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Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia which includes, inter alia, the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area, identified by respective house numbers and street addresses as 5235 & 5248 Larchwood avenue and 5335, 5336 & 5443 Osage avenue; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with The Partnership CDC and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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WHEREAS, In accordance with the provisions of the Urban Redevelopment Law, being the Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 991, as amended and supplemented, the City Planning Commission of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Commission") has on August 20, 1963, certified the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area as a redevelopment area and has completed a detailed redevelopment area plan for the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area dated March 16, 1962, as amended (hereinafter West Philadelphia); and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment contract which includes a portion of the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area, identified by respective house numbers and street addresses as 5235 & 5248 Larchwood avenue and 5335, 5336 & 5443 Osage avenue (the Properties). The area of the Properties are bounded as follows:
5235 Larchwood avenue.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon situate on the northside of Larchwood avenue at the distance of two hundred fifty feet westward from the west side of Fifty-second street in the Sixtieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Larchwood avenue sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth northward and between lines parallel with the said Fifty-second street seventy five feet to a certain three feet wide alley leading westward into Fifty-third street and communicating at the easternmost end thereof with another three feet wide alley leading southward into the said Larchwood avenue.
5248 Larchwood avenue.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground, with the buildings and improvements thereon situate on the south side of Larchwood avenue at the distance of sixty two feet eastward from the east side of Fifty-third street in the Forty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on said Larchwood avenue fifteen feet six inches and extending of that width in length or depth southward between parallel lines at right angles with said Larchwood avenue eighty six feet to the middle of a certain four feet wide alley which extends eastward and communicates with a certain other four feet wide alley extending from Larchwood avenue to Hazel avenue (formerly known as Naudrin) street.
5335 Osage avenue.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the two story brick messuage or tenement thereon situate on the north side of Osage avenue at the distance of two hundred seventy four feet westward from the west side of Fifty-third street in the Sixtieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Osage avenue sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth between parallel lines at right angles to the said Osage avenue seventy feet to a certain three feet wide alley which extends from Fifty-third street to Fifty-fourth street.
5336 Osage avenue.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon situate on the southerly side of Osage avenue at the distance of two hundred ninety feet measured westwardly from the westerly side of Fifty-third street in the (Sixtieth formerly) Forty-sixth Ward of the City and County of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Osage avenue sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth southwardly between parallel lines at right angles with the said Osage avenue seventy feet to a certain three feet wide alley which extends westwardly from Fifty-third street to Fifty-fourth street.
5443 Osage avenue.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon situate on the north side of Osage avenue at the distance of sixty two feet six inches westward from the west side of Conestoga street in the Sixtieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Osage avenue fifteen feet six inches and extending of that width in length or depth northward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Osage avenue sixty three feet to a certain four feet wide alley which extends eastward and westward from the said Conestoga street to Fifty-fifth street.
WHEREAS, The Partnership CDC 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 and disposition supplement submitted by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of that portion of 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 and disposition supplement. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved redevelopment contract with The Partnership CDC (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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