Thank you, Madam President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit an amendment to be offered to Bill No. 110763 at this time. (Duly seconded.)
All in favor of the motion will signify by 12/8/11 - STATED - 1ST READING saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and the Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Miller.
Madam President, I'd like to offer an amendment to Bill No. 110763. A copy of the amendment has been circulated to all members of Council, and I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.)
All in favor of the motion will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Bill No. 110763 has 12/8/11 - STATED - 1ST READING been amended. Bill No. 110763 will be placed on our Final Passage Calendar for next week. The Chair recognizes Councilman Green for a motion on Bill No. 110835.
Thank you, Madam President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit an amendment to be offered to Bill No. 110835 at this time. (Duly seconded.)
All in favor of the motion will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and, again, the Chair recognizes Councilman Green.
Madam President, I'd like to offer an amendment to Bill No. 110835. A copy of the 12/8/11 - STATED - 1ST READING amendment has been circulated to all members of Council. The amendment incorporates technical changes regarding the two-step conditional zoning permit process with respect to notice that must be provided to registered community organizations and also sets forth a clear number of days upon which a notice must be posted at the property, which is five days. I move for the adoption of this amendment. (Duly seconded.)
All in favor of the motion will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Bill No. 110835 has been amended. Bill No. 110835 will be placed on our Final Passage Calendar for 12/8/11 - STATED - 1ST READING next week. At this time, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Tasco, who will propose an amendment to Bill No. 110876.
Madam President, I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit an amendment to be offered to Bill 110876 at this time. (Duly seconded.)
All in favor of the motion will indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and, again, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Tasco.
Madam President, I offer an amendment to Bill No. 110876. A copy of the amendment has been circulated to all members of Council, and I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.)
All in favor of the motion will signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Bill No. 110876 has been amended. Bill No. 110876 will be placed on our Final Passage Calendar for next week. The Chair now recognizes Councilwoman Tasco for a motion concerning the bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Madam President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the following bills on the Second Reading and Passage Calendars: Bill Nos. 110275, 110681, 110768, 110781, 110733, 110758, 110787, 110788, 110789, 110830, 110832, 110308, 110309, 110520, 110647, 110663, 110720, 110721, 110734, 110735, 110736, 110737, 110738, 110765, 110767, 110785, 110786, 110794, 110795, 110796, 110797, 110849, 110610, 110833 and 110834. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the bills just read by Councilwoman Tasco. All in favor will please indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, the motion carries, and we 2ND READING will consider the Consent Agenda shortly. The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Tasco for the purpose of calling up bills and resolutions on the regular Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars.
Thank you, Madam President. In addition to the bills being considered on the Consent Agenda, the following resolutions and bills are being called up from the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars today: Nos. 110878, 110879, 110880, 110881, 110882, 110883, 110884, 110886, 110887, 110888, 110889, 110890, 110130. 100011 is being amended. And in addition to calling up on the Second Reading is 110712.
Thank you. Before considering these bills and resolutions, we will consider public comment as follows: Your public comment must concern matters on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar for possible action at today's Council session. All speakers must sign up in order to testify. If you have not already done so, you can sign up with the Sergeant-of-Arms to my left. You will be called in the order in which your name appears on the sign-up sheet. You will have up to three minutes to speak. Now, I notice that there are approximately 30 people who want to speak on the one bill. I would ask that Councilwoman Brown, who will be introducing amendments today on that bill, explain what those amendments are so perhaps we can avoid the repetition of people coming up to the microphone talking about the bill as is and as you know it to be. So, therefore, I don't think that we would be out of order in asking Councilwoman Brown to please state what the amendments will involve. Thank you. COUNCILMAN DiCICCO: Point of order, Madam President. I need to be excused for about five or ten minutes. If a vote comes up in my absence, I'd like to be recorded as voting aye on all bills and resolutions, but I do expect to be back before the public comment period ends.
And how many minutes did you say? Eight minutes. So I can time you? COUNCILMAN DiCICCO: Eight and a half.
Oh, okay. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Brown.
