Aye. The ayes are 15, the nays are zero. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, this bill passes. We will now consider Bill No. 050826.
An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriation for Fiscal Year 2006 within the Grants 11/17/05 - STATED - 2ND READING Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance to the Police Department and the Department of Public Property.
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 zero. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. We will now consider Bill No. 050827.
An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriation for Fiscal Year 2006 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance to the Department of Public Property.
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 zero. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. We will now consider Bill No. 050831.
An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code relating to zoning and planning by amending Chapter 14-1100, entitled "Institutional Development District," under certain terms and conditions.
This bill having been read on two different 11/17/05 - STATED - 2ND READING days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Madam President. We circulated an amendment. We would like to offer an amendment to this bill.
Was the amendment circulated, because I haven't seen -- it has been circulated?
Madam President, I'll second it. I'm aware of the amendment.
It has been moved and seconded that the amendment be adopted. You made the motion, did you not, Councilwoman?
I so move. (Duly seconded.) 11/17/05 - STATED - 2ND READING
It has been moved and seconded that the amendment be adopted. All in favor will please say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and the bill has been amended.
Thank you. We will now consider the final bill, Bill No. 050858.
An ordinance consenting to the transfer of control of the Area II cable television franchise from Urban Cable Works of Pennsylvania to Time Warner Cable, and to transfer the assignment of the Area II cable 11/17/05 - STATED - 2ND READING television franchise from Urban Cable Works of Philadelphia to Time Warner Cable, both under certain terms and conditions.
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 zero. The bill passes. That completes the Calendar for today. We will now take up the consideration of applications for take-out beer permits under Act 39. As previously announced, Council held an Executive Session to conduct deliberations on these applications. At this time, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Madam President. I offer five resolutions on your behalf.
The Chief Clerk will please read the title of the first resolution. 39 APPLICATIONS
A resolution accepting the Hearing Examiner's recommendation and disapproving the following application for a permit to sell malt and brewed beverages for consumption off premises: 55 Fortune Inc., 447 South 55th Street.
The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of this resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and properly seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will please say aye. (Aye.)
The 39 APPLICATIONS ayes have it and the resolution is adopted.
Thank you. I would just like to note that this is the stop-and-go that on November 29th the community has been demonstrating against for 1,000 days. Thank you.
You're welcome. Again, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell for the second application.
Thank you. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will please say 39 APPLICATIONS aye. (Aye.)
I'm sorry. We're ahead of ourselves. I would ask the Chief Clerk to please read the title of the resolution.
A resolution accepting the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner and approving, with conditions, the following application for a permit to sell malt and brewed beverages for consumption off premises: Taurus Investments, 412 West Girard Avenue.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of this resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will say aye. 39 APPLICATIONS (Aye.)
The ayes have it, the resolution is adopted, and the record will reflect that Councilman Clarke has recused himself. At this time, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell for the third resolution.
Thank you, Madam President. I think the Chief Clerk needs to read it first.
A resolution rejecting the Hearing Examiner's recommendation and disapproving the following application for a permit to sell malt and brewed beverages for consumption off premises: Stanley Stein Inc., 2332 Orthodox Street.
Thank 39 APPLICATIONS you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you, Madam President. I wish the record to reflect that I'm recusing myself on this matter. Thank you.
Thank you. I'm sorry, Councilwoman. Did you move for the adoption?
I don't think so. I move for its adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded. All in favor will please indicate by saying aye. (Aye.) 39 APPLICATIONS
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. The record will also reflect that Councilman DiCicco has recused himself.
A resolution rejecting the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner and disapproving the following application for a permit to sell malt and brewed beverages for consumption off premises: TCOC Inc., 4301 Main Street.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. 39 APPLICATIONS All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. The record will reflect that Councilman Nutter has recused himself.
A resolution accepting the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner and approving, with conditions, the following application for a permit to sell malt and brewed beverages for consumption off premises: La Quinto Inc., 4602 to 4604 North 5th Street.
