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Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/25/2008 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Room 400
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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080740 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 080251, 080380-A and 080543, which were passed by Council on September 18, 2008, were signed by the Mayor on September 24, 2008.READ   Action details Not available
080726 0  ResolutionAuthorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on implementing department-specific computerized ethics training programs designed to equip all City officials, employees and appointees with the ethics knowledge needed to make better decisions and take appropriate actions. IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080726 0  ResolutionAuthorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on implementing department-specific computerized ethics training programs designed to equip all City officials, employees and appointees with the ethics knowledge needed to make better decisions and take appropriate actions. IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080726 0  ResolutionAuthorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on implementing department-specific computerized ethics training programs designed to equip all City officials, employees and appointees with the ethics knowledge needed to make better decisions and take appropriate actions. READ   Action details Not available
080726 0  ResolutionAuthorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on implementing department-specific computerized ethics training programs designed to equip all City officials, employees and appointees with the ethics knowledge needed to make better decisions and take appropriate actions. READ   Action details Not available
080726 0  ResolutionAuthorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on implementing department-specific computerized ethics training programs designed to equip all City officials, employees and appointees with the ethics knowledge needed to make better decisions and take appropriate actions. ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
080726 0  ResolutionAuthorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on implementing department-specific computerized ethics training programs designed to equip all City officials, employees and appointees with the ethics knowledge needed to make better decisions and take appropriate actions. ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
080727 0  ResolutionRecognizing the Week of October 13, 2008 as Certified Nursing Assistants Week in the City of Philadelphia.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080727 0  ResolutionRecognizing the Week of October 13, 2008 as Certified Nursing Assistants Week in the City of Philadelphia.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080727 0  ResolutionRecognizing the Week of October 13, 2008 as Certified Nursing Assistants Week in the City of Philadelphia.READ   Action details Not available
080727 0  ResolutionRecognizing the Week of October 13, 2008 as Certified Nursing Assistants Week in the City of Philadelphia.READ   Action details Not available
080727 0  ResolutionRecognizing the Week of October 13, 2008 as Certified Nursing Assistants Week in the City of Philadelphia.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080727 0  ResolutionRecognizing the Week of October 13, 2008 as Certified Nursing Assistants Week in the City of Philadelphia.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080728 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the health, financial, and quality of life issues of veterans. IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080728 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the health, financial, and quality of life issues of veterans. IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080728 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the health, financial, and quality of life issues of veterans. READ   Action details Not available
080728 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the health, financial, and quality of life issues of veterans. READ   Action details Not available
080728 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the health, financial, and quality of life issues of veterans. ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
080728 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the health, financial, and quality of life issues of veterans. ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
080729 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding reverse mortgages.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080729 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding reverse mortgages.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080729 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding reverse mortgages.READ   Action details Not available
080729 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding reverse mortgages.READ   Action details Not available
080729 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding reverse mortgages.ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
080729 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding reverse mortgages.ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
080730 0  ResolutionHonoring the Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones Diversity Tour and Declaring October 18, 2008 as "Cullen Jones Day" in the City of Philadelphia.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080730 0  ResolutionHonoring the Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones Diversity Tour and Declaring October 18, 2008 as "Cullen Jones Day" in the City of Philadelphia.READ   Action details Not available
080730 0  ResolutionHonoring the Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones Diversity Tour and Declaring October 18, 2008 as "Cullen Jones Day" in the City of Philadelphia.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080731 0  ResolutionAuthorizing 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.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080731 0  ResolutionAuthorizing 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.READ   Action details Not available
