City of Philadelphia - File #: 160775

• File #: 160775
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 9/15/2016
• In control: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
• Final action: 10/27/2016
• Title: Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire fee simple title or a lesser interest such as an easement, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, in parcels of land along the Delaware River and the Delaware River Trail connecting to Penn Treaty Park, and authorizing an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the PRA to act as the City's condemnation agent, under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Squilla
• Indexes: EASEMENTS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/16/2016	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/27/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	17:0
10/20/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
10/20/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
10/20/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
10/18/2016	0	Committee on Public Property and Public Works	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/18/2016	0	Committee on Public Property and Public Works	HEARING HELD
10/18/2016	0	Committee on Public Property and Public Works	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
9/15/2016	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire fee simple title or a lesser interest such as an easement, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, in parcels of land along the Delaware River and the Delaware River Trail connecting to Penn Treaty Park, and authorizing an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the PRA to act as the City's condemnation agent, under certain terms and conditions.

Body
WHEREAS, The City would like to acquire fee simple title or a lesser interest such as an easement, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, in parcels of land along the Delaware River and the Delaware River Trail and connecting to Penn Treaty Park (the "Acquisition"); and

WHEREAS, Pursuant to § 6.1 of the Redevelopment Cooperation Law, Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 982, § 6.1; added by the Act of January 19, 1968, P.L. (1967) 987, § 2; 35 P.S. § 1746.1, the City may designate and appoint the PRA its agent to perform any specified activity that the City is authorized by law to perform, so long as such activity is in furtherance of the public purposes specified in the Urban Redevelopment Law (the "URL"); and

WHEREAS, The City and the PRA desire to enter into an Agreement of Agency Designation (the "Agency Agreement") wherein the City will designate PRA as the City's agent to perform the activities necessary to allow the City to acquire the necessary real property interests for the Acquisition; and

WHEREAS, The Acquisition furthers the public purposes specified in the URL and, therefore, the Redevelopment Cooperation Law authorizes the Agency Agreement; and

WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Cooperation Law requires that the Council of the City of Philadelphia approve the Agency Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Bill No. 150818 (approved December 15, 2015) provided similar authorizations as provided in this Ordinance, but it was dete...