Aye on all bills. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative for each of these bills, the bills on the Consent Agenda are passed. We will now consider the bills and resolutions on the regular Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, would you please read the title of Resolution No. 120803.
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 Third Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
Thank 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor of the motion? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Resolution 120803 is adopted. Mr. Decker, please read the title of Resolution 120804.
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, 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING situate in the Sixteenth, Twentieth and Thirty-Seventh Wards 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? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Resolution 120804 is adopted. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 120805.
A resolution appointing a five person committee entitled the "Responsible Banking Review 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Committee" pursuant to Section 19-201 of The Philadelphia Code.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)
The ayes have it. Resolution 120805 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 120808.
A resolution authorizing the establishment of a fund for Philadelphia City Council as a non-profit corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that it seek tax-exempt status under Section 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)
Let the record reflect that Councilman O'Brien is voting no. The ayes have it. Resolution 120808 is adopted. Mr. Decker, please read the title of Bill No. 120644.
An ordinance constituting the Thirteenth Supplemental Ordinance of the Amended and Restated 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING 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.
Thank you. This bill having been read on two separate days, the question is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, please call the roll.
10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Mr. President, I recuse myself from voting on Bill 120644 due to a possible conflict of interest as set forth in a memo submitted to the Chief Clerk at the committee hearing on this bill.
Aye. The ayes are 16; the nays are one. A majority of all members present having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Mr. Decker, please read the title of Bill No. 120648.
An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 9-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating Senate Street from a point approximately one-hundred six feet west of Rosewood Street to its terminus westwardly therefrom.
This bill having been read on two separate days, the question is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, please call the roll.
Sure, Councilman. I would like to make a correction on the prior bill. The count was 16, zero, with a recusal by Councilman Green. It's not 16, one.
Aye. The ayes are 17; the nays are zero. A majority of all members having 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 120725.
An ordinance amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by providing for prohibitions relating to all-terrain vehicles, and for penalties and enforcement.
This bill having been read on two separate days -- Councilwoman, why don't you hit your...
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that Bill No. 120725 be amended. These amendments have been circulated to all members of the Committee. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded that the amendment to 120725 be adopted. All those in favor? 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING (Aye.)
The ayes have it. 120725 is amended and it will placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. It looks like this concludes the written Calendar. The Chair now asks Mr. Decker to please read any other resolutions that you have in your possession.
A privileged resolution, the Council of the City of Philadelphia is proud to honor James F. Muller, retiring after more than 39 years of dedicated service to the City, introduced by Councilman Kenney.
I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.) 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
And a privileged resolution recognizing and honoring Terry Ruggles on his retirement after 36 years of service and outstanding contributions to the citizens of Philadelphia, introduced by Councilman Kenney.
I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.) 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING
And a privileged resolution recognizing November 12 to November 16 as Back on My Feet National Sneaker Week, introduced by Councilwoman Blackwell.
The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell for a motion.
Thank you. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
Those opposed? (No response.) 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING
And a privileged resolution authorizing the Joint Committees on Education and the Environment to hold hearings on the Greater Philadelphia Region's training and technical schools, colleges and universities on the development and incorporation of sustainable degree and training programs in effort to establish a qualified workforce of Philadelphians who are prepared for environmental and sustainability related jobs, introduced by Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING (Aye.)
And a resolution requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No. 120563, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Brill Street, both sides, Frankford Avenue to Darrah Street," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.) 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING
It's been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)
And a resolution requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No. 120564, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Ellsworth Street, north side, 2nd Street to Front Street," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council, introduced by Councilman Squilla.
So moved, Mr. President. I ask for adoption of the resolution. 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING (Duly seconded.)
Moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)
And a privileged resolution supporting Bilal Qayyum and the Fathers' Day Rally Committee as they convene to present the Call to Action: Black on Black Violence Conference in Philadelphia from October 26th to October 28th which will explore methods to develop an action plan to reduce violence and crime in the urban areas of the country over a three year period, introduced by Councilwoman Bass.
