Resolution 000144

..Title Requesting that the City of Philadelphia, in conjunction with the appropriate agencies and unions, distribute a reminder to all City employees to complete the 2000 Census forms, coinciding with distribution of the City payroll checks. ..Body WHEREAS, As of 1999, county by county Census estimates, Philadelphia lost more than 17,367 people; and WHEREAS, Philadelphia has lost more residents than any other municipality over the last decade; and WHEREAS, Philadelphia has also lost over one million residents since 1960; and WHEREAS, Millions of dollars in state and federal funds are dependent upon the number of residents that are reported on the Census forms; and WHEREAS, State and federal representation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the United States House of Representatives is based upon population; and WHEREAS, Philadelphia has lost millions of dollars in federal and state aid because of a decline in population; and WHEREAS, Many experts and studies have indicated that Philadelphia has been historically undercounted in the decennial the Census reports; and WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia one of, if not the, largest employer of Philadelphians; now therefore RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Request that the City of Philadelphia, in conjunction with the appropriate agencies and unions, distribute a reminder to all City employees to complete the 2000 Census forms, coinciding with distribution of the City payroll check. ..End