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 March 12, 2009 meeting.
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Showing 1-15 of 15 actions from March 12, 2009
Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings to investigate the benefits and feasibility of either temporarily or permanently closing certain City streets to vehicular traffic in cooperation with local business in order to help boost retail and restaurant sales in Philadelphia, as well as create a more positive pedestrian experience.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings to investigate the benefits and feasibility of either temporarily or permanently closing certain City streets to vehicular traffic in cooperation with local business in order to help boost retail and restaurant sales in Philadelphia, as well as create a more positive pedestrian experience.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
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
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Property to hold public hearings to explore creating an independent and non-partisan commission to create a detailed inventory of public property and make non-binding recommendations for the potential closures of City buildings.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Renaming and designating the park located at the intersection of Germantown Avenue, York Street, and N.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," to prohibit the transfer of special approvals provided by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1400, entitled "Parking and Loading Facilities," by adding a new subsection providing for bicycle parking, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia a proposal to adopt a tax on real property dedicated for the sole purpose of funding public libraries; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election; and amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," to provide for the tax and to provide for a corresponding adjustment in the existing real property tax rates upon approval by the voters; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia a proposal to adopt a tax on real property dedicated for the sole purpose of funding public libraries; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election; and amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," to provide for the tax and to provide for a corresponding adjustment in the existing real property tax rates upon approval by the voters; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending Section 22-310, entitled "Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)," by revising the interest rate applied to DROP account balances; under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Section 22-311 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Cost-of-Living Measures for Retirees, Beneficiaries and Survivors," by amending the provisions governing when deposits are made into the Pension Adjustment Fund; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Jackson Street and Higbee Street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Front Street, Oregon Avenue, the Delaware River and a Railroad ROW, also known as the Northern boundary of the Philadelphia Naval Base.
WITHDRAWN
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Section 19-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," to add the Friends of the Free Library Philadelphia to the list of designated payees to whom an employee may direct payroll deductions; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Section 19-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," to add the Friends of the Free Library Philadelphia to the list of designated payees to whom an employee may direct payroll deductions; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.