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Bill 190206

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority ("PRA") for the PRA to act as the City’s agent for the marketing, competitive bidding, sale and development, as applicable, of certain City-owned properties, under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced Mar 21, 2019Committee on Public Property and Public WorksOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Council President ClarkeCouncil President ClarkeCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember Greenlee

How members voted

  1. Vote on Jun 13, 2019 · CITY COUNCIL

    Aye (17)

    Council President ClarkeCouncilmember SquillaCouncilmember JohnsonCouncilmember BlackwellCouncilmember JonesCouncilmember HenonCouncilmember Quiñones SánchezCouncilmember BassCouncilmember ParkerCouncilmember O'NeillCouncilmember DombCouncilmember GreenCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember GymCouncilmember OhCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCouncilmember Taubenberger

From the floor

Passages in the official transcripts that cite this file number. Every quote links to its exact place in the record.

  1. “Bill No. 190152, entitled "An ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2020 through 2025 inclusive"; and Bill No. 190153, entitled "An ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2020 Capital Budget"; and Bill No. 190155, entitled "An Stated Meeting June 13, 2019 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Wage and Net Profits Tax,' by revising certain tax rates"; and Bill No. 1 of The Philadelphia Code, entitle…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, June 13, 2019 · Jun 13, 2019 · official transcript, this passage

  2. “The Committee on Public Property and Public Works, to which was referred Bill No. 190206, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the PRA to act as the City's agent for the marketing, competitive bidding, sale and development, as applicable, of certain City-owned properties"; and Bill No. 190207…”

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, June 6, 2019 · Jun 6, 2019 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Mar 21, 2019Introduced and Referred · CITY COUNCIL
  2. May 29, 2019REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED · Committee on Public Property and Public Works
  3. May 29, 2019HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Public Property and Public Works
  4. May 29, 2019HEARING HELD · Committee on Public Property and Public Works
  5. May 29, 2019AMENDED · Committee on Public Property and Public Works
  6. Jun 6, 2019SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL · CITY COUNCIL
  7. Jun 6, 2019ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
  8. Jun 6, 2019READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
  9. Jun 13, 2019READ AND PASSED · CITY COUNCIL
  10. Jun 26, 2019SIGNED · MAYOR

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..Title Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority ("PRA") for the PRA to act as the City's agent for the marketing, competitive bidding, sale and development, as applicable, of certain City-owned properties, under certain terms and conditions. ..Body WHEREAS, The City desires to market, competitively bid, sell and develop certain of its properties; and WHEREAS, Pursuant to �6.1 of the Redevelopment Cooperation Law, Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 982, �6.1; added by the Act of January 19, 1968, P.L. (1967) 987, �2; 35 P.S. �1746.1, the City may designate and appoint the PRA as its agent to perform any specified activities that the City is authorized by law to perform, so long as such activities is in furtherance of the public purposes specified in the Urban Redevelopment Law (the "URL"); and WHEREAS, The City and the PRA desire to enter into a Cooperation Agreement (the "Agreement") wherein the City will designate the PRA as the City's agent to market, competitively bid, sell and develop certain City-owned properties; and WHEREAS, the marketing, competitive bidding, sale and development of City-owned properties furthers the public purposes specified in the URL and, therefore, the Redevelopment Cooperation Law authorizes the Agreement; and WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Cooperation Law requires that the Council of the City of Philadelphia approve the Agreement; now, therefore THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The City, acting through the Commissioner of Public Property, is authorized to enter into a Cooperation Agreement pursuant to the Redevelopment Cooperation Law to designate and appoint the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to be its agent to carry out the purposes of this Ordinance for the property located at 1221-25 N. 4th Street. SECTION 2. The City Solicitor is authorized to review and approve all documents necessary to complete the acquisitions authorized by this Ordinance. The City Solicitor is further authorized to include in those documents provisions that the City Solicitor deems necessary and desirable to protect the interests of the City. ..End