Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/2/2012 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Room 400 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (50) 50 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 120077 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution appointing Nancy Winkler to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority. READ     Action details Not available 120078 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution, appointing Emily Bittenbender to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority. READ     Action details Not available 120079 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the South Central Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 310 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 1001-1035 South Seventeenth street; authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Carpenter Square 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 120080 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," to provide for limits on the numbers of dogs and cats, sterilized and unsterilized, permitted on residential properties, all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Managing Director and Deputy Mayor for Administration and Coordination. READ     Action details Not available 120058 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service and the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold joint public hearings to review and investigate construction industry practices to identify any weaknesses in the City's current inspection and enforcement procedures and explore appropriate remedies, and in furtherance of such investigation, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120059 0     Resolution Approving the University of Pennsylvania's proposed amendment to its Institutional Development District Master Plan pursuant to Chapter 14-1107(c) of The Philadelphia Code relating to "Zoning and Planning." Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120049 0     Bill Amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," to provide for limits on the numbers of dogs and cats, sterilized and unsterilized, permitted on residential properties, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120050 0     Bill Granting permission to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to construct, own and maintain open-air passenger shelters and other miscellaneous encroachments on the public sidewalk located at 33rd Street, Dauphin Street and Ridge Avenue, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120060 0     Resolution Honoring John J. Dougherty on his selection as the Grand Marshal of the 242nd Annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120061 0     Resolution Honoring Mary Ann Torres. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120062 0     Resolution Recognizing and acknowledging Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on the occasion of its Fifth Annual Philadelphia City Council Delta Day. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120051 0     Bill Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Spruce Street from Twenty-fifth Street to the Pierhead & Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River, striking from the City Plan and vacating Twenty-sixth Street from Spruce Street to Delancey Place, and placing on the City Plan rights-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of the said streets being stricken and incorporating the vacated areas of said streets under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120063 0     Resolution Urging the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee to reject House Bill No. 1523 which could impose heavy financial penalties on municipalities that adopt or enforce reasonable regulations of firearms, and to allow the City of Philadelphia to continue its efforts to regulate firearms for the health, safety and welfare of the City. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120064 0     Resolution Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the South Central Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 310 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 1001-1035 South Seventeenth street; authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Carpenter Square 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 120065 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Joint Committees on Transportation & Public Utilities and Legislative Oversight to hold hearings to investigate the status of the Philadelphia International Airport Capacity Enhancement Program. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120066 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. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120052 0     Bill Repealing Chapter 16-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic District Development Program," and replacing it with a new Chapter 16-500, entitled "Philadelphia Land Bank," that authorizes the creation of a land bank and provides for its appointment, powers, and duties, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120053 0     Bill Renaming and designating Fairhill Square Park at 4th Street & Lehigh Avenue as the Willie Colon Festival Park with the Joaquin Rivera "Proceres De Filadelfia" Plaza. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120054-A 0     Bill Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing for installment payment agreements and requiring commencement of enforcement action, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120067 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on the merger of the City's workforce development agencies. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120055 0     Bill Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," to authorize and regulate the placement of advertising on school buses owned or controlled by the School District of Philadelphia, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120068 0     Resolution Honoring and Recognizing Cheryl McClenney Brooker on her retirement from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and her tireless commitment to the art, cultural and civic community of Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120069 0     Resolution Honoring the life and achievements of Fatimah Ali. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120056 0     Bill Amending Title 16 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Property," to provide for estimated annual energy cost disclosures upon the sale of certain City-owned residential properties, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120070 0     Resolution Honoring and Celebrating Philadelphia's Living Legends, Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Walter P. Lomax, Jr., Bill Ellerbee, Dr. Walter Palmer, Louise Williams, Dr. Audrey Bronson, Robert Bogle, Sonia Sanchez, Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, Mary Mason, Sonny Hill, and Gamble & Huff, in the areas of government, music, religion, education, athletics, and activism, as part of the commemoration of Black History Month. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120071 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to investigate the City's support of the use of manufacturing in the creative industry, and how promoting and increasing this relationship will benefit the manufacturing sector in Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120072 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to examine bail practices in gun-possession cases and the correlation to future gun-related crimes. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120073 0     Resolution Calling on the Governor and the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation to require sellers of residential properties in the Commonwealth to disclose annual energy costs associated with residential properties. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120074 0     Resolution Appointing Nancy Winkler to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120075 0     Resolution Appointing Emily Bittenbender to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120076 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-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 120057 0     Bill Amending Section 11-506 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Alleys, Driveways, and Retaining Walls," by requiring that the buyer, prior to the sale of real estate, be notified of the existence of any retaining wall within the boundaries of the real estate being conveyed; all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120025 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings investigating the feasibility, advantages and legal measures required to establish a special purpose zone in one or more struggling neighborhoods to spur economic development. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 120026 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold public hearings for the purpose of determining the current condition of the City's information technology (IT) environment and the Office of Innovation and Technology's plans for improving and supporting the internal requirements of City departments and agencies which will enable the public and City agencies to interact efficiently, creatively, and transparently. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 120029 0     Resolution Authorizing the Council Committee on Education to conduct hearings to examine the Philadelphia School District's discipline policy and the recent report "Zero Tolerance in Philadelphia" by the Advancement Project and Youth United for Change, which documents the negative and disproportionate effect of zero tolerance discipline policies on poor and minority students. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 120030 0     Resolution Calling on the Federal Taskforce of States Attorney General's negotiating a settlement with the major banks related to the mortgage crisis, not to offer any settlement that would grant banks immunity to further prosecution, and to preserve each States right to pursue legal action on the broader issues of mortgage abuse. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120031 0     Resolution Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to reject House Bill 2029 as unnecessary and inconsistent with our core constitutional principles, and affirming that the Council of the City of Philadelphia welcomes all religious beliefs, traditions and heritages, and has full confidence in the U.S. Constitution and the laws of the state of Pennsylvania and does not entertain any concern that any foreign or religious law offers a threat to the law of the land. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120032 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 Nineteenth and Thirty-sixth 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 120039 0     Resolution Appointing Councilmembers Marian Tasco and Curtis Jones, Jr. to the Philadelphia Gas Commission. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120041 0     Resolution Urging the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare State to reconsider its proposed asset test in order for needy Pennsylvanians to receive benefits under the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program. READ     Action details Not available 120244 0     Resolution In solemn recognition during the week of April 16 through April 23, 2012 as the Annual Remembrance of the Six million Jewish Martyrs, who perished during the Holocaust.       Action details Not available 120041 0     Resolution Urging the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare State to reconsider its proposed asset test in order for needy Pennsylvanians to receive benefits under the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120042 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Public Safety and Committee on Housing Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold joint hearings on the City and State's preparedness for the influx of returning veterans from war, including Iraq and Afghanistan. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 120045 0     Resolution Calling on the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold public hearings to determine and identify Parks and Recreation Department resources, along with other City departments' programming, universities, cultural institutions, social and non-profit organizations focused on youth, which can be utilized to aid in the academic enrichment and supplement the academic needs of Philadelphia public school students. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 120060 0     Resolution Honoring John J. Dougherty on his selection as the Grand Marshal of the 242nd Annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120061 0     Resolution Honoring Mary Ann Torres. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120062 0     Resolution Recognizing and acknowledging Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on the occasion of its Fifth Annual Philadelphia City Council Delta Day. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120068 0     Resolution Honoring and Recognizing Cheryl McClenney Brooker on her retirement from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and her tireless commitment to the art, cultural and civic community of Philadelphia. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120069 0     Resolution Honoring the life and achievements of Fatimah Ali. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120070 0     Resolution Honoring and Celebrating Philadelphia's Living Legends, Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Walter P. Lomax, Jr., Bill Ellerbee, Dr. Walter Palmer, Louise Williams, Dr. Audrey Bronson, Robert Bogle, Sonia Sanchez, Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, Mary Mason, Sonny Hill, and Gamble & Huff, in the areas of government, music, religion, education, athletics, and activism, as part of the commemoration of Black History Month. ADOPTED     Action details Not available