Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill 170623. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and this bill will be placed on our First Reading Calendar today. That concludes our reports from committee, and the next order of business is consideration of the Calendar. I note that the bill just Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 a suspension of the rules has been -- the Chair recognizes Councilman Squilla.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to ask for a suspension of the rules so that the PRIDE BID can be heard today, the resolution.
The resolution number. Oh, it's a resolution that was introduced today?
A resolution initiating action to continue the Port Richmond Industrial Development Enterprise Neighborhood Improvement District beyond its termination date in Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 by the north side of Allegheny Avenue, the west side of Memphis Street between Allegheny Avenue and East Westmoreland Street, the south side of East Westmoreland Street, the property line of 3300 Agate Street and the back of properties facing along the east side of Tulip Street between Westmoreland Street and Ontario Streets.
Thank you. Councilman, if you can make a motion for a suspension of the rules.
Yeah. I'd like to make a motion for a suspension of the rules to be heard this Council session. (Duly seconded.)
It's been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 (No response.)
The ayes have it. That resolution, based on the suspension of the rules, will be placed on our Final Passage Calendar today.
Thank you. We will move on to the consideration of the Calendar. I note that the bills just reported from committee with a suspension of the rules have been deemed to have had a first reading. These bills will be placed on our Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar at our next session of Council. As there are no additional bills on the First Reading Calendar, the Chair recognizes Councilman Henon for the purpose of calling up bills and resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the following resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar: Resolution Nos. 170608, 170629, 170630, 170631, 170632, 170633, 170634, 170635, 170637, 170638, 170639, 170640, 170644, 170645, 170646, 170647, 170648, 170649, 170650, 170655, 170657, 170658, 170659, 170660, and 170661. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the resolutions just read by Councilman Henon. All those in favor please indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
Those opposed? Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 (No response.)
The ayes have it. The motion carries. And we will consider the Resolution Consent Agenda shortly. The Chair now recognizes Councilman Henon for a motion concerning the bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Mr. President. In addition to the resolutions and bills being considered on the Consent Agenda, the following resolutions and bills are being called up for the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar today -- we're going to move back to the Consent Agenda. Council President?
Yeah. Just do the -- Stated Meeting June 22, 2017
Chief Clerk, we're going to do the bills on the Consent Agenda.
Thank you, Mr. President. And I move that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to the following bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage for today: Bill Nos. 170306-A, 170474-A, 170559-A, 170357, 170553, 170206, 160839, 161104, 170192, 170266, 170398, 170399, 170402, 170403, 170404, 170428, 170430, 170436, 170463, 170465, 170469, 170476, 170495, 170496, 170498, 170500, 170501, 170503, 170504, 170512, 170516, 170558, 170287, 170358, 170397, 170437, 170506, 170507, 170508, 170511, 170513, 170557, 170593, 170594, 170595, 170464, 161111, and 170470.
Thank you, Councilman. There was a motion. Can I get Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 second? (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It's been moved and properly seconded that the rules of Council be suspended to permit the use of a Consent Agenda to consider the bills just read by Councilman Henon. All those in favor indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. The motion carries. And we will consider the Consent Agenda shortly. The Chair again recognizes Councilman Henon for the purpose of calling up bills and resolutions on the regular Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar.
Thank you, Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 2ND READING Mr. President. In addition to the resolutions and bills being considered on the Consent Agendas, the following resolutions and bills are being called up for the second reading and final passage on today's Calendar: Bill No. 170162. All other bills and resolutions are being held.
Thank you, Councilman. Before considering these bills and resolutions on the Final Passage Calendar today, we will have our public comment session. The public comment session will go as follows: If you have not already signed up to speak on a bill or resolution that is on the Final Calendar today, you may sign up at the table to my left. When your name is called, you will go to the middle of the Council Chambers. There's a podium. On that podium there's a device. When the light turns green, it will be your time to Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 speak. When the light turns yellow, you will have 30 seconds to conclude your remarks. And when the light turns red, we'd ask that you please adhere to the guidelines and conclude your remarks. You will be given three minutes to speak. Mr. Decker, please call the first name on the list.
God is good. Mr. President, members of City Council, I really appreciate the opportunity to come here today to speak. I was just coming in from out of town, and can't tell you how many red lights I ran. I guess I'll see that when the tickets come, but I definitely ran a few of them. I stopped at six, because I knew how important it was for me to be here for my secretary. I don't have to tell you how it makes me feel that the City of Philadelphia recognized her today, and we Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 also know that in the business of being a secretary, you don't get 33 years in on the job. Not everybody gets 33 years in. The White House secretaries leave after eight years. So, again, I appreciate the opportunity to be here. She's been a value to me and my dad for these 33 years. I really miss her. The office is going to be vacant for a minute, because I got to find the right person, because you can't buy loyalty. You can't buy loyalty and dedication, you know. And I recall when she started. You see secretaries come and you see them go, but she was smart. She knew who to cling to. She knew what to do and how to do it. And we so much appreciate her. So on behalf of Laborers' Local 332, we all again want to thank the Council for their resolution honoring her, because she always will be in our hearts every day that she lives and we appreciate her. Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Thank you, Cheryl. (Applause.)
Terence Milstead, commenting on 170206. (Witness approached podium.)
