COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - - - Room 400, City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 10:52 a.m. - - - Bill 080022 - Amending Philadelphia Code re Business Privilege Tax... Bill 080157 - Amending Philadelphia Code re Business Privilege Tax... Bill 080160 - Re Parking Tax... Bill 080164 - Re construction, encroachments, projections over, on, under streets... Bill 080165 - Re Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code fee schedule... Committee Members Present: Anna C. Verna, Chair Marian B. Tasco, Co-Chair Blondell Reynolds Brown Darrell L. Clarke Frank DiCicco W. Wilson Goode, Jr. Bill Green William K. Greenlee Curtis Jones, Jr. James F. Kenney Donna Reed Miller Frank Rizzo Maria D. Quinones-Sanchez - - - V A R A L L O Incorporated Litigation Support Specialists 1835 Market Street, Suite 600 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 215.561.2220 215.567.2670 2 4/15/08 - WHOLE - 080022, 157, 160, 164, 165 I N D E X WITNESS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE District Attorney Lynne Abraham*........ 3 John Delaney, Deputy for Trials......... 53 A. Toczydlawski, Gun Violence Task Force 78 DEFENDER ASSOCIATION Ellen Greenlee (position not identified) 156 C. Cunningham, First Assistant Defender 180 LAW DEPARTMENT City Solicitor Shelly Smith............. 184 Steve Agostini, Budget Director......... 191 COMMERCE DEPARTMENT and CITY REP Andrew Altman, Commerce Director........ 221 Duane Bumb, Deputy Commerce Director.... 226 Steve Agostini, Budget Director......... 228 T. Gillen, Senior Adviser to the Mayor 245 Melanie Johnson, City Representative.... 324 AIRPORT DIVISION Charles Isdell, Acting Director......... 365 ZONING CODE COMMISSION Gary Jastrzab, Acting Executive Director 375 City Planning Commission and Acting Chairman, Zoning Code Commission Steve Agostini, Budget Director......... 385 Wendell La Fox, Commission Member....... 387 (*D.A. Abraham's written testimony marked as Exhibit 1, at her request, and is attached hereto.) 3 4/15/08 - WHOLE - 080022, 157, 160, 164, 165
I must say that we are sorry for the delay. This is a continued public hearing of the Committee of the Whole regarding Bill No.'s 080022, 080157, 808160, 080164 and 8080165. The first department to testify will be the District Attorney's Office. (Witnesses come forward.)
Good morning and welcome. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ABRAHAM: Good morning, Madam President.
Pleas e identify yourself for the record and proceed with your testimony. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ABRAHAM: Yes. My name is Lynne Abraham, District Attorney of Philadelphia. Good morning, Madam President. To my left is John Delaney, the Deputy for Trials. That means 4 4/15/08 - WHOLE - 080022, 157, 160, 164, 165 that he is the overall supervisor of all of my trial divisions. And to my right is Al Toczydlawski, the Chief of the Gun Task Force. And I'm happy to be here. And may I be -- not the first, but among the first to wish you a happy birthday, Madam President.
Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ABRAHAM: The world is out, so congratulations.
Thank you. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ABRAHAM: I wish you a very pleasant celebration today. For the record, I have provided your