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 17, 2008 meeting.
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City Council adopted a resolution honoring the Philadelphia Society for Services to Children for 173 years of providing child abuse and neglect prevention services to vulnerable children and families.
Honoring the PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR SERVICES TO CHILDREN on 173 years of service in child abuse and neglect prevention services for vulnerable families.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution urging the U.S.
Urging the United States Postal Service and Citizens' Stamp Advisory to adopt and recognize Philadelphia legend Wilt Chamberlain on a commemorative United States postage stamp.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution honors Gamma Phi Sigma “Hermanos Unidos” Fraternity, Incorporated, for 16 years of service to Philadelphia and the Latino community.
Honoring Gamma Phi Sigma "Hermanos Unidos" Fraternity, Incorporated, for sixteen years of service to the Philadelphia community, by proclaiming the week of April 19th-26th as "Gamma Week."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution adds the previously omitted Exhibit A to the 2008 resolution concerning the proposed Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District.
Amending Resolution No. 080390, adopted by Council on April 10, 2008, relating to the establishment of The Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District and the approval of a preliminary plan and report concerning the district, for the purpose of including Exhibit "A" as an attachment to the Resolution.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution approving an amended redevelopment contract for Parcel 6A, at 1138–1142 South Twentieth Street, in the Ellsworth Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the amended and restated redevelopment contract of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of an additional portion of the Ellsworth Urban Renewal Area, by including an additional property designated as Parcel No. 6A and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 1138-1142 South Twentieth street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the amended and restated redevelopment contract with Anthony Criniti and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the amended and restated redevelopment contract.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in the Third and Sixtieth Wards 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 Third and Sixtieth Wards 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.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter, for relocating its operations to the historic Young, Smyth, Field Company Building at 1218 Arch Street.
Recognizing The American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter, on the occasion of relocating their operations to the historic Young, Smyth, Field Company Building at 1218 Arch Street in Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Howard Foreman, owner of Island Caribbean Restaurant at 1338–44 Rising Sun Avenue, permission to build a raised deck for restaurant seating that extends onto parts of Rising Sun Avenue and Westmoreland Street.
Granting permission to Howard Foreman, owner of the Island Caribbean Restaurant, 1338-44 Rising Sun Ave., for a raised deck encroachment for accessory seating for the restaurant, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure authorizes the City's Chief Information Officer to enter into contracts lasting up to four years with one or more providers of online legal research services.
Authorizing the City's Chief Information Officer, on behalf of the City, to enter into multi-year contracts with one or more providers of on-line legal research services to be used by various City and City-funded agencies, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the locations of Philadelphia’s towing zones.
Amending Chapter 12-2400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing And Immobilizing Of Parked Or Abandoned Vehicles," by the addition and changing of towing zone locations, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited people from selling, possessing, using, or transferring toy or imitation firearms that closely resemble real firearms, unless they met specified color, transparency, barrel-plug, and manufacturer-marking requirements.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section prohibiting the sale, possession, use or transfer of toy or imitation firearms which substantially duplicate or can reasonably be perceived to be actual firearms, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Procurement Commissioner to enter into a contract to construct a public sewer and related work on East Willow Grove Avenue, from Germantown Avenue to Winston Road.
Authorizing the construction of a sewer and appurtenant work, required to alleviate unsanitary conditions in a portion of East Willow Grove Avenue.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park to enter into a temporary easement agreement with SEPTA.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park to enter into a temporary easement agreement with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority allowing SEPTA to use portions of 185 West Allens Lane and 7301-7321 Cresheim Road, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to amend the City’s sublease with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for about 60,131 square feet of office space at 100 South Broad Street.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into an amendment to an existing sublease between the Philadelphia Municipal Authority and the City for the City's use of certain office space located at 100 South Broad Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill changed the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain properties in the area bounded by Grays Ferry Avenue, 30th Street, Titan Street, and 31st Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Grays Ferry Avenue, 30th Street, Titan Street and 31st Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill provided for a November 4, 2008 ballot question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to civil service regulations to provide that, when eligible lists for appointments and promotions are established, those persons who have maintained a bona fide residence in Philadelphia for at least one year prior to the date of the examination shall prevail over all others who receive the identical test score; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorized Philadelphia’s Finance Director to charge up to $5 million in compensation for Police Department employees being used by the District Attorney’s Office to the District Attorney’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget.
Authorizing the Director of Finance to charge against appropriations made to the District Attorney in the Fiscal Year 2008 Operating Budget, the compensation of Police Department employees being used by the District Attorney pursuant to Section 8-401 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorized a $592,178 transfer within the Fiscal Year 2008 Aviation Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Aviation Fund from the City Representative and the Director of Commerce to the Director of Finance, the Procurement Department, and the Managing Director.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.