Council actions
Philadelphia City Council actions
These are actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote. They include unanimous decisions, procedural steps such as hearings, notices and amendments, and other entries such as referrals and signatures.
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Council actions
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the February 3, 2000 meeting.
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Showing 37-54 of 103 actions from February 3, 2000
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings on a proposed program to renew Philadelphia neighborhoods.
Authorizing the Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings on proposals and strategies for a community revitalization and infrastructure renewal program for Philadelphia's neighborhoods including, but not limited to: infrastructure repair, replacement and reconstruction; street tree maintenance, removal and planting; street lighting repairs and enhancements; housing preservation, rehabilitation and homeownership initiatives; maintenance and re-use of vacant lots; commercial corridor improvements; and, curb and sidewalk repair and replacement, and to discuss and analyze funding options, implementation methods and performance measures for such a community revitalization and infrastructure renewal program.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings on a proposed program to renew Philadelphia neighborhoods.
Authorizing the Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings on proposals and strategies for a community revitalization and infrastructure renewal program for Philadelphia's neighborhoods including, but not limited to: infrastructure repair, replacement and reconstruction; street tree maintenance, removal and planting; street lighting repairs and enhancements; housing preservation, rehabilitation and homeownership initiatives; maintenance and re-use of vacant lots; commercial corridor improvements; and, curb and sidewalk repair and replacement, and to discuss and analyze funding options, implementation methods and performance measures for such a community revitalization and infrastructure renewal program.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on Philadelphia’s current and future tax policies, including wage, real estate, business, sales, and other municipal taxes.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on the current and future tax policy of the City of Philadelphia in order to conduct an analysis of the tax rates and tax base for wage, real estate, business, sales and other municipal taxes and to examine the impact of current and future tax policy on the fiscal health and attractiveness of the City to businesses and residents as well as the impact on the fiscal health of the public school system; and, further authorizing the Committee to seek advice and recommendations on tax policy and tax reform from citizens, financial experts, economists, academia, business executives, and state legislative and executive branch officials.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on Philadelphia’s current and future tax policies, including wage, real estate, business, sales, and other municipal taxes.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on the current and future tax policy of the City of Philadelphia in order to conduct an analysis of the tax rates and tax base for wage, real estate, business, sales and other municipal taxes and to examine the impact of current and future tax policy on the fiscal health and attractiveness of the City to businesses and residents as well as the impact on the fiscal health of the public school system; and, further authorizing the Committee to seek advice and recommendations on tax policy and tax reform from citizens, financial experts, economists, academia, business executives, and state legislative and executive branch officials.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Education Committee to hold hearings about how the School District of Philadelphia places and educates students described as behaviorally disruptive.
Authorizing the Education Committee of the Philadelphia City Council to hold hearings regarding the current status of, and future plans for, the placement and education of behaviorally disruptive students in the School District of Philadelphia
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Education Committee to hold hearings about how the School District of Philadelphia places and educates students described as behaviorally disruptive.
Authorizing the Education Committee of the Philadelphia City Council to hold hearings regarding the current status of, and future plans for, the placement and education of behaviorally disruptive students in the School District of Philadelphia
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership, at no cost, of six City-owned properties at 1433 and 1435 Clearfield Street and 3101, 3103, 3105, 3107, and 3109 North 15th Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Eleventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership, at no cost, of six City-owned properties at 1433 and 1435 Clearfield Street and 3101, 3103, 3105, 3107, and 3109 North 15th Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Eleventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized Council’s Committee on Health and Human Services to hold hearings on Philadelphia’s welfare-to-work programs, including Transitional Work Programs, Philadelphia @ Work, and Work Opportunities.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Health and Human Services to hold hearings on the City of Philadelphia's welfare-to-work efforts, including the Transitional Work Programs, Philadelphia @ Work and Work Opportunities, and to investigate the effectiveness of such programs at placing and retaining former welfare recipients in permanent jobs that promote self-sufficiency, with specific attention focused on length of job programs, the appropriateness of wages paid, the practice of requiring attendance at unpaid training, and the retention rates of former welfare recipients placed into permanent jobs.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution declares March as “Save Your Vision Month” in Philadelphia and encourages public awareness about low vision and eye health.
Declaring March as "Save Your Vision Month."
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution declares March as “Save Your Vision Month” in Philadelphia and encourages public awareness about low vision and eye health.
Declaring March as "Save Your Vision Month."
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution declares March as “Save Your Vision Month” in Philadelphia and encourages public awareness about low vision and eye health.
Declaring March as "Save Your Vision Month."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of four City-owned properties—5429-55 Chestnut Street, 456 North Dearborn Street, 30 South Millick Street, and 1201 South Fifty-third Street—to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Third, Forty-fourth, Fifty-first and Sixtieth Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of four City-owned properties—5429-55 Chestnut Street, 456 North Dearborn Street, 30 South Millick Street, and 1201 South Fifty-third Street—to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Third, Forty-fourth, Fifty-first and Sixtieth Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and commending Lisa Cromwell for protecting a six-year-old girl from being lured into a car in Mantua in 1999.
Honoring Lisa Cromwell.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and commending Lisa Cromwell for protecting a six-year-old girl from being lured into a car in Mantua in 1999.
Honoring Lisa Cromwell.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold a hearing on how Philadelphia and Pennsylvania could work together to improve children’s safety in child care settings.
Authorizing the City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold a hearing to examine how the City of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania can work together to better insure the safety of our children in child care settings.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold a hearing on how Philadelphia and Pennsylvania could work together to improve children’s safety in child care settings.
Authorizing the City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold a hearing to examine how the City of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania can work together to better insure the safety of our children in child care settings.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.