City of Philadelphia Thursday, March 17, 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, March 17, 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, March 17, 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.
210848 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker for Council President Clarke Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 1604-1608 Page street, 1610 Page street, 1612 Page street, 1614 Page street and 1616 Page street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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. - 3 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, March 17, 2022 220226 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker for 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 1403 N. 17th Street, 1409 N. 17th Street, 1412 N. 17th Street, 1415 N. 17th Street, 1416 N. 17th Street, 1421 N. 17th Street, 1435 N. 17th Street, 1441 N. 17th Street, 1624 Jefferson 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.
220227 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Parker and Gilmore Richardson Resolution honoring and congratulating the Independence Blue Cross Foundation on the occasion of its 10th Anniversary. 220228 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson Resolution celebrating and congratulating Girl Scouts of the USA on the occasion of its 110th Anniversary and thanking Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania for its service to the girls of Philadelphia. 220229 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution honoring and celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of inspiring women leaders: Benazir Bhutto, Sarah Boone, Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown, Meta L. Christy DO, Admiral Michelle Howard, Mae Jemison, Katherine Johnson, Condoleezza Rice, Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Madam C. J.
Walker, in honor of Women’s History Month. 220231 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Domb Resolution honoring NBC10 Philadelphia’s Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz on the occasion of his upcoming retirement and recognizing his twenty-seven years with the First Alert Weather Team and his forty-two year career on television reporting the weather. - 4 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, March 17, 2022 220233 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Thomas Resolution honoring and congratulating Women’s History Month’s Champion of the Week, Kate Scott, on becoming the second female full-time broadcaster in N. B. A. history and female play-by-play announcer in Philadelphia sports history. 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.
210685 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. 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. - 5 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, March 17, 2022 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. 220111 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones An Ordinance amending Section 9-215 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Streeteries,” to revise and add additional permitted locations, all under certain terms and conditions.
220143 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Johnson An Ordinance amending Section 9-215 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Streeteries,” to add additional permitted locations, all under certain terms and conditions.
220249 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Parker Resolution authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold hearings to examine the enforcement of building and construction code requirements, Licenses and Inspections inspector caseload and inspector staffing ratios, and the City’s response to worker misclassification, also known as payroll fraud 220254 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier Resolution authorizing the City of Philadelphia Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to explore the role of the Philadelphia Police Department Neighborhood Services Unit as a part of the City’s comprehensive response to the widespread prevalence of abandoned vehicles in the City of Philadelphia, and to examine enforcement practices, preventative measures and potential solutio
ns necessary to address this problem. - 6 -City of Philadelphia