November 20, 2013 The Honorable Michael A. Nutter Mayor, City of Philadelphia City Hall, Room 215 Philadelphia, PA 19107 RE: Bill No. 130726- Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 71 and 238 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Swanson Street from Catharine Street to its terminus northwardly therefrom, striking from the City Plan and vacating Fitzwater Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to its terminus westwardly therefrom, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Swanson Street being stricken, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and public utility purposes extending from the terminus of Catharine Street, west of Swanson Street, to the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, and relocating the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, from Catharine Street to a point ...

Title

November 20

,

2013

The Honorable

Michael

A.

Nutter

Mayor, City of Philadelphia

City

Hall,

Room 215

Philadelphia, PA

19107

RE: Bill No.

130726-

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos.

71

and

238

by striking from the City Plan and vacating Swanson Street from Catharine Street to its terminus northwardly therefrom, striking from the City Plan and vacating Fitzwater Street from Chr

i

stopher Col

u

mbus Boulevard to its terminus westwardly therefrom, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Swanson Street being stricken, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and public utility purposes extending from the terminus of Catharine Street, west of Swanson Street, to the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, and relocating the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, from Catharine Street to a point

north of Fitzwater Street, in order to conform w

i

th the lines established by the Commonwea

l

th of Pennsylvania, all under certain terms and conditions.

Dear

Mayor Nutter

:

Pursuant

to Section 4-604 of the

Philadelphia Home

Rule Charter

,

the

City

Planning

Commission

has reviewed Bill

No

.

130726

introduced by

Councilmember Squilla

on

October

10,

2013.

Bill

No. 130726

strikes and vacates Swanson Street

from Catharine Street

north to its terminus

,

while

reserving a utility

right-of-way

for

water

and

sewer

purposes. The

bill

also strikes and

vacates

Fitzwater Street from Columbus Boulevard west to its terminus. Both Swanson and Fitzwater

Streets

at this location are not physically improved or open to

vehicular

traffic. This bill

will

permit

the

assembly of land for a proposed

75-unit

Planned Unit Development.

At

its meeting

on November

19

,

2013, the

City Planning

Commission

recommended that

Bill No

.

130726 be approved.

Sincerely,

Gary J. Jastrzab

Executive Director

End