Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 11/4/2010 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Room 400 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (32) 32 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 100768 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 100488, 100537 and 100539, which was passed by Council on October 21, 2010, were signed by the Mayor on November 3, 2010. READ     Action details Not available 100770 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution finding that a negotiated private sale of General Obligation Bonds is in the best financial interest of the City of the Philadelphia, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the City Treasurer. READ     Action details Not available 100771 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 legally open portions of Fifth Street from Race Street to Vine Street, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for drainage and water main purposes within the lines of Fifth Street being stricken, relocating the lines and reducing the width of Florist Street from Third Street to Fourth Street, placing on the City Plan Seventh Street from Race Street to Franklin Street, and striking from the City Plan the northerly twenty-seven feet wide portion of Race Street from Franklin Street to Eighth Street, authorizing the conveyance of the City-owned portion of the bed of Fifth Street being stricken to the Delaware River Port Authority, and authorizing the opening of the northerly forty-seven feet wide portion of Race Street from Sixth Street to Franklin Street and the opening of Seventh Street from Race Street to Franklin Street, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 100772 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a lease agreement to lease vehicles and equipment from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, for the purposes of financing vehicles and equipment and to enter into an escrow agreement pursuant to the terms of the lease agreement, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the City Treasurer. READ     Action details Not available 100749 0     Bill Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) and Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), to require that the owners of residential properties that are vacant following foreclosure register, inspect and maintain such properties, and to provide for enforcement and penalties for failure to do so, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100750-A 0     Bill To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Holy Family University, located at 4500 Grant Avenue, by allowing for the construction of a new administrative building. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100751 0     Bill Authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a lease agreement to lease vehicles and equipment from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, for the purposes of financing vehicles and equipment and to enter into an escrow agreement pursuant to the terms of the lease agreement, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100763 0     Resolution Finding that a negotiated private sale of General Obligation Bonds is in the best financial interest of the City of the Philadelphia. Introduced, Read and Adopted Pass   Action details Not available 100752 0     Bill Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by increasing the path of snow to be cleared on sidewalks, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100753 0     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by East Moreland Avenue, Winston Street, East Mermaid Lane and Germantown Avenue. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100764 0     Resolution Proclaiming November 14th 2010 as "World Diabetes Day" and encouraging all to participate in the "Believe in Blue" Campaign. Introduced, Read and Adopted Pass   Action details Not available 100754 0     Bill Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing for exclusions and certifications for hobbies and other not-for-profit activities, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100755 0     Bill Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," by creating a new Chapter 21-1800, entitled "Foster Care," to provide for standards and procedures for approving foster parents and the placement of children in foster care, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100756 0     Bill Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard," by broadening the definition of the "City financial aid recipients" who are subject to that Chapter to include certain persons or entities who lease property or equipment from persons or entities who receive City assistance, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100757 0     Bill Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting vending on both sides of Broad Street between Washington Avenue and Bainbridge Street, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100758 0     Bill Establishing a two-way regulation on Spruce Street, from 38th Parallel Place to 2nd Street. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100759 0     Bill Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-305, entitled "'C-4' Commercial and 'C-5' Commercial Districts," by revising parking and area regulations and regulations relating to signs and off-street loading and trash storage in the area bounded by Arch Street, Juniper Street, Cuthbert Street and Broad Street, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100760 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 legally open portions of Fifth Street from Race Street to Vine Street, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage and water main purposes within the lines of Fifth Street being stricken, relocating the lines and reducing the width of Florist Street from Third Street to Fourth Street, placing on the City Plan Seventh Street from Race Street to Franklin Street, and striking from the City Plan the northerly twenty-seven feet wide portion of Race Street from Franklin Street to Eighth Street, authorizing the conveyance of the City-owned portion of the bed of Fifth Street being stricken to the Delaware River Port Authority, and authorizing the opening of the northerly forty-seven feet wide portion of Race Street from Sixth Street to Franklin Street and the opening of Seventh Street from Race Street to Franklin Street. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100766 0     Resolution Urging the Mayor and the Board of Pensions and Retirement to join Council in a sustained, collaborative effort to comprehensively and fairly evaluate City employees' retirement benefits, with the goal of ensuring that the City has in place actuarially sound pension plans that balance the interest of employees in a secure retirement with the interest of all taxpayers in having an affordable municipal government with adequate funds to provide appropriate services; and authorizing the Committee of the Whole to conduct hearings on the health and well-being of the City's entire Retirement System. Introduced, Read and Adopted Pass   Action details Not available 100761 0     Bill Amending Section 14-1629 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Yorktown Special District Controls," by specifically amending Section 14-1629(3), entitled "District Boundaries"; all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100762 0     Bill Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the General Fund from the Department of Parks and Recreation to the Council. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 100767 0     Resolution Initiating action to establish a neighborhood improvement district to be known as the University Housing Special Services District in an area that generally includes the area bounded by Girard Avenue, Ridge Avenue, 19th Street, York Street and Broad Street and certain blocks of streets that intersect that area, and for which Beech Interplex, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, would serve as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally establish the District. Introduced, Read and Adopted Pass   Action details Not available 100674 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a license agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") pursuant to which PAID will operate certain programs at the Scanlon Ice Rink, the Laura Sims Skatehouse at Cobbs Creek, the rink at the Simons Recreation and Teen Access Center, the Rizzo Ice Rink and the Tarken Ice Rink, by entering into a long term sublicense agreement with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation (the "Foundation") for such operation, under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 100674 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a license agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") pursuant to which PAID will operate certain programs at the Scanlon Ice Rink, the Laura Sims Skatehouse at Cobbs Creek, the rink at the Simons Recreation and Teen Access Center, the Rizzo Ice Rink and the Tarken Ice Rink, by entering into a long term sublicense agreement with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation (the "Foundation") for such operation, under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 100765 0     Resolution Requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No. 100636, entitled, "An Ordinance authorizing Thomas and Arlene Leschak, owners of Epicure Café, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 3479 Bowman Street, aka 3401 Conrad Street, under certain terms and conditions," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council. Introduced Pass   Action details Not available 100765 0     Resolution Requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No. 100636, entitled, "An Ordinance authorizing Thomas and Arlene Leschak, owners of Epicure Café, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 3479 Bowman Street, aka 3401 Conrad Street, under certain terms and conditions," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council. READ     Action details Not available 100765 0     Resolution Requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No. 100636, entitled, "An Ordinance authorizing Thomas and Arlene Leschak, owners of Epicure Café, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 3479 Bowman Street, aka 3401 Conrad Street, under certain terms and conditions," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 100769 0     COMMUNICATION November 4, 2010 To the President and the Members of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: I am returning herewith as requested by your Resolution adopted November 4, 2010, Bill No. 100636: "An Ordinance authorizing Thomas and Arlene Leschak, owners of Epicture Café, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 3479 Bowman Street, aka 3401 Conrad Street, under certain terms and conditions," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council. Respectfully, Michael A. Nutter Mayor READ     Action details Not available 100636 0     Bill Authorizing Thomas and Arlene Leschak, owners of Epicure Café, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 3479 Bowman Street, aka 3401 Conrad Street, under certain terms and conditions. RECONSIDERED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 100636 0     Bill Authorizing Thomas and Arlene Leschak, owners of Epicure Café, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 3479 Bowman Street, aka 3401 Conrad Street, under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 100674 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a license agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") pursuant to which PAID will operate certain programs at the Scanlon Ice Rink, the Laura Sims Skatehouse at Cobbs Creek, the rink at the Simons Recreation and Teen Access Center, the Rizzo Ice Rink and the Tarken Ice Rink, by entering into a long term sublicense agreement with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation (the "Foundation") for such operation, under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 100636 0     Bill Authorizing Thomas and Arlene Leschak, owners of Epicure Café, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 3479 Bowman Street, aka 3401 Conrad Street, under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available