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 April 12, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 52 actions from April 12, 2012
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of 301 West Indiana Avenue and 1818 Frankford Avenue to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority 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 declares April as Restorative Justice Month in Philadelphia.
Declaring April to be Restorative Justice Month in the City of Philadelphia, and recognizing the Mural Arts Program for its leading role in furthering the use of restorative justice practices to transform individuals and communities.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution declares April as Restorative Justice Month in Philadelphia.
Declaring April to be Restorative Justice Month in the City of Philadelphia, and recognizing the Mural Arts Program for its leading role in furthering the use of restorative justice practices to transform individuals and communities.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution approving a redevelopment contract and disposition supplement for 16 properties in the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 2212 North Eleventh street, 2247 North Twelfth street, 2226 North Camac street, 2242 North Camac street, 2250 North Camac street, 2317 North Camac street, 1200 West Dauphin street, 1215 West Dauphin street, 1220 West Dauphin street, 1227 West Dauphin street, 2336 North Fawn street, 1108 West Nevada street, 1213 West Susquehanna avenue, 1219 West Susquehanna avenue, 1221 West Susquehanna avenue and 1229 West Susquehanna avenue; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Philadelphia Housing Authority 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.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Property to hold public hearings about the status of Philadelphia’s franchise agreement with Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Property to hold public hearings to review the status of the City's franchise agreement with Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., particularly on the company's progress in making cable television service available across the City.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s Fire Code rules for smoke alarms in one- and two-family homes.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "F" ("The Philadelphia Fire Code"), by modifying a subsection allowing smoke alarms in existing one- and two-family dwellings to be solely battery powered, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes removing from the City Plan and abandoning a reserved right-of-way extending from the end of Galloway Street, south of Packer Avenue, to Pattison Avenue.
Authorizing the striking from City Plan No. 42-S and abandonment of a right-of-way reserved for drainage purposes, water main purposes, and public utility purposes which extends from the southerly terminus of Galloway Street, south of Packer Avenue, southwardly to Pattison Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s standards for setting stormwater rates and charges.
Amending Title 13 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Water and Sewer," by amending Section 13-201, which provides standards for the setting of sewer rates and charges, by further providing with respect to standards for the setting of stormwater rates and charges, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill changed the zoning designation for certain land within the area bounded by Spring Garden Street, North 33rd Street, Hamilton Street, and North 34th Street from R-5 Residential to C-2 Commercial.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Spring Garden Street, North 33rd Street, Hamilton Street, and North 34th Street from "R-5" Residential to "C-2" Commercial.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill officially named the playground at 63rd and Catharine Streets, bounded by 63rd and Christian Streets, the “Rufus O.
Naming the playground currently designated as the "Cobbs Creek Playground," located at 63rd and Catharine Streets, and bounded by 63rd and Christian Streets as the "Rufus O. Williams Memorial Playground."
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings about whether youth courts could reduce repeat juvenile offenses, violence and bullying in schools, and incarceration costs.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to conduct hearings on how Youth Courts could reduce juvenile recidivism rates, violence in schools, bullying and in conclusion have an effect on the expenses of incarceration by engaging and empowering previously disconnected youth in a participatory and democratic system.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution calling for justice in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
Calling for justice in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and standing in solidarity and support of the family of Trayvon Martin.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution calling for justice in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
Calling for justice in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and standing in solidarity and support of the family of Trayvon Martin.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings about the status of the Sunoco refinery in South Philadelphia.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings to examine the status of the Sunoco refinery in South Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
City Council approved a Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority redevelopment contract and disposition plan for two parcels at 760 and 764 South Sixteenth Street in the South Central Urban Renewal Area.
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 Nos. 249 and 250 (rev.) and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 249 as 760 South Sixteenth street and for Parcel No. 250 (rev.) as 764 South Sixteenth street; authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Webster Investments, LLC and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of two City-owned properties—611-13 North 12th Street and 2240 North 21st Street—to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Fourteenth and Sixteenth Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority 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.
Adopted legislation authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of 5527 Broomall Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Fifty-first Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia 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.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of six City-owned properties to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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, Twenty-fourth, Forty-fourth and Fifty-first Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority 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.