City of Philadelphia - File #: 080169

• File #: 080169
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 2/14/2008
• In control: Committee on Law and Government
• Final action: 6/19/2008
• Title: Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of 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 authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Reynolds Brown
• Indexes: FAIRMOUNT PARK COMMISSION, PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/4/2008	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/19/2008	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/19/2008	1	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	16:1
6/12/2008	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/12/2008	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/12/2008	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/10/2008	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/10/2008	0	Committee on Law and Government	AMENDED
6/10/2008	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING HELD
6/10/2008	1	Committee on Law and Government	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
2/14/2008	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
2/14/2008	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of 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 authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. There shall be submitted for the approval or disapproval of the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia at the election to be held November 4, 2008, the amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter contained in Resolution No. 080181 approved by Council on June 19, 2008, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Council.

SECTION 2. There shall be placed on the ballot the following question to be answered "Yes" or "No" by the qualified electors participating in the election:

Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to merge the powers and duties of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation into a newly-created Department of Parks and Recreation, "to establish a new Commission on Parks and Recreation," and to provide for its powers and duties?

SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to have printed in pamphlet form, in sufficient number for general distribution, the proposed amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter as set forth in Resolution No. 080181 together with the ballot question set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance.

SECTION 4. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to cause to be published in three (3) newspapers of general circulation in the City and in the Legal Intelligencer the proposed amendment to ...