080731 0  ResolutionAuthorizing 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
080732 0  ResolutionAuthorizing 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 Eleventh and Fifty-ninth 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.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080732 0  ResolutionAuthorizing 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 Eleventh and Fifty-ninth 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.READ   Action details Not available
080732 0  ResolutionAuthorizing 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 Eleventh and Fifty-ninth 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
080721 0  BillTerminating the Frankford Special Services District ("District"), a neighborhood improvement district, all under certain terms and conditions.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080721 0  BillTerminating the Frankford Special Services District ("District"), a neighborhood improvement district, all under certain terms and conditions.Referred   Action details Not available
080733 0  ResolutionInitiating action requesting the termination of the Frankford Special Services District ("District"), a neighborhood improvement district, and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally terminate the District. IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080733 0  ResolutionInitiating action requesting the termination of the Frankford Special Services District ("District"), a neighborhood improvement district, and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally terminate the District. READ   Action details Not available
080733 0  ResolutionInitiating action requesting the termination of the Frankford Special Services District ("District"), a neighborhood improvement district, and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally terminate the District. ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
080734 0  ResolutionHonoring, Recognizing and Congratulating the Philadelphia Neighborhoods Manayunk and Overbrook Farms for being selected by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission as "Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia."IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080734 0  ResolutionHonoring, Recognizing and Congratulating the Philadelphia Neighborhoods Manayunk and Overbrook Farms for being selected by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission as "Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia."READ   Action details Not available
080734 0  ResolutionHonoring, Recognizing and Congratulating the Philadelphia Neighborhoods Manayunk and Overbrook Farms for being selected by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission as "Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia."ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080735 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the City Council's Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold joint hearings on how the Aging in Place model could strengthen Philadelphia neighborhoods by providing supports and services to seniors in their own homes. IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080735 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the City Council's Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold joint hearings on how the Aging in Place model could strengthen Philadelphia neighborhoods by providing supports and services to seniors in their own homes. READ   Action details Not available
080735 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the City Council's Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold joint hearings on how the Aging in Place model could strengthen Philadelphia neighborhoods by providing supports and services to seniors in their own homes. ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
080736 0  ResolutionRecognizing September 27, 2008 as Green Jobs Now: A National Day of Action to Build the New Economy in Philadelphia.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080736 0  ResolutionRecognizing September 27, 2008 as Green Jobs Now: A National Day of Action to Build the New Economy in Philadelphia.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080736 0  ResolutionRecognizing September 27, 2008 as Green Jobs Now: A National Day of Action to Build the New Economy in Philadelphia.READ   Action details Not available
080736 0  ResolutionRecognizing September 27, 2008 as Green Jobs Now: A National Day of Action to Build the New Economy in Philadelphia.READ   Action details Not available
080736 0  ResolutionRecognizing September 27, 2008 as Green Jobs Now: A National Day of Action to Build the New Economy in Philadelphia.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080736 0  ResolutionRecognizing September 27, 2008 as Green Jobs Now: A National Day of Action to Build the New Economy in Philadelphia.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080737 0  ResolutionRecognizing October as Philly Plays SCRABBLE Month.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080737 0  ResolutionRecognizing October as Philly Plays SCRABBLE Month.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080737 0  ResolutionRecognizing October as Philly Plays SCRABBLE Month.READ   Action details Not available
080737 0  ResolutionRecognizing October as Philly Plays SCRABBLE Month.READ   Action details Not available
080737 0  ResolutionRecognizing October as Philly Plays SCRABBLE Month.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080737 0  ResolutionRecognizing October as Philly Plays SCRABBLE Month.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080738 0  ResolutionHonoring Operation Warm on the occasion of celebrating their Tenth Anniversary and distribution of 500,000 new winter coats.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080738 0  ResolutionHonoring Operation Warm on the occasion of celebrating their Tenth Anniversary and distribution of 500,000 new winter coats.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080738 0  ResolutionHonoring Operation Warm on the occasion of celebrating their Tenth Anniversary and distribution of 500,000 new winter coats.READ   Action details Not available
080738 0  ResolutionHonoring Operation Warm on the occasion of celebrating their Tenth Anniversary and distribution of 500,000 new winter coats.READ   Action details Not available
