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 April 5, 2018 meeting.
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Showing 73-90 of 96 actions from April 5, 2018
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that would vacate the legally open portions of Packer Avenue from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to the Delaware River pierhead line.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 34-S and 41-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Packer Avenue from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, water main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of Packer Avenue being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance allows Alanna Kelly to own and maintain an existing building bay and a proposed building bay that extend over the west footway of Watts Street at 1332 Reed Street.
Legalizing an existing building encroachment and a proposed building encroachment at 1332 Reed Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits truck parking at any time on both sides of Red Lion Road between Jamison Avenue and Northeast Avenue.
Establishing a no truck parking regulation on both sides of Red Lion Road from Jamison Avenue to Northeast Avenue.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes paving the relocated southeasterly local service roadway of Penrose Avenue from Twenty-Sixth Street to a point about 1,323 feet southwest.
Authorizing the paving of the relocated southeasterly local service roadway of Penrose Avenue from Twenty-Sixth Street to a point approximately one-thousand three-hundred twenty-three feet southwestwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance allows Michael and Cheryl Palina to own and maintain an existing single-story building enclosure and awning that extend into the public footway at 2101 Reed Street.
Legalizing an existing building and awning encroachment at 2101 Reed Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan near Penrose Avenue and Twenty-Sixth Street, including vacating part of the existing roadway and relocating a local service roadway.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 52-S and 53-S, in the area lying southeast of Penrose Avenue and southwest of Twenty-Sixth Street, by striking from the City Plan and vacating an irregularly-shaped portion of the right-of-way of Penrose Avenue, along the southeasterly side thereof, relocating a portion of the southeasterly local service roadway of Penrose Avenue from Twenty-Sixth Street to a point southwestwardly therefrom, and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and public utility purposes and a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said rights-of-way, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City of the bed of the said relocated southeasterly local service roadway of Penrose Avenue.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes changes to the City Plan that widen part of Carson Street between Baker Street and Silverwood Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 72 by relocating the southeasterly houseline and curbline of a portion of Carson Street, between Baker Street and Silverwood Street, thereby widening said Carson Street and a portion of the cartway thereof, under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City of the bed of the widened portion of Carson Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain properties within the area bounded by Girard Avenue, Broad Street, Fairmount Avenue, and Corinthian Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Girard Avenue, Broad Street, Fairmount Avenue, and Corinthian Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to install, own, and maintain an underground pedestrian tunnel, building projection, three pedestrian bridges, and an elevated walkway or canopy at 1 Convention Avenue.
Authorizing the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, ("Owner") to install, own and maintain various encroachments at 1 Convention Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed the zoning designations for certain land in the area bounded by University Avenue, the Schuylkill Expressway ramp, 34th Street, the Schuylkill River, Grays Ferry Avenue, and a railroad right-of-way.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by University Avenue, Schuylkill Expressway Ramp, 34th Street, Schuylkill River, Grays Ferry Avenue, and Railroad Right-of-Way, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution calling on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to investigate how much of utility companies’ federal tax savings should be passed on to customers through lower electric and gas rates.
Calling on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to investigate how much of utility companies' tax cuts should be passed on to consumers in the form of lower rates.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution calls on the Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner to immediately investigate how much of insurance companies’ federal tax savings should be passed on to consumers through lower rates.
Calling on the Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner to begin an immediate investigation to ascertain how much of insurance companies' tax cuts should be passed on to consumers in the form of lower rates.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recommending that the United States Postal Service select Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha, for inclusion in its commemorative postage stamp collection.
Recommending that the United States Postal Service select Alpha Kappa Alpha founder Ethel Hedgeman Lyle for inclusion in its commemorative postage stamp collection.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution names the 5300 block of Diamond Street “Dorian Dumas Way” in honor of Dorian Dumas, a Wynnefield native and Masterman High School graduate who died in a 2016 motorcycle accident.
Also naming the 5300 block of Diamond Street as "Dorian Dumas Way" to recognize, honor, and celebrate the legacy of Dorian Dumas whose life was tragically cut short in a fatal motorcycle accident.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 3934 Dell 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 Forty-third 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.
This enacted measure clarified Philadelphia’s licensing requirements for Family Child Day Care facilities.
Amending Chapter 6-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Lead Paint Disclosure," to clarify an existing requirement that as a condition of licensing Family Child Day Care facilities built before March 1978 that such facilities be certified as lead safe or lead free, all under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure clarified Philadelphia’s licensing requirements for Family Child Day Care facilities.
Amending Chapter 6-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Lead Paint Disclosure," to clarify an existing requirement that as a condition of licensing Family Child Day Care facilities built before March 1978 that such facilities be certified as lead safe or lead free, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure clarified Philadelphia’s licensing requirements for Family Child Day Care facilities.
Amending Chapter 6-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Lead Paint Disclosure," to clarify an existing requirement that as a condition of licensing Family Child Day Care facilities built before March 1978 that such facilities be certified as lead safe or lead free, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.