Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 3/17/2022 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: This meeting will be held remotely using Microsoft® Teams. This remote session may be viewed on Xfinity Channel 64, Fios Channel 40 or http://phlcouncil.com/watch-city-council/ Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (38) 38 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Name Type Title Action Result Tally Action Details Video 220258 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting an a resolution approving the First Amendment to License Agreement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Market Street East Urban Renewal Area, for a certain pedestrian bridge located between Tenth and Eleventh streets above Filbert street, including air rights; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the First Amendment to License Agreement with Keystone Philadelphia Properties, L.P. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the First Amendment to License Agreement. READ AND FILED     Action details Not available 220259 0     COMMUNICATION March 9, 2022 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am hereby returning without my signature Bill Number 210956-A, which was passed by Council at its session on March 3, 2022. Bill Number 210956-A signifies the intention of the City of Philadelphia to organize the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority pursuant to authority established under state law, and amending Chapters 20-600 ("Standards of Conduct and Ethics"), 20-1200 ("Lobbying"), and 17-1400 ("Non-Competitively Bid Contracts; Financial Assistance") of The Philadelphia Code to address ethics, contractual and other requirements applicable to the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority. My Administration supports the broad policy aims outlined in this piece of legislation, particularly the focus on challenges faced by minority-owned businesses who are denied conventional loans and seek access to capital to start and grow businesses. However, existing entities such as the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID) and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporatio READ AND FILED     Action details Not available 220260 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 210827, and 220114, which were passed by Council on March 10, 2022, were signed by the Mayor on March 11, 2022. READ AND FILED     Action details Not available 220248-A 0     Resolution Approving the redevelopment contract 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 1604-1608 Page street, 1610 Page street, 1612 Page street, and 1614 Page street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 220249 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold hearings to examine the enforcement of building and construction code requirements, Licenses and Inspections inspector caseload and inspector staffing ratios, and the City’s response to worker misclassification, also known as payroll fraud. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 220239 0     Bill Amending Chapter 21-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Foster Care,” to add new provisions related to screening and application for benefits for foster youth; limiting the use of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Veterans or other various benefits; and providing notice to the foster child for certain actions taken with respect to Social Security and other benefits; all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred     Action details Not available 220250 0     Resolution Calling on the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office, Office of the City Controller and the Managing Directors Office to conduct a joint evaluation of the City’s current witness relocation and protection programs. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 220240 0     Bill Substantially increasing the budget and number of areas and neighborhoods around the City served by the Community Life Improvement Program (CLIP) to improve the health, safety and cleanliness of every neighborhood and enhance the quality of life for all residents. Introduced and Referred     Action details Not available 220241 0     Bill Authorizing the installation, ownership, and maintenance of a Streetery in the Right-of-Way adjacent to 738 South 11th Street, currently the location of a restaurant known as Hawthornes, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred     Action details Not available 220242 0     Bill Authorizing the installation, ownership, and maintenance of a Streetery in the Right-of-Way adjacent to 1631 Packer Avenue, currently the location of a restaurant known as Philadium, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred     Action details Not available 220251 0     Resolution Expressing solidarity with the local leaders of Ukraine. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 220252 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing the contributions of service worker, administrator, and faith leader, Bonnie Camarda, whose leadership and talent for relationship-building has bolstered the work of Philadelphia’s most instrumental public interest organizations, uplifted Philadelphia’s Latino community, and empowered underserved populations across the City. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 220253 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing the voice, vision, and contributions of movement activist and organizer Ellen Somekawa, whose fearless and transformative leadership within Philadelphia’s Asian American community has advanced major victories for racial and economic justice, built multiracial coalitions across the City, founded historic institutions, and redefined Asian American activism particularly in the area of youth leadership, education justice, and civil rights. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 220254 0     Resolution Authorizing the City of Philadelphia Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to explore the role of the Philadelphia Police Department Neighborhood Services Unit as a part of the City’s comprehensive response to the widespread prevalence of abandoned vehicles in the City of Philadelphia, and to examine enforcement practices, preventative measures and potential solutions necessary to address this problem. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 220255 0     Resolution Honoring and congratulating Women’s History Month’s Champion of the Week, Imhotep Charter School’s Girls Basketball team, on its successful 2022 season and winning the Philadelphia Public League title two years in a row. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 220256 0     Resolution Approving the First Amendment to License Agreement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Market Street East Urban Renewal Area, for a certain pedestrian bridge located between Tenth and Eleventh streets above Filbert street, including air rights; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the First Amendment to License Agreement with Keystone Philadelphia Properties, L.P. