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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 March 4, 2004 meeting.

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Showing 1-18 of 26 actions from March 4, 2004

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040198

Agreeing to participate in the "436 Walnut Tax Increment Financing District," if it should be created by the Council of the City of Philadelphia in accordance with the Tax Increment Financing Act of July 11, 1990, (P.L.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Bill 040188

Granting permission to TCG Delaware Valley, Inc., a Delaware corporation, its successors and assigns to construct, maintain and operate, replace, and remove telecommunications service connections and fiber optic cables for telecommunications purposes along, over, in and under the public rights-of-way of Caroline Road and Comly Road; all under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Bill 040186

Establishing a "No Truck Parking" regulation on East Passyunk Avenue between Washington Avenue and Fitzwater Street, both sides.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Bill 040185

Establishing a "No Truck Parking" regulation on South Seventh Street between Washington Avenue and Fitzwater Street, both sides.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Bill 040184

Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Chapter 17-1200, entitled "Foreign Outsourcing," prohibiting City service contracts under which the work is performed outside the United States, under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Bill 040183

To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by the Delaware River, Cottman Avenue, I-95 Expressway and Rhawn Street.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Bill 040008

Establishing a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 7640 to 8705, both sides of Bethlehem Pike from 10 to 104 and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, to be known as the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District ("District"); designating the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, Inc.

SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Bill 040007

To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Tacony Street, Barnett Street, Levick Street, The Delaware River, Cottman Avenue and New State Road.

SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040205

Approving a final plan for the proposed Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District ("District"), and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules to take further actions required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally establish the District.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040204

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 Thirty-fourth 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.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040203

Honoring Joseph Mammana and the Citizens Crime Commission.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040202

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 Fourteenth and Twenty-eighth 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.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040201

Honoring Tyrone Crawley on his induction into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040200

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 Thirty-first 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.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040199

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 Fifth, Twenty-fifth and Thirty-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.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040197

Urging the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to oppose all of Representative Jerry Birmelin's amendments to House Bill 345, which are discriminatory under the city's Fair Practices Code and which undermine the core values of the original bill, to improve the Adoption Assistance Program, as reported by the House Children and Youth Committee.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040196

Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings to examine and investigate alternative forms of revenue generation for the City of Philadelphia and to recommend policies, programs and practices to aid in the creation of additional revenue.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2004-03-04
Resolution 040195

Authorizing Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to investigate how the City conducted its investigation into the December 15, 1997 fire at the house of Luz Aida Cuevas and the presumed death in that fire of Delimar Vera, recently discovered to be living as Aliyah Hernandez, now six years old, who was in fact kidnapped from her home before the fire was set.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.