Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 6/19/2014 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Room 400 .. Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (130) 130 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 140629 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 140140, 140352 and 140378, which were passed by Council on June 5, 2014, were signed by the Mayor on June 17, 2014. READ     Action details Not available 140630 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 140383, 140409, 140410 and 140489, which were passed by Council on June 12, 2014, were signed by the Mayor on June 12, 2014. READ     Action details Not available 140612 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Finance to hold public hearings into the possible investment of City Funds and Pensions Funds with the Pax Ellevate Global Women's Index Fund and other similar entities that support and promote gender diversity in the board room and in company management. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140605 0     Bill Amending Section 5 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 130079), approved May 8, 2013, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing 39th and Sansom Streets Corporation t/a Cavanaugh's Leprechaun to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 119 S. 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions," to extend the time for compliance with certain terms of the ordinance. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 140606 0     Bill Authorizing Brandywine Cira South L.P. to construct, own and maintain various right-of-way encroachments at 2930 Chestnut Street, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 140613 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Education to hold hearings to examine the potential benefits of establishing a program, entitled "School-Based Family Services", through which the Philadelphia School District's schools would function as neighborhood-based community hubs for the delivery of key social services to children and their families. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140614 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 and Forty-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 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 140615 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 lot or piece of ground with the building and improvements thereon, situate in the Thirty-second Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Philadelphia Redevelopment Authorityto 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 140616 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 Forty-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 140617 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 Forty-eighth 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 140607-AA 0     Bill Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code (Finance, Taxes, and Collections), Chapter 1600 (Water and Sewer Rents), by providing for installment payment agreements, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 140608 0     Bill Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code), Subcode A (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) and Subcode PM (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), by amending requirements applicable to vacant premises, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 140618 0     Resolution Honoring the life and mourning the loss of Lewis Katz (1942-2014). Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140619 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings examining the need for a strategic plan for prescription drug drop boxes throughout the City of Philadelphia to take back expired, unused or unwanted prescriptions and the effect these boxes will have in the battle against prescription drug misuse, abuse, addiction and overdose. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140609 1     Bill Authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of a Service Agreement between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development relating to the financing of additional operating funds for the School District of Philadelphia for Fiscal Year 2015 only, approving the issuance by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series, to finance such additional operating funds; and authorizing and approving the obligation of the City of Philadelphia to pay in full when due the Service Fee and other amounts payable under the Service Agreement; authorizing certain City officers to take certain actions required to issue bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness; covenanting that the City of Philadelphia will make necessary appropriations in each of the City's fiscal years to provide for the Service Fee and other amounts due under the Service Agreement; covenanting that the City of Philadelphia will make timely payments of the Service Fee and other amounts due under the Servic Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 140620 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation to hold hearings to examine the potential benefits of establishing a fiscal oversight entity for the School District of Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140621 0     Resolution Authoring the Committee on Education to conduct public hearings to examine the status, growth, achievement, and policies of Charter Schools throughout the City of Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140622 0     Resolution Congratulating and honoring Soledad Alfaro-Allah for being named Philadelphia's Youth Poet Laureate. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140623 0     Resolution Urging the United States Congress to support the re-designation of the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street, commonly known as the "30th Street Station", to the "William H. Gray III 30th Street Station". Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140624 0     Resolution Authorizing hearings to be conducted to investigate methods to enhance new and emerging local artists' access to locally subsidized arts, entertainment and cultural venues in Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140610 0     Bill Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding the corner of Byberry Road and Barbary Road, in the parking lot of the Third Reformed Presbyterian Church, as a permissible location, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 140611 0     Bill Amending Section 9-407 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Tour Passenger Carriers," by eliminating a Tour Passenger Loading Zone on the west side of 12th Street between Market and Filbert Streets, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 140625 0     Resolution Also naming Walnut Street between 5th Street and 6th Street to "World Heritage Way". Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended Pass   Action details Not available 140626 0     Resolution Authorizing the Joint Committees of Streets and Services and the Environment to hold hearings on the feasibility of and benefits to the City of residential food waste recycling including its impact on environmental quality, hunger prevention, economic savings and job creation. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 140627 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 Eleventh 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 140628 0     Resolution Condemning the actions of the terrorists who kidnapped three Israeli teenagers. Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended Pass   Action details Not available 140525 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Asia Coney as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140525 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Asia Coney as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140526 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Ethel M. Wise as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140526 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Ethel M. Wise as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140549 0     Resolution Appointing Jania Daniels to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140549 0     Resolution Appointing Jania Daniels to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140550 0     Resolution Appointing Dennis S. Pickeral to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140550 0     Resolution Appointing Dennis S. Pickeral to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140551 0     Resolution Appointing Gwang Han to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140551 0     Resolution Appointing Gwang Han to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140552 0     Resolution Appointing Justin DiBerardinis to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140552 0     Resolution Appointing Justin DiBerardinis to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140553 0     Resolution Appointing Kathleen N. Paulmier to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140553 0     Resolution Appointing Kathleen N. Paulmier to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140578 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Julia Danzy as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140578 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Julia Danzy as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140592 0     Resolution Appointing Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., to the Board of Directors of the Center City District. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140592 0     Resolution Appointing Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., to the Board of Directors of the Center City District. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140514-A 1     Bill Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to abolish the School Reform Commission and return local control of Philadelphia's schools, as proposed by a petition presented to the Council and approved for submission to the electors by Resolution; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140514-A 1     Bill Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to abolish the School Reform Commission and return local control of Philadelphia's schools, as proposed by a petition presented to the Council and approved for submission to the electors by Resolution; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140527 0     Resolution Submitting to the electors of the City an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to abolish the School Reform Commission and return local control of Philadelphia's schools, as proposed by a petition filed with the Council. ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.     Action details Not available 140515 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," by designating the Cecil B. Moore Housing Opportunity Zones pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140515 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," by designating the Cecil B. Moore Housing Opportunity Zones pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140516 1     Bill Establishing a new Chapter of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Workforce Housing Opportunity Zones," authorizing the designation of the City in whole or in part as a Workforce Housing Opportunity Zone; establishing definitions; and authorizing disposition of publicly-owned zone properties for nominal consideration, all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 140516 1     Bill Establishing a new Chapter of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Workforce Housing Opportunity Zones," authorizing the designation of the City in whole or in part as a Workforce Housing Opportunity Zone; establishing definitions; and authorizing disposition of publicly-owned zone properties for nominal consideration, all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140511 0     Bill Authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City; and fixing a day and providing for arrangements for holding the election for obtaining such consent. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140514-A 1     Bill Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to abolish the School Reform Commission and return local control of Philadelphia's schools, as proposed by a petition presented to the Council and approved for submission to the electors by Resolution; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140515 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," by designating the Cecil B. Moore Housing Opportunity Zones pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140516 1     Bill Establishing a new Chapter of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Workforce Housing Opportunity Zones," authorizing the designation of the City in whole or in part as a Workforce Housing Opportunity Zone; establishing definitions; and authorizing disposition of publicly-owned zone properties for nominal consideration, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 140580 0     Resolution Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Strawberry Mansion Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2459 North Thirty-second street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Kijuana Drayton and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140581 0     Resolution Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 1414-1424 North Twentieth street, 1426-1432 North Twentieth street, 1500 North Twentieth street, 1502-1524 North Twentieth street, 1528-1538 North Twentieth street, 1540-1542 North Twentieth street, 2001-2005 Jefferson street, 1507-1543 North Woodstock street including 2002-2004 Redner street, 2106-2116 Harlan street, 2120-2124 Harlan street, 2128-2136 Harlan street, 2142-2144 Harlan street, 1407-1409 North Twenty-second street, 1901-1921 Ridge avenue including 