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the First Amendment to License Agreement. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 220243 0     Bill Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Refuse and Littering,” by adding new definition for third party administrators, and revising Section 10-718 to sanction third party administrators as enforcers of illegal dumping violations, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred     Action details Not available 220244 0     Bill Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Miscellaneous,” by adding a new Chapter 21-3300, entitled “Flag Raisings,” to establish uniform standards for flag raising ceremonies, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred     Action details Not available 220245 0     Bill Amending Chapter 12-900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Parking Regulations and Penalties,” by regulating on-street parking of unpermitted semitrailers and truck tractors, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred     Action details Not available 220246 0     Bill Amending Chapter 12-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Towing and Immobilizing of Parked or Abandoned Vehicles,” by adding new regulations for the towing and storage of illegally parked semitrailer and truck tractors, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred     Action details Not available 220247 0     Bill Amending Chapter 12-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Administrative Adjudication of Parking Violations,” by establishing monetary penalties for on-street parking of semitrailers and truck tractors, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred     Action details Not available 220257 0     Resolution Urging the White House and United States Congress to work with NATO partners in establishing a limited no-fly-zone over humanitarian corridors in Ukraine. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar     Action details Not available 210831 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of McCullough Williams III to the Philadelphia Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rate Board. ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.     Action details Not available 211005 0     Resolution Reappointing Jay S. Feldstein, D.O., to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion. ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.     Action details Not available 211006 0     Resolution Reappointing Bernie A. Prazenica to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion. ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.     Action details Not available 220025 0     Resolution Appointing Erik Derr to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District. ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.     Action details Not available 210743 0     Bill Renaming and designating the property commonly referred to as the 11th and Venango Playground, located at 3600 North 11th Street, as the "Williams Moore Reed Memorial Park” in the City of Philadelphia. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL     Action details Not available 210743 0     Bill Renaming and designating the property commonly referred to as the 11th and Venango Playground, located at 3600 North 11th Street, as the "Williams Moore Reed Memorial Park” in the City of Philadelphia. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 210743 0     Bill Renaming and designating the property commonly referred to as the 11th and Venango Playground, located at 3600 North 11th Street, as the "Williams Moore Reed Memorial Park” in the City of Philadelphia. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 220226 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 1403 N. 17th Street, 1409 N. 17th Street, 1412 N. 17th Street, 1415 N. 17th Street, 1416 N. 17th Street, 1421 N. 17th Street, 1435 N. 17th Street, 1441 N. 17th Street, 1624 Jefferson Street in the Fifth Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia and further authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer to the Philadelphia Land Bank fee simple title to such properties pursuant to Section 16-405 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 220227 0     Resolution Honoring and congratulating the Independence Blue Cross Foundation on the occasion of its 10th Anniversary. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 220228 0     Resolution Celebrating and congratulating Girl Scouts of the USA on the occasion of its 110th Anniversary and thanking Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania for its service to the girls of Philadelphia. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 220229 0     Resolution Honoring and celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of inspiring women leaders: Benazir Bhutto, Sarah Boone, Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown, Meta L. Christy DO, Admiral Michelle Howard, Mae Jemison, Katherine Johnson, Condoleezza Rice, Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Madam C.J. Walker, in honor of Women’s History Month. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 220231 0     Resolution Honoring NBC10 Philadelphia’s Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz on the occasion of his upcoming retirement and recognizing his twenty-seven years with the First Alert Weather Team and his forty-two year career on television reporting the weather. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 220233 0     Resolution Honoring and congratulating Women’s History Month’s Champion of the Week, Kate Scott, on becoming the second female full-time broadcaster in N.B.A. history and female play-by-play announcer in Philadelphia sports history. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 220111 0     Bill Amending Section 9-215 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Streeteries,” to revise and add additional permitted locations, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 220249 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold hearings to examine the enforcement of building and construction code requirements, Licenses and Inspections inspector caseload and inspector staffing ratios, and the City’s response to worker misclassification, also known as payroll fraud. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 220254 0     Resolution Authorizing the City of Philadelphia Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to explore the role of the Philadelphia Police Department Neighborhood Services Unit as a part of the City’s comprehensive response to the widespread prevalence of abandoned vehicles in the City of Philadelphia, and to examine enforcement practices, preventative measures and potential solutions necessary to address this problem. ADOPTED     Action details Not available