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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October 4, 2007
The enacted ordinance approves the third amendment to the redevelopment proposal and urban renewal plan for the Independence Mall Urban Renewal Area, Unit No.
Approving the third amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Independence Mall Urban Renewal Area, Unit No. 3, being the area beginning at the intersection of the westerly side of Seventh street and the northerly side of Race street projected, including the third amendment to the urban renewal plan and the first amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for a change of the land use and related controls for the southeast corner of Fifth and Market streets from commercial to institutional uses.
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This enacted bill changed the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for land bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, Twentieth Street, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and Twenty-first Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps, by changing the zoning designations of land located within an area bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, Twentieth Street, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and Twenty-first Street from partly Class "REC" Recreational and partly Class "R-15" Residential to a single designation of Class "REC" Recreational, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to define a “gun shop” as a retail store that sells, leases, purchases, or lends firearms or ammunition.
Amending Section 14-1605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulated Uses," by adding a definition for "Gun shop" and designating gun shops as regulated uses, all under certain terms and conditions.
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October 3, 2007
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September 27, 2007
This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning a lease of the City-owned building at 2529–33 West Lehigh Avenue to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID).
Transmitting a bill 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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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the paving of Edgemont Street from Juniata Street to Berkshire Street.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill 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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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, designed as Parcel Nos. 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615 & 616 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 610 as 820 Capitol street, for Parcel No. 611 as 824 North Twentieth street, for Parcel No. 612 as 854 Perkiomen street, for Parcel No. 613 as 1831 West poplar street, for Parcel No. 614 as 744 North Uber street, for Parcel No. 615 as 760 North Uber street and for Parcel No. 616 as 849 North Uber street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Community Ventures and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuat the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Point Breeze East Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 95 & 96 and also sometimes identified by house addresses and street addresses for Parcel No. 95 as 2325-2335 Cross street and for Parcel No. 96 as 2330-2334 Greenwich street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Habitat for Humanity - Philadelphia, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in several Philadelphia wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, 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 Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second, Thirty-seventh, and Forty-third Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in several Philadelphia wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, 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 Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second, Thirty-seventh, and Forty-third Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
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This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold hearings on implementing a ShotSpotter system in Philadelphia.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold hearings on implementing a ShotSpotter system to combat gun violence.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold hearings about implementing a Geographic Information System to combat graffiti.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold hearings on implementing a Geographic Information System to combat graffiti.
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The adopted resolution urges Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to retire Roberto Clemente’s uniform number 21 throughout Major League Baseball.
Urging Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to retire Roberto Clemente's uniform #21 from Major League Baseball.
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The adopted resolution urges Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to retire Roberto Clemente’s uniform number 21 throughout Major League Baseball.
Urging Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to retire Roberto Clemente's uniform #21 from Major League Baseball.
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This adopted resolution authorized City Council’s Education and Environment committees to hold joint public hearings about the School District of Philadelphia’s use of green technologies in building and renovating schools.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Education and Committee on the Environment to hold joint public hearings to investigate the steps the School District of Philadelphia is currently taking regarding the use of green technologies in the construction and renovation of school buildings and to explore the feasibility of using such technologies in all future school construction and renovations.
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City Council adopted a resolution designating October 1–8, 2007, as “Christopher Columbus Week” in connection with Philadelphia Columbus Day festivities.
Designating the week of Monday, October 1, 2007 through Monday, October 8, 2007 as "Christopher Columbus Week" in celebration of the festivities commemorating Columbus' historic voyage to the New World and honoring Lisa Scottoline as the Grand Marshal of the 2007 Philadelphia Columbus Day Parade.
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City Council adopted a resolution designating October 1–8, 2007, as “Christopher Columbus Week” in connection with Philadelphia Columbus Day festivities.
Designating the week of Monday, October 1, 2007 through Monday, October 8, 2007 as "Christopher Columbus Week" in celebration of the festivities commemorating Columbus' historic voyage to the New World and honoring Lisa Scottoline as the Grand Marshal of the 2007 Philadelphia Columbus Day Parade.
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