Thank you, Madam President. Thank you for allowing me to speak briefly and update the many sides that have been interested in the Lead Poisoning and Disclosure Bill. These amendments which I am offering today in no way make for a perfect bill. These amendments today, it is expected, will move us closer towards a better bill. And let me add a footnote. We're at a critical juncture with this measure. By way of background, it was introduced January 2009. We've been meeting with all sides of this issue for the past 18 months on a regular basis, and the option to move forward with the bill in its current form, in my view, guarantees defeat. It's not an option for me, Madam President. I've opted instead to consider amendments that have been offered by all sides of the issue. Some of those amendments are acceptable and within the scope of the bill; other amendments were not acceptable and were not in the scope of the bill. They'll have to be dealt with at a later time in another bill next year, which I expect to deal with. So today I'm introducing amendments to help further build the needed support for this bill so that we can ensure passage a week from now. What are the amendments? Instead of casting the net very, very wide to include every landlord in the City of Philadelphia, we've opted instead to narrow the scope and limit the scope of the bill only to those rental properties which will have children seven years of age and under residing in the home -- six, same thing. So let me repeat that. No longer are we casting the net to the world. We're narrowing the scope of the bill to include only those landlords who rent properties to families that have children six and under, because the initial purpose of the bill was, last year there were 1,100 children poisoned by lead, and with that as a reality, we need to do something. So I need to say thank you to the advocates, the medical professionals I've spoken with on the phone and the real estate community for helping to make additional adjustments. We've listened to all sides, and today we're offering that amendment to narrow the bill so that the scope is now limited only to those who rent to children six and under. I need to -- I'd be remiss not to say thank you to the co-sponsor of the bill, Councilwoman Tasco, and to Councilmembers Sanchez, Goode and DiCicco, who have given me ideas and counsel along this road. Also know that the door has just been opened. The scale of this issue is much bigger than I ever imagined. The number of unlicensed landlords in this city is atrocious, and we're going to deal with that, but this bill deals with one thing, disclosure to tenants wherein you say this property is lead free, which is the highest standard, or lead safe. So I introduce those amendments, and I would ask my colleagues to please consider them and I ask for the needed support. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you. I would ask the Chief Clerk to please read the name of the first speaker.
Please come to the microphone and give your comments. (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning, Madam President, members of Council. My name is Darrell Zaslow. I am legal counsel to HAPCO, the Homeowners Association of Philadelphia. The bill which Councilwoman Brown has introduced presents a momentous potential to strike a powerful blow against childhood lead poisoning. The bill, from our perspective, began as a powerful blow against property owners, but after years of work, I've been at it for over 20 years and years of work on this particular bill, we have an opportunity here to allow something to occur which will improve the circumstances for everyone. There's been enormous effort by owners, child advocates, tenant advocates, most significantly the Councilwoman, Councilwoman Tasco and her staff, Councilwoman Sanchez and Miller, who listened to unlistenable testimony from our side for hours and hours on end, Councilman Green who we met in the hallway and listened to us, Councilman Clarke who we met in the hallway and gave us a fair hearing, Councilwoman Blackwell who heard us in the hallway briefly. It was all very much appreciated. It would be disingenuous for me to say the property owners are happy with this bill. We have yet a great many concerns. You may hear concerns from the other side that they're not happy either, yet this is a compromise, Madam President, that we officially, speaking on behalf of the property owners of Philadelphia, will do our best to implement successfully. There's something more that's required. It's important to remember that childhood lead poisoning is a problem, a social ill which money can solve, and we're going to be asking for a resolution from this Council at the appropriate time when as a united community of tenant advocates, landlord advocates, child advocates, that we are going to the state with a recommendation for a funding source to actually put money into solving the problem. I note Dilworth Plaza. It's going to be fabulous, Madam President. We all love this building. I love this building. Yet $50 million of not your money -- I know it's not coming from Council -- $50 million represents putting $5,000 in repairs into 10,000 houses. Somewhere in our government there is money. Dilworth is going to be great. We need to focus on children and properties here in our city as well. Madam President, thank you for your service, and thank you to all members of Council who participated with us, and thank you, Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
I've done my best, Madam President, to short-circuit a hundred people on our side who wanted to speak today. They may wish to address you, as is their right, but I've attempted to tell you the official position of HAPCO and the property owner community.
