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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Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the May 26, 2016 meeting.
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This communication transmitted the City Planning Commission’s recommendations to City Council on several bills, proposed amendments, and a University of Pennsylvania Master Plan amendment, each listed as recommended for approval.
TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Pursuant to Sections 4-604 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission on the following bills and proposed amendments: Amendment to Bill No. 160170 Recommended for approval Amenement to Bill No. 160171 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160299 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160327 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160328 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160330 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160334 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160335 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160336 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160363 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160368 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160369 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160396 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160397 Recommended for approval Bill No. 160398 Recommended for approval Bill No....
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 160228-A and 160271-A, which were passed by Council on May 12, 2016, were signed by the Mayor on May 20, 2016.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
The resolution appoints Julie Baranauskas to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District.
Appointing Julie Baranauskas to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution appoints Byron Davis to the Board of Directors of the Germantown Special Services District.
Appointing Byron Davis to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution appoints Patrick W.
Appointing Patrick W. Jones to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have appointed Supreme Dow to the Board of Directors of the Germantown Special Services District.
Appointing Supreme Dow to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The resolution appoints Trapeta Mayson to the Board of Directors of the Germantown Special Services District.
Appointing Trapeta Mayson to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The resolution appoints Trapeta Mayson to the Board of Directors of the Germantown Special Services District.
Appointing Trapeta Mayson to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution appointed Daniel Conner to the Board of Directors of the Germantown Special Services District.
Appointing Daniel Conner to the Board of Directors for the Germantown Special Services District.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to increase the penalties for photographing a person’s intimate parts in a public place without their knowledge, an offense commonly called “upskirt” photography.
Calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to increase the penalty of the state law on Invasion of Privacy for photographing intimate parts of a person in a public place without their knowledge, increasingly known as "upskirt" photography laws.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted by City Council, this resolution declares the Johnson House Historic Site’s annual Juneteenth Festival the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival.
Declaring Johnson House Historic Site's annual Juneteenth Festival as the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival and recognizing, honoring, and celebrating Juneteenth in Philadelphia as the day when enslaved African Americans were freed in the United States of America more than 150 years ago.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Adopted by City Council, this resolution declares the Johnson House Historic Site’s annual Juneteenth Festival the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival.
Declaring Johnson House Historic Site's annual Juneteenth Festival as the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival and recognizing, honoring, and celebrating Juneteenth in Philadelphia as the day when enslaved African Americans were freed in the United States of America more than 150 years ago.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This 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 conditional ownership of three City-owned properties—413 Mercy Street and 1804 and 1830 East Oakdale Street—to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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 and Thirty-ninth 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.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring The Salvation Army Greater Philadelphia’s “Be Your Best” program and recognizing the dedication of its director, Collette C.
Honoring and recognizing The Salvation Army Greater Philadelphia "Be Your Best" program and the dedication of its Director, Collette C. McBratney.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring The Salvation Army Greater Philadelphia’s “Be Your Best” program and recognizing the dedication of its director, Collette C.
Honoring and recognizing The Salvation Army Greater Philadelphia "Be Your Best" program and the dedication of its Director, Collette C. McBratney.
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 the Joint Committees on Children and Youth and Education to hold hearings about the effects of the 1996 federal immigration laws on Philadelphia’s immigrant community.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on Children and Youth and Education to hold hearings to discuss the impact of twenty years of the "1996 Immigration laws" on Philadelphia's Immigrant Community and their impact on the school-to-Prison-to-Deportation Pipeline on Philadelphia's Immigrant Youth.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the Joint Committees on Children and Youth and Education to hold hearings about the effects of the 1996 federal immigration laws on Philadelphia’s immigrant community.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on Children and Youth and Education to hold hearings to discuss the impact of twenty years of the "1996 Immigration laws" on Philadelphia's Immigrant Community and their impact on the school-to-Prison-to-Deportation Pipeline on Philadelphia's Immigrant Youth.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Director of the Office of Supportive Housing to submit Philadelphia’s application for $800,000 in Fiscal Year 2017 Emergency Solutions Grant funding to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
Authorizing the Director of the Office of Supportive Housing, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to file a proposal for Fiscal Year 2017 Emergency Solutions Grant Program funding with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.