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Council actions

Philadelphia City Council actions

These are actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote. They include unanimous decisions, procedural steps such as hearings, notices and amendments, and other entries such as referrals and signatures.

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Council actions

Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the December 14, 2000 meeting.

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Showing 73-78 of 78 actions from December 14, 2000

Unanimous2000-12-14
Bill 000543

The lapsed bill would have required for-profit businesses receiving more than $100,000 in financial assistance from the City or City-related agencies to contribute 1% of that assistance to a Philadelphia Fund for Children.

Amending Section 17-104 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Prerequisites to the Execution of City Contracts" to add a new subsection requiring businesses receiving Financial Assistance from the City and City-related agencies to contribute to a Fund for Philadelphia's Children the proceeds from which shall be made available to pay for new and expanded program initiatives for Philadelphia children; all under certain terms and conditions.

ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2000-12-14
Bill 000454

This enacted ordinance names the picnic area at the Twenty-ninth Street and Chalmers Avenue recreation fields and facility the “Van R.

Designating the picnic area located within the Twenty-ninth street and Chalmers avenue recreation fields and facility as the "Van R. Thomas Memorial Picnic Area."

READ

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2000-12-14
Bill 000359

The enacted ordinance requires public garages and parking lots to provide a set number of accessible and van-accessible spaces as a condition of receiving or renewing their licenses, with some exceptions for certain existing facilities.

Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by conditioning the issuance of licenses for public garages and public parking lots on the provision of accessible parking spaces in such garages and lots; and amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by prohibiting parking in such accessible parking spaces except by persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing registration plates or parking placards issued to physically handicapped persons or severely-disabled veterans; all under certain terms and conditions.

READ

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2000-12-14
Bill 000358

This enacted change to Philadelphia’s Traffic Code gives vehicles transporting physically disabled people or severely disabled veterans with the required plates or placards 60 minutes beyond posted parking limits without meter fees, while wheelchair-accessible vans may park without time or meter-fee limits where parking is allowed.

Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by amending the provisions relating to parking by physically handicapped persons and disabled and severely disabled veterans.

READ

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2000-12-14
Bill 000342

This enacted bill corrects and updates parts of Philadelphia’s Public Employees Retirement Code.

Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by making certain corrections to address problems in the Code due to typographical errors, oversights, or inconsistencies, by clarifying the definition of various plans, addressing various issues raised by the new 5-year vesting program, refining the DROP program, and correcting inconsistencies with respect to refunds and purchases of certain types of service credit, all under certain terms and conditions.

READ

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Procedural2000-12-14
Bill 000137

This lapsed bill would have removed all designated vending locations on both sides of 11th Street and 12th Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street in Center City.

Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by deleting all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eleventh street and Twelfth street between Arch street and Chestnut street, all under certain terms and conditions.

ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.