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 1, 2011
This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Upland Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 4 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 4743 Upland street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Cheick Aba Dembele and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority.
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This communication, placed on file, transmits City Planning Commission recommendations and letters concerning several bills, including requests to delay Council consideration of two bills and notice that another bill was tabled without a request for more time.
November 22, 2011 To The President and Members of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: Pursuant to Sections 4-604 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission regarding the following bills: Bill No. 110670 Bill No. 110765 Bill No. 110717 Bill No. 110718 Bill No. 110719 Bill No. 110795 Bill No. 110797 I am also transmitting letters reflecting that the Commission has tabled action on Bill Nos. 110762 and 110763 and requested that Council withhold final consideration of those bills until after the Commission's meeting on December 13, 2011. I am also transmitting a letter reflecting that the Commission has tabled action on Bill No. 110761, but has not requested more time for consideration of that bill before Council acts. Lastly, I am transmitting today a letter providing City Planning Commission approval of certain Master Plan amendments for the University of Pennsylvania. Resp...
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Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 110341, 110517, 110518-A, 110631, 110656, 110661, 110666, 110667, 110668 and 110670, which were passed by Council on November 17, 2011, were signed by the Mayor on November 28, 2011.
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The adopted resolution amends Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget for spending Neighborhood Transformation Initiative bond proceeds.
Amending Resolution No. 110453, approving the annual Program Statement and Budget for the expenditure of the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) Bond Proceeds for Fiscal Year 2012.
ADOPTED
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Adopted legislation authorizing the Philadelphia City Planning Commission to take the steps needed to terminate deed restrictions on properties at Broad Street and Washington Avenue, including portions of Carpenter Street.
Authorizing the Philadelphia City Planning Commission to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the removal of deed restrictions with regard to the property located at 1001-1029 South Broad Street, 1223-1245 Washington Avenue, 1301-1333 Washington Avenue and 1300-1342 Carpenter Street, aka, Broad Street and Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer conditional ownership of the vacant City-owned property at 118½ Olive Street in the Fifth Ward 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 Fifth Ward 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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This adopted resolution honors and congratulates The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on its tenth anniversary.
Honoring and congratulating The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on its Tenth Anniversary.
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This adopted resolution expresses Philadelphia City Council’s support for Pennsylvania House Bills 1876 and 1990.
Supporting House Bills 1876 and 1990 which seek to strengthen the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's abuse reporting law by requiring those who are aware of sexual offenses and abuse to report it to law enforcement.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of three City-owned vacant properties—2038 North Lawrence Street, 220 West Sergeant Street, and 158 West Tioga Street—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 Seventh, Eighteenth and Nineteenth 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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The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned properties at 2646 and 2648 Manton Street 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 Thirty-sixth Ward 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 enacted ordinance authorizes the New Kensington Community Development Corporation to construct, own, and maintain two light columns on the public footways at Girard Avenue and Columbia Avenue.
Authorizing New Kensington Community Development Corporation, ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain, various encroachments of light columns located at the intersection of Girard Avenue and Columbia Avenue ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s zoning rules for the Lower and Central Germantown Special District.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1631, entitled "Lower and Central Germantown Special District Controls," to further define the Prohibited Uses.
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This enacted ordinance requires certain City service contractors with contracts worth $250,000 or more to provide employees’ life partners the same employment benefits offered to spouses, including benefits such as health insurance and family leave.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," to provide that certain City contractors must offer the same benefits to the life partners of their employees as are offered to the spouses of married employees, all under certain terms and conditions.
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Meeting date
November 30, 2011
This enacted ordinance requires contractors and subcontractors on certain commercial and residential construction projects to report project, business, licensing, and property-owner information to the Department of Licenses and Inspections within three business days after work begins.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by amending Section 9-1004, entitled "Contractors," by requiring that certain information be reported to the Department of Licenses and Inspections for certain construction projects and providing for the posting of certain information at the construction site, providing for penalties for violations, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance repeals and replaces Philadelphia Code Chapter 21-1100 on community development.
Repealing Chapter 21-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Community Development," and replacing it with a new Chapter 21-1100 that restates and revises the policy of the City of Philadelphia regarding its Community Development Block Grant Program; expands the scope of the Chapter to incorporate related housing and community development programs; requires the preparation of an annual Consolidated Plan for the City that covers, not only Community Development Block Grant funds that the City receives under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, but also all other funds from other sources that the City receives for housing and community development activities and programs; and establishes requirements and procedures relating to the preparation, content, publication, amendment, approval, oversight, administration and implementation of the Consolidated Plan; all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings about programs and services for at-risk adolescent girls.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings for the purpose of examining existing programs and services available to at-risk adolescent girls; examining methods of continuing and strengthening such programs and developing new programs; and exploring potential sources of funding, in order to encourage young women to follow pathways that lead to the completion of their educations, economic independence and good citizenship.
RECESSED
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Meeting date
November 29, 2011
This lapsed bill would have authorized Margaret Vann, owner of Rainbow Learning Center at 750 E.
Authorizing Margaret Vann, owner of Rainbow Learning Center, 750 E. Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19134, ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain an encroachment of a fenced in play area located at 750 E. Erie Avenue ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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This lapsed proposal would have renamed Philadelphia’s “Contractor Parking” rules as “Special Purpose Parking” and added parking permits for home health care professionals and real estate agents alongside contractor permits.
Amending Chapter 12-2900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractor Parking," by renaming said Chapter "Special Purpose Parking"; and by providing for parking permits for specified purposes in addition to contractor parking, including, but not limited to, home health care and real estate agent services; all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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