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 February 28, 2002 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 22 actions from February 28, 2002
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings, without payment, 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 Sixteenth, Twenty-eighth, Thirty-second and Forty-seventh 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.
This adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania General Assembly to pass legislation allowing slot machines in Pennsylvania airports, including Philadelphia International Airport.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation allowing slot machines in Pennsylvania airports.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to pass legislation allowing municipalities to designate areas with concentrated liquor licensees as “nuisance districts.” The proposed authority would let municipalities ask the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to stop issuing new liquor licenses in those areas, with possible exemptions for development projects considered economically beneficial.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation that grants municipalities the authority to declare an area a nuisance district and to place a moratorium on the issuance of all liquor licenses in that area.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls on developers building in Philadelphia to honor the obligations of the City’s “Percent for Art” programs.
Calling on all developers to honor the obligations of Philadelphia's "Percent for Art" programs when building in the City.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorized the City Council Committee on Public Health & Human Services to hold hearings about access to nutritious food for low-income children and families in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Public Health & Human Services to hold hearings regarding access to proper nutrition for low-income children and families in Philadelphia as well as to investigate potential solutions to this health threat.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution also names the section of Monument Road from Wynnefield Avenue to North 49th Street "Kearsley Road." The name honors the Kearsley Retirement Community and its services for older adults in Philadelphia.
Also naming that part of Monument Road from Wynnefield Avenue to North 49th Street as "Kearsley Road."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution also naming the 2100 block of North 49th Street “Kearsley Way.” The name recognizes the Kearsley Retirement Community, which provides housing, health care, and other services for low-income older adults in Philadelphia.
Also naming the 2100 block of North 49th Street as "Kearsley Way."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted resolution observed April 4, 2002, as Barbershop Talk Human Family Day in Philadelphia.
Celebrating Barbershop Talk Human Family Day.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted resolution honors and congratulates Oliver St.
Honoring and congratulating Oliver St. Clair Franklin on his receipt of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Commendation.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted resolution honors and commends the Junior ROTC program and drill team at Roxborough High School for their achievements, including repeated awards and competition victories.
Honoring the Junior ROTC of Roxborough High School and its Drill Team.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution urges the Mayor to take steps to provide continuing health and prescription benefits to the spouses and dependents of non-represented City employees who die while still working after reaching retirement age.
Urging the Mayor to immediately take all necessary steps to provide continuing health and prescription benefits to spouses and dependents of non-represented employees who die while still working for the City after reaching retirement age.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Law and Government to investigate why residential construction costs have increased in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Law and Government to investigate the reasons for, and causes of, the increased costs of residential construction in the City of Philadelphia and to explore strategies and initiatives which would encourage developers to build new housing and restore the existing housing stock in the City.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia 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 Thirtieth, Thirty-sixth, Fortieth and Fifty-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 adopted a resolution calling on the Pennsylvania Legislature to condemn a state rule that requires Pennsylvania Seals of Proficiency or Distinction on some high school diplomas based on 11th- or 12th-grade PSSA scores.
Calling on the State Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to condemn Section 4.24 of the Pennsylvania Code enacted January 1999, that mandates the placement of the Pennsylvania Seal on select high school diplomas based on PSSA scores taken this year by 11th graders across the State.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution requests that the Mayor return Bill No.
Requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No. 010340, entitled "An Ordinance amending Section 10-602 of The Philadelphia Code with respect to smoking on any vehicle of public transportation in any public transit station or fare-paid area and increasing the amount to be paid in response to a violation notice to waive court appearance, amending Section 10-605 of the Code to increase the penalty for consuming food or beverages on a vehicle of public transportation, amending Section 10-606 of the Code to clarify the penalties for violations under Chapter 10-600, and amending Section 10-609 of the Code with respect to urination or defecation on a vehicle of public transportation; all under certain terms and conditions," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have removed designated locations where vending was permitted in Center City: the east side of Seventeenth Street between Arch Street and John F.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by deleting all permitted vendor locations on the East side of Seventeenth street between Arch street and John F. Kennedy boulevard, on the North side of John F. Kennedy boulevard between Seventeenth street and Eighteenth street, and the West side of Eighteenth street between Arch street and John F. Kennedy boulevard, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan by removing Whitten Street between Haldeman Avenue and Jamison Street and adding Reilly Road and Conwell Avenue between the specified connecting streets.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 358 by striking from the City Plan Whitten street from Haldeman avenue to Jamison street and by placing on the City Plan Reilly road and Conwell avenue, all under certain terms and conditions including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the beds of Reilly road and Conwell avenue.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s Emergency Nuisance Abatement Program by adding properties in the 25th, 31st, and 45th Wards to the areas eligible for the program.
Amending Section PM-309.0 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Emergency Nuisance Abatement Program," by adding the Twenty-fifth, Thirty-first and Forty-fifth Wards to the designated area in which properties must be located in order to be eligible for participation in the emergency nuisance abatement program, and by making certain technical amendments, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.