And that's what they call it. They said that somebody else just got robbed somewhere. Stop and frisk. (Applause.)
Ethel Wise, commenting on 190356. (Witnesses approached podium.) Stated Meeting June 20, 2019
Ethel Wise. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Good afternoon, President of Council, and good afternoon, Council. We, the residents of Wilson Park Resident Council, support the 2301 Oregon Avenue Shopping Center. The Resident Council of Wilson Park currently helps over 680 residents in the housing development located in the heart of South Philadelphia. The 2301 Oregon Avenue Shopping Center will benefit the residents and community tremendously. The new development of the shopping center will provide several jobs for the residents and the community. The residents of Wilson Park and the community will be close to home while making a better life for their families by becoming employed. We would sincerely appreciate City Council's support of our decision in supporting 2301 Oregon Avenue Shopping Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 Center. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, the Wilson Park Resident Council.
Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. (Applause.)
Claudia Sherrod, commenting on 190356. (Witness approached podium.)
Hello. My name is Claudia Smith-Sherrod and I come here representing Bill No. 190356. I am in full support of the 23rd and Oregon Shopping Center. I have lived in this community for well over 60 years, and I've seen the deterioration of this facility, and I think it's a great, great project and I am 1,000 percent in support of it. The key businesses that are staying are Shop Rite, Ross, Modell's, LA Fitness, Rainbow, and Dunkin Donuts. There'll be others, and I'm excited about Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 it, because I still like shopping. New stores are being brought in to fill in vacant spaces and creating 210 new jobs. The parking lot and property boundaries will be landscaped, greening the properties with trees and other plants. The Economic Opportunity Plan has diversity goals exceeding City targets, 40 percent minority and women participation in the construction. You can't ask for much more. I mean, I'm just excited. Thank you.
One other comment, if I didn't overstate my time. I think that in terms of the Police Department, Article 6, Section 1-10 should be read and the police should be fired. (Applause.)
Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 Thank you for your testimony.
Solomon Jones. (Witness approached podium.) (Applause.) (Audience members chanting "No justice, no peace.")
If you are here -thank you, thank you, thank you. We are here at Philadelphia -
We are here as Philadelphians because we pay taxes. We are here as Philadelphians because this ornate Chamber with the gold inlay and with the marble and with the carpet, this is ours, and everybody in here works for us. And so we support Derek Green's resolution calling for hearings on the racist police who posted on Facebook and who said openly that they hate the people whose communities they patrol. We are here on behalf of our wives and our children. We are here on Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 behalf of our husbands, our sons. We are here on behalf of the people, because we will not have racist police patrolling our streets. Now -(Applause.)
City Council, many of you are friends. Many of you I have worked with. Last time I was here, you were recognizing me. I am now here to recognize the fact that you work for us. (Applause.)
I am here now to recognize the fact that Derek Green only has ten co-sponsors on that resolution. Where are the rest? All of you work for us. We need you standing up for us. So we will not stand for you sitting down on this issue. We will see you at election time if you are not supporting this resolution. (Applause.)
We need all of you Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 standing up together on this issue and making sure that our communities are safe. That's what we sent you here for. Not to recognize me or anybody else. We sent you here to represent the people. We need you representing the people. We need you standing up on this issue. We need you telling the police that you stand with us and not with anybody else. (Applause.)
We need to be protected in this issue by our people. And so we are not asking. We are not imploring. We are demanding, City Council, that you stand up on this issue. (Applause.)
And the last thing I want to say, on behalf of my wife and my children, on behalf of my neighbors and all of the people who I love, on behalf of everyone here in the City of Philadelphia, no justice. AUDIENCE MEMBERS: No peace. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019
Okay. Let's go through the list. Thank you so much for your testimony.
I stand in support of the bill being offered by Derek Green and I stand in support of the words already offered by Solomon Jones. All of us are here because we know what is right. You know what is right. We expect you to do what is right. The reality is, we cannot Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 afford this type of police behavior in our community. Everyone has stood up. We have not heard from you yet. We expect to hear from you, but not only in voice but also in deed. Thank you.
