Bill 040968

..Title Authorizing Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, 800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107 its successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain a ductbank beneath Delancey Street to provide service connections from their building (723 Delancey Street) to their parking garage (317 S. 8th Street), under certain terms and conditions. ..Body WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System is the owner of property located at 723 Delancey Street and 317 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107; and WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System has requested permission to construct, own and maintain a ductbank beneath Delancey Street to provide service connections from their building (723 Delancey Street) to their parking garage (317 S. 8th Street); now, therefore, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Pennsylvania Hospital, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to construct, own and maintain a ductbank beneath Delancey Street to provide service connections from their building (723 Delancey Street) to their parking garage (317 S. 8th Street) as follows: The centerline of the concrete encased ductbank is located approximately one hundred and twenty-eight feet (128') east of the east curbline of S. 8th Street. The ductbank consists of one (1) four inch (4") diameter PVC conduit for a parking deck electrical feeder, one (1) four inch (4") diameter PVC conduit for a staff house electrical feeder, one (1) four inch (4") diameter PVC spare conduit, one (1) two inch (2") diameter PVC spare conduit for future telephone service & one (1) two inch (2") diameter PVC spare conduit for future fire alarm service. The proposed ductbank will cross the entire right-of-way of Delancey Street (approximately forty feet (40') wide) at a depth of four feet six inches (4'-6"). SECTION 2. The construction, use and maintenance of the ductbank listed in Section 1 shall be in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the City of Philadelphia, and specifically those of the Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Department of Streets and the Art Commission. SECTION 3. Before exercising any rights or privileges under this Ordinance, Pennsylvania Hospital must first obtain or have their contractor(s) obtain all required permits, licenses and approvals from all appropriate departments, boards, agencies or commissions. No such department, board, agency or commission shall be required to issue any such permit, license or approval solely because this Ordinance has been enacted, it being the express intent of this Ordinance not to supersede any other provision of law governing the issuance of such permits, licenses or approvals. In addition, before exercising any rights and privileges under this Ordinance, Pennsylvania Hospital shall enter into an agreement ("Agreement") with the appropriate City department or departments, in a form satisfactory to the Law Department, to provide that Pennsylvania Hospital shall, inter alia: (a) agree that upon one hundred and eighty (180) days notice from the City, it shall remove the ductbank without cost or expense to the City and shall restore the cartway and footways of Delancey Street at no cost and expense to the City of Philadelphia when given written notice to do so by the City of Philadelphia to accommodate a municipal or municipal-sponsored construction project; (b) furnish the City with either a bond with corporate surety in an amount required by the Department of Streets and in a form satisfactory to the Law Department to insure the compliance with all the terms and conditions of this Ordinance and the Agreement, and to protect and indemnify the City from and against all damages or claims for damages which may arise directly or indirectly as a result of the construction, maintenance or use of the ductbank or its removal, or in lieu thereof, submit documentation in a form and content acceptable to the City that Pennsylvania Hospital self-assumes liabilities and obligations normally covered by Surety Bond; (c) secure all necessary permits, licenses and approvals from all appropriate departments, agencies, boards or commissions of the City as may be required by regulation or law. No such department, board, agency or commission shall be required to issue any such permit, license or approval solely because this Ordinance has been enacted; (d) assume the costs of all changes and adjustments to, and relocation or abandonment of City utilities and City structures wherever located as may be necessary by the reason of the construction of the ductbank; (e) carry public liability and property damage insurance, co-naming the City of Philadelphia as an insured party, in such amounts as shall be satisfactory to the Law Department, or in lieu thereof, submit documentation in form and content acceptable to the City that Pennsylvania Hospital is self-insured and is providing the City of Philadelphia the same coverage and benefits had the insurance requirements been satisfied by an insurance carrier authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; (f) insure that all construction contractors for the ductbank carry public liability and property damage insurance, naming the City of Philadelphia as an insured party in such amounts as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Law Department; and (g) give the City and all public utility companies the right-of-access, ingress and egress for the purpose of inspection, maintenance, alteration, relocation or reconstruction of any of their respective facilities which may lie within the public right-of-way of Delancey Street. SECTION 4. The Law Department shall include in the Agreement such other terms and conditions as shall be deemed necessary to protect the interests of the City. SECTION 5. The permission granted to Pennsylvania Hospital to construct, own and maintain the ductbank described in Section 1 shall expire without any further action by the City of Philadelphia if Pennsylvania Hospital has not entered into an Agreement and satisfied all requirements of the Agreement that are listed in Section 3 of this Ordinance within one (1) year after this Ordinance becomes law. SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall not become effective unless the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00), toward the costs thereof, is paid into the City Treasury within sixty (60) days after this Ordinance becomes law. ..End