City of Philadelphia Friday, September 17, 2021 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 3 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 you support or oppose 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. - 1 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Friday, September 17, 2021 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 Friday, September 17, 2021 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ON FINAL PASSAGE 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. 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. 210434 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Oh Resolution calling on the City of Philadelphia to implement minimum force training for all law enforcement officers.
210585 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker for Council President Clarke Resolution appointing George Pegram to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority. 210586 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker for Council President Clarke Resolution appointing Jacqueline Dunn to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority. 210588 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker for Council President Clarke Resolution appointing Michael Hill to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority. - 3 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Friday, September 17, 2021 210589 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker for Council President Clarke Resolution reappointing Robert Zuritsky to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority. 210601 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson for Council President Clarke Resolution approving the appointment of William McCullough to the Philadelphia Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rate Board. 210642 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson Resolution recognizing the School District of Philadelphia for becoming the first Pennsylvania School District to acquire electric school buses. 210645 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gym Resolution calling on Mayor James F.
Kenney and his administration to work collaboratively with City Council, as well as business, labor, and diverse community stakeholders, to establish a Commission on Tax Equity and Growth, which would examine and assess the City’s tax structure and advance a tax plan that centers racial equity and inclusive growth. 210656 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 4919 W. Girard Avenue, 4931 W. Girard Avenue, 4933 W. Girard Avenue, 4935 W. Girard Avenue, 4937 W. Girard Avenue, 4943 W. Girard Avenue, 4953 W. Girard Avenue, 4955 W. Girard Avenue, 4967 W. Girard Avenue, 4983 W. Girard Avenue, 4985 W. Girard Avenue, 4989 W.
Girard Avenue, 4989 ½ W. Girard Avenue, 4991 W. Girard Avenue, 4991 ½ W. Girard Avenue, 4993 ½ W. Girard Avenue, 4995 W. Girard Avenue and 4997 ½ W. Girard Avenue in the Third 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. - 4 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Friday, September 17, 2021 210658 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution honoring and congratulating Champion of the Week, Central High School Baseball and Softball teams, for their successful 2020-2021 season and winning their respective Public League Championship games. 210474-A INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Quiñones Sánchez and Gauthier An Ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Zoning and Planning,” by revising certain provisions of Section 14-702, entitled “Floor Area, Height, and Housing Unit Density Bonuses”; and by making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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. 210205 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Jones, Henon and Gauthier An Ordinance amending Chapter 9 of Subcode PM (“The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code”) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Additional Special Requirements,” to establish a program in which the City may perform certain urgent repairs and bill the property owner; all under certain terms and conditions.
210693 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker Resolution authorizing the Committee on Law & Government and the Committee on Commerce & Economic Development to hold joint hearings to examine the relationship between public safety and the economic vitality of neighborhood commercial corridors, and further to explore any and all broad-based, neighborhood-focused, and inter-governmental public safety initiatives that have worked in the City in the past, and have worked or are working in other cities. - 5 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Friday, September 17, 2021 210695 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Gilmore Richardson and Gauthier Resolution authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to hold a hearing to discuss the impact of tangled titles in Philadelphia. 210698 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gym Resolution authorizing the City Council Committees on Children and Youth and Finance to hold joint hearings on a plan to fund a comprehensive remediation and modernization of Philadelphia’s public school buildings to address major facilities flaws, adapt to a changing climate, and ensure public school students have the safe and modern buildings they deserve.
210700 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Henon Resolution calling on the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold hearings examining construction code requirements, the enforcement of those requirements, inspector caseload and inspector staffing ratios, construction working conditions, and the City’s response to worker misclassification on construction sites. 210702 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution authorizing City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings on the status of the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Initiative. 210703 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution authorizing the City Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings on an interim report issued by the 100 Shooting Review Committee.
210705 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson Resolution authorizing the Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention to conduct hearings to examine the shortage of trauma counseling services and its impact on victims and co-victims of gun violence. - 6 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Friday, September 17, 2021 210717 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution allowing the Public Health and Human Services Committee to hold hearings on the Philadelphia Promise Trust Fund. 210719 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Oh, Quiñones Sánchez and Bass Resolution authorizing Council to hold public hearings on the history of asbestos cleanup and abatement practices in Philadelphia public schools. - 7 -City of Philadelphia