City of Philadelphia - File #: 220366

• File #: 220366
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 4/28/2022
• In control: Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
• Final action: 6/23/2022
• Title: Authorizing the Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City, to execute a lease with CP 2023, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, under which CP 2023 would design, construct, operate, maintain, and repair a museum building on the southerly side of Benjamin Franklin Parkway between the Vine Street Expressway, 21st Street, and 22nd Street, to display works of art by Alexander Calder and the Calder family of artists, all at no cost or expense to the City; and exempting the lease from the requirements of Philadelphia Code Chapter 15-100 regarding parks and outdoor spaces; all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Council President Clarke, Councilmember Bass
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, MUSEUMS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/6/2022	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/23/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	17:0
6/16/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
6/16/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/16/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/14/2022	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/14/2022	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	HEARING HELD
6/14/2022	0	Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
4/28/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred

Title
Authorizing the Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City, to execute a lease with CP 2023, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, under which CP 2023 would design, construct, operate, maintain, and repair a museum building on the southerly side of Benjamin Franklin Parkway between the Vine Street Expressway, 21st Street, and 22nd Street, to display works of art by Alexander Calder and the Calder family of artists, all at no cost or expense to the City; and exempting the lease from the requirements of Philadelphia Code Chapter 15-100 regarding parks and outdoor spaces; all under certain terms and conditions.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

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

A. The land along Benjamin Franklin Parkway between the Vine Street Expressway, 21st Street, and 22nd Street (the "Premises"), is parkland managed by the Department of Park and Recreation.

B. For decades, the Premises has been underused as parkland because the site is too small for recreational activities, because it is situated between busy roadways, and because it does not have amenities to serve recreational users.

C. Under Pennsylvania law, a museum is a permissible use of park land.

D. The Calder family of artists has a unique connection to Philadelphia as the artists who, over successive generations, created the magnificent sculptures adorning City Hall, the glorious Swann Fountain in Logan Square, and monumental works featured in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

E. A new museum building exhibiting the works of Alexander Calder and Calder family artists, with surrounding landscape improvements and outdoor sculptures, will greatly enhance the attractiveness of the Premises.

F. Benjamin Franklin Parkway is Philadelphia's premiere cultural corridor and is internationally famous.

G. The new museum will further enhance the statu...