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

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August 8, 2019

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June 13, 2019

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190584

This adopted resolution urges the Office of the Philadelphia City Commissioners to expand language-access services on Philadelphia’s new voting machines.

Urging the Office of the Philadelphia City Commissioners to maximize Language Access Services available through the City's new voting machines.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190581

The adopted resolution recognizes August 1–7 as World Breastfeeding Week and the entire month of August as National Breastfeeding Awareness Month in Philadelphia.

Recognizing August 1-7 as World Breastfeeding Week and the entire month of August as National Breastfeeding Awareness Month 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.

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190580

City Council adopted a resolution approving a redevelopment contract for seven properties in the Wister II Urban Renewal Area, including addresses on East Wister Street and Rufe Street.

Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Wister II Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 417 East Wister street, 423 East Wister street, 431 East Wister street, 443 East Wister street, 5120 Rufe street, 445 East Wister street and 445 Rear East Wister street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Community Justice Land Trust and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190579

City Council adopted a resolution approving the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s redevelopment contract for 2432 South Lee Street in the Whitman Urban Renewal Area.

Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Whitman Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 2432 South Lee street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Joshua Cohen and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190578

City Council adopted a resolution honoring the 50th anniversary of Philadelphia’s Public Interest Law Center and recognizing its litigation advancing the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region.

Recognizing and Honoring the 50th Anniversary of Philadelphia's Public Interest Law Center for its pioneering litigation, which has dramatically advanced the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190577

This adopted resolution urges the U.S.

Urging the U.S. Department of the Treasury to reconsider the decision to delay the redesign of the $20 bill to feature 19th century abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190576

Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution urging Governor Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania General Assembly to protect and expand Pennsylvania’s General Assistance Program, which provides modest temporary monthly cash assistance to people with disabilities and others in extreme poverty.

Urging Governor Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania General Assembly to protect and expand the General Assistance Program to provide a lifeline for people with disabilities throughout the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190575

This adopted resolution appoints Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, Eva Gladstein, Sharmain Matlock-Turner, and Mel Wells as co-chairs of the Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention.

Appointing Co-Chairs to the Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention, established pursuant to Resolution No. 190239 and authorized to hold hearings to propose and implement actionable policies and programs that substantively prevent and alleviate poverty in every Philadelphia neighborhood.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190574

City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer title to 3017 N.

Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3017 N. Philip Street located in the Seventh Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190573

The adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of 2417 North Orianna Street, a City-owned property in the Nineteenth Ward, to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190572

The adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer ownership of 1309 S.

Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1309 S. 20th Street located in the Second Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190571

Adopted Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer ownership of 2012 S.

Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank deeds conveying title to certain properties located in the Second Councilmanic District pursuant to the requirements of the Commonwealth Land Bank Act.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190570

This adopted resolution recognizes and honors Bobbi Booker as the first African-American woman to serve as president of the Pen and Pencil Club, described as the nation’s oldest press club.

Recognizing and honoring Bobbi Booker as the first African-American female president of the Pen and Pencil Club, the nation's oldest press club.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190569

This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of 2301, 2303, 2305, and 2307 Ridge Avenue to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Forty-Seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190568

This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer five surplus properties in the Fifth Councilmanic District to the Philadelphia Land Bank.

Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of certain properties located in the Fifth Councilmanic District, which will be transferred by the City to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, by conveyance of such properties to the Philadelphia Land Bank in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190567

The adopted resolution names the 1400 block of South 50th Street “Rev.

Also naming the 1400 Block of South 50th Street "Rev. Charles Gregory Way", in honor of the legacy of Rev. Gregory, the founder of the Mount Zion Baptist Church, for his contributions to his community.

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

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

Procedural2019-06-13
Resolution 190566

This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer, without payment, title to two properties—2131 S.

Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank deeds conveying title to certain properties located in the Third Councilmanic District pursuant to the requirements of the Commonwealth Land Bank Act.

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

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