COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA STATED MEETING Room 400, City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:40 a.m. PRESENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL L. CLARKE COUNCILWOMAN CINDY BASS COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE BLACKWELL COUNCILMAN W. WILSON GOODE, JR. COUNCILMAN BILL GREEN COUNCILMAN WILLIAM K. GREENLEE COUNCILMAN BOBBY HENON COUNCILMAN KENYATTA JOHNSON COUNCILMAN CURTIS JONES, JR. COUNCILMAN JAMES KENNEY COUNCILMAN DENNIS O'BRIEN COUNCILMAN DAVID OH COUNCILMAN BRIAN J. O'NEILL COUNCILWOMAN MARIA D. QUINONES-SANCHEZ COUNCILWOMAN BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN COUNCILMAN MARK SQUILLA COUNCILWOMAN MARIAN B. TASCO MICHAEL A. DECKER,
Good morning, everyone. (Good morning.)
The hour has come. I would ask all guests and visitors to please retire behind the rail and ask all members to please take their seat. Thank you very much. To give our invocation this morning, the Chair recognizes the Reverend John H. Roberts, Sr., Pastor of the Garden of Prayer World Prayer Center. He is here today as the guest of Councilman James Kenney. I would ask all members and guests to please rise. (Members and guests rise.)
Let's bow our heads. Our Father, we take time to thank you now for letting us see another seen before. For not only did you wake us up, but you helped us to get up. You've given us a portion of strength where we were able to bathe ourselves and put our own clothes on without any assistance. We're thankful because you have been so good to us, and we take time now to say thank you. We pray now for the leadership of this great City of Brotherly Love. We ask prayer now for our Mayor, for our President of City Council, for all the Councilpersons, all the great leaders of this great city. Your word says that we are to pray for those who are in authority and that when the righteous rule, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people mourn. So we ask now that you would give direction in the way that we should go for the great people of this great city. Not only that, we ask that you children as they go back and forth to school. I realize that prayer has been taken out of school, but I want you to override what man says and watch over our sons and our daughters as they go back and forth to school. Keep them under your divine protection. Bless this day and then make us a blessing to the day. Help us to realize that serving God is serving his people, and that's how we serve you. We ask this in the most holy name. For our sake, we pray. And I will ask that everyone that is standing with me now and if you would just do this for me. If you would take your neighbor's hand. The Bible says any two touching and agreeing, asking anything in my name, he said he would do it. Let us pray the Lord's Prayer together, repeating after me. Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespassed against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. (Amen.)
Thank you, Reverend, for those inspiring words. Thank you. (Council at ease.)
Thank you so much. Before we proceed, we'd like to ask everyone to please stand. We would have a moment of silence for our good friend and colleague Councilwoman Augusta Clark. Please stand. (Moment of silence.)
Thank you so much. At this time, the Chair Tasco.
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I request a leave to take care of Council business, and I'd like to be recorded as voting aye on all bills and resolutions.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Leave shall be granted and the record will reflect your vote. Thank you. The next order of business is the approval of the Journal of the meeting of October 10, 2013. The Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Journal of the meeting of Thursday, October 10th, 2013 be approved. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the Journal of the meeting of Thursday, October 10, 2013 in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. The Journal is approved. The next order of business is the request for leaves of absence. The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.
Thank you, Mr. President. On behalf of the majority, there was one request for leave of absence, which was Councilwoman Tasco.
Actually, I think, Councilman, she actually didn't request leave of absence. She voted.
Yes. you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman O'Brien -- I'm sorry; O'Neill.
Thank you, Mr. President. Not the first time, believe me. On behalf of the republicans, there are no requests for leave of absence.
