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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Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the October 27, 2011 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 70 actions from October 27, 2011
This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning a revision to City Plan No.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 228 by striking from the City Plan Markle Street from Ridge Avenue to a point approximately four-hundred one feet northeastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill that would rename Philadelphia’s Business Privilege Tax as the Business Income and Receipts Tax and the Business Privilege License as the Commercial Activity License.
Transmitting a bill amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," to rename the Business Privilege Tax the Business Income and Receipts Tax and the Business Privilege License the Commercial Activity License, and making conforming amendments throughout The Philadelphia Code, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication transmitted a proposed resolution concerning the filing of Articles of Amendment with Pennsylvania state agencies to change the name of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Tranmsitting a resolution approving the filing of Articles of Amendment with the Pennsylvania Department of State and Department of Community and Economic Affairs to change the name of the "Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia" to "Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority," accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
October 26, 2011 To the President and Member of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: Pursuant to Section 4-604 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission regarding the following bills: Bill No. 110563 Bill No. 110611 Bill No. 110614 Bill No. 110616 Bill No. 110632 Bill No. 110636 Bill No. 110647 Bill No. 110648 Bill No. 110650 Bill No. 110662 Bill No. 110663 Bill No. 110669 Bill No. 110671 Bill No. 110681 Respectfully, Michael A. Nutter Mayor
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This communication, placed on file, reports that Mayor Michael Nutter returned Bill 110557 to City Council without his signature.
October 26, 2011 To the President and Members of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: For the following reasons, I am returning to your Honorable Body without my signature Bill No. 110557, which was passed by Council at its session on October 13, 2011. Bill 110557 would require certain City contractors who provide services for the City, depending on the size of the contractor, the size of the City contract and whether or not the contractor is a "for-profit" entity, to provide all full-time employees who work on those contracts up to seven days of earned sick leave a year. The bill also requires certain recipients of City financial assistance, such as grants and tax incentives, of more than $100,000 to provide employees who work in connection with the benefited project the same benefits. As my Administration has testified, both in connection with this bill and with Bill 080474-AA, I certainly am sympathetic to the policy goal of promoting employment that includes go...
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 110498, 110556, 110558, 110559 and 110561, which were passed by Council on October 13, 2011, were signed by the Mayor on October 26, 2011.
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The adopted resolution authorized City Council’s Committee on the Disabled and Handicapped to hold public hearings about allegations involving Linda Ann Weston and three other people suspected of holding four adults with intellectual disabilities and several juveniles captive.
Authorizing Council's Committee on the Disabled and Handicapped to hold public hearings for the purpose of examining and investigating the incidences involving Linda Ann Weston and three additional persons suspected of holding four mentally disabled adults and several juveniles captive with the intent to commit fraud by cashing the Social Security checks of those held in captivity.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This withdrawn resolution would have approved the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia filing amendments with Pennsylvania state agencies to change its name to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Approving the filing of Articles of Amendment with the Pennsylvania Department of State and Department of Community and Economic Affairs to change the name of the "Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia" to "Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority."
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 Public Property Commissioner to transfer conditional ownership of 1943 Watkins Street, including its buildings and improvements, 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-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.
Introduced (By Request) and Ordered Placed on Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted resolution recognizing November 11, 2011, as Veterans Day in Philadelphia and calling on Philadelphians to honor current and former members of the United States Armed Forces.
Honoring veterans of the United States Armed Forces, in Philadelphia and across the country, in accordance with the observation of Veterans Day on November 11, 2011.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer conditional ownership of the vacant properties at 5331 Walnut Street and 4007 Wyalusing Avenue 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 Sixth and Sixtieth 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 adopted a resolution also naming Haverford Avenue from Fifty-second Street to Fifty-eighth Street “Geneva Black Way.” The resolution recognizes Geneva Black’s more than 40 years of community service in Haddington and her work founding and leading Haddington Multi-Services for Older Adults, which provides support and services to older adults.
Also naming Haverford Avenue from Fifty-second Street to Fifty-eighth Street "Geneva Black Way."
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended Temple University’s Institutional Development District Master Plan to allow a roughly 280,000-square-foot Science Education and Research Building on the block bounded by 11th, Berks, 12th, and Norris Streets.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Temple University, located on the block bounded by 11th Street, Berks Street, 12th Street, and Norris Street, by allowing for the construction of a new building addition for use as the Science Education and Research Building, and amending the Institutional Development District Master Plan for the block bounded by Montgomery Avenue, 11th Street, Berks Street, and Warnock Street, by allowing for the construction of a new building for use as a mixed-use parking garage.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants SEPTA permission to build, own, and maintain a passenger boarding platform, shelter, walkway, landscaping, signs, lighting, and related facilities on the public sidewalk at Frankford Avenue and Delaware Avenue.
Granting permission to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to construct, own and maintain a passenger boarding platform, passenger shelter and other miscellaneous encroachments on the public sidewalk located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Delaware Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have repealed and replaced Philadelphia’s zoning and planning code and made related changes to the city’s zoning maps, including converting existing district and special-purpose designations into new districts.
Repealing Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," and replacing it with a new Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning"; and making conforming changes to the Zoning Maps of the City; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to remove Markle Street from the official City Plan between Ridge Avenue and a point about 401 feet northeast of Ridge Avenue.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 228 by striking from the City Plan Markle Street from Ridge Avenue to a point approximately four-hundred one feet northeastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill establishes Hartwell Lane as a one-way street traveling eastbound between Germantown Avenue and Shawnee Street.
Establishing a one-way regulation on Hartwell Lane, from Germantown Avenue to Shawnee Street, eastbound.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes zoning rules for eligible mixed-use projects along Germantown Avenue between Evergreen Avenue and Willow Grove Avenue.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by amending Section 14-1613 entitled the "Germantown Avenue Special District Controls," by providing certain exceptions and controls for eligible mixed use projects, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.