My name is Christine Young Gertz. I'm the Government Affairs Director of the Apartment Association of Greater Philadelphia, and this morning I want to voice the support of the Apartment Association for this Lead Paint Disclosure Bill as it's going to be further amended this morning, especially and including that it is narrowed in its scope to units where children age six and under will live. These changes will reasonably limit the application of this legislation to the one group it is intended to help, without overly burdening the City's entire rental community with crushing costs. I especially want to thank Councilwoman Reynolds Brown and Councilwoman Tasco for their unwavering commitment to fairness and open discussion of the very serious issues this bill presented for owners of rental housing. I appreciate knowing going forward we can rely on the open dialogue you have facilitated. The changes to the definition to target housing and the other amendments to this bill warrant giving this bill a chance. They place the bill's focus where it should be, on the children it is intended to help. As we've discussed in many of our meetings, the Apartment Association and its members do not want a single additional child to suffer from lead exposure. Thank you for your willingness to fine-tune the provisions to assure it reaches those it intends to help in a way that will not cause irreparable harm to those to whom it does not apply. I am hoping this bill helps, and I am looking forward to further work with you, and the Apartment Association is on board with what Mr. Zaslow just suggested, a joined effort on the part of everyone to seek the funds and allocate them to further address the problem of exposure to kids of lead paint hazards. Again, thank you very much.
Councilwoman Brown and members of City Council. My name is Victor H. Pinckney, Sr., President of HAPCO. I'm here today to speak in favor of Councilwoman Brown's lead paint bill. I would first like to thank the Councilwoman for the time and effort that she and her staff have put into the drafting of this bill, her willingness to allow HAPCO, the Greater Philadelphia Apartment Association, the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors and various other stakeholders to participate in the drafting of same. HAPCO has been allowed unprecedented access to the Councilwoman and her staff for almost two years as we have jointly tweaked this bill. I am quite sure that if her legislative aide, Kathy Gilmore, never hears from HAPCO or receives a phone call or e-mail from one of our members, she would be a happy camper. But seriously speaking, while both sides of the argument concerning this bill are not totally happy, we feel progress has been made. We feel that we can take the Councilwoman at her word when she says she is willing to help find funding to make the necessary repairs for owners of rental properties and owner-occupied properties must do to help in the problem of lead poisoning in kids. But one must show that Philadelphia has one of the lowest incidents of lead poisoning for a city of its size, and we are willing to partner with the City to reduce that number to zero. Property owners cannot do it alone. We need access to funding that is being provided in every other city that has been mentioned in testimony by both sides of this argument. With funding -and if I dare say some future tweaking of this proposed legislation -- we would be able to reach that zero number. Hopefully in the future any proposed legislation concerning housing, HAPCO will be given a seat at the table. We have a wealth of knowledge and experience to offer. All you have to do is ask. Thank you, Madam President, and thank you, Councilwoman Brown and Council, for listening.
Wait a minute. Is this a witness to testify? Are you testifying?
Good morning, President Verna, Councilwoman Brown and City Council. I'm Christopher Somers. This is anti-climactic from the committee hearings, but I wanted to come here as a taxpayer. I'm a member of GPAR. I'm also a realtor and owner of Re/Max Access, and I have some concerns about this bill. And I guess my primary concern, it's a health bill being masked as a real estate bill. And with the amendments, obviously a lot of people are happy with the bill, and myself, it makes me a lot more happy, but I think there's still a lot of flaws with the bill and I would still like to see not the bill be in existence at all and maybe kind of go back to the drawing table, although I know that's not going to happen. But I think my five points I'd like for people to consider, maybe not with this bill due to its being to pass, but with future bills moving forward. This bill is going to cover so few properties in its current form. It's almost like why are we doing it? I understand the purpose of children, but moving forward, I think when we have a bill, we want to protect -- if we want to protect children, we want to cover all properties, so when we're not covering owner occupants and we're really not covering City properties and PHA properties. When I'm out there every day and seeing these properties as a realtor and as an investor myself -- I own a number of properties. I represent clients who own properties. These types of properties are the ones that really kind of have the biggest issues and they're not being covered, has a concern to me. So I kind of look at it more as the City collecting revenue unnecessarily when all the properties aren't being covered, has a big concern to me as a taxpayer and as an investor as well. And I think when you kind of punish the landlord and you punish businesspeople, that's really not what we're trying to do to make the City a better place moving forward. I think we want to incentivize investors. We want to incentivize businesspeople to invest in the City and to invest in these areas that need it most, and I think one of the unintended consequences that this could have is people like myself and other investors maybe not taking the risk to take these chances and invest in the communities that need it most. And when you think about that, some of the people that own these properties might say, Well, maybe I might just sell properties that I already own. And in a fragile real estate market that we're in, the last thing that we need is more inventory on the market. I think what we need is, we need incentives for people to purchase properties, and we also need more incentives for homeowners to purchase properties, because with these rents the way that they are and with rents going to increase as a result, a lot of these people that are renting in these properties might be able to own a property and participate in homeownership and be accountable -- or not really accountable, but more empowered to be part of the community.
