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 October 8, 2009 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 24 actions from October 8, 2009
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of four City-owned properties—1929-31 Buckius Street, 2306 Collins Street, 2170 East Gordon Street, and 2636-38 Ritter Street—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 Thirty-first and Forty-fifth 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.
City Council adopted a resolution calling on the School Reform Commission to adopt the principles of Philadelphia’s 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard.
Calling on the School Reform Commission to adopt the principles of the Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committees on Licenses and Inspections and Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings about how Philadelphia and Pennsylvania agencies cooperate to protect residents from wild animals sheltering in vacant buildings and deteriorating alleyways.
Authorizing City Council's Committees on Licenses and Inspections and Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings to investigate the state of intergovernmental and intragovernmental cooperation between the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health relating the protection of its citizens from exposure to wild animals which take shelter in vacant buildings and deteriorating alleyways.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Pennsylvania National Guard members of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team after their return to their families from deployment to Iraq.
Honoring the Pennsylvania National Guard members of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team upon their safe return to their families from their deployment to Iraq.
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 the City-owned property at 3222–3258 “H” Street 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 Thirty-third 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.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring The Business Center for Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise for 10 years of success and achievement.
Recognizing, Honoring, And Celebrating The Business Center for Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise - For Its for 10 years of success and achievement.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution starting the process to create the Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District in an area generally covering parts of Cheltenham Avenue, Ogontz Avenue, and Wadsworth Avenue.
Initiating action to establish a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes Cheltenham Avenue with boundaries of Wadsworth Avenue on the west and Broad Street on the east, Ogontz Avenue with boundaries of Cheltenham Avenue on the north and 67th Avenue on the south and Wadsworth Avenue with boundaries of Cheltenham Avenue on the northeast and Michener Avenue on the southwest; to be known as The Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District, and for which Greater Cheltenham Avenue Business Improvement District Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, would serve as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; approving a preliminary plan for and report concerning the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally establish the District.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Rebuilding Together Philadelphia for providing free home repairs and rehabilitation to help preserve affordable homeownership and prevent homelessness.
Recognizing and Honoring Rebuilding Together Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution approves agreements between the City and various taxpayers for payments in lieu of taxes related to the establishment or extension of Keystone Opportunity Zones and related zones.
Approving certain agreements by the Department of Revenue, the Department of Commerce, or both, with various taxpayers, providing for payments to the City relating to the establishment or extension of certain Keystone Opportunity Zones, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zones, or Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zones, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution honors Dietz & Watson on its 70th anniversary and recognizes the family-run company’s history and Philadelphia operations.
Honoring Dietz and Watson on their 70th Anniversary.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on the U.S.
Calling on the U.S. Congress and the Department of Agriculture to Investigate the Practice of Slaughterhouse Operators Prohibiting Ground Beef Manufacturers from Testing for E. coli Contamination Ingredients Supplied by Slaughterhouse Operators.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill limits what towing companies can charge owners whose vehicles were reported stolen or illegally used by someone else without authorization.
Amending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," and Chapter 12-2400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing And Immobilizing of Parked or Abandoned Vehicles," by reducing the amount towing companies can charge owners of recovered stolen or illegally used vehicles.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Bharat Patel, owner of the newsstand at Broad and Arch Streets, permission to install and maintain underground electrical and telephone conduits connecting the newsstand to existing PECO and Verizon facilities.
Granting permission to Bharat Patel, owner of the newsstand at the southwest corner of Broad Street and Arch Street, to construct, use and maintain an electrical conduit with an electrical service line and a telecommunications conduit with a telephone service line in and under the public rights-of-way for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted legislation changes Philadelphia’s rules for publishers’ boxes used to distribute newspapers and other printed material on public sidewalks.
Amending Section 9-211 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Boxes for the Distribution of News and Printed Material," by amending certain specifications for publishers' boxes, increasing licensing fees, amending permissible locations and increasing fines, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Mick Hally to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 1148-1150 S.
Authorizing Mick Hally to construct, own and maintain, an open-air sidewalk cafe at 1148-1150 S. 11th Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes John Kile to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 2448 E.
Authorizing John Kile to construct, own and maintain, an open-air sidewalk cafe at 2448 E. Huntingdon Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Frank and Ritamarie Olivieri, owners of Pat’s King of Steaks at 901-03 Wharton Street, to legalize existing sidewalk encroachments on the island parcel bordered by Wharton Street, 9th Street, and Passyunk Avenue.
Authorizing Frank and Ritamarie Olivieri, owners of the property Pat's King of Steaks, 901-03 Wharton Street, to legalize various existing sidewalk encroachments located on an island parcel bounded by Wharton Street, 9th Street, and Passyunk Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure authorizes the Water Commissioner to enter into a license agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the City to occupy submerged lands in the Schuylkill River near Lock Street.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement for a license from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to occupy certain submerged lands of the Commonwealth in the Schuylkill River in the vicinity of Lock Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.