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
Procedural actions actions from the September 29, 2022 meeting.
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The adopted resolution authorizes a joint hearing by City Council’s Public Safety and Health and Human Services Committees on how trauma centers are mapped across Philadelphia and how hospitals are selected when transporting shooting victims.
Authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Public Safety and Health and Human Service to hold a hearing investigating the mapping out of trauma centers across the city and how they are selected when transporting shooting victims; and inviting the House Democratic Policy Committee and Senate Democratic Policy Committee to participate in these hearings.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring the 250th anniversary of the Society of the Sons of St.
Recognizing and honoring the 250th Anniversary of the Society of the Sons of St. George for its longstanding contributions to the English American community in Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring the life and legacy of Jesse Bermudez, a co-founder of Artístas y Músicos Latino Americanos and Siempre Salsa Philly who supported Latino musicians and multicultural communities through music.
Recognizing and honoring the life and legacy of Jesse Bermudez who is remembered as a "local patriarch of Latin music" for his humility and commitment to uplifting marginalized, multicultural communities through the power of music
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of FunTimes Magazine, a community-driven publication focused on African, Caribbean, and African American communities in the Delaware Valley.
Recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the FunTimes Magazine, a community-driven magazine focused on the African Diaspora.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer 2843-2861 Janney Street and 2842-2860 Weikel Street in the 1st Councilmanic District to Janney Street Apartments, LP for $1.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 2843-2861 Janney Street and 2842-2860 Weikel Street located in the 1st 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
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer ownership of 3001 Martha Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 3001 Martha Street in the First Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia and further authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer to the Philadelphia Land Bank fee simple title to such properties pursuant to Section 16-405 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania State Senate and Governor Tom Wolf to pass House Bill 1419, the “Dignity for Incarcerated Women” Act.
Urging the Pennsylvania State Senate and Governor Tom Wolf to pass House Bill 1419, known as the "Dignity for Incarcerated Women" Act, intended to improve conditions and treatment of pregnant people in Pennsylvania's jails and prisons.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer 11 listed properties in the 4th Councilmanic District to Civetta 1, LLC for $3,200.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 650 N. Conestoga Street, 658 N. Conestoga Street, 662 N. Conestoga Street, 5436 W. Girard Avenue, 5552 Harmer Street, 653 N. Sickels Street, 534 -36 N. 54th Street, 538-40 N. 54th Street, 546 N. 54th Street, 550 N. 54th Street, 623-33 N. 55th Street located in the 4th 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
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution honors John Izzard, Jr., one of Philadelphia’s first Black rowing community members and the first Black captain of the Undine Barge Club.
Honoring the life and legacy of John Izzard, Jr., one of the first Black members of Philadelphia's rowing community and the first Black captain of the Undine Barge Club.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution naming the 4100 block of Monument Road “Jim Gardner Way” to honor Jim Gardner’s retirement after a decades-long career as a 6ABC news anchor.
Also naming the 4100 Block of Monument Road as "Jim Gardner Way," in honor of Jim Gardner to commemorate his retirement after a decades long career in broadcast journalism as an anchor with 6ABC.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer 1952 S.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1952 S. Redfield Street located in the 2nd 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
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution honors Philadelphia’s first group of all Black male teachers in core subjects at Martin Luther King High School, including the freshman teaching cohort, as well as the school’s staff and administration.
Honoring Philadelphia's first group of all Black Male teachers in core subjects, the freshman teaching cohort at Martin Luther King High School, and the staff and administration for prioritizing the issue of underrepresentation of Black Male teachers in Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopted, this resolution honors and congratulates the students, educators, staff, and families of the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush High School for the school’s selection as a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S.
Honoring and congratulating students, educators, staff and families of the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush High School for their selection as a National Blue Ribbon School by the Department of Education, a significant and well-deserved honor, and affirming their hard work to create a vibrant, inclusive, and academically rigorous school built upon on the pursuit of social justice and the arts.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution honors Rita Addessa for her leadership and advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and social justice in Philadelphia.
Honoring and recognizing Rita Addessa, a fierce and fearless activist for social justice and a transformative leader, who as the longtime Executive Director of the Pennsylvanian Lesbian and Gay Task Force played a critical and impactful role in the fight for the rights and opportunities for LGBTQ+ Philadelphians.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution recognizes, honors, and congratulates Saleem Chapman on his appointment as Philadelphia’s Director of the Office of Sustainability.
Recognizing, honoring, and congratulating Saleem Chapman on his appointment as the Director of the Office of Sustainability.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes a no-truck-parking rule on both sides of Philmont Avenue between Byberry Road and Bustleton Avenue.
Establishing a no truck parking regulation on Philmont Avenue from Byberry Road to Bustleton Avenue.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance prohibits truck parking on both sides of Pine Road between Bloomfield Avenue and Shady Lane from 6 p.m.
Establishing a no truck parking regulation on Pine Road from Bloomfield Avenue to Shady Lane.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s official zoning designations for certain areas of land bounded by Cottman Avenue, the Montgomery County Line, the Bucks County Line, Interstate 95, Grant Avenue, and Roosevelt Boulevard.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Cottman Avenue, the Montgomery County Line, the Bucks County Line, Interstate 95, Grant Avenue, and Roosevelt Boulevard.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.