Thank you. The Chair again recognizes Stated Meeting December 4, 2014
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bills No. 140853, 140854, and 140948. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to allow first reading this day of Bills No. 140853, 140854, and 140948. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and these bills will be placed on our First Reading Calendar at today's session. The Chair now recognizes Councilman Johnson for a report from the Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 Public Utilities.
Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities reports one bill with a favorable recommendation.
The Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities, to which was referred Bill No. 140898, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Procurement Commissioner and the Deputy Mayor, Transportation and Utilities, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a concession agreement for the management of the food, beverage, retail and passenger services program at Philadelphia International Airport, and Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 Agreement, all under certain terms and conditions," respectfully reports it has considered the same and returns the attached bill to Council with a favorable recommendation.
Thank you. The Chair again recognizes Councilman Johnson.
Mr. President, I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill No. 140898. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to allow first reading this day of Bill No. 140898. All those in favor? (Aye.)
Those opposed? Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 1ST READING (No response.)
The ayes have it, and that bill will be placed on our First Reading Calendar at today's session. That concludes our reports from committee, and the next order of business is consideration of the Calendar. I note that the bills just reported from committee with suspension of the rules have been deemed to have had a first reading. These bills will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. Mr. Decker, will you please read any other bills on our First Reading Calendar.
Bill No. 140861, entitled "An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2014 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 1ST READING commissions"; and Bill No. 140862, entitled "An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2014 within the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions"; and Bill No. 140863, entitled "An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2014 within the Aviation Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to the Police Department and the Director of Finance - Fringe Benefits."
The Chair agrees, and these bills will be placed on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. The Chair now recognizes Councilman Jones for the purpose of Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 2ND READING calling up resolutions and bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Mr. President. The following resolutions and bills are being called up from Second Reading and Final Passage Calendars today: Nos. 140950, 140951, 140954, 140957, 140791, 140792, 140811, 140812, 140872, 130451, 130656, 140782, 140638, and 140830. All other resolutions and bills are being held.
Thank you, Councilman. We will now move towards our public comment session. The public comment session will go as follows: If you are interested in testifying on a bill or resolution that's on the Final Passage Calendar today, if you have not already done so, I would ask that you sign up at the table to my left. When your name is called, you will be asked to come up, speak at the podium. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 On that podium there is a device. There's a light on the device. When the light turns green, it is your time to speak. When the light turns yellow, you have 30 seconds to conclude your remarks, and when the light turns red, we'd ask that you please adhere to the guidelines and conclude your remarks. You will be given three minutes to testify. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Mr. Decker, please call the name of the first witness.
Irma Lopez, commenting on 140954. (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning. My name is Irma Lopez. I'm here -- I am an owner of a kiosk at the Gallery for 23 years and these are my peers. They're also merchants of the Gallery. I've been there 23 years. They have their stories, over 20 years. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 Anyway, we just got a letter from the Gallery telling us that we have to leave. I mean, no more renewing your lease. They are closing the Gallery down. Nobody knows about it. And so I'm asking you any RDA bills, don't give RDA nothing until you find out what's happening, because they own the Gallery and they're putting so many small and minority businesses out of business -- I mean, stop feeding their family. I mean, we've been feeding our families with this business, but guess what, we've been feeding the Gallery's family too. So we're asking you to please introduce a bill. We're asking you to -why are we being treated different? Could you protect us from not being put out, or if they're doing partial construction, let us stay, you know, as they do construction.
Ms. Irma -- and Irma as I affectionately call you for a number of years -- there's not a bill on the Final Passage Calendar today on that subject matter, but I am familiar with that issue. Councilman Squilla and I have actually had some conversations with some of the people. We are aware of the concerns that may come as a result of some future legislation that's not in place at this time. I anticipate that we, looking at my colleague, who actually represents the Gallery, will have some substantive conversations with all of the current tenants/vendors of the Gallery, and I'm assuming we'll have -- but I understand your concern. Those conversations, those issues have come up. So are you the point person?
