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 8, 2006 meeting.
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This adopted resolution approves a redevelopment contract and related property-disposition terms for Parcel 289A, also identified as 770–780 Schuylkill Avenue, in the South Central Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the South Central Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 289A and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 770-780 Schuylkill avenue; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with JFK 734, L.P. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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This adopted resolution approves a redevelopment contract and related property-disposition terms for Parcel 289A, also identified as 770–780 Schuylkill Avenue, in the South Central Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the South Central Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 289A and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 770-780 Schuylkill avenue; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with JFK 734, L.P. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
ADOPTED
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This lapsed resolution proposed amending Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to require an annual Budget Stabilization Reserve funded with specified General Fund revenues, subject to a five-percent cap.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter providing for a mandatory Budget Stabilization Reserve, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
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This adopted resolution thanked the United States Olympic Committee for considering Philadelphia as a possible site for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Thanking the distinguished members of the United States Olympic Committee for their interest in the City of Philadelphia as a possible site for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games; reaffirming Council's support of the efforts of Philadelphia 2016 to attract the Olympics to Philadelphia; and encouraging the USOC's favorable consideration of Philadelphia as the U.S. candidate city for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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This adopted resolution thanked the United States Olympic Committee for considering Philadelphia as a possible site for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Thanking the distinguished members of the United States Olympic Committee for their interest in the City of Philadelphia as a possible site for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games; reaffirming Council's support of the efforts of Philadelphia 2016 to attract the Olympics to Philadelphia; and encouraging the USOC's favorable consideration of Philadelphia as the U.S. candidate city for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold public hearings on the benefits and practicality of purchasing teleconferencing equipment for City Council hearings.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold public hearings to investigate the benefits and practicality of purchasing teleconferencing equipment to use at City Council hearings.
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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.
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This enacted ordinance adds rules for construction excavations where no work has been done for six months.
Amending Subcode "PM" (Property Maintenance Code) of Title 4 (Building Construction and Occupancy Code) of The Philadelphia Code, by adding a new Section PM-307.1.2 entitled "Construction Excavations," requiring certain measures to ensure that construction excavations be made safe where no work has been done within the past six months, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted measure clarifies that property owners do not need a contractor license when they perform their own construction or demolition work to improve a property they own and occupy, or to make a property they own suitable for their occupancy.
Amending Chapter 9-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Trades," by amending Section 9-1004 entitled "Contractors," by clarifying the exception from the contractor license requirement for property owners who perform work on their properties, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted change to Philadelphia’s Zoning Code requires uses in the Frankford Avenue Special District that occupy more than 10,000 square feet to provide one off-street parking space for every 1,000 square feet of floor area.
Amending Section 14-1619 of The Philadelphia Zoning Code, entitled "Frankford Avenue Special District Controls," by adding parking requirements for the District all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance amended the Philadelphia Code’s rules for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway area.
Amending Section 14-1611 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Benjamin Franklin Parkway Controls," by providing for additional height controls in the vicinity of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted law requires people who install, repair, modify, or otherwise service sheet-metal ductwork used in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems to hold a city certificate or apprentice permit.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter entitled "Sheet Metal Technician," requiring certain licensing of persons performing duct work used in HVAC systems, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted bill approves the thirteenth amendment to the redevelopment proposal for Philadelphia’s Mantua Urban Renewal Area, including plans to acquire about 22 properties for commercial uses and about four properties for residential uses.
Approving the thirteenth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Mantua Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the intersection of Fortieth street and Spring Garden street, including the tenth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the relocation plan, as amended, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately twenty-two (22) properties for commercial and related uses, the additional land acquisition of approximately four (4) properties for residential 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.
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The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Public Employees Retirement Code to include certain labor-related payments when calculating compensation for members of specified retirement plans.
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending various provisions to incorporate benefit enhancements provided under recent labor arbitration awards, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This lapsed bill would have authorized the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, for a nominal payment, all or part of a roughly 95,103-square-foot parcel on the southwest side of the 3000 block of E.
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 all or a part of the parcel measuring approximately 95,103 square feet which is located on the southwesterly side of the 3000 block of E. Tioga Street, with the buildings and improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
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The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s zoning rules for rebuilding nonconforming structures—buildings or uses that do not meet current zoning requirements—after fire, another natural event, condemnation, or certain demolitions.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-104, entitled "Non-Conforming Structures and Uses," by amending provisions relating to the reconstruction of non-conforming structures, all under certain terms and conditions.
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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.
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The enacted ordinance authorized Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to extend the City’s lease for office space at 1234 Market Street from SEPTA, which owns the building, until June 30, 2014.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to extend the term of a lease agreement between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority as landlord and The City of Philadelphia as tenant for office space at 1234 Market Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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