Official:Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire title or a lesser interest such as an easement, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, in parcels of land along the Delaware River and the Delaware River Trail, and authorizing an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the PRA to act as the City's condemnation agent, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Squilla
Introduced: October 29, 2015
Signed: December 10, 2015
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law allows the City to buy or take land along the Delaware River and the Delaware River Trail for public recreation use. The City can work with the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (PRA) to acquire this land through purchase or condemnation. The PRA will act as the City's agent in these transactions.
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