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
Procedural actions actions from the March 31, 2005 meeting.
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Showing 19-27 of 27 actions from March 31, 2005
This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s zoning maps for portions of the Philadelphia Naval Base.
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, lands belonging to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Terminal Avenue, lands belonging to the Baltimore and Ohio-Pennsylvania Railroad, Twenty-Sixth Street, lines of the Consolidated Rail Corporation, lands belonging to the Pier Hayes Terminal, and the Schuylkill River, this land also being known as the Philadelphia Naval Base.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution recognizes, honors, celebrates, and thanks David Auspitz and his family, who owned and operated Famous 4th Street Deli for four generations and 82 years.
Recognizing, honoring, celebrating, and thanking David Auspitz and his family, owners of Famous 4th Street Deli The Accommodation of Choice for: Election Day Socializing and Strategies, Business Deals and Union Activities, Journalists and Journalese and the Generality of Local Celebrities after four generations and 82 years of commitment to the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings and investigate the City’s financial condition.
Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings to make inquiries and investigations relating to the financial condition of the City, authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence, and further authorizing the Committee to employ and fix the compensation of experts to assist the Committee in its inquiry and investigation.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Maxine Griffith for her service as executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and Secretary for Strategic Planning.
Honoring Maxine Griffith, AICP.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the Department of Public Property to award concessions for commercial advertising on designated City-owned properties.
Amending Chapter 16-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sales, Leases and Other Grants of City-owned Buildings and Facilities," by authorizing the Department of Public Property to let concessions for commercial advertising on designated City-owned properties, and designating City-owned property located in the underground concourses extending from the area beneath Dilworth Plaza for such purpose, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have repealed a 2005 ordinance authorizing lease agreements and related financing for renovations and expansion of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Central Library.
Repealing an Ordinance, approved by the Mayor on January 25, 2005 (Bill No. 041041), entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a Ground Lease Agreement (the "Library Ground Lease") with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") providing for the leasing by the City to PAID of certain parcels of land and the improvements thereon owned or to be acquired by the City, and further authorizing said officers to enter into a Prime Lease (the "Library Prime Lease") between PAID and the City providing for the subleasing by PAID to the City of all or a portion of such land and certain improvements to be renovated and constructed thereon, including renovations to the existing Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, a library facility expanding the current Central Library and accessory and related amenities, improvements and infrastructure ("...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings about residential and commercial development in Philadelphia, including waterfront development.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings to investigate residential and commercial development in Philadelphia, including waterfront development and the Building Industry Association of Philadelphia's recommendations to encourage new construction in the City.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings about residential and commercial development in Philadelphia, including waterfront development.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings to investigate residential and commercial development in Philadelphia, including waterfront development and the Building Industry Association of Philadelphia's recommendations to encourage new construction in the City.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on the findings of the Philadelphia 21st Century Economic Development Summit and the Street administration’s proposed Economic Development Blueprint and Investment Fund.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to review the findings and recommendations of The Philadelphia 21st Century Economic Development Summit, to take public testimony related to the Street Administration's proposed Economic Development Blueprint and Investment Fund, and further authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.