Official:Authorizing the City of Philadelphia to enter into lease agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development under which the City would lease to PAID on a project-by-project basis certain land and facilities in the Fairmount Park system, recreations centers, playgrounds, and branches in the Free Library of Philadelphia system, and which would permit PAID to sublease such Facilities on a project-by-project basis to other organizations in conformity with the Economic Development Financing Law, Act 1967-102 (P.L. 251), as amended, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Council President Clarke
Introduced: June 6, 2019
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2016–2019 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 the City of Philadelphia to enter into lease agreements with PAID (Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development) for city-owned land and facilities in Fairmount Park, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries. The leases would permit PAID to sublease these facilities on a project-by-project basis to charitable organizations.
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