Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID) to purchase approximately twenty-eight acres of land situate on the west side of the Schuylkill River between 56th and 58th Streets, under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement among the City, PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID), is hereby authorized to purchase for a consideration not to exceed Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000), not including settlement and other incidental costs, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement among the City, PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, approximately twenty-eight acres of real estate on the west side of the Schuylkill River between 56th Street and 58th Street.
SECTION 2. The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to review and to approve, prior to execution, all instruments and documents necessary to effectuate this Ordinance, which instruments and documents shall contain such terms and conditions as the City Solicitor shall deem necessary and proper to protect the interest of the City and to carry out the purposes of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement and this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. The Industrial and Commercial Development Revolving Fund shall be charged for the purchase price of the property and incidental expenses, including settlement costs.
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Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Pass
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A motion was made by Councilmember Tasco that this matter be Introduced and Referred to the Committee on Public Property and Public Works. The motion carried unanimously.