Official:Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to purchase fee simple title to a certain parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated on the Northwest side of Algon Avenue at Fox Chase Road, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember O'Neill
Introduced: November 20, 2003
Signed: December 18, 2003
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows the City to purchase a plot of land on Algon Avenue for $335,000 and incorporate it into Pennypack Park.
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