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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Other actions actions from the May 3, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 37-39 of 39 actions from May 3, 2012
Adopted, this resolution calls on community leaders—including elected officials, ward leaders, block captains, and town watch leaders—to help the Philadelphia Fire Department educate residents about fire safety.
Calling on community leaders to assist the Philadelphia Fire Department by speaking with their neighbors about the importance of having working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, as well as assisting their communities to become informed about fire safety.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution proposes amending Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to allow City Council to create an independent body to set and regulate water and sewer rates and charges.
Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to allow for the establishment of an independent rate-making body for fixing and regulating water and sewer rates and charges; to prescribe open and transparent processes and procedures for fixing and regulating said rates and charges; all under certain terms and conditions; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED; CONSIDERATION AT NEXT STATED COUNCIL MEETING
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This lapsed bill would have established the North Central Neighborhood Improvement District in specified areas of north central Philadelphia and designated North Central Management Corporation to manage it.
Establishing a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes the areas roughly bounded by: (a) York Street, Carlisle Street, Girard Avenue and 19th Street; (b) York Street, the SEPTA Regional Rail tracks, Susquehanna Avenue and Watts Street; and (c) The Diamond Green, Kardon Atlantic, University Village and Wanamaker School developments, to be known as the North Central Neighborhood Improvement District; designating North Central Management Corporation, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with North Central Management Corporation, relating to the District; and authorizing North Central Management Corporation to...
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.