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
May 18, 2006
This enacted bill changed the City Plan by vacating Sloan Street between Fairmount Avenue and Aspen Street and relocating it 23 feet east of its former position.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 105 by striking and vacating Sloan Street from Fairmount Avenue to Aspen Street and placing a relocated Sloan Street 23' eastwardly from the former Sloan Street, under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the newly placed bed of Sloan Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the University of Pennsylvania Health System to construct and maintain a pedestrian bridge over Convention Avenue connecting the Penn Tower Complex with the proposed Perlman Center for Advanced Medicine.
Authorizing The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19014, to construct and maintain a pedestrian bridge over and across Convention Avenue, connecting the UPHS Penn Tower Complex (One Convention Avenue) with the proposed Perlman Center for Advanced Medicine (3400 Civic Center Boulevard), under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City of Philadelphia to purchase the property at 8425 Executive Avenue, along with its improvements and certain assets, from La France Corp.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Policy and the Director of Commerce, acting on behalf of the City, to purchase from La France Corp. any and all interests in the parcel of property known as 8425 Executive Avenue and the improvements and certain assets contained thereon, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have removed the requirement that most Philadelphia civil-service employees live in the City for one year before appointment.
Amending Section 20-101 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Residence Requirements," by providing that an employee in the civil service need not be a bona fide resident of the City when appointed, but must establish and maintain bona fide residence in the City within six months after appointment.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted law requires people who install, repair, modify, or otherwise service sheet-metal ductwork used in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems to hold a city certificate or apprentice permit.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter entitled "Sheet Metal Technician," requiring certain licensing of persons performing duct work used in HVAC systems, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Public Employees Retirement Code to include certain labor-related payments when calculating compensation for members of specified retirement plans.
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending various provisions to incorporate benefit enhancements provided under recent labor arbitration awards, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted law amended Philadelphia retirement rules for members of Plans D, J, and X who have a dependent child who remains dependent because of a physical or mental disability.
Amending Chapter 22-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Retirement Benefits," by amending Section 22-306, entitled "Retirement and Survivorship Benefit Options," by providing for benefits to be paid to certain trusts for disabled children, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to extend the City’s lease for office space at 1234 Market Street from SEPTA, which owns the building, until June 30, 2014.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to extend the term of a lease agreement between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority as landlord and The City of Philadelphia as tenant for office space at 1234 Market Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer City-owned land, buildings, and improvements at 140-54 N.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for nominal consideration, a deed conveying fee simple title to a certain tract of City-owned land with buildings and improvements thereon, situate 140-54 N. Christopher Columbus Boulevard in the City of Philadelphia, for further conveyance at fair market value.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer the City-owned property at 8011 Frankford Avenue, including its buildings and improvements, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal amount.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for nominal consideration, a deed conveying fee simple title to a certain tract of City-owned land with buildings and improvements thereon, situate 8011 Frankford Avenue in the City of Philadelphia, for further conveyance at fair market value.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to acquire full ownership of some or all of certain real estate parcels in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, and to obtain aviation-related easements over some or all of those parcels.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to acquire fee simple title to some or all of certain real estate parcels in Tinicum Township, Delaware County and to acquire a lesser interest, in the form of avigation easements, in some or all such parcels; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to amend the lease with Far Northeast Senior Citizens, Inc.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into a further amendment to a lease between the City and the Far Northeast Senior Citizens, Inc. for the use of certain property located on the northeast corner of Byberry-Southampton road and Townsend road, to provide for an extension of the City's responsibility for the payment of charges and fees for public utilities, sewer rents, water rents, water charges, and heating charges, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
May 11, 2006
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings, without payment, to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
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 Eighteenth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth & Forty-seventh 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 adopted resolution asks the Mayor to return Bill No.
Requesting the Mayor to return to Council Bill No. 060260, entitled "An Ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Zoning and Planning,' by amending Section 14-104, entitled 'Non-Conforming Structures and Uses,' by amending provisions relating to the reconstruction of non-conforming structures, all under certain terms and conditions," for the purpose of reconsideration by the Council of the vote by which said bill passed Council.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of 634, 636, and 638 Mercy Street in Philadelphia’s Thirty-ninth Ward 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 Thirty-ninth 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 recognizing May 25, 2006, as National Missing Children’s Day in Philadelphia.
Recognizing May 25, 2006 as National Missing Children's Day in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring William Carapucci for 38 years of service with the City Department of Recreation.
Honoring William Carapucci, Deputy Recreation Commissioner for his thirty-eight years of outstanding service to the citizens of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls upon Philadelphia’s Managing Director to coordinate counseling services for families and neighborhoods affected by violent crime.
Calling Upon the Managing Director to Coordinate the Delivery of Counseling Services to Families and Neighborhoods Affected by Violent Crime
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.