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 June 16, 2016 meeting.
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This adopted resolution authorizes Philadelphia City Council’s Special Committee on Student Loan Debt to investigate ways the city could lessen the burden of student loan debt on Philadelphia residents.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's "Special Committee on Student Loan Debt" pursuant to Resolution No. 160048, to investigate ways the City of Philadelphia can lessen the burden of Student Loan Debt upon our citizens.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This withdrawn bill would have created the South 9th Street Area Business District covering portions of South 8th, South 9th, South 10th, Christian, Montrose, Carpenter, Washington Avenue, Ellsworth, East Passyunk Avenue, and nearby streets, including certain curb market stands.
Establishing a neighborhood improvement district, to be known as the South 9th Street Area Business District, in an area that generally includes properties located on portions of South 8th Street, South 9th Street, South 10th Street, Christian Street, Montrose Street, Carpenter Street, Washington Avenue, Ellsworth Street, East Passyunk Avenue, and certain other streets within the area depicted on the preliminary plan, and including curb market stands located along certain of those streets; designating South 9th Street Area Business District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with South 9th Street Area Business District, Inc. ...
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Franko Borda to construct, own, and maintain a two-part elevated patio extending into the sidewalks at 1549 S.
Authorizing Franko Borda, ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain an elevated patio encroachment in two parts at 1549 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove the portion of Webb Street from Huntingdon Street to about 100 feet southwest of it from the official City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 195 by striking from the City Plan Webb Street from Huntingdon Street to a point approximately one-hundred feet southwestwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes a no-parking-anytime restriction on both sides of Spruce Street between Delaware Avenue and the 38th Parallel.
Establishing a no parking regulation on Spruce Street, between Delaware Avenue and the 38th Parallel, both sides, and rescinding a prior parking regulation.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure requires an illegally parked vehicle on private property, in a private parking lot, or in or near a driveway to receive a ticket from police or another law enforcement authority before it can be towed.
Amending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by adding a requirement that an illegally parked vehicle be ticketed prior to its towing from a private parking lot, private property, or driveway, except for hospital premises, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain areas within the boundaries of Front Street, York Street, Howard Street, and Berks Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Front Street, York Street, Howard Street, and Berks Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have revised Philadelphia’s contracting and procurement rules by creating a free, publicly accessible vendor registry and central portal for businesses and other parties seeking City contracts.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by revising and improving the City's contracting and procurement processes, including by providing for a vendor registry for improved vendor management and information processes, and for certain vendor registration requirements, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted law changes Philadelphia’s contracting rules for contracts that are not awarded through competitive bidding.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by revising and improving the City's contracting and procurement process, including by providing for certain notices to be posted by the City relating to contracting decisions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have revised Philadelphia’s property maintenance requirements and penalties for vacant structures and land.
Amending Subcode "PM" of The Philadelphia Code ("The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code"), by revising certain requirements and penalties with respect to maintenance and upkeep of vacant structures and land; and by providing for separate special requirements for Foreclosed Vacant Residential Properties and Large Vacant Commercial and Industrial Properties; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have modified Philadelphia’s “Percent for Art” requirement for construction projects paid for wholly or partly by the City.
Amending Section 16-103 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Aesthetic Ornamentation of City Structures," to modify the City's "Percent for Art" requirement, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have added rules for using and inspecting mobile cranes during construction in Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 9-3300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Erection, Use and Inspection of Tower Cranes," by adding requirements regulating the use and inspection of mobile cranes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have asked Philadelphia voters to approve an amendment to the City’s Home Rule Charter establishing and defining the responsibilities of a Department of Labor, Employment and Consumer Affairs, led by a Deputy Mayor.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter establishing and defining the responsibilities of the Department of Labor, Employment and Consumer Affairs; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s rules for sidewalk vendors in Center City by removing a previously designated vending location on the east side of 20th Street between Ludlow and Ranstead Streets.
Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Center City," by eliminating previously designated vendor locations in Center City; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes Fishtown Arts & Crafts LLC, doing business as Fishtown Social, to install and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 1523-27 Frankford Avenue.
Authorizing Fishtown Arts & Crafts LLC dba Fishtown Social, ("Owner") to install, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 1523-27 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19125 ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This failed resolution would have asked the City Controller to audit the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s policies and procedures for running its operations in Philadelphia.
Requesting the City Controller to conduct an audit of the Philadelphia Parking Authority's policies and procedures on the administration of its operations in the City of Philadelphia.
TABLED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution urging the U.S.
Urging the United States House of Representatives to Pass House Resolution 210, Entitled, "Affirming and recognizing the Khmer, Laotian, Hmong, and Montagnard Freedom Fighters and the People of Cambodia and Laos for their support and defense of the United States Armed Forces and freedom in Southeast Asia."
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of 1729 West Wingohocking Street 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 Thirteenth 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.