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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 May 1, 2008 meeting.

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Showing 1-18 of 66 actions from May 1, 2008

Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080464

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a bill approving the thirty-seventh amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Front street and Spring Garden street, including the twenty-ninth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-seventh amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately eleven (11) properties for residential and related uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority.

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Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080463

This communication, which was placed on file, transmitted a proposed bill that would authorize the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer the parcel at 3548 Germantown Avenue, including its buildings and improvements, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for nominal consideration.

Transmitting a bill 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 3548 Germantown Avenue, for further conveyance.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080462

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a bill authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a portion of Leithgow Street south of Reno Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for public utility purposes within the lines of Leithgow Street being stricken, all under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080461

This communication transmitted a proposed bill to extend the period for complying with the terms and conditions of a 2006 ordinance concerning changes to the City Plan and the vacation of portions of Jefferson Street, Heston, and Paxon Street.

Transmitting a bill amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 051234) approved February 16, 2006, entitled "An Ordinance Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 266 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Jefferson Street and Heston, each from 52nd Street to Paxon Street; by striking from the City Plan and vacating Paxon Street from Jefferson Street to Columbia Avenue; and by reserving and placing on the City Plan rights-of-way for gas main purposes, water main purposes, and drainage purposes within the beds of the streets being stricken by this Ordinance, if necessary, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080460

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a bill authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 350, in the area northeast of Susquehanna Road and northwest of Verree Road, by placing on the City Plan a right of way for gas main purposes and public utility purposes, and a right of way for gas main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080459

This communication transmits a proposed bill concerning City Plan No.

Transmitting a bill authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 109 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portion of Melon Street from Thirty-Fifth Street westward to a dead end, under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080458

This communication, which was placed on file, transmitted a proposed bill about revising the City Plan and vacating legally open portions of Tweny-Third Street from Allegheny Avenue to the Norristown Branch railroad right-of-way.

Transmitting a bill authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 129 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Tweny-Third Street from Allegheny Avenue northwardly to its terminus at the southwesterly right of way line of the Norristown Branch of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad, under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080457

This communication concerned a proposed bill to authorize paving Delaware Avenue between Lewis Street and Orthodox Street, subject to certain terms and conditions.

Transmitting a bill authorizing the paving of Delaware Avenue from Lewis Street to Orthodox Street, under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080456

This communication transmits a proposed bill concerning the paving of relocated Harlan Street between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets, under certain terms and conditions.

Transmitting a bill authorizing the paving of the relocated Harlan Street from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street, under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080455

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a bill authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a portion of Clifton Street southward from Irving Street and by reserving, and placing on the City Plan, a right of way for drainage and public utility purposes within the lines of Clifton Street being stricken, all under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080454

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a bill authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City, to execute a Mutual Aid Agreement by and between the City of Philadelphia and the State of New Jersey, under certain terms and conditions.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080453

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 080021, 080135, 080166, 080206, 080208, 080246, 080247, 080248, 080279, 080280, 080281 and 080282, which were passed by Council on April 17, 2008, were signed by the Mayor on April 28, 2008.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080452

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 080003, 080204, 080210, 080211, 080244, 080255, 080256 and 080276, which were passed by Council on April 10, 2008, were signed by the Mayor on April 28, 2008.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080451

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill No. 080205, which was passed by Council on April 17, 2008, were signed by the Mayor on April 21, 2008.

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Council Action2008-05-01
COMMUNICATION 080450

This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.

Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill No. 080207, which was passed by Council on April 10, 2008, was signed by the Mayor on April 21, 2008.

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Council Action2008-05-01
Resolution 080449

City Council adopted a resolution recognizing May 5 through May 9, 2008, as Correctional Employees Week.

Recognizing May 5th thru May 9th 2008 as Correctional Employees Week.

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Council Action2008-05-01
Resolution 080449

City Council adopted a resolution recognizing May 5 through May 9, 2008, as Correctional Employees Week.

Recognizing May 5th thru May 9th 2008 as Correctional Employees Week.

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Council Action2008-05-01
Resolution 080448

The adopted resolution recognizes April as Community College Month in Philadelphia.

Recognizing April as Community College Month in Philadelphia.

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