Thank you for this opportunity to speak. My name is Terence Milstead and I'm Director of Research and Planning at Portfolio Associates, a professional services consulting firm here in Center City Philadelphia. Portfolio is a minority and female-owned company that was started by my employer in 1969, Beverly Harper, who some of you may know. Beverly wanted to be here this afternoon to speak herself. She is recovering from open heart surgery, and so she's asked me to come and represent her, and she wanted me to let you know that she is recovering nicely. Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Portfolio provides a range of research and community relation services for clients who are mostly public sector here in the City, and our clients have included PennDOT, SEPTA, and a number of other agencies involved in urban development work here. I'm here today speaking as a private citizen, as a taxpayer, a property owner in Philadelphia, but also as an employee of a minority-owned enterprise and a female-owned enterprise and one that's managed to stay in business and to thrive for close to 50 years. Over the last half century, Ms. Harper has experienced firsthand the challenges of minority participation in the workforce. And while great advances have been made since 1969, there's still much work to be done. This is as true for the building trades as it is for a professional consulting firm like ours. So on behalf of my employer and on behalf of myself, I'm here today to Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 express support for this bill, the Rebuild proposal in particular. We feel that it's not only critical to set hard targets for minority participation on these projects, but to also establish a clearly defined mechanism by which efforts to reach these targets will be assessed and to hold parties accountable in this regard. We believe that this bill does that. And while we also recognize the importance of setting targets for minority participation and establishing metrics for success, we also believe it's important to create conditions that allow for a pool of eligible skilled workers and a pipeline for moving those newly trained workers towards job opportunities. Again, as we understand it, this bill would do that. In short, this bill and the processes that it puts into motion represent nothing less than an historic effort to redress decades of Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 disinvestment in some of the City's most vulnerable neighborhoods, while at the same time tackling the underlining historic and persistent problem of minority exclusion from job opportunities. So in closing and again on behalf of my employer, Ms. Harper, and speaking for myself, I just want to commend the Council and all those involved for all the work that's gone into this. Thank you.
Thank you. Clerk, can you please read our next speaker.
Good day, President of the Council and all the Councilmembers. My name is Hassan Abdellah and I am a member of the Philadelphia Masjid, Sister Clara Muhammad School, and we're here -- we Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 formed a coalition of African Americans throughout various mosques, a coalition of individuals and groups throughout the City who have banned together to try to assist in getting more African Americans contracts and into the trades, into the building trades. Now, the Council knows our dilemma, our plight. It's been discussed for years. There's been numerous studies going back even to 1948. There was a fair employment practices ordinance. There have been numerous laws, regulations, rules that have been subverted, and in the final analysis, we've made some progress. We haven't made nearly as much as we need to make. And we want you to consider when you make these laws, when you vote on these bills, this particular bill and any other subsequent bills, that you will consider that we're talking about the lives of human beings. We use statistics, but we're talking about you have murders in Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 the City every single night almost. You have young men who are not going to college. They are going to prison. You have young men standing on the corner who have been rejected by society, who were told that they were second class, that they don't count, that they don't matter, that they shouldn't belong, and they've been excluded. And so you begin to adopt the behavior of someone who has been mistreated. And so we want you to understand that this has real-world life consequences for what we say and what we do, and we'd like for -- we are for union. We're not against union. We have family and friends who are in the union, but we want to hold the union accountable for upholding the laws and regulations that are on the books. You can petition and you can complain about things that are going on in America about being unAmerican. And so we're for the unions. We're for having more African Americans to Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 participate in the contracts that come down through the City. And I belong to a group that our ancestors prayed, prayed that one day we would have men and women in positions of authority to uphold our rights, and I'm encouraging you to do that. This is what you've been charged with by being elected. And very often language is used, tricks are used to subvert what we've been given, even the term "minority." African Americans who were victims of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade fought for and won some rights to be treated as human beings in America, and then when the final analysis, when the legislation came down, it was for minorities. So what is a minority? So these are the things that we're asking you to do for us because we can't do it for ourselves. We're talking about the young men and women in the streets. We're not talking about -we're not asking for this for ourselves. My kids have gone to college and they Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 have businesses and so forth and so on. We're looking out for the young men who are standing on the street corners with their pants falling down off their behinds, who are going to jail, who were trying to sell marijuana for $5 bags of marijuana to make a living. The unions and the building trades is a way for young people who are not going to go to college to have a middle-class lifestyle, and they deserve it. So we're asking you today out here -- my time is up. We're here today to ask you to look out for our rights, to take care of us.
Tracy Gordon. (Witness approached podium.) Stated Meeting June 22, 2017
Good afternoon, everybody. Well, Darrell, you finally getting the playgrounds you proposed a couple of years ago. Thank you for that.
I'm very happy about that. It's about quality of life in our communities. I travel a lot, and I be in Brooklyn, and you should see they playgrounds for they children, really top of the line. I'm here to speak on Bill No. 170206. I want to personally thank Councilwoman Cindy Bass, Councilman David Oh, Councilman Derek Green, and Councilwoman Sanchez as far as enforcement. I've been -- I've spoke to this Council several times for years about the lack of diversity on construction sites, and I make it a point to get out of my car every time I see a major construction site or even a minor Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 one, and I never hardly see our black men and women on those sites. I just wanted to quote that David Oh said that as far as he's looked, in the history of Philadelphia, a project has never been stopped for violating diversity or inclusion standards. And Councilwoman Sanchez went on to say that she thinks that Rebuild can be different if you articulate in the ordinance, if you put in a mechanism whereby the project managers or the general contractors agree not to be paid or having their work stopped. And if you don't have the numbers, then a third-party entity, like OEO, comes in and puts the workers on the job. Those are your colleagues saying that, and this is what we're saying here in this community. Quality of life is more than just us having the playgrounds for our children. It's also for our children to be able to work on those projects so we can have a better Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 quality of life, and so we can continue to build Philadelphia into the great city that we see. I supported the sugar tax, against everybody in my communities. I don't know one person in my family of community that supports the sugar tax, but I did because I understand the importance of quality of life. Everybody can't get on the plane to go to Disneyland. Everybody can't get on the plane and go to Disney World, but you can walk your children around the corner and go to a playground and make a child's life. When I grew up, my life was very fulfilled, because I had a decent playground. I want to thank Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, because I kept complaining. I said, I don't have a swing for my grand-baby now. I don't have a swing. And the other day I went around there, and they had repaired the swing. So she was scared to get on the Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 swing, but nonetheless, I do support this bill, but I want you all to hold off on it, like your other four colleagues said, so we can get an enforcement arm so we can make history in the City of Philadelphia. Thank you. (Applause.)
