TITLE 17. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 17-1000. EMPLOYMENT OF LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS BY CITY CONTRACTORS
§17-1001. Definitions.
(1) City. Includes the City and its departments, boards,
commissions or agencies.
(2) City-related Agency. All authorities,
government agencies and quasi-public corporations which:
(a) receive
appropriations from the City;
(b) have entered into continuing
contractual or cooperative relationships with the City, including any agreement
whereby the City funds an agency's debt service; or
(c) operate
under legal authority granted to them by City
ordinance.
(3) Construction Contract. Any agreement for the erection,
repair, demolition or alteration of any building, structure, bridge, roadway or
other improvement to real property.
(4) Covered Construction Contract.
Any construction contract with a total value in excess of $150,000
which:
(a) is paid for in whole or in part with City
funds;
(b) is financed either wholly or partially by state or federal
funds which are administered by the City;
(c) is funded in whole or in
part by Financial Assistance; or
(d) is located on property for which
the current owner or owners have received Financial Assistance from the City
with respect to its purchase.
(5) Financial Assistance. Any grant,
loan, incentive or abatement provided by, or with the authority or approval of,
the City or a City-related agency, including but not limited to bond financing
subsidies; Tax Increment Financing aid; industrial development bonds; use of the
power of eminent domain; Community Development Block Grant loans or grants;
airport revenue bonds; Enterprise Zone designations; and aid from the
Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation or other similar
agencies.
(6) Low- or Moderate-Income Person. A person whose income
does not exceed more than eighty percent (80%) of the median income for the
Philadelphia metropolitan area, as determined or adjusted by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 5302(a)(20). A
person who no longer meets the income eligibility criteria set forth above
because of employment by a party to a covered construction contract, but who met
the criteria on his or her date of hire, shall be deemed a low- or
moderate-income person for three years from the date of his or her
hire.