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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Meeting date
December 8, 2004
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s procurement rules to give a 25% bid preference to local towing companies competing for City towing-service contracts.
Amending Section 17-109 of The Philadelphia Code to create a bid preference for local towing companies when the City contracts for towing services, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The adopted resolution authorized the City Council’s Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings about why subcontractors involved in building Lincoln Financial Field reportedly remain owed millions of dollars.
Authorizing the Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings to investigate the reasons for millions of dollars in outstanding payments to sub-contractors who took part in the construction of Lincoln Financial Field and further authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
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This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s community development rules to require the Office of Housing and Community Development to submit a final community development plan to City Council by the date the Mayor must submit the proposed annual operating budget.
Amending Chapter 21-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Community Development," by specifying the date by which a final community development plan must be submitted to Council for approval, under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s real estate non-utilization tax rules for abandoned property and vacant lots.
Amending Chapter 19-2500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Non-Utilization Tax," by clarifying and amending the tax on abandoned property and vacant lots; and by changing certain tax rates; all under certain terms and conditions.
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Meeting date
December 7, 2004
This lapsed bill would have permitted three traffic lanes on Walnut Street between 40th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway, in addition to parking lanes on both sides.
Permitting three traffic lanes on Walnut Street, between 40th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway, and requiring that the lane markers on Walnut Street be changed to reflect this change.
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This lapsed bill would have added rules to Philadelphia’s Traffic Code for electric personal assistive mobility devices, such as self-balancing two-wheeled devices carrying one person.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by adding a new Chapter regulating the use and operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices and by making conforming amendments to other sections of the Title, under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have authorized changes to the City Plan near Hunting Park Avenue and Frankford Avenue, including removing and vacating Worrell Street between Frankford Avenue and Frankford Creek.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 222 in the vicinity of Hunting Park avenue and Frankford avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have prohibited motor vehicle cruising—driving past a marked traffic-control point more than twice in two hours between 7:00 p.m.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Traffic Code" by enacting a new Chapter of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Prohibition Against Motor Vehicle Cruising," to prohibit motor vehicle cruising in an area bounded by Lombard Street on the north, Front Street on the east, Bainbridge Street on the south, and Eleventh Street on the west; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed proposal would have required traffic control devices for vehicles traveling east on Lombard Street and south on Sixth Street at their intersection.
Authorizing and directing the installation of traffic control devices at the intersection of Lombard street and Sixth street.
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This adopted resolution calls on the City Council Committees on Finance and Transportation to hold public hearings about the status of SEPTA’s Market Street El Project.
Calling on the City Council Committees on Finance and Transportation to hold public hearings to gain an update on the status of the SEPTA Market Street El Project and its continuing impact on residences, businesses and neighborhoods in West Philadelphia and beyond.
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Meeting date
December 2, 2004
The enacted ordinance replaces Philadelphia’s “dance hall” license with a “special assembly occupancy” license for nightclubs, bars, restaurants, private clubs, banquet halls, and similar places where 50 or more people gather primarily for social entertainment.
Amending Section 9-703 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Dance Halls," by redefining the types of establishments and activities that require a license under that Section, and changing the name of the license to a "special assembly occupancy" license, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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The enacted ordinance authorized a $750,000 transfer in the Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund from the city’s SEPTA subsidy to the Director of Finance.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the General Fund from the Department of Public Property-City Subsidy for SEPTA to the Director of Finance, and authorizing the Director of Finance to convene a panel for the purpose of administering funds to distressed businesses and the community affected by the Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill that would set up lease arrangements between the City and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for land and improvements connected to renovating and expanding the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Central Library.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a Ground Lease Agreement (the "Library Ground Lease") with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") providing for the leasing by the City to PAID of certain parcels of land and the improvements thereon owned or to be acquired by the City, and further authorizing said officers to enter into a Prime Lease (the "Library Prime Lease") between PAID and the City providing for the subleasing by PAID to the City of all or a portion of such land and certain improvements to be renovated and constructed thereon, including renovations to the existing Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, a library facility expanding the current Central Library and accessory and related amenities, improvements and infrastructure ("Central Library Project") and the payment of certain costs for such library facilities a...
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This communication reports that Mayor John F.
December 1, 2004 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am returning herewith without my signature Bill No. 040760, passed by the Council on November 18, 2004. Bill No. 040760 transfers $750,000 to the Director of Finance Class 500 appropriation for the purpose of providing grants to distressed businesses impacted by the SEPTA Market Street Elevated renovation project. The Bill directs that this appropriation of $750,000 be transferred from the Public Property - SEPTA Subsidy Class 200 appropriation. In past years, due to timing differences between the City's and the Commonwealth's budgets, the City typically had excess appropriation in the SEPTA subsidy line item. For this reason, and because the Administration believed that this grant was a one-time process, the Administration agreed to transfer $500,000 in FY04 for this program. However this year the City actually has a shortfall in the SEPTA subsidy line item of $770,000 less than re...
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This communication, now placed on file, transmitted a proposed bill concerning an application by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program for up to $113.77 million.
Transmitting a bill 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 ("RACP"), in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Hundred Thirteen Million Seven Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($113,770,000) to assist in the development of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Cancer Care Facility, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Girard Avenue Streetscape, El Centro de Oro, Mount Airy USA, Point Breeze Revitalization Project, Beech Corporation - Broadway 1600 North Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Calder Museum, One Pennsylvania Place, Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall, Philadelphia Theater Company, Greater Philadelphia Film Office Soundstage, National Museum of American Jewish History, Independence Mall, Schuylkill Riverfront, the Professional Development Center at the University of Pennsylvania, the Herita...
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This communication, which was placed on file, transmitted a proposed bill to add a section to the Philadelphia Code concerning reporting requirements when applying for or renewing a license to carry a firearm in Philadelphia.
Transmitting a bill amending Chapter 10-800 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new section entitled "Reporting Requirements Upon the Application for or Renewal of a License to Carry a Firearm" to provide for certain reporting requirements for the issuance or renewal of licenses to carry firearms within the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Commissioner of Public Property.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning changes to City Plan No.
Transmitting a bill authorizing 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 and by placing on the City Plan a certain right of way for public utility purposes, all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director of Finance.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill consenting to the transfer of control of the Area II cable television franchise from Urban Cable Works of Pennsylvania, LLC to Time Warner Cable Inc., and to the transfer and assignment of the Area II cable television franchise from Urban Cable Works of Philadelphia, L.P. to Time Warner Cable Inc., both under certain terms and conditions.
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