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Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for an Executive Director of the City Planning Commission who shall be a member of the Mayor's Cabinet; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
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WHEREAS, Edmund N. Bacon was the Executive Director of the City's Planning Commission from 1949 through 1970; and
WHEREAS, During that time, and throughout his legendary career as a visionary urban planner, Mr. Bacon advocated and demonstrated the critical importance of planned design to the health and vibrancy of a city; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Bacon's recent death reminds us not only of his enormous personal impact on Philadelphia, but also of the ongoing importance to the City's development of imaginative and deliberate consideration of City planning; and
WHEREAS, Broad-scaled planning and economic development initiatives, such as the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, have been cornerstones of the work undertaken by the Administration of Mayor John F. Street; and
WHEREAS, Under the Street Administration, the Executive Director of the City Planning Commission has served a critical function in developing and advancing the City's planning and development initiatives; and
WHEREAS, The Executive Director of the Planning Commission has been treated like a member of the Mayor's Cabinet throughout the Street Administration; and
WHEREAS, It is appropriate to legally recognize the importance of this position in the governance of the City by making the Executive Director of the Planning Commission a formal member of the Mayor's Cabinet; and
WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (53 P.S. ยง13106), 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, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CIT...
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