Official:Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, all or part of an irregularly shaped parcel of land currently used by the Philadelphia Zoo for parking, along with the improvements thereon, in an area generally located on the south side of Girard Avenue, east of North 38th Street and north of the Philadelphia Zoo, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: April 7, 2011
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill would allow the city to transfer a parking lot used by the Philadelphia Zoo to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID), under certain conditions.
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