Official:Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development the parcels of land owned by the City in Pike and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania, that were formerly used by the City to operate Camp William Penn (formally known as Camp Happy), for further conveyance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, for fair market value, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Sanchez
Introduced: November 13, 2008
Signed: December 11, 2008
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows the City of Philadelphia to sell a large plot of land in Pike and Monroe Counties, PA, that was once used as a summer camp for kids. The City will sell the land to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 'fair market value' with restrictions on how it can be used.
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