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