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Amending Section 17-1603 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Economic Opportunity Plans: Contents," to require the provision of information relating to prior history of meeting goals established in connection with City contracts and the prior history of related corporate entities, all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This enacted ordinance requires certain contractors, developers, and recipients of City financial assistance to provide information about City contracts and financial assistance they and related corporate entities received during the previous three years, or a longer required record-retention period. The information must identify contracts and assistance subject to economic opportunity plans with minority-, women-, and disabled-owned business enterprise or workforce diversity goals.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
October 5, 2017
Sponsors
Blondell Reynolds Brown
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 17-1603 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 17-1600. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PLANS.

§ 17-1603. Economic Opportunity Plan: Contents.

(1)

For a Covered Project or Contract subject to City Council approval (other than a Covered Project or Contract subject to Section 8-200(2) or 8-201 of the Home Rule Charter), an Economic Opportunity Plan prototype shall be produced by the certifying agency in conjunction with Council, and serve as the primary form for submission and compliance procedures in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:

(f.1)

The Plan shall contain a statement from the contractor, developer or recipient of financial assistance identifying all City contracts and financial assistance entered into or received by the entity and by any related corporate entities in the three years before execution of the EOP, or such greater amount of time as may be set forth in the record retention requirement of an applicable EOP,

that were subject to an EOP that

contained M/W/DSBE goals and/or workforce diversity goals. For purposes of this subsection

(

f.1),“related corporate entities” means any business entity controlled by a person or business with a majority interest in the business agreeing to the EOP.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect six months after adoption into law.

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Explanation:

Italics

indicate new matter added.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on final passage calendar for next meeting.

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Amended

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read and ordered placed on next week's second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

  4. Council actionCommittee on Commerce & Economic Development

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Commerce & Economic Development

    Amended

    Council actionCommittee on Commerce & Economic Development

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Commerce & Economic Development

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass