City of Philadelphia Thursday, April 28, 2022 City Council Calendar PUBLIC COMMENT 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 Thursday, April 28, 2022 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, April 28, 2022 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.
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. 220329 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Green, Jones and Gilmore Richardson Resolution recognizing April 2022 as Autism Acceptance & Awareness Month in the City of Philadelphia, and commending the creators of the Autism 365 Collection at the Wynnefield Library. 220339 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker for Council President Clarke Resolution approving the appointment of Debra McCarty to the Philadelphia Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rate Board. - 3 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, April 28, 2022 220340 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 3438 West Allegheny Avenue in the Fourth 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 property pursuant to Section 16-405 of The Philadelphia Code.
220341 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Domb for Council President Clarke Resolution honoring and recognizing Attorney Michael Sklaroff for his profound imprint on the legal history of Pennsylvania and the development of the City of Philadelphia on the occasion of his retirement. 220342 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Domb Resolution honoring the life of Bobby Rydell and recognizing his lifetime of achievement in entertainment which delighted millions and made Philadelphia proud. 220343 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution honoring and congratulating Champion of the Week, scientists Taku Kambayashi and Ruth Choa from the University of Pennsylvania’s Biomedical Research Team, on their victory in the STAT Madness competition.
220344 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution calling on The Pennsylvania Legislature to use Federal COVID-19 Relief Money to fund Freedom Schools across the state, and in Philadelphia. 220345 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Squilla Resolution also naming 5th Street between Cantrell Street and Snyder Avenue as “Rev. Enos Mackey Way”. - 4 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, April 28, 2022 220264 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution appointing Afroza Hossain to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. 220265 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution appointing Benjamin Lerner to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. 220266 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones (By Request) Resolution appointing Haakim Peay to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. 220267 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution appointing Hassan Bennett to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. 220268 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution appointing Jahlee Hatchett to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission.
220269 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution appointing John Solomon to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. 220270 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution appointing Maryelis Santiago to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. - 5 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, April 28, 2022 220271 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution appointing Melanie DeBouse to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. 220272 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution appointing Rosaura Torres-Thomas to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. 210685-A INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Green, Squilla, Gym, Henon, Gilmore Richardson, Domb, Brooks and Bass An Ordinance amending Subcode “A” (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) of Title 4 (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code) of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section A-703, entitled “Special Certificate of Inspection,” to enhance building safety requirements for educational occupancies, 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. - 6 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, April 28, 2022 210478 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier An Ordinance establishing a parking regulation in the vicinity of: Frazier street and Spruce street; Ludlow street and S. 58th street; Yewdall street and Larchwood avenue; Reinhard street and S. 47th street; S. 48th street and Reinhard street; Baring street and N. 32nd street; Brandywine street and N. 34th street; Hamilton street and N. 35th street; Haverford avenue and N. 32nd street; Haverford Avenue and N. 40th street; Wallace street and N. 33rd street; Mandela Way and N. 46th street; Mount Vernon street and N. 33rd street; Preston street and Baring street; St. Malachys Way and N. 46th street; Spring Garden street and N. 40th street; N. 31st street and Hamilton street; Sansom street and S.
49th street; S. 61st street and Walnut street; Irving street and S. 51st street; Ruby street and Market street; Pine street and S. 46th street; Mount Vernon street and N. 32nd street; N. 42nd street and Baring street; and State street and Powelton avenue. 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.
211020 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson An Ordinance authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 762 South 10th Street, all under certain terms and conditions. 220190 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember O'Neill An Ordinance amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by revising the annual fee for neighborhood sanitation and cleaning services and exempting owner-occupied duplexes from the annual neighborhood sanitation and cleaning services fee requirements; all under certain terms and conditions. - 7 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, April 28, 2022 220222 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones An Ordinance authorizing the relocation of the southwesterly curbline of Ridge Avenue, from Calumet Street to a point northwestwardly therefrom, and the northwesterly curbline of Calumet Street, from Ridge Avenue to Kelly Drive, on City Plan No. 163, authorizing the plotting on said City Plan of an area for public pedestrian use extending along the northwesterly side of Calumet Street, from Ridge Avenue to a point southwestwardly therefrom, and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said area for public pedestrian use, all under certain terms and conditions.
220223 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson An Ordinance establishing a no truck parking regulation on South 61st Street, both sides between Lindbergh Boulevard to just past Eastwick Avenue. 220368 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Council President Clarke Resolution authorizing hearings regarding the operations of Philadelphia Gas Works, including but not limited to, its facilities, workforce and the sustainability and diversification of its products and services. - 8 -City of Philadelphia