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.
Action types
Council actions
Unanimous actions actions from the September 23, 2004 meeting.
Meeting dates
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Showing 55-72 of 80 actions from September 23, 2004
Calling on the City Council Committees on Finance and Transportation to hold public hearings to gain an update on the status of the SEPTA Market Street El Project and its continuing impact on residences, businesses and neighborhoods in West Philadelphia and beyond.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Committee on Education to conduct hearings on the Emergency Response & Crisis Management Team's findings within the Philadelphia School District.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to conduct hearings on the revitalization efforts of the Philadelphia Commercial Development Corporation in West Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to conduct hearings on the economic impact that homelessness has caused in the city and the possible implementation of a plan to eradicate homelessness in the City of Philadelphia in ten years.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Calling on all members of Congress to support the Reverend Jesse Jackson's call for supporting a United States Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing an equal, high quality education for all of the nation's children.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring Dr.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring Rob Dubow.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter creating and empowering a new Board of Ethics, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight and Committee on Public Safety to hold joint hearings concerning the safety of Philadelphia school children as they make their way to and from school.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Commending The Salvation Army on the occasion of its 125th Anniversary in Philadelphia and proclaiming October 5, 2004 as Salvation Army Day.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," to provide for an exemption from the tax on gross receipts for certain new businesses, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Enacting a new Chapter 19-3400 of The Philadelphia Code authorizing the Board of Revision of Taxes to grant tax deferrals to longtime owner-occupants of certain properties in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending The Philadelphia Code to add requirements and prohibitions relating to motorized scooters, including amending Title 9, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," to define motorized scooters, to provide for the regulation of sales of motorized scooters, and to provide penalties for violations; and amending Title 12, entitled, "The Traffic Code," to prohibit the operation of motorized scooters on streets, public and private property, to provide for parental responsibility for minors illegally operating motorized scooters, and to provide for penalties for and administrative review of violations, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code entitled, "Public Places --Prohibited Conduct," by adding a new Section prohibiting the operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices on sidewalks, public property, and private property, and providing for penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates, credits and alternative tax computation for the business privilege tax, by reducing certain tax rates; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 21-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Community Development," by specifying the date by which a final community development plan must be submitted to Council for approval, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the date by which the Mayor must submit to Council his operating budget message, proposed operating budget ordinance, and proposed capital budget and capital program, and the date by which the Planning Commission must prepare and submit to the Mayor its recommended capital budget and capital program; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.