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Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/15/2011 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Room 400
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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110622 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a message advising Council that Bill No. 110480, which was passed by Council on September 8, 2011, was signed by the Mayor on September 14, 2011.READ   Action details Not available
110623 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill amending Bill No. 110135 (approved June 24, 2011), entitled "To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2012-2017 inclusive," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.READ   Action details Not available
110624 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill amending Bill No. 110136 (approved June 24, 2011), entitled "To adopt a Fiscal 2012 Capital Budget," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.READ   Action details Not available
110625 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 118 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Clifton Street from Montgomery Avenue to Berks Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
110626 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a 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, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
110627 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 18-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Shedwick Street from Reed Street to Wharton Street, and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for public utility purposes within the lines of a portion of Shedwick Street 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
110628 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing 4511 M & T Inc. to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 4511-4513 Baltimore Avenue, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
110629 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing Milk & Honey LLC to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 4435 Baltimore Avenue, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
110630 0  COMMUNICATIONTransmitting a bill authorizing Bourse Mall Associates, L.P. and Bourse Tower Associates, L.P., owners of the Bourse Building, 111 S. Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to legalize various encroachments within the city right of way, located on the south footway of Ludlow Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Street; the west footway of Fourth Street between Ranstead Street and Ludlow Street; and the north footway of Ranstead Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Street; under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.READ   Action details Not available
110608 0  BillAuthorizing Milk & Honey LLC to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4435 Baltimore Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
110609 0  BillAuthorizing 4511 M & T Inc. to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4511-4513 Baltimore Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
110610 0  BillEnacting a new Chapter 9-3600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Bouncers," to require that bouncers employed at covered establishments be registered and receive proper training, to prohibit employers from employing unregistered or untrained bouncers and to permit employers to refuse to hire bouncers with certain past criminal convictions; all under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
110611 0  BillAuthorizing 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.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
110612 0  BillAmending Bill No. 110136 (approved June 24, 2011), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2012 Capital Budget," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced (By Request) and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
110613 0  BillAmending Bill No. 110135 (approved June 24, 2011), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2012-2017 inclusive," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced (By Request) and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
110614 0  BillAuthorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 18-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Shedwick Street from Reed Street to Wharton Street, and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for public utility purposes within the lines of a portion of Shedwick Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
110617 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 Twelfth 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.Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage CalendarPass  Action details Not available
110618 0  ResolutionRecognizing September 2011 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in honor of childhood cancer patients, care givers, survivors and those children who have succumbed to the disease.Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage CalendarPass  Action details Not available
110619 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 Seventh and Nineteenth 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.Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage CalendarPass  Action details Not available
110620 0  ResolutionSupporting President Obama's urgent American Jobs Act and calling on Mayor Nutter to establish complementary job creation programs at the local level.Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage CalendarPass  Action details Not available
110621 0  ResolutionRecognizing Smith Playground and Playhouse.Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage CalendarPass  Action details Not available
110615 0  BillAuthorizing Bourse Mall Associates, L.P. and Bourse Tower Associates, L.P., owners of the Bourse Building, 111 S. Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to legalize various encroachments within the City right-of-way, located on the south footway of Ludlow Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Street; the west footway of Fourth Street between Ranstead Street and Ludlow Street; and the north footway of Ranstead Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Street; under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
110616 0  BillAuthorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 118 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Clifton Street from Montgomery Avenue to Berks Street, under certain terms and conditions.Introduced and ReferredPass  Action details Not available
110567 0  ResolutionAuthorizing City Council's Joint Committees on Legislative Oversight and Education to hold public hearings on establishing a Philadelphia School Construction Commission to conduct a needs assessment and use and capacity study of Philadelphia's Public School buildings and to further make recommendations to enhance the environment within the school buildings to foster a safer and more stimulating learning environment.ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
110568 0  ResolutionRecognizing, honoring and thanking Reverend Ed Hallinan for his dedication and contributions to St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, its parishioners, and the City of Philadelphia.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110569 0  ResolutionHonoring and Congratulating Peter S. Longstreth on the Occasion of his Retirement from the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation after Ten Years of Service as President.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110570 0  ResolutionAlso naming Chestnut Street from Thirty-First Street to Thirty-Third Street "Papadakis Place."ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110571 0  ResolutionApproving the Drexel University Proposed Revision to its Institutional Development District Master Plan Pursuant to Chapter 14-1107(c) of The Philadelphia Code Relating to, "Zoning and Planning."ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110573 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
