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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. 81 & 84 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No.81 as 814 North May street and for Parcel No. 84 as 603-615 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 and 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. 81 & 84 also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No.81 as 814 North May street and for Parcel No. 84 as 603-615 North Forty-fourth street; (the “Properties”). The areas of the Properties are bounded as follows:
Parcel No. 81 (814 May 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 west side of May street (thirty feet wide) at the distance of one hundred feet four inches north from the north side of Brown street (eighty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on the said side of May street fourteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to the said May street forty five feet to a point on the east side of a certain four feet wide alley that extends southward into the said Brown street.
Parcel No. 84 603-615 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 north from the northerly side of Haverford Avenue (eighty feet wide); Thence extending eastward on a line at right angles to the said Forty-fourth street seventy seven feet to a point on the west side of a certain three feet wide alley that extends southwardly into the said Haverford Avenue; Thence extending northward along said alley four feet to an angle point; Thence extending further northward along said alley one hundred six feet three inches feet to a point; Thence extending westward on a line at right angles to the said Forty-fourth street seventy eight feet six inches to a point on the said side of Forty-fourth street; Thence extending southward along the said Forty-fourth street one hundred ten feet three inches to the first mentioned place and point of beginning.
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 44th & Aspen,
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 inhelping 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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