Thank you very much. We come standing as a coalition, Rally for Justice. We want to thank Solomon Jones for calling all of us together. Today we stand -- I stand on behalf of the Live Free Campaign of POWER. We're joined with Black Clergy of Philadelphia, National Action Network, Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 NAACP, Guardian Civic League, Philadelphia Student Union. We stand with those who we've named and those who are also nameless, who also come out today to bring attention to the Plain View Project. If you've not seen it, I urge you to go to plainviewproject.org. There you will find some of the most hateful, vile speeches you ever seen, not just by anyone but by 328 Philadelphia police officers. We've heard from the Mayor. We met with him, and he expressed to us his outrage and displeasure. We heard from the Commissioner, who similarly was upset and outraged and has backed it up by taking 72 persons off the streets, and we hope that they'll soon not only be off the streets, but also be fired. (Applause.)
And yet strangely we've not heard from this Council in a unanimous body. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 We appreciate the efforts of those individuals who have presented resolutions and bills. We stand in support of the bill by Councilmember Green and by the efforts of Councilmembers Jones and -- Curtis and also Gym, but we need to hear and see the same energy by this body that it put into muting R. Kelly, who does not live in Philadelphia, who does not patrol the streets of Philadelphia, who has never stopped and frisked anyone in Philadelphia. If this body can unanimously vote to mute R. Kelly, certainly it can do the same for the 328. (Applause.)
Let me just say this before I take my seat: Maybe some of you are quiet because you haven't seen the posts. Here's one of the greatest hits: Death to Islam. Here's another that says that black folk -blacks just seem to don't want to listen to police, have violent tendencies like Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 jungle animals. And if you didn't need incentive enough, this is what they said about your Council colleague, Cindy Bass, that someone should shut and smack this stupid in the mouth. If you won't stand up for the City, stand up for your colleague. Thank you.
Thank you. (Applause.) (Audience members chanting "No justice, no peace.")
No racist police. I want to thank City Council for giving us this opportunity. Thank you, Mr. President. But I'm standing Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 here in solidarity with my colleagues that have already spoken, and I join them in thanking WURD and citizen Solomon Jones for bringing us together. It's a total disgrace what has been revealed to us, but we know the Lord works in strange ways, and that's why it has been revealed to us. And we won't be quiet. We won't let it just be swept under the rug like it has been done so many times by the FOP and the police. But you all that know me know I always talk about economics, so I'm going to interject that. The police get paid by our real estate and tax dollars. (Applause.)
So we asking those other Councilpeople that have not joined this effort to be smart and join the effort that call for these police to be removed. It's a disgrace what they have -- the blood that they have revealed Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 and this action being smeared on the City of Philadelphia. But also as a Philadelphian, I'm proud that Philadelphia is leading the way, because there are eight other cities, there were eight other cities identified, but we are leading the way in relationship to what you should do when your police reveal to you that in fact they don't like those who they police. And what we saying is, no problem, we'll give you your exit, but you going to exit without our tax dollars. (Applause.)
We refuse, we refuse to continue to pay their salary. This is a diverse city, and if you don't want to serve a diverse population, then you need to go where they're all white people of your kind. We will not back down. We are going to give the Mayor -- and I'm going to sit down -- the Mayor and the Police Commissioner the time that we indicated Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 to them yesterday, but that's it and then we're going to move on with the next step. Thank you so much.
No justice. AUDIENCE MEMBERS: No peace. (Audience members chanting "No justice, no peace.")
Good afternoon, Councilman, Councilpeople, whatever your new name is. First of all, let me thank y'all for at least allowing us. I am in support of Councilperson Derek Green's proposal. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 Let me say this: I am a 27-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department. I am a black woman in this city, and I am appalled that any of my colleagues can make a statement about people that live here in this city. If we have 11 Councilpeople sign on and the rest of y'all aren't, then there's a problem with you. (Applause.)
