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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

Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the March 8, 2007 meeting.

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Showing 19-36 of 60 actions from March 8, 2007

Unanimous2007-03-08
Resolution 070177

This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped to urge Pennsylvania’s U.S.

Authorizing City Council's Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped to urge Pennsylvania's Senators, Arlen Specter and Robert Casey, Jr. to call upon the United State Senate's Committee On Veteran's Affairs to immediately hold hearings in Philadelphia to address the gross injustices and indignities suffered by the disabled veterans of the Delaware Valley; and to investigate and determine the feasibility of having the Delaware Valley certified by the United States Congress as a Regional Rehabilitation Hub with a rehabilitation medical facility that would be certified by the United States Congress as the regional rehabilitation provider in the Delaware Valley.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2007-03-08
Resolution 070177

This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped to urge Pennsylvania’s U.S.

Authorizing City Council's Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped to urge Pennsylvania's Senators, Arlen Specter and Robert Casey, Jr. to call upon the United State Senate's Committee On Veteran's Affairs to immediately hold hearings in Philadelphia to address the gross injustices and indignities suffered by the disabled veterans of the Delaware Valley; and to investigate and determine the feasibility of having the Delaware Valley certified by the United States Congress as a Regional Rehabilitation Hub with a rehabilitation medical facility that would be certified by the United States Congress as the regional rehabilitation provider in the Delaware Valley.

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Other recorded action without a published tally.

Procedural2007-03-08
Resolution 070177

This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped to urge Pennsylvania’s U.S.

Authorizing City Council's Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped to urge Pennsylvania's Senators, Arlen Specter and Robert Casey, Jr. to call upon the United State Senate's Committee On Veteran's Affairs to immediately hold hearings in Philadelphia to address the gross injustices and indignities suffered by the disabled veterans of the Delaware Valley; and to investigate and determine the feasibility of having the Delaware Valley certified by the United States Congress as a Regional Rehabilitation Hub with a rehabilitation medical facility that would be certified by the United States Congress as the regional rehabilitation provider in the Delaware Valley.

ADOPTED & REFERRED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Unanimous2007-03-08
Resolution 070176

The adopted resolution urges Pennsylvania’s General Assembly to enact House Bill 118, which would lower Philadelphia’s mandatory school age from eight to six.

Urging the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to enact House Bill No. 118 which lowers the mandatory school age in Philadelphia from eight (8) to six (6).

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2007-03-08
Resolution 070176

The adopted resolution urges Pennsylvania’s General Assembly to enact House Bill 118, which would lower Philadelphia’s mandatory school age from eight to six.

Urging the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to enact House Bill No. 118 which lowers the mandatory school age in Philadelphia from eight (8) to six (6).

READ

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2007-03-08
Resolution 070176

The adopted resolution urges Pennsylvania’s General Assembly to enact House Bill 118, which would lower Philadelphia’s mandatory school age from eight to six.

Urging the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to enact House Bill No. 118 which lowers the mandatory school age in Philadelphia from eight (8) to six (6).

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2007-03-08
Resolution 070175

Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution congratulating Charlesretta Meade Esquire on her appointment as chair of the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes.

Congratulating Charlesretta Meade Esquire on her Appointment as the Chair of the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2007-03-08
Resolution 070175

Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution congratulating Charlesretta Meade Esquire on her appointment as chair of the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes.

Congratulating Charlesretta Meade Esquire on her Appointment as the Chair of the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes.

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Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2007-03-08
Resolution 070175

Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution congratulating Charlesretta Meade Esquire on her appointment as chair of the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes.

Congratulating Charlesretta Meade Esquire on her Appointment as the Chair of the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2007-03-08
Resolution 070174

This adopted resolution calls for City Council hearings on Philadelphia’s Art in City Hall and 1% for Art programs.

Calling for Hearings on the Art in City Hall and the 1% for Art Programs to Explore how these Programs can be Made to Better Serve the Citizens of Philadelphia.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2007-03-08
Resolution 070174

This adopted resolution calls for City Council hearings on Philadelphia’s Art in City Hall and 1% for Art programs.

Calling for Hearings on the Art in City Hall and the 1% for Art Programs to Explore how these Programs can be Made to Better Serve the Citizens of Philadelphia.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2007-03-08
Resolution 070174

This adopted resolution calls for City Council hearings on Philadelphia’s Art in City Hall and 1% for Art programs.

Calling for Hearings on the Art in City Hall and the 1% for Art Programs to Explore how these Programs can be Made to Better Serve the Citizens of Philadelphia.

READ

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2007-03-08
Resolution 070173

This adopted resolution urges President Bush and the U.S.

Urging President Bush and the U.S. Congress to Take Immediate and Decisive Action to Remediate the Poor Living Conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other Military Hospitals.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2007-03-08
Resolution 070173

This adopted resolution urges President Bush and the U.S.

Urging President Bush and the U.S. Congress to Take Immediate and Decisive Action to Remediate the Poor Living Conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other Military Hospitals.

READ

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2007-03-08
Resolution 070173

This adopted resolution urges President Bush and the U.S.

Urging President Bush and the U.S. Congress to Take Immediate and Decisive Action to Remediate the Poor Living Conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other Military Hospitals.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2007-03-08
Bill 070172

This lapsed bill would have added a lobbying chapter to the Philadelphia Code.

Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," by adding a new Chapter entitled "Lobbying," under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Procedural2007-03-08
Bill 070172

This lapsed bill would have added a lobbying chapter to the Philadelphia Code.

Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," by adding a new Chapter entitled "Lobbying," under certain terms and conditions.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Unanimous2007-03-08
Bill 070171

This lapsed bill would have allowed Asia Alnawasreh, the owner and operator of a Philadelphia newsstand, to construct, use, and maintain fiber-optic conduits in specified public rights-of-way to provide electrical and telephone service to the newsstand.

Granting permission to Asia Alnawasreh, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Broad Street and Spring Garden Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southwest corner of Fifteenth Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.