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 May 24, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 61 actions from May 24, 2012
The adopted resolution urges Pennsylvania’s governor and General Assembly to restore proposed cuts to funding for county-administered human services in the 2012–13 state budget.
Urging the restoration of the proposed devastating 20 percent cutbacks to the State human service budget by Governor Tom Corbett.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have called on the School Reform Commission to bargain with SEIU 32BJ over a collective agreement and work to prevent the proposed layoffs of 2,700 School District employees.
Calling upon the School Reform Commission to acknowledge the vital importance of SEIU 32BJ 1201 School District employees to public education and our local economy by bargaining in good faith with SEIU 32BJ and quickly resolve the negotiations to prevent the layoffs of 2,700 School District employees; calling upon Governor Corbett and the General Assembly to restore critical funding to public education for Philadelphia and public school districts across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; urging the School Reform Commission to enter into a fair collective bargaining agreement which treats the school district workers fairly and ensures a safe and clean learning environment for the children of Philadelphia; and resolving that City Council should not move forward any proposed School Reform Commission budget plan until an agreement is reached between the SEIU 32BJ and the School Reform Commission.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council approved the sale of about 0.7 acres at 6975 Norwitch Drive in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area to SDA Car Rental LLC.
Approving the sale by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of 6975 Norwitch Drive, in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area - Stage "B" Industrial, containing approximately seven tenths of an acre, to SDA Car Rental LLC.
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 the 10th anniversary of the Gary Papa Father’s Day Prostate Run.
Recognizing and honoring The 10TH Anniversary of the Gary Papa Father's Day Prostate Run.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the 10th anniversary of the Gary Papa Father’s Day Prostate Run.
Recognizing and honoring The 10TH Anniversary of the Gary Papa Father's Day Prostate Run.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved a Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority contract and disposition plan for Parcel 17, at 3127-3129 West Cumberland Street in the Strawberry Mansion 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 Strawberry Mansion Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 17 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 3127-3129 West Cumberland street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Church of the Living God-Strawberry Mansion, Inc. 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 adopted resolution approves a redevelopment contract and disposition supplement for 439 Belgrade Street in the New Kensington-Fishtown 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 New Kensington - Fishtown Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 439 Belgrade street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Elizabeth Vandegrift 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 adopted resolution approves a redevelopment contract and disposition plan for three parcels in the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area at specified addresses on North 28th Street.
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, designated as Parcel Nos. 703, 704 and 705 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 703 as 2126 North Twenty-eighth street, for Parcel No. 704 as 2152-2154 North Twenty-eighth street and for Parcel No. 705 as 2155-2157 North Twenty-eighth street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Project H.O.M.E. 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.
City Council adopted a resolution approving a redevelopment contract and disposition plan for six properties in the Brewerytown 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 Brewerytown Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 1237 North Thirty-first street, 1239 North Thirty-first street, 3010 Baltz street, 3011 Baltz street, 3014 Baltz street and 3007 West Stiles street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Steph-Sin Development LLC 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 adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about the Philadelphia Department of Public Welfare’s reported refusal to accept Lincoln University’s Master of Human Services degree for certain provider-agency supervisors, directors, and managers.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings concerning the Philadelphia Department of Public Welfare's practices against Master of Human Services graduates of Lincoln University.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution recognizes KeVen Parker and the Spread the Love Campaign, presented by Ms.
Recognizing KeVen Parker and the Spread the Love Campaign.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution recognizes KeVen Parker and the Spread the Love Campaign, presented by Ms.
Recognizing KeVen Parker and the Spread the Love Campaign.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s business income and receipts tax to provide tax credits to businesses that hired qualifying veterans of the armed forces between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2014.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income And Receipts Taxes," by providing for a tax credit for employment of veterans of the armed forces, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure establishes a parking regulation on the west side of Carlisle Street between Tioga Street and Ontario Street.
Establishing a parking regulation on Carlisle street, west side, Tioga street to Ontario street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The vetoed bill would have added a $4 administrative surcharge to the cost of each covered parking ticket after a finding that the person was liable for the violation.
Amending Chapter 12-2800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Administrative Adjudication of Parking Violations," by providing for an additional fee to be added to the cost of each parking ticket, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required residential properties with six or fewer dwelling units to display their street address, painted clearly on the curb facing the property.
Amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Streets," by enacting a new Section, requiring the street address to be displayed upon the curb of certain properties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Philadelphia to acquire two specified parcels for use by Philadelphia International Airport.
Authorizing real estate transactions necessary to permit the City of Philadelphia to acquire property needed for use by the Philadelphia International Airport; in particular, authorizing the Director of Commerce and the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire, by amicable negotiation or by condemnation, any and all interests in two parcels of property located generally, (1) East of Lindbergh Boulevard, North of Mario Lanza Boulevard and Southwest of Eighty-fourth Street; and (2) Southeast of the Philadelphia Airport High Speed Line, Northwest of Bartram Avenue, and Southwest of Eighty-fourth Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the City of Philadelphia to enter into a license agreement of up to 20 years with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for land and facilities at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park and the Marian Anderson Recreation Center.
Authorizing a license agreement with a term of up to twenty years, and other related agreements, between the City of Philadelphia, as licensor, and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, as licensee, for certain land and facilities located in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park and the Marian Anderson Recreation Center, to be used to establish, conduct, and operate the Philadelphia Phillies MLB Urban Youth Academy, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.