Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 11/3/2011 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Room 400 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (76) 76 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 110809 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 110612, 110613 and 110660, which were passed by Council on October 27, 2011, were signed by the Mayor on November 2, 201l. READ     Action details Not available 110810 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill No. 100200-AAA, which was passed by Council on October 20, 2011, was signed by the Mayor on November 2, 2011. READ     Action details Not available 110811 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director of Finance. READ     Action details Not available 110812 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions. READ     Action details Not available 110813 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing Vientiane Cafe ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 4728 Baltimore Avenue ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 110814 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing Aksum, LLC ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 4630-4632 Baltimore Avenue ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 110815 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing Caffe Italia ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain auxiliary seating at 1424 Snyder Avenue ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 110816 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing Sanjay Patel, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southeast corner of Eleventh Street and Market Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the southeast corner of Eleventh Street and Market Street for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 110817 0     COMMUNICATION 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, 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. READ     Action details Not available 110818 0     COMMUNICATION 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 the southerly forty feet five inches (40' 5") wide portion of Race Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to Water Street and placing on the City Plan a right of way for various utility purposes such as may be necessary within the lines of the portion of Race Street being stricken, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 110819 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, incorporated pursuant to the Municipality Authorities Act (the "Act"), 53 Pa. C. S. Ch. 56, to enter into agreements for programs, evaluations, facility alterations or upgrades designed to reduce energy, water, wastewater or other consumption or operating costs at specified City properties, and under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability. READ     Action details Not available 110820 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a guaranteed energy savings contract with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for the implementation and evaluation of energy conservation measures designed to reduce energy, water, wastewater or other consumption or operating costs at specified City properties, and under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability. READ     Action details Not available 110821 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Director of Finance and the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City, in cooperation with The Philadelphia Municipal Authority (the "Authority"), to undertake a project relating to the evaluation and implementation of energy conservation measures at City Hall, the Criminal Justice Center, the Municipal Services Building and the One Parkway Building; authorizing and approving: (i) the issuance by the Authority of revenue bonds in connection with the project, (ii) the entering into, execution and delivery of a Service Agreement between the City and the Authority providing for payment by the City to the Authority of amounts necessary to pay the costs of the Project, (iii) the provisions for establishment of credit enhancement, and (iv) the assignment of the Service Agreement by the Authority to a trustee, covenanting that the City will make necessary appropriations in each of the City's fiscal years to provide for payments due under the Service Agreement, and will make such payments, all under certain terms and conditions; and making cert READ     Action details Not available 110822 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill approving the tenth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Haddington Urban Renewal Area, Unit No. 2 and Unit No. 3, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Parrish and Fifty-second street, including the sixth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the third amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of one ( 1 ) property for commercial and residential 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 Authoroity. READ     Action details Not available 110823 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill approving the fortieth 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 thirty-second amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-eighth amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately forty-nine (49) 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. READ     Action details Not available 110824 0     COMMUNICATION 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 Mantua Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 286, 287 and 288 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 286 as 3923 Brandywine street, Parcel No. 287 as 3933-3937 Brandywine street and for Parcel No. 288 as 3811-3813 Haverford avenue; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with People's Emergency Center Community Development Corporation and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Redevelopment Authority. READ     Action details Not available 110825 0     COMMUNICATION 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 Mantua Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 73 and 74 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 73 as 3726 Melon street and for Parcel No. 74 as 3730-3744 Melon street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with WPRE III, LP 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. READ     Action details Not available 110781 0     Bill Amending Chapter 14-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Food Distribution Center District," by revising the height restrictions, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110782 0     Bill Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110783 0     Bill Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110784 0     Bill 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. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110785 0     Bill Authorizing Vientiane Café ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4728 Baltimore Avenue ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110786 0     Bill Authorizing Aksum, LLC ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4630-4632 Baltimore Avenue ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110799 0     Resolution 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 Mantua Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 73 and 74 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 73 as 3726 Melon street and for Parcel No. 74 as 3730-3744 Melon street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with WPRE III, LP and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110800 0     Resolution 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 Mantua Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 286, 287 and 288 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 286 as 3923 Brandywine street, Parcel No. 287 as 3933-3937 Brandywine street and for Parcel No. 288 as 3811-3813 Haverford avenue; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with People's Emergency Center Community Development Corporation and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110801 0     Resolution Calling for the City Council Committee on Education to hold Hearings on the School District of Philadelphia Plan to Close Certain Schools Facilities and to Make Grade Changes in Others. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110787 0     Bill Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a guaranteed energy savings contract with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for the implementation and evaluation of energy conservation measures designed to reduce energy, water, wastewater or other consumption or operating costs at specified City properties, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110788 0     Bill Authorizing the Director of Finance and the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City, in cooperation with The Philadelphia Municipal Authority (the "Authority"), to undertake a project relating to the evaluation and implementation of energy conservation measures at City Hall, the Criminal Justice Center, the Municipal Services Building and the One Parkway Building; authorizing and approving: (i) the issuance by the Authority of revenue bonds in connection with the project, (ii) the entering into, execution and delivery of a Service Agreement between the City and the Authority providing for payment by the City to the Authority of amounts necessary to pay the costs of the Project, (iii) the provisions for establishment of credit enhancement, and (iv) the assignment of the Service Agreement by the Authority to a trustee, covenanting that the City will make necessary appropriations in each of the City's fiscal years to provide for payments due under the Service Agreement, and will make such payments, all under certain terms and conditions; and making certain related determin Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110789 0     Bill Authorizing the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, incorporated pursuant to the Municipality Authorities Act (the "Act"), 53 Pa. C. S. Ch. 56, to enter into agreements for programs, evaluations, facility alterations or upgrades designed to reduce energy, water, wastewater or other consumption or operating costs at specified City properties, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110790 0     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 84th Street, Lindbergh Boulevard and Mario Lanza Boulevard. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110791 0     Bill Authorizing Caffe Italia ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain auxiliary seating at 1424 Snyder Avenue ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions. Introduced (By Request) and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110802 0     Resolution Proclaiming November 2011 as "American Diabetes Month." Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110803 0     Resolution Celebrating November 14th 2011 as "World Diabetes Day" and encouraging all to participate in the "Believe in Blue" Campaign. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110804 0     Resolution 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 Thirteenth 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. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110792 0     Bill Amending Section PM 306 of the Philadelphia Maintenance Code, entitled "Vacant Property," by requiring owners of long term vacant properties to secure their properties against blight, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110793 0     Bill Approving the tenth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Haddington Urban Renewal Area, Unit No. 2 and Unit No. 3, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Parrish and Fifty-second street, including the sixth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the third amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of one (1) property for commercial and residential uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law; and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110794 0     Bill Granting permission to All Seasons Car Wash & Lube, LLC, owner of the real estate located at 6722 Ridge Avenue, to relocate, use and maintain a thirty-five feet high aluminum flagpole within the public right-of-way of Ridge Avenue, being approximately one hundred eighty-three and ninety-one hundredths feet (183.91') from the curbline of the northwesterly side of Cinnaminson Street and within the unimproved portion of Ridge Avenue west of the westerly curbline of said Ridge Avenue; and to construct, use and maintain a pole-mounted, interior-lighted accessory sign, with an electrical service line conduit in and under the public right-of-way of Ridge Avenue, being the same distance from the curbline of the northwesterly side of Cinnaminson Street and within the same unimproved portion of Ridge Avenue west of the westerly curbline of said Ridge Avenue, for the purpose of supplying electrical service to the accessory sign, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110805 0     Resolution Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to reject House Bill 934, which imposes unnecessary and restrictive voter ID requirements that would disproportionately impact African-American and Latino voters, senior citizens, people with disabilities, the homeless, low-income citizens, and young voters, and thereby disenfranchise law-abiding citizens from exercising their right to vote. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110806 0     Resolution 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 Fifty-second 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. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110807 0     Resolution Appointing a five (5) person committee entitled the "Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee" pursuant to §17-1311 of the Philadelphia Code, the purpose of which shall be to review the implementation and effectiveness of Chapter 17-1300 of the Philadelphia Code entitled, "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard", and to make recommendations to Council regarding the adoption of resolutions calling for debarment of certain contractors and recipients of City financial assistance under §17-1312. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110795 0     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, 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. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110796 0     Bill Authorizing Sanjay Patel, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southeast corner of Eleventh Street and Market Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the southeast corner of Eleventh Street and Market Street for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110797 0     Bill Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the southerly forty feet five inches (40' 5") wide portion of Race Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to Water Street and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for various utility purposes such as may be necessary within the lines of the portion of Race Street being stricken. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110808 0     Resolution 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 First 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. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 110798 0     Bill Approving the fortieth 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 thirty-second amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-eighth amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately forty-nine (49) 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. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 110661 0     Bill Amending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts as they were established by Bill No. 110547 (approved September 23, 2011), and by clarifying how and when the revision of Councilmanic Districts set forth in this Ordinance and in Bill No. 110547 affects the interpretation of other provisions of The Philadelphia Code and other ordinances that reference specific Councilmanic Districts, all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 110661 0     Bill Amending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts as they were established by Bill No. 110547 (approved September 23, 2011), and by clarifying how and when the revision of Councilmanic Districts set forth in this Ordinance and in Bill No. 110547 affects the interpretation of other provisions of The Philadelphia Code and other ordinances that reference specific Councilmanic Districts, all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 110307 2     Bill Establishing a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes, with the exception of those properties having frontage on north Broad Street, the area bounded by the northeast corner of Broad and Vine streets, the southeast corner of Broad and Spring Garden streets, the southwest corner of 8th and Spring Garden streets, the northwest corner of 8th and Vine streets and the northeast corner of Broad and Vine streets and certain blocks of intersecting streets, within such area, to be known as the Callowhill Reading Viaduct Neighborhood Improvement District, and for which Callowhill Reading Viaduct Neighborhood Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, would serve as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; 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 Callowhill Reading Viaduct Neighborhood I SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 110307 2     Bill Establishing a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes, with the exception of those properties having frontage on north Broad Street, the area bounded by the northeast corner of Broad and Vine streets, the southeast corner of Broad and Spring Garden streets, the southwest corner of 8th and Spring Garden streets, the northwest corner of 8th and Vine streets and the northeast corner of Broad and Vine streets and certain blocks of intersecting streets, within such area, to be known as the Callowhill Reading Viaduct Neighborhood Improvement District, and for which Callowhill Reading Viaduct Neighborhood Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, would serve as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; 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 Callowhill Reading Viaduct Neighborhood I ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 110341 1     Bill Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by adding a new Section regulating an employer's treatment of gratuities left by patrons for employees, including, but not limited to, a requirement that all gratuities be paid over to employees without deduction, including, in the case of a gratuity paid by credit card, any deduction for credit card processing fees; providing penalties for violations; and providing for a private right of action for employees aggrieved by violations of the Section; all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 110341 1     Bill Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by adding a new Section regulating an employer's treatment of gratuities left by patrons for employees, including, but not limited to, a requirement that all gratuities be paid over to employees without deduction, including, in the case of a gratuity paid by credit card, any deduction for credit card processing fees; providing penalties for violations; and providing for a private right of action for employees aggrieved by violations of the Section; all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 110563 1     Bill Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-1604, entitled "Outdoor Advertising and Non-Accessory Advertising Controls," by permitting certain non-accessory outdoor advertising signs within the area bounded by 7th Street, Spring Garden Street, 6th Street, and Willow Street, under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 110563 1     Bill Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-1604, entitled "Outdoor Advertising and Non-Accessory Advertising Controls," by permitting certain non-accessory outdoor advertising signs within the area bounded by 7th Street, Spring Garden Street, 6th Street, and Willow Street, under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 110517 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for a certain portion of a parcel of ground located at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant, 3899 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 110517 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for a certain portion of a parcel of ground located at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant, 3899 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 110769 0     Resolution Also naming Haverford Avenue from Fifty-second Street to Fifty-eighth Street "Geneva Black Way." ADOPTED     Action details Not available 110770 0     Resolution 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 Sixth and Sixtieth 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     Action details Not available 110771 0     Resolution Honoring veterans of the United States Armed Forces, in Philadelphia and across the country, in accordance with the observation of Veterans Day on November 11, 2011. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 110772 0     Resolution 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. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 110773 0     Resolution Approving the filing of Articles of Amendment with the Pennsylvania Department of State and Department of Community and Economic Affairs to change the name of the "Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia" to "Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority." WITHDRAWN     Action details Not available 110774 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on the Disabled and Handicapped to hold public hearings for the purpose of examining and investigating the incidences involving Linda Ann Weston and three additional persons suspected of holding four mentally disabled adults and several juveniles captive with the intent to commit fraud by cashing the Social Security checks of those held in captivity. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 110548-A 2     Bill Amending The Philadelphia Code, principally Title 19, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," and such other provisions as may be appropriate, to reduce the tax burden on existing and new businesses; and to eliminate, waive, or reduce certain fees and permit charges, all for the purpose of generating growth in existing businesses, the birth of new businesses, and the creation of jobs; all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110518-A 1     Bill Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease and related agreements with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, for use by the City of certain cogeneration facilities to be located at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant, 3899 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, all under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 110518-A 2     Bill Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease and related agreements with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, for use by the City of certain cogeneration facilities to be located at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant, 3899 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, all under certain terms and conditions. AMENDED Pass 15:0 Action details Not available 110518-A 2     Bill Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease and related agreements with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, for use by the City of certain cogeneration facilities to be located at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant, 3899 Richmond Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.     Action details Not available 110611 0     Bill Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 292 and 321 by striking from the City Plan Delaware Avenue from Pennypack Street to its terminus approximately five-thousand five-hundred feet southwestwardly therefrom. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110648 0     Bill Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 305 and 306 by placing on the City Plan Delaware Avenue from Lewis Street to Buckius Street and authorizing the opening thereof; authorizing the opening of certain portions of Delaware Avenue from the northeast side of Lewis Street to a point approximately 205 feet southwest, and the opening of certain portions of Buckius Street from Delaware Avenue to Bath Street; and authorizing the acquisition of certain slope easements adjacent to the right-of-way lines of Delaware Avenue to be placed on the City Plan hereunder, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110649 0     Bill Establishing a no truck parking regulation on Bath Street, between Hedley Street and Orthodox Street, both sides. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110554 1     Bill Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing certain exclusions, modifying certain definitions, and revising certain tax rates, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110632 0     Bill Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to purchase a certain tract of land with the improvements thereon situate at 9470 Ashton Road, under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement among the City, PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110650 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire the beds of certain portions of Delaware Avenue and Buckius Street, under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110669 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to convey a parcel of land with the improvements thereon, located at 921-27 Ellsworth Street, under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110552 1     Bill Amending Section 10-602 of The Philadelphia Code, known as the "Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law," by providing a limited period of time, expiring January 1, 2012, during which certain Drinking Establishments, as defined, may apply for and obtain a waiver of the provisions of the Section prohibiting smoking in certain places, under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110565 1     Bill Amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," to establish provisions for the reporting of wild raccoons, and to provide for the manner of their abatement, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 14:2 Action details Not available 110442 0     Bill Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by changing the reporting requirement related to the Sustainable Business Tax Credit; all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 110533 1     Bill Amending Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by providing for the manner of payment of electrical permit fees for the installation of solar electric (also known as photovoltaic) systems. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available