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 May 3, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 1-17 of 17 actions from May 3, 2007
Approving the redevelopment proposal of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of the 9th & Ellsworth Urban Renewal Area being the area generally bounded by Washington avenue on the north, Darien street to the east, Federal street to the south and the rear of properties fronting on the west side of Ninth street to the west; approving the urban renewal plan and determining that such plan and redevelopment proposal conform to the general locality plan and make adequate provisions for individuals, business concerns and families who are displaced; determining the necessity for changes in and for zoning, streets, alleys, public ways, street patterns, location and relocation of public utilities; determining that the urban renewal plan and redevelopment proposal meet all non-discrimination requirements of Federal, State and Local Laws and the regulations and policies promulgated with respect thereto; declaring that certain expressly designated and provid...
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold hearings to examine and evaluate the feasibility of upgrading and expanding the City's community emergency notification system, otherwise known as Reverse 911.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Streets and Services to investigate why the sidewalk cutouts throughout Center City are not adequately draining and to investigate whether or not there are other locations throughout the City where the sidewalk cutouts are structurally defective; and to determine how the problem of the sidewalk cutouts can be corrected and to have them corrected.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Housing Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold hearings and calling on the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors to reject the Agency's proposed 2008 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plan which is discriminatory towards projects located in low income neighborhoods.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Temple University by allowing for the construction of a new building to be used for the Tyler School of Art.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Chapter 14-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "C-4 Commercial and C-5 Commercial Districts," to revise parking regulations in the area bounded by Broad Street, Carpenter Street, S.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Section 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Cafes," by permitting sidewalk cafes to be maintained on Germantown Avenue, both sides, between Washington Lane and Creshiem Valley Road, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
An Ordinance Approving the Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions, and acknowledging receipt of the Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2009 through 2013.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Chapter 9-2900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Take-Out Sale Of Malt And Brewed Beverages," by creating the Malt and Brewed Beverage Hearing Board and revising the fee and procedures for the request for City approval of a permit to sell malt or brewed beverages for off-premises consumption, and amending Section 20-304 of The Philadelphia Code, to provide for the compensation of the Hearing Board; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-102, entitled "Definitions," and creating a new Section 14-114 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sustainable Zoning," to require certain buildings to have a green roof, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to require that building service employees, performing labor under certain building service contract, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to require that building service employees, performing labor under certain building service contract, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions, all under certain terms and conditions.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Providing for the approval by the Council of the City of Philadelphia of a Revised Five Year Financial Plan for the City of Philadelphia covering Fiscal Years 2008 through 2012, and incorporating proposed changes with respect to Fiscal Year 2007, which is to be submitted by the Mayor to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (the "Authority") pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement, authorized by an ordinance of this Council approved by the Mayor on January 3, 1992 (Bill No.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2008.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
To adopt a Fiscal 2008 Capital Budget.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2008-2013 inclusive.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Establishing 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.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.