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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Meeting date
October 25, 2007
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings about employee health and safety issues that the City has sent to contract arbitration.
Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings to identify employee safety issues that have been forced into contract arbitration by the City, and to investigate the reasoning behind why employee health and safety issues are negotiated rather than properly addressed by the City.
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The enacted bill authorizes the City to lease its building at 2529–33 West Lehigh Avenue to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, which would sublease the building to the Philadelphia Public Access Corporation, a nonprofit corporation to be incorporated by the City.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into a lease agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") providing for the leasing to PAID of a certain City owned building located at 2529-33 West Lehigh Avenue for further sublease to the Philadelphia Public Access Corporation, a nonprofit corporation to be incorporated by the City, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The law authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to amend four cable franchise agreements operated by Comcast subsidiaries.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into the amendment of four cable television franchises operated by subsidiaries of Comcast Corporation in order to modify certain of the terms and conditions governing the franchisees' provision of channels, financial support, and other support for public access television programming in the City of Philadelphia, including amendment of Franchise Renewal Agreements of Comcast of Philadelphia, Inc. for Franchise Areas I, III and IV, and of Comcast of Philadelphia, LLC for Franchise Area II, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance requires drivers approaching or passing a stopped vehicle with a wheelchair lift to stop at least 10 feet away when its red hazard lights are flashing and the lift is being used to load or unload a passenger with a disability.
Enacting a new Chapter 12-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Restrictions Upon Use of Vehicles Around Wheelchair Lift Equipped Vehicles," to require a driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking any wheelchair lift equipped vehicle stopped on a highway or trafficway to stop at least ten feet before reaching the wheelchair lift equipped vehicle when the red hazard signal lights on the wheelchair lift equipped vehicle are flashing and the wheel chair lift is deployed to load or unload a disabled passenger, and providing for the reporting of and setting penalties for violations; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s Traffic Code to define variable speed limit signs and pedestrian signals that provide extra crossing time for disabled and senior pedestrians.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by amending Section 12-102, entitled "Definitions," and amending Section 12-1201 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authority To Install Traffic-Control Devices," to provide for the installation of variable speed limit signs and pedestrian traffic control signals designed to meet the needs of the disabled and senior citizens; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted measure authorized a $2 million transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund from the City Council to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Recreation.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Council to the Mayor - Office of Housing and Community Development and to the Department of Recreation.
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The enacted ordinance establishes two-way traffic on 30th Street between Chestnut Street and Walnut Street, allowing movement both northbound and southbound.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on 30th Street between Market Street to Walnut Street.
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This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain areas of land bounded by 30th Street, Chestnut Street, Schuylkill Avenue, and Walnut Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 30th Street, Chestnut Street, Schuylkill Avenue and Walnut Street.
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This enacted ordinance establishes a no-parking restriction on the east side of 30th Street between Market Street and Walnut Street.
Establishing a no parking regulation on 30th Street between Market Street and Walnut Street.
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This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $500,000 in Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund appropriations from the Department of Revenue’s Sinking Fund Commission debt service budget to the Zoning Code Commission.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
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This enacted change to Philadelphia’s rules on artificial trans fats exempts certain bakeries from the prohibition when making or selling bakery products.
Amending Section 6-307 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Foods Containing Artificial Trans Fats," by exempting certain bakeries from the provisions prohibiting the use of artificial trans fats, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain land within the area bounded by Grant Avenue, Frankford Avenue, Pearson Street, and I-95 Expressway.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Grant Avenue, Frankford Avenue, Pearson Street and I-95 Expressway.
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This lapsed bill would have submitted a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to voters at the April 22, 2008 election.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the appointment of the members of the Fairmount Park Commission, and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
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This enacted ordinance adds hearing-protection requirements to Philadelphia’s Health Code for Fire Department members, including firefighters and paramedics.
Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by adopting certain provisions of the National Fire Protection Association Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program, NFPA 1500, related to hearing protection measures for Firefighters and Paramedics, with amendments thereto, all under certain terms and conditions.
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Meeting date
October 24, 2007
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings about proposals to expand the use of the police tactic known as “stop, question and frisk,” or “stop and frisk.” It does not itself expand the tactic; it authorizes an investigation of those proposals.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to investigate proposals for expanded use of the police tactic known as "stop, question and frisk," often referred to as "stop and frisk."
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This lapsed bill would have required supermarkets and certain pharmacies in Philadelphia to provide only recyclable paper, compostable plastic, or reusable checkout bags.
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by adding a new Section 9-614, entitled "Mandatory Use of Recyclable and Compostable Checkout Bags," all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed proposal would have prohibited food vendors, city facility food providers, city departments, and city contractors and lessees from using disposable food service ware containing polystyrene foam when an affordable biodegradable, compostable, or recyclable alternative was available.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-3100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance," to prohibit the use of disposable food service ware that contains polystyrene foam and to require the use of biodegradable/compostable or recyclable disposable food service ware by food vendors, city facility food providers, city departments and city contractors and lessees unless there is no affordable alternative; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have prohibited package shippers, City departments, and City contractors and lessees from using disposable packaging materials containing polystyrene foam.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-3200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Shipping and Packaging Waste Reduction Ordinance," to prohibit the use of disposable packaging materials that contain polystyrene foam and to require the use of biodegradable/compostable or recyclable disposable packaging materials by package shippers, city departments and city contractors and lessees unless there is no affordable alternative; all under certain terms and conditions.
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