110574 0  ResolutionAmending Resolution No. 110453, approving the annual Program Statement and Budget for the expenditure of the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) Bond Proceeds for Fiscal Year 2012.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110575 0  ResolutionDeclaring October as "Domestic Violence Awareness Month."ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110577 0  ResolutionRecognize, Honor, And Celebrate Zarifa Roberson - For her innovative and urban style creation of I.D.E.A.L. Magazine which is geared for young people with disabilities. ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110578 0  ResolutionProclaiming September 23rd thru October 1st of 2011 as "Praise is the Cure Week" in Philadelphia.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110579 0  ResolutionProclaiming the weeks of October 3, 2011 and October 10, 2011 as "State of Young Philly Weeks," and honoring Young Involved Philadelphia.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110580 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 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.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110581 0  ResolutionAcknowledging and honoring the Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network (P.A.A.N.) for their ongoing work and commitment to promote community safety through services that reduce drug abuse and violence as well as to help at-risk youth develop positive alternatives that will return them to the mainstream of society.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110582 0  ResolutionAcknowledging and commending the City's Managing Director's Office of Emergency Management and all the City departments for their exemplary performance in response to Hurricane Irene, in the aftermath of an earthquake and followed by a tropical storm.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110583 0  ResolutionAuthorizing the Committee on Education to hold hearings to investigate the care of school property policy for the School District of Philadelphia as it relates to the distribution, collection and return of textbooks and to evaluate and determine best practices for further efficiencies.ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
110584 0  ResolutionAuthorizing Council's Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings for the purpose of examining existing programs and services available to at-risk adolescent girls; examining methods of continuing and strengthening such programs and developing new programs; and exploring potential sources of funding, in order to encourage young women to follow pathways that lead to the completion of their educations, economic independence and good citizenship.ADOPTED & REFERRED   Action details Not available
110585 0  ResolutionRecognizing Temple University's Temple 20/20 Scholarship Program.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110586 0  ResolutionDesignating the week of Monday, October 3 through Monday, October 10, 2011 as "Christopher Columbus/Italian American Heritage Week" in the City of Philadelphia. This is done in celebration of the festivities commemorating Columbus' historic voyage to the New World and honoring Joe Piscopo as Grand Marshall of the 2011 Philadelphia Columbus Day Parade.ADOPTED   Action details Not available
110587 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-first and Thirty-ninth 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
110588 0  ResolutionSupporting United States Senate Resolution 185 and United State House Resolution 268 - Reaffirming the Commitment of the United States to a Negotiated Settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.ADOPTEDPass14:2 Action details Not available
110590 0  ResolutionRecognizing, Honoring, and Thanking CISV, formerly Children's International Summer Village, through its local chapter, CISV Philadelphia-on the occasion of its 60th Anniversary-in furtherance of the CISV mission that "peace is possible through friendship-and that the real difference can be made by starting with children," and celebrating September 21st as "Peace One Day" and "International Day of Peace." ADOPTED   Action details Not available
100200-AAAA 2  BillAmending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-231, entitled "Residential District Rules and Exceptions," by providing for restrictions on placement, installation and maintenance of certain satellite dishes and antennas, under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
100200-AAAA 3  BillAmending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-231, entitled "Residential District Rules and Exceptions," by providing for restrictions on placement, installation and maintenance of certain satellite dishes and antennas, under certain terms and conditions.AMENDED   Action details Not available
100200-AAAA 3  BillAmending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-231, entitled "Residential District Rules and Exceptions," by providing for restrictions on placement, installation and maintenance of certain satellite dishes and antennas, under certain terms and conditions.ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.   Action details Not available
110181-AA 3  BillAmending Chapter 19-1200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking Tax," by providing for scheduled reductions in the rate of the tax beginning in Fiscal Year 2012, and by making certain technical amendments, all under certain terms and conditions.READPass12:5 Action details Not available
110181-AA 3  BillAmending Chapter 19-1200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking Tax," by providing for scheduled reductions in the rate of the tax beginning in Fiscal Year 2012, and by making certain technical amendments, all under certain terms and conditions.PASSEDPass12:5 Action details Not available
100012 0  BillAmending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by defining "Supermarkets," and excluding Supermarkets from the definition of Chain Restaurants, thereby exempting Supermarkets from menu labeling requirements applicable to Chain Restaurants, under certain terms and conditions.ORDER THE BILL PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SUSPENSION CALENDAR   Action details Not available
110441 0  BillAuthorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, a parcel of land located at 1628 Fitzwater Street, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.READ AND PASSEDPass17:0 Action details Not available
110443 1  BillAmending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending the options for retirement benefits; in particular, amending Section 22-310, entitled "Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)," by making various changes to DROP to reduce its costs, including, but not limited to, changing eligibility requirements and the interest credited to DROP accounts; adding a new option for retirees to take a lump sum benefit at retirement, in exchange for an actuarial reduction of their regular monthly pension; and making conforming amendments to other provisions; all under certain terms and conditions.RECONSIDERED   Action details Not available
110443 1  BillAmending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending the options for retirement benefits; in particular, amending Section 22-310, entitled "Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)," by making various changes to DROP to reduce its costs, including, but not limited to, changing eligibility requirements and the interest credited to DROP accounts; adding a new option for retirees to take a lump sum benefit at retirement, in exchange for an actuarial reduction of their regular monthly pension; and making conforming amendments to other provisions; all under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
110443 1  BillAmending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending the options for retirement benefits; in particular, amending Section 22-310, entitled "Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)," by making various changes to DROP to reduce its costs, including, but not limited to, changing eligibility requirements and the interest credited to DROP accounts; adding a new option for retirees to take a lump sum benefit at retirement, in exchange for an actuarial reduction of their regular monthly pension; and making conforming amendments to other provisions; all under certain terms and conditions.VETO OVERRIDDENPass17:0 Action details Not available
080474-AA 3  BillEnacting a new Chapter 9-3300, entitled "Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces," to provide that certain employees are entitled to paid sick leave, all under certain terms and conditions.RECONSIDERED   Action details Not available
080474-AA 3  BillEnacting a new Chapter 9-3300, entitled "Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces," to provide that certain employees are entitled to paid sick leave, all under certain terms and conditions.READ   Action details Not available
080474-AA 3  BillEnacting a new Chapter 9-3300, entitled "Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces," to provide that certain employees are entitled to paid sick leave, all under certain terms and conditions.TABLED   Action details Not available
110546 0  BillAmending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCILPass  Action details Not available
110546 0  BillAmending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available
110547 0  BillAmending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCILPass  Action details Not available
110547 0  BillAmending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available
110546 0  BillAmending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available
110547 0  BillAmending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Not available