1248 North Nineteenth street, 1929-1935 Ridge avenue including 1909-1913 West Thompson street, 1300 North Nineteenth street and 1306-1310 North Nineteenth street, 1939-1949 Ridge avenue, 1316-1318 North Nineteenth street, 1905 Turner street, 1909 Turner street, 1911 Turner street, 1913 Turner street, 1915 Turner street, 1917 Turner street, 1925 Turner street, 2209 Stewart street, 2213-2219 Stewart street, ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140582 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 and Forty-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 the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140583 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 Sixteenth and Twenty-eighth 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 the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140584 0     Resolution Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Kingsessing Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2008 South Salford street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Errol Brown and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140585 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 140586 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-fifth 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 140587 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-first 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 the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140590 0     Resolution Also naming the unit block of Lehigh Avenue from 28th Street to 29th Street as "Van R Thomas Way" in memory of Mr. Van R. Thomas' lifetime of community service and social activism to improve economic opportunities and quality of life for residents of the North Penn community in the City of Philadelphia. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140591 0     Resolution Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the New Kensington-Fishtown Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2426 Frankford avenue; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Franklin Wealth, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140596 0     Resolution Urging the United States Department of Education and Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, to reconsider the "Gainful Employment" rule that as proposed could derail the educational careers of millions of Americans and have a disproportionately negative effect on low-income and minority students who want to attend college. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140437-A 1     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Powelton Avenue, Lancaster Avenue, 37th Street, Warren Street, 36th Street, Filbert Street and 38th Street, and by revising use and dimensional regulations in that area of the City, under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140146-A 2     Bill Adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2015. PASSED Pass 14:2 Action details Not available 140408-A 0     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Girard Avenue, Taney Street, Poplar Street, and 27th Street. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140438-A 1     Bill To amend the Institutional (Special Purpose) District Master Plan of Drexel University, in the vicinity of 33rd Street and Chestnut Street, for the construction of a new hotel with retail space. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140442-A 0     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by John F. Kennedy Boulevard, 23rd Street, Cherry Street and the Schuylkill River. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140444-A 0     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Spring Garden Street, 5th Street, Girard Avenue, 2nd Street, Brown Street, and 3rd Street. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140612 0     Resolution Authorizing the Committee on Finance to hold public hearings into the possible investment of City Funds and Pensions Funds with the Pax Ellevate Global Women's Index Fund and other similar entities that support and promote gender diversity in the board room and in company management. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 140613 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Education to hold hearings to examine the potential benefits of establishing a program, entitled "School-Based Family Services", through which the Philadelphia School District's schools would function as neighborhood-based community hubs for the delivery of key social services to children and their families. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 140618 0     Resolution Honoring the life and mourning the loss of Lewis Katz (1942-2014). ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140619 0     Resolution Authorizing Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings examining the need for a strategic plan for prescription drug drop boxes throughout the City of Philadelphia to take back expired, unused or unwanted prescriptions and the effect these boxes will have in the battle against prescription drug misuse, abuse, addiction and overdose. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140620 0     Resolution Authorizing City Council's Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation to hold hearings to examine the potential benefits of establishing a fiscal oversight entity for the School District of Philadelphia. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 140621 0     Resolution Authoring the Committee on Education to conduct public hearings to examine the status, growth, achievement, and policies of Charter Schools throughout the City of Philadelphia. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 140622 0     Resolution Congratulating and honoring Soledad Alfaro-Allah for being named Philadelphia's Youth Poet Laureate. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140624 0     Resolution Authorizing hearings to be conducted to investigate methods to enhance new and emerging local artists' access to locally subsidized arts, entertainment and cultural venues in Philadelphia. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 140625 0     Resolution Also naming Walnut Street between 5th Street and 6th Street to "World Heritage Way". ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140626 0     Resolution Authorizing the Joint Committees of Streets and Services and the Environment to hold hearings on the feasibility of and benefits to the City of residential food waste recycling including its impact on environmental quality, hunger prevention, economic savings and job creation. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 140628 0     Resolution Condemning the actions of the terrorists who kidnapped three Israeli teenagers. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140525 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Asia Coney as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140526 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Ethel M. Wise as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140549 0     Resolution Appointing Jania Daniels to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140550 0     Resolution Appointing Dennis S. Pickeral to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140551 0     Resolution Appointing Gwang Han to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140552 0     Resolution Appointing Justin DiBerardinis to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140553 0     Resolution Appointing Kathleen N. Paulmier to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140578 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Julia Danzy as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140592 0     Resolution Appointing Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., to the Board of Directors of the Center City District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 140147 0     Bill Amending Section 19-1806 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Realty Use and Occupancy Tax," to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on the use or occupancy of real estate within the School District of Philadelphia, under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140277 0     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Lindbergh Boulevard, Suffolk Avenue, and Island Avenue. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140434 0     Bill Authorizing the Director of Housing, on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Community Development Block Grant; to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program; and for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS grant; and to file applications with the Commonwealth to obtain grants under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; authorizing the Director of Housing and the Director of Commerce to file applications to obtain other grants from the Commonwealth; authorizing the Director of Commerce to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and authorizing the Director of Housing and the Director of Commerce to enter into all understandings and assurances contained in such applications and take all necessary action to accept the grants; all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140222 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," by designating the Mantua Housing Opportunity Zones pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140226 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," by designating the Francisville and Brewerytown Housing Opportunity Zones pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140227 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," by designating the Point Breeze and Gray's Ferry Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140231 1     Bill Establishing a new Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," authorizing the designation of Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones; establishing definitions; authorizing disposition of publicly-owned zone properties for nominal consideration pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140354 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Affordable Housing Opportunity Zones," by designating the area bounded by Hunting Park Avenue to the north, Lehigh Avenue to the south, Broad Street to the east and Twenty-fourth Street to the west as a Housing Opportunity Zone pursuant to the 1500 New Affordable Housing Units Initiative, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140443 0     Bill Amending Section 10-1001 of The Philadelphia Code ("Fees of Commissioner of Records") to raise the fee for recording documents, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140445 1     Bill Authorizing the City Treasurer, on behalf of the City, to enter into an amendment agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. for provision of payroll banking services to the City, under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140512 1     Bill Authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of a Service Agreement between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development relating to the financing of additional operating funds for the School District of Philadelphia, approving the issuance by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series, to finance such additional operating funds; and authorizing and approving the obligation of the City of Philadelphia to pay in full when due the Service Fee and other amounts payable under the Service Agreement; authorizing certain City officers to take certain actions required to issue bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness; covenanting that the City of Philadelphia will make necessary appropriations in each of the City's fiscal years to provide for the Service Fee and other amounts due under the Service Agreement; covenanting that the City of Philadelphia will make timely payments of the Service Fee and other amounts due under the Service Agreement; and authorizi PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 130922 1     Bill Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled, "Regulation Of Businesses, Trades And Professions," to clarify that it is discrimination based on sex and therefore an unlawful business practice for any employer to fail to accommodate an individual's reasonable need to express breast milk; all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140377-A 1     Bill Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," by adding a new Chapter 10-2100, entitled "Marijuana Possession," to create a civil penalty for the possession of certain items and to provide for penalties and enforcement procedures for violations of such provisions, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 13:3 Action details Not available 130950-A 1     Bill Amending The Philadelphia Code to provide for the authorization of certain pedestrian enhancements to occupy, by license, a portion of the right-of-way, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140382 0     Bill Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by amending the permissible locations, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140386 0     Bill Authorizing Philadelphia Parking Authority to construct, own and maintain various right-of-way encroachments within the public right-of-way on Arch Street, Filbert Street, and Eighth Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140387 0     Bill Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Center City," by adding new and eliminating previously designated vendor locations in Center City; all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140388 0     Bill Authorizing Lifestyle Wealth Management, to construct, own and maintain two (2) glass & metal awning encroachments to be located at 1646-48 S. 12th Street, on the west sidewalk of South 12th Street, and the north sidewalk of Morris Street, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140389 