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
October 28, 2010
This enacted ordinance authorizes Mt.
Authorizing Mt. Airy USA (MAUSA) to install, and the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District (MABID) to own and maintain, four benches on the east and west footway of Germantown Avenue, from Mt. Airy Avenue to East Phil-Ellena Street, and two benches on the south footway of the unit block of West Mt. Pleasant Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Mike Scotese, owner of Grey Lodge Pub, to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 6235 Frankford Avenue with four tables and eight chairs, while leaving about nine feet of unobstructed sidewalk.
Authorizing Mike Scotese, owner of Grey Lodge Pub, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 6235 Frankford Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $1,162,959 in Fiscal Year 2010 appropriations within the Grants Revenue Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 within the Grants Revenue Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to transfer $24,256 in Fiscal Year 2010 Water Fund appropriations within the Managing Director’s Division of Technology.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 within the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes BIBA UC LLC, doing business as BIBA Wine Bar at 3131 Walnut Street, to legalize existing encroachments and build and maintain additional structures in the Walnut Street sidewalk right-of-way.
Authorizing BIBA UC LLC / dba BIBA Wine Bar, 3131 Walnut Street, Suite 1A, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, to legalize various existing encroachments and to construct, own and maintain additional encroachments in the right-of-way located on the north footway of Walnut Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s towing rules for private lots, private property, and driveways.
Amending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by revising the requirements for signs that give notice that unauthorized parking is prohibited and unauthorized vehicles will be towed from a private lot or private property, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill approves the first amendment to the redevelopment proposal for the Franklin Town Project in the Center City Redevelopment Area, near Spring Garden and Twenty-first streets.
Approving the first amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Center City Redevelopment Area, Franklin Town Project, being the area beginning in the vicinity of Spring Garden and Twenty-first streets, which provides, inter alia, for amending the land use map and regulations to add religious institutional as a permitted use, modifying the regulations to exclude certain portions of the project area from building setbacks and adjusting height limitations, and for amending the regulations by adding provisions related to gates, fences and walls within certain portions of the project area.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
October 21, 2010
Adopted, this resolution recognizes X-Offenders for Community Empowerment for its community activism, services for formerly convicted people, and efforts to reduce gun violence in Philadelphia.
Recognizing the X-Offenders for Community Empowerment for their positive community activism, services for the ex-offender community and their efforts in reducing gun violence in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution honors Pamela Notaro, Laurie Mellon, and Digitas Health Group for their service to the faculty, students, and community of the Francis Scott Key School.
Honoring and Recognizing Pamela Notaro, Laurie Mellon and Digitas Health Group for their service and commitment to the faculty, students and community of the Francis Scott Key School.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Luca Sena, The Penn's View Hotel, and Panorama Restaurant on their 20th anniversary.
Honoring and Recognizing Luca Sena, The Penn's View Hotel and Panorama Restaurant on the occasion of their 20th Anniversary.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on private and public enterprises that employ people in screen, stage, television, radio, sound recording, and new media work to meet with and, where possible, make agreements with unions and other organizations representing Philadelphia artists.
Calling on private and public enterprises who employee screen, stage, television, radio, sound recording and new media employees should endeavor wherever possible to meet with and enter into agreements with Actors Equity, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild and other unions and organizations that represent artists in Philadelphia, for the purpose of creating and maintaining a professional community within Philadelphia for the benefit of its citizenry.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved a redevelopment contract and related disposition plan for two parcels at 30 and 41 North 62nd Street in the Haddington Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Haddington Urban Renewal Area, Unit Nos. 2 & 3 designated as Parcel Nos. 119 and 120 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 119 as 30 North Sixty-second street and for Parcel No. 120 as 41 North Sixty-second street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Philadelphia Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Kathy Manderino on her retirement as a Pennsylvania State Representative after 18 years of service to the 194th Legislative District.
Recognizing and honoring Kathy Manderino on her retirement as a Pennsylvania State Representative and her 18-years of dedication and commitment to the 194th Legislative District.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing, honoring, and celebrating the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger for its work fighting hunger in Philadelphia.
Recognizing, Honoring, And Celebrating the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger - For All Their Efforts in fighting hunger in Philadelphia.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution states that if City Council later changes or limits Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP), the legislation should give City employees who are currently eligible based on age and years of service a chance to enroll before the changes take effect.
Expressing Council's intent that, in the event Council enacts legislation revising or curtailing the Deferred Retirement Option Plan ("DROP"), any such legislation will provide all City employees who are eligible to enroll in the DROP by virtue of their age and years of service with a "window of opportunity" to enroll before any changes affecting their eligibility take effect; encouraging those employees who have submitted a Preliminary Application to enroll in the DROP but have not yet finalized their application to reconsider their decision carefully in light of Council's commitment to provide them with an opportunity to apply and enroll in the DROP at a future date; and requesting the Board of Pensions to advise DROP-eligible employees of Council's intention.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer conditional ownership of specified City-owned properties to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
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-fourth, Twenty-seventh and Forty-sixth 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.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorized the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of the vacant, City-owned property at 1418 Grays Ferry Avenue 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-seventh Ward 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.
Introduced, Read and Adopted·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.