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 March 13, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 20 actions from March 13, 2008
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned vacant lots and buildings, without payment, to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Sixteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second and Forty-seventh of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s 47th Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Forty-seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution approves a lease for a portion of the Independence Mall Urban Renewal Area, generally bounded by Eighth and Ninth Streets, the South Vine Street service road, and Race Street.
Approving the lease agreement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for a portion of the Independence Mall Urban Renewal Area, Unit No. 4 designated as Lease Parcel No. 13 (Revised), being the area generally bounded by Eighth street, Ninth street, South Vine street service road and Race street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the lease with E-Z Park, Inc.; and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the lease.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution honors and congratulates Settlement Music School on its 100th anniversary.
Honoring and congratulating Settlement Music School on its 100th Anniversary and recognizing and commending its directors, officers, faculty, staff and students, both past and present, for making Settlement Music School an institution known world-wide for its excellence.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Beeber Dimner Middle School’s girls basketball team, the Bobcats, and Coach Gladys Watson for winning the team’s first Girls Basketball Public League Middle School Championship.
Recognizing, Honoring, and Celebrating Beeber Dimner Middle School's Girls Basketball Team (The Bobcats) and Coach Gladys Watson for their first Girls Basketball Public League Middle School Championship.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing playwright and Philadelphia native Quiara Alegria Hudes for the Broadway debut of her musical *In the Heights*.
Recognizing playwright and Philadelphia native Quiara Alegria Hudes on the Broadway debut of her musical In the Heights.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amended the conditions for changing the City Plan to include Florist Street between portions of 2nd and 3rd Streets.
Amending Section 2 of Bill No. 050952, approved December 22, 2005, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by placing on the City Plan Florist Street from a point on 2nd Street approximately 131' north of the north side of Race Street to a point on 3rd Street approximately 157' north of the north side of Race Street, under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the bed of Florist Street", by revising the terms and conditions stated therein and extending the period for compliance.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to remove and vacate a two-foot-wide strip along the northeast side of Stout Road between City Avenue and a point about 563 feet southeast, reducing that section’s planned width from 70 feet to 68 feet.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 190 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the northeasterly two feet wide portion of Stout Road from City Avenue to a point approximately five-hundred sixty-three feet southeastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to revise the City Plan and place a variable-width drainage right-of-way along the southwest side of Welsh Road, northwest of Banes Street.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 367 by placing on the City Plan a variable width right-of-way for drainage purposes on the southwesterly side of Welsh Road approximately two-hundred forty-seven feet northwest of Banes Street and extending southeastwardly approximately four-hundred thirty-nine feet in depth, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan to place Twenty-sixth Street from Penrose Avenue south about 1,832 feet to a dead end.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 52-S and 53-S by placing on the City Plan Twenty-sixth Street from Penrose Avenue southwardly approximately one-thousand eight-hundred thirty-two feet to a dead end, and the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the bed of said Twenty-sixth Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have removed a roughly 620-foot section of Thirtieth Street, from Walnut Street’s lower level south to a dead end, from the City Plan and reserved a right-of-way there for Philadelphia Gas Works gas mains.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 42 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Thirtieth Street from Walnut Street (lower level) southwardly approximately six-hundred twenty feet to a dead end and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for gas main purposes within the lines of Thirtieth Street being stricken from the City Plan, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to require certain buildings to have green roofs.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.