hall, I personally went to three contractors. You got the painters contractors, right here in City Hall that's painting the Council Chamber. Everybody on there is lilly white. No black men, no Latino men, no black or Latino women. And when I asked why is this? They said, well, nobody told us that we got to hire blacks or Latino, in a City that is 50 percent black. We're supposed to be getting 50 percent of the contracts here in the City of Philadelphia. But that's not happening. We went right to the contractor doing the stone work outside City Hall. One black man working and everybody is lilly white. All these three contractors that's here, the masons, the painters, they have no large percentage or even or decent percentage of black and Latino workers. Why is that? We got all these black Councilpeople and we also got the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, and these things right here going right here. You talk about 12/12/02 - STATED racism? Well it's right here in the headquarters of City Hall right how. Why is that? I know that you're not color blind. We put Street into office to give us fair housing, to give us decent jobs, high-paying jobs. Why do our young boys and young women on the street right now standing out feeling the only way that they can get over and live decent, they gotta sell som god-damned drugs and go to jail. Why is that? We don't want to hear that the Mayor is giving us that he going to take the abandoned cars street. Black folks don't want to hear that. We want high-paying jobs the same way white folks get these jobs plentiful. They don't have to demonstrate, they don't have to debate, they don't have to go out and stand in the damn sun or in the rain or the cold. They ain't gotta to do this. Why we have to suffer like this? We know that in the next seven years SEPTA got a $2 billion project right here. They have hardly any black strong percentage on these job sites right now, as far as black contractors, as far as black workers. And as far as black women and 12/12/02 - STATED Latino women, there is none. Why is that? Because the unions and the contractors work hand in hand to keep blacks and Latinos off of these construction sites. And then what they do they call either the Police Department or the judges of this society right here to impose all kind of sanctions to stop us from going -- you gonna come in our neighborhood, come in there and just rough us off, take the damn jobs. We go past these jobs, all white on these damn jobs in a totally black neighborhoods. These are the things that we're upset about. And I know in the next seven years, Street won't be the Mayor of this City. We know that right now won't be the Governor. So this is bigger than just us. We're talking about the future of black men and women and our children getting fair treatment in a City that ya'll call brother love. And black folks don't see no damn love.
We see nothing but nightmares and problems because our children are the ones who are in these jail cells that gotta commit crime in order to live. And ya'll black folks who are Councilmen and assembly people, have some kind of compassion because you are one of 12/12/02 - STATED us. We know that the union do not want -they say one is enough. When I go approach these contractors, you know what they tell me? " This is criminal, and this is on a national level. You are using federal money, taxpayers money, our money. And we can't even get this. And you show know damn compassion for our people. What is this? Ya'll suppose the lawmakers, supposed the best of this society, and we depending on each and every one of ya'll to represent us the right way, not the wrong way. And the same way we voted you in, we're going to make sure we vote you out. You don't want to represent us, then fine; we'll vote your behind it. You won't be in this damn building no long. Because we are tired of this. Enough is enough. This sister, she been fighting for a long time here in Philadelphia.
Thank you very REPRESENTATIVE: I'm going to tell you right now. We're going to shut down every construction site in Philadelphia starting with City Hall and everything around here. That's what we're going to do.
We will stand in his recess until noon. (Council in recess, 11:50 a.m.) (Council reconvened, 2:30 p.m.)
Councilmembers please take their seats. Council has now reconvened. The Chair recognizes Councilman Kenney.
Thank you, Madam President. This is a report from the Committee on Rules. The Committee on Rules reports today reports three bills with favorable recommendations.
To the President and Members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, the Committee on Rules to which was referred Bill No. 020684 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, Grant Avenue and Blue Grass Road; And Bill No. 020737, entitled an ordinance adopting an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Old City Services District of Philadelphia to extend the term of that authority; And Bill No. 020738, 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 Snyder Avenue, Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Porter Street, Weccacoe Avenue and Vandalia Avenue; Respectfully reports it has considered and amended the same and returns the attached bills to Council with a favorable recommendation.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Kenney.
Madam President, I of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bills No. 020684, 020738, 020738. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the Rules of Council be suspended as to permit first reading of the bills just read by the Chief Clerk. All in favor will indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and the motion carries. I would now ask the Clerk to again read the bills on First Reading.
Bill No. 020684, 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, Grant Avenue and Blue Grass Road.
And Bill No. 020737, entitled an ordinance adopting an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Old City Services District of Philadelphia to extend the term of that authority, all under certain terms and conditions.
And Bill No. 020738, 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 Snyder Avenue, Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Porter Street, Weccacoe Avenue and Vandalia Avenue.
The Chair agrees. The bills just read by the Chief Clerk will be placed on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar for our next Session of Council. That concludes our hearing for day and Calendar. Are there any speeches on the part of the minority? (No response.)
Are there of the majority? The Chair recognizes Councilman Ortiz.
Madam Chair, I just want to congratulate the Rules Committee and its chair Councilman Kenney. And specifically, I want to, on this day, congratulate Frank DiCicco for putting together probably one of the more complex deals of economic development that we have seen through this Council and proven once again that City Council, when left to its devices, will work and be able to come up productively. Thank you, Frank.
Thank you. Are there any other speeches on the part of the majority? (No response.)
At this time, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Miller for a motion to adjourn.
Thank you, Madam President. I move that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. (Duly seconded.)
It has been that Council stand adjourned until December 19, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. The motion carries. Council will stand adjourned until next Thursday. Thank you. (Council adjourned at 2:33 p.m.) C E R T I F I C A T I O N I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing proceedings of the Council of the City of Philadelphia of December 12, 2002, were reported fully and accurately by me, and that this is a correct transcript of the same. RE: STATED MEETING ___________________________ Lisa C. Bradley, RPR and Notary Public