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 September 20, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 109-126 of 145 actions from September 20, 2007
The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $500,000 in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding for improvements at Pleasant Playground in East Mt.
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 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to assist in the development of Pleasant Playground; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill authorized the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $500,000 in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding for MANNA to renovate and expand its office and kitchen facilities at 12 South 23rd Street.
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 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to assist in the development of the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA) office and kitchen facilities; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s rules for farmers’ markets to add the sidewalk on the west side of the 300 block of South 25th Street as a permissible location.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding as a permissible location the sidewalk of the west side of the 300 block of South 25th Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $500,000 in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding to renovate and expand the historic Old Metropolitan Opera House at 858 North Broad Street.
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 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to assist in the development of Old Metropolitan Opera House; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $500,000 in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding to help renovate the North Philadelphia Health System, including expanding an existing building and constructing a new emergency room.
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 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to assist in the development of the North Philadelphia Health System; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance amended a 2005 ordinance concerning the vacation of Carlisle Street between Oxford Street and Cecil B.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 050142) approved May 4, 2005, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Carlisle Street from Oxford Street to Cecil B. Moore Avenue and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of Carlisle Street being stricken from the City Plan and vacated under authority of this Ordinance, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the time for compliance with the conditions stated therein.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia zoning designation for about 238.3 acres of land in or near Benjamin Rush State Park, in the 66th Ward.
Amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located in or in the vicinity of Benjamin Rush State Park.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s zoning code to create separate Passive Recreation and Active Recreation districts for certain public park and recreation land.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-700, entitled "Recreational District," by adding new Sections entitled "Passive Recreation District" and "Active Recreation District"; by providing for district regulations and controls, including permitted uses; and by making other technical amendments; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance amends Saint Joseph’s University’s Institutional Development District Master Plan.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Saint Joseph's University by allowing for the expansion of the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, the Campion Student Center and the Learning Center/Library.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted bill provided for a November 6, 2007, special election question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to create a Handicapped and Disabled Advocate.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter creating the office of the Handicapped and Disabled Advocate, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; 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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill authorizes the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park to enter into a lease for Franklin Square, the parcel bounded by 6th Street, 7th Street, Race Street, and the Vine Street Expressway.
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 Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development as tenant for further sublease to Historic Philadelphia, Inc., a certain parcel of land bounded by 6th Street, 7th Street, Race Street, and the Vine Street Expressway, commonly referred to as Franklin Square, under certain terms and conditions.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill authorized the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $500,000 in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funds to help convert the former Wills Eye Hospital at 9th and Walnut Streets into the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience.
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 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to assist in the conversion of the former Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia to the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Board of Surveyors to revise the City Plan and vacate the legally open portions of Lewellen Street between Delaware Avenue and Canal 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 the legally open portions of Lewellen Street from Delaware Avenue to Canal Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $400,000 in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding for Diversified Community Services.
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 Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) to assist in the development of the Diversified Community Services Project; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance approved up to $70.648 million for Philadelphia Gas Works’ Fiscal Year 2008 capital projects, covering the period from September 1, 2007, through August 31, 2008.
An Ordinance Approving the Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions, and acknowledging receipt of the Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2009 through 2013.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s “Sidewalk Behavior” rules so that all listed prohibitions apply in the Fourth Councilmanic District.
Amending Section 10-611 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Behavior," by providing that all the prohibitions of that Section shall apply within the Fourth Councilmanic District; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted bill authorized putting a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment before city voters on November 6, 2007.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter creating the Office of the Public School Family and Child Advocate, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; 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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance amended an earlier measure involving the removal of Brill Street and part of Harbison Avenue from the City Plan and reserving a right-of-way for drainage, water, and gas lines.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 020429) approved November 13, 2002, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 258 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Brill Street from Torresdale Avenue to Harbison Avenue, by striking from the City Plan and vacating a certain triangular section of Harbison Avenue and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and gas main purposes, under certain terms and conditions."
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.