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Resolution 190986

Appointing Eric Bodzin to the board of directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank.

Introduced Dec 5, 2019CITY COUNCILOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Councilmember Quiñones SánchezCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCouncilmember JonesCouncilmember OhCouncilmember SquillaCouncilmember TaubenbergerCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember GreenCouncilmember ParkerCouncilmember DombCouncilmember JohnsonCouncilmember HenonCouncilmember Bass

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  1. “…Area, identified by house number and street address as 1324 through 1332 South Capitol Street"; and Resolution No. 190986, entitled a "Resolution appointing Eric Bodzin to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank"; and Resolution No. 190987, entitled a "Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of certain properties located in the Seventh Councilmanic District"; and Resolution No. 19098…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, December 12, 2019 · Dec 12, 2019 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Dec 5, 2019
    Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL

    This Resolution was Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar.

  2. Dec 12, 2019
    ADOPTED · CITY COUNCIL

    This Resolution was ADOPTED.

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..Title Appointing Eric Bodzin 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; and WHEREAS, Jennifer Kates was appointed to the Land Bank via resolutions adopted on December 11, 2014 and September 29, 2016, but has resigned effective upon the appointment of a replacement; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That Council hereby appoints Eric Bodzin to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank. ..End