Good morning, members of Council, fellow colleagues, the different kind of democrats. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak. I'm a little disappointed because I asked a number of community leaders to come in today, take off work, lead their organization, and come in to address Council. And actually we came to address Council to talk about the fine job you did with this historic document. Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Though it is not perfect, though it is not where we all would like it to have been, it is a good start, and I asked them to take off work. I'm talking community leaders like Greg Brinkley and Rochelle Bilal and Albert Littlepage. I mean, community leaders that have been investing in our communities for decades from all across the City. Twenty-one of us came together and said we're going to actually support City Council. We came together and said, Okay, instead of being in opposition to Council and legislators all the time, when they do the right thing, we're going to come in and support them. We're going to support Maria Quinones-Sanchez. We're going to support David Oh. We are going to support Cindy Bass and Derek Green. We're going to support these Councilpeople that actually are willing to put their vote and their money where their mouth is in terms of good legislation for our community, and to not Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 give them the opportunity to address you guys, it's kind of disappointing. We need to come up with another mechanism. If this is the only mechanism that we got to take off on our work days to come in to address Council, even when we in support of Council, and then we not have an opportunity to speak is extremely disappointing. I'm going to address the Rebuild situation. That's the reason why I'm here today. It is critical that we have an enforcement component to Rebuild. For over 70 years, we've been talking about minority participation. And I'm going to just share this with you. If the participation in the building trade union -- if City Council looked like the building and trade union, not one of you guys -- there would only be six white men in Council right now, because the building and trade union is 99 percent white male. So every non-white male in Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 City Council, if this City Council looked like the building and trade union, you wouldn't be here. Sixty-five percent of Council is minority right now. The Rebuild has 27 percent -- if I'm not mistaken, 27 percent -- a target of 27 percent African American participation, yet 65 percent of Council is minority, 46 percent of Philadelphians are minority. Rebuild is a good start, but you all know that for 70 years, for decades, we've been getting promises from unions. I would love to know why City Council would oppose having more authority, more power to stop the unions or hold off a check if the unions don't do what they supposed to do. And in brief, we want City Council -- we would love for City Council to have an enforcement component to hold the unions and the City and Administration accountable to what you guys agreed that they should do. If that enforcement component is not in the Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Rebuild bill, you guys know as well as I do that it's kind of worthless as the paper that it's written on. We need an enforcement component. I'm counting on the most savvy, sophisticated, and intelligent City Council that Philadelphia has ever had to make sure that we have an enforcement component in that Rebuild bill. Thank you for your time. (Applause.)
Thank you. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: And Dobbins need a new gym.
Good day. Good afternoon, City Council President Darrell Clarke and all the other Councilpeople Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 here. I first want to commend Cindy Bass, Sister Sanchez. Just to let you know, I grew up in 2400 block of North Lawrence Street and went to John Welsh School, and my family still lives down there. Thank you. I wanted to thank the other Councilpeople, David Oh, who also put a mechanism -- let me say this: I've been in this city for 60 years. I've paid all the taxes that you increased. I paid the water bills that you increased. Poverty increased on your watch. This is an opportunity to make sure that my children, our children can stay here and work. If you don't have an enforcement mechanism in this Rebuild bill, it will be business as usual. It will be business as usual. (Applause.)
My mother always taught me there are consequences to your decisions. I am retired. I am free, and Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 I will work the rest of my years on those who allow this bill not to do what it is supposed to do for our communities in this city every day, every day. If you don't have -- MOUs are always broken. Oh, we forgot. We can't do it. Oh, this person, he didn't do it. But if you cut the check off, they will get their memory back and then they will go out and get the community back to do the work. (Applause.)
If you cut the check off, it will happen. So, please, it's no rush to do this. If you need a mechanism to enforce this, then do it. This is the time so this city from this point on can do its job in representing the people who put all of y'all in these seats, all of y'all. And if you don't, remember, there are consequences to your decision. Let's make the right ones today. Thank you.
Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. (Applause.)
I'm Judith Robinson here to testify on Bill 170206. In 2012, I came here to this body and I asked the question, who among you all will have the guts to take on the racist unions that have been denying African Americans inclusion since eons but most Philadelphia-wise. The Philadelphia Plan back when Strawberry Mansion High School was built, the Philadelphia Plan was created as a rule of thumb to encourage the unions to include African Americans all the way back in the '60s. With all of this building going on in this town, as a native it really pains me deeply to have to come back here Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 five years later to comment on issues regarding inclusion. Enforcement has always been the key. It was then and it is now. If you do not have a way to enforce this Rebuild document and all of the other building that's going on, it's just unconscionable that we would move forward as we talk about poverty daily. This is the most poverty-stricken city among the most poverty-stricken cities. We can do something about it. This is an opportunity. White supremacy does not need our assistance to continue -(Applause.)
