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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Other actions actions from the June 16, 2005 meeting.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to City Plan No.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 299 by placing on the City Plan Valley Green Court and a 40' wide right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes, under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the bed of Valley Green Court.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer the City’s title to a 6,811-square-foot portion of 250 Fountain Street, including its improvements, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to a certain irregularly shaped portion of 250 Fountain Street, on the southwest corner of the intersection of Silverwood and Fountain Streets, with the improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to arrange for paving Valley Green Court, a dead-end street extending from Henry Avenue near Wigard Avenue.
Authorizing the paving of Valley Green Court, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to grant Philadelphia University an easement to carry stormwater from its campus across part of Wissahickon Park and to repair and maintain improvements near Lincoln Drive.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to execute an easement agreement that grants to Philadelphia University ("University") an easement to convey storm water from the University's campus across a certain portion of Wissahickon Park and to repair and maintain the University's improvements in a certain easement area in the vicinity of Lincoln Drive, approximately 500 feet northeast of the Henry Avenue Bridge; also authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park to execute an Operations and Maintenance Agreement with the University that sets forth certain requirements for the University to perform improvements in Wissahickon Park and to maintain those improvements; all under certain conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to accept ownership of the parcel at 843–47 North 12th Street, formerly the site of the Spring Garden School, from the School District of Philadelphia for $1.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to accept from the School District of Philadelphia conveyance of title to a parcel of land located at 843-47 North 12th Street, formerly the site of the Spring Garden School, and further authorizing transfer of the property to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to purchase the property at 2620–2638 West Girard Avenue for up to $2.5 million, plus settlement and other incidental costs.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to purchase a certain tract of land located at 2620-2638 West Girard Avenue in the Twenty-ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to arrange for paving Uber Street from Jefferson Street to Oxford Street.
Authorizing the paving of Uber Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that vacate Harlan, Stewart, and Nassau Streets between 21st and 22nd Streets.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Harlan Street, Stewart Street and Nassau Street, each from 21st Street to 22nd Street, and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for gas main purposes within the beds of Stewart Street and Nassau Street being stricken under authority of this Ordinance, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted bill authorized the Commissioner of Public Property to lease or sublease part of One Parkway Building at 1515 Arch Street to CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a sublease and/or lease agreement under which the City will sublease and/or lease to CBS Broadcasting, Inc., a certain portion of the building commonly known as One Parkway Building, located at 1515 Arch Street, for the purpose of installing, constructing, erecting, operating, maintaining, repairing and replacing thereon and therein a tower and related wiring, cabling, equipment and appurtenances for use in connection with the broadcast of television and/or radio signals and the broadcast and reception of microwave and radio signals to and from a facility to be constructed on land located at the northwest corner of 15th and Arch Streets, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to widen Fifteenth Street on its west side between Arch Street and Cherry Street by moving the house line up to 20 feet and the curb line by varying distances up to 20 feet.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by relocating the westerly curb line and house line of Fifteenth Street between Arch Street and Cherry Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to enter into an agreement for the City to sublease portions of the building at One South Penn Square from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement to sublease from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority portions of a building located at One South Penn Square, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Water Commissioner to enter into an agreement with the owners of properties at 1500 South Front Street and their successors.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement with the owners of the properties and their successors at 1500 South Front Street for the grant of an "L" shaped right-of-way to the City through the property from Front Street to Dickinson Street for drainage, sewer and water main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance added an exemption for property owners and tenants on South Street between Front Street and Eighth Street to conduct sidewalk vending on Tuesdays from 2:00 p.m.
Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activity on Streets," by amending Section 9-204, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Center City," by providing for additional exemptions on South street, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the City, through the Commissioner of Public Property and the Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Commission, to lease about 0.398 acres near Rowland and Solly Avenues to Friends of Father Judge High School, Inc., for sublease to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Commission, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement to lease to Friends of Father Judge High School, Inc., for further sublease to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, approximately 0.398 acres of ground located east of the intersection of Rowland and Solly Avenues, and, in consideration thereof, further authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Commission, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement to sublease from the Friends of Father Judge High School, Inc., approximately 0.40 acres of ground located east of Rowland and Solly Avenues, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to purchase about 0.415 acres of the Kensington & Tacony Industrial Track from the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to purchase from the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development all of its right, title and interest, in a parcel of real estate known as part of the Kensington & Tacony Industrial Track; and amending Title 15 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parks and Recreation," to place the parcel under the care and jurisdiction of the Fairmount Park Commission upon completion of the conveyance of the parcel to the City; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia to borrow up to $69.68 million through general-obligation bonds, subject to voter approval in a November 8, 2005 election.
Authorizing the creation of a loan or loans to provide funds for and toward various capital municipal purposes; authorizing the Mayor, City Controller and City Solicitor or a majority of them to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale; setting forth the capital purposes and the amounts for which the proceeds of the loan or loans will be expended, including reimbursement of City capital expenditures; providing for the maturities and for other terms and conditions and for the form of the bonds; providing that certain bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity; providing sinking funds for the bonds and for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment thereof; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds and interest rate swaps in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City of Philadelphia; and fixing a day fo...
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This enacted ordinance renamed Philadelphia’s Keystone Opportunity Zone chapter to include an Economic Development District and designated an approximately 85-acre area at the Navy Yard (East) for that purpose.
Amending Chapter 19-3200, entitled "Keystone Opportunity Zone," by renaming said Chapter "Keystone Opportunity Zone and Economic Development District," to provide for the contingent exemption, abatement or credit of certain taxes within a specified geographical area, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, for a nominal payment, City-owned land and its buildings near 3061 Island Avenue to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to a certain tract of City-owned land located in the vicinity of 3061 Island Avenue, with the buildings and improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
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