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 December 11, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 1-6 of 6 actions from December 11, 2008
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings about Pennsylvania’s Guaranteed Energy Savings Program.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings on Pennsylvania's Guaranteed Energy Savings Program, its potential to finance energy-saving capital program projects, Philadelphia's current participation in the program and what additional opportunities may exist for both the City and the School District.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to conduct an independent investigation of the Philadelphia Water Department, including its operations, capital planning, billing, and sewer rates.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities in anticipation of the incoming federal administration's commitment to invest in urban infrastructure building initiatives, to conduct an independent investigation of the Water Department, so that the City will be prepared to effectively utilize any additional funding streams in the most efficient and strategic manner and pursuant to Chapters 13-100 and 13-200 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia’s Public Property and Procurement commissioners to enter into a four-year agreement with Motorola to design, install, upgrade, optimize, and maintain the City’s 800 MHz municipal radio communications system.
Authorizing the Public Property Commissioner and the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement with Motorola, Inc., for Motorola to design, build, install, optimize, and maintain facilities and equipment for the upgrade of the City's 800 MHz trunked municipal radio communications system; all under certain terms and conditions.
Re-Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s Plumbing Code to allow ABS and PVC plastic piping in specified uses, including drainage, water, rainwater, storm drain, vent, underground, and exterior waste systems.
Amending Subcode "P" (The Philadelphia Plumbing Code) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code ("The Philadelphia Building Construction And Occupancy Code") by providing for the use of ABS plastic pipe and PVC plastic pipe, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have changed Philadelphia’s zoning rules so that a variance allowing a principal use would not automatically allow related accessory uses.
Amending Chapter 14-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning Board Of Adjustment," to prohibit accessory uses in connection with a principal use authorized by variance, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have corrected Philadelphia’s zoning maps for a property in the area bounded by B Street, Erie Street, G Street, and Tioga Street.
Correcting the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by conforming the dimensions of a property located within an area bounded by "B" Street, Erie Street, "G" Street and Tioga Street to more accurately reflect the area rezoned by Bill No. 080754.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.