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 November 4, 2010 meeting.
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Showing 1-16 of 16 actions from November 4, 2010
Initiating action to establish a neighborhood improvement district to be known as the University Housing Special Services District in an area that generally includes the area bounded by Girard Avenue, Ridge Avenue, 19th Street, York Street and Broad Street and certain blocks of streets that intersect that area, and for which Beech Interplex, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, would serve as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; 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, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Urging the Mayor and the Board of Pensions and Retirement to join Council in a sustained, collaborative effort to comprehensively and fairly evaluate City employees' retirement benefits, with the goal of ensuring that the City has in place actuarially sound pension plans that balance the interest of employees in a secure retirement with the interest of all taxpayers in having an affordable municipal government with adequate funds to provide appropriate services; and authorizing the Committee of the Whole to conduct hearings on the health and well-being of the City's entire Retirement System.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Proclaiming November 14th 2010 as "World Diabetes Day" and encouraging all to participate in the "Believe in Blue" Campaign.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Finding that a negotiated private sale of General Obligation Bonds is in the best financial interest of the City of the Philadelphia.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the General Fund from the Department of Parks and Recreation to the Council.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 14-1629 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Yorktown Special District Controls," by specifically amending Section 14-1629(3), entitled "District Boundaries"; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Establishing a two-way regulation on Spruce Street, from 38th Parallel Place to 2nd Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting vending on both sides of Broad Street between Washington Avenue and Bainbridge Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard," by broadening the definition of the "City financial aid recipients" who are subject to that Chapter to include certain persons or entities who lease property or equipment from persons or entities who receive City assistance, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·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 East Moreland Avenue, Winston Street, East Mermaid Lane and Germantown Avenue.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by increasing the path of snow to be cleared on sidewalks, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Director of Finance, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a lease agreement to lease vehicles and equipment from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, for the purposes of financing vehicles and equipment and to enter into an escrow agreement pursuant to the terms of the lease agreement, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) and Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), to require that the owners of residential properties that are vacant following foreclosure register, inspect and maintain such properties, and to provide for enforcement and penalties for failure to do so, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia (the "City"), to enter into a license agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") pursuant to which PAID will operate certain programs at the Scanlon Ice Rink, the Laura Sims Skatehouse at Cobbs Creek, the rink at the Simons Recreation and Teen Access Center, the Rizzo Ice Rink and the Tarken Ice Rink, by entering into a long term sublicense agreement with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation (the "Foundation") for such operation, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.