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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 44th and Aspen Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel Nos. 30 & 31 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No.30 as 703-705 North Forty-fourth street. and for Parcel No. 31 as 725-727 North Forty-fourth street; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Philadelphia Housing Authority 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 amended urban renewal plan and an amended redevelopment proposal for the redevelopment of the 44th and Aspen Redevelopment Area, 44th & Aspen Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter "44th & Aspen "), which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on July 7, 2003, as amended; and,
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment contract which includes, inter alia, a portion of 44th & Aspen designated as Parcel Nos. 30 & 31 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No.30 as 703-705 North Forty-fourth street and for Parcel No. 31 as 725-727 North Forty-fourth street (the “Properties”). The areas of the Properties are bounded as follows:
Parcel No. 30 (703-705 North Forty-fourth street).
All that certain lot or piece of ground situated in the Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at a point on the east side of Forty-fourth street (sixty feet wide) at the distance of sixteen feet eight inches north from the northerly side of Fairmount avenue (sixty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on the said Forty-fourth street thirty one feet eight inches and extending of that length in width or depth eastward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Forty-fourth street eighty two feet to a point.
Parcel No. 31 (725-727 North Forty-fourth street).
All that certain lot or piece of ground situated in the Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at a point on the east side of Forty-fourth street (sixty feet wide) at the distance of one hundred twenty seven feet six inches south from the southerly side of Aspen street (sixty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on the said Forty-fourth street thirty one feet eight inches and extending of that length in width or depth eastward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Forty-fourth street one hundred seventy one feet to a point on the west side of a certain four feet wide alley. Said alley extends northward communicating with a certain other four feet wide alley that extends westward, communicating with a certain three feet wide alley that extends northward into the said Aspen street.
The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the amended urban renewal plans and the amended redevelopment proposals approved by the Council; and
WHEREAS, Philadelphia Housing Authority (hereinafter “Redeveloper”) desires 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 Redeveloper.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the redevelopment contract submitted by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of that portion of Greenway, Mantua and West Philadelphia, 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. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved redevelopment contract with Philadelphia Housing Authority (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 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.
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