Stated Meeting, June 14, 2012

COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA STATED MEETING Room 400, City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:45 a.m. PRESENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL L. CLARKE COUNCILWOMAN CINDY BASS COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE BLACKWELL COUNCILMAN W. WILSON GOODE, JR. COUNCILMAN BILL GREEN COUNCILMAN WILLIAM K. GREENLEE COUNCILMAN BOBBY HENON COUNCILMAN KENYATTA JOHNSON COUNCILMAN CURTIS JONES, JR. COUNCILMAN JAMES KENNEY COUNCILMAN DENNIS O'BRIEN COUNCILMAN DAVID OH COUNCILMAN BRIAN J. O'NEILL COUNCILWOMAN MARIA D. QUINONES-SANCHEZ COUNCILWOMAN BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN COUNCILMAN MARK SQUILLA COUNCILWOMAN MARIAN B. TASCO MICHAEL A. DECKER,

Good morning, everyone. Good morning. (Good morning.)

I'd ask for all guests and visitors to please retire behind the rail. Councilmembers will take their seat. We have established a quorum, so Council will come to order. To give our invocation this morning, the Chair recognizes Rabbi Tuvia Goldstein of Congregation Ahavas Torah. Rabbi, did I get that right?

Right.

He is here today as the guest of Councilman O'Neill. I would ask all guests and visitors to please rise. (Guests and visitors rise.)

Thank you very much, Mr. President, for your kind introduction.

welcome, sir.

Thank you very much, Councilman O'Neill, and your staff for inviting me to be here this morning. As a member of clergy, when we look to offer prayers and blessings, we look to offer it in the most relevant way, and in Philadelphia at this point, I would say that the first and foremost group in Philadelphia that needs our prayers is the Philadelphia Phillies. So that will be my first prayer here this morning. But on a more serious note, there are so many people here in Philadelphia that make our city such a wonderful place to be, and I would like to recognize and offer prayers for the Police and Fire Departments, people who keep us safe and healthy and well, as well as the residents and the businesses, that they should be prosperous and healthy and safe. But I would say that my agenda to offer a prayer this morning is right here at City Council, all of our members and the people associated with it. You're a distinguished group of people who have taken significant responsibility for our city, without getting any recognition for it. And thank you very much for what you do. You should be able to continue your wonderful work. There's a text, a beautiful text, in the Jewish prayers that actually asks that God reward specially the people who work on behalf of the community, and I remember once asking a teacher of mine, why is it that God is going to reward specifically people working on behalf of the community? What about the rest of us? And he said a little bit in gest, he said that people who work for the community get no recognition and no thanks for all of the wonderful work that they do. So if God is not going to reward them, nobody will. should be well and you should be able to continue your wonderful work. Thank you very much. Thank you for having me here this morning.

Thank you so much, Rabbi, for those inspiring words. Council will be at ease. (Council at ease.)

Thank you. The next order of business is the approval of the Journal of the meeting of Thursday, June 7th, 2012. The Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Journal of the meeting of Thursday, June 7th, 2012 be approved. (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded. favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. The Journal of the meeting of Thursday, June 7th, 2012 stands approved. The next order of business is requests for leave of absence. The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.

Thank you, Mr. President. On behalf of the majority, there are no requests for leaves of absence today.

Thank you. The Chair now recognizes Councilman O'Neill.

Thank you, Mr. President. On behalf of the republicans, there are no requests for

Thank you, Councilman. At this time, I would like to dispense with the regular order of business to thank everyone who has come here today. If you hang around, there's probably going to be some very interesting work taking place, but if you choose not to, stay tuned to the news tonight. Folks, again, thank you all. We really like the fact that you found time in your day to come down and see your democracy at work. So, again, thank you and look forward to seeing you again. At this time, the Chair recognizes Councilman Oh, who will present a resolution recognizing the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Would Mr. George Gephart and those accompanying him please join the Councilman at the podium. And we also have Councilman Jones, Councilwoman Blackwell, Councilman Greenlee and Councilwoman Tasco, and we also have Councilwoman Bass.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. This is a resolution recognizing and honoring and celebrating the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University for its invaluable contributions to the environmental and natural sciences as the oldest natural history museum in the nation - on the occasion of the Academy's 200th Anniversary: Founded in 1812 and now here we are in 2012.

Whereas, in 1812, seven amateur naturalists founded the Academy of Natural Sciences for, quote, "the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning," end of quote; and Whereas, in the year 2012, the Academy of Natural Sciences completes its 200th year and begins its third century as the oldest natural history museum in the nation; and

Whereas, the Academy of Natural Sciences is internationally known for its collection of over 18 million specimens, including the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton, Thomas Jefferson's fossil collection, specimens from the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the magnificent original wildlife drawings of John Audubon; and

Whereas, the Academy of Natural Sciences' members have included nine Nobel Laureates, two United States presidents, and the current Dalai Lama; and

Whereas, the Academy of Natural Sciences is not just a repository of historical artifacts, but an ongoing research center with scientists studying global warming in Mongolia, avian-flu carriers in Vietnam, and fossils from Pennsylvania to Patagonia - as well as many other important subjects in many other places that will result in knowledge useful in understanding the past, dealing with the present, and planning for the future; and

Whereas, in the year 2011, the Academy of Natural Sciences merged with Drexel University to develop the synergy of Academy researchers and collections with Drexel's educators and students; and Whereas, the City of Philadelphia looks forward to yet another century of excellent scientific leadership from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; now, therefore

Be it resolved, by the Council of the City of Philadelphia, that it hereby recognizes, honors and celebrates the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University for its invaluable contributions to the as the oldest natural history museum in the nation - on the occasion of the Academy's 200th Anniversary: From 1812 to 2012.

Further resolved, that an engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, further evidencing the sincere admiration and gratitude of this legislative body. Me and my kids, we go to the Academy and it's -- there's so many great treasures in Philadelphia, and 200 years, fantastic institution. We really have to get everybody out to see it. And congratulations on 200 excellent years. (Applause.)

Thank you all very much. President Clarke and distinguished members of the City Council and ladies and gentlemen, it is a distinct honor and privilege to accept this resolution on behalf of the Academy of Natural Sciences. an institution that is 200 years old, you know that each of us is playing a very little piece of history with the institution, just like all of you are serving our community in the same manner. So I want you to know how grateful we are for this recognition. I'd like to echo Councilman Oh's statement, come on down, please, and enjoy this Academy, especially in our bicentennial year. Learn where real science lives in Philadelphia. And we're very, very proud to be one of the gems in this city and on the Parkway. Thank you all very much. (Applause.) (Council at ease.)

Thank you. At this time, the Chair recognizes Councilwoman Tasco, who will present a resolution honoring Joseph Bogdonavage. Would Mr. Bogdonavage and join the Councilwoman at the podium. We'll also ask Mr. Randall Gyory also. We'll do them both at the same time. Thank you.

This is a very sad time for us who have been working with PGW, because we are losing two fine employees who have served the company very well, although we have in their stead new leadership, which will do a fine job and have proven to do a fine job, but you hate to see employees who have given many, many years of service, quality service, to the community. So this morning I am honored to present this resolution honoring Joseph R. Bogdonavage for his achievement in service to the City of Philadelphia and its citizens as Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Philadelphia Gas Works. Whereas, in 1972, Joseph R. B, as we called him, received a Bachelor's in Accounting from Temple University and has over 38 years of diverse experience in finance with the Philadelphia Gas Works ("PGW"); and Whereas

In January 2011, Mr. Joe B, affectionately called, was appointed as Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and, in the position, he was responsible for PGW's Operating and Capital Budget, Accounting and Reporting, Treasury functions; and Whereas, prior to his appointment, Mr. B served as Senior Vice President of Finance and held previous positions, including Director, Manager, Supervisor in the Budget and Finance Forecasting Department, Accounting Assistant Supervisor and Budget Analyst; and Whereas Mr. B is a member of the American Gas Association's Financial Energy Association of Pennsylvania Finance Committee; now, therefore, be it

Now, therefore, be it resolved, that an engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Mr. Joseph R. Bogdonavage as evidence of the sincere sentiments of this legislative body. Certification that this is a true and correct copy of the original resolution, adopted by the Council of the City of Philadelphia on the 3rd of May 2012. It is signed by President Darrell Clarke, introduced by Marian Tasco and Curtis Jones, and supported by all members of City Council. We thank him for the many years of service, outstanding, reliable service to PGW, and we wish him well in his retirement. We will miss you, Mr. B, because we could never get your name right, so we called you Mr. B. (Applause.)

