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 February 8, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 18 actions from February 8, 2007
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.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate 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.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate 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.
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 allowed people to post certain noncommercial signs on utility poles and streetlights, if the signs met size, attachment, approval-stamp, and 90-day removal requirements.
Amending Chapter 10-1200 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Posting of Temporary Signs" by allowing signs to be posted on utility poles and streetlights, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have allowed people to post certain noncommercial signs on utility poles and streetlights, if the signs met size, attachment, approval-stamp, and 90-day removal requirements.
Amending Chapter 10-1200 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Posting of Temporary Signs" by allowing signs to be posted on utility poles and streetlights, all under certain terms and conditions.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold public hearings about how SEPTA serves working people who rely on it to get to and from their jobs.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold public hearings to determine what and how SEPTA is meeting the demands and the needs of the working public, especially the physically challenged and handicapped worker who relies on SEPTA for their transportation.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings on how Philadelphia could create a green roof initiative.
Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings to investigate how the City of Philadelphia could establish a green roof initiative including municipal buildings, affordable housing, and by way of grants for homeowners.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes two-way traffic on Oxford Street between Broad Street and 13th Street, allowing vehicles to travel eastbound and westbound.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Oxford Street between Broad Street and 13th Street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park to enter into a lease agreement with the Center City District.
Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park to enter into a lease agreement between the City of Philadelphia as landlord and the Center City District as tenant for a certain parcel of land bounded by 16th Street, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Cherry Street, commonly referred to as Three Parkway Plaza, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s permit-parking rules to provide one resident parking permit at no cost to an applicant who submitted a completed application.
Amending Section 12-2705 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Permit Parking Districts," by providing at no cost to the applicant a resident parking permit, amending certain provisions all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia officials to issue and sell up to $290 million in Gas Works revenue bonds.
Constituting the Eighth Supplemental Ordinance to the General Gas Works Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1998 (the "1998 General Ordinance"); authorizing the Mayor, the City Controller and the City Solicitor, or a majority of them, to sell, either at public or private sale, Gas Works Revenue Bonds, Seventh Series (1998 Ordinance), of the City of Philadelphia, in one or more subseries (the "Seventh Series Bonds") to be issued to pay (i) the costs of certain capital projects as hereinafter more particularly described, and (ii) the cost of refunding or redeeming all or a portion of certain outstanding Gas Works Revenue Bonds and other Project Costs, as hereinafter more particularly described; and authorizing the application of proceeds of the Seventh Series Bonds for such purpose; authorizing the City to obtain Credit Facilities in the forms of credit enhancement and liquidity for the Seventh Series Bonds; authorizing the City to enter into one or more Qualified Swap Agreements with respect to a...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance gives Krishna Krupa, LLC, which operates the newsstand at Broad and Locust Streets, permission to build and maintain underground conduits in the public right-of-way to provide electrical and telephone service to the newsstand.
Granting permission to Krishna Krupa, LLC, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the northwest corner of Broad and Locust Streets, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the northwest corner of Broad and Locust Streets, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created a real estate tax credit for owners of residential condominiums, cooperatives, and planned communities who paid for refuse, recycling, or bulk-item collection because the City did not provide those services at no cost.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," to provide a credit against the tax for owners of condominiums and cooperatives who do not receive regular City refuse, recycling and bulk item collection services; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The ordinance provides businesses with a Green Roofs Tax Credit equal to 25% of eligible construction costs, capped at $100,000 per building, against their Business Privilege Tax.
Amending Chapter 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing a "Green Roofs Tax Credit" for costs incurred to erect a "green roof" that supports living vegetation, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed resolution proposed amending Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to support a public-financing program for candidates running for elective City office.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the public financing of campaigns for elective City office, and the making of appropriations to the Board of Ethics to administer such program and to carry out its other Charter duties.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have sent a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to voters.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the public financing of campaigns for elective City office, and the making of appropriations to the Board of Ethics to administer such program and to carry out its other Charter duties; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions 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 lapsed proposal would have created a public financing system for candidates seeking certain Philadelphia offices, providing matching funds for qualifying contributions from city residents.
Amending Chapter 20-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Campaign Contributions and Expenditures," by establishing a system of public financing for election campaigns for certain offices, and by amending the provisions providing for voluntary expenditure limitations; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s political contribution limits when a mayoral candidate used personal funds for their own campaign.
Amending Chapter 20-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Political Contributions and Expenditures," by amending the provisions that increase the contribution limits if a candidate for Mayor makes certain contributions of the candidate's personal resources to the candidate's own campaign, and by requiring the reporting of certain contributions to the City Commissioners and the Board of Ethics; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.