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File #: 080181    Version: Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 2/14/2008 In control: Committee on Law and Government
On agenda: Final action: 6/19/2008
Title: Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the transfer of the powers and duties of the Fairmount Park Commission to the Department of Recreation (to be renamed the "Department of Parks and Recreation") and reconstituting the Fairmount Park Commission as the Commission on Parks and Recreation, with new powers and duties; and providing for the submission of the amendment of the electors of Philadelphia.
Sponsors: Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Indexes: PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 08018101, As Amended.pdf, 2. Signature08018101.pdf
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6/19/20081 CITY COUNCIL READ   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/19/20081 CITY COUNCIL ADOPTEDPass16:1 Action details Meeting details Not available
6/12/20081 CITY COUNCIL FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED; CONSIDERATION AT NEXT STATED COUNCIL MEETING   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/10/20080 Committee on Law and Government HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/10/20080 Committee on Law and Government HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/10/20080 Committee on Law and Government HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/10/20080 Committee on Law and Government HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/10/20080 Committee on Law and Government AMENDED   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/10/20080 Committee on Law and Government AMENDED   Action details Meeting details Not available
6/10/20081 Committee on Law and Government REPORTED FAVORABLY   Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/20080 CITY COUNCIL Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/20080 CITY COUNCIL Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/20080 CITY COUNCIL IntroducedPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/20080 CITY COUNCIL IntroducedPass  Action details Meeting details Not available
Title
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the transfer of the powers and duties of the Fairmount Park Commission to the Department of Recreation (to be renamed the "Department of Parks and Recreation") and reconstituting the Fairmount Park Commission as the Commission on Parks and Recreation, with new powers and duties; and providing for the submission of the amendment of the electors of Philadelphia.
Body
WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (53 P.S. §13106), an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter may be proposed by a resolution of the Council of the City of Philadelphia adopted with the concurrence of two-thirds of its elected members; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the following amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter is hereby proposed and shall be submitted to the electors of the City on an election date designated by ordinance:

Strikethrough indicates matter deleted by these amendments.
Bold italics indicates matter added by these amendments.

ARTICLE III EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH - ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 1 OFFICERS, DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND OTHER AGENCIES

§3-100. Executive and Administrative Officers, Departments, Boards, Commissions and Agencies Designated.

The executive and administrative work of the City shall be performed by:

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(d) The following departments which are hereby created:

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Department of Recreation Department of Parks and Recreation;

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(f) The following departmental boards and commissions, which are either created or placed, as the case may be, in the respective departments, as follows:

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In the Department of Recreation Department of Parks and Recreation:
Fairmount Park Commission on Parks and Recreation;
Board of Trustees of American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial;
Board of Trustees of Atwater Kent Museu...

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