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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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Council actions

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

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Meeting date

March 20, 2025

Meeting date

March 17, 2025

Procedural2025-03-17
Resolution 240703

The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services Committees to hold joint hearings on mobile mental health units administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services.

Authorizing the joint Committees on Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings to investigate the effectiveness and potential expansion of mobile mental health units administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-17
Resolution 240703

The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services Committees to hold joint hearings on mobile mental health units administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services.

Authorizing the joint Committees on Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings to investigate the effectiveness and potential expansion of mobile mental health units administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-17
Bill 250149

The City of Philadelphia is allowed to buy or lease a piece of land near the Delaware River to build a new facility.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire fee title or lesser real estate interest, including a leasehold estate, for all or a portion of the premises bounded by State Road, the Pennypack Creek, the Delaware River, and former Hartel Avenue, to enter into a lease or sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development at said premises for the development of a facility, to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with PAID for the development of the facility, and to take title to the completed facility from PAID, all under certain terms and conditions.

Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-17
Bill 250149

The City of Philadelphia is allowed to buy or lease a piece of land near the Delaware River to build a new facility.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire fee title or lesser real estate interest, including a leasehold estate, for all or a portion of the premises bounded by State Road, the Pennypack Creek, the Delaware River, and former Hartel Avenue, to enter into a lease or sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development at said premises for the development of a facility, to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with PAID for the development of the facility, and to take title to the completed facility from PAID, all under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-17
Bill 250068

The City of Philadelphia will own and maintain a new bridge over railroad tracks on Byberry Road, between Evans Street and Worthington Road.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Streets Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to own and maintain a bridge to be constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation ("PennDOT") to carry Byberry Road over certain railroad tracks between Evans Street and Worthington Road, and placing said bridge carrying Byberry Road on the City Plan pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the City and PennDOT, all under certain terms and conditions.

Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-17
Bill 250068

The City of Philadelphia will own and maintain a new bridge over railroad tracks on Byberry Road, between Evans Street and Worthington Road.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Streets Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to own and maintain a bridge to be constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation ("PennDOT") to carry Byberry Road over certain railroad tracks between Evans Street and Worthington Road, and placing said bridge carrying Byberry Road on the City Plan pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the City and PennDOT, all under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-17
Bill 250067

The City of Philadelphia is acquiring a perpetual right and easement from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for a tract of land at the intersection of Southampton Road and Roosevelt Boulevard.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a perpetual right and easement on, over and across a certain tract of land at the intersection of Southampton Road and Roosevelt Boulevard for roadway and related improvements, under certain terms and conditions.

Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-17
Bill 250067

The City of Philadelphia is acquiring a perpetual right and easement from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for a tract of land at the intersection of Southampton Road and Roosevelt Boulevard.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a perpetual right and easement on, over and across a certain tract of land at the intersection of Southampton Road and Roosevelt Boulevard for roadway and related improvements, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Meeting date

March 13, 2025

Procedural2025-03-13
Bill 240427-AA

This bill would amend Philadelphia’s zoning rules for nonconforming uses.

Amending Section 14-305 of the Philadelphia Code entitled "Nonconformities," by providing further provisions on changes from non-conforming uses; all under certain terms and conditions.

AMENDED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-13
Resolution 250222

Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing March 20, 2025, as Children First Day in Philadelphia.

Recognizing March 20, 2025, as Children First Day in the City of Philadelphia.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-13
Resolution 250221

The adopted resolution condemns the Trump Administration’s actions and proposed cuts to the U.S.

Condemning the Trump Administration for its reprehensible actions to drastically defund the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which will have a devastating effect on the enforcement of fair housing laws, damage communities, and escalate the affordable housing crisis.

Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-13
Resolution 250220

Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution commemorating the 60th anniversary of the March 7, 1965, civil rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, known as “Bloody Sunday.” The resolution remembers the demonstrators who were attacked while protesting the denial of voting rights to African Americans and reaffirms the importance of civil rights, voting rights, and racial justice.

Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the civil rights marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama to Montgomery on March 7, 1965, also known as "Bloody Sunday".

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-13
Resolution 250219

The adopted resolution honors and recognizes 10-year-old Trey Howard for protecting his younger sister during the January 31, 2025 plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia, despite suffering serious injuries himself.

Honoring and recognizing Trey Howard for his heroic response to the plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-13
Resolution 250218

Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and recognizing Tumar Alexander’s 24-year career in Philadelphia City Government on the occasion of his retirement.

Honoring and recognizing the career of Tumar Alexander, a dedicated public servant, on the occasion of his retirement from Philadelphia City Government.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-13
Resolution 250217

The adopted resolution honors the Commonwealth Association of School Administrators and the School District of Philadelphia’s 2024–25 group of first-year principals.

Honoring the members of Commonwealth Association of School Administrators as they have made significant contributions to their community, advocating for the rights and interests of staff and students in the school district.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-13
Resolution 250216

The adopted resolution honors Officer Jesse Woodhouse for his service as Community Relations Officer in the 16th Police District in West Philadelphia since 2000, on the occasion of his retirement.

Honoring Officer Jesse Woodhouse for his outstanding service to the 16TH Police District in West Philadelphia on the occasion of his retirement.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2025-03-13
Resolution 250215

This adopted resolution authorizes the Committee on Children and Youth to hold hearings about how Bill No.

Authorizing the Committee on Children and Youth to hold hearings on the implementation of Bill No. 220654-A and the success of Community Evening Resource Centers.

Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.