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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October 28, 2010
This enacted ordinance authorized the transfer of $4,703,282 in Fiscal Year 2011 federal stimulus funding within the City’s Grants Revenue Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants - Federal Stimulus Funding to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
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This enacted amendment allows an authorized towing company to temporarily move an illegally parked vehicle from hospital premises before a ticket is issued.
Amending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by providing that a vehicle may be relocated from the premises of a hospital without first being ticketed, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance establishes the Roxborough Environmental Control District on a specified parcel in Roxborough to protect its natural and wildlife habitat.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new Section establishing the Roxborough Environmental Control District, all under certain terms and conditions.
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October 27, 2010
Meeting date
October 26, 2010
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold a public hearing about ongoing problems with Philadelphia’s rotational towing program.
Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold a public hearing to investigate and determine the cause of the ongoing problems with the rotational towing program in the City of Philadelphia.
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This adopted resolution authorized the City Council Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation to hold hearings about Philadelphia's Fiscal 2011 operating budget.
Authorizing the Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation to hold hearings regarding the City's Operating Budget for Fiscal 2011.
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October 21, 2010
This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a license agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") pursuant to which PAID will operate certain programs at the Scanlon Ice Rink, the Laura Sims Skatehouse at Cobbs Creek, the rink at the Simons Recreation and Teen Access Center, the Rizzo Ice Rink and the Tarken Ice Rink, by entering into a long term sublicense agreement with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation (the "Foundation") for such operation, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation.
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This communication transmits a proposed bill concerning the redevelopment and urban renewal of two parcels in Philadelphia’s Haddington Urban Renewal Area, identified as 30 and 41 North 62nd Street.
Transmitting a bill 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 Haddington Urban Renewal Area, Unit Nos. 2 & 3 designated as Parcel Nos. 119 and 120 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 119 as 30 North Sixty-second street and for Parcel No. 120 as 41 North Sixty-second street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Philadelphia Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill approving the thirty-eighth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Front street and Spring Garden street, including the thirtieth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-seventh amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately fifteen (15) properties for residential, institutional and related uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project. accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, located at 128 North Broad Street, to construct, own and maintain various encroachments in the right-of-way on the west side of North Broad Street between Arch and Race Streets, the east side of North Carlisle Street between Cherry and Race Streets, and the south side of Cherry Street between North Carlisle and Burns Streets, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing Brandywine Realty Trust, 555 East Lancaster Avenue, Suite 100, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 19087, to legalize various existing sidewalk encroachments located on the east footway of Juniper Street between Sansom Street and Drury Street, the south footway of Drury Street at the intersection of Juniper Street, and the north footway of Sansom Street at the intersection of Juniper Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning revisions to City Plan lines and grades around the Delaware Expressway (I-95), from the Vine Street Expressway (I-676) to the Philadelphia–Bucks County line.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on portions of various City Plans, within the vicinity of the Delaware Expressway (I-95) from the Vine Street Expressway (I-676) to the Philadelphia - Bucks County Line by placing on the City Plan, striking from the City Plan, relocating, and revising portions of the Delaware Expressway, its right of way, interchanges, and ramp connections and placing on the City Plan, striking from the City Plan, vacating, abandoning, relocating, and revising the lines and grades of intersecting and adjacent streets, roads, avenues, and rights of way affected thereby, all in order to conform with the lines and conditions established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Ridge Avenue from Vine Street to the intersection of Eighth Street and Race Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for various purposes within the lines of Ridge Avenue being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right of way, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the Streets Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the grant to the City of a right of way for sewer and drainage purposes extending through a portion of property located at the northwest corner of Thirteenth Street and Arch Street and authorizing the plotting upon City Plan No. 307 of the said right of way, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication, placed on file, transmitted a proposed bill concerning a portion of Hartwell Lane.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 149 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Hartwell Lane from a point approximately two-hundred seventy-seven feet southwest of Seminole Street to a point approximately sixty-four feet further southwestwardly therefrom and reserving and placing on City Plan a right of way for water main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of the portion of Hartwell Lane being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right of way, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication, which was placed on file, transmits a proposed bill to extend the deadline for complying with the terms and conditions of a 2008 ordinance concerning a portion of Leithgow Street south of Reno Street.
Transmitting a bill amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 080434) approved July 2, 2008, entitled "An Ordinance Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a portion of Leithgow Street south of Reno Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for public utility purposes within the lines of Leithgow Street being stricken, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication, placed on file, reports that Mayor Michael Nutter returned Bill No.
October 20, 2010 To The President and Members of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: For the following reasons, I am returning herewith to your Honorable Body Bill No. 100487, which was passed by Council at its session on September 30, 2010, without my signature. I commend Council for its commitment to reducing the incidence of fraudulent real estate transactions. The idea that by filing a fraudulent deed someone can claim ownership of someone else's property is extremely troubling. Moreover, the crime is not one that is easily undone. It involves lawyers, court costs and countless hours to untangle a title. I know that many citizens have reached out to Council for assistance in this process and I appreciate the hard work by you and your staffs in providing help to citizens in clearing title to their homes. Fraudulent real estate transactions are not unique to Philadelphia. This crime is committed all across the country, particularly in urban areas that featur...
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill No. 100288, which was passed by Council on September 30, 2010, was signed by the Mayor on October 20, 2010.
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