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
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the May 5, 2011 meeting.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer ownership of three vacant properties—4030 Baring Street, 4027 Powelton Avenue, and 49 Wiota 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 Sixth 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.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution urging the Obama administration and the U.S.
Urging the Obama Administration to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program to Help Haiti Recover, Save Lives, and End a Double Standard.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on immigration reform in Philadelphia and on adopting the Pennsylvania Compact.
Authorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on immigration reform and the Pennsylvania Compact.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that vacate the legally open western 12-foot portion of Thirty-Second Street between Glenwood Avenue and near Master Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 121 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of the westerly twelve feet wide portion of Thirty-Second Street from Glenwood Avenue to a point approximately twelve feet south of the southerly side of Master Street produced and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes and a right-of-way for drainage purposes within portions of the portion of Thirty-Second Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said rights-of-way; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill revises the City Plan by vacating Delaware Avenue between Robbins Street and Levick Street while preserving rights-of-way for sewers, drainage, water mains, and other public utilities, including a drainage route toward the Delaware River.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 278 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Delaware Avenue from Robbins Street to Levick Street, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, water main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of Delaware Avenue being stricken, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way reserved for drainage purposes extending from the southeasterly side of Delaware Avenue, southwest of Levick Street, southeastwardly to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River, and relocating the curblines of Levick Street, from Barnett and Elbridge Streets to Delaware Avenue, thereby increasing the cartway width of said Levick Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s farmers’ market rules to add the sidewalk on the west side of the 1600 block of East Moyamensing Avenue as a permitted location.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding a permissible location on the sidewalk of the west side of the 1600 block of East Moyamensing Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s farmers’ market rules to add the sidewalk on the west side of the 1600 block of East Moyamensing Avenue as a permitted location.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding a permissible location on the sidewalk of the west side of the 1600 block of East Moyamensing Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s farmers’ market rules to add the sidewalk on the west side of the 1600 block of East Moyamensing Avenue as a permitted location.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding a permissible location on the sidewalk of the west side of the 1600 block of East Moyamensing Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer all or part of a parcel used for Philadelphia Zoo parking, including its improvements, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, all or part of an irregularly shaped parcel of land currently used by the Philadelphia Zoo for parking, along with the improvements thereon, in an area generally located on the south side of Girard Avenue, east of North 38th Street and north of the Philadelphia Zoo, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer all or part of a parcel used for Philadelphia Zoo parking, including its improvements, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, all or part of an irregularly shaped parcel of land currently used by the Philadelphia Zoo for parking, along with the improvements thereon, in an area generally located on the south side of Girard Avenue, east of North 38th Street and north of the Philadelphia Zoo, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer all or part of a parcel used for Philadelphia Zoo parking, including its improvements, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, all or part of an irregularly shaped parcel of land currently used by the Philadelphia Zoo for parking, along with the improvements thereon, in an area generally located on the south side of Girard Avenue, east of North 38th Street and north of the Philadelphia Zoo, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s red-light enforcement rules to authorize an automated red-light enforcement system at the intersection of Island Avenue and Lindbergh Boulevard.
Amending Chapter 12-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use Of An Automated Red Light Enforcement System To Prevent Red Light Violations," by authorizing the installation of red light enforcement systems at the intersection of Island Avenue at Lindbergh Boulevard, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s red-light enforcement rules to authorize an automated red-light enforcement system at the intersection of Island Avenue and Lindbergh Boulevard.
Amending Chapter 12-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use Of An Automated Red Light Enforcement System To Prevent Red Light Violations," by authorizing the installation of red light enforcement systems at the intersection of Island Avenue at Lindbergh Boulevard, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s red-light enforcement rules to authorize an automated red-light enforcement system at the intersection of Island Avenue and Lindbergh Boulevard.
Amending Chapter 12-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use Of An Automated Red Light Enforcement System To Prevent Red Light Violations," by authorizing the installation of red light enforcement systems at the intersection of Island Avenue at Lindbergh Boulevard, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Liberty/Parkway 8th & Walnut, LP, or its designee, to build and maintain a marquee and parts of a building and façade that extend over the sidewalks near the southwest corner of 8th and Walnut Streets, including along Walnut Street toward 9th Street and along 8th Street toward Locust Street.
Authorizing Liberty/Parkway 8th & Walnut, LP ("LPLP"), or its designee, to construct, use and maintain a marquee attached to the proposed building to be located at the southwest corner of 8th and Walnut Streets and projecting over the footways of 8th and Walnut Streets; and authorizing LPLP or its designee to construct, use and maintain an upper linear building and façade encroachment over the south footway of Walnut Street between 8th Street and 9th Street and an upper level linear building and façade encroachment over the west footway of 8th Street between Walnut Street and Locust Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a 25-year sublicense agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID).
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a 25-year Sublicense Agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") for the use of a certain strip of land, owned by the PECO Energy Company and licensed to PAID, approximately 16 feet wide, beginning near the intersection of Nixon Street and Shawmont Avenue, continuing northwest along the east side of the Schuylkill River, and terminating at the Montgomery County border, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a 25-year sublicense agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID).
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a 25-year Sublicense Agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") for the use of a certain strip of land, owned by the PECO Energy Company and licensed to PAID, approximately 16 feet wide, beginning near the intersection of Nixon Street and Shawmont Avenue, continuing northwest along the east side of the Schuylkill River, and terminating at the Montgomery County border, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a 25-year sublicense agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID).
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a 25-year Sublicense Agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") for the use of a certain strip of land, owned by the PECO Energy Company and licensed to PAID, approximately 16 feet wide, beginning near the intersection of Nixon Street and Shawmont Avenue, continuing northwest along the east side of the Schuylkill River, and terminating at the Montgomery County border, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.