City of Philadelphia Thursday, December 7, 2023 City Council Calendar PUBLIC COMMENT Please note that this is an in-person meeting, and it is open to the public. This meeting may also be viewed on Xfinity Channel 64, Fios Channel 40 or http://phlcouncil. com/watch-city-council/ Public comment will be received in-person regarding those matters printed on the agenda on the following pages. Speakers interested in participating in public comment at this meeting may call 215-686-3406 by no later than 3 p. m.
the day before the meeting and they must submit the following information: • Full name (including proper pronunciation and spelling) • Identify the bill number or resolution number that will be addressed • State whether you support or oppose that particular bill or resolution • Telephone number where you can be reached Speakers may also sign-up to participate in public comment on the day of the meeting in Room 400, City Hall. Speakers who submitted the above information within the required time frame will be added to the list. Speakers will have up to three minutes to speak; the Council President, however, reserves the right based on circumstances to establish a different time limit. The Council President may also limit testimony where repetitious comments are offered on an agenda item.
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CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, December 7, 2023 ORDER OF BUSINESS IN A COUNCIL SESSION Note: Some items do not occur at every session: Invocation. Approval of the journal of the preceding meeting. Requests by Councilmembers for permission to be absent from the session. Reading of communications from the Mayor. Introduction of bills and resolutions (to be referred to appropriate Committees of Council). Reports from Committees of Council. Special business. Bills on first reading. Public comment on bills and resolutions on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars – titles are printed below. Bills that Council passed but that need to be returned by the Mayor for reconsideration. Consideration of bills and resolutions on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars.
Bills and resolutions on the Suspension Calendar. Speeches by Councilmembers. . - 2 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, December 7, 2023 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ON FINAL PASSAGE 210396 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker Resolution calling on the Sheriff of the City of Philadelphia to request an Order from the President Judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania to temporarily stay all mortgage and tax foreclosure sales. 210913 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution authorizing City Council to retain legal counsel to file a lawsuit to require the Administration to implement and enforce Bill Number 200425, an ordinance duly enacted by the City Council of Philadelphia which became law on January 28, 2021.
230664 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Lozada Resolution recognizing the immense pain caused to the family of Eddie Irizarry, the residents of 7th District, our Latino community and the City of Philadelphia, by Municipal Court Judge Wendy L. Pew’s erroneous decision to dismiss all charges against Mark Dial.
230903 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Council President Clarke Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Housing Authority a deed conveying fee simple title to 2342-48 North 27th Street a/k/a 2748 North 27th Street (assessed as 2342, 2344, 2346 and 2348 North 27th Street, 2704, 2706 and 2708 West York Street, and 2709 West Arizona Street) in the Fifth Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia pursuant to Section 16-706 of the Philadelphia Code. 230904 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Council President Clarke Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 1218, 1220, 1222, and 1224 N.
15th Street in the Fifth Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia and further authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer to the Philadelphia Land Bank fee simple title to such properties pursuant to Section 16-405 of the Philadelphia Code. - 3 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, December 7, 2023 230905 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Council President Clarke Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Housing Authority a deed conveying fee simple title to 1517 N. 33rd Street in the Fifth Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia pursuant to Section 16-706 of the Philadelphia Code. 230906 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution calling on the Administration to further examine the “consent-to-search” program in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, as an alternative to gun buy backs to increase the understanding of its potential impacts on the continual efforts of gun seizures in the City of Philadelphia.
230907 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution calling on the Pennsylvania State Senate to pass House Bill 1752 declaring Eid al-Fitr a state holiday and urging Governor Shapiro to sign this legislation. 230908 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution urging the Baseball Writers of America Association to induct Philadelphia Phillies legends Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2024. 230910 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution renaming the 400 block of E. Rittenhouse Street “Dione Johns Dancy Way” to honor Dione Johns Dancy for her tireless service to the Germantown Community and Philadelphia at-Large.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE 200658 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones An Ordinance authorizing the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Upland Way and Berks Street. - 4 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, December 7, 2023 210800 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Gauthier, Parker, Brooks, Gym, Gilmore Richardson, Domb, Squilla and Henon An Ordinance amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Parking Regulations and Penalties,” to add a new section entitled “Parking for Qualified School Employees,” to provide parking for certain school employees at certain locations; all under certain terms and conditions. 220916 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Queen Lane, Wissahickon Avenue, Roosevelt Boulevard (Extended), and Henry Avenue, and to authorize Basic Utilities and Services in a section of Fairmount Park.
