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
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the October 16, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 55-72 of 113 actions from October 16, 2008
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the Polish-American String Band on its 75th anniversary.
Honoring the Polish-American String Band on their 75th Anniversary.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member 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.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Mercy Philadelphia Hospital on its 90th anniversary.
Recognizing and Honoring Mercy Philadelphia Hospital on the Occasion of its 90th Anniversary.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Mercy Philadelphia Hospital on its 90th anniversary.
Recognizing and Honoring Mercy Philadelphia Hospital on the Occasion of its 90th Anniversary.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Mercy Philadelphia Hospital on its 90th anniversary.
Recognizing and Honoring Mercy Philadelphia Hospital on the Occasion of its 90th Anniversary.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Sixth and Twenty-seventh 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 Sixth and Twenty-seventh 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.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Sixth and Twenty-seventh 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 Sixth and Twenty-seventh 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.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Sixth and Twenty-seventh 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 Sixth and Twenty-seventh 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.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Halloween, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, and its partners for promoting Halloween attractions and events in Philadelphia.
Recognizing Halloween, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), a company that knows how to promote all-things fun in Philly, and its partners.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Halloween, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, and its partners for promoting Halloween attractions and events in Philadelphia.
Recognizing Halloween, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), a company that knows how to promote all-things fun in Philly, and its partners.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Halloween, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, and its partners for promoting Halloween attractions and events in Philadelphia.
Recognizing Halloween, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), a company that knows how to promote all-things fun in Philly, and its partners.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member 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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member 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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.