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ResolutionADOPTED

Resolution 060945

Calling on the City Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold hearings on the statues of the Vacant Property Review Committee and furthermore, calling for no changes to occur without full concurrence with City Council.

Introduced Dec 7, 2006Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The HomelessOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Councilmember BlackwellCouncilmember MillerCouncilmember RamosCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember SavageCouncilmember GoodeCouncilmember DiCiccoCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCouncilmember KenneyCouncilmember CampbellCouncilmember KellyCouncil President VernaCouncilmember Krajewski

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  1. “Thank you, Madam President. Today we had hearings scheduled with regard to the Vacant Property Review Committee. That's Resolution 060945. That will be at 1:00. I wanted to speak on that issue, because we have many people here who worked for, because many are laid off, and who represent and formerly represented unions, because as you know, with this new bill changing, it's proposed that 99 percent of the former emplo…”

    Councilwoman Blackwell · Stated Meeting, February 1, 2007 · Feb 1, 2007 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Dec 7, 2006ADOPTED & REFERRED · CITY COUNCIL
  2. Dec 7, 2006READ · CITY COUNCIL
  3. Dec 7, 2006Introduced · CITY COUNCIL
  4. Jan 23, 2007HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  5. Jan 23, 2007HEARING HELD · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  6. Jan 23, 2007RECESSED · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  7. Feb 5, 2007HEARING HELD · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  8. Feb 5, 2007RECESSED · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  9. Feb 8, 2007HEARING HELD · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  10. Feb 8, 2007RECESSED · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  11. Mar 1, 2007HEARING HELD · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  12. Mar 1, 2007RECESSED · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  13. Mar 29, 2007HEARING HELD · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
  14. Mar 29, 2007RECESSED · Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless

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..Title Calling on the City Council Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold hearings on the statues of the Vacant Property Review Committee and furthermore, calling for no changes to occur without full concurrence with City Council. ..Body WHEREAS, City Council created the Vacant Property Review Committee on December 14, 1973; and WHEREAS, VPRC is the vehicle for neighborhood groups, organizations, and individuals to gain property acquisition for many purposes including sideyards and gardens; and WHEREAS, The Vacant Property Review Committee is a conduit for property acquisition for delinquent and blighted land properties; and WHEREAS, VPRC is an invaluable tool in the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative agenda; and WHEREAS, VPRC has been an invaluable tool in providing hope to small businesses through their ability to acquire properties; and WHEREAS, VPRC has allowed small contractors and developers to enhance neighborhood development; now therefore RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the Committee on Housing Neighborhood Development and the Homeless hold hearings on the status of the Vacant Property Review Committee and furthermore calling for no changes to occur without full concurrence of City Council. ..End