There's no way, no way that anybody should be comfortable with that. There's no way, no way that you should be sitting here silent. If you are afraid, go home. I'm saying right now, that's a shame. I'm appalled. I'm ashamed. And for the good cops, it damages us. It damages us. There are a lot of good police that do a lot of good work in the City, on and off duty. Right now we are embarrassed and we are ashamed, and this is damaging the good work that all of us in this city do. It damages the trust. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 Do you know how long it's been that people like us, black cops, Hispanic cops, good white cops, all cops been working to build that trust? And for a few of us to think that they can just say anything they want about us? I am a Muslim, and I'll be damned if I let you tell me what you going to do to me being in this city. I'm a taxpayer. I'm a mother. Are you kidding me? If the rest of you don't sign on it, you need to go home. (Applause.)
My name is Reverend Gregory Holston. I'm the Executive Director of POWER. I stand with Reverend Mark Tyler, the Live Free Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 team of POWER and also stand with Solomon Jones and the Rally for Justice requesting that this -- demanding that this bill be passed, this resolution be passed. I can't say enough. It is deeply rooted in what it means to be a Philadelphian, what it means to be an African American Philadelphian, the relationship with the Police Department. From the very first I can remember the image of seeing the Black Panthers stripped when I was just six years old, it gave me a message of how black people were treated in this city, and every event that happened since then, every event from a bomb being dropped on a community to police brutality, to the 39th police precinct, to stop and frisk, all gave the same image, the same message, you are less than human, you are less than a person, you are an animal, you are worthless. That message has been sent over and over, and finally we see it Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 actually written before us in a Facebook post that, yes, really you are just an animal to us. And our response is not to do anything? Our response is not to stand up? Our response is not to use every level of power that exists in your hands to move and fire those police officers right away? How dare you not use every bit of power you have to make a change in this city? (Applause.)
We shouldn't have to come and request just a resolution or just a hearing, but there should already be a bill. There already should be some law. You should be going to Harrisburg to change the arbitration system to allow you to fire these cops on the spot. That should happen right now. You should be fighting for us. This is our children. This is our babies. This is our -- won't you stand up today for us.
Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 Thank you. (Applause.) (Audience members chanting "No justice, no peace.")
George Gould, commenting on 180936. (Witness approached podium.)
Hold on. Quiet, please. Please respect the speakers, please. Respect the speakers, please.
My name is George Gould. I'm a Senior Attorney at Community Legal Services. I'm here to speak about Bill 180936. This is a very important lead bill. It amends the current lead-safe certification law, which was supposed to protect children Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 from lead poisoning, but we have found and the Health Department, the Law Department has found that it's unenforceable because they don't know when children six or under are moving into a property. The bill that is currently before Council is a terrific bill. It is a very effective bill, and it was scheduled to be voted on June 13th. Unfortunately this bill has been delayed until September. Twenty-two hundred children get lead poisoned in Philadelphia every year. We are extremely concerned about this delay. We have heard numerous reasons why the bill has to be delayed. We have been working on it for 18 months. One of the first reasons was, we have to find common ground with landlords and real estate people. There is no common ground when you talk about children being lead poisoned. We also heard that there's some Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 wrinkles in the bill, that there's some maybe enforcement issues. When there was testimony in committee about this bill, the Health Department and L&I made it abundantly clear that they will set up a system where L&I will have access to the Health Department database and they will know whether or not there's been a lead certification issued. If not, they will not give a rental license. The other question was, well, how do you notify landlords about the two bills. Also testimony from the Health Department, easy, you just send them letters. Thank you. This bill needs to get passed. (Applause.)