-- to take all of the resources, all of the jobs and not include the poverty-stricken people that you claim you're concerned about. Twenty-five of our libraries were built in this town as a result of the Scotsman, Andrew Carnegie. I want you all to take a page out of his book. Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 He came to America. He made a whole lot of money, but then he gave it back to the poor. That's how these libraries were built with his money. So I'd be darned if you should take this man's money who was trying to give to the poor and then all these years later you suck down all the dollars and rebuilding right on the very libraries that he gave to us through philanthropy. Now is the time to deal with this. Give our men and women opportunities to be included in what's going on in Philadelphia. We're in the throes of gentrification. Let everybody rise. Let everybody rise. Reduce poverty now. Thank you. (Applause.)
Good afternoon, Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Council President, members of Council.
My name is Steve Masters and I'm here today not as a former colleague of yours but as one of the leaders of Indivisible Northwest Philly. Indivisible Northwest Philly is one of 6,000 Indivisible groups across the nation. We started after the last election, and we are leading the grassroots resistance to the Trump agenda. We oppose the Trump agenda because it is authoritarian, bigoted, hateful, and unjust. Our resistance is going fairy well. In Northwest Philadelphia, we've already hosted Governor Wolf, Congressman Evans, State Senator Haywood, and State Rep Rabb and Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez, and we look forward to hosting Councilwoman Bass and many other members of Council in the future. Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 We worked closely with Councilwoman Gym on the resolution before you today to support the resistance in the U.S. Senate to the passage of Trumpcare, and we want to do a shout-out to the co-sponsors, Councilwoman Bass, Parker, Johnson, and Green, strong presence from Northwest Philadelphia. We believe that this will be the first time that a major city has endorsed the resistance strategy of the Indivisible movement, and so we are very grateful for you to weigh in on this. Today we've heard a lot of times when consent has been given by you to your colleagues to move the process forward. In the U.S. Senate, many rules require consent to move it forward also, but earlier this week, Senator Casey and other democratic members of the Senate began to withhold consent from every single item on the Senate agenda as a way to fight back against the passage of the Trumpcare legislation that will strip Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 away healthcare from 23 million Americans. These are not normal times. And, Council President Clarke, I remember years ago when we were facing an intransigent CSX company in Council. You said maybe you need to lay down in front of the tracks to get their attention and to make them stop. These are extraordinary times. We're not asking you to do that, but we are asking the Senate, and you are backing us with that, to do something called a filibuster by amendment, to basically tie up the Senate for weeks and perhaps months at a time until Trumpcare is given a public hearing, is scored by the Congressional Budget Office, and is revealed in its full to the American public so that we can all see how many people are going to die because of this legislation and how many people are going to be -- are going to suffer. We thank you so much for Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 backing this.
Good afternoon. It's an honor to be here. I am a colleague of Steve Masters. I'm the steering committee of Indivisible Northwest Philly. I am also a history professor, and I am here to express my pride in my city for standing strong in the resistance action opposing Trumpcare. I believe that we need to do this as individuals, I believe we need to do this as communities, and I believe we need to do this as a city for two key reasons, democracy and humanity. Our city must stand strong in supporting the fact that government does have a responsibility. Senator Toomey was on a televised town hall where he was taking questions over Facebook, and when Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 asked why he believes government should not be in the business of healthcare, he said, Well, government is not good at much. It's a bit of cynicism, I suppose, to be working for a group, for an institution that you don't believe is very good for much, but in fact government represents us. Government is the one channel that every single citizen has access to. And private industry can do all sorts of good things, but I can't make private industry responsive to me as a citizen, whereas we as citizens can make sure that government does what we want it to do and is accountable to us. For this reason, it's incredibly important that government and the republicans and Senate and our President right now doesn't have the opportunity to cut government out of the most important part of being a society, which is taking care of the people who live in that society. We need to protect our democracy, and we need to make sure Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 that government is empowered to take care of its citizens and that we as citizens give it that power. I'm also concerned that as the healthcare bill in Senate has just recently been released, pieces of it have been released, we are learning that we are eviscerating our system of healthcare in order to give major tax benefits and breaks to the wealthiest Americans. It strikes me as the most astoundingly inhumane act to determine that we should get rid of the tax burden that the wealthiest Americans have and instead take healthcare away from the most vulnerable people, from children, from people who will be significantly compromising their ability to receive healthcare, whose lives will not be protected unless we stand strong and say that every citizen has an obligation to pay into this system and to be part of a system that takes care of everyone and to make sure that those among us who are Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 vulnerable, those among us who run into situations in our lives when we need help have a government that is working for us. So I am proud to be in this city. I am proud of all of you today, and I support this resolution wholeheartedly. (Applause.)
