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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Procedural actions actions from the May 8, 2003 meeting.
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City Council adopted a resolution proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter that would allow the Procurement Department to join cooperative purchasing arrangements with other public agencies for services, supplies, equipment, or construction.
Proposing an amendment to Section 8-200 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter providing for the use of cooperative purchasing agreements with other public agencies, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold hearings about “Stop-N-Go” delicatessens, the sale of prepackaged malt or brewed beverages, and the effects of having too many such establishments in one neighborhood.
Authorizing the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold comprehensive hearings regarding "Stop-N-Go" delicatessens and the sale of prepackaged brewed or malt beverages throughout neighborhoods in the City of Philadelphia, and the effects of too many of the same establishments in the same neighborhood.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a 10-year sublease with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for portions of 2 Penn Center at 1500 John F.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a Sublease Agreement to lease from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority portions of the building located at 1500 John F. Kennedy boulevard, also known as 2 Penn Center, for use by the City and affiliated agencies as office space, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to revise official street lines and grades to match existing conditions.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 307 and 308 by relocating certain portions of the curb lines of Chestnut street from Independence Mall East to Eighteenth street, the intersection of Fifteenth street and South Penn Square, the intersection of Fifteenth street and John F. Kennedy boulevard, the intersection of Juniper street and Commerce street and certain portions of the curb lines of Market street from Front street to Independence Mall East.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants 801 Last Resort Inc.
Granting permission to 801 Last Resort Inc., owner of the property 801-805 North Third Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe on the northeast corner of North Third street and Brown street adjacent to 801-805 North Third street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes changes to the City Plan and vacates specified portions of Dilworth, Ritner, Martin, and Greenville Streets.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on portions of City Plan No. 27-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Dilworth street from Wolf street to Ritner street; by striking from the City Plan Ritner street from Dilworth street to Weccacoe avenue; by vacating Martin street from Weccacoe avenue to a point approximately two hundred eighty-one (281) feet southwestwardly therefrom, and by vacating Greenville street from Weccacoe avenue to Dilworth street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Sprint Communications Company, its successors, and assigns permission to install, operate, maintain, replace, and remove telecommunications connections and fiber-optic cables under public rights-of-way and City streets serving 440 North Broad Street.
Granting permission to Sprint Communications Company, L.P., its successors and assigns to construct, maintain, operate, replace and remove telecommunications service connections and fiber optic cables in and under the public rights-of-way and City streets from existing legally constructed underground telecommunication lines to designated manholes serving 440 North Broad street and within new conduit or within existing conduit of other entities holding a grant pursuant to other City ordinance; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Nahal Desai, owner of the newsstand at Juniper and Market Streets, permission to install and maintain underground electrical and telephone/fiber optic service lines in the public right-of-way to serve the newsstand.
Granting permission to Nahal Desai, owner of the newsstand at the northeast corner of Juniper street and Market street, to construct, use and maintain an electrical conduit with an electrical service line and a fiber optic conduit with a telephone service line in and under the public rights-of-way for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes removing and vacating Salter Street between Third Street and Orianna Street from the City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 238 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Salter street from Third street to Orianna street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for gas main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of Salter street being stricken from the City Plan and vacated under authority of this Ordinance, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Lougeswaran Vijayhratnam, owner of the newsstand at Ninth and Walnut Streets, permission to install, use, and maintain electrical and telephone conduits and service lines beneath the public right-of-way to serve the newsstand.
Granting permission to Lougeswaran Vijayhratnam, owner of the newsstand at the southeast corner of Ninth street and Walnut street, to construct, use and maintain an electrical conduit with an electrical service line and a telecommunications conduit with a telephone service line in and under the public rights-of-way for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the National Constitution Center to construct, own, and maintain part of its building on the east footway of Independence Mall West and a retaining fence or wall on the west footway of Independence Mall East.
Authorizing National Constitution Center, Bourse Building, Suite 560, 111 S. Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, lessee of the property on the east side of Independence Mall West (formerly North Sixth street) and the west side of Independence Mall East (formerly North Fifth street), Philadelphia, PA 19106, its successors and assigns to construct, own and maintain the National Constitution Center encroachment on the east footway of Independence Mall West and a retaining fence/wall encroachment on the west footway of Independence Mall East, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Ride the Ducks International LLC permission to remove an existing newsstand on the west sidewalk of South Independence Mall West and install a prefabricated ticket booth kiosk with signage.
Granting permission to Ride the Ducks International LLC, to remove an existing wood and metal newsstand located on the west sidewalk of South Independence Mall West (formerly Sixth street) between Ranstead and Chestnut streets and erect a new prefabricated metal ticket booth kiosk with signage, including an electrical conduit with an electrical service line and a telecommunications conduit with a telephone service line in and under the public rights-of-way for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the ticket booth kiosk, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes Wills Eye Hospital at 800 Walnut Street to construct, own, and maintain a roof beam architectural feature that extends over the public right-of-way on South Ninth Street.
Authorizing Wills Eye Hospital, 800 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, its successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain a roof beam architectural embellishment encroaching above the Ninth street public right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill provided for Philadelphia voters to consider an amendment to Section 8-200 of the Home Rule Charter concerning the use of cooperative purchasing agreements with other public agencies.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Section 8-200 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, providing for the use of cooperative purchasing agreements with other public agencies, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Johnny Mañanas Restaurant at 4201 Ridge Avenue permission to operate a sidewalk cafe on the northeast corner of Ridge and Midvale avenues, with 10 tables for up to 20 people.
Granting permission to Johnny Mañanas Restaurant located at 4201 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129, to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe on the northeast corner of Ridge and Midvale avenues, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance provides continued City contributions for health and welfare benefits for city employees who retire under a City pension plan after at least 10 years of credited service.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," by providing for certain health and welfare benefits for pensioned employees, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance provides health and medical benefits to the spouse and eligible dependent children of a deceased City officer or employee who qualified for service retirement benefits.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," by enacting the "W. Thacher Longstreth Memorial Survivors and Dependents Medical Care Ordinance," providing certain health and medical benefits to the spouse and dependent children of deceased City officers and employees, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance requires two left-turn green-arrow traffic signals at the intersection of Rising Sun Avenue and Adams Avenue.
Authorizing the installation of two left turn green arrow traffic signals at the intersection of Rising Sun avenue and Adams avenue.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.