Thank you, Councilman. Yeah. The fire drill kind of threw me off. A little delayed. It's all the smoke and everything. At this time, I will dispense with the regular order of business. I'd just like to welcome and thank all of our guests and visitors that have come here today. We hope that you truly enjoy yourself, so much so that you come back again. We really relish the opportunity to show you your government at work. So, again, thank you, and we look forward to seeing you again. Thank you. time, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell for the purpose of welcoming special guests joining us in the Chambers this morning. Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to take a moment to recognize four pharmacy students from the University of the Sciences who have set up a table in front of my office, Room 408, to distribute information about the importance of knowing your pharmacist for American Pharmacists Month, and I thank you all for co-sponsoring the resolution. The students are -- and before I name them, let me note that that is the school that Anjali Chainani on my staff -- Anjali, stand up. She's taking two courses, and after this, she'll have only two courses left and her thesis before she has her Ph.D. at the University of Sciences. So we're very proud of her. And, of course, you know, them, they move on. So she'll be leaving at the end of the year to take her last two courses for a Ph.D. And these students who are in front of my office to distribute this information are Ashley Krumaker, a third-year pharmacy student; Matthew Ciapetta, third year; Deanna Bauerlein, second-year student; Terri Pack, second-year student; Breanne Meier; Bailey Colvin; and Rachel Boardman, who are also in their second years undergraduate. So I hope that you and your staff will take advantage of this information. We try to do this every year and support them, and it gives us the chance to get information out to our community and the constituents we serve. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Would they please stand to be recognized.
Yeah. They're working hard. So thank you. Thank you.
I understand. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman. At this time, the Chair recognizes Councilman Curtis Jones, who will present a resolution proclaiming Saturday, October 19th, 2013 as Men Against Domestic Violence Day. Would Ms. MoShay LaRen and those accompanying her please join the Councilman at the podium. And joining Councilman Jones, we have Councilman Greenlee, Councilman Kenney, Councilman Johnson, and Councilman Oh and Councilman O'Brien and Councilman Goode and Councilman Green and -- I should have just said the entire male contingent.
Some of the have a reading spot, but they will be here in total support of this concept. One of our members, who happens to be an enlightened male -well, two of them -- stand out even above and beyond the crowd by way of pushing forth this agenda. One of them is Councilman Greenlee, and I want to publicly say that in front of everybody. He doesn't get the credit that he deserves to be leading the charge on behalf of all Councilmembers and particularly men on this issue. The second is one of the freshmen, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, who has -- and between the two of them, fought for additional dollars to go into domestic abuse beds -
Three million dollars. He wanted it on the record. But the reason why we are here not just a female issue. It is an all-of-us issue. And what Ms. LaRen is doing is bringing that rally to Love Park this Saturday to bring that to light. One name that I know some of my colleagues will remember is a young lady that worked for the City of Philadelphia. I won't mention her name. She worked for MOCS, and she was a friend to all Philadelphians in need, worked very hard and diligently, and because of a crime of, quote, "passion" and because of a male that felt entitled to, when the relationship didn't work, take it out on her physically. He murdered her in front of a City facility for all to see, and that touched all of us who knew her in a deep way. Because other than being an enlightened male, I'm also a father, a husband, a brother to women who face this every day, and although things have changed, the statistics in this regard have remained eerily the same, and we men stand by you and let you know on this day and every day that we are going to do what we can within our power to change this, as our colleagues have demonstrated tangibly. So, therefore, this resolution proclaiming Saturday, October 19th, 2013 as Men Against Domestic Violence Day to raise public awareness to the specter of domestic violence and stand united in support of victims of domestic violence across the City of Philadelphia.
And whereas, October is recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month; and Whereas, victims of domestic violence are vulnerable to chronic poverty, unemployment, underemployment, lack of adequate housing, and lack of safe communities to seek refuge; and
Whereas, domestic abusers are often motivated by a desire to exert power and control over their victims. Last year, 24 homicides violence in the City of Philadelphia; and Whereas, domestic violence negatively affects the quality of life and safety of Philadelphia residents, male or female, every day; however, men are, on average, less likely to speak out against domestic violence; and
Whereas, the conversation about domestic violence must include men, and men must be offered the same level of support and resources available to other victims. Combatting domestic violence requires a united front of all members of society to condemn perpetrators; and Whereas, members of the Philadelphia community have dedicated their lives to the service of domestic abuse victims and the elimination of domestic violence in official capacities within public and private organizations;
Whereas, MoShay LaRen is one such member of the a life-long effort toward the elimination of domestic violence, spreading a message of support and outreach toward victims of domestic violence through a private-sector career with Radio One's WRNB FM and as a community representative on the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. MoShay LaRen is the primary architect of the Man Up rally, dedicated to organizing men around Philadelphia to protest against domestic violence; now therefore
Further resolved, that an engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to MoShay LaRen as evidence of our sincere sentiment of this legislative body. (Applause.)
