Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/9/2012 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Room 400 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (34) 34 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 120097 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 Center City Redevelopment Area, designated as Parcel No. 46 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 2017-2023 Chestnut Street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Aquinas 2021 Chestnut Street, 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 120098 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for certain land and improvements located at 300 E. Hunting Park Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 120081 0     Bill Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by providing for a price preference for American-made supplies, materials and equipment purchased by the City and recipients of City financial assistance; and making technical amendments all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced Pass   Action details Not available 120081 0     Bill Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by providing for a price preference for American-made supplies, materials and equipment purchased by the City and recipients of City financial assistance; and making technical amendments all under certain terms and conditions. Re-Referred     Action details Not available 120082 0     Bill Amending Chapter 9-3300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Erection, Use and Inspection of Tower Cranes," by re-naming the Chapter to include mobile cranes, by adding provisions regulating the use and inspection of mobile cranes, and by authorizing enforcement of the provisions contained in the Chapter with respect to tower cranes and mobile cranes, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120086 0     Resolution Honoring and congratulating Captain William V. Fisher on the occasion of his retirement from the Philadelphia Police Department. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120087 0     Resolution Recognizing Shuler's Gym and eleven year old Rasheen Brown for winning the Silver Glove National Championship for two years in a row. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120088 0     Resolution Calling on the City Council Committee on Education to Hold Hearings on Changes in Schools and Their Impact on Neighborhoods in Which they Reside. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120089 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 Sixteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-eighth and Thirty-second 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 Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120083 0     Bill Establishing a no truck parking regulation on Front Street, from Olney Avenue to 65th Avenue, both sides. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120090 0     Resolution Authorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the impact of the proposed FY 2012-2013 state budget on the public health and human services programs provided in Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120091 0     Resolution Honoring, recognizing and commending Patty Jackson for her thirty years as an acclaimed and beloved broadcaster who has graced Philadelphia with her iconic voice and undeniable talents for the last three decades. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120092 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings to investigate the availability of emergency shelters in Philadelphia for victims of domestic violence who have been forced from their homes by violence or who need to escape abusive situations. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120093 0     Resolution Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Senate, and Governor Tom Corbett 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 120084 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for certain land and improvements located at 300 E. Hunting Park Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120094 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Appropriations to hold hearings into the current state of community reinvestment by City depository banks within low-income and minority neighborhoods in the City of Philadelphia and authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120085 0     Bill Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 231 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cinnaminson Street from Smick Street to a point approximately six feet southwest of Mansion Street, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, water main purposes, and other utility purposes such as may be necessary within the lines of Cinnaminson Street being stricken, and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes extending from Cinnaminson Street southeastwardly, partly southwest of Mansion Street and partly along the southwesterly side of said Mansion Street, to Lemonte Street, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 120095 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Education and Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold joint public hearings to examine the best practices for the Philadelphia School District for career and technical education and how improved technical education will benefit our City's local economy. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 120096 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Global Opportunities and Creative/Innovative Economy to hold hearings to investigate the establishment of a tax credit and veterans' assistance program that will allow employers to be eligible for a local tax credit upon hiring Veterans of the United States military thereby increasing the profile of a ready workforce in Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   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. ADOPTED & REFERRED     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." ADOPTED     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. MOTION 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. WITHDRAWN     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. ADOPTED     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. ADOPTED & REFERRED     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. ADOPTED     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. ADOPTED & REFERRED     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. ADOPTED & REFERRED     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. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Roll call 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. ADOPTED     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. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120086 0     Resolution Honoring and congratulating Captain William V. Fisher on the occasion of his retirement from the Philadelphia Police Department. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120087 0     Resolution Recognizing Shuler's Gym and eleven year old Rasheen Brown for winning the Silver Glove National Championship for two years in a row. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 120091 0     Resolution Honoring, recognizing and commending Patty Jackson for her thirty years as an acclaimed and beloved broadcaster who has graced Philadelphia with her iconic voice and undeniable talents for the last three decades. ADOPTED     Action details Not available