Thank you, 10/18/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
Been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
And a privileged resolution recognizing October 2012 as Filipino American History Month in the City of Philadelphia, introduced by Councilman Oh.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)
Been and properly seconded. All those in favor? (Aye.)
There are no other resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar, Mr. President.
Thank you. At this time, we'll have a special order of business. The Chair now recognizes Councilman Jones for a motion regarding special business.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended to permit consideration of special business at this time. (Duly seconded.)
It been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended to permit consideration of special business at this time. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. We will have special business. The Clerk will please read the letters from the Mayor.
To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, I am returning herewith, as requested by your resolution adopted October 18th, 2012, Bill No. 120563, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Brill Street, both sides, Frankford Avenue to Darrah Street," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the by which said bill passed Council; and I am returning herewith as requested by your resolution adopted October 18, 2012 Bill No. 120564, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Ellsworth Street, north side, 2nd Street to Front Street," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla for a motion that Council reconsider the vote by which Bill No. 120563 was passed.
All those in favor signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the motion carries and the vote by which Bill No. 120563 was passed has been reconsidered. This bill will be placed on the Final Passage Calendar for our next session of Council. The Chair again recognizes Councilman Squilla for a motion to reconsider the vote on which Bill No. 120564 was passed.
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor signify by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the vote by which Bill No. 120564 has passed has been reconsidered. This bill will be placed on the Final Passage Calendar for our next session of Council. That completes our special order of business. Are there any speeches on the part of the minority? (No response.)
Are there any speeches on the part of the majority? The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.
Thank you, Mr. President. This morning I would like to commend you, the Mayor, the SRC, the state delegation in the House, the state delegation in the Senate, because yesterday the legislation passed giving to move forward with property tax reform. I can't remember a time when this level of communication and cooperation between the second, the fourth floor, North Broad Street, and Harrisburg happened. You, your staff, and many participants such as Senator Pileggi, Representative Parker have spent a lot of time running up and down the highway and on the phone to move a common agenda forward. Further, it is not absent from the state, both houses the need for recognition of collection of outstanding property taxes that are owed to us, many by individuals that live outside the City of Philadelphia. And I know you can't speak about a lot of this in your position as President, but I wanted to, for the record, put this out there and say thank you for your diligence and hard work.
Thank you, Councilman. You are correct, speak, but I just would like to thank you for being my co-pilot as we drove to Harrisburg that day, and you did in fact offer to take the wheel through the monsoon, but we made it anyway. Thank you again for your support going to Harrisburg. The Chair recognizes Councilman Goode.
Thank you, Mr. President. As you mentioned in caucus, the Philadelphia Jobs Commission will hold two public meetings next Wednesday, October 24th at o'clock p.m. and at o'clock p.m. in these Chambers. The purpose of the Commission is to determine how City government and other agencies can best marshall their resource to create and preserve private-sector jobs for Philadelphians. These meetings are open to the public and the public is invited to testify. Those interested in testifying may call my office at 215-686-3414. Please give your name, organization, subject of your testimony, and at which hearing you want to testify, 3:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you so much, Councilman. Thank you for your continued work on that Commission. The Chair recognizes Councilman Johnson.
Thank you, Mr. President. I wanted to take a brief moment to acknowledge a significant development and a fight against getting illegal guns off the street of Philadelphia. Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill mandating a five- to ten-year sentence for straw purchasing. And for many of you who do know and some who may not know, straw purchasing is basically going into the store, buying guns, and selling those guns on the street. It's real simple. as we focus on a comprehensive strategy in addressing the issue of youth gun violence, I'm always an advocate that will put out there there are no uzis made in Point Breeze, there are no uzis made in Richard Allen. Those guns come from somewhere. And so yesterday was a significant step forward. We expect Governor Corbett to sign this bill into law, and this goes a long way in the fight in ridding our streets of illegal guns. And so I just wanted to make sure that we acknowledge that, because each day -- and I think I'm quite sure that we're more than 260 homicides, and 80 percent of those homicides are gun related. And so I'm happy today that we have some public policy, which I call common sense public policy, that can assist us in ridding the streets of illegal guns. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla.
