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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

Procedural actions actions from the May 1, 2008 meeting.

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Showing 1-18 of 27 actions from May 1, 2008

Procedural2008-05-01
Resolution 080440

Calling on Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a hearing on the renewal by the Philadelphia Prisons System of its contract with Aramark Correctional Services to provide food service at Philadelphia Prisons System facilities and the Riverview Home in light of outstanding concerns into Aramark's billing practices.

ADOPTED & REFERRED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Resolution 080439

Authorizing the Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to investigate the relationship between crime and street lighting in the City of Philadelphia.

ADOPTED & REFERRED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080437

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.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080436

Authorizing the paving of the relocated Harlan Street from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street, under certain terms and conditions.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080435

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.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080434

Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080433

Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by amending Section 9-610, entitled "Massage Businesses," by amending the requirements for operation of a Massage Business, under certain terms and conditions.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080432

Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080431

Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080430

Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080429

Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080428

Granting permission to Longacre Holdings, LLC, owner of the property 1509 Mifflin Street, Philadelphia, PA, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the northwest corner of Mifflin Street and Hicks Street, under certain terms and conditions.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080427

Amending Chapter 15-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fairmount Park," by removing 5100 Pennypack Street from the areas under the care and jurisdiction of the Fairmount Park Commission, under certain terms and conditions.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080426

Authorizing the paving of Delaware Avenue from Lewis Street to Orthodox Street, under certain terms and conditions.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080425

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.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080424-A

Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City-County Consolidation," by adding a new Chapter providing that prior to the recording of any deed, a check of record ownership be conducted by the Department of Records, appropriate documentation be submitted to the Department with certain deeds and requirements for the delivery of deeds to the Department of Records be met; providing for notification to the record owner of the recording of any deed; providing for exemptions and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080407

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.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-05-01
Bill 080407

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.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.