Jana Curtis, commenting on 180936. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 My name is Jana Curtis. I'm here in support of Bill 180936. Many of you know the story of my daughter's lead poisoning from the Inquirer's Toxic City series. I'm here on behalf of my daughter and the 1,200 members of Get the Lead Out and every mother I've met with in the last two years, coaching them through the scary days after finding out your kid has been poisoned. Because let's face it, it's moms who bear this burden. There is a sexism in lead poisoning prevention work that sickens me and should sicken every one of you members of City Council. If you saw Kamau Bell's piece on CNN on Sunday, he talks about how lead poisoning is a man-made problem, and that came from a conversation with me. It's male-dominated industries that brought lead into our everyday lives, and it's male-dominated industries that are keeping it there. It's the male-dominated landscape of landlords and Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 developers who continue to poison our babies. But instead of endangering a man's profit, what we do as a city is, we hand a mop to a worried momma and we tell her if she can clean good enough, then she can protect her baby. It's unacceptable that this practice continue. In no other industry would you be allowed to bring a product to market that poisons 2,200 kids year after year. But here in Philly, this Council just shrugs at it. When I sat down for my interview with Kamau from CNN, he asked me about the Philly shrug, and I did what any good Philadelphian would do. I fought back. But this Council's inaction on Bill 180936 is proving that Kamau may know Philly better than we know ourselves. It has been 1,639 days since my daughter's first elevated blood test, and not one day has passed where I haven't Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 worried about her future. You are leaving behind babies by delaying this vote. Many of you have children. Remember the first time you held that baby in your arms. I'm asking you to stop shrugging at 180936. Vote now and vote yes as written. Thank you.
Nancy Lanham, commenting on 190467-A. (Witness approached podium.)
Good afternoon. My name is Nancy Lanham and I am a steering committee member of the Pay Up PPA Coalition. Pay Up PPA is dedicated to fighting for an annual, recurring Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 revenue stream of at least $25 million to the Philadelphia School District from the Philadelphia Parking Authority. The formation of Pay Up PPA was in reaction to the many scandals at the PPA, which came to light through reports in the Philadelphia Inquirer and in the Pennsylvania Auditor General audit of the Authority. Since January 2018, we have attended every PPA Board meeting and provided public comment in support of our demands for annual School District funding and increased transparency and accountability for PPA. We have also reached out to local and state officials receiving public support from the Auditor General for our efforts to hold PPA accountable. In addition to the many examples of the PPA's failures of transparency and good government found in the report of the Auditor General, one of its top lines was around rate increases. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 Quoting from the audit directly, The PPA lacks formal methodology and procedures for determining the necessity of rate and fee increases which affect its contributions to the School District. This was in regard to a 2014 request to increase parking penalties in front of City Council. When the increases went into effect, they failed to net the revenue promised to the Philadelphia School District, which was $7.5 million annually. As City Council debates Bill 190467, we are here to remind City Council that allowing PPA to increase penalties without analysis is business as usual. Pay Up PPA supports the sunset provision within this legislation. This gives City Council some ability to oversee PPA revenue generated by any potential rent increases.
Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 (Applause.)
Stephanie Watkins, commenting on 190441. (Witness approached podium.)
Good evening. My name is Stephanie Watkins. This is my first time here. I'm here standing for the homeless in the City of Philadelphia. I just became homeless myself, a woman that has worked most of my life, and we have absolutely no help in finding housing coming across hard times, not much income. There's women in the shelters that suffer from sicknesses such as AIDS, cancer, and someone there is absolutely Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 no help to help us find sustainable housing or low-income housing. We have -- we face many issues in those shelters and we feel like our backs is against the wall, because those that we speak to only defend their jobs within the shelters. So I stand here now to ask that that issue of not having much income -low-income housing be addressed for the shelters in the City of Philadelphia. (Applause.)
