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Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/28/2010 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Room 400
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100736 0  COMMUNICATIONOctober 27, 2010 To The President and Members of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: Pursuant to Sections 4-604 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission regarding the followings Bills: Bill No. 100498 Bill No. 100546 Bill No. 100552 Bill No. 100656 Respectfully, Michael A. Nutter MayorREAD   Action details Not available
100737 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a 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. 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283 & 284 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 277 as 3869-3871 Melon street, for Parcel No. 278 as 3920 Melon street, for Parcel No. 279 as 3846-3850 Mount Vernon street, for Parcel No. 280 as 3728 Wallace street, for Parcel No. 281 as 673 North Thirty-seventh street, for Parcel No. 282 as 620-622 North Thirty-eighth street, for Parcel No. 283 as 632-634 North Thirty-ninth street and for Parcel No. 284 as 3849-3855 Melon street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with WPRE II, L.P. 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.READ   Action details Not available
100738 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 within the General 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
100739 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 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
100740 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 within the Grants Revenue 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
100741 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing Frank Borda, Owner of Francoluigi's Restaurant, to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 1549 South Thirteenth Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
100742 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing CM123, LLC t/a The Wishing Well to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 767 South Ninth Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
100743 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing Fabio Scarpelli, Owner of La Golosa, Inc., to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 806 South Sixth Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
100744 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing BIBA UC LLC / dba BIBA Wine Bar, 3131 Walnut Street, Suite 1A, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, to legalize various existing encroachments and to construct, own and maintain additional encroachments in the right-of-way located on the north footway of Walnut Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
100745 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting bill authorizing Rameshchandra Patel, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the northwest corner of Sixteenth Street and Chestnut Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the northwest corner of Sixteenth Street and Chestnut 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
100746 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing Mike Scotese, Owner of Grey Lodge Pub, to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 6235 Frankford Avenue, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
100747 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing Mt. Airy USA (MAUSA) to install, and the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District (MABID) to own and maintain, four benches on the east and west footway of Germantown Avenue, from Mt. Airy Avenue to East Phil-Ellena Street, and two benches on the south footway of the unit block of West Mt. Pleasant Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
100748 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill approving the first amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Center City Redevelopment Area, Franklin Town Project, being the area beginning in the vicinity of Spring Garden and Twenty-first streets, which provides, inter alia, for amending the land use map and regulations to add religious institutional as a permitted use, modifying the regulations to exclude certain portions of the project area from building setbacks and adjusting height limitations, and for amending the regulations by adding provisions related to gates, fences and walls within certain portions of the project area, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director of the Redevelopment Authority.READ   Action details Not available
100710 0  BillAmending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by revising the requirements for signs that give notice that unauthorized parking is prohibited and unauthorized vehicles will be towed from a private lot or private property, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100725 0  ResolutionAuthorizing City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings to investigate how the Risk Management Division of the Finance Department manages its relationships with Third Party Administrators who provide services for City employees who are injured on the job.Introduced, Read, Adopted & ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100726 0  ResolutionCongratulating William Beck on being formally awarded the Silver Star for his immeasurable contribution to one of the most significant and the first major engagement by the United States Army in the Vietnam War, the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley.Introduced, Read and AdoptedPass  Action details Not available
100711 0  BillAuthorizing BIBA UC LLC / dba BIBA Wine Bar, 3131 Walnut Street, Suite 1A, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, to legalize various existing encroachments and to construct, own and maintain additional encroachments in the right-of-way located on the north footway of Walnut Street, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100727 0  ResolutionHonoring and Congratulating State Representative Frank Louis Oliver on the Occasion of his Retirement from the Pennsylvania General Assembly after Thirty-Six Years of Dedicated Service.Introduced, Read and AdoptedPass  Action details Not available
100728 0  ResolutionHonoring and Congratulating Commonwealth Court Judge Doris A. Smith-Ribner on Receiving the Thaddeus Stevens Award Recognizing her Work to Provide Equal Educational Opportunity to All Students in the School District of Philadelphia.Introduced, Read and AdoptedPass  Action details Not available
100729 0  ResolutionApproving 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. 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283 & 284 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 277 as 3869-3871 Melon street, for Parcel No. 278 as 3920 Melon street, for Parcel No. 279 as 3846-3850 Mount Vernon street, for Parcel No. 280 as 3728 Wallace street, for Parcel No. 281 as 673 North Thirty-seventh street, for Parcel No. 282 as 620-622 North Thirty-eighth street, for Parcel No. 283 as 632-634 North Thirty-ninth street and for Parcel No. 284 as 3849-3855 Melon street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with WPRE II, L.P. to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement. Introduced, Read and AdoptedPass  Action details Not available
