Official:Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire from the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development certain land along the Schuylkill River in the vicinity of 49th Street and Botanic Avenue, and making the property part of Schuylkill River Park, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: March 16, 2017
Signed: April 20, 2017
: Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill authorizes the City to buy land along the Schuylkill River from a private development authority and add it to Schuylkill River Park.
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