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
Unanimous actions actions from the October 3, 2002 meeting.
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Philadelphia City Council honored and congratulated Charles P.
Honoring and congratulating Charles P. Pizzi for his distinguished tenure as President and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution approving a redevelopment contract and disposition plan for four parcels in the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area near Mt.
Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 1F (Revised) generally located at the northeast corner of Mt. Vernon street and North Tenth street, Parcel No. 1F-A also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 923 Mt. Vernon street, Parcel No. 1F-B (Revised) generally located at the northeast corner of Green street and North Tenth street and Parcel No. 329 generally located at the northwest corner of Wallace street and North Eleventh street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with the Friends Rehabilitation Program, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted resolution recognizes the mission and work of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the United Nations Association and its cooperating organizations.
Recognizing the exemplary mission and work of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of United Nations Association and its cooperating organizations, as we celebrate United Nations Week 2002 during the week of October 18-27.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted resolution recognizes the achievements of the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania Legal Education Fund at its Fifteenth Annual Scholarship Banquet on November 6, 2002.
Recognizing the achievements of the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania Legal Education Fund as it celebrates its Fifteenth Annual Scholarship Banquet on November 6, 2002.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Public Safety and Public Health & Human Services committees to hold joint hearings on the unmet needs of domestic violence victims, Philadelphia agencies’ response, and ways to improve coordination among services.
Authorizing the City Council's Committees on Public Safety and Public Health & Human Services to hold joint hearings to investigate the unmet needs of domestic violence victims in Philadelphia, the current response of Philadelphia agencies to domestic violence, and the full range of options to enhance that response through the implementation of a coordinated community response, and further authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas and such other process as may be appropriate to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents in furtherance of the investigation to the full extent authorized by Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council enacted a resolution honoring and commending Saint George Parish on its 100th anniversary.
Honoring Saint George Parish on the occasion of their 100th Anniversary.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted privileged resolution honors Erica Pratt for her courage and persistence after she escaped an abduction in Philadelphia in July 2002.
Honoring Erica Pratt.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted resolution proclaimed October 20–26, 2002, as Chemistry Week in Philadelphia.
Recognizing the week of October 20-26, 2002, as CHEMISTRY WEEK in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved a redevelopment contract for five properties in the Sarah Allen Urban Renewal Area: 4024 Aspen Street, 4105 Ogden Street, 4111-4113 Ogden Street, 4032 Parrish Street, and 803 North Preston Street.
Approving the redevelopment contract of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Sarah Allen Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 also sometimes identified by respective house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 1 as 4024 Aspen street, for Parcel No. 2 as 4105 Ogden street, for Parcel No. 3 as 4111-4113 Ogden street, for Parcel No. 4 as 4032 Parish street and for Parcel No. 5 as 803 North Preston street, authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Sarah Allen Services, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Finance and Transportation Committees to hold hearings on SEPTA’s Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project in West Philadelphia.
Authorizing the City Council Committee's on Finance and Transportation to hold hearings to examine SEPTA's Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project in West Philadelphia, it's fiscal impact on local businesses, and it's overall effect on the community and the city at large.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have allowed senior citizen taxpayers to enter installment payment agreements for current real estate taxes owed on their homes.
Amending Section 19-1305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization for Installment Payment Agreements, Waiving Additions to Tax and Abating Interest and Penalties Otherwise Due Pursuant to Section 19-1303," by providing for installment payment agreements for senior citizens, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Borders Bookstore, a tenant at One South Broad Street, to construct, own, and maintain six rigid awnings extending over the public sidewalks along Broad Street and Chestnut Street.
Authorizing Borders Bookstore, a tenant of the property One South Broad Street to construct, own and maintain six rigid awnings projecting from the building One South Broad Street and over the east footway of Broad street and the north footway of Chestnut street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Federal Reserve Bank, which owns Ten Independence Mall West, to build, own, and maintain concrete planters, fixed bollards, and removable bollards on nearby sidewalks along Independence Mall West, Arch Street, and Seventh Street.
Authorizing the Federal Reserve Bank to construct, own, and maintain concrete planters, bollards and removable bollards on the west footway of Independence Mall West, north footway of Arch street and the east footway of Seventh street adjacent to the property Ten Independence Mall West, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer, at no cost, City-owned land and its buildings at 2730 North American Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID).
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID"), without consideration, a deed conveying fee simple title to a certain tract of City-owned land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate on the southwest corner of American and Somerset streets, subject generally to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement between the City, the PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation; and further authorizing PAID, notwithstanding any contrary requirements of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement, to convey such land for a consideration of $100,000.00, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan involving portions of Kingston Street and Allen Street near I-95, including removing them from the plan and vacating the portions outside the expressway right-of-way.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 197 by striking from the City Plan Kingston street from Richmond street to Allen street and Allen street from Kingston street to Venango street, and by vacating those stricken portions of Kingston and Allen streets that lie outside the right-of-way lines of the Delaware Expressway (I-95) and by reserving and placing on the City Plan two (2) rights-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and gas main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have limited increases in Philadelphia real estate taxes caused by higher property assessments.
Amending Section 19-1301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing that the taxes levied on a property under that section shall not increase in any one year by more than a specified percentage as the result of an increase in the assessed value of the property as returned by the Board of Revision of Taxes, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have expanded Philadelphia’s senior citizen low-income special tax provisions to include seniors eligible for Pennsylvania’s PACENET prescription drug assistance program.
Amending Section 19-2900 of Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Senior Citizen Low Income Special Tax Provisions," by expanding the coverage of this Chapter to include senior citizens who are eligible to participate in the Commonwealth's Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier ("PACENET") program.
ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.