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 December 4, 2014 meeting.
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This adopted resolution approved a Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority contract to redevelop the property at 3109 Morse Street in the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 3109 Morse street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Anthony Muhammad and Linda Muhammad and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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 Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, at no cost and under conditions, City-owned properties at 4224 Wyalusing Avenue and 6022 Market Street 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 building and improvements thereon, situate in the Third and Sixth 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 improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Education to hold public hearings about the Philadelphia Talent Collaborative and other programs intended to improve educational outcomes and the city’s economic viability.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Education to conduct public hearings to evaluate the benefits and effectiveness of the Philadelphia Talent Collaborative and other programs that help improve educational outcomes and the economic viability of the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Education to hold public hearings about the Philadelphia Talent Collaborative and other programs intended to improve educational outcomes and the city’s economic viability.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Education to conduct public hearings to evaluate the benefits and effectiveness of the Philadelphia Talent Collaborative and other programs that help improve educational outcomes and the economic viability of the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on the Philadelphia School Reform Commission to add a cost-benefit review of how proposed new charter schools could affect nearby existing schools.
Calling on the Philadelphia School Reform Commission to formally amend its charter school approval criteria to include a cost-benefit analysis of how new charter schools would impact the performance of existing nearby schools, and to give preference to new charter schools planning to locate in neighborhoods with the fewest high-quality education choices.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted resolution recognizing, honoring, and remembering Charles J.
Recognizing, honoring, and remembering the lives of Charles J. Borelli and Roger Courtland, writers and composers of the Philadelphia Eagles Victory Song otherwise known as "Fly Eagles Fly" which has been sung in support of the Philadelphia Eagles for over sixty years.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Adopted resolution recognizing, honoring, and remembering Charles J.
Recognizing, honoring, and remembering the lives of Charles J. Borelli and Roger Courtland, writers and composers of the Philadelphia Eagles Victory Song otherwise known as "Fly Eagles Fly" which has been sung in support of the Philadelphia Eagles for over sixty years.
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 and honoring Judge Benjamin Lerner, a Senior Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, for more than 40 years of public service to the First Judicial District.
Recognizing and honoring Judge Benjamin Lerner, Senior Judge for Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, for his years of service to the First Judicial District and after he was chosen to receive the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Distinguished Jurist Award by the Philadelphia Bar Association on December 9, 2014.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Judge Benjamin Lerner, a Senior Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, for more than 40 years of public service to the First Judicial District.
Recognizing and honoring Judge Benjamin Lerner, Senior Judge for Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, for his years of service to the First Judicial District and after he was chosen to receive the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Distinguished Jurist Award by the Philadelphia Bar Association on December 9, 2014.
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 changed Philadelphia’s rules for commercial outdoor advertising signs.
Amending Chapter 19-3400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Excise Tax on Outdoor Advertising Transactions," by revising the rate of the excise tax on outdoor advertising signs; amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by further providing for revised sign controls; and amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by adjusting the licensing fees for commercial outdoor advertising signs and information required in the annual inventory of signs; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer all or part of a City-owned parcel bounded by West Venango Street, Germantown Avenue, West Tioga Street, and North Watts Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development all or part of a parcel of land bounded by West Venango Street, Germantown Avenue, West Tioga Street, and North Watts Street, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 2149 East Albert Street in Philadelphia’s Thirty-first Ward 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 Thirty-first 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 improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of eight City-owned properties in the Seventh and Nineteenth Wards 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 Seventh 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 improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, at no cost, conditional ownership of four City-owned properties—5539 Florence Avenue, 1624 South Ithan Street, 5116 Pentridge Street, and 421 South 51st Street—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 improvement thereon, situate in the Fifty-first and Sixtieth 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 improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 6013 Baltimore 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 improvement 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 improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer all or part of a City-owned parcel bounded by Tulip Street, East Tucker Street, Memphis Street, and East Albert Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development all or a part of a parcel of land bounded by Tulip Street, East Tucker Street, Memphis Street, and East Albert Street, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer all or part of a City-owned parcel bounded by Tulip Street, East Tucker Street, Memphis Street, and East Albert Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development all or a part of a parcel of land bounded by Tulip Street, East Tucker Street, Memphis Street, and East Albert Street, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer all or part of a City-owned parcel bounded by Tulip Street, East Tucker Street, Memphis Street, and East Albert Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development all or a part of a parcel of land bounded by Tulip Street, East Tucker Street, Memphis Street, and East Albert Street, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.