I'll be the point person, but I also want to take this Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 opportunity to thank the Councilman and Councilwoman Sanchez for opening up their doors and sitting down and hearing our concerns and him following up with PREIT. However, just make sure that if they're not going to close down, don't put the small businesses out.
I understand. I understand. Thank you. And I'm assuming -- we've already had conversations. We will, as we always do in City Council, look out for the, quote/unquote, the people, and we will continue to have substantive conversation to make sure that we have addressed the concerns that you have.
And I know that that's his district, but the subways, all our customers are citywide. So it affects all the District Councilpeople also.
Because those are Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 our customers. They come from every neighborhood in the City of Philadelphia. So please don't stop them from having somewhere to shop also.
I understand. The Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Irma, for being here to testify. We did meet with a lot of the vendors and I have met with PREIT and the RDA on this and trying to look for resolution. We are looking if any City subsidies are added to include an EOP that would include minority businesses in that. So we are in the works. Nothing has been finalized at this point, but we will keep you abreast, and knowing that you are the point person, you will be the one that will be contacted along the way. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you so much for your testimony.
Richard Gliniak, commenting on 140638. (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning. Good morning, Council President Clarke and members of Council. I'm actually here to read a letter of support for the bill that's in question, and I was here, along with some of my good neighbors, before on this bill. It was in the Finance Committee and it's gone out of the Finance Committee and now it's here, and I'd like to read my letter of support, if I can. I am a low/moderate income homeowner on a fixed income living in the Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 Graduate Hospital/Southwest Center City area. I am also a homeowner who was denied LOOP. In 2002, I purchased my subsidized affordable home from the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation, an arm of the Office of Housing and Community Development. This HUD-funded affordable housing program, called the Homestart Program, was for first-time homeowners in the low to moderate income categories. Under guidelines set by the City, soft liens were placed on each Homestart home, which prohibits selling, renting or refinancing for 15 years from the date of purchase. My home has this soft lien until January of 2017. In this program, my home also received a small property tax reduction or abatement by exempting 4,744 assessed improvement from the $25,000 market value. The resulting $450 per year property tax reduction helped in Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 maintaining homeownership for the first few years. Today, however, under the City's new AVI system, my 2014 property taxes have increased from 782 to 4,119, even with the homestead exemption. On my fixed Social Security income, I simply cannot afford this 427 percent increase. And because my property is classified as having received an abatement, I have been denied LOOP. Moreover, and not because I would want to, I am not allowed to sell, rent or refinance for approximately another two and a half years because of the imposed soft lien of the Homestart Program. I ask for your support and passage of this ordinance extending LOOP to abated low/moderate income subsidized affordable homes purchased from the City and/or other non-profit agencies. Passage of this bill would allow me and others like me to remain in their home where I have lived for the past 12 and a Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 half years without the threat of tax delinquency or foreclosure. I thank you very much again for the time, the assistance and for the opportunity to submit my letter of support for this ordinance. I also want to extend a sincere thank you to my Councilperson, Councilman Johnson, and I want to say that -- I see a red here, but this process and the fact that you listened to us and you submitted this bill because of our concerns has given me -- and I know it sounds -- has given me the belief that, yes, the government can work for the people sometimes. And thank you very much.
Thank you, sir. We need to hear that every now and then. Thank you. Thank you so much.
