City of Philadelphia - File #: 140991

• File #: 140991
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 12/4/2014
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 12/11/2014
• Title: Appointing Jennifer Kates, Courtney Voss, Herb Wetzel, Anjali Chainani, and Angel Rodriquez to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Council President Clarke
• Indexes: PHILADELPHIA LAND BANK

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/11/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
12/4/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass

Title

Appointing Jennifer Kates, Courtney Voss, Herb Wetzel, Anjali Chainani, and Angel Rodriquez to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank.

Body

WHEREAS, In December 2012, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted the Pennsylvania Land Bank Legislation, Act 153 of 2012, authorizing, among other things, the creation of “land banks” by municipalities; and

WHEREAS, In December 2013, the City of Philadelphia enacted legislation creating the City's first Land Bank, with its stated mission being “to return vacant property to productive status using a unified, predictable, and transparent process, thereby revitalizing neighborhoods, creating socially and economically diverse communities, and strengthening the City's tax base”; and

WHEREAS, Section 16-704 of the Code of the City of Philadelphia requires that five members of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank shall be appointed by majority vote of all the members of City Council; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That Council hereby appoints Jennifer Kates, Courtney Voss, Herb Wetzel, Anjali Chainani, and Angel Rodriquez to the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Land Bank.

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