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
Unanimous actions actions from the November 15, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 63 actions from November 15, 2007
This lapsed resolution would have appointed Harvey Spear to the Board of Directors of the Old City Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Appointing Harvey Spear to the Board of Directors of the Old City Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have appointed Laurie Townsend-Rapp to the Board of Directors of the Old City Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Appointing Laurie Townsend-Rapp to the Board of Directors of the Old City Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have appointed David Neff to the Board of Directors of the Old City Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Appointing David Neff to the Board of Directors of the Old City Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have appointed A.J.
Appointing A.J. Williams to the Board of Directors of the Old City Special Services District of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Elliot L.
Recognizing, Honoring, And Celebrating Elliot L. Shelkrot - On his retirement from the Free Library of Philadelphia - For 20 Years of Service as President and Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget for Neighborhood Transformation Initiative bond proceeds.
Amending Resolution No. 070405, approving the annual Program Statement and Budget for the expenditure of the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) Bond Proceeds for Fiscal Year 2008.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to approve HB 1722, which would establish the REACH Program.
Calling Upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly to Approve HB 1722 Establishing the REACH Program--Reliable Educational Assistance for College Hopefuls--Allowing Pennsylvania High School Students that Perform Well in High School to Attend State Universities Tuition-Free.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and congratulating Ron Cohen for more than 40 years of service as a School District of Philadelphia teacher and football coach.
Recognizing and Congratulating Ron Cohen for more than Forty Years of Service to the School District of Philadelphia as a School Teacher and Football Coach including more than Twenty Distinguished Years as Head Coach of the George Washington High School Football Team.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s joint Committees on Public Safety and Public Property to hold public hearings about alternative Philadelphia properties for the Philadelphia Prison Department’s training facility.
Authorizing the joint Committees on Public Safety and Public Property to hold public hearings to examine alternative sights in the City of Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Prison Department to operate a training facility.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure authorizes the Water Commissioner to enter an agreement with the owners of 4641 East Roosevelt Boulevard to grant the City a right-of-way along part of the Tacony Creek for drainage and sewer purposes.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with the owners of 4641 East Roosevelt Boulevard for the grant of a right-of-way to the City for drainage and sewer purposes through the property along the Tacony Creek from approximately 550 feet east of Whitaker Avenue to approximately 750 feet west of former "I" Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended a 2005 ordinance concerning the removal of Harlan, Stewart, and Nassau Streets from the City Plan between 21st and 22nd Streets, while reserving gas-main rights-of-way in parts of Stewart and Nassau Streets.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 050516) approved June 29, 2005, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Harlan Street, Stewart Street, and Nassau Street, each from 21st Street to 22nd Street and by reserving and placing on City Plan a right-of-way for gas main purposes within the beds of Stewart Street and Nassau Street being stricken under authority of this Ordinance, all under certain terms and conditions", by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance adds inclusionary affordable housing requirements for development projects that build or rehabilitate 20 or more dwelling units in Philadelphia.
Amending Totle 7 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Housing Code," by adding a new Chapter establishing inclusionary affordable housing requirements, by requiring that certain developments, consisting of a certain number of dwelling units, provide a certain percentage of those units for affordable housing or provide other options for affordable housing, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized paving Cinnaminson Street from Smick Street to a cul-de-sac turnaround about 1,454 feet to the north and northeast.
Authorizing the paving of Cinnaminson Street from Smick Street to a cul-de-sac turnaround approximately one-thousand four-hundred fifty-four feet northwardly and northeastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed the official City Plan for part of Cinnaminson Street by relocating and widening a section, changing its grades, adding a cul-de-sac turnaround, and removing another section from the plan.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 231 and 275 by relocating the lines and changing the grades of Cinnaminson Street from a point approximately six-hundred sixty-two feet north and northeast of Smick Street to a point approximately one-thousand four-hundred fifty-four feet north and northeast of said Smick Street, including increasing the width of said Cinnaminson Street and placing on the City Plan a cul-de-sac turnaround at the proposed northeasterly terminus of said Cinnaminson Street, and striking from the City Plan Cinnaminson Street from a point approximately one-hundred eighty-three feet southwest of Silverwood Street to a point approximately two-hundred eighty-five feet southwest of said Silverwood Street, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the bed of Cinnaminson Street as revised on the City Plan by authority of this Ordinance.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This vetoed bill would have required the Department of Recreation to dedicate 10% of program activities and budget spending at one Class A recreation center to children with autism spectrum disorders.
Amending Title 15 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parks and Recreation," by requiring the Department of Recreation to provide ten percent of all program activities and budgetary expenditures at one Class A Recreation Center to children with autistic disorders, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance requires city building renovation and repair projects funded through the capital budget to have at least one wheelchair-accessible entrance or include the creation of one that meets Americans with Disabilities Act standards.
Amending Chapter 16-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Property Maintenance and Supervision," by creating a new Section 16-305 under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required the Philadelphia Recreation Department to install surveillance cameras in all Class A and Class B recreational facilities.
Amending Title 15 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parks and Recreation," by requiring the Recreation Department to install surveillance cameras in all Class A and Class B Recreational Facilities, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City to lease Belmont Mansion and related buildings, grounds, and facilities to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a ground lease with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, under which the City would lease Belmont Mansion and appurtenant buildings, grounds and facilities (collectively, the "Belmont Mansion Complex") to PAID and pursuant to which PAID would enter into a ground sublease with the American Women's Heritage Society, under which AWHS would occupy, operate, and help maintain the Belmont Mansion Complex and develop and operate a museum about the Underground Railroad, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.