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 September 21, 2006 meeting.
Meeting dates
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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 Seventh, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-third, Thirty-seventh & Forty-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.
Designating the week of Monday, October 2, 2006 through Monday, October 9, 2006 as "Christopher Columbus Week" in celebration of the festivities commemorating Columbus' historic voyage to the New World and recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Columbus Day Parade.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Rules to hold public hearings on whether and how the City could implement "impact fees" to address community infrastructure needs derived from new development.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing and Honoring Dr.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Proclaiming September 23, 2006 as John William Coltrane Day in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing September 2006 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and honoring The National Children's Cancer Society.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Declaring October 2006 as Human Relations Month in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring Northeast Philadelphia's Bianca Taylor Ryan on winning the One Million Dollar Grand Prize on the reality television show, "America's Got Talent."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring Keith Primeau on the occasion of his retirement from the Philadelphia Flyers and the National Hockey League.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the paving of Sunshine Lane and Solar Way, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to file an application with the Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, in an aggregate amount not to exceed Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000) to assist in the development of North Philadelphia Health System, the Old Metropolitan Opera House and Progress Plaza; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 14-2000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Controls in Areas Abutting Parkways, Historical Shrines and Civic Projects," by adding a new Section regulating the installation of antennas, satellite dish antennas and other modern appurtenances, devices or fixtures on historic properties and in historic districts, and by making certain conforming amendments and technical changes to Section 14-2007, entitled "Historic Buildings, Structures, Sites, Objects and Districts," all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.