Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 5/26/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Room 400 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (114) 114 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 160589 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 160228-A and 160271-A, which were passed by Council on May 12, 2016, were signed by the Mayor on May 20, 2016. READ     Action details Not available 160590 0     COMMUNICATION TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Pursuant to Sections 4-604 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission on the following bills and proposed amendments: Amendment to Bill No. 160170 Recommended for approval Amenement to Bill No. 160171 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160299 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160327 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160328 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160330 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160334 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160335 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160336 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160363 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160368 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160369 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160396 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160397 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160398 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160399 Recommended for approval U Penn Master Plan Amendment Recommended for approval Re READ     Action details Not available 160591 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution, appointing Supreme Dow to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. READ     Action details Not available 160592 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution appointing Patrick W. Jones to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. READ     Action details Not available 160593 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution appointing Daniel Conner to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. READ     Action details Not available 160594 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution appointing Byron Davis to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. READ     Action details Not available 160595 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution appointing Julie Baranauskas to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. READ     Action details Not available 160596 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution appointing Trapeta Mayson to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. READ     Action details Not available 160597 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a resolution authorizing the Director of the Office of Supportive Housing, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to file a proposal for Fiscal Year 2017 Emergency Solutions Grant Program funding with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. READ     Action details Not available 160598 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill approving a Lease Agreement between Philadelphia Gas Works, by Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation, in its capacity as operator and manager of the Gas Works, and DelVal Realty Group, LLC, for DelVal Realty Group's use of a certain 5 acre parcel and a certain 3.14 acre parcel located near Delaware Avenue and Tioga Street, under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 160599 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to acquire an approximately two acre property known as 8365 Enterprise Avenue, together with all improvements thereon, and removing a certain title exception with respect thereto, all under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 160600 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to acquire approximately 1.2 acres of land known as Parcel T located at the northeast corner of Island and Escort Avenues, together with all improvements thereon; and removing a certain title exception with respect thereto; all under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 160601 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to acquire approximately 20.8 acres of land known as Parcel G, bounded by Island and Bartram Avenues and I-95, together with all improvements thereon, all under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 160602 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to acquire approximately one acre of land known as Parcel 8A located in Tinicum Township at Tinicum Island Road (rear) and bounded by Philadelphia International Airport to the south, east and west sides, together with all improvements thereon, all under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 160603 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 140280) approved May 19, 2014, entitled "An Ordinance Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Hope Street from Laurel Street to Pollard Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for sewer and drainage purposes within the lines of Hope Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right of way, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 160604 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 305 and 306 by placing on the City Plan Delaware Avenue from Orthodox Street to Buckius Street, widening Buckius Street from Delaware Avenue to Richmond Street, and placing on the City Plan a right of way for drainage purposes extending from a point on the northeasterly side of Buckius Street, at its crossing by the right of way of the Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad, southeastwardly to the Delaware River, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 160605 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the opening of Delaware Avenue from Orthodox Street to Buckius Street and the opening of the unopened and widened portions of Buckius Street from Richmond Street to the southeasterly right of way line of the Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad and authorizing the acquisition of the said beds of Delaware Avenue and Buckius Street and the acquisition of a certain right of way for drainage purposes extending from a point on the northeasterly side of Buckius Street, at its crossing by the right of way of the Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad, southeastwardly to the Delaware River and certain temporary construction easements, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 160606 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the paving of Delaware Avenue from Orthodox Street to Buckius Street and Buckius Street from Delaware Avenue to Bath Street. READ     Action details Not available 160607 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Parks and Recreation Commissioner to sublease from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority certain land and improvements known as McArdle Playground, owned by the School District of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 160608 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to