PRINTER'S NO. 2287
No. 253 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, ADOLPH, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BARD,
BEBKO-JONES, BENNINGHOFF, BROWNE, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
L. I. COHEN, CORRIGAN, COY, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS,
J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FREEMAN, GABIG,
GEIST, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HERSHEY, HESS, JAMES,
JOSEPHS, KELLER, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, LEWIS,
MAJOR, MANDERINO, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO,
S. MILLER, PALLONE, PICKETT, PIPPY, PISTELLA, READSHAW,
ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER,
SEMMEL, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STURLA, THOMAS,
TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, WALKO, WATSON, C. WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI,
YOUNGBLOOD AND ZIMMERMAN, JUNE 19, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 19, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of October 2001 as "Planning Great
2 Communities Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, More than 300 years ago this Commonwealth was
4 founded by William Penn on the strength and character of
5 communities, and this Commonwealth will continue to grow and
6 prosper as we remain focused on the importance of community
7 planning; and
8 WHEREAS, Community planners are currently called upon to
9 fulfill many of the tasks William Penn empowered William Markham
10 and Thomas Holme to do more than 300 years ago; and
11 WHEREAS, Today more than 1,600 municipalities throughout this
12 Commonwealth have exercised their authority to establish
1 planning commissions; and
2 WHEREAS, Community planners are entrusted to protect the
3 health, safety and welfare of their communities by improving
4 existing conditions, ensuring orderly and efficient land
5 development and growth and balancing the interests of all
6 segments of the population, ensuring that progress improves the
7 quality of life for the entire community; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That, in acknowledgment of the important
9 contributions planners make to our communities, the House of
10 Representatives designate the month of October 2001 as "Planning
11 Great Communities Month" in Pennsylvania.
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