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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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March 22, 2007
This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 060892, 060898, 060899, 070048-A, 070074, 070075-A and 070078, which were passed by Council on March 8, 2007, were signed by the Mayor on March 21, 2007.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to study whether the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Philadelphia School Board could partner to develop community-run recreation programs in public school buildings after regular hours.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to determine the feasibility of the Department of Parks and Recreation partnering with the Philadelphia School Board for the purpose of developing community run recreation programs in public school facilities to be used after hours; such community run recreation programs would be sponsored and run by the Parks and Recreation Department.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to examine the safety of Philadelphia public school children who ride school buses without seat belts.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to determine the safety of our public school children who are transported to and from school in school buses not equipped with seat belt restraints; and to determine whether there are not immediate alternatives available for the protection of our children when riding school buses; and to determine the means, methods and criterion used by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission to ensure the safety of children transported to and from school under their supervision.
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This adopted resolution authorized City Council’s Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped to hold hearings about school transportation for disabled school-age children under the Philadelphia School Reform Commission’s supervision.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped to hold hearings to investigate and determine how many disabled and/or handicapped school age children are transported to and from school under the supervision of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission; and to determine the means, methods and criterion used by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission to ensure the safety of this group of children in transit; and to determine what are the special transportation needs of this group of children and what can be done to address these needs.
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This adopted resolution calls on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation proposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and its Mortgage Foreclosure Advisory Committee to protect Philadelphia residents from predatory home loans.
Calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact the legislation proposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking with its Mortgage Foreclosure Advisory Committee for the protection of the citizens of Philadelphia from predatory home loans that strip away hard-earned home equity, trap borrowers in excessive interest rates and frequently cause families to lose their homes.
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This adopted resolution calls on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation proposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and its Mortgage Foreclosure Advisory Committee to protect Philadelphia residents from predatory home loans.
Calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact the legislation proposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking with its Mortgage Foreclosure Advisory Committee for the protection of the citizens of Philadelphia from predatory home loans that strip away hard-earned home equity, trap borrowers in excessive interest rates and frequently cause families to lose their homes.
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City Council approved a redevelopment contract and disposition plan for four parcels in the 44th and Aspen Urban Renewal Area: 701–707 North Brooklyn Street and 635–637, 641–643, and 649 North 43rd Street.
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 44th and Aspen Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel Nos. 106, 107, 108 & 109 also sometimes identified by house number and street address for Parcel No. 106 as 701-707 North Brooklyn street, Parcel No. 107 as 635-637 North Forty-third street, Parcel No. 108 as 641-643 North Forty-third Street and for Parcel No. 109 as 649 North Forty-third street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with the Building Block Development Corporation and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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City Council approved a redevelopment contract and disposition plan for four parcels in the 44th and Aspen Urban Renewal Area: 701–707 North Brooklyn Street and 635–637, 641–643, and 649 North 43rd Street.
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 44th and Aspen Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel Nos. 106, 107, 108 & 109 also sometimes identified by house number and street address for Parcel No. 106 as 701-707 North Brooklyn street, Parcel No. 107 as 635-637 North Forty-third street, Parcel No. 108 as 641-643 North Forty-third Street and for Parcel No. 109 as 649 North Forty-third street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with the Building Block Development Corporation and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring James J.
Honoring James J. Binns for his Years of Practice in the Philadelphia Legal Community his Support of the City's Charitable Institutions and the Establishment of the Hero Plaque Program Commemorating Police and Firefighters Killed in the Line of Duty.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring James J.
Honoring James J. Binns for his Years of Practice in the Philadelphia Legal Community his Support of the City's Charitable Institutions and the Establishment of the Hero Plaque Program Commemorating Police and Firefighters Killed in the Line of Duty.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings on how Philadelphia could create a green roof initiative.
Authorizing the Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings to investigate how the City of Philadelphia could establish a green roof initiative including municipal buildings, affordable housing, and by way of grants for homeowners.
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This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings about the long-term benefits of replacing cement sidewalks with rubber sidewalks in selected areas.
Authorizing the Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings investigating the long-term benefits of replacing cement sidewalks with rubber sidewalks in select areas.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the Council Committee on the Environment to hold hearings about whether Philadelphia should require biofuels in the City’s cars and trucks and in school buses operated by the Philadelphia School District.
Authorizing the Council Committee on the Environment to conduct hearings on the feasibility and desirability of mandating the use of biofuels in the City's fleet of cars and trucks and in school buses operated by the Philadelphia School District.
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The adopted resolution proposes adding a section to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter stating that Philadelphia voters urge the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to deny Philadelphia Gas Works’ 2006 request for a base rate increase.
Proposing 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The enacted bill authorizes the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park to enter into a lease agreement with the Center City District.
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 Center City District as tenant for a certain parcel of land bounded by 16th Street, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Cherry Street, commonly referred to as Three Parkway Plaza, under certain terms and conditions.
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