William H. Mgiles Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 is my full name. I actually came to speak on Bill No. 190575. I feel as though that I'm for this bill. Why? Because at the end of the day, we do need poverty reduction. The situation that I'm in now is because of my impoverished state. Now, I've been to this program called RISE, which is the Mayor's program, and we were promised to be placed in jobs. I completed at least four certificates out of this program, and like I have no jobs. I'm sitting here with no job. And I'm in a situation now to whereas I'm in a halfway house where they literally try and nail me to the cross because I have no job and I'm not able to provide them with proof of income. I literally walk the streets and I sell oils. I sell body oils in order to provide for myself. They claim that I'm doing something along the lines of criminality. You dig what I'm saying? Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 In order for me to provide for myself, wash my clothes at this halfway house, buy a soda and provide for my son, I walk around and I sell these oils, but yet I have staff in the halfway house literally trying to stop me from going out of this halfway house in order so that they can see me in a bad situation. They literally dropped what is called the state indictment on me because they think that I'm out there selling drugs and doing wrong things, and they took my Social Security card, my state ID. I had to get all this stuff over. Why? Because they want to see me in a bad position.
Annette Woodall. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 (No response.)
Good afternoon. MS. DEL CARMEN DIAZ (through interpreter: So good afternoon. I'm Maria del Carmen Diaz. I'm from Mexico and I have worked as a house cleaner, nanny, and taking care of older people for 24 years. I'm a leader with the Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance. I'm here in support of the resolution put forward by the Councilwoman Maria Quinones to celebrate the International Domestic Workers Day. There's 16,000 of us here in Philadelphia and 67 million throughout the world. As a worker, we live a lot of difficult things. Sometimes we're not paid for the work that we do. We don't have any benefits, like sick time, vacation time, or health insurance. There's a lot of racism, and we're not Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 treated as equals. This is why we need a lot of changes and with this resolution for International Domestic Workers Day and the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights that is being considered as well. We want to thank the Councilmembers who have been supporting us, as well as the Kenney Administration for your support, and we look forward to that support and your vote so we can win this year.
Arnett Woodall, independent for Mayor. I want to speak on that poverty bill, and that poverty bill directly Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 relates to the police thing that we have going on, because accountability not being applied. We want to know how many taxpayer dollars are now going to be wasted because none of these police officers will be able to testify before none of the crimes that they've arrested people for. We want to know how this process is going to move forward, because now all of their testimony is tainted. They're not going to be able to testify against anyone. So that's hundreds of hours of Philadelphia taxpayer dollars wasted. There's no accountability. So we want to bring accountability. This poverty issue that we talking about, I saw an article that I just read last week, Council President Green -- I mean Clarke. It talked about the community agreements that's done in the development process through the City of Philadelphia. We got another group that's talking that come home from prison. They Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 went through all the City of Philadelphia programs on crime reduction, two-week programs, six-week programs. None of these programs give these people that come home from prison second opportunities or second chances. All of these police officers, though, they'll get second chances, when the people of the City of Philadelphia do not get second chances. Your returned citizens are not getting second chances. We just seen another article where we're boasting about 8,000 jobs, but at the end of the day when we talk about poverty and these jobs only lasting six weeks, the jobs only last six weeks, and if they only last six weeks, this is stemming the policy on poverty. We also want to talk about that RCO process. The RCO process across the City of Philadelphia is creating poverty, and when we come back in September, that RCO process needs to be looked into deep.
Thank Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 you, sir. Thank you. Mr. Decker.
Thank you very much. I'm Shelly Yanoff. I am a private citizen, but for almost 30 years I was the Director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth. In 1987, I was just beginning my work at PCCY and I was sitting in City Council listening and hopefully learning. Two nurses from Jefferson Hospital testified about the children they were seeing at the hospital that day who are forever harmed because of lead poisoning. I knew nothing about it. I was alarmed, children who are being forever injured because of lead. Although England long ago forbade the use of lead paint in homes, we didn't get around to doing that until 80 years after they did. And the cost of that delay, the cost of that delay was Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 severe in the lives of thousands of children in the states, in this city. It's always easier to put it off, to delay. The cost of delay is the cost that our children pay. We're finally close to providing a law with the support of most of you which will provide some protection. Congratulations to all of you for supporting it. But there seems once again to be a reason to delay. Make no mistake, every day you delay, some babies, some children are being forever injured, and they're innocent children. The most vulnerable of us pay the price for this delay. Pass the bill. Pass it now. Develop implementation plans this summer. Take a step that will save the future of thousands of children and this city. Thank you. (Applause.)