Alan Taylor, commenting on 140638. (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning to Council and everybody in this session. My name is Alan Taylor and I too have moved to the 1900 block of Carpenter Street under the PHDC housing program for low and moderate income. When we moved on this block, it wasn't really a desirable, what you would call, desirable neighborhood. We had our share of shootings. I used to come home 1, 2 o'clock in the morning from work, have drug dealers asking me did I want to purchase. This neighborhood fell under John Street's Safe Street Initiative. So it wasn't people really breaking their neck to move in this neighborhood. Now every week myself and neighbors in my neighborhood, we get letters from real estate companies, you know, requesting to buy our properties. Everybody wants to buy our properties now. After we went through the hard times, everybody wants Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 to come in and just slide on in, you know. You didn't go through the hard times. We did. As Richard said, our taxes have increased. My taxes went from 1,200 a year to $4,300. The change in the neighborhood has been slow and very difficult, but we toughed it out. There's been no shortage of research done in articles written about the impact of gentrification on the targeted community. Timothy Williams in a New York Times article highlighted the efforts in not only the City of Philadelphia but Boston, New York, Detroit, and across the nation in efforts to help citizens threatened by gentrification. Also in that article there's a quote by City Council President Darrell Clarke. I don't know if you were President then, Mr. Clarke, but it said, Those that toughed it out should be rewarded. My neighbors and I have toughed Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 it out. I was up pretty early this morning online looking at the Sustainability Initiative, and a lot of things I read in there, the word "data" was used. Every ten years, the Census Department comes past and they collect information or data, however you want to word it. But nobody has a program to collect data on people who are pushed out of their neighborhood or taxed out of their neighborhood because of gentrification. There's no -- I never seen a program that dealt with that, who gets pushed out of the neighborhood because of gentrification. No data is kept on that, to my knowledge. I'm here today to ask Council to support the low/moderate income people who moved in this neighborhood, tried to make this neighborhood better. Thank you.
Thank you, sir, for your testimony. I Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 actually think I was Council President when I made that statement. You mentioned the Community Sustainability Initiative, and we actually had a pretty good meeting the other night that WHYY when -- and there were a lot of issues that came up that were not in fact in the document. The sole primary purpose of not only just that meeting but the subsequent meetings that are going to be held throughout the City is just for that, so you can talk about some of the things that are not in it. That issue did come up about the concerns about gentrification. So as we move ahead and finalize the document/tool, that will be a very integral part of that component, to do tracking on how the demographics changed as a result of increase in value. So thank you for your information.
Charles Bode, commenting on 130656. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 (Witness approached podium.)
Thank you. My name is Charles Bode. I'm with the West Powelton/Saunders Park RCO. We have been led to understand on Bill 130656, which we understand is on Final Passage, that it has been going through Council for approximately a year, but that it's going to be amended today before Final Passage. And so our comments do not relate to the actual bill, but rather we request that when amendments are made to any bill, that the revised bill be posted on the Council's website for the community to review before a final vote taken so that the community can understand what is happening and comment on it, if necessary. Thank you for your time.
Thank you, sir, for your testimony. Thank you very much.
George Kroculick, commenting on 130656. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. I'm George Kroculick. I'm a lawyer at Duane Morris and I represent Clear Channel, and I think I can say on behalf of the entire billboard industry, we thank the Council, particularly Councilman Henon and his staff, for continuing to work so hard and to try to understand the issues that the billboard industry faces. The billboard industry is well aware of the perception of others in the community. We are very grateful, however, to have rules that we can understand puts everyone on an even playing field. We understand also that there are amendments potentially being circulated. And, again, thank you very much. Thank you so much for all of your efforts. We still feel that there is work to be done so that the industry can, again, understand what the rules and the regulations are and, again, be on a level Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 playing field. Thank you very much.
Alan Kessler, commenting on 130656. (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning. Alan Kessler, also of Duane Morris. Council President, members of Council, I can't have my partner say nice things and not follow up as well, because I will never hear the end of it from Councilman Henon. I'm not here to comment substantively on the bill. As my partner said, there's more work to be done on this subject, but I do want to take special notice and recognition of Councilman Henon, his staff, Courtney Voss. This has gone on now for probably close to two years, this effort. I don't Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 know how many meetings, phone calls, how much time of the Councilman and his staff we've taken up on this bill. At all times they've shown great patience and interest in really digging into the issues and learning the business, being sensitive not only to the industry but to the Administration and to others that have an interest in this industry. So, again, I'll be short, but I just wanted to make sure we thank the Councilman and his staff for the great work that they've done thus far. Thank you, Mr. President.
