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
Unanimous actions actions from the April 23, 2009 meeting.
Meeting dates
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Showing 1-18 of 19 actions from April 23, 2009
Unanimous2009-04-23
Resolution 090337Proclaiming The Week of April 26th 2009 as "National Crime Victims' Rights Week".
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Resolution 090336Proclaiming April 24th - 26th 2009 as "Global Youth Service Day".
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Resolution 090335Recognizing the Honorable Dr.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Resolution 090334Approving the City's Substantial Amendment to the Year 34 Consolidated Plan (FY 2009) and application to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for approximately $21,486,000 in funding for homelessness prevention services under HUD's Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program, pursuant to funds made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Resolution 090332Approving Drexel University's proposed amendment to its Institutional Development District Master Plan pursuant to Chapter 14-1107(c) of The Philadelphia Code relating to "Zoning and Planning."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Resolution 090331Honoring and Recognizing Jeff Brown for His Community-Based Efforts to Support Under-Privileged Youth and Under-Served Communities in Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090330Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City, to enter into a Master Lease providing for the lease by the City to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of a portion of the west corner of Arch Street, 16th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and under which PAID will be required to enter into an agreement pursuant to which PAID will sublease the property to The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Inc., for the development, construction and operation of an educational facility and memorial park to foster remembrance and understanding of the Holocaust, all under certain provisions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090329Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding a permissible location on the sidewalk of the west side of 18th Street between Walnut Street and Locust Street abutting Rittenhouse Square.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090328Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-908, entitled "Queen Village Neighborhood Conservation District."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090327Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a Master Lease providing for the lease by the City to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of the Northwestern Equestrian Facility in Fairmount Park, under which PAID will be required to enter into an agreement pursuant to which PAID will sublease the property to the Northwestern Stables Inc., for the occupation, operation, maintenance and management of the Facility, all under certain provisions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090326Authorizing and approving (i) the execution and delivery of a Service Agreement between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development relating to a comprehensive loan program to advance the City's goal of becoming the "Greenest City in America" by providing up-front capital needed to make comprehensive energy-efficient improvements to residential and commercial real estate in Philadelphia; (ii) the issuance by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series, to finance or refinance (for debt service savings) the costs of the program; and (iii) the obligation of the City to pay in full when due the Service Fee and other amounts payable under the Service Agreement; authorizing certain City officers to take certain actions required to issue bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness; covenanting that the City will make necessary appropriations in each of the City's fisc...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090325Approving the Fiscal Year 2010 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions, and acknowledging receipt of the Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2011 through 2015.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090324Authorizing the issuance of one or more series of general obligation bonds to provide funds to refund certain outstanding general obligation bonds of the City of Philadelphia; authorizing the Mayor, City Controller and City Solicitor or a majority of them to sell the bonds at public or private negotiated sale; setting forth the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds will be expended; providing for the maturities and for other terms and conditions and for the form of the bonds; providing that bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity; providing sinking funds for the bonds and for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment thereof; authorizing agreements to provide credit enhancement or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds, and agreements to manage interest costs and certain other actions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090323Constituting the Tenth Supplemental Ordinance to the General Gas Works Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1998 (the "1998 General Ordinance"); authorizing the City to sell, either at public or private sale, Gas Works Revenue Bonds, Ninth Series, to pay the costs of certain capital projects and other Project Costs; authorizing the City to obtain Credit Facilities for the Ninth Series Bonds; making certain determinations and covenants relating to Gas Works Revenues and the payment of interest and principal; and authorizing covenants and actions in order that the Ninth Series Bonds shall not be arbitrage bonds; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090322Constituting the Ninth Supplemental Ordinance to the General Gas Works Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1998 (the "1998 General Ordinance"); authorizing the City to sell, either at public or private sale, Gas Works Revenue Bonds, Eighth Series, to pay the cost of refunding or redeeming certain outstanding Gas Works Revenue Bonds and other Project Costs; authorizing the City to obtain credit enhancement and liquidity for all or a portion of the Eighth Series Bonds; authorizing the City to enter into or amend one or more Qualified Swap Agreements or to relate all or a portion of an existing Qualified Swap Agreement to all or a portion of a different series of outstanding Gas Works Revenue Bonds; making certain determinations and covenants relating to Gas Works Revenues and payment of interest and principal; and authorizing covenants and actions in order that the Eighth Series Bonds shall not be arbitrage bonds; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090321Constituting the Twelfth Supplemental Ordinance to the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, as supplemented; authorizing the Bond Committee to issue and sell either at public or private sale, Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit enhancement and payment and liquidity sources for such Bonds; authorizing the Director of Finance to take certain actions with regard to the sale of such Bonds, the investment of proceeds thereof and the City's continuing disclosure obligation; setting forth the use of proceeds; covenanting the payment of interest and principal; and supplementing the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090320Authorizing the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of 7th Street and Godfrey Avenue.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Unanimous2009-04-23
Bill 090268Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement to lease the Lincoln Financial Mural Arts Center at the Thomas Eakins House located at 1729 Mt.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.