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 May 15, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 49 actions from May 15, 2008
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer certain City-owned vacant lots and buildings in the 15th, 37th, and 43rd Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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 Fifteenth, Thirty-Seventh and Forty-third 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.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and on the Environment to investigate and hold joint public hearings about designating zones or areas for sustainability demonstration projects.
Authorizing the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities and the Committee on the Environment to investigate and hold joint public hearings on the designation of zones or areas in which demonstration projects and sustainable strategies can be explored to increase the use of renewable energy, green building design and construction, water conservation, urban agriculture, tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental strategies.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s 36th Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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 Thirty-sixth 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 supports Temple University's bid to host an NCAA Division I Women's Final Four tournament in Philadelphia between 2012 and 2016.
Supporting Temple University's bid to host a National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Final Four Division I Tournament in 2012 through 2016.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings about how City departments coordinate street closures for street resurfacing and reconstruction projects.
Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings to investigate how City departments coordinate with each other to prepare and conduct street closures for street resurfacing and reconstruction projects.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs at the intersection of Quentin Street and Salaignac Street.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Quentin and Salaignac Streets.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the James Thomas Development Company to construct, operate, and maintain a building extension at 4300 Boone Street at Roxborough Avenue.
Authorizing the James Thomas Development Company to construct, operate and maintain a building extension located at 4300 Boone Street at Roxborough Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amends an earlier authorization for La Salle University to construct, own, and maintain an overhead pedestrian bridge across the 5600 block of E.
To amend an Ordinance authorizing La Salle University to construct, own and maintain an overhead pedestrian bridge crossing the 5600 block of E. Wister Street connecting the Main Campus with Germantown Hospital, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance approved up to $71,956,000 for Philadelphia Gas Works’ Fiscal Year 2009 capital projects, subject to conditions on spending, transfers, and project deadlines.
Approving the Fiscal Year 2009 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions, and acknowledging receipt of the Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2010 through 2014.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Housing and Commerce directors to apply for and accept federal and state grants for housing and community development, including programs for affordable housing, emergency shelters, housing for people with AIDS, and blight prevention.
Authorizing the Director of Housing, on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program; and for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant; with the Commonwealth to obtain grants under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; authorizing the Director of Housing and Director of Commerce to obtain other grants from the Commonwealth; authorizing the Director of Commerce to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and authorizing the Director of Housing and the Director of Commerce to enter into all understandings and assurances contained in such applications and take all necessary action to accept the grants, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to lease about 58.8 acres at 7800 Penrose Ferry Road to the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for further sublease to Philadelphia Biosolids Services, LLC., a certain portion of a parcel of ground located at 7800 Penrose Ferry Road; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This legislation authorizes city commissioners to enter into a service contract with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for the management of the city's wastewater treatment solids.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner and the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a Service Contract with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, pursuant to which the City will assume certain obligations under an agreement that the Authority will enter into with Philadelphia Biosolids Services, LLC to design, finance, build, own and maintain facilities and equipment, and provide operating services, for the management of the City's wastewater treatment solids; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Massimo Criniti, owner of Criniti Restaurante Italiano, permission to build, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café on the east sidewalk of South Broad Street north of Moyamensing Avenue.
Granting permission to Massimo Criniti, owner of Criniti Restaurante Italiano, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café located on the east sidewalk of S. Broad Street north of Moyemensing Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of Philadelphia, to acquire seven properties at 917, 919, 923, 925, 927, 929, and 931 South 22nd Street from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority the properties known as 917, 919, 923, 925, 927, 929 and 931 South 22nd Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to design, build, finance, own, operate, maintain, and lease facilities and equipment for managing the City’s wastewater treatment solids.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, incorporated pursuant to the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," P.L. 382, as amended (the "Act"), to design, build, finance, own, operate, maintain, and lease facilities and equipment, and provide related services, for the management of the City's wastewater treatment solids; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Bikim Divine to construct, own, and maintain two roofed balconies at 1109 S.
Authorizing Bikim Divine to construct and maintain two (2) balconies at 1109 S. 23rd Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance expanded the areas where Philadelphia’s rules for newspaper and printed-material boxes on public sidewalks apply.
Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by amending Section 9-211, entitled "Boxes for the Distribution of News and Printed Material," relating to the regulation of newspaper boxes on the public sidewalk, by including certain portions of Frankford and Torresdale avenues within the boundaries subject to the provisions of this Section, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes a no-truck-parking rule on both sides of Knorr Street between Frankford Avenue and Charles Street.
Establishing a no truck parking regulation on both sides of Knorr Street, between Frankford Avenue and Charles Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.