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 13, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 40 actions from March 13, 2008
The adopted resolution authorized the Council Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Environment to hold hearings about the safety of Philadelphia’s drinking water.
Authorizing the Council Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Environment to hold hearings regarding the safety of the City's drinking water.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution urging the city’s delegation in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to support legislation requiring handgun owners to report lost or stolen handguns.
Urging the Philadelphia Delegation to the Pennsylvania General Assembly to support all efforts to pass legislation that makes lost or stolen handgun reporting mandatory in Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution urging the city’s delegation in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to support legislation requiring handgun owners to report lost or stolen handguns.
Urging the Philadelphia Delegation to the Pennsylvania General Assembly to support all efforts to pass legislation that makes lost or stolen handgun reporting mandatory in Pennsylvania.
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This adopted resolution recognizes the important work of the Child Care Facilities Fund in supporting child care programs in Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the Important Work of the Child Care Facilities Fund.
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This adopted resolution recognizes the important work of the Child Care Facilities Fund in supporting child care programs in Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Recognizing the Important Work of the Child Care Facilities Fund.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Mr.
Recognizing Mr. Kofi Asante and the National Comprehensive Center for Fathers for their efforts to help fathers who have lost their jobs and homes or who are re-entering the workforce following incarceration by providing job training and other support services.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Mr.
Recognizing Mr. Kofi Asante and the National Comprehensive Center for Fathers for their efforts to help fathers who have lost their jobs and homes or who are re-entering the workforce following incarceration by providing job training and other support services.
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The adopted resolution recognizes the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia for preserving a large collection of Civil War-related materials and educating the public about Philadelphia’s role in that history.
Recognizing the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia for their commitment to maintaining one of the largest collections of Civil War related materials and supporting efforts to construct a new museum that will showcase Philadelphia's role in that history.
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The adopted resolution recognizes the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia for preserving a large collection of Civil War-related materials and educating the public about Philadelphia’s role in that history.
Recognizing the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia for their commitment to maintaining one of the largest collections of Civil War related materials and supporting efforts to construct a new museum that will showcase Philadelphia's role in that history.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings about the energy and cost savings of replacing light bulbs in City buildings, especially City Hall, with ENERGY STAR compact fluorescent bulbs.
Authorizing the Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings to investigate the energy and cost savings associated with replacing all light bulbs in City buildings, particularly City Hall, with ENERGY STAR compact fluorescent bulbs.
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This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $575,000 within the Fiscal Year 2008 Water Fund for the Office of Fleet Management.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Water Fund from the Managing Director - Office of Fleet Management to the Managing Director - Office of Fleet Management.
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This enacted ordinance authorized a $178,000 transfer within the Fiscal Year 2008 Aviation Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Aviation Fund from the Managing Director - Office of Fleet Management to the Managing Director - Office of Fleet Management.
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This enacted ordinance authorized the transfer of $84.36 million in Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations from the General Fund and Grants Revenue Fund to various City offices, departments, boards, and commissions.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions and from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
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This enacted ordinance authorized a $9.9 million transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2008 Grants Revenue Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Law Department and the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
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This enacted bill authorizes the Free Library of Philadelphia, on behalf of the City, to accept a $500,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for renovations to the public elevators at the Central Library Branch at 1901 Vine Street.
Authorizing the Free Library of Philadelphia, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to accept a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education for renovations to the Central Library Branch of the Free Library at 1901 Vine Street, pursuant to terms and conditions established by the Commonwealth.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise the City Plan and place a 15-foot-wide drainage right-of-way along the northwest side of Bustleton Avenue, from Scotchbrook Drive to a point about 671 feet northeast.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 361 and 367 by placing on the City Plan a fifteen feet wide right-of-way for drainage purposes adjacent to the northwesterly side of Bustleton Avenue and extending from Scotchbrook Drive to a point approximately six-hundred seventy-one feet northeastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance revises the City Plan by removing and vacating the westerly 32-foot-wide, variable-width portion of Island Avenue between points south of Penrose Avenue and Escort Street.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 387 and 402 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the westerly thirty-two feet wide and variable width portion of Island Avenue from a point approximately nine-hundred one feet south of Penrose Avenue to a point approximately one-hundred two feet south of Escort Street and by placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of the portion of Island Avenue being stricken from the City Plan by authority of this Ordinance.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan and the opening of Delaware Avenue from Lewis Street to Buckius Street, along with unopened portions of Delaware Avenue and Buckius Street in the specified areas.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 305 and 306 by placing on the City Plan Delaware Avenue from Lewis Street to Buckius Street; authorizing the opening of said Delaware Avenue from Lewis Street to Buckius Street, the opening of the unopened portions of Delaware Avenue (currently on the City Plan, partially opened) from the northeasterly side of Lewis Street to a point approximately two-hundred five feet southwestwardly therefrom, and the opening of the unopened portions of Buckius Street (currently on the City Plan, partially opened) from Delaware Avenue to Bath Street; and authorizing the acquisition of certain slope easements adjacent to the right-of-way lines of Delaware Avenue as proposed to be placed on the City Plan and opened by authority of this Ordinance.
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