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Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 319, 320 & 321 also sometimes identified by house number and street address for Parcel No. 319 as 1221-1233 North Nineteenth street; for Parcel No. 320 as 1827-35 West Cabot street and for Parcel No. 321 as 1838 West Thompson street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Calcutta House, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (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 prepared a redevelopment contract for a portion of Model Cities, designated as Parcel Nos. 319, 320 & 321 also sometimes identified by house number and street address for Parcel No. 319 as 1221-1233 North Nineteenth street; for Parcel No. 320 as 1827-35 West Cabot street and for Parcel No. 321 as 1838 West Thompson street (the “Properties”). The area of said Properties are bounded as follows:
Parcel No. 319 (1221-1233 North Nineteenth street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground located in the Forty-seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected beginning at a point of intersection of the northerly side of Stiles street (forty feet wide) and the easterly side of North Nineteenth street (fifty feet wide); Thence extending northward along the easterly side of Nineteenth street a distance of one hundred nine feet to a point of intersection with the southerly side of Cabot street (thirty feet wide); Thence extending eastward along the southerly side of Cabot street a distance of seventy two feet eight inches to a point on the easterly side of a two feet eight inches wide alley; Thence extending southward along the easterly side of said alley one hundred nine feet to a point on the northerly side of aforementioned Stiles street; Thence extending westward along the northerly side of Stiles street a distance of seventy two feet eight inches to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
Parcel No. 320 (1827-35 West Cabot street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground located in the Forty-seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected beginning at a point on the northerly side of Cabot street (thirty feet wide) at the distance of one hundred ninety seven feet two and three-eighths inches westward from the westerly side of North Eighteenth street (fifty feet wide); Thence extending northward at right angles to Cabot street fifty three feet six inches to a point; Thence extending westward along a line parallel with said Cabot street, partly along the northerly side of a two feet four inches wide alley, a distance of forty three feet five and three-quarters inches to a point; Thence extending southward at right angles to Cabot street four feet four inches, more or less, to a point; Thence extending westward parallel with Cabot street a distance of four feet four inches to a point; Thence extending southward along a line at right angles to Cabot street eight feet six inches to a point; Thence extending westward parallel with Cabot street a distance of sixteen feet to a point; Thence extending southward at right angles to Cabot street a distance of forty one feet to a point on the northerly side of said Cabot street; Thence extending eastward along the northerly side of Cabot street a distance of sixty three feet nine and three-quarters inches to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
Parcel No. 321 (1838 West Thompson street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground located in the Forty-seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated at a point on the southerly side of West Thompson street (fifty feet wide) at the distance of seventy feet eight inches eastward from the easterly side of North Nineteenth street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Thompson street sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth southward between parallel lines at right angles to said Thompson street a distance of one hundred twenty feet to the northerly side of Cabot street (thirty feet wide).
The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the amended urban renewal plan and the amended redevelopment proposal approved by the Council.
WHEREAS, Calcutta House, Inc. desire to enter into the said redevelopment contract for the Properties; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a disposition supplement providing inter alia for development controls and regulations imposed upon the Properties.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement submitted by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of that portion of Model Cities, as hereinabove more particularly described, is hereby approved. City Council authorizes the Redevelopment Authority to proceed with minor changes in substantial conformity with the hereby approved redevelopment contract and disposition supplement. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved redevelopment contract with Calcutta House, Inc. (hereinafter "Redeveloper"). The Redevelopment Authority and the Redeveloper are authorized to take such action in substantial conformity to the redevelopment contract as may be necessary to carry it out.
RESOLVED, The Redevelopment Authority and the Redeveloper 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 redevelopment contract and disposition supplement hereby approved. Accordingly, the Council hereby declares that it will cooperate in helping to carry out the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement and requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the City having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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