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 May 15, 2003 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 158 actions from May 15, 2003
The enacted resolution declared May 24–26, 2003, as Cherokee Heritage Weekend in Philadelphia in recognition of the Tenth Annual Cherokee Indian Festival.
Declaring May 24-26, 2003, Cherokee Heritage Weekend in Celebration of The Tenth Annual Cherokee Indian Festival.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted resolution declared May 24–26, 2003, as Cherokee Heritage Weekend in Philadelphia in recognition of the Tenth Annual Cherokee Indian Festival.
Declaring May 24-26, 2003, Cherokee Heritage Weekend in Celebration of The Tenth Annual Cherokee Indian Festival.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings about the use and dangers of motorized scooters in Philadelphia.
Authorizing Public Hearings of the Committee on Public Safety regarding the proliferation of motorized scooters in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings about the use and dangers of motorized scooters in Philadelphia.
Authorizing Public Hearings of the Committee on Public Safety regarding the proliferation of motorized scooters in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 6313–21 Chester Avenue in the Fortieth Ward 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 Fortieth 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 adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 6313–21 Chester Avenue in the Fortieth Ward 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 Fortieth 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.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 6313–21 Chester Avenue in the Fortieth Ward 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 Fortieth 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.
The adopted resolution also names the 1800 block of Webster Street in South Philadelphia “Marian Anderson Place.” It honors Marian Anderson, the acclaimed contralto who was born at 1833 Webster Street.
Also naming the 1800 block of Webster Street as "Marian Anderson Place."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution also names the 1800 block of Webster Street in South Philadelphia “Marian Anderson Place.” It honors Marian Anderson, the acclaimed contralto who was born at 1833 Webster Street.
Also naming the 1800 block of Webster Street as "Marian Anderson Place."
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The resolution appoints Tom Knox as a Class D member of the Board of Directors of the Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia.
Appointing Tom Knox to the Board of Directors of the Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The resolution appoints Tom Knox as a Class D member of the Board of Directors of the Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia.
Appointing Tom Knox to the Board of Directors of the Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution appoints Jettie Newkirk to the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
Appointing Jettie Newkirk to the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution appoints Jettie Newkirk to the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
Appointing Jettie Newkirk to the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes G2S2 Associates, L.P., the owner of 1605–1627 Sansom Street, to build and maintain additions extending over the sidewalks and street area near the property on Sansom Street and Stock Exchange Place.
Authorizing G2S2 Associates, L.P., owner of the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, to construct and maintain a building encroachment over and above the north footway of the 1600 block of Sansom Street adjacent to the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street and to construct and maintain a building encroachment with electric lights over and above the south footway and cartway of the 1600 block of Stock Exchange Place adjacent to the rear of the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes G2S2 Associates, L.P., the owner of 1605–1627 Sansom Street, to build and maintain additions extending over the sidewalks and street area near the property on Sansom Street and Stock Exchange Place.
Authorizing G2S2 Associates, L.P., owner of the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, to construct and maintain a building encroachment over and above the north footway of the 1600 block of Sansom Street adjacent to the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street and to construct and maintain a building encroachment with electric lights over and above the south footway and cartway of the 1600 block of Stock Exchange Place adjacent to the rear of the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia to transfer its building at 1901 Vine Street and the surrounding land to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, which would have arranged a sale of the building to an investor group for at least $60 million.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a series of transactions whereby The City of Philadelphia ("City") would: (a) sell to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") a certain City-owned building located at 1901 Vine Street ("Free Library Building"), provided that PAID resells the Free Library Building to a certain third party or parties; (b) lease from PAID the Free Library Building upon PAID's lease of the building from a certain third party or parties; (c) lease to PAID the land bounded by Nineteenth Street, Vine Street, Twentieth Street and the former Wood Street ("Free Library Land"), provided that PAID leases the Free Library Land to a certain third party or parties; and (d) lease from PAID the Free Library Land upon PAID's lease of the land from a certain third party or parties; all under and subject to certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia to transfer its building at 1901 Vine Street and the surrounding land to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, which would have arranged a sale of the building to an investor group for at least $60 million.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a series of transactions whereby The City of Philadelphia ("City") would: (a) sell to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") a certain City-owned building located at 1901 Vine Street ("Free Library Building"), provided that PAID resells the Free Library Building to a certain third party or parties; (b) lease from PAID the Free Library Building upon PAID's lease of the building from a certain third party or parties; (c) lease to PAID the land bounded by Nineteenth Street, Vine Street, Twentieth Street and the former Wood Street ("Free Library Land"), provided that PAID leases the Free Library Land to a certain third party or parties; and (d) lease from PAID the Free Library Land upon PAID's lease of the land from a certain third party or parties; all under and subject to certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Center City District to construct, own, and maintain 27 pedestrian-scale light poles and 11 banner poles on and under public sidewalks along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and nearby streets from 16th Street to Eakins Oval.
Authorizing the Center City District, 917 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, its successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain a total of twenty-seven (27) pedestrian scale light poles with luminaires and eleven (11) banner poles with mastarms on and under the public footway of Benjamin Franklin Parkway and adjacent streets, from Sixteenth Street to the Eakins Oval.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.