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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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Meeting date

May 30, 2012

Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120341

This lapsed bill proposed allowing Philadelphia real estate taxes to be paid in four equal installments.

Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by further providing for installment payments of real estate taxes, all under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120339

This lapsed bill would have added a new Philadelphia tax program for low-income property owners.

Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, by adding a new Chapter 19-2900A, entitled "Special Real Estate Tax Provisions for Low Income Taxpayers," providing for credits against real estate tax for certain low income taxpayers, under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120338

This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s rules for deferring increases in real estate taxes owed to the City or the School District.

Amending Section 19-1307 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Deferrals of Real Estate Tax," by further providing for certain deferrals of payment of a certain portion of Real Estate Taxes due the City of Philadelphia or the Philadelphia School District, all under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120230

This withdrawn proposal would amend Philadelphia’s real estate tax rules to set city property tax rates at $4.123 per $100 of assessed value for 2013 and $3.305 for 2014 and later years.

Authorizing real estate taxes for the City of Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia for Fiscal Year 2013 and thereafter, by amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," to provide for a tax and tax rate on real property; and by amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on real estate within the City of Philadelphia, and providing for a tax rate; all under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120175-AA

This enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia to impose real estate taxes for Fiscal Year 2013 and later years.

Authorizing real estate taxes for the City of Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia for Fiscal Year 2013 and thereafter, by amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," to provide for a tax and tax rate on real property, for exclusions, and for an established predetermined ratio; and by amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on real estate within the City of Philadelphia, and providing for a tax rate and for exclusions; all under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120174

This enacted measure repeals Philadelphia Code Section 19-1508, which provided reduced wage and net profits tax rates and refunds for eligible low-income residents and nonresidents.

Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by repealing Section 19-1508, entitled "Refunds and Forgiveness for Poverty Income."

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Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120173-A

The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s code to authorize the School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education to impose a tax for general school purposes on the use or occupancy of real estate for business, trade, professional, commercial, or industrial activities.

Amending Section 19-1806, entitled "Authorization of Realty Use and Occupancy Tax," to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on the use or occupancy of real estate within the School District of Philadelphia, under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2012-05-30
Resolution 120167

This lapsed resolution would have approved a revised five-year financial plan for Philadelphia covering fiscal years 2013 through 2017, including proposed changes for fiscal year 2012.

Providing for the approval by the Council of the City of Philadelphia of a Revised Five Year Financial Plan for the City of Philadelphia covering Fiscal Years 2013 through 2017, and incorporating proposed changes with respect to Fiscal Year 2012, which is to be submitted by the Mayor to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (the "Authority") pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement, authorized by an ordinance of this Council approved by the Mayor on January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1563-A), by and between the City and the Authority.

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Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120166-A

This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.

Adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2013.

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Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120165-A

This enacted ordinance adopts Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2013 Capital Budget, totaling $3,621,450,000.

To adopt a Fiscal 2013 Capital Budget.

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Council Action2012-05-30
Bill 120164-A

The enacted bill adopts a Capital Program covering Fiscal Years 2013 through 2018.

To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2013-2018 inclusive.

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Meeting date

May 24, 2012

Council Action2012-05-24
COMMUNICATION 120517

This communication transmits a proposed bill concerning a lease between the Parks and Recreation Commissioner and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, followed by a sublease to the Zoological Society of Philadelphia.

Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation to execute a lease with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID"), obligating PAID to execute a sublease with the Zoological Society of Philadelphia (the "Society"), under which the Society would construct, manage, operate, maintain, and repair a multi-story parking garage and related streetscape improvements along West Girard Avenue, and exempting the proposed lease from the requirements of Philadelphia Code Section 15-101 et seq., commonly called the "Open Lands Protection Ordinance," because the Society has already satisfied the requirements of the Open Lands Protection Ordinance, all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the First Deputy Parks and Recreation Commissioner.

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Council Action2012-05-24
COMMUNICATION 120516

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a bill authorizing a license agreement with a term of up to twenty years, and other related agreements, between the City of Philadelphia, as licensor, and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, as licensee, for certain land and facilities located in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park and the Marian Anderson Recreation Center, to be used to establish, conduct, and operate the Philadelphia Phillies MLB Urban Youth Academy, all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation.

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Council Action2012-05-24
COMMUNICATION 120515

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a bill authorizing real estate transactions necessary to permit The City of Philadelphia to acquire property needed for use by the Philadelphia International Airport; in particular, authorizing the Director of Commerce and the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire, by amicable negotiation or by condemnation, any and all interests in two parcels of property located generally, (1) East of Lindbergh Boulevard, North of Mario Lanza Boulevard and Southwest of Eighty-Fourth Street; and (2) Southeast of the Philadelphia Airport High Speed Line, Northwest of Bartram Avenue, and Southwest of Eighty-Fourth Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, accompanied by any explanatory letter from the Deputy Mayor for Transportation and Utilities.

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Council Action2012-05-24
COMMUNICATION 120514

This communication transmits a proposed bill that would name the juvenile detention facility at 91 North 48th Street “The Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center.” The item was placed on file and does not itself enact the proposed name.

Transmitting a bill maming and designating the juvenile detention facility located at 91 North 48th Street "The Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center."

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Council Action2012-05-24
COMMUNICATION 120513

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a bill removing certain properties located on the ground bounded by West Thompson Street to the North, North 31st Street to the East, West Girard Avenue to the South, and certain railroad tracks and North 32nd Street to the West from the Philadelphia Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone, subject to the request and consent of the owners of said properties, all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development.

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Council Action2012-05-24
COMMUNICATION 120512

This communication transmitted a proposed resolution concerning the sale of approximately seven-tenths of an acre at 6975 Norwitch Drive in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area’s Stage “B” Industrial area.

Transmitting a resolution approving the sale by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of 6975 Norwitch Drive, in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area - Stage "B" Industrial, containing approximately seven tenths of an acre, to SDA Car Rental LLC.

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Council Action2012-05-24
COMMUNICATION 120511

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a resolution appointing Greg DeShields to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.

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