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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February 16, 2012
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the Energy Coordinating Agency’s Green Jobs Training Center as a “Center of Excellence” in Philadelphia.
Recognizing and Acknowledging the Energy Coordinating Agency's Green Jobs Training Center as a "Center of Excellence" in the City of Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and recognizing Glenn Ellis, Sr.
Honoring and Recognizing Mr. Glenn Ellis, Sr. for His Accomplishments in and Service to the Field of Medicine and Public Health Education.
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City Council adopted a resolution proclaiming March 2012 as American Red Cross Month in Philadelphia.
Proclaiming March, 2012, as American Red Cross Month in the City of Philadelphia.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Appropriations to hold hearings on how City depository banks are reinvesting in low-income and minority neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Appropriations to hold hearings into the current state of community reinvestment by City depository banks within low-income and minority neighborhoods in the City of Philadelphia and authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
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The adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania General Assembly and Governor Tom Corbett to reject House Bill 1523, which could impose financial penalties on municipalities that adopt or enforce firearm regulations.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Senate, and Governor Tom Corbett to reject House Bill No. 1523 which could impose heavy financial penalties on municipalities that adopt or enforce reasonable regulations of firearms, and to allow the City of Philadelphia to continue its efforts to regulate firearms for the health, safety and welfare of the City.
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The adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania General Assembly and Governor Tom Corbett to reject House Bill 1523, which could impose financial penalties on municipalities that adopt or enforce firearm regulations.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Senate, and Governor Tom Corbett to reject House Bill No. 1523 which could impose heavy financial penalties on municipalities that adopt or enforce reasonable regulations of firearms, and to allow the City of Philadelphia to continue its efforts to regulate firearms for the health, safety and welfare of the City.
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This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings about the availability of emergency shelters in Philadelphia for people escaping domestic violence or forced from their homes by violence.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings to investigate the availability of emergency shelters in Philadelphia for victims of domestic violence who have been forced from their homes by violence or who need to escape abusive situations.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of six City-owned properties 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, Twentieth, Twenty-eighth and Thirty-second 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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Meeting date
February 9, 2012
This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for certain land and improvements located at 300 E. Hunting Park Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
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Transmitting a resolution approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Center City Redevelopment Area, designated as Parcel No. 46 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 2017-2023 Chestnut Street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Aquinas 2021 Chestnut Street, LP 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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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and commending Patty Jackson for 30 years as a broadcaster and for her contributions to Philadelphia.
Honoring, recognizing and commending Patty Jackson for her thirty years as an acclaimed and beloved broadcaster who has graced Philadelphia with her iconic voice and undeniable talents for the last three decades.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Shuler's Gym and 11-year-old Philadelphia public school student Rasheen Brown for winning the Silver Glove National Championship in the 70-pound division for the second year in a row.
Recognizing Shuler's Gym and eleven year old Rasheen Brown for winning the Silver Glove National Championship for two years in a row.
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This adopted resolution honors and congratulates Captain William V.
Honoring and congratulating Captain William V. Fisher on the occasion of his retirement from the Philadelphia Police Department.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, the City-owned property at 2135 East Norris Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
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 Thirty-first Ward 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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The adopted resolution calls on the Pennsylvania governor and General Assembly to require sellers of residential properties statewide to disclose the properties’ annual energy costs.
Calling on the Governor and the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation to require sellers of residential properties in the Commonwealth to disclose annual energy costs associated with residential properties.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of six City-owned properties in the Thirty-sixth Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
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 Thirty-sixth Ward 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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The adopted resolution approves a redevelopment contract and related development rules for Parcel No.
Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the South Central Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 310 and also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 1001-1035 South Seventeenth street; authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Carpenter Square LP and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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Philadelphia City Council approved the University of Pennsylvania’s amendment to its Institutional Development District Master Plan for a proposed four-story, 10,140-square-foot addition to Steinberg-Dietrich Hall at 3620 Locust Walk.
Approving the University of Pennsylvania's proposed amendment to its Institutional Development District Master Plan pursuant to Chapter 14-1107(c) of The Philadelphia Code relating to "Zoning and Planning."
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