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File #: 250244    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN COMMITTEE
File created: 3/20/2025 In control: Committee on Rules
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Repealing in their entirety the following Ordinances, all approved December 23, 2024: Bill No. 240966 (granting the necessary authorizations for the City to help facilitate development of a new arena for the Philadelphia 76ers); Bill No. 240967 (authorizing the execution of a Service Agreement between the City and PAID); Bill No. 240968 (authorizing striking Filbert Street from 10th Street to 11th Street from the City Plan; Bill No. 240969 (authorizing striking certain aerial portions of Tenth Street between Market Street and Filbert Street from the City Plan); Bill No. 240970 (authorizing the construction and maintenance of various right of way encroachments in the vicinity of the proposed arena); Bill No. 240963 (amending the existing Gallery at Market East Tax Increment Financing District in the area of the proposed arena); and Bill No. 240973 (approving the amendment of a neighborhood improvement district in the area of the proposed arena).
Sponsors: Council President Johnson, Councilmember Squilla
Indexes: REPEALING
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 25024400
Title
Repealing in their entirety the following Ordinances, all approved December 23, 2024: Bill No. 240966 (granting the necessary authorizations for the City to help facilitate development of a new arena for the Philadelphia 76ers); Bill No. 240967 (authorizing the execution of a Service Agreement between the City and PAID); Bill No. 240968 (authorizing striking Filbert Street from 10th Street to 11th Street from the City Plan; Bill No. 240969 (authorizing striking certain aerial portions of Tenth Street between Market Street and Filbert Street from the City Plan); Bill No. 240970 (authorizing the construction and maintenance of various right of way encroachments in the vicinity of the proposed arena); Bill No. 240963 (amending the existing Gallery at Market East Tax Increment Financing District in the area of the proposed arena); and Bill No. 240973 (approving the amendment of a neighborhood improvement district in the area of the proposed arena).

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. The following Ordinances are hereby repealed in their entirety:

* Bill No. 240966 (approved December 23, 2024), entitled "An Ordinance to grant the necessary authorizations for the City to help facilitate development, construction, and operation of a new arena for the Philadelphia 76ers professional basketball team and for other uses, including authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and such other City officials as may be appropriate, on behalf of the City, to enter into the following agreements and take the following actions: (1) acquire fee simple title to all or portions of 1001-1025 Filbert Street, 1001-1019 Market Street, and 1025 Market Street (together, the "Market and Filbert Street Properties"); (2) acquire fee simple title to other parcels of land, aerial areas and subsurface areas in the vicinity of the Market and Filbert Street Properties including, without limitation, those areas reverting to the City or other partie...

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