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.
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Meeting date
April 12, 2007
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s parking rules for car-sharing organizations by adding eight street locations where one or more parking spaces may be reserved for car-sharing vehicles.
Amending Section 12-918 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking for Car Sharing Organizations," by adding locations, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to define a “gun shop” as a retail store that sells, leases, purchases, or lends firearms or ammunition.
Amending Section 14-1605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulated Uses," by adding a definition for "Gun shop" and designating gun shops as regulated uses, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have renamed the “North Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls” and expanded the area covered by those controls.
Amending Section 14-1624 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "North Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls," by changing the title and expanding the boundaries to include the area bounded generally by Oregon Avenue, Front Street, the Delaware River and Spring Garden Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Northern Star Developments LLC to construct, own, and maintain multi-level bays and balconies for the Oxford Mews residential project at 1617 N.
Authorizing Northern Star Developments LLC, 5 Eiker Road, Cranberry, NJ 08512, owner of the property at 1617 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, to construct, own and maintain multi-level bays and balconies as part of the Oxford Mews residential development project, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $2.9 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding for Nueva Esperanza II.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to file an application with the Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, in an aggregate amount not to exceed Two Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,900,000) to assist in the development of Nueva Esperanza II and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill approves the third amendment to the redevelopment and urban renewal plans for the Tioga Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the Third amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Tioga Urban Renewal Area, being the area generally bounded by Hunting Park avenue on the north, Broad street, Germantown avenue, Venango street, Fifteenth street, Allegheny avenue and Germantown avenue on the east, Glenwood avenue and Lehigh avenue on the south and Twenty-third street, Allegheny avenue and Twenty-Third street on the west, including the Third amendment to the urban renewal plan and the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of nineteen (19) properties for residential and related uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law; and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $1.4 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding for redeveloping three vacant commercial buildings at Roosevelt Boulevard and Bustleton Avenue into a Chevrolet sales and service dealership.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to file an application with the Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000) to assist in the redevelopment of the Roosevelt Boulevard and Bustleton Avenue area and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s contractor rules to require building service employees—such as cleaners, guards, janitors, maintenance workers, and groundskeepers—to receive prevailing wages and working conditions for covered City work.
Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to require that building service employees, performing labor under certain building service contract, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
March 29, 2007
This adopted resolution approves a redevelopment contract and related property-disposition rules for five parcels in the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, covering properties on North Eighth, North Franklin, West Oxford, North Perth, Jefferson, and West Norris Streets.
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 Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 603, 604, 605, 606 & 607 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 603 as 1503-1541 North Eighth street including 728-732 West Oxford street & 1502-1506, 1510 & 1518 North Perth street, for Parcel No. 604 as 1500-1550 North Franklin street including 723-727 Jefferson street, 726 West Oxford street & 1505-1507 Perth street, for Parcel No. 605 as 605 West Norris street, for Parcel No. 606 as 625 West Norris street and for Parcel No. 607 as 631 West Norris street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Pradera Corporation and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution urges Pennsylvania’s General Assembly to enact Senate Bills 167 and 171, which would support grandparents and other relatives caring for children whose parents cannot or will not care for them.
Urging the members of the General Assembly to enact Senate Bill Nos. 167 and 171 in support of State Senator Anthony Williams and Senator Rafael Musto for their leadership role on kinship care.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution honors and recognizes Alan K.
Honoring and recognizing the Honorable Alan K. Silberstein on the occasion of his retirement.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted, this resolution recognizes, honors, celebrates, and thanks George Edward “Butch” Ballard for his contributions to jazz music in Philadelphia and nationally.
Recognizing, honoring, celebrating, and thanking George Edward "Butch" Ballard for his outstanding contribution to jazz music both in Philadelphia and nationally.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Secretary of Housing or designee to apply for a $3,651,500 grant from Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Authorizing the Secretary of Housing, or his designee, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to file an application and, if the application is accepted, to execute a contract to obtain a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, for funding community revitalization efforts in neighborhoods abutting the Delaware River.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the Christian Brothers for their service and commitment to people in Philadelphia and around the world.
Honoring the Christian Brothers for their dedicated service and commitment to the people of Philadelphia and throughout the world.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted, this resolution recognizes Northern Ireland’s Catholic Sinn Féin and Protestant Democratic Unionist Party for reaching an agreement to form a power-sharing government beginning May 8, 2007.
Recognizing Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant political parties on the occasion of reaching a historic deal to form a power-sharing government beginning May 8, 2007.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Liberty Property Trust Philadelphia Limited Partnership IV, owner of the Comcast Center, to place six raised planters along the north sidewalk of John F.
Authorizing Liberty Property Trust Philadelphia Limited Partnership IV, Eight Penn Center, Suite 1100, 1628 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103, owner of the Comcast Center at 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103, for the placement of raised planters on John F. Kennedy Boulevard and the installation of stainless steel security bollards on Arch Street and N. 17th Street adjacent to the Comcast Center, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain properties in the area bounded by West Jefferson Street, N.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by West Jefferson Street, N. Mascher Street, W. Oxford Street and N. Howard Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes changes to City Plan No.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 63 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Carlton Street from Twentieth Street eastwardly approximately 98'4" to a dead-end, by striking and abandoning certain rights-of-way for public utility purposes lying in the beds of former Carlton Street and former Uber Street, by striking and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and public utility purposes lying in the bed of former Wood Street, by relocating a certain portion of the curbline on Vine Street 8' in a southerly direction and by relocating a certain portion of the curbline on 20th Street 7' in a westerly direction, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.