Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 010320.
An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Durfor Street, south side, 12th Street to 13th Street.
This bill having been read oon two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 010423.
An ordinance establishing a no-parking-anytime regulation on the south side of Welsh Road between Nester Street and Roosevelt Boulevard.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 010495.
An ordinance authorizing Anthony Lucidonio, owner of the property 40-44 Oregon Avenue to construct and maintain tables and chairs, a service stand and aluminum awnings, all under certain terms and conditions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 010503.
An ordinance granting permission to Sunesys, its successors and assigns to construct a telecommunications system along, over, in and under the public rights-of-way and City streets, all under certain terms and conditions.
Madam President, I understand the bill involves a telecommunications company named -- I can't pronounce it -S-U-N-E-S-Y-S. I would like to ask if the sponsor, SECOND READING - 010503 Councilman DiCicco, would be good enough to just briefly tell us what that company is about or what this bill is about.
It's really because we haven't spoken in a while and you would just like to engage in conversation with me, right? (Laughter.)
Yes, Councilman. This is a company that is basically in the telecommunications business. They need to have permission to be able to string their lines, run their lines throughout various sections of the City. Bill No. 010506, I believe, is either in Councilman Nutter or Councilwoman Miller's district. I think there was some conversation with either of those Councilmembers and this company as to some of the anesthetic issues that may have been involved with the additional lines that will be strung from telephone pole to telephone pole. I believe that the request for this company comes as a result of the shortage of systems that are needed to meet the demands of the Philadelphia market in the area of telecommunications. SECOND READING - 010503 And I think that is the quickest and best response I can give to you. Any other thing beside that, if you need additional information, I can certainly be able to supply you with that in writing, but that's a quick synopsis of what that's all about.
I was wondering whether the company was interested in citywide coverage because of the issues raised about skimming when other telecommunications companies sought permission from this body.
I think that the other reason for this is that, if you recall, about a year or two ago, we had some issues with other companies that were looking to do telecommunications systems on availability of underground systems that were -- they were overloaded, there weren't enough conduits and things like that. So this is one of a number of companies. Do they intend to expand beyond this section of the city at some future time? I really don't know. As is the case with these two bills, if they want to expand in other parts of the city, they would have to come through City Council for an ordinance as SECOND READING - 010503 well.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 010506.
An ordinance granting permission to Sunesys, its successors and assigns to SECOND READING - 010506 construct a telecommunications system along, over, in, and under the public rights-of-way and City streets, all under certain terms and conditions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The clerk will please call the roll.