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Approving the conveyance of a certain property from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to the City of Philadelphia, which are located in the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area and identified by house number and street address as 2800-2850 West Dauphin street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to prepare and execute all documents and instruments necessary to effectuate this conveyance.
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WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter Redevelopment Authority) has prepared and submitted an urban renewal plan and a redevelopment proposal for the redevelopment of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter Model Cities), which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 15, 1969, as amended; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has approved the conveyance of a certain property in Model Cities, identified by house number and street address as 2800-2850 West Dauphin street (the Property). The area of the Property is bounded as follows:
2800-2850 West Dauphin street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and appurtenances thereto, if any, situated in the Twenty-eighth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at the intersection of the southerly side of Dauphin street (fifty feet wide) and the easterly side of Twenty-ninth street (seventy feet wide); Thence extending in an easterly direction along the southerly side of Dauphin street, four hundred feet zero inches, to a point on the westerly side of Twenty-eighth street (fifty feet wide); Thence extending in a southerly direction along the westerly side of Twenty-eighth street, seventy-three feet ten inches, more or less to a point on the southerly side of a three foot alley; Thence extending in a westerly direction along the southerly side of said three foot wide alley, sixty-four feet zero inches, more or less, to a point; Thence extending in a northerly direction along a line of property now or late of Arthur M. Case, et ux, crossing the bed of said three foot wide alley, three feet zero inches, more or less, to a point on the northerly side of said alley; Thence extending in a westerly direction along the northerly side of said alley thirty-two feet zero inches, more or less, to a point; Thence extending in a southerly direction along a line of property now or late of Harry Saunders, crossing the bed of said three foot wide alley, three feet zero inches, more or less, to a point on the southerly side of said three foot wide alley; Thence extending in a westerly direction along the southerly side of said three foot wide alley, fourteen feet zero inches, more or less, to a point; Thence extending in a southerly direction along a line of properties now or late of J. Blume, Inc., Benjamin Burgess, Jr., and Max Perkofsky, et ux, one hundred sixty-six feet two inches, more or less, to a point on the northerly side of Fletcher street (fifty feet wide); Thence extending in a westerly direction along the northerly side of Fletcher street, one hundred eighty feet zero inches, more or less to a point; Thence extending in a northerly direction along a line of properties now or late of Max Peck, et ux, and Jerry Reiss, et ux, one hundred twenty-nine feet three inches, more or less, to a point; Thence extending in a westerly direction along another line of said Reiss property and along a line of property now or late of Lee Roach, one hundred ten feet zero inches, more or less, to a point on the easterly side of Twenty-ninth street; Thence extending in a northerly direction along the easterly side of Twenty-ninth street, one hundred ten feet nine inches, more or less, to the place of beginning.
The Property has been redeveloped by the City of Philadelphia in substantial conformity with the amended urban renewal plan and the amended redevelopment proposal approved by Council; and
WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia desires to accept ownership of the Property.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the conveyance from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter Redevelopent Authority) to the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter the City) for that portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, as hereinabove more particularly described, is hereby approved. City Council authorizes the Redevelopment Authority to proceed with the conveyance to the City. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to prepare and execute all documents and instruments necessary to effectuate the conveyance to the City.
RESOLVED, The Redevelopment Authority and the City are authorized to prepare or cause to be prepared for introduction into the Council such ordinances or resolutions as may be necessary for changes in zoning, streets, alleys, public ways, street patterns, location and relocation of public utilities, and related items which are required in order to facilitate and effectuate the conveyance hereby approved. Accordingly, the Council hereby declares that it will cooperate in helping to carry out the conveyance and requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the City having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end.
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