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 25, 2010
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February 24, 2010
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February 23, 2010
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings about how Philadelphia currently collects delinquent taxes.
Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings on the procedures that the City currently employs to collect delinquent taxes, the effectiveness or shortcomings of those procedures, and the additional measures and resources required to improve the system for collecting delinquent taxes.
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This lapsed bill would have changed the zoning designations for certain properties in the area bounded by 59th Street, Lancaster Avenue, 52nd Street, Woodbine Avenue, and Upland Way.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 59th Street, Lancaster Avenue, 52nd Street, Woodbine Avenue, and Upland Way.
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Meeting date
February 12, 2010
The City Council adopted a resolution calling on the Planning Commission to investigate ways Philadelphia could influence where satellite dishes and cable antennas are placed on building facades.
Calling for the Planning Commission to investigate and determine means by which the City of Philadelphia can affect the placement of Satellite Dishes and Cable antenna on building facades.
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The City Council adopted a resolution calling on the Planning Commission to investigate ways Philadelphia could influence where satellite dishes and cable antennas are placed on building facades.
Calling for the Planning Commission to investigate and determine means by which the City of Philadelphia can affect the placement of Satellite Dishes and Cable antenna on building facades.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of three City-owned properties—1253 North Hollywood Street, 1016 West Schiller Street, and 1621 North Sydenham Street—to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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 Twenty-ninth, Forty-third, Forty-seventh 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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This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of three City-owned properties—1253 North Hollywood Street, 1016 West Schiller Street, and 1621 North Sydenham Street—to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
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 Twenty-ninth, Forty-third, Forty-seventh 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.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution authorized the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about adult and childhood obesity in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings to investigate the emergence of national and local adult and childhood obesity as an epidemic, the causes of obesity; the racial and ethnic disparities in the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related illnesses; and how the ready availability of unhealthy foods and beverages contributes to the obesity of many in Philadelphia and to evaluate obesity prevention and reduction initiatives in order to reduce the rates of childhood obesity.
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This adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania General Assembly to restore funding cuts to witness relocation programs and the State-Local Firearms Task Force.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to restore the cuts to witness relocation programs and the State-Local Firearms Task Force and to adequately fund these vital programs which assure the safety of all residents of the Commonwealth and preserve the rule of justice in our criminal courts.
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This adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania General Assembly to restore funding cuts to witness relocation programs and the State-Local Firearms Task Force.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to restore the cuts to witness relocation programs and the State-Local Firearms Task Force and to adequately fund these vital programs which assure the safety of all residents of the Commonwealth and preserve the rule of justice in our criminal courts.
ADOPTED
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This adopted resolution called on President Barack Obama to extend Deferred Enforced Departure status for 18 months beyond March 31, 2010, for about 3,600 Liberians legally living in the United States.
Calling on President Barack Obama to Extend for Eighteen Months Beyond March 31, 2010 the Deferred Enforced Departure Status of Liberian Immigrants Currently Residing in the United States.
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The adopted resolution calls on the nations of Africa and Haiti to provide free public education through secondary school, daily meal programs, immunizations, and health facilities in public schools.
Calling on the Nations of Africa to Provide Free Public Education Free Daily Feeding Programs Immunization and Health Facilities in all Public Schools.
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The adopted resolution calls on the nations of Africa and Haiti to provide free public education through secondary school, daily meal programs, immunizations, and health facilities in public schools.
Calling on the Nations of Africa to Provide Free Public Education Free Daily Feeding Programs Immunization and Health Facilities in all Public Schools.
ADOPTED
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Adopted legislation approves the University of Pennsylvania’s revised Institutional Development District Master Plan for a new Pepper Hall in the area generally bounded by Chestnut, 34th, Sansom, and 36th Streets.
Approving the University of Pennsylvania's Proposed Revision 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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Adopted legislation approves the University of Pennsylvania’s revised Institutional Development District Master Plan for a new Pepper Hall in the area generally bounded by Chestnut, 34th, Sansom, and 36th Streets.
Approving the University of Pennsylvania's Proposed Revision 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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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution congratulating the New Orleans Saints on winning the 2010 Super Bowl.
Congratulating the New Orleans Saints on winning the 2010 Super Bowl.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution congratulating the New Orleans Saints on winning the 2010 Super Bowl.
Congratulating the New Orleans Saints on winning the 2010 Super Bowl.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.