Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/24/2013 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Room 400 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (59) 59 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 130792 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 120099, 130272-A, 130490, 130491, 130561, 130562, 130563, 130564, 130565, 130580, 130581, 130582 and 130588, which were passed by Council on October 10, 2013, were signed by the Mayor on October 23, 2013. READ     Action details Not available 130793 0     COMMUNICATION October 23, 2013 Pursuant to Sections 4-404 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission on the following bills: Bill No. 130578 Bill No. 130589 Bill No. 130590 Bill No. 130629 Bill No. 130632 Bill No. 130633 Bill No. 130655 Bill No. 130656 Bill No. 130657 Bill No. 130658 Bill No. 130695 Respectfully submitted, Michael A. Nutter Mayor READ     Action details Not available 130794 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Whitman Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2553 South Fairhill street and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Justin Green and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority. READ     Action details Not available 130795 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold public hearings to examine the mistreatment of workers by LP Group 2 under contracts awarded though the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative after the workers in questions have now been subject to 18 hours of hearings before the Board of Labor Standards while the City of Philadelphia has stated they have the money available to pay the workers. READ     Action details Not available 130796 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by making technical and clarifying changes, under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 130797 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing Lloyd's Whiskey Bar to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 529 E. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 130798 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing Green Eggs Café to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 1306 Dickinson Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 130799 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing Green Eggs Café to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 719 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 130800 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing Global Crepes & Local Shakes to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 1309 South 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 130801 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing Likmos, Inc. t/a Dmitri's to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 944 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 130802 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing TELA Partners dba Fairmount Coffee Company to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 888 North 26th Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 130776 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold public hearings to examine the mistreatment of workers by LP Group 2 under contracts awarded though the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative after the workers in question have now been subject to 18 hours of hearings before the Board of Labor Standards while the City of Philadelphia has stated they have the money available to pay the workers. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130777 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvement thereon, situate in the Twenty-seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130763 0     Bill Amending Section 14-506 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "/NCP North Central Philadelphia Overlay District" by specifically amending Section 14-506(2)(c) entitled "Sunset Provision" to extend the stated expiration date until December 31, 2016; all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130764 0     Bill Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by making technical and clarifying changes, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130765 0     Bill Authorizing Chestlen Development LP, owner and developer of 1441 Chestnut Street to construct, own and maintain various encroachments to be installed in conjunction with a mixed-use development, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130778 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing the 30th anniversary of Glenwood Green Acres at 1801 W. Glenwood Avenue. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130779 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Twenty-ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130766 0     Bill Authorizing, generally, the continued issuance and sale by the City of Philadelphia of Gas Works Revenue Notes of the City, prescribing the forms of notes and providing for their execution and payment, pledging certain revenues of the Gas Works as security, adopting a rate covenant and directing the imposition and collection of rates and charges sufficient to comply therewith, prescribing the conditions precedent to the issuance of specific series of notes, including a resolution passed by the Bond Committee providing for establishment of credit support for notes, providing for designation of a fiscal agent and sinking fund depositary, providing for establishment of a sinking fund and its management, providing remedies upon default, and providing for amendments and modifications. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130767 0     Bill Constituting the Twelfth Supplemental Ordinance to the General Gas Works Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1998 (the "1998 General Ordinance"); authorizing the City of Philadelphia (the "City") to sell, either at public or private sale, Gas Works Revenue Capital Project Commercial Paper Notes (1998 Ordinance) (the "Notes") to pay the costs of certain capital projects and other Project Costs; authorizing the City to obtain credit enhancement and liquidity for the Notes; making certain determinations and covenants relating to Gas Works Revenues and the payment of interest and principal; and authorizing covenants and actions in order that the Notes will not be arbitrage bonds; all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130780 0     Resolution Honoring Carol Goertzel for her achievements in service to the citizens of Philadelphia as the President and CEO of Pathways PA Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130768 0     Bill Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising certain provisions relating to definitions of certain industrial use categories and regulations. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130781 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Education to hold hearings to investigate the benefits of integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into early childhood education in Philadelphia schools. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130782 0     Resolution Calling on the Committee on Labor and Civil Service of the Council of the City of Philadelphia to hold hearings on increasing access to City services to immigrant and language-minority populations, including the development of hiring guidelines and goals, and to determine progress made toward that end. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130783 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Thirty-seventh Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130784 0     Resolution Proclaiming the weeks of October 25, 2013 through November 2, 2013 as "State of Young Philly Week," and honoring Young Involved Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130785 0     Resolution Recognizing October 2013 as Dyslexia Awareness Month in honor of the individuals living with Dyslexia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130769 0     Bill Amending The Philadelphia Code by replacing the term "ex-offender" with the term "Returning Citizen," and by making conforming changes, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130786 0     Resolution Recognizing October 21-25, 2013 as Juvenile Detention Centers Week in Pennsylvania. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130787 0     Resolution Honoring Dominique "Dom" Streater for her extraordinary achievements in fashion design and her victory as the 2013 winner of Lifetime Television's Project Runway for Season 12. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130791 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Global Opportunities and the Creative/Innovative Economy to hold hearings on the state of affairs of veterans in the City of Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130788 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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-fourth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such property for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130770 0     Bill Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising use regulations relating to medical, dental and health practitioners in certain areas of the City, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130771 0     Bill Authorizing Green Eggs Café to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 1306 Dickinson Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130772 0     Bill Authorizing Green Eggs Café to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 719 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130773 0     Bill Authorizing Global Crepes & Local Shakes to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 1309 South 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130774 0     Bill Authorizing Likmos, Inc. t/a Dmitri's to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 944 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130775 0     Bill Approving a new plan, estimated costs and proposed method of assessment of the Old City Special Services District for and concerning business improvements and administrative services to the Old City area of the City of Philadelphia and authorizing a change to the registered office address of the Old City Special Services District, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 130789 0     Resolution Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Whitman Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2553 South Fairhill street and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Justin Green and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130790 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to hold public hearings regarding the relationship between the Department of Parks and Recreation and the various organizations and individuals that support and use facilities operated by the Department. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130791 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Global Opportunities and the Creative/Innovative Economy to hold hearings on the state of affairs of veterans in the City of Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 130706 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130746 0     Resolution Calling upon the Philadelphia School District to make Howard Zinn's best-selling book "A People's History of the United States" a required part of the high school U.S. history curriculum as Philadelphia City Council recognizes the need to expose students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history than is typically found in traditional textbooks that often ignore the influence that people of color, women, and the working-class had in shaping our nation's history. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130747 0     Resolution Calling on the School District of Philadelphia to restore School Nurses to each and every school in the District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130748 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Twenty-ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130754 0     Resolution Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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-ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130531-A 2     Bill Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by authorizing the assignment or transfer to third-parties, real estate tax claims either absolutely or as collateral security, for an amount to be determined by the Department, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 17:0 Action details Not available 130635-A 2     Bill Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by further providing with respect to the annual fee for neighborhood sanitation and cleaning services provided to owner-occupied duplexes; all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 17:0 Action details Not available 130776 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold public hearings to examine the mistreatment of workers by LP Group 2 under contracts awarded though the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative after the workers in question have now been subject to 18 hours of hearings before the Board of Labor Standards while the City of Philadelphia has stated they have the money available to pay the workers. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130778 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing the 30th anniversary of Glenwood Green Acres at 1801 W. Glenwood Avenue. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130780 0     Resolution Honoring Carol Goertzel for her achievements in service to the citizens of Philadelphia as the President and CEO of Pathways PA ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130781 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Education to hold hearings to investigate the benefits of integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into early childhood education in Philadelphia schools. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130782 0     Resolution Calling on the Committee on Labor and Civil Service of the Council of the City of Philadelphia to hold hearings on increasing access to City services to immigrant and language-minority populations, including the development of hiring guidelines and goals, and to determine progress made toward that end. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 130784 0     Resolution Proclaiming the weeks of October 25, 2013 through November 2, 2013 as "State of Young Philly Week," and honoring Young Involved Philadelphia. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130785 0     Resolution Recognizing October 2013 as Dyslexia Awareness Month in honor of the individuals living with Dyslexia. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130786 0     Resolution Recognizing October 21-25, 2013 as Juvenile Detention Centers Week in Pennsylvania. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130787 0     Resolution Honoring Dominique "Dom" Streater for her extraordinary achievements in fashion design and her victory as the 2013 winner of Lifetime Television's Project Runway for Season 12. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130790 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to hold public hearings regarding the relationship between the Department of Parks and Recreation and the various organizations and individuals that support and use facilities operated by the Department. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 130791 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Global Opportunities and the Creative/Innovative Economy to hold hearings on the state of affairs of veterans in the City of Philadelphia. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available