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 January 23, 2007 meeting.
Meeting dates
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Showing 1-18 of 33 actions from January 23, 2007
Recognizing, celebrating, and honoring the life of Philadelphia native Ed Bradley, an outstanding American citizen, journalist and television reporter for his many contributions to society.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the creation, appointment, powers and duties of a Zoning Code Commission, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing the month of March as Latino Health Month in Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring the African American Children's Book Project on the occasion of the Annual African American Children's Book Fair.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings investigating the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's award of Category 2 Slot Machine Licenses, whether or not the awards comply with the requirements of Act 71, and whether there are more appropriate sites available for the Slot Machine facilities, and further authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council to retain an independent traffic consultant to study the impact of the construction and operation of two gaming facilities on Christopher Columbus Boulevard/Delaware Avenue and authorizing City Council's Streets and Services Committee to hold public hearings concerning the results of said study and further authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing City Council to retain outside counsel to commence legal proceedings on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to challenge the decision of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to issue gaming licenses to HSP Gaming LP - Sugarhouse Casino and Philadelphia Development and Entertainment Partners LP - Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to prohibit the enactment of any zoning ordinance that creates a district in which licensed gaming is permitted, unless the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter is amended to authorize Council to enact such an ordinance, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to examine and evaluate the feasibility of equipping emergency call centers with "Incident Linked Multimedia" (Camera Cell Phone) type response systems, and the crime fighting and security benefits they offer; in addition, to determine the resources and planning required to enable the emergency call centers, crisis response teams and citizens of our City to take advantage of this technology.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Initiating action to establish a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 6300 to 7631 and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, to be known as the Mt.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring Sister Francesca Olney on her 25 Years as President of Holy Family University.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Council President to appoint Rosalie Leonard to serve as the Council President's representative on the Philadelphia Historical Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the creation of a loan or loans to provide funds for and toward various capital municipal purposes; authorizing the Mayor, City Controller and City Solicitor or a majority of them to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale; setting forth the capital purposes and the amounts for which the proceeds of the loan or loans will be expended, including reimbursement of City capital expenditures; providing for the maturities and for other terms and conditions and for the form of the bonds; providing that certain bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity; providing sinking funds for the bonds and for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment thereof; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds and interest rate swaps in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City of Philadelphia; and fixing a day fo...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Bill No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, to enable the purchase, installation and maintenance of additional public safety video surveillance cameras.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Approving the reallocation of a portion of capital loan funds borrowed pursuant to Bill No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the creation, appointment, powers and duties of an independent Philadelphia Zoning Code Commission, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Streets," by prohibiting the construction or establishment of curb cuts for vehicular access to certain shopping areas, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.