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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Unanimous actions actions from the October 11, 2012 meeting.
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The adopted resolution authorizes Philadelphia City Council to establish the “Trust for Philadelphia’s Future” as a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation.
Authorizing The Establishment Of A Fund For Philadelphia City Council As A Nonprofit Corporation Under The Laws Of The Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania And That It Seek Tax-Exempt Status Under Section 501(c)(3) Of The United States Internal Revenue Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to investigate the potential financial liability and budget impact of the City’s contract with the Philadelphia Fire Fighters, which was headed to arbitration for a third time.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Public Safety to investigate the potential financial liability and fiscal impact to the City for the current contract with the Philadelphia Fire Fighters that will enter arbitration for a third time.
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 recognizing Chestnut Hill after The American Planning Association selected it as one of the 2012 Top Ten Neighborhoods in the United States.
Recognizing Chestnut Hill for having been selected by The American Planning Association as one of the 2012 Top Ten Neighborhoods in the United States, and appreciates the honor this reflects on Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution appoints a five-person Responsible Banking Review Committee.
Appointing a five (5) person committee entitled the "Responsible Banking Review Committee" pursuant to §19-201 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 the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer conditional ownership of specified City-owned properties in the 16th, 20th, and 37th Wards 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 Sixteenth, Twentieth and Thirty-seventh 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 authorizes the City Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of specified City-owned properties on South 60th Street in the Third Ward 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 Third Ward 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.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Charles Ireland, principal of Sayre High School, for his lifelong dedication to education.
Recognizing Mr. Charles Ireland, Principal of Sayre High School, for his life-long dedication to the field of education and applauding and supporting his continued ingenuity, passion, and goals for students, parents, teachers, and the community alike.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have ended the “No Parking Anytime” restriction on the north side of West Coulter Street between Greene Street and Wayne Avenue.
Revising parking restrictions on West Coulter Street, north side, between Greene Street and Wayne Avenue.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance approved the Center City District’s 2013–2017 plan for business improvements and administrative services, expanded the district to include properties fronting South Broad Street between Pine and Lombard Streets, and authorized assessments on properties in the district.
Approving the plan, estimated costs and proposed method of assessment and charges of the Center City District (the "Authority") for and concerning business improvements and administrative services to the central business district of the City of Philadelphia for 2013-2017; amending an Ordinance (Bill No. 1069, approved November 2, 1990, as amended by Bill No. 960631, approved November 25, 1996) adopted pursuant to the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," P.L. 382, as amended (the "Act") in order to add to the district to be served by the Authority the properties on the east and west sides of the blocks of South Broad street between Pine street and Lombard street, but including only those properties fronting on South Broad street (the "Added Properties"); authorizing the extension until 2045 of the term of the Authority pursuant to the provisions of the Act to enable the refinancing of existing debt; authorizing a change to the registered office address of the Authority; and approving...
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance adds eight permit parking districts, numbered 27 through 34, and creates one-block overlapping areas between districts where permits from either district are valid.
Amending Chapter 12-2700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Permit Parking Districts," by enumerating additional permit parking districts, and by increasing the requirements for designating a block as a residential permit parking block or for removing such designation; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to add a roughly 30-by-20-foot right-of-way near the southwest end of Parker Avenue, southwest of Umbria Street, for water main purposes and to accept the property owner’s grant of that right-of-way.
Authorizing the plotting upon a portion of City Plan No. 275 of a right-of-way for water main purposes at the southwesterly end of Parker Avenue, southwest of Umbria Street, and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required Philadelphia city websites and online services—including applications, payments, service requests, and vendor transactions—to work with and be optimized for the four most widely used internet browsers.
Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," by requiring that all City of Philadelphia websites can be used with, and all online interactions and transactions with the City can be performed on, multiple widely-used internet browsers; that such websites, interactions, and transactions be optimized for use with these browsers; and that the City report on the implementation of these changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance extended the deadline for meeting the conditions of a 2010 ordinance involving changes to Old York Road, Sixty-sixth Avenue, and a curb bumpout at Old York Road and Sixty-fifth Avenue.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 090839) approved June 30, 2010, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 242 by striking from the City Plan and vacating portions of the beds of Old York Road and a certain cut-back area at the southerly side of Sixty-sixth Avenue between Old York Road and Broad Street, thereby reducing the width of Old York Road from Sixty-sixth Avenue to a point approximately one-hundred sixty-three feet southwestwardly therefrom, by relocating the southeasterly curbline of Old York Road from Sixty-sixth Avenue to a point approximately one-hundred ninety-eight feet southwestwardly therefrom, and by placing on the City Plan a curb bumpout at the northeasterly corner of Old York Road and Sixty-fifth Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the City Plan in the area northeast of Island Avenue and northwest of Bartram Avenue by removing an existing drainage right-of-way and establishing a new one nearby.
Authorizing the striking from City Plan No. 357 of a certain right-of-way reserved for drainage purposes in the area lying northeast of Island Avenue and northwest of Bartram Avenue and the plotting upon the said City Plan of a new right-of-way for drainage purposes in an alternate location within the same area and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way being plotted, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the names of two Philadelphia street segments.
Authorizing and directing the changing of the name of University Avenue, from Woodland Avenue and Thirty-ninth Street to University Avenue Extension, to Baltimore Avenue, and the changing of the name of University Avenue Extension, from University Avenue to Spruce Street, to University Avenue.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes and directs the Philadelphia Department of Streets’ Board of Surveyors to rename Preston Street, between Ludwick and Warren Streets and Lancaster Avenue, as Wallace Street.
Authorizing and directing the changing of the name of Preston Street, from Ludwick and Warren Streets to Lancaster Avenue, to Wallace Street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove and vacate “A” Street from the City Plan between Erie Avenue and a cul-de-sac turnaround south of it.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 224 by striking from the City Plan and vacating "A" Street from Erie Avenue to a cul-de-sac turnaround southwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill establishes a parking regulation on the south side of Kater Street between 17th and 16th Streets.
Establishing a parking regulation on Kater street, south side, 17th street to 16th street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.