Mary Tracy, commenting on 130656. (Witness approached podium.)
Good morning, Mr. President and distinguished members of Council. I'm honored to be here, and Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 before I say anything about the bill, I just really want to thank Councilman Henon. I don't think there's anybody on this Council that would have taken on this onerous task of trying to bring the cats together and I don't think they ever will. Frankly, you know, the billboards are a burden and a blight to neighborhoods and, you know, I think that the Councilman is trying to do the best that he can to make this more palatable. And I think he's almost there. I think he has, and I think that you're never going to please both sides. Certainly we're really concerned about the brightness of these signs. They're already three times brighter than a conventional sign, but it's come down, and so hopefully it will come down some more, but if not, I think we can live with it. I also think that the trade-ins -- we have 1,900 billboards throughout the City, and it would be Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 great to have higher trade-ins, but I think there's been concessions made and we'll be able to live with that, and I appreciate that. There's two things I really wanted to just address. The one is that we have a real problem in the City with those, a few of them -- I don't think any of them are here -- that haven't really been complying with the rules that we've had for over 20, 30, 40, in some cases 45 years, and the federal highways is very concerned about this. We have some court cases that have never been taken down. So I think when we do the trade-ins, perhaps the City could do a priority list that before you can put a new digital sign up, you need to take those signs down that are out of compliance that are court ordered, declared illegal or they're in violation of the Highway Beautification Act. That way, the City doesn't pay the burden of removing the illegal signs and they still can get Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 their digital, but it brings them to a place where they're not getting down some old sign that they don't really want anyway. The other thing is that there's a whole thing about height, and we've been really looking at the gateways into the City. I've never been a fan of billboards, but I find the lower they are, the less intrusive they are. And so one of the -- part of this bill is to say when we redo our highways and we're spending billions of dollars to do that, if there is a new sign for traffic safety that says get in the right-hand lane, then if I have a billboard, I can put my sign up above that. Also, if we have sound walls so that our residential neighborhoods are more -- it's quieter, I can put my billboard higher. So I think there's two ways we could settle that. One is, let's just require clearer sound walls, especially if the community wants them anyway. Then Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING there's no problem. You don't have to raise them. You keep the billboards. You can still see them. So if they have clearer sound walls, that should be not allowed to go above it. And when -- I think that that would help to get our gateways. I'll end with that. Maybe I'll be back next week, but, again, thank you all for listening to the community's concerns and making this a better bill.
There are no other speakers on the public comment list, Mr. President.
Thank you very much. That concludes our public comment session. We will now move forward with our Calendar for today. Mr. Decker, could you please read the title of 140950.
A resolution Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Third Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Resolution 140950 has Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING been adopted. Mr. Decker, 140951.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Fifty-First and Sixtieth Wards of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you. The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.) Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING
The ayes have it. Resolution 140951 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 140954.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Seventh and Nineteenth Wards of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Resolution 140954 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 140957.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Thirty-First Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
The Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and 140957 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 140791.
A resolution appointing Ahmeenah Young to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
The Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee -I'm sorry; Councilman Jones.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.) Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Resolution 140791 has been adopted. Mr. Decker, 140792.
A resolution appointing Michelle Lai to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for its adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.) Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING
The ayes have it. 140792 has been adopted. Mr. Decker, 140811.
A resolution confirming the appointment of JoAnn A. Epps as a member of the Board of Ethics, to serve in the term ending November 16, 2019.
Mr. President, I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING ayes have it, and Resolution 140811 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 140812.
A resolution appointing Jay S. Feldstein to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion, for a term ending January 5, 2017.
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and Resolution 140812 is adopted. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING Mr. Decker, 140872.
A resolution appointing Michael Piper to the position of Chief Assessment Officer of the Office of Property Assessment.
Thank you again. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and 140872 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 130451.