Thank you, Mr. President, distinguished members of City Council. Chairwoman Tasco, it's been an honor, privilege to serve the ratepayers and citizens of Philadelphia for my 38-plus years, and without a few names just to mention, my wife Anne, my wonderful assistant Denise, also the Gas Commission; in particular, Janet Parrish, some of my peers at the company, Joe Golden, Craig White and others, I would not be standing here today, and I really appreciate the effort that everyone has put forward, and I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of their lives as I am moving into a new part of mine. It's been an honor and a privilege to serve the City of Philadelphia. Thank you very much. (Applause.)

And second we have another fine young man who is go to retirement. His wife was going to kill him if he hadn't retired, and we held on to him as long as we could, because he provided wonderful service to PGW, and he worked very closely with our staff at the Gas Commission. So we're happy this morning to be able to say that we present this resolution honoring Randall J. Gyory for his achievements and service to the City of Philadelphia and its citizens as Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Philadelphia Gas Works. Whereas, Randall J. Gyory received a BS Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and, in 1980, he joined the Philadelphia Gas Works ("PGW") and has spent the majority of his PGW career in the Distribution Department where he held several positions in Maintenance, Construction, Engineering; and Whereas, in January 2011, Mr. Gyory was appointed as Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for PGW, and in these positions, he was responsible for Field Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Affairs, Gas Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, and Corporate Preparedness; and Whereas, prior to his appointment, Mr. Gyory served as Senior Vice President for Operations and Customer Affairs, Vice President of Customer Affairs, and Manager of the Program Management Office; and

Whereas, during Mr. Gyory's tenure as Manager, he led a team of functional and business analysts in correcting and improving PGW's billing system software issues associated with the transition from their legacy billing system to a client server system; and Whereas, Mr. Gyory's call around a call center operation that was underachieving, effectively reversing an order by the Pennsylvania Utilities Commission to outsource PGW's operation to obtain minimum acceptable standards; and Whereas, therefore, Mr. Gyory's leadership and diligence with his fellow employees, PGW's collection rate improved to an average over 96 percent during that last five years as compared to an historic collection rate of 92 percent for the previous ten years; and now, therefore, be it

Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the Council of the City of Philadelphia, we hereby honor Randall J. Gyory for his hard work, accomplishments and fine service to PGW customers and to the citizens of Philadelphia and wish him much success in his future endeavors. Further resolved, that an resolution be presented to Mr. Randall J. Gyory as evidence of the sincere sentiments of this legislative body. Certification that this is a true and correct copy of the original resolution, adopted by the Council of the City of Philadelphia on the 3rd of May 2012. Signed by President Darrell Clarke, introduced by Councilwoman Tasco and Jones, and supported by all members of Council. We thank you so much for your service, Mr. Gyory, and wish you well as you share your retirement with your family. God bless you. (Applause.)

Mr. President, members of Council, Councilwoman Tasco, I'd like to thank you. This is a humbling opportunity. I just came into work and did my job every day. I had a job to do. I loved doing my job. I loved working with the people. I loved Philadelphia. I'd like to specifically thank Janet Parrish for all the support of the Commission, obviously Councilwoman Tasco, Craig White and all my co-workers. It's been a pleasure, and it's good to be at home. It's great to be retired. Thank you. (Applause.)

The Chair recognizes Craig White.

That was unexpected, Council President. I can't say enough about these two gentlemen. I've worked with them for over 32 years, and they've done an outstanding job for the Philadelphia Gas Works, and they are going to be sorely missed. As the Chairwoman said, we have a number of other 30-some-year employees that are stepping in and doing a great job in their absence, but I can't thank them enough for the great work they did way in which they approach difficult problems over at PGW. And, again, I want to thank them personally. And I'm so happy that their families are here, and we certainly want Anne and Joe's wife and daughter -- or Randy's wife and daughter to come up here for some future pictures. Thank you very much. Thank you.

Thank you. (Applause.)

Council will be at ease. (Council at ease.)

Thank you. The next order of business is communications. Will the Sergeant-At-Arms please deliver the messages from the Mayor to the Chief Clerk. Mr. Decker, please read the

To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Sections 4-604 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission regarding the following bills: Bill Nos. 120386, 120413, 120414, 120421, 120427, 120480, 120519, 120524, 120550, 120551, 120552, 120553 and 120554; and I am transmitting for the consideration of your honorable body a resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Southwest Temple Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcels No. 26 and 27 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 26 as 1221 through 33 North Hutchinson Street and for Parcel No. 27 as 1224 through 38 Rear North Ninth Street; and Also a resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Models Cities Urban Renewal Area, designated by house number and street address as 427 through 35 Master Street; and Also a resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 1800 North 16th Street, 1804 through 08 North 16th Street, 1812 North 16th Street and 1820 North 16th Street, all under certain terms and conditions.

Do you have any other messages, Mr. Decker?

I do not, Mr. President.

Thank you so much. The next order of business is the introduction of bills and resolutions. At this time, the Chair recognizes Councilman Kenney.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have no bills or resolutions today.

Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.

Thank you, Mr. President. Today I introduce one non-privileged resolution.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

A non-privileged 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 Fifty-First Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

That resolution will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee.

Thank you, Mr. President. On your behalf I offer one bill and four resolutions.

Thank you, Councilman.

An ordinance to amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, located at 1331 East Wyoming Avenue, by allowing for the construction of a building addition to be used for the intensive care unit.

That bill will be referred to the appropriate committee.

And a non-privileged resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 749 North Uber Street.

That resolution will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar.

And a non-privileged resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Models Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 1620 North Patton Street.

That resolution will also be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar.

And a non-privileged resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Southwest Temple Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 26 and 27.

That resolution will also be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar.

And a non-privileged 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 Fifteenth and Forty-Seventh Wards of the City of Philadelphia.

That resolution will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman Henon.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have no bills or resolutions today.

Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Tasco.

Mr. President, I offer one resolution.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

A non-privileged resolution Urging the Renewal of Collective Bargaining Agreements Between Labor and Management in Area Healthcare Institutions.

That resolution will be placed on today's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman Johnson.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have one non-privileged resolution.

Thank you, Councilman.

A non-privileged 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 Thirty-Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

That resolution will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Sanchez.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have four non-privileged resolutions.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

A non-privileged resolution calling upon the United States Congress to defend democracy from the undue influence of corporations by passing and sending to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment which overturns the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United versus Federal Collection Commission and establishes that only human beings, not corporations, are endowed with constitutional rights. (Applause.)

Councilwoman, you want that on today's Final Passage?

No, for next week.

That will be placed on next week's Final Passage.

And a non-privileged 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 Thirty-First Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

That will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar.

And a non-privileged 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.

That will also be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar.

And a non-privileged resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 427 through 35 Master Street.

That will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman Green.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have no bills or resolutions today.

Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have no bills or resolutions today.

Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Goode.

Thank you, Mr. President. I offer no bills or resolutions today.

Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Brown.

Good morning. Thank you, Mr. President. I offer one resolution.

Thank you, Councilwoman.

A privileged resolution honoring and congratulating Shelly Yanoff on the occasion of her retirement from Public Citizens for Children and Youth, after twenty five years of service as the Executive Director and for her advocacy on behalf of children and their families. (Applause.)

That will be placed on this week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have one non-privileged resolution.

Thank you, Councilman.

