Resolution 130736
Agreeing to participate in the "Headquarter Hotel Tax Increment Financing District", if it should be created by the Council of the City of Philadelphia in accordance with the Tax Increment Financing Act of July 11, 1990, (P.L. 465, No. 113), as amended, in the Center City Redevelopment Area, in an area generally bounded by South Penn Square on the north, Broad Street on the east, 15th Street on the west, and Chestnut Street on the south; and designating the Mayor or his designee as the City's representative for purposes of meeting with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, pursuant to Section 5(a)(2) of the Tax Increment Financing Act.
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“Good morning. Mr. President and members of City Council, I'd like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to provide comment in response to Resolution No. 130736. My name is Rosslyn Wuchinich and I'm the President of Unite Here Local 274. You just heard from one of the leaders of our union, Vanessa Sanders, who works at the Hampton Inn. We represent 3,000 hotel, airport, and stadium workers in Philadelphia. I want…”
Ms. Wuchinich · Stated Meeting, October 31, 2013 · Oct 31, 2013 · official transcript, this passage
“Thank you very much, Mr. Decker. With no other speakers, we will now consider the resolutions and bills on the Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, please read the title of Resolution 130736.”
Council President Clarke · Stated Meeting, October 31, 2013 · Oct 31, 2013 · official transcript, this passage
“Thank you, Councilman. As Council President, I don't get to leave. Thank you, Councilman. There is a motion, and it has been seconded. All in favor of Resolution 130736? (Aye.)”
Council President Clarke · Stated Meeting, October 31, 2013 · Oct 31, 2013 · official transcript, this passage
Status timeline
- Oct 10, 2013Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL
- Oct 31, 2013ADOPTED · CITY COUNCIL
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..Title Agreeing to participate in the "Headquarter Hotel Tax Increment Financing District", if it should be created by the Council of the City of Philadelphia in accordance with the Tax Increment Financing Act of July 11, 1990, (P.L. 465, No. 113), as amended, in the Center City Redevelopment Area, in an area generally bounded by South Penn Square on the north, Broad Street on the east, 15th Street on the west, and Chestnut Street on the south; and designating the Mayor or his designee as the City's representative for purposes of meeting with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, pursuant to Section 5(a)(2) of the Tax Increment Financing Act. ..Body WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") proposes that the Headquarter Hotel Tax Increment Financing District ("District") be created by City Council to encourage the redevelopment of the area generally bounded by South Penn Square on the north, Broad Street on the east, 15th Street on the west, and Chestnut Street on the south in the Center City Redevelopment Area; and WHEREAS, PAID has submitted to Council a tentative project plan for the proposed District and has proposed to Council that the boundaries of the proposed District be generally South Penn Square on the north, Broad Street on the east, 15th Street on the west, and Chestnut Street on the south; and WHEREAS, Section 5(a)(7) of the Tax Increment Financing Act of July 11, 1990 (P.L. 465, No. 113), as amended, requires the governing body of a municipality within the boundaries of a proposed tax increment district to agree, by ordinance or resolution, to participate in whole or in part in the tax increment district and to adopt such resolution before adopting the ordinance which will create the tax increment district; and WHEREAS, The Council of the City of Philadelphia desires to agree to participate in whole in the proposed Headquarter Hotel Tax Increment Financing District; and WHEREAS, Section 5(a)(2) of the Tax Increment Financing Act requires each affected municipality to designate a representative to meet with the authority proposing the tax increment district to discuss the project plan and tax increment financing, and to notify the authority of its designated representative; now, therefore RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the City Council agrees to participate, in whole, in the proposed "Headquarter Hotel Tax Increment Financing District" if it should be created by the Council of the City of Philadelphia in accordance with the Tax Increment Financing Act of July 11, 1990 (P.L. 465, No. 113), as amended, in the Center City Redevelopment Area, in an area generally bounded by South Penn Square on the north, Broad Street on the east, 15th Street on the west, and Chestnut Street on the south. RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Mayor or his designee is hereby designated as the City's representative for purposes of meeting with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") pursuant to Section 5(a)(2) of the Tax Increment Financing Act. The Chief Clerk shall deliver a copy of this Resolution to PAID so as to notify PAID of that designation as required by such Section 5(a)(2). ..End