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 29, 2003 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 124 actions from May 29, 2003
This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to use Neighborhood Transformation Initiative bond proceeds to acquire the properties listed in the resolution.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to use NTI bond proceeds to acquire certain properties, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that remove and vacate portions of Norfolk Street and Beck Street between Swanson Street and the Delaware Expressway (I-95), along with an unnamed street connecting them.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 238 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Norfolk Street and Beck Street from Swanson Street to the right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway (I-95) more or less and striking from the City Plan and vacating a certain unnamed street which connects Norfolk Street and Beck Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the City to transfer, at no cost, five City-owned properties at Third and Fairmount Streets to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, a deed or deeds conveying fee simple title to five parcels of City-owned land with the buildings and improvements thereon situated at the northwest corner of Third and Fairmount Streets, and known as 700, 702 and 704 North Third Street and 309 and 311 Fairmount Avenue, for the purpose of entering into a redevelopment agreement with the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association or its designee for such properties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have authorized the City to lease the Free Library Building at 1901 Vine Street and the surrounding City-owned land to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID), then lease them back.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") providing for the leasing by the City to PAID of a certain City-owned building located at 1901 Vine Street ("Free Library Building"), including a ground lease of land bounded by Nineteenth Street, Vine Street, Twentieth Street and the former Wood Street ("Free Library Land"), and obligating PAID to finance a project involving renovation and expansion of the Free Library Building (the "Project") to be made by the City, and authorizing a sublease agreement between PAID and the City providing for the subleasing of the Free Library Building and the Free Library Land back from PAID to the City; covenanting to be bound by the terms of the lease and sublease; imposing a $50 million limit on the aggregate amount of Bonds which are to be issued by PAID to finance or refinance the costs of the Project; covenanting to make appr...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance removes Crefeld Street between Gravers Lane and Meade Street from the City Plan and reserves a right-of-way there for drainage and water-main purposes.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 165 by striking from the City Plan Crefeld Street from Gravers Lane to Meade Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized a $425,000 transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2003 General Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 within the General Fund from the Department of Revenue - Sinking Fund Commission to the Sheriff.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have reduced Philadelphia’s wage and net profits tax rates in six stages for certain low-income residents and nonresidents, with the largest reductions for people qualifying for the maximum state low-income tax relief.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by decreasing in six stages the rates of the tax imposed upon certain low income persons, providing for refunds of excess taxes paid, and directing the Revenue Department to prepare forms for use by eligible taxpayers seeking such refunds; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have reduced Philadelphia wage and net profits tax rates in stages for certain low-income residents and nonresidents, with the tax reaching zero for very low-income residents and a specified reduced rate for very low-income nonresidents beginning in 2007.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by decreasing in three stages the rates of the tax imposed upon certain low income persons, providing for refunds of excess taxes paid, and directing the Revenue Department to prepare forms for use by eligible taxpayers seeking such refunds; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance approves a project for Drexel University College of Medicine and declares that Philadelphia’s Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority may issue up to $41 million in revenue bonds for it.
Declaring it desirable for the health, safety and welfare of the people in the area served by Philadelphia Health & Education Corporation, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which operates a graduate school of medicine under the authority of Drexel University and provides medical education under the name "Drexel University College of Medicine," and which operates facilities at its Center City Hahnemann campus and its Queen Lane campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for The Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia to undertake a project for Drexel University College of Medicine.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill removes the fixed charges listed in the Philadelphia Code for surveying and regulating services.
Amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Streets," and Chapter 11-300 entitled "Board of Surveyors" by amending section 11-306, entitled "Schedule of Charges" by deleting all specified charges for surveyors and regulators and providing for the Streets Department to adopt fees by regulation; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s payroll deduction rules to allow City employees to have money deducted from their paychecks for a City-approved program covering certain qualified transportation expenses.
Amending Section 19-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," by authorizing City employee payroll deductions for payments to the administrator of any City-approved program under which City employees may make pre-tax payment of certain qualified transportation expenses as authorized under Section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill increases the civil penalty for three violations involving buses under Philadelphia’s Traffic Code—from $20 to $250, in addition to applicable costs and fees.
Amending Section 12-2809 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to civil penalties and costs for violations of certain provisions of Title 12 ("Traffic Code"), by increasing the civil penalty for violations of Section 12-908 relating to stopping, standing, and parking of buses and taxicabs, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes G2S2 Associates, L.P., the owner of 1605–1627 Sansom Street, to build and maintain additions extending over the sidewalks and street area near the property on Sansom Street and Stock Exchange Place.
Authorizing G2S2 Associates, L.P., owner of the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, to construct and maintain a building encroachment over and above the north footway of the 1600 block of Sansom Street adjacent to the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street and to construct and maintain a building encroachment with electric lights over and above the south footway and cartway of the 1600 block of Stock Exchange Place adjacent to the rear of the property 1605-1627 Sansom 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.
This enacted ordinance authorizes G2S2 Associates, L.P., the owner of 1605–1627 Sansom Street, to build and maintain additions extending over the sidewalks and street area near the property on Sansom Street and Stock Exchange Place.
Authorizing G2S2 Associates, L.P., owner of the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, to construct and maintain a building encroachment over and above the north footway of the 1600 block of Sansom Street adjacent to the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street and to construct and maintain a building encroachment with electric lights over and above the south footway and cartway of the 1600 block of Stock Exchange Place adjacent to the rear of the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Center City District to construct, own, and maintain 27 pedestrian-scale light poles and 11 banner poles on and under public sidewalks along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and nearby streets from 16th Street to Eakins Oval.
Authorizing the Center City District, 917 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, its successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain a total of twenty-seven (27) pedestrian scale light poles with luminaires and eleven (11) banner poles with mastarms on and under the public footway of Benjamin Franklin Parkway and adjacent streets, from Sixteenth Street to the Eakins Oval.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Center City District to construct, own, and maintain 27 pedestrian-scale light poles and 11 banner poles on and under public sidewalks along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and nearby streets from 16th Street to Eakins Oval.
Authorizing the Center City District, 917 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, its successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain a total of twenty-seven (27) pedestrian scale light poles with luminaires and eleven (11) banner poles with mastarms on and under the public footway of Benjamin Franklin Parkway and adjacent streets, from Sixteenth Street to the Eakins Oval.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs to be placed and maintained at the intersection of Cabell Road and Lester Road, following PennDOT regulations.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Cabell road and Lester road.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs to be placed and maintained at the intersection of Cabell Road and Lester Road, following PennDOT regulations.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Cabell road and Lester road.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.