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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Council actions
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting dates
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Meeting date
April 22, 2010
This lapsed bill would have added requirements for disposing of vacant and surplus City properties.
Amending Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Vacant and Surplus Properties," by providing additional requirements for the disposition of properties pursuant to that Chapter, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance sets licensing and operating requirements for special assembly venues, such as nightclubs, bars, restaurants, private clubs, and banquet halls where 50 or more people gather for social entertainment.
Amending Section 9-703 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Assembly Occupancies," by imposing various requirements on promoters of events at special assembly occupancies; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Roxanne Maddrey, who operates a newsstand at 55th and Pine Streets, permission to install and maintain underground conduits across the public right-of-way to provide electrical and telephone service to the newsstand.
Granting permission to Roxanne Maddrey, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of 55th Street and Pine Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southwest corner of 55th Street and Pine Street, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that reduce the widths of portions of Montgomery Avenue and Fifteenth Street between Broad and Fifteenth streets.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 123 by relocating the northerly houseline of Montgomery Avenue from Fifteenth Street to Broad Street, thereby reducing the width of said Montgomery Avenue and relocating the easterly houseline of Fifteenth Street from Montgomery Avenue to a point approximately three-hundred thirty-one feet northwardly therefrom, thereby reducing the width of said Fifteenth Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure amended a 2008 ordinance concerning the planned placement of Twenty-sixth Street from Penrose Avenue to a dead end and the dedication of the street bed to the City.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 080279) approved April 28, 2008, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 52-S and 53-S by placing on the City Plan Twenty-sixth Street from Penrose Avenue southwardly approximately one-thousand eight-hundred thirty-two feet to a dead-end, and the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the bed of said Twenty-sixth Street, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have revised the City Plan to remove an unopened portion of Hegerman Street between Aubrey Avenue and a point about 187 feet southwest of Aubrey Avenue.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 312 by striking from the City Plan Hegerman Street from Aubrey Avenue to a point approximately one-hundred eighty-seven feet southwestwardly therefrom and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for gas main purposes within the northwesterly half of the portion of Hegerman Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law to let qualifying private clubs apply for a temporary waiver from the city’s indoor smoking ban, with applications due by June 30, 2010.
Amending Section 10-602 of The Philadelphia Code, known as the "Clean Indoor Air Worker Protection Law," by providing a limited period of time, expiring June 30, 2010, during which a Private Club, as defined, may apply for and obtain a waiver of the provisions of the Section prohibiting smoking in certain places, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that widen portions of South Street near the Schuylkill River and add a variable-width drainage right-of-way.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 11-S, 42, 269, and 308 by relocating the houselines and curblines of South Street from a point approximately one-hundred seventy feet northwest of Convention Avenue to the northwesterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River and from the southeasterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River to Twenty-seventh Street so as to increase the width of South Street for the purpose of constructing a new bridge crossing the Schuylkill River and by placing on the City Plan a variable width right-of-way for drainage purposes adjacent to the southwesterly side of South Street northwest of Schuylkill Avenue and authorizing the opening of the said widened portions of South Street extending through property owned by the City.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
April 15, 2010
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing about repeated failures of Philadelphia’s Police Department radio system.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing to investigate and determine the cause of the repeated failures of the City of Philadelphia's Police Department Radio System.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the importance of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Health Professionals (PASNAP) and Temple University Hospital during a labor strike.
Recognizing the importance of both the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Health Professionals (PASNAP) and Temple University Hospital, and urging both parties to achieve an agreement that is fair to all parties and that ensures the continuing delivery of quality care for patients.
Introduced·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 1314 Annin Street, a City-owned property, 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 Second 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings on infant mortality in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings to investigate the emergence of infant mortality as an epidemic in Philadelphia, the causes of infant mortality; the racial and ethnic disparities in the prevalence of infant mortality; and to evaluate infant mortality prevention and reduction initiatives in order to reduce the rates of infant mortality.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution recognizes the Saturday during Penn Relays weekend as Coach Fred Rosenfeld Day in Philadelphia.
Recognizing the Saturday during Penn Relay weekend as Coach Fred Rosenfeld Day in appreciation of his outstanding leadership and commitment to today's youth in fostering sportsmanship, excellence and discipline through the sport of Track and Field.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution recognized Telemundo Philadelphia’s and the Please Touch Museum’s second annual Día del Niño, an event offering cultural and educational activities for Philadelphia children, including youth in the Latino community.
Recognizing and Celebrating Telemundo Philadelphia's and the Please Touch Museum's Second Annual Día del Niño, and Declaring May 1st, 2010 as Día del Niño in The City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of 3613 North Eighth Street and the rear of 3611 North Eighth Street 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 Forty-third 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and congratulating the boys varsity basketball team at Our Mother of Sorrows/St.
Honoring and Congratulating the Boys Varsity Basketball Team at Our Mother of Sorrows/ St. Ignatius of Loyola School for Winning the Pennsylvania State Grade School Boys Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Basketball Tournament.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution congratulating the Saints John Neumann Maria Goretti boys' basketball team on winning the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship, the City of Philadelphia Championship, and the PIAA AAA State Championship.
Congratulating the Saints John Neumann Maria Goretti Boy's Basketball Team on winning the Philadelphia Catholics League Championship, City of Philadelphia Championship, and the PIAA AAA State Championship.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance added a Philadelphia tax on retail sales of tobacco and tobacco-related products, including cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipe and loose tobacco, and rolling papers.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by adding a new Chapter entitled "Tobacco and Tobacco-Related Products Tax," under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.