An ordinance amending Section 19-1806 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Realty Use and Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING Occupancy Tax," including by providing for special tax provisions for manufacturers.
Thank you, Mr. President. I offer an amendment to Bill No. 130451. A copy of the amendment has been circulated to all members of Council, and I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. The amendment to 130451 has been moved. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 130451 has been amended. The amended bill will be on the next week Final Passage Calendar. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING Mr. Decker, 130656.
An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code by further providing for revised sign controls and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions; and amending Chapter 9-600 by adjusting the licensing fees for commercial outdoor advertising signs and information required in the annual inventory of signs; and amending Chapter 19-3400 by adjusting the excise tax on outdoor advertising signs.
And the Chair again recognizes Councilman Henon.
Thank you, Mr. President. I offer an amendment to Bill No. 130656. A copy of the amendment has been circulated to all members of Council, and I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.)
It's Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING been moved and properly seconded, the amendment to 130656. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Bill No. 130656 has been amended. It will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. Mr. Decker, 140782.
An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising the size requirements for accessory structures for residential uses.
Thank you, Mr. President. I offer an amendment to Bill No. 140782. The amendment has been Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING circulated to all Councilmembers, and I move its adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded the amendment to Bill 140728. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Bill No. 140782 has been amended and it will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. Mr. Decker, 140638.
An ordinance amending Chapter 19-3900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Tax Exemptions for Longtime Owner-Occupants of Residential Properties," by amending the eligibility requirements to make eligible properties owned by certain Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING individuals who received assistance in the acquisition of the property as part of a government or non-profit housing program.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to offer an amendment to Bill No. 140638. A copy of the amendment has been circulated to all members of Council. I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.)
The amendment to Bill No. 140638 has been moved and seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Bill No. 140638 has been amended and will be placed on our Second Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING and Final Reading Passage at our next session of Council. Mr. Decker, 140830.
An ordinance authorizing the City Solicitor, on behalf of the City, to enter into a multi-year contract with a provider of codification, editing, and marketing services to produce printed and electronic versions of the 11th edition of The Philadelphia Code, a Zoning and Planning Supplement and the 2015 Reprint of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, with periodic supplements to each.
This bill has been read on two separate occasions, the question is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, call the roll.
Councilwoman Blackwell. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING
Aye. The ayes are 16; the nays are zero. A majority of members present voting in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, do you have any additional resolutions.
A resolution Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING recognizing and honoring Judge Benjamin Lerner, Senior Judge for Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, for his years of service to the First Judicial District and after he was chosen to receive the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Distinguished Jurist Award by the Philadelphia Bar Association on December 9, 2014, introduced by Councilman Kenney.
I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING
And a resolution recognizing, honoring, and remembering the lives of Charles J. Borelli and Roger Courtland, writers and composers of the Philadelphia Eagles Victory Song otherwise known as "Fly Eagles Fly" which has been sung in support of the Philadelphia Eagles for over sixty years, introduced by Councilman Kenney.
I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is also adopted. Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING
And a resolution authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Education to conduct public hearings to evaluate the benefits and effectiveness of the Philadelphia Talent Collaborative and other programs that help improve educational outcomes and the economic viability of the City of Philadelphia, introduced by Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
The Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution authorizing City Council's Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and Public Safety to hold joint hearings concerning side mirror placement on SEPTA buses in Philadelphia, introduced by Councilman Johnson.
Yeah, Mr. President. I want to also just say for the record that that bill was sponsored by Councilman Curtis Jones and Councilwoman Cindy Bass. I move for the adoption of the resolution, please. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
Those opposed? Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING (No response.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.
And a resolution honoring, recognizing and commending The Prep Charter High School Football Team for its outstanding hard work and determination this season in winning its first ever Public League Class AA Championship Title, introduced by Councilman Johnson.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
Stated Meeting December 4, 2014 12/4/14 - STATED - 2ND READING Those opposed? (No response.)
The ayes have it, and that resolution is adopted.