Ms. LaRen, please give remarks. MS. LaREN: This is my first time being present at a City Council meeting, and I just want to say, first of all, good morning and thank you so much to our distinguished members of City Council. We appreciate everything you do for us on a daily basis, and I am so grateful, honored, and thankful that you have taken this issue and embraced it as such to put it in the records of City Council that Saturday will be acknowledged as Men Against Domestic Violence. I realized in my advocacy that started about six years ago when I decided to be brave enough to speak out about my own journey through domestic violence that in order for us to truly eradicate this issue, that we had to broach it on both sides of the equation. And often, and so often, we talk about the victims being women, and statistically 85 percent of them are, but there are 15 percent of them who are male victims, and we need to find out where their stories are, how do you become an abuser, what's your journey. We need to so that they can heal as well. So in doing this, that is our call to action, and I so thank you, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, Curtis Jones, Councilman Greenlee, and the entire City Council body for acknowledging and embracing this, and hopefully together we can educate, inspire, and empower our City of Philadelphia that this is not just their issue, it is our issue as a community. Again, thank you so much. God bless you. (Applause.)
Thank you. The next order of business is communications. The Chair requests that the Sergeant-of-Arms delivers the messages from the Mayor to the Chief Decker, would you please read those messages.
To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, I am pleased to advise you that on October 16, 2013, I signed the following bill which was passed by Council at its session on October 10, 2013: Bill No. 130594; and I am transmitting herewith for the consideration of your honorable body a resolution confirming the reappointment of Sanjuanita Gonzalez as a member of the Board of Ethics, to serve in the term ending November 16, 2018; and Also an ordinance constituting the Twelfth Supplemental Ordinance to the General Gas Works Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1998; authorizing the City of Philadelphia to sell either at public or private sale Gas Works Revenue Capital Project Commercial Paper Notes to pay the cost of certain capital projects and costs; and An ordinance authorizing generally the continued issuance and sale by the City of Philadelphia of Gas Works Revenue Notes of the City; prescribing the form of notes and providing for their execution and payment; pledging certain revenues of the Gas Works as security; adopting a rate covenant; and directing the imposition and collection of rates and charges sufficient to comply therewith; and An ordinance amending an ordinance approved June 25, 2013 (Bill No. 130180) adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2014, by making certain additional appropriations needed to meet the unanticipated emergency created by the availability of a state grant to help with the fiscal crisis of the School District of Philadelphia; and An ordinance amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," to expand the scope of "Plan '10" and "DC Plan" to cover additional employees, including correctional officers, to change contribution rates, and to make technical amendments, all under certain terms and conditions.
Those messages will be printed in today's Journal. Mr. Decker, do you have any additional messages?
Thank you so much. The next order of business is the introduction of bills and resolutions. The Chair recognizes Councilman Kenney.
Thank you, Mr. President. On behalf of myself and Councilwoman Blackwell, I offer one non-privileged resolution.
A non-privileged resolution calling upon the Philadelphia School District to make Howard Zinn's best-selling book "A People's History of the United States" a required part of the high school U.S. history curriculum as Philadelphia City Council recognizes the need to expose students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history.
That resolution will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Mr. President. Today I introduce one resolution co-sponsored by Councilman O'Brien, Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, and Councilwoman Cindy Bass.
A non-privileged resolution calling on the School District of Philadelphia to restore School Nurses to each and every school in the District.
