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
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the May 12, 2011 meeting.
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Showing 55-72 of 116 actions from May 12, 2011
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises Community Development Corporation (HACE) to construct, own, and maintain six trash receptacles and twelve artificial palm trees along the east and west sidewalks of North Fifth Street between Lehigh Avenue and Indiana Avenue.
Authorizing the Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises (HACE) Community Development Corporation, 167 West Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19140, to construct, own and maintain six trash receptacles and twelve artificial palm trees, on the east and west footway of North Fifth Street, from Lehigh Avenue to Indiana Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to accept a donated deed from Nomar Corporation for the property at 7530 Anderson Street, also known as 315 Woodbrook Lane.
Authorizing the Public Property Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to accept as a donation a deed from Nomar Corporation that conveys title to the City to the parcel of land identified as 7530 Anderson Street (also known as 315 Woodbrook Lane) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, subject to a conservation easement granted by Nomar Corporation to the Chestnut Hill Historical Society by a Conservation Easement agreement dated December 27, 2006, and authorizing the Public Property Commissioner and the Parks and Recreation Commissioner to execute all other documents necessary or appropriate for the purpose of accepting title to the Donated Parcel, subject to certain provisions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s farmers’ market rules to add a permitted location on the west-side sidewalk of Broad Street, starting at West Olney Avenue and extending 85 feet south.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding a permissible location on the sidewalk of the west side of Broad Street from West Olney Avenue for 85 feet south.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amends zoning rules for Institutional Development Districts near Germantown Avenue between Northwestern Avenue and Bells Mills Road, including parts near Hillcrest Avenue.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1100, entitled "Institutional Development District," by amending certain provisions of the Institutional Development District concerning permitted uses, minimum district area, gross floor area and occupied area by placing additional limitations on those provisions for Institutional Development Districts located within a certain area of the City and by providing for exceptions from certain provisions of the Wissahickon Watershed regarding impervious ground cover limitations and construction on steep slopes, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to issue up to $450 million in water and wastewater revenue bonds, sold publicly or privately, with fixed or variable interest rates and possible credit or liquidity arrangements.
Constituting the Fourteenth Supplemental Ordinance to the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, as supplemented; authorizing the Bond Committee to issue and sell either at public or private sale, Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds; providing that such Bonds shall bear interest at prescribed fixed or variable rates; authorizing agreements to provide credit enhancement or payment or liquidity sources or swap payments (or any combination of the foregoing) for such Bonds; authorizing the Director of Finance to take certain actions with regard to the sale of such Bonds, the investment of proceeds thereof and the City's continuing disclosure obligation; setting forth the use of proceeds; covenanting the payment of interest and principal and supplementing the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to issue and sell up to $240 million in water and wastewater revenue bonds, with fixed or variable interest rates and possible credit support or financial agreements.
Constituting the Fifteenth Supplemental Ordinance to the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, as supplemented; authorizing the Bond Committee to issue and sell either at public or private sale Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds; providing that such Bonds shall bear interest at prescribed fixed or variable rates; authorizing agreements to provide credit enhancement or payment or liquidity sources or swap payments (or any combination of the foregoing) for such Bonds; authorizing the Director of Finance to take certain actions with regard to the sale of such Bonds, the investment of proceeds thereof and the City's continuing disclosure obligation; setting forth the use of proceeds; covenanting the payment of interest and principal and supplementing the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance requires businesses that sell tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, or certain unapproved nicotine products to obtain and display a Tobacco Retailer Permit for each fixed location.
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," to require tobacco retailers to obtain permits for the retail sale of tobacco products and certain other products containing nicotine, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance excludes interest and fees received on loans made under the federal New Markets Tax Credit program from the receipts counted for Philadelphia’s Business Privilege Tax.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing for certain exclusions relating to investments made under the federal New Market Tax Credit program, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer the parcel at 1814-28 West Cheltenham Avenue to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for further conveyance.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, a parcel with an address of 1814-28 West Cheltenham Avenue, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance allows banks and other City-designated depositories to hold City funds without pledging matching securities as collateral when those funds are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes, and Collections," by authorizing City depositories to hold City funds without posting equivalent collateral, to the extent such City funds do not exceed the insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amends the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development’s incorporation documents to extend its existence for 50 years from the date the amendment is approved by the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Adopting an Amendment to Section V of the Articles of Incorporation of the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development by increasing the Authority's term of existence to a date fifty years from the date of approval of Articles of Amendment by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to buy about 28 acres on the west side of the Schuylkill River between 56th and 58th Streets for up to $3.5 million, plus settlement and other related costs.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID) to purchase approximately twenty-eight acres of land situate on the west side of the Schuylkill River between 56th and 58th Streets, under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement among the City, PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s farmers’ market rules to add the sidewalk on the west side of Frankford Avenue between Bustleton Avenue and Pratt Street as a permissible location for a farmers’ market.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding a permissible location on the sidewalk of the west side of Frankford Avenue between Bustleton Avenue and Pratt Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to exchange a City-owned parcel that is part of the Kensington & Tacony Trail with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a parcel in the Frankford Arsenal.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to execute a deed to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") and to accept a deed from PAID, and to execute all other necessary documents, for the purpose of exchanging a parcel of City-owned land that is part of a larger parcel commonly called the Kensington & Tacony Trail (the "K & T Trail") for a parcel of land in the Frankford Arsenal (the "Arsenal Parcel") and, upon completion of the City's acquisition of the Arsenal Parcel, incorporating the Arsenal Parcel into the K & T Trail, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation, subject to certain provisions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure authorizes the Department of Streets to set rules for how refuse, garbage, rubbish, and recyclable materials placed at curbside or other collection points must be disposed of.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by adding a new Section, authorizing the Department of Streets to promulgate regulations regarding the proper disposal of refuse, rubbish, garbage and recyclable materials set out for collection and to issue notices of violation for the improper disposal of such items, and establishing standards of review for hearings on violations, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to construct, use, and maintain two pedestrian bridges over Civic Center Boulevard and retaining-wall tie-backs beneath the boulevard’s public right-of-way.
Authorizing The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to construct, use and maintain certain encroaching structures in the rights-of-way of Civic Center Boulevard, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to remove and abandon a 20-foot-wide portion of a reserved right-of-way extending southwest from former Thirty-second Street, south of Market Street.
Authorizing the striking from City Plan No. 42 and abandoning of a portion of a certain right-of-way reserved for municipal and public utility purposes which extends southwestwardly from the westerly side of former Thirty-second Street, south of Market Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Finance Director to establish a dedicated fund for certain revenue from competitively awarded agreements involving areas and facilities in the Fairmount Park system.
Authorizing the Director of Finance to establish a Parks and Recreation Programs and Facilities Fund in which revenue generated from competitively awarded agreements regarding areas or facilities in the Fairmount Park system may be deposited for use to pay expenses for programs and facilities in the Fairmount Park system, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.