City of Philadelphia - File #: 090704

• File #: 090704
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 10/8/2009
• In control: Committee on Rules
• Final action: 4/8/2010
• Title: Establishing a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes Cheltenham Avenue with boundaries of Wadsworth Avenue on the west and Broad Street on the east, Ogontz Avenue with boundaries of Cheltenham Avenue on the north and 67th Avenue on the south and Wadsworth Avenue with boundaries of Cheltenham Avenue on the northeast and Michener Avenue on the southwest; to be known as The Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District; designating Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District Inc. rel...
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco
• Indexes: NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVMENT DISTRICT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/21/2010	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/8/2010	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
4/8/2010	1	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
2/12/2010	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
2/12/2010	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
2/12/2010	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
2/9/2010	0	Committee on Rules	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/9/2010	0	Committee on Rules	HEARING HELD
2/9/2010	0	Committee on Rules	AMENDED
2/9/2010	1	Committee on Rules	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
12/1/2009	0	Committee on Rules	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/1/2009	0	Committee on Rules	HEARING HELD
12/1/2009	0	Committee on Rules	RECESSED
10/8/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
10/8/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Establishing a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes Cheltenham Avenue with boundaries of Wadsworth Avenue on the west and Broad Street on the east, Ogontz Avenue with boundaries of Cheltenham Avenue on the north and 67th Avenue on the south and Wadsworth Avenue with boundaries of Cheltenham Avenue on the northeast and Michener Avenue on the southwest; to be known as The Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District; designating Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District Inc. relating to the District; and authorizing Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District Inc., to assess property owners within the District a special property assessment fee to be used in accordance with the approved plan, all in accordance with the provisions of the Community and Economic Improvement Act and under certain terms and conditions.
Body
WHEREAS, Council is authorized by the Community and Economic Improvement Act ("Act") (53 P.S. §18101 et. seq.) to establish, by ordinance, neighborhood improvement districts and to designate certain entities to administer programs and services within such districts in order "to promote and enhance more attractive and safer commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-use neighborhoods; economic growth; increased employment opportunities; and improved commercial, industrial, business districts and business climates;" and

WHEREAS, The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish a neighborhood improvement district in the ...