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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April 12, 2007
City Council approved a redevelopment contract and disposition plan for Parcel No.
Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Mantua Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 265 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 3803-3809 Brandywine street including 520 North Thirty-eighth street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with People's Emergency Center CDC to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
ADOPTED
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the National Union of American Families for its work to strengthen families and communities.
Recognizing The National Union of American Families for its Diligence in Strengthening Families and Communities.
READ
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the National Union of American Families for its work to strengthen families and communities.
Recognizing The National Union of American Families for its Diligence in Strengthening Families and Communities.
ADOPTED
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This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings about ways to reduce the conditions that create an urban heat island in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings to investigate ways to mitigate the conditions that create an urban heat island in Philadelphia.
READ
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This lapsed bill would have authorized removing Buckius Street between Miller Street and Belgrade Street from Philadelphia’s official City Plan.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 306 by striking from the City Plan Buckius Street from Miller Street to Belgrade Street, under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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This lapsed bill would have required pedestrian crossing times at certain high-volume intersections with crossing signals to account for the slower walking rates of elderly and disabled pedestrians.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled, "Traffic Code," by requiring that the pedestrian crossing time at certain intersections be adjusted to account for the increased time required by elderly and disabled pedestrians to traverse streets, adding definitions and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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This lapsed bill would have allowed Asia Alnawasreh, the owner and operator of a Philadelphia newsstand, to construct, use, and maintain fiber-optic conduits in specified public rights-of-way to provide electrical and telephone service to the newsstand.
Granting permission to Asia Alnawasreh, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Broad Street and Spring Garden Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southwest corner of Fifteenth Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
RECESSED
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $2.1 million in Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grants for projects involving Jewish Employment and Vocational Services, the Jewish Community Center of Philadelphia, and the Pilgrim Gardens Retirement Community.
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 Two Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,100,000) to assist in the development of the Jewish Employment and Vocational Services (JEVS), the Jewish Community Center of Philadelphia, and the Pilgrim Gardens Retirement Community; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This lapsed bill would have prohibited parking at any time on the south side of Oxford Street between 13th Street and Broad Street.
Establishing a no parking anytime regulation on the south side of Oxford Street, between 13th Street and Broad Street.
RECESSED
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This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
Amending Bill No. 060378, entitled "An Ordinance approving the Fiscal Year 2007 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 2008 through 2012," by approving a revised Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2007.
SIGNED
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This enacted measure requires owners of licensed residential rental properties to include the property’s housing inspection license number in rental advertisements and correspondence, including online ads and on-site signs.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code", by amending Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), by requiring that any advertisement or correspondence pertaining to the rental of residential property shall include the housing inspection license number for such property, providing for penalties, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
READ
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The enacted ordinance authorized the City’s Finance Director to transfer $71.5 million for Fiscal Year 2007 from the General Fund and Grants Revenue Fund into General Fund accounts.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions and from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $986,000 within the Aviation Fund for Fiscal Year 2007.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007 within the Aviation Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to transfer $3.6 million in Fiscal Year 2007 appropriations within the Housing Trust Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007 within the Housing Trust Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill provided for Philadelphia voters to vote on May 15, 2007, on a proposed Home Rule Charter amendment stating that city residents urge the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to deny Philadelphia Gas Works’ 2006 request for a base rate increase.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia urge the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to deny the Philadelphia Gas Works' 2006 Request for a Base Rate Increase; 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
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The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s City Code to authorize the City Treasurer to deposit City funds in Sovereign Bank, subject to the listed terms and conditions.
Amending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by amending Section 19-201, entitled "City Depositories," by authorizing the City Treasurer to deposit funds in Sovereign Bank, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $2 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding to help develop WHYY’s Learning Lab.
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 Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) to assist in the development of the WHYY Learning Lab, and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $1 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding 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 One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) 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.