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 May 5, 2016 meeting.
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This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council committees to hold public hearings on how accessible Philadelphia’s traditional taxi services and app-based transportation network services were for people with disabilities.
Authorizing the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities and the Committee on the Disabled and Persons with Special Needs to hold hearings on the current state of accessibility of Philadelphia's traditional taxi services and forthcoming transportation network services, in search of opportunities to expand accessibility and ensure prompt and dignified ride service for all Philadelphians, across all platforms.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized Council’s Committee on Commerce & Economic Development to investigate and hold public hearings about how Philadelphia planned to enforce and comply with a U.S.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Commerce & Economic Development to investigate and hold hearings on the City of Philadelphia's plans to enforce and comply with the U.S. Department of Labor Administrator's Interpretation No. 20151, as well as any current or planned standards and practices by which the City currently enforces Employee Classifications.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution approving Mayor James F.
Approving the reappointment of Julia Danzy as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution approving Mayor James F.
Approving the reappointment of Lynette Brown-Sow as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer 1207 W.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of certain properties located in the Fifth Councilmanic District that will be transferred by the City to the Authority, by conveyance of such properties to the Philadelphia Land Bank in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 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 approves Mayor James F.
Approving the reappointment of Ethel M. Wise as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution approves Asia Coney’s reappointment to the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Approving the reappointment of Asia Coney as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted resolution honoring and congratulating Julia R.
Honoring, Congratulating and Recognizing the Julia R. Masterman School and its Students for Winning First Place in Every Element of the State Odyssey of the Mind Competition.
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 honoring Jessie Anderson, Ray Foreman, Don Mitchell, Tyrieck Mitchum, and Joseph Randle of Ready, Willing & Able for helping rescue a driver after a vehicle crash in Fairmount Park on April 12, 2016.
Honoring, Congratulating and Recognizing Good Samaritans from Ready, Willing & Able.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s registration rules for burglary, theft, and robbery alarm systems by replacing the annual renewal fee with a one-time $50 initial registration fee.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades, and Professions" Chapter 9-300, "Communication," Section 9-305, "Burglary, Theft and Robbery Alarm Systems", by revising the fee for alarm system registrations by eliminating the annual renewal requirement and changing the penalty fee structure, and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits vendors from displaying, offering, or selling goods, or leaving sales stands, on both sides of specified sections of Castor Avenue, Amber Street, Butler Street, and Frankford Avenue.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting vending on both sides of Castor Avenue between Glenwood Avenue and Aramingo Avenue; on both sides of Amber Street, between Tioga Street and Castor Avenue; on both sides of Butler Street, between Frankford Avenue and Aramingo Avenue; and on both sides of Frankford Avenue, between Venango Street and Butler Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits vendors from displaying, offering, or selling goods, or leaving sales stands, on either side of Allegheny Avenue between Kensington Avenue and Bath Street.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting vending on both sides of Allegheny Avenue between Kensington Avenue and Bath Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill establishes two-hour parking limits on specified sections of 13th Street and Clymer Street in the area of Wharton, Federal, 12th, Fawn, Bainbridge, Fitzwater, and Kenilworth Streets.
Establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: 13th street and Wharton street and Clymer street and 12th street; 13th street and Bainbridge street and 13th street and Fitzwater street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure approved Philadelphia Gas Works’ Fiscal Year 2017 capital budget of up to $118.25 million, including its financing plan, for spending from September 1, 2016, through August 31, 2017.
Approving the Fiscal Year 2017 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions, and acknowledging receipt of the Revised Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2018 through 2022.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have transferred $2 million in Fiscal Year 2017 funds from the Grants Revenue Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the General Fund.
Authorizing the transfer in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2017 from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the General Fund, the Department of Parks and Recreation, to support the Rebuilding Community Infrastructure Initiative, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited construction of any building or other structure in the area bounded by Carpenter Street, Broad Street, Washington Avenue, and Thirteenth Street.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," to add a new Chapter 9-4400, entitled "Construction Moratorium," to prohibit the construction of any building or other structure within the area bounded on the north by the south side of Carpenter Street, on the west by the east side of Broad Street, on the south by the north side of Washington Avenue, and on the east by the west side of Thirteenth Street, and providing that such prohibition shall expire after a specified period of time, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire an abandoned swing bridge crossing the Schuylkill River below the Grays Ferry Bridge, along with related supports, abutments, land, or other property interests.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire a bridge that crosses the Schuylkill River below the Grays Ferry Bridge and to acquire rights or property interests in connection with supports for the bridge and its abutments, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changed the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain areas within the boundaries of 21st Street, Oxford Street, 20th Street, Master Street, and Ridge Avenue.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 21st Street, Oxford Street, 20th Street, Master Street, and Ridge Avenue.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.