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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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May 24, 2007
This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 070187, 070190, 070191, 070192, 070201, 070204, 070226, 070227, 070231, 070235, 070237 and 060433-A, which were passed by Council on May 3, 2007, were signed by the Myor on May 24, 2007.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots, buildings, and improvements 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 Sixteenth, Twenty-eighth, Thirty-second, Thirty-Seventh and Forty-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.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots, buildings, and improvements 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 Sixteenth, Twenty-eighth, Thirty-second, Thirty-Seventh and Forty-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.
ADOPTED
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Turner Construction Company as it celebrated 100 years of building in Philadelphia in 2007.
Honoring Turner Construction Company as it Celebrates 100 Years in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Turner Construction Company as it celebrated 100 years of building in Philadelphia in 2007.
Honoring Turner Construction Company as it Celebrates 100 Years in Philadelphia.
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The adopted resolution calls on the Philadelphia Water Department and Philadelphia Gas Works to comply with laws requiring monthly water and gas bills to show the portion of customers’ charges tied to service costs that the utilities cannot or will not collect from other customers.
Calling upon the Water Department and the Philadelphia Gas Works ("PGW") to comply with Bill No. 040564 (effective July 1, 2004) and Bill No. 040565 (effective July 1, 2004), which require certain information to be included in water and gas bills, and authorizing Council to retain counsel to file lawsuits to compel compliance if the Water Department and PGW continue to ignore the provisions of those Bills.
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The adopted resolution calls on the Philadelphia Water Department and Philadelphia Gas Works to comply with laws requiring monthly water and gas bills to show the portion of customers’ charges tied to service costs that the utilities cannot or will not collect from other customers.
Calling upon the Water Department and the Philadelphia Gas Works ("PGW") to comply with Bill No. 040564 (effective July 1, 2004) and Bill No. 040565 (effective July 1, 2004), which require certain information to be included in water and gas bills, and authorizing Council to retain counsel to file lawsuits to compel compliance if the Water Department and PGW continue to ignore the provisions of those Bills.
ADOPTED
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This lapsed resolution would have proposed amending Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to create an Office of the Inspector General and submit the amendment to city voters.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to create the office of the Inspector General, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to study factors connected to violence and possible gang involvement among elementary school-age girls in Philadelphia’s public school system.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to conduct a sociological study to determine what factors and/or circumstances are leading to the ever increasing rise of violence by young elementary school age girls and their tendency to be members of gangs; and to make the findings from this study available to the appropriate City Council Committee in an attempt to identify factors that would lead to the prevention of gang formation and the reduction of violence among this young group of girls in the Philadelphia Public School System.
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This adopted resolution authorizes two City Council committees to hold joint hearings about Philadelphia’s creative economy.
Authorizing the Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs and the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold joint hearings regarding Philadelphia's Creative Economy, with a focus on young professionals (25 to 34), and to explore potential methods and strategies to retain this demographic for the future of Philadelphia's economic growth.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in the 30th and 36th Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
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 Thirtieth and Thirty-sixth 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.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in the 30th and 36th Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
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 Thirtieth and Thirty-sixth 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.
ADOPTED
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City Council adopted a resolution designating May 20 through May 26, 2007, as National Public Works Week in Philadelphia.
Declaring May 20 through May 26, 2007 as National Public Works Week.
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City Council adopted a resolution designating May 20 through May 26, 2007, as National Public Works Week in Philadelphia.
Declaring May 20 through May 26, 2007 as National Public Works Week.
ADOPTED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes Liberty Property Trust Philadelphia Limited Partnership IV, owner of the Comcast Center, to place six raised planters along the north sidewalk of John F.
Authorizing Liberty Property Trust Philadelphia Limited Partnership IV, Eight Penn Center, Suite 1100, 1628 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103, owner of the Comcast Center at 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103, for the placement of raised planters on John F. Kennedy Boulevard and the installation of stainless steel security bollards on Arch Street and N. 17th Street adjacent to the Comcast Center, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill authorizes changes to City Plan No.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 63 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Carlton Street from Twentieth Street eastwardly approximately 98'4" to a dead-end, by striking and abandoning certain rights-of-way for public utility purposes lying in the beds of former Carlton Street and former Uber Street, by striking and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and public utility purposes lying in the bed of former Wood Street, by relocating a certain portion of the curbline on Vine Street 8' in a southerly direction and by relocating a certain portion of the curbline on 20th Street 7' in a westerly direction, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted bill authorizes the East Falls Development Corporation to install a gateway entrance sign for the East Falls community at its property on Midvale Avenue.
Authorizing East Falls Development Corporation, 3654 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129, owner of the property at 3800 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129, for the installation of a gateway entrance sign for the East Falls community, under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed proposal would have required tour guides who were paid to lead tours on Philadelphia public rights-of-way to obtain a city certificate.
Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by adding a new section providing for the certification of tour guides; establishing requirements for such certification; and providing for penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
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