A non-privileged 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 Thirty-Eighth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

That will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman O'Neill.

Mr. President, I have no bills or resolutions.

Thank you, Councilman. The Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla.

Thank you, Mr. President. I offer one resolution.

Thank you.

A privileged resolution also naming Locust Street between 12th and 13th Street as "Barbara Gittings Way."

That resolution will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Bass.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have five bills, one resolution.

Thank you.

An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Nedro Avenue, both sides, Old York Road to 15th Street.

That bill will be referred to the appropriate committee.

And an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Green Street, west side, Windrim Avenue to Roberts Avenue.

That bill will also be referred to the appropriate committee.

And an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on 15th Street, east side, Conlyn Street to Grange Street.

That bill will be referred to committee.

And an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Copley Street, both sides, Manheim Street to Clapier Street.

That bill will be referred to committee.

And an ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Carlisle Street, west side, Lindley Avenue to Duncannon Street.

That bill will be referred to committee.

And a non-privileged resolution nominating 25 individuals for consideration by the Mayor as appointees to the Commission on Parks and Recreation.

And that resolution will be placed on next week's Final Passage Calendar. The Chair recognizes Councilman Oh.

Thank you, Mr. President. I offer one resolution, and I would like to be heard on that at the appropriate time.

Thank you, Councilman.

A privileged resolution recognizing and commemorating June 23, 2012 as Vincent Chin Remembrance Day in the City of Philadelphia.

That resolution will be placed on today's Final Passage Calendar. That concludes our introductions. At this time, the Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee for a report from the Committee on Rules.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Rules reports three bills with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. Mr. Decker, please read the report.

The Committee on Rules, to which was referred Bill No. 120417, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' to expand the boundaries of the I-95 Acquisition Corridor"; and Bill No. 120431, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' by revising and clarifying certain provisions and making technical changes"; and Bill No. 120480, entitled "An ordinance amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning of land located within an area bounded by 38th Street, Ludlow Street, Chestnut Street and 37th Street, from partly 'R-16' Residential and partly 'C-2' Commercial to a single designation of 'C-4' Commercial," respectfully reports it has considered and amended the same and returns the attached bills to Council with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill Nos. 120417, 120431 and 120480. (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

This day Bill No. 120417 and 120431 and 120480 will be reported out of Committee with a favorable recommendation and placed on the First Reading Calendar for today. Thank you. The Chair now recognizes Councilman Green for a report from the Committee on Finance.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Finance reports five bills and one resolution with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you.

The Committee on Finance, to which was referred Bill No. 120329, entitled "An ordinance approving the Fiscal Year 2013 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works"; and Bill No. 120416, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 19-3200, entitled 'Keystone Opportunity Zone, Economic Development District, and Strategic Development Area,' by providing for additional properties to be added to certain zones"; and Bill No. 120432, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the City Treasurer, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with Wells Fargo Bank for provision of payroll banking services to the City"; and Bill No. 120485, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Finance, Taxes and Collections,' by providing for the inclusion of notices regarding Housing Inspection License requirements in certain City tax and utility bills"; and Bill No. 120489, entitled "An ordinance amending 12-2800 of The Code, entitled 'Administrative Adjudication of Parking Violations,' by providing for an additional fee to be added to the cost of each parking ticket"; and Resolution No. 120538, entitled "A resolution approving the Annual Program Statement and Budget for the expenditure of the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative Bond Proceeds for Fiscal Year 2013," respectfully reports it has considered the same and returns the attached bills and resolution to Council with a favorable recommendation.

The Chair recognizes Councilman Green.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of the bills just mentioned.

Thank you. second? (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bills No. 120329, 120416, 120432, 120485 and 120489. All those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. They will be placed on the First Reading Calendar today. Resolution No. 120538 will be placed on the Final Passage Calendar for our next session of Council. The Chair now recognizes Councilman Jones for a report from the Committee on the Whole.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee of the resolutions with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you.

The Committee of the Whole, to which was referred Resolution No. 120190, entitled "A resolution reappointing Pat Lavelle to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District"; and Resolution 120191, entitled "A resolution reappointing Michael Mattioni to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District"; and Resolution No. 120503, entitled "A resolution appointing Harold Epps to the Board of Directors of the Center City District"; and Resolution No. 120504, entitled "A resolution appointing Greg DeShields to the Board of Directors of the Center City District"; and Resolution No. 120505, entitled "A resolution appointing David Marshall Directors of the Center City District," respectfully reports it has considered the same and returns the attached resolutions to Council with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. Resolution No. 120190, 120191, 120503, 120504 and 120505 will be placed on the Final Passage Calendar for our next session of Council. The next order of business is consideration -- I'm sorry. We have one more report. I'm sorry. I skipped over one. There is going to be a report from the Committee on Appropriations, but that will be in the second half of today's Council session.

Mr. President?

Yes. I'm sorry.

Committee of

I'm sorry. Councilman Henon.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Public Property and Public Works -

Oh, no. I was getting to you, Councilman, but go ahead. Go ahead.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Public Property and Public Works reports seven bills with a favorable recommendation.

Mr. Decker, please read the report.

The Committee on Public Property and Public Works, to which was referred Bill No. 120056, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 16 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Public Property,' to provide for estimated annual energy cost disclosures upon the sale of certain City-owned residential properties"; and 120389, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a long-term lease agreement with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transformation Authority, whereby the City will obtain use of a parking lot located approximately at the intersection of Dupont and High Streets"; and Bill No. 120413, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, a parcel of land generally situate at 1224 North Mascher Street"; and Bill No. 120414, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, a parcel of land generally situate at 1849 Frankford Avenue"; and Bill No. 120421, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of convey, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, a parcel of land generally situate at 3129 South 70th Street"; and Bill No. 120427, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, certain parcels of land situate at 3300 North Front Street and 130 West Westmoreland Street"; and Bill No. 120486, entitled "An ordinance authorizing a license agreement with a term of up to twenty years, and other related agreements, between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for certain land and facilities located in Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park and the Marian Anderson Recreation Center, to be used to establish, conduct, and operate the Philadelphia Phillies MLB Urban Youth Academy," respectfully reports it has considered the same and returns the with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Henon.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of the bill aforementioned by the Clerk. Thank you. (Duly seconded.)

Thank you. It's been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bills No. 120056, 120389, 120413, 120414, 120421, 120427 and 120486. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)

All those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. These bills will be placed on the First Reading Calendar for today. The Chair now recognizes Councilman Squilla for a report from the Committee of Streets and Services.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Streets and Services reports 17 bills with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you, Councilman. Mr. Decker, please read the report.

