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
Unanimous actions actions from the June 14, 2001 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 39 actions from June 14, 2001
This enacted resolution urges Philadelphia’s representatives on the SEPTA Board to oppose proposed increases to base fares, transfers, tokens, and Paratransit-Shared Ride fares.
Urging the City of Philadelphia representatives on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Board to oppose SEPTA's proposed fare increases.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings about the condition of Philadelphia’s public parks.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings regarding the status of public parks in Philadelphia and to investigate methods to improve the parks and park system.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in the 13th, 43rd, and 61st Wards 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 Thirteenth, Forty-third and Sixty-first 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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council declared September 23, 2001, “John W.
Declaring September 23, 2001 "John W. Coltrane Day" in The City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls for Philadelphia, the School District, and Pennsylvania to work together on a long-term plan to restore the School District’s finances and improve student education.
Resolution calling for a genuine partnership among the City of Philadelphia, the School District, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to devise a long-term plan that will restore the finances of the School District in order to improve the education of its students; and condemning the shameful use of the crisis in public education as a cover for an outrageous attack on Philadelphia home rule.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of 1808 West Seventy-third Avenue, a City-owned property, 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 Tenth 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.
The adopted resolution expressed City Council’s intent to pass a separate bill extending tax exemptions, abatements, or credits for businesses and residents in certain Philadelphia Keystone Opportunity Zone subzones.
Expressing Council's intention to extent the time period for exemptions, abatements or credits in certain subzones of the Keystone Opportunity Zone.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted privileged resolution honors and commends John Kromer for nearly a decade of service as Philadelphia’s Director of Housing and Community Development.
Honoring John Kromer.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Legislative Oversight Committee and Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold joint public hearings about rising medical malpractice insurance rates in the Philadelphia region.
Authorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee and Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold joint public hearings on possible solutions to the alarming increase in medical malpractice insurance rates in the region, and the detrimental effect these increases may have on the City's health care industry and public health services.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted privileged resolution welcomes Reverend Wilfredo Estrada Adorno during his visit to Philadelphia and other northeastern cities.
Welcoming the distinguished Puerto Rican Reverend Wilfredo Estrada Adorno as he visits Philadelphia and other cities in the northeast as part of his ongoing work to end the U.S. Navy bombings in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance expands the deadline for applying for a real estate tax exemption for new residential construction.
Amending Section 19-1303(4) of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization to offer Exemption from Real Estate Taxes on New Construction of Residential Properties," by expanding the time to make an application for an exemption, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia Hotel Partners, L.L.C., owner of the Hotel W at 410 South Front Street, to install and maintain two canopies, two awnings, and three flagpoles extending over or located in the public footways of Front and Second streets.
Authorizing Philadelphia Hotel Partners, L.L.C., owners of the property 410 South Front street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, to construct and maintain two canopies and two rigid awnings attached to the building and projecting over the west footway of Front street and the east footway of Second street and three flagpoles with foundations on the west footway of Front street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Sunesys Inc.
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, City streets and Fairmount Park, within existing conduit, or to attach facilities to existing utility poles of other entities holding a grant pursuant to other City ordinances, subject to such owner of the conduit or utility pole's consent; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Irvin Bruskin, owner of the property at 2451 South Fifth Street, to build and maintain a roughly four-foot-high fence enclosing a dumpster that extends about four feet onto the east footway.
Authorizing Irvin Bruskin, owner of the property, 2451 South Fifth street, Philadelphia, PA 19148, to construct and maintain a fence for a dumpster enclosure on the east footway of South Fifth street, adjacent to the property, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia Hotel Partners, L.L.C., owners of 410 South Front Street, to install and maintain four underground electrical conduits and four spotlights in the west footway of Front Street near the hotel entrance.
Authorizing Philadelphia Hotel Partners, L.L.C., owners of the property 410 South Front street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, to construct, own and maintain underground conduit and four spotlight fixtures in, on and under the west footway of Front street adjacent to the building 410 South Front street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Sunesys Inc., its successors, and assigns permission to build, operate, maintain, replace, and remove a telecommunications system along specified Philadelphia streets and other rights-of-way, including some private property, existing utility poles, and underground conduits.
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, City streets and private property subject to permission of the property owner, or attached to or within facilities of other entities holding a grant pursuant to other City ordinances, subject to such owner's consent; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have withdrawn the School District of Philadelphia Board of Education’s authorization to impose a single-rate tax on land and improvements.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by rescinding the authorization for the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose the current single rate tax on land and improvements, and by authorizing the Board of Education to impose a tax on land or a split rate tax on land and improvements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have replaced Philadelphia’s then-existing single-rate real estate tax on land and improvements with a tax on land alone or a split-rate tax on land and improvements.
Amending Section 19-1301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by rescinding the current single rate tax on land and improvements, and by imposing a tax on land or a split rate tax on land and improvements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.