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Bill 090330

Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City, to enter into a Master Lease providing for the lease by the City to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of a portion of the west corner of Arch Street, 16th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and under which PAID will be required to enter into an agreement pursuant to which PAID will sublease the property to The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Inc., for the development, construction and operation of an educational facility and memorial park to foster remembrance and understanding of the Holocaust, all under certain provisions.

Introduced Apr 23, 2009Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural AffairsOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Councilmember ClarkeCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember Reynolds Brown

From the floor

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  1. “171008, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Sanjay Jhaveri, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southeast corner of North Stated Meeting December 14, 2017 9th Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the southeast corner of North 9th Street"; and Bill No. 171013, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-206 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Sidewalk Vendors in Neighborhood…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, December 14, 2017 · Dec 14, 2017 · official transcript, this passage

  2. “The Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, to which was referred Bill No. 170856, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of the Department of Public Property to require a trestle over Germantown Avenue just below Cresheim Valley Drive and to enter into an agreement to license from PECO Energy Company a certain strip of land running parallel to a portion of Cresheim Creek"; and Bill No. 1709…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, December 7, 2017 · Dec 7, 2017 · official transcript, this passage

  3. “To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, I am pleased to advise you that on November 13, 2017, I signed all of the bills which were passed by Council at its session on October 26, 2017. And I am submitting herewith for the consideration of your honorable body a resolution appointing Ashley Peel to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District; and A resolution appoi…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, November 16, 2017 · Nov 16, 2017 · official transcript, this passage

  4. “An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of the Department of Parks and Recreation, on Stated Meeting November 16, 2017 behalf of the City, to enter into one or more agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to amend, restate, or otherwise replace the lease and sublease authorized by Bill No. 090330 to permit the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation to construct, own, operate, ma…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, November 16, 2017 · Nov 16, 2017 · official transcript, this passage

  5. “090327, an ordinance authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission of the Northwestern Equestrian Facility in Fairmount Park"; and Bill No. 090330, an ordinance authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission to sublease the property at the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation"; and Bill No. 090012, an ordinance amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Pri…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, June 11, 2009 · Jun 11, 2009 · official transcript, this passage

  6. “To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, to which was referred Bill No. 090098, entitled "An ordinance renaming and designating Fotteral Square Playground as the 'James Young Memorial Playground'"; and Bill No. 090192, entitled "An ordinance renaming and designating the park located at the intersection of Germantown Avenue, York…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, June 4, 2009 · Jun 4, 2009 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Apr 23, 2009Referred · CITY COUNCIL
  2. Apr 23, 2009Introduced · CITY COUNCIL
  3. Jun 1, 2009HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
  4. Jun 1, 2009REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED · Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
  5. Jun 1, 2009HEARING HELD · Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs
  6. Jun 4, 2009ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
  7. Jun 4, 2009SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL · CITY COUNCIL
  8. Jun 4, 2009ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
  9. Jun 11, 2009READ · CITY COUNCIL
  10. Jun 11, 2009PASSED · CITY COUNCIL
  11. Jun 24, 2009SIGNED · MAYOR

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..Title Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City, to enter into a Master Lease providing for the lease by the City to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of a portion of the west corner of Arch Street, 16th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and under which PAID will be required to enter into an agreement pursuant to which PAID will sublease the property to The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Inc., for the development, construction and operation of an educational facility and memorial park to foster remembrance and understanding of the Holocaust, all under certain provisions. ..Body THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Philadelphia finds the following: A. The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation") desires to construct a new Holocaust remembrance and educational facility and to develop a Holocaust Memorial Park on two parcels of land (the "Premises") at the west corner of Arch Street, 16th Street, and Benjamin Franklin Parkway. B. The unique use of the Premises by the Foundation to construct and operate a Holocaust remembrance education facility and to develop a Holocaust Memorial Park will enhance park facilities and benefit park users, and will enhance and improve the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, which is part of Fairmount Park. SECTION 2. The President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City, are authorized to enter into a Master Lease (the "Master Lease") with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID"), which provides for the City to lease the Premises and improvements on the Premises to PAID, and under which PAID is authorized and directed to enter into a Sublease Agreement (the "Sublease") with the Foundation. The Premises are more particularly described in the Sublease. SECTION 3. The Master Lease must be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Ordinance. The Sublease must be substantially in the form set forth in Attachment 1 to the Master Lease. The City Solicitor is authorized to include in the Master Lease, and to cause PAID to include in the Sublease, provisions the City Solicitor deems necessary or desirable to protect the interests of the City, and to make any other changes consistent with this Ordinance. SECTION 4. The Chief Clerk of City Council shall keep on file the exhibit referred to in this Ordinance and make it available to the public for inspection during regular office hours. SECTION 5. The President of the Fairmount Park Commission, the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, the City Solicitor, and all other officials of the City, are authorized to execute all documents, including a Lease Recognition Agreement that is Exhibit H to the Sublease, and to take all actions necessary or desirable, to accomplish the intent and purpose of this Ordinance. [Note: Exhibits to this Bill are on file in the Office of the Chief Clerk.] ..End 2