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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Unanimous actions actions from the September 15, 2011 meeting.
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Showing 1-16 of 16 actions from September 15, 2011
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse as a longstanding Philadelphia landmark and community resource.
Recognizing Smith Playground and Playhouse.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution supporting President Obama's proposed American Jobs Act.
Supporting President Obama's urgent American Jobs Act and calling on Mayor Nutter to establish complementary job creation programs at the local level.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted legislation authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer four City-owned properties at 216 and 532 West Allegheny Avenue, 335 and 337 East Lehigh Avenue, and 3004 North Leithgow 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 Seventh and Nineteenth 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 and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council recognized September 2011 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Recognizing September 2011 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in honor of childhood cancer patients, care givers, survivors and those children who have succumbed to the disease.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of two City-owned properties—89 East Ashmead Street and 3514 North 22nd 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 Eleventh and Twelfth 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 and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove Clifton Street between Montgomery Avenue and Berks Street from the official City Plan and vacate that section of the street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 118 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Clifton Street from Montgomery Avenue to Berks Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes Bourse Mall Associates, L.P.
Authorizing Bourse Mall Associates, L.P. and Bourse Tower Associates, L.P., owners of the Bourse Building, 111 S. Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to legalize various encroachments within the City right-of-way, located on the south footway of Ludlow Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Street; the west footway of Fourth Street between Ranstead Street and Ludlow Street; and the north footway of Ranstead Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Street; under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove and vacate the legally open portions of Shedwick Street between Reed Street and Wharton Street from the City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 18-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Shedwick Street from Reed Street to Wharton Street, and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for public utility purposes within the lines of a portion of Shedwick Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s six-year Capital Program for fiscal years 2012 through 2017.
Amending Bill No. 110135 (approved June 24, 2011), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2012-2017 inclusive," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2012 Capital Budget by adding and revising capital projects, funding amounts, and funding sources.
Amending Bill No. 110136 (approved June 24, 2011), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2012 Capital Budget," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to revise the official City Plan by removing Delaware Avenue from Pennypack Street to its terminus about 5,500 feet southwest.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 292 and 321 by striking from the City Plan Delaware Avenue from Pennypack Street to its terminus approximately five-thousand five-hundred feet southwestwardly therefrom.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance requires bouncers at covered drinking establishments and special assembly venues to complete approved third-party training and register with the City within 45 days of being hired.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-3600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Bouncers," to require that bouncers employed at covered establishments be registered and receive proper training, to prohibit employers from employing unregistered or untrained bouncers and to permit employers to refuse to hire bouncers with certain past criminal convictions; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes 4511 M & T Inc., owner of Queen Sheba Restaurant & Bar, to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4511-4513 Baltimore Avenue.
Authorizing 4511 M & T Inc. to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4511-4513 Baltimore Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Milk & Honey LLC to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4435 Baltimore Avenue, with four tables and 12 seats extending onto the sidewalks of Baltimore Avenue and South 45th Street.
Authorizing Milk & Honey LLC to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4435 Baltimore Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance revised the boundaries of Philadelphia’s 10 City Council districts and specified the approximate population of each district.
Amending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The withdrawn bill would have revised the boundaries of Philadelphia’s 10 City Council districts by assigning specific wards and voting divisions to each district.
Amending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.