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
February 24, 2005
This adopted resolution appoints Councilmember Juan Ramos to the oversight committee for the 436 Walnut Tax Increment Financing District.
Appointing Councilmember Juan Ramos to the 436 Walnut Tax Increment Financing District Oversight Committee.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the Council President to appoint named Councilmembers and Anne Kelly King to the boards of several organizations, including the Fairmount Park Preservation Trust, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and Board of Pensions and Retirement.
Authorizing the Council President to make appointments to various boards and commissions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution appoints Councilmember David Cohen to the Board of Directors of the Atwater Kent Museum.
Appointing Councilmember David Cohen as a member of the Board of Directors of the Atwater Kent Museum.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution appoints Councilmembers Juan Ramos and Marian Tasco to the Philadelphia Gas Commission.
Appointing Councilmembers Juan Ramos and Marian Tasco to the Philadelphia Gas Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted, this resolution supports Congressman Charles B.
Supporting Congressman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) in his House Congressional Resolution recognizing the contributions of Marcus Garvey.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings on combining the public relations, marketing, and advertising contracts of City departments and City-related agencies into one competitively bid contract.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings to investigate how the City of Philadelphia could initiate a strategic sourcing initiative to combine the public relations, marketing, and advertising contracts of the various City departments and City-related agencies into one competitively bid contract, in order to save taxpayer money while encouraging local business opportunities.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia rules for campaign contributions and expenditures in elections for Mayor, District Attorney, City Controller, and City Council.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," by amending the provisions relating to campaign contributions and expenditures, relating to, including but not limited to, the District Attorney and City Controller.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have submitted a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to voters in a May 17, 2005 special election.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter creating a new Chapter 5 entitled "Referenda Approved By The Voters" in Article VIII, Provisions of General Application, and creating a new Section 8-500 entitled "Smoking in Public Places and in the Workplace" calling on the Council of the City of Philadelphia to pass no legislation that will prohibit smoking in public places and in the workplace; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
February 17, 2005
The enacted ordinance amended a 2003 ordinance involving the vacation of Olive Street from Percy Street to Tenth Street and Hutchinson Street from Olive Street to Brown Street, while reserving a right-of-way in Hutchinson Street for drainage, water mains, and public utilities.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 020740) approved January 23, 2003, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Olive Street from Percy Street to Tenth Street; by striking from the City Plan and vacating Hutchinson Street from Olive Street to Brown Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and public utility purposes within the bed of Hutchinson Street, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the time for compliance with the conditions stated therein.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes removing and vacating Carlisle Street from Oxford Street to Cecil B.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Carlisle Street from Oxford Street to Cecil B. Moore Avenue and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of Carlisle Street being stricken from the City Plan and vacated under authority of this Ordinance, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes sidewalk-vending rules on 8th Street in Center City.
Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code by prohibiting vending on both sides of 8th Street, from Chestnut Street to Walnut Street and by permitting vending on both sides of 8th Street, from Market Street to Chestnut Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Vincent and Barbara Termini, the owners of Mr.
Authorizing Vincent and Barbara Termini, 824 Gatemore Road, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, owners of the property Mr. Joe Café, 1514 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, their successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain pedestrian scale light poles, luminaires and underground electrical service, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Water Commissioner to enter into an agreement with the owner and future owners of private roadways in the Independence Court housing development, bounded by Christian, Queen, and Swanson Streets and Interstate 95.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement with the owner of a property and their successors of private roadways located within the Independence Court Housing Development, located in properties bounded by Christian Street, Queen Street, Swanson Street and the Southeast Right-of-way Line of Interstate 95, for the grant of a right-of-way to the City for drainage, sewer and water main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Water Commissioner to enter into an agreement with the owners of specified properties on South Second Street for a City right-of-way in the private street known as Salter Street.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement with the owners of the properties and their successors at 925 through 927, 925 Rear, 923, 923 Rear Number 1, 923 Rear Number 2 and 923 Rear Number 3 South Second Street for the grant of a right-of-way to the City in the bed of a private street, known as Salter Street for drainage, sewer and water main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to acquire an underground easement through 3111 West Allegheny Avenue, either by purchase or condemnation.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to acquire by condemnation or by purchase in lieu of condemnation a certain underground easement through 3111 West Allegheny Avenue, for sewer and drainage purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes removing from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Pechin Street between Cinnaminson Street and Lemonte Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 231 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Pechin Street from Cinnaminson Street to Lemonte Street; under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Property and Public Works to hold public hearings about land lines and other systems used for city data transmission, communication, and public safety and security.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Property and Public Works to hold public hearings on the status of land lines and other means to support the need of the City for data transmission, communication, and public safety and security; and, in furtherance of such hearing, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in the Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second, and Forty-seventh 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 Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second & 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.