221015 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass for Council President Clarke An Ordinance amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Finance, Taxes and Collections,” to incentivize Affordable Housing development by authorizing tax exemptions pursuant to the Affordable Housing Unit Tax Exemption Act, all under certain terms and conditions. 230655 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Squilla An Ordinance amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors, by prohibiting street vending on certain portions of Girard Avenue; all under certain terms and conditions. - 5 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, December 7, 2023 230579 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Driscoll An Ordinance continuing the Aramingo Avenue Shopping District beyond its termination date, in an area that generally includes the east and west sides of Aramingo Avenue from 3300 Aramingo Avenue to 3995 Aramingo Avenue and certain blocks and streets that intersect that portion of Aramingo Avenue and for which Impact Community Development Corporation, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, serves as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; approving a final plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on be
half of the City, to execute an agreement with Impact Community Development Corporation, relating to the District; and authorizing Impact Community Development Corporation to assess property owners within the District a special property assessment fee to be used in accordance with the approved plan; all in accordance with the provisions of the Community and Economic Improvement Act, and under certain terms and conditions.
230586 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass An Ordinance continuing the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District in the area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 7640 to 8705, and on certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, plus on Bethlehem Pike between 10 and 105 and within the district boundaries 200 blocks of West Evergreen Avenue and West Highland Avenue; Benezet Street, E. Springfield Avenue, 7600 block of Winston Road, unit block of E. Willow Grove Avenue, unit block of Moreland Avenue, unit block of E. Mermaid Lane, unit block of E. Moreland Avenue, unit block of E.
Chestnut Hill Avenue; approving an extension to the boundaries of the District to include the 7700 block of Crittenden Street and the 400 block of East Mermaid Lane between Crittenden Street and Stenton Avenue; continuing Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, Inc. , a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the neighborhood improvement district management association for the District; approving a new plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, Inc.
relating to the District; and reauthorizing Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, Inc. to assess property owners within the District a special property assessment fee to be used in accordance with the approved plan; all in accordance with the provisions of the Community and Economic Improvement Act, and under certain terms and conditions. - 6 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, December 7, 2023 230698 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Council President Clarke An Ordinance to approve amendments to the Temple University Master Plan in the area bounded by Norris Street, Broad Street, Montgomery Avenue and 15th Street related to Klein College of Media and Communications and Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts building at 1830 N Broad Street. 230714 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Lozada An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Pratt Street, Darrah Street, Dyre Street, and Frankford Avenue.
230716 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier An Ordinance to approve amendments to the University of Pennsylvania Master Plan in the area bounded by Walnut Street, 33rd Street, Spruce Street, and 34th Street, related to the Stuart Weitzman Hall at 220 S. 33rd Street. 230744 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Dickinson Street, 23rd Street, Cross Street and 24th Street. 230745 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Wharton Street, Newkirk Street, Reed Street, and 29th Street. - 7 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, December 7, 2023 230765 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones for Council President Clarke An Ordinance amending Bill No. 230144, entitled “An Ordinance To adopt a Capital Program for the Six Fiscal Years 2024-2029 Inclusive,” by revising various appropriation amounts and totals to conform to amendments to the FY2024 Capital Budget Ordinance, all under certain terms and conditions. 230766 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones for Council President Clarke An Ordinance amending Bill No. 230145, entitled “An Ordinance To adopt a Fiscal 2024 Capital Budget,” by revising various appropriation amounts and totals, all under certain terms and conditions.
230767 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones for Council President Clarke An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, and the Grants Revenue Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the County Liquid Fuels Tax Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Municipal Pension Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, and the Transportation Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
230768 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones for Council President Clarke An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2023 from the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Grants Revenue Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, and the Aviation Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, to the General Fund to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, to the Water Fund to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, and the Aviation Fund to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
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CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, December 7, 2023 230109 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Squilla for Council President Clarke An Ordinance adopting an Amendment to Section V of the Articles of Incorporation of the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development by increasing the Authority's term of existence to a date fifty years from the date of approval of Articles of Amendment by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, under certain terms and conditions. 230649 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Harrity, Johnson, Vaughn, Gauthier and Lozada An Ordinance amending Chapter 6-400 of The Philadelphia Code, to end the unlawful deportation of noncitizen patients by hospitals to the patients’ countries of origin without their consent.
230571 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Thomas, Jones, Gilmore Richardson, Brooks, Bass, Driscoll, Gauthier, Lozada and Harrity An Ordinance amending Chapter 9-3500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards,” to add provisions regarding the consideration of convictions that result in exoneration and make related technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions. 230699 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Jones, Gilmore Richardson, Phillips, Lozada, Harrity, Bass, Gauthier and O'Neill An Ordinance amending Chapter 9-5900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Prohibition on Certain Gambling Machines and Skills Games,” to add additional prohibitions and provide for remedies, all under certain terms and conditions.
230700 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Jones, Harrity, Driscoll, Lozada, Gilmore Richardson and O'Neill An Ordinance amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Regulation of Businesses Trades and Professions,” to add a new Chapter creating penalties for trespassing in retail establishments, all under certain terms and conditions. - 9 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, December 7, 2023 230776 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Lozada An Ordinance amending Section 7-202 of Title 7 (“Housing Code”) of The Philadelphia Code to modify the definition of “affordable housing property,” under certain terms and conditions. - 10 -City of Philadelphia