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File #: 041038    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 12/2/2004 In control: Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
On agenda: Final action: 12/16/2004
Title: Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to accept a deed from the School District of Philadelphia for that certain parcel of land commonly known as 8730 Old Line Road; and amending Title 15 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parks and Recreation," to place the parcel under the care and jurisdiction of the Fairmount Park Commission upon completion of the conveyance of the parcel to the City; all under certain provisions and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Indexes: FAIRMOUNT PARK COMMISSION
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy04103800.pdf
Title
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to accept a deed from the School District of Philadelphia for that certain parcel of land commonly known as 8730 Old Line Road; and amending Title 15 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parks and Recreation," to place the parcel under the care and jurisdiction of the Fairmount Park Commission upon completion of the conveyance of the parcel to the City; all under certain provisions and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:


SECTION 1. The Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia is authorized to accept for nominal consideration a deed from the School District of Philadelphia for a certain parcel of land (the "Property") commonly known as 8730 Old Line Road, and generally described as follows:

ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground, SITUATE in the 21st Ward of the City of Philadelphia, described according to a plan and survey made for Real Estate Trust Company by Israel Sepota, Surveyor and Regulator for the Ninth Survey District, dated February 10, 1953, to wit:

BEGINNING at the intersection of the northerly side of Caledonia Street (on City Plan fifty feet wide not open) and the Easterly side of Ridge Avenue (open fifty feet wide on City Plan one hundred and twenty feet wide) thence extending north seventy-one degrees thirty-two minutes thirteen seconds east along the said northerly side of Caledonia Street four hundred and nineteen feet two and seven-eighth inches to a point, thence north eighteen degrees twenty-seven minutes forty-seven seconds west one hundred and thirteen feet two and one-half inches to a point, thence north seventy-one degrees thirty two minutes thirteen seconds east four hundred and fifty-nine feet eleven and seven-eighth inches to a point on the southwesterly side of Old Line Road (on City Plan and open sixty feet wide) thence south forty degrees eleven minutes fifty-...

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