Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the transfer of the powers and duties of the Fairmount Park Commission to the Department of Recreation (to be renamed the "Department of Parks and Recreation") and reconstituting the Fairmount Park Commission as the Commission on Parks and Recreation, with new powers and duties; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: February 14, 2008
Signed: June 19, 2008
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill puts a question on the ballot to merge Fairmount Park Commission and Department of Recreation into one department called 'Department of Parks and Recreation'. If approved by voters, it would also change the name and powers of the Fairmount Park Commission.
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