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
January 23, 2007
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings about whether Philadelphia emergency call centers could use systems that receive photos and videos from cell phones and computers.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to examine and evaluate the feasibility of equipping emergency call centers with "Incident Linked Multimedia" (Camera Cell Phone) type response systems, and the crime fighting and security benefits they offer; in addition, to determine the resources and planning required to enable the emergency call centers, crisis response teams and citizens of our City to take advantage of this technology.
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City Council adopted a resolution beginning the process for a proposed Mt.
Initiating action to establish a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 6300 to 7631 and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, to be known as the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District, and for which Mt. Airy Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, would serve 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 that would formally establish the District.
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City Council adopted a resolution beginning the process for a proposed Mt.
Initiating action to establish a neighborhood improvement district in an area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 6300 to 7631 and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, to be known as the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District, and for which Mt. Airy Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, would serve 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 that would formally establish the District.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution honors Sister Francesca Olney for serving 25 years as president of Holy Family University.
Honoring Sister Francesca Olney on her 25 Years as President of Holy Family University.
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This adopted resolution honors Sister Francesca Olney for serving 25 years as president of Holy Family University.
Honoring Sister Francesca Olney on her 25 Years as President of Holy Family University.
ADOPTED
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City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the Council President to appoint Rosalie Leonard as the President’s representative on the Philadelphia Historical Commission.
Authorizing the Council President to appoint Rosalie Leonard to serve as the Council President's representative on the Philadelphia Historical Commission.
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City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the Council President to appoint Rosalie Leonard as the President’s representative on the Philadelphia Historical Commission.
Authorizing the Council President to appoint Rosalie Leonard to serve as the Council President's representative on the Philadelphia Historical Commission.
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This enacted ordinance allows the Finance Director to replace some or all cash held in the city’s water and wastewater debt reserve account with surety bonds or insurance policies, then move the resulting excess funds into the Water and Wastewater Revenue Fund.
Amending Section 4.09 of the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989 to authorize the Director of Finance to use funds currently held in the Debt Reserve Account established and maintained under the said General Ordinance to purchase appropriate surety bonds or insurance policies for deposit in the said Debt Reserve Account in lieu of current deposits; further, directing the Director of Finance to transfer all excess funds remaining in the said Debt Reserve Account after purchase of the said surety bonds or insurance policies to the Water and Wastewater Revenue Fund; and further, amending Section 4.12 of the said Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, entitled "Residual Fund", to establish a new sub-account into which shall be deposited all residual water and wastewater operating revenues resulting from the transfer of funds from the Debt Reserve Account to the Revenue Fund and thereafter to the Residual Fund, the entire balan...
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Meeting date
December 26, 2006
This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $15.25 million within the City’s Fiscal Year 2006 Water Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the Water 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 ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $1,585,622 within the Fiscal Year 2006 Aviation Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the Aviation 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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The enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $20,905,878 in Fiscal Year 2006 General Fund appropriations among City offices, departments, boards, and commissions.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
SIGNED
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This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
Amending Chapter 17-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Non-Competitively Bid Contracts; Financial Assistance," by revising the thresholds for, and terms of, eligibility for certain contracts and financial assistance, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorized a $1.725 million transfer for Fiscal Year 2006 from the Grants Revenue Fund to the Housing Trust Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Housing Trust Fund, the Mayor - Office of Housing and Community Development.
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Meeting date
December 20, 2006
The enacted bill authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer four adjacent parcels and their buildings at 1015-21 Mount Vernon Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal amount.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed for nominal consideration conveying fee simple title to four adjacent parcels, situate 1015-21 Mount Vernon Street in the City of Philadelphia, with the buildings and improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
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This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s building construction and occupancy rules by adopting the 2006 Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code and updated International Code Council standards, with Philadelphia-specific changes.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by adopting the "2006 Pennsylvania Uniformed Construction Code" through adoption of the 2006 edition of certain International Codes as published by the International Code Council, with amendments thereto, all under certain terms and conditions.
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Meeting date
December 14, 2006
This communication transmitted a proposed bill that would amend Philadelphia’s historic-preservation code to create a designation for “City Treasures.” The proposal would require a Removal Permit before a designated City Treasure could be removed and provide opportunities for fair compensation to prevent removals that would cause a significant loss to the city’s historic, cultural, or artistic fabric.
Transmitting a bill amending Section 14-2007 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Historic Buildings, Structures, Sites, Objects and District," by providing for designation of City Treasures, prohibiting removal of City Treasures without first obtaining a Removal Permit, and providing for opportunities for fair compensation to prevent removals that would constitute a material loss to the historic, cultural or artistic fabric of 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 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, designated as Parcel No. 533 also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 1902 Morse street; 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 communication records that Mayor John F.
December 14, 2006 To the President and Members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia: I am returning herewith as requested by your Resolution adopted to day Bill No. 060797, entitled "An Ordinance To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Thompson Street, Alresford Street, Salmon Street and Juniata Street," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council. Respectfully submitted, John F. Street
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