<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>City of Philadelphia - Meeting of Committee on Commerce &amp; Economic Development on 3/13/2003 at 3:30 PM</title><link>https://phila.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=CalendarDetail&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=216801&amp;GUID=E3DFC25C-8BBC-4A0E-9470-9393C443FF52</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://phila.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?GUID=E3DFC25C-8BBC-4A0E-9470-9393C443FF52&amp;ID=216801&amp;M=CalendarDetail&amp;Title=City+of+Philadelphia+-+Meeting+of+Committee+on+Commerce+%26+Economic+Development+on+3%2F13%2F2003+at+3%3A30+PM" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>020238</title><link>https://phila.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=1226254&amp;GUID=613939ED-2CA3-433D-9D4A-7E90A3E4B6A6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613939ED-2CA3-433D-9D4A-7E90A3E4B6A6-2025-03-11-20-20-39</guid><description>File #: 020238&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 0&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution&lt;br /&gt;Title: Authorizing City Council Commerce and Economic Development Committee to conduct Public Hearings to investigate the underutilization of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) and the underemployment of women, disabled and minority residents of the City of Philadelphia on local construction projects and city procurement contracts, and further authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas and such other process as may be appropriate to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents in furtherance of the investigation to the full extent authorized by Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.&lt;br /&gt;Action: HEARING HELD&lt;br /&gt;Result: </description><category>Resolution</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:20:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>020238</title><link>https://phila.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=1226254&amp;GUID=613939ED-2CA3-433D-9D4A-7E90A3E4B6A6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613939ED-2CA3-433D-9D4A-7E90A3E4B6A6-2025-03-11-20-20-39</guid><description>File #: 020238&lt;br /&gt;Ver.: 0&lt;br /&gt;Agenda #: &lt;br /&gt;Type: Resolution&lt;br /&gt;Title: Authorizing City Council Commerce and Economic Development Committee to conduct Public Hearings to investigate the underutilization of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) and the underemployment of women, disabled and minority residents of the City of Philadelphia on local construction projects and city procurement contracts, and further authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas and such other process as may be appropriate to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents in furtherance of the investigation to the full extent authorized by Section 2-401 of the Home Rule 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