0     Bill Authorizing Tiffin Bistro, LLC ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 1100 Federal Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140412 0     Bill Legalizing an existing external steel stairs to the second and third floors encroaching on the public right-of-way at 3066 E Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140415 0     Bill Establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: Watts street and Porter street; Juniper street and Mifflin street; Emily street and 11th street; Mifflin street and 11th street; 13th street and Oregon avenue; and 13th street and Ellsworth street; all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140441 1     Bill Amending Chapter 12-2800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Administrative Adjudication of Parking Violations," by providing further regarding procedures for appealing adjudications of parking violations and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140446 0     Bill Legalizing an existing fence and flag poles, and approval to construct, and maintain a new fence, and flag pole encroaching on the public right-of-way at 4300 Tacony Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19124 under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140454 0     Bill Granting permission to ABEER, LP, owner of the property Oak Lane Diner, 6528 N. Broad Street, to legalize a one-story concrete masonry construction, under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140482 0     Bill Authorizing the striking from City Plan No. 63 of a certain right-of-way reserved for drainage purposes, water main purposes, and gas main purposes, over former Hamilton Street, between Eighteenth Street and Nineteenth Street, and creating a right-of-way solely for gas main purposes on a portion of former Hamilton Street, between Eighteenth Street and Nineteenth Street, subject to conditions precedent, under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140483 0     Bill Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a variable width portion of the southerly footway area of Vine Street from Seventeenth Street to a point approximately three-hundred four feet eastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140490 0     Bill Authorizing Café Italiano Inc. ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain an open air sidewalk café at 1871 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111 ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140492 0     Bill Amending Chapter 12-2700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Permit Parking Districts," to revise the definition of "vehicle" to include motor-driven cycles, to specify the manner in which the number of vehicles in a household is to be calculated, and to further provide with respect to the fee for the issuance of residential parking permits to motorcycles and motor-driven cycles; all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140417 0     Bill Authorizing the Director of Finance to establish a Free Library Programs and Facilities Fund in which revenue generated from competitively awarded agreements for the use of areas or facilities in the Free Library system may be deposited for use to pay expenses for programs and facilities in the Free Library system, under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140450 1     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation and the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement to lease to Temple University an interior portion of the East Park Canoe House, located on Kelly Drive, under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140448 1     Bill Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by adding a new Chapter 19-4000, entitled "Income Inequality Initiative - Earned Income Tax Credit," providing for the implementation of a policy and procedures to enable all Philadelphia residents who are eligible for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to apply for and receive the maximum credit to which they are entitled, with particular focus on the approximately 40,000 EITC-eligible Philadelphians who have not yet applied; requiring certain employers, and certain persons or businesses that hire non-payroll employees, to provide notice concerning the EITC; and requiring the Department of Revenue to report periodically on the implementation of, and results obtained from, such a policy; all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140488 1     Bill Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard," by further providing with respect to the application of the minimum wage and benefits standard to contractors, subcontractors, recipients of financial assistance, and subrecipients of financial assistance; and by revising the required Minimum Wage Standard; all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140141 0     Bill Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner to enter into purchase obligations for the delivery of electric, natural gas and motor fuel energy supplies for use by facilities owned and leased by the City, including agreements that obligate payments for delivery of such energy supplies in future fiscal years, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140449 1     Bill Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with Bicycle Transit Systems for the delivery of a bicycle sharing system under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140452 1     Bill Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, known as the "Health Code," by amending Section 6-103, entitled "Penalties and Cease Operations Orders," by adding a new Chapter 6-1100, entitled "Nuisance Health Establishments," and by amending Section 19-2602, entitled "Licenses," providing for identification and closure of nuisance health establishments, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140452 1     Bill Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, known as the "Health Code," by amending Section 6-103, entitled "Penalties and Cease Operations Orders," by adding a new Chapter 6-1100, entitled "Nuisance Health Establishments," and by amending Section 19-2602, entitled "Licenses," providing for identification and closure of nuisance health establishments, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140274 0     Bill Amending Chapter 21-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Housing Trust Fund," to provide annual operating support for affordable rental units that are developed using the 4% federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit; all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available 140510 0     Bill Amending Section 3-207 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sale of Fuel Oil," by adding requirements for commercial fuel oil content and emissions to take effect at a future date, and deleting superseded standards, all under certain terms and conditions. PASSED Pass 16:0 Action details Not available