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 27, 2016
The adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, after receiving title from the City, to transfer 12 surplus properties in the Fifth Councilmanic District to the Philadelphia Land Bank.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of certain properties located in the Fifth Councilmanic District that will be transferred by the City to the Authority, by conveyance of such properties to the Philadelphia Land Bank in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution calls on Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania State Legislature to ensure that people incarcerated in Pennsylvania state prisons, as well as people working there, have access to clean water and proper health services.
Calling upon Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania State Legislature to ensure that individuals incarcerated and working in state prisons have access to clean water and proper health services.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution urges the U.S.
Urging the United States' Congressional Appropriations Committees to increase funding for LIHEAP in FY2017.
ADOPTED
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Meeting date
October 26, 2016
Meeting date
October 24, 2016
This lapsed resolution called for the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings on expanding Career and Technical Education programs in the Philadelphia School District.
Calling for the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings on expanding the Career and Technical Education Program in the Philadelphia School District that would give students job ready skills upon graduating from high school, and provide alternatives for those seeking to work after high school.
RECESSED
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This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council’s Committee on Commerce & Economic Development to hold hearings about developing cooperatives, or co-ops, in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce & Economic Development to hold hearings regarding the development of co-ops in the City of Philadelphia and initiatives to support their growth.
RECESSED
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Meeting date
October 20, 2016
Adopted, this resolution recognizes and honors the Philadelphia Writing Project on its 30th anniversary.
Recognizing and honoring the Philadelphia Writing Project on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary.
ADOPTED
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Leslie Grace for being named the 2016 Pennsylvania Art Education Association’s Outstanding Elementary Art Educator.
Recognizing and honoring Leslie Grace for being named the 2016 Pennsylvania Art Education Association's Outstanding Elementary Art Educator.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Adopted legislation recognizes and congratulates the Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America on the 25th anniversary of its Lupus Loop 5K Run and 2.5 Mile Walk to End Lupus Now.
Recognizing and congratulating the Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter of The Lupus Foundation of America on the 25th Anniversary of its Lupus Loop 5K Run and 2.5 Mile Walk to End Lupus Now.
ADOPTED
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City Council adopted a resolution proclaiming November 5, 2016, as “Crisis Intervention Network Reunion Day” in Philadelphia.
Proclaiming November 5, 2016, as "Crisis Intervention Network Reunion Day" in the City of Philadelphia, to commemorate the dedicated work of the Crisis Invention Network to curb gang violence in neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring St.
Honoring St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls on the Occasion of their 75th Anniversary.
ADOPTED
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The adopted resolution establishes a 16-member Task Force on Retirement Security for Private Sector Employees in Philadelphia.
Appointing a sixteen (16) person task force entitled the "Task Force on Retirement Security for Private Sector Employees in Philadelphia", the purpose of which shall be to explore best practices to address the retirement security crisis in Philadelphia, particularly for private sector employees who are not offered a retirement plan by their employer, and to make recommendations to Council regarding potential solutions.
ADOPTED
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City Council adopted a resolution approving easements at 1600–1636 North Broad Street in the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the grant of an easement for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 1600-1636 North Broad street; and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute a Declaration of Easements and Covenants in favor of American Multi-Cinema, Inc., 1600 Broad Associates, L.P., and 1600 Broad Associates, L.P.'s successors and assigns, and to execute all documents with American Multi-Cinema, Inc. and 1600 Broad Associates, L.P., and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the easement.
ADOPTED
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution approving a redevelopment contract for properties at specified addresses in the Mantua Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Mantua Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 3300-08, 3310, 3312, 3314, 3316 Mantua avenue, 701, 703, 705, 707, 709-711 North Thirty-fourth street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Westview Development Partners, LLC and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of city-owned properties at 2050, 2052, 2056, 2058, 2060, 2062, 2066, and 2068 East William 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 Twenty-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 terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
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Meeting date
October 19, 2016
This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s rules for building service contracts to require covered building service employees—such as cleaners, guards, janitors, maintenance workers, and others—to receive prevailing wages and working conditions.
Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to provide that building service employees performing labor under certain building service contracts, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions; and to provide for certain exemptions or exclusions, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s Property Maintenance Code to create a separate offense for a chronic non-compliant owner of a residential property.
Amending Subcodes "A" and "PM" of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code ("The Philadelphia Administrative Code" and "The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code"), by establishing a separate offense for certain chronic, non-compliant violators of the Property Maintenance Code; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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