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 May 23, 2013 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 46 actions from May 23, 2013
The enacted amendment requires City bid documents and contract requests to require companies seeking Philadelphia contracts to disclose the percentage of women among their executive officers and on their executive and full boards.
Amending Chapter 17-104 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Prerequisites to the Execution of City Contracts," by requiring contractors seeking to do business with the City to disclose certain demographic information including gender, race and geographic data of those serving as board members and executive staff; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City’s Housing and Commerce directors to apply for and accept federal and state grants for affordable housing, homelessness services, housing assistance for people with AIDS, blight prevention, and neighborhood and business district programs.
Authorizing the Director of Housing, on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Community Development Block Grant; to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program; and for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS grant; and to file applications with the Commonwealth to obtain grants under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; authorizing the Director of Housing and the Director of Commerce to file applications to obtain other grants from the Commonwealth; authorizing the Director of Commerce to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and authorizing the Director of Housing and the Director of Commerce to enter into all understandings and assurances contained in such applications and take all necessary action to accept the grants; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Commerce Department to enter a second extension of airport use and lease agreements with airlines serving Philadelphia International Airport, covering July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2015.
Authorizing the Director of Commerce to enter into a Second Extension of the Use and Lease Agreements between the City of Philadelphia and each of the airlines servicing Philadelphia International Airport, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Procurement Commissioner to arrange fixed-rate purchases of electricity for City facilities in fiscal year 2016 and natural gas for fiscal years 2014 through 2016.
Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner to enter into purchase obligations for the delivery of electric and natural gas energy supplies for use by facilities owned and leased by the City, including agreements that obligate payments for delivery of such energy supplies in future fiscal years, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s authorization for the Realty Use and Occupancy Tax.
Amending Section 19-1806 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Realty Use and Occupancy Tax," including by providing for special tax provisions for manufacturers, and making conforming changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer some or all interests in part of the parcel at or near 8205 East Roosevelt Boulevard to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for further conveyance.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey certain or all interests in portions of a parcel of land located at and in the vicinity of the Northeast corner of the intersection of Roosevelt Boulevard and Poquessing Avenue (commonly referred to as 8205 East Roosevelt Boulevard), for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Atul Amin, who owns and operates a newsstand at the southeast corner of 17th Street and JFK Boulevard, to install and maintain underground conduits across the corner for electrical and telephone service.
Authorizing Atul Amin, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southeast corner of 17th and JFK Blvd, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the southeast corner of 17th and JFK Blvd for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure changes zoning rules for CMX-4 lots in the area bounded by 38th Street, Ludlow Street, Chestnut Street, and a line 201 feet east of 38th Street.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding special provisions for the area bounded by 38th Street, Ludlow Street, Chestnut Street and 37th Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s Wage and Net Profits Tax rates for residents and non-residents.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure changes Philadelphia’s property-assessment rules by requiring the Office of Property Assessment to publish valuation methods and standards, reassess all properties each year, and make supporting assessment information publicly available.
Amending Chapter 2-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Property Assessment," by further providing for the manner in which assessments are determined, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s rules for newsstand licenses, including a $300 application fee credited toward a separate $300 annual license fee, location and pedestrian-clearance requirements, and a limit of 90 licenses in the Restricted Business District.
Amending Section 9-212 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Newsstands," including by revising the requirements relating to license issuance; location of newsstands; design of newsstands; abandonment; and removal; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill adds the north side of Fairmount Avenue between 19th Street and Uber Street as an approved location for a farmers’ market.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding the north side of Fairmount Avenue between 19th street and Uber street, as a permissible location, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill changes Philadelphia’s list of locations where farmers’ markets are permitted.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by amending the permissible location of the west side of the 500 block of 43rd Street and adding as a permissible location the sidewalk and curb lane of the north side of Chester Avenue from 43rd Street for 500 feet west, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill establishes East Price Street as a one-way street traveling westbound between Sprague Street and Boyer Street.
Establishing a one-way regulation on East Price Street from Sprague Street to Boyer Street, westbound.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to Pearl Street from Tenth Street westward about 138 feet.
Authorizing the plotting upon a portion of City Plan No. 58 of a two feet wide area for public pedestrian use extending along the southerly side of Pearl Street, from Tenth Street to a point approximately one-hundred thirty-eight feet westwardly therefrom, and the relocation of the curblines of Pearl Street, from Tenth Street to a point approximately one-hundred thirty-eight feet westwardly therefrom, so as to widen the cartway of said Pearl Street, and authorizing the acceptance of the grant to the City of the said area for public pedestrian use, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes removing Water Street from the City Plan and vacating the portion from Race Street to its southern terminus.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Water Street from Race Street to its terminus southwardly therefrom and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for various utility purposes such as may be necessary within the lines of the said Water Street being stricken, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise the City Plan and vacate the legally open portion of Pennway Street from Rhawn Street to about 550 feet southwest of Rhawn Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 319 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portion of Pennway Street from Rhawn Street to a point approximately five-hundred fifty feet southwestwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation to construct, own, and maintain specified building and roof features extending over the public right-of-way on Vine, 10th, and Pearl Streets.
Authorizing Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation to construct, own and maintain various right-of-way encroachments within the public right-of-way on Vine Street, 10th Street and Pearl Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.