The Committee on Streets and Services, to which was referred Bill No. 120144, entitled "An ordinance authorizing and directing the installation of a traffic signal on Conshohocken Avenue at the easternmost entrance from Conshohocken Avenue to the parking lot on the property known as 4160 Monument Road"; and 120331, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Farmers' Markets,' by adding as permissible locations the southwest quadrant of Norris Square Park (the area of land bounded by West Susequehanna Avenue, North Howard Street, Diamond Street and North Hancock Street) and the sidewalk of the south side of Lehigh Avenue between North Lawrence Street and 4th Street"; and Bill No. 120395, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Bodine Street from Spring Garden Street to Green Street"; and Bill No. 120396, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Northern Liberties Auction, Inc. to construct, use and maintain various encroachments within the right-of-way on the north sidewalk of North Third Street and Bodine Street"; and Bill No. , 3180 Chestnut Street, to construct, own and maintain various encroachments within the City right-of-way on the east side of Broad Street between Rodman Street and South Street, the north side of South Street between Juniper Street and Broad Street and the south side of Rodman Street between Juniper Street and Broad Street"; and Bill No. 120490, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Carlisle Street, west side, Tioga Street to Ontario Street"; and Bill No. 120518, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Farmers' Markets,' by adding as a permissible location a portion of the sidewalks and curb lanes of both sides of the 3500 block of Ryan Avenue"; and 120519, entitled "An ordinance authorizing 2303 Bainbridge Street to construct, own and maintain various encroachments within the City right-of-way on the north side of Bainbridge Street between South 24th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue and the west side of Grays Ferry Avenue, north of Bainbridge Street, adjacent to the premises known as 621 South 24th Street"; and Bill No. 120520, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on 6th Street, both sides, Carpenter Street to Washington Avenue"; and Bill No. 120521, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Tasker Street, both sides, 12th Street to 13th Street"; and Bill No. 120522, entitled "An ordinance establishing a parking regulation on Carpenter Street, both sides, 11th Street to 12th Street"; and 120550, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Bill Murphy's Irish Saloon to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe at 3333 through 35 Conrad Street"; and Bill No. B. Sweets and Treats to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe at 3138 Richmond Street"; and Bill No. 120552, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Green Olives Cafe to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe at 992 North 2nd Street"; and Bill No. , doing business as Cantina Dos Segundos, to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe at 931 through 33 North 2nd Street"; and Bill No. 120554, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Dock Street Brewery to construct, own and maintain an open 701 South 50th Street"; and Bill No. 120555, entitled "An ordinance establishing a no tractor trailer parking regulation on the 800 Block of South 53rd Street, from Broomall Street to Whitby Avenue, both sides," respectfully reports it has considered the same and returns the attached bills to Council with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so to permit the first reading this day of the 17 bills that were just read into the record. (Duly seconded.)

It has been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as this day of the bills just reported from committee. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. These bills will be placed on the First Reading Council session. The Chair now recognizes Councilwoman Sanchez for a report from the Committee on License and Inspection.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Licenses and Inspection reports one bill with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you, Councilwoman. Mr. Decker, please read the report.

The Committee on Licenses and Inspections, to which was referred Bill No. 120278, entitled "An 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code,' by modifying a subsection allowing smoke alarms in existing one- and two-family dwellings to be solely battery powered," respectfully reports it has considered the same and returns the attached bill to Council with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Sanchez.

I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill No. 120278. (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended as to permit first reading today of Bill No. 120728. favor? (Aye.)

All those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. The bill will be placed on our First Reading Calendar today. The Chair now recognizes Councilwoman Bass for a report from the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs reports five bills with a favorable recommendation. In addition, the Committee submits a report pursuant to Resolution No. 120401.

Thank you. Mr. Decker, please read the report.

The Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, to which was referred Bill No. 120145, entitled "An ordinance renaming and designating Old Line Park located at 8730 Old Line Road as 'Jack Horgan Memorial Field'"; and Bill No. 120274, entitled "An ordinance renaming the playground currently designated as the 'Cobbs Creek Playground,' located at 63rd and Catharine Streets and bounded by 63rd and Christian Streets as the 'Rufus O. Williams Memorial Playground'"; and Bill No. 120433, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Concession Agreement for Operation and Management of Bicycle Rental Stations In The Fairmount Park System, between the City of Philadelphia and Freetime, Inc., doing business as 'Wheel Fun Rentals'"; and Bill No. 120435, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation to acquire certain easements for the purpose recreation trail to connect Junod Playground to Poquessing Creek Park and Benjamin Rush State Park"; and Bill No. 120482, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation to execute a lease with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development obligating PAID to execute a sublease with the Zoological Society of Philadelphia under which the Society will construct, manage, operate, and maintain and repair a multi-story parking garage and related streetscape improvements along West Girard Avenue," respectfully reports it has considered the same and returns the attached bills to Council with a favorable recommendation. And after conducting the required hearings pursuant to Resolution 120401, entitled "A resolution authorizing Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold seeking nomination to serve on the Commission on Parks and Recreation, and further authorizing the Committee to recommend for Council's consideration nominations to be forwarded to the Mayor," respectfully reports it has developed a list of recommended names and submits them to Council in the attached report with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Bass.

Thank you. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bills No. 120145, 120274, 120433, 120435 and 120482. (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bills 120145, 120274, 120433, 120435 and 120482. All those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. These bills will be placed on the First Reading Calendar for today. The Chair now recognizes Councilman Jones for a report from the Committee on Public Safety.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Public Safety reports out one bill with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you, Councilman.

The Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred Bill No. 120328, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Regulation of Businesses, Professions,' and related provisions of The Philadelphia Code pertinent to electric fences, to provide for the operation and regulation of electric fences," respectfully reports it has considered and amended the same and returns the attached bill to Council with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.

Thank you again, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill No. 120328. (Duly seconded.)

Been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended as to permit first reading this day of Bill No. 120328. All those in favor? (Aye.)

All those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. Bill No. 120328 will be placed on the First Reading Calendar for today. The Chair now recognizes Councilman O'Neill for a report from the Committee on Technology and Information.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Technology and Information Services reports one bill with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. Mr. Decker.

The Committee on Technology and Information Services, to which was referred Bill No. 120392, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Chief Innovation Officer to enter into up for access to online research services and online legal publications," respectfully reports it has considered and amended the same and returns the attached bill to Council with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman O'Neill.

Mr. President, I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill No. 120392.

Is there a second? (Duly seconded.)

I know we're all tired. I understand. Trust me. It's been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading No. 120392. All those in favor will say aye. (Aye.)

All those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. This bill will be placed on the First Reading Calendar today. The next order of business is consideration of the Calendar. I note that the bills just reported from committee with suspension of rules have been deemed to have had a first reading. These bills will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar today. As there are no additional bills on the First Reading Calendar, the Chair now recognizes Councilman Jones for the purpose of calling up resolutions and bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage.

Thank you, 2ND READING Mr. President. The following resolutions and bills are being called up from Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar today: Nos. 120569, 120570, 120572, 120573, 120574, 120575, 120576, 120577, 120229-AA, 120214, 120173, 120175, 120340-A, 120275, 120322, 120326, 120330, 120332, 120342, 120176, 120434, 120491, 120049 and 120428. All other resolutions and bills are being held.

Thank you, Councilman. Before considering the resolutions and bills, we will have public comment as follows: For those of you who are here to testify, if you have not already signed up, please sign up at the table to my left. What we will do -- our guidelines are the following: You will have three minutes to speak. We ask that you accommodate the three-minute timeline, because we want to make sure that everybody here has an opportunity to speak that has testified. You will see at the podium there's a device on the podium. That device will turn green. That means it's your time to speak. When it turns yellow, it means you have 30 seconds to conclude your remarks. We hope that you accommodate the guidelines to ensure that we can have a process that gives everybody an opportunity to speak. Mr. Decker, will you please call the name of the first individual who is here to testify.

James Foster, commenting on Bill No. 120175. (Witness approached podium.)

I'd like to thank City Council for the opportunity to comment on the bill relative to the revised versions of the AVI. My name is James Foster. I'm the publisher and editor of the Germantown Chronicle and the Northwest Independent Newspapers that deliver to every household in Germantown, Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill and portions of East Falls. I believe that, along with others, that the passage of this bill and the U&O tax increases may be the most significant impaction on the economy of Philadelphia in many years. I am going to suggest to you briefly that there is a simple way to resolve the financial problems that you're trying to solve, and I call it the 20 percent solution. Before I outline the solution, I'm proposing that each and every Councilperson take an interesting approach to understanding just how serious real estate taxes and how they can better serve the City's needs be accomplished, and I will call this an awakening to the reality of neglect of this city. As all of you know, we have one of the best transit systems in the country, and the urban rail network out of Center City is the hallmark of it. All of these transit systems run through the hearts of your districts. I suggest that all of you get on the train tomorrow morning that goes through your district, sit on the window seat, ride it to the first stop outside of the City, get on the one coming back and get a window seat on the other side. When you return, you will see what's left of the economic base that made Philadelphia great. Block after block of bombed out buildings, abandoned houses, impromptu junkyards and, of course, empty blocks where buildings once stood that either fell down on their own or were demolished. What do all of these entities have in common? They are paying no real estate taxes. They are generating no business taxes. They are employing no City of Philadelphia residents with salaries and ways to pay their taxes. Make no mistake, Philadelphia was not Pittsburgh, Scranton or Bethlehem, driven out of business by one major industry that became obsolete. Philadelphia lost its incredibly diverse business base because of bad political decisions from 1968 forward that taxed them out of town. It was tax and retax everyone and anyone, and now you're running out of people to tax. This proposal will cut to the marrow of the bone of Philadelphia, and projects that are underway for developers will cease, and in addition to the 600,000 people that have been driven out of this city since 1970, you will watch another couple hundred thousand leave in short order. The major reasons some of the people still live here is because the tax base is competitive. Those people will no longer be able to pay double and triple the taxes they are paying now. On top of that, we have these very unbalanced tax abatements that gives some pretty soft deals to the least needy among us. A furtherance of these problems will bring us to fiscal suicide. For many years, the City has admitted that it has half a billion in uncollected real estate taxes. Simply collecting 20 percent of that will give you all you need for members of your School District program. Step back, take a look at real estate taxes in the right way, reorganize it correctly. Do not burden the taxpayers with outrageous bills. By the way, do it with the City courts, the City Sheriff's Office and the City Law Department. Don't hand over another easy blank check. (Applause.)

