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Committee Hearing, June 2, 2004 (part 3)

Minutes from Philadelphia City Council Committee Hearings, Jun 2, 2004

COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC HEARING - JOINT COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE & FINANCE - - - Room 400, City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 10:13 a.m. - - - 040501 - An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; authorizing the Housing Director to file applications with HUD to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application with HUD for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant; authorizing the Managing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application or applications to obtain grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; and, authorizing the Mayor, the Housing Director and the Managing Director to enter into all understandings and assurances contained in such applications and take all necessary action to accept the grant, all under certain terms and conditions. PRESENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANNA C. VERNA COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE L. BLACKWELL COUNCILWOMAN BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN COUNCILMAN JUAN F. RAMOS COUNCILMAN FRANK RIZZO COUNCILMAN FRANK DI CICCO COUNCILMAN MICHAEL A. NUTTER COUNCILMAN RICHARD T. MARIANO COUNCILWOMAN MARIAN B. TASCO 2 040501 - Whole & Finance - 6/2/04 - - - P R O C E E D I N G S - - -

Councilwoman Blackwell

Also, the Joint Committee of the Whole and the Finance Committee held hearings regarding Bill Number 040501, concerning the Community Development Block Grant application, that hearing as well will be recessed until tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. (Hearing concluded at 10:13 a.m.) 3 CERTIFICATE I HEREBY CERTIFY that the proceedings and evidence are contained fully and accurately in the stenographic notes taken by me upon the public hearing of The Philadelphia City Council, taken on June 2, 2004, and that this is a true and correct transcript of same. _____________________________ DAVID A. DEIK, RPR and Commissioner of Deeds (The foregoing certification of this transcript does not apply to any reproduction of the same by any means, unless under the direct control and/or supervision of the certifying reporter.)