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From YouTube: Councilman Oh Calls for Restoring Local Control of the Philadelphia Parking Authority 11-30-2017
Description
From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, November 30, 2017:
Councilman David Oh (At Large) introduces a resolution requesting the Mayor of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and the Governor of Pennsylvania to Act to restore control over the Philadelphia Parking Authority and its revenues to the City
of Philadelphia
Read the resolution: http://bit.ly/2Bn67FK
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According
to
article
3,
section
32
of
the
Pennsylvania
State
Constitution
was
the
claim
that
they
were
held
responsible
for
funding
the
School
District
of
Philadelphia
and
therefore
they
had
to
fund
the
school
through
the
parking
authority
and
so
at
22
required
that
the
the
parking
authority
contribute
45
million
dollars
per
year
to
the
School
District
of
Philadelphia,
which,
if
that
had
been
done,
would
have
provided
over
the
last
16
years.
720
million
dollars
to
the
Philadelphia
School
District.
It
has
not.
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After
enacting
at
22,
the
General
Assembly
provided
additional
duties
and
responsibilities
to
the
parking
authority
within
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
those
funds
go
to
a
separate
account
non
city
accounts.
We
actually
don't
know
how
much
money
that
is
in
2004
when
the
cooperation
agreement,
which
the
city
and
PPA
entered
into
was
about
to
expire.
The
General
Assembly
act
9,
which
extended
the
agreement
by
10
years,
taking
it
to
2004
we're
taking
it
from
2004
to
2014,
but
in
July
2012.
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The
General
Assembly
passed
the
July
2012
statute,
not
extending
the
agreement,
because
the
agreement
was
going
to
expire
in
2014,
but
simply
enacted
legislation
that
the
city's
on
street
parking
would
be
administered
and
enforced
by
the
Philadelphia
Parking
Authority
that
is
unconstitutional,
and
so
since
2004
and
into
the
future.
The
Philadelphia
Parking
Authority
exists
under
the
legal
claim
that
it
funds
our
school
district
in
June
of
2018,
the
SRC
will
be
dissolved.
The
city
will
be
responsible
for
funding
the
school
entirely
with
the
shortage
of
state
funds.
With
that.
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I
would
ask
that
the
governor,
the
legislature
and
our
mayor
act
to
return
the
administration,
the
control
and
the
funding
of
the
Philadelphia
Parking
Authority
back
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
I
will
note
that
I
did
introduce
bill.
One
six
zero,
eight
four
four
to
withdraw
the
city's
authorization
to
the
parking
authority
of
the
city
functions
which
we
can
do,
but
hopefully
we
can
resolve
this.