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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Procedural actions actions from the October 16, 2008 meeting.
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The adopted resolution amends City Council’s rules for considering bills involving the City’s purchase, sale, or lease of real estate that includes park or recreation land or facilities.
Amending Resolution No. 080001, which provides Rules for the Government of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, by adding procedures for Council's consideration of bills that authorize the City to acquire, convey or lease to a third party any interest in real estate that includes park or recreation land or facilities.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution proposed amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to authorize City Council to create, by ordinance, bid preferences in City public-contract awards for businesses whose products, services, or operations demonstrate a high level of environmental stewardship.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter authorizing City Council to provide, by ordinance, for bid preferences in the awarding of public contracts, for businesses whose products, services or operations demonstrate a high level of environmental stewardship; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings on the status of after-school programs across Philadelphia.
Calling on the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings investigating the status of after school programs throughout the City of Philadelphia and preparing our students to succeed in a globalized twenty-first century economy.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on ways Philadelphia could support business programs between Philadelphia and Israel.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to identify ways that the City of Philadelphia can play a proactive role in facilitating business programs between Philadelphia and Israel to further the creation of local jobs while expanding the City's profile in the global economy.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Labor and Civil Service Committee and Technology and Information Services Committee to hold joint hearings.
Authorizing City Council's Committees on Labor and Civil Service and Technology and Information Services to hold joint hearings to explore the implementation of technology and changes in workflow processes to enable the City to provide better services to its citizens more efficiently.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings on a Working Poor Families Project report about low-income working families and economic security.
Authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings on the findings and recommendations of the Working Poor Families Project in the recent report entitled "Working Hard Still Falling Short- America's Working Families and the Pursuit of Economic Security" and further authorizing the Committee to seek advice and recommendations on how Philadelphia can help to restore the promise of the American dream for all of its citizens.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings about improving student performance and narrowing the achievement gap in Philadelphia Public Schools.
Calling on the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings on the need to improve student performance and to narrow the achievement gap in Philadelphia Public Schools.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to restrict open-air parking in front of one-family and duplex residential buildings.
Amending Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking in Residential Districts," by imposing restrictions on off-street parking in front of residential buildings, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Howard Foreman, owner of Island Caribbean Restaurant at 1338–44 Rising Sun Avenue, permission to build a raised outdoor deck for restaurant seating along Rising Sun Avenue and Westmoreland Street.
Granting permission to Howard Foreman, owner of the Island Caribbean Restaurant, 1338-44 Rising Sun Avenue, for a raised deck encroachment for accessory seating for the restaurant, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Board of Surveyors to revise the City Plan by widening the west side of Fifteenth Street between Arch Street and Cherry Street, moving the house line 20 feet west and the curb line by up to 20 feet.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by relocating the westerly curb line and house line of Fifteenth Street between Arch Street and Cherry Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have submitted a Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to voters on May 19, 2009.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter authorizing City Council to provide, by ordinance, for bid preferences in the awarding of public contracts for businesses whose products, services or operations demonstrate a high level of environmental stewardship; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended an earlier ordinance concerning the planned extension of Parker Avenue across a railroad right-of-way and the dedication of the extended street bed to the City.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 060317) approved September 28, 2006, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 275 by extending Parker Avenue from its current terminus on the northeasterly side of a 66' wide right-of-way for railroad purposes, approximately 66' southwestward to the southwest side of said right-of-way, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances except for a right-of-way for railroad purposes, of the bed of the extension of Parker Avenue," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain areas of land within the area bounded by Roberts Avenue, Wissahickon Avenue, Hunting Park Avenue, and Fox Street.
Amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Roberts Avenue, Wissahickon Avenue, Hunting Park Avenue and Fox Street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have required City officers and employees to receive their salaries by direct deposit to a financial institution they choose, with an exception allowing a paper check during the first month of City employment.
Amending Section 20-301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payment of Salaries," and Section 22-307, entitled "Payment of Retirement Benefit," to require that all payments of salaries and pension benefits be made by electronic fund transfer (direct deposit) to a financial institution designated by the recipient, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain land in the area bounded by B Street, Erie Street, G Street, and Tioga Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by "B" Street, Erie Street, "G" Street and Tioga Street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required people who were not licensed firearm dealers to sell or transfer a firearm to another unlicensed person through a licensed dealer or a county sheriff’s office.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-839, entitled "Unlawful Sale or Transfer of Firearms," creating mandatory penalties for the illegal sale of firearms in the City of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s rules on firearms in public places by creating mandatory penalties for illegally carrying a firearm on public streets or public property.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by amending Section 10-818, entitled "Firearms in Public Places," by creating mandatory penalties for the illegal public carrying of firearms in the City of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted law changes zoning rules for the Frankford Avenue Special District.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-1619, entitled "Frankford Avenue Special District Controls."
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.