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Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to inquire and investigate the missions, agreements, funding, policies, structure, business plans, operating and capital budgets, coordination efforts and effectiveness of various economic development departments, authorities and agencies operating in the City of Philadelphia.
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WHEREAS, In order to ensure continued growth and economic stability, the City of Philadelphia must work to create new jobs, attract businesses and residents, maximize City revenues and minimize wasteful spending; and
WHEREAS, As set forth in, but not limited to Exhibit “A” to this Resolution, various economic development departments, authorities and agencies have been established to further the City’s goals of strengthening the local economy; and
WHEREAS, Many of these economic development departments, authorities and agencies receive funding from the City of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Cooperation between these departments, authorities and agencies is critical to accomplish maximum growth and economic development, while at the same time minimizing wasteful spending; and
WHEREAS, As Philadelphia’s principal oversight body, City Council has a duty to investigate the total scope and nature of the various departments, authorities and agencies and to inquire into their current missions, agreements, funding, policies, structure, business plans, co-ordination efforts and effectiveness and to ensure that the City’s economic development goals are met.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development is hereby authorized to hold hearings to examine the missions, agreements, funding, operating and capital budgets, concession agreements, policies, structure, business plans, co-ordination efforts and any other relevant information of various economic development departments, authorities and agencies operating in the City of Philadelphia.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development is authorized to issue subpoenas as may be necessary to compel the attendance of witnesses and its production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
EXHIBIT “A”
Art Commission
Board of Labor Standards
Center City District
Central Delaware Advisory Group
Delaware River Port Authority
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Electrical Code Advisory Board
Electrical Code Advisory Board
Greater Philadelphia Film Office
Health and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia
Historical Commission
Historical Philadelphia, Inc.
Hospitality Cabinet
Logan Assistance Corporation
Marketplace Redwood, L.P.
Mayor’s Action Council for Visitors
Mayor’s Commission on Gambling
Mayor’s Commission on Neighborhoods
Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Council
Mayor’s Housing Policy Board
Mayor’s Housing Trust Fund Board
Oversight Commission for the Center City Plan
Penn’s Landing Corporation
Philadelphia Airport System
Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development
Philadelphia Commercial Development Corporation
Philadelphia Community Reinvestment Commission
Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau
Philadelphia Convention Center Authority
Philadelphia Department of Commerce
Philadelphia Housing Authority
Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation
Philadelphia Housing Policy Board
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
Philadelphia Regional Port Authority
Philadelphia Workforce Development Commission
Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board
Planning Commission
Plumbing Advisory Board
Project Labor Agreement Advisory Committee
Reading Terminal Market Management Corporation
Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia
Zoning Code Commission
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