Jeff Carpineta, commenting on Bill Nos. 120175 and 120230. (Witness approached podium.)

Good day, Council President and the City Council as a whole and all the citizens here today. My name is Jeff Carpineta. I'm the President of East Kensington Neighbors Association. East Kensington is a section that is immediately west of Fishtown but immediately east of East Kensington, within about a one-mile vicinity of Northern Liberties. It's a neighborhood that has undergone a lot of reinvestment, new energy, sort of rebirth of the creative economy and rehabilitation and rehab, but it still has a long way to go. East Kensington is an example of a neighborhood that is at the battle line in the quest for a healthier and thriving Philadelphia, and it happens to be a neighborhood that could be dramatically affected by implementation of a new tax code, but without proper mechanisms in place to make sure that residents, old residents and new residents, are protected adequately. So some of the primary concerns are that -and we ask Council to really reflect seriously on the impacts that could happen from residents who currently pay anywhere from $850 to $1,200 whose tax bills will go to like $2,500 or $3,500 could result, and I believe will, having a little bit of experience in my professional work as a real estate agent, that mortgage companies will -- for the folks that hold loans on their properties, the new taxes will need to be paid. Folks won't be able to come up with those bills to meet the new tax payment and will wind up facing late payments and foreclosures, which could wind up dumping more inventory onto the market, decreasing people's equity in the neighborhood, decreasing value in the neighborhood and basically contributing to paralyzing the real estate economy in the neighborhood. Even just the prospect alone of the large increase is causing sort of a mass panic among the buying audience, the people who are thinking about investing in the community. Also how landlords are going to handle the new tax liability, the idea that that might get passed off on -- dramatically new taxes might get passed off on to tenants, dislocate tenants within the community, is another big problem. I just want to make it clear that Fishtown and East Kensington have been sort of star examples of the best of what Philadelphia's accomplishing, recently but it may happen that -- I'm just letting you know it's not guaranteed, and if we don't have a year to work out some very thoughtful provisions to make sure people are protected at all levels, it could be a disaster. And thank you for your time. (Applause.)

Jeff Hornstein, commenting on Bill Nos. 120175 and 120230. (Witness approached podium.)

Thank you, members of Council. I've been here a lot in the past few months, and it's been really disturbing to watch the lack of information that's been presented by the Administration on what's going to be a very dramatic tax shift in this city. On behalf of the 15 civic associations that make up the Tax Fairness Coalition and behalf of Queen Village Neighbors Association, of which I'm President, we urge you to put off this move to actual value for a year, and here's why: We want to pay our fair share. My taxes personally have gone up by 40 percent. They'll go up by another 179 percent under some of the current proposals. I can afford that. I'm lucky. I'm blessed. There are many people in my neighborhood who cannot. Many people in the neighborhood in Center City who cannot. It you take $3,000 of disposable income out of people's pockets, you're going to see ripple effects across this economy that no one has really thought through, and that's what our big problem is here. This is a big that's being rushed through recklessly, in our view. The City needs revenue. We agree with that. Let's come up with another temporary tax increase. Call it what you will. And before we move to -you're asking us to jump off a cliff without the proper data. As one member of Council put it, you're asking us to buy a house and finding out what it's going to cost a month later. In my conversations with other civic leaders in this city, we're united around four very simple principals. Do AVI right, not recklessly. Let's do this right. We have an opportunity for comprehensive tax reform here. It's going to take some time to put it together. We need the data in order to do that. Number two, we need to protect the vulnerable. So far if we don't know what the aggregate value of real estate is in the City, there's no way for us to make a reasonable estimation of what any of the mitigating legislation that we're talking about here is going to cost and how those costs will be redistributed. So it's irresponsible to do that now also. Number three, we need to make the system fair, as we've said over and over again. Philadelphia is a strange city in that we have so much of our property tax burden on residential property owners. We need to fix that. We need to go as a united front to Harrisburg and undo the idiotic uniformity clause in the Pennsylvania State Constitution, the only state in the entire country that has this provision that's interpreted so that no taxes can be levied differently on property. It's inane. We need to change that. We need to work together across the Commonwealth to change that. Finally, we need to find other sources of revenue. Everybody asks me, why aren't delinquent taxes being collected? Why don't we have payment in lieu of taxation agreements with our universities? In New Haven, Connecticut, a city one-tenth the size of this, Yale University pays $8 million a year in PILOTs and supports 20 neighborhood schools. Just saying. We have 20 universities in the City of Philadelphia. We need to work cooperatively with them to get them to pay their fair share too. I'll stop there. Thank you very much, but we want this delay for a year. It's really important to the future of our city we think. (Applause.)

Marsha Bacal. (No response.)

Marsha Bacal, commenting on Bill Nos. 120175 and 120230. (Witness approached podium.)

Thank you very much to Council President Darrell Clarke and to members of City Council. I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today. Last week I sat in these Chambers for many hours, and I am very sympathetic to Council President Clarke's statement that this has been the most difficult problem he has encountered in ten years. But I would like to suggest that sometimes the best solution is the simplest, and I will come back to that later. But first I would like to examine the situation on a real numbers basis. I think you need to think in terms of the people who are impacted by this, and I'm going to take myself as an example. I have lived nearly my entire life in Philadelphia. I have been employed and paid City taxes since 1946. That computes to 66 years. I have paid real estate taxes since 1960. That's 52 years. I have not had children in public schools since 1980. That's 32 years. I have never complained. It was a privilege to live in the City. I love it. I'm committed to it. I will pay my taxes. However, I'm starting to question, especially when I see articles that tell me about extravagant salaries in the school system, about favored contracts, about an AVI, which I am not against, but I am as to accept without sufficient information. Now, consider this: I bought a condo in 1987 for a little over a hundred thousand dollars. It is now valued at 4, and based on the estimates that I have played with over and over again from the information that doesn't seem to have any rhyme or reason, but it comes out that I'm going to be paying double my taxes. I hesitated to testify because I know I will be called an elitist. I live in a condo, and I will be accused of underpaying. Both accusations are false. I have paid taxes every year since 1955. If the assessor underestimated, that's his problem, not mine. I have paid my taxes. As for the elitism, I have worked nearly every day of my adult life, raised and educated a family and have carefully saved. I will cut this short to tell you a conclusion. There is no question that AVI needs to be revamped, but it must be done carefully and fairly. I see before me a Council that is constantly readjusting estimates. There are too many conflicting interests, too many conflicting voices. I ask you to step back, draw a breath, postpone your decision, take the time to inform the public. The public doesn't understand this at all. Please. What happens in Philadelphia legislatively will stay in Philadelphia for a long time. (Applause.)

Judith Kaplow Applebaum, commenting on Bill Nos. 120175 and 120230.

