Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/29/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Room 400 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (54) 54 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Name Type Title Action Result Tally Action Details Video 160845 0     Resolution Reaffirming the Zero Tolerance Approach against Sexual Harassment in the Work Place in the City of Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160839 0     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 30th Street, Chestnut Street, 31st Street (extended), Market Street, 32nd Street, and Arch Street (extended), all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160840 0     Bill Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter on wage equity prohibiting employers from inquiring about salary history, including definitions, duties, penalties, posting requirements, a private right of action and other related items regarding wage equity; all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160846 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Forty-seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160847 0     Resolution Declaring the week of October 2, 2016 as Manufacturing Week in Philadelphia in recognition of the importance of the sector to the City. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160841 0     Bill Establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: Smick street and Dupont street; Race street and 61st street; Dupont street and Fleming street. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160848 0     Resolution Authorizing the City Council Committee on Law and Government to hold hearings on whether The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter should be amended to provide for the creation of a Criminal Justice Reinvestment Fund to reinvest savings from a reduced prison population into criminal justice reform programs. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160842 0     Bill Establishing a no stopping regulation on the 7400 block of Henslow Place. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160849 0     Resolution Declaring October 6th, 2016 to be Prince Hall Day in the City of Philadelphia; honoring the outstanding civic and philanthropic contributions of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania throughout Philadelphia and across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and celebrating the 201st Grand Lodge Session of Prince Hall Masons. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160850 0     Resolution Urging the United States Congress to reject the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) due to the agreement's negative impact on workers' rights in the United States and across the world; and calling on the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation to unite in opposition to the agreement's ratification. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160851 0     Resolution Authorizing the Council Committee on Law & Government to hold hearings regarding campaign finance reform and public financing of municipal elections. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160852 0     Resolution Recognizing and congratulating The Ducky Birts Foundation on the occasion of its 10th Annual Medallion Scholarship Gala. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160853 0     Resolution Adding Rabbi L.E. Dailey to the street signs on the block intersections on Lowber Avenue between Mayland Street and Mohican Street in recognition of Rabbi Dailey's tremendous service and contributions to the West Oak Lane community. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160843 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into a sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for use by the City of premises located at 456 N. 5th Street, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160854 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing Joe Schiavo and Janet Kalter for their tireless dedication to the City of Philadelphia and especially their Old City neighborhood. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160855 0     Resolution Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Whitman Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2127 South Sixth street and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with ATL Development Corporation and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160856 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Finance to hold hearings on the impact of the Wells Fargo Bank scandal on Philadelphians and the feasibility of removing Wells Fargo Bank as a City depository. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160857 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Health and Human Services to hold hearings concerning the quality, stability and sustainability of Direct Support Professionals, who provide critically needed care to individuals of all ages with behavioral health, developmental and physical disabilities. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160844 0     Bill Repealing an Ordinance approved the eleventh day of January, A.D. 1950, declaring the intention of the City of Philadelphia to organize and authorizing the organization of a Parking Authority under the Act of June 5, 1947, P.L. 458, as amended by Act No. 276, approved May 9, 1949; repealing Ordinance 1633, approved the eighth day of April, A.D. 1983, by which the City of Philadelphia delegated to the Philadelphia Parking Authority certain powers relating to the administration, supervision and enforcement of on-street parking regulations and collection on behalf of the City of Philadelphia of fines and penalties imposed in connection with the violation of parking regulations pursuant to authority granted it by Section 345 of the Parking Authority Law (53 P.S. §§ 341 et. seq.); and amending Title 1 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "General Provisions;" Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades, and Professions;" Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity;" and Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitl Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160858 0     Resolution Recognizing and honoring Reverend James Sterling Allen, Sr., D.D. of the historic Vine Memorial Baptist Church for serving and representing Philadelphia for 37 years on the occasion of his Retirement Celebration Weekend. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160859 0     Resolution Urging the United States Department of Defense to include the names of the 74 fallen sailors of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, including Philadelphia Native Patrick Michael Corcoran. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160767 0     Bill Authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City; and fixing a day and providing for arrangements for holding the election for obtaining such consent. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160767 0     Bill Authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City; and fixing a day and providing for arrangements for holding the election for obtaining such consent. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160713 1     Bill Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to provide that building service employees performing labor under certain building service contracts, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions; and to provide for certain exemptions or exclusions, all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160713 1     Bill Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to provide that building service employees performing labor under certain building service contracts, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions; and to provide for certain exemptions or exclusions, all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160767 0     Bill Authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City; and fixing a day and providing for arrangements for holding the election for obtaining such consent. ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160713 1     Bill Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to provide that building service employees performing labor under certain building service contracts, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions; and to provide for certain exemptions or exclusions, all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160659 0     Resolution Requesting the City Controller to conduct an audit of the Philadelphia Parking Authority's policies and procedures on the administration of its operations in the City of Philadelphia. MOTION Pass   Action details Not available 160659 0     Resolution Requesting the City Controller to conduct an audit of the Philadelphia Parking Authority's policies and procedures on the administration of its operations in the City of Philadelphia. MOTION Fail   Action details Not available 160797 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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-ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160813 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Forty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160814 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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-second Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160815 0     Resolution Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the New Kensington-Fishtown Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2056 East Sergeant street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with 2056 E. Sergeant Street, LLC and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160817 0     Resolution Denouncing Pennsylvania House Bill No. 2258, which would allow for the National Rifle Association and other similar organizations to challenge local gun regulations and hold municipalities liable for their legal fees. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160820 0     Resolution Also naming the 2200 block of McClellan Street "James C. 'Hott' Hudgins, Jr. Way" to honor the memory of James C. Hudgins, Jr., to recognize his years of service to his community, and to memorialize his lasting legacy. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160821 0     Resolution Appointing Paulette Adams, Jennifer Kates, Michael Koonce, Angel Rodriguez, and Courtney Voss to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160824 0     Resolution Calling upon the United States federal government to suspend construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline and expressing solidarity with the Indigenous resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. ADOPTED Pass 15:1 Action details Not available 160828 0     Resolution Calling on Congress to reinstate abortion service coverage for women enrolled in public insurance programs by enacting the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act, and further calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to provide abortion coverage in public insurance programs in Pennsylvania and lift the ban on such coverage in private insurance plans sold through the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange. ADOPTED Pass 14:2 Action details Not available 160832 0     Resolution Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to reject House Bill No. 1885's proposal to withhold all state funding from Philadelphia. ADOPTED Pass 15:1 Action details Not available 160708-AAA 4     Bill Amending Chapter 19-3200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Keystone Opportunity Zone, Economic Development District, and Strategic Development Area," by providing for additional Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zones, under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 15:1 Action details Not available 160845 0     Resolution Reaffirming the Zero Tolerance Approach against Sexual Harassment in the Work Place in the City of Philadelphia. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160847 0     Resolution Declaring the week of October 2, 2016 as Manufacturing Week in Philadelphia in recognition of the importance of the sector to the City. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160848 0     Resolution Authorizing the City Council Committee on Law and Government to hold hearings on whether The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter should be amended to provide for the creation of a Criminal Justice Reinvestment Fund to reinvest savings from a reduced prison population into criminal justice reform programs. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 160849 0     Resolution Declaring October 6th, 2016 to be Prince Hall Day in the City of Philadelphia; honoring the outstanding civic and philanthropic contributions of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania throughout Philadelphia and across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and celebrating the 201st Grand Lodge Session of Prince Hall Masons. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160851 0     Resolution Authorizing the Council Committee on Law & Government to hold hearings regarding campaign finance reform and public financing of municipal elections. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 160852 0     Resolution Recognizing and congratulating The Ducky Birts Foundation on the occasion of its 10th Annual Medallion Scholarship Gala. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160854 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing Joe Schiavo and Janet Kalter for their tireless dedication to the City of Philadelphia and especially their Old City neighborhood. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160856 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Finance to hold hearings on the impact of the Wells Fargo Bank scandal on Philadelphians and the feasibility of removing Wells Fargo Bank as a City depository. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 160857 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Health and Human Services to hold hearings concerning the quality, stability and sustainability of Direct Support Professionals, who provide critically needed care to individuals of all ages with behavioral health, developmental and physical disabilities. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 160858 0     Resolution Recognizing and honoring Reverend James Sterling Allen, Sr., D.D. of the historic Vine Memorial Baptist Church for serving and representing Philadelphia for 37 years on the occasion of his Retirement Celebration Weekend. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160516 0     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Henry Avenue, Coulter Street, School House Lane, Wissahickon Avenue, and Lincoln Drive, and certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Henry Avenue, Warden Drive, Calumet Street, Merrick Street, Gypsy Lane, and School House Lane. Further to adopt the Master Plan for Philadelphia University; and approving various construction projects. READ AND PASSED Pass 15:0 Action details Not available 160365-A 1     Bill Amending Subcodes "A" and "PM" of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code ("The Philadelphia Administrative Code" and "The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code"), by establishing a separate offense for certain chronic, non-compliant violators of the Property Maintenance Code; all under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 160365-A 2     Bill Amending Subcodes "A" and "PM" of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code ("The Philadelphia Administrative Code" and "The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code"), by establishing a separate offense for certain chronic, non-compliant violators of the Property Maintenance Code; all under certain terms and conditions. AMENDED     Action details Not available 160365-A 2     Bill Amending Subcodes "A" and "PM" of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code ("The Philadelphia Administrative Code" and "The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code"), by establishing a separate offense for certain chronic, non-compliant violators of the Property Maintenance Code; all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.     Action details Not available