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 October 17, 2002 meeting.
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Showing 1-10 of 10 actions from October 17, 2002
Unanimous2002-10-17
Privileged Resolution 020642Endorsing the National League of Cities' Hometown Security Day and urging the Congress and the President to act on homeland security funding.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2002-10-17
Resolution 020641Requesting the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation to provide that the Board of Revision of Taxes ("BRT") shall not certify any assessments of real property for calendar year 2002 or calendar year 2003 that exceed the prior year's assessment for any particular property by such percentage amount as Council shall ordain, provided that such maximum percentage increase shall be no less than (4%) and no greater than ten percent (10%), and to provide that Council may also ordain that such maximum percentage increase in assessments shall only apply if a property is owned by the same person who owned the property at the time of the prior year's tax levy, all pending action to reform the assessment process in Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2002-10-17
Resolution 020640Authorizing 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, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Twenty-second and Fifty-ninth 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.
Unanimous2002-10-17
Resolution 020639Authorizing the City Council Committee on Law and Government to hold public hearings addressing whether aggressive panhandling has changed in nature, degree, or frequency in recent years with consideration of whether a change in the provision of social services is required.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2002-10-17
Resolution 020638Authorizing the City Council Committees on Law and Government and Licenses and Inspections to investigate the reasons why Philadelphia does not permit the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or other plastic pipe for underground sewer connections from buildings to the public sewer and to explore how allowing the use of more modern and cost efficient plumbing materials could reduce the cost of constructing new housing and encourage new housing development in the City.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2002-10-17
Resolution 020637Calling for a Public Hearing before the Legislative Oversight Committee on aggressive panhandling in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2002-10-17
Resolution 020636Authorizing 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 and Fortieth 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.
Unanimous2002-10-17
Resolution 020635Authorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on potential solutions to the City's recent increase in aggressive panhandling.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2002-10-17
Bill 020633Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to purchase a certain tract of land situate at the southeast corner of Fiftieth street and Parkside avenue, for a consideration not to exceed seventy thousand dollars ($70,000.00), under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement between the City, PAID, and Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC).
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2002-10-17
Bill 020579Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing for certain deferrals of payment of a certain portion of Real Estate Taxes due the City of Philadelphia or the Philadelphia School District, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.