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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Council actions
Unanimous actions actions from the December 7, 2006 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 30 actions from December 7, 2006
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s 19th and 37th Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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 Nineteenth and Thirty-seventh Wards 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings about the need for a substantial increase in probation and parole officers in the Adult Probation and Parole Department.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings on the need for a substantial increase in probation and parole officers within the Adult Probation and Parole Department.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement for Parcel No.
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 Tioga Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 40 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses as 1822-1826 West Tioga street including 3435 North Nineteenth street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the amended redevelopment contract with Gaudenzia Foundation, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the amended redevelopment contract.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on the City Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold hearings about the status of the Vacant Property Review Committee.
Calling on the City Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold hearings on the statues of the Vacant Property Review Committee and furthermore, calling for no changes to occur without full concurrence with City Council.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution approving a redevelopment contract and disposition plan for Parcel No.
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 51st and Baltimore Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel No. 1, also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 5004 Baltimore avenue; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Philadelphia Federal Credit Union and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution approves a redevelopment contract and disposition supplement for Parcel No.
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 44th and Aspen Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel No. 105 also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 626-630 North Forty-fourth street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Saint Ignatius Senior Housing 1 L.P. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited landlords from offering or renting property using a price based on “rentable space,” which includes shared areas such as hallways, elevators, and lobbies.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter entitled "Protection Against Abusive Rental Practices," by prohibiting the rental of property based on a cost per rentable space basis, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have allowed Krishna Krupa, LLC, which operated a newsstand at Broad and Locust Streets, to install and maintain underground fiber-optic conduits across the public right-of-way to provide electrical and telephone service.
1 Granting permission to Krishna Krupa, LLC, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Broad and Locust Streets, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southwest corner of Broad and Locust Streets, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance declares that Philadelphia’s Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority may issue up to $225 million in hospital revenue bonds for improvement and expansion projects at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and related institutions, primarily at the campus at 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard.
Declaring that it is desirable for the health, safety and welfare of the people in the area served by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The Children's Hospital Foundation and The Children's Seashore House of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Inc. for The Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia to participate with such institutions in certain improvement and expansion projects to such institutions' facilities, primarily at their campus located at Thirty-fourth Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s outdoor advertising rules to allow certain businesses to erect and maintain portable accessory signs, including signs that could extend into or above a public right-of-way.
Amending Section 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Outdoor Advertising", to permit certain businesses to erect and maintain accessory portable signs; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Muhammad R.
Granting permission to Muhammad R. Shaukat, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southeast corner of Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue, to construct, use and maintain overhead electrical and telecommunications lines from an existing utility pole over and across the public right-of-way, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes an automated red-light enforcement system at the intersection of Mascher Street and Roosevelt Boulevard.
Amending Chapter 12-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use Of An Automated Red Light Enforcement System To Prevent Red Light Violations," by authorizing the installation of red light enforcement systems at the intersection of Mascher Street at Roosevelt Boulevard, and by reducing to sixty days the phase-in period during which only warnings are issued, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $15.25 million within the City’s Fiscal Year 2006 Water Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $1,585,622 within the Fiscal Year 2006 Aviation Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the Aviation Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $20,905,878 in Fiscal Year 2006 General Fund appropriations among City offices, departments, boards, and commissions.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the President of the Fairmount Park Commission to enter into a ground lease and license agreement with the Philadelphia Museum of Art corporation.
Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission to execute a ground lease and license agreement with the Philadelphia Museum of Art corporation ("Corporation") under which the Corporation would (1) construct a parking garage and related improvements in East Fairmount Park in the vicinity of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to primarily serve patrons of the Museum, (2) construct and operate a sculpture garden above the garage, (3) pay all costs to construct, operate, maintain, repair, replace and improve the garage, sculpture garden, and related improvements, (4) construct a new surface parking lot in East Fairmount Park, and (5) make other improvements for the benefit of the City; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure adds rules to Philadelphia’s contracts and procurement code defining Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) and requiring the Finance Director to separately consider DBEs by ownership or location, as well as professional-services and public-works contracts, in the annual disparity study and participation goals.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Chapter defining and detailing the categories of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and of City contracts that must be considered separately by the Finance Director in conducting the Annual Disparity Study and devising the Annual Participation Goals as required by Section 6-109 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, and specifying additional matters that must be included in the Finance Director's annual report required by that Section; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
Amending Chapter 17-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Non-Competitively Bid Contracts; Financial Assistance," by revising the thresholds for, and terms of, eligibility for certain contracts and financial assistance, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.