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File #: 130328    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 4/25/2013 In control: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire certain land along the Schuylkill River between 56th Street (as extended to the Schuylkill River) and 58th Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Johnson
Indexes: AIRPORT
Attachments: 1. 130328 - Exhibit A, As Introduced.pdf, 2. CertifiedCopy13032800.pdf
Title
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire certain land along the Schuylkill River between 56th Street (as extended to the Schuylkill River) and 58th Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
 
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1.  The Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, is hereby authorized to acquire, from the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (“PAID”), a strip of land along the Schuylkill River that is approximately 100 feet wide (the “Property”), between 56th Street (as extended to the Schuylkill River) and 58th Street, substantially as described in Exhibit A to this Ordinance.
 
SECTION 2.  Upon title to the Property vesting in the City, the Property shall, by operation of this Section 2, be incorporated into Schuylkill River Park, and shall likewise be a part of the Fairmount Park System, consistent with Section 15-201 of The Philadelphia Code.
SECTION 3.  The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to impose such terms and conditions on the transaction authorized by this Ordinance as the City Solicitor deems necessary and proper to protect the interests of the City, and to carry out the purposes of this Ordinance.
 
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