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
November 18, 2004
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings about residential and commercial development in Philadelphia, including waterfront development.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings to investigate residential and commercial development in Philadelphia, including waterfront development and the Building Industry Association of Philadelphia's recommendations to encourage new construction in the City.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 2170 East Gordon Street 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-first 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.
This adopted resolution calls on the Mayor to treat PGW’s $18 million Fiscal Year 2004 payment as a debt owed to the City unless Council approves waiving it by ordinance, and to seek Council approval before reducing or waiving future PGW payments.
Calling upon the Mayor to submit to Council a proposed ordinance setting forth Council's approval of the waiver of the $18 million due to the City from the Philadelphia Gas Works ("PGW") for Fiscal Year 2004 if the Mayor wishes to waive that payment; further calling upon the Mayor to provide Council with assurances that no future payments due the City from PGW will be waived or reduced without Council approval by ordinance; and, if the Mayor refuses to take such actions, authorizing Council to retain counsel to file suit to challenge the Mayor's unilateral waiver of payments due the City from PGW without Council's approval by ordinance.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings about business assistance and services provided through the Commerce Department and the Mayor’s Business Action Team.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to examine and investigate the City's provision of assistance and services to businesses through the Commerce Department and the Mayor's Business Action Team.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution honoring the 28th anniversary of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators and welcoming the organization to Philadelphia for its annual conference.
Honoring the 28th Anniversary of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution approves a redevelopment contract and disposition supplement for the property at 911 South Forty-Ninth Street in the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area.
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 West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area identified by house number and street address as 911 South Forty-ninth street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with The Partnership CDC 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 approves a redevelopment contract and property-disposition plan for six parcels in the 44th and Aspen and West Mill Creek urban renewal areas, located near North 46th Street, Westminster Avenue, and June Street.
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 44th and Aspen Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel Nos. 25, 26, 27 & 28 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 25 as 867-869 North Forty-sixth street, for Parcel No. 26 as 853 North Forty-sixth street, for Parcel No. 27 as 4647-4651 Westminster avenue and for Parcel No. 28 as 4611 Westminster avenue and a portion of the West Mill Creek Addition Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel Nos. 1 & 2 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 1 as 862-866 North Forty-sixth street and for Parcel No. 2 as 889-897 June street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Philadelphia Housing Authority and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and dispositio...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Finance to hold hearings about Philadelphia’s tax delinquency collection program.
Authorizing the Committee on Finance to hold hearings on the City's tax delinquency collection program.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold public hearings about whether City offices, departments, boards, and commissions are complying with a requirement to file annual reports on permit, license, and other fee-based documents.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold public hearings to investigate compliance with Chapter 19-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, which requires every City office, department, board and commission that issues any permit, license or other document for which a fee is charged in accordance with a City ordinance to file an annual report with Council with respect to such fees.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold public hearings about infrastructure needs and traffic congestion along the South Philadelphia waterfront.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold public hearings to address the South Philadelphia waterfront's critical infrastructure needs and traffic congestion as a result of current and proposed development activity.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have added rules to Philadelphia’s Traffic Code for electric personal assistive mobility devices, such as self-balancing two-wheeled devices carrying one person.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by adding a new Chapter regulating the use and operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices and by making conforming amendments to other sections of the Title, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized changes to the City Plan near Hunting Park Avenue and Frankford Avenue, including removing and vacating Worrell Street between Frankford Avenue and Frankford Creek.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 222 in the vicinity of Hunting Park avenue and Frankford avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s procurement rules to give a 25% bid preference to local towing companies competing for City towing-service contracts.
Amending Section 17-109 of The Philadelphia Code to create a bid preference for local towing companies when the City contracts for towing services, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
November 4, 2004
The enacted ordinance establishes Gaskill Street as one-way westbound from Third Street to Philip Street.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Gaskill street, from Third street to Philip street, westbound.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Phillips Lombard Street, L.P., developer of Liberty Court at Society Hill, to build and maintain decorative crosswalks, entrance structures, and projecting bay windows connected to the residential development on Phillips Court, Lombard Street, Gaskill Street, and South 3rd Street.
Authorizing Phillips Lombard Street, L.P., owner and developer for the Liberty Court at Society Hill, to construct, own and maintain various encroachments to be installed in conjunction with a residential development and streetscape project, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes southbound, one-way traffic on Philip Street between Gaskill Street and Lombard Street.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Philip street, from Gaskill street to Lombard street, southbound.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System to construct, own, and maintain a ductbank beneath Delancey Street connecting its building at 723 Delancey Street to its parking garage at 317 S.
Authorizing Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, 800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107 its successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain a ductbank beneath Delancey Street to provide service connections from their building (723 Delancey Street) to their parking garage (317 S. 8th Street), under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes John and Danielle Alexander, and their successors, to build and maintain a three-story addition at 2148 Carpenter Street for a single-family residence.
Authorizing John & Danielle Alexander, 2237 Kimball Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, their successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a building addition on South 22nd Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.