Resolution 100864-A

..Title Adopting the report issued by Council's Joint Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and the Environment on the economic and environmental impacts that hydraulic drilling of Marcellus Shale will have on Philadelphia and the surrounding region. ..Body WHEREAS, Resolution No. 100515 (adopted June 17, 2010) authorized Council's Joint Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and the Environment to hold a hearing on the economic and environmental impacts that hydraulic drilling of Marcellus Shale will have on Philadelphia and the surrounding region; and WHEREAS, On September 28, 2010, the Joint Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and the Environment held the hearing authorized by Resolution No. 100515; and WHEREAS, A draft report setting forth findings on the matters discussed at the September 28, 2010 hearing was filed with the Office of the Chief Clerk on December 14, 2010; and WHEREAS, On December 15, 2010, the Joint Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and the Environment met, adopted a final report, and issued the report to the full Council; and WHEREAS, The Council as a whole now wishes to adopt the report issued by the Joint Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and the Environment, with certain modifications; now, therefore, RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the report issued by Council's Joint Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and the Environment on December 15, 2010 (attached as Exhibit "A") is hereby adopted, with such modifications as are set forth in attached Exhibit "B." EXHIBIT "A" ..End