Authorizing and ratifying the designation of Councilmember Jeffery Young, Jr., as Council's representative in connection with an appeal of the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment with respect to 1451 North Broad Street and all litigation related thereto.

Authorizing and ratifying the designation of Councilmember Jeffery Young, Jr., as Council’s representative in connection with an appeal of the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment with respect to 1451 North Broad Street and all litigation related thereto. HEREAS, Pursuant to Resolution No. 200064, Council President Darrell L. Clarke filed an appeal, on behalf of and as representative of City Council, of the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment with respect to 1451 North Broad Street, docketed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County at February Term, 2022, No. 00430; and WHEREAS, The Court of Common Pleas ruled that Council President Clarke did not have sufficiently specific authorization from Council to file such appeal; and WHEREAS, On March 9, 2023, Council adopted Resolution No. 230169, which reaffirmed that the Council President, the elected represented of Council from the Fifth Council District (the District tin which 1451 N. Broad Street is located), was authorized to represent Council and has full authority to file and prosecute, on behalf of and as representative of Council, in all aspects of that matter; and WHEREAS, Former Council President Clarke chose not to run for reelection in 2023; and WHEREAS, the Hon. Jeffery Young, Jr., having been duly sworn in as the current Councilmember for the Fifth Council District, has been authorized by letter of the President of Council (pursuant to Council Resolution No. 240049, adopted February 21, 2024) t…