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Roll-call voteBill 080875

PASSED

The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to transfer about 675 acres in Pike and Monroe Counties, formerly used for Camp William Penn (also known as Camp Happy), to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for sale to Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Commonwealth would pay fair market value, and the land would be restricted to conservation and recreation; the sale proceeds would go to the City’s General Fund.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development the parcels of land owned by the City in Pike and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania, that were formerly used by the City to operate Camp William Penn (formally known as Camp Happy), for further conveyance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, for fair market value, under certain terms and conditions.

Pass2008-12-11

Action by CITY COUNCIL

A motion was made that this matter be PASSED. The motion carried by the following vote:

16 Yes·0 No·1 Absent

Roll Call

MemberVote
Anna Cibotti VernaAbsent
Bill GreenYes
Blondell Reynolds BrownYes
Brian J. O'NeillYes
Curtis Jones, Jr.Yes
Darrell L. ClarkeYes
Donna Reed MillerYes
Frank J. DiCiccoYes
Frank RizzoYes
Jack KellyYes
James F. KenneyYes
Jannie L. BlackwellYes
Joan L. KrajewskiYes
Maria D. Quiñones-SánchezYes
Marian B. TascoYes
W. Wilson Goode, Jr.Yes
William K. GreenleeYes