Joe Danihel. (Witness approached podium.) Stated Meeting June 20, 2019
Good afternoon. This is an official decree of the people in writ of mandamus quo warranto and, as such, requires immediate action and remedy. Every week, Council, Mayor, Governor, and others transfer private property to the government, probably illegally. Consent of the Governor is required to be proved before you act. Did the Governor ask you to deny or restrict public comment at City Council meetings, which has been done several times this year? Did the Governor approve the theft of my home and theft of my just compensation? Did the Governor prove your unanimous votes last June to spend upwards of 120 million federal HUD money to build a mall on top of my stolen home? If you do not want to perform Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 your known duty or task, why do you run for reelection? Failure to perform your known duty or task is known by military people as treason. Why hasn't the Attorney General investigated and prosecuted my numerous complaints? I call on the federal and Commonwealth governments to perform its constitutional obligation to investigate and prosecute all involved in the theft and illegal deed transfer of my home, 1038 West Wyoming Avenue. The denial of God-given 42 USC 1982 property rights for 25 years is egregious, extraordinary, oath-violating, and requires immediate remedy. A just government must obey the rule of law. This color of law government must have its Charter to govern revoked until a constitutionally compliant government is installed. Public servants cannot refuse their sworn duty to act any more than a Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 fireman can refuse to fight a fire. The sovereign people require oath, Constitution, and law be enforced, and jail is required for all of you who violate your oath, Constitution, or law. I remind Council, it takes a lot of cooperation to create and allow all of this monumental corruption.
There are no other speakers on the public comment list, Mr. President. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019
Thank you very much, Mr. Decker. Okay. We will now consider today's Bill Consent Agenda. I will ask Mr. Decker to please read the titles of all the bills on the Consent Agenda. After each bill is read, any member may object to the inclusion of the bill on the Consent Agenda. Upon such an objection, without debate, the bill will immediately be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on our regular Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. I'm going to ask Mr. Decker to now please read the titles of all the bills on the Consent Agenda.
Bill No. 190099-AA, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 16-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Maintenance and Supervision,' by adding a new section requiring that all City buildings and facilities install and maintain life sustaining medical equipment including Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 (AEDs) and advanced first aid kits"; and Bill No. 190457-A, entitled "An ordinance authorizing 1201 North Franklin, doing business as The International Bar, to install, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 1624 North Front Street"; and Bill No. 190458-A, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Antonio Perez to construct, own and maintain a proposed exterior stairway at 1801 North Hancock Street"; and Bill No. 190462-A, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Streets,' to authorize placement of wayfinding signs in the right-of-way"; and Bill No. 190444-A, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Race Street, 17th Street, Vine Street, and Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 18th Street"; and Bill No. 190181, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 32nd Street, Market Street, 31st Street (extended), Chestnut Street, 30th Street, and Arch Street (extended)"; and Bill No. 190232, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Kensington Avenue, Hilton Street, Jasper Street, and Madison Street"; and Bill No. 190250, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 14-516 of the Philadelphia Zoning Code, entitled 'West Overlay District'"; and Bill No. 190254, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 area bounded by Knights Road, the Poquessing Creek, and Woodhaven Road"; and Bill No. 190256, entitled "An ordinance amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Cresheim Valley Drive, the SEPTA Chestnut Hill East Railroad, Mount Airy Avenue, Chew Avenue, Johnson Street, Emlen Street, Carpenter Lane, and the SEPTA Chestnut Hill West Railroad"; and Bill No. 190305, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Master Plan for Temple University, and to approve the proposed addition and infill construction project at 1835 through 99 North 12th Street"; and Bill No. 190306, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Venango Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 Street, 11th Street, Erie Avenue, and Marvine Street"; and Bill No. 190311, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-506 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled '/NCP, North Central Philadelphia Overlay District,' by prohibiting two-family buildings"; and Bill No. 190312, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by South Street, the Schuylkill River, Spruce Street (extended), and Broad Street"; and Bill No. 190313, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' by amending the definition of, and regulations for, Fresh Food Markets"; and Bill No.
