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 15, 2011
The adopted resolution honors and congratulates Peter S.
Honoring and Congratulating Peter S. Longstreth on the Occasion of his Retirement from the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation after Ten Years of Service as President.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing, honoring, and thanking Reverend Ed Hallinan for his 14 years of service as pastor of St.
Recognizing, honoring and thanking Reverend Ed Hallinan for his dedication and contributions to St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, its parishioners, and the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
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This lapsed bill would have created Philadelphia rules requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to eligible employees.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-3300, entitled "Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces," to provide that certain employees are entitled to paid sick leave, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have created Philadelphia rules requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to eligible employees.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-3300, entitled "Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces," to provide that certain employees are entitled to paid sick leave, all under certain terms and conditions.
RECONSIDERED
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This lapsed bill would have created Philadelphia rules requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to eligible employees.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-3300, entitled "Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces," to provide that certain employees are entitled to paid sick leave, all under certain terms and conditions.
TABLED
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Meeting date
September 14, 2011
The enacted ordinance authorized Philadelphia to borrow up to $111.295 million through general-obligation bonds, subject to voter approval, for transit; streets and sanitation; municipal buildings; parks, recreation and museums; and economic and community development.
Authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City; and fixing a day and providing for arrangements for holding the election for obtaining such consent.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings reviewing the Zoning Code Proposals and reports of the Zoning Code Commission.
Authorizing the Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings to review the Zoning Code Proposals of the Zoning Code Commission.
RECESSED
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September 13, 2011
This lapsed resolution would have proposed amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to create a Police Advisory Commission as an official civilian oversight body for the Philadelphia Police Department.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the creation, appointment, powers and duties of a Police Advisory Commission; to provide for concomitant duties in other officers and agencies; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
RECESSED
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This lapsed bill would have submitted a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to voters on May 17, 2011.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the creation, appointment, powers and duties of a Police Advisory Commission; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
RECESSED
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September 8, 2011
This communication transmitted a proposed bill to extend the period for complying with the terms and conditions of a 2009 ordinance concerning the planned vacation of portions of Forty-Seventh Street and Aspen Street and the reservation of related rights-of-way.
Transmitting a bill amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 090120) approved April 15, 2009, entitled "An Ordinance Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 107 and 130 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Forty-Seventh Street from Fairmount Avenue to Brown Street; striking from the City Plan and vacating Aspen Street from Forty-Seventh Street to Markoe Street; and reserving on the City Plan, and authorizing City acceptance of, rights of way for various purposes within the lines of Forty-Seventh Street and Aspen Street being stricken; all 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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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 63 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a portion of Pennsylvania Avenue, between Nineteenth Street and Twentieth Street, and relocating the curblines of Shamokin Street, from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street, thereby increasing the cartway width of said Shamokin Street, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication, which was placed on file, transmitted a proposed bill concerning changes to the City Plan and the proposed closure of part of Unruh Avenue to vehicular traffic, from near Wissinoming Street southeast to the Delaware River.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 278 by closing to vehicular traffic a portion of Unruh Avenue extending from a point approximately one-thousand seventy-seven feet southeast of Wissinoming Street southeastwardly to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning changes to the City Plan for part of Ashland Street, from near Adams Avenue to the Frankford Creek channel.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 55 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Ashland Street from a point approximately four-hundred one feet southwest of Adams Avenue to the northeasterly channel line of the Frankford Creek and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Ashland Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right of way, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Streets Commissioner.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill that would extend the period for complying with the terms of a 2009 ordinance concerning changes to portions of Forty-Seventh Street and Aspen Street and related rights of way.
Transmitting a bill amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 090120) approved April 15, 2009, entitled "An Ordinance Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 107 and 130 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Forty-Seventh Street from Fairmount Avenue to Brown Street; striking from the City Plan and vacating Aspen Street from Forty-Seventh Street to Markoe Street; and reserving on the City Plan, and authorizing City acceptance of, rights of way for various purposes within the lines of Forty-Seventh Street and Aspen Street being stricken; all 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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This communication states that Mayor Michael A.
September 8, 2011 To The President and Members of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: For the following reasons, I am returning to your Honorable Body without my signature Bill No. 110306, which was passed by Council at its session on June 16, 2011. Bill No. 110306 would authorize a currently unlawful non-accessory billboard located in the vicinity of Morris Street and Columbus Boulevard. The bill would also allow for the sign's projection of digital electronic messages, a use not currently permitted under the City's Zoning Code. The laws regarding the permitted erection and uses of billboards are clearly addressed in the Code. The owners of this particular billboard have maintained it in violation of the Code for several years. In response to City enforcement action, the owners sought to obtain a variance through the ZBA and the courts, which efforts were unsuccessful. After failing in those efforts, the owners sought a change in the law applicable solely to the...
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
September 8, 2011 To the President and the Members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia: I am returning herewith as requested by your Resolution adopted September 8, 2011, Bill No. 110441, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, a parcel of land located at 1628 Fitzwater Street, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council. Respectfully, Michael A. Nutter Mayor
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill No. 110347 , which was passed by Council on June 16, 2011, was signed by the Mayor on September 2, 2011.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
September 1, 2011 To The President and Members of The Council of the City of Philadelphia: Pursuant to Sections 4-604 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission regarding Bill No. 110535. I am also transmitting herewith, pursuant to Section 14-1100 of the Philadelphia Code, a letter reflecting the Commission's approval of proposed amendments to the Drexel University IDD Master Plan. Lastly, I am also transmitting herewith, pursuant to section 14-216 of the Philadelphia Code, a letter reflecting the Commission's approval of proposed amendments to the Waterfront Redevelopment District Master Plan for 7107 Milnor Street. Respectfully, Michael A. Nutter Mayor
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