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 April 26, 2018 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 70 actions from April 26, 2018
The adopted resolution recognizes and honors Captain Tammie Jo Shults for safely making an emergency landing of Southwest Flight 1380 at Philadelphia International Airport on April 17, 2018, after an engine failure.
Recognizing and honoring the heroism of Captain Tammie Jo Shults, who successfully executed an emergency landing of Southwest Flight 1380 at the Philadelphia International Airport on April 17, 2018, saving the lives of 148 people in the aftermath of a blown engine.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution recognizes and honors Captain Tammie Jo Shults for safely making an emergency landing of Southwest Flight 1380 at Philadelphia International Airport on April 17, 2018, after an engine failure.
Recognizing and honoring the heroism of Captain Tammie Jo Shults, who successfully executed an emergency landing of Southwest Flight 1380 at the Philadelphia International Airport on April 17, 2018, saving the lives of 148 people in the aftermath of a blown engine.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls on the First Judicial District to create easier-to-use court forms and improve the process for people without lawyers who are seeking help after someone illegally takes possession of their property.
Calling on the First Judicial District to develop user-friendly forms to improve access to justice for unrepresented victims of illegal possession of real property, and to facilitate an improved process for said victims to be heard by the court to address the rising level of illegal possessions of residential properties, and to address the problems with the current system, so as to prevent delayed justice and irreparable harm to homeowners.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on Congress to reject a proposal from HUD Secretary Ben Carson that would triple the minimum rent for some public housing residents, eliminate deductions for medical and child-care costs, and allow public housing agencies and property owners to impose work requirements.
Calling on Congress to reject the proposal from HUD Secretary Ben Carson, which would triple the minimum rent cost for individuals in public housing, eliminate deductions for medical and childcare costs, and allow public housing agencies and property owners to impose work requirements, impacting 4.7 million families relying on federal housing assistance.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution approved Abby Pozefsky’s appointment to the Philadelphia Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rate Board for a term ending July 1, 2021.
Approving the appointment of Abby Pozefsky to the Philadelphia Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rate Board.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committees on Public Safety and Legislative Oversight to investigate the Philadelphia Police Department’s progress in making stops and frisks constitutional and racially neutral.
Authorizing the Committees on Public Safety and Legislative Oversight to investigate Police Department progress in ensuring the constitutionality and racial neutrality of stops and frisks, pursuant to the settlement agreement in Bailey v. City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committees on Public Safety and Legislative Oversight to investigate the Philadelphia Police Department’s progress in making stops and frisks constitutional and racially neutral.
Authorizing the Committees on Public Safety and Legislative Oversight to investigate Police Department progress in ensuring the constitutionality and racial neutrality of stops and frisks, pursuant to the settlement agreement in Bailey v. City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on the United States Congress to release federal funding to dredge the Philadelphia stretch of the Schuylkill River.
Calling on the United States Congress to release the necessary funding required to dredge the Schuylkill River, which is crucial in maintaining Philadelphia's status as the nation's best competitive rowing city.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer or otherwise dispose of 1728 Marlton Avenue in the Third Councilmanic District.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1728 Marlton Avenue located in the Third Councilmanic District 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 lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council’s Joint Committees on Public Safety and Children and Youth to hold hearings on educational, extracurricular, health and wellness, and career programs intended to divert girls from the juvenile justice system.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on Public Safety and Children and Youth to hold hearings on the status of educational, extra-curricular, health and eellness, and career programming designed to divert girls from the juvenile justice system.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council’s Joint Committees on Public Safety and Children and Youth to hold hearings on educational, extracurricular, health and wellness, and career programs intended to divert girls from the juvenile justice system.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on Public Safety and Children and Youth to hold hearings on the status of educational, extra-curricular, health and eellness, and career programming designed to divert girls from the juvenile justice system.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have asked Philadelphia voters on November 6, 2018, whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to provide accountability to City Council for increases in real property assessments.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide accountability to City Council for real property assessment increases; and authorizing the appropriate officers to fix the date for the election for such purpose; prescribing the form of the ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the election; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance approves the 42nd amendment to the redevelopment proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, including the 34th amendment to its urban renewal plan.
Approving the forty-second amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Front street and Spring Garden street, including the thirty-fourth amendment to the urban renewal plan, which provides, inter alia, for changes that would make it consistent with the North Philadelphia Redevelopment Area Plan and generally consistent with the most recent Comprehensive Plan approved by the City Planning Commission of the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Saint Lazarus Bar to install, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 102 W.
Authorizing Saint Lazarus Bar ("Owner") to install, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 102 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19123 ("Property"), 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 properties in the area bounded by Bustleton Avenue, Solly Avenue, Eastwood Avenue, and Stanwood Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Bustleton Avenue, Solly Avenue, Eastwood Avenue and Stanwood Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes a “No Truck Parking Anytime” regulation on both sides of Bennett Road, from Roosevelt Boulevard to its northwest terminus.
Establishing a no truck parking regulation on Bennett Road from Roosevelt Boulevard to its terminus further northwestwardly therefrom.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance makes technical changes to Philadelphia’s senior-citizen low-income property tax provisions.
Amending Title 19, Chapter 2900, of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Senior Citizen Low Income Special Tax Provisions," to make certain technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance updates Philadelphia’s realty transfer tax code by replacing gendered terms such as “husband and wife” with gender-neutral terms such as “spouses.” It applies to the section listing property transfers that are excluded from the tax, including transfers between spouses, certain former spouses, family members, and life partners.
Amending Chapter 19-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Realty Transfer Tax," by amending Section 19-1405, entitled "Excluded Transactions," by replacing gendered marital signifiers.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.