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 May 13, 2004 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 39 actions from May 13, 2004
The enacted ordinance grants TCG Delaware Valley, Inc., and its successors permission to install, operate, maintain, replace, and remove aerial and underground fiber-optic telecommunications connections along State Road to the Philadelphia Prison Facility.
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 State Road; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Mayfair Community Development Corporation to construct, own, and maintain raised tree planters and benches on specified public footways along Frankford Avenue and Cottman Avenue.
Authorizing Mayfair Community Development Corporation, 6810 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19135, its successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain raised planters and benches on the public footways of Frankford Avenue, from Harbison Avenue to Rhawn Street, and Cottman Avenue from Frankford Avenue to Leon Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Christy Garrett permission to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe with nine tables at the northeast corner of North 36th and Race Streets.
Granting permission to Christy Garrett, owner of the property 201 N. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the northeast corner of N. 36th and Race Streets, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia officials to apply for and accept federal and state funding for community development, affordable housing, housing for people with AIDS, emergency shelter, and blight prevention.
Authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; authorizing the Housing Director to file applications with HUD to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application with HUD for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant; authorizing the Managing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application or applications to obtain grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; and, authorizing the Mayor, the Housing Director and the Managing Director to enter into all understandings and assurances contained in such applications and take all necessary action to...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance approves the fifteenth amendment to the redevelopment and urban renewal plans for Philadelphia’s South Central Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the fifteenth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the South Central Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the intersection of the southerly side of Washington avenue projected and the easterly side of Delaware avenue, including the fifteenth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twelfth amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately fifteen (15) properties for residential and related reuses; the additional land acquisition of one (1) property for commercial and related reuse; the additional land acquisition of eighteen (18) properties for industrial and related reuse, a change of the land use and related controls for the area bounded by Kimball street, League street, Twentieth street and Nineteenth street from residential and related to industrial and related uses, the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with resp...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan around Geary Street and Twentieth Street, including removing or vacating parts of Geary Street, DaVinci Drive, Justinian Circle, and Hartranft Street and adding or extending Capri Drive, Verona Drive, and DaVinci Drive.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 46-S in the area of Geary Street and Twentieth Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance approves the tenth amendment to the redevelopment proposal and urban renewal plan for the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area, including a first amendment to the relocation plan.
Approving the tenth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the point of intersection of the west side of Lindbergh boulevard with the north side of Fifty-eighth street, including the tenth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the first amendment to the relocation plan, which provides for a change of the land use and related controls for 6100-6240 Eastwick avenue, from limited industrial to residential and related reuse.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Campus Technologies, Inc., its successors, and agents permission to construct, operate, maintain, replace, and remove a telecommunications system along specified Philadelphia streets and public rights-of-way, mainly by using existing utility facilities with the owners’ consent.
Granting permission to Campus Technologies, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, its successors, assigns and agents, to construct, maintain and operate, replace, and remove a telecommunications system along, in, over and under the public rights-of-way and City streets, by placing such telecommunications system within and/or attached to the existing facilities owned by PECO Energy Company and/or other entities authorized by 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 enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s zoning maps for certain land within the area bounded by Civic Center Boulevard, Convention Boulevard, South Street, the Schuylkill Expressway, North Drive, and University Avenue.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Civic Center Boulevard, Convention Boulevard, South Street, Schuykill Expressway, North Drive and University Avenue.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed resolution would have confirmed Mayor John F.
Confirming the appointment of Lance Haver as Insurance Public Advocate.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Smarty Jones for winning the Kentucky Derby.
Honoring Smarty Jones for winning The Kentucky Derby.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution recognizes May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in Philadelphia and honors the cultural heritage and contributions of Asian Americans.
Recognizing May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution honors Alba E.
Honoring Alba E. Martinez.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on Pennsylvania’s members of Congress to repeal the 2003 federal tax breaks that it says primarily benefit upper-income taxpayers and to redirect some restored federal funds to states and cities to help prevent budget cuts.
Calling upon the members of the Pennsylvania Delegation to the United States Congress to vote to repeal the 2003 tax breaks that benefit only upper-income taxpayers, and redirect a portion of the restored funds to the states and cities so they can stop painful budget cuts.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Appropriations to hold hearings about the City’s contract with Philadelphia Safe and Sound, a nonprofit organization.
Authorizing the Committee on Appropriations to hold hearings on the contract between the City and Philadelphia Safe and Sound.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution honors A.
Commending A. Bruce Crawley for his Leadership as the Chair of the Board of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and his contributions to the tourism and hospitality sector.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the U.S.
Remembering and Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka which is the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Eleventh and Twenty-second 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 Eleventh & Twenty-second 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.