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
Other actions actions from the February 16, 2023 meeting.
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This communication, placed on file, advises City Council that Bill No.
Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill No. 220918-AA, which was passed by Council on February 2, 2023, was signed by the Mayor on February 15, 2023.
READ AND FILED
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting an ordinance approving the amendment of the Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works, including the supplying of funds in connection therewith, and acknowledging the receipt of the Revised Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2028, as amended, all under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND FILED
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting an ordinance authorizing the extension of the program authorized by Bill No. 181043 under which advance approval is given to the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation to enter into certain contracts and transactions arising thereunder for the purchase, storage, distribution, transportation and/or transmission of natural and other gas supply on behalf of the Philadelphia Gas Works, subject to certain terms and conditions.
READ AND FILED
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting an ordinance adopting an Amendment to Section V of the Articles of Incorporation of the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development by increasing the Authority's term of existence to a date fifty years from the date of approval of Articles of Amendment by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, under certain terms and conditions.
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This adopted resolution honors and recognizes Mama Maisha for her work as a teacher, community leader, cultural educator, artist, and supporter of social justice movements in Philadelphia.
Honoring and recognizing Mama Maisha, a creative and loving teacher, community leader, and cultural educator, who has nurtured social justice movements in Philadelphia, built and transformed institutions, and shared her wisdom with so many Philadelphians.
ADOPTED
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The adopted resolution calls for Philadelphia to establish a “Marshall Stabilization and Recovery Plan” for Kensington and nearby areas.
Calling for the establishment of a "Marshall Stabilization and Recovery Plan" to combat the issues facing Kensington and the surrounding areas in Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings about the open-air drug market and other barriers to clean, safe, crime-free streets in Kensington.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to examine the open-air drug market and other barriers to clean, safe, crime-free streets in Kensington.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Impact Services for 49 years of service to Philadelphia, especially the Kensington community.
Recognizing and honoring impact services for 49 years of dedicated service to Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring the New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) for 38 years of service to Philadelphia.
Recognizing and honoring the New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) for 38 years of dedicated service to Philadelphia.
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City Council adopted a resolution honoring Paul R.
Honoring Paul R. Levy upon the occasion of his retirement, and recognizing him for his hard work and dedication to the City of Philadelphia as the president and CEO of Center City District for 33 years.
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This adopted resolution celebrates and honors the life and legacy of Tommie W.
Celebrating and Honoring the Life and Legacy of Tommie W. St. Hill, Sr. for his for his activism, civic engagement and service to the City of Philadelphia.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings about the effects of a court decision that found Pennsylvania’s formula for funding primary and secondary schools unconstitutional.
Authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings to examine the impacts of the recent court decision declaring the formula for funding primary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth unconstitutional as the current formula creates have and have nots among students.
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This adopted resolution honors and congratulates Nicodemus Madehdou for the work and success of his gaming businesses, JumpButton Studio and JumpButton Animation.
Honoring and congratulating Nicodemus Madehdou, for the success and incredible work of his gaming businesses JumpButton Studio and JumpButton Animation, which seek to increase person-of-color representation in the gaming and media industries.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold hearings on how new licensing and zoning requirements affect Philadelphia’s short-term rental market.
Authorizing the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold hearings examining the impact of new regulations on the short term rental market in Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
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The adopted resolution honors Cayla Waddington, Ava Jackson, Kevin Leonard, Khyree Cousins, and Antoinette Ellis for writing and performing original speeches in the sixth annual Thomas and Woods Foundation Martin Luther King Jr.
Honoring and congratulating Champions of the Week, Cayla Waddington, Ava Jackson, Kevin Leonard, Khyree Cousins, and Antoinette Ellis, for their incredibly hard work writing and performing original speeches for the sixth annual Thomas and Woods Foundation Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest.
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The adopted resolution starts the process to continue the Northern Liberties Business Improvement District, which covers specified parts of North 2nd Street, North 3rd Street, Spring Garden Street, and nearby intersecting blocks.
Initiating action to continue a neighborhood improvement district, known as the Northern Liberties Business Improvement District, in an area that generally includes both sides of North 2nd Street from the north side of Callowhill Street to the south side of Girard Avenue, both sides of North 3rd Street from Spring Garden Street to the south side of Wildey Street, Spring Garden Street from North 2nd Street to the eastern side of North 5th Street, and certain blocks of streets that intersect portions of these streets; for which the Northern Liberties Business Improvement District, Inc., which has organized itself as a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, serves as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; approving a preliminary plan for and report concerning the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance t...
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The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer ownership of 4993 W.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 4993 W. Girard Avenue in the Third 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.
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The adopted resolution honors and recognizes Chris DeShields, a SEPTA Route 5 bus operator, for interrupting a carjacking on January 25, 2023, and helping protect the woman involved.
Honoring and recognizing Chris DeShields, a SEPTA bus operator, for his heroism and the bravery he exhibited while stopping a carjacking and protecting his fellow citizens.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.