100712 0  BillAuthorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 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 ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100713 0  BillAuthorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 within the Grants Revenue Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100714 0  BillAuthorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 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 ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100715 0  BillAuthorizing Mike Scotese, owner of Grey Lodge Pub, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 6235 Frankford Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100730 0  ResolutionHonoring the Urban Affairs Coalition and its 41 years of service to the great citizens of Southeastern Pennsylvania.Introduced, Read and AdoptedPass  Action details Not available
100716 0  BillAuthorizing Mt. Airy USA (MAUSA) to install, and the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District (MABID) to own and maintain, four benches on the east and west footway of Germantown Avenue, from Mt. Airy Avenue to East Phil-Ellena Street, and two benches on the south footway of the unit block of West Mt. Pleasant Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100731 0  ResolutionAuthorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing to consider and evaluate the issues surfacing around the Philadelphia Police Department and the conduct of its officers. Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100732 0  ResolutionRecognizing and honoring Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) on the occasion of its 40th Anniversary.Introduced, Read and AdoptedPass  Action details Not available
100733 0  ResolutionNaming North Lawrence Street between West Westmoreland Street and West Ontario Street in honor of Guillermo "Bill" Salas, Jr.Introduced, Read and AdoptedPass  Action details Not available
100734 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Council Committee on Streets and Services to hold a hearing to investigate traffic safety and the needs for additional traffic controls on the North 5th Street Corridor.Introduced, Read, Adopted & ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100717 0  BillAuthorizing CM123, LLC t/a The Wishing Well to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 767 South Ninth Street, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100718 0  BillAuthorizing Fabio Scarpelli, owner of La Golosa, Inc., to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 806 South Sixth Street, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100719 0  BillAuthorizing Frank Borda, owner of Francoluigi's Restaurant, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 1549 South Thirteenth Street, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100720-A 0  BillAmending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," and Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding special provisions regulating advertising signs in designated Commercial Advertising Districts; designating Market Street between 7th Street and 13th Street as a Commercial Advertising District; and making conforming amendments to other provisions of The Philadelphia Code regulating advertising signs; and amending Chapter 19-3400, entitled "Excise Tax on Outdoor Advertising Transactions," by imposing a tax on these signs, all under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100735 0  ResolutionAlso naming Broad Street from Spruce Street to Pine Street as "Gamble and Huff Walk."Introduced, Read and AdoptedPass  Action details Not available
100721 0  BillAmending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new Section establishing the Fox Chase Environmental Control District, all under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100709 0  BillApproving the first amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Center City Redevelopment Area, Franklin Town Project, being the area beginning in the vicinity of Spring Garden and Twenty-first streets, which provides, inter alia, for amending the land use map and regulations to add religious institutional as a permitted use, modifying the regulations to exclude certain portions of the project area from building setbacks and adjusting height limitations, and for amending the regulations by adding provisions related to gates, fences and walls within certain portions of the project area.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100722-A 0  BillAmending Chapter 10-818 of The Philadelphia Code to provide that no person shall carry a firearm on public streets or public property unless the person is licensed to carry such firearm by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, regardless of whether the person possesses a license issued in another state, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100723 0  BillAuthorizing Rameshchandra Patel, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the northwest corner of Sixteenth Street and Chestnut Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the northwest corner of Sixteenth Street and Chestnut Street for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100724 0  BillRenaming and designating Franklintown Park located between N. 18th Street and N. 19th Street and between Hamilton Street and Shamokin Street as "Matthias Baldwin Park".Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
100654 0  BillAuthorizing the issuance of one or more series of general obligation bonds to provide funds to refund certain outstanding general obligation bonds of the City of Philadelphia; authorizing the Mayor, City Controller and City Solicitor or a majority of them to sell the bonds at public or private negotiated sale; setting forth the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds will be expended; providing for the maturities and for other terms and conditions and for the form of the bonds; providing that bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity; providing sinking funds for the bonds and for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment thereof; authorizing agreements to provide credit enhancement or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds and certain other actions.READ   Action details Not available
100654 0  BillAuthorizing the issuance of one or more series of general obligation bonds to provide funds to refund certain outstanding general obligation bonds of the City of Philadelphia; authorizing the Mayor, City Controller and City Solicitor or a majority of them to sell the bonds at public or private negotiated sale; setting forth the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds will be expended; providing for the maturities and for other terms and conditions and for the form of the bonds; providing that bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity; providing sinking funds for the bonds and for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment thereof; authorizing agreements to provide credit enhancement or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds and certain other actions.ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available