Hi. My name is Carolyn Boxmeyer, and although I'm a member of HAPCO, I'm representing myself as a concerned mother and landlord. And I need you to listen up, because today I'm going to solve your budget woes and the lead problem. Thank you very much for amendments to Bill 100011 and thank you for working with us. Please don't be offended when I say this, but I know you may think that the bill no longer has teeth, but I suggest that it has none for this reason: It targets only those one-quarter of the landlords in this city, one-quarter, who are licensed and already obey existing laws protecting young children and protecting everybody from lead in the home. I suggest two important actions that will help. One is systematically canvassing the unlicensed rentals, the three-quarters of those rentals that have probably produced the 55 percent of children that tested with high lead. I suggest systematically canvassing them and getting them into compliance. This will do two things. This will generate tax revenue. How many are not paying their business privilege and their net privilege tax because they're under the radar? Let's get the tax revenue and let's protect the children from lead. The second important action I suggest is two-pronged. PSAs, telling people the simple ways they can protect their children from lead, the good parenting, the good housekeeping, the good feeding. And the second prong of that is getting the health -- all the health courses in all the high schools, private and public schools, to do maybe two hours of lead education for the high school children, because they're going to have children some day and we need to protect them right now. That's all. I really didn't want this bill at all. I think we could solve the lead problem by the education and the PSAs and getting the unlicensed landlords in compliance with existing laws that will protect our children from lead. Thank you very much and thank you, City Council, for all the work and the hours that you put up with us. Thank you.
Good morning and thank you very much. My name is John Featherman. I'm a realtor at Prudential Fox & Roach. I specialize in residential rentals. I'm also an instructor at Temple University. I'm a licensed instructor of real estate where I've been teaching real estate and landlording since 2004. The bill, as amended, is a bill that will hardly increase to the illegal discrimination against families with children. By adding an amendment that puts on that families with children of six years and under will have to have this test applied to them, this will lead to illegal discrimination by landlords of those that have children. And while it was well-intentioned, it will increase one of the fastest growing forms of discrimination in this city. Furthermore, this legislation unfairly targets landlords while it gives an exclusion to the City of Philadelphia, to PHA, to Section 8 and to others who have increasing cases of lead paint exposure. Unless and until we include every single property in Philadelphia, including schools and including commercial properties, the people who vote yes for this legislation will have blood on their hands.
Good afternoon. I'm here to ask Frank DiCicco for the three bills that he is going to be introducing as far as parking regulations in South Philly to reconsider and take the time before you introduce them to go into the neighborhoods of South Philly and enlighten the seniors that are out there. I've spoke to your office. I spoke to Sean. He told me these things have been there for a while and the Parking Authority came to you to present this bill to regulate this parking. I say to you that, yes, South Philly has been taken over by the permit parking idea, because a lot of the yuppies have moved in there and they think it's a great way to hold the parking space, but those seniors who lived there all their lives are unaware of all this nonsense, and, in fact, when you go to visit your mother, like I did mine, and did not see the sign that was posted and parked your car, if you're only there one to two hours, you get a ticket. That's not fair to them. Take the time to go down to those neighborhoods, let those seniors know, because I'm here for them. I was aware of this. I went to the Senior Citizen Center at 10th and Reed, like you should have done, let them know what was happening, and they asked me to come speak to you. They want you to reconsider before you allow the Parking Authority to put that regulation there. I know you can get it removed. So I'm asking that you let those petitions come to me. I'll work on it, and remove them. Thank you.
Good morning. My name is Mike Lynch. I'm a landlord in Philadelphia. I'm happy to see that I've been excluded now from the bill, because I don't have any children living in any of the apartments that I own, but I still believe this is a wrong bill to be introducing and I wanted to speak to that. The argument that has been put forward by everyone here is that children who are lead poisoned, it's the responsibility of the landlord, and that's just incorrect. My house has lead paint in it. My kitchen cabinets have lead paint in them. My children, one graduated magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr. But the point is is that just because there's lead in the home does not mean that that is a problem for the children. It is a matter of parental responsibility of keeping houses clean and it's not something that should be legislated. Thank you very much.
That concludes the witnesses on our list. Is there anyone else who has signed up to provide public comment on today's agenda? (No response.)
