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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Actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote.
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Meeting date
February 25, 2016
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s contracting rules to create a separate category for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the city’s annual disparity studies and participation goals.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new category of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and of City contracts entitled "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons," that must be considered separately by the Finance Director in conducting the Annual Disparity Study and devising the Annual Participation Goals as required by Section 6-109 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter; and also adding a rebuttable presumption that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons are Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals; and further adding a definition of "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons;" and finally recognizing religious prejudice as a form of prejudice because of identity as a member of a group whose ability to compete in the free enterprise system has been impaired due to diminished capital and credit opportunities as compared to others in the same business who have not been subject to such prejudice or ...
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to transfer $125,000 in Fiscal Year 2016 General Fund appropriations within City Council.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 within the General Fund relating to the Council.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning maps for certain properties in the area bounded by Buttonwood Street, Broad Street, Callowhill Street, and 15th Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Buttonwood Street, Broad Street, Callowhill Street, and 15th Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Rachel Miller of Best Partners LP to install, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4301 Baltimore Avenue, subject to City permits, insurance, and other requirements.
Authorizing Rachel Miller of Best Partners LP, ("Owner") to install, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 4301 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill establishes two-hour parking limits on both sides of Pine Street between 45th and 46th Streets from 7:00 a.m.
Establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: Pine street and 45th street; Melville street and Locust street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes paving portions of Thirty-Seventh, Cuthbert, and Warren Streets in the specified areas.
Authorizing the paving of Thirty-Seventh Street from Market Street to Filbert Street and from Filbert Street to Warren Street, Cuthbert Street from Thirty-Seventh Street to Thirty-Eighth Street, and Warren Street from Thirty-Seventh Street to Thirty-Eighth Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to Philadelphia’s official street plan to include parts of Thirty-Seventh, Cuthbert, and Warren Streets in the area between Market, Filbert, and nearby streets.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 44 by placing on the City Plan Thirty-Seventh Street from Market Street to Filbert Street and from Filbert Street to Warren Street, Cuthbert Street from Thirty-Seventh Street to Thirty-Eighth Street, north of Filbert Street, and Warren Street from Thirty-Seventh Street to Thirty-Eighth Street, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City of the said beds of Thirty-Seventh Street, Cuthbert Street, and Warren Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 1310 North Marston Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Twenty-ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This withdrawn bill would have repealed a 2015 ordinance concerning a pedestrian walkway and utility rights-of-way along former Thompson Street, from Watts Street to Thirteenth Street.
Repealing an Ordinance (Bill No. 150894) entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the striking from City Plan No. 119 and abandoning of a certain pedestrian walkway reserved within the bed of former Thompson Street, from Watts Street to Thirteenth Street, and the modifying of a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes, also reserved within the bed of said former Thompson Street, by abandoning the right-of-way as to water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes, but retaining the said right-of-way on the City Plan as a right-of-way for drainage purposes only, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Meeting date
February 22, 2016
This lapsed resolution would have authorized joint City Council committee hearings on whether Philadelphia could create a pilot program to provide meals to children in need when schools close because of emergencies.
Authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold public hearings to examine the feasibility of having a pilot program in Philadelphia to feed needy children when schools are closed due to emergencies.
Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized joint City Council committee hearings on whether Philadelphia could create a pilot program to provide meals to children in need when schools close because of emergencies.
Authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold public hearings to examine the feasibility of having a pilot program in Philadelphia to feed needy children when schools are closed due to emergencies.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings about creating a public bank in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings regarding public banking.
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings about creating a public bank in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings regarding public banking.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings about creating a public bank in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings regarding public banking.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Meeting date
February 18, 2016
This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning transfers of Fiscal Year 2016 appropriations among the General Fund, the Grants Revenue Fund, and various city departments, offices, boards, and commissions listed in the title.
Transmitting a bill authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 from the General Fund, the Department of Revenue, the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Commission on Human Relations, the Auditing Department and the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the General Fund, the Mayor - Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity, the Managing Director, the Managing Director - Legal Services, the Department of Streets, the Fire Department, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Public Property, the Department of Human Services - Office of Supportive Housing, the Director of Finance, the Department of Revenue, the City Representative, the Director of Commerce, the Law Department, the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Commission on Human Relations, the Auditing Department, the Register of Wills and the City Commissioners.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This communication transmitted a proposed bill to amend Philadelphia’s Fiscal 2016 Capital Budget by adding and revising certain projects, funding amounts, and funding sources.
Transmitting a bill amending Bill No. 150163 (approved June 18, 2015), entitled "To adopt a Fiscal 2016 Capital Budget," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This communication concerns a proposed bill to amend Philadelphia’s six-year Capital Program for fiscal years 2016 through 2021.
Transmitting a bill amending Bill No. 150162 (approved June 18, 2015), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2016-2021 inclusive," as amended by Bill No. 150611 (approved October 20, 2015), as amended by Bill No. 150790 (approved December 1, 2015), by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Mia DeJesus for sharing an anti-bullying message after being bullied and assaulted at school.
Recognizing and honoring Mia DeJesus for her courageous anti-bullying message and commitment to help other young victims of bullying.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.