City of Philadelphia - File #: 070923

• File #: 070923
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/25/2007
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/25/2007
• Title: Calling on the Mayor and the Office of Housing and Community Development to enter into the contracts necessary to make available the additional funds for the Basic Systems Repair Program authorized by Resolution No. 070405 (adopted June 7, 2007), Resolution No. 070588 (adopted June 14, 2007), Resolution No. 070595 (adopted June 14, 2007), and Resolution No. 070744 (adopted September 20, 2007), and authorizing Council to retain counsel to file suit should the Administration fail to do so.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Campbell, Councilmember Campbell, Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Kelly

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/25/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ

Title
Calling on the Mayor and the Office of Housing and Community Development to enter into the contracts necessary to make available the additional funds for the Basic Systems Repair Program authorized by Resolution No. 070405 (adopted June 7, 2007), Resolution No. 070588 (adopted June 14, 2007), Resolution No. 070595 (adopted June 14, 2007), and Resolution No. 070744 (adopted September 20, 2007), and authorizing Council to retain counsel to file suit should the Administration fail to do so.
Body
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Bill No. 010694, as amended by Bill No. 020036, Council must approve, by resolution, an annual Program Statement and Budget for the expenditure of proceeds of Neighborhood Transformation Initiative ("NTI") bonds; and

WHEREAS, Council approved the annual Program Statement and Budget for Fiscal Year 2008 through its adoption of Resolution No. 070405 (adopted June 7, 2007), which included an amendment to the NTI Budget to authorize additional expenditures for the Basic Systems Repair Program ("BSRP") in the Fourth Councilmanic District; and

WHEREAS, Resolution No. 070588 (adopted June 14, 2007), Resolution No. 070595 (adopted June 14, 2007), and Resolution No. 070744 (adopted September 20, 2007), amended the Fiscal Year 2008 NTI Program Statement and Budget to authorize additional expenditures for the BSRP in the Fourth, Seventh and Ninth Councilmanic Districts; and

WHEREAS, The additional BSRP funds could be made readily available if the Office of Housing and Community Development ("OHCD") amends existing contracts with the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation ("PHDC") for the administration of BSRP. However, OHNP to date has failed to enter into the necessary contract amendments, a failure that Council has found to be "a deliberate and reprehensible effort to deprive the needy homeowners of the [Fourth, Seventh and Ninth Council Districts] of these additional resources" (Resolution Nos. 070882 and 070890, each adopted Octo...