Seeing no one, that concludes today's public comment period. Thank you. We will now consider today's Consent Agenda. I will ask the Clerk to please read the titles of all of the bills on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read, any member may object to the inclusion of the bill on the Consent Agenda. Upon an objection, and without debate, the bill will be immediately removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on our regular Final Passage Calendar. The Clerk will now read the bills on the Consent Agenda.
Bill No. 110275, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Parking in Residential Districts,' and Section 14-1607 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Special Controls for the Center City Commercial Area,' by adding to both Sections special provisions relating to the area bounded by Walnut Street, Twelfth Street, Thirteenth Street, and Sansom Street"; and Bill No. 110681, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-1629 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Yorktown Special District Controls,' by specifically amending Section 14-1629(3), entitled 'District Boundaries'; and Bill No. 110768, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Temple University, located on the block bounded by 11th Street, Berks Street, 12th Street and Norris Street, by allowing for the construction of a new building addition for use as the Science Education and Research Building"; and Bill No. 110781, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 14-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Food Distribution Center District,' by revising the height restrictions"; and Bill No. 110733, entitled "An ordinance authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of one or more supplements to an existing service agreement (or a new service agreement on substantially the same terms) between the City and the Redevelopment Authority relating to a comprehensive neighborhood transformation program"; and Bill No. 110758, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Business Privilege Taxes,' to rename the Business Privilege Tax the Business Income and Receipts Tax and the Business Privilege Activity License"; and Bill No. 110787, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Procurement Commissioner to enter into a guaranteed energy savings contract with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for the implementation and evaluation of energy conservation measures designed to reduce energy, water, wastewater or other consumption or operating costs at specified City properties"; and Bill No. 110788, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Director of Finance and the Commissioner of Public Property, in cooperation with The Philadelphia Municipal Authority, to undertake a project relating to the evaluation and implementation of energy conservation measures at City Hall, the Criminal Justice Center, the Municipal Services Building and the One Parkway Building"; and Bill No. 110789, entitled "An Philadelphia Municipal Authority to enter into agreements for programs, evaluations, facility alterations or upgrades designed to reduce energy, water, wastewater or other consumption or operating costs at specified City properties"; and Bill No. 110830, entitled "An ordinance amending the ordinance approved July 12, 1968, as last amended July 1, 2004, relating to pension benefits for employees working on behalf of the Philadelphia Gas Works by revising the Philadelphia Gas Works Pension Plan"; and Bill No. 110832, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Procurement Commissioner and the Free Library of Philadelphia to enter into a sublease agreement for the leasing of personal computers and associated equipment"; and Bill No. 110308, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 12-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Use Of An Automated Red Light Enforcement System to Violations,' by authorizing the installation of red light enforcement systems at the intersection of Grant Avenue at Academy Road"; and Bill No.
110309, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 12-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Use Of An Automated Red Light Enforcement System to Prevent Red Light Violations,' by authorizing the installation of red light enforcement systems at the intersection of Bustleton Avenue at Byberry Road"; and Bill No. 110520, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the plotting upon City Plan No. 285 of a right-of-way for drainage purposes in the area lying southeast of Roberts Avenue and southwest of Fox Street"; and Bill No. 110647, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 42 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of the westerly ten feet wide Street from Chestnut Street to Walnut Street"; and Bill No. 110663, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 204 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Slocum Street from a point approximately one-hundred forty feet northeast of Chew Avenue to its terminus northeastwardly therefrom"; and Bill No. 110720, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Thomas Jefferson University to construct, own and maintain various encroachments of light bollards at 901 Walnut Street"; and Bill No. 110721, entitled "An ordinance authorizing New Kensington Community Development Corporation to construct, own and maintain various encroachments of light columns located at the intersection of Girard Avenue and Columbia Avenue"; and Bill No. 110734, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Neighbors of Association, located at 933 North 65th Street, to construct, own and maintain an encroachment of a sign on the traffic island located on Lebanon Avenue at the intersection of Wynnewood Road"; and Bill No. 110735, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Durfor Street, south side, 11th Street to 12th Street"; and Bill No. 110736, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Jessup Street, west side, Mifflin Street to McKean Street"; and Bill No. 110737, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Camac Street, west side, Shunk Street to Oregon Avenue"; and Bill No. 110738, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Bainbridge Street, both sides, 11th Street to 12th Street"; and Bill No. 110765, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of on a portion of City Plan No. 228 by striking from the City Plan Markle Street from Ridge Avenue to a point approximately four-hundred one feet northwestwardly therefrom"; and Bill No. 110767, entitled "An ordinance granting permission to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to construct, own and maintain a passenger boarding platform, passenger shelter and other miscellaneous encroachments on the public sidewalk located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Delaware Avenue"; and Bill No. 110785, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Vientiane Cafe to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 4728 Baltimore Avenue"; and Bill No. 110786, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Aksum to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 4630 through 32 Baltimore Avenue"; and Bill No. 110794, entitled "An ordinance granting permission to All Seasons Car Wash & Lube, owner of the real estate located at 6722 Ridge Avenue, to relocate, use and maintain a thirty-five feet high aluminum flagpole within the public right-of-way of Ridge Avenue"; and Bill No. 110795, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Ridge Avenue from Vine Street to the intersection of Eighth Street and Race Street"; and Bill No.