190356, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' to revise certain provisions Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 14-500, entitled 'Overlay Zoning Districts,' by creating an overlay zoning district entitled '/WOA, West Oregon Avenue Overlay District'"; and Bill No. 190359, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Roosevelt Boulevard, Blue Grass Road, and Grant Avenue"; and Bill No. 190360, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Old Newtown Road, Tremont Street, Roosevelt Boulevard, Woodward Street, and Winchester Avenue"; and Bill No. 190361, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Overlay Zoning Districts,' by creating a new overlay entitled 'South 9th Street Market Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 District'"; and Bill No. 190362, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 4th Street, Race Street, Orianna Street, and Cherry Street"; and Bill No. 190380, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' to define 'rear streets' and to amend requirements related to parking and ground floor commercial, as they pertain to primary frontages and rear streets"; and Bill No. 190407, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 56th Street, Poplar Street, 55th Street, and Cambridge Street"; and Bill No. 190408, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' to revise certain provisions of Section 14-504, entitled '/NCO, Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District'"; and Bill No. 190409, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 57th Street, Springfield Avenue, Cobbs Creek Parkway, and Woodland Avenue"; and Bill No. 190415, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Tasker Street, 4th Street, Porter Street, and 9th Street"; and Bill No. 190435, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 area bounded by Summer Street, 32nd Street, Race Street, and Natrona Street"; and Bill No. 190437, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, Section 14-516, entitled '/WST, West Overlay District'"; and Bill No. 190443, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-502 of the Zoning Code, entitled 'CTR, Center City Overlay,' Section 14-701 of the Zoning Code, entitled 'Dimensional Standards' and Section 14-702 of the Zoning Code entitled 'Floor Area, Height, and Housing Density Bonuses'"; and Bill No. 190447, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Henry Avenue, Ridge Avenue, Northwestern Avenue, the County Line, Forbidden Drive, and Wises Mill Road"; and Stated Meeting June 20, 2019
190448, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Ridge Avenue, Indiana Avenue, and Hunting Park Avenue"; and Bill No. 190229, entitled "An ordinance authorizing and approving certain additional projects designated by the City Director of Finance to be financed by the Philadelphia Municipal Authority with remaining proceeds of said Authority's City Service Agreement Revenue Bonds, Series 2014B"; and Bill No. 190358, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Business Income and Receipts Taxes,' by amending Section 19-2606, entitled 'Returns,' to revise filing requirements"; and Bill No. 190383, entitled "An ordinance approving the amendment of the Fiscal Year 2019 Capital Budget providing Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions"; and Bill No. 190384, entitled "An ordinance approving the amendment of the Fiscal Year 2018 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions"; and Bill No. 190385, entitled "An ordinance approving the Fiscal Year 2020 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions"; and Bill No. 190412, entitled "An ordinance approving City participation in the Commonwealth's Property Assessed Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 Program"; and Bill No. 190431, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds for various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City; and fixing a day and providing for arrangements for holding the election for obtaining such consent"; and Bill No. 190432, entitled "An ordinance constituting the Seventeenth Supplemental Ordinance to the Amended and Restated General Airport Revenue Bond Ordinance; authorizing the Mayor, the City Controller and the City Solicitor, Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 of them, to issue and sell one or more series or subseries of tax-exempt or taxable airport revenue bonds or notes of the City of Philadelphia, some or all of which may be used for the implementation of a revolving commercial paper program"; and Bill No. 190433, entitled "An ordinance constituting the Eighteenth Supplemental Ordinance to the Amended and Restated General Airport Revenue Bond Ordinance; authorizing the Mayor, the City Controller and the City Solicitor, or a majority of them, to issue and sell one or more series or subseries of tax-exempt or taxable airport revenue bonds or notes of the City of Philadelphia"; and Bill No. 190439, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the City Treasurer, on behalf of the City, to enter into an amendment agreement with Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania for provision of payroll banking services to the City"; and Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 190440, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 19-3500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Hospital Assessments,' to revise provisions relating to hospital assessments"; and Bill No.