100546 0  BillRepealing Bill No. 090741, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 296, in the area laying northwest of Shawmont Avenue and southwest of Eva Street, by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a portion of a right-of-way for sewers and placing on the City Plan, in an alternate location within the same area, a right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way being placed, under certain terms and conditions," under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100546 0  BillRepealing Bill No. 090741, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 296, in the area laying northwest of Shawmont Avenue and southwest of Eva Street, by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a portion of a right-of-way for sewers and placing on the City Plan, in an alternate location within the same area, a right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way being placed, under certain terms and conditions," under certain terms and conditions.ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available
100541 0  BillAuthorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants - Federal Stimulus Funding to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.READ   Action details Not available
100541 0  BillAuthorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants - Federal Stimulus Funding to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100498 1  BillAmending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new Section establishing the Roxborough Environmental Control District, all under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100498 1  BillAmending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new Section establishing the Roxborough Environmental Control District, all under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100538 1  BillAmending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by providing that a vehicle may be relocated from the premises of a hospital without first being ticketed, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100538 1  BillAmending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by providing that a vehicle may be relocated from the premises of a hospital without first being ticketed, under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100554 1  BillTo amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of the Aria Health System-Torresdale Campus (formerly Frankford Hospital), located at 10800 Knights Road, by allowing for the construction of a new building addition for use as a parking garage.READ   Action details Not available
100554 1  BillTo amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of the Aria Health System-Torresdale Campus (formerly Frankford Hospital), located at 10800 Knights Road, by allowing for the construction of a new building addition for use as a parking garage.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100548 1  BillAmending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by revising the list of City depositories because of non-compliance with certain provisions of that Chapter, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100548 1  BillAmending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by revising the list of City depositories because of non-compliance with certain provisions of that Chapter, under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100549 1  BillAmending Section 19-201 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Depositories," by amending the process for the selection of City payroll depositories, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100549 1  BillAmending Section 19-201 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Depositories," by amending the process for the selection of City payroll depositories, under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100612 0  BillAmending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by amending Section 19-201, entitled "City Depositories," by authorizing the City Treasurer to deposit funds in Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100612 0  BillAmending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by amending Section 19-201, entitled "City Depositories," by authorizing the City Treasurer to deposit funds in Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100545 0  BillAuthorizing Francisco Hernandez to construct, own and maintain an enclosed set of stairs attached to 657 E. Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that will encroach upon the sidewalk of "F" Street, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100545 0  BillAuthorizing Francisco Hernandez to construct, own and maintain an enclosed set of stairs attached to 657 E. Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that will encroach upon the sidewalk of "F" Street, under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100551 0  BillAuthorizing the Veteran Boxers Association to construct, own and maintain a pedestal with a sculpture of Joey Giardello on the traffic median created by the intersection of Passyunk Avenue, Mifflin Street and Thirteenth Street, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100551 0  BillAuthorizing the Veteran Boxers Association to construct, own and maintain a pedestal with a sculpture of Joey Giardello on the traffic median created by the intersection of Passyunk Avenue, Mifflin Street and Thirteenth Street, under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100636 0  BillAuthorizing 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
100636 0  BillAuthorizing 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.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100652 0  BillAuthorizing the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, located at Ten Independence Mall West, to construct, own and maintain various encroachments in the right-of-way adjacent to the Federal Reserve Bank building on the 6th Street Entry, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100652 0  BillAuthorizing the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, located at Ten Independence Mall West, to construct, own and maintain various encroachments in the right-of-way adjacent to the Federal Reserve Bank building on the 6th Street Entry, under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100653 0  BillAuthorizing Ashwin Patel, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Chestnut Street and Tenth Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the southwest corner of Chestnut Street and Tenth Street for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100653 0  BillAuthorizing Ashwin Patel, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Chestnut Street and Tenth Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the southwest corner of Chestnut Street and Tenth Street for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
100547 1  BillAmending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates and credits for the business privilege tax, by amending the provisions providing a credit for contributions to community development corporations to add certain nonprofit intermediaries as eligible recipients of contributions, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100547 1  BillAmending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates and credits for the business privilege tax, by amending the provisions providing a credit for contributions to community development corporations to add certain nonprofit intermediaries as eligible recipients of contributions, under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available