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Transmitting a bill authorizing the Director of Finance, Commissioner of Public Property and other officials of the City to execute either directly or through the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development various agreements, instruments of conveyance and other transactional documents by and among the City, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority related to the development, construction, financing, operation and management of an expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center and including the defeasance of outstanding Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority bonds, the release of the lien of the Trust Indenture dated as of December 15, 1989, as amended and supplemented, relating to such bonds, the termination of the existing Lease and Service Agreement, the sale of the existing Convention Center building and improvements to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for further conveyance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or its ...

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This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning the development, construction, financing, operation, and management of an expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center. The proposal would have allowed City officials to enter agreements involving the Convention Center Authority and the Commonwealth, including handling outstanding bonds, ending the existing lease and service agreement, selling the current convention center building, and creating a long-term ground lease; the item was placed on file.

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PLACED ON FILE
Introduced
November 15, 2007
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Transmitting a bill authorizing the Director of Finance, Commissioner of Public Property and other officials of the City to execute either directly or through the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development various agreements, instruments of conveyance and other transactional documents by and among the City, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority related to the development, construction, financing, operation and management of an expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center and including the defeasance of outstanding Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority bonds, the release of the lien of the Trust Indenture dated as of December 15, 1989, as amended and supplemented, relating to such bonds, the termination of the existing Lease and Service Agreement, the sale of the existing Convention Center building and improvements to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for further conveyance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or its designee and the execution of a long term ground lease of the land under the existing Convention Center to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by the explanatory letter from the Director of Commerce.

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