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
Procedural actions actions from the November 30, 2006 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 75 actions from November 30, 2006
The adopted resolution calls on City Council’s Joint Committees on Finance and Education to hold hearings about the high incidence of truancy among students in the School District of Philadelphia.
Calling on the Joint Committees on Finance and Education to Hold Hearings on the High Incidence of Truancy among Students in the School District of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution appoints Leonard Cid to serve on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Appointing Leonard Cid to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution appoints Shelley Simms Reed as a Class A member of the Board of Directors of the Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia.
Appointing Shelley Simms Reed to the Board of Directors of the Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the paving of St.
Authorizing the paving of St. Thomas Drive, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have added a definition of “pedalcycle” to Philadelphia’s Traffic Code and amended the bicycle regulations.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by adding certain definitions and by amending Section 12-800, entitled "Bicycle Regulations and Penalties," prohibiting pedalcycles that seat more than two passengers from roadways, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have revised the City Plan and abandoned a right-of-way used for drainage and public utilities along former Noble Street, from 9th Street to the east side of former Darien Street.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a right-of-way for drainage purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of former Noble Street from 9th Street to the easterly side of former Darien Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to purchase two properties with buildings at 4000-10 and 4001-17 Germantown Avenue from the School District of Philadelphia for a nominal amount.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to purchase from the School District of Philadelphia, for nominal consideration, certain tracts of land with buildings and improvements thereon, known as 4000-10 Germantown Avenue located on the west side of Germantown Avenue and 4001-17 Germantown Avenue located on the east side of Germantown Avenue, and to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for nominal consideration, a deed conveying fee simple title to the properties for further conveyance to the Triumph Baptist Church for nominal consideration.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the Board of Surveyors to revise the City plan for part of South Street near 32nd Street, Convention Avenue, the Schuylkill River, and the CSX railroad right-of-way.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 11-S, 42, 43, 97, 269 and 308 by placing on the City Plan South Street from its current terminus northwest of the northwesterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River to the northwesterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River, widening South Street by 8' on the northeasterly side from 32nd Street to the northwesterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River, widening South Street on the southwesterly side by 8' from Convention Avenue to the northwesterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River, placing a certain triangular portion on the westerly corner of Convention Avenue and South Street, placing a certain triangular portion at the intersection of the southwesterly side of South Street and the southeasterly side of the CSX Railroad Right-of-Way line, and by widening the northeasterly side of South Street by a variable width from the southeasterly P...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Muhammad R.
Granting permission to Muhammad R. Shaukat, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southeast corner of Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue, to construct, use and maintain overhead electrical and telecommunications lines from an existing utility pole over and across the public right-of-way, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes an automated red-light enforcement system at the intersection of Mascher Street and Roosevelt Boulevard.
Amending Chapter 12-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use Of An Automated Red Light Enforcement System To Prevent Red Light Violations," by authorizing the installation of red light enforcement systems at the intersection of Mascher Street at Roosevelt Boulevard, and by reducing to sixty days the phase-in period during which only warnings are issued, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $15.25 million within the City’s Fiscal Year 2006 Water Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $1,585,622 within the Fiscal Year 2006 Aviation Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the Aviation Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $20,905,878 in Fiscal Year 2006 General Fund appropriations among City offices, departments, boards, and commissions.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes John Rocco to construct, operate, and maintain underground electric and phone conduits serving a newsstand at the northwest corner of 20th and Market Streets.
Authorizing John Rocco to construct, operate and maintain underground electric and phone conduit feeds for a newsstand located at the northwest corner of 20th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes John Rocco to construct, operate, and maintain underground electric and phone conduits serving a newsstand at the northwest corner of 20th and Market Streets.
Authorizing John Rocco to construct, operate and maintain underground electric and phone conduit feeds for a newsstand located at the northwest corner of 20th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer four adjacent parcels and their buildings at 1015-21 Mount Vernon Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal amount.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed for nominal consideration conveying fee simple title to four adjacent parcels, situate 1015-21 Mount Vernon Street in the City of Philadelphia, with the buildings and improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer four adjacent parcels and their buildings at 1015-21 Mount Vernon Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal amount.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed for nominal consideration conveying fee simple title to four adjacent parcels, situate 1015-21 Mount Vernon Street in the City of Philadelphia, with the buildings and improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Nirlesh C.
Granting permission to Nirlesh C. Desai, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southeast corner of Sixteenth Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southeast corner of Sixteenth Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.