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Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire, on behalf of the City, fee simple title or a lesser interest, by purchase, dedication, donation, condemnation, agreement in lieu of condemnation or otherwise, for the purpose of making, enlarging, connecting, extending, operating, and maintaining public parks for recreational use, certain parcels of land, generally bounded and located between Vine Street, Fairmount Avenue, 8th Street and 12th Street, together with all improvements thereon and all associated easements and appurtenances; and to lease the property, or a portion thereof, to the Center City District; all under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, the City is committed to fostering economic development, reuse of abandoned infrastructure, and creating green space;
WHEREAS, the Reading Viaduct is a combination of embankment sections, bridged steel structures and arched masonry bridges built in the 1890s. Rail service was discontinued on the Reading Viaduct in approximately 1984;
WHEREAS, the City would like to acquire fee simple title or a lesser interest, by purchase, dedication, donation, condemnation, agreement in lieu of condemnation or otherwise, certain parcels of land, generally bounded and located between Vine Street, Fairmount Avenue, 8th Street and 12th Street, consisting of portions of the area commonly known as the Reading Viaduct and certain adjacent land located along Buttonwood Street in the area adjacent to the Reading Viaduct, together with all improvements thereon and associated easements and appurtenances ("the Property") for purposes of expanding the recreational use of the area commonly referred to as the Rail Park; and
WHEREAS, Center City District will secure funding for the completion of remediation and certain improvements to the Property to enable it to be used for recreational purposes and to expand the geographical area of the Rail Park; and
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