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Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the West Mill Creek Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 920-936 North Fifty-first street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with West Mill Place, L.P. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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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 West Mill Creek Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter "West Mill Creek"), which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on May 15, 1964, as amended; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a contract for a portion of West Mill Creek, identified by house number and street address as 920-936 North Fifty-first street (the "Property"). The areas of the Property is bounded as follows:
920-936 North Fifty-first street. All that certain vacant lot or piece of ground; situate in the Forty-fourth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at a point on the westerly side of Fifty-first street (on City Plan sixty feet wide, legally open), at the distance of one hundred forty-one and forty-two thousandths feet northwardly from the northerly side of Westminster avenue (on City Plan sixty feet wide, legally open); Thence extending south eighty-four degrees, twenty-two minutes, twenty and eighteen hundredths seconds west, and crossing a certain ten feet wide passageway that extends southwardly to the said northerly side of Westminster avenue and northwardly to the southerly side of Wyalusing street (on City Plan sixty feet wide, legally open), and communicates with a certain twenty-four feet wide driveway which extends eastwardly to a terminus, the distance of one hundred seventy-nine and seven hundred ninety-two thousandths feet to a point on the easterly side of a certain two feet five and three-quarters inches wide alley which also extends southwardly to the said northerly side of Westminster street and northwardly to the said southerly side of Wyalusing street; Thence extending north five degrees, thirty-seven minutes forty seconds west along the westerly side of the said ten feet passageway and the said easterly side of the two feet five and three-quarters inches wide alley the distance of one hundred ninety two and thirty-three thousandths feet to a point; Thence extending north eighty-four degrees, twenty-two minutes, twenty and eighteen hundredths seconds east, recrossing the said ten feet wide passageway and partially passing through a wall the distance of one hundred seventy-three and five hundred twenty three thousandths feet to a point on the said westerly side of Fifty-first street; Thence extending south seven degrees, twenty-nine minutes, forty-five seconds east along the said westerly side of Fifty-first street the distance of one hundred ninety-one and four hundred eleven thousandths feet to a point, said point being the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the amended urban renewal plan and the amended redevelopment proposal approved by the Council; and
WHEREAS, West Mill Place, L.P. desires to enter into the said redevelopment contract for the Properties.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the redevelopment contract submitted by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of that portion of the West Mill Creek Urban Renewal Area, 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 West Mill Place, L.P. (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. 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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