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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September 21, 2017
This adopted resolution recognized Monday, September 25, 2017, as the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims in Philadelphia.
Recognizing Monday, September 25, 2017, the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims, in Philadelphia.
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The adopted resolution honors Wanda Steward of Southwest Philadelphia for overcoming poverty and low literacy, learning to read at age 46, and becoming a published author the following year.
Honoring and recognizing Wanda Steward for overcoming extreme poverty to achieve literacy at age 46, and, only a year later, become a published author.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring the Philadelphia Folksong Society on its 60th anniversary of preserving and promoting folk music.
Recognizing and honoring the Philadelphia Folksong Society on their 60th Anniversary of preserving the expression of folk music, and for their recent move to the Roxborough community.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Rhonda Willingham, president and founder of MenzFit.
Recognizing and honoring Rhonda Willingham, president and founder of MenzFit, for aiding in the employment of thousands of men across the City, and for hosting the annual Philadelphia City Council "Who Wore It Best" fashion show.
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City Council adopted a resolution declaring October “Domestic Violence Awareness Month” in Philadelphia.
Declaring October as "Domestic Violence Awareness Month".
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This adopted resolution authorizes Philadelphia City Council’s Special Committee on Student Loan Debt to investigate how student debt affects residents’ ability to become first-time homeowners in Philadelphia.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's "Special Committee on Student Loan Debt" to Investigate the Impact of Student Debt on Achieving First-Time Homeownership in the City of Philadelphia.
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The adopted resolution recognized September 2017 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Philadelphia, honoring childhood cancer patients, caregivers, survivors, and children who died from the disease.
Recognizing September 2017 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Philadelphia in Honor of Childhood Cancer Patients, Caregivers, Survivors, and Those Children Who Have Succumbed to the Disease; and Urging the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate to Pass House Resolution 820 and Senate Bill 292, Both Entitled, "Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 or the Childhood Cancer STAR Act".
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The adopted resolution asks the President and Congress to pass legislation allowing people who received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to remain permanently in the United States by March 2018.
Requesting the President of the United States and the United States Congress to enact legislation allowing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients to remain permanently in the United States by March 2018.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of 174 Manheim Street, a City-owned property in the Twelfth Ward, to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Twelfth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 139½ Apsley Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Twelfth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
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City Council adopted a resolution approving a Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority contract to redevelop 5820–5824 Germantown Avenue in the Germantown Redevelopment Area.
Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Germantown Redevelopment Area, identified by house number and street address as 5820-5824 Germantown avenue; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Germantown YWCA LLC and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of 3413 Kensington Avenue, a City-owned property in the Forty-Fifth Ward, to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Forty-Fifth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned properties at 2251 and 2253 N.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Nineteenth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
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This resolution approved Rasheia Johnson’s appointment to the Philadelphia Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rate Board.
Approving the appointment of Rasheia Johnson to the Philadelphia Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rate Board.
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The adopted resolution names Tasker Street between South 20th Street and South 21st Street “James A.
Also naming Tasker Street, between South 20th Street and South 21st Street, "James A. Lovett II Way", in honor and recognition of his ongoing leadership of the Tasker Street Baptist Church and his service to the surrounding community and the City of Philadelphia.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of the vacant City-owned property at 3636 Wharton Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Thirty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer title to 2544 N.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of certain properties located in the Fifth Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the City to appoint the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority as its agent for the redevelopment of 400 N.
Authorizing an agreement between the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (the "PRA") and the City for the PRA to act as the City's agent for the redevelopment of 400 N. Broad Street and 1501 N. Callowhill Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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