The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. We will now consider Resolution 110742.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING 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-Fourth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.
I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING We will now consider Resolution 110743.
A resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Haddington Urban Renewal Area, Unit Nos. 2 and 3, designated as Parcel No. 24 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 5526 through 48 Vine Street, including 243 through 49 North Vodges Street.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. The Chief Clerk will please read the title of Resolution 110744.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, 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 DiCicco. COUNCILMAN DiCICCO: Thank you, Madam President. I move for the 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. The Chief Clerk will please read Resolution 110746.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, 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 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING Forty-Seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
Madam President, I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. I would ask the Chief Clerk to please read Resolution No. 110747.
A resolution to amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Temple University, located on the block bounded 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING by 11th Street, Berks Street, 12th Street, and Norris Street, by allowing for the construction of a new building addition for use as the Science Education and Research Building.
Thank you, Madam President. Madam President, I request that Resolution No. 110747 be withdrawn. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that Resolution 110747 be withdrawn. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the motion carries. We will now consider Resolution 110748. 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING
A resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Brewerytown Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 26 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 3101 West Girard Avenue.
It has been moved and seconded that Resolution 110748 be adopted. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? (No response.) 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. We will now consider Resolution 110749.
A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, 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 Forty-Seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. We will now consider Resolution 110750.
A resolution confirming the reappointment of Ken Ogawa as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Energy Authority, to serve in the term ending January 1, 2017.
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. We will now consider Bill No. 110633.
We need to allow the Clerk to read the title of the bill, and then I'd like to speak on the bill, Madam President.
Bill No. 110633, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 10-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Minors,' by amending Section 10-303, entitled 'Unlawful Conduct of Minors,' and Section 10-307, entitled 'Parental Responsibility for Minor Children,' to 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING provide for earlier curfew hours for minors, to provide for different curfews hours for additional age groups among minors, and to provide for parental liability, establishment liability, and for penalties and enforcement, for violation of Chapter 10-300 or any expanded curfew under the Mayor's emergency powers."
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Brown.
Yes, Madam President. The beauty of the world that we work in is that it gives everyone an opportunity to have their say, and we would be remiss not to acknowledge the remarks, many thoughtful concerns raised by those who spoke during the public comment period. So we need to say thank you to them. I also want to salute and say thank you to our Mayor's Chief of Staff, 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING Everett Gillison, who did provide clarity on a number of provisions that are in the bill and a number of concerns that were raised at the very first hearing. So I am going to understand the clarity that has happened and the amendments that have been given as a result of concerns expressed by many. The bill no longer applies to one, two or three neighborhoods. The bill applies universally to all 60-plus neighborhoods around the City. That is in response to legitimate concerns raised by citizens who said why doesn't the curfew bill operate in my community as well. Questions have been raised around research data or not, and there are mixed reviews about that. In response by concerns raised by members of this Council, a sunset provision has been put in the bill, amended into the bill, that will require us, both the Administration and City Council, to 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING report back the findings as a result of the curfew law once and if executed. And as Everett Gillison has already stipulated, this is not a bill to criminalize young people. Regretfully, we have too many parents who don't step up and do their job. And so when parents, who have so many other issues on their plate, not able to be where they could be with regards to their kids, government has to step in. Ten thousand persons have been picked up. Only 200 of those 10,000 have been issued citations. Concerns were raised that ten days is not enough time to give parents a chance to respond to anything, and so we amended the bill again to give parents at least 30 days' timing to respond to any notices they get from government. Other issues were raised by those who spoke during public testimony. So know that the Administration and my office is open to sitting and talking 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING with youth advocates who care a lot about what we're about to take action on, and know that I'll be working with the Administration going forward to respond to those issues raised by the Youth Commission and youth advocates. In closing, I'll say as was stipulated during the hearing, there is no silver bullet for young people. It does not exist. It takes a comprehensive assessment, first of all, of what works for kids. And we need to say thank you to Councilmembers who met with me offline this morning to remind us of some of those things working for kids so that we can really look at them closely during the budget review process. So we're going to seize the moment during budget to re-stipulate this is what we want when it comes to preventive measures for young people. Many of us are paying close attention. It's a puzzle, Madam President, requested by the 10/27/11 - STATED - 2ND READING Administration for us to build a safer city, and we're going to be paying close attention. In fact, I will be asking for reports myself. I will go on the record to say I will ask for reports from Everett Gillison and the appropriate personnel to see how it's working on a month-by-month basis, so that we really don't have to wait for two years at the end of the sunset provision. Madam President, we appreciate the debate. It was a healthy debate. We leave this Council every single time more enlightened by something we're trying to do to grow a safer city. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you. This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. The Chief Clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 15; the nays are one. A majority of all the members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. (Audience members yelling "Shame.") (Pause.)
