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The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to enter into a license or 30-year lease with the Center City District for Dilworth Plaza, excluding City Hall and SEPTA’s underground transportation facilities. The agreement would allow the Center City District to make improvements and maintain most of the plaza for open-space and park uses, while City departments would retain control over event licensing there.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a license or long term lease agreement and other related agreements between the City of Philadelphia as licensor or landlord, and the Center City District as licensee or tenant, for a certain parcel of land bounded approximately by John F. Kennedy Boulevard, 15th Street, South Penn Square and the west side of City Hall, commonly referred to as Dilworth Plaza, under certain terms and conditions.