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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Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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Meeting date
June 18, 2015
The enacted ordinance authorized a $25 million transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2016 General Fund, moving money from the City Council’s appropriation to the Director of Finance for a contribution to the School District of Philadelphia.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 within the General Fund from the City Council to the Director of Finance-Contribution to School District.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s six-year Capital Program for fiscal years 2016 through 2021.
Amending Bill No. 150162-A (approved June 18, 2015), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2016-2021 inclusive," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s building code to require at least one food-waste disposer in each kitchen of certain new residential buildings.
Amending Title 4 "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Subcode "B," (The Philadelphia Building Code) by adding new requirements for food waste disposers in some new residential construction; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2016 capital budget.
Amending Bill No. 150163-A (approved June 18, 2015), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2016 capital Budget," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Monica Torres to construct, own, and maintain a garage extension extending into the public right-of-way at 4165 N.
Authorizing Monica Torres, to construct, own, and maintain a structural encroachment at 4165 N. 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance legalizes an existing stair enclosure at 5070 Whitaker Avenue for property owner Hugo Campoverdes as a permitted encroachment in the public right-of-way.
Legalizing an existing stair enclosure at 5070 Whitaker Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19124, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created a South Broad Street Gateway neighborhood commercial zoning overlay for commercially zoned lots between Broad Street, Washington Avenue, 13th Street, and Carpenter Street.
Amending Section 14-503 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "/NCA, Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay," by adding a new subsection entitled "South Broad Street Gateway," and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to add an approximately 30-by-25-foot sewer and drainage right-of-way north of Pattison Avenue and east of The Delaware Expressway, next to the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant.
Authorizing the plotting upon a portion of City Plan No. 41-S of a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, approximately thirty feet by twenty-five feet, in the area lying north of Pattison Avenue and east of The Delaware Expressway, and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s requirements for reporting the quantity and sulfur content of stored commercial fuel oil when businesses sought case-by-case extensions of certain exemptions.
Amending Section 3-207 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sale of Fuel Oil," by modifying certain requirements for reporting the sulfur content of stored commercial fuel oil in connection with certain case-by-case exemptions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Stacy Reed, the owner and operator of a newsstand at Broad and Vine Streets, to construct, use, and maintain conduits under and across the southwest corner to provide electrical and telephone service.
Authorizing Stacy Reed, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Broad and Vine street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the southwest corner of Broad and Vine street for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes 1919 Market LP to construct, own, and maintain an illuminated sidewalk inlay, two pedestrian benches, and underground private electrical lines in the public right-of-way at 1919 Market Street.
Authorizing 1919 Market LP, to construct, own, and maintain various right-of-way encroachments at 1919 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise the official City Plan and vacate a triangular portion of Lancaster Avenue on the north side of Market Street and east side of Thirty-Second Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 44 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a certain triangularly-shaped portion of Lancaster Avenue located at the northerly side of Market Street and the easterly side of Thirty-Second Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created a Drexel University District covering specified streets near Drexel University and allowed up to 25 combined street- and sidewalk-vending locations there.
Amending Section 9-206 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Neighborhood Business Districts," by creating the Drexel University District, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s airport rules to require providers of ground-handling services at City airport facilities to obtain a City permit before providing those services.
Amending Chapter 18-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Airports," by requiring providers of ground-handling services at City airport facilities to obtain a permit from the City before providing ground-handling services and providing for possible permit revocation, all under certain terms and conditions.
MOTION·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
June 11, 2015
The adopted resolution recommends that SEPTA set local hiring goals for contracts involving federally funded transportation projects.
Recommending the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to implement local hiring goals for contract opportunities for federally funded transportation projects by taking advantage of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Local Labor Hiring Pilot Program.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 2538 South 2nd Street 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 Thirty-ninth 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings about access to opioid-dependency treatment for Medicaid beneficiaries and other Philadelphia residents.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings regarding treatment of opioid dependency for Medicaid beneficiaries and the cash business model around this treatment that fosters overprescribing, medication abuse, misuse and diversion by patients not committed to recovery.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted Resolution recognizing and honoring Harrowgate residents and Philadelphia firefighters and police officers for their quick response to the Amtrak train derailment near Frankford Junction on May 12, 2015.
Recognizing and honoring our neighbors from Harrowgate and the Philadelphia Firefighters and Police Officers first responders for their quick response to the devastating Amtrak train derailment that took place on May 12, 2015.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.