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
Other actions actions from the December 11, 2014 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 33 actions from December 11, 2014
Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141048Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services of the Philadelphia City Council hold hearings to explore best practices within the mobile food truck industry.
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141047Honoring and celebrating Ready, Willing & Able for helping hundreds of men overcome poverty, addiction and crime to become productive, contributing members of our community and responsible fathers to their children in the City of Brotherly Love by providing resources to men such as a transitional housing, recovery services, life skills and living wage employment that promotes healthy households and responsible fatherhood.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141046Recognizing and honoring Joseph Neubauer on the occasion of his retirement as Chairman of Aramark.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141044Honoring the African American Children's Book Project on the occasion of the 23rd Annual African American Children's Book Fair and that February 7th is the Kick-Off of the National Literacy Initiative - Preserve a Legacy, Buy a Book.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141043Recognizing and honoring the long tradition of the Mummer's Parade and the many Mummer's organizations and participants, past and present, for their immeasurable contribution to the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141039Authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings regarding increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141038Honoring the Life of Joyce Craig-Lewis.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141033Honoring the life and achievements of Joseph E.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141034Honoring, recognizing and commending Philadelphia's Young Entrepreneurs Salim Weldon, Tonae Simon, Andre Dominique Landry, and Amurri Kinsey for their creative spirit, success in business and commitment to service.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141005Authorizing 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 Twelfth and Thirteenth 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
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141004Approving the redevelopment contract 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 2039 East York street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Timothy Faruol and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141003Approving the assignment agreement 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 2414 East Gordon street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the assignment agreement with 2412 E.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141002Authorizing 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 Twenty-fifth 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
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141001Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Franklin Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 1001-1005 Vine street, 1007-1011 Vine street and 314 North Tenth street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with 1001 Vine Street, LP and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 141000Appointing Doug Hager to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 140999Reappointing Howard Lander to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 140998Appointing Daniel Christensen to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District.
ADOPTED
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Council Action2014-12-11
Resolution 140997Calling upon the School District of Philadelphia and the School Reform Commission to analyze the financial and human impact of standardized testing, to identify strategies to minimize its use, and to request a waiver of the Keystone Exams from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in order to adopt assessments that better serve local needs and priorities.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.