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
Unanimous actions actions from the April 30, 2009 meeting.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of five City-owned properties in Philadelphia’s Forty-seventh Ward 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 Forty-seventh 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to pass House Bill 300.
Urging the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives to pass House Bill 300, amending the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Law and Government to hold public hearings about the participation of minorities and women in private law firms that receive contracts from Philadelphia’s Law Department.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Law and Government to hold public hearings examining the level of participation of minorities and females in private sector law firms that are awarded contracts by the Law Department of the City of Philadelphia and the process by which professional contracts are awarded.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold hearings about the adequacy of Philadelphia’s internet and email services.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold hearings on the adequacy of the city's internet and e-mail services, the feasibility of a separate internet server for City Council and how improvements in speed and additional business functionality will enhance the ability of city employees to efficiently and effectively serve the citizens of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and recognizing Imhotep Institute Charter School as the 2009 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association State Boys Basketball Champions.
Honoring and recognizing Imhotep Institute Charter School as 2009 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association State Boys Basketball Champions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold roundtable discussions across Philadelphia about relationships between the Philadelphia Police Department and city residents.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to host a series of roundtables across the City focusing on Police Community Relations between the Philadelphia Police Department and the Citizens of Philadelphia, while fostering and encouraging improved relationships.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on the Mayor to create a Philadelphia Conservatorship Program to help address vacant and abandoned properties.
Calling upon the Mayor to create a Philadelphia Conservatorship Program.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Mothers In Charge, Inc.
Recognizing and Acknowledging Mothers In Charge, Inc. on the launch of its first publication entitled, "Mothers In Charge, Faces of Courage."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls on the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about Philadelphia’s response strategies for the public health risks posed by the spread of swine flu.
Calling on the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to Hold Hearings to Investigate the City's Response Strategies to the Public Health Risks Posed by the Spread of Swine Flu.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Dr.
Recognizing Dr. Constantine Papadakis President of Drexel University from 1996 Until his Death on April 5, 2009, for his Outstanding Service to the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia officials to enter into agreements with Motorola to design, install, upgrade, and maintain the City’s 800 MHz municipal radio communications system.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City, 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; and authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement for the purpose of financing the lease of equipment, software and related services for the upgrade of the radio communications system with an option to purchase such equipment and software and to enter into an escrow agreement pursuant to the terms of the lease agreement; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s school tax rules by setting future tax rates based on the citywide taxable property value certified by the Board of Revision of Taxes and the revenue amount included in the Mayor’s proposed budget.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by specifying a rate for future tax years that is dependent on total taxable assessed values certified by the Board of Revision of Taxes, and by making technical amendments, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City to remove and vacate a roughly 158-foot section of Shackamaxon Street between Delaware Avenue and a dead end, while preserving a right-of-way there for drainage, water, gas, and other public utilities.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 146 and 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Shackamaxon Street from Delaware Avenue southeastwardly to a dead end and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for various utility purposes within the lines of Shackamaxon Street being stricken and by relocating portions of the southeasterly curbline of Delaware Avenue from Ellen Street to Shackamaxon Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed how Philadelphia School District real estate taxes were calculated.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by providing that real estate taxes levied under that Chapter shall be based on the average of several years of assessed values, so as to smooth out the effect of rapid increases in property values, and by making technical amendments, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed how Philadelphia real estate taxes were calculated for taxable properties.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing that real estate taxes levied under that Chapter shall be based on the average of several years of assessed values, so as to smooth out the effect of rapid increases in property values, and by making technical amendments, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s real estate tax rate for future tax years so that it depended on the citywide taxable assessed value and the real estate tax revenue targeted in the proposed city budget.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by specifying a rate for future tax years that is dependent on total taxable assessed values certified by the Board of Revision of Taxes, and by making technical amendments, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have changed the zoning designations for certain land within the area bounded by Christopher Columbus Boulevard, former Reed Street, the Delaware River, and Tasker Street (Extended).
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Christopher Columbus Boulevard, (former) Reed Street, the Delaware River, and Tasker Street (Extended).
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s rules for Commercial Entertainment Districts.
Amending Chapter 14-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Entertainment District," by revising and clarifying requirements relating to parking, height regulations, gross floor area and permitted uses, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.