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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 April 16, 2015 meeting.

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Showing 1-18 of 51 actions from April 16, 2015

Council Action2015-04-16
COMMUNICATION 150366

To the President and the Members of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: I am returning herewith as requested by your Resolution adopted April 16, 2015, Bill No.

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Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2015-04-16
COMMUNICATION 150365

Transmitting a bill amending Section 11-30l of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Streets Improvements,: to revise the method by which the Board of Surveyors may approve supplemental plans relocating he curblines and changing the roadway widths of streets."

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Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2015-04-16
COMMUNICATION 150364

Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.

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Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2015-04-16
Resolution 150363

Requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2015-04-16
Resolution 150363

Requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No.

Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2015-04-16
Resolution 150362

Congratulating the Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Saints 2014-2015 Boys Basketball Team on winning the District 12 Class AAA City Title, and the PIAA Division AAA State Championship.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2015-04-16
Resolution 150362

Congratulating the Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Saints 2014-2015 Boys Basketball Team on winning the District 12 Class AAA City Title, and the PIAA Division AAA State Championship.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Procedural2015-04-16
Resolution 150361

Authorizing joint hearings by the Committees on Public Safety and Housing, Neighborhood Development and Homelessness to conduct hearings on mortgage foreclosure notice procedures and requirements under Pennsylvania law that must be provided to residential homeowners, property occupants and all other parties of interest.

ADOPTED & REFERRED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Unanimous2015-04-16
Resolution 150361

Authorizing joint hearings by the Committees on Public Safety and Housing, Neighborhood Development and Homelessness to conduct hearings on mortgage foreclosure notice procedures and requirements under Pennsylvania law that must be provided to residential homeowners, property occupants and all other parties of interest.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2015-04-16
Resolution 150360

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-seventh 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 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.

Council Action2015-04-16
Resolution 150359

Recognizing May 2015 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month to honor the individuals living with ALS and to urge the President and Congress of the United States to enact legislation to provide additional funding for research in order to find a treatment and a cure for ALS.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2015-04-16
Resolution 150359

Recognizing May 2015 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month to honor the individuals living with ALS and to urge the President and Congress of the United States to enact legislation to provide additional funding for research in order to find a treatment and a cure for ALS.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2015-04-16
Resolution 150358

Initiating action to establish a neighborhood improvement district, to be known as the Mayfair Business Improvement District ("District"), in an area that generally includes both sides of Frankford Avenue from the north side of Harbison Avenue to the south side of Sheffield Street and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Frankford Avenue; and for which Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, would serve as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; approving a preliminary plan for and report concerning the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act, prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally establish the District.

Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2015-04-16
Resolution 150357

Calling on the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to preserve the Moving To Work (MTW) Program and maintain current, or substantially similar, funding levels for the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) under its Moving to Work (MTW) Agreement with HUD in order to continue to provide housing and services for low-income families in the City of Philadelphia.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2015-04-16
Resolution 150357

Calling on the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to preserve the Moving To Work (MTW) Program and maintain current, or substantially similar, funding levels for the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) under its Moving to Work (MTW) Agreement with HUD in order to continue to provide housing and services for low-income families in the City of Philadelphia.

Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2015-04-16
Resolution 150356

Recognizing the month of April 2015 as Fair Housing Month.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2015-04-16
Resolution 150356

Recognizing the month of April 2015 as Fair Housing Month.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2015-04-16
Bill 150355

To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Fifth Street, Reed Street, Fourth Street, and Dickinson Street.

Introduced and Referred·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.