That resolution will also be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee.
Thank you, Mr. President. On your behalf I offer one resolution.
A non-privileged 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 Twenty-Ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
That resolution will be on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman Henon.
Thank you, Mr. President. I have no bills or resolutions.
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Johnson.
Council President, I have no bills or resolutions today.
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Sanchez.
Thank you, Mr. President. I have no bills or resolutions.
Thank you, Councilwoman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Green.
Thank you, Mr. President. I have one resolution and one bill.
An ordinance amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," to expand the scope of "Plan '10" and "DC Plan" to cover additional employees, including correctional officers, to change contribution rates, and to make technical amendments.
That bill will be referred to the appropriate committee.
And a resolution proclaiming that the City of Philadelphia recognizes the benefits of a high diet in fruits and vegetables, and urges residents to participate in "Meatless Mondays" to improve their health and decrease their carbon footprint.
That resolution will be on this week's Final Passage Calendar. Interesting resolution, Councilman.
That whole improving the carbon footprint. The Chair recognizes Councilman O'Brien.
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Goode.
An ordinance amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard," by further providing with respect to the granting and revocation of waivers of the requirements of the Chapter.
And an ordinance amending an ordinance approved June 25, 2013 (Bill No. 130180) adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2014, by making certain additional appropriations needed to meet the unanticipated emergency created by the availability of a state grant to help with the fiscal crisis of the School District of Philadelphia.
That bill will be referred to committee. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Brown.
Good morning, Mr. President. No bills or resolutions this morning.
Thank you, Councilwoman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.
I have three resolutions, one privileged, two non-privileged, Mr. President.
A privileged resolution honoring the Shepard Recreation Center Basketball League for its successful season and prevailing victories in all three team age groups in the 2013 Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation District Basketball competition.
That resolution will be on this week's Final Passage Calendar.
And a non-privileged resolution reappointing Gary Brandeis to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion.
And a non-privileged resolution reappointing Michael Woodward to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia.
That resolution will also be referred to committee. The Chair recognizes Councilman O'Neill.
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Bass. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see the Councilman. Councilman, do you have any bills or resolutions?
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Bass.
Thank you, Mr. President. I have two resolutions, one privileged, one non-privileged.
A privileged resolution recognizing and honoring Brother Michael J. McGinniss on the occasion of his retirement from LaSalle University.
That resolution will be on today's Final Passage Calendar.
And a non-privileged 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 Fifty-Ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
That resolution will be on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman Oh.
Thank you, Mr. President. I offer two resolutions, one non-privileged resolution co-sponsored by Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell and Councilman Bobby Henon and one privileged resolution.
A privileged resolution recognizing the week of October 20, 2013 through October 26, 2013 as AT&T 9-1-1 for Kids Education Week presented by U.S. Best Repairs.
That resolution will be on today's Final Passage Calendar.
And a privileged resolution authorizing Council's Committee on Education and the Committee on Global Opportunities and the Creative/Innovative Economy to investigate and develop a pilot Vocational Education and Training program and to recommend a legislative framework to implement a city-wide program.
That resolution will be on today's Final Passage Calendar. That concludes our introduction of bills and resolutions. There are no reports from committee today. The next order of business is the consideration of the 2ND READING Calendar. As there are no bills on the First Reading Calendar, the Chair recognizes Councilman Jones for the purpose of calling up bills and resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Mr. President. The following resolutions and bills are being called up for Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars today: No. 130731, 130732, 130737, 130531, 130583, 130591, 130592, 130635, 130577. All other resolutions and bills are being held.