acquire land known as the Orange Line in Tinicum Township and Philadelphia, in the vicinity of Philadelphia International Airport, together with all improvements thereon, all under certain terms and conditions. READ     Action details Not available 160552 0     Bill Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," by creating a tax credit to encourage certain merchants to provide healthy beverage alternatives in their stores, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160553 0     Bill Authorizing 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 commonly known as 3033 West Glenwood Avenue, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160551 0     Bill Amending Section 10-1002 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sheriff's Fees," by revising fees, commissions and reimbursements for various functions and services performed by the Sheriff and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160554 0     Bill Approving a Lease Agreement between Philadelphia Gas Works, by Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation, in its capacity as operator and manager of the Gas Works, and DelVal Realty Group, LLC, for DelVal Realty Group's use of a certain 5 acre parcel and a certain 3.14 acre parcel located near Delaware Avenue and Tioga Street, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160555 0     Bill Authorizing the opening of Delaware Avenue from Orthodox Street to Buckius Street and the opening of the unopened and widened portions of Buckius Street from Richmond Street to the southeasterly right-of-way line of the Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad and authorizing the acquisition of the said beds of Delaware Avenue and Buckius Street and the acquisition of a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes extending from a point on the northeasterly side of Buckius Street, at its crossing by the right-of-way of the Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad, southeastwardly to the Delaware River and certain temporary construction easements. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160556 0     Bill Authorizing the paving of Delaware Avenue from Orthodox Street to Buckius Street and Buckius Street from Delaware Avenue to Bath Street. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160557 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Parks and Recreation Commissioner to sublease from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority certain land and improvements known as McArdle Playground, owned by the School District of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160558 0     Bill Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 305 and 306 by placing on the City Plan Delaware Avenue from Orthodox Street to Buckius Street, widening Buckius Street from Delaware Avenue to Richmond Street, and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes extending from a point on the northeasterly side of Buckius Street, at its crossing by the right-of-way of the Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad, southeastwardly to the Delaware River. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160567 0     Resolution Honoring, Recognizing and Welcoming the United Supreme Council of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection during their 135th Triennium Convention Meeting. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160559 0     Bill Authorizing East Falls Development Corporation to construct, own and maintain various right-of-way encroachments at 4168 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, on Ridge Avenue and Midvale Avenue, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160568 0     Resolution Honoring and Recognizing Lisa Thomas-Laury upon her retirement from WPVI-TV Channel 6. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160569 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 Fourth and Thirty-fourth 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 160570 0     Resolution Adopting the report issued by Council's Special Committee on Criminal Justice Reform on how to prevent youth from becoming involved with the justice system in the Summer of 2016. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160560 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to acquire approximately one acre of land known as Parcel 8A located in Tinicum Township at Tinicum Island Road (rear) and bounded by Philadelphia International Airport to the south, east and west sides, together with all improvements thereon, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160561 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to acquire an approximately two acre property known as 8365 Enterprise Avenue, together with all improvements thereon, and removing a certain title exception with respect thereto, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160562 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to acquire approximately 1.2 acres of land known as Parcel T located at the northeast corner of Island and Escort Avenues, together with all improvements thereon; and removing a certain title exception with respect thereto; all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160563 0     Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to acquire land known as the Orange Line in Tinicum Township and Philadelphia, in the vicinity of Philadelphia International Airport, together with all improvements thereon, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160571 0     Resolution Recognizing June 2016 as Re-Entry Month in the City of Philadelphia. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160572 0     Resolution Recognizing and Honoring Bob Grossmann after Seventeen Years of Dedicated Service to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160573 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 Nineteenth 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 This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160574 0     Resolution Recognizing May 2016 as Mental Health Awareness Month in the City of Philadelphia and honoring the work of Parity Track and its co-founders in raising awareness of federal and state behavioral health parity requirements. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160575 0     Resolution Respectfully urging Congress to provide adequate federal funding provided for housing counseling, namely $60 million for the HUD Housing Counseling Assistance Program and $40 million for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation's National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) Program, which are critical to ensuring that HUD-approved housing counseling agencies can continue to serve families in need in the City of Philadelphia and across the country. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160564 0     Bill Establishing a no tractor trailer parking regulation on both sides of North 5th Street, from Spencer Street to Godfrey Avenue. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160576 0     Resolution Also naming Wallace Street from Broad Street to 13th Street as "Samuel Staten, Sr. Drive". Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160577 0     Resolution Authorizing the Director of the Office of Supportive Housing, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to file a proposal for Fiscal Year 2017 Emergency Solutions Grant Program funding with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160578 0     Resolution Authorizing the Joint Committees on Children and Youth and Education to hold hearings to discuss the impact of twenty years of the "1996 Immigration laws" on Philadelphia's Immigrant Community and their impact on the school-to-Prison-to-Deportation Pipeline on Philadelphia's Immigrant Youth. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160579 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing The Salvation Army Greater Philadelphia "Be Your Best" program and the dedication of its Director, Collette C. McBratney. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160565 0     Bill Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 140280) approved May 19, 2014, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Hope Street from Laurel Street to Pollard Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes within the lines of Hope Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160566 0     Bill Amending Section 9 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 150377) approved June 18, 2015, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the construction, ownership, and maintenance of various encroachments into the right-of-way of Market Street, Filbert Street, 11th Street, 10th Street, 9th Street and 8th Street, and authorizing the assignment of certain rights with respect to an overhead pedestrian bridge above Filbert Street west of the house line of Ninth Street to be assigned, all under certain terms and conditions," by further authorizing the Streets Department to approve encroachments consistent with plans approved by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and the City of Philadelphia Art Commission. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160580 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-first and Thirty-ninth 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 160581 0     Resolution Declaring Johnson House Historic Site's annual Juneteenth Festival as the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival and recognizing, honoring, and celebrating Juneteenth in Philadelphia as the day when enslaved African Americans were freed in the United States of America more than 150 years ago. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160582 0     Resolution Calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to increase the penalty of the state law on Invasion of Privacy for photographing intimate parts of a person in a public place without their knowledge, increasingly known as "upskirt" photography laws. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 160583 0     Resolution Appointing Daniel Conner to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160584 0     Resolution Appointing Trapeta Mayson to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160584 0     Resolution Appointing Trapeta Mayson to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160585 0     Resolution Appointing Supreme Dow to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160586 0     Resolution Appointing Patrick W. Jones to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160587 0     Resolution Appointing Byron Davis to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160588 0     Resolution Appointing Julie Baranauskas to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 160170 1     Bill To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2017-2022 inclusive. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160170 1     Bill To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2017-2022 inclusive. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160171 1     Bill To adopt a Fiscal 2017 Capital Budget. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160171 1     Bill To adopt a Fiscal 2017 Capital Budget. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160173 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. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160173 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. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160174 0     Bill Amending Section 19-1801 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Tax," to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on real estate within the City of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160174 0     Bill Amending Section 19-1801 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Tax," to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on real estate within the City of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160175 0     Bill Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160175 0     Bill Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160467 0     Bill Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 within the Grants Revenue Fund, from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Managing Director. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160467 0     Bill Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 within the Grants Revenue Fund, from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Managing Director. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160132-A 1     Bill Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by adding a new Chapter 19-4100, entitled "New Sustainable Businesses," to reduce the tax burden on new sustainable businesses; all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160132-A 1     Bill Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by adding a new Chapter 19-4100, entitled "New Sustainable Businesses," to reduce the tax burden on new sustainable businesses; all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160133 1     Bill Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," to revise the Sustainable Business Tax Credit by changing the criteria for eligibility, by increasing the number of eligible businesses, by increasing the total tax credit amount, and by expanding the credit so that it applies against Sustainable Businesses' total business income and receipts tax liability; all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160133 1     Bill Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," to revise the Sustainable Business Tax Credit by changing the criteria for eligibility, by increasing the number of eligible businesses, by increasing the total tax credit amount, and by expanding the credit so that it applies against Sustainable Businesses' total business income and receipts tax liability; all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160362 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Maintenance and Supervision," to require installation of LED lighting in connection with large City public works projects, all under certain terms and conditions. SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL Pass   Action details Not available 160362 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Maintenance and Supervision," to require installation of LED lighting in connection with large City public works projects, all under certain terms and conditions. ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160170 1     Bill To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2017-2022 inclusive. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160171 1     Bill To adopt a Fiscal 2017 Capital Budget. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160173 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. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160174 0     Bill Amending Section 19-1801 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Tax," to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on real estate within the City of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160175 0     Bill Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160467 0     Bill Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 within the Grants Revenue Fund, from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Managing Director. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160132-A 1     Bill Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by adding a new Chapter 19-4100, entitled "New Sustainable Businesses," to reduce the tax burden on new sustainable businesses; all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160133 1     Bill Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," to revise the Sustainable Business Tax Credit by changing the criteria for eligibility, by increasing the number of eligible businesses, by increasing the total tax credit amount, and by expanding the credit so that it applies against Sustainable Businesses' total business income and receipts tax liability; all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160362 0     Bill Amending Chapter 16-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Maintenance and Supervision," to require installation of LED lighting in connection with large City public works projects, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR     Action details Not available 160283 0     Resolution Expressing Council's support for an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution that would authorize the General Assembly to establish reasonable classes of real property for the purposes of taxation. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160255 0     Resolution Appointing Rasheia Johnson to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160344 0     Resolution Appointing Christopher P. McGill to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160345 0     Resolution Appointing Lynn Martin Haskin to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160346 0     Resolution Re-appointing Jafar Maleki to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160410 0     Resolution Approving the reappointment of Asia Coney as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160411 0     Resolution Approving the reappointment of Ethel M. Wise as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160413 0     Resolution Approving the reappointment of Lynette Brown-Sow as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160414 0     Resolution Approving the reappointment of Julia Danzy as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160426 0     Resolution Approving the reappointment of Herbert Wetzel as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160427 0     Resolution Approving the reappointment of Reverend Bonnie Camarda as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160428 0     Resolution Approving the reappointment of Reverend Dr. Leslie Callahan as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160429 0     Resolution Approving the appointment of Fredrick S. Purnell, Sr., as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160535 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 Nineteenth and Thirty-third 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 160537 0     Resolution Respectfully urging the General Assembly to restore funding for human services programs to historic levels, and to put mechanisms in place to assure any future budget impasse or budget delay does not become a burden on the citizens or City and County of Philadelphia. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160542 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 160543 0     Resolution Requesting that the Governor and the Pennsylvania State Legislature Amend the Medical Marijuana Act to Allow Doctors to Prescribe Medical Marijuana as a Direct Alternative to Opioid Painkillers. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160110-A 1     Bill Amending Chapter 17-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Procurement Price Preferences," by adding a preference for alternatives to expanded polystyrene, under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 17:0 Action details Not available 160567 0     Resolution Honoring, Recognizing and Welcoming the United Supreme Council of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection during their 135th Triennium Convention Meeting. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160568 0     Resolution Honoring and Recognizing Lisa Thomas-Laury upon her retirement from WPVI-TV Channel 6. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160571 0     Resolution Recognizing June 2016 as Re-Entry Month in the City of Philadelphia. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160572 0     Resolution Recognizing and Honoring Bob Grossmann after Seventeen Years of Dedicated Service to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160573 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 Nineteenth 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 160574 0     Resolution Recognizing May 2016 as Mental Health Awareness Month in the City of Philadelphia and honoring the work of Parity Track and its co-founders in raising awareness of federal and state behavioral health parity requirements. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160578 0     Resolution Authorizing the Joint Committees on Children and Youth and Education to hold hearings to discuss the impact of twenty years of the "1996 Immigration laws" on Philadelphia's Immigrant Community and their impact on the school-to-Prison-to-Deportation Pipeline on Philadelphia's Immigrant Youth. ADOPTED & REFERRED     Action details Not available 160579 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing The Salvation Army Greater Philadelphia "Be Your Best" program and the dedication of its Director, Collette C. McBratney. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160581 0     Resolution Declaring Johnson House Historic Site's annual Juneteenth Festival as the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival and recognizing, honoring, and celebrating Juneteenth in Philadelphia as the day when enslaved African Americans were freed in the United States of America more than 150 years ago. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 160072 0     Bill Amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination," by adding a section prohibiting employers from obtaining or using credit-related information regarding employees and job applicants in certain circumstances, under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 17:0 Action details Not available