Good afternoon. My name is Marissa Parker and I'm an attorney with the law firm of Stradley Ronon. I'm here today on behalf of my client 19R Chestnut Partners LP, an affiliate of Pearl Properties. My client asked I attend this session to express their concerns with respect to proposed Bill No. 170498 and Bill No. 170556, which I'll refer to as the ordinances, Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 and ask that Council withhold voting on the ordinances today so that all interested parties can engage in productive conversations about the development of the 1900 block of Sansom Street. These ordinances relate to the Southern Land Company's development plans for 1907 to 15 Walnut Street and 1904 to 40 Sansom Street. My client owns 112 South 19th Street and is constructing The Harper, a mixed-use development on that property. Their site is located directly across from 1904 to 40 Sansom Street and includes approximately 200 feet of frontage along the north side of Sansom Street between 19th and 20th Streets. My client plans to develop substantial retail space along the 1900 block of Sansom Street, which will bring significant economic benefit to the City and increase pedestrian foot traffic throughout that block. My client has followed Southern Land's development Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 plans as shared publicly and has absolutely no opposition to Southern Land's development of the corridor. In fact, my client wishes to express support for the positive impact that Southern Land's development will have on what has been a long dormant but very important site in Philadelphia. My client was aware that the subject ordinances were being discussed with various stakeholders in the immediate neighborhood, but our understanding of the ordinances as presented publicly was that loading and trash pick-up would occur on Moravian Street, as has been agreed by the immediate stakeholders leading those discussions. However, yesterday we learned about a last-minute change to the ordinances that provided for a curb cut to enable access for loading and trash pick-up on Sansom Street. Specifically, the proposed amendment to Section 14-502, Center City Overlay District, adds a Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 parking and loading requirement in the Rittenhouse Square area of, quote, "one means of vehicular ingress or egress on each property frontage of 200 feet or more along streets with a width of 40 feet or more." In other words, curb cuts for loading and track pick-up will be allowed on the 1900 block of Sansom Street. My client's development plans for its site are the product of several years of discussions with the City, neighbors, and the Center City Residents Association. My client's plans have loading and trash pick-up occurring from 20th Street, not Sansom Street. They had originally proposed loading from Sansom Street, but after much opposition from neighbors, they adjusted their plans to load from 20th Street as a good-faith accommodation to those interested parties and neighbors. As a result, my client is building retail throughout their frontage on Sansom Street instead of curb cuts and Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 loading. Having operated in good faith and having changed their development plans to accommodate neighbors at great expense, my client now faces a devastating impact to its Sansom Street retail development if loading is permitted. Given that ample loading is available for Moravian Street and in fact was planned to occur from Moravian Street, proceeding as proposed with the ordinances will unnecessarily frustrate my client's development in this important retail corridor. Accordingly, we request that Council withhold voting on the ordinances today. Thank you for your consideration.
Good afternoon, Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Council President, Councilmembers.
My name is Walter Spencer. I'm here today representing the Center City Residents Association, which is a registered community organization that covers the Rittenhouse Square overlay area. The Center City Residents Board of Directors met last week and voted not to oppose this development. There was also a stakeholders group that convened that worked with the developer over a year and a half. There were a lot of changes made on lots of things, including egress, ingress, and loading. That group composing of 700 near neighbors, residents in the area support the project. I would ask Bills 170498 and 170556 be approved by our body today. Thank you very much.
Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Thank you for your testimony, sir.
Hello. My name is Paul Boni and I'm here on behalf of the Mantua Civic Association, the Powelton Village Civic Association, People's Emergency Center, and Mount Vernon Manor CDC. In a couple of minutes James Wright from PEC will be speaking at this microphone, and I look forward to his comments. We support the zoning bills for phase one of Schuylkill Yards, a dynamic series of projects that will have many benefits for the people of Philadelphia. We thank, first and foremost, Councilwoman Blackwell, a strong and fearless leader for the causes in which she believes and supports. Her commitment and passion for her district is unsurpassed. With her support and evenhandedness, we were able to negotiate a groundbreaking community benefits Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 agreement that will allow for significant investments in affordable housing in the surrounding communities. We thank you. We also thank the Councilwoman for her support in zoning bills that rezone the neighborhood of Mantua and also a neighborhood conservation overlay for the Powelton Village neighborhood, and we thank you for that too, Councilwoman. We also thank the developer of Schuylkill Yards, Brandywine Realty Trust, and its President and CEO, Jerry Sweeney, for his leadership and vision. And, finally, we'd like to thank Mr. John Christmas of the Council President's office for his day-to-day involvement in helping to bring this process to a successful conclusion. We all now have much work to do, and we look forward to it. Thank you all. (Applause.) Stated Meeting June 22, 2017
Good afternoon. My name is James Wright. I'm the Director of Community Economic and Real Estate Development from the People's Emergency Center. PEC is a comprehensive social services entity. We've been around for 45 years. We work to strengthen neighborhoods, drive change, and nurture families in West Philadelphia. I'm speaking on behalf of PEC, Mount Vernon Manor CDC, Mantua Civic Association, Powelton Village Civic Association in support of the Schuylkill Yards, phase one Schuylkill yards bill, zoning bill, the rezoning bill for Mantua and the conservation overlay for Powelton Village Civic Association. We have been working really hard over the years to strengthen our Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 neighborhoods, reestablish it as a place where -- a community of choice, where residents choose to live, thrive, and work. And that work has been hard, but it's been made a lot easier with the help of Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell. And so from the bottom of our hearts on behalf of the community, I wanted to say thank you, Councilwoman. And with the Councilwoman's support, as Paul alluded to, we've been able to come up with a really strong community benefits agreement that will really help us to make a significant investment for the cause of affordable housing. So I just wanted to say thanks to Jerry and Joe and Chris and his team and wanted to say thanks again to the Councilwoman for her support. Thank you.
