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 18, 2006 meeting.
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The adopted resolution urges the Mayor to create a Public Safety Video Surveillance Task Force.
Calling upon the Mayor to appoint a Public Safety Video Surveillance Task Force.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Twentieth and Thirty-seventh Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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 Twentieth & 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.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned vacant properties to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
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, Eighteenth, Twenty-eighth & Forty-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.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots or properties in Philadelphia’s Twenty-third Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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 Twenty-third 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.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned vacant properties to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
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 Twelfth and 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.
The adopted resolution calls for 50% of Community Development Block Grant dollars set aside for services to homeless people, including prevention services, to be used for the Mayor’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness.
Calling for fifty percent of all Community Development Block Grant dollars dedicated to funding Services to the Homeless including prevention services be used to implement the Mayor's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness and further calling for the Office of Emergency Shelter and Services to implement said Plan.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Ruby Lorraine Dowd upon her retirement from the City of Philadelphia Police Department after 35 years of service.
Recognizing Ruby Lorraine Dowd in her Retirement from the City of Philadelphia Police Department after 35 years of dedicated service to her City and Community.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on the Philadelphia City Planning Commission to retain its staff during and after the reorganization of the city’s housing agencies.
Calling for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission to retain its staff during and after the reorganization of Housing Agencies.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s parking and towing rules, including the time limit for starting collection on parking penalties, late fees, parking fines, and booting, towing, and storage charges.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to limit the period for collection of certain parking violation penalties, revise procedures for temporary movement of parking meters, revise the penalties for certain parking violations; revise the fees for booting, towing and storage of certain immobilized and impounded vehicles; altering the period for late fees for certain violations, and such fees; and make certain technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends Temple University’s Institutional Development District Master Plan to allow construction of a new Tyler School of Art building.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Temple University by allowing for the construction of a new building to be used for the Tyler School of Art.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amends Temple University’s Institutional Development District Master Plan to allow construction of a new seven-story, 202,415-square-foot building for the Fox School of Business and Management.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Temple University by allowing for the construction of a new building to be used for the Fox School of Business and Management.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain areas bounded by the Montgomery County Line, Pine Road, Bloomfield Avenue, Verree Road, and Red Lion Road.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by the Montgomery County Line, Pine Road, Bloomfield Avenue, Verree Road and Red Lion Road.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended a 2003 authorization involving the vacation of Salter Street between Third Street and Orianna Street and the reservation of a right-of-way for gas mains and other public utilities.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 030347) approved July 31, 2003, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 238 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Salter Street from Third Street to Orianna Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for gas main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of Salter Street being stricken from the City Plan and vacated under authority of this Ordinance, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the authorization conditions therein.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure changed Philadelphia’s curfew hours for minors, setting different times based on age, season, and weekday or weekend status.
Amending Chapter 10-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Minors," by amending the hours of the curfew for minors; and by amending the enforcement provisions, including, but not limited to, increasing the penalties for minors who violate the provisions of the Chapter and for parents and operators of establishments who knowingly permit minors to violate the Chapter, and by making certain technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill gives Philadelphia’s consent to transfer the Area II cable television franchise from Time Warner Cable to Time Warner NY Cable LLC and then to Cable Holdco Exchange VI LLC.
Consenting to the assignment of Area II cable television franchise from Time Warner Cable Inc. to Time Warner NY Cable LLC, to further assignment of such franchise from Time Warner NY Cable LLC to Cable Holdco Exchange VI LLC, and to change of control of such franchise from Time Warner Inc. to Comcast Corporation, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Temple University to construct, own, and maintain an overhead pedestrian bridge across the 1400 block of West Tioga Street, connecting a proposed medical school building with Kresge Hall on its campus.
Authorizing Temple University, 1601 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, its successors and assigns, to construct an overhead pedestrian bridge crossing the 1400 block of West Tioga Street, connecting a proposed medical school building with Kresge Hall within the Temple University campus, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance removes a specified 57.4-acre property in the 65th Ward near the Delaware River from Philadelphia’s Keystone Opportunity Zone at the request and consent of its owners, to support residential development.
Removing a portion of a property in the 65th ward of the City, in the vicinity of the Delaware River, from the Philadelphia Keystone Opportunity Zone, subject to the request and consent of the owners of said Property, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the paving of Sloan Street between Fairmount Avenue and Aspen Street.
Authorizing the paving of Sloan Street from Fairmount Avenue to Aspen Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.