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 May 20, 2010 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 68 actions from May 20, 2010
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Transmitting a resolution appointing Victor Ostroff to the Board of Directors for the Manayunk Special Services District.
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Transmitting a resolution appointing Bruce Kravetz to the Board of Directors for the Manayunk Special Services District.
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Transmitting a resolution appointing Joe Abruzzi to the Board of Directors for the Manayunk Special Services District.
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This communication concerns a proposed bill that would allow the City’s Housing and Commerce directors to apply for federal and state grants related to housing, homelessness, AIDS services, and preventing or eliminating blight.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the Director of Housing, 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); to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program; and for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant; and to file applications with the Commonwealth to obtain grants under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; authorizing the Director of Housing and Director of Commerce to file applications to obtain other grants from the Commonwealth; authorizing the Director of Commerce to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and authorizing the Director of Housing and the Director of Commerce to enter into all understandings and assurances contained in such applications and take all necessary action to accept the grants; all under certain terms and...
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This communication, which was placed on file, concerns a bill proposing changes to agreements and subleases involving the Wachovia and Arena Parcels, an area surrounded by Pattison Avenue, 11th Street, Terminal Avenue, and Broad Street.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the amendment of certain agreements between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") relating to an area surrounded by Pattison Avenue, 11th Street, Terminal Avenue and Broad Street (the "Wachovia and Arena Parcels"), to revise lot lines and make other technical changes; authorizing amendments to certain subleases for the Wachovia and Arena Parcels; and authorizing the grant to PAID of an easement over certain portions of FDR Park, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning Ilker Ugur, owner of Café Fulya, and the proposed placement and maintenance of two tables, four chairs, and two benches on the sidewalk at 727 South Second Street.
Transmitting a bill authorizing Ilker Ugur, Owner of Café Fulya, to construct, own and maintain two tables, four chairs, and two benches on the sidewalks located at 727 South Second Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 154 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the southerly twelve feet wide portion of Erie Avenue from Germantown Avenue to Elder Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning changes to the City Plan near Delaware Avenue, Frankford Avenue, Manderson Street, Laurel Street, and Canal Street.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 146 and 271 by closing Manderson Street, from Delaware Avenue to Frankford Avenue, to vehicular traffic, placing on the City Plan a certain triangularly-shaped area bounded by Delaware Avenue, Frankford Avenue, and Manderson Street, relocating a portion of the westerly curbline of Frankford Avenue, north of Laurel Street, a variable distance westwardly, and relocating the southwesterly curbline of Laurel Street, from Delaware Avenue to Canal Street, a variable distance northeastwardly and authorizing the opening of the heretofore unopened portion of the intersection of Delaware Avenue, Laurel Street, and Frankford Avenue, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication, now placed on file, transmitted a proposed bill concerning the paving of Fourth Street from Westmoreland Street to Ontario Street and Westmoreland Street from Lawrence Street to Fourth Street.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the paving of Fourth Street from Westmoreland Street to Ontario Street and Westmoreland Street from Lawrence Street to Fourth Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication transmits a proposed bill concerning Northwest 15th Street Associates and a proposed building at the northwest corner of 15th and Arch Streets.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into an easement agreement with Northwest 15th Street Associates, or their designees, allowing Northwest 15th Street Associates to use portions of 1515 Arch Street under certain terms and conditions; authorizing Northwest 15th Street Associates to construct, use and maintain a marquee attached to the proposed building to be located at the northwest corner of 15th and Arch Streets and projecting over the footways of 15th and Arch Streets; and authorizing Northwest 15th Street Associates to construct, use and maintain a foundation encroachment under the footways of 15th,, Arch and Cherry Streets, under certain terms and conditions.
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Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to lease from The School District of Philadelphia a certain parcel of property located in the 9100 block of Academy Road for further sublease to the Penn-Academy Athletic Association, under certain terms and conditions.
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Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to convey 1522 Parrish Street and 1524 Parrish Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for further conveyance at fair market value, under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning a City lease of property bounded generally by Catharine, 12th, Clymer, and Fawn Streets from the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to lease property bounded generally by Catharine, 12th, Clymer and Fawn Streets from the Philadelphia Housing Authority, and placing it in the Fairmount Park System, managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation, under certain terms and conditions.
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Transmitting a bill authorizing the City of Philadelphia to enter into purchase obligations for the delivery of electric supply for use by facilities owned and leased by the City, including agreements that obligate payments for delivery of electric supply in the fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, subject to certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Deputy Mayor for Transportation and Utilities.
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Transmitting a Bill authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City; and fixing a day and providing for arrangements for holding the election for obtaining such consent, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director of Finance.
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This communication transmits a proposed bill that would abolish the Office of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions and reassign its powers, functions, and duties.
Transmitting a bill amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City-County Consolidation," by abolishing the Office of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions and reassigning its powers, functions and duties; amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by providing for pension and retirement rights for certain employees of the Office; and making conforming, technical changes to The Philadelphia Code; all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety.
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Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation for the purpose of operating certain programs at the Scanlon Ice Rink, the Laura Sims Skatehouse at Cobbs Creek, the rink at the Simons Recreation and Teen Access Center, the Rizzo Ice Rink and the Tarken Ice Rink, under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication records Mayor Michael Nutter’s disapproval of Bill No.
May 19, 2010 To The President and Members of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: For the following reasons, I am returning herewith to your Honorable Body as disapproved Bill No. 100214, which was passed by Council at its session on May 6, 2010. Bill No. 100214 adds to the City's Fire Code a provision stating that the Fire Department official in charge at the scene of a fire has the authority to direct uniformed Fire Department personnel, including paramedics, to engage in fire rescue, fire abatement, and emergency medical services. Based on this description of their potential duties, the bill then purports to draw a legal conclusion as to the status of paramedics under the Pennsylvania Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act, Act of 1968, P.L. 237, No. 111, 43 P.S. §§ 217.1 to 217.10 ("Act 111"). Decisions about how to deploy Fire Department personnel are decisions committed to the highest levels of the chain of command of the Fire Department, both as ...
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