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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October 19, 2006
The adopted resolution recognized October as Philadelphia’s first annual Scrabble City Month and honored Scrabble as a way to support literacy.
Recognizing the Month of October as the First Annual Scrabble City Month and Honoring the Game of Scrabble as an Important Aid To Literacy.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Professor John Rich of Drexel University for being named a 2006 MacArthur Fellow and receiving the foundation’s $500,000 grant.
Recognizing Professor John Rich, MD, MPH, Chair of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University, for being named a 2006 MacArthur Fellow and receiving the $500,000 "Genius" Grant.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution commemorating the 68th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the 1938 Nazi attacks against Jewish communities.
Commemorating the 68th Anniversary of Kristallnacht and recognizing the artistic contributions of Gottfried Helnwein in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to oppose HB 2880 and SB 1247, which would create state-issued cable video franchises.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to oppose HB 2880 and SB 1247 that provide for state-issued cable video franchises.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Public Health and Human Services and Legislative Oversight Committees to hold public hearings about the health benefits and convenience of installing hand sanitizer dispensers.
Authorizing City Council's joint Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings exploring the health benefits and conveniences of installing hand sanitizer dispensers in all public elementary schools and city workplaces.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s wage and net profits tax and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority tax on wages and net profits by excluding certain tuition benefits from taxable compensation.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," and Chapter 19-2800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Tax on Wages and Net Profits," by excluding certain tuition reduction benefits from the definition of taxable compensation, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required prior approval from City Council before permits could be issued or renewed for closing a street for a private construction or demolition project longer than six consecutive months or more than nine months in any 12-month period.
Amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Streets," by adding a section requiring approval of City Council before certain permits are granted allowing the closure of City streets, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Shailesh Tilvawala, who operates a newsstand at 15th Street and John F.
Granting permission to Shailesh Tilvawala, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Fifteenth Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southwest corner of Fifteenth Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, 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 the City’s Procurement Commissioner to contract for paving Croskey Street from Cherry Street north to a dead end.
Authorizing the paving of Croskey Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill changes the zoning designation for an area generally bounded by Tomlinson Road, a railroad right-of-way, Bennett Road, and Roosevelt Boulevard.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of the following area of the City: area generally bounded by Tomlinson Road extended, a Railroad Right-of-Way, Bennett Road extended to a Railroad Right-of-Way, and Roosevelt Boulevard.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure creates reserved on-street parking spaces for nonprofit car-sharing organizations that let members use vehicles at public locations on a pay-per-use basis.
Amending Chapter 12-900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking Regulations and Penalties," by adding a new Section 12-918, entitled "Parking for Car Sharing Organizations," to provide on-street parking restricted to vehicles owned by such organizations and amending Section 12-2809, entitled "Civil Penalties and Costs," to provide for penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the Water Commissioner to enter into an agreement with the owners of five properties at 228 East Mount Airy, 7131 Devon Street, and 261, 263, and 265 Sydney Street.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with the owners of 228 East Mount Airy (Premise A), 7131 Devon Street (Premise B), 261 Sydney Street (Premise C), 263 Sydney Street (Premise D) and 265 Sydney Street (Premise E) for the grant of a right-of-way to the City for drainage, sewer purposes and water main purposes through the property on a line of Devon Street from East Mount Airy Avenue to Sydney Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that vacate the southeastern 20 feet of Arendell Avenue between State Road and James Street, narrowing that portion of the street.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 312 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the southeasterly 20' portion of Arendell Avenue from State Road northwestwardly to James Street thereby narrowing Arendell Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have extended through tax year 2011 an exclusion from Philadelphia’s Business Privilege Tax for receipts, or portions of receipts, from specific business activities conducted by information technology companies.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by extending the exclusion for the receipts of information technology companies, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to add Delaware Avenue between Hellerman Street and Magee Avenue, and Magee Avenue between Delaware Avenue and New State Road, to the City Plan.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 278 by placing on the City Plan Delaware Avenue from Hellerman Street to Magee Avenue and by placing Magee Avenue from Delaware Avenue to New State Road, under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the beds of Delaware Avenue and Magee Avenue being placed under authority of this Ordinance and also dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances of a portion of the bed of Delaware Avenue between Levick Street and Hellerman Street not previously opened.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan to add Sunshine Lane, Solar Way, and two drainage rights-of-way in the specified area.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 344 by placing on the City Plan Sunshine Lane and Solar Way and a 50' wide right-of-way for drainage purposes and a variable width right-of-way for drainage purposes under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the beds of Sunshine Lane and Solar Way.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Procurement Commissioner to contract for paving Sunshine Lane and Solar Way.
Authorizing the paving of Sunshine Lane and Solar Way, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $7 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grants for projects involving the North Philadelphia Health System, the Old Metropolitan Opera House, and Progress Plaza.
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 Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000) to assist in the development of North Philadelphia Health System, the Old Metropolitan Opera House and Progress Plaza; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.