Joe Danihel. (Witness approached podium.) Stated Meeting June 22, 2017
Good afternoon. This is an official decree of the people in writ of mandamus quo warranto and, as such, requires immediate action and remedy. Every week this Council and Mayor transfers private property to the government, possibly illegally. This Cain and Abel type of brotherly love is not what William Penn envisioned. This City touts itself as America's birthplace. Can government violate the Constitution and laws in the very place where this country was conceived? Oath, Constitution, and law violations must be corrected and violators prosecuted to respect the rule of law. This predatory government dishonors sacrifices of founding fathers, patriots, and veterans. Can anyone be above the law, was asked by George Mason, delegate to the Constitutional Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Convention? Government cannot deny the people's God-given right to conduct the public's Seventh Amendment trial by jury to decide what damages were suffered and who to convict for crimes against the people. Then why has the Mayor, Council, and others opposed its constitutionally required remedy multiple times? Are oath-bound officials above the law? The constitutions require immediate remedy of this breach of law. Your oath of office requires you to act or face prison. 42 USC 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 18 USC 241, 242, 2381, 2384, PA Constitution, Article I, Sections 1 through 11, 26 PA CSA 703, 705, 708, 709, 712, 713, 716 and others listed in SCOTUS 15-8965, 14-1330, 14-4056 appear violated. I call for the federal and Commonwealth governments to perform their constitutional obligations to investigate and prosecute all involved in the theft Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 and illegal deed transfer of my home, 1038 West Wyoming. The denial of God-given 42 USC 1982 property rights for 23 years is egregious, extraordinary, oath-violating, and requires immediate remedy. A just government must obey the rule of law. This color of law government must have its Charter to govern revoked until a constitutionally compliant government is installed. Public servants cannot refuse their sworn duty to act any more than a fireman can refuse to fight a fire. The sovereign people require Constitution and laws be enforced. Jail is required for all who violate oath or law. I remind Council, it takes a lot of cooperation to create and allow monumental corruption.
There are no other speakers on the public comment Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 list, Mr. President.
Thank you very much, Mr. Decker. We will now consider today's Resolution Consent Agenda. I would ask the Clerk to read the titles of all the resolutions on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read, any member may object to the inclusion of the resolution on the Resolution Consent Agenda. Upon such an objection and without debate, the resolution will be immediately removed from the Resolution Consent Agenda and placed on today's regular Final Passage Calendar. Councilman, we have some special business for you, right? Let me dial that back.
Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to make a motion for suspension of the rules to have the Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 into the record today heard in this session. (Duly seconded.)
A resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Whitman Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 522 through 526 Cantrell Street.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for a suspension of the rules to have that resolution just read into the record be heard today in Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded. All those in favor say aye. (Aye.)
The ayes have it. That resolution will be on today's regular Passage Calendar today. Okay. I'll pick back up. I'll ask that Mr. Decker please read the titles of all the resolutions on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read, any member may object to the inclusion of the resolution on the Resolution Consent Agenda. Upon such an objection and without debate, that resolution will be immediately removed from the Resolution Consent Agenda and placed on today's regular Final Passage Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Decker, will you now read the titles of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda.
Resolution No. 170608, entitled a "Resolution approving the appointment of Wendell Anthony Ewing to the Philadelphia Water Sewer and Storm Water Rate Board"; and Resolution No. 170629, entitled a "Resolution adding 'Muhammad Ali Way' to the street signs on 52nd Street between Parkside and Paschall Avenues in recognition of 'The Greatest', the Athlete, Boxer, Philanthropist and Social Activist"; and Resolution No. 170630, entitled a "Resolution adding 'Saddiq's Water Ice Way' to the street signs on South 60th between Locust and Spruce Streets in recognition of the great success of Siddiq's Real Fruit Water Ice and his commitment to providing public service to seniors and young people in Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Philadelphia"; and Resolution 170631, entitled a "Resolution approving the redevelopment contract 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 3715 Mount Vernon Street"; and Resolution No. 170632, entitled a "Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Third Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 170633, entitled a "Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 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"; and Resolution No. 170634, entitled 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 Fifty-First Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 170635, entitled a "Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 170637, entitled 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 Sixteenth Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 170638, entitled 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 Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 and improvements thereon, situate in the Forty-Third Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No.
170639, entitled 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-Seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 170640, entitled a "Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Cecil B. Moore Avenue Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 1405 Jefferson Street and 1407 Jefferson Street"; and Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 170644, entitled a "Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Haddington Urban Renewal Area, Unit Nos. 2 and 3, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 5901 through 5913 Market Street, 5915 through 5917 Market Street, 5919 Market Street, 5921 Market Street and 5923 through 5931 Market Street"; and Resolution No. 170645, entitled a "Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area, identified by house number and street address as 6161 West Girard Avenue"; and Resolution No. 170646, entitled a "Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 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 Fourth Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 170647, entitled 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-Eighth Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 170648, entitled a "Resolution also naming South 31st Street, between Grays Ferry Avenue and Wharton Street, 'Lillian Ray Way' to honor Lillian Ray's lifetime of service Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 City of Philadelphia, and to her beloved Grays Ferry neighborhood"; and Resolution No. 170649, entitled 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 Eighteenth Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 170650, entitled 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"; and Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 "; and Resolution No. 170657, entitled 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-First Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No.
170658, entitled a "Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Central Tioga Urban Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 area, identified by house number and street address as 1621 through 1631 West Venango Street"; and Resolution No. 170659, entitled 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 Eleventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 170660, entitled a "Resolution urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to adopt House Bill No. 1446, the Pennsylvania Clean Transportation Infrastructure Networks Act, to promote well-planned clean transportation infrastructure"; and Resolution No. "
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Henon for a motion to adopt each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda be adopted. All in favor say aye. (Aye.) Stated Meeting June 22, 2017
The ayes have it, and each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda has been adopted. We will now consider today's Bill Consent Agenda. I would ask the Clerk to read the titles of all the bills on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read, any member may object to the inclusion of the bill on the Consent Agenda. Upon such an objection and without debate, the bill will be immediately removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on our regular and Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, please read the titles of the bills on the Consent Agenda.
