PRINTER'S NO. 4214
No. 640 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, JULY 1, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JULY 1, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of October 2002 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
13 planning commissions; and
14 WHEREAS, Community planners are entrusted to protect the
15 health, safety and welfare of their communities by improving
16 existing conditions, ensuring orderly and efficient land
17 development and growth and balancing the interests of all
1 segments of the population, ensuring that progress improves the
2 quality of life for the entire community; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That, in acknowledgment of the important
4 contributions planners make to our communities, the House of
5 Representatives designate the month of October 2002 as "Planning
6 Great Communities Month" in Pennsylvania.
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