City of Philadelphia Thursday, June 8, 2023 City Council Calendar PUBLIC COMMENT Please note that this is an in-person meeting, and it is open to the public. This meeting may also be viewed on Xfinity Channel 64, Fios Channel 40 or http://phlcouncil. com/watch-city-council/ Public comment will be received in-person regarding those matters printed on the agenda on the following pages. Speakers interested in participating in public comment at this meeting may call 215-686-3406 by no later than 3 p. m.
the day before the meeting and they must submit the following information: • Full name (including proper pronunciation and spelling) • Identify the bill number or resolution number that will be addressed • State whether you support or oppose that particular bill or resolution • Telephone number where you can be reached Speakers may also sign-up to participate in public comment on the day of the meeting in Room 400, City Hall. Speakers who submitted the above information within the required time frame will be added to the list. Speakers 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 testimony where repetitious comments are offered on an agenda item.
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CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, June 8, 2023 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, June 8, 2023 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ON FINAL PASSAGE 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. 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.
230423 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones for Council President Clarke Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Housing Authority a deed conveying fee simple title to 2338 N. 31st Street; 2340 N. 31st Street; 2408 N. 31st Street; 2410 N. 31st Street; 2412 N. 31st Street; 2500 N. 31st Street; 2401 N. 32nd Street; 2549 ½ N. 32nd Street (aka 2551 N. 32nd Street); 3230-38 Diamond Street; 3010 W. York Street; 3012 W. York Street; 3014 W. York Street; 3013 W. York Street; 3015 W. York Street; 3108 W. York Street; 3110 W. York Street; 3112 W. York Street; 3200 W. York Street; 3202 W. York Street; 3204 W. York Street; 3206 W. York Street; 3214 W. York Street; 3222 W.
York Street in the Fifth Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia pursuant to Section 16-706 of The Philadelphia Code. 230432 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Harrity and Lozada Resolution calling on Safehouse, the United States Department of Justice, and the Mayor to halt implementation of supervised injection sites in the City of Philadelphia, to involve community groups and other branches of city government with differing views to participate in settlement negotiations, and to enforce the previous holding from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. - 3 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, June 8, 2023 230456 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Council President Clarke Resolution confirming the appointment of Elinor Haider to the Board of the Philadelphia Energy Authority to serve in the term ending January 1, 2028. 230458 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Council President Clarke Resolution calling for the creation of the Community-Temple Safety Partnership Zone and a Response Resource Task Force, as recommended in 21CP Solutions’ audit entitled “Recommendations for Community Safety at Temple University and the Temple University Police Department”, which would collaborate with the City of Philadelphia and neighborhood stakeholders to work toward safer neighborhoods for Temple University and all surrounding communities.
230459 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 924, 927, 928, 936 Edgley Street; 926, 928 French Street; 2106, 2112, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2151, 2166, 2170, 2172, 2215, 2217, 2219 N. Franklin Street; 2112, 2130, 2144, 2214 N. Marshall Street; 2105, 2107, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2119, 2121, 2133, 2140, 2143, 2146, 2150 N. Percy Street; 904, 910, 912 W. Susquehanna Avenue; 2102, 2109, 2126, 2128, 2130, 2131, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2150, 2210 N. 7th Street; 2101, 2113, 2121, 2155, 2167-69, 2201 N. 8th Street; 2124, 2126, 2132, 2150, 2165 N. 9th Street; 2121 N. 10th Street located in the 5th Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
230465 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Squilla Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 372, 702 Cantrell Street; 613, 625, 723 Mercy Street; 737 Tree Street; 535, 537, 602 Winton Street located in the 1st Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code. - 4 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, June 8, 2023 230466 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Lozada Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 2335 and 2337 N. 6th Street in the Seventh 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. 230470 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Harrity Resolution urging the Administration to pursue comprehensive qualitative and quantitative efforts to improve access to good-paying jobs in the City of Philadelphia.
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. 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.
220916 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Queen Lane, Wissahickon Avenue, Roosevelt Boulevard (Extended), and Henry Avenue, and to authorize Basic Utilities and Services in a section of Fairmount Park. - 5 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, June 8, 2023 221015 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Bass for Council President Clarke An Ordinance amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Finance, Taxes and Collections,” to incentivize Affordable Housing development by authorizing tax exemptions pursuant to the Affordable Housing Unit Tax Exemption Act, all under certain terms and conditions.
230186 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones for Council President Clarke An Ordinance authorizing an increase in the non-electoral indebtedness of the City within the Pennsylvania constitutional limit; authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; and authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions. 230250 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Squilla for Council President Clarke An Ordinance amending Ordinance (Bill No.
190935) of the Council of The City of Philadelphia, approved by the Mayor on December 18, 2019, to authorize the refunding of additional series of outstanding general obligation bonds; authorizing the purchase by The City of Philadelphia, from time to time, of any of its outstanding general obligation debt; authorizing the amendment, novation or termination, from time to time, of any agreement to manage interest costs incurred in connection with The City of Philadelphia’s general obligation debt; further amending said Ordinance (Bill No.
190935) to authorize the payment by The City of Philadelphia from proceeds of general obligation refunding bonds of any required settlement payments and related required amounts in connection with the termination of any such agreements to manage interest costs and additionally authorizing the payment of such settlement payments and related amounts from other legally available funds; and authorizing certain other actions.
230276 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Driscoll An Ordinance to approve a major amendment to the Holy Family University Master Plan related to the Welcome Center and an athletic fields structure in the area bounded by Grant Avenue, Frankford Avenue, Carteret Drive, Saint Denis Drive (extended), the Poquessing Creek, and the Delaware Expressway and to consolidate previously-approved minor amendments in the same area. - 6 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, June 8, 2023 230302 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones An Ordinance to approve a major amendment to the Saint Joseph’s University Master Plan related to a proposed Residence Hall and Student Center and the addition of six existing buildings to the Master Plan and to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land, all in the area bounded by City Avenue, 52nd Street, Woodbine Avenue, Wynnefield Avenue, Overbrook Avenue, Upland Way, and Drexel Road. 230308 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Squilla An Ordinance amending Section 14-502 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “/CTR, Center City Overlay District,” by amending the South Street/ Head House Square Area, all under certain terms and conditions.
230318 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones for Council President Clarke An Ordinance to amend Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Zoning and Planning,” by revising certain provisions of Chapter 14-500, entitled “Overlay Zoning Districts,” by creating the “/EOD, East Poplar Overlay District,” all under certain terms and conditions. 230319 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Jones and Gilmore Richardson An Ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Zoning and Planning,” by revising Section 14-524, entitled “/FDO, Fourth District Overlay District,” to extend the boundaries of certain areas, all under certain terms and conditions.
230322 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier An Ordinance amending Chapter 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Overlay Zoning Districts,” to modify the area subject to Section 14-534, entitled the “/AHP, Affordable Housing Preservation Overlay District,” all under certain terms and conditions. - 7 -City of Philadelphia
CITY COUNCIL Calendar for Thursday, June 8, 2023 230323 INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Gauthier An Ordinance amending Section 14-533 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “/MIN, Mixed Income Neighborhoods Overlay District,” to create a mechanism for satisfying certain use standards related to the construction of affordable housing in the portion of the MIN Overlay District located in the Third Councilmanic District, all under certain terms and conditions. - 8 -City of Philadelphia