Good afternoon. It just hit noontime. Good afternoon to Council President, to all the community members here. A number of weeks ago I came here to talk about the AVI. I have been President of the Washington Square West Civic Association for ten years, and for the last two years, I've headed the Governmental Affairs Committee. WSWCA is not opposed to the Actual Value Initiative. We are not opposed to fixing a very broken system. What we are opposed to is for you to vote on a new tax system when you do not have the information that you needed. I spoke to this issue the last time. I've sat here and listened to questions by the Council of the people who are designing this system and implementing this system. They do not have the answers yet. You need to think beyond numbers. You need to think about the people who you are going to impact rushing to judgment, and that's what you are doing, rushing to judgment. As Marsha, I moved in here in 1998. I bought a house that I could responsibly afford. I knew how old I was in 1998 and I knew that this was the house that I wanted to live in when I retired. I'm supposed to retire at the end of this year. If you double my taxes, then I have to think very carefully about whether or not I can continue to live in this city that I have devoted my life to since 1998. Do you want to lose people like me? Do you want to lose young families who moved into my neighborhood, who are committed to the schools, who paid a little bit more money for a house but had a tax rate that they could afford, these people who give hours and hours and hours to the local schools, not only in my district but in other districts. I think Queen Village has the exact same experience, Society Hill, Bella Vista, Hawthorne. You name it, we are committed to the City, to our children, to the welfare of the City of Philadelphia. Please take your time. Think about what you're doing and what the impact will be to all of the residents throughout the City of Philadelphia. Please delay AVI for one year. Raise our rates as you have the last number of years. We can all live with a few hundred extra dollars, but asking us to pay three and four and five thousand extra dollars, you are evicting us from the neighborhoods that we love. (Applause.)

Sam Little, commenting on 120175 and 120230. (Witness approached podium.)

Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to speak. My name is Sam Little. I'm the President of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association. We represent the northwest quadrant of Center City's residents and businesses. We came to testify on June 2nd, and we still feel -- we said at that time -- and I have a letter I will give you again -- is that this is a very important complicated issue. We have had presentations, and the more we see, the more complex we see it is. We have an underlying concern that not enough is known in order to make decisions that will make great impact for some time to come. We've discussed it amongst our neighbors and board meetings, but two underlying points come out. The first is and we would suggest that the opportunity to put off the major decisions until we know better using the existing code would be a good idea. The second one, though, coming from almost anyone who talked about it is, there's an unfair tax and then there's a really unfair tax. The really unfair tax is the enormous amount of delinquent tax that is right now on the table but uncollected, and each one of us who is paying taxes are being asked to pay more or maybe pay a little less, but we're already paying for someone else who isn't. And I think that it raises a level of skepticism and also just in a way a despondence about a real solution. So I would suggest that whatever Council does amongst their really good efforts to humanize and to make fair is to make first a priority and maybe even a requirement that the delinquent taxes be collected. We would suggest that the Administration look at outsourcing and any other method they can to get the money that is already owed. And that will raise the sense of hope that a good solution is going to come and give credibility to both City and the Council about finding an important solution. And I thank you very much for the opportunity to speak. (Applause.)

Richard Snowden, commenting on 120175 and 120230. (Witness approached podium.)

Hi. My name is Greg Pastore. Thank you for letting me speak. I'm the President of Bella Vista Town Watch. Like Judy and Sam and Jeff, I run a neighborhood group. I've been doing it for a long time. And I wanted to piggyback on something that Judy Applebaum says. It's not just that we love it here, but we've been working for it, and it's really hard for us to accept the fact that it's an advalong (ph) system. We make our neighborhoods nicer, which is another way of saying more valuable. So we're going to pay more money. But what are you going to ask us to pay is the problem we're having. Philly is an unusual place. One of the things that makes it great is, it has a lot of properties in it. It has a lot of single-family property in it. It's a boot-strapped place compared to other major cities. You can come here and you can buy something for not a lot of money. It's small. It's beat up. You live in the second floor while the third floor leaks. You fix the third floor. You move to the third floor while you fix the second floor. If you have kids, you hope to fix the second floor before the baby comes. This is what thousands of people have done. Most Councilpeople have a staffer who bought a row house in some kind of outlying neighborhood, because that is what you do here and that's what makes it great. But it's the sweat equity that we've put into our houses which is analogous to what we do as community people in our neighborhoods that's made our properties worth more. So we know we're going to pay more. It's just how bad is it going to be for us? And I'd also like to say something, the lady Marsha spoke about elitism. I mean, look, we know we're middle class. We're professional class. We understand that, you know, but we do a lot of stuff for nothing. Now, I've seen Frannie Park, a block from my house. It's a little park. I don't know if it was Park or Rec. Now that they're together, there's no distinction. It's a P&R piece of property. The City owns it. There's a couple of trash cans in there because of fundraising. There's trash cans in there. How does that trash get picked up? This is City piece of property. And there are dogs -- people walk their dogs. This is not an argument about dogs off the leash. This is the fact that people clean up after their dogs as they're supposed to and they put it in the trash cans as they're supposed to. That trash gets picked up because volunteers, not me, but some good neighbors take dog poop out of the trash cans at C. Frannie Park daily, store it, carry it to the curb and once a week a trash truck comes and picks it up. So we do this. We pick up crap for free as citizens. Okay? And that is something that we do because, again, as I said, this is a boot-strapped community and we will pay our fair share, but there is fair and then there's crazy. Thank you. (Applause.)

Richard Snowden. (Witness approached podium.)

Good morning, members of City Council, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Richard Snowden. I am the Managing Partner of Bowman Properties, a family-owned and run property management firm doing business in the Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy neighborhoods of Northwest Philadelphia. We operate 65 buildings in the Germantown Avenue commercial corridor, with approximately 160 apartments, stores and offices. Our properties are the small scale 18th and 19th century historic buildings that give those communities much of their distinctive architectural quality and vibrancy. We employ 35 professionals craftspeople and maintenance workers who, along with local contractors, maintain, restore and develop our properties. We invest approximately $3,500,000 per year, including all of the annual profits of our company, into the infrastructure of Northwest Philadelphia and have done so for many years. We distribute no dividends to our shareholders and never have. What we make is reinvested in our neighborhood. With 141-year history in Northwest Philadelphia, my family is a true long-term investor in the City of Philadelphia. Despite our long history in the City, for the first time in my 31-year involvement with our firm, I am pessimistic about Philadelphia's prospects for the future. The notion that City Council is even considering a property tax increase on the scale contemplated, coming on the heels of other recent large tax increases and a jump in virtually every fee the City imposes on businesses, indicates a blatant disregard for the homeowners and businesspeople who have invested in the future of this city. Due to the unreasonable scale and lack of phasing of this tax policy, I have alerted our tenants, employees and vendors that their expectations for 2013 include enormous rent increases, which many tenants can simply not afford to pay, layoffs and curtailment of restoration and rehabilitation of buildings, all in order that the City may receive its 30 pieces of silver. After 31 years, through five recessions with no layoffs at our company, I assure you that this was not welcomed news. Many of our commercial leases have automatic escalators to cover taxes, but these small mop-and-pop businesses are still reeling from the recession. Many will simply close their doors. Such higher taxes mean higher rents that cannot be paid, leading to greatly increased vacancy and lower business taxes for the City. There will be no profit margin to reinvest in the community. Additionally, we fear that these unprecedented tax increases will produce rolling mortgage defaults among local homeowners, further eroding our vibrant neighborhood. Apartments will also be less desirable, with tenants simply moving several blocks to Montgomery County. Last December in this Chamber we were gratified to receive approval from City Council to build a $35 million hundred thousand square foot retail, condominium and townhouse complex in the heart of Chestnut Hill. Despite a signed lease with a superb gourmet grocery store, unprecedented pre-sale interest in the planned residence and overwhelming neighborhood approval, our stockholders have asked for a complete review of this venture, including the potential cancellation of the project given the City's contemplated tax policy and the risks it presents to our neighborhood. The overwhelming view of our investors that the mere consideration of so large a real estate tax increase demands the consideration by our company of a vote of no confidence in the future of the City of Philadelphia. Simply put, where will this nonsense end? Is the future investment just good money after bad? We join the Chestnut Hill Business Association and Chestnut Hill Improvement District in respectfully urging the support of Councilman Squilla's bill to delay the implementation of AVI.

