City of Philadelphia - File #: 090330

• File #: 090330
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 4/23/2009
• In control: Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
• Final action: 6/11/2009
• Title: Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City, to enter into a Master Lease providing for the lease by the City to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of a portion of the west corner of Arch Street, 16th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and under which PAID will be required to enter into an agreement pursuant to which PAID will sublease the property to The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Inc., for the development, construction and operation of an educational facility and memorial park to foster remembrance and understanding of the Holocaust, all under certain provisions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Reynolds Brown
• Indexes: PAID

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/24/2009	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/11/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/11/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	16:0
6/4/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/4/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/4/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/1/2009	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/1/2009	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
6/1/2009	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING HELD
4/23/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
4/23/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

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Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City, to enter into a Master Lease providing for the lease by the City to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of a portion of the west corner of Arch Street, 16th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and under which PAID will be required to enter into an agreement pursuant to which PAID will sublease the property to The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Inc., for the development, construction and operation of an educational facility and memorial park to foster remembrance and understanding of the Holocaust, all under certain provisions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Philadelphia finds the following:

A. The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation") desires to construct a new Holocaust remembrance and educational facility and to develop a Holocaust Memorial Park on two parcels of land (the "Premises") at the west corner of Arch Street, 16th Street, and Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

B. The unique use of the Premises by the Foundation to construct and operate a Holocaust remembrance education facility and to develop a Holocaust Memorial Park will enhance park facilities and benefit park users, and will enhance and improve the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, which is part of Fairmount Park.

SECTION 2. The President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City, are authorized to enter into a Master Lease (the "Master Lease") with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID"), which provides for the City to lease the Premises and improvements on the Premises to PAID, and under which PAID is authorized and directed to enter into a Sublease Agreement (the "Sublease") with the Foundation. The Premises are...