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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January 31, 2008
City Council adopted a resolution beginning the process to continue the Roxborough Neighborhood Improvement District for five years, through June 30, 2013, in the Ridge Avenue area and nearby intersecting blocks.
Initiating action to continue a neighborhood improvement district, beyond the date of termination of such district, in an area that generally includes both sides of Ridge Avenue from Main Street to 7220 Ridge Avenue and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Ridge Avenue and which is known as the Roxborough District ("District"); continuing the designation of the Roxborough Development Corporation, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a preliminary plan for and report concerning the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally continue the District.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Commerce and Economic Development Committee and Public Health and Human Services Committee to hold joint public hearings.
Authorizing the City Council's Committees on Commerce and Economic Development and Public Health and Human Services to hold joint public hearings on how the consolidation of anti-poverty applications will stimulate the city's economy while at the same time helping those who most need these services.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold hearings on Philadelphia foreclosures and the role of subprime mortgages.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold hearings on the problems of foreclosures in Philadelphia and the extent to which sub-prime mortgages contribute to this problem and further investigating the possibility of imposing a Moratorium on Sherriff's Sales on those foreclosures resulting from sub-prime mortgages, and other mechanisms for protecting homeowners from homelessness.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in the Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fifty-ninth Wards 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 Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fifty-ninth 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Central High School’s girls basketball team, the Lancers, and Coach Frank Greco for achieving 100 consecutive Public League victories.
Recognizing, Honoring, And Celebrating Central High School's Girls Basketball Team (The Lancers) and Coach Frank Greco For Their Amazing 100 Consecutive Victories.
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 certain City-owned lots and buildings in the 36th, 40th, and 48th Wards 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 Thirty-sixth, Fortieth amd Forty-eighth 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the Sounds of Liberty Barbershop Chorus on its 60th anniversary.
Honoring the Sounds of Liberty Barbershop Chorus on their 60th Anniversary.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Third and Sixth Wards 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 Third and 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings about Philadelphia International Airport’s recycling policies and goals.
Authorizing the Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings to examine Philadelphia International Airport's recycling policies and goals, and to explore alternative approaches to increasing the Airport's recycling rate of both public and internal waste.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Streets and Services to hold public hearings about sidewalks closed during construction projects.
Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services to hold public hearings to investigate sidewalk closures during construction projects and examine ways to improve pedestrian access to these sidewalks by requiring covered and protected walkways around construction sites.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Electric Factory Concerts on its 40th anniversary.
Recognizing the Electric Factory Concerts, one of the world's most successful and influential concert promoters, on the occasion of their 40th Anniversary.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits street and sidewalk vending on certain portions of 17th Street.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors and Section 9-205 relating to Sidewalk Sales, by prohibiting street and sidewalk vending on certain portions of 17th Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance creates Philadelphia protections for people who buy used cars from dealers.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Section 9-630, entitled "Sale of Used Cars," providing for protections against sale of cars in need of substantial repairs, commonly known as a "lemon law"; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia officials to lease City-owned land south of Shelmire Avenue, next to Fox Chase Cancer Center, through the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development and the Fairmount Park Conservancy so Fox Chase can construct, maintain, and operate cancer research and treatment facilities.
Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission, the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, and the Public Property Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID"), to lease City-owned land south of Shelmire Avenue adjacent to the campus of the Fox Chase Cancer Center, Inc. ("Fox Chase") to PAID, under which PAID will enter into a sublease with the Fairmount Park Conservancy ("Conservancy"), a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, under which the Conservancy would enter into a sub-sublease and other agreements with Fox Chase, pursuant to which Fox Chase will construct, maintain, and operate cancer research and treatment facilities on the property; and authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission, the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, the Public Property Commissioner, and the City Solicitor to enter into additional agreements and take all other actions necessary to co...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have changed the curblines and grades of portions of Christopher Columbus Boulevard and Tasker Street, vacated part of Tasker Street, and revised or abandoned certain mapped rights-of-way near the Delaware River.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 12-S, 19-S, 71, 238, and 308 by revising the curblines and grades of Christopher Columbus Boulevard from a point approximately nine-hundred feet south of Spruce Street to a point approximately one-thousand two-hundred feet south of Tasker Street, by revising the curblines and grades of Tasker Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to a point approximately two-hundred fifty feet westwardly therefrom, by striking from the City Plan and vacating Tasker Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to a dead end approximately seven-hundred ten feet eastwardly therefrom, by reserving and placing on City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of Tasker Street being stricken from the City Plan by authority of this Ordinance, by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain right-of-way for water main purposes...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s zoning maps for certain land in the area bounded by Delaware Avenue, the former Marlborough Street right-of-way, the Delaware River, and former Shackamaxon Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Delaware Avenue, former Marlborough Street Right-of-way, the Delaware River and the former Shackamaxon Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Shailesh Tilvawala permission to construct, use, and maintain conduits under and across the public right-of-way at Eighth and Market Streets to provide electrical and telephone service to his newsstand.
Granting permission to Shailesh Tilvawala, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the northeast corner of Eighth Street and Market Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the northeast corner of Eighth Street and Market 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 establishes the Queen Village Neighborhood Conservation District, covering an area generally bounded by Washington Avenue, Bainbridge Street, 6th Street, and Front Street, with an exception for properties under South Street/HeadHouse Square controls.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a new Section 14-908, entitled "Queen Village Neighborhood Conservation District."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.