City of Philadelphia Thursday, November 19, 2020 City Council Calendar Please note that this meeting will be held remotely using Microsoft® Teams. This remote session may be viewed on Xfinity Channel 64, Fios Channel 40 or http://phlcouncil. com/watch-city-council/. Public comment may be received with regard to those matters printed on the agenda on the following pages. Speakers interested in participating in public comment must call 215-686-3406 by 5 p. m. on the Wednesday before the Council session and submit the following information: • Full name • Callback telephone number where you can be reached • Identify the bill number or resolution number that will be addressed • State whether your comments are for, or against, that particular bill or resolution.
Speakers who submitted the above information within the required time frame will be telephoned during the council session and invited to the remote meeting. They 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 repetitious comments or limit the scope of testimony to only certain items on the agenda, which could affect callbacks for public comment at the meeting. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ON FINAL PASSAGE 200491-A INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Oh Resolution calling on the Kenney administration to develop a plan to be more inclusive of City Council when creating and implementing emergency public safety measures and restrictions.
200533 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution calling on Comcast Spectacor to reconsider its naming rights agreement with Wells Fargo based on its history of unethical banking practices. 200580 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gym Resolution calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to adopt House Bill 526, ending the use of taxpayer funds to pay for cyber charter education when local school districts offer their own full-time cyber school programs. - 1 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, November 19, 2020 200629 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson Resolution recognizing November 8 through November 14, 2020 as National Apprenticeship Week and honoring ApprenticeshipPHL and the District 1199c Training and Upgrading Fund for its continued commitment to providing job skills, training, and opportunity to all Philadelphians. 200631 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution recognizing and honoring the Philadelphia City Commissioners and the hard-working members of their staff for their around the clock work during the 2020 General Election, and for ensuring that every vote cast in Philadelphia was counted. 200632 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson Resolution honoring the life and legacy of Ronald R. Donatucci, Sr.
, a dedicated public servant and renowned political leader. 200633 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1615 N. 6th Street located in the Seventh Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code. 200634 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Brooks Resolution honoring Kindred Arts and Little Giant Creative on the occasion of Monumental Tour’s public art exhibit in the City of Philadelphia. 200637 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier Resolution proclaiming November 15-22, 2020, as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in Philadelphia and honoring organizations, advocates, and City workers for their work supporting Philadelphia’s most vulnerable. - 2 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, November 19, 2020 200638 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution honoring and congratulating the Franklin Towne Charter Girls Soccer team, on their successful 2019-2020 season and overall 16-0-1 record in the Philadelphia Public League. 200640 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution calling on the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to hold hearings on voter suppression and voter intimidation during the 2020 United States presidential election.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE 200189 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Oh An Ordinance amending Chapter 6-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Nuisance Health Establishments,” by adding a definition for Supervised Injection Sites, creating a presumption that they are Nuisance Health Establishments and establishing criteria to obtain the support of the community by requiring a hearing before City Council.
200389 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Henon An Ordinance continuing the Mayfair Business Improvement District beyond its termination date, in an area that generally includes both sides of Frankford Avenue from the north side of Harbison Avenue to the south side of Sheffield Street and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Frankford Avenue and for which the Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc.
, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, is the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a 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 Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc. relating to the District; and authorizing Mayfair 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.
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CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, November 19, 2020 200093 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Squilla An Ordinance establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: N. 3rd street and Fairmount avenue; Wildey street and Marlborough street; George street and N. 2nd street; Salmon street and Columbia avenue; Montgomery avenue and Wildey street; Orianna street and George street. 200162 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Squilla and Johnson An Ordinance amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Designation of Bicycle Lanes,” to authorize a buffered bicycle lane on Spruce Street, from 2nd Street to 22nd Street and on Pine Street, from Front Street to 18th Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
200481 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Squilla An Ordinance authorizing the Churchview Commons Condominium Association (“Owner”) to own and maintain street lighting Encroachments along the One Hundred (100) Block of Church Street in the City of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions.
200387 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Parker, Council President Clarke, Gilmore Richardson, Green, Henon, Gauthier, Thomas, Squilla, Johnson, Quiñones Sánchez, Brooks and Jones An Ordinance amending The Philadelphia Code to add a new Section, entitled “Good Parking Jobs for Philadelphia Review Committee,” to provide for the creation of an advisory body to consider the quality of jobs and opportunities for workers in the parking industry and the potential to make adjustments to the Parking Tax, including with respect to the goal of reducing the parking tax to seventeen percent by July 1, 2022, based on a review of working conditions in the parking industry, and to provide reports related thereto, all under certain terms and conditions. - 4 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, November 19, 2020 200599 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Green An Ordinance constituting the Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Ordinance to the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, as supplemented; authorizing the Bond Committee to issue and sell one or more series or subseries of tax-exempt or taxable water and wastewater revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds, some or all of which may be used for the implementation of a revolving commercial paper program for the System; authorizing agreements to provide credit enhancement or payment or liquidity sources (or any combination of the foregoing) for such Obligations; providing that such Obligations shall bear interest at fixed or variable rates; authorizing the Bond Committee to tak
e certain action with regard to the terms and conditions of the water and wastewater revenue bonds or notes and related agreements and the elections under the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989; determining the sufficiency of pledged Project Revenues; authorizing the Director of Finance to take certain actions with regard to the sale of such Obligations, the investment of proceeds thereof and the City’s continuing disclosure obligations with respect to such Obligations; setting forth the use of proceeds of such Obligations; covenanting the payment of interest and principal; supplementing and amending the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989; and specifying applicability of sections of The First Class City Revenue Bond Act an
d the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance.
