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.
Action types
Council actions
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the December 4, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 150 actions from December 4, 2008
Council Action2008-12-04
COMMUNICATION 080944Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Unanimous2008-12-04
Resolution 080943Honoring the George Washington High School Football Team on winning the City Championship.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Council Action2008-12-04
Resolution 080943Honoring the George Washington High School Football Team on winning the City Championship.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Council Action2008-12-04
Resolution 080943Honoring the George Washington High School Football Team on winning the City Championship.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Council Action2008-12-04
Resolution 080942Authorizing City Council's Committee on the Environment and the Committee on Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Affairs to hold joint public hearings to investigate the steps the Barnes Foundation is currently taking regarding the use of Green Building technologies and practices, such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards in the design of its new facility to be built on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and to explore the feasibility of using such technologies in construction.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
Procedural2008-12-04
Resolution 080942Authorizing City Council's Committee on the Environment and the Committee on Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Affairs to hold joint public hearings to investigate the steps the Barnes Foundation is currently taking regarding the use of Green Building technologies and practices, such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards in the design of its new facility to be built on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and to explore the feasibility of using such technologies in construction.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Unanimous2008-12-04
Resolution 080942Authorizing City Council's Committee on the Environment and the Committee on Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Affairs to hold joint public hearings to investigate the steps the Barnes Foundation is currently taking regarding the use of Green Building technologies and practices, such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards in the design of its new facility to be built on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and to explore the feasibility of using such technologies in construction.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2008-12-04
Resolution 080941Authorizing the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings regarding the Philadelphia Transit System Lease between the City of Philadelphia and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, and authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Council Action2008-12-04
Resolution 080941Authorizing the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings regarding the Philadelphia Transit System Lease between the City of Philadelphia and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, and authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Procedural2008-12-04
Resolution 080941Authorizing the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings regarding the Philadelphia Transit System Lease between the City of Philadelphia and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, and authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Council Action2008-12-04
Resolution 080940Urging the Congress and President of the United States of America to support a loan to the American automotive industry to prevent them from going bankrupt which will result in the loss of millions of American jobs.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
Council Action2008-12-04
Resolution 080940Urging the Congress and President of the United States of America to support a loan to the American automotive industry to prevent them from going bankrupt which will result in the loss of millions of American jobs.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Unanimous2008-12-04
Resolution 080940Urging the Congress and President of the United States of America to support a loan to the American automotive industry to prevent them from going bankrupt which will result in the loss of millions of American jobs.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2008-12-04
Resolution 080939Urging Mayor Nutter to delay closing any City libraries to allow time for further analysis of the issue, to secure alternative funding sources, and to explore operational and administrative alternatives that would allow the Free Library of Philadelphia to maintain a physical presence at all of its current locations and authorizing the Committee on Education to hold hearings regarding the proposed library branch closures and alternatives thereto.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Council Action2008-12-04
Resolution 080939Urging Mayor Nutter to delay closing any City libraries to allow time for further analysis of the issue, to secure alternative funding sources, and to explore operational and administrative alternatives that would allow the Free Library of Philadelphia to maintain a physical presence at all of its current locations and authorizing the Committee on Education to hold hearings regarding the proposed library branch closures and alternatives thereto.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
Unanimous2008-12-04
Resolution 080938Authorizing 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 Eleventh and Thirteenth 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.
Council Action2008-12-04
Resolution 080938Authorizing 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 Eleventh and Thirteenth 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.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
Council Action2008-12-04
Resolution 080938Authorizing 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 Eleventh and Thirteenth 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.