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File #: 180993    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 11/15/2018 In control: Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
On agenda: Final action: 2/7/2019
Title: Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to grant to PECO Energy Company an easement for the purpose of installing transmission lines across a portion of the parcel or parcels of land in and about the area bounded by Grays Avenue, Woodland Avenue, 56th Street and 57th Street, commonly known as Deritis Playground, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell
Indexes: EASEMENTS, PECO
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 18099300.pdf, 2. CertifiedCopy18099300
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Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to grant to PECO Energy Company an easement for the purpose of installing transmission lines across a portion of the parcel or parcels of land in and about the area bounded by Grays Avenue, Woodland Avenue, 56th Street and 57th Street, commonly known as Deritis Playground, 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 and the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, are hereby authorized to enter into an easement agreement with PECO Energy Company to clear and maintain a portion of approximately .82 acres of property located at 5655 Grays Avenue, also known as Deritis Playground, and as more fully described in Exhibit A, for the purpose of the installation of power transmission lines.

SECTION 2. The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to review and to approve all instruments and documents necessary to effectuate this Ordinance, which instruments and documents shall contain such terms and conditions as the City Solicitor shall deem necessary and proper to protect the interest of the City of Philadelphia and to carry out the purposes of this Ordinance.


EXHIBIT A

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ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected.

SITUATE in the 40th Ward of the City of Philadelphia and described according to a Survey made thereof by William H. Jones, Esquire Surveyor and Regulator of the 12th District of said City on the 28th day of October, 1886, as follows to wit;

BEGINNING at a point of intersection of the Northwest side of Grays Avenue and at the Northeast side of 57th Street; thence extending along the Northwest side of Grays Avenue 49 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds east 386 feet 9-7/8 inches to the south side...

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