Thank you, Madam President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It seconded that the resolution be adopted. All in favor will indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, the resolution is adopted, and the record will reflect that Councilman Clarke has recused himself. That completes our business 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 Ramos.
Thank you, Madam President. President, I held a resolution that I want to continue to hold. I'm considering maybe even dismissing the resolution at some point, especially if things get better resolved around issues of missing people. This Council resolved that the week of October 29th through November the 4th would be Philadelphia Missing Persons Awareness Week and that a Philadelphia Missing Persons Conference will be held and it was held on November the 5th at West Philadelphia High School. At that meeting of families who had missing loved ones, there was a lady by the name of Katrina Jefferson and family members and she told the story of a missing loved one named Neici Jefferson. She had been missing since Monday, April 14th of 2003, among other families who had missing loved ones in the Philadelphia region. That Sunday in the Local section of the Inquirer a reporter from the Inquirer reported on the in the Philadelphia region and described and talked about Neici Jefferson. I got a call from Katrina Jefferson this morning and she informed me that her body has been found, that an employee at the Medical Examiner's office read the article in the Inquirer and thought that he had a body in the Medical Examiner's facility that might be this person. It turned out to be her. She had been there for almost two years since she disappeared, and the family called me to let all of us know here how much they appreciated that this Council got behind her family and because the media put it out there and someone read it that happened to work in the Medical Examiner's office, they are starting to have closure in the disappearance of Neici Jefferson. That was my only intent of that conference and it was my only intent of a resolution that I'm holding indefinitely. it to become a world and international issue, but it was about people like Neici Jefferson, Latoya Berg that's still missing and a whole lot of other Philadelphians that are missing out there under their suspicious circumstances. Today Councilwoman Krajewski and I introduced a transfer ordinance so that we can address the issue of the energy crisis in the Philadelphia area, and we will be working with the Administration with the approval of this Council to provide some energy assistance to families in Philadelphia who are going to be hit so hard, all of us, including all of us here sitting, with this dramatic increase in the price of gas. So I just wanted to put that out there, that if everything goes right, there should be some assistance, further assistance, to people in Philadelphia that might not be able to pay their gas bill. you, Madam President.
You're welcome, sir. The Chair recognizes Councilman Goode.
Thank you, Madam President. I will be brief. In today's Philadelphia Inquirer in both an editorial and a separate story, it suggested that Council is considering campaign contribution limits for City contractors through legislation voted out of the Law and Government Committee yesterday. That's simply not true. This Council has already set contribution limits this term and, in fact, set them higher than we did last time. It's amazing to me how journalists who are pushing an ethics agenda would not even understand what we're voting on or choose to misrepresent it. I am further amazed that they last week without knowing that it didn't apply to bond work. It's simply a matter of not fully focusing on the issue but on the politics of the issue. Thank you.
You're welcome. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Tasco.
Madam President, I'd like to invite my colleagues and those who are listening to an exciting opening of one of the, I guess, best state-of-the-art rec centers that will be open tomorrow on Saturday, November the 19th at Pickering and Gowen, the Dorothy Emmanuel Recreation Center. We've been working on that for about eight years, and we will open the door. It is a state-of-the-art, one of the finest and the best recreation facilities in this country, and we invite all of you to come to the opening at 11:00 a.m. I'd like to thank my State Senator, LeAnna Washington, who was State Representative at the time, who contributed $1.5 million to the $4 million that we put in for that rec center. So it's something to see. We took all of the problems that were things that did not happen at other rec centers and all the omissions and made sure that they did not happen at this rec center. We probably did miss something, but it certainly is a state-of-the-art facility, and we would invite you to come.
We congratulate you. Are there any other speeches on the part of the Majority. (No response.)
Seeing none, the Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Tasco for a motion to adjourn.
Madam President, I move that we stand adjourned until December the 1st, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and seconded that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, December 1, 2005. All in favor will say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it and the motion carries. Thank you. (Stated Meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.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 November 17, 2005, 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.)