Bill No. 170306-A, entitled "An ordinance to reinstate Bill No. 140439 amending Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 14-502 of the Zoning Code, entitled 'CTR, Center City Overlay' and Section 14-602 of the Zoning Code, entitled 'Use Tables,' and to amend Section 14-803 'Motor Vehicle Parking Standards'"; and Bill No. , to install, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 1338 through 40 South 10th Street"; and Bill No. 170559-A, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for use by the City of premises located at 400 North Broad Street and 1501 Callowhill Street"; and Bill No. 170357, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Liberty Property 18th and Arch, LP to construct, own and maintain ancillary building encroachments at 1800 Arch Street"; and Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 170553, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Brandywine Realty Trust to construct, own and maintain various right-of-way encroachments at 3001 through 23 Market Street"; and Bill No. 170206, entitled "An ordinance authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of a Service Agreement between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development relating to the financing of the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild program, approving the issuance by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series to finance or refinance such program and authorizing and approving the obligation of the City of Philadelphia to pay in full when due the Service Fee and other amounts payable under the Service Agreement"; and Bill No. 160839, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 30th Street, Chestnut Street, 31st Street (extended), Market Street, 32nd Street, and Arch Street (extended)"; and Bill No. 161104, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-516 of the Philadelphia Zoning Code, entitled 'West Overlay District'"; and Bill No. 170192, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Spruce Street, South 40th Street, Locust Street, and South 41st Street. Further to adopt the Master Plan for the University of Pennsylvania"; and Bill No. 170266, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 an area bounded by Filbert Street, 59th Street, Market Street, and Salford Street"; and Bill No. 170398, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 40th Street, Girard Avenue, 34th Street, Mantua Avenue, 31st Street, Spring Garden Street, and Lancaster Avenue"; and Bill No. 170399, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-504 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled '/NCO, Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District' by adding new areas entitled 'Powelton Village Zone 1' and 'Powelton Village Zone 2,'"; and Bill No. 170402, entitled "An ordinance to amend Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' by revising certain provisions of Section 14-600, entitled 'Use Regulations'"; and Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 170403, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Clearfield Street, Shedwick Street, Lippincott Street, and 34th Street"; and Bill No.
170404, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' to prohibit medical marijuana dispensary locations within 500 feet of any day care"; and Bill No. 170428, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Diamond Street, Tenth Street, Berks Street, Eleventh Street, Norris Street, and Marvine Street"; and Bill No. 170430, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Cambria Street, Kensington Avenue, Allegheny Avenue, Jasper Street, Clearfield Street, Helen Street, Elkhart Street, Emerald Street, Stella Street, and Frankford Avenue"; and Bill No. 170436, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Knights Road, Red Lion Road, East Keswick Road, Morrell Avenue, and Byberry Creek"; and Bill No. 170463, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Linden Avenue (extended), Academy Road, Grant Avenue, Frankford Avenue, the Poquessing Creek, and the Delaware River"; and Bill No. 170465, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Gates Street, Henry Avenue, Roxborough Avenue, Magdalena Street, Walnut Lane, Henry Avenue, Kingsley Street, Houghton Street, Walnut Lane, Shurs Lane, Tower Street, Levering Street, Silverwood Street, Leverington Avenue, Silverwood Street, Fountain Street, and Ridge Avenue"; and Bill No. 170469, entitled "An ordinance to amend Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code by revising certain provisions of Section 14-500, entitled 'Overlay Zoning Districts,' for the amendment of the North Delaware Avenue Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay District'"; and Bill No. 170476, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Front Street, the Delaware Expressway, Laurel Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Street, Canal Street, and Poplar Street"; and Bill No. 170495, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code to revise certain provisions of Chapter 14-600, entitled 'Use Regulations,' by amending the green roof calculations"; and Bill No. 170496, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Girard Avenue, 41st Street, Parkside Avenue, Girard Avenue, and Railroad Right of Way"; and Bill No. 170498, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-202 of The Philadelphia Code entitled 'Rules of Measurements' by providing for further measurement exclusions; amending Section 14-502 entitled '/CTR, Center City Overlay District' by modifying the subsection entitled 'Rittenhouse Square' Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 new bulk and massing controls for the area; amending Section 14-604 entitled 'Accessory Uses and Structures' by modifying setback requirements; amending Section 14-702 entitled 'Floor Area and Height Bonuses' by modifying bonuses for mixed income housing and underground accessory parking"; and Bill No. 170500, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Master Plan for Temple University, and to approve the proposed addition to 1810 Liacouras Walk" and Bill No.
170501, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Cottman Avenue, Crispin Street, Frankford Avenue, Cheltenham Avenue, Bustleton Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard"; and Bill No. 170503, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Bridge Street, Harbison Avenue, Tulip Street, Hegerman Street, Devereaux Avenue, Torresdale Avenue, Robbins Street, Vandike Street, Unruh Avenue, Keystone Street, Devereaux Street (extended), and Delaware Expressway"; and Bill No. 170504, entitled "An ordinance to amend Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code by revising certain provisions of Sections 14-200, entitled 'Definitions,' and 14-900, entitled 'Signs'"; and Bill No. 170512, entitled "An ordinance to amend the Sports Stadium (Special Purpose) District Master Plan in the area bounded by Darien Street, Packer Avenue, Seventh Street, and Pattison Avenue, by approving the proposed Ballpark Services building at the intersection of Hartranft and Darien Streets"; and Bill No. 170516, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 3rd Street, Berks Street, 6th Street, and Lehigh Avenue"; and Bill No. 170558, entitled "An ordinance amending Bill No. 170195 (approved in June of 2017), entitled 'An ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2018 through 2023 inclusive,' by adding, revising, and/or removing certain projects, amounts and sources"; and Bill No. 170287, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, all or part of a parcel of land located in the area bounded by Linden Avenue, State Road, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, and I-95 for further conveyance"; and Bill No. , for use by the City of all or a portion of the premises located at 1514 Cecil B. Moore Avenue"; and Bill No. 170397, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to purchase two properties situate at 1620 South 49th Street and 4900 Grays Avenue"; and Bill No. 170437, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, all or part of a parcel of land located in the area bounded by East Ontario Street, Weikel Street, Tulip Street, and East Tioga Street, for further conveyance"; and Bill No. , for use by the City of all or a portion of the premises located at 8747 Frankford Avenue"; and Bill No. 170507, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a sublease agreement with The Philadelphia Municipal Authority for use by the City of a portion of the premises located at 1425 Arch Street"; and Bill No. 170508, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a sublease agreement with The Philadelphia Municipal Authority for use by the City of a portion of the premises located at 1500 John F. Kennedy Boulevard"; and Bill No. 170511, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, all or part of a parcel of land located in the area bounded by Market Street, North Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Street, Filbert Street, and North 59th Street, for further conveyance"; and Bill No.
