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 March 15, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 1-17 of 17 actions from March 15, 2007
Authorizing The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, to construct and maintain a pedestrian bridge over and across Convention Avenue, connecting the UPHS Penn Tower Complex (One Convention Avenue) with the proposed Perlman Center for Advanced Medicine (3400 Civic Center Boulevard), under certain terms and conditions.
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March 14, 2007 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am herewith returning to you as disapproved Bill Number 060576-A, which would place before the electorate this May a ballot question asking whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to "urge the stopping of real estate tax assessment increases which would result from the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes' use of a new method of figuring tax assessments called 'Full Valuation'." Although non-binding, the ballot question as presented is misleading and urges the continuation of a system that is both unfair and confusing.
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Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos.
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Recognizing the week of April 15 through April 22, 2007 as the Annual Remembrance of the Six Million Jewish Martyrs, Who Perished During The Holocaust.
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Recognizing the week of April 15 through April 22, 2007 as the Annual Remembrance of the Six Million Jewish Martyrs, Who Perished During The Holocaust.
ADOPTED
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Commemorating April 21st 2007 as National Youth Service Day in Philadelphia and recognizing the host, Greater Philadelphia Cares, whose mission is to give positive direction to our young people and to make a positive difference in our communities.
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Commemorating April 21st 2007 as National Youth Service Day in Philadelphia and recognizing the host, Greater Philadelphia Cares, whose mission is to give positive direction to our young people and to make a positive difference in our communities.
ADOPTED
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Approving a final plan for the proposed Mt.
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Honoring the Aramingo Diner on its 50th Anniversary.
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Honoring the Aramingo Diner on its 50th Anniversary.
ADOPTED
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Submitting to the electors of the City, on an election date to be designated by ordinance, an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the location of licensed gaming facilities within the City, as proposed by a petition filed with the Council.
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Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of a proposed amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the location of licensed gaming facilities within the City, as proposed by a petition presented to the Council and approved for submission to the electors by Resolution; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
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Amending Section 14-1611 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Benjamin Franklin Parkway Controls," by amending certain provisions of the Special Height Control District for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and by making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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Amending Bill No.
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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.
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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 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.
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To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Aramingo Avenue, a Railroad Right-of-Way, Delaware Expressway, Luzerne Street, Almond Street and Wheatsheaf Lane.
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