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 June 11, 2009 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 30 actions from June 11, 2009
City Council adopted a resolution approving the Redevelopment Authority’s redevelopment contract and disposition supplement for four parcels in the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, located around Poplar and North Sixteenth streets.
Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 679, 680, 681 & 682 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 679 as 1500-1516 Poplar street, for Parcel No. 680 as 1501-1515 Poplar street, for Parcel No. 681 as 1525 Poplar street and for Parcel No. 682 as 1530 Poplar street including 857 and 861-865 North Sixteenth street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Francisville East, L.P. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of 1328 North 15th Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
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.
Adopted legislation authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of five City-owned properties—1244 W.
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 Sixteenth, Eighteenth, and Thirty-seventh Wards 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 authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of four City-owned properties—1239 Day Street, 2443 North 19th Street, and 2333 and 2341 North 30th Street—to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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 Sixteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-eighth 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.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of 2813 West Somerset Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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-eighth 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 recognizes, honors, and commemorates Juneteenth as the day enslaved people in the United States were freed.
Recognizing, honoring and commemorating Juneteenth as the day that abolished slavery more than 144 years ago.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer, at no cost, conditional ownership of 11 City-owned properties to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
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 Seventh, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Thirty-first and Thirty-seventh Wards 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.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution supporting the creation of a Pennsylvania Consumer Workforce Council and urging Governor Rendell to establish it.
Urging Governor Rendell to create the Pennsylvania Consumer Workforce Council.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution confirms Damone B.
Confirming the appointment of Damone B. Jones, Sr., as a member of the Board of Ethics, to serve in the term ending November 16, 2012.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development’s acquisition of properties at 4610-14, 4616-20, and 4622 Market Street from SEPTA for a nominal payment.
Approving the acquisition by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID), for nominal consideration, of real property located at 4610-14 Market Street, 4616-20 Market Street, and 4622 Market Street from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have expanded off-street parking options for motor-driven cycles, including motorcycles.
Amending Chapter 12-900 of The Traffic Code, entitled "Parking Regulations and Penalties," and amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," to increase the available off-street options for the parking of motor-driven cycles; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure added rules for how the City must publicize Council bill hearings and committee-reported bills, certain contracts open for competitive bidding, and regulations proposed by City departments, boards, and commissions.
Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new chapter with provisions relating to how and when required notices shall be published and advertised; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes the curblines of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and nearby intersections between Twenty-First and Twenty-Second Streets, including widening parts of the Parkway’s sidewalks and modifying traffic islands.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 63 and 67 by relocating the northeasterly and southwesterly curblines of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from Twenty-First Street to points northwest of Twenty-Second Street; relocating portions of the curblines of intersections affected thereby; striking from the City Plan and vacating Callowhill Street from Twenty-First Street to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway; and by placing on the City Plan a right of way for various utility purposes within the lines of Callowhill Street being stricken.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance adds a 3.45% annual assessment on net operating revenue, excluding Medicare revenue, for certain nonprofit hospitals in Philadelphia that provide more than 90,000 days of care to Medicaid patients and are subsidiaries of state-related institutions.
Amending Chapter 19-3500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "General Acute Care Hospital Assessment," by adding an assessment upon the Net Operating Revenue of certain specified hospitals located in the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park to enter into a lease making the City the landlord and the Center City District the tenant of Sister Cities Plaza.
Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park to enter into a lease agreement between the City of Philadelphia as landlord and the Center City District as tenant for a certain parcel of land bounded by 18th Street, Logan Square, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Vine Street, commonly referred to as Sister Cities Plaza, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a lease agreement with the Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia for the land and buildings at 328 W.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement to lease to the Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia a certain parcel of land and improvements located at 328 W. Coulter Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer the land and buildings at 1402–1412 West Erie Avenue to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to convey certain tracts of land with the buildings and improvements thereon known as 1402-1412 West Erie Avenue, located on the south side of West Erie Avenue, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for nominal consideration, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorized the Commissioner of Public Property to record a permanent conservation covenant for a tidal wetland within Bartram’s Garden, a park and botanical garden at 54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to record a Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for Conservation with the Philadelphia County Recorder of Deeds on that certain deed conveying a parcel of land to the City of Philadelphia dated June 17, 1897 and recorded on June 18, 1897 in deed book WMG, Number 192, Page 155, for conservation of a tidal wetland located within Bartram's Garden, a park and botanical garden located at 54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.