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 February 2, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 27 actions from February 2, 2012
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, the City-owned property at 2135 East Norris Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
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-first 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 and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution appoints Emily Bittenbender to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Appointing Emily Bittenbender to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution appoints Nancy Winkler to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Appointing Nancy Winkler to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on the Pennsylvania governor and General Assembly to require sellers of residential properties statewide to disclose the properties’ annual energy costs.
Calling on the Governor and the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation to require sellers of residential properties in the Commonwealth to disclose annual energy costs associated with residential properties.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings about bail practices in gun-possession cases.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to examine bail practices in gun-possession cases and the correlation to future gun-related crimes.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to investigate how the City supports manufacturing connected to the creative industry.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to investigate the City's support of the use of manufacturing in the creative industry, and how promoting and increasing this relationship will benefit the manufacturing sector in Philadelphia.
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 honoring Rev.
Honoring and Celebrating Philadelphia's Living Legends, Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Walter P. Lomax, Jr., Bill Ellerbee, Dr. Walter Palmer, Louise Williams, Dr. Audrey Bronson, Robert Bogle, Sonia Sanchez, Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, Mary Mason, Sonny Hill, and Gamble & Huff, in the areas of government, music, religion, education, athletics, and activism, as part of the commemoration of Black History Month.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the life and achievements of Fatimah Ali, a Philadelphia-born journalist, broadcaster, and advocate who died in 2011.
Honoring the life and achievements of Fatimah Ali.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Cheryl McClenney Brooker on her retirement from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Honoring and Recognizing Cheryl McClenney Brooker on her retirement from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and her tireless commitment to the art, cultural and civic community of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorized the City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings about merging Philadelphia’s workforce development agencies.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on the merger of the City's workforce development agencies.
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 Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of six City-owned properties in the Thirty-sixth Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
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 and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Joint Committees on Transportation & Public Utilities and Legislative Oversight to hold hearings about the status of the Philadelphia International Airport Capacity Enhancement Program.
Authorizing City Council's Joint Committees on Transportation & Public Utilities and Legislative Oversight to hold hearings to investigate the status of the Philadelphia International Airport Capacity Enhancement Program.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution approves a redevelopment contract and related development rules for Parcel No.
Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the South Central Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 310 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 1001-1035 South Seventeenth street; authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Carpenter Square LP and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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 urged the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee to reject House Bill 1523, which could have imposed financial penalties on municipalities that adopted or enforced firearm regulations.
Urging the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee to reject House Bill No. 1523 which could impose heavy financial penalties on municipalities that adopt or enforce reasonable regulations of firearms, and to allow the City of Philadelphia to continue its efforts to regulate firearms for the health, safety and welfare of the City.
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 recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on the occasion of its Fifth Annual Philadelphia City Council Delta Day.
Recognizing and acknowledging Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on the occasion of its Fifth Annual Philadelphia City Council Delta Day.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Mary Ann Torres for being named Convention Services Manager of the Year by the Event Service Professionals Association and Successful Meetings Magazine.
Honoring Mary Ann Torres.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring John J.
Honoring John J. Dougherty on his selection as the Grand Marshal of the 242nd Annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council approved the University of Pennsylvania’s amendment to its Institutional Development District Master Plan for a proposed four-story, 10,140-square-foot addition to Steinberg-Dietrich Hall at 3620 Locust Walk.
Approving the University of Pennsylvania's proposed amendment to its Institutional Development District Master Plan pursuant to Chapter 14-1107(c) of The Philadelphia Code relating to "Zoning and Planning."
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.