080738 0  ResolutionHonoring Operation Warm on the occasion of celebrating their Tenth Anniversary and distribution of 500,000 new winter coats.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080738 0  ResolutionHonoring Operation Warm on the occasion of celebrating their Tenth Anniversary and distribution of 500,000 new winter coats.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080722 0  BillAmending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by prohibiting the operation of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle with certain types of aftermarket mufflers, and by prohibiting businesses and other persons from installing such prohibited types of aftermarket mufflers, and providing for fines and penalties; and amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing for the revocation of the business privilege license of a business that violates the prohibition against the installation of certain prohibited mufflers; all under certain terms and conditions.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080722 0  BillAmending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by prohibiting the operation of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle with certain types of aftermarket mufflers, and by prohibiting businesses and other persons from installing such prohibited types of aftermarket mufflers, and providing for fines and penalties; and amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing for the revocation of the business privilege license of a business that violates the prohibition against the installation of certain prohibited mufflers; all under certain terms and conditions.Referred   Action details Not available
080723 0  BillAmending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," to provide for a homestead exemption with respect to City real property tax, under certain terms and conditions.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080723 0  BillAmending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," to provide for a homestead exemption with respect to City real property tax, under certain terms and conditions.Referred   Action details Not available
080724-AA 0  BillAmending Section 14-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "'C-4' Commercial and 'C-5' Commercial Districts," by negating any setback over 65 feet in height for lots designated "C-5" in the area bounded by 15th Street and Arch Street (Benjamin Franklin Parkway), Cherry Street and 16th Street and by increasing the permitted floor area for such lots building floor plate reduction.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080724-AA 0  BillAmending Section 14-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "'C-4' Commercial and 'C-5' Commercial Districts," by negating any setback over 65 feet in height for lots designated "C-5" in the area bounded by 15th Street and Arch Street (Benjamin Franklin Parkway), Cherry Street and 16th Street and by increasing the permitted floor area for such lots building floor plate reduction.Referred   Action details Not available
080725 0  BillAuthorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cleveland Street from Girard Avenue to Stiles Street, under certain terms and conditions.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080725 0  BillAuthorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cleveland Street from Girard Avenue to Stiles Street, under certain terms and conditions.IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080725 0  BillAuthorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cleveland Street from Girard Avenue to Stiles Street, under certain terms and conditions.Referred   Action details Not available
080725 0  BillAuthorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cleveland Street from Girard Avenue to Stiles Street, under certain terms and conditions.Referred   Action details Not available
080739 0  ResolutionThanking The Members Of The Pennsylvania General Assembly Who Supported House Bill 2525 Which Will Dramatically Improve Conditions For Dogs Kept In Pennsylvania Commercial Kennels & Urging The Pennsylvania State Senate To Promptly Pass This Bill In Its Current Form. IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080739 0  ResolutionThanking The Members Of The Pennsylvania General Assembly Who Supported House Bill 2525 Which Will Dramatically Improve Conditions For Dogs Kept In Pennsylvania Commercial Kennels & Urging The Pennsylvania State Senate To Promptly Pass This Bill In Its Current Form. IntroducedPass  Action details Not available
080739 0  ResolutionThanking The Members Of The Pennsylvania General Assembly Who Supported House Bill 2525 Which Will Dramatically Improve Conditions For Dogs Kept In Pennsylvania Commercial Kennels & Urging The Pennsylvania State Senate To Promptly Pass This Bill In Its Current Form. READ   Action details Not available
080739 0  ResolutionThanking The Members Of The Pennsylvania General Assembly Who Supported House Bill 2525 Which Will Dramatically Improve Conditions For Dogs Kept In Pennsylvania Commercial Kennels & Urging The Pennsylvania State Senate To Promptly Pass This Bill In Its Current Form. READ   Action details Not available
080739 0  ResolutionThanking The Members Of The Pennsylvania General Assembly Who Supported House Bill 2525 Which Will Dramatically Improve Conditions For Dogs Kept In Pennsylvania Commercial Kennels & Urging The Pennsylvania State Senate To Promptly Pass This Bill In Its Current Form. ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080739 0  ResolutionThanking The Members Of The Pennsylvania General Assembly Who Supported House Bill 2525 Which Will Dramatically Improve Conditions For Dogs Kept In Pennsylvania Commercial Kennels & Urging The Pennsylvania State Senate To Promptly Pass This Bill In Its Current Form. ADOPTED   Action details Not available
080376 1  BillEstablishing 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.,SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCILPass  Action details Not available
080376 0  BillEstablishing 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.,ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available
080376 1  BillEstablishing 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.,ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available