200600 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Green An Ordinance constituting the Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Ordinance to the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, as supplemented; authorizing the Bond Committee to issue and sell one or more series or subseries of tax-exempt or taxable water and wastewater revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit enhancement or payment or liquidity sources (or any combination of the foregoing) for such Bonds; providing that such Bonds shall bear interest at fixed or variable rates; determining the sufficiency of pledged Project Revenues; authorizing the Director of Finance to take certain actions with regard to the sale of such Bonds, the investment of proceeds thereof and the City’s continui
ng disclosure obligations with respect to such Bonds; setting forth the use of proceeds of such Bonds; covenanting the payment of interest and principal; supplementing the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989; and specifying applicability of sections of The First Class City Revenue Bond Act and the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance. - 5 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, November 19, 2020 200182 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Jones and Gauthier 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 52nd and Lancaster Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions. 200254 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Henon An Ordinance establishing a no truck parking regulation on both sides of Milnor Street, from Bleigh Avenue to New State Road. 200537 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker An Ordinance amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No.
180560) approved July 10, 2018, entitled “An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 250 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portion of Montour Street from Adams Avenue to Foulkrod Street, under certain terms and conditions,” by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein. 200539 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
299 by striking from the City Plan Parker Avenue from a point approximately one-hundred fifty-six feet southwest of Matthias Street to its terminus southwestwardly therefrom and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for various utility purposes within a portion of Parker Avenue being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions. 200561 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier 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 31st & Spring Garden Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
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CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, November 19, 2020 200562 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier An Ordinance authorizing Maitreyi Roy, DBA John Bartram Association, to own and maintain an existing metal bench on the southeast corner at the intersection of South 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19143, all under certain terms and conditions. 200572 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker An Ordinance establishing a no truck parking regulation on both sides of E. Godfrey Avenue from Tabor Avenue to Whitaker Avenue.
200591 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Gilmore Richardson, Thomas, Squilla, Quiñones Sánchez, Green, Parker, Bass, Gym and Domb An Ordinance amending Section 9-212 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Newsstands,” by expanding the allowable items newsstands can sell and offer, all under certain terms and conditions. 200353 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Thomas, Squilla, Quiñones Sánchez, Brooks, Henon, Johnson and Gilmore Richardson An Ordinance amending Section 17-109 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Local Bidding Preferences,” to amend reporting requirements to require the establishment of local business usage goals and reporting on reaching such goals as a way to assist community businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, all under certain terms and conditions.
200544 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Domb, Gilmore Richardson, Squilla, Quiñones Sánchez, Johnson, Gauthier, Parker, Thomas, Green, Brooks and Gym An Ordinance amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions,” by adding a new Chapter, entitled “Residential Property Wholesalers,” to regulate the solicitation of purchases of real property and require certain disclosures by property purchasers to homeowners, and amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination,” to provide protections to homeowners from solicitation and related problems, all under certain terms and conditions. - 7 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, November 19, 2020 200574 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Henon, Bass and Gym An Ordinance amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code to address matters related to commercial leases and provide eviction and financial relief to restaurant businesses that operate on leased premises, all under certain terms and conditions.
200115 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Henon and Bass An Ordinance amending Section 10-602 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Smoking,” to prohibit establishments that are excepted from the indoor smoking prohibition from permitting minors to enter, and to require health informational signs; and amending Section 10-614, entitled “Electronic Smoking Devices,” to prohibit establishments that are excepted from the indoor e-cigarette use prohibition from permitting minors to enter, and to require health informational signs; all under certain terms and conditions.
200425 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Bass, Parker, Jones, Gilmore Richardson, Domb, Brooks, Johnson and Gauthier An Ordinance amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Health Code,” by creating a new Chapter 6-1300 entitled “Healthy Outdoor Public Spaces,” to promote a healthy environment that protects the public from the risks of toxic herbicides by prohibiting their use on all city-owned or used public grounds including but not limited to parks, trails, recreation centers, and playgrounds; establishing reporting requirements; and establishing a private right of action, all under certain terms and conditions.
200412 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Parker, Gilmore Richardson, Jones, Johnson, Squilla, Gauthier, Brooks, Domb, Gym, Bass and Thomas An Ordinance amending Chapter 10-2200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Hate Crimes,” to provide for penalties for criminal conduct involving misuse of the 911 emergency response system motivated by hatred toward certain characteristics of other persons; all under certain terms and conditions. - 8 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, November 19, 2020 200420 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Brooks, Gauthier and Gym An Ordinance amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic, including providing for the temporary waiver of certain fees, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
200421 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Gauthier, Gym, Brooks, Thomas and Johnson An Ordinance amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Landlord and Tenant,” to address matters related to the landlord and tenant relationship during the novel coronavirus of 2019 pandemic, including providing for repayment agreements, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions. - 9 -City of Philadelphia