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 March 30, 2006 meeting.
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Showing 1-17 of 17 actions from March 30, 2006
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings about the Hero Scholarship Fund’s scholarship guidelines, administrative decisions, and whether the 2006 Thrill Show will take place.
Authorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings to investigate the Hero Scholarship Fund scholarship award guidelines, the Fund's administrative decision-making and the status of the 2006 Thrill Show.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required permit applications and permits to list the name, address, phone number, and policy number of property and casualty insurance providers covering the property.
Amending Section A-301, entitled "Application for Permit" and Section A-302 entitled "Permits" of Chapter 3 entitled "Permits" of Subcode "A", entitled "The Philadelphia Administrative Code," of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code by requiring that applications for permits and the permits themselves contain information relating to property and causality insurance policies and that said permits must be posted in a conspicuous place which can be readily observed by passersby at or near the entrance to the structure ; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $2.575 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grants for construction or renovations at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Parkview Hospital, the Mural Arts Center, and Project H.O.M.E.’s learning center.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to file an application with the Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, in an aggregate amount not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($2,575,000) to assist in the development of Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Parkview Hospital, Mural Arts Center, and Project H.O.M.E.; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted law amended Philadelphia retirement rules for members of Plans D, J, and X who have a dependent child who remains dependent because of a physical or mental disability.
Amending Chapter 22-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Retirement Benefits," by amending Section 22-306, entitled "Retirement and Survivorship Benefit Options," by providing for benefits to be paid to certain trusts for disabled children, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have increased the fee for preparing a special ordinance granting a private person a special right, privilege, or franchise from $200 to $300.
Amending Section 21-501 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Special Rights, Privileges and Franchises," by increasing the fee related to special ordinances and requiring that such fee be paid prior to introduction of such ordinance, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $500,000 in state redevelopment assistance funds for repairs and upgrades to buildings at 1952 East Allegheny Avenue used by Impact Services and created by Opportunity Park.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to file an application with the Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to assist in the development of Impact Services; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove from the City Plan and vacate Odd Fellows Avenue between Brown Street and a dead end about 150 feet north of Brown Street.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Odd Fellows Avenue from Brown Street to a dead end approximately 150' northwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Managing Director to enter agreements with Wireless Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to create and manage a citywide wireless broadband Internet system.
For the purpose of creating a citywide wireless broadband Internet access system, to bridge the digital divide, to increase the efficiency and reduce costs of government, and to promote economic development and tourism, authorizing the Managing Director, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a Management and Service agreement with Wireless Philadelphia, a Pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation, pursuant to which Wireless Philadelphia will provide management services relating to a citywide wireless broadband Internet access system and will develop and implement programs to bridge the digital divide, and to enter into an agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development granting the Authority certain rights for the authorization of the placement of wireless communications equipment on certain municipally-owned street light fixtures; all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Holy Family University by allowing for the construction of a new student residence building.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Holy Family University by allowing for the construction of a new student residence building.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Holy Family University by allowing for the construction of a new student residence building.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Holy Family University by allowing for the construction of a new student residence building.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Holy Family University by allowing for the construction of a new student residence building.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have prohibited smoking in most enclosed public places and workplaces in Philadelphia, including restaurants, stores, schools, health care facilities, public transit areas, theaters, and recreational facilities.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places -- Prohibited Conduct," by prohibiting smoking in public places and in the workplace, and providing for penalties, 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 lapsed proposal would have prohibited smoking in most enclosed public places and workplaces in Philadelphia, including restaurants, stores, schools, health care facilities, public transit areas, theaters, and recreational facilities.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places -- Prohibited Conduct," by prohibiting smoking in public places and in the workplace, and providing for penalties, 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.
This lapsed bill would have created a separate Rainy Day Fund managed by the City Finance Director to help cushion unexpected declines in City revenue.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by creating a Rainy Day Fund to cushion the impact of unanticipated declines in City revenues; providing for the circumstances under which City monies must be deposited into the Rainy Day Fund and the circumstances under which expenditures may be made from the Rainy Day Fund; and providing for the custody and management of the Rainy Day Fund; all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created a separate Rainy Day Fund managed by the City Finance Director to help cushion unexpected declines in City revenue.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by creating a Rainy Day Fund to cushion the impact of unanticipated declines in City revenues; providing for the circumstances under which City monies must be deposited into the Rainy Day Fund and the circumstances under which expenditures may be made from the Rainy Day Fund; and providing for the custody and management of the Rainy Day Fund; all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.