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
Procedural actions actions from the June 1, 2000 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 56 actions from June 1, 2000
This lapsed resolution would have appointed Mark Nicoletti to the Board of Directors of the Germantown Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Appointing Mark Nicoletti to the Board of Directors of the Germantown Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed resolution would have appointed Jamil Jordan to the Board of Directors of the Germantown Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Appointing Jamil Jordan to the Board of Directors of the Germantown Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold hearings on managing Philadelphia’s public streets and other public rights-of-way.
Authorizing the City Council Committee of the Whole to hold hearings concerning the management of public right of ways in the City of Philadelphia and to hear testimony on reasonable fees for the same for the telecommunications industry pursuant to Section 253 under the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 151 et. seq.)
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council’s Committee on Law and Government to investigate property theft involving forged deed transfers and the fraudulent sale of real property in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Law and Government to conduct a full and comprehensive investigation into the recent outbreak of property theft in Philadelphia in which scam-artists have been forging deed transfers and fraudulently selling real property to unsuspecting buyers.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that vacate Melon Street between Ridge Avenue and Thirteenth Street, vacate Park Avenue between Wallace Street and Melon Street, and abandon a drainage and water-main right-of-way near Broad Street and Thirteenth Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Melon street from Ridge avenue to Thirteenth street, by striking from the City Plan and vacating Park avenue from Wallace street to Melon street, and by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage and water main purposes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce to convey all or part of about 98 acres of City-owned property near Red Lion Road and The Roosevelt Boulevard to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID"), from time to time, all or any portion of certain City-owned real estate in the vicinity of Red Lion road and The Roosevelt boulevard, under certain terms and conditions subject to the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement among the City, PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance declares that it is desirable for the Philadelphia Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority to issue up to $55 million in revenue bonds for a Wills Eye Hospital project.
Declaring that it is desirable for the health, safety and welfare of the people of the area served by Wills Eye Hospital to have a project for Wills Eye Hospital financed through The Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have allowed building owners to apply for temporary advertising licenses covering scaffolding used for a building’s repair, reconstruction, or maintenance.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by providing for the issuance of licenses permitting temporary advertising to cover scaffolding erected in connection with the repair, reconstruction or maintenance of a building; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan in the area bounded by Girard Avenue, Hancock Street, Wildey Street, Germantown Avenue, New Market Street, Laurel Street, and Second Street.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 of an area bounded by Girard avenue, Hancock street, Wildey street, Germantown avenue, New Market street, Laurel street and Second street by striking from the City Plan and vacating Germantown avenue from Second street to Wildey street; by striking from the City Plan and vacating Hancock street from Pollard street to Germantown avenue; by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes; by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain right-of-way for gas main purposes; and by placing on the City Plan certain rights-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Keystone Properties, LP, the owner of Gallery II at 1001 Market Street, to construct and maintain a sign, two flagpoles with flags, and four window canopies extending over the north sidewalk of the 1000 block of Market Street.
Authorizing Keystone Properties, LP, to construct and maintain various encroachments above and over the north footway of the 1000 block of Market street adjacent to the Gallery II, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Reading Terminal Market Corporation to construct and maintain 20 electrified aluminum icon signs attached to the market’s façades and extending over the public footways of Arch, Twelfth, and Filbert Streets.
Authorizing Reading Terminal Market Corporation, 51 North Twelfth street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, tenant of the Reading Terminal Market, to construct and maintain various electrified aluminum icon signs anchored into the façade of the Reading Terminal Market and extending over the public rights of way of Arch street, Twelfth street and Filbert street; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required anyone installing or maintaining a public pay telephone in or extending into a Philadelphia sidewalk or other public right-of-way to obtain a concession from the Department of Public Property and a location permit.
Amending Section 9-210 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Telephone Booths," by prohibiting installation or maintenance of any public pay telephone in or encroaching on the public rightofway without the grant of a concession by the Department of Public Property and by imposing requirements for the operation and maintenance of such telephones, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have renamed the Criminal Justice Center at 1301 Filbert Street as the “Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice.” It sought to honor Juanita Kidd Stout, a former Philadelphia judge and Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice.
Designating the Criminal Justice Center located at 1301 Filbert street as "The Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice."
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Wolf Street Partners, L.P., the owner of 2400 South Weccacoe Street, to construct and maintain eight-foot chain-link fences along portions of the public footways on Weccacoe Street and Wolf Street, while leaving about 10 feet of clear walkway.
Authorizing Wolf Street Partners, L.P., owners of the property 2400 South Weccacoe street, Philadelphia, PA 19148, to construct and maintain a fence on the west footway of Weccacoe street and the south footway of Wolf street adjacent to the property 2400 Weccacoe street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Sunesys, Inc., and its successors and assigns permission to build, operate, maintain, replace, and remove a telecommunications system in specified Philadelphia streets, public rights-of-way, and some existing utility facilities.
Granting permission to Sunesys, Inc., its successors and assigns to construct, maintain and operate, replace, and remove a telecommunications system along, over, in and under the public rights-of-way and City streets and/or to place such telecommunications system within the existing facilities owned by Bell Atlantic-PA, PECO Energy Company, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation Shared Assets, or other entity holding a grant pursuant to other City ordinances; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure changes Philadelphia’s property maintenance rules for vacant buildings.
Amending Subcode "PM" of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code," by amending Section PM-306.0, which requires owners of vacant buildings to prevent unauthorized entry to the building by securing or sealing doors, windows, or other entrances and openings to the building, by providing that a separate penalty may be imposed for each such entrance or opening that the owner has failed to secure after notice has been issued; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to move portions of the west curb line and house line of Independence Mall East eastward between Race Street and a point about 353 feet south.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by relocating a portion of the westerly side of Independence Mall East a certain distance eastwardly, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Conectiv Communications, Inc., and its successors permission to build, operate, maintain, replace, and remove a telecommunications system in specified Philadelphia streets and public rights-of-way, including use of some existing utility facilities with the owners’ consent.
Granting permission to Conectiv Communications, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, its successors and assigns to construct, maintain and operate, replace, and remove a telecommunications system along, over, in and under the public rights-of-way and City streets, and to place such telecommunications system within the existing facilities owned by Bell Atlantic-PA, PECO Energy Company, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation Shared Assets, or other entity holding a grant pursuant to other City ordinances, subject to such owner's consent; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.