City of Philadelphia - File #: 060012

• File #: 060012
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 1/24/2006
• In control: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
• Final action: 4/20/2006
• Title: Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to acquire fee simple title to, and all other real property interests in, approximately 2.75 acres of real estate known as 3000 and 3030 E. Castor Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco
• Indexes: PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/4/2006	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/20/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
4/20/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
4/6/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
4/6/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
4/6/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
4/3/2006	0	Committee on Public Property and Public Works	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/3/2006	0	Committee on Public Property and Public Works	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
4/3/2006	0	Committee on Public Property and Public Works	HEARING HELD
1/24/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
1/24/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to acquire fee simple title to, and all other real property interests in, approximately 2.75 acres of real estate known as 3000 and 3030 E. Castor Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Body
WHEREAS, the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation ("PFMC") and the Philadelphia Gas Works ("PGW") desire that the City of Philadelphia acquire, for PGW's use and on its behalf, certain property located at 3000 and 3030 E. Castor Avenue (the "Property") which is located on the south side of Castor Avenue, adjacent to PGW's Port Richmond facility and within the "natural footprint" of PGW's Port Richmond plant; and

WHEREAS, the Property was used as a copper smelting facility from 1935 to 1997; and

WHEREAS, the Property, together with certain adjacent parcels, was the subject of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") remediation, under which the EPA performed a short-term cleanup on the Property, and removed and shipped off-site for treatment and/or disposal approximately 25,000 tons of contaminated soil and debris from the Property; and

WHEREAS, as part of the acquisition of the Property, the EPA will provide an assignment of the EPA Prospective Purchaser Agreement relating to 3000 E. Castor Avenue and a comfort letter with respect to 3030 E. Castor Avenue, pursuant to which the City and PGW will be protected from EPA claims relating to existing environmental contamination at the Property; and

WHEREAS, ownership of the Property by the City, on behalf of PGW, will enhance security at the PGW Port Richmond Plant; and

WHEREAS, Section VIII(3) of the Agreement dated December 29, 1972 between the City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation, in its capacity as operator and manager of the City-owned Philadelphia Gas Works (Bill No. 455, as amended), requires all acquisitions, sales and leases of real estate proposed by o...