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
February 2, 2012
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Transmitting a resolution appointing Nancy Winkler to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill to amend Philadelphia’s animal code by setting limits on the number of sterilized and unsterilized dogs and cats allowed on residential properties.
Transmitting a bill amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," to provide for limits on the numbers of dogs and cats, sterilized and unsterilized, permitted on residential properties, all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Managing Director and Deputy Mayor for Administration and Coordination.
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This communication transmitted a proposed resolution concerning the redevelopment and urban renewal of Parcel No.
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 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, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority.
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Transmitting a resolution, appointing Emily Bittenbender to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Rev.
Honoring and Celebrating Philadelphia's Living Legends, Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Walter P. Lomax, Jr., Bill Ellerbee, Dr. Walter Palmer, Louise Williams, Dr. Audrey Bronson, Robert Bogle, Sonia Sanchez, Queen Mother Falaka Fattah, Mary Mason, Sonny Hill, and Gamble & Huff, in the areas of government, music, religion, education, athletics, and activism, as part of the commemoration of Black History Month.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the life and achievements of Fatimah Ali, a Philadelphia-born journalist, broadcaster, and advocate who died in 2011.
Honoring the life and achievements of Fatimah Ali.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Cheryl McClenney Brooker on her retirement from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Honoring and Recognizing Cheryl McClenney Brooker on her retirement from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and her tireless commitment to the art, cultural and civic community of Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on the occasion of its Fifth Annual Philadelphia City Council Delta Day.
Recognizing and acknowledging Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on the occasion of its Fifth Annual Philadelphia City Council Delta Day.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Mary Ann Torres for being named Convention Services Manager of the Year by the Event Service Professionals Association and Successful Meetings Magazine.
Honoring Mary Ann Torres.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring John J.
Honoring John J. Dougherty on his selection as the Grand Marshal of the 242nd Annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution urging the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare to reconsider a proposed asset test for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Urging the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare State to reconsider its proposed asset test in order for needy Pennsylvanians to receive benefits under the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution urging the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare to reconsider a proposed asset test for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Urging the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare State to reconsider its proposed asset test in order for needy Pennsylvanians to receive benefits under the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program.
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This adopted resolution appoints Councilmembers Marian Tasco and Curtis Jones, Jr.
Appointing Councilmembers Marian Tasco and Curtis Jones, Jr. to the Philadelphia Gas Commission.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of three City-owned properties—532 East Allegheny Avenue, 2634 North Darien Street, and 2329 North Mutter Street—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 Nineteenth and Thirty-sixth 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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Adopted, this resolution urges the Pennsylvania General Assembly to reject House Bill 2029 as unnecessary and inconsistent with constitutional principles.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to reject House Bill 2029 as unnecessary and inconsistent with our core constitutional principles, and affirming that the Council of the City of Philadelphia welcomes all religious beliefs, traditions and heritages, and has full confidence in the U.S. Constitution and the laws of the state of Pennsylvania and does not entertain any concern that any foreign or religious law offers a threat to the law of the land.
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The adopted resolution calls on the 50-state attorneys general task force negotiating with major banks over the mortgage crisis not to give the banks broad immunity from future lawsuits.
Calling on the Federal Taskforce of States Attorney General's negotiating a settlement with the major banks related to the mortgage crisis, not to offer any settlement that would grant banks immunity to further prosecution, and to preserve each States right to pursue legal action on the broader issues of mortgage abuse.
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Meeting date
January 26, 2012
This communication transmits a proposed bill to extend the deadline for complying with conditions in a 2007 ordinance concerning the planned vacation of portions of Casper Street and Russell Street and abandonment of a drainage right-of-way.
Transmitting a bill amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 070504) approved July 3, 2007, entitled "An Ordinance Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 197 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Casper Street from Tioga Street to Russell Street, striking from the City Plan Russell Street from Casper Street southeastwardly approximately three-hundred ten feet to a dead end, and striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain drainage right of way, and by reserving and placing on the City Plan rights-of-way for water main purposes, drainage purposes, and public utility purposes within the beds of the streets being stricken by authority of this Ordinance, if necessary, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 347 and 350 by striking from the City Plan Strahle Street from Pine Road to the Philadelphia & Montgomery County Line and striking from the City Plan a certain stub portion of Rockwell Avenue which extends northeastwardly from said Strahle Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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