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 April 7, 2005 meeting.
Meeting dates
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Showing 1-18 of 22 actions from April 7, 2005
Urging the Mayor not to proceed with the borrowing of funds for the purpose of the Central Library expansion, as authorized by Bill No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Granting permission to Moore College of Art to operate and maintain a vending stand and sidewalk seating alongside its property located at 1916-1934 Race Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Title 4, Subcode "A," The Philadelphia Administrative Code, to clarify the types of permits in connection with which the Department of Licenses and Inspections may charge fees for providing accelerated plan reviews and to establish a fee for the electronic storage of building plans; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades, and Professions," by amending Section 9-601, entitled "Garages, Parking Lots, Sales Lots and Showrooms," by providing further for the filing of rates by public parking garages, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to acquire by condemnation or by purchase in lieu of condemnation a certain underground easement through 3111 West Allegheny Avenue, for sewer and drainage purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a Sublease Agreement to lease from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority portions of the building located at 701 Market Street, for use by the City and affiliated agencies as office space, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Approving a Lease Agreement between Philadelphia Gas Works by Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation, solely in its capacity as operator and manager of the City-owned Philadelphia Gas Works, and Greater Germantown Housing Development Corporation for certain premises located at 212-14 W.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to certain tracts of City-owned land located at 1826-34 South 10th Street, with the improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to certain tracts of City-owned land located at 3300-22 North Front Street, with the buildings and improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Declaring April 2005 as Autism Awareness Month.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing the achievements of the Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania Legal Education Fund as it celebrates its 17TH Annual Scholarship Banquet on May 12, 2005, and further Recognizing and Honoring Pedro A.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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 Eighteenth, Twentieth, Thirty-second & Thirty-seventh 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.
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 First, Twenty-five & Thirty-first 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.
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 First, Second, Twenty-fifth, Thirty-first & Forty-fifth 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.
Calling on the Pennsylvania Delegation of the United States Congress to reject any joint budget resolution that cuts public services and deepens inequality in our nation by increasing the tax breaks that primarily benefit the highest-income households and to vote against any future tax breaks that solely, or substantially only, benefit wealthy Americans and/or large corporations, which erode the funding available for critical domestic priorities.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing April 15-17th as National Youth Service Day.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing April 10-16, 2005 as National Victim's Rights Week Honoring Crime Victims and Survivors.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.