Bill No. 980948, an ordinance authorizing Mel Heifetz, 304 South 12th Street, owner of the property at 1132 Spruce Street, also known as 301 South 12th Street, to construct and maintain a canopy with support columns on and over the east footway of South 12th Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Bill No. 980951, an ordinance amending Title 10 entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity" of The Philadelphia Code to prohibit the placement of CONSIDERATION OF THE CALENDAR Dumpsters in the public right-of-way in the area shopping center districts;.
Bill No. 980968, an ordinance granting permission to Pennsylvania Hospital, 800 Spruce Street, to construct, use, and maintain conduit with fiber optic cables and fire alarm cables.
Bill No. 980969, an ordinance granting permission to 1356 Corporation, Nifty Fifty's, located at 1356 East Passyunk Avenue, to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe. . .
Bill No. 990029, an ordinance authorizing Sheridan University City, operator of the property at 3501 Chestnut Street, to construct and maintain an electrified marquee attached to the property 3501 Chestnut Street.
Bill No. 990030, an ordinance authorizing Sheridan University City, 3501 Chestnut Street, operator of the property located at 3501 Chestnut Street, to construct and maintain various encroachments. . .
Bill No. 990031, an ordinance granting permission to West Philadelphia Firehouse Associates, located at 701 South 50th Street, to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe. . .
Bill No. 990035, an ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 187 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Belgrade Street.
Bill No. 990078, an ordinance authorizing the Regional Performing Arts BILLS ON SECOND READING Center, 123 South Broad Street, owner of the building to be constructed at 300-312 South Broad Street, to construct and maintain variance encroachments under, over, and on the public rights-of-way of Broad Street, 15th Street and Spruce Street, under certain terms and conditions.
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Clark for the purpose of calling up bills on the second-reading and final-passage calendar. Excuse me, The Chair recognizes Councilman Kenney.
Thank you, Madam President. I would request to leave the chamber on Council business and would like to be recorded as voting aye on bills that are called before the Council today.
Madam President, Bill No. 980227 is being called up for purpose of recommitment. Bill No. 980464 and 980239 are being held. Bill No. 980895 is being called up for consideration today, as is Bill No. 980901.
The Chair thanks the Councilwoman. The first bill to be called is Bill No. 980227. The clerk will please read the title of that bill.
An ordinance renaming Cobbs Creek skate house in the park to the Laura Sims' Ice Rink in Cobbs Creek Park.
Thank you, Madam President, I move that this bill be recommitted to committee. (Duly seconded.) BILLS ON SECOND READING - 980227
All in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed? The ayes have it, the bill is recommitted to committee. The clerk will please read Bill No. 980895.
An ordinance amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land in the 5th Ward and located within an area bounded by Spring Garden Street, Eighth Street, Vine Street, and 11th Street.
Councilman Kenney is BILLS ON SECOND READING - 980895 voting aye. Councilwoman Krajewski?
Aye. The ayes are 14, the nays are 0. The clerk will please read the title of BILLS ON SECOND READING - 980895 Bill No. 980901.
An ordinance amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located in the 57th Ward within an area bounded by Grant Avenue, Academy Road, Holme Avenue, Willits Road, a railroad right-of-way, and Blue Grass Road.
Aye. The ayes are 14, the nays are 0. A majority of all members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes.
Are there any speeches on the part of the Minority?
Madam President, we have just been joined in the chambers by a class from the Steel Elementary School, and they are these young people along here.
Please stand. We would love to recognize you. (Applause.)
Are there speeches on the part of majority? The Chair recognizes Councilman Ortiz.
Thank you, Madam Chair. This week Mayor Rendell wrote a very thoughtful letter to the citizens of Philadelphia about welfare reform and what was lacking and the problems with the current welfare reform law. And he detailed in that letter the problems that the welfare reform law had from housing to foster SPEECHES care, health care, transportation to school, day care, and what the cost it would be to the City. Now, it seems like Governor Ridge took offense to the letter, and he wrote a similarly lengthy response to Mayor Rendell, except that it was not a response to the issues; it was merely, as The Daily News editorial page today says and describes it, as responsive but that he didn't address the specific charges that Rendell urged. Instead, he repeated slogans about values and the dignity and honor of work. Each and every one of us understands that no one likes to be on welfare. Each and everyone understands that the families that are on welfare would really rather be working, earning a check, bringing home the food, a check, and a job that pays a living wage. The letter that the governor writes at times is insulting. It goes back to the Regan years of trying to bring up those charges that people on welfare were lazy and didn't want to work. Each and every one of us is for welfare reform, but each one of us is for welfare reform SPEECHES that makes sense. Training, education, and jobs -- and jobs that pay a living wage. None of these three things are available right now. To just say that welfare reform is working because numbers are going down is not to say where those people are ending up. And to have a $29 million surplus and not using that surplus for training, transportation, education, and job creation seems to me to be a sin in this time and age. We need welfare reform, but we need welfare reform that makes sense, that is humane, and that's not only just Right Wing sloganeering from the governor of this State. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman DiCicco.
Thank you, Madam President. I just would like to take this time to remind my colleagues if they have not yet Clarena Tolson of the Streets Department the streets in their respective district that they want to have SPEECHES as part of the on-street sweeping project, that they should do so by the end of the day tomorrow at the very latest, 'cause the Streets Department would like to get that project up and running by the end of this month. Thank you.
Thank you. Are there any other speeches on the part of the majority? (No speeches on the part of the Majority.)
Seeing none, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Clark.
Madam President, I move that Council stand adjourned until March the 19th?
It's been ADJOURNMENT properly moved and seconded that Council stand adjourned until Thursday, March 18, 1999, at 10 a.m. All in favor will signify by saying aye. Those opposed? The ayes have it. Council will stand adjourned until Thursday, March 18, 1999. Thank you. (Adjourned at 11:00 a.m.) C E R T I F I C A T E I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing proceedings of the Council of the City of Philadelphia of Thursday, March 11, 1999, were reported fully and accurately by me, and that this is a correct transcript of same. RE: STATED MEETING __________________________________, JOSEPHINE CARDILLO, Registered Professional Reporter