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 April 10, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 19-32 of 32 actions from April 10, 2008
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to move the east curb line of Broad Street about 9 feet 6 inches eastward along a roughly 112-foot section south of Fitzwater Street.
Authorizing and directing the revision of curb lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 97 by relocating the easterly curb line of Broad street approximately nine feet six inches eastwardly, from a point approximately seventy-seven feet one inch south of the south curb line of Fitzwater street the distance of approximately one hundred twelve feet two inches to a point approximately one hundred eighty-nine feet three inches south of the south curb line of Fitzwater street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2009 operating budget by eliminating $114,552,203 in General Fund appropriations for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
Amending Bill No. 080156, entitled "An Ordinance adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2009," by eliminating funding to the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2009 operating budget by reducing the city’s funding for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
Amending Bill No. 080156, entitled "An Ordinance adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2009," by decreasing funding to the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amends LaSalle University’s Institutional Development District Master Plan to allow Holroyd Hall to be expanded.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of LaSalle University by allowing for the expansion of Holroyd Hall.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The ordinance establishes the Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District in an area generally bounded by Wadsworth Avenue, Broad Street, Cheltenham Avenue, 67th Avenue, and Michener Avenue.
Establishing a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes Cheltenham Avenue with boundaries of Wadsworth Avenue on the west and Broad Street on the east, Ogontz Avenue with boundaries of Cheltenham Avenue on the north and 67th Avenue on the south and Wadsworth Avenue with boundaries of Cheltenham Avenue on the northeast and Michener Avenue on the southwest; to be known as The Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District; designating Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District Inc. rel...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill establishes Brighton Street as a one-way street traveling eastbound from Sackett Street to Rowland Avenue.
Establishing a one way regulation on Brighton Street, from Sackett Street to Rowland Avenue, eastbound.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes Guilford Street as a one-way street westbound from Crispin Street to Rowland Avenue.
Establishing a one way regulation on Guilford Street, from Crispin Street to Rowland Avenue, westbound.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes how authorized towing companies assess fees for towing and storing abandoned vehicles.
Amending Section 12-1120 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Abandoned Vehicles," by providing that towing and storage fees, charged by authorized salvors for the towing and storage of abandoned vehicles, be assessed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-2406.1, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer 4301 Tacony Street, including its buildings and improvements, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal amount.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to transfer to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for nominal consideration, a certain parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, known as 4301 Tacony Street, for further conveyance.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer the land and buildings at 815 East Washington Lane to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to transfer to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for nominal consideration, a certain parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, known as 815 East Washington Lane, for further conveyance.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to acquire the land underlying portions of Delaware Avenue and Buckius Street that are to be opened under Bill No.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire the beds of the portions of Delaware Avenue and Buckius Street that are to be opened pursuant to Bill No. 080131, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill names the Department of Recreation field at Fourth and York Streets the “Eric N.
Naming and designating the Department of Recreation owned field located at Fourth and York Streets as the "Eric N. Casiano Field."
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance designates the Family Court Building at 1801 Vine Street as “The Judge Nicholas A.
Designating the Family Court Building located at 1801 Vine Street as "The Judge Nicholas A. Cipriani Family Court Building."
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s minimum-wage rules for employers covered by Chapter 17-1300, requiring them to pay covered employees at least 150% of the federal minimum wage.
Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage Standard," by amending the minimum wage standard that regulates the wages employers subject to that Chapter must pay to employees covered by that Chapter, and by requiring such employers to provide certain benefits to such employees, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.