190441, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Director of Planning and Development, on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Community Development Block Grant; to file applications to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program; and to apply for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS grant; and to file applications with the Commonwealth to obtain grants under the Act of April 12, 1956"; and Bill No. S. Bank, Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 the provision of custodial banking services to the City of Philadelphia, Office of the City Treasurer"; and Bill No. 181006, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code,' by adopting the 2018 edition of the 'International Fire Code' as published by the International Code Council, with previously adopted amendments thereto"; and Bill No. 190455, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code,' by adopting the 2018 edition of the 'International Plumbing Code' as published by the International Code Council as 'The Philadelphia Plumbing Code,' with additions, deletions and other amendments thereto"; and Bill No. 190461, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 3(f) of an ordinance approved March 1, 1963, as amended, relating to agreements to administer employee retirement benefits for certain quasi-public agencies"; and Bill No. "
Thank you, Mr. Decker. These bills having been read on two different days, the question for each bill now is shall the bill pass finally. The Clerk shall call the roll, and upon being called, each Councilmember shall vote aye on each of the bills, nay on each of the bills, or indicate those bills for which the member is voting aye and those bills for which the member is voting nay. Mr. Decker, please call the Stated Meeting June 20, 2019
Aye on all bills, with the exception of Bill No. 190443, which I will abstain from voting on.
Aye on all bills. A majority of all members present having voted in the affirmative for each of the bills, the bills on the Consent Agenda are passed. We will now consider the bills and resolutions on our regular Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. And, Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Mr. Decker -- the Chair recognizes Councilman Henon.
Thank you, Council President. I have to step out for Council business. If I don't return in a timely fashion, I would like to be recorded voting aye on all bills and resolutions.
Thank you, Councilman. Thank you. The record shall reflect that, in the event you don't return. Thank you. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 190566.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank deeds conveying title to certain properties located in the Third Councilmanic District.
Thank Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING you, Mr. President. On behalf of Councilwoman Blackwell, I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190566 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190567.
A resolution also naming the 1400 Block of South 50th Street "Reverend Charles Gregory Way," in honor of the legacy of Reverend Gregory, the founder of the Mount Zion Baptist Church, for his contributions to his community.
The Chair again recognizes Councilman Greenlee. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
Again, Mr. President, on behalf of Councilwoman Blackwell, I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190567 has been adopted. 190568.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of certain properties located in the Fifth Councilmanic District, which will be transferred by the City of Philadelphia to the Redevelopment Authority, by conveyance of such properties to the Philadelphia Land Bank. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190568 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190569.
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, Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING situate in the Forty-Seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190569 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190571.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank deeds conveying title to certain properties located in the Second Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Councilmanic District.
Council President, I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190571 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190572.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1309 South 20th Street located in the Second Councilmanic District.
The Chair again recognizes Councilman Johnson. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
Council President, I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190572 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190573.
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 Nineteenth Ward of the City of Philadelphia. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.
Thank you, Council President. I move for its adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190573 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190574.
A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3017 North Philip Street located in the Seventh Councilmanic District.
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING Quinones-Sanchez.
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 190574 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 190575.
A resolution appointing Co-Chairs to the Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention, established pursuant to Resolution No. 190239 and authorized to hold hearings to propose and implement actionable policies and programs that substantively prevent and alleviate poverty in every Philadelphia neighborhood. Stated Meeting June 20, 2019 6/20/19 - STATED - 2ND READING
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.
Thank you. On your behalf, I move for its adoption.
Thank you. It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)