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 June 1, 2006 meeting.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional fee simple title to 637 North Camac Street, a City-owned property, 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 Fourteenth Ward 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
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution proposes amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to require civil service rules to give qualified children of Philadelphia firefighters and police officers who were killed or died in the line of duty a preference in entrance examinations.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for a preference in civil service regulations for children of firefighters and police officers who were killed or who died in the line of duty, 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.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution calling on Governor Rendell and the Pennsylvania General Assembly to delay parts of Senate Bill 999 affecting polling places in private homes, neighborhood bakeries, and barbershops.
Calling on Governor Rendell and the Pennsylvania General Assembly to Delay Implementation of Senate Bill 999 as it relates to locating Polling Places in Personal Residences, Neighborhood Bakeries and Barbershops and to Further Provide Reasonable and Appropriate Exemptions to the Law in Hardship Cases.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise the City Plan and vacate Ranstead Street from 15th Street eastward about 125 feet to a dead end.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Ranstead Street from 15th Street eastwardly approximately 125' to a dead end, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the Housing Director to apply for federal and state funding for community development, affordable housing, emergency shelters, housing for people with AIDS, and blight prevention.
Authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development (Housing Director), on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); authorizing the Housing Director to file applications with HUD to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application with HUD for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application or applications to obtain grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; authorizing the Director of Commerce to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and authorizing the Housing Director and the Director of Commerce to enter into all understand...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill placed a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment on the November 7, 2006 ballot.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to a preference in civil service regulations for children of firefighters or police officers who were killed or who died in the line of duty; 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.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill placed a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment on the November 7, 2006 ballot.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to a preference in civil service regulations for children of firefighters or police officers who were killed or who died in the line of duty; 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.
This enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP).
Amending Section 22-310 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)," by providing an extraordinary extension for purposes of enhancing public safety for participants in the DROP program who are public safety employees, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Temple University Health System to construct, own, and maintain 24 freestanding signs on public sidewalks around its hospital campus near Broad Street, Ontario Street, Venango Street, and Germantown Avenue.
Authorizing Temple University and Temple University Health System, 100 E. Lehigh Avenue, 8th Floor Episcopal Towers Building, Philadelphia, PA 19125, its successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain twenty-four (24) freestanding signs at various locations on the public sidewalk within their hospital campus area, bounded approximately by Ontario Street, Venango Street, Broad Street, and Germantown Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance removes a portion of the property at 7071 Milnor Street in Philadelphia’s 41st Ward from the Keystone Opportunity Zone.
Removing a portion of a property in the 41st ward of the City, from the Philadelphia Keystone Opportunity Zone, subject to the request and consent of the owners of said Property, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized a $5,829,333 transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2007 Grants Revenue Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Personnel Director.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code by adding definitions for “court,” “group dwellings,” and “structure” in the R-11, R-11A, R-12, and R-13 residential districts.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding certain definitions to Section 14-207 relating to the "R-11", "R-11A", "R-12" and "R-13" Residential Districts.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have repealed a 2005 ordinance that created the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund, set the purposes for its money, increased certain fees for recording deeds and mortgages to provide ongoing funding, and called for an oversight board.
Repealing Bill No. 050059 (approved July 8, 2005), entitled "An Ordinance adding Chapter 21-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Housing Trust Fund,' to create the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund and establish the purposes for which monies in the Fund may be used; creating ongoing funding for the Fund by amending Section 10-1001 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Fees of Commissioner of Records,' by increasing certain fees for the recording of deeds and mortgages and related documents; and calling for the Creation of the Housing Trust Fund Oversight Board," all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance extended the deadline for complying with conditions tied to the authorization to vacate a section of River Road near the Philadelphia-Montgomery County line.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 010268) approved August 31, 2001 entitled, "An Ordinance authorizing the vacating of River Road, from a point approximately ten (10) feet southwest of the Philadelphia and Montgomery County Line, northeastwardly to the Philadelphia and Montgomery County Line," as amended, by extending the time for compliance with the authorization conditions therein.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Housing Director to apply for federal grants for community development, affordable housing, emergency shelter, and housing for people with AIDS, as well as state grants to prevent and eliminate blight.
Authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development (Housing Director), on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); authorizing the Housing Director to file applications with HUD to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application with HUD for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application or applications to obtain grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; authorizing the Director of Commerce to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and authorizing the Housing Director and the Director of Commerce to enter into all understand...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have approved the 35th amendment to the redevelopment proposal for Philadelphia’s Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, including plans to acquire 14 properties for residential uses, about 66 for institutional uses, and one for commercial use.
Approving the thirty-fifth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Front street and Spring Garden street, including the twenty-seventh amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-fifth amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of fourteen (14) properties for residential and related uses; the additional land acquisition of approximately sixty-six (66) properties for institutional and related uses; the additional land acquisition of one (1) property for commercial and related uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have approved the 35th amendment to the redevelopment proposal for Philadelphia’s Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, including plans to acquire 14 properties for residential uses, about 66 for institutional uses, and one for commercial use.
Approving the thirty-fifth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Front street and Spring Garden street, including the twenty-seventh amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-fifth amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of fourteen (14) properties for residential and related uses; the additional land acquisition of approximately sixty-six (66) properties for institutional and related uses; the additional land acquisition of one (1) property for commercial and related uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure requires holders of construction permits to post a copy of the developer’s or contractor’s certificate of insurance alongside the construction permit at the work site.
Amending Subcode "A" (Administrative Code) of Title 4 (Building Construction and Occupancy Code) of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section A-302, entitled "Permits," by requiring the posting of certificates of insurance along with posted construction permits, 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.