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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 5031 Irving street; 5018 Walnut street; 22, 30 & 113 South Fiftieth street and 14 & 26 South Fifty-first street; 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 5031 Irving street; 5018 Walnut street; 22, 30 & 113 South Fiftieth street and 14 & 26 South Fifty-first street (the Properties). The area of the Properties are bounded as follows:
5031 Irving street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the messuage or tenement thereon erected situate on the northerly side of Irving street at the distance of two hundred twenty six feet westward from the westerly side of Fiftieth street in the Forty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Irving street fifteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth northwardly between parallel lines at right angles to the said Irving street eighty five feet to a certain three feet wide alley which leads eastwardly into Fiftieth street and westwardly into another three feet wide alley which leads southwardly into Irving street.
5018 Walnut street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the messuage or tenement thereon erected situate on the south side of Walnut street at the distance of one hundred forty four feet westward from the west side of Fiftieth street in the Sixtieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on Walnut street twenty two feet ten and seven-eighths inches and extending of that width in length or depth southward between lines parallel with Fiftieth street ninety seven feet to a three feet wide alley leading eastward into Fiftieth street.
22 South Fiftieth street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situate on the southwest corner of Fiftieth street and Ludlow street in the Sixtieth Ward the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Fiftieth street twenty feet and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Fiftieth street in the north line thereof extending along the south side of Ludlow street eighty eight feet.
30 South Fiftieth street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the messuage or tenement thereon erected situate on the west side of Fiftieth street at the distance of eighty feet southward from the south side of Ludlow street in the Sixtieth (formerly part of the Forty-sixth) Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Fiftieth street twenty feet and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles with Fiftieth street eighty eight feet to a certain alley.
113 South Fiftieth street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situate on the east side of Fiftieth street (sixty feet wide) at the distance of one hundred nineteen feet two inches southward from the south side of Chestnut street (eighty feet wide) in the Sixtieth (formerly part of the Forty-sixth) Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Fiftieth street sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth eastward between lines parallel with the said Chestnut street ninety seven feet to a certain three feet wide alley leading southward into Sansom street.
14 South Fifty-first street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the three-story brick messuage or tenement thereon erected situate on the west side of Fifty-first street beginning at the distance of one hundred nineteen feet nine inches southward from the south side of Market street in the Sixtieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Fifty-first street sixteen feet three inches and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to said Fifty-first street and along the north line of Ludlow street eighty seven feet to a three feet wide alley which leads into said Ludlow street.
26 South Fifty-first street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situate at the northwest corner of Fifty-first street and Ranstead street in the Sixtieth (formerly part of the Forty-sixth) Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Fifty-first street, sixteen feet four inches and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Fifty-first street the south line thereof extending along the north side of Ranstead street ninety feet.
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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