110796, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Sanjay Patel, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southeast corner of Eleventh Street and Market Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the southeast corner of Eleventh Street and Market Street"; and 110797, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the southerly forty feet five inches wide portion of Race Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to Water Street"; and Bill No. 110849, entitled "An ordinance granting permission to Alan Krawitz owner and operator of Say Cheese Philadelphia lunch truck located on the east side of West Norris Street between North 12th Street and North 13th Street to install, use and maintain certain electrical wires, conduits and appurtenances in, under and over the east footway of the east side of West Norris Street between North 12th Street and North 13th Street"; and Bill No. 110610, entitled "An ordinance enacting a new Chapter 9-3600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Bouncers,' to require that bouncers establishments be registered and receive proper training, to prohibit employers from employing unregistered or untrained bouncers"; and Bill No. 110833, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 9-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Home Inspection Business,' by changing the title to 'Inspection Businesses,' by adding sections regulating licensing of Fire Alarm Systems Inspectors, Electrical Inspection Agencies, and Electrical Inspectors"; and Bill No. 110834, entitled "An ordinance adding Sections 9-1005, entitled 'Fire Suppression System Contractors,' and 9-1006, entitled 'Electrical Contractors,' to The Philadelphia Code to provide for licensing of fire suppression system contractors and electrical contractors.
Thank you. These bills having been read on days, the question for each bill now is shall the bill pass finally. The Clerk will 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. At this time, the Chief Clerk will pleas call the roll.
Aye on all bills. A majority of members having voted in the affirmative for each of the bills, the bills on the Consent Agenda are passed. We will now consider the bills and resolutions on the regular Second Reading Final Passage Calendar. The Chief Clerk will please read the title of Resolution 110878.
A resolution Recognizing and Honoring the Original Richard Allen Committee for its Dedication to Improving the Quality of Life for At-Risk Philadelphians, Including Feeding the Hungry, Clothing Families through Clothing Drives and Mentoring Youth.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. We will now consider Resolution 110879.
A resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Upland Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 4 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 4743 Upland Street.
12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING Again, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. We will now consider Resolution 110880.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. We will now consider Resolution 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING 110880.
-- No. 110881, entitled "A resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Melville Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 2A and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 4508 Rear Kingsessing Avenue.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING All in favor will indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. The Chief Clerk will please read the title of Resolution 110882.
A resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Melville Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 2B and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 4510 Rear Kingsessing Avenue.
Thank 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. The Chief Clerk will please read the title of Resolution 110883.
A resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of Greenway Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 27 and also sometimes identified by house number and 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING street address as 4916 Kingsessing Avenue.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. We will now consider Resolution 110884.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, 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 Thirty-Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING The Chief Clerk will please read the title of Resolution 110886.
A resolution amending Resolution No. 110453, approving the annual Program Statement and Budget for the expenditure of the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative Bond Proceeds for Fiscal Year 2012.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING adopted. We will now consider Resolution 110887.
A resolution recognizing and honoring ASPIRA, Inc. of Pennsylvania on their decades of work promoting Puerto Rican culture, education and leadership development in the Philadelphia Puerto Rican and Latino Community, and their recent successes serving as stewards at Stetson Middle School and Olney High School.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
Those 12/8/11 - STATED - 2ND READING opposed? (No response.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. The Chief Clerk will please read the title of Resolution 110888.
A resolution honoring and celebrating the Overbrook Monarchs Football Team on winning the 65-pound American Conference Championship by defeating the Plymouth Whitemarsh Spartans 27 to 0.