Thank you, Mr. President. I do want to recognize and appreciate your leadership during this AVI struggle. It's so important to see that the collaboration now between Council and the Administration and the School District moving forward to try to even get more things done with our State Legislature, and realizing that if we do -- we need as much ammunition as possible in order to make this work, and without your leadership, it wouldn't be possible. So I do again commend you as well, because in order to make this an easy way to get AVI in place -- and not that it's going to be easy, but easier -if we get some state-enabling legislation, without your support and drive, it wouldn't happen. So I do again
Thank you, Councilman. And I do want to say that the contributions of all of the members of Council, particularly as we wrestle with the budget process in this fiscal year, lent itself to providing significant information that pulled together our ability to have a thoughtful and a thorough conversation in Harrisburg and reduce that conversation to actually hopefully in the very near future. So I just want to thank all of the members in Council for their contribution during the course of the last year. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Bass.
Thank you, Mr. President. There are two things that I wanted to mention this morning. The first I hadn't intended to mention, but just on the conversation around ATVs, I thought as the Chair of Parks and Recreation, I would like to be on the statement on that. And first I do want to thank once again Councilwoman Brown for bringing that to our attention, and I know that Councilman Johnson is also passionate and, of course, Mr. Chairman, Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. for bringing those hearings to light. One of the things that I just really wanted to say publicly, because it kind of stuck in my mind a little bit when the young lady was speaking about criminalizing young primarily African American men, and I want to say on behalf of the Council, that just to be on record, I don't think that anyone is interested in penalizing young African American men on this Council. I think that we take this issue very, very seriously, and the Council is focused on finding appropriate locations for this activity. And I just really wanted to underscore that as the Chair of Parks and Recreation, that our parks and recreation locations and neither are our city streets. So I just wanted to bring that back around, that we're focused on finding an appropriate location. One of the things that I did want to mention this morning is about an event that's going to be happening on Friday, November 2nd at 6:30 p.m. There'll be a viewing of a film called "Very Young Girls" and it's a film on human trafficking in the United States, and it's followed by a panel discussion. It's going to be held at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church at 2800 Cheltenham Avenue, and it's hosted by Dr. Ellyn Jo Waller. We want to make sure that people understand what's happening in our nation and in our city. We should not assume that this is something that is foreign. Just earlier this year, a Philadelphia man was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison for buying, selling, and holding women for a prostitution very, very serious. The Department of Justice states that entry into the commercial sex industry in the United States, the average age is between 12 and 14 years old. Between 100,000 and 300,000 children are at risk in the United States annually, and 2,200 children are victimized annually just in New York City. And we're waiting for the statistics here in Philadelphia as well. So, again, we want to make sure that everyone knows that this is happening, and please don't assume that it's foreign and it's not happening here in our city, because we know that it is. And there's a flyer that each member of Council will receive so that they can make copies and disseminate to their constituents. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Very informative. Sanchez.
Thank you. I also want to salute you and thank everybody who worked on these AVI relief measures that are going to be so critical to our discussion, and in that light, I look forward to us very quickly beginning to look at how we're going to use these tools to protect Philadelphia's most vulnerable citizens so that we can get AVI done, because now we have the tools to do so. In the Latino spirit, we have a month, which is September 15th to the -September 15th through October 15th, but true to who we are, we have extended that this year. Philadelphia is playing host to the National Association of Latino Artists here at the Loews Hotel this week. So there will be hundreds of folks from throughout the country coming to Philadelphia. As part of that, we've joined with Casa Venezuela in hosting a Conversation Hall. It's on all my colleagues' desks. I encourage you to join us as we continue to celebrate Hispanic extended month this year. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilwoman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Tasco.