Official:Authorizing Liberty Property 18th & Arch, LP to install, own and maintain two newsstands on the 1800 block of Arch Street and to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across Arch Street for the purpose of supplying electrical, telephone, water and sewer service to the newsstands, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Council President Clarke
Introduced: June 11, 2015
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 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 allows a company called Liberty Property to install two newsstands on Arch Street and make some modifications to connect them to utilities like electricity and water.
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