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Resolution 140991

Appointing Jennifer Kates, Courtney Voss, Herb Wetzel, Anjali Chainani, and Angel Rodriquez to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank.

Introduced Dec 4, 2014CITY COUNCILOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Councilmember Quiñones SánchezCouncil President Clarke

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    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, December 11, 2014 · Dec 11, 2014 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Dec 4, 2014
    Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL

    Recorded result: Pass

    A motion was made by Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez that this matter be Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar. The motion carried unanimously.

  2. Dec 11, 2014
    ADOPTED · CITY COUNCIL

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..Title Appointing Jennifer Kates, Courtney Voss, Herb Wetzel, Anjali Chainani, and Angel Rodriquez to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank. ..Body WHEREAS, In December 2012, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted the Pennsylvania Land Bank Legislation, Act 153 of 2012, authorizing, among other things, the creation of "land banks" by municipalities; and WHEREAS, In December 2013, the City of Philadelphia enacted legislation creating the City's first Land Bank, with its stated mission being "to return vacant property to productive status using a unified, predictable, and transparent process, thereby revitalizing neighborhoods, creating socially and economically diverse communities, and strengthening the City's tax base"; and WHEREAS, Section 16-704 of the Code of the City of Philadelphia requires that five members of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank shall be appointed by majority vote of all the members of City Council; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That Council hereby appoints Jennifer Kates, Courtney Voss, Herb Wetzel, Anjali Chainani, and Angel Rodriquez to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank. ..End