Official:Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire fee simple 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 connecting to Penn Treaty Park, 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: September 15, 2016
Signed: October 27, 2016
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows the City to acquire land along the Delaware River and in Penn Treaty Park through purchase or condemnation for public use, with the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority acting as the agent.
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