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The enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire full or partial interests in specified parcels along the Delaware River and the Tacony-Holmesburg section of the Delaware River Trail. The acquisitions are intended to create, expand, operate, and maintain public parks for recreation, including the trail connection between the Tacony Boat Launch, Pennypack on the Delaware, and the Frankford Boat Launch.

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire fee simple title, or a lesser interest in real estate, by purchase, dedication, donation, condemnation, agreement in lieu of condemnation, or otherwise, in parcels of land along the Delaware River and the Tacony-Holmesburg section of the Delaware River Trail, under certain terms and conditions.