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 February 15, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 37 actions from February 15, 2007
Adopted, this resolution recognizes the 110th birthday of Marian Anderson, a Philadelphia-born contralto and humanitarian.
Recognizing the 110th Birthday of Marian Anderson.
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Adopted, this resolution recognizes the 110th birthday of Marian Anderson, a Philadelphia-born contralto and humanitarian.
Recognizing the 110th Birthday of Marian Anderson.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution honors Jim Ellis for more than 35 years of service as a competitive swimming coach, youth mentor, and founder of the Philadelphia Department of Recreation Swim Team.
Honoring Jim Ellis and the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, "PDR", Swim Team.
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This adopted resolution honors Jim Ellis for more than 35 years of service as a competitive swimming coach, youth mentor, and founder of the Philadelphia Department of Recreation Swim Team.
Honoring Jim Ellis and the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, "PDR", Swim Team.
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This adopted resolution approves Council President Anna C.
Approving the appointment of Council President Anna C. Verna to the Board of Directors of the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, Inc.
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This adopted resolution approves Council President Anna C.
Approving the appointment of Council President Anna C. Verna to the Board of Directors of the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, Inc.
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City Council approved Councilwoman Carol Ann Campbell’s appointment to the Board of Directors of the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, Inc.
Approving the appointment of Councilwoman Carol Ann Campbell to the Board of Directors of the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, Inc.
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City Council approved Councilwoman Carol Ann Campbell’s appointment to the Board of Directors of the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, Inc.
Approving the appointment of Councilwoman Carol Ann Campbell to the Board of Directors of the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, Inc.
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City Council approved a redevelopment contract for Parcel 159 in the Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area, at 1549 South 26th Street.
Approving the redevelopment contract of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel No. 159 also sometimes identified by respective house number and street address as 1549 South Twenty-sixth street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Robert Grant and Christian Russo and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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City Council approved a redevelopment contract for Parcel 159 in the Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area, at 1549 South 26th Street.
Approving the redevelopment contract of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel No. 159 also sometimes identified by respective house number and street address as 1549 South Twenty-sixth street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Robert Grant and Christian Russo and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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The adopted resolution calls for City Council’s Education Committee to hold hearings on the relationship between neighborhood development and capital improvements to School District facilities.
Calling for Hearings before the City Council Committee on Education to Explore the Relationship between Neighborhood Development and Capital Improvements to School District Facilities.
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This adopted resolution changes the list of veterans’ organizations that may nominate candidates for appointments to Philadelphia’s Veterans’ Advisory Commission.
Amending Resolution No. 060059 (adopted February 2, 2006), which reestablished the Veterans' Advisory Commission, by revising the list of veterans' organizations that may make nominations for appointments to the Commission.
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This adopted resolution changes the list of veterans’ organizations that may nominate candidates for appointments to Philadelphia’s Veterans’ Advisory Commission.
Amending Resolution No. 060059 (adopted February 2, 2006), which reestablished the Veterans' Advisory Commission, by revising the list of veterans' organizations that may make nominations for appointments to the Commission.
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This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s rules for metered accessible parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities and severely disabled veterans.
Amending Section 12-1117 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Physically Handicapped and Disabled or Severely Disabled Veteran Parking," by amending the provision relating to metered parking for physically handicapped persons and severely-disabled veterans, and making such amendment contingent on the enactment of an ordinance relating to the establishment of parking for motor-driven cycles and similar motor vehicles, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have authorized the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer City-owned land and buildings at 230-234 Dickinson Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to certain tracts of City-owned land located at 230-234 Dickinson Street, with the improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
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This lapsed bill would have authorized Felix Penzarella, the owner of 618 S.
Authorizing Felix Penzarella, 618 S. Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, owner of the property 618 S. Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, his successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a rear building addition on Hancock Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have limited permitted vending locations on both sides of Twelfth Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Twelfth Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have changed permitted vending locations on Eighth and Ninth Streets between Arch Street and Market Street so they could be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), as amended, which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eighth Street and Ninth Street between Arch Street and Market Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
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