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Resolution 160077

Authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold public hearings to examine the feasibility of having a pilot program in Philadelphia to feed needy children when schools are closed due to emergencies.

Introduced Jan 28, 2016Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The HomelessOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Councilmember BlackwellCouncilmember GymCouncilmember JohnsonCouncilmember GreenCouncilmember DombCouncilmember BassCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCouncilmember OhCouncilmember Quiñones SánchezCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember HenonCouncil President ClarkeCouncilmember ParkerCouncilmember TaubenbergerCouncilmember O'Neill

From the floor

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  1. “Thank you, Mr. President. The joint Committee on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Stated Meeting April 6, 2017 issues a report pursuant to Resolution No. 160077.”

    Councilwoman Blackwell · Stated Meeting, April 6, 2017 · Apr 6, 2017 · official transcript, this passage

  2. “The joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless, to which was referred Resolution No. 160077, entitled "Resolution authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold public hearings to examine the feasibility of having a pilot program in Philadelphia to feed needy children when schools are closed due to eme…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, April 6, 2017 · Apr 6, 2017 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Jan 28, 2016Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL
  2. Jan 28, 2016ADOPTED & REFERRED · CITY COUNCIL
  3. Feb 22, 2016HEARING NOTICES SENT · Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The Homeless
  4. Feb 22, 2016Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing · Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The Homeless
  5. Mar 14, 2016HEARING NOTICES SENT · Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The Homeless
  6. Mar 14, 2016HEARING HELD · Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The Homeless
  7. Mar 14, 2016RECESSED · Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The Homeless
  8. Apr 3, 2017HEARING NOTICES SENT · Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The Homeless
  9. Apr 3, 2017HEARING HELD · Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The Homeless
  10. Apr 3, 2017REPORT ISSUED · Joint Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development & The Homeless

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..Title Authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold public hearings to examine the feasibility of having a pilot program in Philadelphia to feed needy children when schools are closed due to emergencies. ..Body WHEREAS, This past weekend Snow Storm Jonas hit the Northeast resulting in total of 22.4 inches of snowfall in Philadelphia, the fifth greatest calendar snowfall ever recorded in the City; and WHEREAS, Due to the snow, The Philadelphia School District officially closed schools for two days this week, Monday the 25th and Tuesday the 26th of January; and WHEREAS, Approximately 80% of Philadelphia Public and Charter School students meet income guidelines to qualify for free and reduced school lunches; and WHEREAS, According to the Hunger Coalition, approximately 200,000 thousand meals are served daily to needy children in Philadelphia in public and archdiocese schools; and WHEREAS, Many Philadelphian families depend on the free and reduced lunches to feed their children during the week and do not have the financial means to provide two meals a day for their children when school is closed; and WHEREAS, In wake of last weekend's snow storm, Washington D.C., in a pilot program, opened 10 schools around their city on Monday to serve breakfast and lunch to needy families, even though their schools were not officially in session that day; and WHEREAS, In response to the D.C. pilot program the School District of Philadelphia expressed that our City does not have the infrastructure to support such an effort; and WHEREAS, We recognize that the needs of our City's children come first and that further investigation is needed before we can claim that a similar program is not possible in Philadelphia; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA, Does authorize the joint City Council Committees on Education and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold public hearings to examine the feasibility of having a pilot program in Philadelphia to feed needy children when schools are closed due to emergencies. ..End