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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Other actions actions from the May 25, 2006 meeting.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s 13th 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 Thirteenth 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.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s 13th 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 Thirteenth 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.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer certain City-owned vacant lots and properties with buildings in Philadelphia’s Forty-second Ward 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 Forty-second 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.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer certain City-owned vacant lots and properties with buildings in Philadelphia’s Forty-second Ward 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 Forty-second 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.
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The adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania General Assembly to pass Senate Bill 1069, the Innocence Commission Act.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to pass Senate Bill 1069 called the Innocence Commission Act which will establish the Innocence Commission of Pennsylvania which will study, develop and establish laws and public policy to prevent wrongful convictions of innocent citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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The adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania General Assembly to pass Senate Bill 1069, the Innocence Commission Act.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to pass Senate Bill 1069 called the Innocence Commission Act which will establish the Innocence Commission of Pennsylvania which will study, develop and establish laws and public policy to prevent wrongful convictions of innocent citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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This adopted resolution authorized the Council Committee of the Whole to hold hearings about the malfunction of hundreds of voting machines during Philadelphia’s May 16, 2006 primary election.
Authorizing the Council Committee of the Whole to hold hearings on the malfunction of hundreds of voting machines during the primary election of May 16, 2006 and to seek recommendations on how to prevent such an occurrence from happening again and to determine impact of the occurrence on the outcomes of the election.
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This lapsed resolution would have authorized the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about the Quality Jobs for Quality Homecare Campaign.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the Quality Jobs for Quality Homecare Campaign and further authorizing the Committee to seek advice and recommendations on how to increase the quality of home caregivers within the City of Philadelphia.
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This adopted resolution celebrates the life and honors the memory of Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, author, and civil rights activist.
Celebrating the life and honoring the memory of Katherine Dunham.
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This adopted resolution celebrates the life and honors the memory of Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, author, and civil rights activist.
Celebrating the life and honoring the memory of Katherine Dunham.
ADOPTED BY STANDING VOTE
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This adopted resolution honors the life and public service of Judge Edward R.
Honoring the life of Judge Edward R. Becker.
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This adopted resolution honors the life and public service of Judge Edward R.
Honoring the life of Judge Edward R. Becker.
ADOPTED BY STANDING VOTE
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The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s business rules to prohibit people and retail businesses from selling items such as blunts, cigarillos, rolling papers, and other products considered drug paraphernalia under specified conditions.
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service Businesses," to add new provisions to prohibit the sale, from certain retail establishments, of "blunts," "loosies," cigarette papers, cigars, and other items that may be otherwise legal but that are commonly used as drug paraphernalia, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance amended the Philadelphia Code’s rules for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway area.
Amending Section 14-1611 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Benjamin Franklin Parkway Controls," by providing for additional height controls in the vicinity of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted law requires people who install, repair, modify, or otherwise service sheet-metal ductwork used in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems to hold a city certificate or apprentice permit.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter entitled "Sheet Metal Technician," requiring certain licensing of persons performing duct work used in HVAC systems, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Public Employees Retirement Code to include certain labor-related payments when calculating compensation for members of specified retirement plans.
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending various provisions to incorporate benefit enhancements provided under recent labor arbitration awards, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s zoning rules for rebuilding nonconforming structures—buildings or uses that do not meet current zoning requirements—after fire, another natural event, condemnation, or certain demolitions.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-104, entitled "Non-Conforming Structures and Uses," by amending provisions relating to the reconstruction of non-conforming structures, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted law amended Philadelphia retirement rules for members of Plans D, J, and X who have a dependent child who remains dependent because of a physical or mental disability.
Amending Chapter 22-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Retirement Benefits," by amending Section 22-306, entitled "Retirement and Survivorship Benefit Options," by providing for benefits to be paid to certain trusts for disabled children, under certain terms and conditions.
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