City of Philadelphia Thursday, September 23, 2021 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, September 23, 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 Thursday, September 23, 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 Thursday, September 23, 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. 210694 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker Resolution recognizing Joseph T. Ashdale, Jr. , Chairman, and Karen M. Wrigley O. D. upon their retirement from the Board of the Philadelphia Parking Authority.
210696 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson Resolution calling on Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act to provide resources to Philadelphia and cities like it to combat climate change while creating jobs and fostering local economic development. 210697 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gym Resolution denouncing attacks on efforts to address systemic racism in the United States and urging the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to reject House Bill 1532, which aims to prohibit instruction on the history of racial oppression and the examination of how racism functions in our law, policy, and society. 210699 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Henon Resolution honoring Gregory Bucceroni for his dedication to community safety. - 4 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, September 23, 2021 210701 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Henon Resolution recognizing September 2021 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month to raise awareness about the importance of screening for and treatment of prostate cancer, to encourage prostate cancer research, and to encourage Philadelphians to take an active role in the fight to end prostate cancer. 210704 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson for Councilmember Jones Resolution supporting the National Minority Business Development Agency and recognizing October 4 through October 8, 2021 as Philadelphia Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week, which provides critical information, resources, opportunities and inspiration to the minority business community.
210706 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Green Resolution initiating action to continue a business improvement district encompassing certain existing and future hotel properties within the boundaries of the City of Philadelphia (the “City”), known as the Philadelphia Hospitality Improvement Levy District (the “District”), and to continue the Philadelphia Hospitality Improvement Levy District Corporation as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association (the “NIDMA”) of the District; approving a preliminary plan and report for the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act (the “Act”), prior to adoption of an ordinance that would formally continue the Dis
trict. 210707 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Green Resolution calling upon the Congress of the United States to enact the ABLE Age Adjustment Act, offered by Senator Bob Casey, which would increase from 26 to 46 the age threshold at which individuals with disabilities could save into tax-favored accounts to pay for disability-related expenses. 210708 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Green Resolution honoring and congratulating Philly Counts for their indispensable contribution to the 2020 Census and their service to the residents and City of Philadelphia. - 5 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, September 23, 2021 210709 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Brooks Resolution urging the U. S. Congress to pass Joint Resolution 21, known as the “Abolition Amendment,” to strike the “Slavery Clause” from the 13th Amendment and end the loophole in the U. S. Constitution that allows forced labor to continue in United States prisons “as a punishment for crime. ” 210710 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier Resolution honoring the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary. 210711 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution honoring and congratulating the Champion of the Week Imhotep Charter Girls’ basketball teams for winning their Philadelphia Public League Championship title games for the 2020-2021 season.
210712 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Squilla and Johnson Resolution recognizing and honoring the 9-11 DelVal (Delaware Valley Youth Athletic Association) girls on the occasion of them winning the Pennsylvania Little League State Championships in Williamsport, PA. 210713 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Squilla and Johnson Resolution recognizing and honoring the long-standing tradition of the Ss. Neumann Goretti vs Southern Thanksgiving Day game which has been a Thanksgiving Day staple in South Philadelphia for over 80 years. 210714 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution observing the Twentieth Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. - 6 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, September 23, 2021 210715 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution observing Diaper Need Awareness Week from September 27, 2021 to October 3, 2021. 210716 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution also naming the 1100 Block of Chelten Avenue “George James Way”, to recognize and honor the impact that George James, a local boxing trainer, had on his community. 210718 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass Resolution rededicating Allen Lane in West Mt. Airy to the memory of Richard Allen, in honor of his contributions to racial justice in Philadelphia and beyond.
210720 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Oh and Squilla Resolution recognizing September 2021 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Philadelphia in honor of childhood cancer patients, care givers, survivors, and those children who have succumbed to the disease. 210721 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Oh and Quiñones Sánchez Resolution recognizing October 2021 as Filipino American History Month in the City of Philadelphia. 210722 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Oh and Quiñones Sánchez Resolution recognizing and honoring the 211th Anniversary of Mexico’s Independence Day. - 7 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, September 23, 2021 210723 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Oh Resolution recognizing September as National Recovery Month in Philadelphia and celebrating the 20th Annual PRO-ACT Recovery Walks! to promote recovery and work to end the stigma surrounding drug and alcohol addiction. 210724 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Oh Resolution recognizing, honoring, and celebrating the Philadelphia Second Alarmers on the occasion of their 100th Anniversary.
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. - 8 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, September 23, 2021 210750 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution authorizing City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings examining ways to create curriculum and degree programs within Pennsylvania’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Cheyney University and Lincoln University, to become feeders of recruitment to the Philadelphia Police Department with the goal of diversifying our police force.
210751 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson Resolution authorizing the Committee on the Environment to conduct hearings to examine flooding risks, impacts, and mitigation options in Eastwick and other vulnerable Southwest Philadelphia communities 210754 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Green Resolution authorizing the Committee on Law & Government to hold hearings regarding the implications of a ranked-choice voting system for Philadelphia. 210757 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution authorizing City Council’s Committee on Children & Youth to hold hearings examining out-of-school time programs and funding from the 2021 Summer targeted at improving safety and positive life outcomes for Philadelphia’s young people. - 9 -City of Philadelphia