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 May 14, 2009 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 45 actions from May 14, 2009
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting sidewalk sales on portions of Broad Street, Venango Street, Tioga Street and Ontario Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds and interest rate swaps in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City; and fixing a day and providing for arrangements for holding the election for obtaining such consent.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Establishing a one way regulation on Belgrade Street, from Ash Street to Pratt Street, northbound.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing certain existing underground improvements owned by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to encroach into the rights-of-way of certain streets which are to be dedicated to the City of Philadelphia in the vicinity of South 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing Ralph Picket to construct, own and maintain, an open-air sidewalk cafe at 3900 Chestnut Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by amending Section 19-201, entitled "City Depositories," by authorizing the City Treasurer to deposit funds in TD Bank National Association, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by amending Section 19-201, entitled "City Depositories," by authorizing the City Treasurer to deposit funds in City National Bank, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Approving 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.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Constituting 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.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Constituting 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.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Constituting 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.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member 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, Lombard Street, 2nd Street, and Pine Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member 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, Lombard Street, 2nd Street, and Pine Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 11th Street, Filbert Street, 8th Street and Market Street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 14-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Entertainment District," by amending Section 14-403 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Procedures for the Establishment of a Commercial Entertainment District," by amending the procedure by which a Plan of Development is approved or amended; and amending Section 14-409, entitled "Off-Street Loading," by adding provision relating to proposed projects in the Center City area, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Orthodox Street, Large Street, and Adams Avenue.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 19-2700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sales and Use Tax and Hotel Occupancy Tax," by revising the rate of tax, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," to require certain businesses and property owners either to pay a fee for City waste hauling or demonstrate that the business or property owner has a private provider of waste and recycling disposal services; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.