Center City Sixers-Arena-who is not hanging over the City Council of Philadelphia.
On Thursday, the legislators began the process of repealing an extensive package of regulations, which members adopted in December to authorize 76ers to build the arena at East Market Street. Just a few weeks after the lighting of the Legislation Council, the team announced their intention to stay in southern Philadelphia and instead build a fresh arena.
Also this week, a member of the city council of Rue Landau, a democrat, introduced another in a number of symbolic provisions condemning the administration of President Donald Trump, and the members adopted a controversial act on the zone, which has been on ice for about a year. Here’s what went during the council meeting on Thursday.
What was the most critical event this week?
This now legislative package included changes in existing zone overlays and tax financing, as well as permission to transfer land and create a special service district to ensure cleaning and other services near the side. The initial 11 bills and resolutions that were discussed for over two years adopted advice, 12-5.
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In January, Sixers – next to Parker and chairman of the Kenyatt Council Johnson – announced that they reached an agreement on staying in southern Philadelphia, where the team is currently playing at the Wells Fargo Center. The team’s owners have concluded a contract with Comcast Spectacor, which owns the arena to build a fresh building at South Philly Sports Complex.
The Council will have to allow a fresh project, but the authority is not expected to take this spring. Parker administration must still negotiate a fresh contract with 76ers-processes developing a contract for field-social and writing regulations is long, which took place over a year in the case of the Center City project.
Johnson said on Thursday that he was in no hurry.
“We have other, more burning things that we intend to do in the scope of our upcoming budget and general legislative program,” he said. “So we didn’t hurry at all.”
Council committees will have to consider and approve the provisions regarding the repeal of the last package before he can be voted by full advice. Committee’s hearing has not yet been planned.
What else happened this week?
Another week, another condemnation of Trump: Landau introduced a resolution condemning the last decision of the Trump administration to suspend the student loan repayment programs and forgiveness for some people and organizations.
Landau spoke specifically about repayment plans based on the income of the US Education Department Stopped applications at the end of Februaryand the program of forgiveness of a public loan (PSLF), which Trump suspended by executive order at the beginning of this month.
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The Landau solution appears As expected, Trump will sign an executive order To dismantle the Education Department on Thursday.
The Council presented and adopted a lot of symbolic provisions of Trump’s condemning, since he took office, including another by Landau, which was adopted on Thursday and condemns the president Cuts in the Department of Housing and Development of US cities.
The Department of Education submitted applications for IDR plans not available after the Federal Court issued an order to prevent the implementation of savings regarding the valuable educational plan (SAVE) – the former president Joe Biden created under the administration – and other elements of IDR plans, According to the website of the department.
And on March 7, Trump signed an executive order limiting PSLF, which is available to government employees or non -profit organizations. The order says that this movement stops taxpayer funds from subsidizing entities that “develop illegal immigration, terrorism, use of children, discrimination and public interference.”
In December 2018, over 300,000 Philadelphians owed $ 11.6 billion in a student loan debt, According to the latest available data from the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia.
“This choice is not only an attack on borrowers, it is an attack on working people, the LGBTQ+community, undocumented immigrants and those who serve American public opinion,” Landau said on Thursday.
The controversial bill for the zones gets green lithe: On Thursday, members also adopted a elaborate fragment of the provisions regarding spatial development, which stood in the face of the fierce opposition of critics, who stated that the already overloaded zone commission with fresh matters.
The bill was made by a member of councilor Jeffera Young Jr. And introduced in May as part of his response to Parker’s administration efforts to room people in addiction in a shelter in his northern district of Philadelphia. The bill will go to Parker’s desk, and it is not clear if he will sign it.
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Quote of the week
“I would like to thank the mayor of O’Parker. She was a great hit in her green outfit.”
He was a member of the Council Mike Driscoll, who gave a speech over the weekend, thanking the organizers of the city of St. Patryk. A special shout gave the Irish Parker, who went around the parade.
