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 December 2, 2010 meeting.
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Showing 37-51 of 51 actions from December 2, 2010
This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $1,162,959 in Fiscal Year 2010 appropriations within the Grants Revenue Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 within the Grants Revenue Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to transfer $24,256 in Fiscal Year 2010 Water Fund appropriations within the Managing Director’s Division of Technology.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 within the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes BIBA UC LLC, doing business as BIBA Wine Bar at 3131 Walnut Street, to legalize existing encroachments and build and maintain additional structures in the Walnut Street sidewalk right-of-way.
Authorizing BIBA UC LLC / dba BIBA Wine Bar, 3131 Walnut Street, Suite 1A, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, to legalize various existing encroachments and to construct, own and maintain additional encroachments in the right-of-way located on the north footway of Walnut Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill approves the first amendment to the redevelopment proposal for the Franklin Town Project in the Center City Redevelopment Area, near Spring Garden and Twenty-first streets.
Approving the first amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Center City Redevelopment Area, Franklin Town Project, being the area beginning in the vicinity of Spring Garden and Twenty-first streets, which provides, inter alia, for amending the land use map and regulations to add religious institutional as a permitted use, modifying the regulations to exclude certain portions of the project area from building setbacks and adjusting height limitations, and for amending the regulations by adding provisions related to gates, fences and walls within certain portions of the project area.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at 128 North Broad Street to construct, own, and maintain sculptures, lighting, bollards, planters, and an ash urn that extend into or are placed within the public right-of-way on parts of North Broad, North Carlisle, and Cherry Streets.
Authorizing the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, located at 128 North Broad Street, to construct, own and maintain various encroachments in the right-of-way on the west side of North Broad Street between Arch and Race Streets, the east side of North Carlisle Street between Cherry and Race Streets, and the south side of Cherry Street between North Carlisle and Burns Streets, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill amended a 2008 ordinance involving the vacation of part of Leithgow Street south of Reno Street and the reservation of a public-utility right-of-way.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 080434) approved July 2, 2008, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a portion of Leithgow Street south of Reno Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for public utility purposes within the lines of Leithgow Street being stricken, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Streets Commissioner to enter into an agreement with Pennsylvania to grant the City a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes near the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Arch Streets.
Authorizing the Streets Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the grant to the City of a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes extending through a portion of property located at the northwest corner of Thirteenth Street and Arch Street and authorizing the plotting upon City Plan No. 307 of the said right-of-way.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes removing and vacating Ridge Avenue from Vine Street to the intersection of Eighth Street and Race Street from the City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Ridge Avenue from Vine Street to the intersection of Eighth Street and Race Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for various purposes within the lines of Ridge Avenue being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Brandywine Realty Trust to own and maintain 14 existing electrified bollards extending into sidewalks on Juniper, Drury, and Sansom Streets.
Authorizing Brandywine Realty Trust, 555 East Lancaster Avenue, Suite 100, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 19087, to legalize various existing sidewalk encroachments located on the east footway of Juniper Street between Sansom Street and Drury Street, the south footway of Drury Street at the intersection of Juniper Street, and the north footway of Sansom Street at the intersection of Juniper Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes revisions to Philadelphia’s City Plans for I-95 from the Vine Street Expressway to the Philadelphia-Bucks County line.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on portions of various City Plans, within the vicinity of the Delaware Expressway (I-95) from the Vine Street Expressway (I-676) to the Philadelphia - Bucks County Line by placing on the City Plan, striking from the City Plan, relocating, and revising portions of the Delaware Expressway, its right-of-way, interchanges, and ramp connections and placing on the City Plan, striking from the City Plan, vacating, abandoning, relocating, and revising the lines and grades of intersecting and adjacent streets, roads, avenues, and rights-of-way affected thereby, all in order to conform with the lines and conditions established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance removes a legally open portion of Hartwell Lane near Seminole Street from the City Plan and reserves the area for water-main and public-utility use.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 149 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Hartwell Lane from a point approximately two-hundred seventy-seven feet southwest of Seminole Street to a point approximately sixty-four feet further southwestwardly therefrom and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for water main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of the portion of Hartwell Lane being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s rules for farmers’ markets by adding two permissible sidewalk locations.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding as permissible locations the sidewalk of the east side of S. 22nd Street between Cross Street and Tasker Street and the sidewalk of the south side of Wharton Street between Hollywood Street and 29th Street, 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 Commissioner of Public Property to amend Philadelphia’s sublease with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for office space at 1327–39 Chestnut Street.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to amend an existing sublease agreement between the Philadelphia Municipal Authority as landlord and The City of Philadelphia as tenant, for use of certain office space located at 1327-39 Chestnut Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amends the City Code to allow a farmers’ market on the east-side sidewalk of Germantown Avenue, starting at Allens Lane and extending 175 feet south.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding as a permissible location the sidewalk of the east side of Germantown Avenue from Allens Lane for 175 feet south, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to remove Olive Street between Tenth and Hutchinson Streets and Hutchinson Street between Olive and Brown Streets from the City Plan and vacate those street segments.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Olive Street from Tenth Street to Hutchinson Street and Hutchinson Street from Olive Street to Brown Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.