I would ask the Chief Clerk to please read any other bills or resolutions that must be considered today.
There are no other resolutions for consideration on today's Calendar, Madam President.
Thank you. (Audience members chanting "We need schools, not the curfew.") (Pause.)
That completes our Calendar for today. Are there speeches on the part of the minority? (No response.)
Are there speeches on the part of the majority? The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.
There was 660. It was Airport bonds. I don't think we could do it by consent. We did that already? All right.
We thought it was 660. Because it was Airport revenue bonds, we didn't think we could do it by consent, but apparently we did, so I guess it's all right.
That was on the Consent Agenda. The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.
Thank you, Madam President. I rise this morning somberly and tell you that there's a person missing in the Chambers, and that of Council, but a strong advocate for public policy. His name was Robert Stuart. It's my sad task to tell you that he passed away last night.
Too soon, too early, but he has made a difference in my life personally and many of the lives of members in this body. Rob Stuart was the founder of Evolve Strategies, and he died of a sudden heart attack last night, but he lived more than many of us ever get to do in three or four lifetimes. It was Rob Stuart who invited me on the part of the Academy of Natural Sciences to talk about issues of fracking. He invited me also to the State of New Jersey to find the first house that had zero carbon footprint with a combination of solar, geothermal and hydropower. lifetime work, lifetime work, as an environmentalist, activist. He wasn't just an environmentalist. He was green. Rob believed in limiting carbon footprints and increasing the sharing transportation, clean water. He is the only man alive that could get me to drink directly out of the Schuylkill River through a machine that he believed and vouched for. For him, being green wasn't just a fancy fad, but he believed it paid in the long run and would make us a better city. Funeral arrangements have not been made, but my heart, my heart goes out to him and his family and his two daughters that will be survived by him. Thank you, Madam President.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Kenney.
Thank you, Madam President. I'd just like to announce that the Rules Committee which was scheduled to start at 1 o'clock will start at 1:30 to give the Councilmembers an opportunity to collect themselves after our recent session.
Thank you. Would anyone else like to be recognized? (No response.)
Seeing no one, the Chair recognizes Councilman Clarke for a motion to adjourn.
Thank you, Madam President. Before I call for an adjournment, I too would like just briefly to say how much I will miss Rob. Actually, as we were conferring in the Caucus Room, I walked out of the Caucus Room today and I actually thought I saw him standing in the hallway. be truly missed. He left a lot of things in the midst. He was working on a green project over in Glenwood Avenue, my avenue. Representative Vanessa Brown called me this morning to inform me of the news this morning, and she was obviously distraught. He was working on something for her. He worked for a lot of things in the Logan Square neighborhood, as you know, and it leads me to believe that we must be even stronger to continue his good work. So I just want to say condolences to his family. Sarah is a strong woman, but any visit that she can get from us would be very helpful, I do believe. So I just want to say it's a sad day for us, but it makes us a little stronger in terms of doing what we need to do for the citizens of the City of Philadelphia. With that, Madam President, I move that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, November the 3rd, 2011, 10:00 a.m. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, November 3rd at 10 o'clock. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. The motion carries. Thank you. (Stated Meeting adjourned at 1:05 p.m.) CERTIFICATE I HEREBY CERTIFY that the proceedings, evidence and objections are contained fully and accurately in the stenographic notes taken by me upon the foregoing matter on October 27, 2011, and that this is a true and correct transcript of same. MICHELE L. MURPHY RPR-Notary Public (The foregoing certification of this transcript does not apply to any reproduction of the same by any means, unless under the direct control and/or supervision of the certifying reporter.)