Philadelphia has come so far. Please don't damage that progress with this dangerous tax policy. Thank you. )

Christopher Sawyer, commenting on Bill No. 120229-AA. (Witness approached podium.)

Good morning, members of City Council. My name is Christopher Sawyer. I am an anti-blight and beautification activist in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. I'm not here to talk about AVI. I'm here to talk about 120229, as amended. It was introduced by Councilwoman Maria Sanchez and Mr. Greenlee and Councilwoman Tasco. This is the bill that resulted from the Thomas Bucks or the Bucks Hosiery Factory fire that occurred several weeks ago previously where two Philadelphia firefighters had perished. A lot of you here in the room today are here to talk about AVI and AVI and also with the SRC and the schools. The fundamental problem with money not being available for the schools is stemming from a problem that we have with property. I'll give you one personal example, and I think most of you have read this in the newspaper, is with the Lichtensteins, Michael Lichtenstein, who owned the Buck Hosiery Factory. At the time, I had looked at the factory and investigated the property owner prior to the fire, about six months prior to the fire. He owed the City of Philadelphia $40,000 in back property tax, in addition to doing nothing with his property. I had contacted former Councilwoman Joan Krajewski and had asked the Councilwoman could she bump the property to Sheriff sale. Her staff agreed that it was possible. They had contacted the Law Department, and the Sheriff sale did begin on the property, but unfortunately it was too late. We weren't able to strip the deed from the Lichtensteins in time to deliver it to another property owner who would be able to maintain or take care of the property. And as such, the Lichtensteins have entered into a payment, a very laughable payment agreement, with the City of Philadelphia. I just can't fathom why we would even agree to allow them to continue to hold the deed, but either way, the issue with this bill is that it needs to be passed. These are changes to -- it requires the City of Philadelphia to act when we tell the City these properties need to be sealed and maintained. Representative Taylor that represents us in Harrisburg has passed Act 90, which gives the City of Philadelphia powers to extradite absentee property owners that are outside Pennsylvania here to answer for their property problems here in the City, and these property owners are causing the AVI problem and the tax situation that you're here to talk about. And I see a lot of people here from 32BJ who are facing extinction, and the fundamental reason is economics and the fundamental reason is property owners that we need to go after. Thank you. (Applause.)

Stelle Sheller, commenting on 120284. (Witness approached podium.)

Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Stelle Sheller and I'm here representing Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Philadelphia Delco branch. Our organization was founded in 1915 during World War I, and it's been almost 100 years now that we've been working to achieve security, peace, freedom through peaceful means. Over the years, we've had slogans like Feed the Cities, Not the Pentagon; Bring War Dollars Home; and the famous campaign on my shirt that, to paraphrase, says Let the Military Hold a Bake Sale to Buy More Armaments and Let the Schools Have All the Money That They Need. (Applause.)

For me, as a mother and a grandmother, there are a lot of moral reasons why I'm against war, I'm against all the violence that it promotes, but today I'm here in support of a resolution that has to do with the economic consequences of not just war but a bloated Pentagon budget. We know we do need a certain amount of defense money, but what we have now is a bloated budget, military budget. What this does, it makes us poor. It increases the deficit. It's raising our taxes, and it's causing a lot of the problems that you heard previous speakers mention. War is preventing us in this city from balancing our budget, because that money could be redirected here for human needs, for education, for infrastructure, et cetera. So I won't take any more of your time, but our organization has been one to connect various issues, and I think we can see how the issue of this military budget is affecting everything that we need in this city. Thank you very much. (Applause.)

Jane Dagdale, commenting on 120284. (Witness approached podium.)

Thank you, Council. I'm Jane Dugdale representing Delaware Valley New Priorities Network. I rise to speak in favor of Resolution 120284 calling on Congress and the President to redirect military spending to domestic priorities. As you know, the severity of the ongoing economic crisis has created budget shortfalls at all levels of government, and it requires us to reexamine our spending priorities. In Philadelphia, current funding gaps are causing layoffs, cutbacks and continued destruction of the public education system. Less well known is that much of that shortfall comes from cuts at the federal level of funds that normally come to the City. Where have those funds gone? Well, U.S. military spending has approximately doubled in the last decade in real dollars and as a percentage of federal discretionary spending, and well over half of federal discretionary spending is now spent on the military. We are spending more money on the military now than during the Cold War, the Vietnam War or the Korean War. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost Philadelphia taxpayers since 2001 well over $5 billion. In addition, most people don't realize that the United States has armed forces stationed at approximately a thousand foreign bases in approximately 150 countries. In fact, the U.S. military budget could be cut by 80 percent and remain the largest in the world. In spite of claims to the contrary, every dollar spent on the military produces fewer jobs than spending the same dollar on education, healthcare, clean energy or even tax cuts for household consumption. Increased military spending, therefore, is related to the fact that current unemployment rate in Philadelphia is 10.9 percent. The current black unemployment rate is 15.8 percent, and the current Hispanic unemployment rate is 11 percent. In 2010, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility proposed major reductions, and a year ago the U.S. Conference on Mayors passed a resolution calling on Congress to redirect military spending to domestic priorities. In many polls, the people of the United States favor redirecting military spending to domestic priorities. So for all these reasons, the Delaware Valley New Priorities Network urges passage of Resolution 120284. Thank you very much.

Thank you. (Applause.)

Salvatore Mastriano. (No response.)

Salvatore Mastriano, commenting on 120284. (Witness approached podium.)

As a participant in the Philly Against War Coalition and the United National Anti-War Coalition, I would like to urge the City of Philadelphia to ask that the Congress and the executive divert military spending to our needs here at home. We know the effects of war. As a retired teacher, I look at young people who can't get jobs forced into military. We see a number of military suicides increasing. We see a tax mistreatment of women in the military. We see the effects of civilian deaths. We see the erosion of our civil liberties here at home, the effect that war has on civil liberties. But most of all, we see what's happening to our cities. We see what's happening to our schools. And we urge that monies be appropriated to stop the erosion of our jobs here in Philadelphia. We see what's happening, and we urge that this resolution be passed. Thank you. (Applause.)

Edward Kennedy, commenting on 120284. (Witness approached podium.)

I'm a retired accountant and consultant. The people who spoke before me have worked very hard speaking to churches, educating people about the importance of diverting military spending to social needs. The U.S. Congress does not recognize this problem. The Pennsylvania Legislature is making things worse for the poor people. The Philadelphia City Council can help a lot by making an advance in this area. Thank you. (Applause.)

Matt Ruben. (No response.)

Matt Ruben. (No response.)

Shelly Yanoff. (No response.)

Shelly Yanoff.

Thank you. Sorry. It took me a while. I just wanted to say that I want to thank Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown for the resolution for me, but I want to say that it's kind of ironic at this time when several hundred thousand kids' future is really in balance that we are talking -- that I'm getting an honor, and I'm grateful for it, but I want to urge you to think of those children and their families and to find a way to say yes to fund the schools. It will not be possible to have a vibrant city with a good business community, with a good real estate market, with good people able to work if we do not fund schools. So I urge you -(Applause.)

-- to do what you have done before. Many of you have watched out. Councilman Kenney has watched out for immigrant kids. Many of you have worked hard to watch out for the children of this city. I urge you to watch out even more and to take that hard vote and to say yes to the kids and their families. Thank you. (Applause.)

Rene Goodwin, commenting on 120175 and 120230. (Witness approached podium.)

