Details Meeting Name: CITY COUNCIL Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/1/2018 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Room 400 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Attachments: Meeting Items (50) 50 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 180094 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 Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 815-819 North Fifteenth street, 825-831 North Fifteenth street and 824-826 Burns street, 1522-1524 Parrish street, 1536 Parrish street and 1538 Parrish street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with BMK Properties, LLC and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority. READ     Action details Not available 180095 0     COMMUNICATION Transmitting a bill authorizing the relocation of the lines and the striking and abandonment of certain portions of a right of way reserved for drainage purposes and water main purposes extending from Meade Street to Gravers Lane, southwest of Shawnee Street on City Plan No. 165, thereby reducing the width of the said right of way, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner. READ     Action details Not available 180081 0     Resolution Recognizing the Efforts of Philadelphians to Elevate Awareness of Human Trafficking in the Month of January. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180082 0     Resolution Urging the Philadelphia Parking Authority to Recognize the Martin Luther King Day Holiday as a Non-Ticketing Day. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180083 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 815-819 North Fifteenth street, 825-831 North Fifteenth street and 824-826 Burns street, 1522-1524 Parrish street, 1536 Parrish street and 1538 Parrish street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with BMK Properties, LLC 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 180075 0     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Ashton Road, Old Ashton Road, Welsh Road, Axe Factory Road, Winchester Avenue, Holme Avenue, and Holme Circle. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 180084 0     Resolution Authorizing Philadelphia to officially join the National Stepping Up Initiative, to reduce the number of people with mental illnesses in jails. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180076 0     Bill Amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Bicycle Lanes," by authorizing the Department of Streets to designate bicycle lanes, in both directions, on Island Avenue from Penrose Avenue to Enterprise Avenue, and on Enterprise Avenue, for its entire length, and authorizing the removal of travel lanes on both Island Avenue and Enterprise Avenue, in the same limits, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 180085 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing Patty Jackson for 35 years as one of Philadelphia's premier radio hosts Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180086 0     Resolution Also naming Angelo Place, between Mars Place and South 82nd Street, "Joe Wilson Way", to honor the life and legacy of Joseph Wilson. Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180087 0     Resolution Recognizing and honoring The Northeast Baptist Church on their 60th Anniversary. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180088 0     Resolution Recognizing a Moment of Silence on February 1, 2018 in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the sacrifices made by Memphis sanitation workers who proclaimed "I Am a Man" in their successful campaign to secure their economic rights and social dignity. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180089 0     Resolution Honoring and congratulating Philadelphia band the War on Drugs for winning best rock album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180090 0     Resolution Honoring the life and achievements of the scholar, scientist, and fighter for world peace William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, and declaring 2018 as the Year of W.E.B. Du Bois in the City of Philadelphia Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180077-A 0     Bill Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Business Privilege Taxes,' by eliminating for new businesses the requirement to make an estimated payment when filing a return for their first tax year of business operations and allowing the estimated payment in succeeding years to be made in quarterly installments, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 180078 0     Bill Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," Chapter 10-800, "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-840, "Criminal Squatters," prohibiting conduct related to criminal squatting, establishing and clarifying procedures to investigate criminal squatters on real property, establishing and clarifying procedures for the removal of criminal squatters, and establishing procedures for the dissemination of information on eviction and ejectment proceedings, and emergency housing, all under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 180079 0     Bill Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by amending Section 9-204, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Center City," to change certain requirements for vending licenses and the process for obtaining locations for Center City sidewalk vending, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 180091 0     Resolution Congratulating and honoring Carla Moss for her years of dedicated service to the residents of Philadelphia on the occasion of her retirement from the Philadelphia City Commissioner's Office. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180080 0     Bill Authorizing the relocation of the lines and the striking and abandonment of certain portions of a right-of-way reserved for drainage purposes and water main purposes extending from Meade Street to Gravers Lane, southwest of Shawnee Street on City Plan No. 165, thereby reducing the width of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions. Introduced and Referred Pass   Action details Not available 180092 0     Resolution Recognizing and Honoring Gary Tuggle on the Occasion of His Retirement as the Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's Philadelphia Field Division. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 180093 0     Resolution Recognizing and Honoring Nia Andrews for Her Exemplary Service and Leadership as Miss Philadelphia 2017. Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar Pass   Action details Not available 171138 0     Resolution Authorizing Philadelphia to officially join the National Stepping Up Initiative, which focuses on reducing the number of individuals with mental illnesses in jail in counties across the country. MOTION Pass   Action details Not available 171138 0     Resolution Authorizing Philadelphia to officially join the National Stepping Up Initiative, which focuses on reducing the number of individuals with mental illnesses in jail in counties across the country. WITHDRAWN     Action details Not available 180024 0     Resolution Expressing support for the resolution introduced by the United States Congressional Black Caucus condemning and calling for the censure of President Trump because of remarks he made about certain African countries, Haiti, and El Salvador. ADOPTED Pass 16:1 Action details Not available 180025 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 building and improvements thereon, situate in the Fifty- first 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 180027 0     Resolution Also naming Glenwood Avenue from Broad Street to Germantown Avenue as "Smokin' Joe Frazier Boulevard". ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180031 0     Resolution Calling on the Pennsylvania State Legislature to pass a law requiring convicted domestic violence abusers to immediately relinquish all firearms within their possession to law enforcement. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180032 0     Resolution Encouraging the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania to institute internal policies that reduce reliance on cash bail; and further calling on the Pennsylvania State Legislature and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to revise state laws and procedure codes governing bail to allow for the elimination of cash bail statewide, or to provide for an exemption in the law for cities of the first class. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180033 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 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 properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180038 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 Eighteenth 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 180039 0     Resolution Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 2520 Potter Street located in the Seventh Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180046 0     Resolution Encouraging Apple Inc. to choose the City of Philadelphia as the future home of its new U.S. based campus. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180052 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 180053 0     Resolution Appointing Kenneth Silver to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180054 0     Resolution Appointing Richard Millan to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180055 0     Resolution Appointing Michael Untermeyer to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180057 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. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 170850-AA 2     Bill Authorizing Ralston Center, ("Owner") to install, own and maintain bench encroachments on Spring Garden Street, Brown Street, N. 37th Street, N. 35th Street, and N. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 17:0 Action details Not available 170955-A 2     Bill Amending Chapter 9-3300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Erection, Use and Inspection of Tower Cranes," by revising requirements related to tower cranes and adding requirements regarding the use and inspection of mobile cranes, all under certain terms and conditions. READ AND PASSED Pass 17:0 Action details Not available 170997-A 2     Bill To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded on the northeast by the Manayunk Canal, on the southeast by Green Lane, on the southwest by the Schuylkill River, and on the northwest by Leverington Avenue with a straight line extending from Leverington Avenue to the Schuylkill River. Further to approve the Residential Mixed-Use-2 District (RMX-2) Master Plan for the foregoing designated areas of land. Further, to amend certain provisions of Section 14-503 of the Philadelphia Code in connection with the foregoing Master Plan. Further, to amend the Property Maintenance Code to exclude the foregoing Master Plan from certain provisions of said Property Maintenance Code. READ AND PASSED Pass 17:0 Action details Not available 180081 0     Resolution Recognizing the Efforts of Philadelphians to Elevate Awareness of Human Trafficking in the Month of January. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180085 0     Resolution Honoring and recognizing Patty Jackson for 35 years as one of Philadelphia's premier radio hosts ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180087 0     Resolution Recognizing and honoring The Northeast Baptist Church on their 60th Anniversary. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180088 0     Resolution Recognizing a Moment of Silence on February 1, 2018 in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the sacrifices made by Memphis sanitation workers who proclaimed "I Am a Man" in their successful campaign to secure their economic rights and social dignity. MOTION Pass   Action details Not available 180088 0     Resolution Recognizing a Moment of Silence on February 1, 2018 in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the sacrifices made by Memphis sanitation workers who proclaimed "I Am a Man" in their successful campaign to secure their economic rights and social dignity. ADOPTED BY STANDING VOTE     Action details Not available 180089 0     Resolution Honoring and congratulating Philadelphia band the War on Drugs for winning best rock album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180090 0     Resolution Honoring the life and achievements of the scholar, scientist, and fighter for world peace William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, and declaring 2018 as the Year of W.E.B. Du Bois in the City of Philadelphia ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180091 0     Resolution Congratulating and honoring Carla Moss for her years of dedicated service to the residents of Philadelphia on the occasion of her retirement from the Philadelphia City Commissioner's Office. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180092 0     Resolution Recognizing and Honoring Gary Tuggle on the Occasion of His Retirement as the Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's Philadelphia Field Division. ADOPTED     Action details Not available 180093 0     Resolution Recognizing and Honoring Nia Andrews for Her Exemplary Service and Leadership as Miss Philadelphia 2017. ADOPTED     Action details Not available