WHEREAS, City Hall and the Municipal Services Building is the “hub” of Philadelphia Government; and
WHEREAS, SEPTA subway exits immediately adjacent to City Hall and the Municipal Services Building are not accessible to the disabled and/or handicapped traveler; and
WHEREAS, Able-bodied Philadelphians are able to travel to City Hall and the Municipal Services building on the SEPTA subway system and exit immediately adjacent to City Hall and the Municipal Services Building, but the disabled and/or handicapped are not; and
WHEREAS, SEPTA has not provided for the subway exits immediately adjacent to City Hall and the Municipal Services Building to be accessible to the disabled and/or handicapped; and
WHEREAS, It is the intent of the City of Philadelphia to make the governmental “hub” accessible to all of its residents; now therefore
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That Council hereby authorizes City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold public hearings to investigate and determine why SEPTA has not and is not working to make the subway exits most adjacent to City Hall and the Municipal Services Building handicapped accessible; and to determine what criteria has been utilized by SEPTA which has excluded subway accessibility to the disabled and/or handicapped, at these locations; and further determine why monies allocated by SEPTA in their capital budgets have not been utilized at these locations; further such hearings are to be held in conjunction with hearings authorized in Resolution No. 070084.
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