Thank you, Councilman. Before considering these bills and resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar, we will have public comment. Public comment will go as follows: If you want to testify on a bill or resolution that is on the Final Passage Calendar, I'd ask that you please sign up at the table on my left. If you have already signed up, your name will be called. When your name is called, you will go to the podium in the middle of the Council floor, and there's a device on that podium. When the light turns green, it is your time to speak. When the light turns yellow, you have 30 seconds to conclude your remarks. You will be given three minutes for your remarks. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity, so we have placed a limit on that timeline. I would ask that you please comply with those guidelines, and I would like to thank you very much for your compliance. Before I proceed, I'd just like to say one more time. We had a couple of incidents already. If you have a device, cell phone, I'm going to say beeper -- I know there are no more beepers, but any device that makes any kind of noise, any electronic device, could you please turn them off so we can ensure that everybody can hear all of the activity today. Thank you very much. Mr. Decker, please call the name of the first witness.
Jenny Drumgoole, commenting on 130635. (Witness approached podium.)
Hello. Good morning. I'm very, very excited to be here. Most people know me as Sox, and this is the first time I've been to a Philadelphia City Council meeting. I would like to speak on Bill No. 130635 regarding a proposed annual fee of $300 a year for sanitation and cleaning expenses for certain duplexes in the City. When I read the bill, I couldn't find, however -- it didn't say how the extra money that was going to be coming in was going to be spent. Now, my favorite day of the week is trash day, and there's no one that works harder for the City of Philadelphia than the men and women who collect our trash every week, and I think we would all agree to that. I think that they should get more recognition for what they do to keep this city running. As a private citizen of Philadelphia, I decided that the best way I could thank them for all of their hard work was to celebrate my own Happy Trash Day. My best friend, Olivia, and I have made Happy Trash Day banners and balloons that welcome them as they come to clean our block. We've also made them thank-you crafts and even had a pizza party. It always feels really good to make the trash men happy and women. I would argue that a portion of the proceeds from Bill No. 130635 proposed annual fees go, in some way, directly to the trash collectors of the City of Philadelphia, either as an increase in their pay or in the form of a citywide Happy Trash Day. The Council could also decide to make one day of the year deemed Happy Trash Day and use a week to encourage all Philadelphians to do something nice to thank their trash collectors. No one says thank you enough anymore, and a little recognition goes a long way. So I want the City of Philadelphia to be the place that thanks the people who work the hardest for everything they do for the City. Philadelphia trash collectors deserve a Happy Trash Day. Thank you for your time and consideration, and if you have any questions, you're free to attend my next week's Happy Trash Day celebration, which will be on the 2000 block of Dreer Street in District 1. So thank you.
Thank you so much for your testimony. (Applause.)
Hold on, Mr. Decker. Hold on one second. The Chair recognizes Councilman O'Neill.
Yes, Mr. President. I thought that was great testimony, and I hope the Streets Department does do something once a year to follow that example, but I want to make it clear to my colleagues that this tax on duplex or two-apartment dwellings was implemented about five years ago and this is actually an amendment that would remove half of it, of the $300 charge, from owner-occupied duplexes. So there actually is a reduction in the amount the City will receive next year, but my amendment today will make sure that it's not in this year's budget so it's not a budget issue in the middle of the year, as the bills are going out right now. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilman. Thank you for that clarification. Councilman Oh.
Well, I just wanted to thank the young lady for putting up banners and signs for the sanitation workers. It's a wonderful idea. I never thought of that, but you might have started something new. I think everybody should appreciate our municipal workers. So thank you.
Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. I concur. Mr. Decker.
Clarc King, commenting on 120118. (Witness approached podium.)
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Councilmembers. I am here once again to speak to 120118. I ask that Philadelphia cannot allow the feasibility study regarding the sale of PGW to go any further. Rather, Philadelphia must examine the Wall Street policy of hyperinflation and its impact on city operations and the population's economy. PGW is vital to the economy that supports the population's survival. It supports the standard of living. It cannot be bought for stolen money. The specter of a bail-in process hovers the financial system where customers' deposits are confiscated to rectify the claims of derivative holders in the event of an insolvency crisis. This is totally irrational and intolerable. Our federal government, the administration, our Congress cannot break free from Wall Street's extortion. The restatement of the Glass-Steagall standard in U.S. banking is crucial to the stabilization of the United States. Yet, Congress and the administration will not act to defend the nation or protect the population. The creation of Philadelphia's public bank is necessary for the City's security. A public bank has the power to lift the local economy, expand PGW, funding our schools, installing the necessary new water, sewer, and recycling facilities. Philadelphia has a great future. The Philadelphia Naval Yard must expand its relations with the U.S. Navy at the Office of Naval Research where science-driven projects are contracted for our participation. Education and economic opportunities exist. Minority education opportunities exist through the Office of Naval Research. Philadelphia needs its own Department of the Navy that can seek out contracts, economic science, research, and education opportunities. Philadelphia has a great future in creating a new financial economic policy that the Philadelphia public bank can make possible. Thank you.
