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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 November 30, 2016 meeting.

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Showing 37-40 of 40 actions from November 30, 2016

Procedural2016-11-30
Bill 160720

This lapsed bill would have prohibited restrictive covenants or other usage restrictions on property in areas defined as food deserts from preventing the property’s use as a large grocery store or supermarket.

Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," to add a new chapter limiting the use of a restrictive covenant or usage restriction that prohibits a purchaser of property from using the property as a grocery store, all under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

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

Council Action2016-11-30
Bill 160709-A

This enacted ordinance changed Philadelphia’s local bidding preference rules for procurement contracts, including requirements for businesses seeking local-business certification or recertification and rules governing relationships between prime contractors and subcontractors.

Amending Chapter 17-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Procurement Contracts," by further providing with respect to the Local Bidding Preference, including but not limited to provisions concerning penalties, requirements necessary for certification and re-certification, and further providing for the relationship between prime contractors and subcontractors, all under certain terms and conditions.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2016-11-30
Bill 160611

The enacted ordinance officially names the park and playground area at 61st Street and Baltimore Avenue “Robert Wilson III Park.” The designation honors Officer Robert Wilson III, who was killed while protecting people during a robbery and grew up near the playground.

Officially naming and designating the park and playground area located on 61st Street and Baltimore Avenue, in the City of Philadelphia as "Robert Wilson III Park."

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2016-11-30
Bill 160329

The enacted bill renames and designates Daisy Field in Philadelphia as “David Montgomery Field.” The name honors David Montgomery, a former Philadelphia Phillies president and minority owner who grew up in Roxborough and played at the field as a child.

Renaming and Designating Daisy Field as "David Montgomery Field" in the City of Philadelphia.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.