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 September 21, 2006 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 39 actions from September 21, 2006
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution declaring September 23, 2006, as John William Coltrane Day in Philadelphia.
Proclaiming September 23, 2006 as John William Coltrane Day in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing September 2006 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Recognizing September 2006 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and honoring The National Children's Cancer Society.
READ
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing September 2006 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Recognizing September 2006 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and honoring The National Children's Cancer Society.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about inmate overcrowding and security problems in the Philadelphia Prison System.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the inmate overcrowding and security problems at the Philadelphia Prison System.
READ
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City Council adopted a resolution declaring October 2006 as Human Relations Month in Philadelphia.
Declaring October 2006 as Human Relations Month in the City of Philadelphia.
READ
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City Council adopted a resolution declaring October 2006 as Human Relations Month in Philadelphia.
Declaring October 2006 as Human Relations Month in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Northeast Philadelphia resident Bianca Taylor Ryan for winning the $1 million grand prize on the reality television show "America's Got Talent." The resolution recognizes her musical performances and artistic talent and celebrates her Philadelphia roots.
Honoring Northeast Philadelphia's Bianca Taylor Ryan on winning the One Million Dollar Grand Prize on the reality television show, "America's Got Talent."
READ
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Northeast Philadelphia resident Bianca Taylor Ryan for winning the $1 million grand prize on the reality television show "America's Got Talent." The resolution recognizes her musical performances and artistic talent and celebrates her Philadelphia roots.
Honoring Northeast Philadelphia's Bianca Taylor Ryan on winning the One Million Dollar Grand Prize on the reality television show, "America's Got Talent."
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution calls on the Council Committee on Finance to hold hearings about funding and other steps intended to reduce violence.
Calling on the Council Committee on Finance to Hold Hearings for a Call to Action to Stop the Violence by Providing Additional Funding for Job Training Programs, Extended Hours of Operation for School and Recreation Facilities, Extended TANF Benefits for those Working in Schools and Neighborhoods and Tax Credits and other Initiatives for Reintegrating Ex-offenders.
READ
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Keith Primeau on his retirement from the Philadelphia Flyers and the National Hockey League.
Honoring Keith Primeau on the occasion of his retirement from the Philadelphia Flyers and the National Hockey League.
READ
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Keith Primeau on his retirement from the Philadelphia Flyers and the National Hockey League.
Honoring Keith Primeau on the occasion of his retirement from the Philadelphia Flyers and the National Hockey League.
ADOPTED
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This lapsed resolution would have proposed an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter changing the composition of the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the composition of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, and providing for the submission of the amendment of the electors of Philadelphia.
READ
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The adopted resolution proposes amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to change the composition of the City Planning Commission.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the composition of the City Planning Commission, and providing for the submission of the amendment of the electors of Philadelphia.
READ
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The adopted resolution proposes a Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment allowing the City Planning Commission to extend its review of certain City Council legislation by up to 45 days.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to empower the City Planning Commission to extend the time period within which it must provide recommendations to Council on pending legislation affecting zoning, the City's physical development plan, land subdivision, or authorizing the purchase or sale of real estate, and providing for the submission of the amendment of the electors of Philadelphia.
READ
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The enacted bill placed a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment on the November 7, 2006 ballot.
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 a preference in civil service regulations for children of firefighters or police officers who were killed or who died in the line of duty; 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.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorized a $5,829,333 transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2007 Grants Revenue Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Personnel Director.
READ
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the owner of 7252 Marsden Street to construct, own, and maintain a vestibule addition extending about 10 feet onto the south sidewalk of Cottman Avenue, while leaving a 10-foot-wide clear walkway.
Authorizing the owner of 7252 Marsden Street at the southwest corner of Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19135, to construct, own and maintain an addition on the south public sidewalk of Cottman Avenue adjacent to the property, under certain terms and conditions.
READ
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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.
READ
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