Good afternoon, members of Council, friends and neighbors. First of all, let me say that it is always a pleasure to testify before Council. I don't relish the job you have before you. No matter what you're making at this point, it ain't enough for this one. As to Ms. Yanoff and the teachers, let me also say that those of us who are scared to death about the implementation of AVI and its not-ready-for-prime-time-form, we are not opposed to education. We are not on two different sides, ladies and gentlemen, educators. We are one community, and the things that make a good community are things we both want, a decent, safe place in which to live and decent, safe schools for our children. (Applause.)

The fabric of communities is very carefully woven, and when I started out this fight trying to save my own home -- and, by the way, my husband is a retired school teacher. He thinks he's retired. When I started out this fight, it was mainly because I was concerned about my own home and the home of my neighbors. But as I've listened to testimony from Greg Pastore and some of the other people who have commercial properties and small rental properties, it's made me realize that the negative -the potential negative impact of implementing AVI without careful deliberation is so much more far reaching than me and my home. It affects the little stores that are on the corner that the senior citizens go to. It's the reason that people live in the City, so you don't have to drive everywhere. You don't have to drive to every store. It affects the little commercial centers. It affects everything that is the quality of life in this city that I have fought with every breath in my body for years for my community. I was born and raised in what is now called Pennsport. I've lived for many years in a house that my grand-mom and grand-pop moved into when they got off the boat from Poland. I was taught a number of things. I was taught that honor is all, my word is everything and education and culture are important. In today's society, the only thing that's equally as important is safety. Let's not damage the safety, the security of our communities, not just for those of us who are homeowners but for our children, our grandchildren. They deserve to be safe in school and in their homes. Don't reduce the number of people that fight for their community to keep that safety and that quality of life. I know you can do it. No, it's not an easy job, but if we didn't have enough belief in all of you, you wouldn't be in those seats. So go get them, folks. (Applause.)

Carl Green. (No response.)

Carl Green. (Witness approached podium.)

I'm sorry. I apologize to everyone. God loves you all. Thank you for letting me speak. Don't give up. Sometimes things seem hard to bear. Well, I'll just say this. God understands what's going on, and just don't give up. And that's all I'm going to say right now. I just seem like I can't say anything else. Just don't give up. (Applause.)

There are no other speakers on the public comment list, Mr. President.

Thank you. Is there anyone else to testify? (Witness approached podium.)

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon, sir.

Jeff Braff, President of the Center City Residents Association. We cover the area, the homeowners and residents and businesses from Broad Street to the Schuylkill River, from South Street to JFK Boulevard. You heard from fellow civic association representatives, Jeff Hornstein, Judith Applebaum, Sam Little and others. I'm not going to repeat what they've said, but I think it can be whittled down to maybe three, four points. Number one, we're not opposed to AVI. We have presently an unfair system. It needs to be corrected. We all agree. You haven't heard any opposition to that. But it's got to be done correctly. So wait. Get it done right. You need to wait so you can figure out what the consequences are going to be for the vulnerable homeowners so that those adjustments can be made to protect those vulnerable homeowners. And the last point is, let's go after those tax deadbeats. Let's get this Administration rolling on that. We know that they have some plan, but they're not moving quickly enough and they're not being effective enough. Thank you. (Applause.)

Thank you. We will now consider the resolutions and bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, please read the 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING title of Resolution No. 120569.

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 Twenty-Fourth and Fifty-First Wards of the City of Philadelphia.

The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING (No response.)

The ayes have it. Resolution 120569 is adopted. The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Blackwell for 120570.

A resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Mantua Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 3909 Haverford Avenue.

Councilwoman Blackwell.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.) 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. 120570 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 120572.

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 Thirty-Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

The Chair recognizes Councilman Johnson.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded. 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. Resolution 120572 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 120573.

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.

The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Sanchez.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption. 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. 120573 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 574.

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 Seventh and Nineteenth Wards of the City of Philadelphia.

The Chair again recognizes Councilwoman Sanchez. 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING

I move for the adoption. (Duly seconded.)

It's been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. 120574 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 575.

A resolution amending Resolution No. 120001, as amended, which provides Rules for the Government of the Council of City of Philadelphia, by revising the procedures for Council's consideration of bills that authorize the City to acquire, convey or lease to a third party any interest in real estate that includes park or recreation land or facilities.

The 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Chair recognizes Councilman Greenlee.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)

Been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. Resolution 120575 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 576.

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, 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING situate in the Thirty-Ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.

The Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)

Moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. 120576 is adopted. Mr. Decker, 577.

A resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the New Kensington - Fishtown 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 111 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 2231 East Letterly Street.

The Chair again recognizes Councilman Squilla.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of the resolution. (Duly seconded.)

Been moved and properly seconded. Those in favor? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. 120577 is adopted. We will now move on to ordinances. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 120229.

An ordinance 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, Subcode PM (Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code) by amending requirements applicable to vacant premises.

This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. The Chief Clerk will please call the roll.

Councilwoman Bass.

Aye.

Councilwoman Blackwell.

Aye.

Councilman Goode.

Aye.

Councilman Green.

Aye.

Councilman Greenlee.

Aye. 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING

Councilman Henon.

Aye.

Councilman Johnson.

Aye.

Councilman Jones. (No response.)

Councilman Kenney.

Aye.

Councilman O'Brien.

Aye.

Councilman O'Neill.

Aye.

Councilman Oh.

Aye.

Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.

Aye.

Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.

Aye. 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING

Councilman Squilla.

Aye.

Councilwoman Tasco.

Aye.

Council President Clarke.

Aye. The ayes are 16; the nays are zero. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 120214.

An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded York Street, Front Street, Second Street and Berks Street.

The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Sanchez.

Thank you, Mr. President. We are amending this. It's just a technical amendment on 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING the date effective to start with the new Zoning Commission. So I move the amendment be adopted. (Duly seconded.)

Moved and properly seconded. Those in favor of the amendment? (Aye.)

Those opposed? (No response.)

The ayes have it. The amendment is adopted to 120214. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 120340.

An ordinance enacting a new Chapter 19-3800 of The Philadelphia Code authorizing the granting of tax exemptions to longtime owner-occupants of certain properties in the City of Philadelphia.

6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Jones.

Thank you, Mr. President. I want to be recorded as aye on Bill No -- I need the glasses.

So noted.

120214.

So noted. Councilman Jones, do you have an amendment for 120340?

I don't have an amendment. I want to be recorded as aye. Oh, okay. Yes, I do.

Councilman, we're going to hold that amendment until Part 2 of the Council session. Okay.

Thank you.

Mr. Decker, please read the title of 120275. 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING

An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Spring Garden Street, North 33rd Street, Hamilton Street, and North 34th Street.

This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, please call the roll.

Councilwoman Bass.

Aye.

Councilwoman Blackwell.

Aye.

Councilman Goode.

Aye.

Councilman Green.

I'm sorry. What bill are we on? 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING

120275.

Aye.

Councilman Greenlee.

Aye.

Councilman Henon.

Aye.

Councilman Johnson.

Aye.

Councilman Jones.

Aye.

Councilman Kenney.

Aye.

Councilman O'Brien.

Aye.

Councilman O'Neill.

Aye.

Councilman Oh.

Aye. 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING

Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez.

Aye.

Councilwoman Reynolds Brown.

Aye.

Councilman Squilla.

Aye.

Councilwoman Tasco.

Aye.

Council President Clarke.

Aye. The ayes have it. The ayes are 17; the nays are zero. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Mr. Decker, please read the title of 120326.

An ordinance approving the fourteenth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Cecil B. 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING Moore Avenue Urban Renewal Area, including the fourteenth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the ninth amendment to the relocation plan, which provides for the additional land acquisition of approximately one property for residential, commercial and related uses.

This bill having been read on two different days, the question is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, please call the roll.

Councilwoman Bass.

Aye.

Councilwoman Blackwell.

Aye.

Councilman Goode.

Aye.

Councilman Green.

Aye. 6/14/12 - STATED - 2ND READING

Councilman Greenlee.

Aye.