170513, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a lease agreement with Grays Ferry Partners by its agent Korman Commercial Properties for use by the City of all or a portion of the premises located at 3009 Grays Ferry Avenue"; and Bill No. 170557, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire fee simple title or a lesser interest by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, in parcels of land generally in the area bounded by Susquehanna, Lambert, Norris, 22nd, Diamond and 21st Streets, and authorizing an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the PRA to act as the City's condemnation agent"; and Bill No. 170593, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Procurement Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 enter into an agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to provide for the acquisition of Bigbelly waste and recycling receptacles, related maintenance and software licensing, and authorizing an advertising concession"; and Bill No. 170594, entitled "An ordinance regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Lawrence Street between Ontario Street and Westmoreland Street"; and Bill No. 170595, entitled "An ordinance regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Westmoreland Street between Lawrence Street to 5th Street"; and Bill No. , or its wholly-owned subsidiary, for an aerial adventure park in West Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 Park"; and Bill No. 161111, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 9-900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Professions,' to add a new Section 9-903, entitled 'Conversion Therapy,' adding definitions and prohibiting the practice of conversion therapy by mental health providers on patients under 18 years of age"; and Bill No. "
These bills having been read on two separate days, the question for each bill now is shall the bill pass finally. The Clerk shall call the roll, and upon being Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 called, each Councilmember -- Councilman Oh.
Yes, Council President. I would have an objection to Bill No. 170206. (Applause.)
It will be taken off the Consent Agenda and placed on the regular Final Passage. Thank you. Let me start again. These bills having been read on two separate days, the question for each bill now is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker shall call the roll, and upon being Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 called, each Councilmember shall vote aye on each of the bills, nay on each of the bills or indicate those bills for which the member is voting aye and those bills for which the member is voting nay. Mr. Decker, call the roll.
Aye on all bills. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative for each of the bills, with the exception of one that was taken off, the bills on the Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 6/22/17 - STATED - 2ND READING Consent Agenda are passed. We will now move to our regular Passage Calendar. And, Mr. Decker, I believe the title of 170206.
An ordinance authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of a Service Agreement between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development relating to the financing of the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild program, approving the issuance by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series to finance or refinance such program and authorizing and approving the obligation of the City of Philadelphia to pay in full when due the Service Fee and other amounts payable under the Service Agreement.
The Chair recognizes Councilman Oh. Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 6/22/17 - STATED - 2ND READING
Thank you very much, Council President. First let me thank you and all of Council, the Councilmembers, for the great work that you've done. It's been a very tough situation, not because people don't want to do a really great service for our city. I appreciate the leadership that each Councilperson has exercised in their own regards of bringing the people involved together, the unions with the MOUs, trying to do the pre-apprentice, the Mayor and all the efforts that were exercised. But the history of Philadelphia is much like -- well, it's really one that I think personally has been very much lacking in what we all agree, that opportunity should be based on merit and open for everyone. It reminds me of, quite frankly, Domino's pizza. They say we'll get you your pizza in 30 minutes or it's free. They were responding to the fact that the consumers did not believe that they would get their Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 6/22/17 - STATED - 2ND READING pizza within 30 minutes. And I think City government, whether it's our fault or not, we are at the point where we need to make some guarantees to the people that we're going to get this done. (Applause.)
Everything that we have said that we're going to do, we're going to do. And I appreciate the opportunity to work on this amendment on the ordinance that we have discussed. Last week I introduced an ordinance to amend the code so all contracts that have an Equal Opportunity Plan will be subject to review by City Council to ensure that the participants are meeting the goals that they have set out, that they have agreed to, and if not, that they shall not be paid. I have introduced a bill to amend the code regarding OEO to give it more powers. I do have an amendment. I'm not introducing it today, because I understand that we all have to review the Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 6/22/17 - STATED - 2ND READING amendment. We all have to look at the various other ideas, and we'll have the summer to work on it, but I have distributed electronically last week, I've distributed it in a printed version to each Councilmember today. The issue, as we all know and you certainly under your leadership have said many times, this issue is not going away. We're going to work on this issue, and I thank all the community leaders who have pressed and pressed to ensure that we are doing what we need to do for the people of our city. However, despite all the work and everything, I am not going to vote favorably for this bill because of the lack of the enforcement clause. Thank you. (Applause.)
Thank you, Councilman. If there are no other speeches on this, this bill has been heard on two separate days. The question is shall the Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 6/22/17 - STATED - 2ND READING bill pass finally. Mr. Decker, call the roll.
Aye. Stated Meeting June 22, 2017 6/22/17 - STATED - 2ND READING