You're okay. Yes, sir. (Witness approached podium.)
And City Council. I just want to say this: Jannie Blackwell, Honorable Jannie Blackwell, you have a resolution for the Housing. Well, it was almost a year and a half ago. I would like to see this bill being passed that City Council do more monitoring what Philadelphia Housing do. Because over two years ago, Councilman was just coming into office, my Councilman, Curtis Jones. Jannie Blackwell was working with me. Housing Authority had evicted me wrongfully. I was in Jannie Blackwell office and I was getting evicted. And I thank you, Jannie, for getting me back in my house. I really appreciate that. But after that, in January, the executive board members of Housing had to resign. So Jannie couldn't really work with my situation no more. So two months later, they came back and evicted me again. And I want to let y'all know, I never got eviction notice. Never. Never got eviction notice. So if anything y'all can do about this bill -- and it's not pleased for me to come share my personal life to the whole city right now, but I don't mind, because when you violate constitutional rights of humans and the reason why I'm really standing -- I'm standing on behalf of my daughter, because you didn't just evict me, you evicted my daughter. You evicted my daughter. And I just want to say this: Justice don't hold on you, City Council, myself, my daughter or any child, but justice holds on God, my God, and we coming back for our justice one way or the other, with my City Council people or without y'all. So thank you. I appreciate this opportunity, because I really wasn't going to speak, but I asked my Councilman is it all right for me to speak today on this issue, because he's working with me with this situation. So listen here. I'm not trying to be funny, but, Jannie, thank you for bringing this up, because the laws I live, another person that lives in Housing Authority would never have to go through what I went through as long as I got breath in my lungs. It's unacceptable. It was wrong. You know it's wrong, Councilman. You know it's wrong. And wrong don't stand on wrong, but God do stand on justice.
There are no other speakers on the public comment list, Mr. President.
Thank you, sir. Thank you for your 10/17/13 - STATED - 2ND READING public comment. We will now consider the resolutions and bills on the Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, would you please read the title of 130731.
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 Sixth and Twenty-Fourth Wards of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. 10/17/13 - STATED - 2ND READING All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Resolution 130731 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 130732.
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 Twenty-Ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. 10/17/13 - STATED - 2ND READING (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Resolution 130732 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 130737.
A resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the New Kensington-Fishtown Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2516 Gaul Street.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption 10/17/13 - STATED - 2ND READING of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. That resolution is also adopted. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 130531.
An ordinance amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by authorizing the assignment or transfer to third parties, real estate tax claims either absolutely or as collateral security, for an amount to be determined by the Department.
The Chair recognizes Councilman Green. 10/17/13 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the amendment, which has been circulated. (Duly seconded.)
There's been a motion and a second. All those in favor of the amendment? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Bill No. 130531 has been amended. It will be on our Final Passage Calendar next week. Mr. Decker, 130583.
An ordinance amending Bill No. 130325, entitled "An ordinance approving the Fiscal Year 2014 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works."
This bill has been read on two separate days. 10/17/13 - STATED - 2ND READING The question is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17; the nays are 10/17/13 - STATED - 2ND READING zero. A majority of members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, 130591.
An ordinance amending Section 19-1303 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Discounts and Additions to Tax," by tolling additions, interest and penalties when the assessed value of property is under appeal.
This bill has been read on two separate days. The question is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, call the roll.