READ AND PASSED

The enacted bill authorizes the City to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, or other means, land or easements in an approximately half-acre area along the Delaware River and Delaware River Trail for incorporation into the trail and public recreation use. It also allows the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to act as the City’s condemnation agent and authorizes the City Solicitor to approve documents needed for the acquisitions.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire title or a lesser interest such as an easement, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, in parcels of land along the Delaware River and the Delaware River Trail, and authorizing an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the PRA to act as the City's condemnation agent, under certain terms and conditions.